Tag: LGBTQ

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Madigan expected to be re-elected state Democratic Party chairman Monday (DIERSEN: Who will the 18 newly elected members of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) elect as the IRP chairman when they meet in Springfield Tuesday, May 22? What weighted vote will each IRP SCC member have? Who has announced their candidacy for the IRP chairman position? Will Chapin Rose’s wining the 15th Congressional District IRP SCC position be challenged? Who have the 18 newly elected IRP SCC members picked to be their deputies?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-michael-madigan-democratic-party-20180423-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being racists.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-starbucks-black-racism-bias-0423-20180419-story.html
— Waffle House suspect remains on the run, may be armed – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–waffle-house-shooting-20180423-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURES: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Illinois native on the run after rampage at Waffle House – Kristine Phillips
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-waffle-house-shooting-nashville-20180422-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois man sought in Nashville Waffle House shooting that killed 4 – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-man-sought-in-nashville-waffle-house-shooting-that-killed-3/
— Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition to Beto O’Rourke – Neil Steinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/praise-the-lord-and-pass-the-ammunition-to-beto-orourke/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Chicago Sun-Times promote “sex workers.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/some-sex-workers-worry-about-their-business-after-feds-shut-down-backpage-com/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: New tollway chief gets $29,000 more than previous CEO – Marni Pyke (DIERSEN: Schillerstrom says “you have to pay for quality.” GAO audits IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, all my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates knew full-well that GAO had forced me to take a $19,203 (26%) PAY CUT in today’s dollars to transfer. They knew full-well that GAO could just as well given me a PAY INCREASE to get me to transfer because I had had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. Of course, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates used that PAY CUT to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn a) me as being a stupid lazy loser and b) my knowledge of IRS as being worthless. Because it frustrated their efforts to get rid of me, they were furious when I completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, became a licensed CPA in 1981, became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, became a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, became a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, became a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. They knew full-well that if I had been a Democrat, and especially if I had been a minority and/or a female, GAO would have a) given me a PAY INCREASE to transfer and b) promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180423/new-tollway-chief-gets-29000-more-than-previous-ceo
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois tollway’s new Executive Director Elizabeth Gorman will be paid $215,000 a year, $29,000 more than her predecessor. Gorman, a former Republican Cook County commissioner and PricewaterhouseCoopers executive, was approved by the tollway board Feb. 22. At the time her salary was being negotiated. . .”The bottom line is — you have to pay for quality,” Chairman Robert Schillerstrom said. “What we’re doing there is trying to build a team and we want the best people possible to lead the team because we’re working on really big projects.” Gorman was hired by a unanimous vote of tollway directors, who are appointed by Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. Hiring a tollway executive director is a somewhat amorphous process. . .This time, Schillerstrom played a lead role in Gorman’s hiring, saying he never spoke to Rauner personally about her candidacy, although the governor’s staff was apprised. Gorman has an MBA from the University of Notre Dame, chaired Cook County’s Transportation Committee and was PricewaterhouseCoopers director of state and local government. “She’s got the ability to work with people in the private and public sectors, she understands transportation and frankly she’s worth every cent we pay her,” Schillerstrom said. Gorman served as chairwoman of the Cook County Republican Organization in the late 2000s and is Orland Township Republican Organization committeeman. The Cook County GOP gave Rauner a crucial endorsement in his tight primary race with state Rep. Jeanne Ives of Wheaton on Feb. 5. Rauner’s office referred all questions to the tollway. Ives called the salary “outrageous. Board members should have to approve any personnel contract above $150,000 in a public meeting,” she said, adding she has sponsored legislation to that effect.)

— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Batavia woman provides clean needles, naloxone to drug addicts – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180423/batavia-woman-provides-clean-needles-naloxone-to-drug-addicts
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Supplying free needles to people addicted to drugs is a practice ripe for local criticism. Batavia sits in Kane County. The county board rejected zoning for a would-be drug addiction treatment center twice in the past two years. Wheaton, in neighboring DuPage County, rejected a drug-treatment center earlier this year. Mixed into all those decisions was a flood of concerns from local residents about rehab centers bringing drug addicts into their neighborhoods.)

