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September 16 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Bruce Rauner’s Reluctant Embrace of Trump a Re-Election Tightrope
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/bruce-rauner-reluctant-embrace-of-trump-a-re-election-tight-rope-493396211.html

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Falling for fake news a ‘human issue’ – Denise Crosby (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake, except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who blacklist me because I refuse to carry out their blacklist orders. Should I publish a) a list of the aforesaid blacklisters and b) the individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that they blacklist?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-bogus-news-st-0914-story.html

WLS AM
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Stephanie Trussell promotes Sam McCann. Every vote that McCann gets is a vote that Rauner will not get.
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/09/15/today-stephanie-speaks-in-studio-with-state-senator-sam-mccann-is-the-only-conservative-candidate-running-for-governor-in-illinois-is-working-to-repeal-rauners-abortion-funding-law/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— What voters ought to hear in the home stretch – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180915/our-view-what-voters-ought-to-hear-in-home-stretch
— Local teens consider options outside of college – Ella Unal (DIERSEN: When you were in high school, were you viewed as being “college material?” When was in high school, I was not viewed as being “college material.” Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I just barely made into the upper 20% of my class. My ACT score was only 24. I was 1-A for draft notwithstanding the fact that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180915/local-teens-consider-options-outside-of-college

FOX 43
— Tenant says the landlord threatened eviction over political yard signs – CNN
https://fox43.com/2018/09/15/tenant-says-the-landlord-threatened-eviction-over-political-yard-signs/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: LYNDON, Illinois — A woman living in Lyndon said her landlord took down her political sign and replaced it with his own. Melissa Denning had a sign up in the yard, supporting Kris Schmidt for sheriff. “Instead of coming and talking to me about the sign, [my landlord] knocked the sign down and ran it over,” Denning said. Denning said the landlord, John Crady, told her she should vote for all Democrats. Denning decided to put up a smaller “Kris Schmidt for sheriff” sign in the window of her house. But she said the landlord stopped by Thursday night and said that sign had to come down, too. “I should be able to hang the sign in my house because I do not support Booker,” Denning said. “I don’t want Booker for sheriff.”)

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— I feel isolated from the ideas being expressed by either political party – Scott Reeder
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511568958-reeder-i-feel-isolated-from-the-ideas-being-expressed-by-either-political-party

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner’s new anti-Pritzker TV ad is a Downstate hot-button smorgasbord
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/15/rauners-new-anti-pritzker-tv-ad-is-a-downstate-hot-button-smorgasbord/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Joe Biden: Trump uses White House as ‘a literal bully pulpit’ – Allison Elyse Gualtieri
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/joe-biden-trump-uses-white-house-as-a-literal-bully-pulpit

DAILY CALLER
— POPE FRANCIS MAKES THINLY VEILED ATTACK ON ACCUSATIONS IN BID FOR CHRISTIAN POPULISM – Joshua Gill
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/15/pope-accusation-christian-populism/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— U.S. Immigration Numbers Close To Shattering 108-Year-Old Record – Jack Davis (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at immigrants that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of. Ever-increasing, Democrats count on immigrants to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.westernjournal.com/us-immigration-numbers-close-shattering-108-year-old-record/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Even as President Donald Trump seeks to reform the nation’s immigration laws and policies, the face of immigration has changed to the point where immigrants make up the largest share of the U.S. population since 1910. The shift that took place between 2010 and 2017 saw Asian immigrant populations on the rise and small states far from major immigration magnets logging double-digit increases in immigrants. Overall, 44.5 million Americans were foreign-born, according to the data. Census Bureau numbers from its American Community Survey, a computer-generated statistical model based on demographic information from around the nation, show that in 2017, 13.7 percent of Americans were born abroad, according to Breitbart. The record is 14.7 percent in 1910. In 2016, the final year of the Obama administration, 13.5 percent of Americans were foreign-born. The Census Bureau projects that despite efforts by the Trump administration to curb immigration and adopt a merit-based system, immigration numbers will keep rising.)

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Requiem for the Pro-Life Movement – Rachel Bovard
https://amgreatness.com/2018/09/15/requiem-for-the-pro-life-movement/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats say “Democrats’ confidence swells with midterms fast approaching.” How successful have the Democrats been in a) promoting hatred against Trump and promoting hatred against those who do not hate Trump in your precinct and b) getting the voters in your precinct to punish Trump and to punish those who do not hate Trump by voting for all the Democrats on the November 6, 2018 ballot?
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/406816-dems-confidence-swells-with-midterms-fast-approaching?userid=3526
— Trump: ‘Republican leadership being ‘played like a fiddle’ by Dems on border security – JOHN BOWDEN
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/406873-trump-republican-leadership-being-played-like-a-fiddle-by-dems-on
— GOP: The economy will shield us from blue wave – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE AND SCOTT WONG
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/406805-gop-the-economy-will-shield-us-from-blue-wave

POLITICO
— THIS DAY IN POLITICS: Ford issues partial amnesty to Vietnam deserters, Sept. 16, 1974 – ANDREW GLASS (DIERSEN: As my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have stressed since 1966 when I was 18 years old, I avoided the draft by seeking and obtaining four student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. What were you doing on September 16, 1974? I was working for the Democrats who ran IRS as a newly-promoted GS-12 Step 1 Revenue Officer in IRS’s new office in the Loop. Virtually all my superiors and coworkers were Democrat veterans. In 1974, to turn my IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me, my Democrat IRS critics/opponents stressed to them that if I had not avoided the draft, I never would have been able to a) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, b) buy a new Dodge Charger SE in 1968, c) graduate debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, d) buy a new Corvette in 1971, e) take graduate business courses at Loyola, f) buy a new town home in University Park in 1972, g) buy a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in 1974, h) get promoted to GS-12 in 1974, i) etc.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/16/ford-amnesty-vietnam-deserters-815747

CNN
— Joe Biden attacks Trump’s use of power during LGBTQ dinner speech – Arlette Saenz
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/15/politics/joe-biden-hrc-dinner-2020/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say: “The Economy Is Humming, but Trump Is Tweeting. Republicans Are Worried.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/15/us/politics/trump-republicans-midterms.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans use illegals to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Americans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/15/opinion/sunday/immigration-laws-jose-antonio-vargas.html
— Democrats’ Top-Secret Formula for Victory Stop obsessing over ideology. It’s about personality. – Frank Bruni (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Anti-Republicans are nasty. The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you support, the more that anti-Republicans demonize, denigrate, and condemn your personality. I should write a book about the leading past and present anti-Republicans in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/15/opinion/sunday/democrats-candidates-victory.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns churchgoers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/15/opinion/sunday/conservatism-after-christianity.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats shout at women, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/14/us/women-primaries-house-senate-governor.html

NEW YORK POST
— Cuomo is blatantly setting himself up for 2020 – Michael Goodwin
https://nypost.com/2018/09/15/cuomo-is-blatantly-setting-himself-up-for-2020/

DALLAS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups promote mass/illegal immigration: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2018/09/15/data-shows-illegal-immigration-not-lead-crime

WEAU
— Block party seen as way for students, neighbors to connect – Jesse Horne (DIERSEN: What do you say to block party organizers who make it clear the Republicans are not welcome? In my precinct, in the 2016 general election, only 137 voted for Trump, while 211 voted for Clinton.)
https://www.weau.com/content/news/Block-party-seen-as-way-for-students-neighbors-to-connect-493221381.html

NEWSWEEK
— THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT IS LOOKING TO PUTIN’S RUSSIA TO SAVE CHRISTIANITY FROM THE GODLESS WEST – TOM PORTER
https://www.newsweek.com/how-evangelicals-are-looking-putins-russia-save-christianity-godless-west-1115164

TIME
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBT advocates say Trump is a bully and a bigot because he has not done enough to promote LGBT activity.
http://time.com/5397382/human-rights-campaign-dinner-trump/

VOX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Because Trump won the Electoral College, anti-Trumps want to abolish the Electoral College. In what ways are you a minority in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world? In the aforesaid jurisdictions, what percent share your race, your age group, your marital status, your education level, your past/present occupation, your national origin, your political affiliation, your religion, your income group, your net worth group, your gun ownership status, your veteran status, the length of time that you have lived in your municipality, the length of time that your ancestors have been in America, etc.?
https://www.vox.com/2018/9/12/17850980/democracy-tyranny-minority-mob-rule-james-madison

TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “I don’t hate Trump; I hate what he is doing.”
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/michael-bloomberg-interview-i-dont-hate-trump-i-hate-what-he-is-doing-5lskjvk9t

September 14 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DuPage County Board Member Grant Eckhoff held an outstanding fundraiser Thursday evening, September 13, 2018, at Choun’s Restaurant in Wheaton. Illinois Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti spoke very highly of him. The 50+ attendees included Anderson, Berlin, Bucholz, Carlson, Cherry, Colgan, Crane, Dangelo, Falbo, Grant, Gresk, Hinds, Hogan, Jorgensen, Kachiroubas, LeVan, Lollino, McCluskey, Monino, McGowen, Olson, Puchalski, Rash, Tornatore, and Wilson. Event sponsors included Cronin, Dabrowski, Demos, DeMotte, Hogan, Puchalski, Tanatore, and Zay. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Illinois State Senator Mike Connelly held an outstanding fundraiser Thursday evening, September 13, 2018, at Emmett’s Restaurant in Wheaton. The 50+ attendees included Anderson, Carlson, Colgan, Dangelo, Fisher, Fitch, Grant, Healy, LeVan, Lollino, Marquardt, McCluskey, Monino, McGowen, Sanguinetti, and Wilson. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ABC7
— JB Pritzker, Kwame Raoul lead in new, state-wide Illinois Broadcasters Association poll
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/jb-pritzker-kwame-raoul-lead-in-new-state-wide-poll-/4236278/
— Rauner slams Pritzker in speech – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/rauner-slams-pritzker-in-speech/4236423/
— Willie Nelson attacked by fans online over upcoming Democratic candidate rally appearance in Texas (DIERSEN: If you do anything to help elect a Democrat, you should be barred a) from claiming to be a Republican, b) from seeking any kind of government or political office as a Republican, and c) from holding any kind of government or political office as a Republican.)
https://abc7chicago.com/entertainment/angry-fans-attack-willie-nelson-over-democratic-candidate-rally-appearance/4237834/

NBC5
— JB Pritzker Holds Double-Digit Lead Over Bruce Rauner in New Poll – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/jb-pritzker-polling-bruce-rauner-double-digit-lead-493201791.html

CBS2
— Comparing Pritzker, Rauner Attack Ads: Who’s Telling The Truth? – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/09/13/comparing-pritzker-rauner-attack-ads-whos-telling-the-truth/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Licensed gun owner aids Cicero cops in shootout with suspect; 1 officer injured
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/licensed-gun-owner-aids-cicero-cops-in-shootout-with-suspect-1-officer-injured
— Humbled Illinois Governor Rauner admits errors, pleads for 2nd term – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/humbled-illinois-governor-rauner-admits-errors-pleads-for-2nd-term

WGN TV
— Rauner: Pritzker ‘lacking in the integrity and character’ to be Illinois governor – TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2018/09/13/rauner-pritzker-lacking-in-the-integrity-and-character-to-be-illinois-governor/

WBBM 780
— Erika Harold Addresses Kwame Raoul’s Ad On Her Said Beliefs – CRAIG DELLIMORE
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/issue-erika-harold-addresses-kwame-raoul-s-ad-her-said-beliefs

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— GOP pulls support for Downstate lawmaker Jerry Lee Long of Streator over ‘zero tolerance policy on harassment’ but doesn’t elaborate – Mike Riopell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-republican-harassment-20180913-story.html
— In mea culpa to voters, Rauner pleads for second term by saying he’s not perfect but has grown – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-governor-bruce-rauner-election-speech-20180913-story.html
— Pritzker can skip debates, but he still must answer for his tax ‘plan’ – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-rauner-pritzker-debates-graduated-income-tax-0914-20180913-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Chicago’s Puerto Rican community rebukes Trump over false claims about Hurricane Maria death toll: “His comments … are ludicrous.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-reacts-puerto-rico-trump-20180913-story.html
— Obama mocks Republicans at rally – Felicia Sonmez
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-obama-mocks-republicans-ohio-rally-20180913-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-pot-industry-stoner-stereotype-20180829-story.html
— Willie Nelson is playing his first-ever political concert for Beto O’Rourke. Some fans are abandoning him. – Timothy Bella (DIERSEN: If you do anything to help elect a Democrat, you should be barred a) from claiming to be a Republican, b) from seeking any kind of government or political office as a Republican, and c) from holding any kind of government or political office as a Republican.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-willie-nelson-beto-orourke-20180914-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago pension fiasco: $54M lost on deal with Daley nephew, ex-Obama boss – Tim Novak
https://chicago.suntimes.com/?post_type=cst_article&p=1359203
— Trump says Democrats inflated Puerto Rico death toll – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/hurricane-maria-donald-trump-puerto-rico-death-toll/
— Madigan gives deposition — accuser says ‘he pretty much played the denial game’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mike-madigan-accuser-deposition-denial-game-jason-gonzales-sham-candidates/
— Work alone will never be enough to end poverty in America – Mona Charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/work-alone-will-never-be-enough-to-end-poverty-in-america/
— George Ryan returns from Cuba, insists embargo must go – Michael Sneed (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Americans support George Ryan.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/george-ryan-returns-cuba-insists-embargo-go/

DAILY HERALD
— Underwood uses League forum to attack Hultgren on tax plan – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180913/underwood-uses-league-forum-to-attack-hultgren-on-tax-plan
— Lauzen again demands accounting for costs of prosecuting Van Dyke – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180913/lauzen-again-demands-accounting-for-costs-of-prosecuting-van-dyke
— 55th District hopefuls tout bipartisan appeal – Eric Peterson (DIERSEN: For a politician to be bipartisan is to flush the members of his/her political party down the toilet.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180913/55th-district-hopefuls-tout-bipartisan-appeal
— No Metra fare hike, but service cuts loom without state aid – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180912/no-metra-fare-hike-but-service-cuts-loom-without-state-aid

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Humbled Illinois governor admits errors, pleads for 2nd term – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180913/humbled-illinois-governor-admits-errors-pleads-for-2nd-term
— U.S. appeals court upholds Illinois campaign finance limits – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180913/us-appeals-court-upholds-illinois-campaign-finance-limits

TIMES
— House GOP asks Rep. Long to step down after harassment allegations Long says he’s ‘not a puppet of any party’ – Derek Barichello
http://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/09/13/house-gop-asks-rep-long-to-step-down-after-harassment-allegations/amihkk/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Humbled Illinois governor admits errors, pleads for 2nd term – AP
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article218351705.html

DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— Humbled Illinois governor admits errors – AP
http://www.commercial-news.com/news/state_news/humbled-illinois-governor-admits-errors/article_9a8eda83-c101-5787-8139-195c68831d3d.html

