Tag: LGBTQ

February 22 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois rescinded 10,000 gun licenses last year. More than 75 percent of holders ignored the notice. – Stacy St. Clair and Annie Sweeney (DIERSEN: How many gun owners with revoked FOID cards are there in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-aurora-shooting-gary-martin-gun-20190221-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There are currently 2,285,990 active FOID cards and 325,187 active concealed carry licensees statewide, according to state police. Of the concealed carry holders, only 126,559 submitted fingerprints with their applications.)
— Reactions to the Jussie Smollett case epitomize the polarized state of U.S. politics – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-jussie-smollett-polarized-politics-20190221-story.html
— Pritzker’s budget brims with optimism, but tough political fight lies in wait – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-pritzker-budget-politics-20190221-story.html
— How mayoral candidate Gery Chico turned City Hall experience into lucrative law practice – Bill Ruthhart
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-gery-chico-chicago-mayor-ethics-20190221-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘Empire’ star owes Chicagoans, hate crime victims an apology – Mary Mitchell
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/hateful-publicity-stunt-lands-empire-star-jail/

 

ABC7
— What’s next for Jussie Smollett? Possible big police bill – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff
https://abc7chicago.com/whats-next-for-jussie-smollett-possible-big-police-bill/5150032/

 

WTTW
— Dark Money at Play as Graduated Income Tax Fight Begins – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2019/02/21/dark-money-play-graduated-income-tax-fight-begins

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— How Illinois bet on video gambling and lost – JASON GROTTO, SANDHYA KAMBHAMPATI AND DAN MIHALOPOULOS
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article226593209.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois senator saves choking representative with Heimlich maneuver – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190221/illinois-senator-saves-choking-representative-with-heimlich-maneuver

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Catholic leaders say Illinois abortion legislation an affront to religious freedoms Bills presented by Democrats called ‘an assault on human dignity’ – REBECCA ANZEL
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/02/22/catholic-leaders-say-illinois-abortion-legislation-an-affront-to-religious-freedoms/a39ymlv/

 

SOUTHERN
— Proposed Illinois bill would require schools to teach details of consent in sex ed – GRANT MORGAN
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/proposed-illinois-bill-would-require-schools-to-teach-details-of/article_b2df4ffc-4f7a-5c58-8eb1-65ca345e509e.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— McCombie: ‘Huge task’ in rebuilding House GOP caucus Savanna rep first woman to lead effort to elect Republicans – Peter Hancock
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/02/21/mccombie-huge-task-in-rebuilding-house-gop-caucus/agvxxya/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Illinois taxpayers spending more money on abortions – Rachel Droze
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-taxpayers-spending-more-money-on-abortions-02-21-2019
— Trump attends the reception for National African American History Month
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/livetrump-attends-the-reception-for-national-african-american-history-month

 

KTOV
— OUTSTANDING: Iowa Senate panel OKs bill mandating businesses use E-Verify – AP
https://ktvo.com/news/local/iowa-senate-panel-oks-bill-mandating-businesses-use-e-verify

 

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Ramirez-Rosa Slammed For Not Taking $35K Pay Cut As Promised – Mina Bloom (DIERSEN: Have you taken a pay cut? GAO audits IRS. In 1980, I took a $19,203/year (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. Since then, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have used that to hint/imply/argue/shout a) that IRS GROSSLY OVERPAID ME and that IRS should not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974; b) that GAO viewed the experience that I gained working 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/year), as being WORTHLESS; and c) that GAO viewed the MBA that I had earned from Loyola in 1976, my passing the CPA examination on first attempt in 1979, and my having almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul as being WORTHLESS.)
https://blockclubchicago.org/2019/02/21/ramirez-rosa-slammed-for-not-taking-35k-pay-cut-as-promised-but-ald-says-opponent-running-nasty-misinformation-campaign/

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Appeals panel: CPS worker doesn’t need to prove work environment ‘hellish’ to press discrimination suit – Scott Holland (DIERSEN: Have you had a ‘hellish’ work environment? Prior to my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, they gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. All during those almost 18 years, they hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that I caused everything that went wrong in the office, b) that the job I had should have been held by a Democrat, a minority, a female, someone younger than me, and/or a veteran, c) that I was a draft dodger, d) that the master’s degrees that I earned in 1980 and 1997, the professional certifications that I earned in 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and professional license that I earned in 1981 were not job-related, were worthless, and were a distraction, d) that GAO should not have promoted me in 1986, that GAO should not have hired me in 1980, that IRS should not have promoted me in 1974, 1973, or 1972, and that IRS should not have hired me in 1971, e) that what I learned working for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels (currently $81,071-$91,880/year) was worthless, f) etc.)
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511783251-appeals-panel-cps-worker-doesn-t-need-to-prove-work-environment-hellish-to-press-discrimination-suit

 

CNS NEWS
— Former Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke Not Buying Salary Motive: Smollett ‘Was on a Political Mission for the Left’ – Melanie Arter (DIERSEN: In 1980, if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, and/or a veteran, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have forced me to take a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO.
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/melanie-arter/former-milwaukee-sheriff-david-clarke-not-buying-salary-motive-smollett-was

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Obama judge, Trump judge, Clinton judge to hear border wall emergency challenges – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that concerning Diersen v. GAO, a) Republican Peter Fitzgerald appointed the judge and GAO’s defense attorney, b) that Republican Dennis Hastert was the Speaker of the House while the lawsuit was pending, c) that Republican Henry Hyde was my U.S. Representative while the lawsuit was pending, and d) that Republican George Bush was President while the lawsuit was pending. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes ignore Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois and use the aforesaid to hint/imply/argue/shout a) that my claims have no merit and b) that GAO wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old because I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/21/obama-judge-trump-judge-clinton-judge-hear-border-/
— What the Democrats should do about gun background checks – Frank Miniter
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/21/what-the-democrats-should-do-about-gun-background-/
— Tearful Jussie Smollett apologizes to ‘Empire’ cast: ‘I swear to God, I did not do this’ – Victor Morton
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/21/jussie-smollett-apologizes-empire-cast/

 

FOX NEWS
— A border wall isn’t enough – Asylum laws must be stricter to cut illegal immigration – Ryan James Girdusky
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/a-border-wall-isnt-enough-asylum-laws-must-be-stricter-to-cut-illegal-immigration
— Coast Guard officer ordered to jail, accused of being ‘domestic terrorist’ – Samuel Chamberlain
https://www.foxnews.com/us/coast-guard-officer-accused-of-being-domestic-terrorist-ordered-to-jail
— MAGA-hat wearing teen claims California high school wouldn’t permit her to wear hat – Elizabeth Zwirz (DIERSEN: If you are a Trump supporter, why aren’t you wearing a MAGA hat? I do not wear a MAGA hat because if I did, my nasty, vicious, hate-filled critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would shout at my wife that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-student-reportedly-claims-she-wasnt-allowed-to-wear-maga-to-school

 

DAILY CALLER
— HERE’S A ROUND-UP OF JUSSIE SMOLLETT’S WORST TWEETS ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS SUPPORTERS – Scott Morefield
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/21/jussie-smollett-tweets-trump/

 

NEWSMAX
— Smollett Story Not Only Hoax Hate Crime During Trump Years – Jason Devaney
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/jussie-smollett-lies-fake-news-hate-crime/2019/02/21/id/903798/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Trump’s Chances to Win in 2020 Improve with Every News Cycle – MARK ELLIS
https://pjmedia.com/election/trumps-chances-to-win-in-2020-improve-with-every-news-cycle/

 

BREITBART
— Jussie Smollett ‘Dissatisfied’ with over $1,000,000 Annual ‘Empire’ Salary – Justin Caruso (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/02/21/report-jussie-smollett-dissatisfied-with-over-1000000-annual-empire-salary/
— Iowa Looks to Punish Businesses Hiring Illegals After Mollie Tibbetts Death – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/21/iowa-looks-to-punish-businesses-hiring-illegals-after-mollie-tibbetts-death/
— Blue State Blues: Trump Is the Most ‘Progressive’ President Ever for Blacks, Gays, Jews – Joel B. Pollak
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/02/22/blue-state-blues-trump-is-the-most-progressive-president-ever-for-blacks-gays-jews/
— Miley Cyrus Rips Into Trump: ‘Racist, Sexist, Hateful A**hole’ – Justin Caruso
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/02/21/miley-cyrus-rips-into-trump-racist-sexist-hateful-ahole/

 

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Media Alleges ‘Disinformation Campaign’ Against Dem Candidates – Brian McNicoll
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/media-alleges-disinformation-campaign-against-dem-candidates/

 

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Covington Catholic Kids Take the Gloves Off Their lawsuit seeks to teach the media a lesson it will never forget. – GRAYSON QUAY (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, you should sue those who hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, etc. Ever-increasingly, if you are accused of being any of the aforesaid, your life is over and you are dead.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-covington-catholic-kids-take-the-gloves-off/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— 2020 Democrat candidates are now supporting reparations for slavery – Peter Barry Chowka
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/2020_democrat_candidates_are_now_supporting_reparations_for_slavery.html
— Waking up in an American nightmare – Robert Arvay
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/waking_up_in_an_american_nightmare.html

 

TPM
— Meet The Lone US Attorney Leading Trump’s Non-Citizen Voting Crusade – Allegra Kirkland
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/bobby-higdon-us-attorney-north-carolina-non-citzen-voter-fraud

 

LIFEZETTE
— California High School Student Couldn’t Wear Her MAGA Hat to School Why can’t she show pride in her country this way? – Elizabeth Zwirz
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/02/california-high-school-student-couldnt-wear-her-maga-hat-to-school/

 

LIFE NEWS
— Illinois Bill Would Legalize Abortions for Any Reason Up to Birth, Force Christians to Fund Them – THOMAS MORE SOCIETY
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/02/21/illinois-bill-would-legalize-abortions-for-any-reason-up-to-birth-force-christians-to-fund-them/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Martyrs who resisted Islam were once celebrated. Has Pope Francis rejected their supreme sacrifice?
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/martyrs-who-resisted-islam-were-once-celebrated.-has-pope-francis-rejected
— LGBTQ group kicks out tennis legend Martina Navratilova for opposing trans men competing with women – Martin M. Barillas
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/lgbtq-group-kicks-out-tennis-legend-martina-navratilova-for-opposing-trans
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: US bishops side with globalists in condemning Trump’s border wall
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/us-bishops-are-wrong-to-condemn-trump-for-his-border-wall.-heres-why

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— Colo. House passes LGBT-inclusive sex ed bill blocking schools from teaching abstinence only – Leah MarieAnn Klett
https://www.christianpost.com/news/colo-house-passes-lgbt-inclusive-sex-ed-bill-blocking-schools-from-teaching-abstinence-only.html

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOLER BANNED FROM WEARING MAGA HAT ON CAMPUS ‘How does being a patriot in trying to show pride in your country, how is that inappropriate?’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/02/california-high-schooler-banned-from-wearing-maga-hat-on-campus/

 

ROLL CALL
— A reporter’s homage to government workers — unsung heroes of transparency America needs information that presents an objective a version of reality – John M. Donnelly (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325. For almost 6 of those years, I worked on audits of many federal agencies. For 3 of those years, I worked on audits of IRS. For almost 9 of those years, I worked on audits of federal financial industry regulators.)
https://www.rollcall.com/news/opinion/government-workers-transparency
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Whistle-blowers and internal documents are the lifeblood of journalism. Without such sources, the full story of what’s happening in our country can’t come out. But there’s another, less heralded category of information that feeds journalism: the government institutions that provide Americans with non-partisan, objective data — places like the Government Accountability Office, the Congressional Research Service, the Congressional Budget Office and the inspectors general.)

 

THE HILL
— Smollett controversy roils political world – JUDY KURTZ
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/431076-smollett-roils-politics

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans crow about their success in promoting hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/5-legitimate-national-emergencies-according-to-real-americans_n_5c6dc693e4b0f40774cbac9e

 

YAHOO NEWS
— Teen is fighting to wear her MAGA hat to school: ‘Since when is patriotism inappropriate?’ – Elise Solé (DIERSEN: Trump-haters are filled with hatred. If you wore a MAGA hate outside of your home, how viciously would Trump-haters in your neighborhood, precinct, municipality, township/ward, county, and Illinois demonize you, denigrate you, condemn you, harass you, insult you, threaten you, and/or harm you?)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/teen-fighting-wear-maga-hat-school-since-patriotism-inappropriate-015831730.html

 

ABC NEWS
— Judge sets $100,000 bond for Jussie Smollett, orders ‘Empire’ actor’s passport surrendered Jussie Smollett has been charged with felony disorderly conduct. – Chris Francescani, Stephanie Wash and Eva Pilgrim
https://abcnews.go.com/US/jussie-smollett-custody-chicago-police-allegedly-lying-attack/story?id=61208295

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: 2020 Democrats Embrace Race-Conscious Policies, Including Reparations – Astead W. Herndon
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/us/politics/2020-democrats-race-policy.html

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats encourage children to be promiscuous and to engage in LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/us/colorado-sex-education-in-schools.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— The list of bogus ‘hate crimes’ in Trump era is long – Tamar Lapin
https://nypost.com/2019/02/21/the-list-of-bogus-hate-crimes-in-trump-era-is-long/
— Where was the skepticism over Jussie Smollett’s claims? – Heather Mac Donald (DIERSEN: Because of my terrible demographics, there was tremendous skepticism of my claims in Diersen v. GAO. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed that I am Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.)
https://nypost.com/2019/02/21/where-was-the-skepticism-over-jussie-smolletts-claims/

 

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— California Republicans hope their next leader can make them relevant again – Joe Garofoli (DIERSEN: What percent a) of California voters and b) of Illinois voters are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-draft avoiders, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/California-Republicans-hope-their-next-leader-can-13634407.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The California Republican Party has never been less relevant. It has no statewide elected officials. It’s a super-minority in the Legislature. Only 1 in 4 registered voters belongs to it. And the state’s entire GOP House delegation can fit in a minivan. Yet the three people vying to be state party chair this weekend at the GOP’s convention in Sacramento aren’t calling for wholesale changes. Far from it. They don’t think the party needs a new approach to immigration or climate change, issues where polls say the GOP is out of step with California voters. Nor should it back away from President Trump — even though 62 percent of likely California voters polled in January said they disapproved of his job performance. “It’s a great day in America: Donald Trump is president,” would-be party chair Steve Frank said on my “It’s All Political” podcast, repeating the line he uses during his frequent appearances on conservative talk radio shows across the state. Neither of his opponents would disagree. Absent any policy differences, the main distinction between the candidates is a battle over whether the problem is, in fact, what’s left of the California Republican Party’s establishment. The 1,400 delegates meeting this weekend will choose between Frank, whose roots in the California Republican Party go back to Ronald Reagan’s first term … as governor; Travis Allen, who ran for governor last year and thought the Republican opponent backed by Trump, John Cox, was too liberal; and Jessica Millan Patterson, a longtime party operative unknown to the public but the favorite of the GOP’s withered establishment.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Police Say Smollett Faked Hate Crime Because He Was Dissatisfied With His Salary ‘Empire’ actor said he was victim of a racist and antigay attack last month – Erin Ailworth
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jussie-smollett-arrested-after-charge-of-filing-false-report-of-attack-11550753504
— The Biggest Mistakes Companies Make With Hiring The most highly qualified and enthusiastic candidates too often get ignored – Peter Cappelli (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.wsj.com/articles/the-biggest-mistakes-companies-make-with-hiring-11550763917

 

USA TODAY
— Who’s misusing your personal data? Why we need federal privacy protection regulations. – Michael Chertoff (DIERSEN: Federal employees have absolutely no privacy. That is why while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I never even tried to hide the fact that I am Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, American-nameplate car owner, married, childless, pet-less, etc. Of course, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates used the aforesaid against me.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/02/22/americans-need-federal-privacy-laws-prevent-personal-data-misuse-column/2940204002/#

 

GALLUP
— Trump Job Approval 50% or Higher in 17 States in 2018 – JEFFREY M. JONES
https://news.gallup.com/poll/247004/trump-job-approval-higher-states-2018.aspx

 

PHILADELPHIA ENQUIRER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hater uses Jussie Smollet to promote hatred against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.philly.com/news/columnists/jussie-smollett-empire-chicago-police-ann-coulter-race-lgbt-jenice-armstrong-20190221.html

 

BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
— Democrats want to make us dependent on government. – Dan Klusmann
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/letters_to_editor/democrats-want-to-make-us-dependent-on-government/article_dfdbe830-8141-582d-ae6a-278f35b51ccb.html

 

NEW YORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters paint Trump and his supporters as being Nazis.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/revisiting-the-american-nazi-supporters-of-a-night-at-the-garden

 

HR DIRECTOR
— How should businesses plan for an ageing workforce? – Anthony Sutton (DIERSEN: The federal government plans for an aging workforce by wasting the careers of and by getting rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. It is called up-or-out, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.thehrdirector.com/features/planning/ageing423/

February 21 Evening Edition

NBC5
— State Sen. Jim Oberweis to Challenge Rep. Lauren Underwood in 2020 – Benjamin Conboy
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/jim-oberweis-to-run-against-lauren-underwood-in-2020-race-506178821.html
— Body Cameras Proposed for Politicians Doing Illinois Business Rep. John Cabello said the intent of the bill he introduced is to reduce corruption
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/body-cameras-proposed-for-illinois-politicians-doing-business-506149511.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Police say Smollett faked attack to ‘promote his career’ – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/police-empire-actor-faked-attack-to-promote-his-career-

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. Pritzker, don’t dismiss the Republicans too quickly – David Greising
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-pritzker-budget-speech-bipartisanship-rauner-greising-0222-20190221-story.html
— Judge scolds Jussie Smollett over allegations he staged racist, anti-gay attack: ‘Vile and despicable’ – Megan Crepeau, Jason Meisner and Jeremy Gorner
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-jussie-smollet-arrest-20190221-story.html
— Wisdom from Eddie Johnson: Jussie Smollett owes Chicago an apology – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-smollett-eddie-johnson-chicago-police-jussie-20190221-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Sorry, bigots, but I’m not sorry for once believing Jussie Smollett.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-jussie-smollett-apology-20190221-story.html
— Medical marijuana growers are lobbying for licenses that also would allow them to control supply of recreational pot in Illinois – Robert McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-marijuana-companies-lobbying-to-limit-recreational-licenses-20190214-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett released from Cook County Jail – Sam Charles and Andy Grimm
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/jussie-smollett-arrested-in-chicago-for-allegedly-staging-hate-crime-police/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker continues to reach out to cautious GOP – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190220/schoenburg-pritzker-continues-to-reach-out-to-cautious-gop

