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June 12 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Gambling is a vice. Government should not promote any kind of vice. In its Tuesday, June 13, 2017, morning edition tomorrow, GOPUSA ILLINOIS will report on how each of the 18 DuPage County Board Members voted, and how Chairman Dan Cronin voted if necessary to break a tie, to keep or lift DuPage County’s ban on video gambling in unincorporated areas. They will vote at the DuPage County Finance Committee meeting Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at 7:30 AM. Please join Kathy Gilroy, me, and others who will speak at this meeting in favor of keeping the ban. Based on the minutes of the May 23, 2017 DuPage County Board meeting, a motion will be made at this meeting to refer the matter to another committee. If you are in DuPage County, please email DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin, the 18 DuPage County Board members, and especially, the 3 board members who represent your district (SEE BELOW), to vote to keep the ban. Needless-to-say, before any vote by the full Board is taken to lift the ban, public hearings should be held in each of the county’s six districts. Will 9 vote to keep the ban and 9 vote to left the ban so that Cronin can break the tie? In 2009, I played a major role in getting the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) to unanimously pass a resolution against video gambling throughout DuPage County. Since then, no MTRCC member has done anything to rescind that resolution. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

Chairman
Dan Cronin chairman@dupageco.org

District 1
Paul Fichtner pfichtner@dupageco.org
Donald Puchalski dpuchalski@dupageco.org
Sam Tornatore sam.tornatore@dupageco.org

District 2
Elizabeth Chaplin elizabeth.chaplin@dupageco.org
Peter “Pete” DiCianni peter.dicianni@dupageco.org
Sean Noonan sean.noonan@dupageco.org

District 3
John Curran john.curran@dupageco.org
Gary Grasso gary.grasso@dupageco.org
Brian Krajewski brian.krajewski@dupageco.org

District 4
Grant Eckhoff grant.eckhoff@dupageco.org
Tim Elliott Tim.Elliott@dupageco.org
Amy Grant amy.grant@dupageco.org

District 5
Janice Anderson Janice.Anderson@dupageco.org
James Healy jhealy@dupageco.org
Tonia Khouri tonia.khouri@dupageco.org

District 6
Robert Larsen robert.larsen@dupageco.org
Kevin Wiley kevin.wiley@dupageco.org
James Zay jzay@dupageco.org

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pawar: Democrats paved way for Rauner and Trump – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-ameya-pawar-illinois-governor-20170612-story.html
— Tips for landing first job out of college – Glenn Leibowitz (DIERSEN: What discouraged employers from hiring, retaining, and/or promoting you? For me, prior to 1971, it was my being draft bait. But before and after 1971, it has been my bad demographics. Since the 1960s, all employers in America have been under pressure to hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat minorities, and young Democrat females. It is called Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-tips-for-help-in-landing-a-summer-job-20170605-story.html
— Theresa May’s biggest mistake – Therese Raphael (DIERSEN: If I had become a Democrat, the federal government would have promoted into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-uk-election-theresa-may-brexit-20170609-story.html
— Nearly 90,000 Cook County teens, young adults not in school or working – Lisa Schencker (DIERSEN: What did you do with your summers when you were a teen? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes in 1965; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; and delivering mail 1967-1969.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-young-people-unemployed-chicago-0612-biz-20170610-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ten bills to help Illinois that Gov. Bruce Rauner can sign right now – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs want Ranuer a) to sign bills that advance the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms and b) to veto bills that advance the Republican Party platform.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/ten-bills-to-help-illinois-that-gov-bruce-rauner-can-sign-right-now/
— Chicago youth jobs report highlights need for better public transit – Madeline Kenney (DIERSEN: When you were young, how did you get to and from your summer jobs? During the summer of 1965, I drove my 1958 Chevy BelAir. During the summers of 1966 and 1967, I drove my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint. During the summer of 1968, I drove my 1968 Oldsmobile 442. During the summer of 1969, I drove my 1969 Dodge Charger SE. I paid for the aforesaid cars with money that I earned and saved doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; and delivering mail 1966-1969.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-youth-jobs-report-highlights-need-for-better-public-transit/

DAILY HERALD
— Four Democrat Senators (Markey, Schatz, Warren, and Whitehouse) accuse Heartland Institute of spreading faulty climate change info – Kerry Lester (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of spreading faulty info. According to them, the only info that is not faulty is info that they spread.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170612/lester-senators-accuse-arlington-heights-group-of-spreading-faulty-climate-change-info
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF PYKE: Why is suburb-to-suburb commuting by public transit so impossible? – Marni Pyke (DIERSEN: In 1974, when I got promoted to a job in the Loop, I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building and walked to and from work. I rode public transportation to and from work in the Loop during 1971, 1973-1974, and 1978-1997.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170612/why-is-suburb-to-suburb-commuting-by-public-transit-so-impossible

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Purvis: Rauner likes 90% of school funding reform bill but will veto – Jason Nevel
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170611/purvis-rauner-likes-90-of-school-funding-reform-bill-but-will-veto

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois income growth worst in nation, yet lawmakers want more – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article154956834.html

CHICAGO NOW
— Watch the IL Policy Institute’s Dabrowski w/Berkowitz balance the IL Budget w/o a tax increase – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/06/watch-the-il-policy-institutes-dabrowski-wberkowitz-balance-the-il-budget-wo-a-tax-increase-cableweb/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage GOP sends out early recruiting call for 2018 elections – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511123535-dupage-gop-sends-out-early-recruiting-call-for-2018-elections

ROCK ISLAND TODAY
— Rauner drops by Moline home ‘worth almost $100,000 more’ in Iowa, owner opines
http://rockislandtoday.com/stories/511125842-rauner-drops-by-moline-home-worth-almost-100-000-more-in-iowa-owner-opines

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Breaking Down Springfield’s Action & Inaction With State Senator Dan McConchie
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/breaking-down-springfields-action-inaction-with-state-senator-dan-mcconchie

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— You Can Help Governor Bruce Rauner Pass an Elementary Science Test! – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/can-help-governor-bruce-rauner-pass-elementary-science-test/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DEMOCRAT PARTY’S SANDERS CONDEMNS CHRISTIANITY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/democrat-partys-sanders-condemns-christianity-.html
— THORNER: RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS BLAME HEARTLAND INSTITUTE FOR TRUMP’S PARIS ACCORD DECISION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/thorner-radical-environmentalists-blame-heartland-institute-for-trumps-paris-accord-decision.html
— THE TYRANNY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/the-tyranny-of-the-administrative-state.html

GOPUSA
— TRAGIC: Rallies against Shariah law outnumbered by defenders (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between Shariah law and American law.)
http://www.gopusa.com/rallies-against-shariah-law-outnumbered-by-defenders/
— Melania, Barron Trump move into White House
http://www.gopusa.com/melania-barron-trump-move-into-white-house/
— Graham: Trump could go down because he can’t stop talking
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25626?omhide=true

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— BERNIE SANDERS SHOWS THE LEFT’S REFUSAL TO COEXIST WITH TRADITIONAL BELIEVERS (DIERSEN: The left, that is, Democrats, focuses on driving Republicans, that is, conservatives a) out of your precinct, b) out of your municipality, c) out of your county, d) out of Illinois, and d) out of America.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/06/12/bernie-sanders-shows-the-lefts-refusal-to-coexist-with-traditional-believers/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s Credibility Problem.”
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448528/donald-trump-russia-president-credibility-problem

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Lankford: Comey’s memo leak ‘not damaging to national security’ – Alex Swoyer (DIERSEN: Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants and RINOs have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my reports that political events took place, where and when events took place, who hosted the events, who spoke at the events, who attended the events, and how many attended the events are/were damaging.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/11/sen-james-lankford-oklahoma-republican-comeys-memo/
— Homeland Security secretary suggests amnesty for Dreamers, implores Congress to solve problem – Stephen Dinan
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/11/john-kelly-dhs-secretary-suggests-dreamer-amnesty/

NEWSMAX
— GOP Rep. Kinzinger: ‘Hard to Tell’ Who to Believe — Trump or Comey – Mark Swanson (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes believe and spread anything and everything that is critical of me.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/adam-kinzinger-trump-comey-testimony/2017/06/12/id/795527/
— Food Review Website Suggests Patrons Avoid Chick-fil-A Due to ‘Unpalatable Baggage’ – Wanda Carruthers (DIERSEN: I should write a book about individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that suggest that people avoid reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/LGBT-food-review-Eater-Chick-fil-A/2017/06/11/id/795425/

BREITBART
— President Trump Gives Priebus Independence Day Deadline to Fix White House Mess or Be Replaced with ‘Fresh Blood’ – MATTHEW BOYLE (DIERSEN: What deadlines have you been given and why? My Democrat GAO superiors gave me a September 30, 1997 deadline to take their early retirement “offer.” They gave me that deadline because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/11/report-president-trump-gives-priebus-independence-day-deadline-to-fix-white-house-mess-or-be-replaced-with-fresh-blood/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— SOME HOPE CALIFORNIA WINNER OF $447M POWERBALL HELPS AREA – AMY TAXIN (DIERSEN: If came into lots of money, would you spend it in the municipality, township/ward, county, and/or state that you live in? How have the elected officials in the area that you live in treated you?)
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_POWERBALL_JACKPOT_IAOL–
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A sole winning Powerball ticket worth $447.8 million and matching all six numbers was sold in Southern California, and whoever owns it will claim the 10th largest lottery prize in U.S. history, lottery officials said Sunday. The winning ticket was sold at Marietta Liquor & Deli in the small city of Menifee, the California Lottery said in a statement. Lottery officials said the earliest the ticket could be redeemed is 8 a.m. Monday, and the winner has one year to claim the prize.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— Mr. Trump Goes After the Inspector Generals – Editorial (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, I has lots of interactions with employees of Inspector General offices in the Chicago area.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/opinion/mr-trump-goes-after-the-inspectors.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Just before the inauguration, Michael Horowitz, chairman of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, was at a hockey game when he began getting calls from other inspectors general in federal agencies. The inspectors — independent officials who investigate waste, misconduct, mismanagement and criminal activity — were furious. Trump aides had let them know they might be replaced; for the first time ever, a president might fire them en masse. The administration later backed down. But it has continued to undermine the inspectors’ role by failing to hire for open positions and planning to slash the offices’ budgets, one of the many ways the White House has found to diminish the oversight functions of the federal government. Every major federal agency and program has an inspector general, a nonpartisan, independent official whose staff investigates cases of wasteful spending, criminal activity, employee misconduct and plain bad management. These are watchdogs with real teeth. Mr. Horowitz, who is also the inspector general at the Department of Justice, recently told Congress that in fiscal 2015 alone, the offices identified $26 billion in potential savings and recovered an additional $10 billion through criminal and civil cases. That’s a return of $14 for every dollar in the offices’ budgets. The list of good works is long and impressive.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps want Trump to be impeached.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/opinion/the-resistance-impeachment-anxiety.html
— Making Google the Censor – DAPHNE KELLER (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always wanted Google to censure me and to censure my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. In 2006, at the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Annual Meeting, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes failed in their efforts to get ICRC to censure me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or they a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/opinion/making-google-the-censor.html
— More Than 10 Percent of World’s Population Is Obese, Study Finds – MATT RICHTEL (DIERSEN: Are you obese? I am. SEE: https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/adult_bmi/english_bmi_calculator/bmi_calculator.html Of course, if I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would use that against me big time. They would shout that I abuse my body by putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out instead of exercising.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/health/obesity-study-10-percent-globally.html
— 150 Executives Commit to Fostering Diversity and Inclusion – ELIZABETH OLSON (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers in America officially stop hiring and officially get rid of their employees who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/business/dealbook/work-racist-sexism-diversity.html

