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June 15 Evening Edition

CBS2
— County Fairs Get Financial Boost From State
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/15/farming-funding-illinois/
— As Manafort Is Jailed, Giuliani Suggests Trump Could Issue Pardons
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/15/as-manafort-is-jailed-giuliani-suggests-trump-could-issue-pardons/

 

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps to rally in Chicago.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/parkland-chicago-st-sabina-485676391.html

 

WGN TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use children as cannon fodder.
http://wgntv.com/2018/06/15/white-house-on-separating-undocumented-children-from-parents-very-biblical-to-enforce-the-law/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use children as cannon fodder.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/immigration-children-families-separated/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/immigration-border-separating-families-zero-tolerance-donald-trump-jeff-sessions-editorial/
— The show will go on: Stormy Daniels and Admiral say ‘misunderstanding’ resolved – Joe Ward and Stefano Esposito
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/stormy-daniels-admiral-run-canceled-after-spat-says-owner-threatening-lawsuit/
— Ex-Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort sent to jail pending trial – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/paul-manafort-jail-trial-obstruction-charges/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Push is on for Rauner to sign bill allowing referendum for electing Lake County assessor – Frank Abderholden
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-elected-lake-county-assessor-st-0615-story.html
— Donald Trump scolds NFL players ‘making $15 million a year’ for mixing politics with sports – Rick Maese
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/ct-spt-donald-trump-nfl-fox-and-friends-20180615-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Lauzen breaks tie to reimburse himself for expenses – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180615/lauzen-breaks-tie-to-reimburse-himself-for-expenses–/1
— Cooperation, not secession, is best for all of Illinois – EDITORIAL (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Illinois make it clear that they want individuals, organizations, and companies that are members of the following groups to leave Illinois: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180615/editorial-cooperation-not-secession-is-best-for-all-of-illinois
— Trump says he won’t sign ‘moderate’ GOP immigration bill – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180615/trump-says-he-wont-sign-moderate-gop-immigration-bill
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote Islam.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180615/suburban-muslims-mark-end-of-ramadan-with-eid-festivities

— Sun-Times sells Chicago Reader to African-American group – Robert Feder
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180615/feder-sun-times-sells-chicago-reader-to-african-american-group

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Roskam’s intriguing immigration move – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Those who want Roskam to lose a) want Roskam to dump Trump, b) want Roskam to dump all those who voted for Trump, c) stress that in the 2016 general election, only 137 voted for Trump in my precinct while 211 voted for Clinton, and d) stress that in the 2016 primary election, only 21 voted for Trump while 93 voted for Kasich.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180615/BLOGS02/180619894/roskams-intriguing-immigration-move
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In what some are interpreting as a clear break with the president, embattled west suburban U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Wheaton, is putting some distance between himself and the Trump administration on the volatile issue of whether to seize and separately hold the children of immigrant parents who are arrested for illegally trying to enter the country. But the size and duration of the distance isn’t quite clear yet. And Roskam’s Democratic re-election foe, Sean Casten, promptly attacked Roskam’s action as inadequate. Roskam’s move came in a statement late yesterday, in which he said that “dragging children away from their parents” should not be a means to securing the U.S. border. “The events unfolding at our nation’s borders are heartbreaking. Being forcibly separated from a child is a parent’s worst nightmare and I cannot fathom the pain these families are enduring,” said Roskam, who already was under pressure from major donors and others to do something to break the immigration standoff. “Every day these children spend apart from their parents, confused, scared, and alone, inflicts additional and unnecessary trauma.” “While I believe we have a responsibility to secure our borders, I also believe that how we treat strangers reflects the moral values this country was founded on. Dragging children away from their parents ought not be a part of the solution,” he continued. “I stand with residents of the 6th District and urge the Department of Justice and Homeland Security to reverse the zero tolerance policy that removes children from their parents at the border.” U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions shows no sign of doing so. In a speech yesterday, he even cited a Bible passage—once used to defend slavery—in arguing that God wants citizens to obey the laws of their country. All he’s doing is enforcing a law that Democrats and former President Barack Obama could have changed, Sessions and Trump have said. But Obama didn’t enforce the law in the way Session has, grabbing pre-teen children and holding them in camps and other facilities sometimes thousands of miles away, with little if any contact with their parents. So, what is Roskam going to do to pursue his views and change U.S policy? Roskam’s spokeswoman said he would have supported compromise legislation that House Speaker Paul Ryan is pushing to end family division while giving Trump some things he wants, such as money for the Mexican wall. But Trump today said he wouldn’t sign it, dealing the bill a possibly fatal blow. Given that, what will Roskam do now to turn up pressure on Sessions, Trump and others to back off? Roskam apparently wants to let the dust settle for a few days and see what happens next. Casten is pouncing. “Congress is supposed to be a ‘check’ on the President, not a rubber stamp. It’s clear that neither the Department of Justice nor the Department of Homeland security will act against the president’s wishes,” Casten’s campaign said in a statement. “So we need a Congress with the backbone to pass a law and make this stop. Peter Roskam won’t do it. Sean Casten will. And that’s the fundamental difference in this campaign between an independent Democrat and a Trump Republican who votes with his leader 94 percent of the time.” No word yet on where the Chicago area’s two other GOP congressmen, Randy Hultgren of Plano and Adam Kinzinger of Channahon, stand. But watch for this issue to get increased attention because, even today, TV film of scared kids locked up away from their mom and dad is horrible politics.)

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Kinzler says culture in Springfield is ‘broken’ – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511456644-kinzler-says-culture-in-springfield-is-broken

 

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— After trashing Trump for two years, Rauner says he’s “very proud” of White House (DIERSEN: Those who want Rauner to lose a) want Rauner to trash Trump and b) want Rauner to trash all those who voted for Trump.)
https://realgopillinois.com/2018/06/14/after-trashing-trump-for-two-years-rauner-says-hes-very-proud-of-white-house/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— SAM MCCANN SAYS HE’S ESTABLISHING ILLINOIS’ CONSERVATIVE PARTY WITH GUBERNATORIAL BID (DIERSEN: The Democrat Party is the liberal/Libertarian/Green party. The Republican Party is supposed to be the conservative party.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/sam-mccann-says-hes-establishing-illinois-conservative-party-with-gubernatorial-bid.html
— ILLINOIS STATE REP ALLEN SKILLICORN OFFERS FREE CONCEAL AND CARRY TRAINING FOR 12 CONSTITUENTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/illinois-state-rep-offers-free-conceal-and-carry-training-for-12-constituents.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner claims unpaid bills at $10B when he took office
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/15/rauner-claims-unpaid-bills-at-10b-when-he-took-office/
— McCann talks supporting Trump, Rauner buying GOP
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/15/mccann-talks-supporting-trump-rauner-buying-gop/

 

BLAZE
— Nancy Pelosi wonders why Americans are not ‘uprising’ against Trump admin. over border conditions – Teri Webster
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/15/nancy-pelosi-wonders-why-americans-are-not-uprising-against-trump-admin-over-border-conditions

 

BREITBART
— Dave Brat: E-Verify ‘Will Stop the Magnet’ of Illegal Immigration – Sean Moran
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/15/brat-e-verify-stop-magnet-illegal-immigration/
— Emboldened Trump Repeatedly Rips Media During Impromptu Press Conference – John Nolte
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/06/15/trump-rips-media-blasts-cnn-as-a-fraud-slams-obnoxious-reporter/
— Kentucky Man Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail For Attacking Sen. Rand Paul – Joshua Caplan
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/15/kentucky-man-sentenced-to-30-days-in-jail-for-attacking-sen-rand-paul/
— In Merkel migrant row, Germans back tough policies: poll – AFP
http://www.breitbart.com/news/in-merkel-migrant-row-germans-back-tough-policies-poll/

 

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP TELLS JAPANESE PM WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF HE SENT ’25 MILLION MEXICANS’ TO JAPAN – Saagar Enjeti
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/15/trump-japan-mexicans/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps work very hard to make religious people and religious organization anti-American.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/15/nancy-pelosi-religion-hypocrites-immigration/

 

TOWNHALL
— WSJ Columnist: Hey, The ‘No Bias’ Claim In DOJ IG Report Is Not What It Seems – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/06/15/wsj-columnist-hey-the-no-bias-claim-in-doj-ig-report-is-not-what-it-seems-n2490944

 

GOPUSA
— RINOs defect, Democrats scream over Trump’s zero tolerance border policy
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48100
— Court-appointed monitor says children being treated well in border detention facility
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48088

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use children as cannon fodder.
http://thehill.com/latino/392522-ap-about-2000-children-separated-from-parents-over-6-weeks
— Anti-Trump Republicans better look out — voters might send you packing – LARRY HART
http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/392490-anti-trump-republicans-better-look-out-voters-might-send-you-packing
— Trump immigration comments spark chaos in GOP – SCOTT WONG AND MELANIE ZANONA
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/392474-trump-immigration-comments-spark-chaos-in-gop

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use children as cannon fodder.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/15/politics/family-separation-democrats-trump/index.html

 

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use children as cannon fodder.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/2000-children-now-us-custody-dhs-calls-family/story?id=55930450

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use children as cannon fodder.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/1-995-children-separated-families-border-under-zero-tolerance-policy-n883716

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Judge Orders Paul Manafort Jailed Before Trial, Citing New Obstruction Charges – Sharon LaFraniere
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/us/politics/manafort-bail-revoked-jail.html
— How Much Can Democrats Count on Suburban Liberals? – Thomas B. Edsall
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/opinion/trump-racism-liberals-suburbs.html
— Harvard Rated Asian-American Applicants Lower on Personality Traits, Lawsuit Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/us/harvard-asian-enrollment-applicants.html
— Feeling Good About the Economy? You’re Probably a Republican – Ben Casselman and Jim Tankersley (DIERSEN: If you are a Republican in Illinois, you probably do NOT feel good about the future. Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Illinois make it clear that they want you to leave Illinois if you are a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/business/economy/survey-trump-economy.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use children as cannon fodder.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/06/15/why-the-trump-administration-bears-the-blame-for-separating-children-from-their-families-at-the-border/
— Promoted six times and then fired: Inside a 24-year-old political appointee Taylor Weyeneth’s wild ride in Trump’s Washington – Robert O’Harrow Jr. (DIERSEN: When did you start earning $100,000-a-year in to today’s dollars (GS-13 Step 3)? I did in 1988 when I was 40 years old. By then, I had worked for GAO for almost 9 years, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/promoted-six-times-and-then-fired-the-inside-story-of-a-political-appointees-wild-ride-in-trumps-washington/2018/06/15/ebf6290a-5eab-11e8-8c93-8cf33c21da8d_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He was one of the fastest-rising political appointees of the Trump administration, an unpaid campaign intern with no professional experience who soared into a top job with a six-figure salary at the White House’s drug policy office. But on Jan. 14, in the hours after a front-page Washington Post story cast doubt on his résumé and qualifications, 24-year-old Taylor Weyeneth was feeling vulnerable. “Can I ask you what the plan is for me now,” Weyeneth texted the White House official who had promoted him. “You’re fine. No action required,” Sean Doocey, then deputy director of the Office of Presidential Personnel, wrote back. “It is garbage journalism by a garbage newspaper.” Two months later, Weyeneth was gone — demoted, told not to speak publicly and finally fired as the political fallout spread. This is the inside account of a political appointee’s time in Trump’s Washington. It’s the story of a young operative whose central qualification was loyalty and whose responsibilities included furnishing the White House with intelligence about career employees at a time when the administration distrusts the standing bureaucracy to an unusual degree.)

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use children as cannon fodder.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/06/15/dhs-nearly-2-000-children-separated-adults-border/706265002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/06/15/tent-cities-immigrant-children-texas-backlash/705562002/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use children as cannon fodder.
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-edit-daca-immigration-20180615-story.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-news-children-immigrant-trump-administration-policy-20180615-story.html

 

FORTUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use children as cannon fodder.
http://fortune.com/2018/06/15/trump-border-kids-separated/

 

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— MAY 21, 2018 FLASHBACK: Why It’s So Hard to Speak Up Against a Toxic Culture – Francesca Gino (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the toxic culture in GAO’s Chicago office while I worked there 1980-1997. The culture was especially toxic for its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://hbr.org/2018/05/why-its-so-hard-to-speak-up-against-a-toxic-culture
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One reason people don’t speak up is the significant risk of doing so. Challenging the status quo threatens people’s status and relationships with supervisors and coworkers, research shows. Speaking up can also result in negative performance evaluation, undesirable job assignments, or even termination. Most people are aware of these potential costs; as a result, most stay quiet about bias, injustice, and mistreatment. Then there is the bystander effect: When a person is in trouble, others who are present often fail to intervene, whether because they assume other people will or because they think it’s not their place to act. The more costly intervening would be, the less likely we are to do so.)

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Equality Illinois Urges Gov. Rauner to Extend Non-Discrimination Protections to All Illinois Workplaces (DIERSEN: Have you ever worked for an employer that had 14 or fewer employees? While I worked for employers 1964-1997, I worked for an employer that had 14 or fewer employees for about 2 months in 1966.)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/EI-Urges-Gov-Rauner-to-Extend-Non-Discrimination-Protections-to-All-Illinois-Workplaces-/63218.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Equality Illinois urges Gov. Bruce Rauner to sign legislation that would extend Illinois’ workplace non-discrimination protections to businesses of all sizes in the state and ensure all Illinoisans have access to the legal tools of justice when they experience employment discrimination. Under current law, workers in businesses of 14 and fewer employees outside of Cook County can still be fired for being LGBTQ, a racial minority, a woman, because of their faith, and for other reasons based on their personal identities. The Illinois General Assembly passed the important civil rights measure, House Bill 4572, ending that exclusion and extending protections to thousands more workers, with bipartisan support during the spring session. The bill was delivered to the governor’s office on Thursday.)

June 15 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— PLEASE CONSIDER HELPING SPONSOR WHEATON’S INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE AND FIREWORKS! So far, $1,950 has been pledged, but $550 more is needed. Illinois Republican Party leader and Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar has pledged $500 and Judge Jeff MacKay has pledged $250. Bob Berlin, Dan Cronin, Tim Elliott, Amy Grant, Gwen Henry, Paul Hinds, Marty Keller, Dave Molitor, John Monino, Chris Nybo, Peter Roskam, and Darlene Ruscitti have each made $100 pledges. Of course, I have promised the Wheaton Park District, the organizer of the parade and fireworks, that I will cover any fundraising shortfall.

