August 22 Evening Edition

ILLINOIS BUSINESS IMMIGRATION COALITION
— IBIC APPLAUDS PUBLIC REPORTS THAT GOVERNOR BRUCE RAUNER WILL SIGN TRUST ACT SB 31 ON MONDAY AUGUST 28  (DIERSEN: Obviously, Rauner is taking the advice of those who not only want Rauner to lose in 2018, but who want all Republicans to lose in 2018.)
http://mailchi.mp/illinoisbic/vvnms20cdi-811145?e=1d387c0f46

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner to sign immigration bill — sparking anger on right – Tina Sfondeles  (DIERSEN: Obviously, Rauner is taking the advice of those who not only want Rauner to lose in 2018, but who want all Republicans to lose in 2018.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-to-sign-immigration-bill-sparking-anger-on-right/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. Bruce Rauner plans to sign into law on Monday both an automatic voter registration and an immigration measure that would limit the role of local law enforcement in federal efforts —a move that may spark some backlash among his conservative base. Conservative firebrand Joe Walsh tweeted if he signs the immigration bill, “Governor Rauner is done.” Last week the governor on WBEZ-FM called the immigration measure — the Illinois Trust Act — “very reasonable,” but would not confirm whether he’d sign it. On Tuesday, the governor’s office confirmed he’d sign the immigration and voter registration measures on Monday. The immigration legislation would prohibit police in Illinois from detaining or arresting a person based on their immigration status or on federal immigration detainer. It would allow law enforcement officials, however, to detain a person with a judge’s order. The bill passed with bipartisan support and was supported by faith leaders, law enforcement and businesses. But Republicans initially opposed the measure, arguing it will cause a conflict with federal laws. State Sen. Dave Syverson of Rockford has said Republicans are concerned the “blanket prohibition could result in leaving criminal illegal immigrants, including those accused of violent crimes, on the streets.” The conservative news organization Breitbart just wrote an article on the bill suggesting Rauner would be helping Democrats “frustrate federal immigration enforcement.” And Walsh, a former congressman and talk radio personality, weighed in on Tuesday, tweeting that if Rauner “allows Illinois to become a sanctuary state, I will not support his reelection. No way.” When TV reporter Mary Ann Ahern tweeted that Rauner planned to sign the bill, Walsh responded: “If true, bad terrible day for Illinois. Gov Rauner is done.” Rauner has steered clear of making comments about federal issues, specifically about “sanctuary cities.” He has said he’s in support of a comprehensive immigration policy, however. The automatic voter registration measure will automatically register people to vote at state drivers’ facilities, when applying for, updating or renewing a driver’s license or state ID — unless they opt out. It also creates a similar program for other state agencies. The governor vetoed a similar measure last year, citing concerns over voter fraud, and federal election laws. Illinois will be the ninth state to approve automatic voter registration. The measure was sent to the governor June 29.)
— ‘White male’ Rauner opts not to weigh in on racial debate over cartoon – Tina Sfondeles  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps and anti-Rauners demonize, denigrate, and condemn as being White supremacists, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things those who are Trump supporters, Rauner supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/white-male-rauner-opts-not-to-weigh-in-on-racial-debate-over-cartoon/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Noting that he is “a white male,” Gov. Bruce Rauner does not plan to wade into the controversy over a cartoon by a conservative think tank that sparked bipartisan outrage in the General Assembly and charges that it was racially offensive. “The governor would never try to talk anyone out of their reaction to any piece of art, political or nonpolitical, right or left, good or bad,” Rauner spokeswoman Laurel Patrick said Tuesday. “The governor has great respect for the black caucus and members of the General Assembly who voiced concerns about the cartoon. “The governor’s office has also heard from members of the black community who found truth in the imagery and do not find the cartoon offensive. Here is where things stand: The cartoon was removed days ago. And the governor – as a white male – does not have anything more to add to the discussion.” The cartoon by the Illinois Policy Institute depicted a black child in a Cubs cap begging for money for school from a wealthy cigar-smoking white man, who was showing one pocket empty and the other stuffed with tax-increment financing money. State Rep. Jaime Andrade denounced the cartoon on the floor of the General Assembly, drawing a bipartisan standing ovation when he denounced it as “s—.”  State Rep. Christian Mitchell, D-Chicago, called it a “Sambo” cartoon.  State Rep. Tom Demmer, R-Dixon, agreed, tweeting “Cartoons don’t make racism any more palatable @illinoispolicy should delete their cartoon and apologize. That has no place in policy debate.” The response from Rauner’s office on Tuesday did not go over well with Mitchell. “Wait what? So being a white male removes @GovRauner from a position of moral leadership? This is more disgraceful than saying nothing,” Mitchell tweeted. The Illinois Policy Institute defended the cartoon, which was intended to depict how Chicago siphons money from education with TIF funds. The think tank denied that it was racist, but removed it from its website, saying it was distracting from the debate over education funding and “the failure of political leaders to address the root cause of our struggling education system.” The think tank has been aligned with the governor, and Rauner has tapped its staff to replace senior members of his own administration since his budget veto was overridden earlier this year. Even after the institute removed the cartoon, NBC5 Political Reporter Mary Ann Ahern kept the issue alive on Twitter, repeatedly questioning whether the governor had seen the cartoon and what his reaction was. Patrick finally responded Tuesday. “Charges of racism must be taken very seriously,” she said. “The tragedy in Charlottesville and its aftermath serve as sobering reminders that even today, some remain who would use violence and hate to divide us. We must never relent in working toward a future built not on what divides us, but what unites us.”)
— If overtaxed, how do we explain gambling and Kardashians? – Phil Kadner
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/kadner-if-overtaxed-how-do-we-explain-gambling-and-kardashians/
— Rauner signs bill to end arrests for being seen with gang members – Tina Sfondeles  (DIERSEN: Criminals are overjoyed.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-signs-bill-to-end-arrests-for-being-seen-with-gang-members/amp/
— Pence says Confederate statues are state, local decision – AP  (DIERSEN: What if members of Group A get enough votes together in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and/or in America to get rid of those in Group B?  Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.  Members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pence-says-confederate-statues-are-state-local-decision/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Our ‘howling manchild’ president can be made irrelevant.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/reich-our-howling-manchild-president-can-be-made-irrelevant/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner will sign immigration bill, aide says – Kim Geiger (DIERSEN: Obviously, Rauner is taking the advice of those who not only want Rauner to lose in 2018, but who want all Republicans to lose in 2018.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-education-bill-met-0823-20170822-story.html
— State officials put off decision on Trump panel’s request for voter data – Rick Pearson  (DIERSEN: How many people who have moved out, people who are dead, illegals, and other ineligibles are on the voter rolls in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-donald-trump-illinois-elections-met-0823-20170822-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The anxiety caused by President Trump.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-anxiety-20170822-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “Why doesn’t Donald Trump just quit?”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-president-unhappy-resign-20170822-story.html
— Councilwoman Patty Gustin running for DuPage County Board – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-gustin-dupage-county-board-st-0823-20170822-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Naperville council member Gustin seeking DuPage County District 5 Board seat – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170822/naperville-council-member-gustin-seeking-dupage-county-board-seat
— Rauner says no comment on political cartoon as ‘white male’ – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170822/news/308229878/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— No August recess for politics in Roskam’s district – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170822/BLOGS02/170829979/no-august-recess-for-politics-in-roskams-district
— The data behind CPS’ hemorrhaging finances – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170822/BLOGS02/170829978/the-data-behind-cps-hemorrhaging-finances

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— 25,000+ sign petition to jail Missouri lawmaker who wished for Trump’s assassination
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/275422237-story

 

WTTW
— Rauner Spokeswoman Confirms Governor to Sign Immigration Bill – Brandis Friedman  (DIERSEN: Obviously, Rauner is taking the advice of those who not only want Rauner to lose in 2018, but who want all Republicans to lose in 2018.)
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/08/22/rauner-spokeswoman-confirms-governor-sign-immigration-bill
— Legislators Condemn Rauner’s Reaction to Political Cartoon – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/08/22/legislators-condemn-rauner-s-reaction-political-cartoon

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Poverty striking rural Illinois at a faster rate than cities
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/poverty-striking-rural-illinois-at-a-faster-rate-than-cities/article_0f66093c-841e-11e7-bdf4-dbdad2302a63.html

 

ILLINOIS HOME PAGE
— Fake newspaper causes stir in Springfield – Raquel Martin
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/fake-newspaper-causes-stir-in-springfield/795898360

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— VICTIMS’ FAMILIES CONTINUE TO CALL ON GOVERNOR TO VETO SANCTUARY BILL; STILL HAVE NOT HEARD FROM HIM  (DIERSEN: Those who side with the bill side with illegals against Americans.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/victims-families-continue-to-call-on-governor-to-veto-sanctuary-bill-they-still-have-not-heard-from-.html
— BAN THE BOX POLICIES COULD BE HARMING YOUNG BLACK MEN, NEW STUDIES SHOW
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/ban-the-box-policies-could-be-harming-young-black-men-new-studies-show.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner takes more heat over SB31 legislation
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/22/rauner-takes-more-heat-over-legislation/
— Mayor Emanuel, Pritzker campaign, Rep. Christian Mitchell respond – Full statement *** “As a white male” Rauner doesn’t have “anything more to add to the discussion”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/22/as-a-white-male-rauner-doesnt-have-anything-more-to-add-to-the-discussion/
— Rauner in TIF tiff with mayors
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/22/rauner-in-tif-tiff-with-mayors/
— Sweeney: McCann “definitely wants to run” for governor
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/22/sweeney-mccann-definitely-wants-to-run-for-governor/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Liberal law center demonizes Christian foes of LGBTQ agenda as ‘hate groups’ – PETER LABARBERA
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/liberal-law-center-demonizes-christian-foes-of-lgbtq-agenda-as-hate-groups

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— Left-Wing SPLC Donations Multiply as J.P. Morgan, Clooneys Give $2.5 Million – Aly Nielsen
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/business/aly-nielsen/2017/08/22/left-wing-splc-donations-multiply-jp-morgan-clooneys-give-25

 

BREITBART
— George Clooney Donates $1M to Southern Poverty Law Center to Fight ‘Bigotry and Hate’ – JEROME HUDSON  (DIERSEN: SPLC fights those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/08/22/george-clooney-donates-1-million-to-southern-poverty-law-center-to-fight-hate/
— Protester Attacks 225-Year-Old Christopher Columbus Monument with Sledgehammer – AWR HAWKINS  (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the sooner that protesters will attack you: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/21/video-protester-attacks-christopher-columbus-monument-sledgehammer/
— McClatchy: Trump Aides Plot Big Immigration Deal — That Breaks a Campaign Promise
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/22/mcclatchy-donald-trumps-aides-plot-big-immigration-deal-breaks-campaign-promise/?ut

 

DAILY WIRE
— WATCH: ‘Woke’ Millennials Hilariously Say They’d Prefer Venezuela’s Food Lines Over America’s Income Inequality  Venezuela’s “a lot like the rest of the world, which is a lot more dignified than us.” – JAMES BARRETT
http://www.dailywire.com/news/20027/watch-woke-millennials-say-theyd-prefer-venezuelas-james-barrett

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— WHAT IS ‘HATE’ AND WHO DEFINES IT? THE SPLC?  Jerry Newcombe on how organization went from discerning to dangerous
http://www.wnd.com/2017/08/what-is-hate-and-who-defines-it-the-splc/
— THE GRAVE DESECRATORS Moving Confederate monuments to cemeteries won’t stop the mobs – ANDY SCHLAFLY
http://www.wnd.com/2017/08/the-grave-desecrators/

 

THE HILL
— Breitbart goes after Trump – JONATHAN EASLEY
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/347536-breitbart-goes-after-trump

 

NEW YORK POST
– Two Kennedys arrested after wild party in Cape Cod – Max Jaeger
http://nypost.com/2017/08/22/two-kennedys-arrested-after-wild-party-in-cape-cod/

 

FORTUNE
– J.P. Morgan Is Giving $1 Million to Nonprofits Exposing Hate Groups in the Wake of Charlottesville – Kevin Lui  (DIERSEN: SPLC promotes hatred against Christians.)
http://fortune.com/2017/08/22/jpmorgan-donation-extremism-charlottesville/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Trump Staff Still Short on Relevant Experience – George E. Condon Jr.  (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13, Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12, Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173.)
http://www.govexec.com/management/2017/08/analysis-trump-staff-still-short-relevant-experience/140409/