 

GALESBURG REGISTER NEWS
— Pritzker’s pot revenue depends on unfiled legalization legislation – Jerry Nowicki
https://www.galesburg.com/news/20190221/pritzkers-pot-revenue-depends-on-unfiled-legalization-legislation

 

CHICAGO PATCH
— Here Are The Hate Groups Operating In Chicago The number of hate groups has skyrocketed in the last four years. See the groups operating in Chicago. – Amber Fisher
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/here-are-hate-groups-operating-chicago

 

DES PLAINES PATCH
— Anti-Muslim Group Puts Des Plaines On SPLC’s ‘Hate Map’ The number of active hate groups is at its highest level in two decades, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. – Jonah Meadows (DIERSEN: If the groups that you are a member of do not promote Islam, sooner or later, SPLC will call them hate groups.)
https://patch.com/illinois/desplaines/anti-muslim-group-puts-des-plaines-splcs-hate-map

 

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— Here Are The Hate Groups Operating In Naperville The number of hate groups has skyrocketed in the last four years. See the groups operating in Naperville. – Lisa Marie Farver (DIERSEN: If the groups that you are a member of do not promote LGBTQ activity, sooner or later, SPLC will call them hate groups.)
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/here-are-hate-groups-operating-naperville

 

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— Skillicorn pushes for audit of Fed – Glenn Minnis
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/511783950-skillicorn-pushes-for-audit-of-fed

 

CAPITOL FAX
— A look at some of Pritzker’s increased spending
https://capitolfax.com/2019/02/21/a-look-at-some-of-pritzkers-increased-spending/
— A quick look at Pritzker’s new revenue streams
https://capitolfax.com/2019/02/21/a-quick-look-at-pritzkers-new-revenue-streams/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Criminals support a Supreme Court decision.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/02/21/a-big-nail-unanimously-driven-into-the-drug-wars-coffin/

 

FOX NEWS
— Citizen Kelly on Fox & Friends: Punish Smollett with prison time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrGaNL6AQB0

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Border apprehensions jump 84 percent, 606,000 expected this year – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/border-apprehensions-jump-84-606-000-expected-this-year

 

FRONT PAGE MAGAZINE
— SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER BLAMES TRUMP FOR INCREASE IN BLACK NATIONALIST HATE GROUPS – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/272950/southern-poverty-law-center-blames-trump-increase-daniel-greenfield

 

PJ MEDIA
— Illinois Lawmakers Want to Send Government Agents into Every Home School – MEGAN FOX
https://pjmedia.com/trending/illinois-lawmakers-try-to-send-government-agents-into-every-homeschool-home/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Left’s 2018 victory was fueled by millions of small-dollar donors—if Conservatives don’t catch up quickly, we will lose America – Richard A Viguerie (DIERSEN: What encourages you to donate? For me, it is seeing that the candidate or the organization will use the money to defend and advance all the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform, and especially the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.)
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/29728

 

TURNING POINT USA
— VIDEO: Conservative Student Attacked By Violent Leftist At UC Berkeley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbXrl-jVRcM&feature=youtu.be

 

GOPUSA
— The left is openly cheering for the demise of America

The left is openly cheering for the demise of America


— Mexican national transports $12.7M in meth in shipment of strawberries
http://www.gopusa.com/mexican-national-transports-12-7m-in-meth-in-shipment-of-strawberries/
— Austin boy called ‘Little Hitler’ for selling hot chocolate to raise ‘over $9,000’ for border wall
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=65436

 

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Sending Our Prisoners to College Just think of it as an up-front investment, one that will pay dividends down the road. – NILA BALA AND EMILY MOONEY (DIERSEN: Good people get college degrees so that they do not have to take bad jobs. Bad people commit crime so that they do not have to take bad jobs.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/sending-prisoners-to-college-criminal-justice/?mc_cid=1f7156d40f&mc_eid=2e2743e91e

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Taxpayer-Funded Abortions on the Rise in Illinois – MICHAEL J. NEW
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/taxpayer-funded-abortions-on-the-rise-in-illinois/
— Warren Backs Government Reparations for African Americans – JACK CROWE (DIERSEN: How much money will Warren want you to pay in reparations? For what I see, the more of the following that you are, the more money that Warren will want you to pay in reparations: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. From what I see, if you are any of the aforesaid, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the money that Warren will want you to pay in reparations.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/warren-backs-government-reparations-for-african-americans/

 

THE HILL
— Trump reacts to Smollett charges: ‘What about MAGA’ – BRETT SAMUELS AND JUDY KURTZ
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/430953-trump-reacts-to-smollett-charges-what-about-maga

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The fiscal nightmare in Illinois shows Democrats exactly what not to do – Henry Olsen
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/02/21/fiscal-nightmare-illinois-shows-democrats-exactly-what-not-do/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Police Say Smollett Faked Hate Crime Because He Was Dissatisfied With His Salary ‘Empire’ actor said he was victim of a racist and homophobic attack last month – Erin Ailworth
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jussie-smollett-arrested-after-charge-of-filing-false-report-of-attack-11550753504

 

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Are you on the government’s endangered species list? – Mike Causey
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2019/02/are-you-on-the-governments-endangered-species-list/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If anybody in your office has been with the government since the early 1980s take him or her to lunch. Your veteran office mate is golden and like many precious resources, their numbers are dwindling fast. In fact, if Uncle Sam kept a list of endangered workers, folks under the old Civil Service Retirement System would be at the top. Less than six of every 100 workers still on the payroll are under the generous system that was phased out in the mid 1980s, in favor of a retirement package more like those in the private sector. It is the Federal Employees Retirement System, or FERS, and it covers those hired since 1984. Although CSRS and FERS employees work alongside each other in many offices, their situations are very different. CSRS provides a much more generous retirement annuity than FERS, while the latter group of employees are eligible for both Social Security and get a government match of up to 5 percent of their total pay to their Thrift Savings Plan accounts. The TSP is a good investment for CSRS workers and a must for FERS employees because of their smaller annuities. In a Congressional Research Service study of the two retirement plans in fiscal year 2016, the average monthly federal benefit for retiring FERS workers was $1,714 versus an average of $4,755 per month for those leaving under the CSRS plan. Because of the less generous civil service benefit and less inflation protection in retirement some people believe that those under FERS work longer than their CSRS counterparts.)
— Federal government’s employer brand is in trouble – Jeff Neal (DIERSEN: Potential federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should be advised a) that the federal government will waste their career and get rid of them if they do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40 and b) that extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2019/02/federal-governments-employer-brand-is-in-trouble/

February 19 Morning Edition

ABC7
— 16 states including Illinois sue to stop Trump’s national emergency declaration – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/16-states-including-illinois-sue-to-stop-trumps-national-emergency-declaration/5144454/

 

CBS2
— Ahead Of Election, Accusations Of Shutting Down Candidates Forum – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/02/18/ahead-of-election-accusations-of-shutting-down-candidates-forum/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois among 16 states suing to block Trump’s national emergency declaration for border wall
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-national-emergency-declaration-states-lawsuit-20190218-story.html
— Illinois State Police acknowledge it wrongly issued a gun license to Aurora shooter – Stacy St. Clair
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-aurora-shooting-gun-license-illinois-state-police-20190218-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Mendoza’s rise built on alliances with old-school Democrats – Ray Long and Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-susana-mendoza-political-rise-20190219-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: Study finds high school students form more cliques, but counselors say social media blurs the lines – Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-high-school-cliques-change-study-20190218-story.html
— As Gov. Pritzker speaks: We sure hope Illinois doesn’t need a border wall – Editorial (DIERSEN: Illinois Democrats and Illinois RINOs encourage people to come to America illegally and to stay in America illegally. That is treason. Needless-to-say, Illinois Democrats and Illinois RINOs should be arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-pritzker-illinois-budget-speech-20190213-story.html
— Wanted: Public servants for thankless jobs. OK, who’s in? – Christopher Borrelli (DIERSEN: In 1971, were it not for EEOC, I might very well have not become a public servant. In early 1971, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. When I gave my 2-week notice to my Firestone Stores boss, he rudely immediately fired me. Then, Oldsmobile withdrew its job officer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS. I had to have a job. My application for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother was pending.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-public-service-education-jobs-0213-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rahm’s agency heads could outlast him thanks to golden parachute contracts – Fran Spielman and Lauren FitzPatrick
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rahm-emanuel-golden-parachute-chicago-park-district-michael-kelly/
— Aurora shooter lied to get FOID card, but questions remain about how he kept gun – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/aurora-shooter-lied-foid-card-mississippi-felony-firearm-owner-identification-gun/
— Mendoza goes after Daley for parking meters, 1970s test, advising brother – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/wttw-mayoral-debate-vallas-wilson-preckwinkle-daley-mendoza/
— DuPage Water Commission employee dies week after Villa Park workplace accident – Luke Wilusz
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/dupage-water-commission-employee-dies-week-after-villa-park-workplace-accident/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Kane sheriff plans database for tracking revoked FOID cards – Harry Hitzeman
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190218/kane-sheriff-plans-database-for-tracking-revoked-foid-cards
— Among 1-percent earners, where are all the women? – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would presented a jury with many examples in which GAO paid its female employees more than it paid its male employees who had more job-related work experience, more job-related education, more job-related professional certifications, and/or more job-related professional licenses. GAO was under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190218/among-1-percent-earners-where-are-all-the-women
— An HR expert’s advice to employers on reducing risk of violence after a firing – Russell Lissau (DIERSEN: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have secretly recorded the threats that my Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors made to me to force me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190218/an-hr-experts-advice-to-employers-on-reducing-risk-of-violence-after-a-firing

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker sends troubling signals on pension crisis – BGA
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190218/bga-pritzker-sends-troubling-signals-on-pension-crisis

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Bill Prohibiting Lawmakers from Leading State Political Party Stalls – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: What percent of the officers of a) your Republican township, ward, and county party organizations and b) the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) hold government offices/jobs? What percent of the IRP State Central Committee members hold government offices/jobs?)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=279794#.XGwKbJh_OM8

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Pritzker puts illegal immigrants’ lives ahead of children’s – Dan Halstead, DeKalb
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2019/02/18/letter-pritzker-puts-illegal-immigrants-lives-ahead-of-childrens/ajx2h9f/

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters “rally against Trump’s national emergency declaration.”
https://qconline.com/news/q-c-residents-rally-against-trump-s-national-emergency-declaration/article_1d4b9587-f9d8-5428-bff8-277bc9996c5d.html
— How you can help cure Illinois’ costly addition to gerrymandering – Editorial
https://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-how-you-can-help-cure-illinois-costly-addition-to/article_42572c09-1af1-5a4e-ac8a-1a8ff160e831.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Gov. Pritzker talks minimum wage, gun control in Peoria Monday evening. – DaLaun Dillard
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/gov-pritzker-talks-minimum-wage-gun-control-in-peoria-monday-evening/1792745305

 

WQAD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://wqad.com/2019/02/18/protesters-come-out-against-presidents-national-emergency-declaration/

 

CATHOLIC CITIZENS OF ILLINOIS
— The border wars plot to destabilize and transform America – Mary Anne Hackett
https://catholiccitizens.org/news/83924/the-border-wars-plot-to-destabilize-and-transform-america/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Tampons in Boys’ Bathrooms in Illinois Public Schools – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/uncategorized/tampons-in-boys-bathrooms-in-illinois-public-schools/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Jussie Smollett case the latest in long line of hoax racist attacks – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/jussie-smollett-case-the-latest-in-long-line-of-hoax-racist-attacks

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— HOW DEMOCRATS SPAWNED THE BORDER CRISIS Sacrificing national security on the altar of open borders. – Michael Cutler
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272896/how-democrats-spawned-border-crisis-michael-cutler
— SOROS GROUPS FILE LAWSUITS ATTACKING TRUMP’S BORDER WALL Sixteen states sue to keep the nation’s southern border wide open for illegal aliens and terrorists. – Matthew Vadum
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272915/soros-groups-file-lawsuits-attacking-trumps-border-matthew-vadum

 

TOWNHALL
— Jussie Smollett: A Case Study in Modern Liberalism – William Marshall
https://townhall.com/columnists/williammarshall/2019/02/19/jussie-smollett-a-case-study-in-modern-liberalism-n2541670

 

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Mexico’s Dispersal of Latest Caravan Simply Frees Migrants to Cross the U.S. Border Less Visibly – Todd Bensman
https://cis.org/Bensman/Mexicos-Dispersal-Latest-Caravan-Simply-Frees-Migrants-Cross-US-Border-Less-Visibly

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Illegal Aliens — Including Dangerous Criminals — Continue Flooding the Country – Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/31507-illegal-aliens-including-dangerous-criminals-continue-flooding-the-country

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Trump Promised a Wall and Delivered an Amnesty – Chris Buskirk
https://amgreatness.com/2019/02/18/trump-promised-a-wall-and-delivered-an-amnesty/
— Why Trump is Losing – Christopher Roach
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/02/18/why-trump-is-losing/
— Jussie Smollett’s National Emergency vs. Ours – Karl Notturno (DIERSEN: Constructively, since the 1960s, the federal government has been under a national emergency a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/02/18/jussie-smolletts-national-emergency-vs-ours/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Borders and Babies vs. the Priests of Activism – Christopher Chantrill
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/borders_and_babies_vs_the_priests_of_activism.html
— Jussie Smollett and the Information Warfare of the Left – Taylor Day
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/jussie_smollett_and_the_information_warfare_of_the_left.html

 

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Blame Congress for Trump’s Immigration Power Grab – PATRICK J. BUCHANAN
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/buchanan/blame-congress-for-trumps-immigration-power-grab/

 

BREITBART
— GOP Establishment Squirms After Trump’s Emergency Declaration – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/18/gop-establishment-squirms-after-trumps-emergency-declaration/
— 13 Celebrities Who Used Presidents Day to Bash President Trump – Justin Caruso
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/02/18/13-celebrities-who-used-presidents-day-to-bash-president-trump/
— Anti-Trump Protesters: Wall is Racist, Feds Torturing Migrants in Custody – Penny Starr
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/18/anti-trump-protesters-wall-is-racist-feds-torturing-migrants-in-custody/

 

DAILY CALLER
— THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY IS REAL — ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS DESTROYING FAMILIES – Terry Schilling
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/18/schilling-national-emergency/
— THAT TIME JUSSIE SMOLLETT CALLED TRUMP SUPPORTERS ‘CLOWNS’ AND A ‘NATIONAL DISGRACE’ – Scott Morefield
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/18/jussie-smollett-trump-supporters/
— HERE’S A LIST OF HOAX ‘HATE CRIMES’ IN THE TRUMP ERA – Peter Hasson
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/18/hoax-hate-crimes-list/

 

PJ MEDIA
— New York City Makes It Illegal to Discriminate on the Basis of Hairstyle – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/new-york-city-makes-it-illegal-to-discriminate-on-the-basis-of-hairstyle/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— MORE PLANS FOR MANDATING ‘LGBT’ DEVIANCE LESSONS Linda Harvey covers states forcing curriculum on elementary, middle schools
https://www.wnd.com/2019/02/more-plans-for-mandating-lgbt-deviance-lessons/

 

LIFE SITE
— Will more teachers smash boundaries under compulsory ‘LGBT’ school lessons? – Linda Harvey
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/will-more-teachers-smash-boundaries-under-compulsory-lgbt-school-lessons
— Tennis pro blasts letting gender-confused men play against women: ‘it’s insane and it’s cheating’ – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/tennis-pro-blasts-letting-gender-confused-men-play-against-women-its-insane
— Pope picks liberal cardinals Cupich, Marx, Tagle for featured talks at Vatican Abuse Summit – Diane Montagna and Doug Mainwaring
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cardinals-cupich-marx-and-tagle-among-featured-speakers-at-vatican-summit-o

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— McCarthy Defends Trump’s National Emergency by Pointing to Border Emergency Called by Former Obama Secretary – Madison Dibble
https://ijr.com/mccarthy-defends-donald-trump-national-emergency/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Collapsing Hate-Crimes Narratives – PETER KIRSANOW
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-collapsing-hate-crimes-narratives/

 

POLITICO
— New problem for legal weed: Exploding pot factories Legalization of marijuana at the state level has resulted in at least 10 recorded instances of fires or explosions at facilities that extract hash oil. – REBECCA RAINEY
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/18/marijuana-factories-explosions-safety-issues-1155850

 

WASHINGTON POST
— In Palm Springs, the nation’s first all-LGBTQ city council tests the modern meaning of diversity – Scott Wilson (DIERSEN: Democrats want every elected official and every appointed official in America to be a Democrat and also as many as possible of the following: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoider, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/in-palm-springs-the-nations-first-all-lgbtq-city-council-tests-the-modern-meaning-of-diversity/2019/02/18/38f9b600-3074-11e9-8ad3-9a5b113ecd3c_story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Migrant caravans are proving we desperately need a border wall – John Crudele
https://nypost.com/2019/02/18/migrant-caravans-are-proving-we-desperately-need-a-border-wall/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ocasio-Cortez Heralds a New Political Era Socialism may not become America’s dominant ideology, but it’s likely to be around for a while. – Fred Barnes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ocasio-cortez-heralds-a-new-political-era-11550519444
— States File Suit Against Trump Administration Over Wall Emergency Suit filed in U.S. district court in Northern California seeks injunction to stop president from spending money on border wall without congressional approval – Rebecca Davis O’Brien and Sadie Gurman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-lawsuit-is-expected-on-wall-emergency-11550535544

 

PENSIONS & INVESTMENTS
— Millennials are becoming next target area for managers’ diversity efforts – SOPHIE BAKER (DIERSEN: Have you been targeted? I worked for GAO in its Chicago office 1980-1997. Each time that the Democrats who ran GAO back then sent a new manager to run their Chicago office, they gave that manager a “hit list” of employees in the office who they were to get rid of. Of course, because I was Republican, White, male, old, and non-veteran, I was always on all those “hit lists.”)
https://www.pionline.com/article/20190218/PRINT/190219869/millennials-are-becoming-next-target-area-for-managers-diversity-efforts