As a $2,500 Star sponsor, DuPage County Republicans will get credit for sponsoring the Tunes of Glory bagpipers and the Wheaton North and South High School bands in the parade. DuPage Republicans will again have a booth at the fireworks the evening before the parade. I will again hand deliver a flyer to all the residences and businesses on the parade route that lists the Republican entries in the parade, the Republican sponsors, and the amount that they contributed. The flyers will be printed courtesy of Alpha Graphics and I plan on delivering them on Thursday, June 21. Please phone me at 630-653-0462 about sponsorship and mail a check made out to the Wheaton Park District for $100 or more to me ASAP at 915 Cove Court, Wheaton, Illinois 60189-6326.

So far, Republican entries in the parade are Peter Roskam, Peter Breen/Amy Grant, Paul Hinds, James Mendrick, Grant Eckhoff/Tim Elloitt/Chris Zaruba, Jeff McKay, Karen Wilson, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee. Please help me encourage Republican candidates on November 6 ballots in Wheaton a) to have an entry in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and b) to help sponsor the parade. Those candidates include Bruce Rauner and Evelyn Sanguinetti, Erika Harold, Jason Helland, Darlene Senger, Jim Dodge, Mike Connelly, Chris Nybo, Darlene Ruscitti, Dan Cronin, Gwen Henry, Kevin Wiley, Jim Zay, Al Murphy, and Joseph Cantore. The deadline for parade entries has been extended to June 20 and the cost is $180. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/july-2018-independence-day-celebration-parade-entry-tickets-43661232923?aff=es2 Thanks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump’s legal team dealt setback in defamation suit – Mark Berman and Frances Stead Sellers (DIERSEN: According to Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation), “There are several things a person must prove to establish that libel has taken place. In the United States, a person must prove that 1) the statement was false, 2) caused harm, and 3) was made without adequate research into the truthfulness of the statement. These steps are for an ordinary citizen. For a celebrity or public official, a person must prove the first three steps, and that the statement was made with the intent to do harm or with reckless disregard for the truth, which is usually specifically referred to as “actual malice.”)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180615/281779924837124
— Almost nothing is known about dozens of concealed carry shootings in Illinois. Why? – Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas, Jennifer Smith Richards
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-illinois-concealed-carry-shootings-20180523-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: University of Chicago to stop requiring ACT and SAT scores for prospective undergraduates – Dawn Rhodes (DIERSEN: According to this article, students who are NOT low-income and NOT minority have an unfair advantage. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I have always had many unfair advantages. They a) decry my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, b) decry my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) decry my passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, d) decry my passing the Post Office employment examination in 1966, and e) decry my passed all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-university-chicago-sat-act-20180614-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A growing number, including DePaul University, have opted to stop requiring the SAT and ACT in their admissions process, saying the tests place an unfair cost and burden on low-income and minority students, and ultimately hinder efforts to broaden diversity on campus. But the trend has escaped the nation’s most selective universities.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Aurora promotes LGBTQ activity. What does your municipality promote?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/lifestyles/ct-abn-ent-pride-aurora-0615-story.html
— CPS workers to undergo fresh background checks before start of next school year – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-chicago-school-background-check-changes-20180614-story.html
— After performance, Stormy Daniels seemingly storms out of Chicago strip club – Morgan Greene
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-stormy-daniels-chicago-20180615-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— House GOP unveils bill for young immigrants, $25B for border – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/gop-leaders-sell-immigration-bills-with-trumps-blessing/
— After shooting fiancée, ex-cop was hired, promoted by medical examiner – Robert Herguth and Tim Novak
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cook-county-medical-examiner-anthony-finnelly-ex-cop-shot-fiancee/
— Cicero town president pulled into primary rival’s election suit against Madigan
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cicero-town-president-pulled-into-primary-rivals-election-suit-against-madigan/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Trump backer to sign thieves: Just pay up to avoid prosecution – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas (DIERSEN: How anti-Trump is your precinct? In the 2016 general election, only 137 voted for Trump in my precinct while 211 voted for Clinton. In the 2016 primary election, only 21 voted for Trump while 93 voted for Kasich. How long would a pro-Trump sign last in your front yard?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180615/trump-backer-to-sign-thieves-just-pay-up-to-avoid-prosecution
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Last week, with a high-stakes summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un on the horizon and plenty of news coverage in the Daily Herald and elsewhere about an “Impeach Trump” yard sign in Elgin, Ernest Lasse decided that someone ought to show some support for the president. Lasse installed in front of his Mount Prospect home a roughly 15-square-foot plywood sign reading “TRUMP” in big red letters, surrounded by the words “Make America Great Again.” Not being naive, Lasse knew the sign wouldn’t be popular with everyone. He set up a camera in his front window to capture video of anyone who would do the sign harm. Sure enough, footage shows that a pair of young men came along about 9:30 p.m. Friday and stole the sign from the yard. Lasse found pieces of it the next morning on the bank of nearby Weller Creek. Police were called, reports were written and charges are possible. But before he pursues a formal complaint, Lasse has an offer he hopes the vandals can’t refuse.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting high school students to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180614/naperville-church-preparing-for-parkland-gun-control-bus-tour

 

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Republicans attack Dems for sex harassment—even as they worship Trump.”
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/06/15/republicans-attack-dems-for-sex-harassment-even-as-they-worship-trump
— Stormy Daniels storms out of Chicago strip club amid dispute: ‘I got fired,’ she says as weekend shows appear canceled The porn star left her performance early Thursday during the first of five planned shows at the Admiral. The strip club plans to sue her. – Ryan Smith
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/06/15/stormy-daniels-storms-out-of-chicago-strip-club-amid-dispute-i-got-fired-she-says-as-weekend-shows-appear-canceled

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ROSKAM breaks from Trump on BORDER policy – Natasha Korecki (DIERSEN: How anti-Trump is your precinct? In the 2016 general election, only 137 voted for Trump in my precinct while 211 voted for Clinton. In the 2016 primary election, only 21 voted for Trump while 93 voted for Kasich. To get more votes in my precinct for Roskam in the 2018 general election, will anti-Trumps want me to stress to the voters in my precinct the ways in which Roskam breaks with Trump? Anti-Trumps stress to Roskam that in the 2018 primary, of the 504 registered voters in my precinct, a) only 90 (18%) voted for Roskam, b) only 112 (22%) cast Republican ballots, c) only 207 (41%) are registered Republicans, d) 23 (5%) changed their party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, and e) 21 (4%) changed from unaffiliated to Democrat. They stress that there is no elected or appointed Democrat Precinct Committeeman in my precinct. They hint/imply/argue/shout that Roskam has gotten far fewer votes in my precinct because of me, because of my GOPUSA Illinois emails, and because of my support for Trump.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/06/15/roskam-breaks-from-trump-on-border-policy-koch-group-targets-durbin-new-bill-targets-cps-abuse-280333
(FROM THE ARTICLE: U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) broke from the Trump administration on Thursday and called on the Department of Justice and Homeland Security to reverse a zero tolerance policy that separates children from their parents at the border. Roskam’s comments come amid a national debate that grew more acrimonious on Thursday after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended the practice, citing the Bible: “I would cite you to the Apostle Paul and his clear and wise command in Romans 13, to obey the laws of the government because God has ordained them for the purpose of order. If you cross the Southwest border unlawfully, then the Department of Homeland Security will arrest you and the Department of Justice will prosecute you. Having children does not give you immunity from arrest and prosecution.” At a contentious White House press briefing, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended that stance, saying: “I can say that it is very biblical to enforce the law. That is actually repeated a number of times throughout the Bible.” Roskam joins other Republicans, including Speaker Paul Ryan, to raise concerns with the policy. Roskam’s statement on Thursday called for a full reversal. “The events unfolding at our nation’s borders are heartbreaking. Being forcibly separated from a child is a parent’s worst nightmare and I cannot fathom the pain these families are enduring. Every day these children spend apart from their parents, confused, scared, and alone, inflicts additional and unnecessary trauma,” Roskam said in a statement. “While I believe we have a responsibility to secure our borders, I also believe that how we treat strangers reflects the moral values this country was founded on. Dragging children away from their parents ought not be a part of the solution.” Roskam has been under intense pressure by both constituents and donors to come up with a resolution on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Roskam’s suburban district has the largest DACA population of any Illinois member, according to the Illinois Business Immigration Commission. He’s faced regular protests in his district, including from advocates who have called for him to fix DACA.)

 

ROBERT FEDER
— Shia Kapos takes over Illinois Playbook (DIERSEN: If my critics/opponents succeed in stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out, who do they want to replace me with? Of course, most importantly, they want someone who they can manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.robertfeder.com/2018/06/14/robservations-shia-kapos-takes-illinois-playbook/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Shia Kapos, the longtime and well-connected chronicler of Chicago’s movers and shakers, is replacing Natasha Korecki as writer of Politico’s Illinois Playbook. Korecki, who’s been writing the daily newsletter on politics and government since 2015, was promoted to national correspondent for Politico. “I’ll still be here for a couple of weeks before handing over the baton,” Korecki reported. Kapos, a former columnist for the Sun-Times and Crain’s Chicago Business, has been blogging — Taking Names at ShiaKapos.com — and covering corporate governance for Acuris. “I’ve loved writing about big shareholders for Acuris, but I really enjoy digging in to Chicago news,” Kapos said. “Writing the Illinois Playbook is a dream come true. I have big shoes to fill as Natasha has become the premiere political writer in Illinois — and soon the Midwest. I think together we’ll be kicking ass and taking names.”)

 

JOHN BIVER
— THE RACE FOR CHICAGO MAYOR: WINTER IS COMING
https://johnbiver.com/race-chicago-mayor-winter-coming/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— AN APOLOGY TO ILLINOIS REVIEW READERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/an-apology-to-illinois-review-readers-.html
— ILLINOIS HOME VALUE ARMAGEDDON Crime, pensions and taxes are driving down the value of your home.
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/illinois-home-value-armageddon.html
— AMERICANS THINK THE NEWS INDUSTRY IS “HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/americans-think-the-news-industry-is-headed-in-the-wrong-direction.html

 

GOPUSA
— What will the media do if Trump isn’t the second coming of Hitler?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47959

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Congressional Republicans break from Trump on zero-tolerance border policy – S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/14/trump-administrations-zero-tolerance-border-policy/

 

NEWSMAX
— GOP Responds to IG Report: ‘Not the FBI Our Country Needs’ – Todd Beamon
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/justice-department-trey-gowdy-house-oversight-committee-inspector-general/2018/06/14/id/866229/

 

DAILY CALLER
— IG REVELATIONS ON AGENT/JOURNO GIFT-GIVING COULD BE FEDERAL CRIMES – Kevin Daley
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/14/agent-journalist-gifts-could-be-federal-crimes/

 

DAILY TORCH
— Did an Obama Executive Order force the government to hire unqualified applicants? – Natalia Castro (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://dailytorch.com/2018/06/did-an-obama-executive-order-force-the-government-to-hire-unqualified-applicants/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Employees should be hired based on their ability to complete the tasks they have been assigned and nothing else. Yet under the Obama administration, hiring practices for the federal government were moved away from merit to fulfill goals irrelevant to the positions. Policies intended to simplify the federal government application process had the consequence of increasing politicization in the federal workforce and overburdening human resource offices. In May 2010, former President Barack Obama issued a memorandum on Improving the Federal Recruitment and Hiring Process. This memorandum directed agencies to simplify their application process to “eliminate any requirement that applicants respond to essay-style questions” and allowed individuals to submit resumes and cover letters or complete “simple, plain language” instead. The result was a flood of new applications. According to Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning, the goal was not just to increase hiring in the federal government but to increase political hiring. Manning notes, “The 2010 memorandum was always intended to give Obama supporters an easier path to enter the civil service. By overwhelming human resource departments with applications, it accomplished just that.” This was the first of several presidential orders to reshape the federal workforce.)

 

BLAZE
— IG Report: Do you support Trump? Then you’re a lazy pieces of shit,” according to (at least one) FBI employee – Breck Dumas (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were always very careful to not put anything in writing that could get them in trouble.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/15/ig-report-do-you-support-trump-then-youre-a-lazy-pos-according-to-at-least-one-fbi-employee

 

POLITICO
— Trump Ordered Troops to the Border, But They’re Doing Busywork In this ramshackle town, National Guard soldiers are doing everything from shoveling manure to changing tires. What they’re not doing: Watching the border. – BRYAN BENDER (DIERSEN: Talk about waste. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 after having 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. Outrageously wastefully, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/06/14/trump-ordered-troops-to-the-border-but-theyre-doing-busywork-218821

 

REUTERS
— Rocky road ahead for ‘Dreamer’ immigrants bill in U.S. House – Susan Cornwell, Amanda Becker
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-congress/rocky-road-ahead-for-dreamer-immigrants-bill-in-u-s-house-idUSKBN1JA27K

 

ABC NEWS
— RNC Chairwoman clarifies tweet viewed as threat to anti-Trump GOPers – JOHN VERHOVEK
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rnc-chairwoman-clarifies-tweet-viewed-threat-anti-trump/story?id=55896450

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting “conservative religious leaders” to act as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/us/trump-immigration-religion.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps use children brought into America illegally to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/insider/brownsville-walmart-migrant-shelter.html
— How the I.R.S. Could Punish Trump and His Foundation – Jesse Drucker (DIERSEN: How has IRS punished you? My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/business/trump-foundation-irs-attorney-general.html
— Facebook’s New Political Algorithms Increase Tension With Publishers – Ben Sisario (DIERSEN: Beyond overwhelmingly, news is reported by people who want to defend and advance the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and/or the Green Party platform.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/business/media/mark-thompson-facebook-algorithm.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The most recent salvo came on Thursday, when Mark Thompson, the chief executive of The New York Times Company, accused Facebook of unintentionally “supporting the enemies of quality journalism” by using algorithms that can mischaracterize news as partisan political content. Mr. Thompson was speaking at a panel discussion in New York, which also included Campbell Brown, Facebook’s head of global news partnerships. Ms. Brown defended a policy Facebook recently introduced in response to criticism over how its ad network was able to be manipulated during elections. Ms. Brown cited the importance of safeguarding elections and said the problems with political ads were “something we are deeply concerned about. We hear you.”)
— In Name of Free Speech, States Crack Down on Campus Protests – Jeremy W. Peters
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/us/politics/campus-speech-protests.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump says he would oppose immigration bill cobbled together by House GOP, dealing a blow to leaders rallying support for it
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/06/15/trump-says-he-would-oppose-immigration-bill-cobbled-together-by-house-gop-dealing-a-blow-to-leaders-rallying-support-for-it/
— Trump’s attacks on federal employee unions, pay and benefits draw bipartisan rebukes – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican a) are anti-federal employee and b) anti-federal retiree.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/06/15/trumps-attacks-on-federal-employee-unions-pay-and-benefits-draw-bipartisan-rebukes/

