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April 14 Evening Edition

ABC7
— So-called ‘migrant caravan’ of asylum-seekers departs Mexico City for U.S. – Danny Clemens (DIERSEN: How soon will Mexico officially declare war on America? Mexico has unofficially declared war on America by its illegally sending many millions of its citizens into America illegally, by its illegally keeping many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and by its illegally sending mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/smaller-migrant-caravan-departs-mexico-city-for-us/3342706/
— Public officials facing less scrutiny by journalists – BGA (DIERSEN: Similarly, those who run the federal government face less scrutiny because Republican U.S. Senators and Republican U.S. Representatives a) successfully led the effort to gut GAO during the 1980s and 1990s and b) continue to keep GAO a shell of what it once was.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/weekend-watch-public-officials-facing-less-scrutiny-by-journalists/3338139/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There is a lack of transparency, efficiency, service or accountability. The job of journalists and watchdogs is to hold government officials and politicians accountable. But with fewer and fewer professional reporters on the case, as print and broadcast media keep shedding staff to cut costs, such as the Chicago Tribune cutbacks last month, public officials face less scrutiny. The BGA believes that the Riverdale library’s transgressions should be investigated by the Illinois attorney general. However, there aren’t enough watchdogs left to shine a light on every Riverdale and hold all their officials accountable, and that should alarm every taxpayer in Illinois. You can read the full Better Government Association story online at www.bettergov.org.)

NBC5
— Controversial Robocall Targets Emanuel – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/controversial-robocall-targets-emanuel-479771483.html

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want to abolish the Second Amendment promote those who want to abolish the Second Amendment.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/04/14/gun-control-gun-rights-palos-heights/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who to want abolish the Second Amendment promote those who want to abolish the Second Amendment.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-palos-league-guns-st-0416-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— FBI raid of Trump lawyer’s office sought info on ties to Chicago cab operators – Mitchell Armentrout and Tim Novak
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fbi-raid-of-trump-lawyers-office-sought-info-on-ties-to-chicago-cab-operators/
— GOP devotes $250M to midterm strategy: Keep House majority – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/gop-devotes-250m-to-midterm-strategy-keep-house-majority/
— Trump-supporting boxer wearing ‘America 1st’ trunks beaten by Mexican fighter
https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/trump-supporting-boxer-wearing-america-1st-trunks-beaten-by-mexican-fighter/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Lead or get out of the way – Rich Miller
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/rich-miller-lead-or-get-out-of-the-way/article_a7265403-0286-50b4-90de-5df2357c0e32.html

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— County clerks hope election funds will support new equipment – Matt Hopf
http://www.whig.com/20180413/county-clerks-hope-election-funds-will-support-new-equipment#//

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Durbin critical of Trump’s airstrikes in Syria
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article208910749.html
— Gun rights advocates rally at state capitols across U.S. – AP
http://www.bnd.com/news/nation-world/national/article208906819.html

HERALD & REVIEW
— If Illinois legalizes marijuana, what happens to pot-sniffing dogs? The answer is unclear. – RYAN VOYLES (DIERSEN: If Illinois legalizes marijuana, the need for pot-sniffing dogs will increase dramatically because more and more and more pot will be illegally pushed on children.)
https://herald-review.com/news/local/public_safety/if-illinois-legalizes-marijuana-what-happens-to-pot-sniffing-dogs/article_c99b5c86-5ca7-525e-a75f-8ec808a05160.html

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— More cash for struggling schools – David Giuliani (DIERSEN: When you were in high school, did it have lots of cash? Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Crete-Monee High School had lots of cash when I attended it 1962-1966 and that is why I was able a) to pass the Post Office employment test, b) to graduate in the top 20% of my class, c) to get an ACT score of 24, d) to get accepted by UIC, and e) to get a student draft deferment.)
http://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/more-cash-for-struggling-schools/article_7fa59ee6-3dbf-11e8-8e30-e36e8eeb3730.html
— Illinois political parties morally bankrupt – Jim Nowlan
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/local/jim-nowlan-illinois-political-parties-morally-bankrupt/article_39764d7e-3b91-11e8-96a5-ef5163fc65e1.html

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Sources confirm McCann to enter gubernatorial race as independent – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511389885-sources-confirm-mccann-to-enter-gubernatorial-race-as-independent

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— SENATE BILL AIMS TO DEFLATE ‘GOLDEN PARACHUTE’ PAYOUTS FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS – Vincent Caruso
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/senate-bill-aims-to-deflate-golden-parachute-payouts-for-public-officials/

BLAZE
— LGBT courses will be added to Illinois public schools’ curriculum if lawmakers approve pending bill – Teri Webster (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who run Illinois make it clear that if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, they want you to leave Illinois, like the Nazis made it increasingly clear that they wanted Jews to leave Germany.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/04/14/lgbt-courses-will-be-added-to-illinois-public-schools-curriculum-if-lawmakers-approve-pending-bill
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What have opponents said? But this is different, opponents said, because it goes against the religious beliefs of other students. Adding LGBT beliefs to public school curriculums would force some students to hear about personal values counter to what they believe, said Ralph Rivera, a lobbyist with the conservative Illinois Family Institute. “Where’s the protection for students and parents who have a religious belief?” Rivera told the Chicago Tribune. “Which has always been the case, this is not a new, avant-garde thing that they find this behavior to be against their religious beliefs and their churches’ or synagogues’ beliefs. No one seems to be mindful of that. They don’t care.” The Illinois Association of School Boards is also leery of the proposal. The board typically opposes most state requirements for schools because they believe districts, not lawmakers, should make such decisions, the Chicago Tribune reported. . .Illinois has a history of supporting LGBT issues. For example: The state approved same-sex marriage before the U.S. Supreme Court allowed it nationwide. Last year, lawmakers approved a measure to allow transgenders in the state to change the sex listed on their birth certificates. A new law plans the “gay panic defense,” which allowed criminals charged with first degree murder to maintain they “acted out of passion after learning their victim was gay or transgender.”)

GOPUSA
— Hispanic Caucus vows to stop Census citizenship question ‘at all costs’ (DIERSEN: What percent of those living in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America are illegals?)
http://www.gopusa.com/hispanic-caucus-vows-to-stop-census-citizenship-question-at-all-costs/
— Leftists exchange school discipline for peace circles, burning sage and talking sticks
http://www.gopusa.com/leftists-exchange-school-discipline-for-peace-circles-burning-sage-and-talking-sticks/

THE HILL
— Is Paul Ryan the latest sign of crumbling Republican Party? – LLOYD GREEN (DIERSEN: I should write a book about what discourages people from a) voting for Republican candidates, b) helping elect Republican candidates, c) becoming/staying a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, d) becoming a committee chairman or officer of a Republican organization, e) running for a government office as a Republican, f) etc.)
http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/383150-is-paul-ryan-the-latest-sign-of-crumbling-republican-party

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in making women 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 anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/14/sunday-review/mom-is-running-for-office.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Sure, McCabe and Comey made mistakes. But that’s not why they were fired. – Max Boot (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, my Democrat superiors in the federal government took adverse actions against me because I was a BAD employee, and a) NOT because I complained to them about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation; b) NOT because in 1988 when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation; c) NOT because I filed a lawsuit against them in 1998 that charged them with political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation; d) NOT because I have always been a Republican, e) NOT because many of them disapproved of my demographics, including my national origin and religion, f) NOT because many of them disapproved of my conservatism, and g) NOT because many of them disapproved of my avoiding the draft. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who a) state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican but who b) side with my Democrat superiors against me. They reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, b) they promote patronage and political affiliation discrimination, c) they promote age discrimination, d) they promote retaliation, e) they disapprove of my demographics, including my national origin and religion, f) they disapprove of my conservatism, and/or g) they disapprove of my avoiding the draft.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/sure-mccabe-and-comey-made-mistakes-but-thats-not-why-they-were-fired/2018/04/14/29d2c0a8-3fe4-11e8-974f-aacd97698cef_story.html

FOX MILWAUKEE
— $16.78/hour starting pay: Milwaukee Post Office hiring city carrier assistants (DIERSEN: This is similar to the part-time job that I got working for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969. My Democrat superiors could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://fox6now.com/2018/03/20/16-78-hour-starting-pay-milwaukee-post-office-hiring-city-carrier-assistants/

WNDU
— President Trump aiming to cut down on government aid abuse – Travis Robinson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who hint/imply/argue/shout that government employees, and especially federal employees, are not contributing members of society.)
http://www.wndu.com/content/news/Indiana-assistance-programs-line-up-with-President-Trumps-executive-order-479435913.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to the order, in 2017, the federal government spent over $700 billion on low-income assistance. The goal of the order is to make sure everyone receiving that money is actually trying to be a contributing member of society.)

DAILY TRIBUNE
— You’re losing a major tax deduction this year. Stop complaining about it. – Dalton Conley (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://www.dailytribune.com/opinion/20180414/youre-losing-a-major-tax-deduction-this-year-stop-complaining-about-it

BRINKWIRE
— Equal earnings help couples say ‘I do’ and stay together (DIERSEN: The more equal that the salaries are that married couples have, the more marriage penalty that they pay. My wife and I have paid the marriage penalty big time since we got married in 1978. Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://en.brinkwire.com/263068/equal-earnings-help-couples-say-i-do-and-stay-together/

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Trump administration outlines roadmap to modernizing federal workforce – Nicole Ogrysko (DIERSEN: Have you reskilled yourself? In 1990, my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to audits of federal financial institution regulators. In 1992, I started taking graduate finance courses at IIT, and in 1997, I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/workforce/2018/04/trump-administration-outlines-roadmap-to-modernizing-federal-workforce/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Reskilling” is becoming an increasingly popular buzz word from OPM this year, and it’s a key component of the administration’s workforce priorities.)

April 12 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Milton Township Republican Central Committee held an outstanding meeting Wednesday evening, April 11, 2018, at the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall. Seth Lewis announced a) his withdrawal from the Illinois Republican Party 6th Congressional District State Central Committee race and b) his throwing his support to Bob Grogan. Meeting attendees included Almiron, Carlson, Caruso, Cooper, Crane, Elliott, Falbo, Fitzpatrick, Galvin, Grogan, Holder, Keller, Kmiecik, A. & C. LeVan, Lofgren, Lollino, MacKay, McGowen, Mendrick, Menna, Mollitor, Monino, Muehlfelt, A. Murphy, Nathwani, Rash, Romano, Ryan, Senak, Shaw, Slinger, Tatro, Thomas, Wehling, Whelan, Wilson, and C. Zaruba. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

WGN TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that want to abolish the Second Amendment want Illinois lawmakers to override Governor Rauner’s gun licensing bill veto.
http://wgnradio.com/2018/04/11/will-illinois-lawmakers-override-governor-rauners-gun-licensing-bill-veto/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner off to Poland, Germany next week – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-travel-20180412-story.html
— Collegiate ‘brain drain’ adding to lackluster Illinois standing – Charles Selle (DIERSEN: Because Democrats run Illinois, you have a future in Illinois only if you 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/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-illinois-college-brain-drain-st-0412-story.html
— $30,000 rumor? National Enquirer paid for, buried salacious Trump tip – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-national-enquirer-trump-20180412-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Duckworth.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-met-inc-duckworth-letter-to-self-chicago-inc-20180411-story.html
— Asking salary history is bad company culture – Anthony Gargiulo Jr. (DIERSEN: What do say to those who would never seek or take a government job because government salaries are too low, but who nevertheless demonize, denigrate, and condemn government employees as being overpaid?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-salary-history-equal-pay-0412-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— How Speaker Ryan’s exit shakes up November mid-terms: What Rep. Kinzinger wants – Kynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/how-speaker-ryan-exit-shakes-up-november-midterms-what-rep-kinzinger-wants/
— For fifth time in six months, aldermen strengthen sexual harassment ordinance – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/for-fifth-time-in-six-months-aldermen-strengthen-sexual-harassment-ordinance/

DAILY HERALD
— Senate bill would limit severance payouts to government executives – Madeleine Doubek
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180411/senate-bill-would-limit-severance-payouts-to-government-executives
— Lawsuit against Oak Brook schools over geography bee headed to trial – Justin Kmitch (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have provided a jury with many examples in which GAO paid its employees who were minority and/or female not only more for the same work, but more for lesser work, including one example in which GAO paid one of my subordinates who was a minority, a female, and a veteran more than it paid me. She had less job-related work experience, less job-related education, no professional certifications, and no professional licenses. I had almost 18 years experience working for GAO, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325; almost 9 years experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880; three job-related master’s degrees; six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180412/lawsuit-against-oak-brook-schools-over-geography-bee-headed-to-trial
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Holocaust Remembrance Day: Barrington man recalls when Nazis came for him in Denmark – Burt Constable (DIERSEN: Many, if not most of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-German-American. What if from the beginning I had pretended to be Swedish-American? While all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, according to DNA Ancestry at https://www.ancestry.com/dna/ my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180412/holocaust-remembrance-day-barrington-man-recalls-when-nazis-came-for-him-in-denmark
— Election board let voters down – Jamie Smith, Wheaton
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180412/election-board-let-voters-down

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A 5-part plan to reverse the opioid epidemic – SIDNEY WEISSMAN AND ARTHUR LURIGIO
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180412/OPINION/180419969
— Why aren’t more Chicagoans putting their houses on the market? – DENNIS RODKIN (DIERSEN: Those who are members of the following groups like it in Chicago and want to stay in Chicago: 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 anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180412/CRED0701/180419955

WTTW
— Why More Illinois Towns Could Follow Harvey’s Fate – Paris Schutz (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS in its Harvey office 1972-1973.)
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/04/11/why-more-illinois-towns-could-follow-harvey-s-fate

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner denies threatening McCann; McCann sticks to story – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180411/bernard-schoenburg-rauner-denies-threatening-mccann-mccann-sticks-to-story

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— University of Illinois grads turned White House press room insiders to share insight on Trump era – Adalberto Toledo (DIERSEN: Ever since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, to discredit me, nasty Democrats and nasty Democrat plants, nasty Libertarians and nasty Libertarian plants, nasty Greens and nasty Green plants, and nasty RINOs have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I aggressively ask inappropriate questions that harm Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. Since 2005, they have viciously used against me what happened with GOPUSA, Talon News, and Jeff Gannon. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_News They paint me as being a clone of Jeff Gannon. Ever since I became a GOPUSA reporter in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because I ask bad questions, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. should a) stop me from learning about their events and other activities, b) stop me from promoting their events and other activities, c) stop me from attending their events, and c) stop me from reporting on their events and other activities.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-04-12/ui-grads-turned-white-house-press-room-insiders-share-insight-trump-era.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Rauner hits Pritzker, illegal immigration at GOP dinner – Derek Beigh (DIERSEN: Rauner says “I am passionately against sanctuary states and against illegal immigration.” What do those who voted for Rauner because he signed the Trust Act have to say about that? For its annual Lincoln/Reagan Day Dinner, the McLean County Republican Party was able to recruit Rauner, Dodge, Harold, Helland, and Senger to speak. How much clout does your Republican county party organization have to recruit statewide Republican candidates to speak at their events? My TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned the speakers that I recruited for TAPROOT events.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/government-and-politics/rauner-hits-pritzker-illegal-immigration-at-gop-dinner/article_60ab35c5-83b3-5b1f-b204-84852f0d1178.html

HERALD & REVIEW
— Rauner willing to spend own money to beautify Springfield – AP (DIERSEN: What have you spent lots your time and/or money on? I spent lots of my time and/or money a) putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out since 2000, b) earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, c) passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, d) earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, f) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and g) earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/rauner-willing-to-spend-own-money-to-beautify-springfield/article_d38bc392-a289-5938-9316-79ca18323956.html

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Elk Grove Village Trustee’s Gun Control Letter Shot Down – Tom Robb
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/elk-grove-village-trustees-gun-control-letter-shot-down/

TIMES
— Voters: Don’t forget you still have power – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs want everyone to vote for candidates 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.mywebtimes.com/2018/04/11/our-view-voters-dont-forget-you-still-have-power/as0zvno/
— Illinois political parties morally bankrupt – Jim Nowlan
http://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/04/11/state-affairs-illinois-political-parties-morally-bankrupt/az0wb8l/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s no better on the Republican side. Gov. Bruce Rauner has literally bought the state Republican Party apparatus, lock, stock and barrel. He has contributed a hundred million dollars or so to take over the staff and elected membership of the Illinois Republican State Central Committee. There is a Rauner Party, but no longer a true state Republican Party. Illinois politics offers but an illusion of democracy.)