NEW YORK POST
— Priebus: ‘I’ve got one foot on a banana peel and another out the door’ – Mark Moore
http://nypost.com/2017/06/12/priebus-ive-got-one-foot-on-a-banana-peel-and-another-out-the-door/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— An Entrepreneurial Couple Wants to Retire at 50. Can They? – Lisa Ward (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. My Democrat superiors in the federal government justified their wasting my career and forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old by hinting/implying/arguing/shouting a) prior to my getting married in 1978 that I was filthy rich and b) after I got married in 1978, that my wife and I were filthy rich selfish DINKs (dual income, no kids) and that we could easily afford a loss of $72,135/year of income in today’s dollars (my $122,991 salary minus $50,856 pension in today’s dollars) if I took their early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-entrepreneurial-couple-wants-to-retire-at-50-can-they-1497232860
— Beware of Winging Your Retirement There is no denying the impact of this major milestone in life – Glenn Ruffenach (DIERSEN: In August of 1997, I had planned on working at least until I was 55 in 2003. But by the end of September of 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/beware-of-winging-your-retirement-1497017446
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: A money-stressed worker is an unhappy worker – Veronica Dagher (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all of my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates painted themselves as being money-stressed. Overwhelmingly, the aforesaid a) spent more of their salary on immediate pleasures than I did and b) saved less of their salary than I did. Consequently, the aforesaid painted me as being undeservedly filthy rich.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-latest-office-perk-help-managing-your-financial-life-1497233341
— Help for Home Buyers Burdened by Student Debt Fannie Mae and several states offer aid for young people who want to be homeowners – Jillian Berman (DIERSEN: I was able to a) graduate from college debt free in 1970 when I was 21, b) buy a new town home in 1972, and c) buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 because I saved as much money as I could from my jobs washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; working on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumping gasoline 1971-1972; and collecting delinquent taxes starting in 1971.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/help-for-home-buyers-burdened-by-student-debt-1497233220

USA TODAY
— Here are simple, cheap ways to reward employees – Rhonda Abrams (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors rewarded their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran by wasting the careers of and by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/abrams/2017/06/07/small-business-here-simple-cheap-ways-reward-employees/101469362/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF DEMINT: In latest job, Jim DeMint wants to give Tea Party ‘ a new mission’ – Fredreka Schouten
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/12/jim-demint-joins-group-that-wants-to-amend-constitution-tea-party/102748540/

GREENSBORO TRIAD
— Where did the summer jobs go? Teens more likely to study than work – Ben Steverman (DIERSEN: What did you do with your summers when you were a teen? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes in 1965; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; and delivering mail 1967-1969.)
http://www.greensboro.com/triad_careers/more_triad_careers/where-did-the-summer-jobs-go-teens-more-likely-to/article_3b786a8a-338c-5ec4-817f-a48f2731b9b4.html

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— News Integrity Initiative Aims to Increase Trust in Journalism – Sean Stroh (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) glorify and praise the Democrat news media, b) pander to the Democrat news media, and c) demonize, denigrate, and condemn me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/a-section/news-integrity-initiative-aims-to-increase-trust-in-journalism/

June 11 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Handicapping the field in Illinois’ unprecedented governor’s race – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/a-look-at-the-early-and-expensive-battle-to-unseat-gov-bruce-rauner/
— Chicago Riverwalk and Lawndale shootings part of violent, hot weekend
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2-killed-2-wounded-in-shootings-to-start-weekend-in-chicago/
— Trump Tower? Not me, I live at 401 N. Wabash – Neil Steinberg
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/trump-tower-not-me-i-live-at-401-n-wabash/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Puerto Rico says ‘yes’ to statehood; now it’s up to Congress – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-puerto-rico-referendum-20170611-story.html
— A mix of pride and anger at LGBT rights marches across U.S. – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-pride-lgbt-rights-marches-20170611-story.html
— Balmoral Park’s big leap from horse racing to show jumping – Mike Nolan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-balmoral-park-open-st-0612-20170611-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Trump fundraiser for NJ congressman nets more than $800,000 – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who claim to be Republican, but who bar me from their events. The aforesaid pander to the Democrat news media.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170611/news/306119901/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Members of the media traveling with Trump have been barred from attending.)
— A challenging time for LGBT activists in US and abroad – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170611/news/306119955/

WGN RADIO
— Democratic governor candidate Ameya Pawar uses “strong words” to describe Gov Rauner’s language describing issues in Chicago – JASMINE COOPER
http://wgnradio.com/2017/06/11/democratic-governor-candidate-ameya-pawar-uses-strong-words-to-describe-gov-rauners-language-describing-issues-in-chicago/
— The Sunday Spin: Politics with Rick Pearson Full Show 6/11/17 – JASMINE COOPER
http://wgnradio.com/2017/06/11/the-sunday-spin-politics-with-rick-pearson-full-show-61117/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Is there enough money for all the nonprofit news outlets? – LYNNE MAREK
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170610/ISSUE01/170609859

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— State-run media service seen as $3 million–a-year necessity – Brian Robbins
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170611/state-run-media-service-seen-as-3-million–a-year-necessity
— Isn’t it easier to declare victory with a compromise property tax freeze? – Chris Kaergard and Nick Vlahos
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170611/word-on-street-isnt-it-easier-to-declare-victory-with-compromise-property-tax-freeze

THE SOUTHERN
— Rural areas share in Illinois’ overall declining population – NAT WILLIAMS
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/state-and-regional/rural-areas-share-in-illinois-overall-declining-population/article_a018a725-e8a4-5c2d-960b-acc096835cae.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— The Latest: L.A. pride parade renamed ‘ResistMarch’ – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article155590499.html

LINCOLN COURIER
— Paying for the sins of politicians – Dan Tackett
http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/20170611/paying-for-sins-of-politicians

DEWITT DAILY NEWS
— Watchdog urges landline legislation veto
http://dewittdailynews.com/local-news/309008

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Conservatives say they’re losing health care bill fight Policy goals are on shaky ground – LAUREN FOX
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/conservatives-say-theyre-losing-health-care-bill-fight/737933632

WIRE POINTS
— Why You Shouldn’t Believe The Illinois Budget Deficit Numbers Released This Week – Mark Glennon (DIERSEN: Since 2000, many government/political news outlets in Illinois have come and gone, but GOPUSA ILLINOIS carries on. Since 2004, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too. Those emails have included links to almost 272,400 articles and information on many upcoming events.)
http://www.wirepoints.com/why-the-illinois-budget-deficit-numbers-released-this-week-are-junk-you-shouldnt-believe-wirepoints-original/

FOX NEWS
— RNC chair on how Comey’s testimony impacts GOP agenda
http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2017/06/11/rnc-chair-on-how-comeys-testimony-impacts-gop-agenda.html

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Gave The FBI New Life After Removing Comey, Now It’s Time To Do The Same At The IRS – GINNI THOMAS
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/10/trump-gave-the-fbi-new-life-after-removing-comey-now-its-time-to-do-the-same-at-the-irs-video/
— More Footage Leaks Of CNN’s ‘Staged’ Muslim Anti-Terror Protest – Amber Athey
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/10/more-footage-leaks-of-cnns-staged-muslim-anti-terror-protest-video/

THE BLAZE
— New footage released of CNN allegedly staging pro-Muslim protest — and it’s incredibly damming – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/11/more-footage-released-of-cnn-allegedly-staging-pro-muslim-protest-and-its-incredibly-damming/

HUFFINGTON POST
— Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund: Nearly $200 in Payouts for Every $1 Earnings – Bob Williams
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chicago-teachers-pension-fund-nearly-200-in-payouts_us_593b13f5e4b0b65670e56a4f

NEWSMAX
— NYT: Far-Left Bernie-Wing a Risk for Democrats Who Want to Win – Eric Mack (DIERSEN: The following paint me as being far-right: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or those that a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/far-left-risk-democratic-wave/2017/06/11/id/795394/

WORLD NET DAILY
–HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE MUST PAY WHITE PROF $5 MILLION ‘Flagrant prejudice should not be tolerated or accepted’
http://www.wnd.com/2017/06/historically-black-college-must-pay-white-prof-5-million/

CNN
— Illinois Rep. Guttierez says Donald Trump is ‘a con artist’ President is calculating, not inexperienced – Alexandra King
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/politics/illinois-rep-guttierez-says-donald-trump-is-a-con-artist
— Democrats, take your cues from Bernie Sanders – Julian E. Zelizer
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/11/opinions/democrats-listen-sanders-opinion-zelizer/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— A MIX OF PRIDE AND ANGER AT LGBT RIGHTS MARCHES ACROSS U.S. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170611/AP/306119967

WASHINGTON POST
— Drug crisis is pushing up death rates for almost all groups of Americans – Joel Achenbach and Dan Keating
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-drug-crisis-is-now-pushing-up-death-rates-for-almost-all-groups-of-americans/2017/06/09/971d8424-4aa1-11e7-a186-60c031eab644_story.html
— Obama granted her clemency. Less than a year later, she’s going back to prison. – Amy B. Wang (DIERSEN Your past predicts your future.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/06/10/obama-granted-her-clemency-less-than-a-year-later-shes-going-back-to-prison/
— Institutional loyalty isn’t what it used to be. – Malcolm Harris (DIERSEN: What type of institutional loyalty does/did your employer(s) want? Democrats run the federal government. They loyalty to the Democrat Party platform.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/06/09/why-do-millennials-keep-leaking-government-secrets/

DENVER POST
— Sounds of silence greet Colorado employers looking for summer help – ALDO SVALDI (DIERSEN: How many in Denver would rather smoke pot all summer rather than work?)
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/06/11/seasonal-employment-summer-colorado/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Puerto Ricans Vote for Statehood Turnout of about 23% reflects success of boycott effort led by opponents – Jennifer Levitz and Arian Campo-Flores
https://www.wsj.com/articles/puerto-rican-voters-head-to-polls-in-statehood-vote-1497182403

THE BLAZE
— ‘TRUMP DOOMS NATION’: LGBTQ Protesters March On Washington Many LGBTQ Americans thought that marriage meant the end of political protests, but Donald Trump’s policies have brought tens of thousands to the streets of the nation’s capital. – ANDREW DESIDERIO and SCOTT BIXBY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-dooms-nation-lgbtq-protesters-march-on-washington
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Kellyanne Conway is leaking White House information.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I leak a) their information, b) Milton Township Republican Central Committee information, c) DuPage County Republican Central Committee information, d) Illinois Republican Party information, and e) etc. information.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/11/report-kellyanne-conway-is-leaking-white-house-information/

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— Sanders: Trump has betrayed his voters; “The political revolution is on!” – JOHN WOJCIK
http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/sanders-trump-has-betrayed-his-voters-the-political-revolution-is-on/

June 11 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Outrageously, anti-Trumps discourage home ownership. I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24, a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in 1974, and a one bedroom condo in that building in 1976. My wife and I bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 and we had 915 Cove Court built in 1984.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-re-0611-homeownership-american-dream-20170606-story.html
— As workforce bleeds men, health care jobs could be key to keeping them employed – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN: Very few women wanted the jobs that I had doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; working on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumping gasoline 1971-1972; collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and auditing federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-men-future-health-care-0611-biz-20170531-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville’s retail sales tally $3.2 billion in 2016 – Bill Bird
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-sales-figures-released-st-0611-20170610-story.html
— Trump nominee for powerful bank regulator post misrepresented college degree – Jim Puzzanghera
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-nominee-dartmouth-degree-20170610-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Sooner or later, Democrats and RINOs blame Republicans for homelessness.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170611/can-we-find-some-dignity-for-homeless

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— 8 shot in Lawndale: ‘This is just the city we live in’
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/260371518-story
— 4 dead, 31 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/260372718-story

THE SOUTHERN
— We need a budget. We need bipartisanship. – Editor
http://thesouthern.com/opinion/editorial/voice-of-the-southern-we-need-a-budget-we-need/article_74063c21-ae1b-59a1-aac3-e5a954ba6a26.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Joe Walsh Holds Summer Shindig
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/11/joe-walsh-holds-summer-shindig/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Border resident sees another Illinois advantage slipping away – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/border-resident-sees-another-illinois-advantage-slipping-away/article_76e5f622-4d40-11e7-beac-33c6d5b50cc8.html