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Billionaire Bezos and the warehouse workers – BARRY RITZHOLTZ (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who constantly shout that government salaries, benefits, pensions, etc. are too generous, yet say nothing about the tremendous CEO to median salary of employee ratio in the private sector? Ever-increasing, they talk and act like CEOs like Bezos are paying them big bucks to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn government employees and government retirees.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180420/OPINION/180429982/billionaire-bezos-and-the-warehouse-workers
(FROM THE ARTICLE: We have just learned that the median salary of employees at Amazon.com Inc. is $28,446, excluding its chief executive officer and founder, Jeff Bezos. That pitiful number raises an intriguing question: Is Amazon a high-paying tech company or a low-wage retailer? “Both” is the obvious answer, but to this Amazon aficionado that answer is incomplete. The pay figure, which was disclosed for the first time in Amazon’s annual proxy statement, reflects the large number of low-paid retail and warehouse employees who work for the company. The proxy also disclosed that Bezos was paid $1.68 million, making the ratio of what Bezos was paid and the median pay 59-to-1. What does that ratio tell us? Really, not very much. Bezos, according to the proxy, had a 2017 compensation of $81,840 in salary. The rest was in the form of perks, much of it for “security arrangements” and travel. But Bezos’s pay, which seems rather modest when stacked up against the obscene earnings of many other corporate chiefs, is almost irrelevant. That’s because Bezos is the world’s wealthiest person, with a fortune now estimated at $129 billion (depending upon what Amazon stock is trading at this moment). So that ratio, although accurate, means next to nothing. If you really want to understand the gap between CEO and worker, consider instead the ratio between the net worth of the boss and his employees: I did, and it’s beyond measure. Seriously, 100 billion-to-1 is not an outlandish estimate.)
— Hiring ex-offenders used to be the right thing to do. Now it’s the smart thing. – LISA BERTAGNOLI (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://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180420/ISSUE01/180419848
— Repairing Illinois’ pension shortfall isn’t impossible – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180420/ISSUE05/180419808

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Keeping county officials’ salary frozen makes sense – Chris Kaergard and Nick Vlahos (DIERSEN: Are/were you accused of being overpaid? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, to qualify myself for better paying jobs, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180422/keeping-county-officials-salary-frozen-makes-sense
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Most people in Peoria County would be happy to get a six-figure paycheck. At least, that’s our guess in a jurisdiction where the median household income — not individual, household — between 2012 and 2016 clocked in at $51,632 according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Why do we provide you that statistic? It’s time again for the County Board to vote to set the salary for the countywide officials who will be elected this November. That trio of folks — the sheriff, the treasurer and the clerk — are each now making at least $103,990. (The sheriff makes $122,058 from the county in recognition of the vast department the office oversees, and an additional $15,000 of pay as “supervisor of public safety.”) It is, in short, pretty good scratch for overseeing those offices for taxpayers. You may recall that when the salaries for the other countywide officials — auditor, coroner, circuit clerk — were set two years ago, there was a drawn-out debate over the topic of pay. Ultimately board members decided to freeze the officials’ salaries. They were lagging slightly behind the trio up for election this year and were making a mere $94,210. Now, to keep the peace, board members hatched a compromise, offering what amounts to a bonus — they called it an “annual service payment” — of $1,250 each year for the auditor, coroner and circuit clerk. That cash isn’t added onto the base, so it isn’t part of any future increases.)
— Stephen Morris: A solid choice – Chris Kaergard and Nick Vlahos
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180422/word-on-street-keeping-county-officials-salary-frozen-makes-sense
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Our congratulations to Stephen Morris, who was elected unanimously last week as the new chairman of the Peoria County Republican Party. We’ve gotten to know him quite well during his tenure on the Peoria County Board, where he now serves as vice chairman. He’s stepping down from that post later this year after self-imposing a term limit. In the role, he’s been a reliable conservative, and more than willing to poke at some longstanding practices of the board and pursue streamlining of local government. He’s also shown himself willing to work constructively from the board’s GOP minority to find common ground rather than gridlock. He succeeds Carol Hornickle, who has also been a joy to work with in her brief tenure.)
— Alleged shooter is well known to Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office – Steve Stein
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180422/alleged-shooter-is-well-known-to-tazewell-county-sheriffs-office