SUBURBAN LIFE
— New Downers Grove stormwater regulations could be in place this summer (DIERSEN: The construction of 928 Golf Lane in Wheaton significantly increased the flow of storm water onto 915 Cove Court in Wheaton.)
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/04/09/new-downers-grove-stormwater-regulations-could-be-in-place-this-summer/aeij5kr/

FOX ST. LOUIS
— Democrats call for Greitens to resign after scathing report – ROCHE MADDEN (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 office.)
http://fox2now.com/2018/04/11/democrats-call-for-greitens-to-resign-after-scathing-report/

WAND
— Illinois Senate plan would include LGBT history in schools – AP (DIERSEN: In Illinois, to be a Democrat or to be a RINO is to be someone who encourages children to engage in LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.wandtv.com/story/37931441/illinois-senate-plan-would-include-lgbt-history-in-schools

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois Prison System’s Budget, A ‘Five-Alarm Fire’ – MARY HANSEN
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-prison-systems-budget-five-alarm-fire#stream/0

CHICAGO READER
— ‘Women are the most powerful political force in America right now,’ Cecile Richards says The Planned Parenthood leader will be in town this weekend to talk with David Axelrod about her memoir Make Trouble. (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at women and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/cecile-richards-make-trouble-planned-parenthood/Content?oid=45273362

BUILT IN CHICAGO
— Why Chicago? 4 tech transplants share why they relocated to the Windy City – MICHAEL HINES (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run Chicago do everything that they can to make Chicago 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 anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.builtinchicago.org/2018/04/11/top-talent-relocating-chicago

LAWNDALE NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans “Denounce Decision to Send Illinois National Guard to U.S.-Mexico Border.”
http://www.lawndalenews.com/2018/04/officials-denounce-decision-to-send-illinois-national-guard-to-u-s-mexico-border/

WILMETTE PATCH
— North Shore Towns Among Nation’s Richest ZIP Codes 2 of the top 20 most affluent communities in the country are on Chicago’s North Shore. – Jonah Meadows
https://patch.com/illinois/wilmette/north-shore-zip-codes-among-richest-midwest

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Kinzler says taxing retirement income is a bad idea – Justin Stoltzfus (DIERSEN: How much retirement income are you getting now? How much retirement income will you get in the future? Of course, ever since I started getting retirement income in 1997 when I was 49 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have wanted Illinois to tax retirement income.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511386998-kinzler-says-taxing-retirement-income-is-a-bad-idea
— Bellock, Ives discuss two education-related proposals during House panel session – Angela Underwood
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511387027-bellock-ives-discuss-two-education-related-proposals-during-house-panel-session

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Arlington Heights’ state Rep. Harris bucks GOP, could support progressive tax hike
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511388664-arlington-heights-state-rep-harris-bucks-gop-could-support-progressive-tax-hike

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— ERA Passes Illinois Senate – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/era-passes-illinois-senate-2/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— RAUNER’S anti-momentum – Natasha Korecki (DIERSEN: On who/what do Rauner, his advisors, and supporters blame this on? Do they blame it on those voters who support the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform?)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/04/12/rauners-anti-momentum-hillary-clinton-in-town-trump-lawyers-chicago-ties-264029
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. Bruce Rauner’s unpopularity has plummeted once again, dropping 10 percentage points since January, according to a Morning Consult poll out today. The new numbers, which show that three in five Illinois voters disapprove of the Republican governor’s job performance, ranks Rauner as the third most unpopular governor in America. Gov. Dan Malloy (D-Conn.) won the honor of the least popular governor. The rankings come as Rauner is trying to find his footing following a poor showing in the March primary election. Rauner nearly lost to little-known state lawmaker Jeanne Ives. Rauner ranked lower than even Gov. Eric Greitens (R-Mo.), indicted Feb. 22 for felony invasion of privacy. “Greitens dropped 18 percentage points and began the second quarter of 2018 with his approval rating 1 point in the black — 40 percent approval versus 39 percent disapproval. A jury trial is scheduled for May 14.”)

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP unity watch
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/12/ilgop-unity-watch/
— It doesn’t look like much got done at the leaders meeting
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/12/it-doesnt-look-like-much-got-done-at-the-leaders-meeting/
— Morning Consult poll: Rauner approve/disapprove at 26/60 (DIERSEN: Who focuses on a) driving your approval rating down and b) driving your disapproval rating up? I should write a book about those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have worked the hardest to drive my approval rating down and to drive my disapproval rating up.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/12/morning-consult-poll-rauner-approvedisapprove-at-2660/
— DGA wants Rauner to speak out about Greitens
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/12/dga-wants-rauner-to-speak-out-about-greitens/

DAILY CALLER
— Here Is How You Can Stop Facebook From Censoring The News You Want To See (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails?)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/11/how-to-stop-facebook-censoring-news-you-want-to-see/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Nearly 50 US senators and congressmen grilled Mark Zuckerberg this week about Facebook’s political bias. The bottom line: Facebook is blocking you from seeing the news you want directly in your Facebook news feed. . .Here’s how to make sure that you keep seeing The Daily Caller’s articles and videos (and you can use the same steps to fix this issue for any other news outlet that you want to add). FOLLOW THE DAILY CALLER ON OUR OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS Facebook isn’t the only social media platform TheDC uses and if you aren’t following our other accounts, odds are you’re already missing out on content specifically produced for those mediums. SUBSCRIBE TO THE DAILY CALLER’S YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS AND VIDEO CONTENT FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM FOR BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOKS AT THE WHITE HOUSE, CAPITOL HILL AND OUR OFFICE JOIN US ON TWITTER. WHEN NEWS BREAKS, THAT’S WHERE WE’RE REPORTING IT FIRST ACTIVELY TELL FACEBOOK YOU WANT TO SEE OUR CONTENT If you go and like The Daily Caller on Facebook, you can actually set your preferences to make sure you see every piece of our content, not just what Zuckerberg wants you to see.)

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Zuckerberg Says ‘We Don’t Think What We Are Doing Is Censoring Speech’ – TRE GOINS-PHILLIPS (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails?)
https://ijr.com/2018/04/1084442-mark-zuckerberg-facebook-censor-speech/

PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY
— Illinois Senate Ignores History, Passes ERA; House Should Not Take Up
https://mailchi.mp/b0d917880c6e/stop-con-con-in-iowa-1225925?e=665804f6c7

GOPUSA
— Brown: No wall building or immigration enforcement for CA National Guard
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=43540
— Trump orders top-to-bottom review of welfare programs
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=43552
— FBI lovers, Trump hating agents still have top security clearance
http://www.gopusa.com/fbi-lovers-and-trump-hating-agents-still-have-top-security-clearance/

BLAZE
— Missouri State Senator who said she hoped Trump would be assassinated calls for reparations for slavery – Breck Dumas
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/04/12/state-senator-who-said-she-hoped-trump-would-be-assassinated-calls-for-reparations-for-slavery

NEWS BUSTERS
— Media, Celebs Fall for ‘Equal Pay Day’ Agenda With Gap as Low as 1-2 Cents – Julia A. Seymour
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/business/julia-seymour/2018/04/11/media-celebs-fall-equal-pay-day-agenda-gap-low-1-2-cents

NEWSMAX
— NY Times Admits Pro-Trump ‘Killing Deep State’ Bestseller (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees like me who were Republican where members of a “deep state” that blocked their efforts to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/killing-the-deep-state-the-new-york-times-bestseller-jerome-corsi/2018/04/11/id/853901/

THE HILL
— Illinois lawmakers advance bill requiring schools to teach LGBT history – MORGAN GSTALTER (DIERSEN: In Illinois, to be a Democrat or to be a RINO is to be someone who encourages children to engage in LGBTQ activity.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/382677-illinois-lawmakers-advance-bill-requiring-schools-to-teach-lgbt-history
— Excessive review of IRS laws delays needed government revenue – EILEEN J. O’CONNOR
http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/382725-excessive-review-of-irs-laws-delays-needed-government-revenue

POLITICO
— The Tragedy of Paul Ryan He began as a Jack Kemp conservative. He ended as Donald Trump’s man on Capitol Hill. – TIM ALBERTA
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/04/12/how-donald-trump-upended-paul-ryans-plans-217989

CNN
— National Enquirer paid doorman with gossip on Trump $30,000 to keep quiet – Chris Isidore
http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/12/media/trump-national-enquirer-doorman/index.html

CNBC
— Top CEOs made over $40 million each last year Average CEO pay at the biggest U.S. companies was up 5 percent in 2017. But increases in executive compensation don’t always reflect company performance. Newly reported figures show how much CEOs make compared with employees, but it’s complicated. – Nick Wells (DIERSEN: Are/were you accused of being overpaid? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/top-ceos-made-over-40-million-each-last-year.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— A Perplexing Marijuana Side Effect Relieved by Hot Showers – Roni Caryn Rabin
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/05/well/a-perplexing-marijuana-side-effect-relieved-by-hot-showers.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Median CEO pay for the 100 largest companies reached a record $15.7 million in 2017 – Jena McGregor (DIERSEN: Are/were you accused of being overpaid? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2018/04/11/median-ceo-pay-for-the-100-largest-companies-reached-a-record-15-7-million-in-2017/

OPEN SECRETES
— What’s next for the youngest House speaker (just 48 years old) to retire since the 1800s? – Matthew Kelly (DIERSEN: What work experience do you 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.)
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/04/whats-next-for-paul-ryan/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When Paul Ryan retires from Congress this year, he will become the youngest speaker of the House to willingly surrender his seat since Theodore Pomeroy, who served for just a few hours in 1869. Ryan told reporters Wednesday that he’s leaving to spend more time with his three children, but at just 48 years old, he has little experience in the private sector. Fresh out of college, Ryan worked as a personal trainer, later waiting tables at a Tex-Mex restaurant in his early days as an aide on Capitol Hill. Before winning his seat at age 28, he spent a year as a marketing consultant for his family’s construction company.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Worried About Your Tax Bill? Hedge-Fund Star John Paulson Owes $1 Billion The investor’s once-in-a-lifetime bet before the financial crisis made him $4 billion. Now the IRS wants its cut. – Gregory Zuckerman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/worried-about-your-tax-bill-hedge-fund-star-john-paulson-owes-1-billion-1523458528

FORTUNE
— Here’s How Washington Could ‘Unfriend’ Facebook – BLOOMBERG
http://fortune.com/2018/04/12/delete-facebook-donald-trump/

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION
— VIDEO: Day 22: Three Weeks In, Rauner Cannot Escape Questions about Ives (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who advise Rauner a) to completely dump those voters in Illinois who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and/or other planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform, b) to run as someone who is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, c) to assure that on April 18, 2018, enough pro-Rauner IRP State Central Committee (SCC) candidates are elected to keep control of the IRP SCC, d) to have those IRP SCC members appoint members to the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2020 who will gut if not cut the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and/or other planks in the IRP platform, and e) to in the meantime, have the IRP SCC get rid of Republican individuals, organizations, companies, governments, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc., who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and/or other planks in the IRP platform?)
https://democraticgovernors.org/news/video-day-22-three-weeks-in-rauner-cannot-escape-questions-about-ives/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s been three-weeks since the Republican primary election, and Governor Bruce Rauner’s failure to bury the hatchet with state Representative Jeanne Ives is taking its toll on the Governor’s reelection. On Monday, Rauner wanted to talk about his legislative agenda, but he was instead bombarded with question after question about Ives and Republican disunity. (VIDEO) “Bruce Rauner could have reached out to Jeanne Ives three weeks ago, but he decided to ignore Ives and the 48% of Republicans who supported her” said DGA Illinois Communications Sam Salustro. “Now, questions about Ives and Republican disunity are threating to sink the most vulnerable incumbent’s reelection campaign.”)

