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February 9 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Senators question Todd Ricketts’ campaign fundraising ahead of confirmation hearing – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-todd-ricketts-donald-trump-senate-confirmation-story.html
— California goes Confederate – Victor Davis Hanson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-california-secession-calexit-trump-20170209-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens, that is, ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-syria-immigrant-trump-muslim-ban-perspec-0209-jm-20170208-story.html
— Sen. Rand Paul’s war with the neocons – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-rand-paul-kass-0209-20170208-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— No way around it. Trump represents all of us – Phil Kadner  (DIERSEN: Members of the following groups say that Trump does not represent them: anti-Trumps, anti-Protestants, anti-conservatives, anti-Republicans, anti-Americans, anti-Whites, anti-males, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/kadner-no-way-around-it-trump-represents-all-of-us/
— Johnson identifies ‘nominators’ of 40 sergeants promoted on merit – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government got rid of those who successfully nominated me to be promoted in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1986.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/johnson-identifies-nominators-of-40-sergeants-promoted-on-merit/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Without budget, Illinois can’t fill gaps feds may create – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Just kidding, but not completely.  Will the Democrats who run Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago ask foreign countries, and especially Mexico, to bail out Illinois?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170209/discuss/170208893/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a news article, Democrats promote Syria and its citizens.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170209/news/170208900/

 

WTTW
— Illinois Budget: ‘Grand Bargain’ or Bust? – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/02/08/illinois-budget-grand-bargain-or-bust

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Lewandowski: Trump tapped anger, understood the people – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170208/lewandowski-trump-tapped-anger-understood-people

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Former Trump Campaign Manager Makes Stop In Springfield – Esther Kwon
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/former-trump-campaign-manager-makes-stop-in-springfield

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s assertions echo site filled with tales of dark plots.”
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34457872/trumps-assertions-echo-site-filled-with-tales-of-dark-plots

 

DAILY NORTH SHORE
— High School Insider: New Trier Parents Challenge Seminar – Maggie Curry
https://jwcdaily.com/2017/02/08/high-school-insider-new-trier-parents-challenge-agenda-of-race-seminar/

 

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2017/02/09/city/illinois-democrats-seek-to-protect-abortion-access/

 

CHICAGO INNO
— Facebook Will Boost Chicago Presence in 2017  The social media giant is hiring for 30 new roles, citing Chicago’s talent pipeline and attractiveness to new candidates – Karis Hustad  (DIERSEN: What percent of these 30 new hires will 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors – 98%, 99%, 100%)
http://chicagoinno.streetwise.co/2017/02/08/facebook-will-boost-chicago-presence-in-2017/

 

CHICAGO NOW
— The Cullerton-Radogno Grand Bargain IL Budget/Reforms not even close to done? – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/02/the-cullerton-radogno-grand-bargain-il-budgetreforms-not-even-close-to-done/

 

SAGAMON SUN
— Illinois voter data analysis finds voters registered two, three, even four times
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511080504-illinois-voter-data-analysis-finds-almost-25-000-voters-registered-twice

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS LAST IN JOBS GROWTH, FIRST IN MANUFACTURING LOSSES IN 2016 – Michael Lucci
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-last-in-jobs-growth-first-in-manufacturing-losses-in-2016/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner takes his anti-Madigan message to state workers, threatens to veto payroll bill
http://capitolfax.com/2017/02/09/rauner-takes-his-anti-madigan-message-to-state-workers/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illinois Democrats and RINOs “get behind” an anti-male agenda.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/8/the-latest-illinois-lawmakers-get-behind-pro-women/

 

FOX NEWS
— Phony Native American Liz Warren leads Dems twisted anti-Trump charge – Sean Hannity
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/02/09/sean-hannity-phony-native-american-liz-warren-leads-dems-twisted-anti-trump-charge.html

 

GOPUSA
— Get out of the big cities to find Trump supporters
http://www.gopusa.com/get-out-of-the-big-cities-to-find-trump-supporters/
— Leftists are Fake Feminists
http://www.gopusa.com/leftists-are-fake-feminists/
— Leftists turning blind eye to jihadists
http://www.gopusa.com/leftists-turning-blind-eye-to-jihadists/
— Protesters Try to Prevent Deportation of Woman Convicted of Identity Theft  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps put foreign criminals ahead of Americans.)
http://www.gopusa.com/protesters-try-to-prevent-deportation-of-woman-convicted-of-identity-theft/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— 15 Anti-Trump Fake News Stories: To Destroy Trump the Media Now Leads With Fake News Every Day – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/02/08/15-anti-trump-fake-news-stories-destroy-trump-media-now-leads-fake-news-every-day/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Bill Kristol Says ‘Lazy’ White Working Class Should Be Replaced By ‘New Americans’ – Alex Pfeiffer  (DIERSEN: Do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and/or their dupes say that you are lazy? 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://dailycaller.com/2017/02/08/bill-kristol-says-lazy-white-working-class-should-be-replaced-by-new-americans/
— Leftists Likely To Boycott This Company For Praising Donald Trump – JACK KOCSIS  (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if not already, if you support Trump, anti-Trump individuals, anti-Trump organizations, anti-Trump companies, anti-Trump governments, and anti-Trump countries will boycott you. I should write a book about anti-Trump individuals, anti-Trump organizations, anti-Trump companies, and anti-Trump governments in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois that boycott me.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/08/under-armour-trump/

 

NEWSMAX
— Ted Cruz Slams Democrats: ‘Filled With Rage and Fury’ – Todd Beamon
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsmax-Tv/Democrats-Senate-election-American/2017/02/08/id/772683/

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— The Measure of Your Generosity – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: To give themselves standing to demonize, denigrate, and condemn me and others who share my demographics, my disgusting critic/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint themselves as being very generous and they crow that they are a member of a church, that they attend church services, and/or that they give money to a church.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/02/09/the-measure-of-your-generosity/

 

BLAZE
— As more retailers drop Ivanka’s clothing line, President Trump slaps back on Twitter – Sarah Lee  (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if not already, if you support Trump, anti-Trump individuals, anti-Trump organizations, anti-Trump companies, anti-Trump governments, and anti-Trump countries will drop you. I should write a book about anti-Trump individuals, anti-Trump organizations, anti-Trump companies, and anti-Trump governments in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois that have dropped me.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/08/as-more-retailers-drop-ivankas-clothing-line-president-trump-slaps-back-on-twitter/
— T.J. Maxx and Marshalls instruct employees to toss out signs for Ivanka Trump products – Brandon Morse
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/08/t-j-maxx-and-marshalls-instruct-employees-to-toss-out-signs-for-ivanka-trump-products/
— Tim Scott reads bigoted insults tweeted to him for supporting Sessions nomination – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/08/tim-scott-reads-bigoted-insults-tweeted-to-him-for-supporting-sessions-nomination/

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” act as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat Party.  Democrats view these “religious leaders” as being “useful idiots.”)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/08/politics/evangelicals-ad-trump/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote Islam.  If they succeed in getting rid of Trump, will they force everyone in the world to be a Muslim?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/09/opinion/all-of-islam-isnt-the-enemy.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: CNN Journalist Braces for Backlash After Clash With Trump Adviser – Daniel Victor (DIERSEN: As your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, I am always bracing for backlashes because each and every GOPUSA ILLINOIS email that I send out contains at least one link to an article that my critics/opponents disapprove of.  My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn. in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. It seems to me that they attend church services solely to ask GOD to smite me down.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/business/media/jake-tapper-kellyanne-conway.html
— A Low-Tech Guide to Becoming More Politically Active – BRIAN X. CHEN  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents do NOT want you to “stay educated.” They want you to rely on them and only on them for all information.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/technology/personaltech/a-low-tech-guide-to-becoming-more-politically-active.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Stay Educated  The first challenge to getting more politically active is filtering out the torrent of political news to understand what you should care about. One high-level approach is to read the executive orders posted on the White House website. Beyond that, following your members of Congress is an important way to get deeper information, says Indivisible, an activism guide published by former congressional staff members. These are the people who introduce legislation, so keeping up with them is crucial if you want to be more politically active. After identifying your members of Congress, visit their websites and sign up to receive their newsletters and invitations to local events. You can create Google News alerts on certain lawmakers to keep up with their actions. Another approach is following the legislation you care about. Mr. Tauberer’s tool, GovTrack.us, lets you share your location, select an issue and view the bills that have been introduced. For example, Senator Dianne Feinstein of California introduced a bill to nullify the effect of the executive order on immigration. The site says there is a 7 percent chance of the bill being enacted. You could then contact Ms. Feinstein’s office to say you support or oppose her bill.)
— Federal Workers Get Guidance for Discussing the Politics of Trump – CHARLIE SAVAGE and JONATHAN WEISMAN  (DIERSEN: If I was still working for GAO, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would have killed me by now figuratively if not literally.  They would blame me for Trump’s election just like anti-Trumps blame me for Trump’s election in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/09/us/politics/donald-trump-administration.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With the president already running for re-election, federal workers get guidance on office politics  The day President Trump took the oath of office, he filed paperwork to declare his candidacy for re-election, not so much because he was overeager but because money was still flowing into his campaign coffers, and any funds raised over $5,000 in 2017 would have had to be returned unless Mr. Trump registered as a candidate. And we know the president doesn’t like refunds. So what’s a federal employee to do with a boss who was technically running for office the day he stepped into the Oval Office? The Office of Special Counsel has answers. It has told federal employees that they may not express a view about whether Mr. Trump should be re-elected or defeated in 2020 while on duty or in the workplace, but it assured them that they were otherwise free to express support or disapproval about Mr. Trump and his policies. A new guidance document (https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3457194-2017-Hatch-Act-Trump-Guidance.html) was issued on Tuesday after the office said that it had received numerous inquiries about the impact of Mr. Trump’s filing for re-election. In contrast, former President Barack Obama filed such paperwork more than two years after his inauguration. The office — an independent agency that watchdogs civil-service protections — said that with the exception of expressly advocating Mr. Trump’s success or failure in the 2020 election, federal employees were still pretty free. “Because the 2020 election is still more than three years away, at this time not all expressions of support or opposition to President Trump constitute political activity for purposes of the Hatch Act,” which prohibits federal employees from politicking, it said. The office also developed a new answer to its list of frequently asked question (https://osc.gov/Pages/HatchAct-FAQs.aspx) that spells out with greater detail the scope and limits of federal employees’ right to express their views while they are at work or on duty. The new answer distinguished between expressing a view about current events, policy issues and matters of public interest — which federal employees are always free to do — and political activity, meaning advocating the success or failure of a particular political candidate or party.)
— TRAGIC: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Almost Half of Young Adults Get Rent Help From Parents – Quoctrung Bui (DIERSEN: Did your parents help pay your rent after you graduated from college?  My parents did not.  My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 years old.  I graduated from NIU in 1970 when I was 21 years old. After I graduated, I lived with my mother and brother in Crete and helped pay the bills until September of 1972 when I bought a new town home in University Park.  When I bought the town home, I worked as a GS-9 (currently $54,864) IRS Revenue Officer in Harvey and I worked part-time at the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/09/opinion/all-of-islam-isnt-the-enemy.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Steve Bannon is still making money from ‘Seinfeld’ reruns – Victoria Craw  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would say that I am still getting money from the federal government even though my last day of work there was September 30, 1997.)
http://nypost.com/2017/02/08/steve-bannon-is-still-making-money-from-seinfeld-reruns/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial unethically made to look like a news article, members of the following groups promote Mexico over America: 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rexnord-plows-ahead-with-mexico-plans-despite-trumps-pressure-1486555201
— Even Donald Trump Can’t Save Twitter  If Twitter can’t materially benefit from a phenomenon like Trump, it probably won’t from anything else either – STEVEN RUSSOLILLO
https://www.wsj.com/articles/even-donald-trump-cant-save-twitter-1486585567
— Who’s Afraid of Student Journalists?  The American Association of University Professors likens reporting on campus to ‘witch hunts.’ – JOHN J. MILLER (DIERSEN: Those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, DuPage County, and in Illinois who are terrified of the GOPUSA Illinois Editor are publicly rude to him.  Should I write a book about the aforesaid disgusting losers and their rudeness?  They want me to take my shoes off and throw them at them.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/whos-afraid-of-student-journalists-1486597340
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Canada Puts Stock in Immigrants – DAVID GEORGE-COSH and PAUL VIEIRA  (DIERSEN: What percent of “immigrants” go to Canada because it is easier to get into America illegally from there?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/canadas-population-hits-35-million-1486576956

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trump employers make it clear a) that they will only hire those who are anti-Trump and b) that they will get rid of all their current employees who are not anti-Trump.
http://time.com/money/4658376/refugee-jobs-ban-trump-starbucks-chobani/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps call for “All The Companies Still Carrying Ivanka Trump’s Products” to stop carrying the products.  How should Trump react?
http://time.com/money/4663700/companies-selling-ivanka-trump/

 

CAMPAIGNS & ELECTIONS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Democrat Party organizes anti-Trumps.
https://www.campaignsandelections.com/campaign-insider/the-trump-opposition-self-organizes

 

FED SMITH
— There are better ways to enact changes to the federal civil service laws than vilifying federal employees – Wayne Coleman  (DIERSEN: Who vilifies you?  The following vilify me, and I take it as a badge of honor: those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/02/08/some-thoughts-for-the-new-president-and-congress-regarding-federal-employment/

 

ALJAZEERA
— More Americans joining socialist groups under Trump  Socialist groups see huge spike in membership as they join protests against US President Donald Trump. – Patrick Strickland  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps a) promote dependency on government and b) reject individual responsibility.)
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/02/americans-joining-socialist-groups-trump-170205083615002.html

February 8 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chris Kennedy to announce run for governor – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chris-kennedy-announces-run-for-governor/amp/
— Some optimism, some ‘trepidation’ as Senate mulls ‘grand bargain’ – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/some-optimism-some-trepidation-as-senate-mulls-grand-bargain/
— Obama jumps back into the water – Shia Kapos
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/kapos-obama-jumps-back-into-the-water/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville to Caterpillar: ‘We’re open for business’ – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-caterpillar-st-0208-20170207-story.html
— Elgin doctor charged with trespassing during Roskam protest – Elizabeth Owens-Schiele
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-elgin-doctor-arrest-protest-st-0208-20170207-story.html
— How a Facebook post led women to protest Arlington Heights ‘backdoor boys’ club.’ – Karen Ann Cullotta  (DIERSEN: In your municipality, which of the following groups are despised/hated the most: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/arlington-heights/news/ct-ahp-women-local-politics-arlington-heights-tl-0209-20170207-story.html
— Rauner dismisses ‘overblown emotion’ on DeVos pick – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-betsy-devos-trump-education-secretary-story.html
— In Ribfest music flap, freedom and neighborliness must prevail – Rob Manker  (DIERSEN: From what I see, anti-Trumps are full of hatred.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-nvs-manker-column-st-0208-20170207-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Naperville.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-mego-column-st-0205-20170203-story.html
— TRAGIC: When it comes to booze, Americans are opting for the hard stuff – Greg Trotter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-spirits-industry-growth-0208-biz-20170207-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump lawyers help anti-Trump travelors.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-immigration-lawyers-trump-travel-ban-0208-biz-20170206-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, Democrats promote Syrian refugees.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-syrian-refugee-family-chicago-met-20170207-story.html
— Left seeks Democratic control as Chicago mayor tells them to just ‘chill’ – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-rahm-emanuel-democrats-kass-0208-20170207-column.html
— Adviser: Chris Kennedy to run for Illinois governor – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chris-kennedy-illinois-governor-20170208-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— It’s easy to support elimination of lieutenant governor position – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170207/discuss/170209069/
— Minimum wage and discrimination – Walter E. Williams  (DIERSEN: How long did you work for the minimum wage? I did for 18 months 1964-1966 washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights.  My understanding is that I was first and only White male that held that job in that store.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170208/discuss/170209133/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chris Kennedy running for governor
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170208/NEWS02/170209862/chris-kennedy-running-for-governor

 

WBEZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that citizens of foreign countries are superior to citizens of America.
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/banned-together-how-the-travel-ban-hurts-uics-engineering-program/4c5375ff-ff14-4c16-bc16-806b66e5431f

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— It’s time for the tough votes on ‘grand bargain’ budget – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170207/our-view-its-time-for-tough-votes-on-grand-bargain-budget
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps blast Trump in Springfield.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170207/students-faculty-discuss-trump-policy-at-uis-forum
— Latest state budget plan: Lower sales tax, but expanded scope – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170207/latest-state-budget-plan-lower-sales-tax-but-expanded-scope
— Disappointed in Rauner’s hiring of Munger – Scott Reeder  (DIERSEN: Who is disappointed that you were hired?  GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170207/scott-reeder-disappointed-in-rauners-hiring-of-munger

