Tag: journalist

May 29, 2017

NBC5
— Illinois Democrats Short on Votes to Pass Tax Hike
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-democrats-short-on-votes-to-pass-tax-hike-report-425049144.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Governor Bruce Rauner has already expressed opposition to an income tax hike, saying that he will not consider any type of hike unless it is accompanied by a freeze on property taxes in the state. . .Republicans responded to those statements, saying that Democrats have no interest in forging any bipartisan consensus on a bill. “Democrats are not interested in bipartisan support on what we should be doing with taxes,” State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R – Wheaton) said.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— House Dems dissect budget, tax hike; budget director vows Rauner veto – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/house-dems-dissect-budget-tax-hike-budget-director-vows-rauner-veto/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois House Democrats divided on whether to pass tax hike Rauner vows to veto – Monique Garcia and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-met-0529-20170528-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: Scam artists target immigrant communities, promising legal status for cash – Nereida Moreno
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-immigration-notary-fraud-met-20170529-story.html
— Why Trump is right about terrorists being ‘losers’ – Jonah Goldberg  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes view everyone as being losers.  Concerning me, they stress that I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, an IRS employee, etc.  Concerning me, they stress that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, they always ranked me in the lower half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; that my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, that they disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and that they disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat superiors against me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-terrorists-losers-20170528-column.html
— Democrats must start thinking about their theme for the day after Trump – Ron Grossman  (DIERSEN: For Democrats, their theme will always be “blame everything that is bad on those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.”)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-democrats-need-to-remember-20170528-story.html
— Film by Neuqua alum part of Hollywood film festival – Suzanne Baker  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do everything that they can to promote anxiety in their targets.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-neuqua-alum-directs-film-st-0528-20170527-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A short film directed by a former Naperville resident will premier next month at one of the most popular independent film festivals in southern California. The six-minute film “Reach” by 2012 Neuqua Valley alumna Kelsey Sante will be shown June 7 at the TCL “Grauman’s” Chinese Theatre in Hollywood as part of Dances With Films festival. In its 20th year, the festival, which runs June 1-11, draws with more than 20,000 people each year. “Reach” explores the story of Hannah, a young woman who suffers from panic attacks due to an anxiety disorder. “Like so many of us who suffer from a mental illness, Hannah doesn’t know how to reach out to the people around her and she feels that her illness is a burden on her friends,” Sante said.)

 

WTTW
— Without a Budget, ‘That’s It’: Weekend State Budget Update – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/05/28/without-budget-s-it-weekend-state-budget-update

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— All options remain on table as budget talks continue – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170528/all-options-remain-on-table-as-budget-talks-continue
— Odds against Springfield casino after amendment blocked – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170528/odds-against-springfield-casino-after-amendment-blocked
— U of Illinois trustees’ retreat to address free speech – AP  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes oppose free speech. They want to manipulate/dominate all forms of communication.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170528/u-of-illinois-trustees-retreat-to-address-free-speech

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— There’s nothing popular about a tax hike, Illinois Dems – Rich Miller  (DIERSEN: What about those a) who have paid little or no income tax, b) who are paying little or no income tax, and/or c) who are on track to paying little of no income tax for the rest of their lives?  What about those who want those who earn more money to pay more taxes?)
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/guest/miller-there-s-nothing-popular-about-a-tax-hike-illinois/article_dc7efadb-1467-53db-98d8-1f10d24ded3c.html

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rep. Ives blasts House Dems, says Illinoisans don’t want massive tax hike – Dan McCaleb and Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rep-ives-blasts-house-dems-says-illinoisans-don-t-want/article_bd2fb1bc-43eb-11e7-a5f4-1b7d2251064e.html
— Illinois House appropriations committees discuss Senate spending plan – Greg Bishop, Cole Lauterbach and Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-house-appropriations-committees-discuss-senate-spending-plan/article_43944244-43d9-11e7-9993-6b245e343307.html

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Special Memorial Day thanks to military draftees killed in action – Dennis Byrne  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who used/use my getting student draft deferments 1966-1970 and my getting a financial draft hardship 1970-1971 against me.  Most of them were my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government.)
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2017/05/special-memorial-day-thanks-to-military-draftees-killed-in-action/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On this Memorial Day, here is a special recognition of men who were conscripted into the military and who were killed in action. Volunteering for hazardous military duty and paying for it with your life deserves the highest praise. But what about those men who were drafted, who had no choice and who were killed? Today, memories of the draft have faded and the reality of Selective Service are absent in the lives of so many Americans. It is hard for today’s generations, mainly post-Baby Boomer, to know what it is like for government to order you into combat. For notification to report to a certain military installation on a certain date to be inducted into the Army. To be hauled off to basic training, to be told how to meet your responsibility to kill people. To be transported to front lines where people are dying. To either fire your weapon and fight, or be court marshaled. Failure to report for your military draft would result in imprisonment or fines and immediate induction. Today, the governing principle is that “It’s my body and no one can tell me what to do with it.” That’s mostly the mantra of the abortion industry and women’s rights advocates. But the philosophy certain has successfully seeped into today’s package of taken-for-granted men’s rights. A draft is simply inconceivable in today’s culture of extreme individualism. Today’s generations have no concept of what life was like when you had to plan for at least two years of military service. No “gap” year allowed. Avoiding the draft has a major concern, as important if not more so, than picking a college or a career. College deferments, which ultimately would run out. Getting married, but that deferment disappeared as the Vietnam War grew hotter. Teaching or certain other occupations. Using a connection to find  a slot in a high-demand reserve unit. In the Vietnam War, draftees accounted for 30.4 percent, or 17,725 combat deaths. Some 1.9 million men were drafted from 1964 to 1973.  In World War II, 61.2 percent of military men, or 11,5 million men, were draftees. While a large number of men were volunteers, in a manner of speaking, they also in reality were inductees. The draft, as designed, encouraged young men to “volunteer” for other branches of the service than the Army. “Volunteer” service in the Navy or Air Force was at least a year longer, but the chances of getting maimed or killed in combat were less. The draft always has been controversial, less so in time of national emergency such as World War II. But barring the most extraordinary crisis, today’s culture has killed all possibility of it returning (even though men today are still required to register for selective service). By the way, the stereotype of the Vietnam veteran is way off base. The image of the poorly educated, reluctant, drugged out and minority Vietnam soldier needs to be changed according to  Fact vs. Fiction. Check it out.)

 

CHICAGO ARGUS
— Memorial Day; ‘yea’ or ‘nae’ for those who do their military service? – Gregory Tejeda  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who used/use my getting student draft deferments 1966-1970 and my getting a financial draft hardship 1970-1971 against me.  Most of them were my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government.)
http://chicagoargus.blogspot.com/2017/05/memorial-day-yea-or-nae-for-those-who.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I never served in any branch of the military; that fact doesn’t make me the least bit unique. There are many who for whatever reason manage to avoid a stint in the Army or any other military organization, and certainly don’t think our lives are any less complete as a result. OF COURSE, THERE also are those in our society who made a point of enlisting the first chance they got, and wind up thinking of their time in uniform and being among those who “serve their country” as the high point of their lives! Some even come away with thinking their military record entitles them to prime treatment for the remainder of their lives. We have a serious schism in our society; often viewing various issues quite differently. And not just a matter of whether we think Donald Trump is a “great American” or a “pompous fool” totally unfit to be carrying the title of Commander-in-Chief of our nation’s military! That split includes how essential we think it is that one have a military service record as part of their permanent record, or how much “lip service” they pay to the concept — I attended a Catholic mass that included a musical tribute to the armed services in its choir’s Sunday program; and while many were eager to support the idea, only a tiny minority of the congregation admitted to actually having served. Which gets down to the essence of the direction we think our society ought to be headed. THERE ARE THOSE people who will say that one reason, if not the primary reason, that Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were unfit to be president is because they never served in the military (and in the case of Clinton used many of the legal maneuvers people of that era engaged in to avoid a call-up to active duty). Some of an older generation remember back to the military draft, and think that forcing people of various economic and social classes to interact helped ease the societal split that now exists. Although others, including those who managed to avoid military service, would argue that the very concept of having done a stretch in the military puts a person into a mindset that makes them too narrow and unfit to address the serious problems confronting our nation, and our world. Perhaps we all ought to be engaged in something more than blind faith in forcing esoteric concepts of what one wants to define as patriotism by a trip out to the cemetery to pay tribute to someone who was unfortunate to have lost their life during their military service. SOME OF US like to talk about the “ultimate sacrifice” those young men made, I’m sure many of them could have contributed something equally worthwhile to society had they had a chance at a long- and full-life. While many of those who these days do enlist in the military often do so because their options in life are limited; and that military stretch may be their best option for preparing for an adult life. I remember in my own case, my mother would have been appalled if I had seriously talked about enlisting. I remember when Army recruiters sniffed around me when I was 16 and in high school, she gave them the cold shoulder. In my case, that probably was a wise direction. I did make the most of a college education, and it stirred me in the right direction toward what I wanted to do (yes, I actually figured out as far back as age 13 that I wanted to be a reporter-type person). I resisted the Army’s marketing pleas to “be all you can be.” WHILE I HAD cousins who did stints of military service, and it helped them come up with the funds to pay for future education options they took on or taught them some skills used later in life. It worked out well for them, and I’m sure for many of the individuals who have done military service. My point in stating all this is that I’m not about to hold it over anybody’s head that I didn’t have to use the military to get ahead in life. Meaning I’m not about to defer to those who want to act as though the fact that they did a stretch in uniform somehow makes them superior. I actually find such an attitude to be arrogant and unfit for anyone to have in our society. Particularly because it places a view that one can claim superiority for doing something that may well have been their only realistic option in life. And on this Memorial Day when we pay tribute to the contributions of military personnel throughout our history, perhaps I should even throw in that having such an attitude perhaps even qualifies as un-American!)