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— LaSalle County State’s Attorney sets example for others – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/06/lasalle-county-states-attorney-sets-example-for-others/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Tolerance Will Not Stop Terrorism – Dr. Michael Brown
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/06/tolerance-will-not-stop-terrorism/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Bernie Sanders disagrees with Jesus – Jeannie DeAngelis
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/06/bernie_sanders_disagrees_with_jesus.html

THE BLAZE
— New illegal immigration numbers reveal Trump’s incredible impact on the border – Justin Haskins
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/10/new-illegal-immigration-numbers-reveal-trumps-incredible-impact-on-the-border/
— Bernie Sanders is newest member of the ‘1 percent’ — but still complaining about the ‘1 percent’ – Justin Haskins (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates promoted envy. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that I was a member of the 1 percent, b) that my wife and I were members of the 1 percent, c) that therefore, I did not need nor should I get pay increases, bonuses, or promotions, and d) that therefore, I should take their early retirement “offer.”)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/10/bernie-sanders-is-newest-member-of-the-1-percent-but-still-complaining-about-the-1-percent/

NEW YORK TIMES
— To Understand Betsy DeVos’s Educational Views, View Her Education – ERICA L. GREEN (DIERSEN: What schools have you attended and how has that impacted your views? I attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961; Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962; Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966; UIC 1966-1968, 1971, and 1981-1983; NIU 1969-1970; Loyola 1972-1976; DePaul 1976-1980; Roosevelt 1980-1981; and IIT 1992-1997. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned the aforesaid. They especially demonize, denigrate, and condemn the impact that Trinity Lutheran and Hope Lutheran had on me. They especially promote booze, gambling, pot and other vices; LGBT activity; and abortion.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/10/us/politics/betsy-devos-private-schools-choice.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURES: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrat crow over their success in turning religious leaders into “good little Democrats.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/10/us/politics/politics-religion-liberal-william-barber.html
— Michigan Case Adds U.S. Dimension to Debate on Genital Mutilation – PAM BELLUCK
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/10/health/genital-mutilation-muslim-dawoodi-bohra-michigan-case.html
— Stop Pretending You’re Not Rich – RICHARD V. REEVES (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates promoted envy. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that I was rich, b) that my wife and I were rich, c) that therefore, I did not need nor should I get pay increases, bonuses, or promotions, and d) that therefore, I should take their early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/10/opinion/sunday/stop-pretending-youre-not-rich.html
— America Made Me a Feminist – PAULINA PORIZKOVA (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always painted me as being a sexist. What do you say to men who, to curry favor with women, paint other men as being sexists?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/10/opinion/sunday/paulina-porizkova-america-feminist.html
— A Public Service Message From the Class of ’67 – SERGE SCHMEMANN (DIERSEN: Since 1966, when I was 18 years old, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government have used my getting student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971 against me. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a patriotic hypocrite, a coward, even worse things, and a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/10/opinion/sunday/vietnam-war-public-service-message-from-the-class-of-67.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: My generation was shaped to a considerable degree by Vietnam and, at least for the men, by the draft. Whether and how to elude military service was a constant during our time in college and beyond, and for many of us the wrenching debates and decisions of the tumultuous 1960s affected the rest of our lives. Some ended up in Vietnam, some opted for the Peace Corps or other national service, some became conscientious objectors, but all were touched by the draft. So it is not surprising that at our college reunions — including the 50th of my class of ’67 at Harvard last month — both the men and the women spent a lot of time going over what Vietnam and the choices we made in those now-distant years meant for us. Twenty-five years earlier, a session on Vietnam had become intensely emotional and confessional as classmates recalled their war or their antiwar struggles; this time, we were more retrospective, reflective and ruminative. What was surprising was that many who rose to speak in the two-and-a-half hour session declared it was a shame that the draft, and more broadly the notion of a couple of years of national service before plunging into careers and families, had been abandoned. How could guys who expended so much passion and energy eluding the draft regret its demise?)
— Democrats in Split-Screen: The Base Wants It All. The Party Wants to Win. – ALEXANDER BURNS and JONATHAN MARTIN (DIERSEN: To be a Democrat is to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/11/us/democrats-midterm-elections.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Needing troops, Army offers up to $90K bonuses to re-enlist – AP (DIERSEN: To hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted the careers of and got rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. It is called Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/needing-troops-army-offers-up-to-90k-bonuses-to-re-enlist/2017/06/06/cb220c24-4ad1-11e7-987c-42ab5745db2e_story.html

USA TODAY
— U.S. one of world’s worst on health divide between rich, poor – Sarah Toy (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes attribute your good health to? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I have good health because my parents were undeservedly filthy rich and b) that they have poor health because their parents were undeservedly poor. Most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) drink lots of booze or want to drink lots of booze, b) smoke pot or want to smoke lots of pot, and/or c) otherwise abuse their bodies.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/06/07/us-one-worlds-worst-health-divide-between-rich-poor/102583180/

June 10 Evening Edition

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage video gambling discussion set for Tuesday – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: OUTRAGEOUS: GAMBLING IS A VICE: DuPage County Finance Committee will revisit the county’s ban on video gaming in unincorporated areas. Please join Kathy Gilroy, me, and others who will speak at the DuPage County Finance Committee meeting Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at 7:30 AM, in favor of keeping the ban on video gambling in unincorporated DuPage County. Based on the minutes of the May 23, 2017 DuPage County Board meeting, a motion will be made at this meeting to refer the matter to another committee. If you are in DuPage County, please urge DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin, the 18 DuPage County Board members, and especially, the 3 board members who represent your district, to vote to keep the ban. Needless-to-say, before any vote is taken to lift the ban, public hearings should be held in each of the county’s six districts. In 2009, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) unanimously passed a resolution against video gambling throughout DuPage County. Since then, no MTRCC member has done anything to rescind that resolution.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170610/dupage-video-gambling-discussion-set-for-tuesday
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Tuesday’s discussion is scheduled for a 7:30 a.m. finance committee meeting at the DuPage County administration building, 421 N. County Farm Road in Wheaton. Depending on how the meeting goes, the panel could vote that morning to make a recommendation to the full county board. “It’s important that we make a decision either way,” Fichtner said. “There needs to be an understanding of how much we either support or don’t support the current ban.” . . . Kathy Gilroy, an anti-gambling advocate from Villa Park, said lifting the ban would harm residents without providing a significant benefit to the county. . . “It provides income for the owner of the machine and the location,” Gilroy said. “It’s not a big help to the county.” Gilroy plans to attend Tuesday’s meeting to speak to the county board members. “I’m not surprised that they’re discussing it again,” she said. “I’ll be surprised if they overturn their ban.” If the finance committee recommends repealing the ban, the full county board would take a final vote on a later date.)
— Trump holds fundraiser for congressman at his golf club – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170610/news/306109973/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago protest against Sharia law outnumbered by counter-protesters – Marwa Eltagouri (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between Sharia law and American law.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-sharia-law-protest-chicago-20170610-story.html
— Inspired by Sanders, activists in Chicago push Democrats to left — or out of the way – David Weigel
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-sanders-peoples-summit-chicago-20170610-story.html
— How to rescue school funding reform: Honor the deal. Tie pension relief for CPS to pension relief for Illinois. – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-rauner-schools-funding-formula-edit-0611-jm-20170609-story.html
— LGBTQ rallies planned in solidarity with D.C. march June 11 – Bill Daley
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-lgbtq-equality-events-0608-20170608-story.html
— Smoke weed to relax? You may want to reconsider, UIC study says – Christopher Ingraham
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-marijuana-relaxation-uic-study-20170610-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rallies against Islamic law draw counter-protests across US – AP (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between Islamic Law and American Law.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rallies-against-islamic-law-draw-counter-protests-across-us/
— Once a city of neighborhoods, Chicago’s now about making the scene – Terry N. Clark and Daniel A. Silver
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/once-a-city-of-neighborhoods-chicagos-now-about-making-the-scene/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Emanuel could and should have done more in the budget fight – Editorial
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170610/ISSUE07/170609865/rahm-emanuel-could-have-done-more-for-budget-fight
— Springfield seeks a cure for dying College Illinois – STEVE DANIELS
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170610/ISSUE01/170609857/springfield-seeks-a-cure-for-dying-college-illinois

ABC7
— Demonstrations against Islamic law met with counterprotests against hate (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between Islamic Law and American Law.)
http://abc7chicago.com/news/demonstration-against-islamic-law-met-with-counterprotests-against-hate-/2081931/

NBC5
— Bernie Sanders Delivers Keynote Speech at People’s Summit in Chicago – James Neveau
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/senator-bernie-sanders-delivers-keynote-address-at-peoples-summit-in-chicago-427713253.html
— Charter School Union Votes to Join Chicago Teachers Union The CTU plans to take its own vote on bringing in ChiACTS in the fall
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/charter-school-union-votes-to-join-chicago-teachers-union-427647423.html

WGN TV
— Rallies against Islamic law draw counter-protests in Chicago, across US – AP (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between Islamic Law and American Law.)
http://wgntv.com/2017/06/10/rallies-against-islamic-law-draw-counter-protests-in-chicago-across-us/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Backers say McCarter a good fit for Kenya ambassador – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170610/bernard-schoenburg-backers-say-mccarter-good-fit-for-kenya-ambassador
— Another nail in the fiscal coffin – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170610/statehouse-insider-another-nail-in-fiscal-coffin
— 8 questions/answers about the Illinois Senate’s property tax free plan – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170610/8-questionsanswers-about-illinois-senates-property-tax-free-plan

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Rally against Islamic law in Atlanta – AP (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between Islamic Law and American Law.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/the-latest-islamic-law-rally-by-chicago-trump-building/article_ed94e288-99ca-56ce-bfe5-ee895bef345c.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Several arrests made at anti-Shariah rallies – AP
http://www.bnd.com/news/nation-world/national/article155490039.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— LGBT community prepares for a march — and a fight Activists say Trump threatens political gains – EUGENE SCOTT AND PAUL P. MURPHY
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/lgbt-community-prepares-for-a-march-and-a-fight/737369806

WHEATON PATCH
— DuPage County May Lift Video Gambling Ban Members from DuPage County’s finance committee will meet early Tuesday to discuss the option of lifting the current ban on video gambling. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/dupage-county-may-lift-video-gambling-ban

CAPITOL FAX
— Moody’s downgrades five universities’ credit to junk status
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/10/moodys-downgrades-five-universities-credit-to-junk-status/

GOPUSA
— City leaders unhappy with marches against Sharia law
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25589

BREITBART
— Luis Gutierrez Whines: Breitbart News Coverage of Illegal Immigrants, Muslim Refugees Too Harsh – TONY LEE
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/06/10/luis-gutierrez-whines-breitbart-news-coverage-illegal-immigrants-muslim-refugees-harsh/

HOT AIR
— Trump Administration Has Granted Amnesty To 192 DREAMers — Per Day
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/06/10/estimate-trump-administration-granted-amnesty-192-dreamers-per-day/

POLITICO
— How Illinois became America’s failed state The Land of Lincoln is drowning in red ink. And it’s about to have its most expensive election ever. – NATASHA KORECKI
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/10/illinois-debt-deficit-budget-election-239384

June 10 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— OUTRAGEOUS: GAMBLING IS A VICE: DuPage County Finance Committee will revisit the county’s ban on video gaming in unincorporated areas. Please join Kathy Gilroy, me, and others who will speak at the DuPage County Finance Committee meeting Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at 7:30 AM, in favor of keeping the ban on video gambling in unincorporated DuPage County. Based on the minutes of the May 23, 2017 DuPage County Board meeting, a motion will be made at this meeting to refer the matter to another committee. If you are in DuPage County, please urge DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin, the 18 DuPage County Board members, and especially, the 3 board members who represent your district, to vote to keep the ban. Needless-to-say, before any vote is taken to lift the ban, public hearings should be held in each of the county’s six districts. In 2009, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) unanimously passed a resolution against video gambling throughout DuPage County. Since then, no MTRCC member has done anything to rescind that resolution. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Obamacare, Medicaid and Illinois: Springfield, what’s your plan? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-obamacare-trump-republicans-senate-edit-0612-jm-20170611-story.html
— Gianforte to plead guilty to assaulting reporter before his election to Congress – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-gianforte-guilty-plea-reporter-assault-20170609-story.html
— Indiana canvassers charged in fake, fraudulent voter registrations – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–voting-investigations-indiana-20170609-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTO OF COCHRAN: Court records in Ald. Cochran case detail alleged kickbacks, spending spree with ward charity cash – Jason Meisner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-willie-cochran-bribery-court-filings-met-20170609-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— A grand opportunity for the ‘education governor’ of Illinois – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/a-grand-opportunity-for-the-education-governor-of-illinois/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/nationalists-take-a-beating-in-britain-and-could-be-in-decline-here/