August 19 Morning Edition

ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Which groups are ENCOURAGED by Rauner’s comments on Illinois TRUST Act?  ANSWER: Groups that will never vote for Rauner, that is, groups that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. QUESTION: Which groups are DISCOURAGED by Rauner’s comments on Illinois TRUST Act? ANSWER: Groups that want to vote for Rauner in 2018, that is, groups that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.icirr.org/news-events/news/details/2112/privacy.html

 

NBC5
— 32 Hate Groups Call Illinois Home, Southern Poverty Law Center Says  The SPLC’s digital “Hate Map,” an interactive feature on its website cataloging what it calls extremist and fringe groups, has been circulated widely on social media in recent days in response to the events in Charlottesville. – Richard Ray (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if your group does not promote the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and/or the Green Party platform, CNN, SPLC, NBC5, and other Democrat, Libertarian, and Green individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries will call your group a “hate group.”  The aforesaid platforms promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, the destruction of the traditional family, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, race and gender based preference giving, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and/or even worse things.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/32-Hate-Groups-Call-Illinois-Home-Southern-Poverty-Law-Center-Says-441061583.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— NAACP calling for boycott of NFL, Atlanta Falcons – Aungelique Proctor
http://www.fox32chicago.com/sports/274722724-story
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The NAACP has called for a boycott of the NFL. The organization says the league treated free agent Colin Kaepernick unfairly for his headline grabbing protest during the national anthem. The NAACP is asking Falcons fans everywhere to take a knee on the NFL. They say that means they don’t want fans coming to Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the season opener or even watching the team on television.)
— Steve Bannon leaves White House preparing for ‘war’
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/274798453-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Khouri to run for General Assembly
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-khouri-election-st-0820-20170818-story.html
— DuPage Democrats optimistic with Bellock not seeking re-election in 47th District – Chuck Fieldman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/western-springs/news/ct-dhd-democrat-replace-bellock-tl-0824-20170818-story.html
— Boston braces for far-right demonstrators and large counter-protest – Vera Haller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-boston-free-speech-rally-20170819-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled anti-Trump says “Trump panders to racists, but calling him out is not enough.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/sns-201708181533–tms–msanchezctnms-a20170818-20170818-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner vetoes plan requiring overdue bill reporting – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/rauner-vetoes-plan-requiring-overdue-bill-reporting/
— DuPage County: Brothers charged with turning in forged community service records
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/brothers-charged-with-turning-in-forged-community-service-records/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: General Robert E. Lee: A tragic turn on hallowed ground – Gene Lyons  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps reject Lincoln’s “With malice toward none, with charity for all.”)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/lyons-a-turn-from-laughable-to-tragic-on-hallowed-ground-in-virginia/
— Trump, Melania will not attend Kennedy Center honors – Lynn Sweet  (DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/trump-melania-will-not-attend-kennedy-center-honorsdistrac/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The honorees at the Dec. 3 ceremony are Carmen de Lavallade, Gloria Estefan, LL COOL J, Norman Lear, Lionel Richie. The White House said in a statement the first couple would not attend in order to “allow the honorees to celebrate without any political distraction.” This comes after members of a presidential arts and humanities commission quit Friday to protest Trump in the wake of his Charlottesville remarks. The members – some Obama appointees – said in a statement, “Ignoring your hateful rhetoric would have made us complicit in your words and actions,” they wrote in a letter to Trump. “We took a patriotic oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” “…Supremacy, discrimination, and vitriol are not American values. Your values are not American values. We must be better than this. We are better than this. If this is not clear to you, then we call on you to resign your office, too.”)

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Silicon Valley as being a warrior against White supremacy.  Which anti-Trumps in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois promote themselves as being warriors against White supremacy?  What do these warriors do to get rid of those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170819/how-silicon-valley-has-escalated-its-war-on-white-supremacy
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner says “Governor’s school-funding reform plan is fatally flawed.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170818/governors-school-funding-reform-plan-is-fatally-flawed

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner signs law to eliminate township collector in Sangamon County – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170819/rauner-signs-law-to-eliminate-township-collector-in-sangamon-county

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— A coronation for Pritzker? – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/opinion/columnists/column-a-coronation-for-pritzker/article_8e02989d-13f7-5d54-afde-509e16246d2e.html

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— New law could make it easier to eliminate Godfrey Township  One of several relating to reducing government signed by Rauner – Scott Cousins  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present Milton Township officials, employees, their operatives, and their dupes who have focused on destroying me since 1999.)
https://thetelegraph.com/news/107409/new-law-could-make-it-easier-to-eliminate-godfrey-township

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Letting Bruce be Bruce – Rich Miller
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/miller-letting-bruce-be-bruce/article_de616072-f714-562e-b874-c84401dcdefb.html

 

WJBD RADIO
— Illinois Governor Vetoes Plan Requiring Overdue Bill Reporting  Governor Claims State Comptroller Wanted to Micromanage Executive Agencies
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2017/08/18/illinois-governor-vetoes-plan-requiring-overdue-bill-reporting

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s mixed messaging sparks concerns of ’emboldened’ alt-right.  Far-right groups empowered by Trump’s response.”  Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps embolden and empower individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trumps-mixed-messaging-sparks-concerns-of-emboldened-altright/793848619
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Charlottesville to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/charlottesville-a-monumental-week-of-debate-over-the-nations-identity/793802409

 

CHICAGO ARGUS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner/Trump says “Rauner really needs to make up his mind on how tied he is to Trump.” What do you say to Rauner’s advisors who urge him to be anti-government employee, anti-union, anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long?
http://chicagoargus.blogspot.com/2017/08/rauner-really-needs-to-make-up-his-mind.html

 

WIRE POINTS
— Rahm’s Ramp And The Fate Of Chicago’s Pensions – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/rahms-ramp-and-the-fate-of-chicagos-pensions-wp-original/

 

KANKAKEE TIMES
— Rep. Keith Wheeler (R-Oswego) decries lack of progress on public school funding
http://kankakeetimes.com/stories/511187103-wheeler-decries-lack-of-progress-on-public-school-funding

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— County Board Member Tonia Khouri to run for House seat – Caitlin Nordahl
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511188252-county-board-member-khouri-to-run-for-house-seat

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The SPLC: An Anti-Christian Hate Group – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/splc-anti-christian-hate-group/
— Judge Loses Her Position for Belief in Traditional Marriage – Andrew Willis
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/judge-loses-position-belief-traditional-marriage/
— 40 Days for Life is Coming to Aurora
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/40-days-life-coming-aurora/

 

GOPUSA
— Where Is the Corporate Disavowal of Black Lives Matter?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28832
— Seattle rental applicants’ criminal histories virtually off-limits to landlords under new law
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28758
— Judge in tea party case orders IRS to disclose employee names, reasons
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28916

 

BLAZE
— In jarring interview, Bannon declares Trump presidency over, readies for war – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/08/18/in-jarring-interview-bannon-declares-trump-presidency-over-readies-for-war/

 

NEWSMAX
— Charlottesville Mayor Calls for Swift Removal of Lee Statue  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What is next? ANSWER: Individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/US-Confederate-Monument-Protest/2017/08/18/id/808516/
— Steve Bannon: Trump Presidency Is ‘Over’
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/bannon-interview-firing-bloomberg/2017/08/18/id/808508/

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— These are the mainstream conservatives on CNN’s ‘hate group’ list  (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if your group does not promote the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and/or the Green Party platform, CNN and SPLC will call your group a “hate group.”)
https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/these-are-the-mainstream-conservatives-on-cnn-hate-group-list
(FROM THE ARTICLE: CNN has published a list of “hate groups” currently operating in the United States, relying on an extremely partisan analysis from the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Several truly extremist groups populate the list, such as the Ku Klux Klan, New Black Panthers, Nation of Islam, and others. But along with the neo-Nazi and Islamic extremist groups on the list, the SPLC has lumped in as “hate groups” mainstream, well-known conservative individuals and organizations who merely speak out about the threat of radical Islam. Here are some that were included on the list. . .SPLC/CNN BIAS  Since its founding, the SPLC has displayed an overt left-wing bias in attempts to smear conservatives as hateful bigots. The organization often turns a blind eye to leftist extremist groups, such as Antifa and Occupy Wall Street, while continuing attempts to tarnish the reputation of mainstream conservative groups that are supported by millions of Americans. By using the SPLC’s extremely biased list, CNN continues to showcase its partisan bias in favor of left-wing elements.)

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Charlottesville Is Not about the Forces of Good vs. the Forces of Evil – Abraham H. Miller
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/08/charlottesville_is_not_about_the_forces_of_good_v_the_forces_of_evil.html
— The media attack Trump no matter what he says or does – Jack Hellner
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/08/the_media_attack_trump_no_matter_what_he_says_or_does.html
— The Forbidden Faction: Stigmatizing White Identity Politics – Michael Thau
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/08/the_forbidden_faction_stigmatizing_white_identity_politics.html

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Republicans squandered a chance to enact their agenda early in Donald Trump’s first term by betting on a foolish, long-shot legislative strategy. Now what? – JAMES CAPRETTA
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450633/republicans-risky-legislative-strategy-backfired-what-happens-their-agenda-now

 

THE HILL
— Krauthammer says Bannon pulled a ‘classic Scaramucci’ to get fired – MAX GREENWOOD  (DIERSEN: Did you want to get fired?  My critics/opponents, would hint/imply/argue/shout that I wanted to get fired a) because I failed/refused to become a Democrat, b) because I complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, c) because I failed/refused to help my superiors get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and d) because in 1988 when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/347185-krauthammer-says-bannon-pulled-a-classic-scaramucci-to-get-fired

 

POLITICO
— The agonizing, 8-page memo on how to chauffeur a congressman  Pity the poor aide charged with driving Rep. Todd Rokita around his district. – JOHN BRESNAHAN and RACHAEL BADE
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/18/todd-rokita-boss-aides-staff-instructions-241709

 

AOL NEWS
— Steve Bannon reportedly planning war with Matt Drudge – NICK CARDONA
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/08/18/steve-bannon-reportedly-planning-war-with-matt-drudge/23152169/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Romney Tells Trump to Apologize for Causing ‘Racists to Rejoice’ – MAGGIE HABERMANA  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Romney glorifies and praises and panders to those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/us/politics/trump-charlottesville-romney.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Discovering the Limitations of Statues.” Anti-Trumps only want statutes of those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/opinion/statues-trump-confederates-charlottesville.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The Test of Nazism That Trump Failed.” What is your national origin?  During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany.  Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F.  Further, according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/opinion/the-test-of-nazism-that-trump-failed.html
— Mother of Woman Killed in Charlottesville Says She Will Not Speak to Trump – JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH  (DIRERSEN: The more anti-Trump that you are, the more that anti-Trumps promote you.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/us/politics/susan-bro-trump-heather-heyer.html
— What Robert E. Lee Wrote to The Times About Slavery in 1858 – JACEY FORTINA  (DIERSEN: What were your ancestors doing in 1858? On my father’s side, they were farmers in Crete.  On my mother’s side, they were farmers in Grant Park.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/us/robert-e-lee-slaves.html
— Cambridge University Press Removes Academic Articles on Chinese Site – IAN JOHNSONAU  (DIERSEN: Who tells you what to do and what not to do? My critics/opponents want me to stop putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. But failing that, they want the following to tell me what to do and what not to do: a) those who dominate the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party, b) those who dominate TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, and c) those who dominate the Republicans who represent me in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/world/asia/cambridge-university-press-academic-freedom.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One of the world’s oldest and most respected publishing houses, Cambridge University Press, has bowed to pressure from Beijing and removed sensitive content on its site in China. The content is published in China Quarterly, an academic journal run by the press. In a letter made public on social media on Friday, the editor of the journal, Tim Pringle, said Cambridge University Press had informed him that the authorities had ordered it to censor more than 300 articles related to issues like the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong and the Cultural Revolution. The publishing house’s site risked being shut down if it did not comply with the request, the letter said. In response to the government’s actions, the journal issued a statement expressing its “deep concern and disappointment.” “We note, too, that this restriction of academic freedom is not an isolated move but a further reflection of policies that have narrowed the space for public engagement and discussion across Chinese society,” the statement said. Dr. Pringle said in a telephone interview that Chinese academics, who had been publishing in the journal in increasing numbers, would suffer the most. “It’s not only a retrograde step in principle, but it affects Chinese scholars in particular” he said, because they will not have access to global scholarship on the country.)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Bannon demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Bannon.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2017/08/18/stephen-bannon-never-should-have-been-in-the-white-house/