 

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— Trump’s emergency declaration draws support, protests in Georgia U.S. House panel says $234 million in military construction in the state could be diverted for wall – Jeremy Redmon Tamar Hallerman
https://www.ajc.com/news/trump-emergency-declaration-draws-support-protests-georgia/OTKz7o13fFQE20usolY85I/

 

RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH
— Labor Law: Co-workers should avoid talking politics at work – KAREN MICHAEL (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. While I worked for the federal government, and especially while I worked for GAO, virtually all my superiors and supervisors were Democrats. To turn them further against me, my Democrat coworkers and subordinates a) asked me if I supported specific planks in the Republican Party platform and b) took my answers to my Democrat superiors and supervisors.)
https://www.richmond.com/business/learning-center/labor-law-co-workers-should-avoid-talking-politics-at-work/article_e57ea247-c65e-5070-9d27-74f9483062cf.html

 

CRIMSON
— Former Employee Sues Harvard For Racial Discrimination, Failure to Accommodate Her Disability, and Retaliation – Alexandra A. Chaidez and Aidan F. Ryan (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors assigned me to supervise at one time or another all the employees who they had hired since 1980 who were minority, female, and/or disabled.)
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2019/2/19/former-employee-sues-discrimination/

 

GUARDIAN
— New York Set To Ban Discrimination Based On Hairstyle – CHISOM NJOKU
https://guardian.ng/life/new-york-set-to-ban-discrimination-based-on-hairstyle/

 

INDIA STATESMAN
— How to appreciate diversity and foster inclusiveness at workplace – Sonica Aron (DIERSEN: In America, to foster diversity and inclusiveness at the workplace is a) to not hire, b) to not retain, c) to not promote, and d) to get rid of those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.thestatesman.com/lifestyle/variety/appreciate-diversity-foster-inclusiveness-1502732501.html

February 14 Morning Edition

WGN TV
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Revenue from video gaming exceeds state casinos for the first time – BEN BRADLEY (DIERSEN: What percent of the money lost gambling in Illinois is lost by those a) who have saved little or nothing for their retirement, b) who have severe financial and/or health problems, c) who are wards of the state or will be wards of the state, and/or d) who are also addicted to booze, opioids, pot, etc. – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
https://wgntv.com/2019/02/13/revenue-from-video-gaming-exceeds-state-casinos-for-the-first-time/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Aldermanic candidate David Krupa files $4 million defamation suit against CTU – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/aldermanic-candidate-files-4-million-defamation-suit-against-ctu/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The latest suit holds that Muir, a teacher at Nathan Hale Elementary School in the 13th Ward, used a CTU letterhead when she penned a note to ward residents accusing Krupa of cyberbullying and cyberstalking. “Mr. Krupa harassed and bullied me through breaching a school computer system and posting disturbing language and images that shocked me and my student,” Muir wrote in the letter, which implores residents not to vote for Krupa. “My sense of personal safety and security were violated, and this letter is part of my effort to hold him accountable for his behavior,” she wrote.)
— Democrats expect to send minimum wage bill to Pritzker Thursday — as GOP balks – Jerry Nowicki (DIERSEN: Did you ever work for the minimum wage? I did 1964-1966 washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School. If S.S. Kresges had to pay me $15/hour in today’s dollars back then, it probably would have hired an illegal instead of me. If you had earned $15/hour in today’s dollars when you were young, what would you have done with that money? I did not start earning $15/hour in today’s dollars until I was 18 in September of 1966. I earned far less than $15/hour in today’s dollars when I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; and cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. If had earned $15/hour in today’s dollars 1962-1966, I probably would have bought a new loaded 1966 Pontiac GTO in 1966 instead of the new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint that I bought. What job requirements did you have to meet before you first earned $15/hour in today’s dollars? Job requirements that I had to meet in 1966 included: be a United States citizen, be 18 years old, have a high school diploma, pass an employment test, pass a physical examination, have a driver’s license, pass a truck driving test, pass a background investigation, and have a car to use to make deliveries with.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/democrats-send-minimum-wage-bill-pritzker-thursday-house-vote-gop-against/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190214/dont-make-it-easy-for-trump-to-hide-his-failure
— Want transparency? Get rid of ‘shell’ bills – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190213/want-transparency-get-rid-of-shell-bills
— No tollway board, no matter: Route 53 study keeps bringing consultants millions – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190214/no-tollway-board-no-problem-controversial-route-53-study-keeps-bringing-consultants-millions

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Biz faces life without clout in Springfield A higher minimum wage. Signs of more pension borrowing. A push for a graduated income tax. If you thought the business community still had significant influence in a Democrat-dominated capitol, this week offered a kick to the gut. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/biz-faces-life-without-clout-springfield

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Minimum wage is not an issue to rush – Editorial
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190209/our-view-minimum-wage-is-not-issue-to-rush

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Illinois lawmaker Tom Bennett, R-Pontiac, eyeing 4 to 6 new statues at Capitol complex – Grant Morgan
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/02/14/illinois-republican-lawmaker-eyeing-4-to-6-new-statues-at-capitol-complex/awl0qvb/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD & HERALD & REVIEW
— Illinois Republican lawmaker Patrick Windhorst proposes tighter restrictions on late-term abortions – Rebecca Anzel
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/02/13/illinois-republican-lawmaker-proposes-tighter-restrictions-on-late-term-abortions/apy963n/
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/gop-lawmaker-proposes-tighter-restrictions-on-late-term-abortions-in/article_8527df58-c1dd-5483-a0a2-dcd8b673e619.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Despite border funding compromise, McCarthy backs Trump on declaring an emergency – Stephen Loiaconi
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/despite-border-funding-compromise-mccarthy-backs-trump-on-declaring-an-emergency

 

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— KANE COUNTY MOURNS LOSS OF MONTGOMERY TRUSTEE STAN BOND
http://kanecountyconnects.com/2019/02/kane-county-mourns-loss-of-montgomery-trustee-stan-bond/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Spin machine on full throttle in graduated income tax debate – Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/op-ed-spin-machine-on-full-throttle-in-graduated-income/article_def7e65a-2f19-11e9-927e-93f1666b9a73.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Going on Offense with Pro-Life Candidates – Benjamin Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/02/spotlight-going-on-offense-with-pro-life-candidates/

 

GOPUSA
— Texas Republicans to propose tapping rainy day fund for border wall (DIERSEN: If immigration is not limited/stopped, anti-Americans will soon be the majorities in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, etc. and those state will vote to leave the United States and join up with Mexico.)
http://www.gopusa.com/texas-republicans-to-propose-tapping-rainy-day-fund-for-border-wall-2/
— HUD examines racial, ethnic disparities within homeless populations (DIERSEN: Democrats blame Republicans for homelessness.)
http://www.gopusa.com/hud-examines-racial-ethnic-disparities-within-homeless-populations/

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump Says Wall Will Be Harder to Climb Than Mt. Everest – Solange Reyner
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/mount-everest-border-wall-resistance-obstructionists/2019/02/13/id/902615/

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— And They Call Themselves “Progressives”? – Dave King
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/02/and-they-call-themselves-progressives/

 

COMMUNITIES DIGITAL NEWS
— Nancy Pelosi spreading Socialist Democracy like a modern Typhoid Mary – Paul H. Yarbrough
https://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2/pelosi-socialist-democracy-typhoid-mary-113557/

 

TOWNHALL
— Can Any Of These Democrat Goofs Beat Trump? – Kurt Schlichter
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2019/02/14/can-any-of-these-democrat-goofs-beat-trump-n2541404

 

DAILY CALLER
— BETO’S RALLY SHOWED A CAMPAIGN DEAD ON ARRIVAL – Harlan Hill
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/13/hill-beto-dead/
— DEMOCRATS EXPRESS OPENNESS TO FEDERAL GUN REGISTRY – Kerry Picket
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/13/dems-open-allow-doj-firearms-registry/
— TRUMP DEMANDS CALIFORNIA PAY BACK FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR CANCELED BULLET TRAIN PROJECT – Evie Fordham
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/13/trump-california-money-train/
— LIBERAL HATRED AND HYPOCRISY TOOK CENTER STAGE YESTERDAY – Derek Hunter
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/14/liberal-hatred-and-hypocrisy/

 

HOT AIR
— Red Flag Gun Confiscations Already Number In The Thousands – JAZZ SHAW
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/02/13/red-flag-gun-confiscations-already-number-thousands/

 

LIFE SITE
— Every 2020 Democrat candidate is pro-abortion and pro-LGBT – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/2020-democrat-hopefuls-united-against-life-marriage-religious-freedom

 

LIFEZETTE
— U.S. Will Hurtle ‘Down the Tracks to Fiscal Ruin’ If Progressives Win in 2020 – Kathryn Blackhurst
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/02/u-s-will-hurtle-down-the-tracks-to-fiscal-ruin-if-progressives-win-in-2020/
— AS CITIZENS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES TAKE OVER CALIFORNIA: Democrat Threatens Trump with ‘Heavy Price’ if He Bypasses Congress for Wall Funding California’s Garamendi warned of severe consequences – Kathryn Blackhurst
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/02/democrat-threatens-trump-with-heavy-price-if-he-bypasses-congress-for-wall-funding/

 

EPOCH TIMES
— How ‘Illegal Immigrant’ Amnesty Could Destroy American Liberty – Trevor Loudon
https://www.theepochtimes.com/how-illegal-immigrant-amnesty-could-destroy-american-liberty_2784861.html
— Over 1.4 Million Households Drop Out of Food Stamp Program Under Trump – PETR SVAB AND ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/over-1-4-million-households-drop-out-of-food-stamp-program-under-trump_2799356.html

 

THE HILL
— FEBRUARY 4, 2014 FLASHBACK: Building name recognition – DAVID HILL (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs are nasty. Since 2000, I have wanted to increase GOPUSA ILLINOIS email readership. Since 2000, my critics/opponents have worked very hard to discourage everyone from reading my emails. What should I do? Since 2000, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my emails have caused each and every defeat that Republicans have suffered in Illinois, and especially the defeats that they have suffered in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in Glen Ellyn. Since 2000, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Should I sue my critics/opponents?)
https://thehill.com/opinion/david-hill/197474-building-name-recognition

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Migrants waiting in a Mexican shelter riot over long waits, poor conditions. Nonprofit says scenes could be first glimpse of how Trump’s ‘remain in Mexico’ policy actually plays out when implemented.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/migrants-waiting-mexican-shelter-riot-over-long-waits-poor-conditions-n971321

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Puts Best Face on Border Deal, as Aides Try to Assuage an Angry Right – Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/us/politics/deal-government-shutdown.html
— How Do You Apologize? – Jeremy Engle (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want me to apologize a) for each and every GOPUSA ILLINOIS email that I have sent out, b) for each and every article that I have linked to in those emails, and c) for each and every comment that I have included in those emails. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want me to apologize for causing all of the problems that they, that you, that I, and that everyone else has had, is having, and will have. My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/learning/how-do-you-apologize.html
— Navigating the Male-Female Work Relationship – Nicholas Kristof (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, at one time or another, they assigned me to supervise virtually every female that they hired. Of course, to get rid of me, they hoped those females would charge me with sexual harassment or even worse things. During my last 4 years there, a female supervised me, and the 4 years before that, she supervised my supervisor.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/opinion/me-too-male-bosses.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “More border surveillance tech could be worse for human rights than a wall.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/02/13/more-border-surveillance-tech-could-be-worse-human-rights-than-wall/

 

USA TODAY
— Why ‘NBC Nightly News’ anchor Lester Holt is teaching teens about fact-checking – Nathan Bomey (DIERSEN: What are your qualifications to be a fact checker? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/02/13/nbc-ester-holt-poynter-institute-mediawise-fact-checking/2857328002/

 

DALLAS NEWS
— Migrants enter U.S. in large groups near El Paso as tighter asylum controls lead them to new tactics – Alfredo Corchado
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/immigration/2019/02/13/migrants-enter-us-large-groups-near-el-paso-tighter-asylum-controls-lead-new-tactics

 

WTNH
— Bill combating age discrimination looks to protect seniors searching for jobs (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) stress that I was born way back in 1948, b) acknowledge that I earned a bachelor’s degree in management, but stress that it was way back in 1970, c) acknowledge that I earned an MBA, but stress that it was way back in 1976, d) acknowledge that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, but stress that it was way back in 1979, e) acknowledge that I earned master’s degree in accounting, but stress that it was way back in 1980, f) acknowledge that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, but stress that it was way back in 1981, g) acknowledge that I became a licensed CPA, but stress that it was way back in 1981, h) acknowledge that I earned master’s degree in financial markets and trading, but stress that it was way back in 1997, i) acknowledge that I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, but stress that it was way back 1971-1980, and j) acknowledge that I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, but stress that it was way back 1980-1997.)
https://www.wtnh.com/news/politics/bill-combating-age-discrimination-looks-to-protect-seniors-searching-for-jobs/1779349850
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some politicians are looking to protect seniors who are searching for jobs. State lawmakers are introducing a bill that looks to combat age discrimination. The legislation would make it illegal for employers to ask for date of birth or graduation dates on job applications. According to an AARP survey, 61 percent of older workers have experienced discrimination due to their age.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Janus Barely Dents Public-Sector Union Membership Blue-state officials make legal moves to shore up an important source of political support. – Daniel DiSalvo
https://www.wsj.com/articles/janus-barely-dents-public-sector-union-membership-11550100582
— Let’s Make It Easier for People to Work Later in Life – Josh Gotbaum and Bruce E. Wolfe (DIERSEN: What do Gotbaum and Wolfe have to say about GAO’s policy of flushing its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran down the toilet if they do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40?)
https://blogs.wsj.com/experts/2019/02/13/lets-make-it-easier-for-people-to-work-later-in-life/
— In Need of Workers, the Midwest Recruits From Puerto Rico Companies recruit on the island, which is losing population, to find people to work in Ohio, Iowa and Nebraska. – Erin Ailworth and Arian Campo-Flores (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.wsj.com/articles/in-need-of-workers-the-midwest-recruits-from-puerto-rico-11550140201
— Make Trump Popular Again While he strikes a tone of unity, his opponents seek ideological purity. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/make-trump-popular-again-11550100806
— The Border Wall, Mile by Mile What has been built so far along the U.S.-Mexico border, and what is expected next – Louise Radnofsky
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-border-wall-mile-by-mile-11550152535

 

FORBES
— Illinois Is Still Not Serious About Pension Funding – Elizabeth Bauer
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ebauer/2019/02/13/illinois-is-still-not-serious-about-pension-funding/#746eff47a901

 

WIRED
— AMERICANS ARE ABANDONING PUBLIC TRANSIT – AARIAN MARSHALL (DIERSEN: Do/did you regularly use public transit to get to/from work and/or school? I did in 1971, 1973, 1974, and 1978-1997.)
https://www.wired.com/story/transit-center-census-americans-public-transportation/

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Critical Thinking: Will Robot Journalism Replace Human Journalists? – Evelyn Mateos
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/critical-thinking-will-robot-journalism-replace-human-journalists/

 

AD WEEK
— DECEMBER 28, 2018 FLASHBACK: People Who Share News Articles Trust Them, But People Who Research Them Don’t The Knight Foundation and Gallup released the results of a recent experiment – David Cohen (DIERSEN: I do not “trust” the articles that I share. I fully disclose their source and their author.)
https://www.adweek.com/digital/people-who-share-news-articles-trust-them-but-people-who-esearch-them-dont/

 

ADVOCATE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/2/13/gay-hiv-positive-and-running-illinois

February 11 Morning Edition

SUN-TIMES
— Rep. Kinzinger: National guard pilot deploying to border meets twice with Trump – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/rep-adam-kinzinger-national-guard-pilot-deploying-border-meets-twice-donald-trump/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A pilot in the Air National Guard, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., will soon be deployed to fly missions over the southern border around Tucson, with his latest assignment coming at a time when President Donald Trump has been quietly consulting with him on national security issues. “We talk a lot about Syria and Afghanistan,” Kinzinger told me about his two White House meetings, the last one about two weeks ago with about three or four other congressmen.)
— Much of $100 million from sale of Holy Name lot to go to church sex-abuse debts – Robert Herguth
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-catholic-archdiocese-finances-holy-name-cathedral-priest-clergy-sex-abuse-claims/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in a) promoting promiscuity, b) discouraging traditional marriage, and c) promoting LGBTQ activity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-relationships-partner-boyfriend-girlfriend-millennials-0211-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Big pot tries to box out rivals Medical marijuana licensees want Illinois’ recreational use bill to ban new licenses. – BRIGID SWEENEY (DIERSEN: Pot pushers are moral relativists who believe that their end of turning everyone into a stoner justifies their means. How successful will pot pushers be in turning you, your spouse, your children, your grandchildren, your brothers and sisters, your parents, your grandparents, your nieces and nephews, your aunts and uncles, and everyone else into a stoner? As more and more and more stoners crash and burn, are you going to take care of them?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/big-pot-tries-box-out-rivals
— In pension crisis, time is not on our side Chicago’s largest employers are recommending the state pay off more than $130 billion in pension debt largely through a series of tax hikes. It’s not a perfect plan. But it gets one thing right: The crisis can’t wait. – Editorial
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/pension-crisis-time-not-our-side

 

ABC7
— Kentucky mother arrested after 2 young children test positive for cocaine
https://abc7chicago.com/mother-arrested-after-2-kids-test-positive-for-cocaine/5132055/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Local employers, workers weigh effect of minimum wage increase – Brenden Moore (DIERSEN: Did you ever work for the minimum wage? I did 1964-1966 washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School. If S.S. Kresges had to pay me $15/hour in today’s dollars back then, it probably would have hired an illegal instead of me.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190209/local-employers-workers-weigh-effect-of-minimum-wage-increase

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Sen. Elizabeth Warren brings populist message to Davenport – Bill Lukitsch
https://qconline.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/sen-elizabeth-warren-brings-populist-message-to-davenport/article_cc8b2abd-ab93-5527-a038-b12ea8b52bf1.html