 

BALTIMORE POST
— Trump’s attacks on federal employee unions, pay and benefits draw bipartisan rebukes – JOE DAVIDSON
http://thebaltimorepost.com/trumps-attacks-on-federal-employee-unions-pay-and-benefits-draw-bipartisan-rebukes/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— This Is No Time to Go to Pot Legalizing marijuana encourages use of harder drugs and sets back the cause of social justice. – Patrick Kennedy and Kevin Sabet
https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-is-no-time-to-go-to-pot-1529018027
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/social-security-needs-immigrants-1529018058
— Insubordination and Bias at FBI The inspector general report is careful in its conclusions, but damning on the facts. – Kimberley A. Strassel
https://www.wsj.com/articles/insubordination-and-bias-at-fbi-1529018176
— In Harvard Affirmative Action Suit, Filings to Provide Rare Look at Admissions Process Lawsuit alleges Harvard intentionally discriminates against Asian-Americans – Melissa Korn and Nicole Hong
https://www.wsj.com/articles/court-filings-to-shine-light-on-how-harvard-employs-affirmative-action-in-admissions-1528905750
— University of Chicago Drops SAT, ACT Requirement for Admissions Prestigious university joins movement to de-emphasize test scores, saying it ‘levels the playing field’ – Tawnell D. Hobbs (DIERSEN: According to this article, “Some students are good testers, some students are not.” Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I have had an unfair advantage because I am a good tester. They a) decry my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, b) decry my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) decry my passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, d) decry my passing the Post Office employment examination in 1966, and e) decry my passed all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/university-of-chicago-drops-sat-act-requirement-for-admissions-1529009194

 

ARIZONA DAILY SUN & TUCSON
— GOP brass wants rep out after immigration remark – Howard Fischer (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, America is becoming anti-White and Democrats and RINOs are overjoyed about that.)
https://azdailysun.com/news/local/gop-brass-wants-rep-out-after-immigration-remark/article_20ac9769-12c2-5787-8617-23568e3d77ed.html
https://tucson.com/news/local/arizona-gop-chair-calls-on-prescott-legislator-to-resign-over/article_e53cc5e9-cd22-55d0-88f0-4a239bae3d16.html

June 13 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— PLEASE CONSIDER HELPING SPONSOR WHEATON’S INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE! So far, $1,550 has been pledged, but $950 more is needed. Illinois Republican Party leader and Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar has pledged $500 and Judge Jeff MacKay has pledged $250. Bob Berlin, Tim Elliott, Amy Grant, Paul Hinds, Marty Keller, Dave Molitor, Peter Roskam, and Darlene Ruscitti have made $100 pledges.

 

As a $2,500 Star sponsor, DuPage County Republicans will get credit for sponsoring the Tunes of Glory bagpipers and the Wheaton North and South High School bands. DuPage Republicans will again have a booth at the fireworks the evening before the parade. I will again hand deliver a flyer to all the residences and businesses on the parade route that lists the sponsors and the amount that they contributed. Please phone me at 630-653-0462 about sponsorship and mail a check made out to the Wheaton Park District for $100 or more to me ASAP at 915 Cove Court, Wheaton, Illinois 60189-6326.

 

So far, Republican entries in the parade are Peter Roskam, Peter Breen/Amy Grant, Paul Hinds, James Mendrick, Grant Eckhoff/Tim Elloitt/Chris Zaruba, Jeff McKay, Karen Wilson, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee. Please help me encourage Republican candidates on November 6, 2018 ballots in Wheaton a) to have an entry in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and b) to help sponsor the parade. Those candidates include Bruce Rauner and Evelyn Sanguinetti, Erika Harold, Jason Helland, Darlene Senger, Jim Dodge, Mike Connelly, Chris Nybo, Darlene Ruscitti, Dan Cronin, Gwen Henry, Kevin Wiley, Jim Zay, Al Murphy, and Joseph Cantore. The deadline for parade entries has been extended to June 20, 2018 and the cost is $180. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/july-2018-independence-day-celebration-parade-entry-tickets-43661232923?aff=es2 Thanks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

ABC7
— Judge hears arguments in lawsuit by Alaina Hampton, former campaign aide for House Speaker Michael Madigan, alleging retaliation – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/judge-hears-arguments-in-lawsuit-by-former-madigan-campaign-aide-alleging-retaliation/3598175/
— Deerfield assault-weapons ban blocked by judge – Megan Hickey
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/deerfield-gun-ban-blocked-by-judge/3597699/

 

NBC5
— Ex-Madigan Aide Releases 14-Page Document Addressing Harassment Allegations
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/kevin-quinn-the-truth-report-alaina-hampton-485395391.html
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/read-the-truth-kevin-quinn-alaina-hampton-485397111.html
— Judge Blocks Chicago Suburb’s Semi-Automatic Weapons Ban Deerfield officials say they are reviewing the judge’s ruling and will consider an appeal
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Judge-Blocks-Chicago-Suburbs-Semi-Automatic-Weapons-Ban-485397681.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ex-Madigan aide answers woman’s harassment allegations: I was never her boss – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ex-madigan-aide-answers-womans-harassment-allegations-i-was-never-her-boss/
— Ken Dunkin, sexual harassment and proportionate justice – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/sexual-harassment-ken-dunkin-editorial/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Madigan aide ousted in sexual harassment texting scandal responds to woman who made the accusations – Stacy St. Clair and Christy Gutowski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-kevin-quinn-sexual-harassment-madigan-hampton-20180613-story.html
— Why haven’t Chicago Board of Education, CEO Jackson resigned over sexual abuse scandal? It’s the Chicago Way. – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-troy-laraviere-kass-20180612-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Suburban businesses plan to lay off 558 workers – Kim Mikus
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180613/suburban-businesses-plan-to-lay-off-558-workers
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Aurora promotes LGBTQ activity. What does your municipality promote?
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180613/auroras-first-gay-pride-parade-to-celebrate-everyone
— Former Aurora alderwoman Lynne Johnson pleads guilty to stealing from Meijer – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180613/former-aurora-alderwoman-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-from-meijer

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Abortion Opponents Back In Courtroom, Fighting Funding Law – DAISY CONTRERAS
http://nprillinois.org/post/abortion-opponents-back-courtroom-fighting-funding-law#stream/0
— Republicans Who Distance Themselves From Trump Struggle In Primaries – KELSEY SNELL
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/13/619447112/republicans-who-distance-themselves-from-trump-struggle-in-primaries

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Sexual harassment scandal in Springfield highlights need for new leadership, Smolenski says – Karen Kidd
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511456086-sexual-harassment-scandal-in-springfield-highlights-need-for-new-leadership-smolenski-says

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Roskam slams potential plans to pardon Blagojevich – Robert Hadley
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511454953-roskam-slams-potential-plans-to-pardon-blagojevich

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Raises should be based on merit, not ‘steps’ – Dan McCaleb (DIERSEN: Step increases recognize the work experience that you gain. The more step increases that you get, the more that is expected of you.)
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/op-ed-raises-should-be-based-on-merit-not-steps/article_9e25f3e4-6ec9-11e8-9013-cb1f51230d16.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WALSH RESIGNS FROM TURNING POINT USA’S ADVISORY BOARD OVER LEADERSHIP’S DEVOTION TO TRUMP
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/walsh-resigns-from-turning-point-usas-advisory-board-over-leaderships-devotion-to-trump.html
— AS CALIFORNIA CONSIDERS DIVIDING INTO 3 STATES, COULD ILLINOIS CONSIDER DIVIDING, TOO?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/as-california-considers-dividing-into-3-states-could-illinois-consider-dividing-too-.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— President Trump is 22 points underwater in Illinois poll
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/13/president-trump-is-22-points-underwater-in-illinois-poll/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— California GOP Gubernatorial Nominee Embraces Trump John Cox says the president will campaign for him – Haris Alic (DIERSEN: Will Republican candidates in Illinois embrace Trump? Will Trump campaign for Republican candidates in Illinois?)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/california-gop-gubernatorial-nominee-embraces-trump/

 

GOPUSA
— Twitter CEO apologizes to leftists for eating at Chick-fil-A
http://www.gopusa.com/twitter-ceo-apologizes-to-leftists-for-eating-at-chick-fil-a/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— IL GOP asks Trump not to pardon former Gov. Blagojevich – Rick Moran
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/06/il_gop_asks_trump_not_to_pardon_former_gov_blagojevich.html

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Pentagon brass influenced by Trump admin refuse to honor LGBT ‘pride month’ – Doug Mainwaring
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pentagon-brass-influenced-by-trump-admin-refuse-to-honor-lgbt-pride-month

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— America’s Entitlement Crisis Just Keeps Growing – MICHAEL TANNER
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/entitlement-crisis-social-security-medicare-outlook-worsens/

 

MSN
— Rep. Brat Says E-Verify Is Important Element of Immigration Reform
https://www.msn.com/da-dk/video/spil/rep-brat-says-e-verify-is-important-element-of-immigration-reform/vp-AAyB7BW

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— New York Times Examines Work History of Reporter in Leak Case – Michael M. Grynbaum (DIERSEN: If the New York Times examined my work history, what would it find? I have worked as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I worked for GAO 1980-1997, for IRS 1971-1980, for Firestone Stores 1970-1972, for the Post Office 1966-1969, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/12/business/media/ali-watkins-leaks.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Do You Feel More Secure? – Thomas L. Friedman (DIERSEN: Yes!)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/12/opinion/trump-kim-north-korea-allies.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump puts stranglehold on GOP — and woe to any Republican who objects – Mark Z. Barabak
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-sanford-republicans-20180613-story.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Mark Sanford’s primary loss shows the peril of crossing Trump – James Hohmann
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2018/06/13/daily-202-mark-sanford-s-primary-loss-shows-the-peril-of-crossing-trump/5b20522d30fb04775d8813d9/
— If Pruitt won’t resign and Trump won’t fire him, what penalty could he face? – Philip Bump (DIERSEN: What unjustified adverse actions have your employers taken against you? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Firestone Stores boss fired me when I told him that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/06/13/if-pruitt-wont-resign-and-trump-wont-fire-him-what-penalty-could-he-face/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Starting Law Firm Associate Salaries Hit $190,000 New York firm Milbank Tweed bumps starting annual pay, other firms slowly follow its lead – Sara Randazzo
https://www.wsj.com/articles/starting-law-firm-associate-salaries-hit-190-000-1528813210
— Vietnam Tightens Grip on Internet – James Hookway (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents are beyond furious that they do not have a “grip” on me. Short of killing me, they cannot take my Civil Service Retirement System pension or my Social Security away from me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/vietnam-tightens-grip-on-internet-with-data-storage-law-1528799753

 

FORBES
— The Job Description Is Obsolete – Marissa Peretz (DIERSEN: I should post my job descriptions and when I worked under them: GAO Band II Analyst 1989-1997, GAO GS-13 Analyst 1986-1989, GAO GS-12 Analyst 1982-1986, GAO GS-11 Analyst 1981-1982, GAO GS-9 Analyst 1980-1981, GS-12 IRS Revenue Office 1974-1980, GS-11 IRS Revenue Officer 1973-1974, GS-9 IRS Revenue Officer 1972-1973, GS-7 IRS Revenue Officer 1971-1972, Firestone Stores Retail Sales Manager 1970-1971, and GS-4 Post Office Substitute Carrier/Clerk 1966-1969.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marissaperetz/2018/06/13/the-job-description-is-obsolete/#6f55bc6775b8
(FROM THE ARTICLE: These written statements of the responsibilities, duties, required qualifications and reporting relationships of a position are ineffective.)

 

STATE FARM
— Green Driving: Get Behind the Wheel Less and Do Good (DIERSEN: What have you done to drive less? Things that I have done include a) using public transportation to get to/from work and/or school in 1971, 1973, 1974, and 1978-1997; b) walking to/from work and school 1974-1978; c) buying a home in walking distance to public transportation in 1978; and d) having a home built in walking distance from public transportation in 1984.)
https://www.statefarm.com/simple-insights/auto-and-vehicles/green-driving-get-behind-the-wheel-less-and-do-good
— A Timeline: How to Prepare for College (DIERSEN: Are/were you “college material?” While I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, I took college preparatory courses notwithstanding the fact that many, if not most, if not virtually everyone at the time viewed me as NOT being “college material.” Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I just barely made into the upper 20% of my class, my ACT score was only 24, I was draft bait, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).)
https://www.statefarm.com/simple-insights/college/a-timeline-how-to-prepare-for-college

 

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— IRS private debt collectors target low-income taxpayers – Michael Cohn
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs-private-debt-collectors-target-low-income-taxpayers-below-poverty-line

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— 21 Republicans to Trump: axe fed-targeting executive orders – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: The 21 include Mike Bost and Rodney Davis. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for almost 21 years. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupe’s hint/imply/argue/shout that past and present Republican U.S. Senators and Republican U.S. Representatives have thrown me under the bus and flushed me down the toilet.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2018/06/13/republicans-to-trump-axe-fed-targeting-executive-orders/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Members of President Donald Trump’s own party called out recent executive orders targeting federal employee unions, due process and official time use as an attempt to undermine existing law. The executive orders, signed May 25, make it easier for agencies to fire federal employees under investigation for misconduct while calling for the renegotiation of agency contracts with employee unions. They also limit the use of official time, which allows federal employees to conduct union activities such as representing employees in disputes and negotiating contracts with the agency, to no more than 25 percent of an employees work time. “We are concerned that the recent executive orders embark on a path that will undo many of the long-standing principles protected by law, which establish checks and balances not only in the federal workplace but for the American public,” wrote 21 Republican members of the House in a letter to the president. “We believe that the three executive orders undermine existing labor laws and we ask that you rescind them.” The representatives’ open opposition to the executive orders is significant, as House Democrats have already expressed strong opposition to the infringement on the collective bargaining and official time use of federal employees. The new letter marks a solid bipartisan opposition to the new executive orders. Many of the letter’s signers represent federal employee-dense districts and face reelection in November 2018. “As members representing a significant number of hard-working federal employees and retirees, we urge you to uphold the current law and long-standing federal labor statutes that protect America’s civil service from discrimination, unfair treatment and sexual harassment,” the representatives wrote. The legality of the executive orders has already been challenged in court by federal employee unions, and the letter’s assertion that the orders undermine labor laws provides support for that case. J. David Cox Sr., national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, which filed the May 30 suit, applauded the letter, saying: “We are heartened by this showing of support for our members and all federal employees. Everyone benefits when management and bargaining unit employees can work together effectively and efficiently, something President Trump’s executive orders undermine. This administration’s attempt to silence the voice of veterans, law enforcement officers and all hardworking federal employees is not just deplorable, it is illegal. The EOs are a direct rebuke to the checks and balances in our Constitution and comes dangerously close to encroaching on the rights of Congress to legislate.”)