 

DAILY MAIL
— ‘Marijuana killed our son’: Family claims teen’s fatal heart arrhythmia was triggered by smoking weed – DANIELLE ZOELLNER
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4802978/Marijuana-killed-man-died-heart-arrhythmia.html

 

GOVERNMET EXECUTIVE
— Managing Your Career in the Trump Era – Stewart Liff  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.  I might still be a federal employee a) if my Democrat IRS superiors had not succeeded in getting rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and b) if my Democrat GAO superiors had not succeeded in getting rid of the GAO manager who hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2017/08/managing-your-career-trump-era/140350/

 

GM AUTHORITY
— It’s ‘So Important’ To Get Millennials Into Car Culture – AARON BRZOZOWSKI  (DIERSEN: Are you anti-car?  Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are a) anti-car and b) anti-union.  They are especially anti-GM, anti-Ford, and anti-Chrysler.  They remind everyone that I was a union member for almost 12 years and that I own a 1972 Chevy Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS, 2005 Chevy Corvette, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, and 2016 Ford Mustang and that I have owned a 1958 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, 1969 Dodge Charger SE, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1978 Chevy Chevette, 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, 1990 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1993 Ford Thunderbird, and 1997 Chevy Cavalier.)
http://gmauthority.com/blog/2017/08/al-oppenheiser-its-so-important-to-get-millennials-into-car-culture/

August 15 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump blames counter-protesters for Charlottesville violence, hundreds protest in Loop – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/trump-again-blames-counter-protesters-for-charlottesville-violence/2311297/
— Republicans seek to repeal Cook County sugary beverage tax – CRAIG WALL
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/republicans-seek-to-repeal-cook-county-sugary-beverage-tax/2310512/
— Sheriff to seek charges against NC protesters who toppled Confederate statue – Jonah Kaplan (DIERSEN: How soon will the protestors try to topple you? From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the sooner that protestors will try to topple you: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. Needless-to-say, members of the aforesaid groups have bought lots of firearms and ammunition for their self-protection.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/sheriff-to-seek-charges-against-protesters-who-toppled-confederate-statue/2310035/

 

NBC5
— Hundreds March Downtown, Rally at Trump Tower After President’s Charlottesville Comments – Richard Ray
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Hundreds-March-Downtown-Rally-at-Trump-Tower-440623903.html
— Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Repeal New Cook County Beverage Tax – Kye Martin
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Lawmakers-Introduce-Bill-to-Repeal-New-Cook-County-Beverage-Tax-440557823.html

 

CBS2
— Airbnb Permanently Bans White Supremacists From Using Its Services  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that all Trump supporters are White supremacists.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/15/airbnb-ban-white-supremacists/
— Congresswoman Kelly: ‘Trump Has Emboldened Racists’ – Craig Dellimore  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, members of the following groups say that “Trump Has Emboldened Racists:” anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/15/congresswoman-kelly-trump-has-emboldened-racists/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump says it anew: blame ‘on both sides’ in Charlottesville – David Nakamura
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-charlottesville-violence-20170815-story.html
— Republicans step up criticism after Trump again blames ‘both sides’ for Charlottesville violence – Lisa Mascaro
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-paul-ryan-white-supremacy-20170815-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Roskams and anti-Trumps promote anti-Roskams and anti-Trumps.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/barrington/news/ct-bcr-rally-tl-0817-20170815-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE HEADLINE: How do you deal with the jerk in your office? – Keri Wiginton  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, at one time or another, they assigned me to supervise, to work with, or to work for all the office’s most problematic employees.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-bsi-schmuck-in-your-office-20170811-story.html
— Texas A&M cancels ‘White Lives Matter’ rally planned for Sept. 11 – Sarah Larimer   (DIERSEN: I should write a book a) about those who opposed my bringing Fox News Channel to Wheaton on cable in 2002, b) about those who opposed my organizing Wheaton’s 9/11 events in 2004 and 2005, c) about those who oppose my promoting Wheaton’s Memorial Day parades and Independence Day parades, d) about those who oppose my etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-texas-a-m-white-lives-matter-rally-20170815-story.html
— U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., questions whether Wisconsin should bear full Foxconn cost – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-wisconsin-foxconn-illinois-0816-biz-20170815-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Racial politics haunt GOP in the Trump era.” Since the Civil War, Democrats have blamed Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-racial-politics-gop-20170815-story.html
— Lawmakers, quit toying with Illinois schools and their 2 million students – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-house-veto-schools-madigan-edit-0816-md-20170815-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote hatred of Trump and hatred of Trump’s supporters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/schmich/ct-david-duke-mary-schmich-20170815-column.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-donald-trump-racist-apologist-20170815-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-confederate-honors-must-end-charlottesville-zorn-perspec-0816-md-20170815-column.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-white-millennials-racist-20170815-story.html
— Three arrested at anti-white supremacy protest – William Lee and Tony Briscoe
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-anti-facists-protest-chicago-20170815-story.html
— Police to review security after fights cancel Safe Summer League tournament at United Center – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-united-center-fights-20170815-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners say “Rauner repeats erroneous tax assessment charge against Speaker Madigan.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-property-taxes-20170815-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— First lady Diana Rauner’s emails focus on Madigan, messaging, media – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/first-lady-diana-rauners-emails-focus-on-madigan-messaging-media/amp/
— Trump reverses course: ‘There’s blame on both sides’ for Va. violence
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-reverses-course-again-says-blames-both-sides-in-virginia/
TRANSCRIPT: http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/transcript-president-trump-talks-infrastructure-virginia-violence/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A nasty anti-Trump says “As schools starve, Rauner bellyaches.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/kadner-as-schools-starve-rauner-bellyaches/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— School funds uncertain as state House returns – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170815/BLOGS02/170819912/school-funds-uncertain-as-state-house-returns
— Who knew health care could be so complicated? – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170815/BLOGS02/170819917/health-care-fixes-a-dividing-line-in-illinois-dem-governors-race
— Edward-Elmhurst Health eyes $50 million in cuts  The Naperville-based hospital system is experiencing the same financial pains as its rivals: mounting debt from patients skipping out on bills and soaring pharmaceutical costs. – KRISTEN SCHORSCH
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170815/NEWS03/170819906/edward-elmhurst-health-eyes-50-million-in-cuts

 

DAILY HERALD
— Why Kane Co. might strip riverboat gambling money from municipalities – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170815/why-kane-co-might-strip-riverboat-gambling-money-from-municipalities
— Naperville, Elmhurst hospitals planning $50 million in cuts after revenue drops – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170815/naperville-elmhurst-hospitals-planning-50-million-in-cuts-after-revenue-drops
— Deadly rally accelerates removal of Confederate statues – AP  (DIERSEN: Of course, those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors WANT ALL STATUTES REMOVED OF THOSE WHO WERE Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170815/news/308159985/
— A look at a NAACP travel warning to would-be Missouri guests – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170815/news/308159894/
— 200 attend anti-hate vigil in Naperville
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170815/200-attend-anti-hate-vigil-in-naperville

 

WTTW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps examine “Charlottesville and the Culture of Hate.”
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/08/15/examining-charlottesville-and-culture-hate

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Political days bound to be raucous and eventful during Illinois State Fair – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/special/20170815/political-days-bound-to-be-raucous-and-eventful-during-illinois-state-fair

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— House not expected to vote Wednesday on Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto – Doug Finke
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170815/house-not-expected-to-vote-wednesday-on-gov-bruce-rauners-veto

 

ROCK RIVER TIMES
— Rauner fights release of wife’s emails
http://rockrivertimes.com/2017/08/15/rauner-fights-release-of-wifes-emails/

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps holds a vigil in downtown Downers Grove.
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/08/15/downtown-downers-grove-vigil-calls-for-end-to-racism-after-charlottesville-violence/a6d3z33/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Would firing Bannon turn Breitbart against Trump?  Alt-right outlet strong supporter of Trump – TOM KLUDT (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present Republicans in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who I helped elect, but who since have turned on me. Once elected, they increasingly talk and act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.  Should I turn on them because they turned on me?)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/would-firing-bannon-turn-breitbart-against-trump/789518955

 

WJBD RADIO
— After four members of his American Manufacturing Council resigned this week, President Donald Trump explained away the actions as ones made out of “embarrassment” over the issue of outsourcing. – ABC News
http://www.wjbdradio.com/business-news/2017/08/15/trump-ceos-leaving-advisory-council-out-of-embarrassment

 

CHICAGOIST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trimps “Blast Trump’s ‘Racist, Rambling’ Double Down On ‘Both Sides’ Defense.”
http://chicagoist.com/2017/08/15/illinois_lawmakers_pols_blast_trump.php

 

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— Sanctuary city battle creates uptick in rare municipal lawsuits against US government
https://rebootillinois.com/2017/08/15/sanctuary-city-battle-creates-uptick-rare-municipal-lawsuits-u-s-government/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker again denounces Trump, calls on “spineless” Rauner to stand up to him
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/15/pritzker-again-denounces-trump-calls-on-spineless-rauner-to-stand-up-to-him/
— DGA piles on *** Pritzker campaign slams Rauner’s “Chicago Tonight” appearance
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/15/pritzker-campaign-slams-rauners-chicago-tonight-appearance/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Illinois Business Immigration Coalition is alarmed about how Gov. Rauner hadn’t yet signed the Illinois TRUST Act into law. The Illinois TRUST Act illegally encourages people a) to illegally come to America illegally, b) to illegally stay in America illegally, and c) to illegally bring others to America illegally.
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/15/worries-resurface-after-rauners-fox-news-interview/
— Rauner says “many superintendents and teachers” support his AV, but won’t name names
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/15/rauner-says-many-superintendents-and-teachers-support-his-av-but-wont-name-names/

 

BREITBART
— Donald Trump Blasts Reporters at Trump Tower For One-Sided Charlottesville Reporting – CHARLIE SPIERING
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/15/donald-trump-reporters-charlottesville-violence/
— Raheem Kassam on ‘No Go Zones’: From Statue Destruction to Muslim Migration, the Left Wants to Erase America – JOHN HAYWARD
http://www.breitbart.com/radio/2017/08/15/raheem-kassam-no-go-zones-statue-destruction-muslim-migration-left-wants-erase-america/

 

GOPUSA
— Eric Holder hit with Fort Hood ‘workplace violence’ mockery after Charlottesville remarks  (DIERSEN: Will Fields’ supporters say it was just “road rage?”)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28712
— Father shot dead on Chicago church steps as he yells for children to take cover
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28673

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Carly Fiorina keynoting Log Cabin Republican anniversary celebration at Trump Hotel – Seth McLaughlin  (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity will use this to argue that Trump and Fiorina want to get rid of all those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/15/carly-fiorina-keynoting-log-cabin-republican-anniv/

 

DAILY CALLER
— If You Work For Trump, You’re Always On The Chopping Block, Sources Say – Alex Pfeiffer  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/15/if-you-work-for-trump-youre-always-on-the-chopping-block-sources-say/
— CBS Excludes 9/11 From List Of Terror Attacks In U.S. – Jack Crowe   (DIERSEN: I should write a book a) about those who opposed my bringing Fox News Channel to Wheaton on cable in 2002, b) about those who opposed my organizing Wheaton’s 9/11 events in 2004 and 2005, c) about those who oppose my promoting Wheaton’s Memorial Day parades and Independence Day parades, d) about those who oppose my etc.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/14/cbs-excludes-911-from-list-of-terror-attacks-in-us/

 

FOX NEWS
— Bannon increasingly isolated as Kelly takes command; GOP allies defend McMaster – Serafin Gómez  (DIERSEN: Who isolates you?  The following isolate me: those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid. The aforesaid do not return my phone calls.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/08/15/bannon-increasingly-isolated-as-kelly-takes-command-gop-allies-defend-mcmaster.html

