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May 4 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump, Pence speak at NRA convention in Dallas
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-pence-to-speak-today-at-nra-convention-in-dallas

 

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting high school students to act as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/sen-durbin-visits-high-school-after-student-sends-letter-about-gun-violence/3429526/

 

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use the “opioid crisis” to push pot.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-bill-would-expand-availability-of-medical-marijuana-481777301.html
— Aurora Ranked 4th-Best City to Live the American Dream – Jonathon Sadowski
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-suburb-ranked-4th-best-city-to-live-the-american-dream-481755791.html

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use the “opioid crisis” to push pot.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/05/04/illinois-bill-would-expand-availability-of-medical-marijuana/

 

WBBM NEWS RADIO
— Ives Says She Will Vote For Rauner, But Doesn’t Necessarily Think He Will Win – CRAIG DELLIMORE
https://wbbmnews.radio.com/articles/news/ives-says-she-will-vote-rauner-doesnt-necessarily-think-he-will-win
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Representative Jeanne Ives, who lost the narrow GOP Primary election to Governor Bruce Rauner, said he has her vote, but not necessarily her confidence, or that of other conservatives. Representative Jeanne Ives has not resolved her differences with Governor Rauner after their often bitter race. Still, she indicates she’ll vote for him in November. But she doesn’t necessarily expect him to win. “I’m a republican. I will vote for our republican nominee, but other folks are going to make their decisions differently and as I said in the primary, which I still believe is true today, there’s many conservatives who will just skip the top of the ticket, as they did in the Mark Kirk race, and vote Rauner out of office,” she said. Make no mistake, Ives feels that if democrat JB Pritzker wins, his plans for a progressive income tax will drive more people out of the state. “If we go down the road for the democrats. If we go to the progressive income tax, you can watch that you’ll have far more out migration…that is my prediction this year…because of that 32 percent tax increase,” Ives said. So she predicts this will be an interesting time for Illinois. Meanwhile, conservative and moderate republicans may clash over the future of the Illinois GOP as well. Governor Rauner is supporting Illinois GOP chairman Tim Schneider, a Cook County Commissioner, to continue in his role. “We have a very important vote coming up on May 19 as to who is going to be the leader of Illinois GOP. And obviously Governor Rauner has put forward Tim Schneider and many of us conservatives want an alternative to Mr. Schneider and so you have this inter-party feud going on,” she said. Ives said conservatives support Mark Shaw of Lake County over incumbent chairman Tim Scheider, and allies of the Governor are exerting pressure on GOP committeemen. She said the struggle continues.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump salutes 2nd Amendment, urges NRA members to vote GOP in November – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-nra-convention-dallas-20180504-story.html
— A Nobel Peace Prize for Trump? – Steve Chapman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-trump-nobel-peace-prize-20180504-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump spent his business career swindling people. Nothing’s changed.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-business-scams-20180503-story.html
— Iowa governor to sign 6-week abortion ban into law – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-iowa-abortion-law-20180504-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump salutes NRA, slams Chicago and thanks Kanye West – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump-nra-national-rifle-association-convention-gun-control/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers a) push pot and b) oppose any kind of drug testing.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/small-businesses-cannabis-marijuana-pot-drug-testing/
— Public universities can’t get past the lingering effects of state budget crisis – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: GAO can’t get past the lingering effects of its budgets being cut by Republicans during the 1980s and 1990s. The agency is just a shell of what it once was.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/public-universities-cant-get-past-the-lingering-effects-of-state-budget-crisis/
— Google to verify, disclose identities of US political ad buyers – AP (DIERSEN: What about illegal pot pushers who use illegal pot money to buy illegal pot ads?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/google-verify-identity-political-ad-buyers/
— U.S. House says ‘No Catholic Need Apply’ to be next chaplain – Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who work the hardest against Protestants.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/u-s-house-says-no-catholic-need-apply-to-be-next-chaplain/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Even pre-screened leader candidates need critical eye – Editorial (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail or to prosecution, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political job or office.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180503/editorial-even-pre-screened-leader-candidates-need-critical-eye
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: There are several cautionary messages that emerge from the short, bumpy tenure of former Des Plaines school superintendent Floyd Williams Jr., but perhaps the most surprising is that apparently a school district would be wise to thoroughly vet and critically question the search firm they hire before they seriously consider the candidates it produces. In 2015, the Des Plaines Elementary District 62 school board paid a highly regarded search firm $24,750 to help it find and ultimately hire Dr. Williams, who resigned a year and half into the job under allegations he sexually harassed five female district employees.)
— Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is sending every family an election-year check. Democrats call it bribery. – Jeff Stein
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180504/wisconsin-gov-scott-walker-is-sending-every-family-an-election-year-check-democrats-call-it-bribery

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Suburban mayors are fighting state aid cuts – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180504/BLOGS02/180509899/suburban-chicago-mayors-fight-illinois-aid-cuts

 

STATELINE
— House Republicans push for wage freeze for Illinois lawmakers (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.)
http://www.mystateline.com/news/senate-republicans-push-for-wage-freeze-for-illinois-lawmakers/1159742609

 

NPR NEWS RADIO
— Trump, Pence Address NRA Convention
http://nprillinois.org/post/trump-pence-address-nra-convention#stream/0

 

WGIL
— GOVERNOR RAUNER PUSHING TERM LIMITS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS
http://www.wgil.com/2018/05/04/governor-rauner-pushing-term-limits-for-elected-officials/

 

WIFR
— OUTRAGEOUS: Cheers to Illinois’ 200th birthday with state-themed tequila
http://www.wifr.com/content/news/Cheers-to-Illinois-200th-birthday-481797251.html

 

WQAD
— Illinois needs to come up with $21 billion a year to pay for repairs to its infrastructure, according to a new report.
http://wqad.com/2018/05/04/price-tag-to-update-illinois-infrastructure-tops-20-billion/

 

ALGONQUIN PATCH
— Should The Algonquin Township Highway Department Be Abolished? County Board Chairman Jack Franks thinks so and is calling on the township board to put a referendum on the Nov. ballot to abolish it. – Amie Rowland
https://patch.com/illinois/algonquin/should-algonquin-township-highway-department-be-abolished

 

GAZETTE CHICAGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINES: Anti-Americans illegally encourage people a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.gazettechicago.com/index/2018/05/census-citizenship-question-would-cost-this-community-representation-dollars/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Bill allowing special pension allowance for 17 Chicago police fund members passes House – Angela Underwood (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates remain beyond furious to this day because I got Civil Service Retirement System credit for the almost 9 years that I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for the almost 3 years that I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511406107-bill-allowing-special-pension-allowance-for-17-chicago-police-fund-members-passes-house
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During Illinois’ colossal pension crisis, Democrats proposed to carve out funds for the Chicago Police Benefit Fund for work performed a decade ago. HB5177, sponsored by Rep. Kelly Burke (D-Evergreen Park), amends the Illinois Pension Code to allow for 17 police officers to receive a hearing to reconsider service credit for investigatory work they performed prior to 2008. . .“It’s actually unaffordable,” Ives said. The bill is just one of many examples over the past few years of that permits pension carve-outs for employees who want to move from one plan to another. “What you see here is the need for massive pension reform, not just at the state level, but really at the local level,” Ives said. The focus should not be on these 17 officers, according to Ives. “Our pension problems that are literally bankrupting local governments,” Ives said. Using Danville as an example of destroying pension debt, Ives said the town has seen a 112 percent increase in the cost of the local pension plans. “They have no idea how they are going to pay back the $105 million in debt they have accumulated, and Chicago is far worse off,” Ives said. Why should the board go back as far as 2008 to possibly reimburse the officers, Breen asked.)

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— 49th House District candidate Khouri votes to freeze her pay on DuPage County Board – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511406851-49th-house-district-candidate-khouri-votes-to-freeze-her-pay-on-dupage-county-board
— Addison Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 11 years without taxpayer subsidy (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are not getting a pension and who are not in line to get a pension a) declare the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to be bankrupt and b) demand that the CSRS cut if not eliminate my pension?)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511406261-analysis-addison-police-pension-fund-would-go-bankrupt-in-11-years-without-taxpayer-subsidy

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Public employee union chief: Higher taxes won’t drive people from Illinois (DIERSEN: In addition to high taxes, individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are members of the following groups drive people from Illinois: 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, inti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511403201-public-employee-union-chief-higher-taxes-won-t-drive-people-from-illinois

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Springfield Swampsters Fear ONLY Private-Schooling Parents – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/springfield-swampsters-fear-only-private-schooling-parents/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL GOP SENATORS UNIFIED IN OPPOSING PROGRESSIVE TAX HIKE; BUT NOT LGBT HISTORY MANDATE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/il-gop-senators-unified-in-opposing-progressive-tax-hike-but-not-lgbt-history-mandate.html
— ARLINGTON HEIGHTS GUN RIGHTS GROUP OFFERS FREE TEACHER TRAINING DAY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/arlington-heights-gun-rights-group-offers-free-teacher-training-day.html
— Over 96% of job-able Americans are employed now, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday (DIERSEN: What about jobs that are appropriate for those who have qualifications (work experience, education, professional certifications, professional license, etc.) similar to yours? What is the prevailing wage for those who have qualifications similar to yours?)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/while-over-96-employed-nationwide-illinois-job-finders-lag-slightly.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Twenty-one percent of legislative incumbents have left or are leaving
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/04/twenty-percent-of-legislative-incumbents-have-left-or-are-leaving/

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— Facebook Investigating Whether It Has Anti-Conservative Bias – Michael Gryboski
https://www.christianpost.com/news/facebook-investigating-anti-conservative-bias-223670/

 

 

BLAZE
— At least 158 Central American migrant ‘caravan’ members admitted into US port of entry – Jana Pruet
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/05/04/update-at-least-158-central-american-migrant-caravan-members-admitted-into-us-port-of-entry

 

BREITBART
— Kanye West’s Music Blacklisted by Detroit Radio Station – JOHN NOLTE (DIERSEN: Who blacklists you and why? I should write a book about those who blacklist me and why they do it.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/05/04/blacklisted-detroit-radio-station-bans-kanye-wests-music/
— Nearly 40 Shot over 3 Days in Gun-Controlled Chicago – AWR HAWKINS
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/03/nearly-40-shot-three-days-gun-controlled-chicago/
— DHS Nielsen Approves Extra H-2B Workers – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: Have you taken jobs that other Americans refuse to take? I have. 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. Because the aforesaid jobs were so bad, my superiors had an extremely hard time finding qualified minorities, qualified women, and qualified younger people who would take them.)
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/05/04/dhs-promises-extra-h2b-workers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump’s federal agencies will allow companies to bring in an additional 15,000 foreign “guest workers” for use in landscaping, forestry, resorts, and seafood processing, say Maryland seafood executives. The expected offer of 15,000 visas “is very late, and it is not enough,” said Jack Brooks, owner of a seafood company, J.M. Clayton Company, in Cambridge, Md. Maryland’s crab industry has already gotten 300 of 500 H-2B workers it sought, but the absence of the 200 workers has generated an emotional editorial by the Baltimore Sun. The 15,000 extra workers will be added to the annual inflow of 66,000 H-2B visa workers, but few of the extra visas will go to the seasonal seafood industries in Maryland, Texas, and Alaska, Brooks told Breitbart News. The extra visas likely will be distributed via lottery, so the more numerous landscaping and resort companies are likely to win the largest shares of the cheaper workers, said Brooks, who has already received a set of H-2B visas for work this year. The worker giveaway to business is bad news for Republican politicians because it reduces the pressure on business to deliver wage increase to voters before the next election, said Mark Krikorian, director of the Center for Immigration Studies.)

 

GOPUSA
— Perhaps Canada should build a wall
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=45144
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TREASONOUS: U.S. Government sues Albertsons for requiring employees to speak English
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=45197
— National Day of Prayer seeks to unify U.S., but some secular Americans see discord, division (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who talk and act like they are anti-Protestant, and especially about those who talk and act like they are especially anti-Missouri Synod Lutheran.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=45187

 

ABC NEWS
— Under Trump, Congress has expanded use of controversial legislative tool to ‘tear down’ regulations – CHO PARK and ALEX HOSENBALL (DIERSEN: When will “Trump, Congress” tear down regulations that encourage, if not require, federal agencies to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran 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://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-congress-expanded-controversial-legislative-tool-tear-regulations/story

 

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Dispatched by the Trump Administration, a Federal Agent Is Shot on the Streets of Chicago – Julie Bosman and Ali Watkins
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/04/us/atf-agent-shot-chicago.html
— Actually, National Democrats Should Interfere in Primaries – Elaine Kamarck (DIERSEN: What if Trump, Pence, Helland, Harold, Senger, Dodge, Shimkus, Roskam, Hultgren, Kinzinger, Davis, Bost, LaHood, Brady, Durkin, and/or etc. had campaigned for Ives?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/03/opinion/dccc-democratic-primaries-interference.html
— A Fast-Food Problem: Where Have All the Teenagers Gone? – Rachel Abrams and Robert Gebeloff (DIERSEN: Were you a fast-food worker when you were in high school? I was. I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School and the summer in between 1964-1966. If there was as much legal/illegal immigration back then as there is now, a citizen of Mexico or of some other foreign country would have had that job. I was able to earn and save enough to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint to use to commute to classes at UIC from my parents’ home in Crete.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/03/upshot/fast-food-jobs-teenagers-shortage.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump says immigration laws were written by people who ‘could not love our country’ – Philip Bump (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs wrote America’s immigration laws. 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. RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/05/04/trump-says-immigration-laws-were-written-by-people-who-could-not-love-our-country/
— Trump got a ‘do-over’ with white evangelicals. Will continuing Stormy Daniels news affect that? – Eugene Scott
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/05/04/trump-got-a-do-over-with-white-evangelicals-will-continuing-stormy-daniels-news-affect-that/

 

BLOOMBERG
— America is minting more millionaire retirees than ever – Suzanne Woolley (DIERSEN: My Civil Service Retirement System pension is $4,322/month and my federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy is $1,500/month for a total of $5,822/month. For me to buy an annuity that would pay me that much for life, it would cost me about $1 million.)
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/05/03/millionaire-retirees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One of every six retirees in the U.S. is a millionaire (if you include the value of their homes), according to the new report. Their average wealth has risen more than 100 percent since 1989, to $752,000, and the share of those who are millionaires has doubled. More retirees-62 percent-are enjoying life without physical or cognitive limitations, according to the data. That number is up from 49 percent in 1963, the first year such data was taken. . .Income inequality has remained about the same among retirees since 1989. The picture changed dramatically when a household’s financial assets came into play, however. A rising stock market led to a 42 percent rise in wealth inequality among older Americans. “People have held incomes and spending constant over time,” said Matt Fellowes, United Income’s founder and chief executive officer. “The wealthiest retirees are wealthier but are not spending more, relative to previous generations.” Fellowes believes many Americans are being unnecessarily frugal in their spending and are leading “overly contained” lives as a result. The gap between the wealthy and the ultra-wealthy has also widened. The wealth of the median millionaire rose by about 12 percent from 1989 to 2016, while the median millionaire’s equity position was swelling from 27 percent of financial accounts to 55 percent. The wealth of the top 1 percent of millionaires, meanwhile, more than doubled, from $14.9 million to $31.3 million, in 2016 dollars, as their equity positions jumped from 30 percent to 69 percent, according to the report. ”It’s clear that the dividends from being an investor are paying off for retirees fortunate enough to have savings and investments,” said Fellowes. “What’s discouraging is that those who are not saving or investing are just getting left progressively farther and farther behind as each successive generation enters retirement.”)