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Warren: I’m not afraid of anyone, including Trump – Erin Murphy (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents talk and act like they are not afraid of anyone because they work for people who have tremendous religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/warren-i-m-not-afraid-of-anyone-including-trump/article_94aedf42-693c-5880-a02c-4e501251b1d2.html

 

STATELINE
— Rep. Brad Halbrook of Shelbyville files bill that would make Chicago the 51st state. The bill claims the majority of the residents in downstate Illinois disagree with the City of Chicago on issues such as gun ownership, abortion, immigration, and other policy issues.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-lawmaker-files-bill-that-would-make-chicago-the-51st-state/1769769111

 

ILLINOIS HOUSE GOP
— Rep. David McSweeney Introduces Bipartisan Resolution Strongly Opposing an Illinois Retirement Income Tax
http://www.ilhousegop.org/member_news

 

WIREPOINTS
— “Chicago’s civic titans would never invest their money into something so broken, so corrupt as Illinois’ government, yet they say taxpayers must” – Ted on the Morning Answer
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-civic-titans-would-never-invest-their-money-into-something-so-broken-so-corrupt-as-illinois-government-yet-they-say-taxpayers-must-ted-on-the-morning-answer/

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Tom Morrison won’t support Senate-passed minimum wage increase – Karen Kidd
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511768534-morrison-won-t-support-senate-passed-minimum-wage-increase
— Rep. Tom Morrison: Institute reforms before income tax increase – Karen Kidd
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511768542-rep-morrison-institute-reforms-before-income-tax-increase

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER/O’NEIL: BLAME THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA FOR ITS OWN DEMISE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/thorneroneil-blame-the-mainstream-media-for-its-own-demise.html
— CANNABIS CAUSES LOWER GRADES AMONG STUDENTS (DIERSEN: A question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, a) would the Post Office had hired him in 1966 when he was 18, b) would IRS had hired him in 1971, c) would IRS had promoted him in 1972, 1973, and 1974, c) would GAO had hired him in 1980, and d) would GAO had promoted him in 1986? Another question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, would he still have been able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970 when he was 21, b) earn an MBA in 1976, c) pass the CPA examination on his first attempt in 1979, d) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, e) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on his first attempt in 1981, f) become a licensed CPA in 1981, g) become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, h) become a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, i) become a Certified Financial Services Manager in 1996, j) become a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and k) earn a master’s degree in finance in 1997? Another question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, would he still have been able to a) put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every morning since 2004 and b) also put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every evening since 2015? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and/or act like a) they smoke pot, b) they want to smoke pot, c) they want to make lots of money selling pot, and/or d) they want governments to take in lots of tax revenue from the sale of pot.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/study-cannabis-causes-lower-grades-among-students.html

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— THE STATE OF THE BLACK UNION – Raynard Jackson (DIERSEN: Since the Civil War, Democrats have blamed Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/the-state-of-the-black-union/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegal immigration on pace for worst year since massive wall-building spree in 2007  New surge comprised of migrant families and children, which are a much tougher population to combat – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/10/illegal-immigration-mexico-border-pace-worst-2007/

— Beto O’Rourke hopes to ambush Trump in El Paso – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/10/inside-the-beltway-beto-orourke-hopes-to-ambush-tr/

 

FOX NEWS
— Warren says Trump ‘may not even be a free person’ in 2020 – Gerren Keith Gaynor
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/elizabeth-warren-says-trump-may-not-even-be-a-free-person-in-2020
— JANUARY 9, 2019 FLASHBACK: ‘No Downside to Building the Wall’: ‘Fox News @ Night’ Panel (Richard Fowler, Steve Hilton and Gianno Caldwell) Debates Trump Address, Border Security
https://insider.foxnews.com/2019/01/09/fox-news-night-panel-debates-trump-address-border-security-funding-battle

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— It’s called ‘illegal’ not ‘undocumented’ immigration
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/its_called_illegal_not_undocumented_immigration.html
— The Hidden State of Illegalia – Gary Gindler
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/the_hidden_state_of_illegalia.html
— Repeat with Me, Leftists: Trump Is Not a Racist – Lloyd Marcus
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/repeat_with_me_leftists_trump_is_not_a_racist.html

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Progressives Bearing Gifts – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2019/02/10/progressives-bearing-gifts/
— Raise Marginal Tax Rates to Own the Libs – Brandon J. Weichert
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/02/10/raise-marginal-tax-rates-to-own-the-libs/

 

BREITBART
— Number of Anchor Babies in 10 States More Than 4X Boston Population – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/10/number-of-anchor-babies-in-10-states-more-than-4x-boston-population/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— More of Trump’s private schedules leak as West Wing hunts down source – Daniel Chaitin
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/more-of-trumps-private-schedules-leak-as-west-wing-hunts-down-source

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump Mocks Global Warming As Klobuchar Announces 2020 Bid in Snow – Brian Freeman
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/climate-change-trump-klobuchar/2019/02/10/id/902087/

 

COMMENTARY
— The State of the Union is Pro-Jewish – ABE GREENWALD (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, many, and at times most, and at times virtually all of my Democrat superiors and supervisors were Jewish. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted at them a) that members of the following groups are anti-Jewish: Republican, Protestant, conservative, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and b) that I was Republican, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, 100% German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.)
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/politics-ideas/the-state-of-the-union-is-pro-jewish/

 

REASON
— Underfunded Pensions Heighten Risk of Service Insolvency for Local Governments in Illinois Many local governments in the state face severe legacy cost pressures, but Chicago appears to be in a league of its own. – Marc Joffe
https://reason.org/commentary/underfunded-pensions-heighten-risk-of-service-insolvency-for-local-governments-in-illinois/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS & WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want to use socialism to destroy America.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/02/11/why_trumps_war_on_socialism_will_fail_139422.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-war-on-socialism-will-fail/2019/02/10/b6fe3a6a-2be4-11e9-b2fc-721718903bfc_story.html

 

ABC NEWS
— El Paso officials denounce Trump’s border comments ahead of his 1st 2019 campaign rally Beto O’Rourke is joining an El Paso rally opposing the president’s nearby. – Rachel Scott (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/el-paso-officials-denounce-trumps-border-comments-ahead/story?id=60885823

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump’s opponents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/10/opinion/amy-klobuchar-sherrod-brown-2020.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/02/11/why-much-world-now-feels-more-threatened-by-us-than-by-china-or-russia/

 

WASHINGTON POST & DENVER POST & CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Vicki Ibarra is an IRS employee. I was an IRS employee 1971-1980. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would hint/imply/argue/shout that unlike Ibarra, I have had tremendous unfair advantages in life.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/devastated-by-one-shutdown-dreading-the-next/2019/02/10/5ec2afcc-2b06-11e9-b011-d8500644dc98_story.html
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/02/10/government-shutdown-federal-employee-repairing-damage-from-previous-one/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-shutdown-federal-employee-profile-20190211-story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Gov. Gavin Newsom to pull National Guard from California’s border with Mexico – JAZMINE ULLOA and TARYN LUNA (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-gavin-newsom-california-national-guard-withdraw-immigration-20190211-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Google and Facebook Worsen Media Bias Silicon Valley’s advertising monopoly translates into editorial influence. – Mark Epstein
https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-and-facebook-worsen-media-bias-11549829040
— The Democrats’ Identity Meltdown The furies they unleashed are consuming their own. Where’s Barack? – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-democrats-identity-meltdown-11549836657
— Border-Security Funding Negotiations Stall as Shutdown Looms Failure of talks increases likelihood of another government shutdown on Friday – Kate Davidson and Kristina Peterson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/talks-between-administration-and-congress-on-border-security-funding-have-broken-down-11549811252
— How to Squeeze Higher Returns From Your Savings – Kevin McAllister (DIERSEN: Consider TreasuryDirect at https://www.treasurydirect.gov/)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-squeeze-higher-returns-from-your-savings-11549825201
— As Democratic Field Grows, the 2020 Race Sharpens in Tone As Klobuchar, Warren jump into the race, Trump tries to define his potential opponents early – Ken Thomas (DIERSEN: Government is very nasty. Politics is very nasty. How bad are your demographics? What do your critics/opponents try to define you as being? My critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois use my demographics to define me as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of. My critics/opponent stress that I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), raised in Crete, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, American-nameplate car owner, federal employee for almost 30 years, federal retiree for more than 21 years, childless, and pet-less.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-democratic-field-grows-the-2020-race-sharpens-in-tone-11549843990
— How Big Must Your Nest Egg Be? – Glenn Ruffenach
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-big-must-your-nest-egg-be-11549854421
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Example: You determine that you need $70,000 a year to meet your expenses and pay taxes. And let’s say you receive $30,000 a year from Social Security and a small pension. If we subtract the latter total from the former, we end up with $40,000 in residual living expenses—those that aren’t covered by guaranteed sources of income. Knowing that figure can help you calculate how large your nest egg should be. Mr. Bernstein recommends that most people should plan to save for about 25 years of RLE. (Which is a reasonable number if you retire at or near age 65, since most financial planners would urge you to assume a life expectancy of 90, if not longer.) To continue our example above, we multiply $40,000 (again, your annual shortfall) by 25 years. That gives us a target of $1 million for your nest egg. That’s how much you would need to save before retiring. The math, of course, isn’t a guarantee of retirement success, Mr. Bernstein notes, but “at least gives you a decent shot at it.”)

 

HIGHER ED
— The Effects of Racism and the Excesses of Identity Politics – Eboo Patel (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/conversations-diversity/effects-racism-and-excesses-identity-politics

 

NEWSWEEK & RAW STORY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: ‘Republican’ strategist Shermichael Singleton says that the Republican Party has ‘no outreach’ to Blacks and that Trump ‘assaults every person of color.’
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-donald-trump-blacks-outreach-racism-shermichael-singleton-al-1325997
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/republican-admits-party-no-outreach-blacks-president-assaults-every-person-color/

 

VICE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An America-hater says “Trump’s Wall Symbolizes the End of American Optimism” and “the politics of the frontier and expansion have been replaced by a sense that there isn’t enough to go around.”
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nexepx/trumps-wall-symbolizes-the-end-of-american-optimism

 

DAILY MAIL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Daily Mail paints itself as being anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6689211/Trump-suggests-call-National-Emergency-5-7billion-border-wall.html

February 10 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Illinois lawmakers hope to strike deal to avoid another government shutdown – Evelyn Holmes
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-lawmakers-hope-to-strike-deal-to-avoid-another-government-shutdown/5129848/
— Prince Philip, 97, gives up driver’s license after crash – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/prince-philip-gives-up-drivers-license-after-crash/5130486/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump needles new presidential candidate Warren on Native American claims – Jeffrey Rubin
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/trump-needles-new-presidential-candidate-warren-on-native-american-claims
— Elizabeth Warren makes presidential bid official with call for change – AP (DIERSEN: “Change” is code for getting rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/elizabeth-warren-makes-presidential-bid-official-with-call-for-change

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Elgin ninth among Illinois cities for most affordable homes, new survey says – Rafael Guerrero
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-elgin-affordable-homes-ranking-st-0208-story.html
— Millennials and mortgages: Chicago among top cities where parents help with housing payments – Darcel Rockett (DIERSEN: Did your parents help you with your housing payments? Mine did not. My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. She stayed home and raised my brother and me. In early 1971, my financial hardship draft deferment application to help support them was approved.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-re-millennials-rent-paid-by-parents-20190210-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— What is it about cars that makes us love them? – Neil Steinberg (DIERSEN: Are you anti-car? Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been anti-car.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/autos/what-is-it-about-cars-that-makes-us-love-them/

 

DAILY HERALD
— People like the estate tax a whole lot more when they learn how wealth is distributed – Christopher Ingraham (DIERSEN: Should be illegal to call someone rich until their parents have given them $100+ million, $50+ million, $10+ million, $1+ million, $100,000+?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190210/people-like-the-estate-tax-a-whole-lot-more-when-they-learn-how-wealth-is-distributed
— Buying a home by age 35 is worth it now — and later – BETH BUCZYNSKI (DIERSEN: I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old. I bought a studio condo the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago when I was 25. I traded that condo in to the building’s developer for a one bedroom condo when I was 27.  My wife and I bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton when I was 29. We had 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton when I was 35.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190210/buying-a-home-by-age-35-is-worth-it-now—and-later
— The danger of increased polarization in age of digital news – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrat news media a) promotes hatred of Trump and b) urges voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats in local elections.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190209/editorial-the-danger-of-increased-polarization-in-age-of-digital-news

(FROM THE EDITORIAL: The research, reported in the academic Journal of Communication, found that with fewer opportunities to learn about local politics, citizens have been more apt to apply their national partisanship to local issues. The AP reported that the research found that for the first time in a century in 2016, no state elected a senator from a different party than the one that won its presidential vote. “The voting behavior was more polarized, less likely to include split-ticket voting, if a newspaper had died in the community,” said communications professor Johanna Dunaway of Texas A&M. The local campaigns are just warming up for the April 2 election. Covering them in a suburban area as large as Chicago’s is no easy task. But we’re committed to doing so to the best of our ability. We owe it to you. As citizens, do your part. Get out to the forums to listen to the candidates. Study the issues, not just in the Daily Herald, but wherever you can find the information. We all owe it to the community.)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— New local state legislators settle into new office spaces – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190209/bernard-schoenburg-new-local-state-legislators-settle-into-new-office-spaces

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— ‘Red flag’ gun-seizure laws grow in popularity: Illinois among states who have them – AP
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/red-flag-gun-seizure-laws-grow-in-popularity-illinois-among/article_118f2728-3b73-50f6-abda-4951543667b9.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— All Senate Republicans Sign “Fair Map” Amendment – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=279215#.XGAZclxKiM8

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Veterans sit down with national representatives to express concerns – Cymphanie Sherman (DIERSEN: Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have stressed that avoided the draft. They stress that I got four student deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship deferment 1970-1971. They stress that WHILE MY PEERS WERE DYING IN VIETNAM, a) I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and a new 1972 Corvette in 1971; b) I bought a new town home in 1972; and c) I earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970 and then took graduate business courses. Since 1966, they have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because I avoided the draft, I have had TREMENDOUS UNFAIR ADVANTAGES.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/veterans-sit-down-with-national-representatives-to-express-concerns

 

MDJ ONLINE
— Watchdog warns blaming Rauner ignores state’s structural problems – Greg Bishop
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/watchdog-warns-blaming-rauner-ignores-state-s-structural-problems/article_511c31c4-9b7c-584e-a957-6452cedc603b.html

 

WQAD
— HUD gives over $125 million to combat homelessness in Iowa and Illinois – ETHAN CONLEY-KECK (DIERSEN: Democrats always blame Republicans for homelessness.)
https://wqad.com/2019/02/09/hud-gives-over-125-million-to-combat-homelessness-in-iowa-and-illinois/

 

CHICAGO MAROON
— College Republicans Disinvite Aldermanic Candidate David Krupa Accused of Sexual Assault CR members said that leadership knew of the allegations when they first invited him, but withdrew the invitation after receiving messages and looking into court documents. – Caroline Kubzansky
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2019/2/9/college-republicans-disinvite-aldermanic-candidate/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Female Washington Post Reporter Challenges Bezos to Provide Paid Paternal Leave, Equal Pay – David Rutz (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran had challenged them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://freebeacon.com/culture/female-washington-post-reporter-challenges-bezos-to-provide-paid-paternal-leave-equal-pay/
— House Dems Reject GOP Proposal to Block Raises for Federal Employees Guilty of Sexual Misconduct Vote was chaired by Democrat Tony Cardenas, who is accused of drugging teenage girl – Brent Scher
https://freebeacon.com/politics/house-dems-reject-gop-proposal-to-block-raises-for-federal-employees-guilty-of-sexual-misconduct/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Progressive Jews and Anti-Semitism – Karin McQuillan
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/progressive_jews_and_antisemitism.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— RNC CHAIR RONNA MCDANIEL: DEMOCRATS ‘WANT POROUS BORDERS TO HELP GET VOTERS’ – Scott Morefield (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/09/ronna-mcdaniel-democrats-porous-borders/
— DC PAPER PAIRS PHOTO OF SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM WITH HEADLINE TOUTING MOST ELIGIBLE LGBT SINGLES – Virginia Kruta
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/09/dc-paper-lindsey-graham-lgbt-singles/

 

TOWNHALL
— The Democratic Party Needs To Be Destroyed Before It Destroys The Country – Derek Hunter
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2019/02/10/the-democratic-party-needs-to-be-destroyed-before-it-destroys-the-country-n2541109
— Surprise! Trump Triggered Liberals With a Remark About Warren Entering The 2020 Race – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/02/09/surprise-trump-triggered-liberals-with-a-remark-about-warren-entering-the-2020-race-n2541124
— CPAC 2019: Who’s Speaking? – Connor Veenstra
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/connorveenstra/2019/02/09/cpac-2019-whos-speaking-n2540614

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— 5 MILLION LATIN AMERICANS WANT TO COME TO THE US NEXT YEAR Can we handle that? – Daniel Greenfield (DIERSEN: What if China decides to send many millions of its citizens into America illegally?)
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/272818/5-million-latin-americans-want-come-us-next-year-daniel-greenfield

 

COLLEGE FIX
— Survey: Conservatives, female students say Harvard’s government department ‘limits’ them – DANIEL PAYNE
https://www.thecollegefix.com/survey-conservatives-female-students-say-harvards-government-department-limits-them/

 