 

THE HILL
— Trump said he needed to ‘know the facts’ on Charlottesville – JONATHAN EASLEY
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/346665-trump-said-he-needed-to-know-the-facts-on-charlottesville
— Trump pressured to dump nationalist wing – JONATHAN EASLEY AND JORDAN FABIAN  (DIERSEN: Those who pressure Trump to dump the nationalist wing also pressure Trump to dump the Trump supporter wing, the Protestant wing, the conservative wing, the Republican wing, the American wing, the White wing, the male wing, the older people wing, the rich people wing, the gun owner wing, the German American wing, and the those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time wing.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/346538-trump-pressured-to-dump-nationalist-wing

 

POLITICO
— Trump blames ‘both sides’ for Charlottesville violence  ‘What about the alt-left?’ the president asks, as he doubles down on his original, controversial statement. – NOLAN D. MCCASKILL
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/15/trump-asks-why-alt-left-not-being-blamed-for-charlottesville-violence-241660

 

CNN
— Trump says both sides to blame amid Charlottesville backlash – Dan Merica
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/15/politics/trump-charlottesville-delay/index.html

 

UPI
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Transgender troops ban could cost $960M.”
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/08/15/Study-Transgender-troops-ban-could-cost-960M/4761502809248/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Defends Initial Remarks on Charlottesville; Asks if George Washington Statues Were Next to Come Down; Again Blames ‘Both Sides’ – MICHAEL D. SHEAR and MAGGIE HABERMAN
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/us/politics/trump-press-conference-charlottesville.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Far Right Plans Its Next Moves With a New Energy – ALAN FEUERA  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump, anti-Trumps call you “far right.”)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/14/us/white-supremacists-right-wing-extremists-richard-spencer.html
— Thousands of Protesters Greet Trump as He Returns to Manhattan Home – MATTHEW HAAG and SARAH MASLIN NIR  (DIERSEN: What percent of these protesters are not only anti-Trump, but also anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors – 100%?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/14/nyregion/trump-new-york-city-visit.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Sooner or later, if not already, if you do not demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump supporters as being White supremacists, anti-Trumps will get rid of you.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/14/opinion/charlottesville-white-supremacists-trump-.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Insurance Premiums and Deficit Would Soar if Trump Cuts Obamacare Subsidies.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/us/politics/cbo-obamacare-cost-sharing-reduction-trump.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Illinois House takes up school funding, but not override – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/illinois-house-takes-up-school-funding-but-not-override/2017/08/15/4ad0ef2c-820d-11e7-9e7a-20fa8d7a0db6_story.html
— Trump again blames ‘both sides’ in Charlottesville, says some counterprotesters were ‘very, very violent’ – David Nakamura
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/08/15/trump-again-blames-both-sides-in-charlottesville-says-some-counterprotesters-were-very-very-violent/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Says ‘Both Sides’ to Blame in Charlottesville Violence, Reversing Monday’s Stance  Remarks at odds with day-earlier statement condemning white supremacists – Peter Nicholas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-says-both-sides-to-blame-in-charlottesville-violence-reversing-mondays-stance-1502830785
— Can the VA Fire Anyone?  Congress wrote its recent reform for this kind of case. Try it. – Editorial  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-the-va-fire-anyone-1502752855
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Muslims crow over their conquest of America.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-may-be-more-tolerant-of-muslims-than-ever-1502753691
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Health Exchange Premiums Would Rise 20% in 2018 If Subsidies Ended” and “Deficit would increase by $194 billion by 2026 if subsidies halted because government would pay more in tax credits.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/health-exchange-premiums-would-rise-20-in-2018-if-subsidies-ended-cbo-estimates-1502821843

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOPY ARTICLE HEADLINE: Hate sites test Internet providers  Pressure mounts on tech companies to curb extremism – Jon Swartz, Rachel Sandler and Brett Molina  (DIERSEN: Who would come to my defense if the anti-Trumps succeed in shutting down
www.gopillinois.com and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails because they include links to articles posted at the Illinois Family Institute (IFI) website at https://illinoisfamily.org/ and at the Americans for Truth About Homosexuality (AFAH) website at http://americansfortruth.com/ (SEE: http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/family-institute-smeared-as-one-of-32-illinois-hate-groups-along-with-neo-nazis-and-skinheads.html  Constructively, while I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes treated TAPROOT as being a hate group because I invited IFI and AFTAH leaders to speak at TAPROOT events.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2017/08/14/charlottesville-could-tipping-point-social-medias-tolerance-hate-sites/564973001/

August 15 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who is responsible for keeping Governor Rauner and all the other Illinois Republican elected officials and party leaders up to date with Illinois government and political news and commentary?  According to Natasha Korecki, “Rauner appeared unprepared for the question Monday morning — and clearly had not seen the state Senate’s action on Sunday.” (SEE:
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/08/15/politico-illinois-playbook-diana-rauners-221868) Please join me in urging Governor Rauner and all the other Illinois Republican elected officials and party leaders a) to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, or if not that, to require their staff to read the emails and to keep them up to date and b) to assure that diersen@aol.com is kept on their press release lists and their press advisory lists. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com 

 

ERIKA HAROLD
— VIDEO: Erika Harold Announces Bid for Attorney General
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=hwIl0cJOKhY

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Former Miss America Erika Harold mounts Republican bid against Democratic AG Lisa Madigan – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-erika-harold-lisa-madigan-attorney-general-met-20170814-story.html
— Palos Township meeting canceled after officials unable to accommodate large crowd of protesters – Zak Koeske  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps focus on getting rid of Trump supporters.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-palos-township-protest-st-0815-20170814-story.html
— To win 4,000 new Illinois auto jobs, Rauner needs an EDGE – Robert Reed
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-toyota-jobs-illinois-gov-response-robert-reed-815-biz-20170814-story.html
— Pawar picks Cairo mayor as running mate – Rick Pearson  (DIERSEN: Each and every Democrat gubernatorial candidate has made it very clear that if elected, they will drive out of Illinois each and every individual, organization, and company that is a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, a gun owner, German American, a draft avoider, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-ameya-pawar-running-mate-met-0815-20170814-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner, Dems map different routes on school funding mess – Tina Sfondeles and Emily Moon
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-dems-map-different-routes-on-school-funding-mess/
— BEYOND DISGUSTING: United Center closes after fights break out at youth neighborhood game – Francesca Gattuso
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/united-center-closes-due-to-fight-inside-during-basketball-tourney/
— Sheriff: 3 killed at Wisconsin drag strip were known gang members – AP  (DIERSEN: During the good old days, that is, during the 1960s and 1970s, I went to U.S. 30 Drag Strip in Indiana.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/3-shot-dead-at-wisconsin-auto-racing-event-include-2-from-illinois/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump retweets — then deletes — image of train running over CNN reporter – David Nakamura and Brian Mur  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who want a train to run over me.  They would love it.  They blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170815/trump-retweets-x2014-then-deletes-x2014-image-of-train-running-over-cnn-reporter
— Is this the last pay phone? – Burt Constable  (DIERSEN: There was a pay phone right below my bedroom window when I lived with my parents in an apartment above my grandfather’s hardware store at the northeast corner of Main and Exchange in Crete 1948-1954.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170815/constable-is-this-the-last-pay-phone-in-suburbs

 

ABC7
— Anti-hate rallies held locally and nationwide, Charlottesville driver appears in court – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/charlottesville-driver-in-court-trump-calls-hate-groups-repugnant-2-days-after-attack/2306284/

 

CBS2
— Senate Responds To Virginia Violence With ‘Anti-Hate Group Resolution’ – Bernie Tafoya  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Illinois Democrats pass anti-Trump resolutions, anti-Protestant resolutions, anti-conservative resolutions, anti-Republican resolutions, anti-American resolutions, anti-White resolutions, anti-male resolutions, anti-older people resolutions, anti-rich people resolutions, anti-gun owner resolutions, anti-German American resolutions, anti-draft avoider (except Bill Clinton) resolutions, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time resolutions?)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/14/senate-responds-to-virginia-violence-with-anti-hate-group-resolution/

 

WTTW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A disgusting anti-Rauner/Trump says Neo-Nazis “Think they have a friend in the Oval Office.”
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/08/14/emanuel-neo-nazis-think-they-have-friend-oval-office
— Gov. Bruce Rauner Calls for Education Funding Compromise
http://video.wttw.com/video/3003773166/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Urbana’s Harold announces bid for attorney general – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-08-15/urbanas-harold-announces-bid-attorney-general.html
— Money can’t buy everything – Editorial  (DIERSEN: What is the main reason why you have less money?  For me, the main reason is the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had in wasting my career and forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.  In today’s dollars, my salary was $122,991/year, but my federal pension is only $50,856/year.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-08-14/money-cant-buy-everything.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner calls for leader meetings on school funding
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170814/rauner-calls-for-leader-meetings-on-school-funding

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois House can give 831 school districts more money, or just Chicago – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article167175822.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Repudiate hate – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors PROMOTE HATRED AGAINST THOSE THAT ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20170814/editorial-repudiate-hate

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Republicans Say Illinois House May Lack Votes To Override Rauner’s Education Veto – TONY ARNOLD
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/republicans-say-illinois-house-may-lack-votes-override-rauners-education-veto
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors held vigils in Geneva and many other communities after Charlottesville protests.
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/geneva-was-among-many-communities-held-vigils-after-charlottesville-protests

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump attacks everyone on Twitter, but not white supremacists  Most positive review came from Daily Stormer – CNN  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites and anti-Trumps a) dominate the news media and b) paint Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists. How should Trump and his supporters respond?  In America today, constructively, to call a person a White supremacist is to call for that person to be killed. If anyone called me a White supremacist, I would sue them.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-attacks-everyone-on-twitter-but-not-white-supremacists/789359193

 

WGLT
— GOP’s Erika Harold Plans To Challenge Attorney General Lisa Madigan
http://wglt.org/post/gops-erika-harold-plans-challenge-attorney-general-lisa-madigan#stream/0
— Davis, LaHood Speak Out On Charlottesville Violence
http://wglt.org/post/davis-lahood-speak-out-charlottesville-violence#stream/0

 

WJBD
— Germany responds to Charlottesville violence with sharp condemnation (DIERSEN: I am proud to say that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/world-news/2017/08/14/germany-responds-to-charlottesville-violence-with-sharp-condemnation

 

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A disgusting anti-Rauner/Trump says “Members of the neo-Nazi and the KKK think they have a friend in the Oval Office”
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/08/15/emanuel-slams-trump-over-charlottesville-members-of-the-neo-nazi-and-the-kkk-think-they-have-a-friend-in-the-oval-office-and-other-chicago

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Governor Signs Township Consolidation Bill
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/08/14/governor-signs-township-consolidation-bill/
— Cruising with Cruz
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/08/14/cruising-with-cruz/
— Non-Anonymous Draining of the McHenry County Swamp
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/08/15/non-anonymous-draining-of-the-mchenry-county-swamp/

 

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois Stumbles Through Fog Towards New School Funding Formula – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/illinois-races-through-fog-towards-new-school-funding-formula-wirepoints-original/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage County seeks input on how to tailor its annual budget – Shamiso Patience Mbiriri  (DIERSEN: How many want DuPage County to use its budget to get rid of its residents, organizations, companies, and governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?  Those who want to destroy America know how to use “democracy” to destroy America.)
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511174523-dupage-county-seeks-input-on-how-to-tailor-its-annual-budget

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— RAUNER EDUCATION FUNDING CHANGES BRING $3.1M MORE TO CONROY’S SCHOOL DISTRICTS  Defenders of Senate Bill 1 are putting a bailout of Chicago Public Schools ahead of their own local school districts. – Ted Dabrowski
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/rauner-education-funding-changes-bring-3-1m-more-to-conroys-school-districts/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— State Reps. Elgie Sims (D) and David McSweeney (R) have come together on sponsoring a resolution condemning the acts in Charlottesville, Va. In it, they are crystal clear about this: “The act of violence was definitely an act of domestic terrorism,” the resolution proclaims. Read the resolution. (
https://www.scribd.com/document/356337002/House-Resolution-on-Charlottesville) It comes after the state Senate passed a similar measure on Sunday. The events make Gov. Bruce Rauner’s remarks on Monday all the more mystifying. Rauner initially refused to characterize the acts in Charlottesville as terrorism — even after the president was lambasted for two straight days after failing to come out more vehemently against the actions. Rauner appeared unprepared for the question Monday morning — and clearly had not seen the state Senate’s action on Sunday. After Democrats pounced, Rauner’s office released a statement declaring the act was indeed domestic terrorism. – Natasha Korecki (DIERSEN: Sadly, of course, members of Group A will use these resolutions to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn members of Group B as being racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/08/15/politico-illinois-playbook-diana-rauners-221868