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Looming taxes on US exports could cost Illinois millions, McHenry County experts say
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/04/13/looming-taxes-on-u-s-exports-could-cost-illinois-millions-mchenry-county-experts-say/a50dxee/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Much too busy in Springfield to bother with passing an Illinois budget – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article209145554.html

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Parkhurst v. Dugan: ‘Very active’ race expected – David Giuliani
http://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/very-active-race-expected/article_35b47776-424c-11e8-a2e0-576b1b2f09a6.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Alyssia Benford responds to lawsuit against her, other DuPage Township trustees She’s running as a Republican for the State House of Representatives – ALEX ORTIZ
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/04/18/benford-responds-to-lawsuit-against-her-other-dupage-township-trustees/ainea7q/

WSIL TV
— Sen. Duckworth places blanket hold on all Trump Administration nominees for HUD positions – Hannah Gebresilassie (DIERSEN: Constructively, Republican U.S. Senators and Republican U.S. Representatives largely succeeded in placing a “blanket hold” on hiring and promotions at GAO while I worked for the Democrats who ran the agency 1980-1997. One can understand why my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates despised if not hated GAO’s employees who were Republican like me.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/38015037/sen-duckworth-places-blanket-hold-on-all-trump-administration-nominees-for-hud-positions

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Pritzker highlights push for legalization of marijuana on 4/20 – Catherine Henderson (DIERSEN: If you push pot, you are “truly evil.”)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2018/04/22/city/pritzker-highlights-push-for-legalization-of-marijuana-on-4-20/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Northwestern’s food workers oppose “background checks, drug tests and the federal E-verify program.” What percent of Northwestern food workers a) cannot pass a background check, b) use illegal drugs, and/or c) are in America illegally.)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2018/04/22/campus/roughly-70-workers-march-amid-concerns-about-food-provider-change/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The workers’ petition asks Sodexo and Aramark to transfer I-9 employee eligibility verification forms to Compass, and for Compass to accept those forms without requiring new paperwork. It also asks Compass not to participate in background checks, drug tests and the federal E-verify program — which checks if employees are eligible to work in the U.S. — for existing employees. Participation in the E-verify program could threaten the jobs of workers who are undocumented. The University does not reveal if or how many undocumented workers are at NU.)

CHICAGO READER
— Monument to fascist Balbo likely to remain, but aldermen could still rename street A plaque explaining the controversial Italian aviator’s legacy could be added to the lakefront memorial, officials said. – John Greenfield
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/balbo-monument/Content?oid=46044522

CHICAGO NOW
— Watch Berkowitz debate trial attorney Matt Belcher- Gov. Rauner v. JB Pritzker & billions of taxpayer dollars lost to corrupt Dems?
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/04/watch-berkowitz-debate-wattorney-belcher-rauner-v-pritzker-billions-of-taxpayer-dollars-lost-to-corrupt-dems-cable-web/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Politico promotes Betsy Ankney, Rauner’s campaign manager. What does Ankney think of those who share your demographics? What will she say to “Republican” political consultants who will advise her and Rauner to demonize, to denigrate, to condemn, to get rid of, to throw under the bus, and to flush down the toilet all those voters, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and/or other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform?
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/04/23/rauners-best-bet-mccanns-ceiling-rahms-opponents-sun-times-blank-page-265357
— The Chicago Sun-Times’ cover today? A blank page (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want you to have a “blank page.” They want you to know ONLY that they tell you, no more and no less.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/04/23/rauners-best-bet-mccanns-ceiling-rahms-opponents-sun-times-blank-page-265357
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Imagine #Chicago without the Sun-Times. Today’s front page is a reminder that without your support we won’t survive. Please go to our website to learn how to subscribe for as little as 25 cents/day.” At the bottom of the page reads: “this page intentionally left blank. Your complete Sun-Times inside.” See here This goes to the heart of the newspaper struggle, which is educating readers that it costs money to sustain quality journalism on paper and online.)