CNN
— Facebook is so Dominant it Earned $5 Billion in China in 2018 – a Country Where It’s Banned – Melanie Kramer (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat/Libertarian/Green/anti-Republican website.)
https://www.ccn.com/facebook-is-so-dominant-it-earned-5-billion-in-china-in-2018-a-country-where-its-banned
— Fearing socialism at home, Trump takes a Cold War stance abroad – Patrick Oppmann
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/09/americas/trump-venezuela-socialism-oppman-intl/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Soak the Rich! – Patricia Cohen and Maggie Astor
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/business/democratic-wealth-tax-warren-sanders-ocasio-cortez.html
— Sanders and O’Rourke Are Way Ahead in Race for Small-Dollar Donors – Shane Goldmacher, Lisa Lerer and Rachel Shorey (DIERSEN: What discourages you from giving money to Republican candidates, elected officials, and organizations? For me, it is their failure/refusal to defend and advance planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform, and especially their traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/09/us/politics/2020-democrats-campaign-funding.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Border talks at impasse as shutdown looms Friday, officials say – Erica Werner and Damian Paletta
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/border-talks-at-impasse-as-shutdown-looms-friday-officials-say/2019/02/10/aa8ef08c-2d36-11e9-813a-0ab2f17e305b_story.html
— When millennials run for office, having grown up online may be their saving grace A whole generation grew up with the expectation of constant surveillance – Maya Kosoff (DIERSEN: Since the beginning of time, government employees have been under constant surveillance. Those who hate past, present, and future government employees constantly surveil government employees looking for information to use against them, to destroy them.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/when-millennials-run-for-office-having-grown-up-online-may-be-their-saving-grace/2019/02/08/cfd89bdc-2b1e-11e9-b2fc-721718903bfc_story.html
— Congressional negotiators are optimistic about a border deal to avoid shutdown, Hoyer says – Robert Moore
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/hoyer-says-congressional-negotiators-optimistic-about-a-border-deal-to-avoid-a-shutdown/2019/02/09/2ad478cc-2cd1-11e9-b2fc-721718903bfc_story.html
— On Virginia’s rural Eastern Shore, Northam’s views of race took root – Marc Fisher, Beth Reinhard and Arelis R. Hernández (DIERSEN: To demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, DuPage County, and in Illinois demonize, denigrate, and condemn my hometown of Crete as being full of German American Lutherans when I lived there 1948-1972 who were White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Should I sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/on-virginias-rural-eastern-shore-northams-views-of-race-took-root/2019/02/09/6d0914b6-2a90-11e9-984d-9b8fba003e81_story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— The Democrats’ disastrous week highlights Trump’s sanity – Michael Goodwin
https://nypost.com/2019/02/09/the-democrats-disastrous-week-highlights-trumps-sanity/

 

USA TODAY
— Virginia scandal: Why politicians shouldn’t always be purged over past blackface incidents – Michael J. Stern (DIERSEN: One would expect that politicians caught wearing blackface in the past, will join with White-haters and everything that they can to demonize, denigrate, and condemn all Whites as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/02/10/virginia-blackface-scandal-consider-intent-record-northam-herring-column/2822172002/

 

INDIANA GAZETTE
— Hey, commander! Start commanding – Ann Coulter
https://www.indianagazette.com/opinion/hey-commander-start-commanding/article_b9b2f3c1-39a6-55d0-9fa6-f896cb2c2d92.html

 

STATESMAN
— O’Rourke to lead anti-wall march during Trump rally (DIERSEN: How soon will Democrats and RINOs officially declare war on Republicans, that is, how soon will Democrats and RINOs officially declare war on America?)
https://www.statesman.com/news/20190209/texas-digest-orourke-to-lead-anti-wall-march-during-trump-rally

 

FORBES
— Investor Optimism Jumps To 3-Month High – Charles Rotblut
https://www.forbes.com/sites/investor/2019/02/08/investor-optimism-jumps-to-3-month-high/#245764d138a5

 

NEWSWEEK
— TRUMP BIOGRAPHER SAYS PRESIDENT HAD HIM INVESTIGATED TO GET HIM TO BACK OFF: ‘THE WHOLE MODEL IS EXTORTION’ – CHRISTINA ZHAO (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who investigate others but do not want to be investigated themselves?)
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-biographer-says-president-had-him-investigated-get-him-back-whole-model-1325330

 

NATIONAL INTEREST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump blasts nationalism.
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/nationalism-good-thing-44077

 

DAILY BEAST
— Trump Organization Brings in New System to Help it Stop Hiring Undocumented Workers
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-organization-brings-in-new-system-to-help-it-stop-hiring-illegal-migrants

 

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Decision-Making for Sound Mental Health: 3 Useful Principles  Principles to guide sound decision-making across different life situations. – Noam Shpancer Ph.D. (DIERSEN: What major decisions have you made that doing something was not worth the effort? For me, they include my decisions to a) stop fighting my Democrat GAO superiors’ efforts to force me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) stop fighting my Democrat IRS superiors’ efforts to get rid of me in 1980 when I was 31 years old, c) stop fighting my Democrat Post Office superiors’ efforts to get rid of me in 1969 when I was 20 years old.)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/insight-therapy/201902/decision-making-sound-mental-health-3-useful-principles

 

HR DRIVE
— Most full-time US workers are happy, according to survey – Riia O’Donnell (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran had told them that they would be happier if the federal government got rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.hrdive.com/news/most-full-time-us-workers-are-happy-according-to-survey/547479/

 

JEWISH VOICE
— Jewish Model Elizabeth Pipko Harassed After Coming Out As Trump Supporter
http://thejewishvoice.com/2019/02/09/jewish-model-elizabeth-pipko-harassed-after-coming-out-as-trump-supporter/

 

WASHINGTON BLADE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, candidates hint/imply/argue/shout that if elected, they will use government to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/02/09/is-it-homophobic-to-speculate-about-a-politicians-sexuality/

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mexico border towns overwhelmed as Trump policy leaves migrants in limbo
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/10/trump-asylum-migrants-mexico-border-town

February 9 Morning Edition

 

DAILY HERALD
— Durbin, at Harper College, says he’s confident of bipartisan border deal but unsure of Trump support – Christopher Placek
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190208/durbin-at-harper-college-says-hes-confident-of-bipartisan-border-deal-but-unsure-of-trump-support

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
– New Hampshire court upholds women’s topless conviction, saying rights weren’t violated – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-free-the-nipple-new-hampshire-20190208-story.html

 

WLS AM
— GM offers $25,000 reward for information on nooses and ‘whites-only’ signs at Ohio plant
http://www.wlsam.com/news/gm-offers-25000-reward-for-information-on-nooses-and-whites-only-signs-at-ohio-plant/

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Geneva parents oppose anti-abortion protester’s methods ‘He’s taking video and I don’t think that’s right’ – BRENDA SCHORY
https://www.kcchronicle.com/2019/02/08/geneva-parents-oppose-anti-abortion-protesters-methods/ashxnno/

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker report says Bruce Rauner drove Illinois ‘into a financial ditch’ – Rick Pearson and Dan Petrella
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/gov-j-b-pritzker-report-says-bruce-rauner-drove-illinois/article_c3c357bd-429b-5722-b25c-3e153274f336.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: LGBT Curriculum Bill Advances – MAUREEN FOERTSCH MCKINNEY
http://www.peoriapublicradio.org/post/lgbt-curriculum-bill-advances#stream/0

 

WEEK
— $15 minimum wage would have largest impacts outside Chicago
https://week.com/news/political/2019/02/08/report-15-minimum-wage-would-have-largest-impacts-outside-chicago/

 

MEDILL REPORTS
— TRUMP CALLS BORDER MIGRANTS A “TREMENDOUS ONSLAUGHT,” SPARKING CONCERNS FROM MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS – Carly Graf
https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/trump-calls-border-migrants-a-tremendous-onslaught-sparking-concerns-from-mental-health-experts/

 

NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
— Sean Casten: Socialism is Lovely – CARLY ATCHISON
https://www.nrcc.org/2019/02/08/sean-casten-socialism-lovely/
(FROM THE POSTING: Sean Casten thinks the socialist Green New Deal is “lovely,” but to which part is he referring exactly? Turning all airports into museums? Abolishing farting cows? Paying those who are “unwilling” to work? The choo-choo train to Hawaii? Replacing each building in the country, including every home and business in Illinois? Shuttering the nuclear power plants that generate 53% of all electricity in Illinois and the coal and gas plants that generate another 40%? NRCC Comment: “Sean Casten might think tearing down every home and business in IL-06 and a fantasy choo-choo train to Hawaii would be lovely, but that only goes to show how desperately out of touch he is with Illinoisans. The Green New Deal is nothing more than Democrats’ latest attempt at a socialist takeover, guaranteed to eliminate thousands of jobs and raise taxes on hardworking Illinois families and the middle class.” – NRCC Spokeswoman Carly Atchison)

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Only 3 other states, District of Columbia have $15 minimum wage
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511768486-only-3-other-states-district-of-columbia-have-15-minimum-wage

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Medical Doctor from Peoria Opposes Legal Pot – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/medical-doctor-from-peoria-opposes-legal-pot-2/

 

BREITBART
— Ocasio-Cortez Boasts of Steering Democratic Party Left with Green New Deal – Penny Starr
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/08/ocasio-cortez-boasts-of-steering-democratic-party-left-with-green-new-deal/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “In terms of aspirational goals, it’s lovely,” Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) said in the WSJ report. “I’d love to live in a world that’s totally clean and has green jobs for everyone and all sorts of other benefits.”)

 

FOX NEWS
— As border wall funding divides Washington, new multimillion-dollar barrier will soon break ground in Texas – Madeleine Rivera
https://www.foxnews.com/us/as-border-wall-funding-divides-washington-new-multimillion-dollar-barrier-will-soon-break-ground-in-texas

 

TOWNHALL
— Here Are Ocasio-Cortez’s Latest Idiotic Remarks About Illegal Aliens And Immigration Enforcement – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/02/08/aoc-ice-remarks-n2541027
— NM Gov. Pulls Most National Guardsmen from the Border: We Will Not Partake in Trump’s ‘Fear-Mongering’ – Julio Rosas (DIERSEN: How soon will New Mexico leave the United States and join up with Mexico?)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2019/02/08/nm-gov-pulls-most-national-guardsmen-from-the-border-we-will-not-partake-in-trumps-fearmongering-n2541036

 

BREITBART
— GOP/Dems Set to Offer Trump a Quarter of $5.7B for Border Wall – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/08/gop-dems-set-to-offer-trump-a-quarter-of-5-7b-for-border-wall/
— Illegal Immigration Expected to Hit Highest Level Since George W. Bush – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/08/illegal-immigration-expected-to-hit-highest-level-since-george-w-bush/
— Democrats Use Border Wall Talks to Expand ‘Catch and Release’ Policies – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/08/democrats-use-border-wall-talks-to-expand-catch-and-release-policies/
— Chicago Bill Requires Social Media Background Check for Gun License – Awr Hawkins
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/08/chicago-bill-requires-social-media-background-check-for-gun-license/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— 4 Liberal Arguments against the Wall and How to Beat Them – Auguste Meyrat
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/4_liberal_arguments_against_the_wall_and_how_to_beat_them.html
— The Hijacking of a Presidential Election – Jon N. Hall
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/the_hijacking_of_a_presidential_election.html

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Mass Immigration and Climate Change Doublethink – Quentin Borges-Silva
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/02/08/mass-immigration-and-climate-change-doublethink/

 

NEW AMERICAN
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Disney Hosting First Official LGBTQ Event at Paris Theme Park – Dave Bohon
https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/31436-disney-hosting-first-official-lgbtq-event-at-paris-theme-park

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— The ‘New Normal’: A New Era of Bigger Migrant Caravans Has Begun – Nolan Peterson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/02/08/the-new-normal-a-new-era-of-bigger-migrant-caravans-has-begun/
— Ivanka Trump Says Art Exhibit Depicting Her Vacuuming Is ‘Sexist’ – Evie Fordham
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/02/08/ivanka-trump-says-art-exhibit-depicting-her-vacuuming-is-sexist/

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— President Trump to Hold MAGA Rally in El Paso, TX, Monday – R. Mitchell
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/02/president-trump-to-hold-maga-rally-in-el-paso-tx-on-monday/

 

HOT AIR
— Survey Estimate: 42 Million Latin Americans Want To Migrate To The U.S.
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/02/survey-estimate-42-million-latin-americans-want-migrate-u-s/

— Ayatollah Khamenei: ‘Death To America’ Really Means Death To Trump – JOHN SEXTON
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/02/08/ayatollah-khamenei-death-america-really-means-death-trump/
— Chicago Gun Bill Would Require Social Media Background Check For Permits – JAZZ SHAW
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/02/08/chicago-gun-bill-require-social-media-background-check-permits/

 

THE HILL
— More than 100 undocumented immigrants worked at Trump’s Bedminster resort during construction: report – JOHN BOWDEN
https://thehill.com/latino/429136-more-than-100-undocumented-immigrants-worked-at-trumps-bedminster-resort-during

 

REUTERS
— U.S. Border Patrol overwhelmed by large groups of migrant families
https://in.reuters.com/article/usa-immigration-border/us-border-patrol-overwhelmed-by-large-groups-of-migrant-families-idINKCN1PX28W

 

CNN
— The Virginia Democratic Party is a dumpster fire – Chris Cillizza
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/08/politics/virginia-democratic-party-ralph-northam-justin-fairfax-week-in-review/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Virginia’s Racist History Clashes With New South Image – Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns (DIERSEN: Government is Nasty. Politics is nasty. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have always been a racist. They stress my demographics – Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), lived in Crete 1948-1972, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, and that my ancestors have been in America since 1844. In my defense, I could stress a) that all my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois, b) that I worked in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 and 1970-1972, c) that I worked for the federal government (for the Post Office in Park Forest 1966-1969; for IRS in Chicago in 1971, in Harvey 1972-1973, Joliet 1973-1974, and Chicago 1973-1980; and for GAO in Chicago 1980-1997), d) that in late 1971, I asked IRS to assign me to its Harvey office, and e) that I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/us/politics/virginia-scandal-racist-history.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump Does His Divisive El Paso Number. The immigration system is broken but the president has no interest in fixing it.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/opinion/trump-el-paso-immigration-border-wall.html
— The $238 Million Penthouse Provokes a Fierce Response: Tax It – Jeffery C. Mays (DIERSEN: Do/did you own a pied-à-terre? In its 4-page nasty February 1978 article on me, to paint me as being grossly overpaid and undeservedly filthy rich, Money Magazine referred the studio condo that I owned in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago 1974-1976 as being my pied-à-terre. I bought that condo so that I could walk to work at IRS and to graduate business classes at Loyola. I traded it in to the building’s developer for a one bedroom condo in 1976. I lived in a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972 full-time 1972-1974 and weekends 1974-1976. Starting in 1974, I unsuccessfully tried to sell it. I rented it out 1976-1984 because I was unable to sell it for a fair price. I sold it in 1984.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/09/nyregion/pied-a-terre-tax-ny.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For the last five years, a bill that would create a so-called pied-à-terre tax in New York has languished in the State Legislature, where proposals for new taxes often go to die. But after Kenneth C. Griffin, a hedge fund billionaire with an estimated net worth of $10 billion, added to his personal real estate portfolio last month by closing on a $238 million apartment on Central Park South, things may soon be different. The record purchase — surpassing the cost of the next most expensive home in the United States by more than $100 million — was a stark reminder that when wealthy buyers like Mr. Griffin purchase expensive apartments as second homes or investments, New York City and the state get less financial benefits. If the buyers live out of state, they are not subject to state or city income taxes, and do not pay New York sales tax while outside the state. A pied-à-terre tax would institute a yearly tax on homes worth $5 million or more, and would apply to homes that do not serve as the buyer’s primary residence.)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— McCarthy pressures Democrats to rebuke two Muslim lawmakers over alleged anti-Semitism – Mike DeBonis and Robert Costa
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/mccarthy-gop-challenge-house-democrats-to-denounce-alleged-anti-semitism/2019/02/08/aef28514-2bae-11e9-b2fc-721718903bfc_story.html
— The National Enquirer shows us just how sleazy it really is – Kathleen Parker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-national-enquirer-story-shows-us-a-sleazy-reality/2019/02/08/b9da61fa-2bee-11e9-b011-d8500644dc98_story.html
— What Trump has said about E-Verify
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/what-trump-has-said-about-e-verify/2019/02/08/14b40024-c3cb-43ea-9af8-41660d7203cb_video.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘Green New Deal’ Democrats Position Climate Change as Central Issue in 2020 Leading candidates embrace clean-energy push, setting up contrast with pro-fossil-fuel Trump – Andrew Duehren
https://www.wsj.com/articles/green-new-deal-democrats-position-climate-change-as-central-issue-in-2020-11549630802
(FROM THE ARTICLE: CASTEN: “In terms of aspirational goals, it’s lovely. I’d love to live in a world that’s totally clean and has green jobs for everyone and all sorts of other benefits.”)
— Bezos vs. the Enquirer Could Be a Watershed If it means journalists start reporting on how other journalists source their stories, hooray. – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bezos-vs-the-enquirer-could-be-a-watershed-11549667933

 

NEWSWEEK
— ‘THIS GOLF COURSE WAS BUILT BY ILLEGALS’: TRUMP PROPERTY WHERE IVANKA, KUSHNER MARRIED USED CHEAP, UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS, REPORT SAYS – JESSICA KWONG
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-golf-course-illegals-ivanka-kushner-1324581
— POLITICALLY CHARGED GROCERY STORE MAILER CLAIMING ‘HELL HAS OPEN BORDERS,’ STIRS CONTROVERSY – JENNI FINK
https://www.newsweek.com/grocery-store-mailer-trump-border-wall-hell-has-open-borders-controversy-1324068
— DHS ISSUES WAIVER TO ‘EXPEDITE’ CONSTRUCTION OF 12.5 MILES OF ‘SECONDARY’ BORDER WALL IN SAN DIEGO TO ‘DETER ILLEGAL CROSSINGS’ – CHANTAL DA SILVA
https://www.newsweek.com/dhs-issues-waiver-expedite-construction-125-miles-secondary-border-wall-san-1324565
— GUN CONTROL BILL WOULD REQUIRE POLICE TO REVIEW SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS BEFORE ALLOWING PURCHASE – DANIEL MORITZ-RABSON
https://www.newsweek.com/social-media-review-gun-purchase-illinois-bill-1323850

 

360 LAW
— An Arizona federal judge chided Walmart Inc. for having a “‘complete and bright line’ disregard” for anti-discrimination protections in the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act when it fired an employee.
https://www.law360.com/health/articles/1127377/walmart-worker-fired-over-medical-marijuana-wins-bias-suit

 

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you are a member of a group, sooner or later, if that group does not promote LGBTQ activity, SPLC will call your group at hate group.
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/02/08/anti-lgbt-groups-launch-movement-against-federal-equality-act

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you know about survey methodology (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survey_methodology and http://www.pewresearch.org/methods/u-s-survey-research/our-survey-methodology-in-detail/)? During my last 8 years at GAO, I worked at the GS-13 Step 4-10 levels, currently $106,044-$125,325/year, on audits that involved major surveys. Two of the GAO reports that I worked on are at http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/154342.pdf (FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES: Actions Needed to Protect the Financial System) (See pages 30-33 for methodology) and at http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/156011.pdf (OTC DERIVATIVES: Additional Oversight Could Reduce Costly Sales Practice Disputes) (See pages 37-40 for methodology).)
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— JANUARY 3, 2019 FLASHBACK: How did you respond or how will you respond the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) survey questions (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LBGPSVC)?
https://gopillinois.com/uncategorized/january-3-morning-edition-2/
(THE ARTICLE: Initial questions concerning this survey include: Who is exactly paying for this survey? When did you first learn that this survey was going to be conducted and who did you learn that from? Who developed the survey? What input did you, your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, the officers of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations, your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, the IRP officers, the IRP National Committeeman, and the IRP National Committeewoman have in the development of this survey? Where is the document that details the methodology used for this survey? What has been done to publicize this survey? Of course, anti-conservatives want liberals and moderates to respond to the survey and NOT conservatives. What about liberal and moderate responders who falsely claim to be conservative? I responded to the survey as follows:

 

  1. How often do you work and/ or interact with the Illinois Republican Party? – Extremely Frequently (Daily)

 

  1. What role do you play in the Republican Party? – Precinct Committeemen

 

  1. How active would you consider yourself within your GOP organization? – Extremely active (Daily)

 

  1. Is there anything specific the Illinois Republican Party can help you and/ or your organization with? – Other (please specify) Promoting the IRP platform.