DAILY HERALD
— Republicans, Democrats united to keep Argonne, Fermilab jobs – Marni Pyke (DIERSEN: If during the 1980s and 1990s Republicans and Democrats were united to keep GAO jobs, I might still be a GAO employee.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170609/republicans-democrats-united-to-keep-argonne-fermilab-jobs
— Former Kane Co. Board member’s new job may pose ethical question – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170609/former-kane-co-board-members-new-job-may-pose-ethical-question
— Why you can’t tune out the next state election – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170608/why-you-cant-tune-out-the-next-state-election

NBC5
— Bernie Sanders Returns to Chicago – Mary Ann Ahern and Carol Marin
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/WEB-bernie-sanders-returns-to-chicago-saturday-427547173.html

WGN TV
— Political duo (Marj Halperin and Chris Robling) on Comey’s testimony and investigation
http://wgntv.com/2017/06/09/political-duo-on-comey-trial-and-investigation/

WMIX
— RAUNER THREATENS SPECIAL BUDGET SESSION
http://www.wmix94.com/2017/06/09/rauner-threatens-special-budget-session/

WSIL TV
— Voters speak out against politician-edited social media accounts – Tia Rinehart
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35633314/voters-speak-out-against-politician-edited-social-media-accounts

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Property taxes and the bloated elephant in the room – Editorial
http://www.qconline.com/editorials/editorial-property-taxes-and-the-bloated-elephant-in-the-room/article_78130f8d-54bd-5825-af1b-75380e22958f.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Vietnam vet carries PTSD in silence for 35 years – MATT DUTTON (DIERSEN: Since 1966, when I was 18 years old, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government have used my getting student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971 against me. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a patriotic hypocrite, a coward, even worse things, and a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article155137554.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Munger calls out state’s lack of budget at Downers Grove business luncheon – BOB RAKOW
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/06/06/munger-calls-out-states-lack-of-budget-at-downers-grove-business-luncheon/ah4q8f9/

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Rep. Andersson hosts town hall on Illinois budget crisis
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2017/06/09/rep-andersson-hosts-town-hall-on-illinois-budget-crisis/a2xtljy/

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Cook County’s Property Taxes: Uneven, Unequal But how bad is it compared to other states and counties? – WHET MOSER
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/June-2017/Cook-Countys-Property-Taxes-Uneven-Unequal/

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote Islam.
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/June-2017/Welcome-to-Refugee-High/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— 2012 Disneyland Tickets Put on Bob Miller’s Algonquin Township Road District Credit Card
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/09/2012-disneyland-tickets-put-on-bob-millers-township-credit-card/
— GOP Recommends Either Dave Stieper or Ralph Sasso to Replace Andrew Gasser on County Board
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/09/gop-recommends-either-dave-stieper-or-ralph-sasso-to-replace-andrew-gasser-on-county-board/
— McHenry Township Board Refuses to Endorse Prevailing Wage
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/09/mchenry-township-board-refuses-to-endorse-prevailing-wage/
— Judge Michael Caldwell Orders Current and Former Algonquin Township Road Commissions & Wife, Township Clerk and Supervisor Not to Destroy Records
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/08/judge-michael-caldwell-orders-current-and-former-algonquin-township-road-commissions-wife-township-clerk-and-supervisor-not-to-destroy-records/
— A Strategy for Eliminating Township Government in Municipalities
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/08/a-strategy-for-eliminating-township-government-in-municipalities/
— Orville Brettman Announces County Board Candidacy by Robo-Call
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/06/orville-brettman-announces-county-board-candidacy-by-robo-call/
— Republican Orville Brettman Running for McHenry County Board in District 6
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/05/republican-orville-brettman-running-for-mchenry-county-board-in-district-6/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Rauner, GOP bemoan budget breakdown, blame bickering Democrats – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511125950-rauner-gop-bemoan-budget-breakdown-blame-bickering-democrats
— All play and no work — yet legislators still draw paychecks, policy pro argues – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511125917-all-play-and-no-work-yet-legislators-still-draw-paychecks-policy-pro-argues

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— NIU refuses to produce records OEIG says exist – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/06/niu-refuses-to-produce-records-oeig-says-exist/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago: A CITY OF CASUALTIES – THE RESULTS OF RAMPANT CRIME – John F. Di Leo
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/a-city-of-casualties-the-results-of-rampant-crime.html
— DESPITE SEN. MANAR’S PLEA, SB 1 IS A CHICAGO BAILOUT, REP. REICK SAYS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/despite-sen-manars-plea-sb-1-is-a-chicago-bailout-rep-reick-says.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner contributes $1.5 million to the ILGOP
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/09/rauner-contributes-15-million-to-the-ilgop/
— Republican Party tries to connect the property tax assessment dots
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/09/republican-party-tries-to-connect-the-property-tax-assessment-dots/
— Chicago paid $32 million last year to settle police misconduct lawsuits and $20 million on attorneys
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/09/chicago-paid-32-million-last-year-to-settle-police-misconduct-lawsuits-and-20-million-on-attorneys/

FEDERALIST
— Illinois Purges Social Workers And Foster Families Who Don’t ‘Facilitate’ Transgenderism Illinois’s child welfare agency has proclaimed staff must ‘affirm’ gender ideology and ‘facilitate’ LGBT identities for kids—or be fired. – Mary Hasson
https://thefederalist.com/2017/05/30/illinois-purges-social-workers-foster-families-dont-facilitate-transgenderism/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— LGBT community celebrates 8-year-old drag queen. Critics call it child abuse – Peter LaBarbera
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/lgbt-community-celebrates-8-year-old-drag-queen.-critics-call-it-child-abus

WEEKLY STANDARD
— The Republican Future – WILLIAM KRISTOL (DIERSEN: Will Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs succeed in using Trump to destroy the Republican Party?)
http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-republican-future/article/2008406

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Calls Comey a ‘Leaker.’ What Does That Mean? – CHARLIE SAVAGE (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes slanderously hint/imply/argue/shout that I use GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to provide “confidential information to the public in a surreptitious way and without official authorization.” My critics/opponents want me to get their “authorization” before I do anything.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/09/us/politics/trump-comey-leak.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The word “leak” has no official legal definition. But the term usually refers to the act of providing confidential information to the public in a surreptitious way and without official authorization. That is a neutral description, but Mr. Trump on Friday used the term in a way that was clearly intended to carry pejorative connotations: “He’s a leaker,” Mr. Trump said of Mr. Comey at a news conference.)

ALBANY TIMES UNION
— TRAGIC: Veterans’ groups seek OK to use video-gaming terminals Facing fundraising dips, membership drops, posts hope to land video-gaming terminals – Brendan J. Lyons (DIERSEN: Gambling is an extremely destructive and addictive vice.)
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Veterans-groups-seek-OK-to-use-video-gaming-11194307.php

LANSING DAILY TELEGRAM
— Michigan House passes package of bills to punish female genital mutilation
http://www.lenconnect.com/news/20170609/house-passes-package-of-bills-to-punish-female-genital-mutilation

June 8 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Madigan’s Democrats to roll out stories of state budget woe at hearing Thursday – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-budget-hearing-20170608-story.html
— Judge orders state to make ‘substantial’ dent in $2 billion backlog owed to Medicaid – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-medicaid-decision-met-0608-20170607-story.html
— Aurora leaders come together to stress water safety – David Sharos
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-water-safety-st-0608-20170607-story.html
— Chicago attorney Eric Hargan faces hearing for top Health and Human Services post – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-eric-hargan-hhs-nominee-met-0607-20170607-story.html
— As Comey’s career soared, his University of Chicago ties remained strong – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-comey-chicago-law-school-20170607-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Muslims shouldn’t be accused of tolerating extremism.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-muslims-stop-terrorist-attacks-20170608-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— S&P warns of junk status with no budget by July 1 – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sp-warns-of-junk-status-with-no-budget-by-july-1/
— Do Illinois’ ‘core priorities’ for payment match yours? – Mark Brown (DIERSEN: Of course, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, etc. in Illinois that hate state employees and hate state retirees do not want their salaries or their pensions to be any kind of priority. In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, which government employees and retirees are hated the most – school, municipal, township/ward, state, county, or federal?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/do-illinois-core-priorities-for-payment-match-yours/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The comptroller refers to this first-in-line category as its “core priority” payments. Core priority payments total about $1.85 billion each month, representing about 90 percent of the state’s average monthly revenues, Schoeben explained. The largest chunk of that — $593 million — is the state’s monthly contribution to its five public retirement systems that pay the pensions of state workers, teachers, university employees, judges and legislators. Next largest is the state payroll, at $370 million a month, which pays the salaries of 63,000 state employees who keep the government operating.)
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: ‘I expect loyalty’ – AP (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents a) expect loyalty, b) promote patronage, c) reward their operatives and their dupes, and d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. They disapprove of, if not hate, the fact that I am loyal to the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/comey-to-say-trump-asked-for-loyalty-told-him-to-let-flynn-probe-go/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF COMEY AND TRUMP: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: ‘I need loyalty, I expect loyalty’ – AP (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents a) expect loyalty, b) promote patronage, c) reward their operatives and their dupes, and d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. They disapprove of, if not hate, the fact that I am loyal to the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170607/news/306079896/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Want to kill startups in Illinois? Pass this ‘privilege’ tax. – Maura O’Hara
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170608/OPINION/170609892
— Judge to Illinois comptroller: State must pay Medicaid providers more – KRISTEN SCHORSCH (DIERSEN: Of course, because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension and Social Security, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want those payments to be delayed, cut back, and/or eliminated. They hint/imply/argue/shout that those payments are “too generous” and that I have “enough money.”)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170607/NEWS03/170609889/illinois-comptroller-must-pay-medicaid-providers-more
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A group of nonprofits and attorneys sought to make the state abide by previous court orders that require paying Medicaid providers. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow agreed, noting that state Comptroller Susana Mendoza, who pays the state’s bills, has made other payments in full, including to the state payroll and pensions. . .In May, Mendoza told Crain’s editorial board that if insurers won, she would lose what little discretion she has to decide who gets paid first. Now, she prioritizes payments for agencies that care for the most vulnerable populations, including children and people with disabilities.)