 

FOX 2 NOW
— Illinois program promotes diversity in advanced classes  (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs always blamed Republicans for problems that “low-income and minority students” have had, are having, and will have.)
http://fox2now.com/2017/02/07/illinois-program-promotes-diversity-in-advanced-classes/

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — Opinions are anti-Trump every day – Robert Barnard
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/mailbag/opinions-are-anti-trump-every-day/article_f340e9a8-10f3-525e-aa66-4744cd322aea.html

 

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Biss introduces bill requiring presidential candidates in Illinois to release tax returns – Nora Shelly
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2017/02/08/city/biss-introduces-bill-requiring-presidential-candidates-in-illinois-to-release-tax-returns/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs promote opposition to Trump’s executive orders.
http://nprillinois.org/post/trumps-refugee-and-immigration-executive-order-congress-tracker#stream/0
http://nprillinois.org/post/muslim-families-join-springfield-trump-protest#stream/0

 

THE REPUBLIC
— Lawsuit filed against company that runs Illinois Lottery
http://www.therepublic.com/2017/02/07/il-illinois-lottery/

 

INDIANAPOLIS BUSINESS JOURNAL
— Lawsuit filed against company that runs Illinois Lottery – AP
http://www.ibj.com/articles/62390-lawsuit-filed-against-company-that-runs-illinois-lottery

 

LOYOLA PHOENIX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://loyolaphoenix.com/2017/02/trump-presidency-undocumented-students-loyola-face-uncertain-future/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Are Progressives Targeting Minorities with Abortion? – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/are-progressives-targeting-minorities-with-abortion/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TAXPAYERS TO PROTEST PLANNED PARENTHOOD NATIONWIDE SATURDAY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/taxpayers-to-protest-planned-parenthood-nationwide-saturday.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Elementary school, high school students face taunts for supporting Trump  Adult behavior inspires students –  Bradford Richardson
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/7/anti-trump-bullying-breaks-out-against-students-at/
— ‘Five Pillars of Islam’ worksheet for six-graders angers in South Carolina  Parent: ‘They should be getting permission to teach religious values’ – Douglas Ernst  (DIERSEN: Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/7/five-pillars-of-islam-worksheet-for-six-graders-an/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Congress Moves to Cut Immigration to U.S. By Half  New bill would limit the number of refugees, lower total immigration levels – Adam Kredo  (DIERSEN: Of course, those who exploit immigrants will oppose this.)
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/congress-moves-cut-immigration-u-s-half/
— Merriam-Webster Adds ‘Safe Space,’ ‘Microaggression’ to Dictionary – Elizabeth Harrington  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the Democrats and the RINOs in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America set up “safe places” to protect everyone from those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?  How hard are Democrats and the RINOs working to banish members of the aforesaid groups from your precinct, from your municipality, from your township/ward, from your county, from Illinois, and from America?)
http://freebeacon.com/culture/merriam-webster-adds-safe-space-microaggression-to-dictionary/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago Public Schools sent a letter home with every pupil trashing Gov. Rauner
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/chicago-public-schools-sent-a-letter-home-with-every-pupil-trashing-gov.-rauner/article/2614234

 

GOPUSA
— Women’s March plans strike: Day without a woman
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20418

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— MINIMUM WAGE AND DISCRIMINATION – Walter E. Williams (DIERSEN: How long did you work for the minimum wage? I did for 18 months 1964-1966 washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights.  My understanding is that I was first and only White male that held that job in that store.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/minimum-wage-and-discrimination/

 

RENEW AMERICA
— LGBTQ vs. unalienable rights: Can Trump have it both ways? – Alan Keyes
http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/keyes/170207

 

FOX NEWS
— Democrats Trying to Paint Steve Bannon as a ‘Scarier’ Karl Rove
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/02/07/dems-trying-paint-steve-bannon-scarier-karl-rove

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Liberals Now Getting a Taste of How the Obama Years Felt for Conservatives – James Lewis  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who claim to be Christian, conservative, and/or Republican, but were obviously happier with the anti-Christian, anti-conservative, and anti-Republican Obama than they are now with the pro-Christian, pro-conservative, and pro-Republican Trump.  The aforesaid talk and act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/02/liberals_now_getting_a_taste_of_how_the_obama_years_felt_for_conservatives.html

 

NEWSMAX
— Gallup: Economic Confidence at Historic Highs Under Trump
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/Economy/Gallup-Economic-Confidence-Index-Trump/2017/02/07/id/772496/

 

BREITBART
— Hillary Clinton Declares ‘Future is Female’ – BEN KEW  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to say that you are a Democrat is to say that you are anti-male.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/07/hillary-clinton-praises-anti-trump-womens-march-claims-future-female/

 

THE BLAZE
— New York assembly passes ‘sanctuary state’ bill in defiance of Trump – Brandon Morse
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/07/new-york-assembly-passes-sanctuary-state-bill-in-defiance-of-trump/
— Watch: Citizen journalist asks LAX protesters why they are protesting, and it doesn’t go well – Sara Gonzales
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/07/watch-citizen-journalist-asks-lax-protesters-why-they-are-protesting-and-it-doesnt-go-well/

 

CENTER FOR FAMILY & HUMAN RIGHTS
— New UN LGBT Expert Doubles Down Against Religious Freedom, Describes “Entry Points” for Homosexual and Transgender Rights  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.  Soon, if not already, you will be banished from everything if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://c-fam.org/friday_fax/new-un-lgbt-expert-doubles-religious-freedom-describes-entry-points-homosexual-transgender-rights/

 

THE HILL
— Senate votes to silence Warren after speech against Sessions – JORDAIN CARNEY
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/318422-senate-votes-to-silence-warren-after-sessions-speech

 

POLITICO
— Republicans fear for their safety as Obamacare protests grow  At a closed-door meeting, House lawmakers discuss strategies to counter potential violence. – RACHAEL BADE  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote, threaten, and/or engage in violence against Trump supporters.  What does that say about anti-Trumps?)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/republicans-obamacare-protests-safety-234733

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump paints dark picture in defense of travel ban – Julie Pace
http://journalstar.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/analysis-trump-paints-dark-picture-in-defense-of-travel-ban/article_9fc5f772-e3eb-5dc9-97ae-00f88f369a18.html

 

REUTERS
— Illinois House speaker makes his money lowering property taxes – Dave McKinney
http://www.reuters.com/article/usa-illinois-madigan-lawyer-idUSL1N1FS20V
— Michael Madigan, the man behind the fiscal fiasco in Illinois – Dave McKinney
http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-illinois-madigan/

 

CNBC
— NYC protesters march on Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan for Trump ties – Elizabeth Gurdus  (DIERSEN: What are your “Trump ties?” If you asked those who run your municipality, your township/ward, your county, and Illinois who has the strongest “Trump ties,” what would they say?)
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/07/nyc-protesters-march-on-goldman-sachs-jpmorgan-chase-for-trump-ties.html

 

CNN
— Warren cut off during Sessions debate after criticism – Ted Barrett
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/07/politics/elizabeth-warren-mitch-mcconnell/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: White House Weighs Terrorist Designation for Muslim Brotherhood – PETER BAKER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/world/middleeast/muslim-brotherhood-terrorism-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries.  Democrats want immigrants because they vote for Democrats.  RINOs want immigrants because the work for less money.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/business/economy/restricting-immigration-would-make-america-smaller-not-greater.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Jews to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and Trump’s supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/opinion/american-universities-must-take-a-stand.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn DeVos.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/opinion/betsy-devos-teaches-the-value-of-ignorance.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats to plot anti-Trump strategy — in Congress and at the polls — in Baltimore – David Weigel and Mike DeBonis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/07/democrats-to-plot-anti-trump-strategy-in-congress-and-at-the-polls-in-baltimore/

 

NEW YORK POST
— Rabbis among group of anti-Trump protesters arrested – Jazmin Rosa
http://nypost.com/2017/02/07/rabbis-among-group-of-anti-trump-protesters-arrested/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— At the Trump Trauma Center, Nobody Comes for Treatment  A sickness that makes sufferers feel terribly good about themselves. – JOSEPH EPSTEIN, Evanston, Illinois  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise themselves.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-the-trump-trauma-center-nobody-comes-for-treatment-1486512151
— An Antipoverty Veteran Now Wages War on Dependency  How Peter Cove came to realize that jobs, not government aid, offered the route to prosperity. – JASON L. RILEY
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-antipoverty-veteran-now-wages-war-on-dependency-1486512266

 

USA TODAY
— IBM employees’ anti-Trump petition is growing – Jon Swartz
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/02/07/ibm-employees-anti-trump-petition-growing/97609426/
— Tech’s latest start-up: Anti-Trump activism – Jon Swartz and Jessica Guynn
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/02/07/techs-latest-start-up-anti-trump-activism/97564884/
— How much do you need to fund retirement? More than you think – Robert Powell
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2017/02/07/how-much-do-you-need-fund-retirement-more-than-you-think/96784474/

 

DIAMONBACK
— Are violent protests acceptable in the Trump era? “Just War” theory says no. – Max Foley-Keene  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote, threaten, and/or engage in violence against Trump supporters.  What does that say about anti-Trumps?)
http://www.dbknews.com/2017/02/08/violent-protests-trump-administration-just-war-theory/

 

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How soon will everyone in California be a stoner?
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/a-section/the-cannifornian-covers-impact-of-recreational-marijuana-legalization-in-california/

 

FED SMITH
— First Agency Up for Elimination: Election Assistance Commission – Ralph R. Smith  (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and the Post Office 1966-1969.  Constructively, those who hate the federal government have always had those agencies “up for elimination.”  Who hates the federal government the most in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  Which current and former federal employees in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois do they hate the most?)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/02/07/first-agency-up-for-elimination-election-assistance-commission/
— After Trump: A Surge of Federal Employees Leaving Government? – Ralph R. Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/02/07/after-trump-a-surge-of-federal-employees-leaving-government/

 

NEW REPUBLIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Who Benefits From Trump’s Chaos?” and say “Elites have always used a climate of fear to push their own agendas.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/140494/benefits-trumps-chaos

 

DAILY KOS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump is SO easy to mess with—he telegraphs his weak points, and his staff is happy to leak.”
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/2/7/1631017/-Trump-is-SO-easy-to-mess-with-He-telegraphs-his-weak-points-and-his-staff-is-happy-to-leak

February 5 Evening Edition

WGN TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “With Melissa McCarthy playing Spicer, ‘SNL’ cranks up Trump satire.”
http://wgntv.com/2017/02/05/with-melissa-mccarthy-playing-spicer-snl-cranks-up-trump-satire/

 

ABC7
— Democratic Senator: ‘Everything Depends’ on How Trump’s Supreme Court Pick ‘Answers the Questions’ – ABC News  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the many questions that my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government asked me during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government to bring out the fact that I was baptized, raised and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran and that I am conservative, Republican, non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, and that my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s.  Of course, they used my answers against me.)
https://abc7chicago.com/news/democratic-senator-everything-depends-on-how-trumps-supreme-court-pick-answers-the-questions/1738911/
— Mike Pence on LGBT Rights: Discrimination Has ‘No Place’ in Trump Administration – ABC News  (DIERSEN: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, Democrats and RINOs get rid of you.)
https://abc7chicago.com/news/mike-pence-on-lgbt-rights-discrimination-has-no-place-in-trump-administration/1738707/
— FOR TRUMP FOES, DEMOCRATIC GAINS MAY REMAIN ELUSIVE IN 2018 – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/for-trump-foes-democratic-gains-may-remain-elusive-in-2018/1739057/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— TREASONOUS: Lawmakers consider expanding Illinois (ILLEGAL) immigrant protections – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-illinois-immigrant-protections-20170205-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Milwaukee sheriff’s star rises, but he remains polarizing.”  In Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton, the more planks that you defend/advance in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and/or the more that you defend/advance the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, the more that Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you as being polarizing.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-milwaukee-county-sheriff-david-clarke-20170205-story.html
— Police investigating homicide in Wheaton, seek victim’s car – Matthew Hendrickson
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/police-investigating-homicide-in-wheaton-seek-victims-car/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Investigators were trying to locate two vehicles that may be connected to the case, police said. Leinweber’s vehicle was described as a red, 2009 Kia Spectra with Illinois license plate V264403. The vehicle may have a Hillary Clinton sticker on the rear of the vehicle.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s blasts at judge raise questions for Gorsuch on independence.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-judge-gorsuch-20170205-story.html
— WeatherTech founder David MacNeil bets big on Super Bowl ads – Robert Channick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-weathertech-david-macneil-exec-qa-0205-biz-20170203-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— White House predicts courts will reinstate travel ban – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/court-denies-trump-request-to-immediately-restore-travel-ban/
— Pence: Education pick DeVos will be confirmed with his vote – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pence-education-pick-devos-will-be-confirmed-with-his-vote/
— Former city worker, convicted in Hired Truck, granted pension – Sam Charles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/former-city-worker-convicted-in-hired-truck-granted-pension/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Lady Gaga said she hopes her Super Bowl halftime show will celebrate “inclusion” and the “spirit of equality” during a time of national division. – AP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise themselves and make it clear that they want to get rid of individuals, organizations, governments, and countries that are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170205/entlife/170209589/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Melissa McCarthy who lampoons “White House press secretary Sean Spicer in a “Saturday Night Live” sketch where she taunted reporters as “losers,” fired a water gun at the press corps and even used the lectern to ram a Wall Street Journal journalist.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170205/entlife/302059932/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Pediatrician discusses arrest at Roskam protest in Palatine.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170205/news/170209362/

 

WJBD RADIO
— Trump Threatens Defunding Sanctuary States as ‘Weapon’
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2017/02/05/trump-threatens-defunding-sanctuary-states-as-weapon

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Consequences of budget inaction have already been catastrophic – Lisa Madigan
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170205/lisa-madigan-consequences-of-budget-inaction-have-already-been-catastrophic

 

BLOOMINTON PANTAGRAPH
— Shutdown is what Illinois needs right now – Editorial
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/opinion/editorial/editorial-shutdown-is-what-illinois-needs-right-now/article_2b08be6f-edbb-5d1d-82a9-42aadedfdf78.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— McConnell: No federal money should be spent on Trump’s voter fraud investigation  ‘This sort of thing is handled at the state level’ – CNN  (DIERSEN: But those who run Illinois despise if not hate Trump and Trump’s supporters.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/mcconnell-no-federal-money-should-be-spent-on-trumps-voter-fraud-investigation/649996171

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, anti-Trumps promote foreign countries and their citizens.
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34430832/travelers-arrive-in-us-to-hugs-and-tears-after-ban-is-lifted

 

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— Full List Of The 231 Leftist Thugs Arrested At Inauguration Day Riots In D.C.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/02/report-full-list-231-leftist-thugs-arrested-inauguration-day-riots-d-c/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Another Reason to Reject Muslim Immigrants: They Come Here for Free Stuff, NOT to ‘Better Their Lives’ – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/02/04/another-reason-reject-muslim-immigrants-come-free-stuff-not-better-lives/

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump says Pence to lead voter registration fraud probe
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/05/trump-says-pence-to-lead-voter-registration-fraud-probe-leaves-door-open-on-scrapping-iran-deal.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— About a 100 people gathered at a rally in support of President Donald Trump outside Trump Tower in Manhattan. – AP
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/5/nyc-demonstrators-rally-in-support-of-trump/
— U.S. taking power back from left – Editorial
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/5/letter-to-the-editor-us-taking-power-back-from-lef/
— TREASONOUS: Lawmakers consider expanding Illinois (ILLEGAL) immigrant protections – AP
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/5/lawmakers-consider-expanding-illinois-immigrant-pr/

 

THE BLAZE
— Can America be united again? – Chris Salcedo  (DIERSEN ANSWER: Not as long as Democrats want everyone 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.theblaze.com/podcasts/can-america-be-united-again/
— Neiman Marcus piles on: The retail chain follows Nordstrom in dropping Ivanka’s line – Sarah Lee (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter?  How soon, if not already, will the anti-Trumps drop you?  How soon, if not already, will the anti-Trumps post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/05/neiman-marcus-piles-on-the-retail-chain-follows-nordstrom-in-dropping-ivankas-line/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Protesters March To Mar-a-Lago To Rally Against Trump’s Visa Freeze – Amber Randall
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/05/protesters-march-to-mar-a-lago-to-rally-against-trumps-visa-freeze/

 