 

  1. What could the Illinois Republican Party do better to increase your activity and interest within your local regular Republican organization? – Promote the IRP platform.

 

  1. How active would you say your GOP organization(s) is/are? – They meet monthly and regularly are represented at community events.

 

  1. Please check the answer that best describes your political philosophy on fiscal policy matters: Conservative

 

  1. Please check the box that best describes your political philosophy on social policy matters: Conservative

 

  1. The most important public policy issues facing our state are: Pro-Life, Same-sex marriage (oppose), Second Amendment issues (oppose gun control), Other (please specify) Enforce immigration laws (support)

 

  1. The most important public policy issues facing our country are: Pro-Life, Illegal immigration (concerned about), Second Amendment issues (oppose gun control), Other (please specify) Traditional marriage (support)

 

  1. Who did you vote for in the 2018 Illinois gubernatorial Republican primary election? – Jeanne Ives / Rich Morthland

 

  1. What are the biggest challenges to unity in the Illinois Republican Party? – Stopping anti-conservative IRP leaders from driving conservatives out of the IRP

 

  1. With respect to the Illinois Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party at its next quadrennial Convention in 2020 should: Adopt the platform of the national Republican Party as the platform of the Illinois Republican Party

 

  1. Why do Illinois Republicans lose elections? – Illinois Republican candidates are not conservative enough and do not energize enough of the Republican base. Illinois Democrat candidates typically have more campaign funds than Illinois Republican candidates. Districts are too gerrymandered for Illinois Republicans to be competitive in areas where they otherwise should be.

 

  1. What do you think are the most important things the Illinois Republican Party can do to promote unity? – Promote the IRP platform.

 

  1. If you were to define or message what it means to be a Republican to the voters of Illinois; what would that message be? – Promote traditional marriage and the traditional family. Promote the right to life. Enforce immigration laws. Promote Second Amendment rights.

 

  1. What is your first and last name? – David Diersen

    18. What is your email address? – diersen@aol.com)

February 8 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: First bill emerges this year to legalize marijuana in Illinois — would allow up to 24 plants at home – Robert McCoppin and Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-illinois-legalize-recreational-marijuana-legislation-20190207-story.html
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s minimum wage plan will drive more jobs from Illinois – Joe Barnett
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-minimum-wage-pritzker-15-jobs-exodus-0208-20190207-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— House Democrats prioritize Underwood, Casten 2020 re-election – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: Do you live in the 6th Congressional District? If so, who do you want to run and defeat Casten? Do you live in the 14th Congressional District? If so, who do you want to run and defeat Underwood? Who do the following want to run to defeat Casten and/or Underwood: your Republican Precinct Committeeman, the officers of your Republican township party organization, the officers of your Republican county party organization, and your representative on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/house-democrats-prioritize-underwood-casten-2020-re-election/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s not clear yet whether Roskam or Hultgren will seek a rematch. Roskam is a fellow this quarter at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics. Hultgren was in Washington on Thursday in his role as co-chair of the 66th annual National Prayer Breakfast. Carly Atchison, a NRCC Regional Press Secretary, told me when it comes to challenging Underwood and Casten, “We are going to recruit good, strong Republican candidates to run against them.”)
— Daley’s absence stirs debate among rivals: Is he ‘running,’ ‘hiding’ or wilting? – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/daleys-absence-debate-running-hiding-wilting-fox32/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Dwight being considered for $20M ICE detention facility for illegal immigrants – Kevin Barlow
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190207/dwight-being-considered-for-20m-ice-detention-facility-for-illegal-immigrants

 

WSIL TV
— Minimum wage increase could cost SIU $6.9 million – Joe Ragusa
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39929175/minimum-wage-increase-could-cost-siu-69-million

 

WSPY NEWS
— Senate Republicans Push for Redistricting Amendment to Go Before Voters; Rezin, Oberweis Support – Tyler Bachman
http://www.wspynews.com/news/local/senate-republicans-push-for-redistricting-amendment-to-go-before-voters/article_c7c84c80-2ae7-11e9-8bba-9f6e0bade30d.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Small business owners weigh in on possible minimum wage increase – Cymphanie Sherman
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/small-business-owners-weigh-in-on-possible-minimum-wage-increase

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— LGBT Curriculum Bill Advances – MAUREEN FOERTSCH MCKINNEY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/lgbt-curriculum-bill-advances#stream/0
— Why Many In The Great Lakes Region Can’t Afford Basic Drinking Water
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/why-many-great-lakes-region-cant-afford-basic-drinking-water#stream/0

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— A Chicago middle-school teacher sent a letter to registered voters in the 13th Ward accusing aldermanic candidate David Krupa of “cyberstalking and cyberbullying.” The letter appears on Chicago Teachers Union letterhead and is signed by Jan Muir. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/02/08/sun-times-endorses-lightfoot-how-wage-bill-passed-the-senate-krupa-accused-again-of-bullying-389866

 

GOPUSA
— John Roberts joins liberal justices as Supreme Court blocks Louisiana abortion clinic law
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64791
— After baby-killing victory, NY invites all to come and die
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64711

 

FOX NEWS
— Republicans need to do better with women, starting with getting them elected – Matt Gorman
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/republicans-need-to-do-better-with-women-starting-with-getting-them-elected

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ICE, shut out of border talks, warns Democrats’ plans would free thousands of criminals – Stephen Dinan and David Sherfinski
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/7/ice-shut-out-border-talks-warns-democrats-plans-wo/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Women are Trump’s most loyal supporters, more than men – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/women-are-trumps-most-loyal-supporters-more-than-men

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Ocasio-Cortez: Latinos Can’t Be Illegals Because They’re ‘Descendants of Native People’ – Cameron Cawthorne
https://freebeacon.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-latinos-cant-be-illegals-because-theyre-descendants-of-native-people/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— LEFTISM – NOT JUST WRONG, BUT EVIL We cannot afford a lack of moral clarity in our political civil war. – Mark Tapson
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272805/leftism-not-just-wrong-evil-mark-tapson

 

BREITBART
— Billionaire Kochs Cheer Trump’s Endorsement of More Wage-Crushing Legal Immigration: ‘We Agree!’ – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/07/billionaire-kochs-cheer-trumps-endorsement-of-more-wage-crushing-legal-immigration-we-agree/
— OUTRAGEOUS: Trump Indicates End of ‘Hire American’ Policy, May Invite More Foreign Workers – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2019/02/07/trump-may-drop-hire-american-policy-to-welcome-more-migrants/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— ILLEGALS SENT TO JAIL AT 4X TIMES RATE OF U.S. CITIZENS 1 out of every 35 undocumented aliens in Arizona in state prison, jail in 2016
https://www.wnd.com/2019/02/4723948/
— WHITE-CLAD CONGRESSWOMEN — OH, THE IRONY! Jane Orient, M.D., says Trump opponents clearly have ‘a lust for vengeance
https://www.wnd.com/2019/02/white-clad-congresswomen-oh-the-irony/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Exposing the truth about some illegals’ criminal tendencies – Chad Groening (DIERSEN: To be in America illegally shows that you disrespect the rule of law, disrespect America, and disrespect America’s citizens.)
https://onenewsnow.com/national-security/2019/02/07/exposing-the-truth-about-some-illegals-criminal-tendencies

 

DAILY CALLER
— PROPONENTS OF GREEN NEW DEAL STRUGGLE TO EXPLAIN PHASE-OUT OF COMBUSTION ENGINE – Kerry Picket
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/07/green-new-deal-struggle-combustion-engine/

 

FOX NEWS
— China trying to infiltrate US colleges to recruit spies, indoctrinate students, intelligence agencies say – Eric Shawn
https://www.foxnews.com/us/china-infiltrating-us-colleges-to-recruit-spies-indoctrinate-students-intelligence-agencies-say

 

NEW AMERICAN
— As New Migrant Caravan Arrives at the Border, Trump Takes His Case to the People – James Murphy
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/31433-as-new-migrant-caravan-arrives-at-the-border-trump-takes-his-case-to-the-people

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— MAGA message ownership – DC Larson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/maga_message_ownership.html

 

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Trump Finds the Formula to Defeat Democrats in 2020 – PATRICK J. BUCHANAN
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/buchanan/trump-finds-the-formula-to-defeating-democrats-in-2020/

 

EPOCH TIMES
— Illinois Gun Bill Would Open Permit Applicants’ Social Media Accounts – MATTHEW VADUM
https://www.theepochtimes.com/il-bill-opens-gun-permit-applicants-social-media-accounts_2794182.html
— So-called Christian Politicians Reject God’s View of Human Life – Carol M. Swain
https://www.theepochtimes.com/so-called-christian-politicians-reject-gods-view-of-human-life_2792032.html

 

LIFE NEWS
— Planned Parenthood’s Plan for Abortions Up to Birth in Every State is Called “Care for All” – JEANNE MANCINI
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/02/07/planned-parenthoods-plan-for-abortions-up-to-birth-in-every-state-is-called-care-for-all/

 

RENEW AMERICA
— America moving from abortions ‘safe, legal and rare’ to merriment over infanticide – Rev. Mark H. Creech
http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/creech/190205
— Why Muslims in Congress push for a 90% tax rate – Bryan Fischer
http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/fischer/190205

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The New Abortion Radicalism – Jeanne Mancini
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/02/07/the_new_abortion_radicalism_139392.html

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Infanticide and the Left – RAMESH PONNURU
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2019/02/25/infanticide-and-the-left/

 

THE HILL
— Illinois bill would require potential gun buyers to reveal their social media histories – MORGAN GSTALTER
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/429059-illinois-bill-would-require-potential-gun-buyers-to-reveal-their-social

 

CNBC
— There will be a record number of Hispanic voters in 2020, and that could have a major impact on Trump’s political fate – Matt Lavietes (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at Hispanics, and at everyone else, that Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse thing who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/07/surge-in-hispanic-voters-could-have-major-impact-on-trump-re-election-bid.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote socialism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/opinion/trump-socialism-state-of-the-union.html
— No Wall, No Peace If Trump betrays his most loyal supporters, he’ll deserve his fate. – Christopher Buskirk
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/opinion/trump-wall-state-of-the-union.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Beyond tragically, the number of two-parent households has declined since the 1960s, dropping from 87 percent of households in 1960 to 69 percent in 2014.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/learning/how-do-you-define-family.html
— For Car Buyers Who Got a Lemon, State Laws Vary Widely – Christopher Jensen
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/automobiles/car-lemon-laws-states.html
— Public Records Belong to the Public There’s no reason for the federal government to profit from access to court documents. – Editorial
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/opinion/pacer-court-records.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Leaked calendars show how much Trump’s ad hoc approach differs from his predecessors – Toluse Olorunnipa (DIERSEN: What does your schedule include? My schedule includes a) 5+ hours each and every day between 3:00 AM and Noon putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS Morning Edition email and b) 5+ hours each and every day between Noon and 9:00 PM putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS Evening Edition email.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/leaked-calendars-show-how-much-trumps-ad-hoc-approach-differs-from-his-predecessors/2019/02/05/f29004de-294e-11e9-97b3-ae59fbae7960_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Can’t live with Trump, can’t live without him: California Republicans’ challenging future – CHRISTINE MAI-DUC
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-california-republicans-activists-20190207-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats Take a First Step Toward Obtaining Trump’s Tax Returns Lawyers argued at House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing that Congress has authority to get the returns – Richard Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-take-a-first-step-toward-obtaining-trumps-tax-returns-11549579059
— Trump Tax Law Spurs Job Creation…for Tax Lawyers and Accountants Business is unusually strong and should remain robust for years as a result of the law, executives say – Richard Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-tax-law-spurs-job-creation-for-tax-lawyers-and-accountants-11549544402
— If It Innovates, Tax It, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Suggests Congress’s young socialist neglects the ways the public benefits from federal research funding. – Safi Bahcall
https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-it-innovates-tax-it-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-suggests-11549583560
— Is Self-Reliance a Mental Illness? Today’s psychologists regard Emerson’s values as obsolete and pathological. – Crispin Sartwell (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote dependency on government and dependency on charity. Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in America will be a) a government employee, b) someone who distributes welfare, and/or c) someone who gets welfare.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-self-reliance-a-mental-illness-11549583654
— The Socialist That Could Meet Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the secret Republican weapon for 2020. – Kimberley A. Strassel
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-socialist-that-could-11549583738

 

FORBES
— 4 Warning Signs Your Employer Brand May Be In Trouble – Mike Kappel (DIERSEN: What “brand” does the federal government have? 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.forbes.com/sites/mikekappel/2019/02/06/4-warning-signs-your-employer-brand-may-be-in-trouble/#4f3afde7722d
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 3. Difficulties Retaining And Recruiting Employees “I am writing to inform you of my resignation from Company XYZ, effective two weeks from today”… Does this sentence sound familiar to you? If so, your employer brand could be taking a turn for the worst. How much you invest in your employer brand is reflected in employee retention. According to one source, employee turnover can be reduced by 28% by investing in employer brand. Take a look at how well your business retains employees. Do you find yourself trying to replace workers each month? Every few weeks? Find out why employees are resigning. Employees may leave for a range of reasons, including low pay, lack of respect, or little reward for hard work. Pinpoint why employee retention has decreased. Fix any issues based on your research to help retain future employees. Your goal should be to have all employees proud and happy to work for your business. Are you finding fewer people responding to your job posts? This likely isn’t a fluke. Struggling to recruit candidates is another sign that your employer brand is in trouble. According to another source, 75% of job seekers consider an employer’s brand before even applying for a job. If it becomes more and more difficult to recruit, take a look at your employer brand. Narrow down why candidates don’t want to apply. Did they read a negative employee review? Have they heard about a bad experience from a current or former employee? Candidates are attracted to appealing employer brands. Create an attractive employer brand that stands out to candidates. Include aspects like benefits, paid time off, and work culture in job descriptions to give your brand a boost.)

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— A fiery congressional meeting over obtaining Trump’s tax returns turned into a verbal melee between Democrats and Republicans – Joe Perticone
https://www.businessinsider.com/republicans-democrats-fight-over-trump-tax-returns-in-fiery-hearing-2019-2

 

USA TODAY
— End of Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign? New claim of ‘American Indian’ heritage. – James S. Robbins
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/02/07/elizabeth-warren-dna-results-percentage-cherokee-nation-native-american-column/2799968002/

 

PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE
— I now wear a MAGA hat Why? Because of how the left prejudges me – KRISTAN HAWKINS
https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2019/02/08/I-now-wear-a-MAGA-hat/stories/201902080042

 

TWIN CITIES
— Most migrants arrive equipped with determination and eagerness for hard work – TOMÁS R. JIMÉNEZ (DIERSEN: To be in America illegally shows that you disrespect the rule of law, disrespect America, and disrespect America’s citizens.)
https://www.twincities.com/2019/02/08/jimenez-most-migrants-arrive-equipped-with-determination-and-eagerness-for-hard-work/

 

AIKEN STANDARD
— It’s time for the ingrates to go – MICHELLE MALKIN
https://www.aikenstandard.com/opinion/column-it-s-time-for-the-ingrates-to-go/article_79b558fe-2a78-11e9-bd43-9f074bac2ea2.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— TRUMP EXTENDS ASYLUM BAN FOR ANOTHER 90 DAYS DESPITE CALIFORNIA INJUNCTION – CHANTAL DA SILVA
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-extends-asylum-ban-another-90-days-despite-california-injunction-1323292

 

CROWNE REALTY
— FOR SALE: 619 Frazier Court, Wheaton – $950,000
http://www.crownerealty.com/real-estate/619-frazier-court-wheaton-il-60189/10123861/62377407