April 11 Evening Edition

ABC7
— College senior poses with gun, Trump shirt in graduation photo
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/college-senior-poses-with-gun-trump-shirt-in-graduation-photo/3324189/

NBC5
— Durbin Draws Laughs Questioning Zuckerberg on Privacy
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/dick-durbin-asks-mark-zuckerberg-about-privacy-479404213.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-senate-plan-would-include-lgbt-history-in-schools-479376443.html

CBS2
— $13.2M Grant To Help Illinois Stop Vote Tampering After Russian Hack
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/04/11/illinois-election-tampering-prevention-grant-russian-hack/
— Paul Ryan ‘Proud’ Of Achievements As Speaker As He Aims To Retire In January
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/04/11/paul-ryan-wont-run-reelection/
— Elderly Man Beaten, Robbed At Home In Wheaton
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/04/11/wheaton-man-beaten-robbery/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Police: Woman attacks 2 people after dog eats her marijuana
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dont-miss/police-woman-attacks-2-people-after-dog-eats-her-marijuana-1

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— With Paul Ryan out, focus turns to possible Republican candidates – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-paul-ryan-replacement-candidates-20180411-story.html
— Crime-fighting technology in Chicago gets $10 million boost from billionaire Ken Griffin – Jeremy Gorner (DIERSEN: If you had lots of money like Griffin, who would you give it to? I would give lots of money to activists, candidates, elected officials, and political organizations that defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. I would give lots of money to those who oppose the promotion of a) dependency on government, b) dependency on charity, c) LGBTQ activity, d) abortion, e) mass/illegal immigration, f) diminishment of First and Second Amendment rights, g) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, h) patronage and political affiliation discrimination, i) reverse discrimination, j) age discrimination, and k) other destructive things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-griffin-donation-chicago-police-20180411-story.html
— Ryan bowing out, sending ripples of uncertainty through GOP ahead of midterms – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-paul-ryan-20180411-story.html
— The Deep State is coming for Trump, and it’s using Republicans! – Rex Huppke
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-trump-rosenstein-cohen-russia-huppke-20180411-story.html
— IRS forgives most of Gary schools’ $8.4 million tax problem, freeing vacant schools for sale – Carole Carlson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/news/ct-ptb-gary-irs-lien-st-0412-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot promoters promote pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-synthetic-marijuana-opioids-deaths-20180411-story.html
— Paul Ryan is abandoning the ship before it sinks – Jennifer Rubin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-paul-ryan-resigns-trump-20180411-story.html
— TRAGIC: Illinois Senate approves federal Equal Rights Amendment – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-equal-rights-amendment-20180411-story.html
— Posting signs outside of Chicago tobacco stores could warn teens of vaping dangers, officials say – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-tobacco-danger-signs-20180411-story.html
— Most state legislatures have no public records on sex harassment – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-legislature-public-sex-harassment-records-20180411-story.html
— DISGUSTING: Ex-Speaker Boehner joins marijuana firm’s board – Alex Horton and Christopher Ingraham
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-boehner-acreage-holdings-20180411-story.html
— Paul Ryan: The speaker who spoke about deficits – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-paul-ryan-speaker-retires-deficits-20180411-story.html
— Suits filed over alleged student cheating in Oak Brook pending, but some counts dismissed – Clifford Ward
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-brook/news/ct-met-oak-brook-school-suit-update-20180409-story.html
— Sen. Nybo votes to pass Equal Rights Amendment
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmhurst/community/chi-ugc-article-sen-nybo-votes-to-pass-equal-rights-amendmen-2018-04-11-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ryan won’t run for re-election as GOP worries about midterms – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/republican-house-speaker-paul-ryan-will-not-run-for-re-election/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot promoters promote pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/experts-outline-successes-and-flaws-of-illinois-medical-cannabis-program/
— OUTSTANDING: Trump administration weighing drug testing for food stamps – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-administration-weighing-drug-testing-for-food-stamps/
— Trump lawyer owns 22 taxicabs in Chicago, a dozen with city violations – Tim Novak
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-lawyer-owns-companies-that-operate-22-taxicabs-in-chicago/

DAILY HERALD
— Ill. House OKs ban on taxpayer funds for harassment payouts – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180411/news/304119868/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— State lawmakers look for a Trump tax cap workaround – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Government should encourage marriage and homeownership. Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180411/BLOGS02/180419968/state-lawmakers-look-for-a-trump-tax-cap-workaround
— More wealthy households are renting – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180411/CRED0701/180419970/more-wealthy-households-are-renting

JOURNAL TOPICS
— Concealed Carry Offer On Table For Maine Township Leaders – Todd Wessell
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/concealed-carry-offer-on-table-for-maine-township-leaders/
— Nowak Named New Elk Grove Township Republican Leader, Preaches Unity Veteran Politico Came Up Under Chicago GOP Leader Lou Kasper – Tom Robb
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/nowak-named-new-elk-grove-township-republican-leader-preaches-unity/

HERALD REVIEW
— Illinois Republican congressmen praise outgoing Speaker Paul Ryan – Ryan Voyles
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/illinois-republican-congressmen-praise-outgoing-speaker-paul-ryan/article_5ff12165-7a44-5b97-881c-1ebfd0c0f32d.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— U of I student journalists suing university officials, instructor
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/u-of-i-student-journalists-suing-university-officials-instructor

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Why candidates must respond to map survey – Editorial
http://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-why-candidates-must-respond-to-map-survey/article_f15490de-0bd0-565d-a1b9-9697826af880.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Synthetic Drugs Concerning For Medical Marijuana Program – JACLYN DRISCOLL
http://nprillinois.org/post/synthetic-drugs-concerning-medical-marijuana-program

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Fitch ratings agency gives Illinois poor rating, cites political environment – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/fitch-ratings-agency-gives-illinois-poor-rating-cites-political-environment/article_4fde6444-3cf3-11e8-99b7-13a781e37d69.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER/O’NEIL: THE MISEDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN SHOULD BE OF GREAT CONCERN
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/thorneroneil-the-miseducation-of-our-children-should-be-of-great-concern.html

— REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS PASS ERA IN ILLINOIS SENATE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/republicans-and-democrats-pass-era-in-illinois-senate-.html
— GOP SENATOR MCCONNAUGHAY ABANDONS GOP’S DECADES-LONG RESISTANCE TO ERA
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/gop-senator-mcconnaughay-abandons-decades-long-gop-resistance-to-era.html
— IL GOP CONGRESS MEMBERS RESPOND TO SPEAKER RYAN’S PLANS TO RETIRE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/il-gop-congress-members-respond-to-speaker-ryans-plans-to-retire.html
— JEWISH REPUBLICANS CALL FOR COOK COUNTY GOP CHAIRMAN TO RESIGN OVER NAZI-SYMPATHIZING CANDIDATE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/jewish-republicans-call-for-cook-county-gop-chairman-to-resign.html
— THE CONTROVERSIAL 3RD CD REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS IN HIS OWN WORDS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/the-controversial-3rd-cd-republican-candidate-for-congress-in-his-own-words.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner dodges questions about his “reputation for not telling the truth”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/11/gov-rauner-dodges-questions-about-his-reputation-for-not-telling-the-truth/

— SALT work-around picking up support (DIERSEN: Government should encourage marriage and homeownership. Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/11/salt-work-around-picking-up-support/

BREITBART
— 9 Times Paul Ryan Put American Workers Last, Foreigners First – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/11/9-times-paul-ryan-put-american-workers-last-foreigners-first/

FOX NEWS
— Cruz Grills Zuckerberg: Is Facebook Neutral ‘Or Engaged in Political Speech’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/04/10/ted-cruz-grills-mark-zuckerberg-facebook-ceo-capitol-hill-hearing-liberal-censorship

GOPUSA
— Watch out! These Trump-supporting ladies were labeled ‘unsafe’ by Facebook (DIERSEN: Members of the following groups would label GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to be unsafe: anti-Trump supporters, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=43499
— Ignoring violent migrants, London takes a stab at Granny’s knives
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=43375

TOWNHALL
— Deep State Blocking Adoptions – Larry Provost (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees who were Republican blocked their efforts to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryprovost/2018/04/11/deep-state-blocking-adoptions-n2469762

NEW AMERICAN
— Twitter CEO Endorses Call for Conservatism’s Destruction – Selwyn Duke
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/28737-twitter-ceo-endorses-call-for-conservatism-s-destruction

NEWSWEEK
— IT IS TIME WE FACE THE TRUTH: THE GENDER PAY GAP DOES NOT EXIST – RACHEL GRESZLER
http://www.newsweek.com/gender-pay-gap-equal-pay-day-economy-opinion-879333

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Feds Make 32 Percent Less than Private Sector Counterparts, Salary Council Says – Erich Wagner
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/04/feds-make-nearly-32-percent-less-private-sector-counterparts-salary-council-says/147381/

April 10 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Harvey firemen’s union says half the department laid off after court orders payment to pension fund – Diane Pathieu and Karen Jordan
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/union-half-of-harvey-fire-department-laid-off-after-court-orders-payment-to-pension-fund/3322684/
— Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-testifies-before-congress/3322900/

CBS2
— New Poll Finds Surge In Young Voters Planning To Vote In Midterms – CNN
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/04/10/poll-young-voters-midterm-elections/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— ‘I’m sorry’: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg opens Senate hearing with apology – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-faces-congressional-inquisition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats face two-week deadline in trying to override Rauner veto of gun store bill – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-guns-20180410-story.html
— Emanuel gets heat from community group over bid for Amazon’s HQ2 – John Byrne (DIERSEN: Do not be surprised if Chicago has formally offered to get rid of all its residents, all its organizations, and all its companies 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.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-amazon-chicago-housing-protesters-20180410-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives want more gambling.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-amazon-protest-20180410-story.html
— Jimmy Kimmel’s joke about Melania Trump’s accent hurts all immigrants – Annie Abbot
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-accents-language-xenophobia-melania-trump-0411-20180410-story.html
— Naperville ERA supporters ‘optimistic’ after meeting with legislators about amendment ratification – Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-era-lobby-st-0411-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Republicans aim to make sure Pritzker’s income tax plan doesn’t progress – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/republicans-aim-to-make-sure-pritzkers-income-tax-plan-doesnt-progress/
— Protesters decry ‘Hunger Games’ competition for Amazon’s HQ2 – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Do not be surprised if Chicago has formally offered to get rid of all its residents, all its organizations, and all its companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/protesters-decry-hunger-games-competition-for-amazons-hq2/
— Emanuel hails ‘significant step’ toward closing gender pay gap – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Emanuel bans quizzing new hires about salary history. But if you work for a government entity, your salary already is or will be public record. Ever-increasingly, hatred of government employees and hatred of government retirees is increasing. Those who promote the aforesaid hatred stress government salaries, health insurance benefits, retirement benefits, etc. They shout that the aforesaid are much too generous and should be cut if not eliminated. All of those who promote the aforesaid hatred would never seek or hold any kind of government because FOR THEM, government salaries, health insurance benefits, retirement benefits, etc. are MUCH TOO LOW.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuel-hails-significant-step-toward-closing-gender-pay-gap/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot. If you push pot, you push destruction.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/experts-outline-successes-and-flaws-of-illinois-medical-cannabis-program/
— Roskam continues to avoid his constituents – Elaine Cook, Downers Grove
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/rep-peter-roskam-continues-to-avoid-his-constituents/
— Vow of ‘never again’ becomes ‘maybe every now and then’ – Phil Kadner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/vow-of-never-again-becomes-maybe-every-now-and-then/
— Consolidating pension funds in Illinois a smart way to sop up the red ink – Madeleine Doubek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/consolidating-pension-funds-in-illinois-a-smart-way-to-sop-up-the-red-ink/
— Gradual deployment of US troops to Mexico border underway – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gradual-deployment-of-us-troops-to-mexico-border-underway/

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrats.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180410/day-after-daughters-birth-sen-tammy-duckworth-calls-family-best-part-of-her-second-life
— DuPage starts process to disband ‘paper’ fire district – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180410/dupage-starts-process-to-disband-paper-fire-district
— Attorney: Ballot issues made Fox River & Countryside tax request ‘fatally defective’ – Lauren Rohr
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180410/attorney-ballot-issues-made-fox-river-amp-countryside-tax-request-fatally-defective
— Ron Ford back on Kane County Board – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180410/ron-ford-back-on-kane-county-board
— Tollway hiring again shows why law must be changed – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180410/editorial-tollway-hiring-again-shows-why-law-must-be-changed

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Emanuel bans quizzing new hires about salary history – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: But if you work for a government entity, your salary already is or will be public record. Ever-increasingly, hatred of government employees and hatred of government retirees is increasing. Those who promote the aforesaid hatred stress government salaries, health insurance benefits, retirement benefits, etc. They shout that the aforesaid are much too generous and should be cut if not eliminated. All of those who promote the aforesaid hatred would never seek or hold any kind of government because FOR THEM, government salaries, health insurance benefits, retirement benefits, etc. are MUCH TOO LOW.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180410/BLOGS02/180419989/emanuel-bans-job-questions-on-past-pay-levels
— This is America’s richest ZIP code – Bloomberg (FROM THE ARTICLE: Check out the top 20 zip codes in each region:)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180410/CRED0701/180419993/this-is-americas-richest-zip-code
— Chicago 87th on ‘Best Places to Live’ list – EVONNE LIU
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180410/NEWS07/180419992/chicago-87th-on-best-places-to-live-list
— ‘Appalling’ segregation in Evanston – MARK GLENNON
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180410/OPINION/180419988/appalling-segregation-in-evanston

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner campaign got tech help from firm led by former Cambridge Analytica official – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: How should Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders react when strategists tell them that according to their surveys, the majority of voters want them to dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the Republican Party platform?)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180410/schoenburg-rauner-campaign-got-tech-help-from-firm-led-by-former-cambridge-analytica-official
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When he was lead data strategist for Trump, Oczkowski led a team that ran more than 1,500 surveys a week in key battleground states, an online profile says.)

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— Gas tax hike talk a symptom of larger woes – Editorial
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/Editorial-Gas-tax-hike-talk-a-symptom-of-larger-12820456.php

DUPAGE COUNTY
— Employment Opportunity: Title: Election Technology Coordinator
http://www.dupageco.org/HR/Jobs/57256/
— DuPage County Awards $1 Million to Nonprofit Agencies
http://www.dupageco.org/Content.aspx?id=57259

NRA ILLINOIS
— Illinois: House Returns from Recess, Gun Control Bills on the Move
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20180410/illinois-house-returns-from-recess-gun-control-bills-on-the-move

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois House Republicans kill progressive income tax proposal – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-house-republicans-kill-progressive-income-tax-proposal/article_5ac9375c-3d08-11e8-aa3b-37550710e61e.html
— Rauner on unity tour, Republican detractors react – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: What if Rauner offered to sign a document in which we would pledge to defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform?)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-on-unity-tour-republican-detractors-react/article_3edf2334-3c4b-11e8-8ab1-c779cf44c69a.html
— Bill to eliminate townships in one Illinois county moves ahead despite opposition
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/bill-to-eliminate-townships-in-one-illinois-county-moves-ahead/article_2e7562a0-3cd8-11e8-be91-c7ae07c79b84.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— TYPICAL ILLINOIS FAMILY WOULD SEE A TAX HIKE UNDER NEARBY STATES’ PROGRESSIVE TAX RATES – Bryce Hill and Joe Tabor
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/typical-illinois-family-would-see-a-tax-hike-under-nearby-states-progressive-tax-rates/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Leftist Public School Indoctrination Bill Moving Forward in Springfield – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/leftist-public-school-indoctrination-bill-moving-forward-in-springfield/

CAPITOL FAX
— Today’s Jeanne Ives updates
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/10/todays-jeanne-ives-updates/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives want more gambling.
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/10/brady-claims-theres-interest-in-a-capital-bill-funded-by-casinos/
— Never count on your opponent to self-destruct (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have erroneously counted on me a) to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) to stop serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/10/never-count-on-your-opponent-to-self-destruct/
— “Sanctuary county” for gun owners; Mendoza vs. Rauner; “Dutch Reach”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/10/its-just-a-bill-sanctuary-county-for-gun-owners-mendoza-vs-rauner-dutch-reach/
— Don’t believe everything you read (FROM THE ARTICLE: After weekend talks with House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton, Emanuel believes the chances for an override may well come down to the votes of three DuPage Republicans, all of who are being challenged by women. The mayor is hoping to enlist support from Cardinal Blase Cupich, perhaps by persuading the cardinal to go out to DuPage and lobby those three lawmakers. Cupich has already made one trip to Springfield.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/10/dont-believe-everything-you-read/
— Pritzker claim rated “Mostly False”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/10/pritzker-claim-rated-mostly-false/