WGEM
— New poll shows Pritzker nearly 17 points ahead of Rauner – Jim Roberts
http://www.wgem.com/story/39088698/2018/09/13/new-poll-shows-pritzker-nearly-17-points-ahead-of-rauner

WIFR
— Rauner campaigns as ‘better governor’ for second term – AP
https://www.wifr.com/content/news/Rauner-campaigns-for-second-term-Im-a-better-governor-now-493195431.html

WSIL TV
— Gov. Rauner reflects on time as governor, reveals plan for future – Andrew Feather
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39088980/rauner-reflects-on-time-as-governor-reveals-plan-for-future

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Rauner campaigns for 2nd chance: “I’m a better governor now” – AP
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/rauner-campaigns-for-2nd-chance-im-a-better-governor-now-09-13-2018

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Gov. Rauner deploys troops to aid the east coast – DaLaun Dillard
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/gov-rauner-deploys-troops-to-aid-the-east-coast/1442287045

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rauner campaigns for 2nd chance: “I’m a better governor now” – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/rauner-campaigns-for-2nd-chance-im-a-better-governor-now-09-13-2018

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— State debt decreases for fourth straight week – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511562101-state-debt-decreases-for-fourth-straight-week

ILLINOIS WATCHDOG
— Is this the most toxic tax in Illinois politics? – Austin Berg
https://www.watchdog.org/illinois/op-ed-is-this-the-most-toxic-tax-in-illinois/article_e4f984cb-c1f7-5ab5-b92f-08dd9ee3d474.html

CAPITOL FAX
— New poll: Pritzker up by 17, Raoul leads by 11
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/13/new-poll-pritzker-up-by-17-raoul-leads-by-11/

BREITBART
— Revolving Door: Dozens of Clinton Staffers Hired by Google — and Vice-Versa – Charline Nash
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/09/13/revolving-door-dozens-of-clinton-staffers-hired-by-google-and-vice-versa/
— Dalai Lama: ‘Europe Belongs to Europeans’, Refugees Should Return and Rebuild Homelands – Virginia Hale (DIERSEN: One could say “America belongs to Americans, illegals should return to their homelands and rebuild them.”)
https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/13/dalai-lama-sweden-europe-europeans/

WORLD NET DAILY
— CONSERVATIVE LAUNCHES NEW SOCIAL MEDIA, SEARCH SITE Stop being censored by Facebook, Google, Twitter
https://www.wnd.com/2018/09/conservative-launches-new-social-media-search-sites/

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— New data: The border surge is increasing AGAIN – Daniel Horowitz (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use citizens of foreign countries to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/new-data-the-border-surge-is-increasing-again/

HOT AIR
— Its New National Identity Crisis Makes The U.S. More Like The Middle East
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2018/09/new-national-identity-crisis-makes-u-s-like-middle-east/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Instead of “Americanizing” the Middle East, he notes, that the U.S. has become increasingly “Middle Easternized.” The polarization of American society is so extreme that the Republican and Democratic parties resemble warring tribes that see each other as existential threats. A large number of Republicans seem to regard loyalty to the person of Donald Trump as more important than their commitment to any higher goals like the rule of law or preservation of democracy internationally. The Democratic Party, for its part, has shifted away from the broad class-based coalitions of the New Deal and Great Society to advocacy on behalf of its component identity groups: African-Americans, women, the LGBT community and the like.)

CNN
— Just wait. Trump will tell us how to judge his Hurricane Florence response. – Stephen Collinson (DIERSEN: Who tells people how to judge things in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/14/politics/donald-trump-hurricane-florence-response/

UPI
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use Illinois to push pot nationwide.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/09/14/States-watching-Illinois-use-of-marijuana-to-fight-opioid-crisis/3711536870575/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Facebook ‘Better Prepared’ to Fight Election Interference, Mark Zuckerberg Says – Sheera Frenkel and Mike Isaac
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/13/technology/facebook-elections-mark-zuckerberg.html
— U.S. Recovery Eludes Many Living Below Poverty Level, Census Suggests – Glenn Thrush
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/13/us/politics/poverty-rate-census-bureau.html
— The Real Google Censorship Scandal It’s not about right-wing Americans. It’s about China. – Kara Swisher
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/13/opinion/google-censorship-trump-china.html

WASHINGTON POST
— ICE says it needs a $1 billion funding boost to meet Trump’s aggressive deportation goals – Maria Sacchetti
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/immigration/ice-says-it-needs-a-1-billion-funding-boost-to-meet-trumps-aggressive-deportation-goals/2018/09/13/179819b2-b6c0-11e8-94eb-3bd52dfe917b_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Feinstein asks FBI to review letter involving Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh – JENNIFER HABERKORN (DIERSEN: The higher the office that you seek, the harder that your critics/opponents will work to destroy you.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-congress-brett-kavanaugh-20180913-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The existence of the letter was first reported by the Intercept, an online news publication. It said the letter apparently describes an incident involving Kavanaugh and a young woman while they were in high school, but included no details.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Poll: Democrats’ Positive Image Fades as Americans Sour on Both Parties
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/campaign-wire-2018-midterms/card/1536839135

BUSINESS JOURNAL
— Google pushes back on age-bias lawsuit, saying ‘Googleyness’ isn’t code for ‘young’ – Luke Stangel (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, in America, White men are written off as being losers who should be gotten rid of unless they are earning say a) $100,000/year by age 25, b) $200,000/year by age 30, c) $300,000/year by age 35, d) $400,000/year by age 40, e) $500,000/year by age 45, f) $600,000/year by age 50, g) $700,000/year by age 55, h) $800,000/year by age 60, i) $900,000/year by age 65, j) $1,000,000/year by age 70.)
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2018/09/13/google-age-discrimination-lawsuit-googleyness-goog.html

SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn young men as being sexists. Ever-increasing, young men are coming to realize a) that Democrats give tremendous preference to young women and b) that Democrats dump young men who are not successful. For example, in the federal government, with its “up-or-out” policy, Democrats dump men (BUT NOT WOMEN) who do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.
https://www.salon.com/2018/09/13/teen-gender-gap-persists-survey-shows-boys-still-hold-sexist-attitudes/

September 3 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Unions stand together on the frontline of freedom – Robert G. Reiter
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20180903/281715500493473

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Courses that can set students up for success – Jill Schlesinger (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually none of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinate took job-related courses. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction. To keep their jobs and to get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-201808231613–tms–retiresmctnrs-a20180824-20180824-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use McCain to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–mccain-20180901-story.html
— Calls for respect for black America at Franklin funeral – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who are ever-increasingly judgmental and disrespectful of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-bc-us–aretha-franklin-20180901-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Longtime Naperville mayor George Pradel in hospice care – Charles Keeshan
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180902/longtime-naperville-mayor-pradel-in-hospice-care

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, beyond outrageously, members of the following groups use Mollie Tibbetts to promote diversity: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time promote immigration.
https://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/cepeda-don-t-treat-outliers-as-poster-children-for-your/article_6be12da4-395f-59b7-8189-706b6355315c.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Drag Queen Story Hour sparks protests in conservative towns – SAP
https://www.bnd.com/entertainment/article217734610.html

POLITIFACT ILLINOIS
— Pritzker claims Rauner misquoted newspapers to lie about him. That’s a stretch. – Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
https://www.politifact.com/illinois/statements/2018/sep/02/jb-pritzker/pritzker-claims-rauner-misquoted-newspapers-lie-ab/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Blunt Truth About Marijuana
https://illinoisfamily.org/topic/marijuana-2/
https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Chiefs_Sheriffs_letter.pdf

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Americans Are Fuming Over ‘Disturbing’ ‘Political Rally’ That Took Place at McCain Funeral – MADISON DIBBLE
https://ijr.com/2018/09/1120637-mccain-funeral-politically-charged/

BREITBART
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-American, anti-Republican, anti-White, and/or anti-women use Tibbetts to promote diversity.
https://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/09/02/mollie-tibbetts-father-promote-diversity-not-immigration-enforcement/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Washington Post uses Cristhian Bahena-Rivera to glorify and praise illegals.
https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/09/02/washington-post-hardships-iowas-immigrants-wake-mollie-tibbetts-murder/

WORLD NET DAILY
— DON’T LET DEMOCRATS MONKEY UP RED STATES Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson slaps candidates playing race card to get traction
https://www.wnd.com/2018/09/dont-let-democrats-monkey-up-red-states/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Mexican flag flies proudly over town where illegal alien killed Mollie Tibbetts – Ed Straker
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/09/mexican_flag_flies_proudly_over_town_where_illegal_alien_killed_mollie_tibbetts.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When an invading army captures a town, they usually run up the flag, to show who’s in charge. But in America, we don’t need an occupying army. We do it to ourselves. Witness the town of Brooklyn, Iowa, where Mollie Tibbetts was murdered by an illegal alien, which proudly flies the flag of Mexico. According to the liberal media, Brooklyn was one big happy multicultural town, until conservatives ruined it by complaining about the illegal alien who murdered Mollie. Really. …police found Tibbetts’s body discarded in a cornfield. They charged Cristhian Bahena Rivera, a local farmhand, with her murder. And they announced that Rivera, who had no prior criminal history, was an undocumented Mexican immigrant. For most people in Brooklyn, though, Rivera’s legal status is a distraction. This time should be about Mollie, they say, not the man accused of killing her. This is the liberal line. On the statistically rare occasions when a white person kills a black, the liberal media can talk about nothing else other than the race of the accused. But when an illegal alien does the killing, they don’t want to talk about perpetrators. They treat it like the weather. It’s just something that happens.)

FOX NEWS
— Sens. Graham, Durbin preview Kavanaugh confirmation hearings
http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2018/09/02/sens-graham-durbin-preview-kavanaugh-confirmation-hearings.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The Democratic game plan – Robert Knight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/2/as-democrats-move-left-they-must-replace-the-ameri/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The “progressives”’ game plan to re-acquire power in Washington and make it permanent has been shockingly obvious for some time: Import millions of illegal immigrants, hook them on government aid and turn them into voters — legally or illegally. Two Democrats running for Congress in Texas have come out for decriminalizing illegal immigration, along with Beto O’Rourke, who is running for Ted Cruz’s U.S. Senate seat. Virtually all Democratic office holders oppose voter ID laws. In March, Nation magazine writer Sean McElwee called for abolishing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE), a demand repeated by “progressives” around the country. The Washington Post has editorialized against adding a question about citizenship to the U.S. Census, saying it looks “suspiciously like an underhanded way to depress Democratic representation in Washington.” Districts with high numbers of illegal aliens who cannot legally vote have an advantage because the Census determines congressional seats and presidential electors based on population. So, the more illegals, the merrier for Democrats. The Dems must replace the American electorate because their plunge into “free” government health care, “free” college tuition, open borders, confiscatory taxes, anti-police rhetoric, activist judges and bizarre sexual politics is alienating more and more “everyday” Americans. The left needs new voting blocs. It’s the only way they’ll stay competitive, especially when the Trump administration has the economy roaring like a Ferrari. Millions of evangelical Christians and moderate-to-conservative Catholics voted for Mr. Trump because they saw him as their best bet against a hostile Deep State and its media allies. Portions of the IRS, the FBI and other federal agencies had been criminally politicized under President Obama, and Hillary Clinton would have finished the job. With state power unchecked since the Reagan years, Uncle Sam has morphed into Nurse Ratched, presiding over a giant sanitarium. That’s the issue ignored by the media: Democrats are at war with normalcy of any kind and want to impose their cracked view of reality on the rest of us.)
— A boycott of California’s iconic In-N-Out teaches Democrats a lesson – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/2/editorial-a-boycott-of-californias-iconic-in-n-out/

DAILY SIGNAL
— We Hear You: Illegal Immigration, Gun Rights, Lower Taxes, and Free Speech – Ken McIntyre
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/09/02/we-hear-you-illegal-immigration-gun-rights-lower-taxes-and-free-speech/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Illegal immigration a ‘major problem’ for 68% of voters – Michael F. Haverluck
https://onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2018/09/02/illegal-immigration-a-major-problem-for-68-of-voters
— LGBT, Antifa demand Texas church leave over sexuality – Michael F. Haverluck
https://onenewsnow.com/church/2018/09/02/lgbt-antifa-demand-texas-church-leave-over-sexuality

HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrats Are Pushing More Diverse Candidates. Behind The Scenes, Not So Much. Diversity typically ends “where the money begins,” says a Latino consulting firm founder. – Molly Redden
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/democratic-campaigns-have-a-serious-diversity-problem_us_5b85664fe4b0511db3d1f7ba

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “How Trump Betrays ‘Forgotten’ Americans From the Supreme Court to labor organizing rules, the president undermines workers’ greatest champions.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/03/opinion/trump-labor-unions-greenhouse.html
— Tech Giants Now Share Details on Political Ads. What Does That Mean For You? We tried out new tools from Facebook, Google and Twitter that let you look up campaign ads. Here’s what the databases can — and cannot — do. – Natasha Singer
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/02/technology/03adarchive.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you do not do what McCain wants you to do, McCain’s supporters demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/02/opinion/columnists/republicans-mccain-hypocrisy.html
— The Catholic Church Is Sick With Sex – Timothy Egan
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/opinion/egan-catholic-church-pope-francis.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: What do you say to employers that offer jobs that are so bad that only citizens of foreign countries will take them? 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. If GAO, IRS, and the Post Office could offer jobs to citizens of foreign countries, they certainly would do that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/02/business/trump-legal-immigration-h1b-visas.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Pope Benedict, in retired seclusion, looms in the opposition to Pope Francis – Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/pope-benedict-in-retired-seclusion-looms-in-the-opposition-to-pope-francis/2018/09/02/f4d262b2-aaca-11e8-9a7d-cd30504ff902_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— America doesn’t actually lead the world in mass shootings – John Lott and Michael Weisser
https://nypost.com/2018/08/30/america-doesnt-actually-lead-the-world-in-mass-shootings/

USA TODAY
— Why we celebrate Labor Day, a holiday that had a violent start – Susan Miller
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/09/02/labor-day-why-do-we-celebrate-holiday/1180558002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Companies Ramp Up Worker-Retraining Efforts Tight labor market pushes companies to invest in teaching current workers to do more sophisticated tasks – Austen Hufford (DIERSEN: Between 1992 and 1997, I paid for my own “worker-retraining.” In 1989, the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office a) made it clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS and b) assigned me to audits of federal financial industry regulators. Between 1992 and 1997, I took graduate finance courses at IIT, and in 1997 earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-ramp-up-worker-retraining-efforts-1535889600
— Is Your Email Address Holding You Back? – Chris Kornelis (DIERSEN: How long have you had your email address? My email address has been diersen@aol.com since January of 1995.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-your-email-address-holding-you-back-1535470160
— John McCain Hailed as Model of U.S. Virtues – Andrew Duehren (DIERSEN: In 2008, I asked those in my precinct who had given lots of money to McCain to elect him why they did that. They stressed all the planks in the Republican Party platform that McCain rejected.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/john-mccain-hailed-as-model-of-american-virtues-during-washington-memorial-1535825956