February 5 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTSTANDING: Illinois Catholic bishops oppose marijuana legalization, but proponent says God put pot ‘on this planet for a reason’ – Robert McCoppin (DIERSEN: The Devil put pot on this planet. A question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, a) would the Post Office had hired him in 1966 when he was 18, b) would IRS had hired him in 1971, c) would IRS had promoted him in 1972, 1973, and 1974, c) would GAO had hired him in 1980, and d) would GAO had promoted him in 1986? Another question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, would he still have been able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970 when he was 21, b) earn an MBA in 1976, c) pass the CPA examination on his first attempt in 1979, d) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, e) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on his first attempt in 1981, f) become a licensed CPA in 1981, g) become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, h) become a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, i) become a Certified Financial Services Manager in 1996, j) become a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and k) earn a master’s degree in finance in 1997? Another question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, would he still have been able to a) put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every morning since 2004 and b) also put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every evening since 2015? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and/or act like a) they smoke pot, b) they want to smoke pot, c) they want to make lots of money selling pot, and/or d) they want governments to take in lots of tax revenue from the sale of pot.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-illinois-catholic-bishops-marijuana-legalization-20190204-story.html
— Cubs family patriarch Joe Ricketts apologizes after racist emails are revealed: ‘I strongly believe that bigoted ideas are wrong’- Mark Gonzales
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-cubs-joe-ricketts-emails-20190204-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-trump-state-of-the-union-transcript-huppke-20190203-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— OUTSTANDING: Illinois Catholic leaders: Legalizing recreational marijuana a bad idea – Peter Hancock
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/illinois-catholic-bishops-oppose-legalizing-recreational-marijuana-letter-conference/
— Illinois lawmakers sending pointed messages with their State of the Union guests – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: If any of my Republican U.S. Representatives and/or Republican U.S. Senators wanted to send a pointed message that they opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in the federal government, they could have made me one of their State of the Union guests, especially 1998-2005 while Diersen v. GAO (https://gopillinois.com/documents/) was pending.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/illinois-lawmakers-sending-pointed-messagesstate-of-union-guests-trump-pelosi/

 

WBBM
— OUTSTANDING: Durbin Urges Caution About Recreational Pot Law
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/durbin-urges-caution-about-recreational-pot-law

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— OUTSTANDING: Illinois’ Catholic bishops urge rejecting marijuana legalization Public health and safety consequences cited in objection – PETER HANCOCK
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/illinois-catholic-bishops-urge-rejecting-marijuana-legalization/article_d59848bc-f568-57c3-bec9-45760a92e2ff.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— OUTSTANDING: Illinois’ Catholic bishops urge lawmakers to oppose recreational-use marijuana – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190204/illinois-catholic-bishops-urge-lawmakers-to-oppose-recreational-use-marijuana
— How much further? – Michael J. Bahr, Springfield
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190204/letter-how-much-further
(FROM THE LETTER: How much further will Illinois go to become the “most progressive state” on abortion, as Gov. J.B. Pritzker has declared? The Illinois governor was certainly proud to take the lead as most progressive by funding abortions using taxpayer dollars. Yet Pritzker was quickly overshadowed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who signed a bill allowing abortions up to nine months and removing other legal protections for the unborn. For this, Cuomo earned thunderous applause from the state’s legislative body, and even New York Cardinal Dolan is afraid to excommunicate Cuomo. Then Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam defended the killing of a child after the child was born that would have been allowed by a bill proposed in his state’s legislature, but then clarified his statement to indicate that he was talking about children who had been born with severe abnormalities or for reasons of the mother’s mental health in the 40th week, as if that makes it acceptable to kill any child that has been born. What will Gov. Pritzker do to maintain IL as the “most progressive state”? Infanticide up to 2 years old, for any reason? Abortion has always been about killing the infants. That should be obvious to all who have been watching these states try to “one-up” each other to become the most progressive. The good people of Illinois must stand up against this evil.)

 

NBC5
— Ginsburg Makes 1st Public Appearance Since Cancer Surgery – Mark Sherman
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Ginsburg-Makes-1st-Public-Appearance-Since-Cancer-Surgery-505351321.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH SIX COLOR PHOTOS: State of the Union guests from the suburbs include 7-year-old girl, immigrant and federal workers (DIERSEN: If any of my Republican U.S. Representatives and/or Republican U.S. Senators wanted to send a pointed message that they opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in the federal government, they could have made me one of their State of the Union guests, especially 1998-2005 while Diersen v. GAO (https://gopillinois.com/documents/) was pending.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190205/state-of-the-union-guests-from-the-suburbs-include-7-year-old-girl-immigrant-and-federal-workers
— The Illinois House and its Madigan rules – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190203/editorial-the-illinois-house-and-its-madigan-rules

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats give money to promote Democrats.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/nonprofits-philanthropy/why-macarthur-foundation-grant-not-others
— Chicago Auto Show grabs the wheel After three decades of following Detroit, Chicago’s auto show will be first starting next year. Local convention biz could get a boost, but German luxury brands may take another pass. – H. LEE MURPHY
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/transportation/chicago-auto-show-grabs-wheel

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Group again proposes removing lawmakers from Illinois redistricting – REBECCA ANZEL
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/group-again-proposes-removing-lawmakers-from-illinois-redistricting/article_be08b0fe-8215-57f6-a7d5-b644e8c47f03.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— For those with clout, employment rules differ – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2019-02-05/jim-dey-those-with-clout-employment-rules-differ.html

 

MADISON
— Single-parent families are root cause of many juvenile problems – Jerry Darda
https://madison.com/ct/opinion/mailbag/jerry-darda-single-parent-families-are-root-cause-of-many/article_002b3f78-c134-50f5-b9bd-2d9aad61948b.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump campaign takes steps to prevent a challenge within GOP – AP (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. If your critics/opponents think that you might run for a government office or for a political office, they will do everything that they can to destroy you.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-campaign-takes-steps-to-prevent-a-challenge-within-gop
— US prepares to start building portion of Texas border wall – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/us-prepares-to-start-building-portion-of-texas-border-wall
— Putting on elections in Illinois is getting more expensive – Rachel Droze
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/putting-on-elections-in-illinois-is-getting-more-expensive

 

WSIL TV
— Lawmakers address hot topics at town hall – Emily Manley
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39905792/lawmakers-address-hot-topics-at-town-hall

 

CHICAGO PATCH
— Rahm’s Failure, Solis’ FBI Wire Made Chicago GOP Relevant Again Chicago GOP Chairman Chris Cleveland Says Republicans Are ‘800-Pound Gorilla” In Mayoral Race, Looking To Endorse The “Lesser Of 13 Evils” – Mark Konko
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/rahms-failure-solis-fbi-wire-made-chicago-gop-relevant-again

 

LEXOLOGY
— Are Your Employment Policies for Illinois Employees 2019 Compliant? – Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP (DIERSEN: Federal employment policies a) give preference to federal employees who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, and/or veteran, and therefore, federal employment policies discriminate against federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, non-LGBTQ, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=bb57f80a-fa7d-423d-a439-007c6e497215

 

WIREPOINTS
— Is The Sun-Times Violating Journalist’s Ethics Code On The Solis Affidavit? – Mark Glennon
https://www.wirepoints.com/is-the-sun-times-violating-journalists-ethics-code-on-the-solis-affidavit-quicktake/

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Maine Township’s excessive reserves violate state law, Sweeney says – W.J. Kennedy
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511753217-maine-township-s-excessive-reserves-violate-state-law-sweeney-says

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://www.ilnews.org/news/health/illinois-is-finally-enrolling-people-in-opioid-alternative-program/article_c249fe60-28ae-11e9-abf6-bf22b70decec.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— “God put it on this planet for a reason” (DIERSEN: The Devil put pot on this planet. A question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, a) would the Post Office had hired him in 1966 when he was 18, b) would IRS had hired him in 1971, c) would IRS had promoted him in 1972, 1973, and 1974, c) would GAO had hired him in 1980, and d) would GAO had promoted him in 1986? Another question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, would he still have been able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970 when he was 21, b) earn an MBA in 1976, c) pass the CPA examination on his first attempt in 1979, d) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, e) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on his first attempt in 1981, f) become a licensed CPA in 1981, g) become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, h) become a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, i) become a Certified Financial Services Manager in 1996, j) become a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and k) earn a master’s degree in finance in 1997? Another question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, would he still have been able to a) put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every morning since 2004 and b) also put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every evening since 2015? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and/or act like a) they smoke pot, b) they want to smoke pot, c) they want to make lots of money selling pot, and/or d) they want governments to take in lots of tax revenue from the sale of pot.)
https://capitolfax.com/2019/02/05/god-put-it-on-this-planet-for-a-reason/

 

GOPUSA
— Senate Democrats block bill that would prevent infanticide
http://www.gopusa.com/senate-democrats-block-bill-that-would-prevent-infanticide/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Study finds high rates of prison, jail for illegals Backs Trump’s case for cutting crime – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: To come to America illegally and/or to stay in America illegally, is to shout that you disrespect/despise/reject a) the rule of law, b) America, and c) Americans.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/5/study-finds-high-rates-of-prison-jail-for-illegals/
— Bob Menendez calls for FBI probe into illegal immigrant hiring at Trump golf clubs
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/4/bob-menendez-calls-trump-national-golf-clubs-fbi-p/
— Trump’s backing fuels ‘resistance’ on issues Democrats traditionally support – Dave Boyer and Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/4/donald-trumps-backing-fuels-resistance-issues-demo/
— Americans love paid family leave — until they learn what it costs them – Rachel Greszler
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/4/americans-love-paid-family-leave-until-they-learn-/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— State of the Union to offer grand showcase for Trump border wall pitch – Steven Nelson
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/state-of-the-union-to-offer-grand-showcase-for-trump-border-wall-pitch
— Democrats troll Trump with State of the Union guests who oppose him on everything from Kavanaugh to transgender troops – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/democrats-troll-trump-with-state-of-the-union-guests-who-oppose-him-on-everything-from-kavanaugh-to-transgender-troops

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats Are the Party of Destruction – Eileen F. Toplansky
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/democrats_are_the_party_of_destruction.html
— Racist Lynch Mob-Leading Virginia Governor Getting His Just Deserts – Matthew Vadum
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/racist_lynch_mobleading_virginia_governor_getting_his_just_deserts.html
— Democrats have a free ride for human-traffickers in their immigration proposal – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/democrats_have_a_free_ride_for_human_traffickers_in_their_immigration_proposal.html

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— A State of the Union Address I’d Like to Hear – Ed Morrow
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/02/04/a-state-of-the-union-address-id-like-to-hear/

 

BREITBART
— Feds: Over 8.5K Anchor Babies Secure U.S. Citizenship Via ‘Birth Tourism’ – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/04/feds-over-8-5k-anchor-babies-secure-u-s-citizenship-via-birth-tourism/
— Trump Invites Bullied Student, Synagogue Shooting Survivors to State of the Union – Charlie Spiering
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/04/trump-invites-bullied-student-synagogue-shooting-survivors-to-state-of-the-union/

 

BLAZE
— Bernie Sanders is being accused of racism and sexism over this announcement And it’s Democrats who are doing the accusing – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/bernie-sanders-is-being-accused-of-racism-and-sexism-over-this-announcement
— A strange Super Bowl ad poured adulation on journalists — but here’s the salacious reason it aired And it cost Jeff Bezos millions – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/a-strange-super-bowl-ad-poured-adulation-on-journalists-but-heres-the-salacious-reason-it-aired

 

FOX NEWS
— Migrant caravan to reach US border day before Trump’s State of the Union – Griff Jenkins
https://www.foxnews.com/world/migrant-caravan-to-reach-us-border-day-before-trumps-state-of-the-union-speech-as-health-issues-mound

 

TOWNHALL
— Another Caravan Is Scheduled to Arrive at the Border Just In Time For Trump’s State of the Union Address – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/02/04/another-caravan-is-scheduled-to-arrive-at-the-border-just-in-time-for-trumps-state-of-the-union-address-n2540782
— The Left’s Growing Record of Insanity – Robert Knight
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertknight/2019/02/05/the-lefts-growing-record-of-insanity-n2540781

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Federal District Judges Have Blocked Trump Actions 30 Times, a Record Rate – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/02/04/federal-district-judges-have-blocked-trump-actions-30-times-a-record-rate/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— SOTU: LET DEMOCRATS’ OWN WORDS SINK IN Exclusive: Lt. Col. James Zumwalt offers Trump opponents’ quotes on illegal immigration
https://www.wnd.com/2019/02/sotu-let-democrats-own-words-sink-in/

 

LIFE SITE
— U.S. bishop: pro-abortion politicians ‘should not’ receive Communion in my diocese – Martin M. Barillas
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/u.s.-bishop-pro-abortion-politicians-should-not-receive-communion-in-my-dio

 

THE HILL
— Democrats: The party of illegal immigration – FORD O’CONNELL
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/428284-democrats-the-party-of-illegal-immigration
— Democrats seek to take on Trump at State of the Union – CRISTINA MARCOS
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/428450-democrats-seek-to-take-on-trump-at-state-of-the-union

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump’s Pick To Replace Brett Kavanaugh Could Face An Ugly Confirmation Fight D.C. Circuit Court nominee Neomi Rao wrote articles denouncing “special treatment for minority students” and blaming women for date rape. – Jennifer Bendery
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/brett-kavanaugh-neomi-rao-court-nominee-sexual-assault_us_5c58abebe4b00187b554355d

 

POLITICO
— Republicans defy Trump on national emergency Resistance from GOP senators could expose a split in the party and force the president to issue his first veto. – BURGESS EVERETT and MARIANNE LEVINE
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/04/national-emergency-gop-1145899

 

CNN
— Washington Post: Trump Organization fires at least 18 undocumented workers from golf courses – Eli Watkins
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/04/politics/trump-organization-undocumented-worker-purge/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— With Northam Picture, Obscure Publication (Big League Politics) Plays Big Role in Virginia Politics – Trip Gabriel and Michael M. Grynbaum (DIERSEN: With only the rarest of exceptions, everything in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and on www.gopillinois.com is already in the public realm. Nevertheless, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout out of both sides of their crooked mouths both a) that no one reads my emails or visits my website and b) that everyone firsts learns of everything from my emails and from my website.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/us/politics/northam-fairfax-big-league-politics.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Big League Politics is a relatively new entry to the constellation of right-wing media outlets that sprung up during Donald Trump’s rise, and until the bombshell yearbook report, its readership had remained small. Patrick Howley, the editor in chief, said he received the photograph showing a pair of figures in blackface and Ku Klux Klan robes from a “concerned citizen,” declining to add more details. But one of Big League Politics’s owners, Noel Fritsch, described the source of the photograph as “some people who were classmates of Northam,” who brought it to light out of anger at the governor’s remarks early last week defending late-term abortions. In its mission statement, Big League Politics purports to be “not conservative” and “not liberal,” but it has trafficked in conspiracy theories favored by the far right, like the case of Seth Rich, the Democratic National Committee staff member whose murder in Washington was falsely seized on by conservative commentators as linked to WikiLeaks.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump’s Options for Wall Shrink as Republicans Balk at National Emergency Declaration.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/us/politics/trump-border-wall-republicans.html
— The Rise of the Robot Reporter – Jaclyn Peiser (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, I am not a robot reporter and GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are not robot emails. Each and every link in the emails is there because I made a decision to put it there. Feel free to phone me at 630-653-0462 to discuss my decisions.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/business/media/artificial-intelligence-journalism-robots.html
— China’s Online Censorship Stifles Trade, Too When the Chinese government blocks foreign internet companies for political reasons, the United States should treat the tactic as the anticompetitive economic strategy that it is. – Tim Wu (DIERSEN: If my critics/opponents could do it, they would censor most if not all the links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/opinion/china-censorship-internet.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are full of hatred use Northam to promote hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/opinion/northam-blackface-racism.html
— Attacking a Pay Wall That Hides Public Court Filings – Adam Liptak
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/us/politics/pacer-fees-lawsuit.html
— FRONT PAGE: Tech Is Splitting the U.S. Work Force in Two A small group of well-educated professionals enjoys rising wages, while most workers toil in low-wage jobs with few chances to advance. – Eduardo Porter
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/business/economy/productivity-inequality-wages.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Congress braces for Trump diverting military construction money to build the wall – Erica Werner and Karoun Demirjian
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/congress-braces-for-trump-diverting-military-construction-money-to-build-the-wall/2019/02/04/18acb43c-28a5-11e9-984d-9b8fba003e81_story.html
— How the neocons captured Donald Trump The return of Elliott Abrams puts the movement back in the White House – Brian D’Haeseleer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/02/05/how-neocons-captured-donald-trump/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who does NOT want Trump to declare a national emergency? ANSWER: Those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/enterthefray/la-ol-trump-national-emergency-border-wall-20190204-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— Border walls work, and Democrats know it. As our porous border continues creating and exacerbating humanitarian crises, it would be immoral not to secure our borders and build a wall – Matt Gaetz
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/02/04/border-walls-work-democrats-know-matt-gaetz-editorials-debates/2773062002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— As Trump Speech Nears, Democrats Dig In House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her party are taking hard line on immigration; president and GOP are similarly unwilling to compromise – Gerald F. Seib
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-trump-speech-nears-democrats-dig-in-11549291238
— Trump’s Re-Election Challenge Down in the polls, he needs a strong economy to have any chance to win a second term. – Editorial

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-re-election-challenge-11549326167
— What Feeds Big Government Isn’t Only Ideology – Alberto Mingardi
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-feeds-big-government-isnt-only-ideology-11549324944
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries, that is, they demonize, denigrate, and condemn citizens of America.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trumps-dreamer-11549325032
— Northam’s Medical School Shut Down Yearbook in 2013 After Confederate Images Appeared School says it will investigate yearbooks over time after emergence of blackface/KKK image on Virginia governor’s page in 1984 book – Jon Kamp and Scott Calvert (DIERSEN: In 1979, IRS’s Chicago District shut down its monthly newsletter after it reported that I, a lowly GS-12 Revenue Officer, had passed all four parts of the CPA examination on my first attempt while many highly-vaulted Revenue Agents had filed to do that.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/northams-medical-school-to-probe-its-yearbooks-including-photos-11549315987

 

BLOOMBERG
— Democratic Voters Just Want Someone to Beat Trump, Poll Says – Terrence Dopp
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-04/democratic-voters-just-want-someone-to-beat-trump-poll-finds

 

FORBES
— More On Chicago Pension Underfunding – It’s The Demographics, Stupid – Elizabeth Bauer
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ebauer/2019/02/04/more-on-chicago-pension-underfunding-its-the-demographics-stupid/#83a0fe6ee1e0

 

LAW
— Mandatory Retirement Policies Fading, but Tensions Remain – Susan DeSantis (DIERSEN: Constructively, retirement is mandatory for federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40 as soon as they are eligible. In 1993, when I was 45 years old, when I was a lowly GS-13, I first became eligible for early retirement.)
https://www.law.com/2019/02/04/law-firms-ease-mandatory-retirement-policies-but-tensions-remain-292-39399/?slreturn=20190105070422

 