AMERICAN CLARION
— The Foundation of the Family – ROB PUE
http://www.americanclarion.com/2017/02/05/the-foundation-of-the-family-47592/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Rogue Federal Bureaucrats Threaten Trump’s Agenda – Fred Lucas  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I never tried to sabotage its Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, or Inclusion efforts. The federal government never charged me with that because I always carried out all the AA, Diversity, and Inclusion orders that I was given.  I can provide many examples in which I was ordered to give preference to my subordinates because they were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, and that I carried out those orders.)
http://dailysignal.com/2017/02/05/rogue-federal-bureaucrats-threaten-trumps-agenda/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Recent scandals in the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Internal Revenue Service demonstrated that it’s almost impossible to fire federal employees, many of whom reportedly intend to go rogue by not implementing President Donald Trump’s agenda. Conservatives are hopeful the time has come for civil service reform that would rein in this permanent class of government workers who have voiced outright hostility to the new administration. Some have even called it the “fourth branch of government” or “alt-government.” “This is a situation where people voted and elected a president who is lawfully trying to complete those tasks [he promised in the campaign], while unelected bureaucrats are willing to overturn the will of the people,” Ben Wilterdink, director of commerce at the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, told The Daily Signal. Among federal employees, about 95 percent of political contributions went to Democrat Hillary Clinton during the presidential race, according to an analysis by The Hill. Some of those federal workers are now in consultation with departed Obama administration officials to determine how they can push back against the Trump administration’s agenda, The Washington Post reported last week. At the State Department, for example, nearly 1,000 government workers signed a letter protesting Trump’s executive order on refugees. A few days later, Trump had to fire acting Attorney General Sally Yates after she announced she wouldn’t defend the administration’s refugee policy. White House press secretary Sean Spicer said State Department employees who oppose the policy “should either get with the program, or they can go.” “If a federal employee doesn’t like the ideological foundation or likely outcomes of a presidential directive, it doesn’t mean that the directive is not legal. It means that the views of the federal employee are in conflict with the views of the president who runs the federal government,” said Neil Siefring, vice president of Hilltop Advocacy and a former Republican House staffer, in a column for The Daily Caller. “In that instance,” Siefring added, “the solution should not be to resist the actions of the president in their professional capacity as a career civil servant in the workplace. The solution is for that federal employee to honorably resign, not actively or passively hamper the White House.” What if an employee won’t resign? Addressing the problem with the federal workforce won’t be easy, according to experts interviewed by The Daily Signal. “You can fire federal employees, it’s just that nobody wants to put up with the process,” Don Devine, former director of the Office of Personnel Management during the Reagan administration, told The Daily Signal. Multiple appeals can be made through the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and the National Labor Relations Board. “It’s almost impossible to discipline employees because it can be appealed to through the merit system, the labor relations systems, or through the EEOC,” Devine said. “We don’t have a civil service system; we have a dual civil service-labor relations system.” During the Obama administration, two of its biggest scandals involved the IRS and Department of Veterans Affairs. In 2013, a Treasury Department inspector general report determined the IRS had been targeting conservative groups. In 2014, a VA inspector general’s report revealed falsified appointments in which some veterans died while waiting for care. Years later, conservative remain frustrated that federal workers weren’t held accountable. “I will take your IRS employees and raise you the EPA, where story after story, a worker was viewing porn on work time and couldn’t be fired because the process is fraught with appeals,” Wilterdink said. “It’s hard to argue we have an accountable government when someone can’t be fired for years at a time.” Earlier this year, the U.S. House revived the Holman Rule, named after a Democrat congressman who introduced it in 1876. It would allow lawmakers to cut the pay of individual federal workers or a government program. There are other proposals for holding federal workers accountable. House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, introduced a bill in January to hold seriously tax delinquent people ineligible for federal civilian employment, federal contracts, or government grants. This bill was proposed in response to IRS data found more than 100,000 federal civilian employees owed more than $1 billion in unpaid taxes at the end of fiscal year 2015. Adding to the challenge is the process commonly known as burrowing. Frequently, political appointees from one administration convert to a career position that comes with civil service protections, allowing them to continue implementing policy—or resisting the new administration’s approach. The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883 was passed to stop raw political party appointments from securing federal government jobs, or a spoils system. The law introduced the merit system into hiring practices and made numerous civil service positions untouchable after they were filled. However, burrowing has caused a de facto spoils system, Wilterdink said, because, “the pendulum has swung so far to protecting federal employees” that it allows administrations to keep their people in office long term. Significant reform doesn’t mean recreating a spoils system, according to Robert Moffit, a senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation who was an assistant Office of Personnel Management director during the Reagan administration. Moffit said a balanced approach would be more desirable. “You need to have strong managers in each agency to make sure the president’s agenda is properly executed,” Moffit told The Daily Signal. “You must also have a bright line between career and non-career staff so there is no politicization of the merit system.” Moffit also supports legislation to allow the president to order the firing of career officials who either “broke the law or severely undermined the public’s trust.” “Even President Obama referred to what IRS officials did as outrageous and nothing happened,” Moffit said. “The VA matter is still unresolved. The people responsible for those waiting lists aren’t accountable and people died.”)

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump plays golf amid bipartisan backlash over Putin defense.”
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/317992-trump-plays-golf-amid-bipartisan-backlash-over-putin-defense

 

CNBC
— OUTSTANDING: Trump to Fox News: I may defund California as ‘a weapon’ to fight illegal immigration – Harriet Taylor
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/05/trump-threatens-to-defund-california-in-fight-against-sanctuary-cities.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “After 2 Weeks, Trump’s Bungles Have Aides Rethinking Strategy.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/05/us/politics/trump-white-house-aides-strategy.html
— In Airbnb’s Super Bowl Ad, Implied Criticism of Trump’s Travel Ban – KATIE BENNER  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the anti-Trump businesses post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/05/technology/airbnb-super-bowl-ad-trump-travel-ban.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump: ‘California in many ways is out of control’ – Michael A. Memoli
http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-trump-bill-to-make-california-a-1486330796-htmlstory.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Rips Judge on Travel-Ban Ruling  Case’s legal path forward may be complicated by current 4-4 ideological split on the Supreme Court – DEVLIN BARRETT and BRENT KENDALL
https://www.wsj.com/articles/court-denies-justice-departments-request-to-immediately-reinstate-trump-travel-ban-1486286937

 

MERCURY NEWS
— Police have to escort California GOP congressman from rowdy town hall meeting – AP
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/04/police-escort-congressman-after-rowdy-california-town-hall/

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Trump Says Judge and U.S. Court System Deserve Blame ‘If Something Happens’ as a Result of Blocked Travel Ban – Chas Danner
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/02/trump-escalates-attacks-on-judge-and-u-s-court-system.html

 

FED SMITH
— Federal Workers Finding Creative Ways to Push Back Against Trump Administration – Ian Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/02/05/federal-workers-finding-creative-ways-to-push-back-against-trump-administration/

 

CHICAGO PRIDE
— Equality Illinois shares message of ‘equality and justice for all’ at gala  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the anti-Trumps post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/81612841

February 1 Evening Edition

ABC7
— TRUMP SLAMS CHICAGO VIOLENCE, MINISTERS SAYS GANGS WANT TO WORK WITH HIM – Charles Thomas
http://abc7chicago.com/news/trump-slams-chicago-violence-minister-says-gangs-want-to-help/1732019/
— TRUMP TELLS SENATE TO ‘GO NUCLEAR’ IF SCOTUS PICK BLOCKED, TILLERSON CONFIRMED – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-tells-senate-to-go-nuclear-if-scotus-pick-blocked-tillerson-confirmed/1731746/

 

NBC5
— Trump: Chicago Violence is ‘Totally Out of Control’  “We’re gonna have to do something about Chicago because what’s happening in Chicago should not be happening in this country,” Trump said. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Trump-Chicago-Violence-is-Totally-Out-of-Control-412448303.html
— ‘Just Send Them’: Emanuel Tells Trump to Send Federal Help – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rahm-trump-send-feds-chicago-violence-412445503.html

 

CBS2
— Emanuel Tells Trump To ‘Send More FBI, DEA, ATF Agents’
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/01/rahm-emanuel-donald-trump-chicago-crime-gun-violence/
— Ohio Pastor Clarifies: He Meant ‘Former’ Chicago Gang Leaders Want Trump Meeting – Steve Miller
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/01/ohio-pastor-clarifies-he-meant-former-chicago-gang-leaders-want-trump-meeting/
— Mag Mile Display: Man Holding Sign, Welcoming Muslims – Steve Miller (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on driving non-Democrats out of Chicago, out of Cook County, and out of Illinois.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/01/mag-mile-display-man-holding-sign-welcoming-muslims/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Group recommends Illinois school funding fix; future unclear – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/233011373-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Violence in Chicago still stubbornly high; Trump reacts again – Annie Sweeney and Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-violence-shootings-20170201-story.html
— Tillerson confirmed as secretary of state; GOP suspends Senate rules to push Trump picks – Kelsey Snell, David Weigel
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-senate-trump-cabinet-20170201-story.html
— Trump says it’s ‘great idea’ for pastor backing him to meet with Chicago gangs – Annie Sweeney and Jeremy Gorner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-trump-cleveland-pastor-chicago-gangs-met-20170201-story.html
— Only a new crisis will solve Illinois’ old crisis – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-rauner-madigan-illinois-budget-battle-perspec-0202-20170201-column.html
— How to help Syrian refugees? More foreign aid – Steve Chapman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-syrian-refugees-trump-muslim-ban-perspec-0202-20170201-column.html
— Fix Chicago’s violence? Start by helping kids land jobs – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-chicago-youth-unemployment-jobs-edit-0202-jm-20170201-story.html
— Rauner’s education panel says schools need more money – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rauner-education-reform-panel-met-0202-20170201-story.html
— Rauner’s next budget proposal will look familiar – Rick Pearson, Kim Geiger and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-tribune-edit-board-met-0202-20170201-story.html
— Amid Trump immigration furor, Emanuel hosts Chicago Dreamers for dinner – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-immigration-dinner-met-20170131-story.html
— How to judge Judge Gorsuch – Editorial (DIERSEN: QUESTION: In your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world, who dictates how people should be judged?  ANSWER: Those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-neil-gorsuch-trump-supreme-court-nominee-edit-0202-20170201-story.html
— Trump tells GOP to ‘go nuclear’ if Democrats block Supreme Court pick – John Wagner, Ashley Parker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-supreme-court-pick-20170201-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Frustrated Senate president might not run again – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-frustrated-senate-president-might-not-run-again/
— State’s credit rating downgraded again, budget ‘failure’ cited – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/states-credit-rating-downgraded-again-budget-failure-cited/
— Challenges to Trump order play out in fed court in Chicago – Jon Seidel
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/challenges-to-trump-order-play-out-in-fed-court-in-chicago/
— Trump calls concept of a meeting with Chicago gangs ‘great idea’ – Lynn Sweet and Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-calls-chicago-violence-totally-out-of-control/
— Sanctuary city order won’t threaten Chicago bond rating — yet – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sanctuary-city-order-wont-threaten-chicago-bond-rating-yet/
— Governor’s commission urges more state money for poor students – Lauren FitzPatrick and Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/governors-commission-urges-more-state-money-for-poor-students/
— Cubs’ Theo Epstein: Trump ‘grandstanding’ on Chicago crime – Fran Spielman and Andy Grimm
http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/cubs-theo-epstein-trump-grandstanding-on-chicago-crime/
— Theo Epstein comes away from mentoring session ‘a better man’ – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/theo-epstein-comes-away-from-mentoring-session-a-better-man/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump is protecting you from this man’s 67-year-old aunt.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-trump-is-protecting-you-from-this-mans-67-year-old-aunt/
— As Chicago’s violence continues, top cop sees signs of hope – Stefano Esposito
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/as-chicagos-violence-continues-top-cop-sees-signs-of-hope/
— Tillers confirmed Secretary of State: Durbin, Duckworth vote no – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/tillers-confirmed-secretary-of-state-durbin-duckworth-vote-no/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Black police officers at Metra sue railroad for discrimination – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170201/news/170209850/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Donald Trump and the real state of America’s inner cities – AARON RENN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170201/OPINION/170209998/donald-trump-and-the-real-state-of-americas-inner-cities
— Fitch cuts Illinois’ credit rating – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170201/BLOGS02/170209979/fitch-cuts-illinois-credit-rating

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— State rep. Allen Skillicorn filing bill to carry proposed balanced budget – KEVIN P. CRAVER
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/02/01/state-rep-allen-skillicorn-filing-bill-to-carry-proposed-balanced-budget/ab4ckri/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
—  Davis in Democrats’ sights for 2018 – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-02-01/tom-kacich-davis-democrats-sights-2018.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Commission recommends Illinois school funding fix – VAERIE WELLS
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/commission-recommends-illinois-school-funding-fix/article_9134e929-f93b-5f2f-a1ad-f3884fc3d3c4.html

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, religious leaders talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party.
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34396781/the-latest-eu-slams-trumps-immigration-ban-despite-changes

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— World Relief DuPage/Aurora voices concerns about refugee ban – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/01/30/world-relief-dupageaurora-voices-concerns-about-refugee-ban/a43jh7s/

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Why people are leaving Illinois –  David Kunert  (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs do everything that they can to drive members of the following groups out of Illinois: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagonow.com/dks-myriad-musings/2017/02/why-people-are-leaving-illinois/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Nunda Township GOP Supervisor Debate
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/02/01/nunda-township-gop-supervisor-debate/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WHEATON MIDDLE SCHOOL STAFF MEET STUDENTS WITH PRO-REFUGEE SIGNS  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump and Trump’s supporters are racists, sexist, bigots, and even worse things.  What percent of those involved in education anti-Trump?)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/wheaton-middle-school-staff-meet-students-with-pro-refugee-signs.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Wheaton Illinois’ James Howard Monroe Middle School says it is “inspiring in everyone a passion to excel,” but parents were stunned to learn this morning that staff members met students with signs inspiring passions to react against the Trump Administration’s effort to protect American citizens. “We are not afraid,” signs held by staff members at the school’s entrance said Wednesday morning, and publicized the website, “WeWelcomerefugees.com,”  while others said “You all are welcome here.” “Your voice is direly needed in this defining, historic moment, to be part of a coalition of the faith community who are compelled to be the voice of Christ, and show support for refugees, immigrants and minorities who now fear how potential political changes may significantly, and detrimentally, upend their whole world,” the site the signs referenced says. The comments on the signs are similar to those that rose up over the weekend in protest of the Trump Administration, which placed a temporary travel ban on certain immigrants and refugees hoping to find solace in America. The Trump Administration clamped down on travelers from seven countries where terrorists are reportedly being cultivated and trained for destruction to Western Civilization. Bryan Buck, the school’s principal, emailed parents Wednesday morning that having taxpayer-funded school staff meeting 6th, 7th and 8th grade students with those signs “could be perceived as political activity.” No apology was issued, only explanation and defense for the staff members: “Monroe Parents, This morning as students were entering the building, there were several school staff members holding signage reading, “We are not afraid, wewelcomerefugees.com” and “You are all welcome here.” The intent behind this demonstration was to make sure that all students, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, religion or language, are welcome at our schools. I understand that this situation could be perceived as political activity. Please know that the true the intent was to show openness and support for all our students. Our school district and community represent an amazing cross-section of the world, and we strive to ensure that each student is included and has a place to learn, develop and succeed in our schools. Thank you again for your continued commitment and support of one another and our school. Bryan Buck, Principal  The website the signs promoted is sponsored by the following organizations:)
— POLL: 49 PERCENT SUPPORT TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION BAN, 41 PERCENT OPPOSE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/poll-49-percent-support-trumps-immigration-ban-41-percent-oppose.html
— MEMBERS OF IL CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION CHIME IN ON SCOTUS NOMINEE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/members-of-il-congressional-delegation-chime-in-on-scotus-nominee-.html
— NATIONAL RIGHT-TO-WORK LAW INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS WEDNESDAY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/national-right-to-work-law-introduced-in-congress-wednesday.html
— BLACK CONSERVATIVE MONTH: MEET ILLINOIS’ BABETTE HOLDER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/black-conservatives-.html
— NEW TRIER GOP TAPS NEW COMMITEEMAN, AND IT’S A WOMAN
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/new-trier-gop-taps-new-commiteeman-and-its-a-woman.html
— BLACK PASTOR: CHICAGO GANG LEADERS BELIEVE TRUMP CAN HELP CURB KILLINGS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/black-pastor-chicago-gang-leaders-believe-trump-can-help-curb-killings.html
— CHICAGO’S VIOLENT CRIME IN JANUARY MATCHES BLOODY START OF 2016
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/chicagos-violent-crime-in-january-matches-bloody-start-of-2016.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Judge orders Trump to end travel ban from Muslim-majority countries – Stephen Dinan
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/1/judge-andre-birotte-orders-trump-end-muslim-travel/