 

FOX NEWS
— New lawsuit accuses imprisoned former House Speaker Hastert of sex assault – AP
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/28/new-lawsuit-accuses-imprisoned-former-house-speaker-hastert-sex-assault.html

 

THE BLAZE
— Newt Gingrich says he has a plan to solve Trump’s problems with leakers: Throw them in jail – Justin Haskins  (DIERSEN: Since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have accused me of being a leaker.  They blame me for all the losses that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/28/newt-gingrich-says-he-has-a-plan-to-solve-trumps-problems-with-leakers-throw-them-in-jail/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Donald Trump: The Gateway Degenerate.”  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I am immoral because I am not a member of a church, because I do not attend church services, and because I do not give money to a church.  Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my aforesaid critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote a) dependency on government and/or on charity, b) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, c) LGBTQ activity, d) abortion, e) mass/illegal immigration, and f) even worse things.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/29/opinion/donald-trump-greg-gianforte.html
— We All Have Pre-existing Conditions – ELISABETH ROSENTHAL  (DIERSEN: Since 1948, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have known that my father fought type 1 diabetes since he was 14 years old.  Since 1969, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have known that my father died suddenly in 1969 of heart failure.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/29/opinion/pre-existing-conditions-health-care-bill.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— How we fail veterans with mental illness – Tom Suozzi  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are not anti-Trump, you are mentally ill.)
http://nypost.com/2017/05/28/how-we-fail-veterans-with-mental-illness/

 

USA TODAY
— New lawsuit says former speaker Dennis Hastert sexually assaulted fourth grader – AP
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/05/29/new-lawsuit-says-former-speaker-dennis-hastert-sexually-assaulted-fourth-grader/102281996/
— Memorial Day: Don’t wait for someone else to serve – Marjorie K. Eastman  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who used/use my getting student draft deferments 1966-1970 and my getting a financial draft hardship 1970-1971 against me.  Most of them were my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/26/memorial-day-dont-wait-someone-else-serve-military-column/102145774/
— Greg Gianforte’s assault on a journalist is an assault on all Americans – Alicia Shepard  (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) side with Gianforte and b) blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are professional scapegoaters.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/25/greg-gianforte-assault-hurts-all-americans-alicia-shepard-column/102144360/

 

DAYTON DAILY NEWS
— Many veterans still struggle to find work – Barrie Barber  (DIERSEN: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had not avoided the draft, I never would have been able to a) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 when I was 19, b) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, c) earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, d) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, e) buy a new town home in University Park in 1972, f) buy a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago in 1974, g) buy a one bedroom condo in that building in 1976, h) earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, i) get married in 1978, j) buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton, a new 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, and a new Chevy Chevette in 1978, k) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, l) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, m) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981, n) become a licensed CPA in 1981, o) have a new home built in 1984, p) etc.)
http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/employment/many-veterans-still-struggle-find-work/gyeGQ6Zan35RoCjaVT6FoJ/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— House Democrats Meet, Discuss Potential Tax Increase  Illinois House review began Sunday of a $37 budget plan that includes $5.4 billion in income and sales tax increases. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-05-28/illinois-house-taking-a-crack-at-budget

 

GUARDIAN
— JFK at 100: Trump comparisons fuel nostalgia for ‘Camelot’  The 35th US president’s legacy remains questionable, but his latest successor’s travails makes many yearn for a more eloquent leader – David Smith  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who used/use my getting student draft deferments 1966-1970 and my getting a financial draft hardship 1970-1971 against me.  Most of them were my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/29/jfk-100-john-f-kennedy-donald-trump
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Apart from a shared mastery of television, Trump is, in many respects, the anti-Kennedy. The 70-year-old Republican, who had no political experience, was the oldest person ever elected US president. Kennedy, a 43-year-old Democrat who had served in the House and the Senate, was the youngest. At the 100-day mark, Trump’s public approval rating was 41%. Kennedy’s was 83%. Trump was granted five draft deferments during the Vietnam war; Kennedy received military honors for saving the lives of crewmates when their torpedo boat was struck by a Japanese destroyer during the second world war. Trump infamously does not read books, gives disjointed speeches and has claimed: “You have to be wealthy in order to be great.” Kennedy was fond of referencing ancient Greeks and Shakespeare, won a Pulitzer prize for the book Profiles in Courage, and once declared: “This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.”)

May 26 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Nurse Was Raped at Gunpoint During Hostage Standoff at Suburban Hospital: Suit  The lawsuit, filed on behalf of two nurses taken hostage at Delnor Hospital in Geneva, blames the situation on alleged violations by an officer guarding an inmate whose elaborate escape attempt turned into a deadly barricade situation
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Nurse-Was-Raped-at-Gunpoint-During-Hostage-Situation-at-Suburban-Hospital-Suit-424370014.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Political theater on House floor; Dems meet to discuss budget – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/political-theater-on-house-floor-dems-meet-to-discuss-budget/
— Chicago-area ‘johns’ allegedly became key players in Thai sex ring – Frank Main
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/thai-prostitution-ring-johns-in-chicago-elsewhere-charged-with-aiding-nationwide-ring-in-unique-twist/
— Every hospital wants to know how two nurses were held at gunpoint – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/every-hospital-wants-to-know-how-two-nurses-were-held-at-gunpoint/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “In the age of Trump, excusing assault becomes the norm.”  Anti-Trumps would love it if anyone assaulted me.  Anti-Trumps are filled with hatred.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/in-the-age-of-trump-excusing-assault-becomes-the-norm/
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Hostage lawsuit fallout: Lead with the good news, whisper the bad – Neil Steinberg  (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents who hint/imply/argue/shout that if I really was a Republican, a) I would NOT include any links to any articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that make Republicans look bad and b) I would ONLY include links to articles in the emails that are officially approved by all of the following: the officers of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, the officers of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, my representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, the IRP officers, the IRP National Committeeman and Committeewoman, and the elected and appointed Republican officials who represent all or part of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or Illinois.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/hostage-lawsuit-fallout-lead-with-the-good-news-whisper-the-bad/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Shrinking Chicago has always been told: Shut up and take it – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-shrinking-chicago-kass-0526-20170525-column.html
— Bringing adulthood back – Heather Wilhelm
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-wilhelm-0526-md-embargo-friday-5-am-20170526-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: American kids, Sasse notes, while citing plenty of disturbing statistics, are often overmedicated, hooked on screens, failing to venture out into the world, losing touch with religious faith and increasingly “intellectually fragile.” It’s a “coming of age” crisis, he argues.”)
— Dumbing down high school – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-high-school-diploma-rado-edit-0526-md-20170525-story.html
— Public insults? Chicago’s potentially offensive monuments, street names and other symbols – Mark Jacob (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, the Democrats who run Chicago talk and act like they view members of the following groups to be insulting and like they want to get rid of them: 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.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-symbols-monuments-swastika-chicago-perspec-0526-jm-20170526-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Senate should support ballot measure on future of lieutenant governor – Editorial  (DIERSEN: In 2011, those who ran the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce abolished its Government Affairs Committee solely to get rid of me, the committee’s longest serving member.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170525/editorial-senate-should-support-ballot-measure-on-future-of-lieutenant-governor
— Attorney: Delnor nurse was tortured, raped during hostage situation – Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170525/news/170529264/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers promote pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170525/news/305259943/
— Glen Ellyn neighbors sue village, developers over gas station project – Katlyn Smith  (DIERSEN: Have you ever sued a municipality?  I have. In 1986, I sued Wheaton a) for approving a woefully inadequate storm water drainage plan for the subdivision that I had a home built in and b) for allowing violation of many construction and building codes when that subdivision and my home were built. Subsequently, I sued Milton Township and DuPage County for refusing to recognize the loss in value that my home had suffered because of damages caused by the aforesaid. Everyone who files a lawsuit should be advised that with only rare exceptions, defendants in lawsuits will forever do everything that they can to destroy you.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170525/glen-ellyn-neighbors-sue-village-developers-over-gas-station-project

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois should unwind its Medicaid expansion – JONATHAN INGRAM
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170525/OPINION/170529920

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DISGUSTING: Push for downtown Springfield casino taking shape – Mary Hansen
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170525/push-for-downtown-springfield-casino-taking-shape
— VERY SAD: Census: Springfield population drops below 2010 levels – Tim Landis
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170525/census-springfield-population-drops-below-2010-levels
— Senate panel questions state warehouse leasing process – Brian Robbins
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170525/senate-panel-questions-state-warehouse-leasing-process

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Power plays not productive – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-05-26/power-plays-not-productive.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Glen Ellyn gas station opponents file lawsuit against village, station operator  Protect Glen Ellyn Inc. filed suit May 22 – ERIC SCHELKOPF (DIERSEN: Have you ever sued a municipality?  I have. In 1986, I sued Wheaton a) for approving a woefully inadequate storm water drainage plan for the subdivision that I had a home built in and b) for allowing violation of many construction and building codes when that subdivision and my home were built. Subsequently, I sued Milton Township and DuPage County for refusing to recognize the loss in value that my home had suffered because of damages caused by the aforesaid. Everyone who files a lawsuit should be advised that with only rare exceptions, defendants in lawsuits will forever do everything that they can to destroy you.)
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/05/25/glen-ellyn-gas-station-opponents-file-lawsuit-against-village-station-operator/alirjxe/

 

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Activists march to Springfield to demand progressive budget, highlight effects of stalemate – Rishika Dugyala
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2017/05/26/city/activists-march-to-springfield-to-demand-progressive-budget-highlight-effects-of-stalemate/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Senate Democrats: Agencies Must Explain Warehouse Deals – AP
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/senate-democrats-agencies-must-explain-warehouse-deals-05-26-2017

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Senate passes first-in-nation financial tax, despite government report saying it will cause mass evasion – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/senate-passes-first-in-nation-financial-tax-despite-government-report/article_54d96de8-417e-11e7-92af-67a94f98da5c.html
— Rauner: Give local voters control over property taxes and government consolidation to bring down burden – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-give-local-voters-control-over-property-taxes-and-government/article_a0bb579e-416f-11e7-b8fb-9b3ff7574cdc.html

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— GOP says Pritzker’s house is built on hypocrisy – Caitlin Nordahl
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511118883-gop-says-pritzker-s-house-is-built-on-hypocrisy

 

WIRE POINTS
— Unbelievable: Illinois House Votes With Senate To Hand Over Public Assets To Bondholders – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/unbelievable-illinois-house-votes-with-senate-to-hand-over-public-assets-to-bondholders-wirepoints-original/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— DESPITE THE PAIN OF A TWO-YEAR BUDGET IMPASSE, LESS THAN ONE-THIRD OF ILLINOISANS SUPPORT RAISING TAXES – Diana Rickert
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/despite-the-pain-of-a-two-year-budget-impasse-less-than-one-third-of-illinoisans-support-raising-taxes/
— COLLEGE STUDENTS WERE FLEEING ILLINOIS LONG BEFORE THE BUDGET IMPASSE – Michael Lucci
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/college-students-were-fleeing-illinois-long-before-the-budget-impasse/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Why We Must Name, Identify & Combat the Ideology of Radical Islam – Dr. Michael Brown
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/05/why-we-must-name-identify-and-combat-the-ideology-of-radical-islam/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ABORTIONISTS DESCRIBE IN GRUESOME DETAIL THE ABORTION PROCEDURE, YOUTUBE CENSORS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/abortionists-describe-in-gruesome-detail-the-abortion-procedure-video.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— An anti-Rauner says “New Rauner video uses TV talking heads to help make his points.”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/26/new-rauner-video-uses-tv-talking-heads-to-help-make-his-points/
— An anti-Rauner says “Pritzker borrows yet another move from Rauner playbook.”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/26/pritzker-borrows-yet-another-move-from-rauner-playbook/