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner calls First Lady “my most senior advisor”  (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.  In Illinois, if you get elected or appointed to a government office or a political office as a Republican, and you fail/refuse to defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform, you should immediately resign.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/15/rauner-calls-first-lady-my-most-senior-advisor/
— Did politics get in the way of a solid press pop?  This bill was signed into law without any fanfare whatsoever.
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/14/did-politics-get-in-the-way-of-a-solid-press-pop/
— Former Rauner spokesperson Demertzis joins House Republican staff  (DIERSEN: Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs refuse to keep diersen@aol.com on their press release lists and their press advisory lists.  Ever-increasingly, Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs use Democrat Rich Miller to communicate with Illinois Republicans.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/14/former-rauner-spokesperson-demertzis-joins-house-republican-staff/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner says “Rate two new anti-Rauner ads.”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/15/rate-two-new-anti-rauner-ads/

 

GOPUSA
— Chicago: 17 Hours; 8 Dead
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28671
— Protesters tear down Confederate monument in Durham, N.C. (DIERSEN: How soon will the protestors try to tear you down? From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the sooner that protestors will try to tear you down: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. Needless-to-say, members of the aforesaid groups have bought lots of firearms and ammunition for their self-protection.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28694
— White Supremacists Were Not The Only Thugs Tearing Up Charlottesville
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28669

 

FOX NEWS
— Scaramucci: If it were up to me, Bannon would be gone  (DIERSEN: If it was up to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I “would be gone” as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor. If you asked my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who they would replace me with, what would they say?  Who did they replace me with as 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, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.?)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/08/15/scaramucci-if-it-were-up-to-me-bannon-would-be-gone.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— Corporations Increasingly Serve As Arbiters Of Public Morality – Peter Hasson  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, corporations act as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat Party and promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ activity, promiscuity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, booze, gambling, pot and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, surrender to foreign countries and especially to Mexico, and even worse things.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/15/corporations-increasingly-serve-as-arbiters-of-public-morality/
— Left-Wing Agitators Call For Escalated Tactics In Response To Charlottesville – Peter Hasson  (DIERSEN: What do left-wing agitators have planned for Illinois, for your county, for your township/ward, for your municipality, and for your precinct?)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/14/left-wing-agitators-call-for-escalated-tactics-in-response-to-charlottesville/
— Protestors Topple Confederate Statue In North Carolina – Thomas Phippen  (DIERSEN: How soon will the protestors try to topple you? From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the sooner that protestors will try to topple you: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. Needless-to-say, members of the aforesaid groups have bought lots of firearms and ammunition for their self-protection.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/14/protestors-topple-confederate-statue-in-north-carolina-video/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
– TRUMP WAS RIGHT TO BLAME ‘MANY SIDES’  Larry Klayman asks, Are leftist groups getting a free pass from AG?
http://www.wnd.com/2017/08/trump-was-right-to-blame-all-sides/

 

NEWSMAX
— Gingrich: Mayors Who Remove Confederate Statues Are ‘Pandering’ – Joe Crowe  (DIERSEN: I should write a book a) about those who opposed my organizing Wheaton’s 9/11 events in 2004 and 2005 and b) about those who oppose my promoting Wheaton’s Memorial Day parades and Independence Day parades.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/newt-gingrich-confederate-statues-mayor/2017/08/15/id/807721/

 

BREITBART
— Charlottesville Racist Leader Was Former Occupy Activist, Obama Supporter – JOEL B. POLLAK
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/15/report-splc-charlottesville-racist-former-occupy-activist-obama-supporter-jason-kessler/

 

THE BLAZE
— Trump takes a swipe at CNN’s Jim Acosta after Charlottesville press briefing – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/08/14/trump-takes-a-swipe-at-cnns-jim-acosta-after-charlottesville-press-briefing/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— DIVERSITY IS BECOMING A FORM OF WORSHIP – Jeff Trent  (DIERSEN: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/08/14/diversity-is-becoming-a-form-of-worship/
— ARE MOST CHRISTIANS TODAY NOT REALLY CHRISTIANS? – Jeff Trent (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who are member of a church, who attend church services, and/or who give money to a church a) to help themselves make money, b) to help themselves get elected and reelected, and/or c) to have a license to sin.  All of the aforesaid focus on destroying me and pray for God to send me straight to Hell.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/08/14/are-most-christians-today-not-really-christians/
— CAN YOU NAME THE THREE BIGGEST FEDERAL AGENCIES? YOU’RE PROBABLY WRONG. – Jeff Trent
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/08/14/can-you-name-the-three-biggest-federal-agencies-youre-probably-wrong/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Pull the Plug on DACA – MARK KRIKORIAN
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/450479/cancel-daca-its-fifth-anniversary

 

RT
— Welcome to Charlottesville – proof that political correctness is wrecking America – Robert Bridge
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/399585-charlottesville-america-trump-violence/

 

THE HILL
— Trump pressured to dump nationalist wing – JONATHAN EASLEY AND JORDAN FABIAN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are anti-American.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/346538-trump-pressured-to-dump-nationalist-wing
— Intel CEO Brian Krzanich becomes third exec to leave Trump council after Charlottesville – MALLORY SHELBOURNE  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, to protest Trump, will Intel stop hiring and fire all its employees who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?  In 1971, 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.)
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/346569-intel-ceo-third-exec-to-leave-trump-council-after-charlottesville
— Immigration battlefield widens for Trump, GOP – JORDAIN CARNEY
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/346555-immigration-battlefield-widens-for-trump-gop

 

POLITICO
— Rauner administration blocks request for first lady’s state emails – NATASHA KORECKI (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors knew enough to not put things into writing that might get them in trouble. They knew a) that I had filed grievances while I was a Post Office employee 1966-1969 and an IRS employee 1971-1980, b) that I had taken IRS to Tax Court in 1978, c) that I had filed several lawsuits in connection with the construction of 915 Cove Court in Wheaton in 1984, d) that I had been an active member of a class action lawsuit since 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, e) that I had filed a grievance against them over an unfair performance appraisal in 1989, and d) that I had filed lawsuits in 1995 and 1996 in connection with cars that I had bought. Again, my Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors knew enough to not put things into writing that might get them in trouble.  That emboldened them a) to force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, to not promote me beyond GS-13, to keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and to force me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/15/illinois-first-lady-email-request-blocked-241644

 

CNN
— 9 times Republicans denounced Trump but came back to him – Chris Cillizza  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  People are nasty.  Who calls for others to denounce you?  I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who call for others to denounce me.)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/14/politics/trump-republicans-criticism/index.html
— DACA on perilous footing on 5th anniversary – Tal Kopan
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/15/politics/daca-anniversary-peril/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Bannon in Limbo as Trump Faces Growing Calls for the Strategist’s Ouster – MAGGIE HABERMAN and GLENN THRUSH  (DIERSEN: Who calls/called for your ouster?  Members of the following groups call/called for my outer: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/14/us/politics/steve-bannon-trump-white-house.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners say “Illinois Republican Reggie Phillips faced a choice: Vote for a tax increase or let it burn.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/this-illinois-republican-faced-a-choice-vote-for-a-tax-increase-or-let-it-burn/2017/08/14/711b5162-791c-11e7-9eac-d56bd5568db8_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Obama acted like the President of the blue States of America
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/08/15/daily-202-trump-acts-like-the-president-of-the-red-states-of-america/59925be030fb0433811d6941/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups stress that James Alex Fields is not a foreigner: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/08/15/president-trumps-claim-that-foreigners-comprise-the-vast-majority-of-terrorism-convictions-since-911/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Under Armour CEO to Leave Trump Manufacturing Council  Kevin Plank is second CEO to depart in wake of Trump’s response to violent demonstrations – Sara Germano  (DIERSEN: Members of the following groups love Plank for departing: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/under-armour-ceo-to-leave-trump-manufacturing-council-1502761051

 

MARKET WATCH
— Why the First Amendment won’t protect Charlottesville white supremacists from being fired – Leslie Albrect and Maria Lamaga (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government.  I should write a book about why federal civil service protections do not protect federal employees who are Republican from being fired, and especially those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-charlottesville-protesters-are-being-named-shamed-and-fired-2017-08-14

 

NEW HAMPSHIRE UNION LEADER
— Texas A&M cancels 9/11 white nationalist rally amid safety concerns – Eva-Marie Ayala  (DIERSEN: I should write a book a) about those who opposed my organizing Wheaton’s 9/11 events in 2004 and 2005 and b) about those who oppose my promoting Wheaton’s Memorial Day parades and Independence Day parades.)
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20170814/NEWS20/170819615

 

FRED KLONSKY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Google treats Fred Klonsky as being a legitimate news website, but refuses to treat GOPUSA ILLINOIS as being a legitimate news website. That shows that Google is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://preaprez.wordpress.com/2017/08/15/rauner-is-trumps-mini-me-when-it-comes-to-white-supremacist-terror/

August 7 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Sessions Blasts Chicago Legal Action  “The City of Chicago will continue to stand up to President Trump,” Mayor Rahm Emanuel said in a statement
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Sessions-Blasts-Chicago-Legal-Action–439080943.html

 

CBS2
— Chicago’s Overtime Costs ‘Out Of Control’
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/07/chicagos-overtime-costs-out-of-control/
— Nearly 1,000 CPS Layoffs Announced
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/07/nearly-1000-cps-layoffs-announced/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Chicago sues over sanctuary city threat; Sessions fires back
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/272355089-story
— Rauner rejects Democrats’ call to borrow for bill backlog – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/272467735-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— As Emanuel sues Trump Justice Department, immigrant sanctuary debate comes to fore – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-donald-trump-lawsuit-met-0808-2-20170807-story.html
— Rauner shouldn’t delay borrowing money to pay Illinois’ bills, comptroller says – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-susana-mendoza-met-0808-20170807-story.html
— New chief of staff Kelly moves quickly to tame Trump’s tweets – Jennifer Jacobs, Margaret Talev and Justin Sink  (DIERSEN: Who wants to tame your tweets and why, that is, who wants to shut you up and why?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-chief-of-staff-kelly-trump-tweets-20170807-story.html
— Some Lake County school districts look to reserves to navigate latest financial uncertainty – Phil Rockrohr
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-zurich/news/ct-lsr-state-education-funding-tl-0810-20170807-story.html
— President Trump, who got five draft deferments, again attacks Sen. Blumenthal’s military record – Noah Bierman  (DIERSEN: Did you avoid the draft?  If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would shout that I got student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always stressed to my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were veterans that I avoided the draft. All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, many, most, and at times, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were veterans.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-attack-senator-twitter-20170807-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-belmont-rocks-0820-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly anti-Trumps a) glorify and praise illegals and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-sanctuary-chicago-lawsuit-sessions-edit-20170807-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-trump-sanctuary-city-glanton-met-0808-20170807-column.html
— Medical pot shops hold public expo, complete with cooking demos, to reduce stigma of product – Dan Lambert  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/mundelein/news/ct-vhr-medical-marijuana-expo-tl-0810-20170807-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— After Rahm sues feds, A.G. Jeff Sessions blisters ‘lawless’ Chicago – Lynn Sweet and Jon Seidel
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicagos-promised-lawsuit-against-trump-administration-is-a-reality/
— Chance the Rapper digs at pols over education funding  (DIERSEN: Who digs at you? I should write a book about those who dig at me.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/chance-the-rapper-digs-at-pols-over-education-funding/
— A fresh attempt at cutting a deal on Illinois education – Madeleine Doubek
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/doubek-a-fresh-attempt-at-cutting-a-deal-on-illinois-education/
— Republicans don’t want nobody Dems (might have) sent – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/brown-republicans-dont-want-nobody-dems-might-have-sent/
— Trump trains his sights on affirmative action – Jesse Jackson  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/jackson-trump-trains-his-sights-on-affirmative-action/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly anti-Trumps a) glorify and praise illegals and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-wheres-the-crime-in-wanting-to-work/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Rauner appoints former Rep. Senger of Naperville as a deputy chief of staff – Katie Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170807/rauner-appoints-former-rep-senger-of-naperville-as-a-deputy-chief-of-staff
— How Wheeling says a resident cost taxpayers $144,000 – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170807/how-wheeling-says-a-resident-cost-taxpayers-144000
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump looks to loyal voters as support slips, agenda stalls.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170807/news/308079891/
— Mid-Year Review Shows Continued Strong Economic Indicators for DuPage County – Choose DuPage
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20170807/mid-year-review-shows-continued-strong-economic-indicators-for-dupage-county