 

GOPUSA
— The Left Won’t Stop Threatening Violence Against Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20103
— ‘White Privilege’ Essay Contest Ruffles Feathers in Upscale Liberal Town
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20083

 

DAILY CALLER
— Trump’s Immigration Order Is More Popular Than Trump, Hillary, And The News Media – Rachel Stoltzfoos
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/01/trumps-immigration-order-is-more-popular-than-trump-hillary-and-the-news-media/
— This FBI Employee Made $21,000 Paying Fake Car Maintenance Invoices – Thomas Phippen
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/01/this-fbi-employee-made-21000-paying-fake-car-maintenance-invoices/

 

COLLEGE FIX
— Illinois prof viciously attacks Steve Forbes online ahead of campus talk
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/30978/

 

THE HILL
— White House denies report that Trump threatened Mexican president over ‘bad hombres’ – NIKITA VLADIMIROV
http://thehill.com/policy/international/317463-ap-trump-told-mexican-president-to-handle-bad-hombres-or-us-troops-would

 

ABC NEWS
— Group Recommends Illinois School Funding Fix; Future Unclear – AP
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/group-recommends-illinois-school-funding-fix-future-unclear-45205547
— Trump’s VA Pick Pledges to Save Beleaguered Agency – AP
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trumps-pick-head-va-rejects-radical-change-fix-45185478

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Hiring freeze closed government’s front door but left many windows open – Eric Yoder
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/01/hiring-freeze-closed-governments-front-door-but-left-many-windows-open/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Take Back Your Brain From Social Media  How do we lessen social media’s grip? Geoffrey A. Fowler talks to psychologists and neuroscientists who recommend techniques for coping – GEOFFREY A. FOWLER
https://www.wsj.com/articles/take-back-your-brain-from-social-media-1485968678

 

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “10 Journalism Brands Where You Find Real Facts Rather Than Alternative Facts.”
http://www.forbes.com/sites/berlinschoolofcreativeleadership/2017/02/01/10-journalism-brands-where-you-will-find-real-facts-rather-than-alternative-facts/2/#351ee1664753

 

SEATTLE WEEKLY
— Social Media, Social Activism and Trump: A Recipe for Mass Action  The protest a Sea-Tac Saturday could become a common scene in Seattle. – CASEY JAYWORK
http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/social-media-social-activism-and-trump-a-recipe-for-mass-action/

 

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
— CNN journalist Mohammed Abdullah Tawfeeq, one of 721 (not 109) people held under Trump travel ban, sues
http://www.smh.com.au/world/cnn-journalist-one-of-721-not-109-people-held-under-trump-travel-ban-sues-20170201-gu3ox1.html

 

HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
— Republicans Continue to Rush Trump’s Anti-LGBTQ Nominees’ Confirmations Through the Senate – Jordan Dashow
https://www.hrc.org/blog/republicans-continue-to-rush-trumps-anti-lgbtq-nominees-confirmations-throu

January 26 Evening Edition

ABC7
— TRUMP FLOATS 20-PERCENT TAX ON MEXICAN IMPORTS TO PAY FOR WALL, BUT CONSIDERING OTHER OPTIONS – CNN
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-floats-20-percent-tax-on-mexican-imports-to-pay-for-wall-but-considering-other-options/1722651/
— TRUMP PLANS TO SUSPEND VISAS TO 7 MUSLIM-MAJORITY COUNTRIES, DRAFT ORDER SHOWS – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-plans-to-suspend-visas-to-7-muslim-majority-countries-draft-order-shows/1721876/
— ENVIRONMENT, HEALTHCARE INITIATIVES TARGETED IN TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/environment-healthcare-initiatives-targeted-in-trump-executive-orders/1722855/
— TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ASKS TOP STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS TO LEAVE – CNN
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-administration-asks-top-state-department-officials-to-leave/1722229/
— MEXICAN PRESIDENT SAYS HE WILL NOT ATTEND MEETING WITH TRUMP – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/mexican-president-says-he-will-not-attend-meeting-with-trump/1722091/

 

NBC5
— White House Spokesman Says Import Tax an Option to Pay for Wall  Officials immediately began backtracking from a 20 percent proposal – Julie Pace and Mark Stevenson
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Trump-Hints-He-May-Cancel-Mexico-Visit-Over-Wall-Spat-411870355.html
— ‘You’ve Lost My Respect’: Blagojevich’s Daughter Writes Scathing Letter to Obama After Father Not on Last Batch of Commutations
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Blagojevichs-Daughter-Writes-Letter-to-Obama-After-Father-Not-On-Last-Batch-of-Commutations-411921355.html
— Rauner: Sending National Guard to Chicago Would Be a ‘Mistake’  “We continue to believe it’s not the right thing for us to send in the National Guard,” Rauner said. “That would be a mistake.” – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-national-guard-rauner-trump-411898325.html
— Trump Infrastructure Plan Includes Chicago Rail Projects: Report  Among the roughly 50 proposed projects are plans to redevelop Chicago’s Union Station and modernize the CTA’s Red and Purple lines. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Trump-Infrastructure-Plan-Includes-Chicago-Rail-Projects-Report-411911265.html
— How Much Could Being a Sanctuary City Cost Chicago After Trump Order? Answer Unclear  Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Wednesday the city would “stay a sanctuary city” following Trump’s order
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/How-Much-Could-Being-a-Sanctuary-City-Cost-Chicago-After-Trump-Order-Answer-Unclear-411909615.html
— Trump In First TV Interview as President: ‘Chicago is Like a War Zone’
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Trump-In-First-TV-Interview-as-President-Chicago-is-Like-a-War-Zone-411884825.html

 

CBS2
— Trump: Chicago’s ‘Horrible Carnage’ Like A ‘War Zone’
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/01/26/trump-chicagos-horrible-carnage-like-a-war-zone/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Mexican president says he will not attend meeting with Trump
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/231918023-story

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Absent budget, Lisa Madigan seeks to stop state workers’ pay – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/absent-budget-lisa-madigan-files-motion-to-stop-state-worker-pay/
— Trump seeks 20 percent tax on Mexican imports to pay for wall – AP  (DIERSEN: Those who make money by exploiting the Mexicans who are in Mexico will not like this.  At some point, will Mexico offer to end its war on America, that is, will Mexico offer a) to stop sending its citizens into America illegally, b) to recall its citizens who are in America illegally, and c) to stop sending pot and other illegal drugs into America illegally?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-wants-tax-to-pay-for-border-wall/
— Blagojevich daughter blasts Obama: ‘Selfish and spineless’ – Andy Grimm  (DIERSEN: To this day, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois blame me for Jim Ryan’s loss to Blagojevich in 2002.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/blagojevich-daughter-blasts-obama-selfish-and-spineless/
— Immigrant groups want Welcoming City ordinance strengthened – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally. That is treasonous.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/immigrant-groups-want-welcoming-city-ordinance-strengthened/
— Minimum wage shelved as Senate leader warns members of ‘pressure’ – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/minimum-wage-shelved-as-senate-leader-warns-members-of-pressure/
— TREASONOUS: ‘Sanctuary cities’ undaunted by Trump move to cut funding – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sanctuary-cities-undaunted-by-trump-move-to-cut-funding/
— Mexican president cancels trip, but Trump calls decision ‘mutual’ – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mexico-stunned-by-trump-tweet-on-canceling-trip/
— Official: Border Patrol chief tells agents he was forced out – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/official-border-patrol-chief-tells-agents-he-was-forced-out/
— Pass state budget to keep Chicago kids in school – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-pass-state-budget-to-keep-chicago-kids-in-school/
— Could McCarthy become U.S. Marshal? – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sneed-exclusive-could-mccarthy-become-u-s-marshal/
— Donald Trump calls Chicagoan’s joke about son Barron ‘a disgrace’ – Darel Jevens
http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/donald-trump-calls-chicagoans-joke-about-son-barron-a-disgrace/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Spokesman: Trump wants 20 percent tax on Mexican imports to pay for border wall
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-gop-mexico-border-wall-cost-20170126-story.html
— It turns out Jared Kushner and Sean Spicer are also registered to vote in two states – Matea Gold, Alice Crites
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-voter-fraud-kushner-spicer-20170126-story.html
— Senators go home without budget deal in place – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-senate-no-budget-vote-met-0127-20170126-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump/Rauner says “Rauner rises above the low bar set by Trump.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-rauner-good-republican-trump-perspec-0127-jm-20170126-column.html
— Rod Blagojevich’s 20-year-old daughter Amy unloads on Barack Obama – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-amy-blagojevich-obama-chicago-inc-20170126-story.html
— DuPage heroin-related deaths up 53% in 2016: coroner – Bill Bird
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/crime/ct-nvs-dupage-coroner-heroin-statistics-st-0127-20170126-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs demonize, denigrate, and condemn men.  If you want to be accepted by Democrats and/or by RINOs, you have to demonize, denigrate, and condemn men.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-gender-stereotypes-study-20170126-story.html
— Mr. President, don’t build that wall – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with Mexico and with other foreign countries against America.  Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with citizens of Mexico and of other foreign countries against citizens of America.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-trump-mexico-wall-immigration-edit-0127-jm-20170126-story.html
— White House leaks cast Trump as a clueless child – Chris Cillizza  (FROM THE ARTICLE: But my educated guess is that these leaks must be driving Trump absolutely crazy. And when he gets mad, history suggests he will try to get even. And quickly.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-leaks-impulsive-clueless-child-20170126-story.html
— Hill Republicans leave GOP retreat with few answers from Trump about agenda – Mike DeBonis
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-gop-retreat-20170126-story.html
— ABC says Trump claimed 2 were shot dead in Chicago during Obama’s speech. But it never happened. – Jeremy Gorner and Jason Meisner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-trump-chicago-violence-abc-interview-met-20170126-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Evanston mayor sides with foreign countries and their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/news/ct-evr-evanston-mayor-sanctuary-city-tl-0202-20170126-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Naperville merger question unlikely to appear on ballot, attorneys say – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170126/news/170129128/
— Boundary changes proposed in Glen Ellyn District 89 – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170126/news/170129094/
— The Latest: Ryan says Congress will pay billions for wall – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170126/news/170129148/
— Uncomfortable implications of inaction on Illinois budget’s ‘grand bargain’ – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170125/discuss/170129188/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Will Rauner agree to be Trump’s immigration cop? – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: Those who want Rauner to lose in 2018 want him to side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens. Those who want Rauner to lose in 2018 want him to side with Mexico and with its citizens against Illinois and against its citizens.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170126/BLOGS02/170129874/trump-immigration-order-complicates-a-rauner-re-election

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Local election officials welcome voter fraud probe – Maria Nagle
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/government-and-politics/local-election-officials-welcome-voter-fraud-probe/article_a558fef6-bcb1-5ad7-8ca1-6bc74aceafec.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— With eye on 2018, Rauner says ‘Don’t blame me’ – AP  (DIERSEN: Who blames you? Should I write a book about those who blame me a) for all of their problems, all of your problems, all of my problems, and all of everyone’s problems and b) for the all problems that the following have had, are having, and will have: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, City of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, GAO, IRS, Post Office, all the Republican candidates who have lost elections in Illinois since 2000, etc.?)
http://www.qconline.com/news/illinois/with-eye-on-rauner-says-don-t-blame-me/article_c7acddc0-e407-11e6-ab87-9f7b577a5004.html
— Inaugural speech channels failed Gov. Walker’s – Scott Reeder
http://www.qconline.com/opinion/inaugural-speech-channels-failed-gov-walker-s/article_9ea8d9d1-268d-5df8-b5fe-de2bfd3b2d5f.html

 

WAND
— Labor secretary nominee’s company outsourced jobs – AP  (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, to paint me as being a patriotic hypocrite, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that the engine for my 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max was made in Mexico, that its automatic transmission was made in Germany, and that the car was assembled in Canada.)
http://www.wandtv.com/story/34355358/labor-secretary-nominees-company-outsourced-jobs

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Economist says U.S., Illinois heading in opposite directions – Dan McCaleb
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/01/25/from-the-editors-desk-economist-says-u-s-illinois-heading-in-opposite-directions/aedal7b/

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Gov. Rauner’s fork in the road? Will he move left or right on the proposed massive tax increase? – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/01/rauner-faces-a-fork-in-the-road-will-he-move-left-or-right-on-the-proposed-tax-increase/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— For many Illinoisans, the next recession has arrived – Austin Berg
https://ilnews.org/11875/opinion-for-many-illinoisans-the-next-recession-has-arrived/
— Illinois not among coal states suing to keep mines open
https://ilnews.org/11865/illinois-not-among-coal-states-suing-keep-mines-open/

 

ILLINOIS WATCHDOG
— Illinois revenue bill taxes most everything AND STRIP CLUBS – M.D. Kittle
http://watchdog.org/286779/illinois-taxes-strip-clubs/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS STATE SENATOR MCCARTER REBUFFED AFTER CRITICAL FACEBOOK VIDEO GOES VIRAL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/illinois-state-senator-rebuffed-after-critical-facebook-video-goes-viral.html
— ROSKAM TALKS TAX REFORM WITH STUART VARNEY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/roskam-talks-tax-reform-with-stuart-varney.html
— NRA RESPONDS TO ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN GUTIERREZ’ MSNBC ATTACK
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/nra-responds-to-illinois-congressman-gutierrez-msnbc-attack.html
— REPUBLICAN SENATOR SYVERSON DEFENDS DEMOCRAT 40% INCOME TAX HIKE PROPOSAL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/republican-senator-defends-democrat-40-income-tax-hike-proposal.html
— TRUMP APPROVAL RATING HITS 59%
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/trump-approval-ratings-hit-59.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump takes first flight on Air Force One – Dave Boyer
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/26/trump-pence-take-1st-flights-presidential-aircraft/
— A nation derided for doing the right thing – Wesley Pruden  (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because they vote for Democrats.  RINOs want immigrants because they want cheap labor.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/26/america-derided-for-doing-the-right-thing-on-immig/

 

GOPUSA
— Seattle NAACP: We have to get rid of this white supremacy, where everything is white-centric  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be accepted by Democrats or by RINOs, you have to be anti-White.  That is a major reason why Trump won and why Clinton lost.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19821
— Mexican President Refuses Opportunity to Discuss Issues with Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19852
— Hey illegals, start packing your bags!
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19830
— The Left’s Vagina-Based Politics Demeans Women
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19751
— Trend: Minnesota bill would make convicted protesters liable for policing costs
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19823
— Sanctuary Suites: Defiant mayor vows to harbor illegals at Boston City Hall
http://www.gopusa.com/sanctuary-suites-defiant-mayor-vows-to-harbor-illegals-at-boston-city-hall/
— Albright will stand with Muslims  (DIERSEN: Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion. Ever-increasingly, to say that you are a Democrat is to say that you are a Muslim.)
http://www.gopusa.com/albright-will-stand-with-muslims/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Has EPA Employees ‘Coming To Work In Tears’ – Andrew Follett (DIERSEN: What will happen if/when Trump takes steps to end patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination in the federal government?)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/26/trump-has-epa-employees-coming-to-work-in-tears/
— DOE Employees Scrubbed ‘Climate Change’ From Agency Files To Fool Trump – Michael Bastasch  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats have used DOE and everything else to blame Republicans for bad weather.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/26/doe-employees-scrubbed-climate-change-from-agency-files-to-fool-trump/
— OUTSTANDING: Trump Says He Will Deliver On ‘Extreme Vetting’ For Immigrants And Refugees – Kaitlan Collins
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/26/trump-says-he-will-deliver-on-extreme-vetting-for-immigrants-and-refugees/
— Trump LIVES UP To Campaign Promise, Starts Draining The Swamp – JACK KOCSIS
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/26/trump-lives-up-to-campaign-promise-starts-draining-the-swamp/
— FLASHBACK: Obama Admin Made Canada Pay For A $2 BILLION Border Bridge – Katie Frates
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/26/flashback-obama-admin-made-canada-pay-for-a-2-billion-border-bridge/
— NYT Editorial Board Horrified That Trump Wants To Fight ‘Radical Islamic Terrorism’ – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/26/nyt-editorial-board-horrified-that-trump-wants-to-end-radical-islamic-terrorism/
— Senior Obama Official Fabricated Purple Hearts To Get Gov’t Jobs For Decades – Kathryn Watson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/26/senior-obama-official-fabricated-purple-hearts-to-get-govt-jobs-for-decades/
— Cruz’s Former Chief Of Staff To Serve As Trump’s Conservative Liaison – Russ Read
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/26/breaking-cruzs-former-chief-of-staff-to-serve-as-trumps-conservative-liaison/

 