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Denver Post Editor Who Criticized Paper’s Ownership Resigns – Jack Healy
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/denver-post-editor-who-criticized-papers-ownership-resigns/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chuck Plunkett said he knew that he was risking his job as the editorial page editor of The Denver Post when he wrote an impassioned editorial last month blasting the newspaper’s hedge-fund owners as “vulture capitalists” who had hobbled Colorado’s largest newspaper with deep layoffs and cost-cutting.)

 

BRINKWIRE
— Mandatory LGBT History Lessons for Schoolchildren Approved by Illinois Senate (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes who have harmed me because I refuse to promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://en.brinkwire.com/305340/mandatory-lgbt-history-lessons-for-schoolchildren-approved-by-illinois-senate/

May 4 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner on “unifying” – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Are you an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman? I have been one since 2000. Did you vote for Ives? I did. Do you believe that Rauner wants those who voted for Ives to support him? I do not. I believe that Rauner is taking advice from those who tell him that for every Ives voter like me that he drives out of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten+ Independents, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, etc. will vote for him in the November 6, 2018 election. To dump Ives voters is to dump those who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and the rest of the planks in the IRP platform. To dump Ives voters is to destroy the IRP.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-staff-20180504-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In an appearance on Quad Cities radio, Rauner downplayed any post-primary rifts among Republicans after his narrow victory over state Rep. Jeanne Ives of Wheaton last month. Speaking on WOC AM-1420 in Davenport, Iowa, Rauner declared himself a unifier — not just among Republicans, but also with independents and Democrats. “You know primaries are tough. They’re part of the process. I respect the process and now we’re all coming together in the state. We’re unifying all Republicans,” said Rauner, who faces a third-party challenge from Downstate Republican state Sen. Sam McCann and a potential battle over re-electing his hand-picked state GOP chairman. Rauner said his candidacy is one representing Illinoisans against House Speaker Michael Madigan and Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker. “This is not an election that’s really about Republicans versus Democrats. This is about the people of Illinois against a corrupt political machine run by Madigan and Pritzker, and it’s the people against the political insiders,” he said.)
— Rauner’s office doesn’t commit on bill to ban payroll practice known as ‘offshoring’ – Bill Lukitsch (DIERSEN: Since the 1980s, the Democrats who run GAO have done a tremendous amount of offshoring, that is, forcing their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran a) to take their early retirement “offers” or b) to take regular retirement as soon as they are eligible. My Democrat GAO superiors offshored me to the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) in 1997 when I was 49 years old. So far, in today’s dollars, CSRS has paid me $1,071,856.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-staff-20180504-story.html
— Roskam brings Madigan into congressional race
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-staff-20180504-story.html
— As Boy Scouts drop ‘boys’ from name, Girl Scouts seek to capitalize on theirs – Robert McCoppin (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who are anti-male crow about their successes. Those who are anti-male vote for Democrats.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-boy-scouts-name-change-20180502-story.html

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Attorney: disputed Republican State Central Committee race decided by party staffers with ‘personal and financial interests’ in the outcome – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511404951-attorney-disputed-republican-state-central-committee-race-decided-by-party-staffers-with-personal-and-financial-interests-in-the-outcome
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Boulton also refutes Fogarty’s contentions in his April 30 letter that the election procedure “has always been in place” and that this “procedure is fully authorized by both the Election Code and by IRP leadership.” Boulton writes that no such authorization exists in the Election Code, the IRP bylaws, the State Central Committee or the Executive Committee (IRP leadership). “The procedure may have well have been employed before, but it is not properly authorized and stands in contravention of the plain language of the Election Code,” Boulton wrote. “Repetition of an unlawful practice does not make it legal. If such were true bank robbery would be legal today.” The 18 Republican State Central Committeemen (17 if the race in the 15th remains undecided) meet in Springfield on May 19 to organize the party and elect a state chairman. The results in the 15th congressional district could determine the final outcome in that race. Republican sources say that Mark Shaw, chairman of the Lake County Republicans, is mounting a strong challenge to Schneider. In his April 30 letter to Boulton, Fogarty asked Boulton for details of any improper conduct or incorrect votes alleged by Winchester. “Evidence will have to wait for a proper forum,” Boulton wrote in his reply. Sources tell Prairie State Wire that the dispute will wind up in court if the State Board of Elections fails to step in and certify the results. For its part, a spokesman for the board said it has no authority to audit or investigate intra-party elections.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: OUTSTANDING: Cops & Crime: How Hanover Park woman got ‘Justice for Buddy’ – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) those who neglect their dogs, b) those who abuse their dogs, and c) those who use their dogs as weapons.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180504/cops-amp-crime-how-hanover-park-woman-got-justice-for-buddy
(FROM THE ARTICLE: By the time the loose dogs’ owner retrieved them, Buddy lay bloody and battered on the garage floor of the family home. He died later that day at an animal hospital. Over the next few days, Parry met with animal control officials and Hanover Park police. All offered their sympathy but told her there was nothing they could do to help. Parry wasn’t just devastated. She was determined. That paid off Wednesday, when the Illinois Senate unanimously passed the Justice for Buddy Act. ‘This is wrong’ The legislation, also expected to win House approval and Gov. Bruce Rauner’s signature, allows the designation of someone as a “reckless dog owner” if their dog is deemed dangerous for killing another dog and is found running at large twice within 12 months of being deemed dangerous. If that occurs, the owner would have to surrender their dogs to a licensed shelter, rescue or sanctuary, where efforts would be made to find them new homes if possible. A reckless dog owner also would be prohibited from owning dogs for up to three years. The work that led to the act’s creation began when Parry, unsatisfied with the response she was getting from local authorities, reached out to state Sen. Donna Murphy of Des Plaines and state Rep. Michelle Mussman of Schaumburg. Fighting for the legislation for the past year “hasn’t been easy,” she said. . .The dogs that killed Buddy still live in the neighborhood, and Parry admits it’s tough seeing them in their yard when Buddy is gone. However, she said, those dogs’ owners have been “very kind and remorseful” and have even offered support for the Justice for Buddy Act. “We don’t want dogs to be put to sleep, but we want to educate owners and train their dogs,” Parry said.)
— Why proposed Kane County health insurance switch could rile employees – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180502/why-proposed-kane-county-health-insurance-switch-could-rile-employees-

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Citizens United money-in-politics case an issue in 13th House race – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180502/schoenburg-citizens-united-money-in-politics-case-issue-in-13th-house-race

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Rep. Peter Roskam makes 6th Congressional District campaign stop in Marengo Incumbent defends Trump’s $1.5T tax cut plan; Casten attacks his standing with president – ED KOMENDA
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2018/05/03/rep-peter-roskam-makes-6th-congressional-district-campaign-stop-in-marengo/akfic7i/

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— LaHood hopes farmers don’t become collateral damage in brewing trade war – Matt Hopf (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion as weapons in their war against Republicans. Are/were you collateral damage? Federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran are collateral damage 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.)
http://www.whig.com/20180504/lahood-hopes-farmers-dont-become-collateral-damage-in-brewing-trade-war#//

 

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use the “opioid crisis” to push pot.
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/illinois-senate-bill-would-make-medical-marijuana-an-alternative-to/article_6cf239e1-c4a5-5194-a34e-03d506379f55.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Gov. Rauner wants term limits put on ballot – SARAH HAYDEN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and dupes want term limits. The longer that a person is in office, the harder that they work against that person, unless, of course, if they can/do manipulate/dominate that person.)
http://qconline.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/gov-rauner-wants-term-limits-put-on-ballot/article_92835747-ca44-5ae0-be25-83d6ebed8968.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Congressman Darin LaHood agrees with Trump to set term limits (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and dupes want term limits. The longer that a person is in office, the harder that they work against that person, unless, of course, if they can/do manipulate/dominate that person.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/congressman-darin-lahood-agrees-with-trumps-motion-to-set-term-limits

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— GOP Primaries Focus On Candidates’ Loyalty To President Trump – SUSAN DAVIS
http://nprillinois.org/post/gop-primaries-focus-candidates-loyalty-president-trump#stream/0

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Casten.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/05/04/casten-poll-claims-he-and-roskam-tied-non-illinois-governor-faces-impeachment-dems-hit-senger-rauner-over-duckworth-email-267985

 

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Students demand University action on black student experience, departmentalization, dining transition – Troy Closson, Rishika Dugyala, and Jonah Dylan (DIERSEN: While you attended college, were you a member of any group that made demands? While I attended UIC 1966-1968, 1971, and 1981-1983, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, Roosevelt 1980-1981, and IIT 1992-1997, I was never a member of any group that made demands.)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2018/05/04/lateststories/students-demand-university-action-on-black-student-experience-departmentalization-dining-transition/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Students released a list of 47 demands Thursday — the 50th anniversary of the Bursar’s Office Takeover — urging the University to improve campus culture for black students, departmentalize the Asian American Studies and Latina and Latino Studies programs, and provide a smooth transition for food service workers. The list, organized by Black Lives Matter NU, the Latinx Asian American Collective and Students Organizing for Labor Rights, said the students want administrators to “clearly and definitively” indicate within two weeks whether they will fulfill the requests. “We hereby condemn the University’s hypocritical co-optation of the Bursar Takeover Commemoration,” the list of demands stated. “We conclude these demands with the promise that failure to comply and take immediate action in enacting them will result in continuous confrontation and direct action.” University spokesman Al Cubbage told The Daily in a statement that administrators will continue to meet with students and alumni to further understand their points of view and work together. “We agree on the critical importance of these topics, and we also agree they merit further examination and additional solutions, wherever possible,” Cubbage said. “This discourse is fundamental to the dynamic nature of Northwestern.”)

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Tax Bills in Mail Tomorrow, Curious Can Find Totals Now Online
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/03/tax-bills-mail-tomorrow-curious-can-find-totals-now/

 

BREITBART
— Illinois May Approve Law Forcing Public Schools to Teach LGBT History – WARNER TODD HUSTON (DIERSEN: To promote LGBTQ activity is to destroy the traditional family. Who takes the lead in promoting LGBTQ activity, that is, who takes the lead in destroying traditional families in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/03/illinois-approve-law-forcing-public-schools-teach-lgbt-history/

 

BLAZE
— Illegal border crossings are up, reportedly erasing the drop that occurred after Trump took office – Beck Dumas
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/05/03/illegal-border-crossings-are-up-reportedly-erasing-the-drop-that-occurred-after-trump-took-office

 

NEWSMAX
— Data: Illegal Immigration Rose 233 Percent in April – Jason Devaney
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/illegals-border-security-daca-border-wall/2018/05/03/id/858229/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chuck Schumer’s view of transparency: For thee, but not for me – Bryan Berky
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/chuck-schumers-view-of-transparency-for-thee-but-not-for-me

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— NASA’s Aging Workforce – HALEY BYRD (DIERSEN: To achieve its Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets, the federal government has an “up or out” policy for its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran. QUESTION: What frustrates that policy? ANSWER: Budget cuts that limit/stop hiring and/or promotions and lack of young qualified job applicants.)
https://www.weeklystandard.com/haley-byrd/nasas-aging-workforce
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During the early years of NASA’s existence, the majority of hires were individuals who were fresh out of college. People who were already in the workforce had higher-level jobs and were making good money at Boeing and other companies, Launius said, and many of them weren’t jumping out of their seats to become civil servants. So when it came to expanding NASA for the Apollo program, “they typically hired a bunch of new college graduates.” He added that it was not uncommon to see 30 to 35 year olds leading important branches of the agency during the 1960’s. “That same job today is usually filled by somebody who’s 50 years old, because they’ve been on the job a lot longer,” said Launius. “That’s just the nature of the aging of the workforce, I would contend, altogether.” And although there are plenty of people who go to work for NASA today, there aren’t as many opportunities for young professionals. “You’ve got people who are in the workforce already and NASA’s not expanding,” he explained. Young engineers and scientists see adventure in the innovative work being done by the private aerospace sector, and many of the people who would have gone to work for NASA during the Apollo era — “Going to the moon was a cool thing to do,” the historian reasoned — are today finding themselves at companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin. But he argued the trend isn’t necessarily bad news for NASA. “A wealth of experience is a good thing, and a person who’s got that is an asset,” he said. At the same time, however, someone could be stuck in their ways, trying to apply methods from 30 years ago to problems that may be more easily solved by recent technology. “It works both ways. It’s not a good thing or a bad thing altogether.”)

 

POLITICO
— Trump’s Lawyer Went to the Worst Law School in America Michael Cohen’s alma mater has long been a punchline in the legal world. – PHILIP SHENON (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my alma maters: NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT.)
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/05/04/trump-michael-cohen-lawyer-cooley-law-school-218318

 

MCCLATCHY DC
— Democrats scrambling to derail fake news attacks in 2018 races – ALEX ROARTY (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news is fake except for the news that they put out or bless.)
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article208972209.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When J.B. Pritzker decided to run for Illinois governor, he and Campaign Manager Anne Caprara talked about a problem that had bedeviled Hillary Clinton and, they feared, might imperil his own candidacy. They were worried about deliberately misleading information spreading far and fast online. They were worried about fake news. So the Pritzker campaign hired the data science group Civis Analytics to conduct an in-depth online survey studying voters who had been exposed to fake news. What it found unsettled the campaign: Even attempts to correct the information didn’t fully undo the damage. Worse yet, the damage was even greater for female candidates.)