WGN TV
— The Border War: How Illinois is losing out to surrounding states – BEN BRADLEY
http://wgntv.com/2017/06/06/the-border-war-how-illinois-is-losing-out-to-surrounding-states/

DNA INFO
— Automatic Voter Registration Will Add Thousands To Rolls, Official Says – Tanveer Ali (DIERSEN: What percent of these new voters are anti-trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170608/downtown/automatic-voter-registration-gov-bruce-rauner-chicago-board-of-election-commissioners

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— 7 ways Springfield-area teens can volunteer this summer – Anna Gegen (DIERSEN: When you were young, did you do volunteer work? I did not. Instead, I selfishly earned money for cars and for college doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, and working as a security guard. Consequently, I selfishly graduated from NIU debt-free in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
http://www.sj-r.com/entertainmentlife/20170607/7-ways-springfield-area-teens-can-volunteer-this-summer

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Consolidation bill offers hope for smaller government – Editorial
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2017/06/07/our-view-consolidation-bill-offers-hope-for-smaller-government/a538re5/

THE SOUTHERN
— Before Senate panel, HUD Secretary Carson says Cairo is a “dying community” with limited options – MOLLY PARKER
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/acha/before-senate-panel-hud-secretary-carson-says-cairo-is-a/article_254df3da-d7d3-5048-b9ab-ede5ad6bd2d9.html

LOUIS TODAY
— Illinois pols win, local services lose, under tax freeze plan – Pat Gauen
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/illinois/gauen-illinois-pols-win-local-services-lose-under-tax-freeze/article_d874f230-caae-5bd0-bb9a-8b0823183da1.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— When Women Are Paid Less Than Men – DAISY CONTRERAS (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with evidence that showed that GAO paid its male employees less than it paid its female employees who had comparable work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional licenses.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-issues-when-women-are-paid-less-men#stream/0

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Federal judge: State can’t keep skimping on Medicaid while fully funding worker pay, debt obligations – Jonathan Bilyk
http://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511124771-federal-judge-state-can-t-keep-skimping-on-medicaid-while-fully-funding-worker-pay-debt-obligations

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Chicago business owners say high property taxes, minimum wage killing jobs
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/chicago-business-owners-say-high-property-taxes-minimum-wage-killing/article_c58d65a8-4bc9-11e7-954d-6740ea6bf4db.html

RUSS STEWART
— GA-6 OUTCOME WILL BE HARBINGER FOR ROSKAM IN 2018
http://www.russstewart.com/russ-analysis.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: GA-6 is not quite IL-6 — at least not yet. That could change on 6/20, when voters in Georgia’s 6th congressional district elect a new U.S. Representative in a contest where the lines are clearly demarcated: Trump vs. anti-Trump. IL-6 is occupied by Peter Roskam (R). Both districts are historically Republican, GA-6 being in Atlanta’s western suburbs and IL-6 being in Chicago’s western suburbs (mostly DuPage Co.). Both are upscale, with high median income and low minority population. But both went for Clinton over Trump by 50-48% in 2016. The Democrats, in their 2011 remap, packed every possible Republican into IL-6, including Barrington and west Lake Co. (Lake Zurich), and Roskam won with 59% in 2016, spending $3.3 million. He should have a safe seat. But Roskam is a party-line Republican, and backed the repeal/reform of parts of the Affordable Care Act. Three Democratic women are running, and all will trumpet the anti-Trump line. Watch GA-6 on 6/20.)

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives calls on voters who want to save Illinois to oust Dems – Giovanni Whaley
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511123877-ives-calls-on-voters-who-want-to-save-illinois-to-oust-dems

INDIANAPOLIS STAR
— Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad – Fatima Hussein and Justin L. Mack
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2017/06/05/indianapolis-muslims-call-out-creators-local-billboard-insults-prophet-muhammad/370969001/

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner says “Rauner travels around the state trying to create phony headlines.”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/08/rauner-travels-around-the-state-trying-to-create-phony-headlines/

GOPUSA
— Feds drop bombshell: Up to 100 Muslim girls may have had their genitals cut in Michigan
http://www.gopusa.com/feds-drop-bombshell-up-to-100-muslim-girls-may-have-had-their-genitals-cut-in-michigan/
— Europe can pay for its own defense
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25498?omhide=true

BREITBART
— DOJ: Drug Overdose Now Leading Cause of Death for Americans Under 50 – ALEX CLARK (DIERSEN: I have never used an illegal drug and I never will.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/07/doj-drug-overdose-now-leading-cause-of-death-for-americans-under-50/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Laurie Higgins warns about pro-LGBT rules in IL – Charlie Butts
https://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2017/06/07/higgins-warns-about-pro-lgbt-rules-in-il
— Historical’ run of LGBT Pride Month at an end? – Chad Groening and Charlie Butts
https://onenewsnow.com/national-security/2017/06/06/historical-run-of-lgbt-pride-month-at-an-end

POLITICO
— Comey blasts White House for ‘lies, plain and simple’ The fired FBI director accuses Trump and his aides of defaming him after his ouster. – JOSH GERSTEIN and KYLE CHENEY
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/08/james-comey-trump-russia-testimony-239294

HUFFINGTON POST
— Broadening ‘Buy American’ Is The Path To Prosperity – James P. Hoffa, Dennis Williams, and Robert Martinez (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) oppose “Buy American,” b) promote foreign countries and promote their citizens, c) promote hatred of unions, current union members, and past union members, and d) promote hatred of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/broadening-buy-american-is-path-to-prosperity_us_5937f50ee4b06bff911d7c47

NBC NEWS
— Comey Testimony: Trump Faces Cost of Listening to Bad Advice – KEN DILANIAN (DIERSEN: Whose advice do your critics/opponents listen to?)
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/comey-testimony-trump-faces-cost-listening-bad-advice-n769541

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— South Bend proposes work for panhandlers (DIERSEN: This promotes the argument that government is the “employer of last resort” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employer_of_last_resort), that is, the argument that if you are or were a government employee, it is a) because you failed to get a real job in the private sector and b) because you are stupid, lazy, bad, deficient, a loser, and even worse things.)
http://cbs4indy.com/2017/06/08/northern-indiana-city-proposes-work-for-panhandlers/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Facebook’s Role in European Elections Under Scrutiny – MARK SCOTT (DIERSEN: To what extent has Facebook influence elections in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/technology/facebook-britain-election-europe.html
— James Comey and the Fear of Being Alone With Donald Trump – Editorial (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, I do not want to be “alone with” my critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes. They are moral relativists who believe that their end (using me, misleading me, manipulating me, demonizing me, punishing me, and/or destroying me) justifies their means (twisting, exaggerating, distorting, and/or fabricating what I say or do). They are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/opinion/james-comey-donald-trump.html
— Comey Says Trump Pressured Him to ‘Lift the Cloud’ of Inquiry – MATT APUZZO and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, Democrat politicians pressured my superiors to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. It is called Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/us/politics/james-comey-statement-testimony.html
— How Student Loan Forgiveness Changed Graduates’ Paths – CAITLIN DICKERSON (DIERSEN: Did you “take on low-paying public service jobs?” I did. I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. My critics/opponents have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/us/student-loan-forgiveness.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The program has been praised for enticing college graduates to take on low-paying public service jobs, and criticized as perversely enticing students to take on large amounts of debt.)

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE IN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Trump demanded ‘loyalty,’ asked for end to Flynn investigation, Comey to testify – David S. Cloud, Joseph Tanfani and David Lauter (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents a) demand loyalty, b) promote patronage, c) reward their operatives and their dupes, and d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. They disapprove of, if not hate, the fact that I am loyal to the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-trump-demanded-loyalty-asked-for-end-1496859119-htmlstory.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Comey hearing: Former FBI director says Trump administration ‘told lies’ when they explained his firing – Devlin Barrett and Ellen Nakashima (DIERSEN: If my Democrat superiors in the federal government would be honest about why they took adverse actions against me, they would say a) I have always been a Republican and I refused to become a Democrat, b) I complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, and c) I became an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/comey-testimony-trump-senate-hearing/2017/06/07/afadf87c-4bd0-11e7-bc1b-fddbd8359dee_story.html
— The $833 billion albatross around the necks of women with college degrees – Danielle Douglas-Gabriel (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would hint/imply/argue/shout a) that men, and especially White men, have always gotten preference big time and b) that is why women have more college debt then men. In my defense, few women wanted or would take the “bad” jobs that I had when I was young doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, and working as a security guard. With the money that I earned/saved doing those “bad” jobs that few women wanted or would take, I graduated debt-free from NIU in 1970 and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/05/24/the-833-billion-albatross-around-the-necks-of-women-with-college-degrees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The burden of student debt is having an outsize impact on women who now hold nearly two thirds of the $1.3 trillion in outstanding education loans, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Association of University Women. “It’s important to understand all of the challenges facing women in the United States, and in terms of their economic well-being, student debt is a big one,” said Kevin Miller, senior researcher at the AAUW.)
— House passes bill to allow some border and customs job applicants to skip polygraph test – Maria Sacchetti (DIERSEN: Outrageously, ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, the federal government has lowered it hiring standards.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/house-passes-bill-to-allow-some-border-and-customs-job-applicants-to-skip-polygraph-test/2017/06/07/59b2a9b8-4b99-11e7-9669-250d0b15f83b_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Fired FBI Chief Comey: White House Comments ‘Defame Me and More Importantly the FBI’
http://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/ex-fbi-director-james-comey-testimony-mike-flynn-russia-trump
— Atoning for America’s ‘Original Sin’ – Edward Rothstein (DIERSEN: Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that the more that your ancestors were responsible for slavery, the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion. In my defense, all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/atoning-for-americas-original-sin-at-james-madisons-montpelier-1496869382
— The ‘Independent’ Mr. Comey His prepared testimony shows why he deserved to be fired. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors fired me in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois side with my Democrat GAO superiors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-independent-mr-comey-1496878266

NEW YORK POST
— Christie: Trump’s demand for loyalty was just a good ol’ New York chat – Gabrielle Fonrouge (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents a) demand loyalty, b) promote patronage, c) reward their operatives and their dupes, and d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. They disapprove of, if not hate, the fact that I am loyal to the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://nypost.com/2017/06/08/christie-trumps-demand-for-loyalty-was-just-a-good-ol-new-york-chat/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: President may pay a price for firing – Kevin Johnson (DIERSEN: Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors fired me in 1997 when I was 49 years old. They not only knew that I would file a lawsuit, they wanted me to file a lawsuit. They wanted to be able to point to the lawsuit to help them hire, retain, and promote Democrats, minorities, females, and younger people.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/06/07/james-comey-testimony-embodies-trump-greatest-miscalculation-firing/102556822/
— We have six kids: Here’s how we put them all through college – Tamara Holmes (DIERSEN: Did you expect your parents to pay for your college education? I did not. My outstanding parents never attended college. My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, worked in the office of a chemical plant, almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, and did not buy a new car until he was 45 and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/06/08/we-have-six-kids-heres-how-we-put-them-all-through-college/102357920/

TIME
— Poll: 61% of Americans Think President Trump Fired James Comey to Protect Himself – Aric Jenkins (DIERSEN: Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors fired me in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois side with my Democrat GAO superiors.)
http://time.com/4810257/donald-trump-james-comey-firing-poll/

FED SMITH
— 2.1% COLA in 2018? – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: COLAs have always been less than inflation. Based on what I have had to spend money on (taxes, food, medical, utilities, insurance, home maintenance, etc.), COLAs have always been far less than inflation.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/06/07/2-1-cola-2018/

June 6 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner blames Democrats for property tax rates, slow economic growth – Sam Charles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-blames-democrats-for-property-tax-rates-slow-economic-growth/
— Blasting Madigan, Rep. Scott Drury announces Democratic governor bid
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/state-rep-scott-drury-announces-democratic-governor-bid/
— Illinois AFL-CIO endorses JB Pritzker for governor
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/afl-cio-endorses-j-b-pritzker-for-governor/
— Unions jump the gun to endorse Pritzker for governor – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/unions-jump-the-gun-to-endorse-pritzker-for-governor/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois labor group endorses Pritzker, cementing Democratic front-runner status – Rick Pearson and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-illinois-afl-cio-endorsement-met-0607-20170606-story.html
— Illinois Democrats in Congress ask Rauner to speak up on health care overhaul – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-illinois-democrats-congress-met-20170606-story.html
— Federal judge weighing whether Illinois must prioritize paying Medicaid bills – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-medicaid-lawsuit-hearing-met-0607-20170606-story.html
— Political biology on American college campuses: The left’s angry young devour the liberal old – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-college-campuses-kass-0607-20170606-column.html
— Orland Park opts out of county wage, sick leave laws – Mike Nolan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-orland-cook-ordinances-st-0607-20170606-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Law firm refunds money to Kane County for work Lauzen ordered – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170606/law-firm-refunds-money-to-kane-county-for-work-lauzen-ordered
— Islamic group announces $580,000 settlement with Des Plaines – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170606/islamic-group-announces-580000-settlement-with-des-plaines
— Accused leaker shared harsh opinions on Trump before arrest – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170606/news/306069857/
— Dist. 203 school board seeking new member after resignation – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170606/dist-203-school-board-seeking-new-member-after-resignation