NEWSMAX
— Priebus Defends Trump’s Order to Cut Off Funds to Sanctuary Cities – Jeffrey Rodack
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Priebus-Defends-Trump-Immigration/2017/01/26/id/770527/

 

BREITBART
— Fake News: Media Reports State Dept. ‘Mass Resignation,’ Officials Actually Fired – JOHN HAYWARD
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/01/26/fake-news-media-reports-state-dept-mass-resignation-officials-actually-fired/
— Steve Bannon Torches New York Times: ‘You Have No Power’
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/01/26/steve-bannon-torches-new-york-times-no-power/
— Democrats Teaching How to Talk to ‘Real Americans’ – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/25/democrats-teaching-how-to-talk-to-real-americans/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— BLACK LIVES MATTER SLAMS WOMEN’S MARCH FOR BEING TOO WHITE
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/01/26/black-lives-matter-slams-womens-march-for-being-too-white/
— TRUMP DOJ LIKELY TO FIND MANY OFFENSES IN VOTER FRAUD PROBE, EXPERTS SAY
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/01/26/trump-doj-likely-to-find-many-offenses-in-voter-fraud-probe-experts-say/
— ANTI TRUMP LEFTISTS THOUGHT IT WOULD BE CUTE TO BLOCK A STREET. THE POLICE WEREN’T PLAYING.
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/01/26/anti-trump-leftists-thought-it-would-be-cute-to-block-a-street-the-police-werent-playing/

 

TOWNHALL
— Hugh Hewitt: President Trump Did More Outreach In A Day Than Obama Did In A Year – Matt Vespa
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/01/26/hugh-hewitt-liberals-need-to-get-out-of-elite-media-ghetto-n2276408

 

ACCURACY IN ACADEMIA
— Women’s Marchers, Unite! – Paul Kengor (DIERSEN: The individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that you unite with say more about you than anything that you ca say about yourself.  Of course, Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs know this.  They unite to give themselves standing to destroy.)
https://www.academia.org/womens-marchers-unite/

 

POLITICO
— Trump wants 20% tax on imports from Mexico to pay for wall – Jeremy Diamond  (DIERSEN: At some point, will Mexico offer to end its war on America, that is, will Mexico offer a) to stop sending its citizens into America illegally, b) to recall its citizens who are in America illegally, and c) to stop sending pot and other illegal drugs into America illegally?)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/politics/donald-trump-mexico-import-tax-border-wall/index.html

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— President Trump’s inner circle largely has Northern, Democratic pedigree – Ben Piven
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/president-trumps-inner-circle-largely-has-northern_us_588a2c7ce4b0628ad613decc

 

CNN
— Illinois governor: Trump hasn’t called me about Chicago violence – Chris Massie
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/politics/trump-rauner-feds-chicago/

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Illinois Senate pushes off vote on budget fix until February – AP
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article128841279.html

 

REUTERS
— U.S. federal employee ‘gag orders’ may be illegal, lawmakers warn Trump – Valerie Volcovici (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government never officially issued a gag order to stop my opposition to political affiliation discrimination, to reverse discrimination, or to age discrimination, but my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims.  My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-whistleblower-idUSKBN15A2L1

 

CBS NEWS
— Senators accuse Trump of promoting “culture of fear” among federal employees  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used their treatment of me to promote a “culture of fear.”  GAO employees saw that my Democrat 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.  IRS employees saw that my Democrat superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims.  Post Office employees saw that my Democrat superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.)
http://cbsnews.cbs.com/news/senators-accuse-trump-of-promoting-culture-of-fear-among-federal-employees/

 

AOL NEWS
— Trump compares Chicago violence to Afghanistan – BRYAN LOGAN
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/01/26/trump-compares-chicago-violence-to-afghanistan/21663231/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Plans 20% Tax on Mexican Imports to Pay for Border Wall – MICHAEL D. SHEAR  (DIERSEN: Those who make money by exploiting the Mexicans who are in Mexico will not like this.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/us/politics/mexico-wall-tax-trump.html
— Trump Strategist Steve Bannon Says Media Should ‘Keep Its Mouth Shut’ – MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUMJA
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/business/media/stephen-bannon-trump-news-media.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The State Department’s entire senior administrative team just resigned – Josh Rogin  (DIERSEN: As soon as they came to realize that I was never going to become a Democrat, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government did everything that they could to get me to resign. My Democrat Post Office superiors succeeded in forcing me resign in 1969 and previously they disallowed my sick leave requests. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, and previously they 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.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2017/01/26/the-state-departments-entire-senior-management-team-just-resigned/
— White House press secretary says border wall will be funded by 20 percent import tax on Mexican goods – Joshua Partlow  (DIERSEN: Those who make money by exploiting the Mexicans who are in Mexico will not like this.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/mexican-president-cancels-visit-to-washington-as-tensions-with-trump-administration-intensify/2017/01/26/ececc3da-e3d9-11e6-a419-eefe8eff0835_story.html
— Trump’s order to ban refugees and immigrants triggers fears across the globe – Sudarsan Raghavan, Louisa Loveluck and Kevin Sieff  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they stand with “the globe” against America.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/trumps-impending-bans-on-refugees-and-immigrants-triggers-fears-globally/2017/01/26/c698e67e-e33d-11e6-a419-eefe8eff0835_story.html
— Washington’s new normal: A Trump protest spectacle a day – Petula Dvorak
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/washingtons-new-normal-a-trump-protest-a-day/2017/01/26/7d2e5978-e3bb-11e6-a453-19ec4b3d09ba_story.html
— DIERSDEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s government looks an awful lot like a badly run business.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-government-looks-an-awful-lot-like-a-badly-run-business/2017/01/26/8b9e4886-e40d-11e6-a453-19ec4b3d09ba_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— White House Says Tax on Mexican Imports Would Pay for Border Wall Move would effectively endorse an idea Trump criticized two weeks ago – RICHARD RUBIN  (DIERSEN: Those who make money by exploiting the Mexicans who are in Mexico will not like this.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-says-tax-on-mexican-imports-could-pay-for-border-wall-1485463326
— Canceled Meeting Deepens U.S.-Mexico Rift  Presidents Trump and Peña Nieto won’t meet as sparks fly over border wall, trade – JOSE DE CORDOBA and PETER NICHOLAS
http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-threatens-to-cancel-meeting-with-mexican-president-1485443555
— Fed to Align Itself With Government Hiring Freeze  Trump asks for plan to reduce number of employees through attrition – DAVID HARRISON and KATE DAVIDSON
http://www.wsj.com/articles/fed-to-align-itself-with-government-hiring-freeze-1485475194

 

USA TODAY
— Madeleine Albright: ‘I stand ready to register as a Muslim’ – Sean Rossman  (DIERSEN: Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion. Ever-increasingly, to say that you are a Democrat is to say that you are a Muslim.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/01/26/madeleine-albright-stand-ready-register-muslim/97096092/

 

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD
— How hiring freezes affect other workers  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the agency was almost always under Republican-led hiring freezes and/or promotion freezes.  That turned GAO’s employees who were Democrat against those like me who were Republican big time.)
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/01/25/how-hiring-freezes-affect-other-workers/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s Immigration Blitz: A ‘Self-Deportation’ Strategy Taken to Extremes.”
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/01/trump-goes-to-extremes-to-encourage-self-deportation.html

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— With eye on 2018, Illinois governor says ‘Don’t blame me’  Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s strategy for fending off potential Democratic challengers includes stressing the bright spots while blaming others for the things going horribly wrong – AP  (DIERSEN: Who blames you?  Should I write a book about those who blame me a) for all of their problems, all of your problems, all of my problems, and all of everyone’s problems and b) for the all problems that the following have had, are having, and will have: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, City of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, GAO, IRS, Post Office, all the Republican candidates who have lost elections in Illinois since 2000, etc.?)
http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-01-26/with-eye-on-2018-illinois-governor-says-dont-blame-me

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— House Majority Leader Calls ‘Career Bureaucrats’ the Washington Swamp in Op-Ed – Kellie Lunney  (DIERSEN: Democrat career bureaucrats focus on getting rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, that is, Democrat career bureaucrats focus on using Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to promote patronage.)
http://www.govexec.com/management/2017/01/house-majority-leader-calls-career-bureaucrats-washington-swamp-op-ed/134870/

 

FED SMITH
— Lawmakers Accuse Trump of Breaking Federal Law – Ian Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/01/26/lawmakers-accuse-trump-of-breaking-federal-law/
— Do You Have What It Takes To Be A Whistleblower? – Ralph R. Smith  (DIERSEN: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, I blew the whistle on political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.  In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  My Democrat GAO superiors retaliated by forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, by not promoting me beyond GS-13, by keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and by forcing me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims.  My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.  If I had not blown any whistles, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old.)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/01/26/do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-be-a-whistleblower/
— Executive Orders Call for Hiring 15,000 New Federal Employees – Ian Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/01/26/executive-orders-call-for-hiring-15000-new-federal-employees/

 

NEW REPUBLIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s Deep Insecurity Is Fueling His Most Extreme Plans.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/140098/trumps-deep-insecurity-fueling-extreme-plans

 

COLUMBIA JOUNALISM REVIEW
— Journalists arrested in DC inauguration protests have law on their side – Jonathan Peters  (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want me to be arrested for putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails without first getting their permission.)
http://www.cjr.org/watchdog/journalist_arrested_inauguration_protest_felony.php

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Google Has Banned 200 Publishers Since It Passed a New Policy Against Fake News – Tess Townsend  (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 want Google to ban me.)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/google-has-banned-200-publishers-since-it-passed-a-new-policy-against-fake-news/

 

INDEPENDENT
— Democratic senator urges Donald Trump’s federal employees to blow the whistle  Senator Claire McCaskill from Missouri made the appeal on social media – Vrinda Jagota  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates talked and acted a) like they knew all about Jim Thompson, Jim Edgar, and the Rutan decision (SEE: http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html) and b) like Democrat politicians had told them to get rid of me so that a Democrat could have my job.)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/senator-donald-trumps-federal-whistleblower-a7548541.html

January 22 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 7 truths Democrats need to understand – Robert Reich
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/robert-reich-7-truths-democrats-need-to-understand/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Party is on life support. . .We are now in a populist era. . .The economy is not working for most Americans. . .The Party’s moneyed establishment – big donors, major lobbyists, retired members of congress who have become bundlers and lobbyists – are part of the problem. . .It’s not enough for Democrats to be “against Trump,” and defend the status quo. . .The life of the Party – its enthusiasm, passion, youth, principles, and ideals – was elicited by Bernie Sanders’s campaign. . .The Party must change from being a giant fund-raising machine to a movement.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump women.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-teacher-at-d-c-march-were-not-going-to-be-ignored/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make clear that they are anti-America, but also that 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-our-new-nationalist-president/
— ‘Hidden Figures’ pave way for next generation  Abbott Labs exec Corlis Murray didn’t have to see ‘Hidden Figures to appreciate the challenges the African-American women the movie portrayed faced. – Mary Mitchell (DIERSEN: Are you a White male?  What jobs and promotions were you given that African-American women should have been given?  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 an African-American woman in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that an African-American woman could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired an African-American woman in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted African-American women in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired an African-American woman in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted an African-American woman in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that an African-American woman could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mitchell-hidden-figures-pave-way-for-next-generation/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— President Trump and the forgotten man – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-donald-trump-inauguration-kass-0122-20170120-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, pot pushers push pot.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-cresco-labs-marijuana-bachtell-exec-qa-0122-biz-20170117-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “How to cover Trump?” and answers “Literally and seriously.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-trump-media-coverage-twitter-perspec-0122-md-20170120-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote foreign countries and their citizens.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-international-students-post-trump-met-20170112-story.html
— In ‘SNL’s’ first post-inauguration episode, Putin roasts Trump on crowd sizes – Elahe Izadi
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-snl-post-inauguration-episode-putin-trump-20170122-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH THREE COLOR PHOTOS: Two officers injured in dispute at Bar Louie in Naperville – Doug T. Graham
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170121/news/170129725/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The budget ball is in your court – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170121/ISSUE11/170129973/an-illinois-budget-breakthrough-is-in-house-gops-hands

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Lead testing joins long list of unfunded mandates imposed on Illinois schools – Matt Dutton  (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are unfunded mandates that have cost America many trillions of dollars. Those mandates a) require employers to hire, to retain, and to promote minorities and females and b) require employers to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees who are White or male.)
http://www.whig.com/20170121/lead-testing-joins-long-list-of-unfunded-mandates-imposed-on-illinois-schools#

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump women.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170121/springfield-area-group-makes-voices-heard-in-dc
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170121/unity-rally-draws-more-than-1000-to-old-capitol-plaza
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170121/womens-march-hundreds-of-thousands-protest-trump
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170121/over-1-million-join-anti-trump-womens-marches-worldwide
— Illinois Senate to try again on pension reform – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170121/illinois-senate-to-try-again-on-pension-reform
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Springfield not alone in seeing revenue shortfall – Mary Hansen
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170121/springfield-not-alone-in-seeing-revenue-shortfall
— Rauner’s lawyer takes comfort in high court budget decision – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170121/schoenburg-rauners-lawyer-takes-comfort-in-high-court-budget-decision
— Illinois treasurer seeks payout of unclaimed life insurance – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170122/illinois-treasurer-seeks-payout-of-unclaimed-life-insurance

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump women.
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34316035/trump-offers-scattershot-response-to-global-protests

 

WJBD
— Trump Spokesman Slams Media Over Inauguration Coverage – Alex Wong  (DIERSEN: Since 2000 when I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always slammed me for my coverage of everything.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2017/01/21/trump-spokesman-slams-media-over-inauguration-coverage

 

WSIL TV
— European nationalists flaunt strength, buoyed by Trump win – AP  (DIERSEN: Will this slow down the Islamic conquest of Europe?)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34312685/europes-nationalist-leaders-kick-off-year-of-election-hopes

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump women.
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-01-21/womens-march-champaign.html

 

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump women.
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/communities/carbondale/hundreds-gather-in-carbondale-to-march-for-human-rights/article_616ca5a9-dd07-57da-9a8e-ee3a9317bd05.html

 

DAILY EGYPTIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump women.
http://dailyegyptian.com/64889/showcase/carbondale-womens-march-draws-hundreds-in-a-show-of-equality-solidarity/
http://dailyegyptian.com/64917/multimedia/gallery-southern-illinois-womens-march-daily-egyptian/

 

NAVIGATOR
— Democrats ‘joyless’ in Speaker vote – Rich Miller
http://www.navigatorjournal.com/opinion/article_d5867a9c-e0b4-11e6-8955-c7291acafc0c.html

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Pawar not a serious Democratic contender for governor, Proft says – Karen Kidd  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say to Proft about you?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes urge Proft get rid of me.  They want him to stop me from serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman.  They would hint/imply/argue/shout that Proft wanted to end 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, and my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership.)
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511074515-pawar-not-a-serious-democratic-contender-for-governor-critic-says

 

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Political Experience – Dan Carden  (DIERSEN: What political experience do you have?  I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000.  I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004.  What government experience do you have?  I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991.  I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173.  I served on the American Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee 1983-1996.)
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/statehouse/crossing-the-line/crossing-the-line-political-experience/article_23158a54-e9be-5697-88a9-c651ccbe05a8.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For the first time in the nation’s history, the United States has a president, Republican Donald Trump, who never previously held elected office at any level or a government job of any kind. Similarly, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, a multimillionaire Republican businessman elected in 2014, began his political career running for and winning the top office in the state.)