 

REUTERS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Columbia looks forward to using pot to destroy the world. It you want to destroy people, organizations, companies, governments, and/or countries, you push pot on them.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-colombia-marijuana/colombia-sees-billion-dollar-bonanza-from-legacy-of-marijuana-trade-idUSKBN1I42M9

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Nike CEO Apologizes for Corporate Culture That Excluded Some Staff At rare all-staff meeting, Mark Parker apologizes to employees who felt excluded – Sara Germano (DIERSEN: What is/was the “culture” where you work/worked? While I worked for GAO in its Chicago Office 1980-1997, its culture was a) pro-Democrat, pro-minority, pro-female, pro-younger employee, and pro-veteran and b) anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older employee, and anti-non-veteran. Its “culture” was a) anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-German American, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nike-ceo-apologizes-for-corporate-culture-that-excluded-some-staff-1525399012?mod=djemwhatsnews

 

BLOOMBERG
— Banks Thought They Had a Win With Guns. Now They’ve Got a Big GOP Headache How Citigroup and Bank of America shot themselves in the foot with D.C. Republicans. – Robert Schmidt
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-04/citigroup-s-scolding-at-sec-exposes-gop-backlash-over-gun-policy

May 2 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois Senate votes to teach LGBT history in school (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-senate-votes-to-teach-lgbt-history-in-school-1

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Republicans blast Democratic income tax resolution as election-year politics – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-graduated-income-tax-hearing-20180502-story.html
— Vaping may lead to pot smoking among teens, new study shows – Dennis Thompson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sc-hlth-teen-vaping-pot-use-0425-story.html
— Facebook wants me to rat out my friends? No thanks. – Lara Weber (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be accused by a Democrat of posting hate speech is like being accused of being a Jew in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-facebook-hate-speech-china-social-credit-0502-20180501-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some Facebook users were alarmed Tuesday to see a new feature in their news feeds. Under many posts, Facebook had added this question: “Does this post contain hate speech?” along with two buttons, “Yes” and “No.”)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups what America to give asylum to anyone and everyone who asks for it: 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. Ever-increasingly, members of the aforesaid groups make it clear that they want to destroy America.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-robinson-column-st-0502-story.html
— How porn is affecting kids – Darcel Rockett
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/parenting/sc-fam-porn-addiction-in-youth-0417-story.html
— In the era of legalization, how do you discuss marijuana with your kids? – Nara Schoenberg (DIERSEN: To promote pot is to promote destruction.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-life-marijuana-talk-legalization-03202018-story.html
— Trump escalates GOP’s clash with Justice Department – Devlin Barrett and Robert Costa
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-clash-justice-department-20180502-story.html
— Northwestern University trustees to consider rescinding Bill Cosby’s honorary degree – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-bill-cosby-northwestern-honorary-degree-20180502-story.html
— Kanye’s ignorant comments are just the latest to diminish slavery’s atrocities – Dahleen Glanton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-slavery-kanye-west-20180502-story.html
— Illinois Senate approves plan that would allow police to monitor large crowds with drones – Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-drones-20180502-story.html
— Trump hires lawyer who represented Clinton in impeachment – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-white-house-lawyer-ty-cobb-retiring-20180502-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Durbin, Duckworth: Rauner’s ideas on Quincy vets home ‘not new or revolutionary’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/durbin-duckworth-rauners-ideas-on-quincy-vets-home-not-new-or-revolutionary/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against women.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/aunt-jemima-welcomes-us-into-an-1893-worlds-fair-thats-not-so-fun-to-recall/
— Illinois Senate votes to teach LGBT history in school – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/illinois-senate-votes-to-teach-lgbt-history-in-school/
— Voters stuck in middle as Dems, GOP spar over ‘fair’ (or ‘terrible’?) tax shift – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/voters-stuck-in-middle-as-dems-gop-spar-over-fair-or-terrible-tax-shift/
— First lady Melania Trump’s parents appear with immigration attorney – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/first-lady-melania-trump-parents-viktor-amalija-knavs-immigration-attorney-citizenship-permanent-residents/
— Give Trump the credit he deserves for progress in Korea – Georgie Anne Geyer
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/give-trump-the-credit-he-deserves-for-progress-in-korea/
— A big factory gets to pollute, and you get to wheeze – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/foxconn-wisconsin-factory-pollute-lake-michigan/

 

DAILY HERALD
— GOP nominee Dino Gavanes tapped to fill DuPage board vacancy – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180502/gop-nominee-tapped-to-fill-dupage-board-vacancy
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180502/business/305029876/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— LGBT history requirement for public schools passes Illinois Senate – Maximilian Kwiatkowski (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180502/lgbt-history-requirement-for-public-schools-passes-illinois-senate

 

CHAMPAIGN URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Davis: No need to meet with politically opposed – Tom Kacich (DIERSEN: 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-draft avoiders, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time always want Republicans to meet with them and to listen to them.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-05-02/davis-no-need-meet-with-politically-opposed.html

 

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— Madigan return as party chief make Rauner re-election more important, Ugaste says – Glenn Minnis
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/511402059-madigan-return-as-party-chief-make-rauner-re-election-more-important-ugaste-says

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— “TAX CUTS WORK!” HOLDS RALLY IN WAUCONDA, AFTER CANCELING IN WEST CHICAGO
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/tax-cuts-work-hold-rally-in-wauconda-after-canceling-in-west-chicago.html
— FEDERAL PRO-LIFE LAWMAKERS WORK TO END TAXPAYER FUNDING OF ABORTIONS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/federal-pro-life-lawmakers-work-to-end-taxpayer-funding-of-abortions.html
— ATTENTION IL GOP HOUSE MEMBERS: IF YOU SUPPORT ERA, THE PRICE WILL BE PRO-LIFE GROUP ENDORSEMENTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/attention-il-gop-house-members-if-you-support-era-the-price-will-be-pro-life-group-endorsements.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— A look at Sam McCann’s federal lawsuit
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/02/a-look-at-sam-mccanns-federal-lawsuit/
— Rauner admin contradicted on revenue estimate claim
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/02/rauner-admin-contradicted-on-revenue-estimate-claim/

 

GOPUSA
— ACLU steps into bra policy in schools
http://www.gopusa.com/aclu-steps-into-bra-policy-in-schools/
— DC ‘unity’ rally featured speaker who called Jews ‘termites’
http://www.gopusa.com/dc-unity-rally-featured-speaker-who-called-jews-termites/
— How one 7-Eleven is combating panhandlers, loitering kids
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=45061

 

LIFESITE NEWS
— Boy Scouts to drop ‘boy’ from program name, launches new ‘inclusiveness’ campaign – Claire Chretien
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/boy-scouts-to-drop-boy-from-its-name-launches-new-inclusiveness-campaign

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Creepy or Not? Your Privacy Concerns Probably Reflect Your Politics A new study on surveillance finds that Republicans tend to feel pleased about tracking, both online and in real life, while Democrats often feel bad about it. – Natasha Singer (DIERSEN: The more skeletons that you have in your closet, the more that you want privacy. Those who have ever done anything that subjects them to blackmail or to prosecution should not seek of hold any kind of government or political job or office.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/technology/privacy-concerns-politics.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Bad Is It for House Republicans? It’s not great. But the Democrats’ frequently touted fundraising edge is overstated. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-bad-is-it-for-house-republicans-1525302958
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The real trend in fundraising strength for these campaigns won’t be revealed until the quarter after each state’s primary. If races like Rep. Peter Roskam’s in the Sixth District of Illinois are any example, the advantage for GOP incumbents seems likely to grow. Mr. Roskam has more than $2.4 million in cash after the March 20 primary, while the winning Democrat was forced by the primary to spend down his funds to just $192,000.)

 

USA TODAY
— In midterm elections, Republicans are running against … Hillary Clinton. Still. – Chrissie Thompson and Deirdre Shesgreen
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/01/midterm-elections-republicans-hillary-clinton-political-ads-congress-ohio-governor/565800002/

 

POLITICAL INSIDER
— Actual Descendant of Pocahontas Challenges Elizabeth Warren to Take DNA Test  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed to Jewish people a) that I am 100% German national origin and that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. In my defense, I stress a) that all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany a long time ago, during the 1840s and 1850s, b) that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, c) that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, d) that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F, and e) that according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
https://thepoliticalinsider.com/elizabeth-warren-pocahontas-descendant-challenges/

 

FINANCIAL TIMES
— Millennial Money: Gambling via apps drains my friends’ finances More than one-fifth of 18 to 24-year-olds confessed to gambling at work last year – KATE BEIOLEY
https://www.ft.com/content/d4842ac4-325f-11e8-ac48-10c6fdc22f03

 

CHICAGO PRIDE
— Illinois Senate passes LGBTQ inclusive curriculum bill (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/93908596/illinois-senate-passes-lgbtq-inclusive-curriculum-bill-

April 28 Morning Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Disgustingly and outrageously, pot pushers use the “opioid crisis” to push pot. If you push pot, you shout that you are anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and anti-American.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-senate-views-marijuana-as-opioid-alternative/3398790/

 

WGN TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in promoting LGBTQ activity. In Illinois, soon, if not already, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, those who run Illinois will not let you get an education, will not let you get a job, etc.
http://wgntv.com/2018/04/27/lgbt-history-inclusion-focus-of-day-of-silence/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— In governor’s race, there’s no race to start spending big bucks on TV ads – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/in-governors-race-theres-no-race-to-start-spending-big-bucks-on-tv-ads/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal agency says it lost track of 1,475 migrant children – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–endangering-migrant-children-hearing-20180426-story.html
— Yingling Continues to Lead Charge toward Property Tax Relief
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/community/chi-ugc-article-yingling-continues-to-lead-charge-toward-prop-2018-04-27-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Such a deal at election board – Bob Peickert, Chair, Democratic Party of DuPage County, Lombard
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180428/such-a-deal-at-election-board
(FROM THE LETTER: I attended the meeting of the DuPage County Election Commission on April 9. The meeting lasted 23 minutes. The Board of Commissioners covered the following: the pledge, approval of voting results presented by the executive director, approval of a $240 moving charge, approval of the minutes from the last meeting, and they heard a brief presentation by the executive director. Based on their annual salary of $27,500, that comes to $2,291 per hour. If we call it an even half-hour, that comes out to $4,582 for their services. How many of you make $4,582 for 30 minutes of work? Additionally, Dan Cronin boasts about a bipartisan board. Does anything above look like a partisan issue? No. And all other election commission matters aren’t partisan either. If they were, I’d be getting calls from the Democrat on the commission. I never got one. These three commissioners, even the Democrat, are appointed by Dan Cronin, a Republican. He rewards them with a salary of $27,500 to go to one meeting a month. And the Republicans in DuPage complain about Chicago or Springfield.)
— DuPage County department gets new ‘Animal Services’ name – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: I hope that this department focuses stopping dog neglect and dog abuse. Dog ownership is extremely time consuming and extremely costly. If I had owned a dog, I doubt that would have had enough time or money to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, or c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30 and 32.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180427/dupage-county-department-gets-new-animal-services-name
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: 10,000 hours and counting How one DuPage Children’s Museum volunteer makes a difference – Jaime Johnson (DIERSEN: How many hours of volunteer work do you put in per day, per week, per month, per year, and per decade? I put in 10+ hours a day, 70+ hours per week, 300+ hours per month, 3,650+ hours per year, and 36,500+ hours per decade.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180426/dupage-childrens-museum-volunteer-makes-a-difference

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— High taxes are driving people out of Illinois – State Rep. David McSweeney (DIERSEN: Yes, but I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on driving people, organizations, and companies out of Illinois because they are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or because their ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180427/rep-mcsweeney-high-taxes-are-driving-people-out-of-illinois

 

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Hearing explains ‘automatic’ voter registration Public hearing held to explain July 1 changes – Keith Stewart
http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/hearing-explains-automatic-voter-registration/article_0273029b-1ea7-5ae6-8976-7387aab330b9.html

 

STATE LINE
— “Historic moment” signals strong diplomacy, says Kinzinger of Korean peace accord – Jessica Smith
http://www.mystateline.com/news/historic-moment-signals-strong-diplomacy-says-kinzinger-of-korean-peace-accord/1147318850

 

SAUK VALLEY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Libertarian Kash Jackson thinks marijuana should be “100 percent legal.” Pot is anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and anti-American. If you push pot, but claim to be Republican, you should immediately leave the Republican Party and join the Libertarian Party.
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/04/26/just-call-him-campaign-kash/cuezduu/
— Rare contested elections for 3 regional districts  In three area elective districts packed with GOP voters, contested elections have been rare. That’s not the case this coming November. The campaign season should serve to delineate issues and help to hold accountable those in power, and those who seek power. – Editorial
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/04/27/svm-editorial-rare-contested-elections-for-3-regional-districts/ajcmwi3/

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Rauner honors Pittsfield man, Mount Sterling business for volunteer service – Matt Dutton (DIERSEN: How many hours of volunteer work do you put in per day, per week, per month, per year, and per decade? I put in 10+ hours a day, 70+ hours per week, 300+ hours per month, 3,650+ hours per year, and 36,500+ hours per decade.)
http://www.whig.com/20180426/governor-honors-pittsfield-man-for-volunteer-service#//

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Illinois powerful public school lobby kills measure to rein in borrowing
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511400969-illinois-powerful-public-school-lobby-kills-measure-to-rein-in-borrowing

 

GOPUSA
— UC Berkeley to face lawsuit alleging discrimination against conservatives
http://www.gopusa.com/uc-berkeley-to-face-lawsuit-alleging-discrimination-against-conservatives/
— No surprise that study shows Democrat professors outnumber Republicans 10 to 1 (DIERSEN: What percent of White male federal employees 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 – 3%, 2%, -1%?)
http://www.gopusa.com/no-surprise-that-study-shows-democrat-professors-outnumber-republicans-10-to-1/

 

CNS NEWS
— Harvey’s Story Shows Fate Others Will Face in Nation’s Pension Crisis – Rachel Greszler
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/rachel-greszler/illinois-towns-story-shows-fate-others-will-face-nations-pension-crisis
— 140+ Nationwide Rallies to Urge Trump to Stop Taxpayer Funding of Planned Parenthood – Craig Bannister
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/140-nationwide-rallies-urge-trump-stop-taxpayer-funding-planned-parenthood

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— What Leftists Stand For – Tom Trinko (DIERSEN: Leftists want to get rid of people, 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. I should write a book about the leading leftists in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/04/what_leftists_stand_for.html

 

NEWSMAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Disgustingly and outrageously, pot pushers use the “opioid crisis” to push pot. If you push pot, you shout that you are anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and anti-American.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/eric-bolling-opioid-epidemic-president-donald-trump-race-to-erase-opioids/2018/04/27/id/857156/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— GAO: GOVERNMENT WASTES BILLIONS — WHO KNEW? Brent Smith wonders where $178 billion recently ‘saved’ is now (DIERSEN: Brent Smith should write an article about how GAO wastes its non-veteran White male employees that it does not promote 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. Brent Smith should use me as an example.)
http://www.wnd.com/2018/04/gao-government-wastes-billions-who-knew/
— WHEN STUPIDITY ACTUALLY HAD CONSEQUENCES Patrice Lewis notes detriment of gov’t rescuing people who do dumb things (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, government encourages people to harm their bodies and to become wards of the state. If pot is legalized in Illinois, more and more and more people in Illinois will become brain damaged and wards of the state.)
http://www.wnd.com/2018/04/when-stupidity-actually-had-consequences/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Did you know stupidity is a choice? Yes really. In the vast majority of situations, it’s up to us to decide whether to do something smart or something dumb. If you have debt up to your eyeballs, why do you keep eating in restaurants and using your credit card to pay for expensive meals? If you’re pulled over by a cop for going 45 in a 25 zone, why do you cuss him out and act like it’s his fault you were speeding? If you’re dating a womanizing jerk, why do you marry him despite knowing of his behavior? Look, we’ve all done stupid things in life. No one walks on water and we’re only human. But smart people – try to grasp this concept – learn from their mistakes. But there’s a monkey wrench in what might otherwise be a simple matter of cause-and-effect in which people learn from mistakes and don’t repeat them: The government intervenes. Seriously, the government is so busy rescuing people from their own stupidity that consequences no longer matter when people do something foolish.)