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Federal Employees Last Year Broke Record for Proving Retaliation By Managers – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have proved retaliation by my GAO superiors.)
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2018/06/federal-employees-last-year-broke-record-proving-retaliation-against-them/148987/?oref=river
— Debt-Free College for Future Federal Employees – Erich Wagner (DIERSEN: Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, a) the longer that you are a federal employee, the less likely that private sector employers will hire you, b) your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you 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, c) you will be expected to help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and d) virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees.)
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/pay-benefits-watch/2018/06/expanding-military-parental-leave-debt-free-college-and-more/148975/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Democratic senator introduced a bill last month that would allow students to graduate from college debt-free, provided they enter public service. The Strengthening American Communities Act (S. 2984), introduced in May by Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland but announced last week, would establish a National Public Service Education Grant program, which would pay a significant portion of students’ tuition, provided that they agree to work for at least three years in public service. The program could remove many students’ reliance on student loans to pay for post-secondary education, and allow graduates to enter the workforce debt free. And those already working in positions eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which offers to erase debt after a decade of work in public service, would see relief after only three years.)

June 12 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Fight Over Deerfield Assault Weapons Ban Goes To Court A Day Before Deadline
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/12/deerfield-assault-weapons-ban-lawsuit-injunction/

 

NBC5
— Former Madigan Operative Shaw Decremer Still Wields Influence in Springfield After Harassment Allegations – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/former-madigan-operative-still-wield-influence-in-springfield-after-harassment-allegations-485270991.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Durbin and Duckworth give Emanuel a pass on CPS scandal – Kristen McQueary
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mcqueary-rahm-cps-abuse-durbin-duckworth-20180612-story.html
— Disgraced ex-Speaker Hastert to be deposed this summer in sexual abuse lawsuit – Christy Gutowski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-dennis-hastert-lawsuit-deposition-20180612-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/books/ct-lgbtq-children-books-20180606-photogallery.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/redeye/culture/ct-redeye-pride-parade-lakeview-questions-food-drink-where-when-20180611-story.html
— Lake County Board joins outcry over Foxconn environmental impact – Frank Abderholden
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-foxconn-lake-county-board-opposes-st-0613-story.html
— Maine Township Board violated Open Meetings Act by preventing trustees from voting, AG’s office says – Jennifer Johnson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/park-ridge/news/ct-prh-maine-open-meetings-act-violation-tl-0614-story.html
— Podcast duel unfolds between Roskam, Casten in 6th Congressional district – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-roskam-casten-sixth-podcast-st-0613-story.html
— U.S. politicians not yet toasting President Trump, Kim Jong Un summit – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-kim-summit-congress-20180612-story.html
— The Democratic Party unraveling is not good for America – Ed Rogers
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-dems-democratic-party-aclu-republicans-0614-20180612-story.html
— OUTSTANDING: Video gambling proponents find little support at Burr Ridge Village Board – Jesse Wright
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/burr-ridge/news/ct-dbr-no-to-gambling-tl-014-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— More than ever, Springfield’s corrupt old ways have to end – Gov. Bruce Rauner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/gov-bruce-rauner-political-corruption-illinois/
— Trump responds to Robert De Niro via Twitter, calls him ‘punch-drunk’ – Miriam Di Nunzio
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-responds-to-robert-de-niro-via-twitter-calls-him-punch-drunk/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump needs to sell Chicago-area congressmen on Korea – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180612/BLOGS02/180619965/trump-needs-to-sell-chicago-area-congressmen-on-korea

 

WLS AM
— Durkin: Rauner should sign gun shop licensing bill – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/06/12/durkin-rauner-should-sign-gun-shop-licensing-bill/

 

SOUTHERN
— In run for Illinois attorney general, Erika Harold says priorities are opioid crisis, busting corruption – ISAAC SMITH
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/in-run-for-illinois-attorney-general-erika-harold-says-priorities/article_89a06c3a-5bac-530b-85b1-a30d6418aabf.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— IDOT employee from Rochester fired over outside work – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: While I worked part-time for Firestone Stores 1971-1972 pumping gasoline, I had IRS’s official written permission. I worked for IRS 1971-1980.)
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/idot-employee-from-rochester-fired-over-outside-work/article_88dcb326-2aac-552c-a6cd-e521bde5f103.amp.html

 

DUPAGE COUNTY
— DuPage County Animal Services Unveils Specialty Veterinary Vehicle
http://www.dupageco.org/Content.aspx?id=57601

 

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Kelly Teams Up with Former Gov. Pat Quinn to Defeat Rahm
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-teams-up-with-former-gov-pat-quinn-to-defeat-rahm

 

ONE ILLINOIS
— RAUNER STUCK WITH EMBARRASSMENT KEN DUNKIN, REWARDED WITH A POLITICAL APPOINTMENT FOR SABOTAGING LEGISLATION, THUMBS HIS NOSE AT BOTH ACCUSERS AND THE GOVERNOR – TED COX
https://www.oneillinois.com/stories/2018/6/11/rauner-stuck-with-embarrassing-appointee

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Trump appointments bring Seventh Circuit’s judge roster back to full strength for first time in 8 years – Justin Stoltzfus
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511444350-trump-appointments-bring-seventh-circuit-s-judge-roster-back-to-full-strength-for-first-time-in-8-years

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— GOP lawmakers make it clear badmouthing president not OK on House floor – Angela Underwood
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511453311-gop-lawmakers-make-it-clear-badmouthing-president-not-ok-on-house-floor

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Northwest Side GOP Club to hold Illinois-Advised Conservative Collective and Banquet on June 21 – Glenn Minnis
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511454472-northwest-side-gop-club-to-hold-illinois-advised-conservative-collective-and-banquet-on-june-21

 

WIRE POINTS
— Magicians: How Illinois politicians made $1.2 billion in budget deficits disappear – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
http://www.wirepoints.com/magicians-how-illinois-politicians-made-1-2-billion-in-budget-deficits-disappear-wirepoints-original/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Want to Replace Karen McConnaughay on the Fall Ballot for State Senate?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/12/want-replace-karen-mcconnaughay-fall-ballot-state-senate/
— Legal Fees of Algonquin Township Clerk Karen Lukasik Questioned
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/12/legal-fees-algonquin-township-clerk-karen-lukasik-questioned/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Algonquin Township – The other side of the legal bills not being shared -$97,203.11 – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/06/algonquin-township-the-other-side-of-the-legal-bills-not-being-shared-97203-11/

 

ILLINOIS OPPORTUNITY PROJECT
— Taxpayers are on the hook for Tim Mapes’ six-figure pension – Pat Hughes
https://illinoisopportunity.org/taxpayers-are-on-the-hook-for-tim-mapes-six-figure-pension/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Sanguinetti ties Blagojevich to Pritzker
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/12/sanguinetti-ties-blagojevich-to-pritzker/
— Rotheimer claims she filed ARDC beefs against Madigan, Cullerton and the LIG, among others (DIERSEN: “Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct” are at http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/SupremeCourt/Rules/Art_VIII/default_NEW.asp)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/12/rotheimer-claims-she-filed-ardc-beefs-against-madigan-cullerton-and-the-lig-among-others/
— Hampton, Wallace say they want to be DPI executive director
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/12/hampton-wallace-say-they-want-to-be-dpi-executive-director/

 

BREITBART
— Dave Brat: GOP ‘Leadership Can End’ Amnesty Discharge Petition ‘Tomorrow’ if They Wanted – John Binder
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/12/exclusive-dave-brat-gop-leadership-can-end-amnesty-discharge-petition-tomorrow-if-they-wanted/
— Food Stamp Households Drop Below 20 Million for First Time Since 2010 – Katherine Rodriguez
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/11/food-stamp-households-drop-below-20-million-first-time-since-2010/

 

GOPUSA
— 30 percent of federal prisoners are illegal aliens (DIERSEN: You shout your disrespect for the rule of law if you a) come to a country illegally, b) stay in a country illegally, and/or c) bring others to a country illegally. Almost always, apples do not fall far from trees.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47615
— Animus toward country and free market capitalism begins in elementary school (DIERSEN: Democrat educators focus on cranking out “good little Democrats.”)
http://www.gopusa.com/animus-toward-country-and-free-market-capitalism-begins-in-elementary-school/

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Huffignton Post promotes LGBTQ activity.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-mamone-lgbtq-history-school_us_5b1eb078e4b0adfb826c632a

 

CNN
— Discover will pay for its employees to earn a college degree – Katie Lobosco (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction. To keep their jobs and to get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/12/pf/college/discover-tuition-benefit/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Illinois Prohibits Guns on Campuses. Teachers Are Training to Use Them Anyway. – Melissa Gomez
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/12/us/guns-concealed-carry-illinois-teachers.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— House GOP leaders wage last-ditch effort to stop uprising on immigration – Mike DeBonis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/scalise-warns-of-devastating-impact-as-gop-rebels-near-immigration-deadline/2018/06/12/c1a39a9e-6e45-11e8-bd50-b80389a4e569_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Attack on Educational Excellence Schools considered ‘too Asian’ were once branded ‘too white’ or ‘too Jewish.’ – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-attack-on-educational-excellence-1528844469

 

USA TODAY
— All the ways President Trump is cutting legal immigration – Alan Gomez (DIERSEN: If there were as many legal and illegal immigrants when I was young as there are now, employers would have hired them instead of me. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/06/12/donald-trump-cutting-legal-immigration/692447002/

 

HERALD NEWS
— Alcohol: A roadmap for marijuana in Massachusetts – Eli Sherman
http://www.heraldnews.com/news/20180611/alcohol-roadmap-for-marijuana-in-massachusetts

June 11 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Republicans challenge Democrats to call for Michael Madigan’s resignation over MeToo fallout.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/republicans-challenge-democrats-to-call-for-madigans-resignation-over-metoo-fallout/3590991/
— Illinois Republicans urge Trump not to grant Blagojevich clemency
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-republicans-urge-trump-not-to-grant-blagojevich-clemency/3591013/

 

CBS2
— Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s CEO, Blasted For Patronizing Chick-Fil-A
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/11/twitter-chick-fil-a-jack-dorsey-gay-same-sex-marriage/
— Illinois Republican Lawmakers Call For Democrats To Turn On House Speaker Mike Madigan – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/11/lawmakers-call-democrats-to-turn-backs-on-mike-madigan/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois’ Republican Washington delegation asks Trump to leave Blago’s sentence intact – Gregory Pratt
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-gop-congressional-delegation-trump-blago-20180611-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Woman who uncovered Madigan’s #metoo mess Alaina Hampton wants to run state Democratic Party – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/woman-who-uncovered-madigans-metoo-mess-wants-to-run-state-democratic-party/
— Blagojevich clemency: The 7 Illinois GOP Congress members tell Trump to say no – Lynn Sweet and Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/blagojevich-clemency-the-7-illinois-gop-congress-members-tell-trump-to-say-no/
— U.S. launches bid to find citizenship cheaters – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/us-launches-bid-to-find-citizenship-cheaters/
— Demand independence, transparency if you want government you can trust – Madeleine Doubek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/demand-independence-transparency-if-you-want-government-you-can-trust/
— Protesters block Loop traffic demanding rent control, elected school board – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/protesters-block-loop-traffic-rent-control-elected-school-board-cps-rahm-emanuel/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “President’s belligerence may have a cost for suburbs, Illinois.” In my precinct, because I am a Trump supporter, anti-Trump voters take their anger against Trump out on me. What do you say to Trump supporters who say that a) I do not do enough to help Trump and b) I do not do the right things to help Trump? They use against me the fact that 211 voted for Clinton in my precinct while only 137 voted for Trump.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180611/editorial-presidents-belligerence-may-have-a-cost-for-suburbs-illinois

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs make it clear that they want to use citizens of Mexico and citizens of other foreign countries to get rid of Republicans once and for all. What if Republicans brought in citizens of foreign countries to get rid of Democrats once and for all?
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180611/BLOGS02/180619988/durbin-rips-immigration-policy-as-possible-daca-vote-nears

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — Bost, Davis, Shimkus urge Trump to not pardon Blagojevich – Chuck Raasch
    https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/bost-davis-shimkus-urge-trump-to-not-pardon-blagojevich/article_7e3d6c33-6eae-5ffe-8345-387eeaba4f15.html

 

WTAX
— Because Gov. Rauner said no to a $15-an-hour minimum wage in Illinois, protesters outside his house in Springfield Monday said they would say no to Rauner come Election Day.
http://wtax.com/news/101101-mansion-protest/

 

WQLZ
— Ives Among Others Call for Democrats to Force Mike Madigan to Step Down
http://www.wqlz.com/2018/06/11/ives-among-others-call-for-democrats-to-force-mike-madigan-to-step-down/

 

CHICAGO PATCH
— Bears Or IL Lawmakers: Who Do You Side With On NFL Anthem Policy? The team publicly supported the rule change last week. But 4 U.S. representatives sharply criticized the league for silencing players. – Joe Vince
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/bears-or-il-lawmakers-who-do-you-side-nfl-anthem-policy

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Illinois Leaks Dips into Lakewood Poliltics
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/10/illinois-leaks-dips-lakewood-poliltics/
— Looking at Algonquin Township Road District Vacation Pay
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/11/117697/
— McHenry Citizen Says Annual Town Meeting Had No Authority to Order Township Board to Conduct a Cost-Benefit Study on Elimination of an Independent Road District
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/11/mchenry-citien-says-annual-town-meeting-no-authority-order-township-board-conduct-cost-benefit-study-elimination-independent-road-district/
— Looking at Reception of Joe Tirio’s County Clerk Campaign Slogan “I Won’t Hire My Wife” at Milk Day Parade
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/11/looking-reception-joe-tirios-campaign-slogan-wont-hire-wife-milk-day-parade/
— Sen. Dan McConchie Town Hall Meeting at Cary Village Hall Tuesday
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/11/sen-dan-mcconchie-town-hall-meeting-cary-village-hall-tuesday/