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus on media: ‘We are going to fight back’ – Bradford Richardson  (DIERSEN: Should I start fighting back at those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who demonize me, who denigrate me, and who condemn me.  So far, I have believed in forgiving those who trespass against me.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/22/reince-priebus-white-house-chief-of-staff-on-media/

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Make Every Day Count – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: What do you do to make every day count?  I put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning and each and every evening, including Sundays.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/01/22/make-every-day-count/

 

THE BLAZE
— White House press secretary slams mainstream media journalist for always wanting to ‘tweet first check facts later’ – Chris Enloe  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who want me to get their permission before I include links to articles in GOPUSA Illinois emails?)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/21/wh-press-sec-slams-mainstream-media-journalist-for-always-wanting-to-tweet-first-check-facts-later/

 

NEWSMAX
— Madonna: ‘I Have Thought an Awful Lot About Blowing Up the White House’ – Solange Reyner
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/madonna-womens-march-washington-march/2017/01/21/id/769778/

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, “Evangelical groups” act as operatives or as dupes for the anti-Evangelical Democrat Party.
http://www.christianpost.com/news/evangelical-groups-urge-congress-to-codify-obamas-dreamers-action-for-undocumented-immigrants-173259/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Women’s March Organizer Recently Met Ex-Hamas Operative, Has Family Ties To Terror Group – Chuck Ross
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/21/womens-march-organizer-recently-met-ex-hamas-operative-has-family-ties-to-terror-group/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Priebus slams media ‘obsession’ with undermining Trump – SARAH WESTWOOD  (DIERSEN: Who is obsessed with undermining you?  The following are obsessed with undermining me: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Trump, anti-Rauner, 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/priebus-slams-media-obssession-with-undermining-trump/article/2612607

 

THE HILL
— Franken emerges as liberal force – LISA HAGEN  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about RINOs who are emerging as liberal forces in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.  They promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, patronage, booze, pot, gambling, race based preference giving, gender based preference giving, age discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/315393-franken-emerges-as-liberal-force-in-hearings
— Priebus on media: ‘We’re not going to sit around and take it’ – REBECCA SAVRANSKY  (DIERSEN: Since 1948, when my parents had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, my nasty/troubled/failed/vicious critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have counted on me to “sit around and take it.” Attendees at the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce January 19, 2017 State of the City Address saw that.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/315520-priebus-on-media-were-not-going-to-sit-around-and-take-it

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Reince Priebus Complains About The Press Trying To Delegitimize Donald Trump  (DIERSEN: Who is focuses on delegitimizing you?  The following focus on delegitimizing me: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Trump, anti-Rauner, 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reince-priebus-trump-birther_us_5884bfa3e4b070d8cad3200b

 

POLITICO
— Trump doling out plum adviser jobs to rich friends  The arrangement has worried ethics experts, especially because the advisers may sidestep conflict-of-interest rules. – JOSH DAWSEY and ISAAC ARNSDORF  (DIERSEN: Who does NOT ask for your advice?  The following do NOT ask for my advice: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Trump, anti-Rauner, 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-jobs-rich-allies-233975
— Priebus dismisses former CIA boss Brennan as ‘bitter’ – CONNOR O’BRIEN  (DIERSEN: Who dismisses you as being bitter?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes dismiss me as being bitter because 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, a Post Office employee, etc.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/reince-priebus-john-brennan-cia-233990
— Priebus charges media out to ‘de-legitimize’ Trump, vows to fight back – CONNOR O’BRIEN (DIERSEN: Who is focuses on delegitimizing you?  The following focus on delegitimizing me: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Trump, anti-Rauner, 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/reince-priebus-inauguration-crowds-233987

 

CNN
— Trump says he has “running war” with media – Brian Stelter (DIERSEN: Has the Gresk Administration gone to war with me over my promotion of Wheaton’s Independence Day parades?  Attendees at the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce January 19, 2017 State of the City Address would think so.)
http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/21/media/donald-trump-war-with-the-media/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Where Americans Still Stand Together  A year of photographs from parades on the nation’s streets, where communities become visible to themselves. – GEORGE GEORGIOU  (DIERSEN: What do you know about Wheaton’s Independence Day Parades? I have attended and/or participated in them since 1978 and I have raised money from Republicans each and every year for them since 2006.  I should write a book about the Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) who work against the parades and against patriotism, b) who work against Republican participation in the parades, and/or c) who work against my efforts to raise money from Republicans to support the parades. If their treatment of me at the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce January 19, 2017 State of the City Address is any indication, now that Trump is our President, they are dramatically increasing their efforts a) to harm the parade and patriotism, b) to discourage/stop Republican participation in the parade, and c) to discourage/stop Republicans from donating for the parade.  They are fully aware that I will raise $2,500 for the parade this year from Republicans, even if that means that I donate all of that $2,500.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/19/magazine/parades-across-america-george-georgiou.html
— Politics’ Newest Empty Gesture: The Disavowal – WESLEY MORRIS  (DIERSEN: Who wants others to disavow you? The following want everyone to disavow me: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Trump, anti-Rauner, 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/magazine/politics-newest-empty-gesture-the-disavowal.html
— San Francisco Asks: Where Have All the Children Gone? – THOMAS FULLER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/us/san-francisco-children.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/opinion/sunday/the-president-who-buried-humility.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/opinion/sunday/why-i-cannot-fall-in-line-behind-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/opinion/sunday/the-tempting-of-the-media.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/opinion/sunday/finding-myself-marching.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/opinion/sunday/the-america-we-lost-when-trump-won.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/opinion/sunday/racial-progress-is-real-but-so-is-racist-progress.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/opinion/sunday/how-to-listen-to-donald-trump-every-day-for-years.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/20/opinion/sunday/how-not-to-be-afraid.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/opinion/presidential-inauguration-2017/america-first-britain-frets
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/us/politics/trump-white-house-briefing-inauguration-crowd-size.html (FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD)

 

NEW YORK POST
— How these unemployed people survive in America – John Crudele  (DIERSEN: Are you unemployed?  If so, how do you get by? As a 68-year-old unemployed retired federal employee, I have received a dramatically reduced Civil Service Retirement System pension (currently $50,856 a year) since 1997.  In addition, I have received dramatically reduced Social Security (currently $2,028 a year) since 2010.)
http://nypost.com/2017/01/22/how-these-unemployed-people-survive-in-america/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Dear John: In a nutshell, I am getting by because I still have a good credit score (690, I believe). I am a 66-year-old retired civilian federal employee. I was able to retire when I was age 55 after 32 years of service and receive my full pension (currently about $3,600 net monthly). I retired to “pursue other interests,” as the cliche goes.)

 

USA TODAY
— Fake Muslim registry appears at women’s march – Sean Rossman
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/01/21/fake-muslim-registry-appears-womens-march/96885144/

 

NPR & WNPR
— Trump Administration Goes To War With The Media Over Inauguration Crowd Size – JESSICA TAYLOR  (DIERSEN: Has the Gresk Administration gone to war with me over my promotion of Wheaton’s Independence Day parades?  Attendees at the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce January 19, 2017 State of the City Address would think so.)
http://www.npr.org/2017/01/21/510994742/trump-administration-goes-to-war-with-the-media-over-inauguration-crowd-size
http://wnpr.org/post/trump-administration-goes-war-media-over-inauguration-crowd-size

 

FORTUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump women.
http://fortune.com/2017/01/21/womens-march-photos/

 

THE BEAST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Where Were All The Women’s March Protesters in November?” and say “It was huge. It was emotional. But it’s hard not to wonder what all these people were doing during the election, and what they will do after the protest has ended.”  What will the anti-Trump women in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois do to get rid of Trump and to get rid of Trumps’s supporters?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/01/21/where-were-all-the-women-s-march-protesters-in-november.html

January 12 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin spoke very highly of Wheaton City Council West District candidate Bobby McNeily Thursday evening, January 12, 2017, at his outstanding fundraiser at the DuPage County Museum in Wheaton.  The 60+ attendees included Almiron, Brennan, Carlson, Chirchirillo, Ferguson, Fitch, Holan, Keller, Kmiecik, Krajewski, Krzyzewski, Larsen, Mathew, Mathieson, McGowen, Mendrick, Minor, Nathwani, Noonan, Olsen, Orel, Pacilli, Prater, Rash, and Ryan. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

ABC7
— GOVERNOR BRUCE RAUNER MARKS TWO YEARS IN OFFICE – Charles Thomas
http://abc7chicago.com/news/governor-bruce-rauner-marks-two-years-in-office/1699925/
— PRESIDENTS AND THEIR PETS
http://abc7chicago.com/pets/presidents-and-their-pets/1699325/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Chicago man charged with sending threats to Gov. Rauner, DuPage sheriff
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/228825804-story

 

WLS AM
— Roskam on Trump: He’s Bringing His Game – Nick Gale
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/01/12/roskam-on-trump-hes-bringing-his-game/ 

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Representative Steve Andersson Appointed House GOP Floor Leader
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/batavia-geneva-st-charles/community/chi-ugc-article-representative-steve-andersson-appointed-hous-2017-01-12-story.html
— Rauner to name Vallas to Chicago State board – Dawn Rhodes and Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-state-vallas-new-trustees-20170112-story.html
— Crete Township residents hear proposed intermodal facility plan – Dennis Sullivan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-crete-intermodal-st-0113-20170112-story.html
— Ratings agency says big tax hike is ‘most likely’ CPS fix – Juan Perez Jr. and Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-schools-finances-moodys-met-20170112-story.html
— Obama scrapping ‘wet foot, dry foot’ immigration policy for Cubans
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-obama-cuba-policy-20170112-story.html
— ‘Blizzard ’67’: Imagine the snow begins to fall and doesn’t stop – Rick Kogan  (DIERSEN: I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office in 1967.  I drove the first mail truck from Park Forest that got through to Monee and to Peotone after the blizzard.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ae-0115-1967-blizzard-kogan-sidewalks-20170111-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ill. Senate files backup bill for city worker pensions – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ill-senate-files-backup-bill-for-city-worker-pensions/
— Feds: Chicago cop training poor, misconduct investigations biased – JON SEIDEL, LYNN SWEET, MICK DUMKE
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-up-next-as-ag-announces-baltimore-consent-decree/amp/
— Obama ends visa-free path for Cubans who make it to U.S. soil – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/obama-ends-visa-free-path-for-cubans-who-make-it-to-us-soil/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Lisle village clerk gets 4 months in jail for third DUI – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170112/news/170119608/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Emanuel wants $1 billion from Trump for Union Station – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170112/BLOGS02/170119936/emanuel-wants-1-billion-from-trump-for-union-station
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Chicago business leaders want cheap labor.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170112/OPINION/170119945/chicago-business-leaders-our-economy-needs-immigrants

 

WTTW
— Rauner on 2-Year Anniversary: ‘I Will Never Give Up’ – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/01/12/rauner-2-year-anniversary-i-will-never-give

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Cronin shares State of the County at Chamber630 luncheon – NATHAN LURZ
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/01/11/cronin-shares-state-of-the-county-at-chamber630-luncheon/a1usr9l/

 

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— Naperville Students Heading to D.C. for Inauguration  The students from Naperville Central High School will spend a few days in the capital – Patrick Martin
http://patch.com/illinois/naperville/naperville-students-heading-d-c-inauguration

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Michael Madigan makes history as Illinois bleeds – Austin Berg
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/01/12/austin-berg-michael-madigan-makes-history-as-illinois-bleeds/awymh70/

 

WJBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote the anti-Trump Pat Brady.
http://www.wjbc.com/2017/01/12/former-gop-chief-optimistic-new-session-will-produce-budget/

 

MEDILL REPORTS
— DOES DODD-FRANK SWAPS REGULATION REDUCE MARKET RISK? – Jiefei Liu  (DIERSEN: What do you know about swaps?  In 1997, I knew as much about swaps as anyone at GAO.  GAO audits federal financial industry regulators.  All during my last 8 years at GAO, I worked on audits that involved swaps.  In addition, I earned a master’s degree from IIT in financial markets and trading in 1997.  GAO wasted my knowledge of swaps when it forced me to retire in 1997.  GAO would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a woman, younger, or a veteran.)
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/does-dodd-frank-swaps-regulation-reduce-market-risk/

 

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Inside the sausage factory  Report documents rigged system – Bruce Rushton
http://illinoistimes.com/article-18165-inside-the-sausage-factory.html

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Did DuPage County Officials dupe the General Assembly into violating the Illinois Constitution? – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/01/did-dupage-county-officials-dupe-the-general-assembly-into-violating-the-illinois-constitution/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MADIGAN MAKES HISTORY WHILE ILLINOIS’ MIDDLE CLASS RACES TOWARD EXTINCTION  At the end of his term in 2019, Madigan will be the longest-serving House speaker of any state in modern U.S. history. – Austin Berg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/madigan-makes-history-while-illinois-middle-class-races-toward-extinction/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Ten Examples of Anti-White Rhetoric at Colleges – Spencer Irvine
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/01/ten-examples-of-anti-white-rhetoric-at-colleges/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— GLSEN and their LGBT Common Core Public School Agenda – Israel Wayne
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/glsen-lgbt-common-core-public-school-agenda/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RAUNER OPTIMISTIC IN FIRST 2017 FACEBOOK LIVE PRESENTATION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/rauner-optimistic-in-first-2017-facebook-live-presentation.html
— DURBIN COMMENCES DEMOCRAT DRUMBEAT AGAINST OBAMACARE REPEAL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/durbin-commences-democrat-drumbeat-against-obamacare-repeal.html
— IL CONGRESSMAN GUTIERREZ: WHY I WILL NOT BE AT TRUMP’S INAUGURATION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/il-congressman-gutierrez-why-i-will-not-be-at-trumps-inauguration.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP launches robocalls against 18 House Democrats
http://capitolfax.com/2017/01/12/ilgop-launches-robocalls-against-18-house-dems/

 

GOPUSA
— Booker, Lewis accuse Sessions of racism
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19171
— The Racist Anti-Racists at MTV News
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19087
— ABC to run political mini-series on gay rights
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19140
— Fox’s Shepard Smith criticizes Trump for ‘belittling’ CNN
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19165

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— AMERICA’S REALITY DIVIDE – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/01/12/editorial-americas-reality-divide/
— OBAMA DISMAL BUT FORGETTABLE LEGACY – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/01/12/obama-dismal-but-forgettable-legacy/

 

WESTERN JOURNALISM
— Fed Employee Called ‘Buckwheat’ By Colleague… What Happens Then Will Have TaxPayers LIVID – Chris Golden
http://www.westernjournalism.com/thepoint/2017/01/12/fed-employee-called-buckwheat-by-colleague-what-happens-then-will-have-taxpayers-livid/
— Gingrich Labels CNN Reporter Who Antagonized Trump ‘An Idiot’  “… kick them out …” – Jack Davis
http://www.westernjournalism.com/gingrich-labels-cnn-report-antagonized-trump-idiot/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— TRUMP GOES NUCLEAR ON ‘FAKE NEWS’ GIANTS IN MEDIA  CNN, BuzzFeed smear collapses: ‘This should never have been released’ – GARTH KANT
http://www.wnd.com/2017/01/trump-blasts-fake-news-on-russian-dossier/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Despite Record Gun Deaths, Chicago’s Statehouse Elects Dem To 17th Term As Speaker – PHILLIP STUCKY
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/12/despite-record-gun-deaths-chicagos-statehouse-elects-dem-to-17th-term-as-speaker/
— Tips For Hate Crime Hoaxers – Ann Coulter
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/12/coulter-tips-for-hate-crime-hoaxers/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Secretary of Defense nominee James Mattis rejects all the religions of the world.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/12/mattis-shuts-gillibrand-down-on-lgbt-military-i-dont-care-who-people-go-to-bed-with-video/
— Obama Family’s Dog Bites White House Guest – Kaitlan Collins
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/12/obamas-dog-sunny-bit-a-white-house-guest/

 

BLAZE
— Rosie O’Donnell: ‘I fully support imposing martial law’ to stop Trump inauguration – Tre Goins-Phillips
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/12/rosie-odonnell-i-fully-support-imposing-martial-law-to-stop-trump-inauguration/

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— 4 WAYS OBAMA’S FINAL SPEECH WAS A LOAD OF CRAP – Robert Eno
https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2017/01/4-ways-obamas-final-speech-was-a-load-of-crap

 

OPPOSING VIEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mexico sides with a) those who come into America illegally, b) those who stay in America illegally, c) those who bring others to America illegally, and d) those who bring illegal drugs into America illegally.
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/world/mexico-course-we-arent-paying-wall

 

THE HILL
— Fox’s Shepard Smith criticizes Trump for ‘belittling’ CNN – NIKITA VLADIMIROV
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/313862-shepard-smith-no-journalist-should-be-subjected-to-belittling

 

CNN
— U.S. to end ‘wet foot, dry foot’ policy for Cubans – Elise Labott, Kevin Liptak and Patrick Oppmann
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/12/politics/us-to-end-wet-foot-dry-foot-policy-for-cubans/index.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The Women’s March needs passion and purpose, not pink pussycat hats – Petula Dvorak
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-womens-march-needs-passion-and-purpose-not-pink-pussycat-hats/2017/01/11/6d7e75be-d842-11e6-9a36-1d296534b31e_story.html
— Donald Trump just used his presidential power to advertise L.L. Bean – Danielle Paquette
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/01/12/donald-trump-just-used-his-presidential-power-to-advertise-l-l-bean/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s Cabinet nominees keep contradicting him.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-cabinet-nominees-keep-contradicting-him/2017/01/12/dec8cccc-d8f3-11e6-9a36-1d296534b31e_story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Why liberal elites are so resentful of middle America – Salena Zito
http://nypost.com/2017/01/11/why-liberal-elites-are-so-resentful-of-middle-america/

 