DAILY CALLER
— Ted Cruz Grills Zuckerberg Over FB’s Censorship Of Conservatives – AMBER ATHEY
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/10/ted-cruz-mark-zuckerberg-censoring-conservatives-video/

BREITBART
— Ted Cruz Grills Zuckerberg on Facebook Censorship: Who Moderates Your Moderators? – ALLUM BOKHARI
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/04/10/ted-cruz-grills-zuckerberg-on-facebook-censorship-who-moderates-your-moderators/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Independent voters fight for right to crash two-party primary system Colorado sending two primary ballots for first time to each independent voter – Valerie Richardson (DIERSEN: In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America, what percent cast Republican ballots in primary elections but then vote for Democrats in general elections? 105 cast Republican ballots in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton, but in the uncontested races, only 81 voted for Helland, only 81 voted for Senger, only 80 voted for Dodge, only 87 voted for Roskam, only 84 voted for Connelly, only 78 voted for Ruscitti, only 81 voted for Cronin, only 80 voted for Hinds, only 84 voted for Henry, only 75 voted for Cantore, only 76 voted for Wilson, only 75 voted for Mackay, and only 77 voted for me. Maybe 21 to 30 of those who cast Republican primary ballots were Democrats.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/2/independent-voters-push-open-primaries/
— JUUL craze getting teens hooked on high levels of nicotine, health officials fear – Laura Kelly
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/1/juul-smoking-craze-sparks-teen-nicotine-addiction-/
— Illinois Senate advances plan requiring public schools to teach LGBT history – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/10/illinois-senate-advances-plan-requiring-lgbt-histo/

GOPUSA
— Women’s March: Shuttering Backpage a ‘crisis’ for ‘sex workers’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=43355
— Concealed carry gun training interest soars after Parkland shooting
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=43274
— Florida’s new ‘red flag’ law leads to forced confiscation of weapons
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=43413
— William McKinley statue removal expands liberal push to erase history (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents want to erase Crete.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=43361
— Skipping school: Hogg to push gun control for mid-term elections instead (DIERSEN: Did you take a “gap year?” I did not. Hogg should be advised that if he becomes a federal employee, he has to 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, or the federal government will waste his career and get rid of him.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=43398

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— How Our Politicians Measure Up on Equal Pay Day – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/04/10/how_our_politicians_measure_up_on_equal_pay_day_136760.html

COLLEGE FIX
— State supreme court forbids Arizona from giving in-state tuition to illegal immigrant students – DANIEL PAYNE (DIERSEN: Did you qualify for in-state tuition? I did. I was born in Illinois in 1948 and I have always lived in Illinois. My ancestors have lived in Illinois since 1844.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/43797/

CNN
— After Craigslist personals go dark, sex workers fear what’s next – Michael Nedelman
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/10/health/sex-workers-craigslist-personals-trafficking-bill/index.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Why Democrats should fight for the right to a good job – Katrina vanden Heuvel (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.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-democrats-should-fight-for-the-right-to-a-good-job/2018/04/10/ddf43384-3c13-11e8-8d53-eba0ed2371cc_story.html

DES MOINES REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Tragically, ever-increasingly, if you were born in America, your future is not in Iowa.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2018/04/10/iowas-economy-relies-welcoming-immigration-policy/504404002/

WBIW
— New E-Verify.gov Website a User-Friendly Source to Verify Employment Eligibility (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, each and every employer in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, and in America should be required by law to use E-Verify. Needless-to-say, each and every activist, candidate, elected official, party leader, major donor, political consultant, etc. who states that they are conservative and/or Republican should be calling for the aforesaid.)
http://www.wbiw.com/state/archive/2018/04/new-e-verifygov-website-a-user-friendly-source-to-verify-employment-eligibility.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced the launch of their new website, E-Verify.gov. This is the authoritative source for information on electronic employment eligibility verification. E-Verify.gov is for employers, employees and the general public.
The user-friendly website provides information about E-Verify and Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, including employee rights and employer responsibilities in the employment verification process. E-Verify.gov allows employers to enroll in E-Verify directly and permits current users to access their accounts. Individuals with myE-Verify accounts can also access their accounts through E-Verify.gov. “For the past decade, E-Verify has been the cornerstone of our continued commitment to helping employers maintain a legal workforce,” said USCIS Director L. Francis Cissna. “E-Verify.gov now allows users to better understand and navigate through the employment verification process.” E-Verify is a free, easy-to-use internet-based system. Employers can access E-Verify anytime, anywhere directly from a web browser. Nearly all employees are confirmed as work-authorized instantly or within 24 hours. The system, which has nearly 800,000 enrolled employers, compares information from an employee’s Form I-9 to records available to the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration to verify authorization to work in the U.S. On April 18, 2017, President Trump signed the Buy American and Hire American executive order to help reduce illegal immigration and preserve jobs for U.S. workers. To support these objectives, USCIS encourages all U.S. employers to verify all new hires through E-Verify.)

FORBES
— How To Create Employee Success From Day One – Sarah Yeverovich (DIERSEN: Virtually all my superiors in the federal government were Democrats. They wanted only their employees who were Democrats to be successful.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/yec/2018/04/10/how-to-create-employee-success-from-day-one/#54f320c234bf

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Illinois Senate Plan Would Include LGBT History in Schools The Illinois Senate has advanced a plan requiring public schools teach a unit on the role and contributions of gays, lesbians and other LGBT individuals in society. – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-04-10/illinois-senate-plan-would-include-lgbt-history-in-schools

March 25 Morning Edition

WGN TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence. Democrats crow over their success in getting people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://wgntv.com/2018/03/24/1211122/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The GOP platform’s ruling plan, Trumpism, casts aside previously understood values – Ashley Parker (DIERSEN: Republicans voted for Trump in 2016 because he promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform. Republicans voted for Rauner in 2014 because he promised to have no social agenda.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-gop-platform-trumpism-20180324-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Over just a few days last week, the essence of Trumpism was on global display: The president ignored his advisers by congratulating Vladimir Putin, took the first steps toward imposing tariffs on billions of dollars in Chinese goods and signed a huge $1.3 trillion spending bill that will balloon the federal deficit. In each case, President Donald Trump cast aside years of Republican orthodoxy – and most of the party followed right along. The raw, undefined brand of populism that Trump rode into office is now hardening into a clearer set of policies in his second year, remaking the Republican Party and the country on issues ranging from trade and immigration to spending and entitlement programs.)
— Man busted with loaded gun, body armor at Union Station – William Lee
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-man-arrested-with-body-armor-20180324-story.html
— New study proves old truth: Lies travel faster than facts – Jerry Davich (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, everything is a lie except for what they say or bless.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/ct-ptb-davich-twitter-false-info-study-st-0321-20180318-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— District 128 board member facing perjury charges resigns – Russell Lissau
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180323/district-128-board-member-facing-perjury-charges-resigns

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner says he remembers, but won’t yet name, computerless office – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180324/bernard-schoenburg-rauner-says-he-remembers-but-wont-yet-name-computerless-office
— GOP competition – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180324/bernard-schoenburg-rauner-says-he-remembers-but-wont-yet-name-computerless-office
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While Democrats elected members of their state central committee in the primary, members of the GOP’s state committee will be elected by precinct committeemen at county conventions on April 18. And a race is shaping up in the 13th Congressional District. DUSTIN PETERSON, 37, of Clinton, an independent insurance agent who has been DeWitt County GOP chairman since 2014, is taking on incumbent member FRED FLORETH of Springfield, a lawyer finishing his first four-year term in the party post. “I’m not running against Fred, I’m running more just to try to expand my role with the Republican Party, and try to learn more and be more involved and try to, for lack of a better word … get a little more of a youth movement in there,” Peterson said. Peterson said he was neutral in the governor’s primary, has supported Rauner in the past and supports him in the general election. “Hopefully we can all come together as a party,” he said. Floreth, who turns 62 this weekend, put on an impressive campaign back in 2014 when he defeated an incumbent on the central committee, JERRY CLARKE. The 13th includes all or parts of 14 counties. Floreth, who supported Rauner in the primary, also says the party must come together after last week’s primary. He said he knows there some profound disagreements in the party, as illustrated by the showing of Rauner’s primary opponent, state Rep. JEANNE IVES. But he said all in the party “would have to conclude Governor Rauner is by far the better option” to run the state than Democratic candidate J.B. PRITZKER. Floreth says he thinks he has accomplished goals he set when he ran four years ago, including improving the experience of precinct committeemen at the state convention through allowing more say in policy and helping keep information flowing between the central committee and local party officials. He noted that he sends out a newsletter at least every other week, and helped improve training for precinct committeemen.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence. Democrats crow over their success in getting people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180324/march-for-our-lives-springfield-draws-hundreds

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— The choice What’s it going to be in November — a do-over for Republican Bruce Rauner or a return to one-party rule under Democrat J.B. Pritzker? – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-03-25/editorial-the-choice.html
— Confident Pritzker has ambitious spending plans – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-03-25/jim-dey-confident-pritzker-has-ambitious-spending-plans.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Informed voters can withstand negative ads – Editorial (DIERSEN: Who wants you to be informed? My critics/opponents do NOT want you to be informed; they want you to know only what they tell you. That is why they viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Do you side with my critics/opponents, or do you side with me and the First Amendment?)
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-informed-voters-can-withstand-negative-ads/article_3ca08663-23c0-5218-ad52-9fac420af7b3.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence. Democrats crow over their success in getting people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/hundreds-gather-for-gun-reform-in-bloomington/article_b5ab329d-406d-54df-9b9a-9feee816582c.html

NORTHWEST HERALD
— State Rep. Steve Reick blasts Gov. Bruce Rauner in blog post
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/23/state-rep-steve-reick-blasts-gov-bruce-rauner-in-blog-post/akx99lj/

HERALD & REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence. Democrats crow over their success in getting people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://herald-review.com/news/local/desperate-to-do-something-decatur-anti-violence-march-proceeds-despite/article_21e61a90-1c2c-58e2-a497-cb67f83dd7bd.html

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence. Democrats crow over their success in getting people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://jg-tc.com/news/march-for-our-lives-nd-amendment-support-rallies-held/article_706b07b6-e578-59eb-b369-01de40bb0f57.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow over their success in getting people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/community/ofallon-progress/article206442614.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Rauner Still Claims No Social Agenda – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: If that is true, than Rauner should happily sign a “Contract with Illinois Republicans” in which he would agree to take no actions against the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=262334#.WrdmJcuKSM8
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In starting his post-primary re-election campaign, Gov. Bruce Rauner said Thursday he still doesn’t have a social agenda, but critics disagree. During a campaign stop in Springfield two days after narrowly winning the Republican nomination, Rauner said he has no social agenda, something the wealthy political newcomer maintained before being elected as a Republican in 2014. “You’ve never ever seen me or heard me or watched me advocate on social issues. I’ve never done it,” Rauner said. “I advocate on lower taxes, more jobs and ending corruption.” State Rep. David McSweeney, who has called Rauner a failed governor, said Rauner approved more abortions to be paid for by taxpayers and a measure that prohibits law enforcement from detaining someone based solely on that person’s immigration status. “He does have a social agenda,” McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, said. “He signed [House Bill] 40. He signed [Senate Bill] 31, which definitely is a sanctuary state bill.” McSweeney said SB31, also known as the TRUST Act, prohibits law enforcement from detaining someone based solely on that person’s immigration status. “It’s been a very big issue up in my area, in Lake County and McHenry County, where there are real examples of people who are being let out of jail even though the federal government wants them detained,” he said.)

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Each Rauner vote worth $215 – SARAH HAYDEN (DIERSEN: 41 voted for Rauner in my precinct. 41 X $215 is $8,815. 64 voted for Ives in my precinct. 64 X $12 is $768.)
http://qconline.com/news/local/each-rauner-vote-worth/article_d45919eb-7c42-5807-a671-c1f699442e41.html
— Raise your hand if you voted for neo-Nazi (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? How many voters in your precinct asked you about the candidates on the March 20, 2018 Republican ballot in your precinct? None of the 504 registered voters in my precinct asked me about the candidates on the March 20, 2018 Republican ballot in my precinct. Sadly, disgustingly, and outrageously, that is not surprising. Since 1999, those who dominate the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party have done everything that they can to discredit me with the voters in my precinct. Officially, they hint/imply/argue/shout that I am “too conservative,” and because of that, candidates that I might promote in primaries are “too conservative” to win general elections. But from what I see, having lived in my precinct since 1984, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout behind my back, under the table, and below the belt at the voters in my precinct and at everyone else that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. Maybe I should sue them.)
http://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/raise-your-hand-if-you-voted-for-neo-nazi/article_e2c4d73e-6884-5df2-b165-711325137bd1.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It wasn’t democracy’s finest hour. On Election Day, the sole Republican candidate for the U.S. House in Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District was a Holocaust denier and neo-Nazi. And he got more than 20,000 votes. Ugh. Ideally, Arthur Jones would have received no votes because he deserves no support. But even one vote – his own – would have been enough to win Tuesday’s primary because he ran unopposed. Instead he got 20,458. The Cook County Clerk’s Office reports that 70 percent of suburban voters in the district pulling a Republican ballot checked his name. We blame a lack of situational awareness. Republicans didn’t bother to recruit a legitimate candidate because the district is gerrymandered to elect a Democrat. So Jones waltzed in and now is set to run on their ticket in November against incumbent Rep. Dan Lipinski. This embarrassment is on Republicans. Let both parties stay awake during future filing periods to prevent unsavory characters from hijacking their good names. Most voters didn’t intend to support Jones, we’re certain. They voted the party line and automatically filled in the box next to his name. Why research an unopposed candidate? We wish they had paid more attention to news reports. If they feel a little chagrined, they ought to. The lesson here is democracy is imperfect. But it’s also self-correcting, 3rd District residents. This November: Vote Lipinski. All of you.)