USA TODAY
— Protesters hope to shut down Chicago’s O’Hare Airport on Labor Day to spotlight violence – John Bacon (DIERSEN: What do you spotlight? I use my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to spotlight the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform, and especially its traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject one or more of the planks in the IRP platform.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/09/02/chicago-murders-protesters-hope-shut-down-ohare-airport/1180561002/

BOSTON GLOBE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-American, anti-Republican, anti-White, and/or anti-women use Tibbetts to promote diversity.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2018/09/02/father-mollie-tibbetts-criticizes-using-her-pawn/rBwhtxBkpZBuQWkF4u8eoK/story.html

HISTORY NEWS NETWORK
— Why Does Chicago Seem Broken? – Roger Biles (DIERSEN: The overwhelming majority of voters in Chicago elect people who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/169824

NAVY TIMES
— Are you an officer facing the retirement boards? – Mark D. Faram (DIERSEN: Constructively, if you are federal employee who is Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, you start facing retirement boards when you are 25 years old. Generally, those boards get rid of you if you do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotions.)
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/08/09/are-you-an-officer-facing-the-retirement-boards/

DAILY BEAST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time promote immigration.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/yes-america-benefits-from-all-immigration-legal-and-illegal

August 29 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Chicago Trump adviser George Papadopoulos will admit ‘inaccuracies’ – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Ross Weidner
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/chicago-trump-adviser-george-papadopoulos-will-admit-inaccuracies/4090655/
— Willowbrook residents concerned about emission of carcinogenic gas from local company – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/health/willowbrook-residents-concerned-about-emission-of-carcinogenic-gas-from-local-company/4081127/

NBC5
— These Are the Candidates Running for Chicago Mayor – Shelby Bremer
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/whos-running-for-chicago-mayor-491904151.html

CBS2
— Thanks To ‘Ashley’s Law,’ Sick Illinois Students Now Can Take Medical Marijuana At School (DIERSEN: Pot pushers are overjoyed.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/29/ashleys-law-ashley-surin-medical-marijuana-at-school-illinois-law/
— California: Student Allegedly Rips MAGA Hat Off Classmate’s Head, Faces Battery Charges
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/29/student-allegedly-rips-maga-hat-off-classmates-head-faces-battery-charges/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Days before school starts, CPS still won’t say how many workers have been disqualified by background checks – Juan Perez Jr., David Jackson and Jennifer Smith Richards
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-school-background-check-results-20180828-story.html
— A taxpayer-funded mural at a CTA stop was reported as graffiti, so city crews destroyed it – Elvia Malagon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-mural-removed-rivera-paulina-20180828-story.html
— In Trump era, breweries and bars wear politics on their sleeves – Josh Noel
http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/drink/beer/ct-food-craft-beer-politics-0830-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with Google against Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-google-search-bias-trump-kudlow-0830-20180829-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/pot-patients-advocates-opioid-expansion-medical-marijuana-reaction/
— Cleaner trains, school buses to get share of $109M in new VW settlement plan – Brett Chase
https://chicago.suntimes.com/autos/vw-volkswagen-emissions-scandal-electric-car-charging-stations-trains-school-buses-109-million/
— Google Maps mistakenly shows ‘McCain Senate Office Building’ – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/john-mccain-senate-office-building-google-maps/
— US court says Housing Act covers harassed LGBT tenant in Niles – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/marsha-wetzel-niles-us-court-housing-act-harassed-lgbt-tenant/

DAILY HERALD
— Rauner signs legislation spurred by ex-Des Plaines superintendent’s severance
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180829/rauner-signs-legislation-spurred-by-ex-des-plaines-superintendents-severance
— Google denies Trump charge it rigs “Trump News” searches – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180829/google-denies-trump-charge-it-rigs-x201ctrump-newsx201d-searches
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump overstates his job performance ratings.” – Mike Riopell
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180829/fact-check-trump-overstates-his-job-performance-ratings

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— GOP challenger Jason Helland makes Jesse White’s age, 84, an issue in Illinois secretary of state’s race – Mike Riopell
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180829/gop-challenger-makes-jesse-whites-age-84-issue-in-illinois-secretary-of-states-race

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Illinois Lawmakers, Public Health Officials, Denounce Tobacco 21 Veto – SAM DUNKLAU
http://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/illinois-lawmakers-public-health-officials-denounce-tobacco-21-veto

FOX ST. LOUIS
— Illinois law protects breast-feeding mothers in the workplace (DIERSEN: During the early 1990s, to help GAO a) hire, retain, and promote young women and b) to get rid of its employees who smoked (overwhelmingly old White men), GAO gutted the smoking room in its Chicago office and turned it into a lactation room.)
https://fox2now.com/2018/08/29/illinois-law-protects-breast-feeding-mothers-in-the-workplace/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Roskam declines invitation to participate in League of Women Voters candidate forum – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/08/29/roskam-declines-invitation-to-participate-in-league-of-women-voters-candidate-forum/a46myjh/

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Why It’s so Hard for Republicans to Win in Illinois Democrats and Republicans were once evenly matched in Illinois. So how did the Party of Lincoln fall behind in his own homeland? – EDWARD MCCLELLAND
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/August-2018/Why-Its-So-Hard-for-Republicans-to-Win-in-Illinois/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s possible to trace the divergent fortunes of the Republican and Democratic parties in Illinois by looking at the voting histories of two counties: DuPage, in the suburbs of Chicago, and Williamson, in Southern Illinois coal country. DuPage was once a bulwark of the Illinois Republican Party, having supported its presidential candidates since the days of Abraham Lincoln. After World War II, DuPage’s villages burgeoned with middle-class homeowners who had fled Chicago’s corrupt political machine, and considered Republicans the party of good government and fiscal responsibility. . .How times have changed. In 2016, Hillary Clinton won Illinois by an even larger margin than her husband, but she won only 12 counties, most of them in the Chicago area. She won DuPage County 53%-38%, and lost Williamson County 67%-28%.)

WIREPOINTS
— Illinoisans to pay $2.6B in “penalty interest” for state’s fiscal-deadbeat status – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
http://www.wirepoints.com/illinoisans-pay-heavy-penalty-for-states-fiscal-deadbeat-status/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— TAXPAYER-SUBSIDIZED MANUFACTURER SHUTTERS ILLINOIS PLANT – Joe Kaiser
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/taxpayer-subsidized-manufacturer-shutters-illinois-plant/

CAPITOL FAX
— All four contested GOP congressional incumbents have better than even chance of winning
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/29/538-all-four-contested-gop-congressional-incumbents-have-better-than-even-chance-of-winning/
— For at least the second time, Jesse White’s GOP opponent Jason Helland makes ageist remark (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. Needless-to-say, my Democrat GAO superiors who forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old should be jailed. Previously, they gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/29/for-at-least-the-second-time-jesse-whites-gop-opponent-makes-ageist-remark/
— Rep. Miller Walsh appointed to committees
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/29/rep-miller-walsh-appointed-to-committees-as-more-facebook-posts-emerge/
— Simon Institute funding disparity study gets wide coverage
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/29/simon-institute-funding-disparity-study-gets-wide-coverage/
— Rauner’s new digital ad focuses on Pritzker’s opposition to private school tuition tax credit (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents saved Crete-Monee School District 201-U (http://www.cm201u.org/) lots of money during the 1950s and 1960s by sending my brother and me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/29/rauners-new-digital-ad-focuses-on-pritzkers-opposition-to-private-school-tuition-tax-credit/
— Pritzker campaign calls Rauner “Governor Veto”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/29/pritzker-campaign-calls-rauner-governor-veto/

GOPUSA
— Trump warns Evangelicals of Democrats ‘violently’ overturning his agenda
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=53454
— Hogg’s Gun Control Kids Make Demands of Smith & Wesson
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=53392
— 16 Oregon sheriffs ask voters to repeal sanctuary state law
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=53359
— Race-based school criteria roils Asian-Americans – again
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=53336

EAGLE ACTION REPORT
— Social Media Crushing Conservative Free Speech – Michelle Malkin
https://eagleactionreport.com/articles/social-media-crushing-conservative-free-speech

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Jim Jordan speaker bid excites conservatives: ‘The grassroots is starving for principled leadership’ – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/28/jim-jordan-speaker-house-bid-excites-conservatives/

FOX NEWS
— Trump-backed candidates keep on winning GOP primaries. Here’s what that means for November – David Bossie
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/08/29/trump-backed-candidates-keep-on-winning-gop-primaries-heres-what-that-means-for-november.html

NATIONAL REVIEW
— America Was Meant to Overcome Identity Politics – JIM GERAGHTY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote identity politics. Ever-increasingly, to get votes from members of Group A, they promise to use government to get rid of members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/america-made-to-overcome-identity-politics/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Generation of Americans Is Entering Old Age the Least Prepared in Decades Low incomes, paltry savings, high debt burdens, failed insurance—the U.S. is upending decades of progress in securing life’s final chapter – Heather Gillers, Anne Tergesen and Leslie Scism
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-generation-of-americans-is-entering-old-age-the-least-prepared-in-decades-1529676033

ILLINOIS BUSINESS IMMIGRATION COALITION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever increasingly, IBIC promotes mass/illegal immigration. Ever increasingly, IBIC makes it clear that it is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://mailchi.mp/illinoisbic/vvnms20cdi-811569

FED SMITH
— OPM and GAO Fight Over Tables of Penalties – John W. York (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/08/29/opm-gao-fight-tables-penalties/

FED WEEK
— Court Stresses Role That Law Gives Unions in Federal Workplace (DIERSEN: GAO unionized in 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://www.fedweek.com/issue-briefs/court-stresses-role-that-law-gives-unions-in-federal-workplace/
— OMB Tells Agencies to Streamline Operations (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. For those Democrats, “streamline operations” means getting rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/omb-tells-agencies-to-streamline/

PRAVDA
— Those who fire older employees should be jailed – Putin (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am almost 70. All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. Needless-to-say, my Democrat GAO superiors who forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old should be jailed. Previously, they gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
http://www.pravdareport.com/news/russia/kremlin/29-08-2018/141468-putin_pension-0/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that one should introduce administrative and even criminal responsibility in Russia for dismissing employees of pre-retirement age. “I deem it necessary to introduce administrative and even criminal responsibility for employers for dismissing workers of pre-retirement age, as well as for refusing to hire citizens for work because of their age,” Putin said in a televised address to the nation in connection with the widely discussed pension reform in Russia. One should envisage such responsibility within in the framework of additional guarantees that will protect interests of older citizens on the labor market. Today, the retirement age in Russia is 60 years for men and 55 years for women. This retirement age was introduced during the 1930s. The need to raise the retirement age in Russia has been discussed for a long time already due to the increased life expectancy and the inability to provide a decent pension while the number of employed individuals in the country is decreasing, and the number of pensioners is growing. In most countries of the world, the retirement age is 60-65 years.)

August 29 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Speaker Paul Ryan campaigns for Democrat-targeted congressman Randy Hultgren – Jesse Kirsch
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/speaker-of-the-house-paul-ryan-hit-the-chicagoland-campaign-trail-tuesday-headlining-a-loop-fundraiser-for-us-rep-randy-hultgren-r-illinois-of-the-states-14th-congressional-district-/4081418/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rauner defends veto of visa help for immigrant crime victims – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/rauner-defends-veto-of-visa-help-for-immigrant-crime-victims

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Phil Kadner viciously demonizes, viciously denigrates, and viciously condemns Trump and his supporters.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/trump-speaks-american-greatest-strength/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The silence of Pope Francis and the pain of a church – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-pope-francis-catholic-church-kass-20180828-story.html
— Someone posted photos of a young councilwoman in California in her underwear. She calls it ‘slut-shaming.’ – Taylor Telford
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-slut-shaming-women-political-candidates-0829-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Republican glorifies and praises McCain.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-robinson-colun-st-0829-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR GRAPHIC AND TABLE: FROM THE ARTICLE: For every dollar DuPage County taxpayers send to Springfield, the state returns 31 cents. That’s the lowest rate of return among all 102 counties in Illinois, according to a recently released study conducted by researchers at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. – Jake Griffin (DIERSEN: One could argue that Illinois is financially dependent on DuPage County. One could argue that without DuPage County, Illinois would have to immediately file for bankruptcy. DuPage County is run by Republicans. One could argue that if more statewide candidates were elected from DuPage County, Illinois would not be having the financial problems that it is having. Aside from Evelyn Sanguinetti, the last statewide candidate from DuPage County elected was Jim Ryan. Further, when James “Pate” Philip from DuPage County was President of the Illinois Senate, Illinois was much more fiscally responsible.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180829/study-suburbs-pay-more-than-what-they-get-back-from-state
— High school marching bands hit the neighborhood streets – Eileen O. Daday (DIERSEN: For many years now, DuPage Republicans have sponsored the Wheaton North and Wheaton South high school bands in Wheaton’s Independence Day parades.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180828/high-school-marching-bands-hit-the-neighborhood-streets
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Republican says “GOP sold its sold, McCain didn’t.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180829/ignatius-gop-sold-its-sold-mccain-didnt
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURES: A family reunion more than 60 years in the making – Burt Constable (DIERSEN: For many decades, the Diersens held big family reunions every summer at the Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete. But that all ended in 1961 when the pastor of the church succeeded in splitting the church. About half the Diersens stayed with the church as it dumped the Missouri Synod and moved to the Wisconsin Synod. The other half, including my parents, me, and my brother transferred to Hope Lutheran Church in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180829/constable-a-family-reunion-more-than-60-years-in-the-making

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180829/marijuana-now-possible-pain-alternative-to-addictive-opioids
— Cullerton says lawmakers will try to override Tobacco 21 veto – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: Democrats do not want children to smoke tobacco but want them to smoke pot.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180828/cullerton-says-lawmakers-will-try-to-override-tobacco-21-veto

WILLIAM J. KELLY
— Rahm’s GOP foe: I intend to solve Chicago’s Rahm problem
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/rahms-gop-foe-i-intend-to-solve-chicagos-rahm-problem

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz discuss Chicago’s violence & it’s leadership deficit w/Gary MacDougal
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/08/watch-berkowitz-discuss-chicagos-violence-it-leadership-deficit-wgary-macdougal-cable-and-web/

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Monee pays property taxes nearly three times national average
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511544936-analysis-monee-pays-property-taxes-nearly-three-times-national-average

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Local Democratic leader: Outreach is key to ‘blue wave’ in November – Benjamin Yount (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at everyone that to punish Trump, everyone should vote for all the Democrat candidates on the ballot.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/local-democratic-leader-outreach-is-key-to-blue-wave-in/article_d40b7d28-aa22-11e8-9559-9b562b070f5f.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WISCONSIN HIGHLIGHTS STATE ECONOMY IN COMPARISON TO ILLINOIS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/wisconsin-highlights-state-economy-in-comparison-to-illinois.html

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— REPUBLICANS CAN, MUST KEEP CONTROL IN MIDTERMS – Star Parker
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/republicans-can-must-keep-control-in-midterms/
— IMMIGRANTS AND DISEASE – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/immigrants-and-disease/