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY
— Is The U.S. Government Insolvent? Sorry, But Its Accountant GAO Can’t Tell You – Editorial
http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/is-the-u-s-government-insolvent-sorry-but-its-accountant-cant-tell-you/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Unparalleled Resistance Looms for Trump After Inauguration – JANET HOOK
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2017/01/10/unparalleled-resistance-looms-for-trump-after-the-inaugural/
— Health Care’s Bipartisan Problem: The Sick Are Expensive and Someone Has to Pay  With Congress poised to repeal the Affordable Care Act, most lawmakers want to maintain coverage for people with pre-existing conditions—the available options all have downsides – ANNA WILDE MATHEWS and LOUISE RADNOFSKY
http://www.wsj.com/articles/health-cares-bipartisan-problem-the-sick-are-expensive-and-someone-has-to-pay-1484234963

 

FORBES
— Social Security Plans To Provide Even Less Information – Laurence J. Kotlikoff
http://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2017/01/12/social-security-plans-to-provide-even-less-information/#72b92161550e

 

NEW REPUBLIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Is Exactly the Monster We Feared, and Republicans Are Enabling Him  GOP congressmen will abide his abuses as long as they get what they want.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/139813/trump-exactly-monster-feared-republicans-enabling

 

FED SMITH
— 6 Possible Civil Service Changes in the 115th Congress – Jeff Neal
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/01/12/6-possible-civil-service-changes-in-the-115th-congress/
— Salaries of Federal PR Employees Featured in Senator’s Annual ‘Wastebook’ – Ian Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/01/12/salaries-of-federal-pr-employees-featured-in-senators-annual-wastebook/

 

SLATE
— The Women’s March on Washington Has Released an Unapologetically Progressive Platform – Christina Cauterucci
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2017/01/12/the_women_s_march_on_washington_has_released_its_platform_and_it_is_unapologetically.html

January 8 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lame-duck lawmakers return to Springfield with obstacles in way of budget deal – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-lame-duck-legislature-rauner-madigan-met-20170107-story.html
— Should Illinois hospitals have to pay property taxes? Court will weigh question – Lisa Schencker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-hospital-tax-exemptions-0108-biz-20170106-story.html
— President Obama: I didn’t underestimate the threats from Vladimir Putin – David Nakamura
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-president-obama-vladimir-putin-20170108-story.html
— Navy, Donald Trump planning biggest fleet expansion since Cold War
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-navy-expansion-20170108-story.html
— Free tickets to Obama farewell speech listed for as much as $5K online – Tony Briscoe
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-obama-speech-tickets-resale-met-20170108-story.html
— Martin Shkreli is suspended from Twitter for ‘targeted harassment’ of a journalist – Abby Ohlheiser
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-martin-shkreli-twitter-suspended-20170108-story.html
— Protesters stage ‘celebration’ outside closed Dairy Queen – Yadira Sanchez Olson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-dairy-queen-racial-slur-protest-st-0109-20170108-story.html
— Obama in the White House: Successes, misguided aims and frustrated ambitions – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-obama-farewell-president-chicago-edit-0108-md-20170106-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Obama sends CTA $1.1 billion for Red Line improvements – Mitch Dudek
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/obama-sends-cta-1-1-billion-for-red-line-improvements/amp/
— Legislative session winding down; budget mess looms large – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/legislative-session-winding-down-budget-mess-looms-large/
— Congressional Black Caucus to be more aggressive under Trump – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/congressional-black-caucus-to-be-more-aggressive-under-trump/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— CTA lands $1.1 billion goodbye grant from Obama – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170108/BLOGS02/170109892/cta-lands-1-1-billion-goodbye-grant-from-obama
— So how good a president was Obama? – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170107/ISSUE05/301079992/so-how-good-a-president-was-obama

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
–Legislative session winding down; budget mess looms large – AP
http://qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/legislative-session-winding-down-budget-mess-looms-large/article_ce569b8e-f703-5385-a4e8-859bf1743ac9.html

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Donald Trump has taken few steps to disentangle from private empire – AP
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/01/08/donald-trump-has-taken-few-steps-to-disentangle-from-private-empire/a761qyf/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Another billion in the hole  The state’s descent to the bottom is picking up speed. – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-01-08/another-billion-hole.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Trump’s deportation vow spurs Calif. farmers into action – AP  (DIERSEN: Are you employed?  Does your employer encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and/or to bring others to America illegally?)
http://www.pantagraph.com/business/trump-s-deportation-vow-spurs-calif-farmers-into-action/article_e188ae08-87fb-51aa-9cb7-aeb8c27cc6b3.html

 

WSIL TV
— Even with increased airport security vulnerabilities remain – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34209196/even-with-increased-airport-security-vulnerabilities-remain

 

RIVER CITIES’ READER
— Rauner’s Constant Campaign Could Eventually Backfire – Rich Miller
http://www.rcreader.com/commentary/constant-campaign-could-backfire

 

INDIANA GAZETTE
— What employers want – BOB LANKARD  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government.  Those Democrats want employees a) who are Democrats, b) who will defend and advance the Democrat Party platform, c) who are minorities, d) who are females, and e) who are young.)
https://www.indianagazette.com/news/columns/what-employers-want,25565372/

 

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— The aging workforce – Chris Gelbach  (DIERSEN: Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, a) your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 ($92,632) by age 25, GS-14 ($109,463) by age 30, GS-15 ($128,759) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($160,300) by age 40, b) you will be expected to help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and c) virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees.)
http://www.nwitimes.com/business/jobs-and-employment/the-aging-workforce/article_dafd5ad1-ded8-533b-9d56-5f1c0b0ff7a1.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— New state Republican leader Peter Breen ready to unite with GOP, push reform agenda – Karen Kidd
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511070197-new-state-republican-leader-ready-to-unite-with-gop-push-reform-agenda
— College of DuPage board candidates challenged – Ruth de Jauregui
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511069525-college-of-dupage-board-candidates-challenged
— In the last 4 primaries, 1 AFSCME member in Precinct 0090137 in DuPage County cast a Democratic vote
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511016840-in-the-last-4-primaries-1-afscme-member-in-precinct-0090137-in-dupage-county-cast-a-democratic-vote

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Lisle CUSD 202 trying to play “Government Censor” – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/01/video-lisle-cusd-202-trying-to-play-government-censor/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Income Inequality: The Role of Markets & Government  (DIERSEN: What would your superiors say that they did to fight income inequality?  My Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, 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 $18,459 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors would stress that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, that they disallowed my education deductions, and that they disallowed my partial day per diem claims.  My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.  My aforesaid Democrat superiors would stress that the aforesaid adverse actions that they took against me directly benefited their employees who were poor, and especially their poor employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/event/income-inequality-role-markets-government/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Sharpton Promises ‘Season of Civil Disobedience’ in Response to Sessions Nomination – NICHOLAS BALLASY
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2017/01/07/sharpton-promises-season-of-civil-disobedience-in-response-to-sessions-nomination/

 

BLAZE
— Arizona lawmaker introduces bill to ban taxpayer funds for social justice classes – Sarah Lee  (DIERSEN: “Social justice” is code for getting rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/08/arizona-lawmaker-introduces-bill-to-ban-taxpayer-funds-for-social-justice-classes/

 

DAILY CALLER
— University of Chicago Offers Reward To Downplay Chicago Violence – David Krayden
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/07/university-offers-reward-to-downplay-chicago-violence/

 

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Matronly Michael Moore Matriarch of the “Big Women’s March” on Washington – Judi McLeod
http://canadafreepress.com/article/matronly-michael-moore-matriarch-of-the-big-womens-march-on-washington

 

ABC NEWS
— Barack Obama tells Donald Trump US presidency is not a family business, urges greater focus on policy
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-09/obama-tells-trump-presidency-is-not-a-family-business/8169096

 

USA TODAY
— Out of work for six months or more? Here’s why you can’t find a job. – Paul Davidson  (DIERSEN: I have been out of work since September 30, 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/01/08/out-work-six-months-more-heres-why-you-cant-find-job/96224280/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Carl Van Horn, director of the Heidrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, rattles off the roadblocks faced by the long-term unemployed including having to explain large gaps on a resume and age discrimination. In 2015, about 36% of the long-term unemployed were 55 or older, Labor Department figures show. And some have seen their skills atrophy or have succumbed to depression, alcoholism or drug abuse, Van Horn says. Such issues historically have plagued long-idled workers. A big difference nowadays, he says, is that some of the nearly 9 million workers who lost jobs in the recession have yet to find work, or retire, and continue to drift in and out of the labor force, searching for jobs sporadically. About 5.5 million Americans are not in the labor force – and so not counted among the unemployed – but still want a job now, up from 4.3 million before the recession, the Labor Department says.  Simply put, Van Horn says, the occasional job searches by those laid off in the downturn creates more competition for jobs among the long-term unemployed.)

 

BOSTON HERALD
— Congress considers fund source for wall
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/2017/01/congress_considers_fund_source_for_wall

 

BLOOMBERG
— Fiat Chrysler Announces Plans to Invest $1 Billion in the U.S. – Jamie Butters and Tommaso Ebhardt
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-08/fiat-chrysler-commits-1-billion-to-u-s-plants-for-jeeps-rams
— Carmakers Stumped by Trump at Detroit Auto Show – Jamie Butters and David Welch
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-08/frozen-in-detroit-trump-stumps-builders-of-cars-in-age-of-suvs

 

CHICAGO PRIDE & INSTINCT MAGAZINE
— IBM Introduces New Rainbow Logo In Support Of LGBT  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will IBM get rid of its employees who do not promote LGBT activity?)
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/80982036
http://instinctmagazine.com/post/ibm-introduces-new-rainbow-logo-support-lgbt

 

LGBTQ NATION
— LGBTQ activists reflect on Barack Obama’s legacy of support – AP  (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity have worked very had to destroy those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries THAT DO NOT PROMOTE LGBTQ ACTIVITY.)
http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/01/lgbtq-activists-reflect-barack-obamas-legacy-support/

January 1 Evening Edition

ABC7
— NEWSVIEWS: NEW ILLINOIS LAWS
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/newsviews-new-illinois-laws/1680607/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The New Year means nearly 200 new laws are now in effect here in Illinois. They impact everything from hair stylists to police dogs and even social media accounts. Discussing some of them are Illinois State Senators Republican Michael Connelly and Democrat Tom Cullerton.)
— 762 MURDERED IN CHICAGO IN 2016 – Michelle Gallardo and Laura Podesta
http://abc7chicago.com/news/762-murdered-in-chicago-in-2016/1681356/
— Trump’s Incoming Press Secretary Questions if Russia Sanctions Are Out of ‘Proportion’ – ABC News
https://abc7chicago.com/news/trumps-incoming-spokesman-questions-if-russia-sanctions-are-out-of-proportion/1681655/

 

NBC5
— Chicago’s 2016 Was One of Bloodiest Years in Decades  In total there were 762 murders, 3,550 shooting incidents, and 4,331 shooting victims in 2016, police said
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-police-violence-plan-409169355.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republican dominance hits mark not seen in half century  (DIERSEN: Yes, but did the majority vote for Trump in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-wisconsin-legislature-gop-dominance-20170101-story.html
— Trump to continue making news, policy via Twitter, spokesman says – Alan Levin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-donald-trump-twitter-20170101-story.html
— Vandalized Hollywood sign now reads ‘Hollyweed’
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/weird/ct-hollywood-sign-hollyweed-20170101-story.html
— Democrats plan to target eight Trump Cabinet nominees – Ed O’Keefe
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-democrats-trump-cabinet-nominees-20170101-story.html
— Mariah Carey bungles New Year’s Eve show, stops singing on live TV
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-mariah-carey-new-years-eve-20170101-story.html
— Mexican town whose chief earners are in the U.S. worries what happens if they’re sent home – Patrick J. McDonnell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-mexican-town-deportations-20170101-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Plenty of Illinois Dems in the mix to challenge Rauner – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-democrats-challenge-gov-bruce-rauner/
— Trump expected to embrace bold use of Twitter – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-expected-to-embrace-bold-use-of-twitter/
— Can presidency shape a man? Not Trump – Laura Washington
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/laura-washington-can-presidency-shape-a-man-not-trump/
— Illinois State Museum: Another long-term casualty of state budget crisis – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-another-long-term-casualty-of-state-budget-crisis/
— DIERSENL HEADLINE: Anti-Trump Jesse Jackson says “Civil rights at risk under Sessions.”  Democrats focus on taking civil rights away from those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/jesse-jackson-civil-rights-at-risk-under-sessions/
— What’s so wrong with giving parents school choices? – John Stossel  (DIERSEN: My parents had school choice.  They sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use that to hint/imply/argue/shout that my parents were filthy rich.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/john-stossel-whats-so-wrong-with-giving-parents-school-choices/

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois held ‘auction’ of residents while closing facility – AP
http://www.pantagraph.com/ap/state/illinois-held-auction-of-residents-while-closing-facility/article_6e071352-252d-5ded-9fbf-b7c379909cf2.html
— Here’s a 2017 wish — lawmakers do your job – Editorial
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/opinion/editorial/editorial-here-s-a-wish—-lawmakers-do/article_db12d7d2-47e8-5005-a5cf-81ab2651b8ad.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Jacksonville Developmental Center Auction Preceded Move To Group Homes In Illinois – AP
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/report-jdc-auction-preceded-move-to-group-homes-in-illinois

 

FOX NEWS
— Obama’s Petty Attempts To Sabotage Trump Are Bound To Fail – F. H. Buckley
http://nation.foxnews.com/2017/01/01/obama-s-petty-attempts-sabotage-trump-are-bound-fail

 

NEWSMAX
— WSJ Won’t Refer to Trump’s ‘Lies’ as Lies – Eric Mack
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/wall-street-journal-wont-use-lie-trump-falsehoods/2017/01/01/id/766348/

 

BLAZE
— Incoming press secretary: We should be talking about ‘punishing’ Clinton for manipulating election – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/01/incoming-press-secretary-we-should-be-talking-about-punishing-clinton-for-manipulating-election/

 

BREITBART
— Former Chicago Police Chief Garry McCarthy Blames Black Lives Matter for Rise in Violent Crime – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/01/former-chicago-police-chief-blames-black-lives-matter-rise-violent-crime/
— Michele Norris: Make a America Great Again Is Trump’s Deeply Encoded Promise of ‘White Prosperity’ – PAM KEY  (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors would say that they fought “White Prosperity” when they 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 $18,459 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors would say that they fought “White Prosperity” when they did not promote me beyond GS-12, that they disallowed my education deductions, and that they disallowed my partial day per diem claims.  My Democrat Post Office superiors would say that they fought “White Prosperity” when they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.)
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/01/01/michele-norris-make-a-america-great-again-is-trumps-deeply-encoded-promise-of-white-prosperity/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sunday on CBS’s “Face The Nation,” radio journalist and former host of the National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,” Michele Norris said President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign promise to “Make America Great Again,” is a “deeply encoded,” slogan meant as a  “promise of white prosperity above everything else.” Norris said, “In the phrase ‘Make America Great Again,’ there’s one word that if you are a person of color, that you sort of stumble over, and it’s the word ‘again.’ Because you’re talking about going back to a time that was not very comfortable for people of color. They did not have opportunities, they were relegated to the back of the line.”  “And this was a country that — to be honest — was built on the promise of white prosperity above everything else. And for a lot of people, when they hear that message, ‘Make America Great Again,’ deeply encoded in that message is a return to a time where white Americans can assume a certain amount of prosperity,” she added.)

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— GINGRICH’S BIGGEST FEAR ABOUT TRUMP AGENDA  Will his team ‘lose their nerve’ and capitulate to Dem naysayers?
http://www.wnd.com/2017/01/gingrichs-biggest-fear-about-trump-agenda/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Gingrich: My Biggest Fear Is That Trump Will Lose His Nerve – Tim Hains
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/01/01/gingrich_my_biggest_fear_is_that_trump_will_lose_his_nerve.html
— Donna Brazile: Trump “Has An Enormous Opportunity” To Find Common Ground With Democrats – Tim Hains
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/01/01/donna_brazile_trump_has_an_enormous_opportunity_to_find_common_ground_with_democrats.html

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Donald Trump Is ‘Absolutely’ Going To Keep Tweeting  Hoo boy. – Elise Foley
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-twitter-sean-spicer_us_58695a64e4b0d9a5945be130

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Priebus faces daunting task bringing order to White House that will feed off chaos.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/priebus-faces-daunting-task-bringing-order-to-white-house-that-will-feed-off-chaos/2017/01/01/5a2ba9e4-cd31-11e6-a87f-b917067331bb_story.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Newt Gingrich worries Trump’s incoming administration will ‘lose their nerve’ in the White House – Adam Edelman
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/gingrich-worries-trump-administration-lose-nerve-article-1.2930871

 

USA TODAY
— Traveling abroad in the age of Trump – Christopher Elliott (DIERSEN: Foreign countries and their citizens want U.S. Presidents who put the interests of foreign countries and their citizens ahead of the interests of America and its citizens.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/advice/2017/01/01/traveling-abroad-donald-trump-administration/95999452/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: How should Americans travel abroad in the age of Donald Trump? No matter how you voted in the last election, the answer is the same: carefully. But also, definitely. As the president-elect prepares to take office Jan. 20, travelers have expressed worries about how they’ll be perceived internationally after a lengthy campaign that tested the limits of civility. “A potentially controversial president means you have to prepare,” says Colby Martin, an intelligence director for Pinkerton. “Americans traveling abroad need to have a comprehensive plan for staying safe.” Reality check: Most international trips abroad will probably — hopefully — be uneventful, regardless who’s in the White House.  That’s because our most popular destinations are Mexico and Canada, in that order. And they’re used to the ups and downs of our political system and accustomed to American visitors. Roughly the same number of Americans visit Canada as they do all of Europe. But wander outside the well-trodden areas, and things could get interesting, say experts.)