BRUCE RAUNER
— Rauner Campaign Statement on Mike Madigan’s Re-election as Chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois (DIERSEN: Who will the 18 newly elected members of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) elect as the IRP chairman when they meet in Springfield Tuesday, May 22? What weighted vote will each IRP SCC member have? Who has announced their candidacy for the IRP chairman position? Will Chapin Rose’s wining the 15th Congressional District IRP SCC position be challenged? Who have the 18 newly elected IRP SCC members picked to be their deputies?)
https://www.brucerauner.com/news/
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: In advance of today’s Democratic Party of Illinois’ State Central Committee meeting and state party chairman vote, the Rauner campaign issued the following statement: “Today, Mike Madigan will be re-elected as Chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois, but we won’t hear a peep from JB Pritzker. Republicans, Democrats, and independents alike are sick of Madigan’s corrupt system, yet Pritzker’s campaign is based on giving Madigan total control of the state. This November, a vote for JB Pritzker is a vote for Mike Madigan and the same broken system that’s hurt Illinois for decades.”)

BOST FOR CONGRESS
— MEDIA ADVISORY: Bost To Launch Women’s Coalition (DIERSEN: Outstandingly, the Bost campaign sent me this. I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. a) who claim to be conservative and/or Republican, but b) who pander to Rich Miller and the rest of the Democrat media, fail/refuse to keep diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists, and/or c) treat me like I am NOT “credentialed media.”)
http://bostforcongress.com/blog/
(FROM THE MEDIA ADVISORY: U.S. Rep. Mike Bost will join supporters in Belleville today for a campaign rally marking the launch of his campaign’s women for Bost coalition. Credentialed media is invited to attend. “As we prepare to launch our women’s coalition, I look forward to standing with the women who power our campaign,” Bost said. “They’re mothers, business owners, community leaders, and Tracy and I are blessed to call them friends. I’m honored to have their support in our fight for the 12th district.” WHO: Mike Bost and Women for Bost Coalition WHAT: Women for Bost Coalition Launch & Rally WHEN: Monday, April 23rd @ 5:00pm CT WHERE: The Country Cafe (1550 East St, IL-15, Belleville, IL 62221) CONTACT: For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Dustin Rhodes at 618-402-9202 or dustin@bostforcongress.com.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner campaign paid Pat Brady’s firm for consulting (DIERSEN: Pat Brady is an anti-conservative, so therefore, he is an anti-Republican. Those who are anti-conservative hire those who are anti-conservative. Those who are anti-Republican hire those who are anti-Republican.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/23/rauner-campaign-paid-pat-bradys-firm-for-consulting/
— Why did Reinking have those guns?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/23/why-did-reinking-have-those-guns/
— Rauner responds *** Chuy Garcia endorses Madigan for another term as party chairman (DIERSEN: Who will the 18 newly elected members of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) elect as the IRP chairman when they meet in Springfield Tuesday, May 22? What weighted vote will each IRP SCC member have? Who has announced their candidacy for the IRP chairman position? Will Chapin Rose’s wining the 15th Congressional District IRP SCC position be challenged? Who have the 18 newly elected IRP SCC members picked to be their deputies?)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/23/chuy-garcia-endorses-madigan-for-another-term-as-party-chairman/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Organizer: ‘Misrepresentation’ to say Wheaton gathering was anti-Trump – Steve Jordahl
https://onenewsnow.com/church/2018/04/23/organizer-misrepresentation-to-say-wheaton-gathering-was-anti-trump

TOWNHALL
— Romney Refuses to Say Whether or Not He Will Endorse Trump – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2018/04/22/mitt-romney-refuses-to-say-whether-or-not-he-will-endorse-trump-n2473399

BLAZE
— Secret Service once arrested Waffle House killer, police previously confiscated his guns – Chris Enloe
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/04/22/revealed-law-enforcement-knew-waffle-house-killer-secret-service-previously-confiscated-his-guns

GOPUSA
— FBI well aware of Waffle House shooting suspect
http://www.gopusa.com/fbi-well-aware-of-waffle-house-shooting-suspect/

INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY
— Bankrupt Public-Employee Pensions: The Next Big Financial Crisis? – Editorial (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have made it very clear that they would be more than overjoyed if the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) would go bankrupt and my CSRS pension would be cut or eliminated.)
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/bankrupt-public-employee-pensions-the-next-big-financial-crisis/

THE HILL
— Romney forced into GOP primary for Utah Senate nomination – JOHN BOWDEN
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/384301-romney-finishes-second-in-utah-gop-senate-primary
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “GOP support for Trump begins to crack.”
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/384374-juan-williams-gop-support-for-trump-begins-to-crack

NBC NEWS
— Paul Ryan’s former driver is running for his congressional seat (DIERSEN: Are you a “former?” A am a former yard work, newspaper boy, dish washer, golf shoe cleaner, slag chipper, gasoline pumper, mailman, automobile assembly line worker, security guard, tire, automotive service, and major appliance salesman, delinquent tax collector, auditor, etc.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/card/paul-ryan-s-former-driver-running-his-congressional-seat-n868336

NEW YORK TIMES
— Michael Cohen Has Said He Would Take a Bullet for Trump. Maybe Not Anymore. – Maggie Haberman, Sharon LaFraniere and Danny Hakim (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who I have supported/promoted the most since 2000, but who have subsequently have thrown me under their bus, but who have flushed me down their toilet.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/20/us/politics/trump-michael-cohen.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For years, a joke among Trump Tower employees was that the boss was like Manhattan’s First Avenue, where the traffic goes only one way. That one-sidedness has always been at the heart of President Trump’s relationship with his longtime lawyer and fixer, Michael D. Cohen, who has said he would “take a bullet” for Mr. Trump. For years Mr. Trump treated Mr. Cohen poorly, with gratuitous insults, dismissive statements and, at least twice, threats of being fired, according to interviews with a half-dozen people familiar with their relationship. “Donald goes out of his way to treat him like garbage,” said Roger J. Stone Jr., Mr. Trump’s informal and longest-serving political adviser, who, along with Mr. Cohen, was one of five people originally surrounding the president when he was considering a presidential campaign before 2016. Now, for the first time, the traffic may be going Mr. Cohen’s way. Mr. Trump’s lawyers and advisers have become resigned to the strong possibility that Mr. Cohen, who has a wife and two children and faces the prospect of devastating legal fees, if not criminal charges, could end up cooperating with federal officials who are investigating him for activity that could relate, at least in part, to work he did for Mr. Trump.)

WASHINGTON POST
— GOP candidates are now mimicking Trump’s authoritarianism. That’s ominous. – Greg Sargent
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/04/23/multiple-gop-candidates-are-now-mimicking-trumps-authoritarianism/
— The unspoken factor in Amazon’s search for a new home: Jeff Bezos’s support for gay rights – Jonathan O’Connell (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries are gotten rid of if they do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-unspoken-factor-in-amazons-search-for-a-new-home-jeff-bezoss-support-for-gay-rights/2018/04/20/9cfa8c66-31e6-11e8-8bdd-cdb33a5eef83_story.html
— Georgia police invoke law made for KKK to arrest anti-racism protesters – Meagan Flynn
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/04/23/georgia-police-invoke-anti-mask-law-made-for-kkk-to-arrest-racism-protesters/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Sheriff: Suspect’s Firearms Card Was Revoked A sheriff in Illinois says Travis Reinking’s state firearms card was revoked last year, but his guns were given to his father with the promise they wouldn’t be shared with his son.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/tennessee/articles/2018-04-22/the-latest-us-rep-calls-for-gun-control-after-shooting

DAILY BEAST
— Nashville Schools on Lockout Amid Manhunt for Waffle House Shooting Suspect (DIERSEN: What about all the Waffle Houses across the country?)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/schools-stage-lockout-amid-manhunt-for-waffle-house-shooting-suspect

FEDERAL TIMES
— IRS tech modernization legislation passes the House – Jessie Bur
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2018/04/20/irs-tech-modernization-legislation-passes-the-house/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voter Distrust of Political News Hits New High (DIERSEN: Who encourages others to distrust you? I should write a book about those who encourage others to distrust me.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/april_2018/voter_distrust_of_political_news_hits_new_high