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Democratic Donors Paid $50 million for New Anti-Trump Research – Bill Gertz (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail or prosecution, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office. Of course, the more that my critics/opponents demonize, denigrate, and condemn me, the more motivated that I am to do research on them.)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/democratic-donors-paid-50-million-new-anti-trump-research/
— SNAP Reform Will Send at Least Four Million New People to Work Analysis: data from USDA show 13 million able-bodied SNAP recipients not working – Charles Fain Lehman (DIERSEN: Those who do not want to be able-bodied drink booze, smoke pot, and do other things to harm their bodies.)
http://freebeacon.com/issues/snap-reform-will-send-four-million-new-people-work/

 

POLITICO
— EPA staff in ‘despair’ after Pruitt blame game  Even political aides are tired of the chief ‘constantly putting himself first,’ one former agency official said. – EMILY HOLDEN (DIERSEN: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, my Democrat superiors had a very hard time recruiting, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females. They blamed their employees who were 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.politico.com/story/2018/04/27/pruitt-epa-strategy-staff-despair-507221

 

CNN
— Why a ‘federal jobs guarantee’ is gaining steam with Democrats – Greg Krieg (DIERSEN: What bad jobs have you had? All the jobs that I had were extremely bad. They were so bad that my superiors had an extremely hard time finding Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, and veterans who would take them. 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. 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. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes make it very clear that they would stoop to take the bad jobs that I took.)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/26/politics/federal-jobs-guarantee-gaining-steam-democrats/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “This is not just about the number of jobs, but also the quality of jobs,” Darity said. “We effectively place a floor on the quality of compensation that’s provided not only by the public sector, but by the private sector. One of the intentional goals of the federal jobs guarantee is to eliminate bad jobs.”)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— New Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director’s $375,000 Salary Under Scrutiny – Sheila Kaplan
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/health/cdc-director-salary.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats, and some Republicans, denounce Ryan’s ouster of House chaplain – Mike DeBonis, Paul Kane and John Wagner (DIERSEN: Have you been ousted, and if so, who denounced that? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that few if any have denounced their success in ousting me as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They shout that I brought the aforesaid oustings on myself. They stress those who could/should have come to my defense but did not.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/ryan-seeks-to-defend-ouster-of-house-chaplain-as-members-question-his-motives/2018/04/27/70937e8a-4a0f-11e8-827e-190efaf1f1ee_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Republicans Do Well in Texas. Except for Dallas, Houston, Austin . . . Why is Ted Cruz only up by three points? Remember, the Lone Star State has six of the 20 largest U.S. cities. – Kevin D. Williamson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-do-well-in-texas-except-for-dallas-houston-austin-1524866549?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1
— Starbucks’s Troubles Can Be a Test for Anti-Bias Training: Does It Work? – Christopher Chabris and Matthew Brown (DIERSEN: The federal government requires its employees to take lots of anti-bias training. The main “takeaway” from that training is that a) Whites are White supremacists, KKK members, and racists who discriminate against minorities, b) men are sexists who discriminate against women, c) older people are ageists who discriminate against younger people, d) those who do not promote LGBTQ activity are bigots who discriminate against those who do not promote LGBTQ activity, e) Protestants are religious bigots who discriminate against non-Protestants, f) German Americans are Nazis who discriminate against non-Nazis, g) Republicans discriminate against non-Republicans, h) conservatives discriminate against non-conservatives, i) those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time discriminate against those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, j) patriotic people discriminate against non-patriotic people, and k) people who have more money discriminate against people who have less money.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/starbuckss-troubles-can-be-a-test-for-anti-bias-training-does-it-work-1524669057
— Workplace Advice I Wish I Had Known – Joann S. Lublin (DIERSEN: What workplace advice, if you had taken it, would have advanced your career? Notwithstanding the fact that I am a White male, the Democrats who ran the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old a) if I had been a Democrat, b) if I had painted myself as being a yes-man, c) if I had given even more preference to my subordinates who were minority, female, and/or younger, and d) if I had helped my superiors get rid of their employees who were 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.wsj.com/articles/workplace-advice-i-wish-i-had-known-1524841495

 

FORBES
— The ‘Pension Palace’ for Illinois Lawmakers – Adam Andrzejewski (DIERSEN: Are you getting a pension? Are you in line to get a pension? I get a $51,864/year Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension. Knowing that I was in line to get a CSRS pension helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and get rid of me. 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. 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. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. When will Andrzejewski write about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation? )
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2018/04/28/the-pension-palace-for-illinois-lawmakers-2017/#5824a7994b04

April 22 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— For elected officials in Northwest Indiana, social media serves as a help line and a sounding board – Jerry Davich (DIERSEN: How friendly/accessible is your Republican State Representative? This afternoon is one example of my Republican State Representative Jeanne Ives’ outstanding friendliness and accessibility. She saw me going door to door in the part of my precinct that had been part of her precinct before the 2015 gerrymandering. I was delivering election results (https://gopillinois.com/documents/) to the 112 voters who had cast Republican ballots. She stopped her SUV and we talked for about 15 minutes about many current issues of the day.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-social-media-mayors-st-0422-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I try to make myself very accessible so people can get to know Tom McDermott, not only Mayor McDermott,” he said.)
— Suspect in Tennessee Waffle House shooting still at large and possibly armed, police say – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-waffle-house-shooting-nashville-20180422-story.html
— Confederate group, activists hold competing ceremonies at Oak Woods Cemetery – Elvia Malagon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-ida-b-wells-confederate-mound-20180422-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBTQ activity say “Your entire career can be derailed” and “For gay teachers, coming out remains risky.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-gay-teachers-coming-out-0418-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Ex-Illinois man sought after 4 dead in Waffle House shooting in Tennessee – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180422/ex-illinois-man-sought-after-4-dead-in-waffle-house-shooting-in-tennessee
— Aurora library apologizes for display criticized as Islamophobic – Charles Keeshan
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180422/aurora-library-apologizes-for-display-criticized-as-islamophobic
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in promoting protests.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180422/news/304229911/

 

ABC7
— Man wanted in deadly Waffle House shooting in Tennessee had delusions about Taylor Swift, arrested at White House – Chuck Goudie
http://abc7chicago.com/man-wanted-in-deadly-waffle-house-shooting-in-tennessee-had-delusions-about-taylor-swift-arrested-at-white-house/3377973/
— Aurora mayor apologizes after library displays poem some call anti-Muslim
http://abc7chicago.com/society/aurora-mayor-apologizes-after-library-displays-poem-some-call-anti-muslim/3379404/
— ‘Were you admitted on merit or quota?’ Former education official questions student’s Harvard acceptance – Danny Clemens (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://abc7chicago.com/education/merit-or-quota-fmr-official-questions-teens-harvard-acceptance/3379020/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Waffle House suspect had previous bizarre interactions with police
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/waffle-house-suspect-had-previous-bizarre-interactions-with-police

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Proposal would let more voters try to cut property taxes – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180422/proposal-would-let-more-voters-try-to-cut-property-taxes

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— It just keeps getting weirder – RICH MILLER
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-04-22/rich-millercapitol-fax-it-just-keeps-getting-weirder.html

 

COLUMBIA CHRONICLE
— Proposed LGBT history bill triggers controversy – Blaise Mesa
http://www.columbiachronicle.com/metro/article_c62dbf4e-44d9-11e8-8417-0b4a98d0b033.html

 

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— GOP Misfits in Illinois Undermine President Trump’s Minority Outreach – DOUG IBENDAHL
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=14460
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “What do you have to lose by trying something new?” – Donald J. Trump That was a question then-candidate Donald Trump regularly repeated on the campaign trail. It was part of a message he regularly directed specifically to African Americans. The obvious point being that black voters were being betrayed and taken for granted by politicians of the past like Hillary Clinton. This President is serious about rebuilding America and restoring economic opportunity to all, regardless of race or creed. And it’s not just rhetoric. We’re witnessing the results on a daily basis. Donald Trump is a man of his word. I wish we could stop there and declare to black citizens in Illinois that everything is fine. Just hold on, help is on the way. Unfortunately, we can’t. While our President is literally working night and day to make us proud again of Republican leadership, some local yokels in Illinois – actually let’s call them what they are, failed misfits – are actively undermining our President’s positive work and destroying the Republican brand in Illinois. I’ll give you just the latest illustration by telling the story of what I witnessed at a GOP event last week in Chicago. Last Wednesday, April 18, each of the 102 counties in Illinois held a Republican county convention. Every two years this is where the county GOP chair and other county party officers are picked. And every 4 years, this being one of those years, the county conventions are also the place where under the easily rigged system only the Illinois Republican Party uses, the 18 members of the state central committee (“SCC”) are picked. One member is selected from each of the state’s U.S. congressional districts. The SCC is the State GOP’s senior governing board and its members pick the state party chairman. The current state chair is Governor Rauner flunky, Tim Schneider of suburban Cook County.)

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry Township Selects Erik Sivertsen as GOP Chairman
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/22/mchenry-township-selects-erik-sivertsen-gop-chairman/
— County Board Members’ Compensation
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/22/county-board-members-compensation/
— Saturday Afternoon Polling
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/21/saturday-afternoon-polling/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Southern Poverty Law Center Cashes In On Trump Era; Controversial Nonprofit Nears Half BILLION In Assets – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/21/splc-nonprofit-assets/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— 4 dead in Waffle House shooting in Tennessee; suspect sought – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/4-dead-in-waffle-house-shooting-in-tennessee-suspect-sought/2018/04/22/fbed1d02-468a-11e8-8082-105a446d19b8_story.html

 

DAILY MAIL
— Think it’s harmless? Now nine in ten teens at drug clinics are being treated for marijuana use Cannabis is responsible for 91% of drug addiction cases involving teenagers Skunk – high-potency herbal cannabis – causing more people to seek treatment Backs up research that skunk is having detrimental impact on mental health – Stephen Adams and Martin Beckford
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5642917/Nine-ten-teens-drug-clinics-treated-marijuana-use.html

April 21 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–school-shooting-student-protests-20180420-story.html
— Chicago sues 2 south suburban towns (Dolton and Robbins), claiming they diverted millions designated to pay past due water bills – Zak Koeske
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-unpaid-water-bills-lawsuit-st-0415-story.html
— 10 charged in fight at Kane County jail involving members of rival gangs – Hannah Leone
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-kane-jail-fight-charges-st-0423-story.html
— Pot politics: Schumer joins politicians rethinking marijuana – AP (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–marijuana-schumer-20180420-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBT crow about their success in promoting LGBT.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–lgbt-rights-20180417-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Kane back up among the healthiest counties – James fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180420/kane-back-up-among-the-healthiest-counties

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Government consolidation efforts gain traction in General Assembly – Brenden Moore
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180421/government-consolidation-efforts-gain-traction-in-general-assembly

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Sports betting could be the key to a Rockford casino – Editorial (DIERSEN: If you promote gambling, you promote destruction.)
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20180421/our-view-sports-betting-could-be-key-to-rockford-casino

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— An unwritten rule in Springfield: Never give ground to a political opponent, even when you agree. – David Giuliani
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/local/david-giuliani-an-unwritten-rule-in-springfield/article_bef55e4e-41a0-11e8-8c67-2bd250a795cb.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— State and Local Tax Fight – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Government should encourage marriage and homeownership. Democrats could hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans imposed the $10,000 SALT cap a) to discourage marriage and to punish married people and b) to discourage homeownership and to punish homeowners. Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are a) furious that I paid less federal income tax 1972-1977 because I deducted the real estate tax that I paid and b) furious that my wife and I paid less federal income tax 1978-2017 because we deducted the real estate taxes that we paid. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are overjoyed that my wife and I have paid the marriage penalty big time since 1978.)
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=263853#.Wtt-1Xly-M8

 

WSIL
— Accepting rights award, Kaepernick decries ‘lawful lynching’ – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/38010199/accepting-rights-award-kaepernick-decries-lawful-lynching

 

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Kelly: I stepped aside for Ives but I’m not stepping aside for Rauner
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-i-stepped-aside-aside-for-ives-but-im-not-stepping-aside-for-rauner

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— How GOP Committeemen Voted in the County Convention
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/21/gop-committeemen-voted-county-convention/
— NorWest Republican Organization Picks Mike McCleary as Leader
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/21/norwest-republican-organization-picks-mike-mccleary-leader/
— Nunda Township Selects Joe Gottemoller as GOP Leader Again
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/21/nunda-township-selects-joe-gottemoller-gop-leader/
— John Jung to Lead Dorr Township GOP
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/20/john-jung-lead-dorr-township-gop/
— Bob Grogan and Stan Bond to Represent McHenry County on GOP State Central Committee
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/19/bob-grogan-stan-bond-represent-mchenry-county-gop-state-central-committee/
— The Cap the Democrats Didn’t Like
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/20/terry-kappel-comments-obervers-not-allowed-democratic-party-convention/

 

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— VIDEO: American Pravda: My Fight for Truth in the Era of Fake News – James O’Keefe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU3qpwVWKe4

 

BRETBART
— 7th Circuit Sides with Sanctuary Cities, Keeps Federal Money Flowing Nationwide – IAN MASON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/21/7th-circuit-sides-with-sanctuary-cities-keeps-federal-money-flowing-nationwide/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Changes That Made California Become a Liberal Fiasco – Jarrett Stepman
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/04/17/the-changes-that-made-california-become-a-liberal-fiasco/

 

FEDERALIST
— The Comey Memos Read Like The Diary Entries Of A Young Teenager ‘He said Mattis said great things about me, as did Sessions. He explained he had asked a lot of people about me and heard great things.’ – Rachel Stoltzfoos
http://thefederalist.com/2018/04/20/the-comey-memos-read-like-the-diary-entries-of-a-young-teenager/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Christian group protects kids from LGBT propaganda – Charlie Butts
https://onenewsnow.com/culture/2018/04/21/christian-group-protects-kids-from-lgbt-propaganda

 

GOPUSA
— Latest Wave of Student Gun Control Walkouts Garners Little Participation
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=44238

 

REUTERS
— Illinois general obligation bonds, hovering above ‘junk’ credit, among prominent deals next week – Laila Kearney, Karen Pierog
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-usa-municipals-deals/illinois-go-hovering-above-junk-credit-among-prominent-deals-next-week-idUKKBN1HR2TZ

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Where Countries Are Tinderboxes and Facebook Is a Match False rumors set Buddhist against Muslim in Sri Lanka, the most recent in a global spate of violence fanned by social media. – AMANDA TAUB and MAX FISHER (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who since 2000 have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I spread false rumors with my GOPUSA Illinois emails? According to them, everything is false except for what they put out or bless.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/21/world/asia/facebook-sri-lanka-riots.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say looser marijuana laws attract young voters, and some Republicans are catching on – Sean Sullivan and Seung Min Kim (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/democrats-favor-looser-restrictions-on-marijuana–and-some-in-gop-join-them/2018/04/21/235cdd50-44b5-11e8-ad8f-27a8c409298b_story.html

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— Syracuse frat says racist oath was satire — of a Republican – Avi Selk (DIERSEN: Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky; Alinsky’s fifth rule promotes ridicule.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2018/04/20/syracuse-frat-says-racist-oath-was-satire-republican/hREWwNG8obtUVsbK7OscNP/story.html

 

FORBES
— It’s Official: Millennials Are Going Into Debt Over Their Social Lives – Christine Aebischer
https://www.forbes.com/sites/learnvest/2018/04/17/its-official-millennials-are-going-into-debt-over-their-social-lives/

 

SIDNEY MORNING HERALD
— The more you have, the more you think you need – Matt Wade (DIERSEN: How much money does your standard of living require? My Civil Service Retirement System pension of $51,864 is only 41% of what my 1997 salary was in today’s dollars – $125,325.)
https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-more-you-have-the-more-you-think-you-need-20180420-p4zatb.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In fact, the opposite is true – those on higher incomes felt they needed much more to alleviate their cost pressures than those on low incomes. Respondents who earned less than $35,000 a year (a little less than Australia’s full-time minimum wage) said they needed an extra $183 a week to alleviate cost of living pressures. But for those in the $75,000-100,000 income bracket that figure rose to $220 a week. And people taking home $100,000 or more a year required even more. That well-paid cohort said they needed $239 extra each week to ease the pressure, more than any other income group. But the responses to NAB’s “how much extra money do you need” question shows that for those on higher incomes the problem is a desire for a certain standard of living rather than a cost of living crisis.)