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Here’s the next step in the city’s sanctuary city lawsuit – AP
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170807/NEWS02/170809894/heres-the-next-step-in-the-citys-sanctuary-city-lawsuit
— All these Democrats think they can unseat Roskam – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170807/BLOGS02/170809891/all-these-democrats-think-they-can-unseat-roskam

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Hunger on campus is a real problem with real solutions – Esther Cepeda  (DIERSEN: Were you hungry when you earned your bachelor’s degree? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that while I attended UIC 1966-1968, I owned a 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint and then a 1968 Oldsmobile 442. They would stress that while I earned my bachelor’s degree from NIU 1969-1970, I owned a 1969 Dodge Charger SE and that I lived in the University Plaza Dormitory (
https://www.uplaza.com/) in DeKalb and then Lincolnshire West Apartments (http://www.lincolnshirewest-apts.com/) in DeKalb. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would use the aforesaid to paint me as having always been undeservedly filthy rich.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170806/esther-cepeda-hunger-on-campus-is-real-problem-with-real-solutions

 

MORNING ANSWER CHICAGO
— Illinois State Representative Jeanne Ives
http://morninganswerchicago.com/2017/08/07/illinois-state-representative-jeanne-ives/

 

CHICAGOIST
— Chicago Just Hosted The Largest Democratic Socialists Convention In Years
http://chicagoist.com/2017/08/07/chicago_dsa_convention_helps_build.php

 

CHICAGO NOW
— The Southern Poverty Law Center is a hate group – Dennis Byrne
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2017/08/the-southern-poverty-law-center-is-a-hate-group/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— State legislators deemed indifferent to business woes – Hoang Tran  (DIERSEN: What are your woes and who is indifferent to them.)
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511174568-state-legislators-deemed-indifferent-to-business-woes

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage GOP maintains pivotal role in state government, local chairman says – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511174602-dupage-gop-maintains-pivotal-role-in-state-government-local-chairman-says
— Ives declares schools will open despite Madigan tactics – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511174785-ives-declares-schools-will-open-despite-madigan-tactics

 

SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Righter hails Rauner veto of school funding bill as making things fair – Caitlin Nordahl
http://seillinoisnews.com/stories/511174769-righter-hails-rauner-veto-of-school-funding-bill-as-making-things-fair

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ANTI-TAX HIKE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER JEANETTE WARD EYES FORTNER’S SOON-VACANT SEAT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/anti-tax-hike-school-board-member-eyes-fortners-soon-vacant-seat.html

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— PAINFUL TRUTH ABOUT INJUSTICE OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION  Rita Dunaway applauds attorney general’s plan to curb nefarious practice  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.wnd.com/2017/08/painful-truth-about-injustice-of-affirmative-action/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Liberal media slams politician (Jeanne Ives) for sharing article critical of transgenderism – Laurie Higgins
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/state-legislator-links-to-article-on-transgenderism-in-schools-and-gets-unn

 

BREITBART
— Trump Immigration Crackdown Leads to Higher Construction Wages (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, and companies that want cheap labor have always worked very hard against me.  They know that I was a union member for almost 12 years.)
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/08/06/trump-immigration-crackdown-leads-higher-construction-wages/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Rahm Using Sanctuary City Lawsuit Against Trump To Distract From $55 Million Scandal – William J. Kelly
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/07/rahm-using-sanctuary-city-lawsuit-against-trump-to-distract-from-55-million-scandal/
— Flake Picks Immigrants Over GOP Voters – Scott Greer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/07/flake-picks-immigrants-over-gop-voters/

 

GOPUSA
— Paul Ryan catches heat in home district – JOHN BINDER
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28306

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— PUTTING AMERICANS FIRST – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/08/07/putting-americans-first/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— How Much Should Society Stigmatize Marijuana? – MAX BLOOM (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450177/marijuana-academic-performance-study-highlights-legalizations-costs

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump at 200 days: Declining approval amid widespread mistrust.”
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/07/politics/poll-trump-approval-down-amid-distrust/index.html

 

REUTERS
— Illinois governor stalls bond sales for other options to pay bills
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-illinois-bonds-idUSKBN1AN1ID

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Google VP responds to employee memo on women: ‘Diversity and inclusion are critical to our success’ – AP  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire, to not promote, and to get rid of Republicans, Whites, men, older people, and non-veterans.)
http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-google-memo-20170807-story.html

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Rauner Rejects Democrats’ Call to Borrow for Bill Backlog  Gov. Bruce Rauner rebuffed Democrats’ calls Monday to borrow more money to take a chunk out of a $14.4 billion pile of overdue bills. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-08-07/rauner-rejects-democrats-call-to-borrow-for-bill-backlog

 

TIME MAGAZINE
— Find Out If President Trump Would Let You Immigrate to America – Lisa Marie Segarra and David Johnson  (DIERSEN: Do you qualify? I do not. 30 points are needed and I only have 18 points because a) I am over 50 years old, b) my three master’s degrees are not in science, technology, or engineering, c) I do not have a job offer, d) I do not have a Nobel Prize or major international award, e) I have not won an Olympic medal in the past 8 years, and f) I do not plan on investing money in the U.S. with foreign currency.)
http://time.com/4887574/trump-raise-act-immigration/

 

FORBES
— 10 Cars Owners Keep 10 Years Or More – Jim Gorzelany (DIERSEN: I have owned my 1972 Chevy Corvette since October 14, 1971.  I have owned my 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX since 1995.)
http://www3.forbes.com/business/10-cars-owners-keep-10-years-or-more/

 

FED SMITH
— How Do You Take Away a Benefit That’s Already Been Paid For? – John Grobe
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/08/07/take-away-benefit-thats-already-paid/

 

CATO
— 90 Percent of Businesses Don’t Use E-Verify—Especially Small Businesses – DAVID BIER  (DIERSEN: Employers that do not use E-Verify shout that they want cheap labor and that they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.cato.org/blog/90-percent-businesses-dont-use-e-verify-especially-small-businesses
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Employers that do not use E-Verify shout that they want cheap labor and that they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
https://www.cato.org/blog/legal-workforce-act-would-delay-or-cost-17-million-jobs-us-citizens-legal-workers

August 7 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Chicago Files Suit Against Justice Department Over Efforts to Deny Funding to Sanctuary Cities  The City of Chicago will continue to stand up to President Trump,” Mayor Rahm Emanuel said in a statement  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-sanctuary-city-lawsuit-funding-doj-trump-439004813.html
— Back Home, Speaker Ryan Can’t Escape Questions About GOP  Failure to produce major legislation could cost Republicans their House majority in the 2018 midterms and, for Ryan, his job as speaker and Republican leader – Scott Baur
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Speaker-Ryan-Cant-Escape-Questions-About-GOP–439009573.html

 

CBS2
— Chicago Sues Attorney General Sessions Over Plan To Withhold Funds From Sanctuary Cities (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/07/rahm-emanuel-lawsuit-justice-department-sanctuary-cities/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Emanuel sues Trump’s Justice Department over sanctuary city policy – John Byrne and Hal Dardick (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-donald-trump-lawsuit-met-0808-2-20170807-story.html
— Prtizker adds another $7 million to his campaign – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-seven-million-20170807-story.html
— FRONT PAGE HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Pence calls suggestion of 2020 bid “offensive.” – Laura King
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-pence-2020-white-house-rumors-20170806-story.html
— Lessons from a terrible job – Melanie Curtin  (DIERSEN: What employment “lessons” have you learned? From working for the federal government for almost 30 years, I learned that the Democrats who run the federal government will waste your career and get rid of you if you are not a Democrat, and especially if you are a Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986. Further, 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 ($94,610) by age 25, GS-14 ($111,801) by age 30, GS-15 ($131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($161,900) by age 40, 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.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-lessons-from-a-terrible-job-20170731-story.html
— Shamed for having a pre-existing condition: How our leaders add insult to the health care debate – Elizabeth Weitzman  (DIERSEN: What medical problems do you have?  Sooner or later, if you seek/hold a government office or a political office as a Republican, anti-Republicans will use their newspapers, their television stations, their radio stations, their websites, their etc. to make everyone aware of your medical problems. To the extent that they can, they will hint/imply/argue/shout that you brought your health problems on yourself. For example, if I sought a government office or a political office, they would shout that I brought my type 1 diabetes and my being 50+ pounds overweight on myself because I spend 10+ hours a day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out instead of exercising like they do.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-health-care-pre-existing-disease-shame-perspec-0807-jm-20170804-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago’s promised lawsuit against Trump administration is a reality – Jon Seidel and Nader Issa  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicagos-promised-lawsuit-against-trump-administration-is-a-reality/
— DIERSEN HEALINE: An anti-Rauner says “Legislators should override Rauner’s amendatory veto.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/letters-legislators-should-override-rauners-amendatory-veto/
— CPS internship program gives alumni ‘ladder to success’ – Rachel Hinton  (DIERSEN: When you were in high school and in college, did the jobs that you had help you climb the “ladder to success?” One could say that the jobs that I had did not. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964 while I was a freshman and sophomore in high school; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; and worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cps-internship-program-gives-alumni-ladder-to-success/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Before her junior year at Gordon S. Hubbard High School, Jasmin Murillo never thought she would be working in technology. But during the summer between her junior and senior years, her career path changed a bit. Through an internship program run by Genesys Works, she worked with Exelon Corp. as a junior tech coordinator. Now, nearing the end of her third year with the program, she credits it for changing her life.)
— We still need affirmative action – Jenica Roenneburg, Lena  (DIERSEN: Who should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion?  ACCORDING TO DEMOCRATS: Those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/letters-legislators-should-override-rauners-amendatory-veto/
— CPS lays off 950, including 356 teachers, delays releasing its budget – Lauren FitzPatrick
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/cps-lays-off-950-including-356-teachers-delays-releasing-its-budget/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Fortner won’t seek re-election – Robert Sanchez  (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS has NOT received the statement cited in this article.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170807/fortner-wont-seek-re-election
— How severe, ongoing stress can affect a child’s brain – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20170806/how-severe-ongoing-stress-can-affect-a-childs-brain

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Going nowhere fast?  There’s no good reason why Democrats and Republicans can’t find common ground on the school funding reform issue. – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-08-07/going-nowhere-fast.html

 

SOUTHERN
— ‘Never give up’ HUD Secretary Carson says, citing Winston Churchill, as he prepares to visit Cairo on Tuesday – MOLLY PARKER (DIERSEN: When have you determined that it was not worth the fight and have given up? I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, an IRS employee, or a Post Office employee.)
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/acha/never-give-up-hud-secretary-carson-says-citing-winston-churchill/article_212ae907-1cc1-5fee-82ac-a0d207451e90.html

 

WJBC
— Sen. Brady: Dems lack support to override education bill veto – Eric Stock
http://www.wjbc.com/2017/08/07/sen-brady-dems-lack-support-to-override-education-bill-veto/

 

LOYOLA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: John and Kathy Schreiber donate $6 million to the Arrupe College to encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://loyolachicago.imodules.com/controls/email_marketing/admin/email_marketing_email_viewer.aspx?sid=1548&eiid=5341&seiid=4839&usearchive=1&puid=b771635e-fe78-45d2-985c-ebea9ccdea6a&csid=277905

 

MCHENRY TIMES
— Republicans undergoing identity crisis, Skillicorn contends – Hoang Tran
http://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511174573-republicans-undergoing-identity-crisis-skillicorn-contends

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Dems Have Been Using The Same Line Since 1979. How’s It Working Out?
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/dems-have-been-using-the-same-line-since-1979-hows-it-working-out