FOX 6 NOW
— ‘Manipulating and exploiting children:’ NRA responds as students ‘March for Our Lives’ – CNN
http://fox6now.com/2018/03/24/manipulating-and-exploiting-children-nra-responds-as-students-march-for-our-lives/

KTVS 12
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence. Democrats crow over their success in getting people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/37802103/hundreds-marched-in-carbondale-for-stricter-gun-laws

CAPITOL FAX
— Reader comments closed until April 2 (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. I have sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email a) each and every morning since 2004 and b) also each and every evening since 2015. What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who dismiss, belittle, badmouth, demonize, denigrate, and/or condemn that?)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/23/reader-comments-closed-until-april-2/

NEWSMAX
— Trump Lawyer Confirms ‘Deep State’ Plots to Destroy President (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government treated me like I was part of a plot to stop patronage and to stop political affiliation discrimination, that is, that I was part of a plot to stop them from hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. They were fully aware of Jim Thompson, Jim Edgar, and the Rutan decision. They knew that my wife had helped elect Thompson. SEE: http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html.)
https://w3.newsmax.com/General/NMM/Offers/Killing-the-Deep-State-PD

AMERICAN THINKER
— Mass hysteria and the anti-gun marches – Michael Filozof
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/03/mass_hysteria_and_the_antigun_marches.html

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Gun-Rights Groups Slam New YouTube Anti-Gun Policy ‘YouTube is now in the business of political posturing and censorship’ – Stephen Gutowski
http://freebeacon.com/issues/gun-rights-groups-slam-new-youtube-anti-gun-policy/

FOX NEWS
— Cry fowl! Media go hunting as Trump hires ‘hawk’ Bolton and other outlandish media bias – Dan Gainor (DIERSEN: Who cried fowl when you were hired? Democrats cried fowl a) when the Post Office hired me in 1966 and let me work there for almost 3 years, b) when IRS hired me in 1971, promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, and let me work there for almost 9 years, and c) when GAO hired me in 1980, promoted me in 1986, and let me work there for almost 18 years.)
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/03/24/cry-fowl-media-go-hunting-as-trump-hires-hawk-bolton-and-other-outlandish-media-bias.html

BLAZE
— Gun rights advocates blast new YouTube policy of censoring videos showing legal gun activity – Teri Webster (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents who want to stop me from including links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails a) that promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform, b) that promote the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, and c) that oppose promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of Second Amendment rights, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/24/gun-rights-advocates-blast-new-youtube-policy-of-censoring-videos-showing-legal-gun-activity

THE HILL
— Unbound Trump breaks from restraints – NIALL STANAGE (DIERSEN: Republicans voted for Trump in 2016 because he promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform. Republicans voted for Rauner in 2014 because he promised to have no social agenda.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/380075-the-memo-unbound-trump-breaks-from-restraints?userid=3526
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans hint/imply/argue/shout that Republican candidates can win in Illinois if they dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.
http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/380114-illinois-election-shows-democrats-can-win-by-embracing-the-center
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence. Democrats crow over their success in getting people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/380143-seven-most-memorable-moments-from-march-for-our-lives
— Fox News hosts tear into Trump over spending bill – AVERY ANAPOL
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/380057-fox-news-hosts-tear-into-trump-over-spending-bill

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence. Democrats crow over their success in getting people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/march-our-lives-draws-hundreds-thousands-washington-around-nation-n859716

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence. Democrats crow over their success in getting people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/24/us/march-for-our-lives.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/24/us/politics/students-lead-huge-rallies-for-gun-control-across-the-us.html
— Stop Asking About My Kid’s College Plans – Elisabeth Egan (DIERSEN: Were you considered to be college material? While I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, I took college preparatory courses notwithstanding the fact that many, if not most, if not virtually everyone at the time viewed me as NOT being “college material.” Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I just barely made into the top 20% of my class, my ACT score was only 24, I was draft bait, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease). Further, my father had fought type 1 diabetes from age 14. I am sure that many thought that I would soon come down with type 1 diabetes too.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/24/opinion/sunday/stop-asking-about-my-kids-college-plans.html
— 2018: A Tough Year for First-Time Buyers Tax law changes, low inventory and tight credit may present extra hurdles this year for people buying their first homes. – Jen Miller (DIERSEN: Government should encourage marriage and homeownership. Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/realestate/2018-a-tough-year-for-first-time-buyers.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot promoters promote pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/24/us/arkansas-marijuana-cotton-plant.html

WASHINGTON POST
— How Trumpism has come to define the Republican Party The president has used legislation and unilateral actions to push ahead with a vision often at odds with GOP orthodoxy. – Ashley Parker (DIERSEN: Republicans voted for Trump in 2016 because he promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform. Republicans voted for Rauner in 2014 because he promised to have no social agenda.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/?utm_term=.79af6bb25ddd
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence. Democrats crow over their success in getting people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/march-for-our-lives-huge-crowds-gather-for-rally-against-gun-violence-in-nations-capital/2018/03/24/4121b100-2f7d-11e8-b0b0-f706877db618_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/local/march-for-our-lives-in-photos/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/anti-gun-marches-planned-for-cities-throughout-the-us-world/2018/03/24/a7365514-2f59-11e8-b0b0-f706877db618_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/democrats-message-at-anti-gun-violence-rallies-do-what-the-students-say/2018/03/24/1a9afbd6-2f87-11e8-8688-e053ba58f1e4_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Health-Insurance Premiums Loom as Election Issue – Stephanie Armour (DIERSEN: How much do you pay in health insurance premiums? Because I am a federal retiree, my wife and I pay only $6,000/year for $24,000/year worth of health, dental, and vision insurance premiums – the federal government pays $18,000/year. Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are beyond furious about that. Because we get that $18,000/year subsidy, they viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me. They hint/imply/argue/shout behind my back, under the table, and below the belt at the voters in my precinct and at everyone else that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. Maybe I should sue them.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/health-insurance-premiums-loom-as-election-issue-1521975600

FORBES
— Ten Things You Must Find Out — Before You Take The Job – Liz Ryan (DIERSEN: Have you accepted job offers for jobs that others would not seek and/or would not take? Reasons why I accepted the Post Office’s part-time job offer in 1966 included my needing money to pay for college expenses and for new cars. Reasons why I accepted IRS’s job offer in 1971 included my being unemployed and needing money to help support my mother and brother. Reasons why I accepted GAO’s job offer in 1980 included my being impressed with GAO’s mission and my hoping that GAO really was a non-partisan agency like it claimed it was.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2018/03/24/ten-things-you-must-find-out-before-you-take-the-job/#6e207e0e4913

CHEAT SHEET
— How Does the Broke Middle Class Really Afford Retirement? – Emma Bleznak (DIERSEN: In today’s dollars, my salary in 1997, when I was 49 years old, was $125,325. In today’s dollars, I should have had $626,625 saved when I was 50, $751,950 saved when I was 55, $877,275 saved when I was 60, and $1,002,600 saved when I was 65. I did not have the aforesaid saved because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.cheatsheet.com/money-career/broke-middle-class-really-afford-retirement.html/?a=viewall
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An alarming 70% of American adults have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts. Experts have crunched the numbers to identify how much you should have saved at each age milestone for a comfortable retirement. By age 30, aim to have the equivalent of your annual salary saved. Every five years, increase this in single increments: By 35, you should have twice your annual salary saved and by 40-years-old you should have three times. By 65-years-old this will leave you with a savings equivalent to eight times your annual salary.)

SAN FRANCISCO GATE
— ‘Let’s listen to them’: Calif. politicians tweet messages of support for March for Our Lives (DIERSEN: What do you say to Republican politicians who want Republican Precinct Committeemen to focus on listening to the voters in their precinct rather than advocating the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) resolution against video gambling? Democrat and Democrat plant, Libertarian and Libertarian plant, Green and Green plant, and RINO politicians in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) want me to listen to the voters in my precinct who reject planks in the Republican Party platform and the IRP platform, b) want me to listen to voters who reject the MTRCC resolution against video gambling, and c) do not want me to advocate the aforesaid planks or resolution.)
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/march-for-our-lives-california-politicians-difi-12778832.php

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Hiring John Bolton is Donald Trump’s Most Dangerous Decision – Ted Rall (DIERSEN: Who warns employers to NOT hire you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), etc. have NOT hired me to serve as a webmaster. Those who warn employers to NOT hire me a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the IRP platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the MTRCC resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid and/or are anti-Trump supporters, 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.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_ted_rall/hiring_john_bolton_is_donald_trump_s_most_dangerous_decision

WINDY CITY TIMES
— GOP aide fired after Grindr hookup – Matt Simonette
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Report-GOP-aide-fired-after-Grindr-hookup/62347.html

COLDWELL BANKER
— FOR SALE: 825 Warrenville Road, Wheaton – $335,000
https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/il/wheaton/825-warrenville-road/pid_23798545/

March 24 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Here is the White House response to March for Our Lives – CNN
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/here-is-the-white-house-response-to-march-for-our-lives/3255739/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/students-gather-in-chicago-dc-for-march-for-our-lives-2018-rallies/3254915/

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/thousands-expected-saturday-at-chicagos-march-for-our-lives-477671253.html

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/23/gun-control-march-for-our-lives-chicago-teen/
— Spending Spring Break Serving Others – Audrina Bigos (DIERSEN: What did you do during your spring breaks? To demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being an undeservedly filthy rich draft dodger while I attended NIU, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that I drove my 1969 Dodge Charger SE to Florida for spring break in 1969 and 1970.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/24/spending-spring-break-serving-others/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/after-parkland-shooting-worldwide-march-for-our-lives-1
— Synthetic pot linked to several cases of severe bleeding in NE Illinois
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/synthetic-pot-linked-to-several-cases-of-severe-bleeding-in-ne-illinois

WGN TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://wgntv.com/2018/03/24/organizers-hope-to-draw-half-a-million-to-march-for-our-lives-in-washington/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/chicagos-march-for-our-lives-thoughts-and-prayers-wont-do-much-anymore/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/photos-chicagos-march-for-our-lives/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/thousands-gather-march-for-our-lives-washington/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Democrat says “Ninety-nine percent of the Catholic faithful are open to the message of welcoming LGBT people.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/controversial-priest-homophobia-in-church-always-going-to-be-there/
— In victory for Dart, time’s up for prostitution ads on Craigslist, other sites – Mary Mitchell
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/in-victory-for-dart-times-up-for-prostitution-ads-on-craigslist-other-sites/
— Dedicated teachers — not gun-toting teachers — key to safety in Chicago schools – Mark Hamstra (DIERSEN: What shows that you are/were a dedicated employee? While I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, I took job-related courses and earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. While I was an IRS employee 1971-1980, a) I took job-related graduate business courses 1972-1976 and earned a job-related master’s degree when I was 27; b) I took job-related graduate accounting courses 1976-1980 and earned a job-related master’s degree when I was 31; and c) I earned a job-related professional certification when I was 30. While I was a GAO employee 1980-1997, a) I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32; b) I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48; and c) I earned a job-related master’s degree when I was 48.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/dedicated-teachers-not-gun-toting-teachers-key-to-safety-in-chicago-schools/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-march-for-our-lives-20180324-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/news/ct-ptb-education-guns-march-for-lives-st-0325-2-20180324-story.html
— Rauner as broken record: Madigan isn’t the only issue in this campaign – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-rauner-madigan-pritzker-election-20180322-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Primary surprise: Democrats pull more ballots than Republicans in 3 traditional GOP counties – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: When Democrats take over, a) prosperity and safety decrease and b) poverty and crime increase.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180324/primary-surprise-dems-pull-more-ballots-than-republicans-in-3-traditional-gop-counties
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More Democrats voted in DuPage than Republicans. There were 82,943 Democratic ballots cast countywide during the primary, according to unofficial results, compared to 72,843 by Republicans. DuPage wasn’t the only place to experience the shift: Democrats in Lake and Kane counties also pulled more ballots than Republicans. That turnout has the DuPage Democratic Party talking about a “Blue Wave” on its website and Chairman Robert Peickert saying the party may abandon the idea of focusing on only a few county board races. “Democrats are very energized,” Peickert said. “I think they are ready to make a big move in November nationally, statewide and here in DuPage.” . . . “We projected we were going to be way down,” said Brian Krajewski, chairman of the DuPage Republican Party. “We didn’t have many contested races.” Krajewski said there also are indications that many Republicans pulled Democratic ballots to vote against one of the governor candidates. “They were pulling Democratic ballots because they didn’t want J.B. Pritzker,” he said.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180324/images-x201cmarch-for-our-livesx201d-in-the-suburbs
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180324/from-glen-ellyn-to-elgin-thousands-of-suburban-residents-march-to-protest-gun-violence

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Winning back Ives supporters will take time – Doug Finke
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180324/statehouse-insider-winning-back-ives-supporters-will-take-time
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The dust from the primary election has had a chance to settle a bit, but one thing seems clear: Gov. Bruce Rauner will have his hands full trying to win over supporters of Rep. Jeanne Ives. Rauner’s going to need her supporters in November if the predictions come true of a huge Democratic turnout. He may need to make a more public display of soliciting their support than he has so far. About the only positive thing Ives has said so far about Rauner since election night is that she would vote for him in November because he is a Republican. She said she would not endorse him or campaign for him. And then there was the post-election interview she did with WBEZ where she was asked if Rauner or Democratic challenger JB Pritzker would make a better governor. Forty seconds of silence followed before Ives uttered Rauner’s name. Was it a kiss of death? We’ve now gone through the first election since the General Assembly broke a two-year deadlock and passed a new state budget. One key to passing the budget was that a number of House Republicans ignored the wishes of Republican leadership and voted for both a budget and a tax increase to pay for it. Let’s look at the results, since the tax hike in particular infuriated many Republicans. There are two votes to keep in mind. First was the initial vote to pass the tax hike, and then a second vote to override Rauner’s veto. On the first go-around, 15 House Republicans voted for the tax hike. When it came time to vote for the override — the crucial vote to actually put the tax hike in place — only 10 of the original 15 voted “yes.” Of the other five, one was absent and the other four switched their votes on the override. Of the 10 who voted for the override, seven opted not to run for re-election. Two faced primary challenges and won. One has a general election opponent, but did not have a primary. Of the four who switched their votes, one opted not to run; two had primary opponents and won; and the fourth was defeated in the primary. The lawmaker who was absent chose not to seek reelection. The anti-tax crowd can claim victory if they want, contending the GOP lawmakers who voted for the tax hike merely fled before voters could oust them. But it also appears that a vote to raise taxes wasn’t an automatic kiss of death when voters had a chance to weigh in.)