NEWSWEEK
— LAURA LOOMER TRESPASSES ON CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR MANSION IN ‘FIESTA’ IMMIGRATION PROTEST WEARING SOMBRERO – DANIEL MORITZ-RABSON
https://www.newsweek.com/laura-loomer-trespasses-gavin-newsom-property-fiesta-racist-sombrero-1317334

 

WORLD TRIBUNE
— Economist warns inequality threatens civilization: Richest 26 people control $1.4 trillion – Norman Bailey
https://www.worldtribune.com/economist-warns-inequality-threatens-civilization-worlds-richest-26-people-control-1-4-trillion/

 

TIMES
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TREASONOUS: Democrats invite illegal immigrants to Trump state of the union address
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/democrats-invite-illegal-immigrants-to-donald-trump-speech-h5nxlxk5d

 

WORLD SOCIALIST WEBSITE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, socialists use illegals to destroy America.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/02/05/bord-f05.html

February 2, 2019

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Madigan under the microscope: Did cautious speaker finally slip on trip wire? – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: What if you had “secretly recorded” those who had succeeded in harming you the most? Because they view me as being litigious, those who have succeeded in harming me the most have been extremely careful to not put anything in writing that could be used against them.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-analysis-cautious-speaker-recording-trip-wire-solis/
— Bobby Rush’s endorsement could give Bill Daley a big boost – Mary Mitchell (DIERSEN: GAO works for Congress. I would not be surprised at all to learn that Bobby Rush directed my GAO superiors a) to force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) to give me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) to not assign me to audits of IRS, and e) to not promote me beyond GS-13.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/bobby-rush-endorsement-bill-daley-boost-mayoral-race/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois not doing enough to cut down tobacco, e-cigarette use: American Lung Association – Dawn Rhodes
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-e-cigarettes-illinois-lung-association-grade-f-20190201-story.html
— 3 Naperville-area school districts tell legislators they’d like input on such issues as length of class days and pension reform – Suzanne Baker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-school-legislative-breakfast-st-0203-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Schuler said because of staff shortages, teachers often are asked to substitute internally or assume extra responsibilities as coaches or activity sponsors. Annual contractual raises for longtime teachers accompanied by the stipends from the added work can put teachers over the 3 percent threshold, causing a district to face penalties, he said. Districts can’t tell veteran teachers to stop taking on extra work because that would be age discrimination, and he said often school districts don’t know when teachers are retiring because they don’t give several years’ notice. The District 200 leader said he’s willing to sit down with legislators to help come up with a system in which districts aren’t penalized in those instances.)
— The odd memory lapses of Speaker Michael Madigan – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-speaker-michael-madigan-deposition-jason-gonzales-illinois-politics-jesse-jackson-20190201-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Downers Grove mayoral hopefuls make their pitch – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190201/downers-grove-mayoral-hopefuls-make-their-pitch
— How to sell a home without a realty agent – Edith Lank (DIERSEN: In 1984, to get money to have 915 Cove Court in Wheaton (https://www.redfin.com/IL/Wheaton/915-Cove-Ct-60189/home/18126600) built, I sold 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton (https://www.redfin.com/IL/Wheaton/1017-E-Harrison-Ave-60187/home/18135528) for $104,000 without a realty agent. Realtors had recommended listing it from a high of $107,000 to a low of $79,000.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20190202/how-to-sell-a-home-without-a-realty-agent
— Amazing newspaper carriers Subzero temperatures chased most of us inside. And still the newspaper somehow got delivered. To all of the devoted carriers who found a way, we say, thanks, stay warm and stay safe. – Editorial (DIERSEN: I pay lots of money for full internet access and home delivery of the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Naperville Sun, and Wheaton Leader. I get six newspapers every Monday and Tuesday; seven newspapers every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday; and five newspapers every Saturday and Sunday. They are all delivered very early by the same carrier.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190202/the-soapbox-daily-herald-editors-offer-brief-thoughts-on-suburban-topics-in-the-news
— Freshman Democrats in legislature need to get behind Fair Maps – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190201/editorial-freshman-democrats-in-legislature-need-to-get-behind-fair-maps
— Wear your MAGA hat with pride – Michael Fuechtmann, Roselle
https://e-edition.dailyherald.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=3e6b7a1a-154f-4405-805e-038015cdb648

 

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://abc7chicago.com/health/new-law-allows-patients-to-opt-for-medical-marijuana-instead-of-opioids-/5116960/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Underwood, Casten call for IRS to help with local tax burden
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/02/01/underwood-casten-call-for-irs-to-help-with-local-tax-burden/afq9vym/
— Sen. Durbin praises McLean County Democrats for party’s statewide success, eyes own re-election plans – Howard Packowitz (DIERSEN: Democrats win by successfully promoting hatred against Republicans.)
http://www.wjbc.com/2019/02/01/sen-durbin-praises-mclean-county-democrats-for-partys-statewide-success-eyes-own-re-election-plans/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rep. Davis hears Lincoln Home workers’ shutdown stories- Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: What stories about you do/did your U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators what to hear from you? Because of the Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois decision, my U.S. Senators and their staff members and my U.S. Representatives and their staff members made it very clear that they did NOT want to hear my stories about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in the federal government. All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes promote patronage and political affiliation discrimination and reject the decision in Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois (SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutan_v._Republican_Party_of_Illinois and http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html). My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors treated me like I was part of a plot to stop them from hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females. They knew that my wife had helped elect Jim Thompson. They were fully aware of the arguments that Thompson, Jim Edgar, and Lee Daniels made in Rutan that government employers should be allowed to engage in political affiliation discrimination.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190201/rep-davis-hears-lincoln-home-workers-shutdown-stories

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— GOP lawmaker Steve Reick wants commission to examine waste in Illinois government (DIERSEN: What are your qualifications to examine government waste? GAO examines government waste. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325. I 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. My other government waste examining qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/capitol-recap-gop-lawmaker-wants-commission-to-examine-waste-in/article_7f884e94-f783-55b3-84ff-c6efb5e5409e.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Unexpectedly strong jobs report suggests shutdown had little impact on labor market – Stephen Loiaconi
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/unexpectedly-strong-jobs-report-suggests-shutdown-had-little-impact-on-labor-market

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Is Bill Daley the political equivalent of a “Made” guy? His own rules? Skips Chicago Mayoral forums & still wins? – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2019/02/bill-daley-the-political-equivalent-of-a-made-guy-his-own-rules-he-can-skip-forums-interviews-still-win/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Illinois Leaks’ Kirk Allen Takes Time to Answer Critics
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/31/illinois-leaks-kirk-allen-takes-time-to-answer-critics/


— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: McHenry County Residents Put $600,000,000 in Slot Machines
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/28/mchenry-county-residents-put-600000-in-slot-machines/

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— HB 181 calls for fining parents who bully their children – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511750673-hb-181-calls-for-fining-parents-who-bully-their-children
— Center for Immigration Studies research shows only 10 percent of Americans compete with illegal immigrants for jobs – Kyla Asbury (DIERSEN: If you were younger today, would you be competing with illegals for jobs? I would be. When I was younger, I did yard work and delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511739129-center-for-immigration-studies-research-shows-only-10-percent-of-americans-compete-with-illegal-immigrants-for-jobs

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Market Watch: Ankit Patel loses over $101,000 on sale of Naperville home (DIERSEN: In your neighborhood, in your precinct, and in your municipality, which homes lost the most value during the last year, last 5 years, last 10 years, last 15 years, last 20 years, etc.?)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511750299-market-watch-ankit-patel-loses-over-101-000-on-sale-of-naperville-home
— Market Watch: George & Judith Thompson lose over $156,000 on sale of Naperville home
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511743942-market-watch-george-judith-thompson-lose-over-156-000-on-sale-of-naperville-home
— Market Watch: Scott Holder loses over $60,000 on sale of Naperville home
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511746237-market-watch-scott-holder-loses-over-60-000-on-sale-of-naperville-home

 

CHAMBANA SUN
— University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign freezes tuition – but still higher than 12 of 13 Big 10 conference peers (DIERSEN: If you did not apply to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, why not? My reasons include a) neither I nor my parents could afford my attending college there, b) not that anyone would have lent me or my parents any money for me to attend college there, my and my parents’ belief was “borrower nor lender be,” c) in all likelihood, any application that I might have made would have been rejected – I just barely made into the top 20% of my high school class, my ACT score was only 24, I had not demonstrated any leadership potential, and I had spent my free time while I was a junior and senior washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights.)
https://chambanasun.com/stories/511750696-university-of-illinois-freezes-tuition-but-still-higher-than-12-of-13-big-10-conference-peers

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— ER Doc Says “Recreational” Pot Has Ruined My Town – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/er-doc-says-recreational-pot-has-ruined-my-town/

 

GOPUSA
— Democrats were fine with governor’s infanticide comments but erupt in fury over yearbook photo
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64455
— MSNBC host claims ‘almost no middle class’ left in America; citizens ‘living on the poverty line’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64401
— It’s the season of discarded politicians looking for work (DIERSEN: Have you been discarded because of politics? In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” a) because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and b) because I was Republican, White, male, and non-veteran, and I had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64452

 

FOX NEWS
— Why I wear a MAGA hat these days (and I didn’t start out as a Trump fan) – Kristan Hawkins
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/why-i-wear-a-maga-hat-these-days-and-i-didnt-start-out-as-a-trump-fan
— Second Democrat invites former illegal immigrant who worked for Trump to State of the Union – Lukas Mikelionis
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/second-democrat-invites-former-illegal-immigrant-who-worked-for-trump-to-state-of-the-union-address

 

BLAZE
— Trump hints at big announcement for the State of the Union on immigration A lot of people are looking forward to this – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-hints-at-big-announcement-for-the-state-of-the-union-on-immigration

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Characterizing all men as predators – Tammy Bruce (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, a) to get all women to vote for Democrats, b) to promote LGBTQ activity, c) to destroy traditional marriage, d) to destroy the traditional family, e) to promote abortion, f) to promote out of wedlock birth, and g) to make women more and more and more dependent on government and on charity, Democrats characterize all men as being predators. To characterize me as being a predator, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years 1971-1980 and that I have owned a Corvette since 1971.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/16/how-liberals-and-gillette-jump-on-the-men-are-horr/

 

TOWNHALL
— Kellyanne: If Cory Booker Was Republican, His Campaign Would Be Called Sexist – Cortney O’Brien
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2019/02/01/kellyanne-cory-booker-sounds-like-a-hallmark-card-n2540688

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illegal immigrants jump the line, making legal immigrants wait – Adam Barsouk
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/illegal-immigrants-jump-the-line-making-legal-immigrants-wait

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Will America’s Rich Fund Their Own Dispossession? – Jim Daws
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/will_americas_rich_fund_their_own_dispossession.html

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Putting Families First to Trump the Ruling Class – Cindy Simpson
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/02/01/putting-families-first-to-trump-the-ruling-class/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Reminder: Ralph Northam Won After Calling Ed Gillespie Racist – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/reminder-ralph-northam-won-after-calling-ed-gillespie-racist/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— THE NEW LEFT IS JUST PLAGIARIZING THE OLD Brent Smith describes policies as ‘failed ideas from a century or more ago’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/02/the-new-left-is-just-plagiarizing-the-old/

 

LIBERTY HEADLINES
— Scalise Speaks on the Human Cost of Left’s Support for Open Borders
https://www.libertyheadlines.com/scalise-human-cost-open-borders/

 

THE HILL
— Schultz greeted by protesters at book event in hometown Seattle – CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO (DIERSEN: What is your hometown? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton and in Glen Ellyn are full of hatred. They have made it very clear that if I ever sought a government office or a political office, they would shout from their rooftops that my hometown Crete was full of German Lutherans who were White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things while I lived there 1948-1972. Should I sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/428021-schultz-greeted-by-protests-at-book-event-in-hometown-seattle
— Support for Northam withers as Dems urge him to step down – TAL AXELROD (DIERSEN: Who has urged you to step down? Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. I should write a book about those who have urged me to step down as a GOPUSA Illinois Editor, Republican Precinct Committeeman, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. All those who have urged me to step down 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 MTRCC resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/428171-support-for-northam-withers-in-richmond-as-dems-urge-him-to-step-down-as

 

ABC NEWS
— Trump scrutinized by Democrats, watchdogs as he returns to Mar-a-Lago club The president is visiting his private club for the first time this year. – Benjamin Siegel
https://abcnews.go.com/beta-story-container/Politics/trump-scrutinized-democrats-watchdogs-returns-mar-lago-club/story?id=60792606

 

NBC NEWS
— Booker 2020 campaign: ‘Folks are feeling left out…left behind’ The 49-year-old Democratic senator from New Jersey is the second African-American to enter the contest to take on Trump. – Dartunorro Clark (DIERSEN: In the organizations that you are/were a member of and in the employers that you work/worked for, what are the demographics of those who are/were “left out…left behind?” From what I see, ever-increasingly, organizations and employers are dumping those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/democratic-new-jersey-sen-cory-booker-announces-2020-presidential-campaign-n965601

 

CBS NEWS
— Pelosi is “very bad for our country,” Trump says in exclusive CBS News interview (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say that I have been very bad for the a) Republican candidates who I have backed, b) Milton Township Republican Central Committee, c) DuPage County Republican Central Committee, d) Illinois Republican Party, e) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, f) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, g) Illinois Center Right Coalition, h) American Association of Political Consultants, i) GAO, j) etc. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. They have lots of religious, government, political, and financial clout in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They are scapegoaters supreme.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-interview-face-the-nation-margaret-brennan-today-2019-02-01/

 

MCCLATCHY DC
— Democrats ready to deal on border barrier — just not a ‘wall’ – DAVID LIGHTMAN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that their plan to get in power and to stay in power is to ever-increasingly flood America with illegals.)
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article225392700.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Undocumented Workers Lose Their Jobs at Yet Another Trump Property – Miriam Jordan and Ben Protess
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/us/trump-workers-fired.html
— Taxing the Wealthy Sounds Easy. It’s Not. – Paul Sullivan
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/your-money/tax-wealthy.html
— How Republicans Erased Trumpism G.O.P. congressional leaders used tactics to minimize the president’s influence and maximize their own control over public policy. – Matthew Glassman
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/opinion/how-republicans-erased-trumpism.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Va. Gov. Northam is refusing to step down, despite flood of calls for his resignation for ‘racist and offensive’ photo, party says – Laura Vozzella, Jim Morrison and Gregory S. Schneider
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/northam-mum-about-his-plans-after-a-flood-of-calls-for-his-resignation-for-racist-and-offensive-photo/2019/02/02/5883402a-26e9-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17_story.html
— Gov. Ralph Northam admits he was in 1984 yearbook photo showing figures in blackface, KKK hood – Laura Vozzella, Jim Morrison and Gregory S. Schneider  (DIERSEN:  Since 1971, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have stressed that I have owned a Corvette since 1971.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/va-gov-northams-medical-school-yearbook-page-shows-men-in-blackface-kkk-robe/2019/02/01/517a43ee-265f-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The yearbook page is labeled “Ralph Shearer Northam” and has photos of him in a jacket and tie, casual clothes and alongside his restored Corvette.)
— McConnell privately cautions Trump about emergency declaration on border wall – Sean Sullivan, Erica Werner and Seung Min Kim
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/mcconnell-privately-cautioned-trump-about-emergency-declaration-on-border-wall/2019/02/01/5ff1262c-2646-11e9-81fd-b7b05d5bed90_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “The problem with Trump’s ‘national emergency’ plan is much bigger than any wall.”
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-trump-emergency-border-wall-20190202-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-hating “immigrant rights attorneys and journalists” want to go to Mexico to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.latimes.com/la-me-immigration-attorneys-detained-20190202-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Sorry for the Good News A bang-up jobs report reveals underlying economic strength. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sorry-for-the-good-news-11549063609
— Over 60, and Crushed by Student Loan Debt Older Americans are struggling under the burden of student loans—their children’s and their own. – AnnaMaria Andriotis
https://www.wsj.com/articles/over-60-and-crushed-by-student-loan-debt-11549083631
— Can the Government Help You Save for Retirement? Lawmakers are looking to expand access to tax-advantaged plans, boost savings rates and enhance long-term income sustainability – Anne Tergesen
https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-the-government-help-you-save-for-retirement-11549035000
— California’s Liberal Governor Hauls a Conservative City to Court To solve a problem made in Sacramento, Newsom asks judges to intervene in local zoning decisions. – Allysia Finley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/californias-liberal-governor-hauls-a-conservative-city-to-court-11549060961

 

BLOOMBERG
— Booker Joins Race, Preaching Optimism in Contrast With Trump – Laura Litvan and Terrence Dopp (DIERSEN: As Democrats gain more and more and more power, it is increasingly difficult for members of the following groups to be optimistic: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-01/senator-cory-booker-announces-2020-democratic-presidential-bid

 

COLUMBIAN
— Hometown protest, fans greet Schultz as he mulls presidential run – AP (DIERSEN: What is your hometown? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton and in Glen Ellyn are full of hatred. They have made it very clear that if I ever sought a government office or a political office, they would shout from their rooftops that my hometown Crete was full of German Lutherans who were White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things while I lived there 1948-1972. Should I sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/feb/01/hometown-protest-fans-greet-schultz-as-he-mulls-presidential-run/

 

PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Republican-haters promote hatred against Republicans. In your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, which Republican-haters take the lead in promoting hatred against Republicans? I should write a book about Republican-haters in my neighborhood, in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who take the lead in promoting hatred against Republicans.
http://www.pfaw.org/blog-posts/tracking-the-evolution-of-the-rights-anti-immigrant-movement/
http://www.pfaw.org/blog-posts/the-progressive-happy-hour-fighting-for-racial-justice-in-2019/

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: America-haters use Jesse Jackson to promote hatred of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/02/jesse-jackson-interview-jussie-smollett-hate-violence-us
— Trump to pitch optimism, ‘greatness’ in State of Union (DIERSEN: As Democrats gain more and more and more power, it is increasingly difficult for members of the following groups to be optimistic: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://guardian.ng/news/trump-to-pitch-optimism-greatness-in-state-of-union/
— Why record job growth in America hides a troubling reality High employment rates gloss over a ‘much more complicated story’ of stagnant wages and vanishing mid-level jobs – Jana Kasperkevic
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/feb/02/america-record-job-growth-economics-wage-stagnation