WORLD NET DAILY
— STUDY AFFIRMS GOOGLE SEARCH RESULTS LEAN LEFT Not the ‘fair and balanced arbiter of facts’ it claims to be – ART MOORE
https://www.wnd.com/2018/08/study-affirms-google-search-results-lean-left/
— THE LEFT’S LONG WAR ON CONSERVATIVE SPEECH Michelle Malkin: ‘If you can’t beat ’em, deplatform ’em. That’s the progressive way’
https://www.wnd.com/2018/08/the-lefts-long-war-on-conservative-speech/
— 16 STATES ASK SUPREMES TO REIN IN TRANSGENDERS Religious liberty fight developed when male worker demanded to dress like woman
https://www.wnd.com/2018/08/16-states-ask-supremes-to-rein-in-transgenders/
— TOXIC FEMINISM STABS WOMEN IN THE BACK Carl Jackson says movement ‘gave good men an excuse to be bad’
https://www.wnd.com/2018/08/toxic-feminism-stabs-women-in-the-back/
— DOES OPEN-BORDERS CROWD WANT MORE TB IN U.S.? Public health issue is ignored by those championing sanctuary cities – WALTER WILLIAMS
https://www.wnd.com/2018/08/does-open-borders-crowd-want-more-tb-in-u-s/

BREITBART
— 10 Times Google’s Far-Left, Anti-Trump Bias Was Exposed – Allum Bokhari
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/08/28/10-times-googles-far-left-anti-trump-bias-was-exposed/
— ‘Concerned Catholics’ Group Petitions Archbishop to Remove LGBT-Activist Priests from Ministry – Dr. Susan Berry
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/28/concerned-catholics-group-petitions-archbishop-to-remove-lgbt-activist-priests-from-ministry/

TOWNHALL
— Corrupt Democrats Are Not ‘News’- Brent Bozell and Tim Graham Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozellandtimgraham/2018/08/29/corrupt-democrats-are-not-news-n2513875
— The Left’s Long War on Conservative Free Speech – Michelle Malkin
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2018/08/29/the-lefts-long-war-on-conservative-free-speech-n2513901
— Gov. Cuomo Pardoned An Illegal The Same Week One Was Charged With Mollie Tibbetts’ Murder – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/08/28/icymi-gov-cuomo-pardoned-another-undocumented-person-the-same-week-an-illegal-w-n2513635

DAILY CALLER
— CONSERVATIVES AT FACEBOOK FORM ‘FB’ERS FOR POLITICAL DIVERSITY’ TO COMBAT COMPANY’S IDEOLOGICAL ECHOCHAMBER – Kyle Perisic (DIERSEN: Conservative Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains in Illinois should organize and form an association. It could be named the “Association of Conservative Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains of Illinois” or ACRPCI. In your township/ward and in your county, what percent of the Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains are conservative? What have they done that shows that they support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform?)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/28/facebook-political-diversity-james-damore/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than one hundred conservative Facebook employees have joined an internal employee message board to protest what they call the company’s “intolerant” liberal culture. The group, “FB’ers for Political Diversity,” was created last week, The New York Times reported Tuesday, and aims to promote ideological diversity within the company. Facebook’s workforce of more than 25,000 is viewed as largely liberal. “We are a political monoculture that’s intolerant of different views,” wrote senior Facebook engineer and group cofounder Brian Amerige in a post, The NYT added. “We claim to welcome all perspectives, but are quick to attack — often in mobs — anyone who presents a view that appears to be in opposition to left-leaning ideology.” Amerige’s post continues to criticize Facebook’s emphasis on racial and gender diversity and how it, along with the company’s overt liberal bias, threatens the “viability as a company.” Facebook banned a dissenting conservative group in December 2016, Business Insider reported in August 2017. The group, “Facebook Anon,” was an anonymous group chat for supporters of then-candidate Donald Trump. It was shut down for violating Facebook’s policies against anonymous accounts, but Business Insider reported that the talks “turned ugly and … alarmed management.” Amerige’s post echoes similar concerns of a memo former Google engineer James Damore wrote in August 2017 that criticized Google’s “ideological echo chamber,” The Daily Caller reported. “[W]e tear down posters welcoming Trump supporters. We regularly propose removing [tech investor Peter] Thiel from our board because he supported Trump,” Amerige wrote. “We’re quick to suggest firing people who turn out to be misunderstood, and even quicker to conclude our colleagues are bigots.” Amerige added that Facebook has made “all lives matter” a “fireable offense” and that human resources investigates anyone who dares “criticize Islam’s human rights record.” Amerige’s concerns are not without any evidence. Facebook cofounder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has donated to left-leaning campaigns in the 2018 and 2020 elections, The Daily Caller News Foundation reported on Aug. 23. Facebook also has a well-documented history of removing conservative content, some of which was restored with an apologized after public backlash. (RELATED: Facebook Flags New York Post Article About Trump Voters As ‘Spam’) Facebook has also removed videos and shadow banned content. Facebook apologize for mistakenly removing videos from the popular conservative page PragerU on Aug. 17, The Daily Caller reported. FB’ers for Political Diversity’s only rule is “if you attack a person’s character, rather than their ideas, you will be banned.”)
— DESPITE PUSH FROM FAR LEFT, JUST ONE QUARTER OF DEMOCRATS WANT TO ABOLISH ICE – Will Racke
https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/28/ap-poll-abolish-ice-democrats/
— CNN’S CHRIS CUOMO ACCUSES TRUMP OF USING GOOGLE’S CENSORSHIP TO ‘DIVIDE’ – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/28/cnn-chris-cuomo-trump-google-censorship/

DAILY WIRE
— Ivanka Blasted For Posing With A Christian Minister – Paul Bois
https://www.dailywire.com/news/35135/ivanka-blasted-posing-christian-minister-paul-bois

PJ MEDIA
— Ivanka: North American Women ‘Still Underrepresented’ in Boardrooms, Politics, Science – NICHOLAS BALLASY (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? In what areas are those who share your demographics underrepresented? While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, Republicans were grossly unrepresented. Ever-increasingly, conservatives are underrepresented in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, and the Republican Party.)
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/ivanka-north-american-women-still-underrepresented-in-boardrooms-politics-science/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Corrupt Democrats Are Not ‘News’ – Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2018/08/28/bozell-graham-column-corrupt-democrats-are-not-news

THE WEEK
— The incredible transformation of the Democratic Party – David Faris (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://theweek.com/articles/791291/incredible-transformation-democratic-party

THE HILL
— Former aide: McCain probably would’ve wanted a Latina woman to succeed him – EMILY BIRNBAUM (DIERSEN: What are the demographics of the person who your critics/opponents want to replace you with? My critics/opponents want to replace me with someone who they can manipulate/dominate and who is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/403907-former-aide-mccain-probably-wouldve-wanted-a-latina-woman-to-succeed-him
— Workers are ready to choose a better America by joining unions – MARC PERRONE (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are vehemently anti-union.)
http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/403995-workers-are-ready-to-choose-unions-and-a-better-america
— California gov candidate backs universal healthcare for undocumented immigrants – MEGAN KELLER
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/404036-dem-calif-gov-candidate-government-should-give-undocumented-immigrants

ABC NEWS
— 160 undocumented workers detained in Texas immigration bust – KARMA ALLEN
https://abcnews.go.com/US/160-undocumented-workers-detained-texas-immigration-bust/story?id=57467248

NEW YORK TIMES
– FRONT PAGE: Trump Accuses Google of Burying Conservative News in Search Results – Adam Satariano, Daisuke Wakabayashi and Cecilia Kang
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/business/media/google-trump-news-results.html
— If G.O.P. Loses Hold on Congress, Trump Warns, Democrats Will Enact Change ‘Quickly and Violently’ – Michael D. Shear (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who are filled with hatred of Trump and filled with hatred of anyone who does not share their hatred of Trump.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/us/politics/trump-evangelical-pastors-election.html
— Dozens at Facebook Unite to Challenge Its ‘Intolerant’ Liberal Culture – Kate Conger and Sheera Frenkel (DIERSEN: Conservative Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains in Illinois should organize and form an association. It could be named the “Association of Conservative Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains of Illinois” or ACRPCI. In your township/ward and in your county, what percent of the Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains are conservative? What have they done that shows that they support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/technology/inside-facebook-employees-political-bias.html
— What Did Pope Francis Know? The Catholic Church needs leaders who can purge corruption even among their own theological allies. The pope is failing that test. – Ross Douthat
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/opinion/pope-francis-catholic-church-resign.html

WASHINGTON POST
— You can wager Democrats will talk a lot about this issue – Jennifer Rubin (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/08/28/you-can-wager-democrats-will-talk-a-lot-about-this-issue/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Accuses Google of Suppressing Positive News About His Presidency President says Google, Twitter, Facebook are ‘treading on very, very troubling territory’ – Vivian Salama, Douglas MacMillan and Drew FitzGerald
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-accuses-google-of-suppressing-positive-news-about-his-presidency-1535459748
— Pope Francis in the Dock A former papal nuncio accuses the pontiff of a sex abuse coverup. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-francis-in-the-dock-1535497184

USA TODAY
— How doorbell cameras are creating dilemmas for police, neighborhoods – Christina Hall (DIERSEN: Recently, a doorbell camera was used to harass/threaten me. One of the homeowners in my precinct, a registered Republican voter, angrily phoned me, angrily claimed to be out of town, angrily claimed that she had just been alerted by her doorbell camera that I had just left Republican literature on her front door, angrily claimed that literature encouraged burglars to break into her home, and angrily demanded that I immediately come back and take that literature back, which I did. She angrily demanded that I take her off my list and angrily demanded that I never bring Republican literature to her door again. I expect that she is one of the 30 or so voters in my precinct who a) cast Republican primary ballots to do whatever damage they can to the Republican Party and b) always vote for Democrats in general elections.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/nation-now/2018/08/23/doorbell-camera-videos-police-dilemma/1074952002/
— Sexually transmitted diseases surge for the 4th straight year, CDC reports – Ken Alltucker (DIERSEN: Anti-conservative promote promiscuity.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/08/28/cdc-reports-surge-gonorrhea-other-sexually-transmitted-diseases/1115411002/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Mollie Tibbetts case exposes farms’ worst-kept secret: hiring undocumented immigrants – Alan Gomez (DIERSEN: The worse that jobs are, the more likely that employers will hire illegals to do that those jobs. What bad jobs have you had? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/08/24/iowa-murder-casts-spotlight-farms-hiring-undocumented-immigrants/1075320002/

FINANCIAL TIMES
— Facebook employees’ group criticizes its ‘political monoculture’ Formation of ‘FB’ers for Political Diversity’ comes amid accusations of leftwing bias – Hannah Kuchler (DIERSEN: Conservative Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains in Illinois should organize and form an association. It could be named the “Association of Conservative Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains of Illinois” or ACRPCI. In your township/ward and in your county, what percent of the Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains are conservative? What have they done that shows that they support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform?)
https://www.ft.com/content/656caf3e-ab23-11e8-89a1-e5de165fa619

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— Republicans Make a List of Trump Scandals They’re Covering Up – Nancy LeTourneau (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997. One could say that the Democrats who ran GAO in 1997 forced me to take their early retirement “offer” to punish Newt Gingrich.)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2018/08/28/republicans-make-a-list-of-trump-scandals-theyre-covering-up/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What Newt saw to is what Paul Glastris and Haley Sweetland Edwards called, “The Big Lobotomy.” A quick refresher: In 1995, after winning a majority in the House for the first time in forty years, one of the first things the new Republican House leadership did was gut Congress’s workforce. They cut the “professional staff” (the lawyers, economists, and investigators who work for committees rather than individual members) by a third. They reduced the “legislative support staff” (the auditors, analysts, and subject-matter experts at the Government Accountability Office [GAO], the Congressional Research Service [CRS], and so on) by a third, too, and killed off the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) entirely…Since 2011, with a Tea Party-radicalized GOP back in control of the House, Congress has cut its budget by a whopping 20 percent, a far higher ratio than any other federal agency, leading, predictably, to staff layoffs, hiring and salary freezes, and drooping morale.)
— JUNE/JULY/AUGUST 2014 FLASHBACK: The Big Lobotomy How Republicans Made Congress Stupid – Paul Glastris and Haley Sweetland Edwards (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997. One could say that the Democrats who ran GAO in 1997 forced me to take their early retirement “offer” to punish Newt Gingrich.)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/junejulyaug-2014/the-big-lobotomy/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The third target of Gingrich’s attacks was the legislative support agencies. The Government Accountability Office, Congressional Budget Office, Congressional Research Service, and now-defunct Office of Technology Assessment operated on a bipartisan basis, offering measured reports on topics suggested by members themselves. Sometimes, these agencies act as helpful librarians, and sometimes they’re more like referees, carefully adjudicating among the competing quantitative claims of various members and outside groups. Gingrich, perhaps not surprisingly, viewed them all as potential rivals to his singular narrative.)