 

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Righter and House GOP members question Firearms Restraining Order Act – Angela Underwood
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/511453163-righter-and-house-gop-members-question-firearms-restraining-order-act

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives says that colleagues are ‘denying reality’ by telling public that new state budget is ‘balanced’- Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511454002-ives-says-that-colleagues-are-denying-reality-by-telling-public-that-new-state-budget-is-balanced

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IVES-LED GROUP OF GOP LAWMAKERS AND CANDIDATES CALL FOR MADIGAN TO RESIGN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) either promote reverse discrimination or have not been adversely affected by it and b) stress that I support the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/ives-led-group-of-gop-lawmakers-and-candidates-call-for-madigan-to-resign.html
— OUTRAGEOUS: ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY LEADERS PUSH FOR MORE VIDEO GAMBLING IN COOK COUNTY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/illinois-republican-party-leaders-push-for-more-video-gambling-in-cook-county.html
— CONGRESSMAN LAHOOD LEADS OPPOSITION TO BLAGOJEVICH PARDON
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/lahood-leads-opposition-to-blagojevich-pardon.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives uses #MeToo presser to showcase some of Proft’s candidates (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) either promote reverse discrimination or have not been adversely affected by it and b) stress that I support the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/11/ives-uses-metoo-presser-to-showcase-some-of-profts-candidates/
— Durbin takes credit for all-female DPI panel to find Mapes replacement (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I orchestrated the end of the following, but maybe someday, they will come forward and take credit: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship (2012), Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership (2011), Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster (2010 and 2004), Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership (2007), American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership (2004), GAO employee (1997), etc.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/11/durbin-takes-credit-for-all-female-dpi-panel-to-find-mapes-replacement/
— Illinois Republican congressmen ask Trump to oppose clemency for Blagojevich
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/11/illinois-republican-congressmen-ask-trump-to-oppose-clemency-for-blagojevich/

— Moody’s: Pension buyout plan is credit positive, poses “modest budget risk” (DIERSEN: If I was still working for GAO, since 1997, when I was 49 years old and my Democrat superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer,” I would have paid $182,035 into the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) instead of the CSRS paying me $1,076,178 in today’s dollars.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/11/moodys-pension-buyout-plan-is-credit-positive-poses-modest-budget-risk/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— It’s Not Bigotry to Believe Homosexuality Is a Sin – DAVID FRENCH
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/its-not-bigotry-to-believe-homosexuality-is-a-sin/
— The Equal Rights Amendment Is a Feminist Ruse – ALEXANDRA DESANCTIS
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/equal-rights-amendment-unnecessary-feminist-project/

 

GOPUSA
— Supreme Court rules that Ohio, other states can purge voting rolls (DIERSEN: How much deadwood is there on the voting rolls in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47764
— ICE raid worries landscapers who say they can’t find legal workers (DIERSEN: If there were as many legal and illegal immigrants when I was young as there are now, employers would have hired them instead of me. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47696
— Melania Trump’s sophistication annoys vicious media
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47725

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Twitter CEO apologizes for eating at Chick-fil-A, says he forgot its Christian ‘background’ – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/twitter-ceo-apologizes-for-eating-at-chick-fil-a-says-he-forgot-its-christi

 

NEWSMAX
— OUTSTANDING: Attorney General Sessions to Tighten Asylum Rules – Joe Crowe
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/jeff-sessions-asylum-rules-immigration-courts/2018/06/11/id/865439/

 

BREITBART
— GOP Gap Spikes in Generic Poll as GOP Donors, Ryan Push Amnesty – Neil Munro (DIERSEN: Cheap labor Democrat plants, cheap labor Libertarian plants, cheap labor Green plants, and cheap labor RINOs in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants have always worked very hard against me.)
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/06/10/generic-poll-gap-widens-as-gop-donors-ryan-push-amnesty/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The GOP’s deficit in the generic-ballot poll score has spiked from just 3.2 points to 7.6 points in the last week as business donors and House Speaker Paul Ryan push for a wage-cutting amnesty. The new polls show all of the GOP’s gradual gains since mid-March were suddenly wiped out starting June 1, when the Democrats held a mere 3.2 point advantage in the generic ballot, which records voters’ partisan preference. One week late, on June 8, the gap had jumped to 7.6 percent as the establishment media extensively and favorably covered the discharge-petition push and Ryan’s June 6 public support for an amnesty.)

 

BLAZE
— OUTRAGEOUS: President Trump tells reporters he would likely support bill ending federal ban on pot – Jana J. Pruet
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/11/president-trump-tells-reporters-he-would-likely-support-bill-ending-federal-ban-on-pot

 

DAILY CALLER
— HOLLYWOOD HATES YOU – Derek Hunter
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/11/daily-daily-caller-podcast-hollywood-hates-you/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The G-7’s socialist-leaning communique – Tom Rogan
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-g-7s-socialist-leaning-communique
— Real racism isn’t in Trump’s Twitter feed, it’s in America’s elite universities – Ying Ma
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/real-racism-isnt-in-trumps-twitter-feed-its-in-americas-elite-universities

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN: HEADLINE: Those who reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform “face decision day on Dreamer petition.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/391736-gop-centrists-face-decision-day-on-dreamer-petition?userid=3526
— GOP House nominee Seth Grossman calls diversity a ‘bunch of crap’ and ‘un-American’ – JUSTIN WISE (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire Republicans and to get rid of Republicans.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/391687-nj-gop-house-candidate-calls-diversity-a-bunch-of-crap
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the video, Grossman calls diversity an “un-American” concept, implies that the country was better off before affirmative action and says black Americans would benefit from stronger immigration enforcement. “The whole idea of diversity is a bunch of crap and un-American,” Grossman says. Diversity, he says, is “an excuse by Democrats, communists and socialists, basically, to say that we’re not all created equal, that if some people or somebody is less qualified, they will get a job anyway or they’ll get into college anyway because of what group or what box they fit into.” “Once we say that Republicans want these traditional ways that made America great for all these years, then maybe African-Americans will realize if we enforce our immigration laws, they’ll be more opportunities for Americans of all backgrounds,” he adds. “When we talk about women saying ‘Well we need special care for child care, we need this credit and that credit.’ I say, wait a minute, when America was great, one parent alone earned more than enough money to comfortably support a family.” On Monday, Grossman, a noted supporter of President Trump, told Philly.com that he stands by his comments. He also contended that American Bridge PAC is trying to brand Trump-aligned Republicans as “radical and unacceptable.”)

 

POLITICO
— Illinois Republicans buck Trump over Blagojevich – NATASHA KORECKI
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/11/illinois-republicans-blagojevich-commutation-trump-636881

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Sessions Says Domestic Violence Is Not Grounds for Asylum – Katie Benner
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/us/politics/sessions-domestic-violence-asylum.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What to Do When the Labor Market Stops Working for Workers – Alan S. Blinder (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are pro-employer and anti-worker. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I was a lowly failed worker. They stress that I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-to-do-when-the-labor-market-stops-working-for-workers-1528756950

 

JOURNAL OF COMMERCE
— Attracting women to construction still requires much groundwork – Keri Salvisburg Miller (DIERSEN: Because all the jobs that I had are viewed by society as being “bad” jobs that are held by “losers,” my superiors were frustrated in attracting and retaining qualified minorities and qualified females. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://canada.constructconnect.com/joc/news/associations/2018/06/attracting-women-construction-still-requires-much-groundwork-pca

 

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION
— DGA Calls on Rauner to Reveal Whether He Supports Trump Pardoning Himself (DIERSEN: Just kidding, but when will the DGA call on Rauner to reveal whether he supports Diersen’s call for him to sign a pledge that he will not take any actions against the Illinois Republican Party platform?)
https://democraticgovernors.org/news/dga-calls-on-rauner-to-reveal-whether-he-supports-trump-pardoning-himself/

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— The Victory Fund, the only national Political Action Committee dedicated to electing LGBTQ people to all levels of government announced their endorsement of Democratic nominee for Cook County Commissioner Kevin B. Morrison, who is running against the chair of the Illinois Republican Party 15th District Cook County Commissioner Tim Schneider. (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who will tell Schneider that to get reelected, he will have to a) dump all the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and b) dump all 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?)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/LGBTQ-Victory-Fund-backs-gay-Dem-for-Cook-County-Commissioner-/63153.html

June 10 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— White House takes up fight against ‘back-stabbing’ Trudeau – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-g7-statement-justin-trudeau/
— Sex abuse scandal is latest CPS fiasco under Rahm Emanuel’s watch – Fran Spielman and Lauren FitzPatrick
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sex-abuse-scandal-cps-dirty-schools-strike-teachers-rahm-emanuel/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups promote LGBTQ activity: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-pride-2018-guide-celebrations-events-things-to-do/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Sooner or later, Democrats blame all gun violence on Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-all-31-ways-you-can-fight-gun-violence/
— Chicago’s potty-mouthed mayor was once a preschool teacher – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/chicago-mayor-rahm-emanuel-preschool-teacher-fact-check/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— European leaders are indignant and defiant over Trump’s G-7 statement, but they’re not surprised – Griff Witte and James McAuley
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-g7-summit-reaction-20180610-story.html
— Fox News host calls President Trump a dictator, then apologizes – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-fox-news-trump-dictator-20180610-story.html
— Waukegan partners with Lake County Coalition for Homeless in wake of PADS Lake County complaints – Emily K. Coleman (DIERSEN: Democrats blame homelessness on Republicans. In your municipality, which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries take the lead in attracting homeless people to your municipality? Democrats blame homelessness on Republicans.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-waukegan-pads-st-0611-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Seven shot at child’s birthday party in Aurora
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180610/seven-shot-at-childs-birthday-party-in-aurora

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Jim Day picks Pat Brady and Jim Thacker to talk about John Cox. Cox and I served together on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee. On July 5, 2003, Cox came with the other four announced candidates for U.S. Senate (Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan) to a picnic that I arranged in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct for voters in my precinct, in Jeanne Ive’s precinct to the east, and in Debra Olson’s precinct to the west. The 200 attendees included Randy Hultgren. We can forever ask ourselves, “What if Trump had endorsed Ives?”)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-06-10/jim-dey-perennial-illinois-office-seeker-finds-more-success-out-west.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Those who recall Cox’s political activities in Illinois have watched with amazement as he’s made his run in California. “He was one of those guys who was always kind of out there running,” said Chicago lawyer and former state GOP Chairman Pat Brady. Rockford political consultant Jim Thacker, who worked both for and against Cox, described him as a “self-made guy” who “always had the credentials and the smarts” to be a credible candidate. “The circumstances were never right for him,” Thacker said. “I didn’t know he had even moved to California. But he’s sure getting his 15 minutes of fame now.” Cox’s endless runs for public office here created an image as that of a political gadfly, someone not to be taken seriously by the news media or the political establishment.)

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Expanded use of HIV prevention faces stigma, lack of awareness – Dean Olsen
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180609/expanded-use-of-hiv-prevention-faces-stigma-lack-of-awareness

 

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— Trump Campaign Launches Brilliant New Tool – DOUG IBENDAHL
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=14494

 

EVERGREEN PARK PATCH
— New D124 Principal Banned From Contact With Staff At Old Job A letter from an attorney for NSSD-112 also asked on-leave “principal on special assignment” Matt Eriksen to stay off district property. – Jonah Meadows
https://patch.com/illinois/evergreenpark/new-d124-principal-banned-contact-staff-old-job

 

BREITBART
— May 2018 the Third Consecutive Month of Record Background Checks – Awr Hawkins
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/10/may-2018-the-third-consecutive-month-of-record-background-checks/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There were 19 consecutive months of record background checks under Barack Obama. Those began in May 2015 and lasted through November 2016. They were driven by a non-stop assault on the Second Amendment, characterized by attempts to secure all-out bans on certain types of weapons and “high capacity” magazines, as well as efforts to implement universal background checks and other controls. Such fears largely vanished under the Trump administration and record levels of background checks faded. Then came the February 14, 2018, Parkland school shooting, which was immediately followed by leftist celebrities, student gun control activists, and the establishment media relentlessly pushing for all-out bans on certain types of weapons and “high capacity” magazines, as well as efforts to implement universal background checks and other controls. Now background checks for gun sales are surging, NRA membership is up to 6 million, and donations to gun rights’ groups are increasing.)

 

BLAZE
— Mayors across nation form coalition to support transgender anti-discrimination law – Teri Webster
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/10/mayors-across-nation-form-coalition-to-support-transgender-anti-discrimination-law

 

PJ MEDIA
— Illinois Counties Declare Themselves ‘Gun Sanctuaries’; Oregon Voters Could be Next – ROD KACKLEY
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/illinois-counties-declare-themselves-gun-sanctuaries-oregon-voters-could-be-next/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump vs. the Media – Timothy Philen
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/06/trump_vs_the_media.html

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— Will Stormy Daniels, Russia Collusion Claims Lower Evangelical Turnout in Midterms? Ralph Reed Answers – Samuel Smith
https://www.christianpost.com/news/will-stormy-daniels-russia-collusion-claims-lower-evangelical-turnout-midterms-ralph-reed-224803/

 

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Best Buy and EEOC Reach Agreement to Resolve Discrimination Charge (DIERSEN: How has EEOC impacted you? In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted 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.)
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/best-buy-and-eeoc-reach-agreement-to-resolve-discrimination-charge

 

NEWSWEEK
— KRISHNAMOORTHI SIDES WITH DONALD TRUMP IN FEUD WITH JUSTIN TRUDEAU – WILLIAM MANSELL
http://www.newsweek.com/raja-krishnamoorthi-justin-trudeau-sides-donald-trump-trade-negotiation-968715

 

FED SMITH
— Pay Parity and a 2019 Pay Raise for Federal Employees – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/06/10/pay-parity-2019-pay-raise-federal-employees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The other potential factor is politics. Federal employee unions are often the public face and out in front on articulating arguments on behalf of federal employees. The unions are often supporting one political party (Democrats) over the other (Republicans). While Republicans are often thought of as the strong supporters for higher military spending, etc., there are no unions in front of the public spending time and money on behalf of one political party. That may be a conundrum for federal employees and their representatives. It can work out well, particularly for unions as an institution, when Democrats occupy the White House and one or both Houses of Congress. At other times, it can be a disadvantage if the federal workforce is perceived as a political force instead of a politically neutral, professional cadre of people supporting the current administration in power. We do not know, of course, what the final pay raise will be for military or civilian employees in 2019. If I were betting on the outcome, I would feel secure in assuming that whatever the percentage, it will be higher for military than for civilians.)