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Lawmakers hit pending Fermi, Argonne job cuts – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170606/BLOGS02/170609926/trump-cuts-to-fermi-argonne-criticized-by-illinois-senators-congress
— Cash haul for Rauner re-election fight on pace to blow past U.S. record – BGA
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170606/NEWS02/170609918/illinois-governor-race-spending-nears-record

ABC7
— JB Pritzker wins key union endorsement in IL governor’s race – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/jb-pritzker-wins-key-union-endorsement/2068941/
— Crete-Monee HS student disciplined for racist Instagram – Liz Nagy (DIERSEN: I graduated from Crete-Monee High School on 1966. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use that against me. I did not move to Wheaton until 1978. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes continue to paint me as being a newcomer.)
http://abc7chicago.com/news/crete-monee-hs-student-disciplined-for-racist-instagram/2068938/
— Chicago hot dog stand sign trolls Trump
http://abc7chicago.com/news/chicago-hot-dog-stand-sign-trolls-trump-/2068491/

NBC5
— Pritzker Endorsed by Illinois AFL-CIO as Rauner Bemoans State’s Union Job Growth Rauner did not specifically respond to the endorsement at a news conference in Indiana Tuesday but did address the slow growth of union jobs in Illinois compared to the Hoosier state. – Richard Ray
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Pritzker-Endorsed-by-IAF-426854451.html

CBS2
— Rauner, Dems Trade More Barbs About Jobs – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/06/rauner-dems-trade-more-barbs-about-jobs/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Can Democrats knock enough rust off machine to get two to Congress? – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article154690319.html

CHICAGOIST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, for Democrats, promoting LGBTQ activity is their top priority.
http://chicagoist.com/2017/06/06/these_2_important_lgbt_protection_b.php

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Township consolidation measures meant to lower taxpayers costs, increase efficiencies – Cynthia Wolf
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/township-consolidation-measures-meant-to-lower-taxpayers-costs-increase-efficiencies/article_90360090-4a39-11e7-a291-fbb105cd96fa.html

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Frank Mautino – ISBE Members should be removed-Criminal Complaint filed – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/06/frank-mautino-isbe-members-should-be-removed-criminal-complaint-filed/

CAPITOL FAX
— A corrupt political machine has taken over our home”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/06/a-corrupt-political-machine-has-taken-over-our-home/

WORLD NET DAILY
— HIGH ‘RESISTANCE’: NSA LEAKER A FIERCE TRUMP HATER Called president ‘orange fascist’ and ‘most dangerous’ person in America – CHELSEA SCHILLING
http://www.wnd.com/2017/06/high-resistance-nsa-leaker-a-fierce-trump-hater/

BREITBART
— Donald Trump Taunts Media: Twitter ‘Honest and Unfiltered’ – CHARLIE SPIERING
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/06/donald-trump-taunts-media-twitter-honest-unfiltered/
— New Ontario Law Enables Gov’t to Seize Children from Parents Opposing Gender Transition – THOMAS D. WILLIAMS
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/06/new-ontario-law-enables-govt-to-seize-children-from-parents-opposing-gender-transition/

THE HILL
— Why does T-Mobile treat its American workers worse than their foreign counterparts – BRADLEY A. BLAKEMAN
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/economy-budget/336578-why-does-t-mobile-treat-its-american-workers-worse-than

NEW YORK TIMES
— Senate OKs Bill to Makes Firing Employees Easier for VA – AP (DIERSEN: Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/06/06/us/politics/ap-us-veterans-affairs.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The Trump administration has a recruiting problem.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/06/06/the-trump-administration-has-a-recruiting-problem/

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Donald Trump: Boss from hell.”
http://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/blogs/real-time/2017/06/06/donald-trump-boss-hell/375079001/

FORBES
— Illinois Credit Downgrade Proves Public Pensions Should Be Outlawed – Jeffrey Dorfman
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffreydorfman/2017/06/05/illinois-credit-downgrade-proves-public-pensions-should-be-outlawed/

BLOOMBERG
— Why Aren’t American Teenagers Working Anymore? The decline of the summer job. – Ben Steverman
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-05/why-aren-t-american-teenagers-working-anymore

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Amazon Prime Is Giving a Nearly 50% Discount for People on Government Assistance – Rob Wile
http://time.com/money/4807035/amazon-prime-membership-discount-ebt-card-food-stamps/

NCADD
— Teen Marijuana-Related Visits to Colorado ER Rose Rapidly After Legalization
https://www.ncadd.org/blogs/in-the-news/teen-marijuana-related-visits-to-colorado-er-rose-rapidly-after-legalization

June 5 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Gov. Runner Signals ‘Concerns’ About 9-1-1 Bill And Pension-Tax Component – Steve Miller
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/05/illinois-governor-has-concerns-9-1-1-bill/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘We will do whatever is necessary’: Does that include a balanced CPS budget? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-cps-budget-claypool-emanuel-edit-0606-jm-20170605-story.html
— Getting Washington out of the air traffic control business – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-faa-trump-privatize-airlines-edit-0606-md-20170605-story.html
— Congressman Quigley: Russian operatives hacked Illinois elections board – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-mike-quigley-russian-hackers-met-0606-20170605-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s advisers are only enabling his erratic behavior.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-london-tweets-impulsive-20170605-story.html
— Taxi union wants a tax and fee waived in the age of Huber and Left – Hal Dar dick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-taxi-wish-list-met-0606-20170605-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County may seek referendum to dissolve election commission – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170605/dupage-county-may-seek-referendum-to-dissolve-election-commission
(FROM THE ARTICLE: County officials have been told the election commission could be dissolved with a binding referendum. But the county can’t form a bipartisan election commission board without a state law change. One of the obstacles facing the proposed state law is that Democratic leaders in DuPage have criticized it. For example, they didn’t like the proposed process to appoint election commissioners. They’ve also voiced concern about the suggested salaries of the commissioners. Cronin, meanwhile, said he wants a consolidation of the election commission and the clerk’s office because it’s expected to save taxpayers at least $300,000 a year. The savings would be achieved by combining staff and finding efficiencies. “My priority is — and always has been — savings for the taxpayers,” Cronin said. “If we can do the same quality service more efficiently and save taxpayers money, that’s the direction we should take.” Before taking any steps to dissolve the election commission, Cronin said he first would have a “robust discussion” with county board members.)
— What are the advantages of hiring a multigenerational workforce? (DIERSEN: Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 ($94,610) by age 25, GS-14 ($111,801) by age 30, GS-15 ($131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($161,900) by age 40. More is expected of non-veteran White males a) because they were born with silver spoons in their mouths, b) because they have always been privileged, and c) because they benefited from their parents’, their grandparents’, their great grandparents’, and the rest of their ancestors’ racism and sexism. Non-veteran Whites males are expected to pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170605/what-are-the-advantages-of-hiring-a-multigenerational-workforce
— Tom Cullerton and Kain help Addison Township residents find additional savings
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20170605/tom-cullerton-and-kain-help-addison-township-residents-find-additional-savings

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Davis, LaHood interviewed candidates for prosecutor, marshal – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170605/davis-lahood-interviewed-candidates-for-prosecutor-marshal

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County Board member fined $1,500 for delay in statement of economic interests – KEVIN P. CRAVER
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/06/02/mchenry-county-board-member-fined-1-500-for-delay-in-statement-of-economic-interests/axcxuyy/

WJBC
— Sen. Brady: No need for special session; Democrats should keep working on budget – Eric Stock
http://www.wjbc.com/2017/06/05/sen-brady-no-need-for-special-session-democrats-should-keep-working-on-budget/

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with London’s mayor against Trump.
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35587451/trump-criticizes-londons-mayor-again

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois’ public pensions are worse off than state claims – Michael Carroll
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/study-illinois-public-pensions-are-worse-off-than-state-claims/article_374a4f72-4151-11e7-8e9c-47e8009e8ba6.html

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Rauner boasts delivery of ‘economic engine’ to Chicago’s South Side – Caitlin Nordahl
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511117398-rauner-boasts-delivery-of-economic-engine-to-chicago-s-south-side

WIREPOINTS
— Would Congress Authorize Bankruptcy for Illinois and Other States? Yes, Inevitably. – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/would-congress-authorize-bankruptcy-for-illinois-and-other-states-yes-inevitably-wirepoints-original/

CAPITOL FAX
— New Pritzker robocalls slam House Republicans, defend House Democrats
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/05/new-pritzker-robocalls-slam-house-republicans-defend-house-democrats/
— Hardiman claims “anybody” can beat Rauner, tosses his hat in the ring
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/05/hardiman-claims-anybody-can-beat-rauner-tosses-his-hat-in-the-ring/
— “Kooks” on the fringe and “cooperation” (DIERSEN: The stronger that you support for the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and/or the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution on video gambling, the more that you will called a kook.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/05/kooks-on-the-fringe-and-cooperation/

CHRISTIAN TIMES
— Illinois bars social workers and foster families from working with children if they reject transgenderism – Jardine Malado (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, Democrats will bar you from getting an education, getting a job, etc. unless you promote dependency on government and on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, etc.)
http://christiantimes.com/article/illinois-bars-social-workers-and-foster-families-from-working-with-children-if-they-reject-transgenderism/72280.htm

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Armed forces plan to celebrate LGBT Pride Month – Rowan Scarborough (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that promote LGBTQ activity get rid of you.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/5/armed-forces-plan-to-celebrate-lgbt-pride-month/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Gay ‘marriage’ receives highest approval rating ever in Gallup poll – Peter LaBarbera (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that promote LGBTQ activity get rid of you.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/gay-marriage-receives-highest-approval-rating-ever-in-gallup-poll

GOPUSA ILLNOIS
— Leftist Celebrities Put Their Hypocrisy on Display
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25292

DAILY WIRE
— #FakeNews: CNN Caught Arranging Muslims As Backdrop – ROBERT KRAYCHIK
http://www.dailywire.com/news/17141/fakenews-cnn-caught-arranging-muslims-backdrop-robert-kraychik#

FEDERALIST
— 5 Ways To Stay Positive And Engaged While Job-Hunting – Lisa De Pasquale (DIERSEN: Sadly, from what I see, ever-increasingly, employers are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://thefederalist.com/2017/06/05/5-ways-stay-positive-engaged-job-hunting/

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s travel ban is useless. Terrorists mostly come from our own back yard.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/06/05/trumps-travel-ban-is-useless-terrorists-mostly-come-from-our-own-back-yard/
— It’s time to bust the myth: Most Trump voters were not working class. Trump voters were actually pretty affluent. – Nicholas Carnes and Noam Lupu
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/06/05/its-time-to-bust-the-myth-most-trump-voters-were-not-working-class/

INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS
— Under Siege Public sector auditors can face intimidation, isolation, retaliation, suspension — even termination — just for doing their job. – Russell A. Jackson (DIERSEN: I have always been a Republican. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997. Overwhelmingly, all during that time, my superiors, my supervisors, my coworkers, and my subordinates were Democrats.)
https://iaonline.theiia.org/2017/Pages/Under-Siege.aspx
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The sad reality is that public sector auditors can face retaliation – isolation, smear campaigns, diminution of duties, even suspension and termination – just for doing their jobs. If the fruits of the audit function’s labors conflict with an agency head’s political agenda, too often the political agenda wins and the auditor loses. The threat is so real, and the stakes so high, that many practitioners embroiled in sticky political situations have to inform their colleagues anonymously – or with the approval of a lawyer. That’s why Patton’s tale is attributed directly to him; all his comments have been approved by counsel so they don’t impact the ongoing litigation. Solutions are few, but they do exist. If other practitioners know what to watch for and how to prepare for the worst, some may avoid the untenable situations their colleagues deal with. As an internal auditor under fire at a mid-level school district says, “Exposure of these issues may help someone else.” Ultimately, of course, some public sector auditors caught up in politics will simply have to fall on their swords. At the end of the day, the public servant trying to suppress the truth likely won an election or received an appointment from someone in office, so the auditor trying to tell the truth may be pressured to get on board or get out. But in many cases, targeted relationship-building and a firm grasp of the agency’s governance structure will go a long way toward avoiding catastrophe. The political motivation to punish an auditor often involves information that’s incriminating to the person who ordered the audit in the first place – sometimes under a law or regulation. In one case, an audit investigation found evidence that a school board CEO had been less than honest about his credentials; in another, a culture audit – which, in law enforcement is often going to be politically sensitive – contained pretty damning results; and another uncovered fraud in a university’s program accepting bodies of people willed to science. Often, it’s a more mundane reason, like auditors looking into contracts or programs that executive directors don’t want exposed or, as in Patton’s case, assisting outside agencies in their investigations. Sometimes it’s as simple as an executive director who insists that the audit function in general has a “gotcha” mentality. In fact, one anonymous practitioner facing retaliation at a local school district says she has come to believe that “any audit that falls under the chief operating officer or chief financial officer’s (CFO’s) jurisdiction or any audit that makes a board look like it isn’t providing governance and oversight will be political.” The means of punishing auditors vary as well, within fairly defined limits.)