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Downstate holds key to Pritzker blowout – Brenden Moore
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180324/downstate-holds-key-to-pritzker-blowout

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Here’s your chance to reshape Illinois politics – Jim Nowlan
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/local/jim-nowlan-here-s-your-chance-to-reshape-illinois-politics/article_bc8db6ef-e7c9-5c6b-8314-715ceefd3d28.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/03/24/hundreds-march-through-glen-ellyn-demanding-end-to-gun-violence/dz5wqgc/
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/03/24/scenes-from-suburban-march-for-our-lives-events/d2rnf92/

WJBD RADIO
— Trump wants big push for vocational schools (DIERSEN: Were you considered to be college material? While I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, I took college preparatory courses notwithstanding the fact that many, if not most, if not virtually everyone at the time viewed me as NOT being “college material.” Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I just barely made into the top 20% of my class, my ACT score was only 24, I was draft bait, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease). Further, my father had fought type 1 diabetes from age 14. I am sure that many thought that I would soon come down with type 1 diabetes too.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2018/03/24/trump-wants-big-push-for-vocational-schools

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://nprillinois.org/post/hundreds-thousands-march-gun-control-across-us#stream/0

FOX ILLINOIS

— Illinois fails to recoup $76 million in Medicaid overpayments – AP
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-fails-to-recoup-76-million-in-medicaid-overpayments-03-24-2018

ILLINOIS OPPORTUNITY PROJECT
— The Most Conservative Caucus In A Generation
https://mailchi.mp/illinoisopportunity/the-most-conservative-caucus-in-a-generation

MILLENNIAL POLITICS
— Only 3% Millennial Turnout in Illinois Primary – Curt Cain (DIERSEN: What percent of the registered voters in your precinct are Millennials?)
https://millennialpolitics.co/millennial-turnout-illinois/

NEWSMAX
— Omnibus Spending Package Increases Congressional Budgets By Millions – Sandy Fitzgerald (DIERSEN: While worked for GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, Republicans, and especially Newt Gingrich, fought to cut GAO’s budget. Consequently, because I was one of the few Republicans in the office, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates took their anger against Republicans; if not their hatred of Republicans, out on me.)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/omnibus-spending-package-congressional-budgets/2018/03/24/id/850576/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Government Accountability Office (GAO) – $578.9 million, $34.4 million above the FY2017 enacted level and $11.7 million below the FY2018 budget request.)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Activist reminds March for Our Lives crowd not to forget thousands of people shot in Chicago – Anna Giaritelli (DIERSEN: Democrats run Chicago. Chicago is a city where Democrat values flourish.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/activist-reminds-march-for-our-lives-crowd-not-to-forget-thousands-of-people-shot-in-chicago

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrat marchers
https://www.wsj.com/articles/thousands-of-marchers-set-to-take-a-stand-against-gun-violence-1521889200

March 23 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Emanuel Campaign Releases Video Of Trump Calling McCarthy ‘Phenomenal Guy’ (DIERSEN: Do you want Trump’s support? What do you say to those who do not want Trump’s support?)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/22/rahm-emanuel-video-ga

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Roskam’s Democrat challenger. Will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes continue to blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for Roskam’s problems? Both Roskam and Hultgren endorsed me when I first ran for Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000. I arranged for an elephant to walk behind Roskam in Wheaton’s 2007 Independence Day parade.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-peter-roskam-sean-casten-il-6-20180323-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democrat asks if Roskam will challenge him to ‘walk in parades’ or ‘kiss babies’ It was a flip of the script when Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam called on newly minted Democratic challenger Sean Casten to debate him. In the typical back-and-forth over how many debates to have in a campaign, it’s usually the challenger who calls for a lot of them, and then tries to berate an incumbent or front-runner for dodging. This week, though, Roskam challenged Casten to a couple of broadcast debates and joint appearances before newspaper editorial boards, saying “our country faces great challenges, and I look forward to the opportunity to discuss the issues and offer solutions to solve those challenges.” Casten replied Thursday, asking for more debates and needling Roskam over declining to do in-person town hall meetings. “These types of candidate events are simply standard practice in any major campaign,” Casten said in a statement. “Next, I expect Roskam to ‘challenge’ me to shake hands with voters, walk in parades, and kiss babies.” Casten emerged from Tuesday’s seven-way primary in the northwestern and western suburban 6th Congressional District. His challenge to Roskam is expected to be a heated one because Democrat Hillary Clinton beat President Donald Trump there in 2016, even as Roskam won a sixth term by 18 points.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrats.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-underwood-democratic-primary-hultgren-st-0323-20180322-story.html
— Facebook users have been giving away their data for a decade. Is it too late to get our privacy back? – Ally Marotti (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website. It uses the information that it has against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-data-privacy-facebook-cambridge-analytica20180319-story.html
— Reps. Rush and Gutiérrez ordered to pay Treasury following congressional ethics probes – Elise Viebeck
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-gutierrez-rush-ethics-probes-20180322-story.html
— Few retired people expect to pay off their mortgages, survey finds – Michele Lerner (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes were beyond furious when my wife and I paid off our mortgage in the 1990s.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-retirees-mortgages-survey-20180322-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: Mayor Emanuel attacks rival Garry McCarthy in web video with Trump calling then-top cop ‘phenomenal guy’ – Bill Ruthhart (DIERSEN: Do you want Trump’s support? What do you say to those who do not want Trump’s support?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-garry-mccarthy-video-20180322-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Democrats promote Democrat marchers.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-chicago-march-for-our-lives-organizers-20180321-story.html
— Illinois must change or die. What’s your plan, Mr. Pritzker? – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs focus on driving out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-pritzker-governor-jobs-illinois-20180322-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— House ethics panel orders payments from Rush, Gutierrez – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/house-ethics-panel-orders-payments-from-rush-gutierrez/

DAILY HERALD
— Governor primary broke records, and there’s more to come – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180322/governor-primary-broke-records-and-theres-more-to-come
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180322/jeb-bush-to-speak-at-elmhurst-college-forum

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The cost of keeping public records from the public: almost $700k – JOHN CHASE
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180323/NEWS02/180329927

SAUK VALLEY
— Rauner says he has yet to speak to Ives after primary win – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: Rauner should offer to sign a “Contract with Illinois Republicans” in which a) he would agree to defend and advance all the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform, including its traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks and b) he would acknowledge that political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/03/23/rauner-says-he-has-yet-to-speak-to-ives-after-primary-win/a4u9d3m/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Rauner gives preview of new stump speech in visit to Urbana – Tom Kacich (DIERSEN: What about those who voted for Rauner in the primary who want him to dump voters who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-03-23/rauner-gives-preview-new-stump-speech-visit-urbana.html

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Even if he rallies his base, Gov. Bruce Rauner faces uphill general election campaign (DIERSEN: One could argue that Rauner’s base is pro-LGBTQ, pro-abortion, pro-mass/illegal immigration, anti-Illinois Republican Party platform, anti-traditional family, anti-Trump, anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/21/guest-view-even-if-he-rallies-his-base-gov-bruce-rauner-faces-uphill-general-election-campaign/anuhgbd/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrats.
http://www.pantagraph.com/herald-review/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/elections/dems-see-new-hope-in-primary-results/article_5a610b65-d8b5-538b-941a-6d5abfa74a5c.html

HERALD & REVIEW
— Rauner compares foes’ tactics to ‘mafia racket’ – AP
https://herald-review.com/news/local/state-and-regional/rauner-compares-foes-tactics-to-mafia-racket/article_3748fb0a-c69b-5952-9ef0-64150058c2a1.html

TIMES
— 16th Congressional District: Uphill battle expected for Democrats – David Giuliani (DIERSEN: What congressional district do you live in? Who do you want to represent you on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC)? Who do you want to be the next IRP chairman? Who do you want to represent you on the 2020 IRP Platform & Resolutions Committee? What weighted vote will your next representative on the IRP SCC have, that is, what percent of the approximate 700,000 Republican primary ballots cast statewide were cast in your congressional district?)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/uphill-battle-expected-for-democrats/article_d18ba0f6-3253-5725-ac4e-cd67fda70b58.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The combined votes in the Republican primary were 65,520, well more than the Democrats’ 41,663. According to the widely-cited Cook Political Report, the 16th District is rated as “solid Republican.” In an interview, John Jackson, a political science professor at Southern Illinois University, said Tuesday’s numbers in the 16th District are “unpromising” for Democrats. “Statewide, turnout favored Democrats by a two-to-one-margin,” Jackson said. He said the comparison with Pennsylvania’s 18th District may not be applicable. “The 18th was earlier a blue-collar bastion for Democrats and the district is more suburban,” Jackson said. “The 16th sounds like a fairly typical mostly rural district. It is mostly Republican.” Brian Gaines, a political science professor at the University of Illinois, said turnout in primary elections is not necessarily a good indicator of the outcomes of general elections, especially when primaries are months beforehand.)

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Money Matters In Race For Illinois Governor – JACLYN DRISCOLL (DIERSEN: If you had many millions of dollars to spend on politics, what would you spend that money on? Since 2000, my critics/opponents have spent many millions of dollars trying to get people a) to read their emails rather than read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) to visit their websites rather than visit www.gopillinois.com. So far, they have succeeded in ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, and my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership.)
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/money-matters-race-illinois-governor#stream/0

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rauner says that he does not support sanctuary cities or Illinois being a sanctuary state, but his actions contradict that.
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/rauner-i-do-not-support-sanctuary-cities-or-illinois-being-a-sanctuary-state-03-23-2018

WJBC
— ‘Welcoming city’ backers plan fast at Bloomington City Hall – Rebecca Brumfield (DIERSEN: Those who want welcoming cities are anti-Trump supporters, 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.)
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/03/22/welcoming-city-backers-plan-fast-at-bloomington-city-hall/

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who promotes mass/illegal immigration? ANSWER: 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.wsiltv.com/story/37791270/immigration-awareness-week-kicks-off-at-siu

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Cook County GOP Chairman Sean M. Morrison Congratulates Bruce Rauner on Primary Election Victory, Calls for Unity
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2018/03/22/gop-chairman-morrison-applauds-rauner-victory/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Morning Answer – Rep. Jeanne Ives drops by to discuss the primary results
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511368552-morning-answer-rep-jeanne-ives-drops-by-to-discuss-the-primary-results

CAPITOL FAX
— On Wednesday, Rauner traveled to Ives’ home turf for a campaign event at a manufacturing plant on the outskirts of DuPage and Kane counties. One plant worker said employees had been ordered to attend, and were made aware that they’d be part of campaign photos and videos. (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? How would you react if you were ordered to attend a Rauner event?)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/23/rauner-on-the-hustings/

GOPUSA
— Veto coming? Republicans’ $1.3 trillion ‘pass it to read it’ boondoggle
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=42074

BLAZE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote pot want to destroy America, destroy Illinois, destroy DuPage County, destroy Milton Township, destroy Glen Ellyn, destroy Wheaton, etc.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/22/legal-weed-gains-momentum-in-illinois-as-referendum-shows-strong-support

NEWSMAX
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Chicago Marijuana? 68% Say Yes in Nonbinding Referendum – Clyde Huges
https://www.newsmax.com/thewire/chicago-marijuana-recreation-referendum/2018/03/22/id/850094/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Federal employees work for both Democrats and Republicans (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, almost all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. They focused on wasting the careers of and getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, and especially those who were White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made 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://wtop.com/social-media/2018/03/federal-employees-work-for-both-democrats-and-republicans-even-kellyanne-conway/

CNBC
— Recent college grads are intensely competing for a $12,000-a-year job in Chicago — and it’s a good thing – Ravin Gandhi (DIERSEN: When you graduated from college, would you have competed for this? I would not have. When I graduated from college in 1970, I took the only job offer that got working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights and I filed an application for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/22/recent-college-grads-lining-up-for-12000-a-year-job-in-chicago.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Columbia College in Chicago to host ‘whiteness in decline’ lecture – Bradford Richardson (DIERSEN: What do you say to Whites a) who glorify and praise anti-Whites, b) who pander to anti-Whites, c) who serve as operatives or as dupes for anti-Whites, and/or d) who give money to anti-Whites? I should write a book about the aforesaid in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/22/college-hold-whiteness-decline-lecture/

BLAZE
— Tucker Carlson accuses Facebook of ‘ideological warfare’ – Carlos Garcia (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/22/tucker-carlson-accuses-facebook-of-ideological-warfare-heres-why

THE HILL
— Congress votes to expand deficit — and many in GOP are unhappy – NIV ELIS AND NAOMI JAGODA
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/379825-congress-votes-to-expand-deficit-and-many-in-gop-are-unhappy
— Progressive Dems bet that Dreamers with stick with them – RAFAEL BERNAL (DIERSEN: Of course, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups will stick with the Democrats: anti-Trump supporters, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://thehill.com/latino/379844-progressive-dems-bet-that-dreamers-with-stick-with-them

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/young-activists-descend-washington-tomorrow-march-lives/story?id=53850670

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to White males a) who glorify and praise anti-Whites and anti-males, b) who pander to anti-Whites and to anti-males, c) who serve as operatives for or as dupes for anti-Whites and anti-males, and/or d) who give money to anti-Whites and to anti-males? I should write a book about the aforesaid in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/opinion/speaking-as-a-white-male.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Democrats Abandon Catholics If you value religious education or life’s sanctity, you’re not welcome in the party. – Cardinal Timothy Dolan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-democrats-abandon-catholics-1521761348
— Facebook’s investigation into outsiders’ handling of its users’ information will help identify and deter bad actors but won’t be able to uncover where all the data ended up and how it is being deployed – Deepa Seetharaman (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website. It deploys the information that it has against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/zuckerberg-says-facebook-probe-into-apps-wont-uncover-all-data-abuse-1521775456
— Next Worry for Facebook: Disenchanted Users – Kirsten Grind
https://www.wsj.com/articles/next-worry-for-facebook-disenchanted-users-1521717883
— Demand for American Sperm Is Skyrocketing in Brazil Explosive growth spurred by more wealthy single women and lesbian couples turning to U.S. donors The racial makeup of Brazil contrasts starkly with the country’s sperm imports from overwhelmingly white U.S. donors. – Samantha Pearson (DIERSEN: Given the success that Democrats have had in America demonizing, denigrating, and condemning heterosexual White males, one would expect that in America, the demand for sperm that is most likely to produce LGBTQ female minorities is skyrocketing.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-mixed-race-brazil-sperm-imports-from-u-s-whites-are-booming-1521711000
— How to Sell Your Home Without a Real-Estate Agent Selling a home without a real-estate agent could save thousands in commissions, but many owners don’t want the hassle – Robyn A. Friedman (DIERSEN: In 1984, when I was 35 years old, I sold 1017 East Harrison without a real estate agent.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-sell-your-home-without-a-real-estate-agent-1521640801
— The University of Denial Aggressive suppression of the truth is a central feature of American higher education. – Amy L. Wax
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-university-of-denial-1521760098

USA TODAY
— From ‘Little Marco’ to ‘Cryin’ Chuck,’ all hail Melania Trump’s cyberbullying campaign – Cheri Jacobus
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/03/22/melania-trump-cyberbullying-campaign-cold-comfort-donald-targets-column/445448002/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump marchers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/03/22/survivors-other-shootings-march-our-lives/404268002/

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ promoters focus on destroying individuals, destroying organizations, destroying companies, destroying governments, and destroying countries that do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/03/22/anti-lgbt-roundup-events-and-activities-32218

March 16 Evening Edition

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Rauner’s Latest Dishonest Attack on Conservative Challenger Ives – ALEXANDRA DESANCTIS
https://www.nationalreview.com/blog/corner/rauners-latest-dishonest-attack-on-conservative-challenger-ives/

POLITICO
— Primary challenge squeezes Illinois GOP governor Conservatives accuse Bruce Rauner of being too liberal on social issues. – NATASHA KORECKI (DIERSEN: If Rauner wins the primary, it certainly looks like he and the candidates who he supports will run as an anti-Republicans to win the general election. It certainly looks like if he wins, he will use his money and power to dump if not to destroy each and every individual, organization, company, and government entity that did not glorify and praise him, that did not pander to him, that did not serve as one of his operatives or dupes, and/or that did not gave him money during the primary.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/16/illinois-governor-race-2018-467935