 

GOPUSA
— ‘Deep state’ leakers undercut country in their zeal to hurt a president
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24939

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Far Left Censorship: Sean Hannity Advertisers Attacked (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps are disappointed that they have not gotten more advertisers to dump Fox News. My critics/opponents have made it very clear that they would viciously destroy any individual, any organization, or any company that might advertise in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails or on www.gopillinois.com.  My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. They are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/25749

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— WHY DO LIBERALS CONSTANTLY DEFLECT BEN CARSON’S WISDOM? – Armstrong Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/why-do-liberals-constantly-deflect-ben-carsons-wisdom/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Mark Levin: Sean Hannity should consider suing Media Matters – Anna Giaritelli (DIERSEN: Who should I consider suing?)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/mark-levin-sean-hannity-should-consider-suing-media-matters/article/2624210
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Conservative radio host Mark Levin proposed Fox News’ Sean Hannity should look into suing Media Matters for how the progressive organization has gone after his show and audience. “If I were Sean Hannity … I would give very serious consideration to suing Media Matters, its board, and its officers, as well as any other entity involved in the organized effort to boycott his TV show, including media outlets contacting his advertisers in a thinly veiled boycott tactic, for the purposeful tortious interference with his employment contract with Fox News and his business relationships with his various advertisers,” Levin wrote in a Facebook post Thursday. On Tuesday, Hannity told viewers that there is an effort to “silence” him from making certain comments on air. “As for my job here at the Fox News Channel — there is an effort now abound to silence me,” Hannity said. “That is what we have called on this program as liberal fascism. Attack, boycott, all in an effort to silence conservatives. I serve at the pleasure of the Fox News Channel. I’m here to do my job every night.”)

 

THE BLAZE
— DISGUSTING: Univ. of Chicago students post list of 50 demands, including segregated housing and Islamic courses – Brandon Morse  (DIERSEN: Democrats used to promote integration and Christianity. Now they promote segregation and Islam.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/25/univ-of-chicago-students-post-list-of-50-demands-including-segregated-housing-and-islamic-courses/
— Former ESPN contributor blames ‘left-wing lurch’ for millions turning off channel – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/25/former-espn-contributor-blames-left-wing-lurch-for-millions-turning-off-channel/

 

DAILY WIRE
— Study: Physically Weak Men More Likely To Be Socialists – Amanda Prestigiacomo
http://www.dailywire.com/news/16850/study-weak-men-more-likely-be-socialists-amanda-prestigiacomo
— Non-Western Immigrants Consume 59% Of Denmark’s Tax Revenue
http://www.dailywire.com/news/16816/non-western-immigrants-consume-59-denmarks-tax-joseph-curl
— Minnesota Senate Wavering On Bill Targeting Female Genital Mutilation Because Immigrant Groups Oppose It – HANK BERRIEN
http://www.dailywire.com/news/16851/minnesota-senate-wavering-bill-targeting-female-hank-berrien

 

NEWSMAX
— Counting on Student Loan Forgiveness? Don’t Bet on It  (DIERSEN: What percent of those who take out student loans count on those loans to be forgiven?  A forgiven loan is taxable income.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/Personal-Finance/Counting-Student-Loan-Forgiveness/2017/05/25/id/792457/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— It’s fact, not fake: Americans crushed by ObamaCare premiums – Chris Woodward
https://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2017/05/25/its-fact-not-fake-americans-crushed-by-obamacare-premiums

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— This Professor Resigned Rather Than Go to Diversity Training  Paul Griffiths was an esteemed professor at Duke before facing disciplinary action. – CHARLOTTE ALLEN  (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a hypocrite because I took lots of diversity training while I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997.)
http://www.weeklystandard.com/this-professor-resigned-rather-than-go-to-diversity-training/article/2008154

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says that Trump despises voters. Who despises you?  The following despise me: 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 and/or those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/26/opinion/trumpcare-cbo-federal-budget.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps are disappointed that they have not gotten more advertisers to dump Fox News. My critics/opponents have made it very clear that they would viciously destroy any individual, any organization, or any company that might advertise in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails or on www.gopillinois.com.  My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  They are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/25/business/media/sean-hannity-fox-news-advertisers-ratings.html
— Buy? Sell? Politics May Move the Market, but Rarely for Long – JAMES B. STEWART  (DIERSEN: Of course, the Democrats always a) drive the market up to elect Democrats and b) drive the market down to defeat Republicans.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/25/business/stock-market-politics-volatility.html
— Greg Gianforte, Montana Republican, Captures House Seat Despite Assault Charge – JONATHAN MARTIN and ALEXANDER BURNS
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/25/us/montana-special-election.html
— The Highest-Paid C.E.O.s in 2016 – JON HUANG and KARL RUSSELL  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/26/business/highest-paid-ceos.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: On the Road, Out of His Bubble  Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder, says his American sojourn has a purpose that isn’t political – Mark Isaac  (DIERSEN: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) in Wheaton have spent very little of their lives outside of Wheaton, b) in Milton Township have spent very little of their lives outside of Milton Township, and c) in DuPage County have spent very little of their lives outside of DuPage County.  I lived in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, and in Chicago 1976-1978.  I worked in the south suburbs 1962-1974 and in Chicago for the last 6 months of 1971 and then 1973-1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/25/technology/zuckerberg-harvard-commencement-road-trip.html
— A Journalist Was Body Slammed, but Some Conservatives Want the News Media to Apologize – MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and Illinois paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican but who side with Democrats and Democrat plants, with Libertarians and Libertarian plants, with Greens and Green plants, and with RINOs against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/25/us/journalist-body-slammed-republicans-apology-media.html

 

USA TODAY
— ISIS-linked militants attack Philippine city, behead police chief – AP
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/05/24/priest-among-14-hostages-taken-siege-philippines-city-duterte-martial-law/102093760/
— What employers want from the Class of 2017 – Myles Ma  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers act like they want employees who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2017/05/23/what-employers-want-class-2017/101498866/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Faces the Fury of a Scorned Ruling Class – George Melloan  (DIERSEN: Who are the members of the ruling class in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  What do they think of you?  What do you say to those who glorify and praise the members of the ruling class, who pander to the members of the ruling class, who give money to the members of the ruling class, who serve as operatives for the members of the ruling class, and/or who serve as dupes for the members of the ruling class?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-faces-the-fury-of-a-scorned-ruling-class-1495753759
— Mandatory Minimums Don’t Deserve Your Ire  Jeff Sessions’s policy won’t lock up harmless stoners, but it will help dismantle drug-trafficking networks. – Heather Mac Donald  (DIERSEN: How many “harmless stoners” are there in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  How many of these “harmless stoners” are on the dole or will be on the dole – 97%, 98%, and 99+%?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mandatory-minimums-dont-deserve-your-ire-1495754009
— FRONT PAGE: WALL STREET’S ENDANGERED SPECIES: THE COLLEGE JOCK – JUSTIN BAER  (DIERSEN: Were you a “college jock?”  I was not.  While I attended UIC 1966-1968 and NIU 1969-1970, I pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, and worked as a security guard.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/wall-streets-endangered-species-the-ivy-league-jock-1495721462
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When Michael Savini came to Wall Street in 2006, banks and brokers had stocked their annual recruiting classes with a preponderance of new hires who shared at least one thing in common: They’d played college sports. In New York and Chicago, trading floors teemed with former football and lacrosse stars, as well as veterans of college hockey, wrestling, tennis and crew teams. Some ex-athletes, including former investment bank CEOs John Mack, Henry Paulson and Alan Schwartz, made it to the executive suite. Many others looked favorably on younger versions of themselves, building networks that drew athletes, typically male, from their alma maters. Ex-jocks had the right stomach for risk-taking, the theory went, and the ideal temperament to win clients’ trust and business. “You saw a lot of big guys” in Chicago’s trading pits, said Bernard McSherry, dean of the New Jersey City University’s business school, who spent many years on the floor of the NYSE. “Those were physical jobs. And in an open-outcry market, you could bully your way into a trade.”)

 

TIME
— Sheriff: Greg Gianforte Given Less Serious Charge Because ‘Body Slam’ Didn’t Cause Serious Injury – AP
http://time.com/4795144/greg-gianforte-ben-jacobs-misdemeanor-assault/

May 25 Evening Edition

DAILY HERALD
— OUTRAGEOUS: DuPage County to revisit video gambling ban – Robert Sanchez  (DIERSEN: Please join Kathy Gilroy, me, and others who will speak at the DuPage County Finance Committee meeting Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at 7:30 AM, in favor of keeping the ban on video gambling in unincorporated DuPage County.  If you are in DuPage County, please urge DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin, the 18 DuPage County Board members, and especially, the 3 board members who represent your district, to vote to keep the ban.  In 2009, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) unanimously passed a resolution against video gambling throughout DuPage County.  Since then, no MTRCC member has done anything to rescind that resolution.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170525/dupage-county-to-revisit-video-gambling-ban
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Amid calls for a repeal of DuPage’s ban on video gambling machines, county board members are going to revisit the issue. Officials in recent months have heard from businesses and a Veterans of Foreign Wars post that would like to offer video gambling. But they’ve also heard from gambling opponents who want to keep the moratorium that affects more than two dozen bars, restaurants, golf courses and social clubs in unincorporated parts of the county. In response, board members have agreed to discuss video gambling during their finance committee meeting scheduled for June 13. “We have people asking us to look at it,” county board member Jim Zay said. “So we need to have a discussion. We should at least give these people the opportunity to present their case for why we should change it. And we should give opponents the opportunity to say why they’re still against it.” Illinois legalized video gambling in 2009, but towns and counties were able to opt out. DuPage enacted its ban in August 2009 after officials cited possible social problems. County board member Paul Fichtner, who serves as chairman of the board’s finance committee, said the outcome of next month’s discussion will determine whether a measure is drafted to lift the prohibition. “We’re going to give everybody an opportunity to speak to the issue,” Fichtner said. If the panel recommends repealing the ban, it still would require a final vote by the full county board. Fichtner said he doesn’t know if there’s enough support on the board to pursue a repeal. “It’s going to be close,” he said. If the ban is lifted, county officials estimate that around 28 liquor license holders might be eligible to apply for a video gambling license. The county would gain between $200,000 and $250,000 a year in revenue, according to one estimate. Counties and towns that allow video gambling receive 5 percent of each machine’s profit. While towns throughout DuPage initially enacted bans, a number have since changed their minds. DuPage towns that allow video gambling are Addison, Aurora, Bensenville, Bloomingdale, Carol Stream, Darien, Glendale Heights, Itasca, Oakbrook Terrace, Roselle, Villa Park, Westmont, Willowbrook, Wood Dale and Woodridge, according to the Illinois Gaming Board. Some bars owners in unincorporated areas say they’ve lost customers to establishments where video gambling is allowed. But anti-gambling advocates say it’s not the county board’s responsibility to level the playing field for bars.)
— Illinois bonds an opportunity for ‘bold’ investors, Citi says – Bloomberg
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170525/illinois-bonds-an-opportunity-for-x2018boldx2019-investors-citi-says
— Tollway OKs $25 million, 4- to 5-year study of Route 53 extension – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170525/tollway-oks-25-million-4–to-5-year-study-of-route-53-extension–