April 20 Evening Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/students-across-chicago-area-take-part-in-walkout-on-columbine-anniversary/3369794/

 

CBS2
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: On 4/20, Sen. Schumer Introduces Bill To Decriminalize Marijuana (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/04/20/chuck-schumer-marijuana-decriminalization/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING: TRAGIC: Pritzker pushes pot agenda on 4/20, Schumer backs decriminalization – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/pot-topics-pritzker-pushes-pot-agenda-on-4-20-schumer-backs-decriminalization/
— How Mike Madigan smoothed the way for a conservative challenger to Gov. Rauner – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/how-mike-madigan-smoothed-the-way-for-a-conservative-challenger-to-gov-rauner/
— Nonprofit watchdog group Project Six closing down – Dan Mihalopoulos and Mick Dumke
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/nonprofit-watchdog-group-project-six-closing-down/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In February, the Chicago Sun-Times and ProPublica Illinois revealed that the right-leaning Illinois Policy Institute gave Project Six 98 percent of its first-year budget — a total of nearly $624,000 — in 2016. The Illinois Policy Institute has received extensive support from foundations tied to some of the country’s biggest Republican supporters, including the Koch, Mercer and Uihlein families, as well as Gov. Bruce Rauner and first lady Diana Rauner’s charitable foundation. Khan and Project Six board members did not return numerous messages this week or declined comment when contacted by the Sun-Times and ProPublica Illinois.)
— After losing assessor’s race amid ballot confusion, Raila wants court action – Alexandra Arriaga
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/election-cook-county-assessor-ballot-confusion-orr-raila-court-action-berrios-kaegi/
— In Ida B. Wells’ name, anti-racism groups to protest Confederate monument – Mary Mitchell
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/in-ida-b-wells-name-anti-racism-groups-to-protest-confederate-monument/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/lgbt-curriculum-schools-illinois-history-illinois/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to those who have more money who oppose COLAs for those who have less money?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/automatic-pay-hikes-legislators-illinois-house-senate/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use children to push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/illinois-senate-bill-kids-access-medical-pot-schools/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-student-walkouts-columbine-0421-20180420-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-school-walkouts-columbine-anniversary-20180420-story.html
— Early voting in Illinois: Good idea, poor execution – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-early-voting-illinois-raila-drury-20180419-story.html
— Will County rejects appointment of former Joliet mayor to Metra board – Susan DeMar Lafferty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-no-metra-appointment-st-0422-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180420/protesting-students-theres-no-reason-kids-should-be-dying
— Assessor candidate says Cook County clerk, others violated court order – Bob Susnjara
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180420/assessor-candidate-says-cook-county-clerk-others-violated-court-order
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Islam at COD
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180420/college-of-dupage-celebrates-islamic-culture-around-the-world

 

WBEZ
— Casino Sale Raises Questions About A Windfall – Or A Conflict – For Pritzker – Dave McKinney, Tony Arnold
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/casino-sale-raises-questions-about-a-windfall-or-a-conflict-for-pritzker/a0857ecc-c177-44b2-8e4a-2a8b1c5bc79e

 

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Will New Gambling Bill Spell Relief For City? Legislator Wants To End Sharing With South Suburbs – Todd Wessell
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/will-new-gambling-bill-spell-relief-for-city/

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Illinois in free fall, one last hope – Editorial
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20180419/editorial-illinois-in-free-fall-one-last-hope

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— 50,000 Illinois firearm owner ID cards due for renewal – AP (DIERSEN: My card is one of them.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article209448799.html

 

WAND TV
— Election hacking danger in 2018 – Doug Wolf
http://www.wandtv.com/story/38006387/election-hacking-danger-in-2018

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Curran withstands ribbing from both sides of the aisle during debate of his first bill – Angela Underwood
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511396163-curran-withstands-ribbing-from-both-sides-of-the-aisle-during-debate-of-his-first-bill
— Nybo speaks out against bipartisan Marketplace Fairness Act measure – Angela Underwood
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511395517-nybo-speaks-out-against-bipartisan-marketplace-fairness-act-measure

 

CHEROKEE TRIBUNE LEDGER NEWS
— Illinois House unanimously approves truth-in-hiring plan for governor’s office – Benjamin Yount
https://www.tribuneledgernews.com/extra/news/illinois-house-unanimously-approves-truth-in-hiring-plan-for-governor/article_3b07dfbe-9cdd-57c3-8152-9588528b69e1.html

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Clark County fined $10,350 by IRS for Clerk’s failure – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/04/clark-county-fined-10350-by-irs-for-clerks-failure/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Guns or Family Dysfunction Cause of Mass Killings?
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-guns-or-family-dysfunction-cause-of-mass-killings/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Task force on sexual harassment gets heated as lawmakers grapple with process accuser says is corrupt – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/task-force-on-sexual-harassment-gets-heated-as-lawmakers-grapple/article_911c582a-441f-11e8-adb4-4b7a56f87935.html
— State lawmakers approve tax reform sidestep Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Democrats could hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans imposed the $10,000 SALT cap a) to discourage marriage and to punish married people and b) to discourage homeownership and to punish homeowners. Government should encourage marriage and homeownership. Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are a) furious that I paid less federal income tax 1972-1977 because I deducted the real estate tax that I paid and b) furious that my wife and I paid less federal income tax 1978-2017 because we deducted the real estate taxes that we paid. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are overjoyed that my wife and I have paid the marriage penalty big time since 1978.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/state-lawmakers-approve-tax-reform-sidestep/article_824635e2-4419-11e8-af98-db02f789127b.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DOWNSTATE ILLINOIS COUNTIES STAND FOR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/effingham-co-declares-itself-sanctuary-for-gun-owners.html
— TURNING POINT USA ILLINOIS CONFERENCE CRASHED BY ANTIFA GROUP
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/tpusa-illinois-conference-crashed-by-antifa-group.html
— THORNER/INGOLD: DAVID HOGG: A HERO OR A CONVENIENT SPOKESMAN FOR THE LEFT?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/thorneringold-david-hogg-a-hero-or-a-convenient-spokesman-for-the-left.html
— PRITZKER-ENDORSING UNION WRITES $50K CHECK TO MCCANN JUST BEFORE ANNOUNCING GOV BID
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/mccann-to-run-independent-bid-for-gov.html

 

GOPUSA
— Half of Californians support deportations, Muslim travel ban, survey finds
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=44150
— ACLU sues Los Alamitos over city’s move to exempt itself from California sanctuary laws
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=44148
— Democrats claim that ‘women are dying’ because they are losing elections
http://www.gopusa.com/democrats-claim-that-women-are-dying-because-they-are-losing-elections/

 

BREITBART
— Chuck Schumer Backs Effort to Decriminalize Marijuana: My Position ‘Has Evolved’ – SEAN MORAN (DIERSEN: In my opinion, tragically, people who a) smoke pot or b) want to smoke legally have very serious mental problems.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/20/chuck-schumer-backs-effort-to-decriminalize-marijuana-my-position-has-evolved/
— People Are Less Religious in Places with More Government – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” act as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat Party.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/20/study-people-less-religious-places-government/

 

DAILY CALLER
— In Private, Hillary Would Always Say That Trump Supporters Were ‘Deplorable’ During The Campaign – Justin Caruso (DIERSEN: Who calls you deplorable? In my precinct, 211 voted for Clinton and only 137 for Trump.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/20/hillary-deplorables-trump-supporters/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Amnesty, Abortion, and Big Spending: Inside the Left’s Policy Playbook Analysis: Left-leaning policy group’s proposal gives far-out ideas to Democratic leaders – Charles Fain Lehman
http://freebeacon.com/politics/amnesty-abortion-big-spending-inside-lefts-policy-playbook/

 

CNN
— Comey writes in memo he laughed after Trump floated the idea of jailing journalists – Oliver Darcy
http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/20/media/james-comey-trump-jail-journalists/index.html

 

DENVER POST
— Colorado CEOs earn in three days what the typical worker earns in a year, new disclosures show New CEO pay ratio now part of company disclosures – ALDO SVALDI (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who demonize, denigrate, and condemn government employees as being over paid, but who have no problem with “Colorado CEOs earn in three days what the typical worker earns in a year.”)
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/04/20/colorado-ceo-worker-pay-gap/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats Sue Trump Campaign, Russia, WikiLeaks Over 2016 Election Lawsuit seeks damages over alleged hack into the DNC’s computer network –
Julie Bykowicz
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democratic-national-committee-sues-trump-campaign-russia-wikileaks-over-2016-election-1524240273

 

FORBES
— The $173 Million IRS Tech Team #Failed – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2018/04/20/the-173-million-irs-tech-team-failed/#7d1ad935970b

 

SALON
— Illinois gets it: Schools need therapists, not more armed guards Democratic lawmakers propose a plan to make schools safer and help curb the school-to-prison pipeline – RACHEL LEAH (DIERSEN: Democrats a) run education in America, b) focus on cranking out students who are “good little Democrats,” and c) focus on destroying the traditional family. One could argue that is why a) students need more therapy and b) there is more gun violence.)
https://www.salon.com/2018/04/20/illinois-gets-it-schools-need-therapists-not-more-armed-guards/

April 19 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), the tabulation of votes for all the IRP State Central Committee (SCC) races is not complete. I have asked IRP to issue a press release as soon as the votes are tabulated, and also, to issue a press release with the weighted vote that each IRP SCC member will have as soon as that information is available. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— 214 of DuPage County’s 471 (45%) elected Republican Precinct Committeemen attended the DuPage County Republican Central Committee’s (DCRCC) outstanding biannual county convention Wednesday evening, April 18, 2018, at the Jack Knuepfer Administration Building in Wheaton, and unanimously reelected Brian Krajewski as DCRCC Chairman and unanimously elected Paul Hinds as DCRCC Secretary.

 

Program participants included Atkinson, Cronin, Cuzzone, Diersen, Durante, Elliott, Fitzpatrick, Grogan, Hakim, Hayden, Henry, Holder, Holz, Jackson, Kachiroubas, Keller, LeVan, Lollino, Mackay, Mendrick, McGowen, Minor, Morretti, Morrisey, Musson, Prater, Reboletti, Santucci, Schultz, Swatkowski, Throwbridge, Valle, Veenstra, Wehling, Wilkins, Wilson, and Yetski.

 

Attendees include Anderson, Bohn, Bucholz, Carlson, Carlyle, Caruso, Crane, Dabrowski, Dangelo, Dillard, Eckhoff, Falbo, Furstenau, Given, Hart, Higgins, Hogan, Holan, Hundhausen, Khouri, Kmiecik, Larsen, Lewis, Lowe, Marchese, Monino, A. Murphy, Nathawani, Puchalski, Romano, Ryan, Sender, Shaw, Slinger, Tully, Vician, Yurgaitis, Zannis, Zay, Zegel, and Zito.

 

Winfield Township had the best turnout of elected committeemen with 17 of 26 (65%), then Naperville Township with 15 of 27 (56%), then Milton Township with 41 of 76 (54%), then Downers Grove Township with 47 of 100 (47%), then Addison Township with 21 of 45 (47%), then Bloomingdale Township with 24 of 56 (43%), then Lisle Township with 15 of 37 (41%), then Wayne Township with 15 of 42 (36), and then York Township with 19 of 62 (31%). – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

NBC5
— Sen. Sam McCann Announces Run for Illinois Governor as Conservative Party Candidate Gov. Bruce Rauner issued a statement calling McCann “the worst kind of political opportunist”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/sam-mccann-illinois-governor-race-conservative-party-rauner-pritzker-480262403.html

 

CBS2
— Jeb Bush Remembers His Mother: ‘She Taught Us To Serve Others’ – Derrick Blakley (DIERSEN: How do you serve others? I serve Illinois Republicans by spending 10+ hours each and every day and thousands of dollars each year putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out each and every morning and each and every evening free of charge and without any advertising.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/04/18/jeb-bush-speech-barbara-death/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Those in attendance remembered Barbara Bush as a classy woman with a backbone of steel, whose own kids called her “The Enforcer.” “Her sweetness always carried through the toughness, but they’re both there and they go together,” said Regional Transportation Authority chairman Kirk Dillard, a former Illinois state senator.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— New county Democratic chief Preckwinkle pledges to expand party appeal – Hal Dardick (DIERSEN: The Democrat Party appeals to those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-toni-preckwinkle-democratic-chairman-20180418-story.html
— Democrats still looking votes to override Rauner’s gun store licensing veto – Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-gun-veto-20180419-story.html
— Disgraced ex-supervisor Philippe Loizon with Cook County Probation Department sues judge, saying he was fired because he’s white – Todd Lighty (DIERSEN: In all likelihood, because Loizon is an old White male, Loizon, like me, will be denied his right to a jury trial. Ever-increasingly, old White males lack “jury appeal” because ever increasingly, to curry favor with those who are younger, minority, and/or female, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn old White males as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and bigots. To hint/imply/argue/shout that I am disgraced federal employee, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress a) 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; b) 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; and c) that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-loizon-evans-lawsuit-20180418-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A white supervisor in the Cook County Adult Probation Department has filed a federal lawsuit claiming he was wrongly dismissed last year, while numerous black employees in the department have received little or no discipline for alleged misconduct. Philippe Loizon, a former deputy chief who made about $115,000 a year, on Tuesday sued Chief Judge Timothy Evans, alleging that Evans, the county’s first African-American chief judge, had discriminated against him because of his race. Evans fired Loizon in May 2017 following a series of Tribune investigations into accusations that a rogue unit of officers under Loizon’s command had improperly teamed up with Chicago police and the FBI to conduct warrantless searches of homes, and coerced probationers to work as police informants. The county paid $110,000 to two Chicago men who alleged in federal civil rights lawsuits that probation officers, joined by the FBI and city police, conducted illegal searches of homes. And a series of gun cases fell apart following accusations of those questionable searches. Loizon, who was assigned to desk duty for two years before he was dismissed, said the Tribune’s accusations were false and were “based primarily on information provided to the reporters by convicted felons.” He said he had a “clean personnel record” and received outstanding job reviews during his 29 years with the probation department. He alleged Evans treated him differently because he is white. “Evans imposed discipline against Loizon in a manner and at a level he had never imposed on an African-American employee of the (department), despite conduct of an egregious nature by some of the African-American employees,” according to the suit. Evans’ spokesman, Pat Milhizer, declined to comment, citing a state Supreme Court rule that he said forbids judges and court personnel from commenting on pending court matters. One of Loizon’s lawyers, Gregory Friedman, declined to comment Wednesday, referring the Tribune to a statement he issued last June. In that statement, Friedman said Loizon was an exemplary employee who was wrongly fired, and that the Tribune had “done a great disservice to a good man. “Throughout his employment, Mr. Loizon performed his duties in an outstanding manner and in conformity with Departmental polices,” Friedman wrote then. “Philippe Loizon was a diligent and dedicated probation officer and Deputy Chief.” In his suit, Loizon identified 12 current and former probation officers, all of whom are black, who allegedly committed misconduct or violated department policy, yet received little or no punishment at all. The suit cited a probation officer who frequently worked to turn probationers into police informants; an officer who falsely claimed to meet with probationers who actually turned out to be in jail or dead; and an officer who shot and wounded a 14-year-old boy. Loizon said that none of those employees were disciplined. Loizon is seeking reinstatement as deputy chief, back pay with interest, compensatory and punitive damages, and his lawyers’ fees and expenses.)
— Jeb Bush speaks in Chicago area day after mother’s death: ‘She would have been very upset if I stayed home’ – Graydon Megan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmhurst/news/ct-dob-jeb-bush-elmhurst-tl-0426-story.html
— AG candidate Kwame Raoul’s campaign hired ex-Blagojevich aide convicted in state fraud scheme – Bill Lukitsch, Monique Garcia (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have made it clear that they would hire a convict before they would hire me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-kwame-raoul-campaign-worker-20180418-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Southern Illinois state Sen. Sam McCann running for gov as third-party candidate – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/southern-illinois-senator-joins-govs-race-as-third-party-candidate/
— Pritzker, other Illinois Democrats in DC: Foxx Emily’s List ‘rising star’ – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pritzker-other-illinois-democrats-in-dc-foxx-emilys-list-rising-star/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Downstate conservative roils governor race by declaring candidacy – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180419/downstate-conservative-roils-governor-race-by-declaring-candidacy
— Why new gun control walkouts are drawing mixed responses from schools – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180417/why-new-gun-control-walkouts-are-drawing-mixed-responses-from-schools