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Illinois Arts Council pays grandmother to teach granddaughter – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/08/illinois-arts-council-pays-grandmother-to-teach-granddaughter/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Chicago Trib Demagogue Who “Identifies” as Reporter, Goes After State Rep. Ives – Laurie Higgins  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Chicago Tribune promotes gender confusion and LGBTQ activity.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/chicago-trib-demagogue-identifies-reporter-goes-state-rep-ives/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I thought my view of the Chicago Tribune couldn’t get lower and then I read a piece by Mr. Kim Janssen on State Representative Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton), one of the most courageous, ethical lawmakers in Springfield. Last week, Rep. Ives posted a link to my article titled “Christians Must Exit Government Schools” on her Facebook page. Subsequently, Janssen wrote an article titled “Lawmaker compares teachers who support transgender rights to ‘dirty old men,” ostensibly about Rep. Ives, which was published online Friday night. As I predicted, the Trib waited to publish it in their Sunday print edition rather than publishing it in the slim and little-read Saturday edition. It seems that the Trib powers-that-be want to use my politically incorrect writing to do as much political damage to Rep. Ives as possible. Clarification for the Trib: Lawmaker Ives did not compare teachers who support alleged “transgender rights” to dirty old men. I compared teachers who expose children to obscene material to dirty old men. Further clarification: Gender-dysphoric persons have no ethical or moral “right” to use opposite sex restrooms and locker rooms. In an email to Rep. Ives after his article was published, Janssen doubled-down on the absurd claim that objectively male and objectively female persons have a “right” to access opposite-sex private spaces, accusing Rep. Ives of having a “history of opposition to transgender rights.” Janssen’s assertion reveals his ideological bias. “Trans”-identifying persons have no more ethical “right” to use opposite-sex facilities than do I or Mr. Janssen. The current manifestation of the sexual revolution is not a fight for equal rights or a fight to gain rights that have been denied to some group. Artificially feminized men and artificially virilized women are declaring that they deserve special, a-historical privileges. They have decided that while all other humans must use private spaces that correspond to their objective, immutable biological sex, they—that is, “trans”-identifying persons—may use private spaces that do not correspond to their objective, immutable biological sex. They are demanding to be treated differently from most humans. Perhaps a better way to define what gender-pretenders are doing is to say they have arrogated the unilateral authority to declare that all spaces in which humans undress or engage in bodily functions will no longer correspond to objective, immutable sex but, rather, will correspond to subjective, internal feelings about one’s sex. “Trans”-identifying persons, however, have no authority or right to decide that feelings trump objective sex when it comes to accessing private spaces. In his “news” article about Rep. Ives—really an article about my article—Janssen cites the ethically impoverished Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which labels IFI a “hate group” based on our views of volitional homoerotic activity, marriage, and the “trans” ideology, views with which the SPLC disagrees. The only way IFI, which holds orthodox theological views, can be deemed a “hate group” is by redefining hatred.)

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Rep. Fortner to retire at end of term
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/07/rep-fortner-to-retire-at-end-of-term/
— FORTNER JOINS RANKS OF NON-RETURNING STATE LAWMAKERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/fortner-joins-ranks-of-non-returning-state-lawmakers.html
— THORNER: THE DANGEROUS GAME OF ‘GENDER MAKE-BELIEVE’ WITH CHILDREN
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/thorner-the-dangerous-game-of-gender-make-believe-with-children.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner admin points back at Mendoza *** Mendoza: Bonding delay is costing taxpayers $2 million a day in interest
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/07/mendoza-bonding-delay-is-costing-taxpayers-2-million-a-day-in-interest/

 

TOWNHALL
— Illinois Liberals Get a Holiday to Celebrate Their Messiah – Barack Obama – Todd Starnes
https://townhall.com/columnists/toddstarnes/2017/08/07/illinois-liberals-get-holiday-to-celebrate-their-messiah–barack-obama-n2365515

 

GOPUSA
— GOP in sneak mode, planning to unseat Trump in 2020  (DIERSEN: Far too often, the leaders of Republican organizations are in “sneak mode.” Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs WHO ARE PAST AND/OR PRESENT LEADERS OF THE MILTON TOWNSHIP REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE, THE DUPAGE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE, THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY, ETC. DO NOT WANT ME TO KNOW WHAT THE AFORESAID ORGANIZATIONS HAVE DONE, ARE DOING, AND ARE PLANNING. CONSEQUENTLY, THE AFORESAID LEADERS OF THE AFORESAID ORGANIZATIONS DO EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN TO KEEP ME IN THE DARK.)
http://www.gopusa.com/gop-in-sneak-mode-planning-to-unseat-trump-in-2020/
— Illegal aliens cost taxpayers nearly $750 billion over lifetime
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28191
— Local news stinks too  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, news organizations, including local news organizations, act as arms of the Democrat Party, as arms of the Libertarian Party, and/or as arms of the Green Party.  If news can be spun to promote the platforms of the aforesaid parties, news organizations do that.  Otherwise, they downplay that news or censure that news.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28256

 

LUTHERN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Who Tells You The Truth? – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: Who lies to you? I should write a book a) about those who have lied to me and b) about the lies that they have told me. Who lies to others about you? I should write a book a) about those who have lied to others about me and b) about the lies that they have told others about me. The aforesaid liars are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. They are disciples of Saul Alinsky. To give themselves cover, all most all of the aforesaid liars are a member of a church, attend church services, and/or give money to a church.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/08/07/who-tells-you-the-truth/

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump Slams NY Times: ‘Totally Inept’
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/trump-twitter-russia-media/2017/08/07/id/806164/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— STATE THAT CAN’T PAY ITS BILLS GETS OBAMA HOLIDAY – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/267501/state-cant-pay-its-bills-gets-obama-holiday-daniel-greenfield

 

BLAZE
— If you live in Illinois, you’ll begin celebrating ‘Barack Obama day’ next year – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/08/06/if-you-live-in-illinois-youll-begin-celebrating-barack-obama-day-next-year

 

BREITBART
— Planned Parenthood to Preschoolers: ‘Genitals Don’t Make You a Boy or Girl’ – DR. SUSAN BERRY  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote sexual confusion and LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/05/planned-parenthood-to-preschoolers-genitals-dont-make-you-a-boy-or-girl/

 

DAILY CALLER
— While Trashing Trump, Apple Is Selling Its Soul To Do Business In China – RYAN PICKRELL
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/06/while-trashing-trump-apple-is-selling-its-soul-to-do-business-in-china/

 

CAMPUS REFORM
— North Carolina State admin proposes exclusive housing for ‘women of color’ – Toni Airaksinen  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will North Carolina State banish those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=9538

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you blast Trump, anti-Trumps promote you.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/345549-ex-rnc-head-trump-is-obsessed-with-his-own-self-image

 

POLITICO
— Obama’s army takes on Trump  Organizing for Action, a hub of the Democratic protest movement, is learning to live without the former president. – EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/06/obama-trump-protest-organizing-for-america-241353

 

CNN
— Like it or not, the Republicans own President Trump – Julian E. Zelizer
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/06/opinions/republicans-own-trump-opinion-zelizer/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Reporters Not Being Pursued in Leak Investigations, Justice Dept. Says – NOAH WEILAND  (DIERSEN: When I include links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles that my critics/opponents do not like, my critics/opponents NEVER GO AFTER THE AUTHORS OF THOSE ARTICLES OR THE PUBLISHERS OF THOSE ARTICLES. INSTEAD, THEY GO AFTER ME. THEY GO AFTER ME BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT I HAVE A POLICY OF FORGIVING THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST ME AND THAT VIRTUALLY NO INDIVIDUALS AND VIRTUALLY NO ORGANIZATIONS STAND UP FOR ME. My critics/opponents stress that I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, etc. I am reconsidering my policy of forgiving those who trespass against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/06/us/politics/trump-leaks-deputy-attorney-general-journalists.html
— Germany Joins the Resistance – Anna Sauerbrey  (DIERSEN: How soon will Germany again declare war on America?  I am proud to say that my grandfather on my father’s side fought Germany in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought Germany in WWII, and that my father would have fought Germany in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/opinion/german-politicians-cool-merkel.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/opinion/trump-legal-immigration-senseless.html
— America’s Whiniest ‘Victim’ – Charles M. Blow  (DIERSEN: Who should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion?  ACCORDING TO DEMOCRATS: Those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/opinion/donald-trump-unfair.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Bill de Blasio Will Push for Tax on Wealthy to Fix Subway – EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS  (DIERSEN: What things need to be fixed in your municipality?  Who would your mayor want to tax in your municipality to fix those things?  Mayors who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors WOULD WANT TO TAX THOSE WHO ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/06/nyregion/bill-de-blasio-will-push-for-tax-on-wealthy-to-fix-subway.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Google’s New Diversity Chief Criticizes Employee’s Memo – Jack Nicas  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire, to not promote, and to get rid of Republicans, Whites, men, older people, and non-veterans.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/googles-new-diversity-chief-criticizes-employees-memo-1502037022
— College Is Trade School for the Elite  Even education in the humanities has become vocationalized, though the transformation is subtle. – Allen Guelzo (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 in the federal government focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/college-is-trade-school-for-the-elite-1502051874
— Life Among India’s Lowly  The lowest members of the caste system are born into forms of misery and humiliation from which it is nearly impossible to escape. Tunku Varadarajan reviews ‘Ants Among Elephants’ by Sujatha Gidla. (DIERSEN: How wealthy are/were those in your hometown?  According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, during the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, everyone in my hometown Crete was undeservedly filthy rich, German-national origin, Lutheran, racist, sexist, bigoted, and even worse things.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/life-among-indias-lowly-1502052029
— What Is Harvard Hiding?  Evidence of bias against Asian-Americans deserves legal scrutiny. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-is-harvard-hiding-1501888626

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Donald Trump has a sickening fetish for cruelty.”  Who are the cruelest people in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/08/05/trump-has-fetish-cruelty-christian-schneider-column/537483001/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say that immigration does not hurt U.S. workers or lowers wages. Employers want cheap labor. If there had been more recent immigrants in northeast Illinois since 1962, I would not have gotten the jobs that I did. 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 assemble 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/2017/08/04/jobs-report-disputes-trump-claim-immigration-hurts-u-s-workers-and-lowers-wages/540206001/
— Ageism is forcing many to look outside Silicon Valley, but tech hubs offer little respite – Jon Swartz  (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 ($94,610) by age 25, GS-14 ($111,801) by age 30, GS-15 ($131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($161,900) by age 40, 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.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2017/08/04/ageism-forcing-many-look-outside-silicon-valley-but-tech-hubs-offer-little-respite/479468001/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Diversity debate divides Silicon Valley – Elizabeth Weise and Jon Swartz  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2017/08/06/diversity-debate-divides-silicon-valley/543487001/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Draining the swamp: Now what? – Mike Causey  (DIERSEN: Just kidding, but Trump should nominate me to head OPM.  My bachelor’s degree from NIU in personnel management.  Personnel management was my area of concentration for my MBA.  I have almost 30 years experience working for the federal government, almost 3 years experience working for the Post Office, almost 9 years experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which as a GS-12 Step 1-5, currently $79,563-$90,173, almost 18 years working for GAO, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10, currently $94,610-$122,991. Since 1989, GAO has used Nesterczuk’s “banding” to get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/federal-report/2017/08/draining-the-swamp-now-what/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The surprise decision of George Nesterczuk to withdraw as a candidate to head the Office of Personnel Management cheered federal unions and some, maybe many, feds who remember the Reagan years as a nervous time to be a fed. But his withdrawal from consideration can also be viewed as a blow to the administration’s promise/threat to shake, rattle and roll the federal bureaucracy, making it skinnier and more responsive. And less fireproof. Or not. It is equally possible that the next OPM director, when nominated and confirmed, could come in with an even tougher agenda, but with less knowledge of how the civil service systems function. Nesterczuk’s departure — five months after he was nominated — is also an example of the problems many agencies are facing because so many key political jobs are either vacant or held by appointees from the Obama administration. The rudderless OPM has been without a confirmed director since 2015. Although the agency is little known outside of government and outside of Washington, it plays a critical role in the work lives of civil servants and retirees. Nesterczuk’s first federal job was as an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. After leaving government, he was active in Republican politics in Maryland and ran Ronald Reagan’s campaign in the state. He was later appointed as associate director for executive personnel at OPM under its controversial director Donald Devine. During the Reagan years, many federal workers — and especially federal and postal unions — felt unloved, at best, and under attack at worst. Nesterczuk drew additional union fire for helping set up a Bush administration initiative called the National Security Personnel System. It was a Defense Department program the administration hoped to expand to other agencies. Under it, managers would have the ability to set employee pay within bands (rather than the traditional 15 grades) based on their performance. Unions balked at it, and complained that they had little input. As a result, the 200,000 workers put under the NSPS were all from outside union bargaining units. Pay raises for many exceeded the regular annual federal pay raises. This being Washington, each side had a conspiracy theory with each claiming both success and the moral high ground. The Bush administration said it was proof that when motivated and given more opportunities, workers rose to the challenge. Unions said the same thing, in reverse. They claimed that political appointees at the Pentagon gave NSPS workers bigger raises to prove that the new system worked, And possibly stick it to unions too. In any case, the Democratic Congress unraveled it and the 200,000 feds who had been under the NSPS were blended back into their previous grades, but often at higher pay. For critics of the Reagan administration’s approach to the federal workforce, Nesterczuk is credited/blamed for working under and closely with Devine during what some people refer to as the “Devine Years.” One former congressional staffer-turned lobbyist who followed the federal-postal beat said: “Remembering that the demise of the CSRS retirement plan occurred as a result of the bipartisan agreement between Democrat Tip O’Neill and Republican Ronald Reagan to bail out Social Security by forcing new federal employees into that program, Mr. Nesterczuk’s previous tenure at OPM was marked by no significant lasting cuts in employee benefits, the congressional establishment of the successful Federal Employees Retirement System (over the objections of Nesterczuk and his old boss [Devine] who wanted only a “super IRA” for feds), and the start of significant membership growth by at least two civil service unions that have sustained their efforts to this very day. The unions may cheer Nesterczuk’s withdrawal, but it is useful to remember that his past record is one of ineffectiveness. Now President Trump has a chance to nominate someone who can really do some damage.”)