FED SMITH
— How Do Federal Employees Rate President Trump? – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: If I was still working for GAO, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would have killed me figuratively, if not literally by now. Members of the following groups have always blamed me for all problems : anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/06/05/federal-employees-rate-president-trump/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to this survey, 67.8% of those responding are current federal employees and 28.5% are retired federal employees. There were small percentages of those who were military or retired military, contractors, union staffers or no federal affiliation. The most common rating for the President’s performance was “Unsatisfactory.” 53.07% of those responding selected this option. A total of about 62% selected unsatisfactory of “Below Expectations.” 13.58% selected “Outstanding.” 38.3% selected categories from “Outstanding” to “Meets Expectations.” . . . Among Republicans, 73.4% rate President Trump at “Meets Expectations” or higher. 85.5% of Democrats gave the president an “unsatisfactory” rating. . .About 37% of respondents indicated they agreed with the priorities of the Trump administration. That is close to the same percentage that have a favorable opinion of the President’s performance so far. 58.5% indicated they disagreed with the priorities of the administration. . .Among Democrats, 85.5% of those taking the survey disagree with the priorities of the administration. Among Republicans, 73.8% agree with the administration’s priorities. And, among Independents, 34.3% agree and 61.4% disagree. . .44.5% of those responding to the survey identified themselves as Independent voters. Republicans were 24.2% of respondents and Democrats 23.5%. The remaining selected the “other” option. . .46.6% of those responding to this survey indicated they voted for Hillary Clinton in the presidential election. 38% indicated they voted for Donald Trump—roughly as the overall percentage of people who indicated they voted for him in the presidential election and the percentage that provides “meets expectations” or higher in this survey. Among Republicans, 78.4% voted for Donald Trump in the election. 10.8% voted for Hillary Clinton and 10.7 voted for another candidate. 89% of those who identified as Democrats voted for Hillary Clinton; 5.7% voted for Donald Trump; and 5.2% voted for another candidate. . .25% of those responding indicated they were more optimistic and more favorable about their federal career. 57% were less optimistic and 17.9% are still undecided.)

June 2 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Passage of Illinois minimum wage bill generates worker optimism, employer anxiety – Lauren Zumbach, Greg Trotter and Gail MarksJarvis
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-illinois-minimum-wage-0602-biz-20170601-story.html
— Size of billionaire-bashing Chris Kennedy’s fortune a mystery, still – Kim Janssen (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who demonize, denigrate, and condemn a) those who have more money than they have, b) those who have less money than they have, and c) those who have more or less money than they have.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-chris-kennedys-money-0601-chicago-inc-20170601-story.html
— Why we stay: Notable Chicagoans talk about why they call city home – William Lee (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Chicagoans elect leaders who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-why-we-stay-met-20170531-story.html
— City Council’s 30-minute limit on public comment would be an insult to taxpayers – Editorials (DIERSEN: What do those who run your municipality think of you and think of your opinions? If you spoke at a city council meeting, how much weight would they give to what you said? What if the mayor of your city makes it clear to everyone that he hates you and that he blames you for all of his problems, blames you for all of your problems, and blames you for all of everyone’s problems?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-city-council-open-meetings-act-perspec-0602-md-20170601-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Two good ways to kill the property tax insider’s game – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/two-good-ways-to-kill-the-property-tax-insiders-game/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURES: 6 examples of how the state budget mess hurts in suburbs – Jake Griffin and Marni Pyke (DIERSEN: Has the state budget mess hurt you personally in any major ways? Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if the state budget mess has not hurt you personally in a major way, it is because you are an undeservedly filthy rich Republican.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170602/6-examples-of-how-the-state-budget-mess-hurts-in-suburbs
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Kane County inmate suing jail for $1 billion over not being allowed to vote – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170602/kane-county-inmate-suing-jail-for-1-billion-over-not-being-allowed-to-vote

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— We’re in this mess because of Mike Madigan – Editorial
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170602/ISSUE07/170609975/were-in-this-mess-because-of-mike-madigan
— Here’s who killed Illinois – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170602/ISSUE05/170609974
— To this parent, school fight a sign that segregation alive and well in South Loop – VALERIE LEVAN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170602/OPINION/170609983

WLS AM
— Rauner blames Democrats for budget failure – John Dempsey (DIERSEN: Who blames you for their problems? I should write a book about scapegoaters in Wheaton, scapegoaters in Glen Ellyn, scapegoaters in Milton Township, scapegoaters in DuPage County, and scapegoaters in Illinois.)
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/06/02/rauner-blames-democrats-for-budget-failure/

WGN RADIO
— Governor Bruce Rauner: ‘It’s ridiculous. I feel your pain 100%.’ – MARY SANDBERG BOYLE
http://wgnradio.com/2017/06/02/governor-bruce-rauner-its-ridiculous-i-feel-your-pain-100/

WTTW
— Rauner: ‘We May Have to Resort to a Special Session’
http://video.wttw.com/video/3001460301/

WBEZ
— 3 Things To Know About Illinois’ Proposed Overhaul Of School Funding
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/3-things-to-know-about-illinois-proposed-overhaul-of-school-funding/5baa148a-ef94-4eef-89fd-5b618764962a

WJBD RADIO
— Ivanka Trump tweets in honor of Pride month (DIERSEN: If you do not promote LGBTQ activity, those who do promote LGBTQ activity focus on destroying you.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2017/06/02/ivanka-trump-tweets-in-honor-of-pride-month

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Any Budget Madigan Would Pass Would Be Impossible For Rauner To Sign
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/any-budget-madigan-would-pass-would-be-impossible-for-rauner-to-sign

SANGAMON SUN
— Freshmen legislators vent frustration at failure of budget deal – Michael McGrady
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511122407-freshmen-legislators-vent-frustration-at-failure-of-budget-deal

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— OEIG: “Pres Baker Mismanaged NIU” – “Pattern of Circumventing Procurement Rules” – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/06/oeig-pres-baker-mismanaged-niu-pattern-of-circumventing-procurement-rules/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Leftists Ban Catholic Vendor from Farmers’ Market – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/leftists-ban-catholic-vendor-farmers-market/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— HULTGREN SCORES HIGHEST CONSERVATIVE RATING AMONG IL CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/hultgren-recognized-by-american-conservative-union-for-conservative-achievement-award.html
— THORNER: KEY WOMEN EDUCATORS DISCUSS AMERICA’S LEARNING CLIMATE AT HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/thorner-key-women-educators-discuss-americas-learning-climate-at-heartland-institute.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner now claims he favors Manar’s education funding bill
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/02/rauner-now-claims-he-favors-manars-education-funding-bill/

GOPUSA
— ‘Sanctuary cities’ have until end of June to comply (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, and other sanctuary cities, counties, and states formally declare war on America? Needless-to-say, those cities, counties, and states that formally declare war on America will lose.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25246
— City: You Can’t Sell Blueberries Unless You Affirm Gay Marriage (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will those who run your municipality, your township/ward, your county, Illinois, and America get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25224
— Homelessness surges by 23 percent in LA County
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25187

NEWS BUSTERS
— Alt-Left Insanity: Don’t Blame Muslims for Terror Done By … Muslims – Dan Gainor
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/dan-gainor/2017/06/02/alt-left-insanity-dont-blame-muslims-terror-done-%E2%80%A6-muslims

DAILY CALLER
— Kathy Griffin Will Hold Press Conference To Complain About ‘Bullying’ From Trump Family – Chuck Ross (DIERSEN: What do you say to activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton a) who say that they are Republican and who complaint that I bully them because they work against planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and b) who say that they are conservative and who complaint that I bully them because they work against conservative principles?)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/01/kathy-griffin-will-hold-press-conference-to-complain-about-bullying-from-trump-family/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Parents sue San Diego school district over ‘Anti-Islamopobia Initiative’ Say CAIR’s alleged ties to terror present a conflict – Alex Swoyer
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/31/san-diego-school-anti-islamophobia-program-leads-t/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Christians who reject transgenderism banned from adoption, working with children in Illinois – Doug Mainwaring
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/state-agencys-new-rules-accept-transgenderism-or-face-ban-from-working-with

THE HILL
— Trump cements ‘America First’ doctrine with Paris withdrawal – JONATHAN EASLEY
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/336014-trump-cements-america-first-doctrine-with-paris-withdrawal

POLITICO
— Trump’s nationalism wins out again ‘This will wake people up,’ Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says after Trump’s climate decision. – EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps like Emanuel paint themselves as being anti-American.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/01/trump-nationalism-climate-decision-239042

CBS NEWS
— Several threats made against Trump per day: Secret Service director
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/several-threats-made-against-president-trump-secret-service-director-randolph-alles/

ABC NEWS
— A look at the damage of Illinois’ 3-year budget impasse – AP
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/damage-illinois-year-budget-impasse-47761391

NEW YORK TIMES
— In Texas, Some Rare Good News About Cities With Pension Woes – MARY WILLIAMS WALSH (DIERSEN HEADLINE: Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would be overjoyed if Trump would cut if not end my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my COLAs.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/business/dealbook/municipal-pensions-dallas-houston-bankruptcy.html
— Walmart Is Accused of Punishing Workers for Sick Days – RACHEL ABRAMS (DIERSEN: My Democrat supervisor during the almost 3 years that I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 disapproved of my demographics, and especially that I was a draft avoider, Republican, German-American, Missouri Synod Lutheran, younger, good health, non-poor, college student, and that my ancestors had been in America since the 1840s. He especially disapproved of the 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, the 1968 Oldsmobile 442, and 1969 Dodge Charger SE that I had bought new and that I used to deliver mail. I requested sick days only twice during the almost 3 years that I worked for him, and of course, he disapproved those requests.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/business/walmart-workers-sick-days.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote Islam and the Islamic domination of America and the Islamic domination of the rest of the world.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/02/opinion/illegal-immigration-italian-americans.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Members of Congress serve in the military. They shouldn’t. Holding positions in the executive and legislative branches simultaneously is a conflict. – M.L. Cavanaugh
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/06/02/members-of-congress-shouldnt-serve-in-the-military/
— ‘Democrats take them for granted’: Black women call out party leaders on post-election strategy – Vanessa Williams (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors’ top priority was hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/06/01/black-women-and-the-dnc/