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTSTANDING: Drug addiction treatment center hosts talk opposing legalized pot – Diane Moca
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-recreational-marijuana-forum-edward-st-0526-20170525-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: former presidential advisor shared his fears about the effects of marijuana legalization during a lecture Thursday at Linden Oaks Naperville Outpatient Center. “People have to stand up to this industry,” said Kevin Sabet, an assistant professor who served as a senior advisor to President Barack Obama’s drug control director and worked in the Clinton and Bush administrations. “It’s about getting health care voices involved. We need more partners at the table. Right now this industry is getting away with murder.” Sabet shared slides, statistics and anecdotes to support his premise that legalized recreational marijuana in Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Washington, D.C., is a lucrative industry that’s misleading the public about pot’s risks and benefits. “We learned the hard way about tobacco, which caused tens of millions of needless deaths,” said Sabet, who founded the nonprofit SAM, or Smart Approaches to Marijuana, in 2013. His organization’s goal, according to its website, is to prevent “another Big Tobacco (by) stopping marijuana legalization and commercialization, educating policy-makers and the public on marijuana issues, and fundraising.” Sabet said marijuana use causes respiratory problems, results in low birth weight babies and can impair learning with permanent IQ loss when consumed in large quantities by someone who’s young, according to the National Academy of Sciences. While he acknowledged that marijuana can eliminate nausea for those fighting cancer or other illnesses, he but did not mention other benefits commonly cited by medical advocates, such as reducing pain and seizures. “The medical marijuana industry is already making a lot of money here” in Illinois, he said. “It’s all about the money.” In the past four years, Illinois has legalized cannabis for medical use and decriminalized recreational use. In March 2017, state lawmakers proposed a measure legalizing recreational marijuana that could be voted on next year. Proponents estimate marijuana could generate between $350 million and $700 million in annual sales, reaping a sales tax windfall for the state. “We’re looking at one side of the ledger. People are not counting the costs,” said Sabet, who presented statistics on health care costs from pot-related illnesses. Marijuana advocates counter that legalization would save money on enforcement and boost opportunities for minority youth. An NAACP report from 2015 said marijuana arrests account for more than half of all drug arrests in the country, with blacks being six times more likely than whites to be arrested for pot possession, making it harder for them to obtain student loans and jobs. Dawn Neylon said she plans to share Sabet’s message with the middle and high school students with whom she works at 360 Youth Services, a Naperville nonprofit prevention program. “We’re learning new ways to give them information to make healthy choices. Alcohol and tobacco use is down dramatically (in Naperville school districts 203 and 204). There’s not much change in marijuana use.” In recent years, teenagers’ perceptions of marijuana have changed and she is seeing a decrease in their belief that pot poses a risk, Neylong said. “That’s concerning. When there’s a decreased sense of harm, there’s a greater risk to use it,” she said. Based on her interactions with teens, she said Naperville parents should be just as concerned about “a little weed” or “a little beer” as they are about opiates because “the earlier they start to use (alcohol or marijuana), the more likely they are to abuse. We want to push the first age of use to help prevent challenges later in life.” Sabet said a 2013 study from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services showed marijuana can lead to other drugs for some people. “A majority of people who try pot stop using it after three times or less,” he said. “Three to four percent of the time they will try other drugs. More than ninety percent of people using heroin say marijuana or alcohol were drugs of choice before.”)
— Kinzinger backs more U.S. troops, expanded mission in Afghanistan – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-kinzinger-afghanistan-troop-levels-met-0425-20170525-story.html
— Owners who leave Chicago properties vacant might have to pay more – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-vacant-properties-20170525-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Appeals court deals blow to Trump administration travel ban – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/appeals-court-deals-blow-to-trump-administration-travel-ban/
— More flimflam on school spending in Illinois – Phil Kadner
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/more-flimflam-on-school-spending-in-illinois/
— Public Defender Amy Campanelli: My clients ‘are not evil people’ – Robert Herguth  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who paint me as being evil.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/public-defender-amy-campanelli-my-clients-are-not-evil-people/

 

ABC7
— Census: Chicago loses population for 3rd consecutive year – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/news/census-chicago-loses-population-for-3rd-consecutive-year/2035233/

 

CBS2
— Rauner, Emanuel Trade Jabs Over Chicago’s Population Loss – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/25/chicago-population-loss-census-rahm-emanuel-bruce-rauner/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Is the Sean Hannity advertiser revolt Bill O’Reilly all over again? – SIMON DUMENCO  (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. I do not need or want advertisers. All the time and money needed to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and to send them out comes from me. But if I did have advertisers, my critics/opponents would destroy them.  My critics/opponents are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. They are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170525/NEWS06/170529923/is-the-sean-hannity-advertiser-revolt-bill-oreilly-all-over-again

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— As Illinois lawmakers seek more gambling income, O’Fallon resists — a little – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article152588249.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Tax time: DuPage County aims for ease with property payment options – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/05/17/tax-time-dupage-county-aims-for-ease-with-property-payment-options/ajinm47/

 

WBEZ
— State Committee Approves Tougher Sentences For Repeat Gun Offenders – Tony Arnold
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/state-committee-approves-tougher-sentences-for-repeat-gun-offenders/7f686d00-05da-4c6b-92b8-420d6c2bf8de

 

WAND TV
— OUTSTANDING: Rauner not a fan of Springfield casino – Doug Wolfe
http://www.wandtv.com/story/35520827/rauner-not-a-fan-of-springfield-casino

 

WJBD
— Bill Passes Requiring Costs of Unfunded Mandates to Be Calculated  The Illinois Municipal League identified more than 266 new unfunded state mandates imposed on their members since 1982.
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2017/05/25/bill-passes-requiring-costs-of-unfunded-mandates-to-be-calculated

 

NADIG NEWSPAPERS
— J.B. Pritzker’s campaign on verge of implosion – Russ Stewart
http://nadignewspapers.com/2017/05/25/j-b-pritzkers-campaign-on-verge-of-implosion/

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— What Would an Illinois Budget Look Like?  Illinois lawmakers haven’t passed one for almost two years. But it’s not for lack of proposals. – ROB ARTHUR
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/May-2017/Budget-Proposals/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Dems keep reaching into taxpayer pockets rather than reaching for reforms, Ives says – Giovanni Whaley
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511120331-dems-keep-reaching-into-taxpayer-pockets-rather-than-reaching-for-reforms-ives-says
— Ives helps keep ‘unprepared’ students from getting college guarantee – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511119444-ives-helps-keep-unprepared-students-from-getting-college-guarantee

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— OUTRAGEOUS: Transgender Birth Certificates Approved by Illinois House  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote gender confusion.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/transgender-birth-certificates-approved-illinois-house/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauer says “Rauner again refuses to accept responsibility or admit mistakes.”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/25/rauner-again-refuses-to-accept-responsibility-or-mistakes/
— Pritzker robocall: “Don’t believe Bruce Rauner’s lies”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/25/pritzker-robocall-dont-believe-bruce-rauners-lies/
— ILGOP targets Rep. Martwick with robocall
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/25/ilgop-targets-rep-martwick-with-robocall/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illinois sheriff halts plans for immigrant detention center – AP
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/25/illinois-sheriff-halts-plans-for-immigrant-detenti/

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Veteran Gets Letter of ‘Violation’ for Flying Flag Outside Home  (DIERSEN: An American flag has flown outside the Diersen home in Wheaton 24 hours each and every day since September 11, 2001.)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/05/25/georgia-veterans-violate-neighborhood-rules-flying-american-flag
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a follow-up to a story we told you about yesterday, Ainsley Earhardt talked to two veterans who live in a Georgia neighborhood where they were told they could only fly the American flag on certain days. The Village at Towne Lake Homeowners Association in Woodstock, Ga., decided to limit flag-flying to just 23 days out of the year. For some reason, flags can fly outside residences on Mother’s Day, but not on Father’s Day.)

 

GOPUSA
— Companies scared by leftists drop advertising on Hannity shows  (DIERSEN: How scared of leftists are the companies in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24912
— How many more Manchesters?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24869

 

BREITBART
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens AGAINST America and AGAINST its citizens.
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/25/obama-berlin-cant-hide-behind-wall/
— Melania Trump Is First Catholic to Live in White House Since JFK – HOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/25/melania-trump-is-first-catholic-to-live-in-white-house-since-jfk/
— OUTRAGEOUS: Advertisers Bow to Activist Left, Begin Pulling Ads from Hannity – BEN KEW
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/05/24/advertisers-bow-to-activist-left-begin-pulling-ads-from-hannity/
— Duterte Says ‘Spare No One’ as Islamic State Beheads Police Chief, Stages Mass Prison Break – FRANCES MARTEL
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/05/24/duterte-says-spare-no-one-islamic-state-beheads-police-chief-stages-mass-prison-break/

 

NEWSMAX
— White House Organizing ‘Street Fighters’ to Defend Trump – Jeffrey Rodack
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/white-house-organizing-street-fighters-defend/2017/05/25/id/792327/

 

TOWNHALL
— Scientific Study: Journalists Are a Bunch of Drunks With Sub-Average Brain Function – Guy Benson  (DIERSEN: Will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I am NOT a journalist because I do NOT drink any alcohol?)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/05/19/study-do-journalists-brains-function-at-a-lower-level-than-average-people-n2329307
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to a study released Thursday by neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart in association with the London Press Club, the highest functions of the human brain operate at a lower level in journalists than the average population. Her research titled “Study Into The Mental Resilience of Journalists,” blames journalists’ cognitive shortcomings on dehydration caused by excessive alcohol consumption along with poor diet, including higher levels of sugar and caffeine. Less than 5% of journalists drink enough — or any — water while 41% drank more than 18 alcoholic drinks per week.)