ENTREPRENEUR
— 6 Ways Healthy Office Competition Builds Teams and Improves Productivity – John Rampton (DIERSEN: When you got promotions, what competition did you face? GAO is in the legislative branch. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates had a very low opinion of executive branch employees like I was for almost 12 years (Post Office 1966-1969 and IRS 1971-1980). They always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I got promoted in 1972, 1973, and 1974 only because the IRS employees who I competed against for those promotions were inferior people. They always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that GAO would never have hired me in 1971, and if it had, it would never have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. They stressed that I did not earn an MBA until 1976, that I did not pass the CPA examination until 1979, and that I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until 1980.)
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/317603

INDEPENDENT
— Economic inequality, not gender oppression, drives women to take sexy selfies, says study ‘When a young woman adjusts her bikini provocatively with her phone at the ready, don’t think of her as vacuous or as a victim. Think of her as a strategic player in a complex social and evolutionary game’ – Maya Oppenheim
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/women-sexy-selfies-why-social-media-economic-inequality-gender-oppression-a8511121.html

August 28 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: POT PUSHERS ARE OVERJOYED: Rauner set to sign medical marijuana expansion bill allowing drug as painkiller alternative – Robert McCoppin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-medical-marijuana-opioids-illinois-expansion-20180827-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In general, Rauner has opposed expanding the medical marijuana program, but a recent poll showing Pritzker with a large lead may have put pressure on him to support the politically popular measure. In addition, Rauner recently approved other measures requiring insurance coverage for opioid abuse and continuing education for doctors about opioid prescriptions. Kevin Sabet, president of Smart Approaches to Marijuana, opposes the expansion of medical marijuana, warning that it could lead to more addiction, more drivers who are under the influence and more users suffering from the drug’s harmful effects on attention, memory, decision-making and brain development. “From a scientific perspective, it makes no sense,” Sabet said. “The most comprehensive study on the issue was just published in The Lancet and found marijuana didn’t help with pain, nor did it reduce opioid use. “From a political perspective,” Sabet added, “it likely signals he feels pressure from J.B. Pritzker, who has welcomed pot with open arms.” But in states that have legalized medical marijuana, some studies have shown a decrease in opioid prescriptions and in opioid-related overdose deaths. Cannabis remains illegal under federal law.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Anti-Rauners say “High cancer risk in southeast DuPage County linked to company co-owned by Rauner’s former firm.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-dupage-cancer-pollution-rauner-20180827-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Republicans paint McCain as being the only Republican who is not racist.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-john-mccain-respect-20180827-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Tollway board sees nothing wrong with dubious hiring – Editorial (DIERSEN: Does the Daily Herald see reasons for skepticism a) after my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) after my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) after my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968? Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180828/editorial-tollway-board-sees-nothing-wrong-with-dubious-hiring
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For something is surely amiss somewhere when the tollway cannot see the reasons for skepticism after it selects a person with no engineering experience who has not worked since her job as an office-furniture sales associate 18 years ago but does have a family relationship to a top state political figure ahead of other candidates for a job overseeing engineering contracts.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says there is a cancer on the presidency.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180828/gerson-there-is-again-a-cancer-on-the-presidency

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Can Emanuel’s bad pension borrowing be made good? As the mayor prepares to borrow $10 billion to pay pension debt and keep tax hikes down, paying off that debt somewhat sooner could save taxpayers far times more in the future. – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/can-emanuels-bad-pension-borrowing-be-made-good

WGN RADIO
— General John Borling reflects on the life and legacy of his friend Senator John McCain – PETER ZIMMERMAN (DIERSEN: In 2004, Borling was a candidate for U.S. Senate in Illinois.)
https://wgnradio.com/2018/08/27/general-john-borling-reflects-on-the-life-and-legacy-of-his-friend-senator-john-mccain/

WTTW
— The Battle for Union Members Begins – Amanda Vinicky (DIERSEN: If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee. If GAO had been unionized in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors a) would not have forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) would not have given me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) would not have always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) would have promoted me beyond GS-13, e) would not have gotten rid of my mentor in 1987, f) would not have kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and g) would not have forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/08/27/battle-union-members-begins#new_tab

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Man robbed his grandmother at knife point to steal her medical marijuana
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180827/police-sheffield-man-with-knife-robbed-grandmother-of-medical-marijuana

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Pensions account for 67 percent of city property tax revenue
http://www.galesburg.com/news/20180826/pensions-account-for-67-percent-of-city-property-tax-revenue#new_tab

LOUIS TODAY
— Trump’s self-interest vs. the public interest – Jonah Goldberg (DIERSEN: Tragically, most, if not virtually all individuals, organizations, companies, and governments are involved in politics to advance their self-interest instead of the public interest. Democrats shout at members of the following groups to vote for candidates who will advance their self-interest: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/columnists/national/jonah-goldberg-trump-s-self-interest-vs-the-public-interest/article_47a66e72-2d8c-5ffa-9994-8aac87ae86e5.html

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats say “Congressmen Davis, Hultgren Have Tough Races Ahead.”
http://www.peoriapublicradio.org/post/political-ratings-show-congressmen-davis-hultgren-have-tough-races-ahead#stream/0

ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
— Queer Ed Birds aims to prepare teachers for student LGBTQ issues – Rachel Hatch (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you have a degree from a university in Illinois, it is assumed that you promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2018/08/queer-ed-birds-aims-to-prepare-teachers-for-student-lgbtq-issues/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin anticipates property tax advisory question results – Karen Kidd
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511545017-dupage-county-board-chairman-dan-cronin-anticipates-property-tax-advisory-question-results
— DuPage County board member Elizabeth Chaplin wants to see more county-specific advisory questions on ballot – Karen Kidd
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511545034-dupage-county-board-member-wants-to-see-more-county-specific-advisory-questions-on-ballot

CAPITOL FAX
— Worst Rauner headline ever?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/28/worst-rauner-headline-ever/

WESTERN JOURNALISM
— Best Conservative Conferences To Attend in 2019 – Cillian Zeal (DIERSEN: When Libertarians host “conservative” conferences and summits, those conferences and summits have little or nothing about the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, gambling, or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving planks in the Republican Party platform. While the Libertarians who host such “conservative” conferences and summits might want me to promote them, they certainly do not want me to have anything to do with planning them. There are tremendous conflicts between the Libertarian Party platform and the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.westernjournal.com/best-conservative-conferences-to-attend-in-2019/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Census: There are no jobs Americans won’t do, poor citizens hurt by illegal immigration – Paul Bedard (DIERSEN: If legal immigration and/or illegal immigration had been greater in the past, I doubt that I would have gotten the jobs that I did. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/census-there-are-no-jobs-americans-wont-do-poor-citizens-hurt-by-illegal-immigration

FOX NEWS
— ‘Abolish ICE’ sees little support among Democrats despite left-wing push, poll finds – Frank Miles
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/27/abolish-ice-sees-little-support-among-democrats-despite-left-wing-push-poll-finds.html

BREITBART
— Pelosi: Trump, GOP ‘So Afraid’ of ‘Women, People of Color, LGBTQ’ Winning in 2018 – Pam Key
https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/08/27/pelosi-trump-gop-so-afraid-of-women-people-of-color-lgbtq-winning-in-2018/

DAILY CALLER
— CLAIMS THAT IMMIGRANTS ARE NEEDED TO DO THE JOBS AMERICANS WON’T DOESN’T HOLD UP – Neetu Chandak (DIERSEN: If legal immigration and/or illegal immigration had been greater in the past, I doubt that I would have gotten the jobs that I did. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/27/immigrants-jobs-americans
— ENTITLED PROFESSOR PUNISHES STUDENTS FOR BELIEVING IN 2ND AMENDMENT – Anders Hagstrom
https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/27/professor-students-second-amendment-utah/
— TWITTER REVERSES RULING AFTER BACKLASH, CONCEDES IT’S AGAINST THE RULES TO WISH DEATH UPON DANA LOESCH’S CHILDREN – Peter Hasson
https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/27/dana-loesch-twitter-death-threats-reversed/

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
— Who made you an expert? Is America’s distrust of ‘elites’ becoming more toxic? WHY WE WROTE THIS America’s willingness to overlook credentials – to think anyone can do anything – has been a unique element of its exceptional success. But political polarization is turning it into something toxic. – Harry Bruinius (DIERSEN: What credentials do you have? I became a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2018/0827/Who-made-you-an-expert-Is-America-s-distrust-of-elites-becoming-more-toxic

THE HILL
— States consider investigations into Catholic Church abuse – REID WILSON
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/403806-states-consider-investigations-into-catholic-church-abuse
— Stop illegal immigration to keep Americans safe – REP. MARSHA BLACKBURN (R-TENN.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/homeland-security/403887-stop-illegal-immigration-to-keep-americans-safe
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: 7th Circuit ruling promotes LGBTQ activity.
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/403862-appeals-court-allows-lesbian-resident-to-suit-against-senior-living

CBS NEWS
— Democrats are getting ready for impeachment, even if they say they’re not – MICHAEL GRAHAM
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/commentary-democrats-are-getting-ready-for-impeachment-even-if-they-say-theyre-not/

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump era is igniting a new wave of Muslim-American candidates In places like Dearborn, Michigan, a political awakening is growing.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/trump-era-igniting-new-wave-muslim-american-candidates-n903641
— “Search is not used to set a political agenda and we don’t bias our results toward any political ideology … we never rank search results to manipulate political sentiment,” Google says in response to Pres. Trump’s conspiracy theory about search results & news reports.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1034447904042352640

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Giuliani: Trump’s “Jury Is The Public” – Dan Barry, Benjamin Weiser and Alan Feuer (DIERSEN: Who is your jury? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, my jury consists of the members of the following: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter (MC), GAO, IRS, and Post Office. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT chairman, WCC Government Affairs Committee member, MTRCC webmaster, ICRC Steering Committee member, AAPC MC board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, or Post Office employee. They hint/imply/argue/shout that the overwhelming majority of the aforesaid view me extremely negatively and want to get rid of me. They stress those who could have come to my defense, but did not.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/nyregion/trump-giuliani-lawyer-mueller.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBTQ activity want the Catholic Church to promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/opinion/pope-francis-catholic-church-letter.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s economic adviser: ‘We’re taking a look’ at whether Google searches should be regulated – Isaac Stanley-Becker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/08/28/trump-wakes-up-googles-himself-and-doesnt-like-what-he-sees-illegal/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “President non grata: Trump often unwelcome and unwilling to perform basic rituals of the office.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/president-non-grata-trump-often-unwelcome-and-unwilling-to-perform-basic-rituals-of-the-office/2018/08/28/302b60ee-aa16-11e8-a8d7-0f63ab8b1370_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-conservatives, anti-Republicans, and anti-Trumps paint McCain as being anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and anti-Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/president-trump-will-not-attend-john-mccains-funeral-family-spokesman-says/2018/08/27/ac778dd8-aa1d-11e8-8a0c-70b618c98d3c_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: ‘It Is the Era of Trump’: How the President Is Remaking the Republican Party President Trump’s critics are leaving the scene, and his successful primary endorsements are bringing in a new crowd – Janet Hook
https://www.wsj.com/articles/it-is-the-era-of-trump-how-the-president-is-remaking-the-republican-party-1535380861
— Pope Faces Crisis of Credibility Over Coverup Accusations Pope Francis was accused of knowing about past sexual misconduct by a cardinal and rehabilitating him despite the previous pope’s sanctions – Francis X. Rocca
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-faces-crisis-of-credibility-over-coverup-accusations-1535378536

LOS ANGELES TIMES & NEW YORK POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups boycott Trump: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-pariah-20180827-story.html
https://nypost.com/2018/08/27/trump-wont-attend-funerals-memorials-for-john-mccain/

USA TODAY
— New IRS rule limiting tax deductions condemned by charities, blue-state governors – Herb Jackson and James Nash (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2018/08/27/salt-deduction/1108484002/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Is a college degree really needed for advancement? – Johnny Taylor (DIERSEN: If I had not earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, a) Firestone Stores would not have offered me a job in 1970 and b) Oldsmobile and IRS would not have offered me jobs in 1971. If I had not earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976 and 1980, a) IRS might not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, b) GAO would not have offered me a job in 1980, and c) GAO might not have promoted me in 1986. If I had not earned a job-related master degree in 1997, GAO would have forced me to take its early retirement “offer” sooner than it did.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/careers/professional-development/2018/08/21/ask-hr-can-company-require-college-degree-advance-management/1040256002/
— Social Security recipients could see their biggest raise in years – Dan Caplinger
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2018/08/28/social-security-recipients-could-see-big-raise-cola/37544173/
— Shocking trend: Pet owners abuse their own animals to get drugs – Beth Warren
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/08/27/opioid-crisis-pet-owners-abuse-animals-drugs/1110178002/

BOSTON GLOBE
— Few Democrats favor abolishing ICE, poll finds – AP
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2018/08/27/few-democrats-favor-abolishing-ice-poll-finds/yz6spbXfJgnZJcSJaHcDUP/story.html

COURIER & PRESS
— Troublemakers ‘not welcome’ at anti-Trump rally Thursday in Evansville – Thomas B. Langhorne
https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2018/08/27/troublemakers-not-welcome-anti-trump-rally-thursday-evansville/1110256002/

WILX
— AARP survey shows Americans want to keep working later in life (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. I should write a book about those who promote age discrimination. They stress a) that I am almost 70 years old, b) that my GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old in 1997, and c) that while I was a federal employee, I did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, or Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.wilx.com/content/news/Survey-shows-Americans-want-to-keep-working-later-in-life-491853611.html

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps harass Trump about McCain.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-refusing-mccain-questions-all-day-1091830

DAILY BEAST
— Trump Threatens Google Over ‘Rigged’ News Search Results
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-threatens-google-over-rigged-news-search-results

WINDY CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rauner signs bill that promotes LGBTQ activity.
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Illinois-Legislation-Aims-to-Improve-Enforcement-Against-Discrimination/63879.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: 7th Circuit ruling promotes LGBTQ activity.
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/7th-Circuit-Holds-Housing-Providers-May-Be-Liable-for-Anti-LGBT-Abuse-of-Residents/63880.html

August 26 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Willie Wilson hands out more cash in church on Sunday – Adam Thorp
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/willie-wilson-cash-giveaway-church-illinois-state-board-elections-mayoral-campaign-philanthropy/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans always blame the availability of guns for gun crimes, rather than blame those who use guns to commit crimes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/tammy-duckworth-gun-show-loophole-background-check-claim-politifact-fact-check/

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Local elected officials remember John McCain’s spirit for helping war vets – Adam Poulisse
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20180825/local-elected-officials-remember-john-mccains-spirit-for-helping-war-vets

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois politicians express their grief at news of Sen. John McCain’s death – KELSEY LANDIS
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article217353835.html

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— State Report: Madigan backs Carol Stream’s Kathleen V. Carrier with $83,639
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511543200
— Oberweis warns against property tax increase question on November ballot – Karen Kidd
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511543538-oberweis-warns-against-property-tax-increase-question-on-november-ballot
— DuPage judge strikes down law requiring divorced parents to fund kids’ college education – Scott Holland
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511544871-dupage-judge-strikes-down-law-requiring-divorced-parents-to-fund-kids-college-education

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Richard Durbin: John McCain handled Trump’s ‘harsh and nasty’ POW criticism with ‘such class’ – David Sherfinski
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/26/john-mccain-handled-donald-trump-pow-criticism-suc/

DAILY CALLER
— WILL CINDY MCCAIN BE APPOINTED TO FILL HER HUSBAND’S VACANT SENATE SEAT? – Vandana Rambaran
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/26/cindy-mccain-vacant-senate-seat/

— A JUDGE STOPPED TRUMP’S EFFORTS TO GET CONTROL OF THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE – Kevin Daley (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal workforce.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/25/judge-trump-unions/

BREITBART
— Mollie Tibbetts Is America’s Call to Action on Open Borders – DaLE WILCOX
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/26/dale-wilcox-mollie-tibbetts-is-americas-call-to-action-on-open-borders/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Blood-Soaked Chicago Would Rather Be Sanctuary City Than Get Federal Aid – Greg Bishop
https://www.westernjournal.com/blood-soaked-chicago-rather-sanctuary-city-get-federal-aid/

THE HILL
— Trump nixed White House statement praising McCain – EMILY BIRNBAUM
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/403721-trump-nixed-white-house-statement-praising-mccain-report

CNN
— How Arizona will fill John McCain’s seat — and who might fill it – Eric Bradner
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/26/politics/replacing-john-mccain-arizona/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— As a Nation Mourns McCain, Trump Is Conspicuously Absent – Julie Hirschfeld Davis
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/26/us/politics/trump-mccain-funeral.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump rejected plans for a White House statement praising McCain – Josh Dawsey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-rejected-plans-for-a-white-house-statement-praising-mccain/2018/08/26/0d0478e4-a967-11e8-8f4b-aee063e14538_story.html
— McCain’s death marks a new era for congressional checks on Trump – Karoun Demirjian
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/mccains-death-marks-a-new-era-for-congressional-checks-on-trump/2018/08/25/c754a2a8-a4a5-11e8-8fac-12e98c13528d_story.html
— Unions rejoice as judge guts new federal employee rules – LISA REIN (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal workforce.)
http://thewashingtonpost.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “John McCain understood that the Republican Party was selling its soul. He refused.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/08/26/john-mccain-understood-that-the-republican-party-was-selling-its-soul-he-refused/