USA TODAY
— Paris deal harms U.S. prosperity. Job creation is one of President Trump’s principal goals. – Roger Wicker
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/06/01/paris-deal-harms-us-prosperity-opposing-view/102401950/
— President Trump hasn’t declared June as Pride Month — at least, not yet – Jessica Estepa (DIERSEN: Does Trump understand that the more that he promotes LBGTQ activity, the more that anti-Trumps use that to get rid of Trump supporters who do not promote LGBTQ activity?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/06/01/president-trump-hasnt-declared-june-pride-month-least-not-yet/102393004/
— Can attending church really help you live longer? This study says yes – Holly Meyer
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/06/02/can-attending-church-really-help-you-live-longer-study-says-yes/364375001/
— Walmart tests employee delivery in its battle with Amazon – Charisse Jones (DIERSEN: Often, while I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I used my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, my 1968 Oldsmobile 442, and my 1969 Dodge Charger SE to deliver mail.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/06/01/walmart-tests-employee-delivery-its-battle-amazon/102382666/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ advocate make it clear that if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, they will get rid of you.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/06/01/good-states-lgbt-advocates-say-there-work-done/102387378/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/06/01/onslaught-anti-lgbt-bills-2017/102110520/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/01/religious-liberty-battle-still-rages-over-gay-marriage/102389040/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: S&P Downgrade Brings Illinois Debt One Step Closer to Junk Illinois may become the first U.S. state to be given a junk rating – Heather Gillers
https://www.wsj.com/articles/s-p-downgrade-brings-illinois-debt-one-step-closer-to-junk-1496350098
— The News You Didn’t Hear – Kimberley A. Strassel (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want you to hear ONLY the news that they put out. They do NOT want you to hear news that promotes the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, gambling, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and/or other planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform. They do NOT want you to hear news that promotes the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. They do NOT want you to hear news that opposes the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-news-you-didnt-hear-1496358236

MONEY MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADINE: Pot pushers promote pot big time. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://time.com/money/4801768/colorado-marijuana-industry-tax-revenue/
— This Free Website Helps High School Students Line Up College Scholarships – Kaitlin Mulhere (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that I never got any scholarships.)
http://time.com/money/4795982/raiseme-free-college-scholarship-service/

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Poking the retiree beehive – Mike Causey (DIERSEN: I am one of the 70,215 federal retirees in Illinois. Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would be overjoyed if Trump would cut if not end my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and/or my COLAs.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2017/06/poking-the-retiree-beehive/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Currently there are 2,625, 261 federal retirees or their survivors. Right now, as you read this, another 300,000 active duty federal workers are eligible to retire and will, sooner or later, do so. That’s a lot of people. Go into any McDonald’s, from Scottsville, Ky., to Pismo Beach, Calif., at any time of the day and you will likely see a former fed, or six, chowing down and talking. The same for your local grocery store whether it is in Washington, D.C., to Washington Court House, Pa. Or on Guam or American Samoa. Former feds, and their wallets, purses or credit cards, are just about everywhere. Years ago a very sophisticated federal retiree — my mother — who lived near Fort Myers, Fla., explained that lots of people continue to eat out after retirement “we just do it earlier.” So we may not see them, but they are definitely there. According to data from the Office of Personnel Management just over 17 percent of all federal retirees have monthly annuities of $4,000 or more. Another 22 percent get between $3,000 and $2,999 while 14 percent get $1,000 to $1,999. Fewer than 9 percent get $1,000 or less per month from their civil service retirement benefit. Most of the current retirees are under the older CSRS system which fully indexes their annuities to inflation regardless of age. Workers retiring under the FERS system get cost of living adjustments (starting at age 62) that are partially indexed to inflation. At least since the Reagan administration. But life-after-retirement (for current feds too) could change drastically if Congress goes along with the Trump administration plan to charge current workers 6 percent more for their retirement benefits, to reduce COLAs for CSRS retirees by giving them 0.5 percent less than the actual increase in inflation each year, by eliminating COLAs completely for FERS retirees (9 out of every 10 current workers is under FERS and would become part of the Zero Diet COLA group), and to eliminate an annual “gap” payment that now goes to FERS retirees until they reach age 62 and become eligible for Social Security. Although they too retire under an enhanced version of the civil service retirement program, many politicians at the House, Senate and now White House level view federal workers either as clowns, drones or creatures from the swamp. They lap up studies — usually from conservative think tanks —showing federal workers are overpaid and ignore those that show feds, particularly at higher grade and skill levels, are dramatically underpaid compared to their private sector counterparts in Washington, Houston, San Francisco and New York City. Reducing the buying power of federal workers (by making them pay more for their pensions) and retirees, by reducing or eliminating COLAs in the future, could hurt many communities that depend on the federal pay or pension dollar to stay afloat. So how big a deal is the federal-postal retiree dollar. Check out this chart from the OPM. It shows the number of retirees (and their survivor annuitants in each state, and the value of their annuity payments. The chart does not include the value of Thrift Savings Plan accounts the retirees have or any Social Security payments they received for covered work before or after they were in government:)

May 31 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Illinois budget deadline looms, lawmakers did not work overnight – Laura Podesta
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-budget-deadline-looms-lawmakers-did-not-work-overnight/2058529/
— Protesters stage overnight sit-in over budget outside Gov. Rauner’s office – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/protesters-stage-overnight-sit-in-over-budget-outside-governors-office/2056593/

NBC5
— Chicago Dem Chris Kennedy Touts ‘Radical Change’ Agenda Kennedy added that, if elected, if he can’t balance Illinois’ budget in his first term as governor, he won’t seek re-election – Charlie Wojciechowski
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Chicago-Dem-Chris-Kennedy-Touts-Radical-Change-Agenda-425363284.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Budget protesters in Springfield demand lawmakers ‘tax the rich’ – AP (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, anyone who is not on welfare is rich.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/257850517-story

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

— White House has names for new U.S. Attorneys in Illinois – Jon Seidel and Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/durbin-duckworth-escalate-battle-over-federal-appointments/

— As clock ticks, future of Illinois state budget up in air – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/future-of-budget-up-in-air-ahead-of-last-scheduled-day/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT POAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Lawmakers begin last scheduled day without budget plan, just like last year – Monique Garcia, Kim Geiger and Haley BeMiller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-budget-met-0531-20170530-story.html
— Will flaying Trump bring us to normalcy? – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-donald-trump-america-kass-met-0531-20170530-column.html
— U.S. home prices rising 2 times faster than wages – Josh Boak
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/ct-home-prices-20170530-story.html
— Trump misspells press ‘covfefe,’ and Twitter takes notice – Brian de los Santos
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-tweet-covfefe-20170530-story.html
— Emanuel praises CPS chief a week after union’s no-confidence vote – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-forrest-claypool-20170531-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— RACIST: Growing pot industry offers breaks to entice minorities – AP (DIERSEN: If you want to destroy a demographic, you push pot on that demographic.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170531/news/305319975/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Where rising assessments are boosting property tax bills most – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170531/where-rising-assessments-are-boosting-property-tax-bills-most
— Kane may resort to layoffs to address midyear budget deficit – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170531/kane-may-resort-to-layoffs-to-address-midyear-budget-deficit
— Local TV news continues sharp drop in ratings – Robert Feder
http://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20170530/feder-local-tv-news-continues-sharp-drop-in-ratings
— The value of independent thinking in Springfield – Editorial (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170530/editorial-the-value-of-independent-thinking-in-springfield
— While other controversies rage, work on border wall moves forward – Byron York
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170531/while-other-controversies-rage-work-on-border-wall-moves-forward

WTTW
— Protesters Demand Budget as Legislators Edge Closer to Adjourning – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/05/30/protesters-demand-budget-legislators-edge-closer-adjourning

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Budget issue tests House Dems – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-05-31/budget-issue-tests-house-dems.html

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— House Dem On Budget: ‘We Can’t Do It On Our Own’ – BRIAN MACKEY
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/house-dem-budget-we-cant-do-it-our-own#stream/0

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans want Rauner to “sign smart voter registration bill.”
http://www.qconline.com/editorials/editorial-gov-rauner-sign-smart-voter-registraton-bill/article_e7eb1984-a5bb-5a46-bc3c-37d305b51ae9.html

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives argues wage theft bill would put business owners behind bars – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511121775-ives-argues-wage-theft-bill-would-put-business-owners-behind-bars
— Ives works to defeat bill allowing noncitizens to become Illinois pharmacists – Giovanni Whaley
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511119274-ives-works-to-defeat-bill-allowing-noncitizens-to-become-illinois-pharmacists
— Ives wants Chicago as testing ground before raising minimum wage statewide – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511121797-ives-wants-chicago-as-testing-ground-before-raising-minimum-wage-statewide

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Illinois: Saturated in Vice – Benjamin Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/05/illinois-saturated-in-vice/

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Political Bias or Sloppiness? – Gary Krasner
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/05/30/political-bias-sloppiness/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On CNN’s State of the Union, with Dana Bash, on May 28, 2017, the topic of Sanctuary Cities was discussed with Sanctuary City Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago. The definition of a “sanctuary city” is one which allows illegal aliens to reside within its jurisdiction, flouting state and federal immigration laws. And the operative word is “illegal.” But, the word “immigration” was spoken 8 times, without the prefix “illegal”. “Immigrant” was used spoken 4 times, with the prefix “illegal” zero times, but “undocumented” used only once.)

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Keeping Your Anger in Check – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: So far, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have failed in their efforts to make me angry.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/05/31/keeping-anger-check/

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— LIBERAL UNIVERSITIES INDOCTRINATE STUDENTS BEFORE THEY EVEN ARRIVE FOR THE FALL SEMESTER – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/05/30/study-liberal-universities-indoctrinate-students-before-they-even-arrive-for-the-fall-semester/

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— TRUMP BUDGET FIXES OUR BROKEN CULTURE – Star Parker
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/trump-budget-fixes-our-broken-culture/
— FREE TRADE MUST BE FAIR TO AMERICAN WORKERS – Ken Blackwell
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/free-trade-must-be-fair-to-american-workers/

THE HILL
— Trump’s impatience with GOP grows – ALEXANDER BOLTON
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/335715-trumps-impatience-with-gop-grows
— Trump faces shrinking talent pool for new hires – JONATHAN EASLEY AND JORDAN FABIAN (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/335711-trump-faces-shrinking-talent-pool-for-new-hires

NEW YORK TIMES
— As Trump Weighs Shake-Up, He Faces Recruiting Challenge – PETER BAKER and MAGGIE HABERMAN (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/us/politics/trump-dubke-white-house-staff-changes.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats have no problem with poor people using illegal drugs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/opinion/scott-walker-drug-test-medicaid.html

NEW YORK POST
— Trump to personally take over his battles with the press – Marisa Schultz and Bob Fredericks
http://nypost.com/2017/05/31/trump-to-personally-take-over-his-battles-with-the-press/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE HEADLINE: Just one drink can harm – Sumathi Reddy
https://www.wsj.com/articles/just-one-drink-raises-the-risk-of-breast-cancer-1496055603

BLOOMBERG
— Illinois Budget Crisis Is About to Get Even Harder to Resolve – Elizabeth Campbell
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-31/illinois-budget-crisis-is-about-to-get-even-harder-to-resolve

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— D.C.-Area Lawmakers Vow to Fight Proposed Federal Retirement Benefit Cuts Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock, Va., said: “We cannot balance the federal budget on the backs of our federal workers.” – Erich Wagner
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2017/05/dc-area-lawmakers-vow-fight-proposed-federal-retirement-benefit-cuts/138266/

BENZINGA
— Civil Servants Push Back At Trump, GOP Characterizations Of Career Feds As Lazy, Entitled Sloths Nursed On Taxpayer Dollars – Mark Fritz
https://www.benzinga.com/markets/futures/17/05/9524780/civil-servants-push-back-at-trump-gop-characterizations-of-career-feds
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The GOP-controlled Congress and President Donald Trump have hammered away at what they characterize as slackers with too many benefits and too much time on their hands, and, frankly, civil servants are sick of it. “Contrary to what you may have heard in a recent congressional hearing, my members are barely holding on to a middle-class standard of living,” Pam Sturm, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents 822 IRS workers in St. Louis, said in a statement. “They struggle to pay for housing, utilities, rising health-care costs, tuition and care for children or elderly parents,” Sturm said. She said 65 percent of her members are Grade 5 to Grade 8, which means their starting salary is $33,000. The highest salary for Grade 8 employees is $58,962.)

ALTERNET
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans say “Endangered GOP Lawmaker Darrell Issa Hides out on Roof While Avoiding Angry Constituents. Instead of engaging with constituents, Issa cowers and lashes out at reporters.”
http://www.alternet.org/right-wing/darrell-issa-hides-out-roof-while-avoiding-angry-constituents