 

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Secret’ Sanctuary State Bill Set To Pass Illinois Legislature – William J. Kelly
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/25/secret-sanctuary-state-bill-set-to-pass-illinois-legislature/
— Tucker: If You ‘Really Care’ About America, You Won’t Let It Become Europe – Amber Athey
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/24/tucker-if-you-care-about-us-you-wont-let-it-become-europe-video/
— Alabama Rep. Wants To Make Attacking Police Officers A Hate Crime – ANDERS HAGSTROM
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/25/alabama-rep-wants-to-make-attacking-police-officers-a-hate-crime/
— Med Professor Says It’s Unfair To Slap ‘Other Than Honorable’ Discharge On Service Members With PTSD – Jonah Bennett  (DIERSEN: Constructively, my Democrat superiors in the federal government slapped me with an “other than honorable” discharge.  My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the lower half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.  My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/25/professor-of-medical-psychology-says-its-unfair-to-slap-other-than-honorable-discharge-on-servicemembers-with-ptsd/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— ARE YOU IN AMERICA’S MIDDLE CLASS?
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/05/25/are-you-in-americas-middle-class/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— MSNBC Host: ‘How Much Blame’ Does Trump Get for Montana Incident? – Kyle Drennen  (DIERSEN: If a top official of your municipality, of your township/ward, of your county, or of Illinois made to clear to everyone that he/she hates you, how much blame does that official get for actions taken against you?)
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kyle-drennen/2017/05/25/msnbc-host-how-much-blame-does-trump-get-montana-incident

 

BILL O’REILLY
— Leftists and the Loons They Love
https://www.billoreilly.com/b/Leftists-and-the-Loons-They-Love/-367237861674512059.html

 

THE HILL
— Republicans blast Montana candidate charged with assaulting reporter – LISA HAGEN AND CRISTINA MARCOS
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/335142-republicans-blast-montana-candidate-charged-with-assaulting-reporter
— Ryan: GOP House candidate should apologize for altercation with reporter – SCOTT WONG
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/335123-ryan-gop-house-candidate-should-apologize-for-altercation-with-reporter

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Twitter and Facebook help spark protest movements. Then they undermine them. – Carlos Lozada
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/book-party/wp/2017/05/25/twitter-and-facebook-help-spark-protest-movements-then-they-undermine-them/
— So which is it? Women want to be free of kids and unpredictable husbands, or not? – Caitlin Flanagan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/so-which-is-it-women-want-to-be-free-of-kids-and-unpredictable-husbands-or-not/2017/05/25/15142a1a-18a5-11e7-bcc2-7d1a0973e7b2_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Millennials Want to Buy Homes but Aren’t Saving for Down Payments  Less than 30% of 25- to 34-year-olds can save enough for a 10% down payment in next three years – Laura Kusisto  (DIERSEN: How old were you when you bought your first home and where did the down payment come from?  I bought a new town home in University Park in September of 1972 when I was 24 years old.  The down payment came from money that I had saved a) working for IRS first in Chicago and then Harvey since June of 1971, b) working part-time for Firestone Stores in Chicago Heights since April of 1971, and c) working for Firestone Stores in Chicago Heights full-time between August of 1970 and March of 1971.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/millennials-want-to-buy-homes-but-arent-saving-for-down-payments-1495731583

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— How Rep. Steny Hoyer wants to push back against cuts targeting federal employees – Jason Miller
https://federalnewsradio.com/budget/2017/05/how-one-house-democrat-wants-to-push-back-against-cuts-targeting-federal-employees/

 

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
— Everybody Has a Story to Tell during Diversity and Inclusion Month at GAO  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire and to get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USGAO/2017/05/25/file_attachments/822322/MN4417.pdf

 

FORD AUTHORITY
— Ford Mustang Is Now Europe’s Best Selling Sports Car – SEAN SZYMKOWSKI
http://fordauthority.com/2017/05/ford-mustang-is-now-europes-best-selling-sports-car/

May 23 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Chris Kennedy gubernatorial campaign persists as Pritzker garners support – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/news/chris-kennedy-gubernatorial-campaign-persists-as-pritzker-garners-support/2028140/

 

NBC5
— Illinois Senate Approves Income Tax Hike  The measure passed 32-26 a little more than a week ahead of the May 31 budget deadline. – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-senate-approves-income-tax-hike-423929014.html
— Students Have Become ‘Collateral Damage’ in State Budget Battle  “With what’s going on, it’s scary,” says student – Carol Marin and Don Moseley
http://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/Students-Have-Become-collateral-Damage-in-State-Budget-Battle-423765474.html

 

CBS2
— Rauner Signals He’ll OK Budget Deal For ‘Lasting’ Property Tax Freeze – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/23/rauner-signals-hell-ok-budget-deal-for-lasting-property-tax-freeze/

 

WGN TV
— Trump budget: More for the military, less for the poor – AP
http://wgntv.com/2017/05/23/trump-budget-more-for-the-military-less-for-the-poor/

 

CLTV
— Cook County sheriff Tom Dart says half of county jail’s population should not be there  (DIERSEN: What percent should be in jail in the foreign county that they are a citizen of?)
http://cltv.com/2017/05/22/cook-county-sheriff-says-half-of-county-jails-population-should-not-be-there/#new_tab

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Senate Dems pass ‘compromise’ budget plan – as Rauner draws line in sand – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/senate-dems-try-to-go-it-alone-on-budget-again/
— Budget: Unacceptable, yes. Pathetic, too – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/unacceptable-yes-pathetic-too/
— Ald. O’Shea proposes crackdown on massage parlors – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ald-oshea-proposes-crackdown-on-massage-parlors/
— Sponsors pull out of NY Puerto Rican parade over Oscar Lopez Rivera – AP  (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sponsors-pull-out-of-ny-puerto-rican-parade-over-oscar-lopez-rivera/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you promote gambling, you promote destruction.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/always-bet-on-the-taxpayer-to-gamble/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Karen Lewis finds J.B. Pritzker’s progressive credentials ‘hilarious’ – Kim Janssen  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have lots of progressive credentials.  They promote dependency on government and on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-karen-lewis-j-b-pritzker-0524-chicago-inc-20170523-story.html
— Why do voters continue to fall for candidate commercials? – Paul Sassone
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/northbrook/news/ct-ppn-column-sassone-tl-0601-20170523-story.html
— CTU says members have no confidence in schools chief Claypool – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-karen-lewis-chicago-teachers-confidence-vote-met-20170523-story.html
— Bad press? Sometimes Trump begs for it – Clarence Page  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the press serves as an arm of the Democrat Party.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-page-trump-obama-media-perspec-0524-jm-20170523-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Ryan says Trump budget favors taxpayers – AP  (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, those who pay little or no taxes voted for Democrats.  Those who vote for Democrats want to tax the rich, that is, to tax Republicans.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170523/news/305239923/
— Sergeant seeks Republican nod for Kane County sheriff post – Susan Sarkauskas  (DIERSEN: What offices will be on the ballot in your precinct next year?  Which Republicans are running for those offices?  Which Republicans does Rauner want to run?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170522/sergeant-seeks-republican-nod-for-kane-county-sheriff-post
— Trump budget: More for the military, less for the poor – AP  (DIERSEN: If you have less money than others, Democrats shout at you that it is because of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  Democrats always promise to use government take money away from members of the aforesaid groups and to give that money to those who have less money. It is called socialism.  Socialism destroys motivation to become/remain a productive member of society.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170523/news/305239924/
— Could Wheaton Park District help save Loretto Convent historic building? – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170523/could-wheaton-park-district-help-save-historic-building
— Illinois House Democrats propose college grant program – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170523/news/305239928/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Senate OKs $5.4 billion Dem tax-hike plan – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170523/BLOGS02/170529975/senate-oks-5-4-billion-dem-tax-hike-plan
— Here’s what you probably don’t know about Illinois pensions – BGA
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170523/NEWS02/170529966/heres-what-you-probably-dont-know-about-illinois-pensions
— Why this Illinois equal pay act is unwarranted – JESSICA CAUSGROVE  (DIERSEN: If you are/were a government employee, your past/present salary a) is public record and b) is presumed to be 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50+% higher than it should be/had been. In 1997, when I was 49 years old, in today’s dollars, GAO paid me $122,991/year. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170523/OPINION/170529978/why-this-illinois-equal-pay-act-is-unwarranted
— Next month’s electricity price hike is just the start – STEVE DANIELS
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170523/NEWS11/170529964/next-months-electricity-price-hike-is-just-the-start

 

WTTW
— Illinois Agency Awarded Controversial Counter-Extremism Grant – Alex Ruppenthal
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/05/23/illinois-agency-awarded-controversial-counter-extremism-grant

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Sounding the Alarm: Unacceptable – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170523/sounding-alarm-unacceptable
— Budget showdown: Senate Dems approve $5B tax increase
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170523/budget-showdown-senate-dems-approve-5b-tax-increase

 

JOURNAL TOPICS
— Roskam Tells Trump: Dump Your Tweeting – TODD SWESSELL
http://www.journal-topics.com/news/article_0a9ea530-3fef-11e7-a0e5-13a02cd1b7ef.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Chicago Democrats treasonously encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/chicago-seeks-to-assure-immigrants-theyre-welcome-in-city-05-22-2017

 

WREX
— Illinois Senate approves tax hike, $37B budget plan – AP
http://www.wrex.com/story/35496863/the-latest-senate-dems-float-less-severe-budget-cuts

 

WJBC
— LaHood critical of Trump’s proposed cuts to education, agriculture – Eric Stock
http://www.wjbc.com/2017/05/23/lahood-critical-of-trumps-proposed-cuts-to-education-agriculture/

 

MADISON RECORD
— Metro East schools to get total of $14.4M less per year under state Senate funding proposal; Rauner vows to veto bill
http://madisonrecord.com/stories/511118689-metro-east-schools-to-get-total-of-14-4m-less-per-year-under-state-senate-funding-proposal-rauner-vows-to-veto-bill