 

PALM BEACH POST
— After whirlwind week at winter White House, Trump leaves town – Jeff Ostrowski
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/update-after-whirlwind-week-winter-white-house-trump-leaves-town/6N7FulQpozA0SnTw7FTDDI/

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump ROBERT REICH says “TIME FOR TRUMP TO START BEHAVING LIKE A PRESIDENT.”
http://www.newsweek.com/robert-reich-time-trump-start-behaving-president-537627

 

TRUTHOUT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “A Bad Year Ends, a Worse One Begins” and ask “What Will You Do With 2017?”
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/38914-a-bad-year-ends-a-worse-one-begins-what-will-you-do-with-2017
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “How Do Republicans Get Away With Voter Suppression?”  Anti-Trumps were not suppressed in my precinct: 211 voted for Clinton and only 137 voted for Trump.)
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/38936-how-do-republicans-get-away-with-voter-suppression

 

ALTERNET
— Former Employee Sues Google, Claims It Maintained an Internal Spy Network That Encouraged Workers to Snitch on Each Other  Did Google illegally monitor its workers’ electronic devices? – Michael Arria  (DIERSEN: Federal employees know that their superiors want help in meeting their Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets, that is, that their superiors want help in getting rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.alternet.org/labor/former-google-employee-files-lawsuit-against-company-claims-they-maintained-internal-spy

December 1 Evening Edition

ABC7
— SENATE OVERRIDES RAUNER CPS PENSION FUNDING VETO; HOUSE ADJOURNS UNTIL JANUARY – Charles Thomas
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/senate-overrides-rauner-cps-pension-funding-veto-house-adjourns/1634508/

 

NBC5
— Senate Overrides Rauner Veto of CPS Pension Bill, House Adjourns Until January  “President Cullerton suddenly denied that the leaders had agreed that this bill would depend upon first enacting comprehensive pension reform,” Rauner wrote in his veto message. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Senate-Votes-to-Override-Rauner-Veto-of-CPS-Bill-to-Fund-Teacher-Pensions-404073676.html
— Rauner Vetoes $215 Million in Chicago Public Schools Funding  “President Cullerton suddenly denied that the leaders had agreed that this bill would depend upon first enacting comprehensive pension reform,” Rauner wrote in his veto message. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Rauner-Vetoes-215-Million-in-CPS-Funding-404064056.html

 

CBS2
— Trump Vows Consequences For Companies That Move Jobs From U.S.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/12/01/trump-launching-thank-you-tour-with-visits-to-indianapolis-cincinnati/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner vetoes $215M CPS pension bill — Senate votes to override – Tina Sfondeles and Lauren FitzPatrick
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gov-rauner-vetoes-215m-cps-teacher-pension-bill/
— House passes bill to help save two city worker pension funds – TINA SFONDELES AND FRAN SPIELMAN
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/house-passes-bill-to-help-save-two-city-worker-pension-funds/
— House approves massive energy bill – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/house-approves-massive-energy-bill/amp/
— Betting it all on the House only gamble left for CPS? – Fran Spielman and Lauren FitzPatrick
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/analysis-betting-it-all-on-the-house-only-gamble-left-for-cps/
— Saving jobs: Trump salutes Carrier — and himself – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/saving-jobs-trump-salutes-carrier-and-himself/
— Massive energy bill headed to governor’s desk – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/house-approves-massive-energy-bill/amp/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Retired Bellwood official agrees to slash pension to avoid risk of prison – Joe Mahr
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-bellwood-pension-deal-met-20161201-story.html
— No one can stop President Trump from using nuclear weapons – Alex Wellerstein
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-use-nuclear-weapons-20161201-story.html
— Assessor Berrios subject to watchdog investigation, state Supreme Court rules – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-berrios-blanchard-supreme-court-met-20161201-story.html
— When politics trumps people – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-illinois-group-homes-dhs-tribune-edit-1202-jm-20161201-story.html
— ‘Populist’ Trump fills Cabinet with billionaires and Wall Street tycoons – Paul Waldman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-cabinet-billionaires-wall-street-20161201-story.html
— The case for Betsy DeVos – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-betsy-devos-donald-trump-education-secretary-charter-voucher-edit-20161201-story.html
— Planned Parenthood reports post-election spike in birth control interest – Lisa Schencker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-trump-birth-control-demand-spike-1202-biz-20161201-story.html
— Lawmakers send Rauner bill with ComEd rate hikes, nuclear power plant bailout – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-comed-exelon-rate-hike-met-1203-20161201-story.html
— Naperville moms plan downtown walk to promote unity, peace and diversity – Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-moms-building-bridges-st-1202-20161201-story.html

— Employment distress worse among black residents in Chicago, study says – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-brookings-labor-force-participation-blacks-1202-biz-20161201-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner vetoes CPS pension bill as budget war deepens – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161201/BLOGS02/161209985/rauner-vetoes-cps-pension-bill-as-budget-war-deepens
— New trouble for Exelon nuke bailout as Rauner balks – STEVE DANIELS
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161201/NEWS11/161209995/new-trouble-for-exelon-nuke-bailout-as-rauner-balks
— A danger for Donald Trump: Falling into the mayor trap – AARON RENN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161201/OPINION/161209996/a-danger-for-donald-trump-falling-into-the-mayor-trap
— Exelon nuke bailout close to reality with House passage – STEVE DANIELS
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161201/NEWS11/161209968/exelon-nuke-bailout-close-to-reality-with-house-passage

 

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois House OKs Exelon subsidy plan, moves to Senate – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161201/news/312019804/
— Palatine incumbents running unopposed – Doug T. Graham
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161201/news/161209841/

 

DNA CHICAGO
— Women’s March On Washington: How To Get Involved If You’re In Chicago – Kelly Bauer (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage women to hate Republicans, and to especially hate Republicans who are Protestant, conservative, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, overweight, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161201/downtown/womens-march-on-washington-how-get-involved-if-youre-chicago

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Bernie Sanders: Carrier took Trump ‘hostage and won’  Carrier having last laugh, Sanders says – Patrick Gillespie
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/bernie-sanders-carrier-took-trump-hostage-and-won
— Trump: Companies will be punished for leaving U.S.  Trump: Higher tariffs on imports – Ahiza Garcia and Chris Isidore
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-companies-will-be-punished-for-leaving-us
— 1,000 jobs saved by Trump. Thousands more to go  More 250,000 jobs to be lost to plant closings this year – Chris Isidore
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/1000-jobs-saved-by-trump-thousands-more-to-go

 

WSIL TV
— Wisconsin election recount begins; Michigan’s is challenged – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/33837539/wisconsin-election-recount-begins-michigans-is-challenged

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rauner says Illinois should do one better than Trump on repealing regulations
http://ilnews.org/11141/rauner-says-illinois-one-better-trump-repealing-regulations/
— Illinois lawmakers split on Trump’s choice for head of education
http://ilnews.org/11152/illinois-lawmakers-split-trumps-choice-head-education/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL HOUSE GOES ON RECORD OPPOSING TAX HIKE VOTES DURING LAME DUCK SESSIONS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/12/house-passes-resolution-opposing-lame-duck-tax-hikes-.html
— HIGGINS: CORRUPT ILLINOIS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION VS. CHRISTIAN BUSINESS OWNER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/12/higgins-homosexuals-corrupt-illinois-human-rights-commission-vs-christian-business-owner.html
— CTU PREZ PLANS TO “OCCUPY” DEPT. OF EDUCATION OVER TRUMP PICK
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/12/ctu-prez-plans-to-occupy-dept-of-education-over-trump-pick.html
— EXELON: GUILTY OF CRONYISM ACROSS STATE LINES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/12/exelon-guilty-of-cronyism-across-state-lines.html

 

FOX NEWS INSIDER
— Ex-ICE Agent: I ‘Routinely’ Arrested Illegal Immigrants with Voter Registrations
http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/11/30/ice-agent-counterfeit-drivers-licenses-illegal-immigration-voters-registration-elections

 

GOPUSA
— Trump’s First Immigration Challenge: 750,000 Deferred Action Permit Holders
http://www.gopusa.com/trumps-first-immigration-challenge-750000-deferred-action-permit-holders/
— Washington presidential elector joins anti-Trump movement
http://www.gopusa.com/washington-presidential-elector-joins-anti-trump-movement/

 

DAILY CALLER
— NYT Columnist Gail Collins Calls Trump ‘Least Successful’ Candidate Of Our Time – Rachel Stoltzfoos
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/01/nyt-columnist-calls-trump-least-successful-candidate-of-our-time/

 

NEWSMAX
— Tom Ford Refuses to Dress Melania Trump: ‘She’s Not Necessarily My Image’ – Bill Hoffmann
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Tom-Ford-Melania-Trump-fashion/2016/12/01/id/761601/

 

CAMPAIGN FOR WORKING FAMILIES
— Immigration As A Weapon, Hope & Change, Democrats Debate Future
http://www.cwfpac.com/eod/thursday-december-1-2016-immigration-weapon-hope-change-democrats-debate-future

 

BREITBART
— TREASONOUS: Trump’s Alma Mater University of Pennsylvania Enacts ‘Sanctuary Campus’ Policy – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/12/01/trumps-alma-mater-enacts-sanctuary-campus-policy/

 

THE BLAZE
— ‘No evidence’: CNN host pushes back when Elizabeth Warren calls Steve Bannon a ‘white supremacist’ – Tre Goins-Phillips  (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, Democrats and RINOs will call you a White supremacist if you do not promote the Democrat Party platform.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/01/no-evidence-cnn-host-pushes-back-when-elizabeth-warren-calls-steve-bannon-a-white-supremacist/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— CNN Anchor Melts Down Asking Trump Supporters Where They Get Their News – Tim Hains  (DIERSEN: If they were asked where they get their news, what would my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say?)
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/12/01/cnn_anchor_melts_down_asking_trump_supporters_where_they_get_their_news.html

 

THE HILL
— Trump, Clinton aides clash at post-election gathering – REBECCA SAVRANSKY
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/308419-trump-clinton-aides-clash-at-post-election-gathering
— Senators crafting bill to limit deportations under Trump – ALEXANDER BOLTON  (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs always put the interests of foreign countries and their citizens ahead of the interests of America and its citizens.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/308380-senators-crafting-legislation-to-limit-deportations-under-trump
— Warren pushes Democrats to get tough with Trump – ALEXANDER BOLTON  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have always pushed their operatives and their dupes to get tough with me.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/308220-warren-wants-democrats-to-take-page-out-of-mcconnell-playbook
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: University of California encourages people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news-other-immigration/308324-california-universities-promise-to-protect

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— OUTSTANDING: Texas Governor Threatens To Cut Funding For ‘Sanctuary Campuses’ – Roque Planas
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/texas-governor-sanctuary-campuses_us_5840bcede4b017f37fe3e074

 

POLITICO
— Christie throws his hat in the ring for RNC chair – ALEX ISENSTADT
http://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2016/12/chris-christie-rnc-chair-232065

 

CBS NEWS
— Trump’s Cabinet picks signal a turn from attacks on Wall Street
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-elect-donald-trump-cabinet-wall-street-close-ties-steve-mnuchin-wilbur-ross/

 

CNN
— Trump pledges to unite country on ‘thank you’ tour, crowd chants ‘lock her up’ – Stephen Collinson
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/01/politics/donald-trump-thank-you-tour/

 

AOL NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: For Democrats and for RINOs, promoting LGBT activity is their top priority.
http://www.aol.com/article/news/2016/12/01/mike-pences-new-neighbors-are-making-a-not-so-subtle-statement/21618571/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mike Pence will be moving into the Naval Observatory in Northwest DC in a few months, but until then he’s renting. CNN reported that his new home in one of the capital’s upscale suburbs is costing the future vice president $6,000-a-month. And like the Hamilton cast, some of Pence’s new neighbors have strong feelings about the positions that the former Indiana governor has held in relation to the LGBT community. According to WJLA, more than half a dozen rainbow flags have appeared on the doorsteps and front lawns of homes in Pence’s new neighborhood. One of his neighbors said that she considers the flags “a respectful message showing, in my case, my disagreement with some of his thinking.”)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Vending and Venting at Trump Tower – SARAH MASLIN NIR
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/nyregion/vending-and-venting-at-trump-tower.html
— CNN’s Coverage of Trump Was Biased, Presidential Candidates’ Aides Say – MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/business/media/trump-cnns-coverage-biased-presidential-candidates-aides-say.html
— Donald Trump Is Betting That Policy Expertise Doesn’t Matter – Neil Irwin
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/upshot/donald-trump-is-betting-that-policy-expertise-doesnt-matter.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump pledges ‘to seek a truly inclusive society’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trump-pledges-to-seek-a-truly-inclusive-society/2016/12/01/79b21e80-b82b-11e6-939c-91749443c5e5_video.html
— Shouting match erupts between Clinton and Trump aides – Karen Tumulty and Philip Rucker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/shouting-match-erupts-between-clinton-and-trump-aides/2016/12/01/7ac4398e-b7ea-11e6-b8df-600bd9d38a02_story.html
— Carrier just showed corporations how to beat Donald Trump  We need a president who can stand up to big corporations, not fold to their demands. – Bernie Sanders
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/12/01/bernie-sanders-carrier-just-showed-corporations-how-to-beat-donald-trump/
— She says she was harassed by superiors. Now she protests outside the TSA for hours. – Manuel Roig-Franzia
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/she-says-she-was-harassed-by-superiors-now-she-protests-outside-the-tsa-every-day/2016/11/30/4f3316d6-a5e4-11e6-ba59-a7d93165c6d4_story.html
— Donald Trump is assembling the richest administration in modern American history – Jim Tankersley and Ana Swanson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/11/30/donald-trump-is-assembling-the-richest-administration-in-modern-american-history/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Indiana Gives $7 Million in Tax Breaks to Keep Carrier Jobs  The move will keep about 1,000 jobs in the state; Trump and Pence to announce the deal later today – TED MANN
http://www.wsj.com/articles/indiana-gives-7-million-in-tax-breaks-to-keep-carrier-jobs-1480608461
— Trump’s Wealthy Appointments Contrast With Populist Campaign Tone  President-elect’s choices for four cabinet posts are worth more than $8 billion combined – REBECCA BALLHAUS
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-wealthy-appointments-contrast-with-populist-campaign-tone-1480626264
— The Really Rich Got Richer, According to IRS’s Top 400  Total income reported on the top 400 individual tax returns rose 20% in 2014 – RICHARD RUBIN
http://www.wsj.com/articles/earnings-at-peak-of-u-s-income-distribution-jumped-20-in-2014-1480608351
— Baby Boomers vs. Millennials: The Uneven Jobs Recovery  Millennials see relatively slower progress on the labor front – STEVEN RUSSOLILLO
http://www.wsj.com/articles/baby-boomers-vs-millennials-the-uneven-jobs-recovery-1480624537

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump and Clinton Campaign Aides Clash at Harvard Forum – Jennifer Epstein
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-12-02/trump-and-clinton-campaign-aides-clash-at-harvard-forum

 

NPR
— Journalist On Trump’s Potential Conflicts Of Interest: ‘They’re Everywhere’
http://www.npr.org/2016/12/01/503987367/journalist-on-trumps-potential-conflicts-of-interest-theyre-everywhere

 

FED SMITH
— OPM Taken to Task in New Report on Government Waste – Ian Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2016/12/01/opm-taken-to-task-in-new-report-on-government-waste/

 

WASHINGTON BLADE
— Federal employees ‘frightened’ over Trump
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2016/12/01/federal-employees-frightened-trump/