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Bruce Rauner: The DGA’s Favorite Fake Republican
https://mailchi.mp/e60315061b0a/bruce-rauner-the-dgas-favorite-fake-republican
— Real Conservatives Stand With Jeanne Ives
https://mailchi.mp/29536a435779/real-conservatives-stand-with-jeanne-ives
— Rauner Sticks to his Script While Vets Continue to Get Sick Bruce Rauner possesses none of what the veterans he has ignored possess: honor.
https://mailchi.mp/58b83271dc91/rauner-sticks-to-his-script-while-vets-continue-to-get-sick

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Truth – It must be reported – Governor Rauner should be ashamed! – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/03/truth-it-must-be-reported-governor-rauner-should-be-ashamed/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— COOK COUNTY GOP TRIES NEW TACTIC TO UNDERMINE GOP TOWNSHIP COMMITTEES’ PRO-IVES ENDORSEMENTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/cook-county-gop-tries-new-tactic-to-undermine-gop-township-committees-pro-ives-endorsements.html
— WHICH IS IT? IS IVES “TOO CONSERVATIVE FOR ILLINOIS” OR “MADIGAN’S FAVORITE REPUBLICAN”?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/which-is-it-is-ives-too-conservative-for-illinois-or-madigans-favorite-republican.html
— NATIONAL PRO-LIFE GROUP CALLS FOR DEMOCRAT PRO-LIFERS TO VOTE LIPINSKI IN IL’S 3RD CD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/national-prolife-group-undermines-ives-while-supporting-congressman-in-democrat-primary.html
— AS IL GOP GUBERNATORIAL RACE TIGHTENS, NATIONAL REVIEW ENDORSES IVES FOR GOVERNOR
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/as-il-gop-gubernatorial-race-tightens-national-review-endorses-ives-for-governor.html

BRUCE RAUNER
— Rauner Campaign Calls on DGA to File In-Kind Donations for Ads Supporting Rep. Ives
https://www.brucerauner.com/news/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— By vetoing gun bill, Rauner threw red meat to his base – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: Republicans want gun laws to be enforced and they oppose new gun laws. Democrats want to abolish the Second Amendment.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/by-vetoing-gun-bill-rauner-threw-red-meat-to-his-base/
— 2 candidates with prominent supporters seek GOP nomination to replace longtime DuPage sheriff – Robert McCoppin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-dupage-sheriff-republican-primary-preview-20180315-story.html
— Illinois’ next governor – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-illinois-governors-primary-election-20180315-story.html
— Evangelical support for Trump isn’t hypocritical – Laurie Higgins, cultural issues writer, Illinois Family Institute
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-donald-trump-stormy-daniels-evangelicals-sin-20180316-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrats who want to defeat Roskam and Hulgren. Both Roskam and Hultgren endorsed me when I first ran for DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 Republican Committeeman in Wheaton in 2000. Of course, since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Roskam and at Hultgren that me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have caused all the problems that Roskam and Hultgren have had.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-congress-6th-14th-20180315-story.html
— House Republican leader Jim Durkin catching rare primary challenge symbolizes GOP conflict – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jim-durkin-primary-challenge-20180316-story.html
— Rauner money helps Harold’s attorney general campaign, but Grasso questions her independence – Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-republican-attorney-general-20180315-story.html
— Br’er Democrats beg voters: Don’t vote for Ives, whatever you do! – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-phony-democratic-ad-ives-0318-20180316-story.html
— 6 vie for county board District 6 seats – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-board-district-6-primary-st-0318-2-20180316-story.html
— High turnout of fired-up voters expected for Tuesday’s primary election – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-primary-election-overview-st-0318-20180316-story.html
— As Illinois lawmakers pursue bump stock ban, Northbrook online retailer can’t keep enough in stock – Robert Channick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-bump-stock-ban-northbrook-retailer-20180315-story.html
— What Naperville residents will see on primary election ballots Tuesday – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-march-primary-election-naperville-st-0318-20180317-story.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Ives: Rauner ‘in hiding’ before primary – Derek Beigh
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/government-and-politics/elections/ives-rauner-in-hiding-before-primary/article_7f685dc0-587d-5524-81e9-7440fd90b4d1.html

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Ives Pushes Back on School Walkouts, DGA Ad – RYAN DENHAM
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/ives-pushes-back-school-walkouts-dga-ad#stream/0

WDBR
— 3 YEARS AGO FLASHBACK: Rauner Tells GOP Not to Expect Favors if He is Elected
http://wdbr.com/news/101101-rauner-tells-gop-not-to-expect-favors-if-he-is-elected/

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner opens new online track against Ives (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress to Ives that I was a member of a government union for almost 12 years.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/16/rauner-opens-new-online-track-against-ives/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Script…“When I served on Wheaton city council, the only thing that union membership understood were layoffs. It’s the only thing they understood. So if you can’t impose your final, best offer because the courts have blocked it, then you just start laying people off.”)
— Rauner calls Madigan “a unified force of bad, of evil”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/16/rauner-calls-madigan-a-unified-force-of-bad-of-evil/
— Sen. Duckworth gets involved in another state central committee race (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican? Who do you want to represent you on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee and why?)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/16/sen-duckworth-gets-involved-in-another-state-central-committee-race/
— Pro-life group launches GOTV effort for Lipinski (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Why doesn’t Lipinski become a Republican? ANSWER: Those who dominate the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) fail/refuse to defend/advance the right to life plank in the IRP platform.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/16/pro-life-group-launches-gotv-effort-for-lipinski/
— $451,000 *** New DGA ads bash Jeanne Ives, Bruce Rauner
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/15/new-dga-ad-bashes-jeanne-ives/
— New Ives radio ad claims Democrats are trying to help Rauner, while Brady does Rauner robocall
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/16/new-ives-radio-ad-claims-democrats-are-trying-to-help-rauner/
— Elections board says DGA should file disclosure for Ives ad
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/16/elections-board-says-dga-should-file-disclosure-for-ives-ad/
— Rauner: “Madigan has rigged the Democratic primary for Pritzker”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/16/rauner-madigan-has-rigged-the-democratic-primary-for-pritzker/
— New Ives radio ad claims Democrats are trying to help Rauner, while Brady does Rauner robocall
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/16/new-ives-radio-ad-claims-democrats-are-trying-to-help-rauner/

ABC7
— Governor candidates make final push for votes ahead of primary – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/governor-candidates-make-final-push-for-votes-ahead-of-primary/3225268/

WLS AM
— Kennedy and Ives trade barbs over religion – Bill Cameron (DIERSEN: What is your religion? I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL). Many, if not most of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes despise if not hate MSLs as being “too conservative.”)
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/03/16/kennedy-and-ives-trade-barbs-over-religion/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Taping “Connected to Chicago with Bill Cameron” for Sunday night at 7, Democratic candidate for governor Chris Kennedy was controversial talking about Gov Rauner’s GOP challenger State Representative Jeanne Ives. Chris Kennedy is candid. When Cameron asked who he’d rather run against, Bruce Rauner or Jeanne Ives, he brought up religion and said Ives “has no moral core” that he can identify with. “You know Jeannie Ives, it’s kind of interesting to me, she’s proved you can be a Catholic without being Christian,” said Kennedy. “And if you want evidence of that, you can see the ad that she ran attacking immigrants in the United States which were largely the people of Abraham in this country. We don’t attack immigrants. To attack the LGBT community in that ad. That’s not what we do.” The Ives campaign has a biting response. It says, “Chris Kennedy might want to check with Cardinal Cupich or Pope Francis on matters like respecting and protecting unborn life before he starts excommunicating people from the Church.” It adds “Kennedy is just another vacuous, virtue-signaling Leftist hack who worships at the altar of big government and prays to the almighty Mike Madigan.”)
— Erika Harold says if she made anti-gay comments “It was absolutely wrong.”
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/03/16/erika-harold-says-if-she-made-anti-gay-comments-it-was-absolutely-wrong/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Win or lose, women and are stepping up in Tuesday’s elections – Laura Washington
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/win-or-lose-women-and-are-stepping-up-and-running-in-tuesdays-elections/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/chicago-student-walk-out-nra-bruce-rauner-letters-to-the-editor/

DAILY HERALD
— OUTSTANDING: 1,100 Downers Grove students get hour detentions for walkouts – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180316/1100-downers-grove-students-get-hour-detentions-for-walkouts
— Lawsuit: Wheaton College, football coach ignored hazing – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180316/lawsuit-wheaton-college-football-coach-ignored-hazing
— Polls open all weekend; here’s what else you need to know – Diane Dungey
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180316/polls-open-all-weekend-heres-what-else-you-need-to-know–

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Madigan backs Illinois Democrat Party State Central Committee incumbent Jayne Mazzotti in 13th Congressional District – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: If you are a Republican, who are the candidates running to represent you on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee for your congressional District? If you live outside of Cook County, how well does your Republican Precinct Committeeman know them? If you live in Cook County, but outside of Chicago, how will does your Republican Township Committeeman know them? If you live in Chicago, how will does your Republican Ward Committeeman know them? The election is on April 18, 2018.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180316/madigan-backs-dem-central-committee-incumbent-in-13th

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Harold clarifies same-sex stance – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-03-16/harold-clarifies-same-sex-stance.html

SCHAUMBURG TOWNSHIP REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION
— STRO Unity Breakfast and Committeeman Transition with Guest Speaker Darlene Senger Saturday, March 24, 2018 (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, a) the Illinois Republican Party should host a major unity event for state-wide candidates and b) each Republican county party organization should host a major unity event for candidates in their county. If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, the organization would be hosting a unity event for candidates in DuPage County.)
http://www.stgop.org/events/stro-unity-breakfast-and-committeeman-transition-with-guest-speaker-darlene-senger/

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— What We Learned From The Walkouts
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/what-we-learned-from-the-walkouts

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Employer groups ask Rauner to veto Dem-backed bill to transfer enforcement powers from Labor Dept to A/G – John Sammon
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511363134-employer-groups-ask-rauner-to-veto-dem-backed-bill-to-transfer-enforcement-powers-from-labor-dept-to-a-g

NEWSMAX
— IRS Found 1.2 Million Cases of Identity Theft by Illegal Immigrants – Theodore Bunker
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/irs-illegal-immigrants-identity-theft-fraud/2018/03/16/id/849101/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Pro-Life Democrat Dan Lipinski: ‘It Would Be a Disaster’ for Party to Expel People Like Me – Cameron Cawthorne (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present anti-conservative leaders of the Republican Party in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on expelling Republican Precinct Committeemen like me a) who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform and b) who support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/pro-life-democrat-disaster-party-expel-people-like-me/

GOPUSA
— Fleeing Illinois
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41477

MSN
— Extreme Political Polarization is Contributing to a Federal Employee Exodus
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/life/extreme-political-polarization-is-contributing-to-a-federal-employee-exodus/vp-BBKjLPG
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The political polarization that—now more than ever—dominates Washington is making federal employees deeply uncomfortable. On the right, many attack civil servants as part of a putative “deep state” bent on sabotaging President Donald Trump’s agenda, and they want to restrain or get rid of those whom they derisively describe as “unaccountable bureaucrats.” And on the left, some castigate federal employees as complicit in policies that are “unconscionable,” “undemocratic” or worse.)

CNN
— Trump is creating a dangerous echo chamber around himself – Julian E. Zelizer (DIERSEN: While I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012, I certainly did not create an echo chamber around me. For many years before I became the TAPROOT chairman, and while I served as its chairman, virtually no one wanted to serve as a TAPROOT officer or director. Virtually all those who did want to serve talked and acted like they wanted to destroy me and destroy TAPROOT.)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/16/opinions/trump-creates-echo-chamber-around-him-opinion-zelizer/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Big Names and Big Money in Illinois as Governor Faces Challenges on All Sides – Julie Bosman
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/us/illinois-governor-election.html

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— The Attempted Purge of a Rare Pro-Choice Republican (Rauner) in Illinois – Ed Kilgore (DIERSEN: In Illinois, far too many “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. fail/refuse to defend/advance the right to life plank in the party’s platform. Far too many of them focus on getting rid of those like me who support the right to life plank in the party’s platform.)
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/the-attempted-purge-of-a-rare-pro-choice-republican.html

March 10 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown wants accusers prosecuted for lying to feds – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/circuit-court-clerk-dorothy-brown-wants-accusers-prosecuted-for-lying-to-feds/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Domestic violence agency details the reality of ‘affluent abuse’ across Lake County – Yadira Sanchez Olson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-lake-county-domestic-violence-st-0310-20180309-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois Attorney General race a battle over political and financial independence – AP (DIERSEN: How much political and financial independence do you have? Who in your precinct, your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in world has enough religious, government, political, and/or financial clout that they can harm you if not destroy you?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180310/news/303109943/
— Here’s why Amazon bought the doorbell company Ring – Bloomberg
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180310/heres-why-amazon-bought-the-doorbell-company-ring

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Fact check: Governor candidates’ job claims built on shaky foundation – BGA
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180310/fact-check-governor-candidates-job-claims-built-on-shaky-foundation
— I hope Democrats defend sanctuary cities – it’s bad policy, and it’ll cost them – Ed Rogers (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Republican candidates, Republican elected officials, and Republican party leaders in Illinois who talk and/or act like they are paying political consultants who have advised them to dump those Republican voters, dump those Republican Precinct Committeemen, dump those Republican etc. who support the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180309/ed-rogers-i-hope-democrats-defend-sanctuary-cities—its-bad-policy-and-itll-cost-them
— Executive Mansion utility costs all Rauner said they were and more – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180310/executive-mansion-utility-costs-all-rauner-said-they-were-and-more
— Mendoza finds new way to tweak Rauner – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180310/statehouse-insider-mendoza-finds-new-way-to-tweak-rauner

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Republicans should give Ives a chance to be governor – Editorial
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20180310/our-view-republicans-should-give-ives-chance-to-be-governor

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Northern Illinois University professor promotes LGBT activity.
http://www.whig.com/20180311/lgbt-speaker-never-assume-gender-identity-sexual-orientation#//

WGEM
— Illinois lawmakers looking to address teacher shortage – Patrick Doss (DIERSEN: In 1980, because the shortage of qualified Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, and veterans was so bad, GAO hired me. In 1971, because the shortage of qualified Democrats, minorities, females, and veterans was so bad, IRS hired me. In 1966, because the shortage of qualified Democrats, minorities, females, and veterans was so bad, the Post Office hired me.)
http://www.wgem.com/story/37692644/2018/03/Friday/illinois-lawmakers-looking-to-address-teacher-shortage

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Rockford Register Star Endorses Ives
https://mailchi.mp/0b00f5fecf6d/rockford-register-star-endorses-ives