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Will Illinois Ever Solve Its Pension Problem?  Almost four years after the first try, pension reforms seems politically realistic—and perhaps legally as well. – WHET MOSER
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/May-2017/Will-Illinois-Ever-Get-Pension-Reform/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Chicago Teachers Pension fund paid out $1.5 billion in ’16, earned $7.8 million  (DIERSEN: If I was still working for GAO as a GS-13 Step 10, in 2016, I would have paid $8,609 into the Civil Service Retirement System instead of getting $50,856 out of it.)
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511118108-chicago-teachers-pension-fund-paid-out-1-5-billion-in-16-earned-7-8-million#new_tab

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois’ economic weakness results in nation’s highest black unemployment rate – Michael Lucci
https://files.illinoispolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Black-Unemployment-FINAL.pdf

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Poll: More jobless Illinoisans have stopped looking for work than in other states – Cole Lauterbach  (DIERSEN: From what I see, employers in Illinois do not to hire those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), those whose ancestors have been in America for along time, current or former government employees, etc.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/poll-more-jobless-illinoisans-have-stopped-looking-for-work-than/article_84ca80b4-3f03-11e7-93e9-9b4fea85827d.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rep. Ives pre-files for Senate tax hike sponsorship
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/23/rep-ives-pre-files-for-senate-tax-hike-sponsorship/
— Radogno responds – Madigan responds – ILGOP responds, blames Madigan *** Senate passes tax hike bill
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/23/senate-passes-tax-hike-bill/

 

BREITBART
— AP Hires Leftist Activist as Freelancer to Sneak Into Closed Press NH GOP Event to Attack KellyAnne Conway – PENNY STARR  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plant, Libertarian plant,  and RINO 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 do not want me to know about their events or their other activities, b) who do not want me to promote their events or their other activities, c) who do not want me to attend their events, and d) who do not want me to report on their events or their other activities.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/22/reporter-attends-and-falsely-reports-on-closed-press-gop-fundraiser/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A freelancer for the Associated Press has drawn the ire of the GOP in New Hampshire after working her way into a “closed press” fundraiser last week and then falsely reporting on the event–all after it turns out that the so-called “reporter” is actually a hardcore leftwing activist. Following the fundraiser, the Associated Press published a short story without a byline that was “grossly inaccurate,” NHGOP adviser Patrick Hynes told local television outlet WMUR-9. “President Donald Trump’s counselor Kellyanne Conway has told supporters in New Hampshire they should ‘just ignore’ his critics and the incessant chatter about the scandals dogging him,” the “reporter,” later learned to be Melanie Plenda, wrote for the AP. The report also said about 150 attended, and attendees were “largely friendly” to Conway, but “some people in attendance withheld applause when Conway let loose with snarky comments about Democrat Hillary Clinton.” “The Associated Press in New Hampshire appears to be engaged in leftwing activism rather than journalism,” Hynes told Breitbart News. “And Melanie Plenda is a leftwing activist not a journalist.” “They conspired to sneak this leftwing activist into an event for which they were not credentialed and deliberately misreported on the attendance and the enthusiasm with which Kellyanne Conway was greeted,” Hynes said. “Republicans across the country should be aware that the AP cannot be trusted to be fair and balanced,” Hynes said. Breitbart News has obtained a screenshot of Plenda’s Facebook page from Nov. 10, 2016–just days after Donald Trump won the presidential election–that shows her making an explicit call to action against the then-incoming Trump administration.)
— OUTSTANDING: Expert: Mandatory E-Verify ‘Is Coming’ – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/05/23/expert-mandatory-e-verify-coming/

 

GOPUSA
— Lecture: Chelsea Clinton Warns of Sexism, Racism, Islamophobia in Trump’s America  (DIERSEN: Democrats want everyone in America to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24772
— Number of girls and women at risk of genital mutilation triples in U.S.
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24748

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with foreign countries and with their citizens AGAINST America and AGAINST its citizens.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/magazine/is-it-possible-to-resist-deportation-in-trumps-america.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— How Trump’s budget helps the rich at the expense of the poor – Max Ehrenfreund  (DIERSEN: If you have less money than others, Democrats shout at you that it is because of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Democrats always promise to use government take money away from members of the aforesaid groups and to give that money to those who have less money. It is called socialism.  Socialism destroys motivation to become/remain a productive member of society.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/05/23/how-trumps-budget-helps-the-rich-at-the-expense-of-the-poor/
— Trump proposes dramatic changes to federal government, slashing safety net programs that affect up to a fifth of Americans – Damian Paletta (DIERSEN: If you have less money than others, Democrats shout at you that it is because of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Democrats always promise to use government take money away from members of the aforesaid groups and to give that money to those who have less money. It is called socialism.  Socialism destroys motivation to become/remain a productive member of society.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/05/23/trump-proposes-dramatic-changes-to-federal-government-slashing-safety-net-programs-that-affect-up-to-a-fifth-of-americans/
— Trump called terrorists ‘losers’ — the same insult he has thrown at CNN, Ted Cruz and many others – Callum Borchers  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have always been a loser.  Should I write a book about them?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/23/trump-called-terrorists-losers-the-same-insult-he-has-thrown-at-cnn-ted-cruz-and-many-others/
— On track for Public Service Loan Forgiveness? Good news, you’re not in danger from Trump’s budget. – Danielle Douglas-Gabriel (DIERSEN: Back when I was young, it was a positive to be able to say that you worked yourself through college.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/05/23/on-track-for-public-service-loan-forgiveness-good-news-youre-not-in-danger-from-trumps-budget/

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s Budget Bites Deeply Into Programs Benefiting His Voters – Erik Wasson , Steven T. Dennis, and John McCormick  (DIERSEN: The more financial, health, and/or other problems that you have, the more likely that you vote for Democrats.  In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, what percent of voters who have financial, health, and/or other problems voted for Trump?  Because many, if not most, if not virtually all voters have financial, health, and/or other problems and because Trump got so few votes in my precinct, in Wheaton, in DuPage County, and in Illinois, they obviously voted for Clinton.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-05-23/trump-seeks-3-6-trillion-in-spending-cuts-to-reshape-government
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump made an impassioned plea for support from minority voters during his election campaign by asking them, “What do you have to lose?” On Tuesday, they got an answer, as did many of the rural, poor and working-class voters who propelled him into office. In his fiscal 2018 budget proposal, Trump asked Congress for $3.6 trillion in spending cuts that would mean steep reductions in food stamps, Medicaid health insurance payments, disability benefits, low-income housing assistance and block grants that fund meals-on-wheels for the elderly. The plan found little favor in Congress, even among Republican lawmakers from districts and states that gave Trump wide margins in the November election, and it had Democrats talking about a deal on spending that would exclude the White House.)
— Rep. Roskam Sees Tax Reform Passing This Year
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/videos/2017-05-23/rep-roskam-sees-tax-reform-passing-this-year-video

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— COLA trumps pay raise? – Mike Causey (DIERSEN: One reason why my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old was that Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pensions were adjusted for inflation with COLAs.  However, the CSRS COLAs that I have received have been far less than inflation.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/federal-report/2017/05/cola-trumps-pay-raise/

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Trump budget to carve $4B from federal employee retirement – Carten Cordell
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/trump-budget-to-carve-4b-from-federal-employee-retirement

 

FED WEEK
— Trump Budget Proposal Would Cost Federal Employees, Retirees Big Bucks
http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/trump-budget-proposal-cost-federal-employees-retirees-big-bucks/

 

FED SMITH
— 2018 Budget Proposes Eliminating COLAs, Increasing Retirement Contributions – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: One reason why my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old was that Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pensions were adjusted for inflation with COLAs.  However, the CSRS COLAs that I have received have been far less than inflation.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/05/23/2018-budget-proposes-eliminating-colas-increasing-retirement-contributions/

 

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
— Trump budget cuts civil service pay, jobs, and benefits to line CEO pockets, union says  Budget delivers huge tax breaks to CEOs and wealthy on backs of federal workers
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/trump-budget-cuts-civil-service-pay-jobs-and-benefits-to-line-ceo-pockets-union-says-300462668.html

 

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— Trump Resistance movement takes aim at McDonald’s today
http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-resistance-movement-takes-aim-at-mcdonalds-today/

May 16 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner, Madigan start annual push to avoid blame for lack of budget – Monique Garcia and Haley BeMiller  (DIERSEN: Will they blame Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?  Just kidding, but not completely. Today, a Trump supporter blamed me for Rauner being elected and for Pat Brady being the face of the Illinois Republican Party.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rauner-madigan-state-budget-met-0517-20170516-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauner Chicago Alderman Carrie Austin on Chicago Public Schools: “Take Rauner by his neck and wring it.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rauner-austin-cps-comments-met-0517-20170516-story.html
— Crippling overdue penalties — another reason to fix the state budget now – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-illinois-overdue-bills-zorn-perspec-0517-md-20170516-column.html
— Is Putin the alt-right’s BFF? – Clarence Page  (DIERSEN: Russians have a much higher opinion of members of the following groups than anti-Trumps do: 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.  Actually, anti-Trumps despise if not hate members of the aforesaid groups.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-trump-putin-russia-perspec-0517-20170516-story.html
— Southland residents urge budget passage in march to Springfield – Ted Slowik  (DIERSEN: According to the Democrats, you are rich if you are not on welfare.  Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-budget-march-st-0517-20170516-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I admire the people walking 200 miles from Chicago to Springfield to urge lawmakers and the governor to pass a fair state budget. They’re expending a tremendous amount of energy for their personal convictions. They’re raising awareness about their desire for Illinois to tax the rich more to fund state services.)
— BEYOND TRAGIC: Workplace drug testing finds cocaine, marijuana use at 12-year high – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-drug-testing-workplace-0517-biz-20170516-story.html
— Why you can’t afford a house (Hint: It’s not the avocado toast) – Jessica Roy  (DIERSEN: When did you buy your first home, where, and how old were you?  I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old.  What helped you buy your first home? I had no debts, I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, I was taking graduate business courses at Loyola, IRS was paying me $54,864/year in today’s dollars, I worked part-time pumping gasoline, I owned a 1972 Corvette and a 1962 Chevy BelAir, and I was no longer subject to the draft.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/national/ct-avocado-toast-housing-20170516-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-credibility-crisis-20170516-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner accuses Madigan, House Dems of trying to ‘derail’ Senate talks – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-accuses-madigan-house-dems-of-trying-to-derail-senate-talks/
— Emanuel’s CPS rescue plan gets cool reception from aldermen – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuels-cps-rescue-plan-gets-cool-reception-from-aldermen/
— Callista Gingrich gets nod to be ambassador to the Vatican – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/callista-gingrich-gets-nod-to-be-ambassador-to-the-vatican/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you promote illegal drugs in America, you promote the destruction of America.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/is-the-war-on-drugs-a-bigger-threat-than-illegal-drugs/
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/jeff-sessions-cruel-and-stupid-ramping-up-of-drug-punishments/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/a-president-who-throws-away-his-credibility-cannot-lead/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps “slam Trump over sharing information with Russians.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170516/suburban-democratic-lawmakers-slam-trump-over-sharing-information-with-russians
— Democrat takes Maine Township office after recount – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170516/democrat-takes-maine-township-office-after-recount
— Congressman Roskam congratulates Palatine for making safe cities list – Bob Susnjara
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170516/congressman-roskam-congratulates-palatine-for-making-safe-cities-list