NEW YORK POST
— Arizona governor will name McCain’s replacement after funeral – Nikki Schwab
https://nypost.com/2018/08/26/arizona-governor-will-name-mccains-replacement-after-funeral/

DENVER POST
— Hundreds rally in downtown Denver to oppose President Trump’s Supreme Court pick – ANNA STAVER
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/08/26/downtown-denver-rally-to-oppose-trump-supreme-court-pick/

STATESMAN
— Before he died, McCain asked that Trump not attend funeral – Jared Leone
https://www.statesman.com/news/national/before-died-mccain-asked-that-trump-not-attend-funeral/z5YSb1UBpXyt6gEz5lnvlN/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rift Between Trump and McCain Reflects Split Within GOP Trump’s ‘America First’ message prevailed over McCain’s internationalist bent – Peter Nicholas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rift-between-trump-and-mccain-reflects-split-within-gop-1535321308

CARLISLE SENTINEL
— Old and new stand out as Corvettes roll into Carlisle – Zack Hoopes
https://cumberlink.com/news/local/communities/carlisle/old-and-new-stand-out-as-corvettes-roll-into-carlisle/article_56537b08-dc63-5be7-af4c-950c6b13fbb0.html

INSTINCT MAGAZINE
— Republicans And Democrats Rejoice At Donald Trump’s First Out-LGBT Judiciary Nomination – Devin Randall
http://instinctmagazine.com/post/republicans-and-democrats-rejoice-donald-trumps-first-out-lgbt-judiciary-nomination

August 26 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Local political leaders react to Sen. John McCain’s death – Will Jones
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/local-political-leaders-react-to-sen-john-mccains-death/4054170/
— John McCain’s complicated relationship with President Trump – ALI ROGIN
https://abc7chicago.com/john-mccains-complicated-relationship-with-president-trump/4053486/

NBC5
— John McCain, Veteran, Senator, GOP Maverick, Dies at 81 Sen. McCain had a reputation for sticking to his convictions even if it meant disagreeing with his fellow Republicans
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/breaking/Longtime-Senator-John-McCain-Dies-462885243.html
— Peoria Issues Temporary Lay-Off Notices to More Than 2 Dozen Employees
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/city-of-peoria-layoff-notices-27-employees-491734331.html

CBS2
— The Political World Reacts To Sen. John McCain’s Death – CNN
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/25/political-world-reacts-to-sen-john-mccains-death/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Senator John McCain dead at 81 – KSAZ
http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/senator-john-mccain-dead-at-81

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: If you’re marching, someone’s watching – Christopher Borrelli (DIERSEN: My policy has been to deliver Republican literature to all the homes in my precinct that have at least one Republican or one Independent voter. Needless-to-say, if you are a Republican who delivers Republican literature door-to-door, you should assume that Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, RINOs, and other anti-Trumps are watching you very closely, if not recording every move that you make and recording every word that you say. In my precinct, the anti-Trumps (of whom I estimate about 30 are registered Republican voters) watch me very closely when I deliver Republican literature door-to-door and they do everything that they can to discourage me from delivering that literature. Their tactics include closing their garage doors as I approach their homes. One registered Republican voter in my precinct angrily phoned me and demanded that I immediately come back to her home and take back the Republican literature that I had just left on her door. That literature was addressed to both her and to her registered Republican husband.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-ent-legal-observers-20180820-story.html
— John McCain, ‘maverick’ of the Senate, presidential candidate and war hero, dies at 81 – Karen Tumulty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-senator-john-mccain-dies-20180825-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— John McCain, senator, war hero and presidential candidate, dies at 81 – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/breaking-john-mccain-senator-war-hero-presidential-candidate-has-died/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps argue that citizens of foreign countries who are in America illegally commit less crime than citizens of America. But to be in a country illegally is a crime in and of itself.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/president-donald-trump-undocumented-immigrants-mollie-tibbetts-murder-iowa-illegal-mexico/

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote hated against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180825/small-but-mighty-crowd-at-no-place-for-hate-rally-in-elk-grove-village
— How to plan a debt-free vacation – SEAN PYLES (DIERSEN: Between 1978 and 1992, my wife and I went on many vacations. She worked for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/u/u-s-league-of-savings-institutions.asp) which had quarterly meetings at luxury destinations across America which she attended as its Corporate Secretary. I routinely accompanied her on those trips. Often, after the meetings were over, we visited nearby national parks. Further, I went on vacations with a coworker to Hawaii, Mexico, Bahamas, and Jamaica while I worked for IRS 1973-1976. Needless-to-say, my envy-filled IRS and GAO Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious. Overwhelmingly, their spouses had little or no income.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180826/how-to-plan-a-debt-free-vacation
— Keep an old car running and you’ll save a fortune – Peter Dunn (DIERSEN: My not driving my 1972 Corvette has cost me a fortune. D&M Corvette in Downers Grove has appraised my 1972 Corvette at $41,500. But that was after I recently invested $6,702 in the car – $5,228 to D&M ($3,466 labor and $1,762 parts) and $1,474 to Coker Tire for 5 Firestone Wide Oval radial tires. I had not started the car for almost 9 years. Most of D&M’s bill was for repairing major damage that ethanol had done to car’s entire fuel system. The master cylinder and four calipers were replaced, A/C was charged, carburetor was rebuilt and fuel pump replaced, minor electrical and mechanical problems were fixed, five new tires were installed, new battery was installed, etc. I could have avoided much if not all of the fuel system and brake problems if I had driven the car more – at least once each summer. But my excuse for not starting the car since 2009 is that since 2004, I have spent 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out.)
http://e-edition.dailyherald.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=3e6b7a1a-154f-4405-805e-038015cdb648 (page 26)

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Maybe the suburbs should secede from the state – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180825/statehouse-insider-maybe-suburbs-should-secede-from-state
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Cook County, home of Chicago, where downstaters believe all of their tax money ends up, residents paid about $2 billion more in taxes than they got back from the state, the paper found. In the suburbs, people paid more than $4.2 billion more in taxes than they got back. And downstate? They paid about $8 billion in taxes and got $12 billion worth of spending. The paper further separated areas of downstate and determined the central part of the region got back nearly twice as much as it paid in.)

HERALD & REVIEW
— US’ first duty is to its citizens – Ben Boychuk (DIERSEN: According to anti-Trumps, America’s first duty is to foreign countries and to their citizens, and especially to their citizens who are in America illegally. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they want get rid of those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://herald-review.com/opinion/columnists/ben-boychuk-us-first-duty-is-to-its-citizens/article_b8f7d442-71f8-5ed8-98dd-aa7771f4c2ab.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— ‘Patriot,’ ‘Hero,’ ‘American Original’: Politicians Remember John McCain – EMMA BOWMAN
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/patriot-hero-american-original-politicians-remember-john-mccain#stream/0

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— State’s unpaid debt falls just below $8 billion – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511542050-state-s-unpaid-debt-falls-just-below-8-billion

ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups “Denounce Rauner Vetoes of Immigration Bills:” anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.icirr.org/news-events/news/details/2163/immigrant-communities-legislators-denounce-rauner-vetoes-of-immigration-bills

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Rand Paul Fires At Republicans For Blocking His Amendment To Defund Planned Parenthood – Kassy Dillon
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/08/watch-rand-paul-fires-at-republicans-for-blocking-his-amendment-to-defund-planned-parenthood/

FOX NEWS
— Schock, former rising GOP star, calls corruption trial against him a ‘fishing expedition’ – Edmund DeMarche (DIERSEN: Are/were you a rising star? In 1974, when I was 25 years old, I was a potential rising star at IRS. My mentor had promoted me to GS-9 (currently $55,905) in 1972, to GS-11 ($67,638) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($81,071) in 1974. But then, one of our Democrat superiors succeeded in shooting both of us down.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/24/schock-former-rising-gop-star-calls-corruption-trial-against-him-fishing-expedition.html

BREITBART
— ‘Mollie Tibbetts Ought to Be Trump’s Kate Steinle … Why Hasn’t He Deported Illegals?’ – Ann Coulter
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/25/ann-coulter-mollie-tibbetts-ought-to-be-trumps-kate-steinle-why-hasnt-he-deported-illegals/
— Mollie Tibbetts Is America’s Call to Action on Open Borders – Dale Wilcox
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/26/dale-wilcox-mollie-tibbetts-is-americas-call-to-action-on-open-borders/
— Celebs Trash Trump in Response to John McCain’s Death: ‘F*ck You’ – Justin Caruso
https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/08/25/celebs-trash-trump-john-mccains-death/

AMERICAN THINKER
– Trump blames Dem immigration policies for murder of Mollie Tibbetts – Rick Moran
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/08/trump_blames_dem_immigration_policies_for_murder_of_mollie_tibbetts.html

TOWNHALL
— How Many Dead Americans Will Make Liberals Care? – Derek Hunter
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2018/08/26/how-many-dead-americans-will-make-liberals-care-n2513128
— Uncontrolled Immigration Seemingly Baked into System – Bruce Bialosky
https://townhall.com/columnists/brucebialosky/2018/08/26/uncontrolled-immigration-seemingly-baked-into-system-n2512233

WORLD NET DAILY
— TRANSGENDER FIGHT CONFIRMS ALITO’S ‘BIGOT’ WARNING IN MARRIAGE CASE Justice cautioned America on path to trash traditional-marriage supporters – BOB UNRUH (DIERSEN: Those who trash traditional marriage, their operatives, and their dupes, have always worked against me. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.wnd.com/2018/08/transgender-fight-confirms-alitos-bigot-warning-in-marriage-case/

COLLEGE FIX
— U. Michigan researcher position requires commitment to ‘diversity’ and ‘equity’ (DIERSEN: Democrats use ‘diversity’ and ‘equity’ to not hire, to not retain, to not promote, and to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/48270/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “For Female Candidates, Harassment and Threats Come Every Day The abuse already common in many women’s everyday lives can be amplified in political campaigns, especially if the candidate is also a member of a minority group.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/us/politics/women-harassment-elections.html
— FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s War on the Justice System Threatens to Erode Trust in the Law.” – Michael D. Shear and Katie Benner (DIERSEN: On what do you base your opinion of law? I base my opinion on the lawsuits that I have filed and a class action lawsuit that I was an active member in. I should write a book about those lawsuits.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/25/us/politics/trump-justice-legal-system.html
— Beware Rich People Who Say They Want to Change the World Society’s winners can seem so generous, until you consider what they’re really selling. – Anand Giridharadas (DIERSEN: What do “rich people” see you as being? From what I see, many, if not most, if not virtually all “rich people” see me as being an unmitigated failure and loser. They see that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They see that my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. They see that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. They see that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member. They see all those who could/should have come to my defense, but did not.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/opinion/sunday/wealth-philanthropy-fake-change.html
— America’s Never-Ending Culture War The issues that drove protesters to Chicago in 1968 are still motivating our partisan divide, 50 years later. – Michael Kazi (DIERSEN: From what I see, things are getting much worse. Because of my demographics, I was young today, a) I doubt that the Post Office, Firestone, Oldsmobile, IRS, or GAO would offer me a job and b) I doubt that UIC, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, Roosevelt, or IIT would accept me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/opinion/sunday/chicago-protests-1968-culture-war.html
— How Many Work Friends Do You Really Need? – Rob Walker (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, few of my coworkers were my friends because many, if not most of them a) disapproved of my demographics, b) knew that my superiors wanted to get rid of those who shared my demographics, and/or c) wanted to get rid of those who shared my demographics.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/business/work-friends.html
— Distracted? Work Harder! – Chris Bailey (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were a distraction, b) were not job-related, c) did not help me carry out my job duties, and d) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector. To keep their jobs and to get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/25/opinion/sunday/distracted-work-focus-productivity.html
— The Student Debt Problem Is Worse Than We Imagined – Ben Miller (DIERSEN: Because I worked my way through college and graduated debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE, I was able to a) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) pay for tuition and books for graduate courses at Loyola and DePaul, c) buy a new town home in University Park in 1972, c) buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974, d) buy a one bedroom condo in that building in 1976, e) get married in 1978, f) buy a new 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale and a new 1978 Chevy Chevette in 1978, g) pay for tuition and books to pass the CPA examination in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981 and to become a licensed CPA in 1981, h) etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/25/opinion/sunday/student-debt-loan-default-college.html

WASHINGTON POST
— McCain’s death marks a new era for congressional checks on Trump – Karoun Demirjian
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/mccains-death-marks-a-new-era-for-congressional-checks-on-trump/2018/08/25/c754a2a8-a4a5-11e8-8fac-12e98c13528d_story.html
— Bad blood between McCain and Trump – Anne Gearan and Josh Dawsey (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would shout at McCain that I got four student deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. They would shout at McCain that I was able to get those deferments because my parents and I were undeservedly filthy rich. But worse than that, they would shout at McCain that I was a political hypocrite and a coward.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bad-blood-between-mccain-and-trump-lingers-even-as-the-arizona-republican-nears-the-end/2018/08/24/923bc0e2-a7b6-11e8-a656-943eefab5daf_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Their increasingly combative relationship has served as a metaphor of sorts for the Republican Party: the former Vietnam POW and “proud conservative” who fell short to Barack Obama in his run for president in 2008 versus the loud draft avoider who rapidly seized control of the GOP and White House eight years later. . .Not long afterward, McCain appeared to take a shot at Trump for avoiding the draft during the Vietnam War. “One aspect of the [Vietnam] conflict by the way that I will never ever countenance is that we drafted the lowest income level of America, and the highest income level found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur,” McCain said during an interview with CSPAN. McCain did not mention Trump by name, but his meaning appeared clear. Trump received five wartime deferments, including one in which a doctor diagnosed him with bone spurs.)

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in making religious people their operatives and their dupes.
https://www.ajc.com/news/thousands-vow-end-racism-and-hatred-promote-unity-with-faith/sDkeuGgo6N6gaD6v8u0ZSI/

NORTH JERSEY
— ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ and the gap between wealthy and poor – Esther Cepeda
https://www.northjersey.com/story/opinion/columnists/2018/08/26/crazy-rich-asians-and-gap-between-wealthy-and-poor/1086313002/

ENTREPRENEUR
— 15 Traits That Set Influential People Apart – Deep Patel (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to dominate you. According to them, all you need to know is what they tell you, no more and no less. That is why they work so hard a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading the emails. Some of my critics/opponents are so extreme that they do not want me to include links to their articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/318731

PINK NEWS
— John McCain: the senator who went from LGBT opponent to ally dies age 81 – Lydia Smith
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/08/26/john-mccain-the-senator-who-went-from-lgbt-opponent-to-ally-dies-age-81/

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/08/tips-making-modern-classroom-inclusive-lgbtq-kids-fall/
— John McCain’s sad legacy is that he helped build the type of GOP he once opposed – John Gallagher (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, those who are anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican viciously destroy you. I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who are viciously anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican.)
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/08/john-mccains-sad-legacy-helped-build-type-gop-opposed/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What made McCain unique among Republicans was his willingness to change with time. Nowhere was that clearer than his stand on LGBTQ issues.)