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Here’s where the real estate market has been hottest in 2018 – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180419/CRED0701/180419837

 

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— La Salle County Republicans buck state party wishes in choosing leadership Jerry Long backed colleague Demmer but McGlasson still region committeeman – Tamara Abbey
http://www.newstrib.com/free/la-salle-county-republicans-buck-state-party-wishes-in-choosing/article_cfdb2a76-43ea-11e8-8d98-3355804d297a.html

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— McCann launches Conservative Party bid for Illinois governor – Doug Wilson
http://www.whig.com/20180419/mccann-launches-conservative-party-bid-for-illinois-governor

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gun licensing proponents ‘making progress’ on override vote – Brenden Moore
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180418/gun-licensing-proponents-making-progress-on-override-vote
— Remap proponents trying to get issue before voters, but it’s not looking good – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180418/remap-proponents-trying-to-get-issue-before-voters-but-its-not-looking-good
— McCann to run for governor as Conservative Party candidate – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180419/mccann-to-run-for-governor-as-conservative-party-candidate

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Shannon Teresi appointed as McHenry County auditor
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/04/18/shannon-teresi-appointed-as-mchenry-county-auditor/a9dg6g1/

 

MORRIS HERALD
— Grundy Republicans host candidates at dinner Candidates gearing for November elections – KEVIN SOLARI
http://www.morrisherald-news.com/2018/04/16/grundy-republicans-host-candidates-at-dinner/at7wlks/

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— More Progressive Tax Talk in Springfield – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=263726#.WtiDD3ly-M8

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— OUTRAGEOUS: Downers Grove North students plan April 20 walkout in memory of Columbine – BOB RAKOW
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/04/16/downers-grove-north-students-plan-april-20-walkout-in-memory-of-columbine/awb2bd3/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois governor’s race rattled by new candidate Illinois state Sen. Sam McCann – NATASHA KORECKI
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/19/illinois-governor-race-new-candidate-537367

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Sen. McCann announces run for Illinois governor
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/sen-mccann-announces-run-for-illinois-governor

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Gubernatorial Candidates Have Fence-Mending Ahead – DAISY CONTRERAS (DIERSEN: What does Rauner say to his advisors who tell him that the harder that he works against the Illinois Republican Party platform, the more votes that he will get from Democrats and from Independents?)
http://nprillinois.org/post/gubernatorial-candidates-have-fence-mending-ahead#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Last month, the state’s voters decided on the Republican and Democratic nominees for governor. But the primaries behind them, the winners still have to convince those who wanted someone else at the top of the ticket. Incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner probably thought he didn’t need to worry about his only Republican opponent, state Rep. Jeanne Ives, during the primary campaign. In the past, he’d called her a “fringe candidate” and decided to forgo campaigning against her until just a few weeks before election day. When the votes were tallied election night, Rauner had snuck past Ives by just 3 percentage points. It was closer than most expected, and the governor acknowledged that in his victory speech by saying he had heard the message those dissatisfied voters were sending him. “I have traveled the state and I have listened to you,” he said in his election night speech. . .Rauner, on the other hand, must try to get more than the 50 percent of Republicans who voted to renew their trust in him and get them out to the polls in November. Chris Mooney, a political science professor at the University of Illinois Chicago, said the governor has the more difficult task of restoring trust with a large segment of his party’s base. “And so the question is can Rauner look to them – he doesn’t have to worry about them voting for Pritzker, I think that’s pretty clear. What he has to do is get them to come out to vote in November.” . . . Rauner has done his best to separate himself from President Trump, but there are similarities in their backgrounds. Both tout success in business and very wealthy. Rauner’s wealth has been a key rallying point for Democrats, who view him as out of touch with the working class and spotlight his attacks on organized labor to make their point. . .Rauner has been traveling the state campaigning, it appears he has yet to bring Ives’ backers into the fold. This may not be an easy feat to accomplish – even for the wealthy governor. Ives was heavily outspent, but she was able to easily tap into the dissatisfaction among conservatives who felt Rauner had broken his promise on key legislation, including a measure to allow public funding for abortions. Despite a push from conservative groups – and even Chicago Cardinal Blaise Cupich – to hold the governor to his word, Rauner signed the legislation into law. Ives herself makes that point, saying many of her supporters feel betrayed. “There are supporter voters of mine, they are saying we are not going to vote for him regardless of what he says.” While the circumstances might be different, the insurgent campaign Ives ran harkens to Donald Trump defeating establishment Republicans on his way to the White House. Those who felt left out, or maybe taken for granted, went for Trump and sent a message. In Illinois, Rauner doesn’t deny there is still work for him to do. Soon after election night, Rauner hit the campaign trail to acknowledge there were some divisive issues. “And I know now, as I’ve known for a while that we need to find common ground to bridge the divides.” As for Ives, she has said she will vote for Rauner but made it clear she has no plans to campaign for him. While both Pritzker and Rauner will spend the next several months telling all voters why they should be elected, they’ll also be busy mending fences – in their own political backyards.)

 

NRA ILA
— Illinois: Committee Passes Bill to Allow Local Infringement of Second Amendment
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20180418/illinois-committee-passes-bill-to-allow-local-infringement-of-second-amendment

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Three Women, One Man Elected to Lead McHenry County Republicans – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/18/three-women-one-man-elected-lead-mchenry-county-republicans/
— Number of Petition Signatures Needed to Township Abolition Petitions – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/18/number-petition-signatures-needed-township-abolition-petitions/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Khouri: More taxes will cause people to flee Illinois – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511393049-khouri-more-taxes-will-cause-people-to-flee-illinois

 

METRO EAST SUN
— Illinois GOP criticizes Bristow for comment about lawmaker raises – Robert Davis (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government talked and acted like they had been threatened by Democrat politicians with adverse actions they did not meet/exceed the Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets that they had been given. Democrats use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://metroeastsun.com/stories/511394529-illinois-gop-criticizes-bristow-for-comment-about-lawmaker-raises
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Does Monica Bristow honestly believe that she, (House Speaker Mike) Madigan, and her fellow Democrat colleagues deserve a pay raise? If anything, they deserve a pay cut after all the damage they’ve done to Illinois. Monica Bristow is the worst kind of politician – one who is in it for the money, not the middle class,” Illinois Republican Party Spokesman Aaron DeGroot said in the release.)

 

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— Rauner outspent Ives 4-1 for lackluster 3-point victory
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-rauner-outspent-ives-4-1-for-lackluster-3-point-victory/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Homosexual Teacher Shames First-Graders at Illinois School – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/homosexual-teacher-shames-first-graders-at-illinois-school/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DGA, ILGOP, Pritzker, Rauner respond – Brady accepts caucus resignation *** Sen. Sam McCann announces for governor as Conservative Party candidate Sen.
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/19/sen-sam-mccann-announces-for-governor-as-conservative-party-candidate/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Gun-Rights Groups File Suit on Behalf of Illinois Day-Care Operators ‘We’re in court to make sure that the state cannot discriminate against day care operators’ – Stephen Gutowski
http://freebeacon.com/issues/gun-rights-groups-file-suit-behalf-illinois-day-care-operators/
— Dream Democrat Agenda Includes Reparations Behind closed doors, wealthy liberal donors plot universal healthcare, free college, and reparations – Brent Scher and Joe Schoffstall (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that those who share my demographics should pay reparations.)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/revealed-dream-democrat-agenda-includes-reparations/


DAILY CALLER
— Tucker: Affirmative Action College Admissions Are Benefitting Foreigners, Hurting American-Born Minorities – Christian Datoc (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes glorify and praise Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion. Democrats and RINOs use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/18/tucker-affirmative-action-college-admissions-are-benefitting-foreigners-at-the-detriment-of-american-born-minorities/

 

HOT AIR
— You Won’t Believe What Tax Reform Will Cost Wealthy Californians In 2019 – ED MORRISSEY (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/04/18/wont-believe-tax-reform-will-cost-wealthy-californians-2019/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump’s tax cuts will be anything but for about 1 million California taxpayers who will owe Uncle Sam more money a year from now. They’re the Californians who will lose a collective $12 billion because the new law caps a deduction they have been able to take for paying their state and local taxes, according to a new analysis by the Franchise Tax Board. Very wealthy Californians earning more than $1 million a year will pay the lion’s share of that money, with 43,000 of them paying a combined $9 billion. It’s not all coming from the wealthy. Another $1.1 billion will come from households earning less than $250,000, hiking their tax liability $4400 on average. That’s not peanuts, but it’s a far cry from the average $209,302 per family that will be owed by those households earning more than a million dollars a year. Put this another way. That represents the federal tax liabilities that everyone else in the country subsidized through SALT. The “progressive” income tax used taxes paid by people in low-tax states to repay the wealthy for their taxes in places like California. The SALT deduction really only comes into play for people who can itemize enough to outstrip the standard deductions, so its benefit plays mostly to the wealthy anyway. It also plays mostly to the benefit of a very few states. California and New York taxpayers soak up almost third of all benefits from SALT deductions; add in New Jersey, Illinois, Texas, and Pennsylvania, and they account for more than half of its benefits.)

 

PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY
— Illinois Senate Republicans Betray Pro-Life Movement in Vote for Equal Rights Amendment – John Schlafly
https://mailchi.mp/cbc03f3e5849/stop-con-con-in-iowa-1225969?e=665804f6c7

 

LIFE ZETTE
— OUTSTANDING: GOP Candidate for Governor Sees Anti-Sanctuary ‘Revolution Brewing’ Republican John Cox highlighted an increasing number of jurisdictions in the Golden State that are opting out of controversial policies – Kathryn Blackhurst
https://www.lifezette.com/polizette/gop-candidate-governor-sees-anti-sanctuary-revolution-brewing-in-california/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Illinois students facing radical LGBT sex ed indoctrination – Elizabeth Johnston
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/illinois-students-facing-radical-lgbt-sex-ed-indoctrination

 

GOPUSA
— Cuomo restores voting rights to paroled felons by executive order (DIERSEN: What percent of felons vote for Democrats?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=44067

 

PARENTS OPPOSED TO POT
— MEDICAL STUDIES DOCUMENT DANGERS RELATED TO MARIJUANA
http://www.poppot.org/2018/04/18/medical-studies-document-dangers-related-to-marijuana/

 

THE HILL
— Guest clashes with Ingraham over losing advertisers – JACQUELINE THOMSEN
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/383899-guest-removed-from-ingrahams-fox-news-show-after-knocking-her-for-losing

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Laura Ingraham’s Guest Mocks Her On Live TV For Losing Advertisers “A high school kid shut you down!” – Ed Mazza (DIERSEN: Who is dismissive of you? I should write a book about those who have been most dismissive of me. They have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They count on me keeping my policy of forgiving those who trespass against me.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/laura-ingraham_us_5ad82393e4b03c426dab4120
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Fox News host appeared to reach her limit with Morones before he even made the crack, saying he was being dismissive of fellow guest John Cox, a Republican candidate for governor in California, during a debate over immigration. “You’ve been so incredibly rude and nasty since almost the first second of this appearance,” she said, according to footage posted online by Media Matters. Moments later, Morones vanished from the screen.)

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump is running again. An anti-Trump says that “many Republicans aren’t ready to back him” again.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/19/politics/congress-republicans-trump-second-term/index.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use a baby to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/18/politics/tammy-duckworth-senate-baby-rules/index.html

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump rewrites history on rationale for firing Comey – ZEKE MILLER (DIERSEN: Of course, officially, my Democrat GAO superiors deny that they forced me to take the early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. But why then did they a) give me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, c) not promote me beyond GS-13, d) get rid of my mentor in 1987, e) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and f) force me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980?)
https://apnews.com/9dc286128f7b441aafc04f45a86d0c37/Trump-rewrites-history-on-rationale-for-firing-Comey

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Robot Conquers One of the Hardest Human Tasks: Assembling Ikea Furniture Researchers in Singapore explained how they created a robot that could devise and execute a plan to put together an Ikea chair. – Niraj Chokshi (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, researchers will never be able to create a robot that can put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/science/robots-ikea-furniture.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Tax Overhaul Remains Unpopular, Poll Shows Overall, 27% view law as good idea, while 36% see it as bad idea; Republicans hoped law would become more popular after enactment – Janet Hook (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tax-overhaul-remains-unpopular-poll-shows-1523912555

 

CHEAT SHEET
— These Are the Presidents Who Came From Poverty (and How Donald Trump Compares) – Jess Bolluyt (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and that the I have always been privileged. I should write a book how much money the parents of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes had/have.)
https://www.cheatsheet.com/culture/presidents-who-came-from-poverty.html/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Gov. Cuomo’s cruel, chilling threat to community organizers – JAVIER VALDES and JONATHAN WESTIN
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/gov-cuomo-cruel-chilling-threat-community-organizers-article-1.3942017

 

WCNC
— Man says someone torched his Corvette because he’s gay Torched tires, charred rims and a smoldering V8 engine are all you can make of what used to be Seth Headley’s 1992 Corvette. The 27-year-old said his roommate frantically woke him up around 5 a.m. telling him his car was engulfed. – Fred Shropshire, Mitzi Morris
http://www.wcnc.com/article/news/man-says-someone-torched-his-corvette-because-hes-gay/275-542956530

 

FED SMITH
— Is Pay-for-Performance Coming? – Jeff Neal (DIERSEN: Democrat supervisors in the federal government use the tremendous subjectivity in Pay-for-Performance a) to reward their employees who are Democrat, and especially their Democrat employees who are minority, female, and/or younger and b) to get rid of their employees who are Republican, and especially their Republican employees who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)

https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/04/18/pay-performance-coming/

 

AUTOMOBILE MAGAZINE
— Ford Mustang Celebrates Its 54th Birthday – Todd Lassa
http://www.automobilemag.com/news/ford-mustang-celebrates-its-54th-birthday/?wc_mid=4035:11757&wc_rid=4035:1595831&_wcsid=F7E1FD70A3F1997719B31E6DC7785DA48A5E9717FFA530FD
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ford also took the opportunity to announce that the Mustang is the world’s bestselling sports car for its third year in a row. Ford sold 125,809 Mustangs in 146 countries in 2017, with sales of 81,866 in the U.S., and 7,125 in China. Ford says it has sold 418,000 globally since the Mustang went international again in 2015, and despite the cost of gasoline elsewhere, the GT with its 5.0-liter V-8 is the most popular model. So perhaps the marque might claim “world’s bestselling muscle car,” too.)