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: A decade later and still down. Homeowners in many Chicago-area ZIP codes have yet to share in the recovery that is boosting values in hot city neighborhoods and a handful of suburbs. – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20170516/CRED0701/170519900/a-decade-later-and-still-playing-catch-up
— Look who turned down the Sun-Times –
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170516/NEWS06/170519884/look-who-turned-down-the-sun-times
— Here’s how much new college grads can expect to make – JUDITH RUIZ-BRANCH (DIERSEN: In 1971, in today’s GS-7 dollars, IRS hired me at $44,853. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.  My critics/opponents have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170516/NEWS13/170519886/heres-how-much-new-college-grads-can-expect-to-make
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Based on those 25 positions, 2017 college grads nationwide can expect an average salary of $49,785, compared to $48, 270 last year. In Chicago, the average is $54,515, up from $51,649 last year.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump “Quigley calls Trump’s Russia disclosure a horrible mistake.”  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have called just about everything that I have done since 1948 as being a “horrible mistake.”  They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170516/BLOGS02/170519891/quigley-calls-trumps-russia-disclosure-a-horrible-mistake

 

NBC5
— Pritzker Defends Property Tax Reduction Application – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Pritzker-Defends-Property-Tax-Reduction-Application-422628984.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rauner calls Dems offer to discuss budget terms ‘distraction’ – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/254960397-story

 

WLS AM
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump Kinzinger says “If true, Trump leaking is highly irregular and highly problematic.”
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/05/16/kinzinger-if-true-trump-leaking-is-highly-irregular-and-highly-problematic/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Lawmakers want investigation into Springfield warehouse lease – Brian Robbins
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170516/lawmakers-want-investigation-into-springfield-warehouse-lease
— House Democrats, Republicans say they’ll talk, then point fingers – Doug Finke  (DIERSEN: Who points their fingers at you and what do they blame you for?  I should write a book about a) those who point their fingers at me and b) what they blame me for.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170516/house-democrats-republicans-say-theyll-talk-then-point-fingers

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— New Algonquin Township highway commissioner fires predecessor’s sons-in-law in first minutes on the job  Local 150 files grievance over “outrageous” action – KEVIN P. CRAVER  (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.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/05/15/new-algonquin-township-highway-commissioner-fires-predecessors-sons-in-law-in-first-minutes-on-the-job/axxh4bp/

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— American Health Care Act making the rich even richer – John J. Dunphy
http://thetelegraph.com/opinion/102086/dunphy-american-health-care-act-making-the-rich-even-richer

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Latest bipartisanship ranking of Congress may surprise you – Chuck Raasch  (DIERSEN: To be bipartisan is to reject planks in your political party’s platform.  Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.  The more bipartisan that you are, the sooner that you should leave your political party and run as an Independent.)
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/latest-bipartisanship-ranking-of-congress-may-surprise-you/article_5968e035-6b31-5ee7-881d-1873cdd6c2c4.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— ‘Pay Trump bribes here’ sign projected onto Trump’s DC hotel – NICOLE CHAVEZ AND EMILY SMITH
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/pay-trump-bribes-here-sign-projected-onto-trumps-dc-hotel/714714702

 

FOX NEWS ILLINOIS
— Dueling Press Conferences held by House Democrats and Republicans – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/dueling-press-conferences-held-by-house-democrats-and-republicans

 

WYMG
— Rauner’s response: House Dems want “distraction”
http://wymg.com/news/101101-rauners-response-house-dems-want-distraction/

 

HARDWARE RETAILING
— 2017 Young Retailer of the Year: Jason Plummer – Hilary Welter (DIERSEN: My grandfather on my father’s side and his father before him ran Crete’s only hardware store for 100 years. I lived with my parents in an apartment above that hardware store 1948-1954.)
http://www.hardwareretailing.com/2017-young-retailer-year-jason-plummer/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives rejects allowing undocumented students to be university trustees – Hoang Tran  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they want to replace citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries.)
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511116628-ives-rejects-allowing-undocumented-students-to-be-university-trustees

 

WIRE POINTS
— New Stanford Study Exposes Illinois Pensions as the Farce They Are – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/new-stanford-study-exposes-illinois-pensions-for-the-farce-they-are-wirepoints-original/

 

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— Trump to end Rauner’s $32 million dollar tax dodge  (DIERSEN: What tax dodges have your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes charged you with taking advantage of unfairly, unethically, and/or immorally?  Since 1972, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have charged me with unfairly, unethically, and immorally taking advantage of the education tax dodge. I deducted job-related graduate business, accounting, and finance courses 1972-1980 and 1992-1997 while I worked for IRS and then for GAO.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes shout that those courses were not job-related, did not help me carry out my job duties, were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and were a distraction.)
https://realgopillinois.com/2017/05/16/trump-promises-end-rauners-32-million-dollar-tax-dodge/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Realtors: Most Illinois homes worth less than their value 10 years ago – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: What was your home worth in 2007 and what is it worth today?)
https://ilnews.org/news/economy/realtors-most-illinois-homes-worth-less-than-their-value-years/article_576b0a60-38e8-11e7-bd45-5b6607fa2847.html
— Illinois a good state to be a cop – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns law enforcement? ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://ilnews.org/news/justice/illinois-a-good-state-to-be-a-cop/article_e82dbac2-39a4-11e7-b855-2bef9225b307.html#new_tab

 

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP accuses Pritzker of lying
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/16/ilgop-accuses-pritzker-of-lying/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rich Miller sides with Madigan and Cullerton against Rauner.
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/16/because-madigan-37/
— GOP Rep. Dave Severin takes sick day after pressure from above  (DIERSEN: To what extent can/do those “above” you pressure you to do things? Those who are “above” me are furious that they cannot take away from me my Civil Service Retirement System pension ($50,856/year), my federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy ($17,288/year), or my Social Security ($2,028/year).  However, they have succeeded in taking the following away from me: my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, my service as the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, my GAO employment, etc.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/16/gop-rep-takes-sick-day-after-pressure-from-above/
— Pritzker addresses racism in unions that endorsed him
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/16/pritzker-addresses-racism-in-unions-that-endorsed-him/
— Pritzker makes eerily familiar pledge to black banks
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/16/pritzker-makes-eerily-familiar-pledge-to-black-banks/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— IS ANN COULTER OFF THE TRUMP TRAIN?  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want everyone to be “off the Trump train.”)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/05/15/is-ann-coulter-off-the-trump-train/

 

BREITBART
— Student Journalist Fired for Tweeting Video of Muslim Panelist’s Comments on Non-Believers Under Koranic Law – TOM CICCOTTA  (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents in the media can be fired by their bosses and/or by those who they depend on for money.  If their bosses or those who they depend on for money tell them to harm me, of course, they harm me.  He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/05/16/student-journalist-fired-for-tweeting-video-of-muslim-panelists-comments-on-non-believers-under-koranic-law/

 

THE BLAZE
— Ben Sasse: Our country has created perpetual adolescence like ‘Peter Pan’ – Brandon Morse  (DIERSEN: Dr. Dan Kiley had 910 Cove Court built in my cul-de-sac with profits from his book titled “The Peter Pan Syndrome.”  SEE: http://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/27/us/dan-kiley-54-dies-wrote-peter-pan-syndrome.html  FROM THE ARTICLE: After the book was published by Dodd, Mead, it became an immediate sensation, staying on The New York Times best-seller list for months and selling more than 200,000 copies in hardcover. Millions of copies of the book have been sold in the Avon paperback and international editions; it has been translated into 22 languages and was a best seller in both Brazil and Japan. The success of the book made Dr. Kiley, a big, bearded, silver-haired man, a fixture on the television talk-show circuit and led him to write a 1984 spinoff, “The Wendy Dilemma,” about women who inappropriately mother the men in their lives.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/16/ben-sasse-our-country-has-created-perpetual-adolescence-like-peter-pan/

 

GOPUSA
— Illegal alien teens arrested for kidnapping of county attorney from his home
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24470

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump’s Not Draining the Swamp, He’s Only Restocking It – Michael Shannon
http://www.newsmax.com/MichaelShannon/fbi-leakers-republican-yates/2017/05/16/id/790518/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Immigration Opponents Trash GOP Border Security Bill – WILL RACKE
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/16/immigration-opponents-trash-gop-border-security-bill/
— Only Named Source In WaPo Report On Trump’s Leaking Of Classified Information Denies It – RYAN PICKRELL
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/15/only-named-source-in-wapo-report-on-trumps-leaking-of-classified-information-denies-it/
— Before Lois Lerner Targeted The Tea Party, She Helped The Clinton Foundation – Mark Tapscott
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/15/before-lois-lerner-targeted-the-tea-party-she-helped-the-clinton-foundation/
— Mizzou Hemorrhages More Students And Cuts Jobs Because Of Black Lives Matter Protests – Eric Owens
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/16/mizzou-hemorrhages-more-students-and-cuts-jobs-because-of-black-lives-matter-protests/
— Washington Post Writer Sneers At Rubio For Posting Bible Verses On Twitter – Peter Hasson  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes always sneer at everything in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/16/washington-post-writer-sneers-at-rubio-for-posting-bible-verses-on-twitter/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GAO: Veterans discharged for misconduct need better mental health evaluations – Todd Shepherd  (DIERSEN: Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had not avoided the draft, I would have been severely injured physically and/or mentally in Vietnam if not killed because I am stupid and lazy and because my judgment and motives are terrible.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/gao-veterans-discharged-for-misconduct-need-better-mental-health-evaluations/article/2623269