August 25 Morning Edition

FOX NEWS
— OUTSTANDING: Rauner vetoes bills on immigration – AP
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/24/rauner-vetoes-bills-on-immigration.html

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To vote for Democrats is to encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-immigration-college-st-0826-story.html
— ‘You may not have time to wait for an ambulance’ in an allergy crisis. But many schools report no EpiPens on hand. – Lisa Schencker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-extra-epipens-schools-0812-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Vallas wants to dismantle Emanuel’s City Colleges makeover – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: When you were in high school, were you viewed as being “college material.” I was not. Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I just barely made into the upper 20% of my class. My ACT score was only 24. I was 1-A for draft notwithstanding the fact that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/vallas-city-colleges-careers-job-training-dismantle/

DAILY HERALD
— Elgin contingent traveling to UK to study police tactics – Elena Ferrarin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180824/elgin-contingent-traveling-to-uk-to-study-police-tactics
— Booze and bets: Liquor service returning to Arlington’s OTB after brief hiatus – Christopher Placek (DIERSEN: Anti-conservatives promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180824/booze-and-bets-liquor-service-returning-to-arlingtons-otb-after-brief-hiatus

WLS AM
— “I wouldn’t count Bruce Rauner out” – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/08/24/bill-cameron-i-wouldnt-count-bruce-rauner-out/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Comptroller says nearly all state worker back pay has gone out – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: What pay increases have you received? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes remain furious that while I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, my pay increased every year because of cost-of-living adjustments, step increases, and/or promotions, except for 1980 when I took a $19,203 (26%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO. They are especially furious that I got promoted in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1986. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180824/comptroller-says-nearly-all-state-worker-back-pay-has-gone-out
— Group says Davis should return drug company contributions – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180822/bernard-schoenburg-group-says-davis-should-return-drug-company-contributions

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Payment to wrong ex-wife earns Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Grayson “Kash” Jackson more time – AP
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/2018-08-24/payment-wrong-ex-wife-earns-candidate-more-time.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A child-support check sent to the wrong ex-wife has given the Libertarian candidate for Illinois governor 30 more days to rectify the late payment. The (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald reports that Grayson “Kash” Jackson of Antioch told a judge Wednesday that a third-party online child-support disbursement firm erroneously sent the $3,067 payment to his first ex-wife in North Carolina. Jackson was found in contempt of court in May for refusing to pay his second ex-wife $6,067 in back child support and other education and health care needs. He was ordered to pay the lesser purge fee to stay out of jail. Parental rights have been a key issue in Jackson’s campaign for governor. He says he is unemployed and living on disability payments from a 20-year Navy career.)

LINCOLN COURIER
— Logan County adds “firearm sanctuary” referendum to November ballot
http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/20180824/logan-county-adds-firearm-sanctuary-referendum-to-november-ballot

LCBC RADIO
— Pritzker says open to taxing drivers by the mile, Rauner blasts idea – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: What have you done to reduce the miles that you drive? My wife and I had a home built in 1984 and bought a home in 1978 in walking distance to commuter train stations. I bought a studio condo in 1974 and a one bedroom condo in 1976 in walking distance of where I worked and took night classes.)
http://www.lcbcradio.com/news/state/pritzker-says-open-to-taxing-drivers-by-the-mile-rauner/article_c12e3645-c555-5156-92c1-bf450989c346.html

ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, universities give preference to citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America.
https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2018/08/illinois-state-university-welcomes-growing-number-of-international-students/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Roskam v. Casten: Illinois Congressman behind tax reform squares up against Democrat pledging to repeal it – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Government should encourage homeownership and marriage. Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly. Since 1972 my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been furious that I have paid less federal income tax because I have deducted real estate taxes. Since 1978, they have been overjoyed that my wife and I have paid more federal income taxes because of the marriage penalty.)

https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/illinois-congressman-behind-tax-reform-squares-up-against-democrat-pledging/article_27e2c1dc-a6f3-11e8-a68a-bbfd9f20c15c.html

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP SLAMS SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT FOR ‘SILENCING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE’ – Kyle Perisic (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Libertarians who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican. They focus on destroying individuals like me who promote the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform. They played major roles in destroying TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and the Illinois Center Right Coalition. They promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/24/trump-facebook-twitter-silence-conservatives/

BREITBART
— Sanctuary State Illinois: Illegal Alien Convicted of Raping Three Women After Failing to Be Deported – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/24/sanctuary-state-illinois-illegal-alien-convicted-of-raping-three-women-after-failing-to-be-deported/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— OUTRAGEOUS: Trump nominates lesbian judge tied to LGBT groups for federal bench – Calvin Freiburger (DIERSEN: LGBTQ activists force LGBTQers to get rid of those who do not promote LGBTQ.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-nominates-lesbian-judge-tied-to-lgbt-groups-for-federal-bench

POLITICO
— SALT regs have arrived – BERNIE BECKER (DIERSEN: Government should encourage homeownership and marriage. Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly. Since 1972 my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been furious that I have paid less federal income tax because I have deducted real estate taxes. Since 1978, they have been overjoyed that my wife and I have paid more federal income taxes because of the marriage penalty.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-tax/2018/08/24/salt-regs-have-arrived-327328
— Treasury blocks blue state efforts to get around cap on state, local tax deductions – BRIAN FALER (DIERSEN: Government should encourage homeownership and marriage. Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly. Since 1972 my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been furious that I have paid less federal income tax because I have deducted real estate taxes. Since 1978, they have been overjoyed that my wife and I have paid more federal income taxes because of the marriage penalty.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/23/state-local-tax-deductions-treasury-cap-794869

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump props up false claim that big tech is out to silence conservatives.” I should write a book about those a) who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, b) who focus on stopping me from promoting the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform, c) who focus on stopping my opposition to promoting booze, gambling, pot, other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, and d) who focus on stopping my promoting the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.
https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/24/media/trump-big-tech-bias/index.html

ABC NEWS
— Chicago man Alexander Micah Cohen arrested for threatening conference where Sessions said ‘Lock her up’ – MIKE LEVINE
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/chicago-man-arrested-threatening-conference-sessions-lock/story

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s distorted view of justice: Reward friends, punish enemies.” Democrats have always used “justice” to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/trump-s-distorted-view-justice-reward-friends-punish-enemies-n903506

NEW YORK TIMES
— Retirement Planning in High School? It’s Never Too Early, Experts Say – Ann Carrns (DIERSEN: I started saving for my retirement in 1966 when I was 18 years old when I started working for the Park Forest Post Office part-time and earning full-time Civil Service Retirement System credits.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/your-money/roth-ira-retirement-teenagers.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump alleges that “Immigrants commit fewer crimes than native-born Americans,” but being in America illegally is a crime in and of itself.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/opinion/immigration-trump-mollie-tibbetts.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Thousands of Amazon workers get food stamps. Bernie Sanders wants Amazon to pay for them – ABHA BHATTARAI (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. Because my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I am lazy and stupid, they have to hint/imply/argue/shout that anyone could do what I did.)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-bernie-sanders-food-stamps-20180824-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Chicago’s New Idea to Fix Its Pension Deficit: Take On More Debt Proposed $10 billion bond would be biggest pension obligation bond ever issued by a U.S. city – Heather Gillers
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chicagos-new-idea-to-fix-its-pension-deficit-take-on-more-debt-1535036421
— Papa John’s Mandates Diversity Training as Founder Continues Push for Control Pizza company tries again to distance itself from founder – Julie Jargon (DIERSEN: Will Papa John’s bring in Charles Bowsher? During the 1980s and 1990s, Bowsher had great success in getting rid of the agency’s employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/papa-johns-mandates-diversity-training-as-founder-continues-push-for-control-1535112000
— The Liberty of Nations Nationalism is widely denounced today, but its critics overlook its long history as the foundation of limited government and individual liberty and its role in allowing human diversity to flourish – Yoram Hazony (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps paint themselves as being anti-American.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-liberty-of-nations-1535120837
— America Has Fallen Out of Love With the Sedan The relationship between people and their cars is changing, and sport-utility vehicles are winning – Mike Colias
https://www.wsj.com/articles/america-has-fallen-out-of-love-with-the-sedan-1535169698
— As Veterinary Bills Add Up, More Pet Owners Opt for Insurance Annual premiums last year totaled $1 billion, with 1.83 million pets insured – Jo Craven McGinty (DIERSEN: Every dollar that you spend on pets is a dollar that you a) do not save for retirement, b) do not spend on your education, c) do not give to charity, d) etc. Instead of spending money on pets, I saved money for retirement and I spent money on tuition and books to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-veterinary-bills-add-up-more-pet-owners-opt-for-insurance-1535108400

THRIVENT
— GET IN THE HABIT A few key steps can help you on the journey to making your financial dreams a reality. – Sarah Watts (DIERSEN: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, what would you have spent less money on? I would have spent less money on new cars and on collector cars. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government used the money that I spend on new cars and on collector cars to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being undeservedly filthy rich. They especially used against me the money that I spent to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966 when I was 17 years old, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, a new 1972 Chevy Corvette in 1971, a 1962 Chevy Impala SS collector car in 1989, and a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T collector car in 1994.)
https://www.thrivent.com/magazine/2018/september/get-in-the-habit.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Here’s how the tool works: Money for fixed expenses (mortgage payments, car payments, insurance, etc.) is deposited to your Needs account. Money for variable expenses (clothes and entertainment, for example) goes to your Wants account. Your remaining monthly income goes directly into your Savings Account. Setting aside funds for church or charity becomes not only possible but easy when you build generosity into your budget through the Giving account.)

FCW
— GAO: The IRS can do more with its fraud detection system – Derek B. Johnson (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division 1986-1988. I worked for IRS 1971-1980.)
https://fcw.com/articles/2018/08/24/irs-fraud-detection-return.aspx

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To vote for Democrats is to encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-08-24/the-latest-cullerton-slams-veto-of-immigrant-protection

DAILY BEAST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says that “Trump Changed Washington D.C.” and “People Now Stab Each Other in The Front.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-changed-washington-dc-people-now-stab-each-other-in-the-front
— Trump Nominates His First Out-LGBT Judge. Will He Match Obama’s 11? Judge Mary Rowland’s judicial nomination has thrilled LGBT rights groups, but has also caused a bit of head-scratching given how anti-LGBT Trump’s judicial picks have tended to be. – Samantha Allen (DIERSEN: LGBTQ activists force LGBTQers to get rid of those who do not promote LGBTQ.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-nominates-his-first-out-lgbt-judge-will-he

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION
— OUTSTANDING: Rauner Calls for Trump’s Policies to be Replicated in Illinois
https://democraticgovernors.org/news/rauner-calls-for-trumps-policies-to-be-replicated-in-illinois/

ILLINOIS SENATE DEMOCRATS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To vote for Democrats is to encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://illinoissenatedemocrats.com/caucus-news/feature-story-archive/6693-senate-latino-caucus-denounces-rauner-comments-on-pro-immigrant-legislation

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— Not just Flint: Schools across America find lead in their water – MARK GRUENBERG
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/not-just-flint-schools-across-america-find-lead-in-their-water/

GAY STAR NEWS
— Trump’s first LGBTI judge pick breezes through her confirmation hearing Openly lesbian judge Mary Rowland enjoys bipartisan support in her confirmation hearing as district judge for Illinois – Calum Stuart (DIERSEN: LGBTQ activists force LGBTQers to get rid of those who do not promote LGBTQ.)
https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/trumps-first-lgbti-judge-pick-breezes-through-her-confirmation-hearing/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: What discourages conservatives from attending CPAC and from attending other such “conservative” conferences? ANSWER: Ever-increasingly, such conferences are really Libertarian conferences. Ever-increasingly, such conferences downplay the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. Ever-increasingly, such conferences promote LGBTQ activity, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

August 22 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— 120+ attended Bob Berlin’s outstanding fundraiser at Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton Tuesday evening, August 21, 2018. Attendees included Birkett, Boltz, Bucholz, Cronin, Dieden, Eckhoff, Grasso, Jorgensen, Keller, Kinsella, Krajewski, C. & A. LeVan, Marquardt, McCluskey, Mendrick, Olsen, Rosenblum, Jim Ryan Jr., Skuarka, Thomas, Valle, Wagner, Walsh, Wilson, and Zay. Event sponsors included Elsner, McMahon, and Jim Ryan Jr. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ABC7
— Mollie Tibbetts case: Man in country illegally charged with murder, police say
https://abc7chicago.com/man-in-country-illegally-charged-with-mollie-tibbetts-murder/4018080/
— Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleads guilty, implicates Trump in hush-money scheme – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/ex-trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-pleads-guilty-implicates-trump-in-hush-money-scheme/4020074/
— Chicago foreign policy advisor to Trump George Papadopoulos plans guilty plea in lying case – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Ross Weidner
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/chicago-foreign-policy-advisor-to-trump-plans-guilty-plea-in-lying-case/4022448/

NBC5
— Pritzker Leads Rauner in New NBC News Poll The results suggest Pritzker is ahead by 16 points, getting support from 46 percent of registered voters in the state to Rauner’s 30 percent. – Carol Marin and Don Moseley
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Pritzker-Leads-Rauner-in-New-NBC-News-Poll-491399221.html

CBS2
— Terra Costa Howard Attacks Rep. Peter Breen’s Pro-Life Views – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/21/terra-costa-howard-attacks-rep-peter-breens-pro-life-views/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen pleads guilty in hush-money scheme – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/president-trump-s-former-lawyer-michael-cohen-in-talks-to-strike-plea-deal-sources-say
— Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort found guilty of 8 charges – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/jury-in-paul-manafort-trial-enters-4th-day-of-deliberations