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Katie Miller battles Springfield GOP machine in 53rd House District primary race – W.J. Kennedy (DIERSEN: This speaks volumes about the House Republican Organization.)
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511359238-miller-battles-springfield-gop-machine-in-53rd-house-district-primary-race
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Through the House Republican Organization (HRO), the Republican machine in Springfield is dumping hundreds of thousands of dollars into primary campaigns of their handpicked candidates. One of HRO’s toughest, more expensive campaigns is in the 53rd District against Mt. Prospect’s Katie Miller. The HRO’s candidate there is 29-year-old Eddie Corrigan. HRO has given over $150,000 to his campaign just since late February, according to Illinois State Board of Elections records. Corrigan lives with his father in Arlington Heights and has a colorful party history on full display on Facebook. The 39-year-old Miller is a registered nurse and married mother of three who pays nearly $10,000 a year in property taxes. In TV commercials and mailers, Corrigan’s HRO-funded campaign — just as with other HRO smears targeting those running against their handpicked candidates — is saying that Miller is a Democrat at heart and has ties to Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan. Miller, a self-described “across-the-board conservative,” calls the ads “outright lies.” “I was carrying posters for Republican candidates ever since I was 4,” Miller said. “I have never even met Madigan.” The Corrigan campaign has also criticized Miller for appealing her property taxes, describing the process as “shady.” Millions of homeowners in Cook County appeal their taxes each year, standard practice in a state with the highest property taxes in the nation. Corrigan doesn’t pay property taxes. After the hit ads against Miler, the Liberty Principles PAC financed mailers containing Facebook photos that show Corrigan in full party mode: one shows his head back chugging from a beer bottle, and another shows his tongue out and beer can in hand during a St. Patrick’s Day celebration; in others, he’s making an obscene gesture. A caption with the photos reads: “These are worth at least 1,000 words. But here are ten: We Have Enough Children In Springfield. Don’t Send Any More.” Corrigan refers to himself as a conservative, but in a debate with Miller he waffled on the issues, especially social ones. Miller says she will fight for the rollback of the 34 percent income tax hike approved last summer, the repeal of the taxpayer-funded abortion law (HB 40) Gov. Bruce Rauner signed in September and the repeal of the statewide “sanctuary” bill the governor signed in August. Other conservative primary candidates battling the HRO and their handpicked candidates include Marko Sukovic in the 59th District and Jillian Rose Bernas in the 56th District.)

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Kenneth Wilson, Website Owner, Unmasked; Removes Offensive Content – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/03/kenneth-wilson-website-owner-unmasked-removes-offensive-content/

BREITBART
— Laura Ingraham: ‘California Is Almost Acting Like It’s a Separate Country’ – JEFF POOR
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/03/10/laura-ingraham-california-almost-acting-like-separate-country/

HOT AIR
— So The Democrats Have Decided To Run On Abolishing ICE – JAZZ SHAW
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/03/10/democrats-decided-run-abolishing-ice/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ACLU slams ‘shameful’ First Amendment Defense Act – Bradford Richardson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, ACLU makes clear that if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, ACLU wants to get rid of you.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/9/aclu-slams-shameful-first-amendment-defense-act/

NUMBERS USA
— Texas Republican Voters Overwhelmingly Back Non-Binding E-Verify Proposition – Van Esser (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, all employers in America should be required to use E-Verify.)
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/texas-republican-voters-overwhelmingly-back-non-binding-e-verify-proposition
— Workplace Enforcement leads to better wages for a legal workforce – Jeremy Beck
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/washington-post-workplace-enforcement-leads-better-wages-legal-workforce

NEW YORK POST
— Cutting welfare to illegal aliens would pay for Trump’s wall – Paul Sperry
https://nypost.com/2018/03/10/cutting-welfare-to-illegal-aliens-would-pay-for-trumps-wall/

GASTON GAZETTE
— What does a Republican look like anyway – Lewis Guignard (DIERSEN: In what ways are you a minority? In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world, are there more people who are a) anti-Trump than Trump supporters, b) anti-Protestant than Protestant, c) anti-conservative than conservative, d) anti-patriotic than patriotic, e) anti-Republican than Republican, f) anti-American than American, g) anti-White than White, h) anti-male than male, i) anti-older people than older people, j) anti-rich people than rich people, k) anti-gun owners than gun owners, l) anti-German Americans than German Americans, and m) anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors than those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? Sadly for me, if not tragically for me, ever-increasingly, I am a minority in more and more and more ways. Ever-increasingly, the Republican Party dumps those who share my demographics.)
http://www.gastongazette.com/opinion/20180309/my-turn-what-does-republican-look-like-anyway
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Historically, discrimination has to do with a majority, or the politically powerful, keeping a minority under their heel. In the U.S. that has included women, Africans, Indians, Irish, Italians, Catholics, Jews and Chinese. More recently, but harder to identify, are the LBGT adherents. (If your favorite was left out, my apologies) In a nutshell, these groups have no choice about their identity, so laws about discriminating against them are understandable. But what is a Democrat or Republican or a Libertarian that one can complain they have a right to equal representation at the ballot box? Were they born that way? Is it a religious belief, or a demographic affliction which requires protections under the law? No, they are no different than a sports team, which one chooses, for various reasons, as the team they support. Can you tell the difference between a Democrat or Republican or a Constitutionalist by looking at them? Only if they’re working for their team near an election. Like Panther’s fans, they proudly show their affiliation. But that affiliation can easily change. Democrats become Republicans or independents and vice versa. On what then, do Democrats base their challenges to a gerrymandered district? They say they want an equal chance to win and the districting the legislatures have done, which appears legal under the Constitution, doesn’t give them those chances.)

TIME MAGAZINE
— ALL OF THE FRONT COVER: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally and b) viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn those who do NOT glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.)
http://time.com/longform/donald-trump-immigration-policy-splitting-families/

FINANCIAL ADVISOR
— Workplace Benefits Influence Employee Feelings Of Financial Security, Study Says – JADAH RILEY
https://www.fa-mag.com/news/workplace-benefits-influence-employee-feelings-of-financial-security–study-says-37584.html

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION
— Does Rauner Stand by His Hand-Picked Attorney General Candidate, Erika Harold?
https://democraticgovernors.org/news/does-rauner-stand-by-his-hand-picked-attorney-general-candidate-erika-harold/

WINDY CITY TIMES
— AG candidate Erika Harold says anti-gay adoption sentiment shifted – Matt Simonette
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/AG-candidate-says-anti-gay-adoption-sentiment-shifted/62184.html

March 9 Morning Edition

NBC5
— AG Candidate Held ‘Shocking’ View On Gay Adoption When She Was Miss Illinois Contestant – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/erika-harold-miss-illinois-gay-adoption-question-476297063.html
— State Representative’s Former Girlfriend Says Madigan Knew of Abuse Allegations – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: What have you been accused of? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes accuse me of supporting the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform. They accuse me of supporting the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. They accuse me of opposing the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Former-State-Representatives-Girlfriend-Says-Madigan-Knew-of-Abuse-Allegations-476343213.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illegal immigrant linked to fatal hit-and-run not detained despite ICE request
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/illegal-immigrant-linked-to-fatal-hit-run-not-detained-despite-ice-request

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump announces tariffs, says we must address ‘assault on our country’ – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lawmakers-business-brace-for-rollout-of-trumps-tariff-plan/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— GOP candidates for DuPage sheriff work in that office – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-sheriffs-race-primary-st-0311-20180309-story.html
— OUTSTANDING: Aurora may limit video gambling – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-video-gambling-st-0308-20180308-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Abortion advocates plan to attack Breen.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-dan-lipinski-marie-newman-20180309-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Abortion-rights group Personal PAC plans to start dropping mailers critical of Republican state Rep. Peter Breen of Lombard, an early signal that Democrats could see the seat as a top target in November. Breen is an attorney and leading abortion opponent who helped spearhead the lawsuit challenging Illinois new law expanding access to taxpayer-funded abortions. He is the House GOP floor leader at the Capitol. Personal PAC President Terry Cosgrove said the group is spending money early to take on Breen because the House district he holds is a “moderate” one that went for Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016. Breen doesn’t have a primary opponent but will face Democrat Terra Costa Howard of Glen Ellyn in the fall. “It takes a lot of hard work to get voters to understand what their state representative has been up to,” Cosgrove said. He declined to say how much his PAC plans to spend on the race, but it’s already launched a website critical of Breen. Breen surfaced in the news recently because he wrote a letter to Republican leaders saying GOP House candidate Burt Minor “is not fit to serve” because of “inappropriate” comments that attorney general candidate Erika Harold said he made to her about race and sexual orientation. Breen is a former Lombard official in his second House term. In 2016, he won re-election with more than 56 percent of the vote.)
— Rep. Lipinski spent $510,000 in two months in race against primary challenger Newman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-dan-lipinski-marie-newman-20180309-story.html
— Michael Madigan wouldn’t intervene in domestic battery case involving Democratic candidate, woman says – Stacy St. Clair, Ray Long and Christy Gutowski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rita-accuser-politics-madigan-20180309-story.html
— Elizabeth Warren seeks to neutralize ‘Pocahontas’ barbs – AP (DIERSEN: Many, if not most of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-German-American. What if from the beginning I had pretended to be Swedish-American? While all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, according to DNA Ancestry at http://dna.ancestry.com,my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–elizabeth-warren-pocahontas-20180305-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURES: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180308/students-across-suburbs-to-protest-gun-violence-schools-responses-vary
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-men protest men.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180308/news/303089985/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pritzker says “I’m running for governor because everything that we care about is under siege right now by a racist, xenophobic, misogynist president in Washington, D.C., and his local silent partner, Bruce Rauner.” Pritzker should acknowledge that Rauner and his supporters reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180308/jb-pritzker-use-illinois-governors-office-to-help-people

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Group Finds Pay Spiking For Some Public Employees – Cole Lauterbach
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=261407#.WqJcr4yKTcs

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Trump says re-opening of Illinois plant is proof his tariff move will benefit American workers – CHUCK RAASCH
http://jg-tc.com/herald-review/business/state-and-regional/trump-says-re-opening-of-illinois-plant-is-proof-his/article_ae954ef2-097c-5fe0-9bae-4f49323cd505.html

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— Marter hosting town hall meeting with filmmaker
http://www.newstrib.com/free/marter-hosting-town-hall-meeting-with-filmmaker/article_dc0bdc06-22e7-11e8-a808-8740a8b025cb.html

STATELINE
— Bill to Make Illinois State Income Tax ‘Progressive’ Filed in Legislature While bill cannot become law, it could fuel debate on changing taxes – Scott Picken (DIERSEN: Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes.)
http://www.mystateline.com/news/bill-to-make-illinois-state-income-tax-progressive-filed-in-legislature/1021309501

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— 7% of DuPage County residents enrolled in food stamp program (DIERSEN: The cost of living in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton is very high.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511351568-analysis-7-of-dupage-county-residents-enrolled-in-food-stamp-program

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rauner’s proposed income tax cut is contingent on pension and health care reform – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/rauners-proposed-income-tax-cut-is-contingent-on-pension-and-health-care-reform-03-08-2018

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump Has Long Believed America Is A Victim Of International Trade
http://nprillinois.org/post/trump-has-long-believed-america-victim-international-trade#stream/0

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Emails indicate impact Rauner’s wife had on abortion bill, Edgar County Watchdogs says – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511358656-emails-indicate-impact-rauner-s-wife-had-on-abortion-bill-watchdog-group-says

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Leftist Anti-Gun Protest in Government Schools Next Week – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/leftist-political-protest-schools-next-week/

GOPUSA
— Elizabeth Warren pressured to take DNA test (DIERSEN: Many, if not most of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-German-American. What if from the beginning I had pretended to be Swedish-American? While all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, according to DNA Ancestry at http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
http://www.gopusa.com/elizabeth-warren-pressured-to-take-dna-test/

BREITBART
— ‘Dreamers’ Say They Are Done Believing Democrats’ Empty Promises – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/08/dreamers-say-they-are-done-believing-democrats-empty-promises/

NEWSMAX
— GAO Report: Taxpayers Gave Abortion Providers $1.5 Billion in Recent Years – Jason Devaney
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/gao-abortion-healthcare-funding/2018/03/08/id/847588/

TRUTH IN MEDIA
— Internet Purge of Dissenting Voices? – Ben Swann (DIERSEN: I am a dissenting voice in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) because those who dominate the IRP, DCRCC, and MTRCC a) reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and many other planks in the IRP platform and b) reject those like me who support the aforesaid planks.)
http://truthinmedia.com/reality-check-internet-purge-dissenting-voices/

BIZPAC REVIEW
— Illinois bill to confiscate guns from young Americans quickly gains steam — even from some Republicans – Luis Miguel
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/03/09/600am-il-bill-to-confiscate-guns-from-young-amercians-quickly-gains-steam-even-from-some-republicans-611556#

REUTERS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run education in America encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-teens-lgbtq/more-u-s-schools-offering-safe-spaces-for-lgbtq-youth-idUSKCN1GK2V9

NEW YORK TIMES
— It’s True: False News Spreads Faster and Wider. And Humans Are to Blame. – Steve Lohr (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the only news that is not false is the news that they put out or bless.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/technology/twitter-fake-news-research.html
— How Russian Trolls Crept Into the Trump Campaign’s Facebook Messages – Kenneth P. Vogel
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/us/politics/russian-trolls-trump-campaign-florida-matt-skiber.html
— Stormy Daniels Lawsuit Opens Door to Further Trouble for Trump – Jim Rutenberg and Mike McIntire
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/us/politics/stormy-daniels-trump-legal-case.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Japan Inc. Rethinks Women’s work – Mari Saito (DIERSEN: Tt was extremely difficult for my superiors to hire and retain minorities and females because the jobs that I had were so bad. Qualified minorities, females, and veterans took better jobs elsewhere. 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.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/business/japan-women-construction.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Notre Dame Becomes a Bit Less Catholic It sued when Obama demanded it cover birth control. Now it has partly given in. – Alexandra DeSanctis
https://www.wsj.com/articles/notre-dame-becomes-a-bit-less-catholic-1520552864

USA TODAY
— Parkland kids can protest, but they don’t know what they are talking about – Jonah Goldberg
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/03/08/parkland-shooting-kids-can-protest-guns-but-we-shouldnt-assume-they-know-more-goldberg-column/401160002/

GOVERNING
— Why Sessions Suing California May Have Done Democrats a Favor – Joe Garofoli (DIERSEN: All the individuals, companies, and governments that I have sued treated me like they wanted me to sue them. I should write a book about them. They all believe that because my demographics are so bad, no jury would rule in my favor.)
http://www.governing.com/topics/politics/tns-california-sanctuary-lawsuit-democrats.html

WINDY CITY TIMES
— The Census should count LGBTQ people because we count. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Emails-prove-DOJ-halted-LGBTQ-inclusion-in-census-Task-Force-responds/62179.html