 

NEW STRAITS TIMES
— Can our retirement funds sustain our golden years? – Rajen Devadason (DIERSEN: Have you slashed your lifestyle expectations? Since 1997, when I was 49 years old, my income, and therefore, my lifestyle has been dramatically slashed. Since 1997, my Civil Service Retirement System pension has been only 41% of what my salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars, that is, only $51,864 instead of $125,325.)
https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/sunday-vibes/2018/06/378452/can-our-retirement-funds-sustain-our-golden-years
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Aspiring to improve Most of us, however, don’t wish to maintain our lifestyle. We aspire to improve it year by year! This desired escalation in lifestyle tacks on a few percentage points to the appropriate inflation rate for our lives every year. So by way of illustration, if our long run national inflation rate is 3.6 per cent a year, and your specific desired escalation of lifestyle is 2.4 per cent a year, then your annual personal inflation rate = 3.6 per cent + 2.4 per cent = 6 per cent. Then, using the Rule of 72, we find that you’ll need twice as much money in 12 years (= 72 / 6) to live the life you want in 2030. So, if you’re 25 years old and spending RM2,500 a month in 2018, it is straightforward to work out, using our Rule of 72, that in 12 years (age 37 in 2030), you’ll need RM5,000 a month. What is staggering to comprehend though is 12 years after that in 2042, you won’t be able to comfortably get by on RM5,000 + RM2,500 = RM7,500. No. You’ll need twice your needed amount at age 37 at age 49, which is RM5,000 x 2 = RM10,000 a month! Then at 61, you’ll want RM20,000, and so on. The longer you live, the more money you’ll need unless you choose (or more likely are forced) to slash your lifestyle expectations.)

June 9 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— WHEATON INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE AND FIREWORKS: So far, Republican entries are Peter Roskam, Peter Breen, Paul Hinds, James Mendrick, Grant Eckhoff/Tim Elloitt/Chris Zaruba, Jeff Mckay, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee. Please help me encourage Republican candidates on November 6, 2018 ballots in Wheaton a) to have an entry in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and b) to help sponsor the parade. Those candidates include Bruce Rauner and Evelyn Sanguinetti, Erika Harold, Jason Helland, Darlene Senger, Jim Dodge, Mike Connelly, Chris Nybo, Amy Grant, Darlene Ruscitti, Dan Cronin, Gwen Henry, Kevin Wiley, Jim Zay, Al Murphy, Joseph Cantore, and Karen Wilson. The deadline for parade entries is June 11, 2018 and the cost is $180. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/july-2018-independence-day-celebration-parade-entry-tickets-43661232923?aff=es2 This year again, for the 13th year in a row, DuPage Republicans will help sponsor the parade and the fireworks the evening before. So far, outstandingly, Illinois Republican Party leader and Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar has contributed $500, Judge Jeff Mackay has contribute $250, and DuPage County Clerk Paul Hinds has contributed $100 toward the $2,500 sponsorship pledge. DuPage County Republicans will get credit for sponsoring the Tunes of Glory bagpipers and the Wheaton North and South High School bands. DuPage Republicans will again have a booth at the fireworks the evening before the parade. I will again hand deliver a flyer to all the residences and businesses on the parade route that lists the sponsors and the amount that they contributed. Please urge the candidates to phone me at 630-653-0462 about sponsorship and mail a check made out to the Wheaton Park District for $100 or more to me ASAP at 915 Cove Court, Wheaton, Illinois 60189-6326. Thanks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— OUTSTANDING: Indiana Republicans reaffirm commitment to man-woman marriage as preferred family structure for Hoosiers – Dan Carden
https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/indiana-republicans-reaffirm-commitment-to-man-woman-marriage-as-preferred/article_7afe6435-0c01-5e5a-b90d-de612e630b12.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Indiana Republican Party, by an overwhelming margin, reaffirmed Saturday its commitment to marriage “between a man and a woman” as the preferred structure for Hoosier families. In so doing, the 1,494 GOP delegates attending the party’s biennial state convention turned aside a revised “strong families” platform plank, proposed by Gov. Eric Holcomb’s party leadership, that expressed support for all adults raising children, in favor of renewing explicit support for opposite-sex marriage that first was inserted in the platform in 2014 by marriage equality opponents. The platform debate was the sole controversy at the half-day convention that also saw Secretary of State Connie Lawson, State Auditor Tera Klutz and State Treasurer Kelly Mitchell nominated as the party’s candidates for the November elections. Most delegates applauded and cheered following the voice vote that preserved the Gov. Mike Pence-era endorsement of what backers describe as “traditional” marriage.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: 10 cities to avoid if you are a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-top-lgbtq-pride-cities-20180605-photogallery.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— In reversal, Trump doesn’t endorse G-7 statement – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-delivers-warning-on-trade-as-he-leaves-g-7-summit/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Runners dash around the lake in Mundelein – Steve Lundy
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180609/runners-dash-around-the-lake-in-mundelein
— 5 Barrington-area girls become some of the first female Boy Scouts – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180609/5-barrington-area-girls-become-some-of-the-first-female-boy-scouts

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Western Illinois enrollment continues to decline – SARAH HAYDEN
https://qconline.com/news/local/education/western-illinois-enrollment-continues-to-decline/article_5a1b7059-46b0-5dd6-89e2-e1141cd91176.html

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Huntley Police Find Park District’s Pinecrest Golf Club Selling Alcohol to Minor
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/09/huntley-police-find-park-districts-pinecrest-golf-club-selling-alcohol-minor/
— Karen McConnaughay Applauds Signing of Ethics Bill, Outlines Additional Needed Reforms
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/09/karen-mcconnaughay-applauds-signing-ethics-bill-outlines-additional-needed-reforms/
— Algonquin Township Clerk Karen Lukasik Resigns as Freedom of Information Officer, Sheds Tape Recording Responsibility
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/08/algonquin-township-clerk-karen-lukasik-resigns-freedom-information-officer-sheds-tape-recording-responsibility/
— Spending Algonquin Township Road District Money in Lake County
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/08/spending-algonquin-township-road-district-money-lake-county/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Kessem calls on Martwick to urge Madigan to resign due to widening sexual harassment scandal – Karen Kidd
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511449932-kessem-calls-on-martwick-to-urge-madigan-to-resign-due-to-widening-sexual-harassment-scandal

 

BREITBART
— Steve King: GOP Leadership Hell-Bent on DACA Amnesty, Listening to What the Donors Want – John Binder (DIERSEN: RINOs a) want cheap labor, b) despise if not hate Republicans, and c) want to destroy the Republican Party if they cannot manipulate/dominate it.)
http://www.breitbart.com/radio/2018/06/09/exclusive-steve-king/

 

THE HILL
— Trump refuses to endorse G-7 communique, threatens Canada with more tariffs – LUIS SANCHEZ
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/391516-trump-refuses-to-endorse-g7-communique

 

SAN FRANCISCO GATE
— Iowa GOP blasts Democratic candidate for being successful – Barbara Rodriguez
https://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Iowa-GOP-blasts-Democratic-candidate-for-being-12981452.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The issue isn’t that Fred Hubbell has been rich his entire life, it’s that he has no idea what it’s like not to be,” said Reynolds during her election night speech. “He has no idea what it’s like to balance a family checkbook or to make the tough decisions most of us make each and every day when we’re trying to make ends meet.” Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Jeff Kaufmann has chimed in by repeatedly referring to Hubbell, 67, as “Prince Frederick.” On election night, the party posted an image of Hubbell on its Facebook page as the Monopoly board game mascot with bags of money surrounding him.)

 

RE/MAX
— FOR SALE: 913 James Court, Wheaton – $949,000
https://listings.napervillerealestatepros.com/realestatehomesforsale/913-james-court-wheaton-il-60189-gid600037114403.html

June 9 Morning Edition

FOX ILLINOIS
— Speaker Madigan to form executive director search committee (DIERSEN: Will the applicants be asked if they reject any planks in the Democrat Party platform? I should write a book about past and present Illinois Republican Party (IRP) leaders who have focused on getting rid of Republicans who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the IRP platform.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/speaker-michael-madigan-forming-committee-to-select-new-executive-director
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Michael Madigan, chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois, is accepting applications for a new committee, which will select the party’s next executive director. The search committee will include a total of 18 elected Democratic State Central Committeewomen and will be chaired jointly by Juliana Stratton, Iris Martinez, Jayne Mazotti, Carol Ronen and Karen Yarbrough. This comes just days after the resignation of Madigan’s ex-Chief of Staff Tim Mapes, following public allegations of improper behavior. “The members of this search committee share a commitment to the success of our Democratic Party, and also recognize the need for a better culture throughout Illinois government and politics,” Madigan said. “I know they will conduct a thorough search and select a candidate who reflects our commitment to a strong statewide party and a better future for all. I appreciate the work they are preparing to undertake.” Interested applicants can send their resumes to ewurth@ildems.com.)

 

CBS2
— Madigan Unveils New Strategy In Harassment Scandal – Derrick Blakley (DIERSEN: Democrats have always shouted at women that women should vote for Democrats because Democrats give women preferential treatment.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/08/madigan-turns-to-women-in-wake-of-harassment-scandal/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Now, in response, Madigan’s decided to put the women in charge. Lieutenant governor candidate Juilana Stratton will join 18 women from the Democrats’ state central committee to decide who replaces Mapes as the party’s executive director. Madigan said the panel recognizes “the need for a better culture throughout Illinois government and politics.” Also on Friday, Governor Rauner demanded an independent probe into Madigan’s empire. “We need to change this culture of harassment and abuse that has been rampant in the General Assembly and the legislature under speaker Madigan,” said Rauner. However neither Rauner nor Pritzker are calling for Madigan to step down. And that’s significant. Rauner and the GOP want Madigan around to use as a whipping boy for corruption and now for sexual harassment as well. And despite his deep pockets, Pritzker is relying on Madigan’s political machine to get elected.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— For Speaker Madigan, when do drips become a flood? – Austin Berg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-berg-column-st-0610-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–trump-marijuana-20180608-story.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Rauner signs ethics overhaul amid harassment allegations at the Capitol – Monique Garcia
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/rauner-signs-ethics-overhaul-amid-harassment-allegations-at-the-capitol/article_456758ed-7c98-5970-a06b-c251b8ebdabc.html

 

AURORA PATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Aurora Patch promotes LGBTQ activity in Aurora.
https://patch.com/illinois/aurora/aurora-pride-parade-2018-parking-route-more

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MICHIGAN BECOMES LATEST ILLINOIS NEIGHBOR TO REPEAL PREVAILING WAGE MANDATE – Eddie Damstra (DIERSEN: What is the prevailing wage for those who have education, work experience, professional certifications, and professional licenses comparable to what you have? In today’s dollars, in 1997, when I was 49 years old, GAO paid me $125,325/year or $60.25/hour. I had almost 18 years of experience working for GAO and almost 9 years of experience working for IRS. I had 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 (CPA), 32 (Certified Internal Auditor), 41 (Certified Fraud Examiner), 45 (Certified Government Financial Manager), 47 (Certified Financial Services Auditor), and 48 (Forensic Accountant), and c) a job-related professional license (licensed CPA) when I was 32.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/michigan-becomes-latest-illinois-neighbor-to-repeal-prevailing-wage-mandate/

 

WORD NET DAILY
— HOW COLLEGE LITERALLY DRIVES STUDENTS NUTS Exclusive: Patrice Lewis spotlights ‘Diversity Police’ role in worsening mental health – PATRICE LEWIS
http://www.wnd.com/2018/06/how-college-literally-drives-students-nuts/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Mexico launches a new round of meddling in US elections – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/06/mexico_launches_a_new_round_of_meddling_in_us_elections.html
— Can someone please tell John McCain that he can resign now? – Ed Straker
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/06/can_someone_please_tell_john_mccain_that_he_can_resign_now.html

 

AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS
— Deerfield faces deadline to hand in ‘assault weapons’ or face fines
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2018/06/il-town-faces-deadline-to-hand-in-assault-weapons-or-face-fines/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Time is almost up for a Chicago suburb that banned the possession, sale and manufacture of “assault weapons and large capacity magazines” in April. The village deadline to hand over any such weapons, including the AR-15, is June 13 before a fine of up to $1,000 per day becomes a reality. Residents must hand over their weapons to police or destroy them.)