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— NBC/Marist poll: Pritzker up by 16, Rauner 2-to-1 unfavorable rating – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-pritzker-rauner-new-poll-20180821-story.html
— Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen pleads guilty in hush-money scheme, campaign finance violations – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-michael-cohen-plea-deal-fraud-case-20180821-story.html
— Jury finds Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman, guilty on 8 of 18 counts – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-paul-manafort-trial-20180821-story.html
— Man in U.S. illegally charged with murder in missing Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts’ death – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-missing-iowa-student-found-20180821-story.html
— Better answers, please! Our candidates for governor are ducking questions and falling short – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-rauner-pritzker-budget-taxes-governor-0822-20180821-story.html
— Trump throws coal plants a lifeline, but Illinois among states showing no signs of turning back – Michael Hawthorne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-trump-coal-plant-regulations-illinois-20180821-story.html
— While we focus on Trump, the left devours itself with emotion – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-john-brennan-john-kass-20180821-story.html
— The problem? Our politicians have no idea how the internet works – Catherine Rampell (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who proudly hint/imply/argue/shout a) that they do not read emails, b) that they do not use Google, c) that they do not visit websites, and/or d) that they do not use the internet. The aforesaid hint/imply/argue/shout that the Democrats in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois learn everything that they know about what Republicans were doing by reading my emails. My critics/opponents want everyone to know only what they tell them, no more and no less.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-internet-politicians-luddite-twitter-cyberpolicy-0822-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— TV news poll shows Pritzker leading Rauner by 16 points – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/nbc-news-poll-pritzker-leading-rauner-16-points-governors-race/
— Trump: Manafort a ‘good man’ caught up in ‘witch hunt, and it’s a disgrace’ – Matthew Barakat, Chad Day and Eric Tucker
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/paul-manafort-fraud-trial-robert-mueller-russian-election-interference-jury-note/
— Ex-Trump ‘fixer’ Cohen pleads guilty to paying hush money to Stormy Daniels – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/michael-cohen-donald-trump-raid-fraud-case-plea-deal/
— Chicago is a tale of two cities, no matter what Rahm might say – David Cherry and Ira Acree
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/chicago-tale-cities-rahm-emanuel-ira-acree-david-cherry/
— DNC members arrive in Chicago to talk midterms, 2020 convention
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/dnc-summer-meeting-chicago-2018-updates/
— Convicted judge Jessica Arong O’Brien faces bid to knock her off ballot – Jon Seidel
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20180822/

DAILY HERALD
— State police investigating Lake County Board chairman Aaron Lawlor’s finances – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180821/state-police-investigating-lake-county-board-chairmans-finances
— Get rid of procurement cards for elected officials – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180821/get-rid-of-procurement-cards-for-elected-officials
— After Cohen’s guilty plea, Trump attacks Manafort conviction – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180821/after-cohens-guilty-plea-trump-attacks-manafort-conviction
— Glen Ellyn District 41 seeking nearly $400 average property tax increase – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180821/glen-ellyn-district-41-seeking-nearly-400-average-property-tax-increase-

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Aaron Schock seeks to move his corruption trial to Peoria – Andy Kravetz
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/aaron-schock-seeks-to-move-his-corruption-trial-to-peoria/article_4ec65e21-6492-59e7-8a9e-3d786749a4b7.html

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— LaHood visits CVS to check out medicine disposal unit used to fight opioid epidemic – Doug Wilson
http://www.whig.com/20180822/lahood-visits-cvs-to-check-out-medicine-disposal-unit-used-to-fight-opioid-epidemic#//

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Rauner shares views, Illinois residents express concerns Rauner’s ‘Fight for What’s Right’ tour stops in Shelbyville – Kennedy Nolen
http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/gov-rauner-shares-views-illinois-residents-express-concerns/article_5f238c4b-e369-5f37-921a-77fa961eb20e.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— New legislation to help keep Illinois students in state – Senait Gebregiorgis (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, because Democrats run all the colleges in Illinois, if you earn a degree from a college in Illinois, you are presumed to be a Democrat. Ever-increasingly, Democrats are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. If I had attended or earned degrees from conservative colleges, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/new-legislation-to-help-keep-illinois-students-in-state

WJBC
— State leaders aim to curb Illinois’ college brain drain
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/08/21/state-leaders-aim-to-curb-illinois-college-brain-drain/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— FROM THE ARTICLE: Rauner is less popular than President Donald Trump. Thirty percent of Illinoisans have a favorable view of Trump, according to the NBC News/Marist poll, compared with Rauner’s 26 percent. Pritzker is at 38 percent in the poll. How Trump supporters lean. The poll notes that 58% of Trump voters in Cook County support Pritzker, vs. 21 percent for Rauner. More interesting, 43 percent of central/downstate Trump voters say they’ll vote for Pritzker, vs. 33 percent supporting Rauner. The fallout: A top of the ticket blowout could have serious down-ballot implications, especially for central and downstate congressional and state legislative races. Good example: Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Bost in the 12th or U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis in the 13th District.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/08/22/stunning-poll-shows-pritzker-clobbering-rauner-emanuel-ad-links-mccarthy-to-trump-and-impeachment-talk-sets-in-299868

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Jack Franks Taxpayer-Financed Giveaways Resolution Sent Back to Committee
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/22/jack-franks-taxpayer-financed-giveaways-resolution-sent-back-committee/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— State House candidate Khouri hopes to repeat budget-trimming feat statewide – Robert Hadley
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511539737-state-house-candidate-khouri-hopes-to-repeat-budget-trimming-feat-statewide

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS (DIERSEN: People who come to America illegally, people who stay in America illegally, and/or people who bring other people to America illegally are not immigrants, they are criminals. Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage people to come to America illegally, encourage people to stay in America illegally, and encourage people to bring other people to America illegally.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/a-nation-of-immigrants.html
— BRITAIN’S INABILITY TO HANDLE LAST YEAR’S FLU SEASON SHOWS PERILS OF SOCIALIZED MEDICINE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/britains-inability-to-handle-last-years-flu-season-shows-perils-of-socialized-medicine.html
— VENEZUELA ON THE VERGE OF HUMANITARIAN COLLAPSE. THE CULPRIT? SOCIALISM.
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/venezuela-on-the-verge-of-humanitarian-collapse-the-culprit-socialism.html

CAPITOL FAX
— NBC Poll: Pritzker leads Rauner by 16 points
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/21/nbc-poll-pritzker-leads-rauner-by-16-points/
— Should Illinois political reporters now refer to the state Democratic Party as JB Pritzker’s party?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/21/question-of-the-day-2728/

FOX NEWS
— Tibbetts slaying becomes immigration debate lightning rod
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/22/fox-news-first-tibbetts-slaying-becomes-immigration-debate-lightning-rod-trump-in-legal-peril-after-cohen-deal.html
— Border Patrol stops caravan of 128 illegal immigrants from entering US – Lukas Mikelionis
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/22/border-patrol-stops-caravan-128-illegal-immigrants-from-entering-us.html
— MS-13 gang member, in US illegally, pleads guilty in brutal quadruple killing – Lukas Mikelionis
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/22/ms-13-gang-member-in-us-illegally-pleads-guilty-in-brutal-quadruple-killing.html

NEWSMAX
— Trump: Iowa Murder Shows Our Immigration Laws Are ‘Disgrace’- Cathy Burke
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/mollie-tibbetts-illegals-criminal-alien-border-security/2018/08/21/id/878103/

GOPUSA
— South Africa begins seizing white-owned farms
http://www.gopusa.com/south-africa-begins-seizing-white-owned-farms/

DAILY CALLER
— PRESIDENT TRUMP: ‘I’D RATHER HAVE FAKE NEWS LIKE CNN’ THAN HAVE UNPOPULAR OPINIONS CENSORED – Mike Brest (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they publish or bless. They belittle/dismiss/badmouth/demonize/denigrate/condemn the articles that I include links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and they glorify and praise articles that I do not include links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Of course, my critics/opponents are frustrated/mad/furious when I include links to their articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/21/president-trump-cnn-censorship/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trudeau sides with illegals. Who you side with says more about you than anything that you can say about yourself. Who you oppose says more about you than anything that you can say about yourself. Those who oppose me promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/21/trudeau-criticizes-heckler-concerned-about-illegal-immigration-says-some-people-are-on-a-dangerous-path/
— TRUMP: MOST FEMINIST PRESIDENT EVER? THE TRUMP WOMEN SOUND OFF – Amber Athey
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/20/trump-most-feminist-president-ever-the-trump-women-sound-off/

BLAZE
— Drag Queen Story Time for toddlers is coming to one of the most conservative cities in Louisiana – Dave Urbanski (DIERSEN: How soon will the Democrats succeed in bringing “Drag Queen Story Time” to your municipality?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/08/21/drag-queen-story-time-for-toddlers-is-coming-to-one-of-the-most-conservative-cities-in-louisiana

TOWNHALL
— We Must Call Them Regressives, Not Progressives – Joy Overbeck
https://townhall.com/columnists/joyoverbeck/2018/08/22/we-must-call-them-regressives-not-progressives-n2511890

AMERICAN THINKER
— Progressive Delusions – Thomas O’Malley
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/08/progressive_delusions.html

CAMPUS REFORM
— Instructor tries to quarantine gun owners in back of class – Frances Floresca (DIERSEN: I have had an FOID card since I was 20 years old in 1968.)
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11241

TRIBUNE REVIEW
— Can America ever come together again? – PAT BUCHANAN (DIERSEN: Democrats do not want America to come together again. Democrats want to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://triblive.com/opinion/featuredcommentary/13997180-74/pat-buchanan-can-america-ever-come-together-again

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illegal immigration leads to 2,200 deaths, 118,000 rapes, 138,000 assaults – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/report-illegal-immigration-leads-to-2-200-deaths-118-000-rapes-138-000-assaults

THE HILL
— Russian hackers turn on anti-Kremlin conservatives – JACQUELINE THOMSEN
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/402938-russian-hackers-turn-on-anti-kremlin-conservatives?rnd=1534892613/

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) side with illegals against Americans and b) side with foreign countries against America.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/21/us/mollie-tibbetts-missing-iowa-student-murder-suspect/index.html

NBC NEWS
— Poll: Democrat leads expensive race for Illinois governor Democratic challenger J.B. Pritzker leads incumbent Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner by 16 points, according to a new NBC News/Marist poll. – Mark Murray
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/poll-democrat-leads-expensive-race-illinois-governor-n902616

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Facebook Identifies New Political Influence Operation Ahead of Midterm Elections – Sheera Frenkel and Nicholas Fandos
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/technology/facebook-political-influence-midterms.html
— Why Prosperity Has Increased but Happiness Has Not Our well-being is local and relative — if you live in a struggling area and your status is slipping, even if you are relatively comfortable, you are probably at least a bit miserable. – Jonathan Rauch (DIERSEN: Every year that goes by, the negative impact of my Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old grows greater.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/opinion/happiness-inequality-prosperity-.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Illegal Immigrant Charged With Murder of Missing Iowa Student Authorities say suspect led them to a body believed to be that of Mollie Tibbetts – Joe Barrett and Kris Maher
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illegal-immigrant-charged-with-murder-in-case-of-missing-iowa-student-1534894935
— Facebook Pulls Accounts Tied to Political Misinformation Campaign Facebook said purged accounts originated in Iran and Russia – Deepa Seetharaman and Dustin Volz
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-pulls-652-fake-accounts-engaged-in-coordinated-influence-campaign-1534896500
— Welcome Students, Let’s Talk About Confederate Statues In the South, colleges grapple with historical markers; Silent Sam falls at UNC – Cameron McWhirter and Melissa Korn (DIERSEN: What more will colleges do to attract students who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/welcome-students-lets-talk-about-confederate-statues-1534930202
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Affluent Americans continue to show confidence in the economy, boosting spending on homes, designer clothing and other luxury products – Laura Kusisto and Harriet Torry (DIERSEN: To be “affluent,” how high does your income and net worth need to be? While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being undeservedly filthy rich. They stressed the money that I spent on new cars, tuition, real estate, collector cars, etc. They stressed the money that I saved for retirement. They always used the aforesaid to hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I was overpaid, b) that I should not have been promoted in 1972, 1973, 1974, or 1986, and c) that I should be forced to take early retirement. They hinted/implied/agued/shouted that they had less money a) because they did not avoid the draft, b) because they did not marry someone who had income, and/or c) because they had children. However, overwhelmingly, they spent far more money on “immediate pleasures” than I did.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/toll-brothers-profit-jumps-as-buyers-continue-spending-on-luxury-homes-1534858353
— FRONT PAGE: No Cats, No Sleepovers: Boomers Become Housemates Living with housemates is challenging—and it doesn’t get easier with age; ‘not in my house.’ ‘People of Similar Sensibilities Sharing Living Quarters’ – Christina Rexrode and Laura Kusisto
https://www.wsj.com/articles/no-cats-no-sleepovers-boomers-become-housemates-1534868115
— Today, Truth Itself Can’t Be Taken for Granted Polarization has put the reliability of facts in doubt. But nations rest on shared beliefs. – William A. Galston (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the only news and commentary that is true is the news and commentary that they publish or bless. They belittle/dismiss/badmouth/demonize/denigrate/condemn the articles that I include links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and they glorify and praise articles that I do not include links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Of course, my critics/opponents are frustrated/mad/furious when I include links to their articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/today-truth-itself-cant-be-taken-for-granted-1534892638
— Let Taxpayers Pay the Minimum Wage Employers shouldn’t bear the brunt of redistributive policy. – David Neumark
https://www.wsj.com/articles/let-taxpayers-pay-the-minimum-wage-1534892582
— The Media Fesses Up To its credit, the New York Times mentions the press’s role in fanning racial angst. – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-media-fesses-up-1534892606

BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s War Against Blue States His administration’s erratic policies are part of a clear pattern. – Paula Dwyer
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-21/trump-s-war-against-blue-states

FORBES
— Are Employers Ready For Old Employees? – Elizabeth Bauer (DIERSEN: Potential federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should be advised that the federal government will waste their careers and get rid of them if they do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotions.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ebauer/2018/08/21/are-employers-ready-for-old-employees/#27e286b2de23

USA TODAY
— If Democrats embrace socialism to get away from Donald Trump, they can kiss the midterms goodbye – Jon Gabriel
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/nation-now/2018/08/21/democrats-moving-left-trump-socialism-lose-midterm-elections-column/1049990002/

CATO
— Results from the 2018 Libertarianism vs. Conservatism Post-Debate Survey – EMILY EKINS (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between Libertarianism and Conservatism.)
https://www.cato.org/blog/results-2018-libertarianism-vs-conservatism-post-debate-survey

NEWSWEEK
— MOST RUSSIANS THINK LGBT ‘PROPAGANDA’ AIMS TO DESTROY TRADITIONAL VALUES: STATE POLL – DAMIEN SHARKOV (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes have always worked the hardest against me. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.newsweek.com/most-russians-think-lgbt-propaganda-will-destroy-traditional-values-state-1082616

INSTINCT MAGAZINE
— The First Official Russian Pride Parade Was Banned Before it Occurred – Victor M Rocha (DIERSEN: Of course, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity oppose Russia.)
http://instinctmagazine.com/post/first-official-russian-pride-parade-was-banned-it-occured

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Quigley urges voter participation in ‘Trans Talk’ – Bronson Pettitt
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Quigley-urges-voter-participation-in-Trans-Talk/63852.html
— Rally on 50th Anniversary of Chicago ’68 Democratic Convention Aug. 25
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Rally-on-50th-Anniversary-of-Chicago-68-Democratic-Convention-Aug-25/63837.html
— Attorney General Lisa Madigan urges HUD to retain rules on fair housing
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Attorney-General-Lisa-Madigan-urges-HUD-to-retain-rules-on-fair-housing/63834.html