April 18 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Jeb Bush talks about mom at Elmhurst College forum: “I’m so blessed to be her son” – Will Jones
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/jeb-bush-talks-about-mom-at-elmhurst-college-forum-im-so-blessed-to-be-her-son/3361838/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Court hears arguments in appeal by former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock on corruption charges – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-aaron-schock-appeal-charges-20180418-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting teens to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-gen-z-civic-engage-st-0415-story.html
— Pedal pubs banned citywide in Naperville – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-pedal-pub-ban-naperville-st-0420-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want to abolish the Second Amendment say “A ‘sanctuary county’ in Illinois for paranoid gun owners? I’ll help you move!”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-effingham-county-gun-sanctuary-huppke-20180418-story.html
— Bill that would ban tackle football for kids under 12 in Illinois won’t be called for vote, likely is dead – Steve Sadin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-tackle-football-ban-bill-illinois-20180418-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Now it’s Madame Chairman: ‘Proud’ Democrat Preckwinkle makes party history – Rachel Hinton email and Alexandra Arriaga
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/now-its-madame-chairman-preckwinkle-makes-history-as-new-cook-county-dem-chief/
— Ex-Rep. Aaron Schock asks appellate court in Chicago to toss his indictment – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/aaron-schock-federal-appeals-court-argument-charges-dismissed/
— When you can buy a sports team and live on a yacht, why run for governor? – Phil Kadner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/when-you-can-buy-a-sports-team-and-live-on-a-yacht-why-run-for-governor/
— What about kids trapped in cars? Aldermen want to protect them by fining parents – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/what-about-kids-trapped-in-cars-aldermen-want-to-protect-them-by-fining-parents/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois House approves Trump tax-cap workaround – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180418/BLOGS02/180419842/illinois-house-approves-trump-tax-cap-workaround
— A new effort to bring remap reform to Illinois – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180418/BLOGS02/180419845/a-new-effort-to-bring-remap-reform-to-illinois

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting religious leaders to serve as their operatives and their dupes.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180417/cardinal-cupich-to-illinois-lawmakers-show-moral-courage-override-gun-law-veto

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Rep. David McSweeney’s township bill passes Illinois House, 80-22
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/04/17/rep-david-mcsweeneys-township-bill-passes-illinois-house-80-22/alvz9ky/

 

WAND
— Disability caregivers rally for living wage
http://www.wandtv.com/story/37985435/disability-caregivers-rally-for-living-wage
— Volunteers rally for override of Governor’s Gun Dealer Licensing Act veto
http://www.wandtv.com/story/37984537/volunteers-rally-for-override-of-governors-gun-dealer-licensing-act-veto

 

WHEATON PATCH
— DuPage County To Hold Discovery Recount Of Some Primary Results The April 25 recount will include votes from the Fox River and Countryside Fire and Rescue Districts. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/dupage-county-hold-discovery-recount-some-primary-results

 

BRUCE RAUNER
— AUDIO: Governor Rauner Discuss Trade Mission on WLS Radio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIhUIxihxLM&feature=youtu.be

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Relying on Rauner, Illinois GOP, House Republicans had just 2 individual donations in 1st quarter
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511394195-relying-on-rauner-illinois-gop-house-republicans-had-just-2-individual-donations-in-1st-quarter

 

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— Republican State Senator McCann expected to challenge Rauner, on Conservative Party line
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-republican-state-senator-mccann-expected-to-challenge-rauner-on-conservative-party-line/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— 17TH CD STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEEWOMAN JAN WEBER RE-ASSERTS HER DESIRE FOR RE-ELECTION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/17th-cd-state-central-committeewoman-jan-weber-re-asserts-her-desire-for-re-election-.html
— PRECKWINKLE ELECTED NEW CHAIRMAN OF COOK COUNTY DEMOCRATS; BERRIOS OUSTED
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/preckwinkle-elected-new-chairman-of-cook-county-democrats-berrios-ousted.html
— THORNER & O’NEIL: BIASED, PROGRESSIVE MEDIA IS UPROOTING THE NATION’S FOUNDING PRINCIPLES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/thorner-oneil-biased-progressive-media-is-uprooting-the-nations-founding-principles.html
— WHO’S AFFECTING CHANGE IN YOUR STATE CAPITOL? THIS WEEK IN ILLINOIS, IT’S PLANNED PARENTHOOD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/whos-affecting-change-in-your-state-capitol-.html
— MCCANN’S NOTHING BURGER COULD NOW BE APPEARING THURSDAY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/mccanns-nothing-burger-could-now-be-appearing-thursday-.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker hit yet again on taxes
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/18/pritzker-hit-yet-again-on-taxes/

 

GOPUSA
— Dick’s destroying all the guns it pulled from its shelves (DIERSEN: Those who want to destroy America are overjoyed about that.)
http://www.gopusa.com/dicks-destroying-all-the-guns-it-pulled-from-its-shelves/
— France’s futile hope to ‘reform’ Islam
http://www.gopusa.com/frances-futile-hope-to-reform-islam/

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— Evangelical Leaders’ Wheaton College Meeting Was Not Anti-Trump, Organizer Clarifies – Samuel Smith
https://www.christianpost.com/news/evangelical-leaders-wheaton-college-meeting-was-not-anti-trump-organizer-clarifies-223070/

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Evangelical Leaders Critical of Trump Strategize at “Invitation Only” Meeting – Dave Bohon
https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/28782-evangelical-leaders-critical-of-trump-strategize-at-invitation-only-meeting

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Wages of Tax Reform Are Going to America’s Workers In a dynamic, competitive economy, what’s good for companies is good for their employees. – Kevin Hassett
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-wages-of-tax-reform-are-going-to-americas-workers-1524005516

 

BROOKINGS
— Trump voters in Democratic primaries? A closer look at Illinois’s 3rd Congressional District – Elaine Kamarck, Alexander Podkul, and Nicholas W. Zeppos (DIERSEN: 219 voted in the March 20, 2018 primary in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton. 62 (28%) changed their party affiliation. 23 (10%) changed from Republican to Democrat. 21 (10%) changed from Independent to Democrat. 16 (7%) changed from Independent to Republican. 2 (1%) changed from Democrat to Republican.)
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2018/04/18/trump-voters-in-democratic-primaries-a-closer-look-at-illinoiss-3rd-congressional-district/

 

FED WEEK
— New Document Spells Our Carrot-and-Stick Approach to Workplace Policy
http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/administration-stresses-focus-on-federal-employee-performance/

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Log Cabin Republicans claims to be locally reactivated – Matt Simonette
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Log-Cabin-Republicans-claims-to-be-locally-reactivated/62630.html

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— APRIL 13, 2016 FLASHBACK: 241 of DuPage County’s 539 elected Republican Precinct Committeemen attended the DuPage County Republican Central Committee’s (DCRCC) biannual county convention Wednesday evening, April 13, 2016, at the Jack Knuepfer Administration Building in Wheaton, and unanimously elected Brian Krajewski as DCRCC Chairman and Chris Kachiroubas as DCRCC Secretary. Attendees include Abbate, Anderson, Atkinson, Berlin, Blass, Boltz, Bond, Brennan, Bucholz, Canzolino, Carlson, Carlyle, Caruso, Crane, Cronin, Dabrowski, Dangelo, DiCianni, Dillard, Durante, Eckhoff, Elliott, Fawell, Fichtner, Fisher, Given, Grasso, Grant, Grimsby, Grogan, Healy, Henry, Hinds, Hois, Holan, Hundhausen, Keller, Khouri, Kmiecik, Kovacevic, Krzyzewski, Kubinski, Larsen, LeVan, Lewis, Lofgren, Loftus, Lowe, Malm, Marchese, Martinez, McGowen, McNeily, Mendrick, Minor, Muehlfelt, Murphy, Nathawani, Noonan, Olsen, Painter, Pollastrini, Puchalski, Redick, Reboletti, Ryan, Santucci, Schultz, Shaw, Slinger, Stern, Straub, Tornatore, Tornga, Valle, Veenstra, Wehling, Whelan, Wiley, Winger, Wozniak, Wurster, Yurgaitis, and Zay. Addison township had the best turnout of elected committeeman – 40 of 54 (74%), then Downers Grove with 53 of 105 (51%), then Lisle with 19 of 39 (49%), then Milton with 40 of 89 (45%), then Wayne with 21 of 49 (43%), then Naperville with 11 of 26 (43%), then York with 27 of 79 (34%), then Bloomingdale with 23 of 70 (33%), and then Winfield with 7 of 28 (25%). – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— APRIL 17, 2014 FLASHBACK: Illinois Republicans anxiously await the Illinois Republican Party to post on its website www.weareillinois.com the following information from the 102 Republican county conventions held Wednesday evening, April 16, 2014. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com
— The names of the 102 county party chairmen and other officers who were elected.
— The weighted vote that each of Illinois’ 18 congressional districts has.
— The names of the 18 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) member who were elected.
— For each of the 18 IRP SCC races, the number of votes that each of candidates received broken out by county, township, and ward.
— The number of elected precinct committeemen who attended each of the 101 county conventions outside of Cook County broken out by townships

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— APRIL 17, 2014 FLASHBACK: Ruscitti and Fawell reelected to lead the DuPage County Republican Party; 284 Republican Precinct Committeemen attend; Attendees include Bellock, Biggert, Breen, Bucholz, Cantore, Carlin, Cerne, Connelly, Cronin, Dillard, Fichtner, Grasso, Grant, Grogan, Hamilton, Healy, Henry, Hinds, Holan, Hultgren, Ives, Kachiroubas, King, Kleeman, Krajewski, Larsen, Lewis, Murphy, Noonan, Painter, Schillerstrom, Tornatore, Whelan, Wiley, Winger, Wozniak, Zannis, and Zaruba. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

284 of DuPage County’s 517 elected Republican Precinct Committeemen attended the DuPage County Republican Central Committee’s (DCRCC) biannual county convention Wednesday evening, April 16, 2014, at the Jack Knuepfer Administration Building in Wheaton, and unanimously reelected Darlene Ruscitti as DCRCC Chairman and Jeff Fawell as DCRCC Secretary.

– 59 of the 104 elected Republican Precinct Committeemen in Downers Grove Township attended including Bellock, Biggert, Dillard, Grogan, Krajewski, Olsen, and Painter
– 48 of the 90 in Milton Township attended including Bucholz, Carlson, Caruso, Cherry, Crane, Falbo, Fawell, Galvin, Grasso, Grant, Heidorn, Hinkle, Ives, Jacobsen, Keller, Krzyzewski, Larsen, Levan, Lofgren, McGowen, Molitor, Muehlfelt, Ryan, Shaw, Smith, Wagner, Wehling, and Zaruba
– 40 of the 64 in Bloomingdale Township attended including Dabrowski, Hundhausen, Levato, Ruscitti, and Tornatore
– 33 of the 55 in Addison Township attended including Durante, Kachiroubas, Moretti, Veenstra, and Winger
– 30 of the 67 in York Township attended including Breen, Cantore, Cronin, Fichtner, Hinds, Kordik, Ledonne, Stern, and Valle
– 25 of the 45 in Lisle Township attended including Carlin, Connelly, Loftus, Martinez, and Wozniak
– 23 of the 40 in Wayne Township attended including Marchese, Murphy, Pollastrini, Ramey, and Wiley
– 14 of the 34 in Naperville Township attended including Carlyle, Dixon, Fee, Furstenau, Healy, Schillerstrom, Vician, and Yurgaitis
– 12 of the 18 in Winfield Township attended including Brown, Hultgren, Johnson, Tornga, and Zegel

Attendees also included Anderson, Bond, Cattoni, Cerne, Colgan, Dorgan, Dusza, Filipello, Hamilton, Henry, Holan, Jatczak, Kain, King, Kmiecik, Lewis, Morrissey, Noonan, Puchalski, Salerno, Schroeder, Trowbridge, Whelan, Wilkins, and Zannis.

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— APRIL 17, 2014 FLASHBACK: DuPage County Republicans anxiously await the DuPage County Republican Party to post on its website http://www.dupagegop.com/ a) the weighted vote that each Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee candidate received and the number of committeemen who voted for them broken out by township and b) the names of the newly elected township party officers. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

April 16 Evening Edition

CAPITOL FAX
— The circular firing squad heats up ahead of state party vote (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, in Illinois, under Rauner, if you support a primary candidate who supports the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform, anti-conservatives question your “judgment and political acumen.”)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/16/the-circular-firing-squad-heats-up-ahead-of-state-party-vote/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mary Ann Ahern: IL GOP Conservative members of the State Central Committee from the 16th District, who supported Jeanne Ives and James Marter are told NOT to run again, questioning their “judgment and political acumen”)
— How did Ives spend her money?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/16/how-did-ives-spend-her-money/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I took a quick look at her expenditures and found a few interesting items. For instance, that book her campaign published and mailed to voters about Gov. Rauner cost her $385,680 via Jameson Books Inc., which is based in Ottawa. Ives spent $2,748,284.85 on advertising, including $64,660 to run spots on the Illinois News Network, which used to be run by the Illinois Policy Institute. She reported spending $257K on media production and just $3,759.65 on polls. Her spokesperson Kathleen Murphy was paid a mere $1,000, which is really odd. Pundit and PR person Dennis Byrne was paid $20,000 for contractual services. Locality Labs, which is owned by Dan Proft ally Brian Timpone, was paid $37,908 for a website, newspaper advertising and contractual work. Timpone’s Newsinator LLC was paid $750. Trump Tower got $1,294 for lodging and an event, while Uline Ship was paid $352.68. And, finally, a company called Union Signs and Printing received $4,200 for yard signs out of a total of $35K spent on the signs. A look at her in-kind contributions show Proft’s Illinois Opportunity Project paid for a plane ride the day before the election.)
— What’s Sam McCann up to?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/16/whats-sam-mccann-up-to/
— How the Pritzker campaign fought off “fake news”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/16/how-the-pritzker-campaign-fought-off-fake-news/

 

NBC5
— 16th District Letter Suggests Divide in Illinois GOP – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/mcglasson-16th-district-letter-479917943.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A letter mailed to Republicans in one Illinois district shows just how divided the state party is after the contentious primary. The message is directed to 16th District Committeeman John McGlasson — who did not support Gov. Bruce Rauner, but rather Jeanne Ives. McGlasson also did not support Congressman Adam Kinzinger. The letter, signed by four current lawmakers, asks McGlasson not to run for committeeman again. The same letter was also mailed to all of the newly elected precinct committeemen in the 16th District. (THE LETTER) McGlasson tells NBC 5 he will not be deterred and is going to run for the committeeman post again and expects to win. He sees the letter from the lawmakers as a way to silence his voice. McGlasson says he will “certainly support Rauner over JB Pritzker, even if I would have preferred Ives.” The letter in question is signed by state representatives David Welter and Jerry Long, as well as state senators Chuck Weaver and Dave Syerson. Weaver tells NBC 5 “The letter focused far more on the congressional race” than McGlasson’s support for Ives. Welter says the letter was not just sent to McGlasson but also “every newly elected precinct committeeman in the 16th district”. He adds “myself and several leaders feel that it would be in the best interest of the party and to achieve unity moving forward if McGlasson were to not run again and allow new leadership.”)
— ‘Roseanne’ Hasn’t Changed Much, But the City That Inspired It Has “It is crazy to me that she’s a Trump supporter because that is so divisive and he is so divisive” (DIERSEN: What percent of those who have moved into Elgin in recent decades 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.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/Changes-in-Elgin-City-That-Inspired-Roseanne-479880063.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When “Roseanne” was first on TV from 1988 to 1997, the Chicago suburb of Elgin that inspired the show’s setting was predominantly white and Republican, with a rusted out economy. Not anymore, NBC News reports. In the years when “Roseanne” was off the air, it became majority Hispanic and voted for Obama and Hillary Clinton. Its economy is on the rebound, too, featuring a huge riverboat casino. At the Dutch Inn West, a dusty bar where Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump voters of various ethnic backgrounds watched the latest episode over $2 beers, some residents said they love “Roseanne,” even if it doesn’t get the city’s diversity right.)
— Ives on Harvey: ‘Bankruptcy is The Only Way Out’ – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ives-harvey-bankruptcy-479935603.html