 

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Facebook is hiring ‘news credibility specialists’—after saying it didn’t want to be in the business (DIERSEN: What are your fact checking qualifications? 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://canadafreepress.com/article/facebook-is-hiring-news-credibility-specialists-after-saying-it-didnt-want

 

THE HILL
— Leaks continue to plague Trump White House despite crackdown – JORDAN FABIAN (DIERSEN: I challenge my critics/opponents to a) put in writing their accusations that I am a leaker and b) provide specific “facts” that they allege support their accusations.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/391430-leaks-plague-trump-white-house-with-no-end-in-sight

 

ROLL CALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Attempt made to use the Holman Rule to cut an individual federal employee’s salary. Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors used the Holman Rule on me twice. In 1980, they forced me to suffer a $19,203/year (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. In 1997, they forced me to suffer a $73,461/year (59%) cut in income in today’s dollars by forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”
https://www.rollcall.com/news/policy/house-passes-minibus-democratic-objections
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There was heated debate Thursday over an amendment from Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., that employed what’s known as the “Holman Rule,” recently reinstated by House leaders, that allows members to target individual federal employee salaries. Gosar wanted to cut the salary of the administrator of the Western Area Power Administration, Mark Gabriel, to $1, which lawmakers rejected 139-276.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Trump Says He’s Likely to Back Marijuana Bill, in Apparent Break With Sessions – Eileen Sullivan
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/us/politics/trump-marijuana-bill-states.html
— Orange County Fights Turning Blue. And the Resistance Is Formidable. – Jeremy W. Peters
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/us/politics/orange-county-california-primary.html
— Advice Has Changed on What Car to Buy for a Young Driver – Ann Carrns (DIERSEN: Did you expect your parents to buy cars for you? I did not. Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14. He was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant. My mother never attended high school. In 1964, with money that I had earned and saved delivering newspapers and mowing lawns, I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir. In 1966, with money that had earned washing dishes, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint. In 1967, with money that I had earned and saved delivering mail, I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442. In 1968, with money that I had earned and saved delivering mail, I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE. In 1971, with money that I had earned and saved working for Firestone Stores and IRS, I bought a new 1972 Chevy Corvette.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/your-money/advice-has-changed-on-what-car-to-buy-for-a-young-driver.html
— Balancing the Benefit and the Burden of Wealth – Paul Sullivan (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most as being a) someone who is undeservedly filthy rich and b) someone who does not do enough to help the poor.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/your-money/wealth-happiness.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Skepticism Beats Snopes as an Antidote to Fake News These days what’s called ‘fact checking’ is no more than a comprehensive gotcha effort. – Amar Bhidé (DIERSEN: Unlike its competitors, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails a) highlight the websites that articles are posted on, b) highlight the authors’ names, and c) provide unhidden hyperlinks.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/skepticism-beats-snopes-as-an-antidote-to-fake-news-1528497662

 

BLOOMBERG
— Rep. Roskam Says Trump’s Course on Trade Should Pivot to China
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2018-06-08/rep-roskam-says-trump-s-course-on-trade-should-pivot-to-china-video

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Madigan Names All-Woman Democratic Party Panel Amid Scandal Illinois Democratic Party Chairman Michael Madigan appointed an all-woman panel to choose its next executive director. (DIERSEN: Democrats have always shouted at women that women should vote for Democrats because Democrats give women preferential treatment.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-06-08/rauner-signs-law-expanding-independence-of-ethics-complaints

 

GAINESVILLE SUN
— How many divisions does the Deep State have? – Jonah Goldberg (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run the federal government hint/imply/argue/shout that federal employees who are Republican a) are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things and b) frustrate their efforts to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.)
http://www.gainesville.com/opinion/20180609/goldberg-how-many-divisions-does-deep-state-have

 

GALLUP
— Partisan Divide on Benefit of Having Rich People Expands (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government a) who painted themselves as having financial problems, b) who painted themselves as being anti-rich, and c) who painted me as being rich. They would NOT have painted me as being rich if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://news.gallup.com/poll/235439/partisan-divide-benefit-having-rich-people-expands.aspx
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 43% of Democrats who say the U.S. benefits from having a class of rich people is down significantly from six years ago, and Democrats remain much more negative than either Republicans or independents about the impact of a rich class. Roughly eight in 10 (81%) Republicans and 57% of independents say having a rich class is good for the nation, little changed from 2012. . .Democrats Just as Likely as Republicans to Want to Be Rich. . .A Third Say It’s Likely They Could Become Rich — Little Changed From 1990)

 

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— Can We Stop Fake News? – GABRIELLE GURLEY (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news if fake except for the news that they put out or bless.)
http://prospect.org/article/can-we-stop-fake-news

 

WORLD SOCIALIST WEBSITE
— Illinois Governor calls for reinstatement of the death penalty – Michael Walters
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/06/09/illi-j09.html

 

GUARDIAN
— Facebook advertises for ‘fake news’ fact checkers Firm changes initial ad for ‘news credibility specialists’ to ‘news publisher specialists’ (DIERSEN: What are your fact checking qualifications? 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.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/08/facebook-advertises-for-fake-news-fact-checkers

June 8 Morning Edition

WGN TV
— Gov. Rauner talks budget cuts, Blagojevich commute and IL residents moving out
http://wgntv.com/2018/06/07/gov-rauner-talks-budget-blagojevich-and-il-residents-moving-out/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner in D.C. on Friday will tout $132M federal grant already announced – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-in-d-c-on-friday-will-tout-132m-federal-grant-already-announced/
— The Donald and The Alderman break up; Burke no longer doing tax work for Trump – Tim Novak
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/the-donald-and-the-alderman-break-up-burke-no-longer-doing-tax-work-for-trump/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mercy for Blagojevich? His successor says no – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-friday-edition-20180607-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: In hopes of stopping bloodshed, a multimillion-dollar effort is providing jobs, therapy to city’s most violent – Annie Sweeney (DIERSEN: If offered to them, would/will violent people take the bad jobs that I had? I doubt it. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-violence-heartland-alliance-20180522-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans urge citizens of foreign countries to come to America and to claim asylum.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-asylum-seekers-border-20180607-story.html
— Harvey cuts deal for $1.3M in withheld taxes, escapes financial crisis for now — but city still owes millions – Zak Koeske
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-20180607-story.html
— Donald Trump says he may pardon late boxing champion Muhammad Ali – John Wagner (DIERSEN: Should I ask Trump to pardon me for seeking and getting four student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971? Should I write a book about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government and others who talked and acted like they were punishing me for seeking and getting those deferments?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/ct-spt-muhammad-ali-donald-trump-pardon-20180608-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump said Friday that he may pardon the late boxer Muhammad Ali. Ali was convicted in 1967 for refusing to report for induction into the United States military during the Vietnam War. His local draft board rejected his application for conscientious objector classification. “He was, look, he was not very popular then, certainly his memory is popular now,” Trump told reporters as he prepared to leave the White House on Friday en route to a Group of Seven economic summit in Canada. “I’m thinking about that very seriously, and some others, and some folks that have some sentences that aren’t fair.”)
— In Springfield, personal politics trump public needs – Roger W. Peck, Long Grove
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-letters-corruption-springfield-bruce-rauner-history-20180607-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Three dogs euthanized after attacking Gurnee couple in Elgin – Lee Filas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180608/three-dogs-euthanized-after-attacking-gurnee-couple-in-elgin

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— UIC, John Marshall Law School on track to merge – LYNNE MAREK
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180608/ISSUE01/180609880
— HUD plan would hike rents 21 percent for poor, study finds – ALBY GALLUN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180607/CRED03/180609876

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Plenty of sleight of hand in this ‘balanced’ budget – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-06-08/jim-dey-plenty-sleight-hand-balanced-budget.html

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Blago, another tool for Trump – Editorial
https://qctimes.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-blago-another-tool-for-trump/article_c61e66fd-07c8-5707-8f53-71306d9b0c78.html

 

JOURNAL COURIER
— Spending plan a start, but not a budget – Editorial
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/amp/Editorial-Spending-plan-a-start-but-not-a-budget-12971362.php

 

HOMEWOOD FLOSSMOOR CHRONICLE
— Village board approves ordinance banning sweepstakes machines in Flossmoor – Tom Houlihan
https://www.hfchronicle.com/article/2018/jun/07/village-board-approves-ordinance-banning-sweepstakes-machines-flossmoor

 

WSIL TV
— Illinois Governor’s race on pace to shatter spending record – Andrew Feather (DIERSEN: As November 6 approaches, I expect that voters will increasingly take their anger against negative ads out on their precinct committeeman/captain. Voters will tell their precinct committeeman/captain to take their candidates’ negative ads and go to HELL.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/38377512/illinois-governors-race-on-pace-to-shatter-spending-record
(FROM THE ARTICLE: And with the increased funds come increased ad buys. Though campaigns typically wait until about September to advertise heavily for the general election, both Rauner and Pritzker placed multimillion dollar ad campaigns across the state this week, spending Jackson says won’t let up through election day. “By September and October most people are going to be tired of the negative ads and be wishing that November 6 would come soon,” Jackson said.)

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Can Congressional Republicans Find Common Ground On Immigration? (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who wants the Republican Party to dump the immigration plank in its platform and dump all those who support it? ANSWER: Those who will never vote for Republicans and who want to destroy the Republican Party, that is, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs.)
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/07/618012688/can-congressional-republicans-find-common-ground-on-immigration
— Republicans Exploring Options To Block Trump Administration’s Tariffs
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/07/618012752/republicans-exploring-options-to-block-trump-administrations-tariffs
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Our next guest is Republican Congressman Peter Roskam, who represents an Illinois district near Chicago. Welcome to the program. PETER ROSKAM: Thank you for having me on. SHAPIRO: You’ve supported targeted measures on some steel imports like those from China. What makes these different? ROSKAM: What makes these different is these are going after our allies with whom we really have no conflict. And I think that this will have an adverse impact on small manufacturers in my constituency that I’ve heard directly from – and not just the manufacturers but obviously their employees and clearly American consumers. I think the smarter move is for us to focus our time and energy on China, which – there’s all kinds of trade infractions. And this is not well-placed resources in a fight that we really shouldn’t be having right now. SHAPIRO: President Trump doesn’t appear to be backing down. Do you think it’s now the role of Congress to stop him through legislation? ROSKAM: So the challenge with stopping the president through legislation obviously is the president would have to sign the bill. So said another way, these original trade structures were put in place to give presidents authorities to ease up on trade tariffs and to make it easier for commerce to pass between countries. It was not necessarily contemplated that you’d have a president that was tougher on a country than Congress was. So I think we’re very much in the persuasion mode. I had a meeting today along with some others with Secretary Ross. I’m heading into a meeting with Ambassador Lighthizer, giving voice to these concerns. And I think when push comes to shove, one of the voices that’s going to have a disproportionately significant impact is American agriculture because they’re ashen-faced at the idea of getting into a trade war.)

 

REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Illinois Is Better Off Bankrupt – John Merrifield & Barry Poulson
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2018/06/07/illinois_is_better_off_bankrupt_110660.html

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Despite GOP concerns, graduate research assistants one step closer to being able to unionize – Angela Underwood
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511446550-despite-gop-concerns-graduate-research-assistants-one-step-closer-to-being-able-to-unionize

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois’ pension buyout plan savings depend on volunteers – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: If Illinois is like GAO, sooner or later, it will force its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who are eligible for a buyout to take the buyout.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-pension-buyout-plan-savings-depend-on-volunteers/article_2031b556-6a8f-11e8-9d51-6f6bcbeba289.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— “We believed Ken Dunkin would continue his commitment to public service” (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you are a man and if a woman accuses you of something, your career is over and you will be gotten rid of. Of course, my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that because GAO, IRS, Post Office, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc. took so many adverse actions against me, I must have been accused by minorities, by females, by younger people, by veterans, by etc. of doing terrible things.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/08/we-believed-ken-dunkin-would-continue-his-commitment-to-public-service/
— Amid feeding frenzy, media repeats old news as fresh
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/08/amid-feeding-frenzy-media-repeats-old-news-as-fresh/

 

GOPUSA
— U.S. Navy finds systemic deficiencies in seamanship skills of junior officers (DIERSEN: One could ask what percent of IRS and GAO employees at the GS-13 (currently $96,403), GS-14 (currently $113,920), GS-15 (currently $134,000), and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) levels have job-related master’s degrees, job related professional certifications, and job-related professional licenses. I earned a) three job-related master’s degrees when I was 27 in 1976, 31, and 48, b) six job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47592

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Revamped Lawsuit Vows to Expose ‘Discrimination’ in Obama FAA’s Diversity Hiring – Michael Bastasch (DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO, constructively, GAO argued that it did what Congress wanted it to, that is, a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting 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.dailysignal.com/2018/06/07/revamped-lawsuit-vows-to-expose-discrimination-in-obama-faas-diversity-hiring/

 

FOX NEWS
— The red wave is growing – Newt Gingrich (DIERSEN: Because I was always one of an extremely few Republican employees in the office, my Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates in the federal government always took their hatred of Republicans out on me. That all came to a head during the mid-1990s when Republican Newt Gingrich dramatically cut GAO’s budget. By forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, they sent a very clear message to Newt Gingrich and to everyone else that if Republican politicians cut budgets, Republican employees will suffer.)
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/06/07/newt-gingrich-red-wave-is-growing.html

 

FOX BUSINESS
— There’s hope for Republicans, even in the bluest of states – Stuart Varney (DIERSEN: How blue is Illinois, your county, your township/ward, your municipality, and your precinct? The bluer that it is, the more dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, gun restrictions, and other bad things that you will find there.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/theres-hope-for-republicans-even-in-the-bluest-of-states-varney

 

DAILY CALLER
— TOP CLINTON ALLY: MATT DRUDGE IS ‘EVIL INCARNATE’ – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: Of course, according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I am “evil incarnate.” They blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/07/neera-tanden-matt-drudge/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs use children as cannon fodder.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/us/children-immigration-borders-family-separation.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— GOP’s Biggest Task in Midterms: Firing Up Party Loyalists – Aaron Zitner (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What cuts your energy to help elect Republican candidates? ANSWER: For me, it is their failure/refusal to defend/advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and other planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gops-biggest-task-in-midterms-firing-up-party-loyalists-1528450202
— Americans’ Wealth Surpasses $100 Trillion Household net worth rose by 1% in the first quarter – Harriet Torry (DIERSEN: How much is your “disposable personal income.” My $51,864 Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 41% of my $125,325 1997 GAO salary in today’s dollars.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-net-worth-surpasses-100-trillion-1528387386
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Households’ net worth was close to seven times their disposable personal income in the first quarter, at 683%. That was a slight cooling from the fourth quarter of 2017, when it hit 685%, but remains well above the earlier prerecession peak of about 650% in 2006.)