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Mitch McConnell Shrugs Off Trump’s Leak To Russia As ‘Drama’ And Distraction  Even Republicans who cried foul offered zero suggestions to hold the president accountable. – Michael McAuliff
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mcconnell-shrugs-off-trump-russian-leak-as-drama-and-distraction_us_591b12d4e4b0809be1585269
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites say “Lawmaker Running For Jeff Sessions’ Old Seat Is Obsessed With ‘War On Whites’  Rep. Mo Brooks is cut from the same anti-immigrant cloth.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mo-brooks-alabama-senate-jeff-sessions_us_591a093de4b0809be1574519

 

ABC NEWS
— New Miss USA responds to health care backlash  (DIERSEN: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, being a member of the Federal Employees Health Benefit plan (SEE: https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/healthcare/plan-information/plans/2017/state/il) and knowing that my wife and I could continue as members after I retired, helped me overcome tremendous pressure from my Democrat superiors to get rid of me and to replace me with a young Democrat minority or a young Democrat female.)
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/miss-usa-responds-health-care-backlash-47434180

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Free Advice to Trump Aides: Quit While You Can.”  (DIERSEN: With only rare exceptions, the longer that you work for the federal government, the more impossible it is to get a job outside of the federal government. By the time I was 21, I had worked for the federal government for almost 3 years. By the time I was 49, I had worked for the federal government for almost 30 years.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/opinion/free-advice-to-trump-aides-quit-while-you-can.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— I was arrested for asking Tom Price a question. I was just doing my job.  I wasn’t trying to make news. I was trying to report it. – Dan Heyman  (DIERSEN: Since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I disrupt press conferences.  Needless-to-say, that is slander, and I should sue those who slander me. The aforesaid slanderers did not notify me of the Illinois Republican Party’s May 9, 2017 press conference and they almost succeeded in keeping me out of Roskam’s press conference Thursday evening, May 4, 2017, at Sanguinetti’s fundraiser at Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/05/16/i-was-arrested-for-asking-tom-price-a-question-i-was-just-doing-my-job/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— GAO: Majority of troops booted from military for misconduct suffered from PTSD, brain injury and other mental issues – Megan Cerullo  (DIERSEN: Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, their dupes a) have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for avoiding the draft and b) have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at veterans that I am a patriotic hypocrite, a coward, and even worse things.)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/troops-booted-military-misconduct-sufferd-ptsd-article-1.3170594

 

USA TODAY
— Most troops booted from the military for misconduct had mental issues – Tom Vanden Brook  (DIERSEN: Democrats make it clear that they believe that if you do not promote the Democrat Party platform, you have “mental issues.”)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/16/most-troops-booted-military-misconduct-had-mental-issues/101611276/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS AND ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: Big Developers Roll Out Co-Living Units to Woo Millennials  One real-estate firm offers apartment-sharing option in Chicago; ‘All you want is a room’ – Peter Grant
https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-developers-roll-out-co-living-units-to-woo-millennials-1494956907
— McMaster Says Information Trump Shared With Russians Was ‘Wholly Appropriate’  National security adviser says Trump didn’t discuss Islamic State-controlled territories that weren’t already publicly known – Louise Radnofsky and Rebecca Ballhaus
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mcmaster-says-information-trump-shared-with-russians-was-wholly-appropriate-1494954616

 

FORBES
— Sean Spicer: What Happens When Credibility Goes Up In Smoke – John Baldoni  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always done everything that they could to destroy my credibility.  They crow that I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, that I am no longer a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, that I am no longer the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, that I am no longer an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, that I am no longer an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, that I am no longer a GAO employee, that I am no longer etc.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnbaldoni/2017/05/16/sean-spicer-what-happens-when-credibility-goes-up-in-smoke/#66320a5f3e52

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Millionaire to Millennials: Stop Buying Avocado Toast If You Want to Buy a Home – Jennifer Calfas  (DIERSEN: When did you buy your first home, where, and how old were you?  I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old.  What helped you buy your first home? I had no debts, I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, I was taking graduate business courses at Loyola, IRS was paying me $54,864/year in today’s dollars, I worked part-time pumping gasoline, I owned a 1972 Corvette and a 1962 Chevy BelAir, and I was no longer subject to the draft.)
http://time.com/money/4778942/avocados-millennials-home-buying/

 

FED SMITH
— Smart and Pretty: Federal Employee Crowned Miss USA – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/05/16/federal-employee-crowned-miss-usa/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For the second year in a row, the winner of the Miss USA pageant is from Washington, D.C.  Miss District of Columbia, Kara McCullough, was crowned as the new Miss USA last Sunday at the Las Vegas pageant. McCullough is a 25-year-old scientist who works for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Rockville, Maryland. She was born in Naples, Italy and raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She is the daughter of a now retired US Navy Chief Petty Officer. As a result, she has traveled and lived in numerous locations around the world including Sicily, Japan, South Korea and Hawaii. Her salary at the agency is $77,490.00 according to data from FedsDataCenter.com. McCullough earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry with a concentration in Radiochemistry from South Carolina State University. Her major provided her the opportunity to intern at several universities. This paved the way to her current career at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The newly crowned Miss USA said she wants to inspire children to pursue careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Last year, District of Columbia resident Deshauna Barber became the first-ever military member to win Miss USA. Perhaps one of the hardest parts of becoming a celebrity overnight is learning how to deal with the media. The new Miss USA quickly found herself embroiled in the health care controversy. When asked during Sunday night’s pageant whether she thinks that affordable health care for all U.S. citizens is a right or a privilege, she said it is a privilege. As a government employee, I’m granted health care and I see firsthand that for one to have health care, you need to have job. That, predictably, was not what some people wanted to hear as they believe health care is a guaranteed right. Twitter, of course, lit up with various views reflecting some of the issues in political divide in America that now infects most of our lives. Here is a brief sample of the variety of comments.)
— Is Social Security a Safety-Net or a Stipend For Wealthy Seniors? – Brenton Smith  (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, anyone who is not on welfare is wealthy, if not undeservedly filthy rich.  My Social Security ($2,028/year) is dramatically reduced because I get a $50,856 Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension.  My CSRS pension is dramatically reduced because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 yeas old.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/05/16/social-security-safety-net-stipend-wealthy-seniors/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— A Chemist at a Federal Agency Wins Miss USA – Eric Katz
http://www.govexec.com/federal-news/fedblog/2017/05/chemist-federal-agency-wins-miss-usa/137853/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A federal employee working at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission was named Miss USA on Sunday evening, and pledged to spend her year with the crown encouraging more women to join government and eventually, agency leadership ranks. Kara McCullough, a 25-year-old chemist in NRC’s Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, represented Washington, D.C., in the annual competition. McCullough grew up in the federal ranks as a military brat, with her father serving as a Navy chief petty officer. In addition to her NRC employment, McCullough volunteers annually at a science fair hosted by the Food and Drug Administration as a judge. McCullough said she would be an ambassador to bring more women into government science, technology, engineering and mathematics positions. She noted that in her experience in federal service, women are often underrepresented. “Personally, I want to see more women possessing leadership positions in private and government energy and health sciences agencies; not just conducting laboratory research,” McCullough said after her victory. “As a woman scientist in the government, I have witnessed and been in many meetings where the ratio of men to women is 10:2. I believe more women should be given the opportunity to be representatives in the energy and medical fields.” On stage, McCullough even made a passing reference to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. Asked whether she believed affordable health care for all Americans is a privilege or a right, she said in a response that made waves that it was a privilege, explaining: “As a government employee, I am granted health care and I see first-hand that for one to have health care, you have to have jobs.” NRC tweeted out a congratulatory message to McCullough on Monday.)

 

ATLANTIC
— Did the Russians Dupe Trump?  Putin has long used the pretext of counterterrorism cooperation to get what he wants from the West. It just paid off again. – JULIA IOFFE  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have had the greatest success in duping individuals, duping organizations, duping companies, and duping governments against me.  They have had great success in getting individuals, organizations, companies, and governments to blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/05/trump-disclosure-russia-intelligence/526845/

 

CATO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, CATO acts like it is a paid agent for individuals, for organizations, for companies, for governments, and for countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.cato.org/blog/e-verify-has-held-or-cost-jobs-half-million-legal-workers

May 11 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— In 2018, which Republican candidates are going to run for federal, state, and county offices in DuPage County?  Who does Rauner want to run for Attorney General, Comptroller, Secretary of State, and Treasurer?  I urge all of them to have an entry in Wheaton’s 2017 Independence Day Parade.  SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2017-independence-day-celebration-parade-entry-tickets-31882733113  So far, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee and James Mendrick for DuPage County Sheriff have entries.  Since I moved to Wheaton in 1978, I have encouraged Republican candidates and elected officials to have entries in Wheaton’s Independence Day Parades.  This year, for the 12th year in a row, I will be seeking donations from Republicans so that “DuPage Republicans” can again be one of the two $2,500 “Star” sponsors and again sponsor the Wheaton high school bands and the Tunes of Glory Pipes and Drums parade entries.  Being a $2,500 “Star” sponsor includes: “Media Print Advertisements, Social Media Promotion, Website Preference, Email Blasts, Event Posters/Flyers, Press Release, 10×10 Booth on July 3, Inclusion in Announcements on July 3, Premium Seating at Graf Park for July 3 Fireworks, Event Sponsor Banners,” and more.  Outstandingly, again this year Tim Whelan will coordinate Republican use of the 10×10 booth at the fireworks.  This year again, I will hand deliver a flyer to the residences and businesses on the parade route that will list the Republican entries in the parade and the Republicans who helped sponsor entries. So far, outstandingly, Roger Claar has pledged $500, Chris Nybo $250, and Peter Breen, Grant Eckhoff, Amy Grant, Gwen Henry, and Tim Whelan $100.  Last year, outstandingly, Chris Nybo contributed $250; Liam Brennan, Dave Diersen, and Phil Suess contributed $150; and Bob Berlin, Peter Breen, Fred Bucholz, Mike Connelly, Tim Elliott, Amy Grant, Jeanne Ives, Rich Jorgensen, Chris Kachiroubas, Mark Kirk, Brian Krajewski, Robert Lyon, James Mendrick, Deanne Mazzochi, Peter Roskam, Darlene Ruscitti, Tim Whelan, and Jim Zay contributed $100. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

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

 

CBS2
— Emanuel Willing To Consider Reinstating “Head Tax” To Bail Out CPS – Craig Dellimore  (DIERSEN: Should DuPage County consider a “Head Tax” on those in DuPage County who hate those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/11/chicago-public-schools-head-tax-budget-deficit-mayor-rahm-emanuel/

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

May 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/