 

ABC7
— Proposal seeks to ban city business for banks with clients without safe gun sales policies – Sarah Schulte (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want a abolish the Second Amendment.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/proposal-seeks-to-ban-city-business-for-banks-with-clients-without-safe-gun-sales-policies/3352707/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats had strong showing in DuPage County Board primary – Kimberly Fornek (DIERSEN: What about your precinct? According to final results that I received today, of the 504 registered voters in my precinct, 219 voted, 112 cast Republican ballots, 107 cast Democrat ballots, 68 voted for Ives, and 43 voted for Rauner.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/hinsdale/news/ct-dhd-dupage-county-board-elect-tl-0419-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More Democratic ballots, 15,740, were cast in the District 3 primary than Republican, 13,934 ballots, according to the DuPage County Election Commission. Greg Hart of Hinsdale, with 8,427 votes, and Downers Grove Mayor Martin T. Tully, with 6,924 votes, won the Republican primary for District 3, defeating Woodridge Village Board member Greg Abbott, who received 5,793 votes. Democratic voters also outnumbered Republican voters in the primaries for County Board seats in Districts 1 and 2. Peickert suspects that may be due to more independent voters going to the polls than traditional Republican voters pulling Democratic ballots. In District 1, Democratic ballots totaled 10,326 compared to the 9,936 Republican ballots cast. The difference was even greater in District 2, where 16,614 Democratic ballots were cast compared to 13,141 Republican ones. In District 2, where two seats will be up for election in November, incumbent Democrat Elizabeth (Liz) Chaplin of Downers Grove was the top vote-getter among both parties. She received 10,203 votes, followed by Arlene Kendorski, also of Downers Grove, who received 5,429, to win the Democratic primary. Coming in third was Claire Goldenberg of Lisle with 5,232 votes. Incumbent Peter DiCianni of Elmhurst and Steve Nero ran uncontested in the Republican primary and received 8,189 and 7,621 votes respectively. District 2 includes all or parts of Oak Brook, Oakbrook Terrace, Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills, Elmhurst, Lombard, Westmont, Downers Grove and Naperville. The Democratic primary in District 1, where two seats also were up election, was uncontested. Ashley J. Selmon received 6,417 votes and Zahra Suratwala received 5,431. In a three-way Republican primary for District 1, incumbent Sam Tornatore of Roselle was the top vote-getter with 6,819 votes, followed by Dino Gavanes of Itasca with 4,226 votes. They bested Paul DeMichele of unincorporated Bensenville, who received 4,079 votes. District 1 includes at least portions of portions of Elmhurst, Bensenville, Bloomingdale, Itasca, Lombard, Roselle, Villa Park and Wood Dale.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives are overjoyed that Phyllis Schlafly is dead. To get her endorsement, Trump promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-selle-equal-rights-amendment-illinois-st-0417-story.html
— From good to great How to understand the difference at work – Scott Mautz (DIERSEN: Assessing job performance in extremely subjective. In the federal government, Democrat supervisors use that subjectivity to get rid of their employees who are Republican, and especially those who are White, male, and/or non-veteran who they did not promote 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.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180416/281917363667538
— Trump is right that the Postal Service needs reform – Joe Nocera (DIERSEN: I worked for the Postal Service 1966-1969. If my Democrat superiors had not succeeded in forcing me to resign, I might still be working for the Postal Service.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-postal-office-reform-amazon-jeff-bezos-0416-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Jobs at Facebook: Slithering into government – Maurine Berens
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-facebook-jobs-political-honest-ads-act-0416-story.html
— Let the Blagojevich saga be an important lesson for all Illinois politicians – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-blagojevich-governor-illinois-corruption-20180416-story.html
— You’re losing a major tax deduction this year. Stop the whining. – Dalton Conley (DIERSEN: Do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want you to pay higher federal income taxes? Mine do. Since 1972, they have been furious that I have deducted real estate taxes. Since 1978 they have been a) furious that my wife and I have deducted real estate taxes and b) overjoyed that we have paid the marriage penalty. Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-deductions-0417-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For many upper-middle-class residents of high-tax states, Tuesday will be the last time we can file to receive a full tax deduction for our state and local income and property taxes. Many Democratic voters in high-tax states cried foul when the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act capped these deductions at $10,000 from 2018 onward, and some are trying to fight back. “We’re attempting to come up with ways to negate and blunt the harsh and unfair Republican tax policy,” Kevin de Leon, the Democratic leader of the California Senate, told CNBC. Several states are devising schemes to allow residents to pay some of their state tax liability as a gift to a charitable fund rather than directly to the state government, restoring its deductibility. Such efforts are misguided. The overall tax bill may be a disaster, but nixing those deductions was the progressive thing to do. Liberals should train their ire elsewhere.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Emanuel’s ‘Safe Guns Policy’ stalled amid opposition from banking industry – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want a abolish the Second Amendment.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/finance-committee-to-consider-emanuels-safe-guns-policy/
— With mayor’s blessing, women-only social club heading to Chicago – Stefano Esposito (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who either a) hate men or b) pander to those who hate men dominate the Democrat Party.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/controversial-women-only-social-club-heading-to-chicago-with-mayors-blessing/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Comey says Trump ‘morally unfit to be president,’ possibly susceptible to Russian blackmail – Matt Zapotosky and Devlin B
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180416/comey-says-trump-morally-unfit-to-be-president-possibly-susceptible-to-russian-blackmail

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Can Roskam, GOP make tax cuts a winning election issue? – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly. Government should encourage marriage and homeownership.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180416/NEWS02/180419908/can-roskam-gop-make-tax-cuts-a-winning-election-issue
— Illinois’ pension crisis: Is there a way out? – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180416/BLOGS02/180419895/illinois-pension-crisis-is-there-a-way-out

 

WBEZ
— Rauner Administration’s Report Alludes To More Legionnaires’ Cases At Quincy Home – Dave McKinney
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/rauner-administrations-report-alludes-to-more-legionnaires-cases-at-quincy-home/8ec64fe8-fea1-4e2a-8960-88348a09f097
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who run Illinois make it clear that they are going to get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity. How soon, if not already, will those Democrats impose quotas on teachers to crank out “good little Democrats” who are LGBTQ?)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/morning-shift/illinois-could-become-2nd-state-to-require-teaching-of-lgbtq-history/26960b0b-0c9f-413a-9b20-7404e2e15b6b

 

MADISON RECORD
— Madison County GOP chair calls for more political diversity on bench; Says it will help shed ‘judicial hellhole’ reputation – Ann Maher
https://madisonrecord.com/stories/511392965-madison-county-gop-chair-calls-for-more-political-diversity-on-bench-says-it-will-help-shed-judicial-hellhole-reputation

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote Islam.
http://nprillinois.org/post/bullied-its-faith-muslim-family-fights-back-through-education#stream/0

 

WGLT
— Nation’s Large Newspapers Bolstered By Trump Coverage – MIKE MCCURDY
http://wglt.org/post/nations-large-newspapers-bolstered-trump-coverage#stream/0

 

AURORA PATCH
— Teacher Shoots Himself, Faced Child Porn Charges: Aurora Cops The retired teacher was wanted for multiple child pornography charges. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/aurora/teacher-facing-child-porn-charges-shoots-himself-aurora-police

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz with one of Rauner’s strongest boosters, moderate Republican Pat Brady (DIERSEN: Pat Brady is an anti-conservative, so therefore, he is an anti-Republican.)
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/04/watch-berkowitz-with-rauners-last-booster-moderate-republican-pat-brady-cable-and-web/

 

JEANNE IVES
— “‘Bankruptcy’ is Not a Four-Letter Word” Ives and Dabrowski Discuss the Path Forward for Communities Struggling Under Pension Debt (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would be overjoyed if the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) would file bankruptcy. I stress to them that if my Democrat GAO superiors had not succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, and if I was still working for GAO as a GS-13 Step 10, in today’s dollars, I would have paid $180,572 into the CSRS instead of the CSRS paying me $1,067,534. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes rail against government waste, but they side with my Democrat GAO superiors and their wasting my career and forcing me to retire.)
https://mailchi.mp/4c31ec8cc33b/bankruptcy-is-not-a-four-letter-word

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Algonquin Township – Blame-shifting coupled with deficient reporting leaves public clueless – KIRK ALLEN (DIERSEN: What do you get blamed for? Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have blamed me for all the losses that Republicans have suffered in Illinois.)
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/04/algonquin-township-blame-shifting-coupled-with-deficient-reporting-leaves-public-clueless/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— REPORT: AVERAGE COLLAR COUNTY PROPERTY TAX BILL REACHES AS HIGH AS $8,890 – Joe Kaiser
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/report-average-collar-county-property-tax-bill-reaches-as-high-as-8890/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rauner says Illinois revenue estimate is a starting point – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-says-illinois-revenue-estimate-is-a-starting-point/article_a040baa2-3f52-11e8-adca-c7bbb830816e.html
— Illinois lawmakers to vote on local net neutrality – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-lawmakers-to-vote-on-local-net-neutrality/article_21a3b4bc-3e92-11e8-a8be-97f9e1f9d575.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS CONSIDERS REQUIRING PUBLIC SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS INCLUDE LGBT EFFECT ON HISTORY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/bills-mandating-textbooks-include-sexual-orientations-of-historical-persons.html
— UNIV. OF ILLINOIS STUDENT GOV. IMPEACHES STUDENT FOR CONSERVATIVE VIEWS (DIERSEN: I am still waiting for my critics/opponents to put in writing the reasons why they wanted the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me at its 2006 Annual Convention in the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/univ-of-illinois-student-gov-impeaches-student-for-conservative-views.html

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— VERY SAD: Pro-Trump evangelicals ‘personae non gratae’ at Wheaton College meeting – Steve Jordahl
https://www.onenewsnow.com/church/2018/04/16/pro-trump-evangelicals-personae-non-gratae
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Several dozen anti-Trump evangelical leaders are meeting today and tomorrow at Wheaton College to discuss how to rescue the movement they contend has become tainted by its association with President Trump. Doug Birdsall of the Lausanne Movement and Darrell Bock of Dallas Theological Seminary have arranged the invitation-only meeting of likeminded pastors, authors, and seminary staff together. According to The Christian Post, they want to refocus the movement away from politics but fully expect Trump to be the “elephant in the room.” Attendees reportedly include Pastor Tim Keller, Wheaton College’s Ed Stetzer, Fuller Seminary President Mark Labberton, NYC megachurch pastor A.R. Bernard, and many others who have publicly expressed their displeasure with President Trump. Other high-profile individuals in evangelicalism – like Franklin Graham of Samaritan’s Purse, Jerry Falwell Jr. of Liberty University, Dr. Robert Jeffress of First Baptist-Dallas, and a host of other evangelicals who support President Trump – are “not involved in [the] discussions yet,” Birdsall responded when asked. “I have been in touch with two of their offices with a desire to engage in a meaningful conversation,” CP quotes Birdsall saying. “I don’t think they are globally perceived as evangelical thought leaders by virtue of what they have written or by virtue of the values that are reflected in their public statements.” Dr. Richard Land of Southern Evangelical Seminary says a look at who’s invited – and who’s not – betrays their real purpose: marginalizing evangelicals who support President Trump. “Any definition of ‘thought leaders’ and any definition of evangelicalism that excludes the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Franklin Graham is a pale imitation – anemic and incomplete,” says Land. The organizers’ complaint is that supporting Trump excuses his past indiscretions and taints the evangelical movement. Robert Jeffress – who is among Trump’s evangelical advisors – says the president’s past and very public failings are immoral and offensive, but still better than the alternative in 2016.)
— Protesters claim Starbucks is anti-black – AP
https://www.onenewsnow.com/ap/business/protesters-claim-starbucks-is-anti-black

 

GOPUSA
— Pressure mounts on Contra Costa sheriff to stop posting inmate release dates for ICE (DIERSEN: Needless-to-day, all county sheriffs should be posting release dates for ICE.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=43783
— What will you say when your doctor asks about your guns?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=43773
— RINO Colorado senator holds up Trump nominations for deal on Marijuana
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=43770
— Background Check: Will waiting 5 days instead of 3 stop school shootings?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=43777

 

BLAZE
— OUTRAGEOUS: Trump tells Colorado senator not to worry about Jeff Sessions’ memo on marijuana – Mike Ciandella
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/04/16/trump-tells-colorado-senator-not-to-worry-about-jeff-sessions-memo-on-marijuana

 

CAMPUS REFORM
— The University of Illinois Student Government voted Wednesday to impeach a conservative student based primarily on his political activity -Joel Valdez (DIERSEN: I am still waiting for my critics/opponents to put in writing the reasons why they wanted the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me at its 2006 Annual Convention in the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall.)
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=10738

 

THE HILL
— White House lashes out at Comey after explosive interview – JORDAN FABIAN AND BRETT SAMUELS
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/383345-trump-lashes-out-at-comey-after-explosive-interview

— Gig economy is no excuse for lax protections for American workers – DAVID WEIL
http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/383334-gig-economy-is-no-excuse-for-lax-protections-for-american-workers

 

REUTERS
— GAO slams Trump Cabinet on spending – Timothy Gardner (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403/year-$125,325/year.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-epa-pruitt/u-s-government-watchdogs-slam-trump-cabinet-on-spending-idUSKBN1HN287

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Report for America Supports Journalism Where Cutbacks Hit Hard – Nellie Bowles
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/business/media/report-for-america-service.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A group of journalists have decided to do something about the diminution of newsrooms at the local level. They’re making reporting part of a national service program. Report for America, a nonprofit organization modeled after AmeriCorps, aims to install 1,000 journalists in understaffed newsrooms by 2022. Now in its pilot stage, the initiative has placed three reporters in Appalachia. It has chosen nine more, from 740 applicants, to be deployed across the country in June.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Enthusiasm Gap Between the Parties Widens – Janet Hook (DIERSEN: What diminishes your political enthusiasm? For me, it is seeing candidates who claim to religious, conservative, and/or Republican to get elected, but once elected, they increasingly do anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican things.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-maintaining-advantage-over-gop-in-voter-sentiment-poll-1523797200
— In Praise of the News on Paper You can read and read online, but unread stories are still everywhere. – Barton Swaim (DIERSEN: I spend more than $3,000 dollars a year for home delivery and full website access to the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Naperville Sun, Wheaton Leader, and Crain’s Chicago Business.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-praise-of-the-news-on-paper-1523817821
— Give Amnesty for College Writings It’s dangerous to punish judicial nominees—or anyone else—for thinking while immature. – David Lat (DIERSEN: Your past predicts your future.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/give-amnesty-for-college-writings-1523819122

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Officials Highlight Pay for Performance, Streamlined Firing in New Management Document – Erich Wagner (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. They will use this to get rid of their employees who are Republican, and especially those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.govexec.com/management/2018/04/officials-highlight-pay-performance-streamlined-firing-new-management-document/147477/

 

GLOBE AND MAIL
— Marijuana-induced psychosis behind Toronto lawyer’s bat attack, judge rules – GEOFF ROBINS
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-lawyer-mark-phillips-pleads-guilty-in-st-thomas-ont-baseball-bat/

 

MIDDLE EAST EYE
— Wave of Muslim candidates across US look to reverse Trump policies Muslim Americans say they feel energized to run for public office because of Donald Trump’s Islamophobic policies – James Reinl
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/wave-muslim-candidates-across-us-look-reverse-trump-policies-61809681