 

USA TODAY
— You’ll be shocked at how much health insurance costs for a family of four – Guy Boulton
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2018/06/06/health-care-costs-price-family-four/676046002/

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— Ryan promises compromise ‘dreamers’ immigration bill despite GOP’s split – Mike DeBonis (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who wants the Republican Party to dump the immigration plank in its platform and dump all those who support it? ANSWER: Those who will never vote for Republicans and who want to destroy the Republican Party, that is, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2018/06/07/ryan-promises-compromise-dreamers-immigration-bill-despite-gop-split/XodO2WnbsF6uDLv6Z6S4LO/story.html

 

WTHR
— Iowa GOP zero in on wealth of Democratic governor candidate – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who worked the hardest to paint me as someone a) who was undeservedly filthy rich and b) who had so much money that he did not need a job, let alone promotions. They stressed the new cars, real estate, vacations, collector cars, etc. that I bought. They stressed the money that I spent on tuition and books to earn job-related master’s degrees and job-related professional certifications. They painted themselves as being hardworking employees who had financial problems and who needed promotions.)
https://www.wthr.com/article/iowa-gop-zero-in-on-wealth-of-democratic-governor-candidate
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For a Republican Party that celebrates capitalism and the American dream of building wealth, the GOP’s initial line of attack against the new Iowa Democratic nominee for governor appears a bit out of character. Fred Hubbell, a former life insurance executive whose family wealth dates back to the mid-1800s, won the Democratic nomination Tuesday and will face Gov. Kim Reynolds in November. Almost immediately, Reynolds and party leaders questioned how voters could trust a candidate who was born rich and later served in leadership roles at several companies. Hubbell’s family businesses in Des Moines include ties to real estate and insurance. “The issue isn’t that Fred Hubbell has been rich his entire life, it’s that he has no idea what it’s like not to be,” said Reynolds during her election night speech. “He has no idea what it’s like to balance a family checkbook or to make the tough decisions most of us make each and every day when we’re trying to make ends meet.” Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Jeff Kaufmann has chimed in by repeatedly referring to Hubbell, 67, as “Prince Frederick.” On election night, the party posted a photo-shopped image of Hubbell on its Facebook page as the Monopoly board game mascot, with a top hat, monocle and bags of money surrounding him. Never mind that Reynolds and Iowa GOP party leaders are big supporters of President Donald Trump, a rich businessman who surrounds himself with conspicuous wealth at his lavish properties such as Mar-a-Lago. In the Iowa governor’s race between a woman of modest means and a man who donated nearly $3 million of his own money toward his primary race, the GOP so far is zeroing in on personal wealth. It’s a strategy tried before as more rich candidates run for office from both parties, many of them also funneling millions of dollars to fund their own campaigns. In neighboring Illinois, for example, Democrat J.B. Pritzker, a billionaire member of the family that founded Hyatt hotels, has put more than $100 million of his own money into his bid to unseat Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, a wealthy former private equity investor. When he won in 2014, Rauner was accused of trying to buy the election.)

June 7 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Quinn calls on Madigan to resign as party chairman over sexual harassment scandal – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/quinn-calls-on-madigan-to-resign-as-party-chairman-over-sexual-harassment-scandal/3574805/

 

NBC5
— Ex-Wife of Former Madigan Aide Says Mapes Covered Up Her Abuse Claims Allegations against the speaker’s longtime right-hand man shed new light on previous complaints of harassment and abuse – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/sarah-mckay-tim-mapes-kevin-quinn-abuse-claims-484874511.html

 

CBS2
— Dunkin Won’t Leave Board, Despite Governor Rauner’s Request – Derrick Blakley (DIERSEN: If someone accused you of something and you denied it, who would Rauner believe, you or your accuser?)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/07/dunkin-wont-leave-board-despite-rauners-request/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The reason? An accusation on Wednesday from Sherri Garrett, a longtime aide to Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan. “In spring of 2013, former (Illinois) State Representative Ken Dunkin approached the house well and said to me and another woman ‘I want to take both of you home and see which one will be the naughtiest,’” said Garrett. Dunkin’s response? “Those are 100 per cent baseless accusations.” But Governor Rauner apparently didn’t think so. After appointing Dunkin to the board just last month, Rauner asked Dunkin to step aside.)

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Lawmakers seek independent probe of House Speaker Madigan’s office – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/lawmakers-seek-independent-probe-of-house-speaker-madigan-s-office

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— J.B. Pritzker has answers for all the easy questions, but when it comes to fixing Illinois, he’s ‘gotta go’ – Randy Blaser (DIERSEN: What organizations are/were you a member of? Do/did those organizations have problems? Do/did your critics/opponents blame you for those problems? My critics/opponents did. I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, or American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, or Post Office employee.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-ahp-column-blaser-tl-0614-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “In one sentence,” the interviewer asks, “why are you running for governor?” J.B. doesn’t hesitate: “Because everything that I care about, and I think everything we care about, is under siege by Bruce Rauner and Donald Trump.” And then he quickly adds: “I gotta go.” I thing the “I gotta go” is my favorite part of the whole ad. J.B. has time to answer questions about concerts, TV shows and favorite seasons, but when it comes to running the state of Illinois, he’s gotta go. Nothing about the pension crisis, the budget crisis, the tax crisis, the education crisis, the innocent people getting shot every day in Chicago crisis (including kids sitting on their front stoop), people leaving in Illinois in droves crisis or the what kind of sandwich does Michael Madigan want crisis, and he’s gotta go.)
— Rauner ally accused of inappropriate comments won’t resign from water board – Kim Geiger (DIERSEN: If employees are expected to resign because they are “accused of inappropriate comments,” my critics/opponents would hint/imply/argue/shout that I must have done that or done other hateful, racist, sexist, or bigoted things to justify my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinos-house-sexual-harassment-dunkin-20180607-story.html
— Bill to raise smoking age would hurt convenience stores, vape shops, retailers say – Hailey Mensik (DIERSEN: Are/were you a smoker? I never was one but many of my Democrat supervisors in the federal government were.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-illinois-tobacco-vape-21-story.html
— The Khan of Madiganistan keeps his head by severing another’s – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-michael-madigan-kass-20180607-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner runs on Dunkin — but embattled appointee says he’s not going anywhere – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-runs-on-dunkin-but-embattled-appointee-says-hes-not-going-anywhere/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/illinois-legislature-alternative-opioids-cannabis-pot-marijuana/
— ICE to send 1,600 immigration violators to federal prisons
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/ice-to-send-1600-immigration-violators-to-federal-prisons/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Comedy Central show pokes fun at Libertarian governor candidate Kash Jackson – Lee Filas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180607/comedy-central-show-pokes-fun-at-libertarian-governor-candidate-kash-jackson
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Klepper poked fun at Jackson during a May 30 segment called “Fringewatch: 2018.” In the segment, Klepper ribbed Jackson for changing his name from Benjamin Winderweedle in 2017, accusations made by the ex-wife regarding the way Jackson punished his children, and the size of Jackson’s belt buckle. . .On May 31, Lake County Judge Joseph Salvi ruled Jackson is in contempt of court for not paying money he owes his ex-wife for child support, education, and other related expenses. Jackson has until Aug. 6 to pay his ex-wife more than $3,000 or face incarceration for up to six months, court records show. Jackson has repeatedly said he’s a victim of a rigged legal system that forces him to pay excessive amounts to see his children. He has said he is unemployed and living exclusively on disability and pension payments from serving 20 years in the Navy. He’s said in court he takes home about $4,500 a month from those benefits. Payments for his children total about $2,500 per month, an amount Jackson said in court that he can’t afford. Parental rights is a key campaign issue for Jackson, who was named the Libertarian gubernatorial candidate in March.)
— Getting a Chick-Fil-A franchise is harder than getting into Harvard – Rachel Siegel
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180607/getting-a-chick-fil-a-franchise-is-harder-than-getting-into-harvard
— A Chick-fil-A is paying $18 an hour to retain fast-food workers – Jena McGregor (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 part-time while I attended college full-time, in today’s dollars, I earned only $15.85/hour the first year, only $16.38/hour the second year, and only $16.91/hour the third year.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180603/a-chick-fil-a-is-paying-18-an-hour-to-retain-fast-food-workers
— TRAGIC: Wheeling approves first video gambling cafe since lifting moratorium – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180607/wheeling-approves-first-video-gambling-cafe-since-lifting-moratorium

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
– Can jobs plus therapy for at-risk men cut gun violence? – EDDIE BOCANEGRA AND ROSEANNA ANDER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180607/OPINION/180609912/can-jobs-plus-therapy-for-at-risk-men-cut-gun-violence
— Dreaming of a second home? Here are 5. – DENNIS RODKIN (DIERSEN: Any dreams that my wife and I had of buying a second home ended in 1997 when I was 49 years old when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180607/CRED0701/180609910/dreaming-of-a-second-home-here-are-5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: RINOs want cheap labor.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180607/NEWS02/180609900/u-s-chamber-of-commerce-pleads-with-gop-to-approve-daca-legislation

 

WGN RADIO
— Today in politics: Bridget Gainer, Jim Durkin and Pat Brady – MARY SANDBERG BOYLE (DIERSEN: If you are you a conservative, who decides who speaks for you?)
http://wgnradio.com/2018/06/07/today-in-politics-bridget-gainer-jim-durkin-and-pat-brady/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois’ population is falling, but it’s not all due to taxes – BGA (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Illinois promotes dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things. Ever-increasingly, Illinois is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180607/illinois-population-is-falling-but-its-not-all-due-to-taxes

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats encourage people to come to the 16th Congressional District illegally, to stay in the district illegally, and to bring others to the district illegally.
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/06/06/16th-congressional-district-candidate-to-lead-immigration-rally-in-dekalb/azg5rmh/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Immigration Debate Shines Spotlight On Divided House GOP – SUSAN DAVIS (DIERSEN: The more that you reject a plank in the Republican Party platform, the more that anti-Republicans glorify you and praise you.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/immigration-debate-shines-spotlight-divided-gop#stream/0

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Will Pritzker’s progressive income tax & other taxes play in Peoria? – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/06/will-pritzkers-progressive-income-tax-other-taxes-play-in-peoria-watch-berkowitz-wkolbercableweb/

 

JEANNE IVES
— Dominoes Continue to Fall, Lack of Accountability Persists in Illinois’ Culture of Sexual Harassment
http://www.jeanneives.org/2018/06/dominoes-continue-to-fall-lack-of.html

 

MCHENRY TIMES
— Sen. McConnaughay drops out of November’s re-election bid, likely to resign, published reports say – Karen Kidd
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511449114-sen-mcconnaughay-drops-out-of-november-s-re-election-bid-likely-to-resign-published-reports-say

 

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— Skillicorn calls for Democrats to move against Madigan over widening sexual harassment scandal – Karen Kidd
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/511446733-skillicorn-calls-for-democrats-to-move-against-madigan-over-widening-sexual-harassment-scandal

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Out-of-state residents at Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy rejected by GOP – Angela Underwood
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511446591-out-of-state-residents-at-imsa-rejected-by-gop

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Fired DuPage Township employee gets job back in settlement – W.J. Kennedy
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511449914-fired-dupage-township-employee-gets-job-back-in-settlement

 

CHAMBAANA SUN
— If governor gives nod, teachers’ salaries will rise $8,000 in 4 years – Angela Underwood (DIERSEN: What salary did you start at? In 1971, after I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 and had worked for Firestone Stores as a Retail Sales Manager, I started at IRS as a GS-7 (currently $45,703/year) Revenue Officer. Very few accept job offers from IRS because IRS employees are viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned. Factors that encouraged me to accept IRS’s offer included a) I was unemployed because Firestone had fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, but Oldsmobile had withdrawn that offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint, b) I had been granted a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother, and c) I would start with almost 3 years of federal seniority and lots of sick leave because I had worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and had used virtually none of the sick leave that I had earned.)
https://chambanasun.com/stories/511446615-if-governor-gives-nod-teachers-salaries-will-rise-8-000-in-4-years

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/capitol-news/lawmakers-approve-medical-marijuana-expansion-plan/1224371402

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois business advocate: We had no say in state budget – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/illinois-business-advocate-we-had-no-say-in-state-budget/article_89db5a72-69ca-11e8-b694-b3d7566dbe73.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Uihlein gives thumbs up to Proft, Tillman (DIERSEN: I wonder what people say to Uihlein about GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/07/uihlein-gives-thumbs-up-to-proft-tillman/
— Is the end near for Madigan?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/07/is-the-end-near-for-madigan/

 

BREITBART
— Ryan Puts Cheap-Labor Amnesty Bill on Fast Track to Floor Vote – Neil Munro
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/06/07/ryan-puts-amnesty-cheap-labor-bill-fast-track-floor-vote/

 

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— House GOP Makes Tentative Immigration Agreement, According To Rep. Jeff Denham
http://www.oann.com/house-gop-makes-tentative-immigration-agreement-according-to-rep-jeff-denham/

 

THE HILL
— GOP staves off immigration revolt — for now – MIKE LILLIS, JULIEGRACE BRUFKE AND RAFAEL BERNAL
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/391191-gop-staves-off-immigration-revolt-for-now
— Rogue House Republicans are preparing to grant amnesty to 3.2 million illegal aliens – IRA MEHLMAN
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/391044-rogue-house-republicans-are-preparing-to-grant-amnesty-to-32-million

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Finally Has An LGBTQ Judicial Nominee Mary Rowland is a lesbian nominee to U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. It’s quite a contrast to all the anti-LGBTQ judges he’s pushing. – Jennifer Bendery
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-lesbian-judicial-nominee-mary-rowland_us_5b19b351e4b09d7a3d708461

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Liz and Dick Uihlein: The Most Powerful Conservative Couple You’ve Never Heard Of – Stephanie Saul and Danny Hakim
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/us/politics/liz-dick-uihlein-republican-donors.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— House Republicans Hold Off on Immigration Showdown GOP centrists agree to wait until next week before pushing a vote – Kristina Peterson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/house-republicans-hold-off-on-immigration-showdown-1528412551

 

BLOOMBERG
— Consensus Evades House Republicans in Push for Immigration Bill – Erik Wasson, Anna Edgerton, and Sahil Kapur (DIERSEN: The more that you reject a plank in the Republican Party platform, the more that anti-Republicans glorify you and praise you.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-07/chamber-of-commerce-pleads-with-gop-to-approve-daca-legislation

 

FORBES
— Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Tying Executives’ Bonuses To Diversity Initiatives – Eric Bachman (DIERSEN: To increase diversity is a) to not hire, b) to not promote, and c) to get rid of those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. So why not give executives bonuses a) for not hiring, b) for not promoting, and c) for getting rid of those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran?)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericbachman/2018/06/07/put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is-tying-executives-bonuses-to-diversity-initiatives/#566e9d2a731f

 

SAN FRANCISCO GATE
— Seeking a pardon from Trump? Cable TV is becoming a popular place to make an appeal – John Wagner (DIERSEN: Should I ask Trump to “wipe clean” the a) adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me and b) the adverse actions that my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants critics/opponents took against me? Just kidding.)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Seeking-a-pardon-from-Trump-Cable-TV-is-becoming-12975323.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Under President Donald Trump, cable television is rapidly becoming the government’s new pardons office. On Thursday, former CIA officer John Kiriakou became the latest person to take to the talk-show circuit, making a direct appeal to the president to wipe clean his conviction for leaking the identity of a fellow CIA officer. “I would be forever indebted to him for a pardon,” Kiriakou said during an interview on “Fox & Friends” on Fox News, a program that Trump often watches as part of his morning routine. Kiriakou was charged in 2012 with leaking classified information about the CIA waterboarding of an al-Qaida suspect at a secret site in Thailand. He argued Thursday that he was unfairly targeted by former CIA director John Brennan, who has since become a vocal critic of Trump’s actions related to the Russian investigation and other matters.)