 

SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s malignant pattern: He woos people, rips them off and then abandons them — and he won’t stop  Trump has followed the same manipulative script over and over again, in politics as in business. We’re the marks.” In 2005, I became the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman; in 2003, I became a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member; in 2008 and in 2000, I became the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster; in 2003, I became an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member; in 2001, I became an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, and in 1999, I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman. Knowing what I know now about the manipulative/domineering/scapegoating/rude/nasty/vicious people who dominated the aforesaid organizations back then and/or today, I would not have sought/accepted the aforesaid positions.
http://www.salon.com/2017/08/06/trumps-malignant-pattern-he-woos-people-rips-them-off-and-then-abandons-them-and-he-wont-stop/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 13% Have Switched Parties or Gone Independent Recently  (DIERSEN: Unlike the Democrats, the Libertarians, and the Greens, the Republican Party allows Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs to hold leadership positions in the Republican Party.  That has to stop or the Republican Party is doomed.  I should write a book about past and present Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who held/hold leadership positions in the Illinois Republican Party, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, etc.  The aforesaid Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs have always focused on getting rid of Republicans like me.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/august_2017/13_have_switched_parties_or_gone_independent_recently

August 6 Morning Edition

ABC7
— VIDEO: President Trump greets wedding guests in Bedminster, N.J.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/video-trump-greets-wedding-guests-in-bedminster-nj/2279263/

 

NBC5
— Restraining Order Issued Over Ex-NIU President Severance Pay
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/northern-illinois-university-president-severance-438749993.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— 12 arrests, 128 medical transports in 2 days at Lollapalooza
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/272229595-story
— Planned Parenthood: Teach your preschoolers ‘their genitals don’t determine their gender’  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote gender confusion and LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dont-miss/271999929-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Politicians to pay, literally, for tax-happy cliches – John Kass  (DIERSEN: What about making politicians pay for using Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to harm Republicans?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-toni-preckwinkle-soda-tax-john-kass-met-0806-20170804-column.html
— Fired and rehired: Hundreds of officers fired for misconduct returned to policing – Kimbriell Kelly, Wesley Lowery and Steven Rich  (DIERSEN: Of course, the Democrats who run GAO would never rehire me.  They want to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, and/or younger.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-police-officers-misconduct-fired-rehired-20170805-story.html
— Loyola program opens college doors for vulnerable students – Dawn Rhodes (DIERSEN: Were you a vulnerable student? Thanks to my outstanding parents, I was not. They had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) in 1948. They sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod. They had me confirmed as a MSL in 1962. They sent me to Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966. They provided room a board while attended UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969. The aforesaid enabled me to have jobs doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; and working on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970. The aforesaid enabled me to buy a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968. The aforesaid enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-arrupe-college-loyola-university-met-20170805-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Loyola University Chicago was Blanca Rodriguez’s dream school. The Jesuit institution’s $21,000 tuition was out of the question for her family, but Rodriguez soon will be a Loyola graduate anyway thanks to a program for low-income students designed to get them halfway to a bachelor’s degree with little or no debt. Rodriguez is in the first graduating class of Arrupe College, a two-year program run by Loyola at its Water Tower Campus in the Gold Coast neighborhood. Established in 2015, Arrupe offers three types of associate degrees, mostly fulfilling general education requirements that will enable students to segue into bachelor’s programs at other schools. Arrupe’s students are among the city’s most vulnerable — and not just because they often cannot afford tuition. Many students or their parents are living in the U.S. illegally and face a threat of deportation. Some experience homelessness or food insecurity. Others are young parents. Many live in crime-plagued neighborhoods, have lost close relatives to gun violence and avoid taking late-day classes because they are scared to use public transportation at night.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries promote Maxine Waters?  ANSWER: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–tv-black-girls-rock-20170806-story.html
— Why some employers are becoming more generous with retirement savings plans – Gail MarksJarvis  (DIERSEN: From the beginning of time, government employees and government retirees have been viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned. Because of that, to hire and to retain employees, governments have had to pay higher salaries and offer better retirement and other benefits. Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-companies-give-employees-more-401k-money-marksjarvis-column-0807-biz-20170803-column.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In an effort to recruit employees in competitive fields and help motivate older workers to leave the workplace when they hit retirement age, companies are becoming more generous with their retirement savings plans. After pulling back on the extras during the recession, companies are devoting more to 401(k) matches, the free money they give employees who participate in company retirement savings plans.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump defends his working vacation – AP  (DIERSEN: When I started working for IRS in 1971, I did not take any vacation days until I was in the “use-it-or-lose-it” status in 1973.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170805/news/308059899/

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Education funding latest in political theater – Editorial
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-education-funding-latest-in-political-theater/article_706348b2-dcaa-5134-886a-3020e2c63f06.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner asks “Will Rauner’s changes sabotage S.B. 1?”
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2017-08-06/rich-millercapitol-fax-will-rauners-changes-sabotage-sb-1.html
— Working toward working together – Bernard Schoenburg  (DIERSEN: Illinois Democrats have made it very clear that they do NOT want to “work together” with Republicans.  Illinois Democrats have made it very clear that they want to drive out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170805/bernard-schoenburg-working-toward-working-together

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Illinois 13th Congressional District candidate’s positions seem likely to appeal to Democrats – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-08-06/tom-kacich-candidates-positions-seem-likely-appeal-democrats.html

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Treat all school districts fairly – Editorial  (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, it is “fair” to take money from the taxpayers in Republican School districts and to give that money to Democrats who run Democrat school districts.)
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2017/08/04/our-view-treat-all-school-districts-fairly/amjhtwc/

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Bailout a blunt but fair term when it comes to CPS funding – Editorial
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/editorials/bailout-a-blunt-but-fair-term-when-it-comes-to/article_0b83d5a4-d279-5cf0-9d02-3acdca6b679a.html

 

HERALD TRIBUNE
— Paul Schimpf talks SB 1, highway plan – Pete Spitler
http://www.randolphcountyheraldtribune.com/news/20170805/schimpf-talks-sb-1-highway-plan

 

RIVER CITIES’ READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner says “Governor’s Proposed Changes to Education-Funding Bill Look Like an Effort to Kill It.”
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/governor-looks-to-kill-education-funding-bill

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps promote the “Four tribes of Trump’s GOP opposition.”  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “Republicans” who have worked harder against me than they have worked against any Democrat, any Libertarian, or any Green. They crow that I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, etc.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/four-tribes-of-trumps-gop-opposition/784096535

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Breen says Democrats might have cost schools funding for year – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511174414-breen-says-democrats-might-have-cost-schools-funding-for-year
— Winfield School District 34 placed on financial “Recognition” list by state board of education
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511140544-winfield-school-district-34-placed-on-financial-recognition-list-by-state-board-of-education

 

WEST CENTRAL REPORTER
— Rauner school funding change ‘supports every single child,’ Jil Tracy contends – Caitlin Nordahl
http://westcentralreporter.com/stories/511167865-rauner-school-funding-change-supports-every-single-child-tracy-contends

 

JANESVILLE GAZETTE
— Foxconn deal gets better and better… for Illinois – Editorial
http://www.gazettextra.com/20170806/our_views_foxconn_deal_gets_better_and_better_for_illinois

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Democrats Fill 72 Precinct Committeeman Slots  (DIERSEN: What percent of the Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain slots in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America are filled with real Republicans rather than RINOs, Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, or Green plants?)
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/08/06/democrats-filling-precinct-committeeman-slots/
— Chuck Wheeler – a Dangerous Enough County Board Member to Merit an Anonymous Hit Piece
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/08/04/chuck-wheeler-a-dangerous-enough-county-board-member-to-merit-an-anonymous-hit-piece/
— One of Jack Franks’ Political Patronage Hires Quits County Government
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/08/04/one-of-jack-franks-political-patronage-hire-quits-county-government/
— Anonymous Attack Piece on Jack Franks
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/08/03/anonymous-attack-piece-on-jack-franks/
— Anonymous Attack on Crystal Lake County Board Members
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/08/02/anonymous-attack-on-crystal-lake-county-board-members/
— National GOP Looking at Big Tax Increase for Illinois Residents
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/08/01/national-gop-looking-at-big-tax-increase-for-illinois-residents/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Hunting RINOs is tough, but here’s how you do it – Cheryl K. Chumley (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, RINOs should not be allowed to seek or to hold any kind of elected or appointed government office or political office as a Republican.  RINOs who hold government offices and/or political offices work very hard against me.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/5/hunting-rinos-tough-heres-how/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— FEDERAL EMPLOYEES STEP UP DEFIANCE OF PRESIDENT ‘You have Donald Trump, who ran and said he would drain the swamp, meaning them’ (DIERSEN: What have you been defiant about?  I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat GAO superiors would say that I was defiant a) when I complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation at GAO and b) when in 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.wnd.com/2017/08/federal-employees-step-up-defiance-of-president/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Jeff Flake: Opportunist or consistent conservative? – W. James Antle III
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/jeff-flake-opportunist-or-consistent-conservative/article/2630727

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— GOP should focus on illegal immigration first. No ‘Comprehensive’ Immigration Reform – KEVIN D. WILLIAMSON
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450179/immigration-stop-illegal-entry-doing-anything-else

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Affirmative Action Policies Evolve, Achieving Their Own Diversity – VIVIAN YEE (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/05/us/affirmative-action-justice-department.html
— What Does It Take to ‘Assimilate’ in America? – LAILA LALAMI  (DIERSEN: Democrats do not want immigrants to assimilate.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/magazine/what-does-it-take-to-assimilate-in-america.html
— The Transformation of the ‘American Dream’ – ROBERT J. SHILLER (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents enabled me to seek the “American Dream.” They had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) in 1948. They sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod. They had me confirmed as a MSL in 1962. They sent me to Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966. They provided room a board while attended UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969. The aforesaid enabled me to have jobs doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; and working on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970. The aforesaid allowed me to buy a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968. The aforesaid enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/04/upshot/the-transformation-of-the-american-dream.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump defends trip to Bedminster: ‘This is not a vacation’ – AP
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-updates-trump-tweets-bedminster-not-a-vacation-htmlstory.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Better affirmative action to give qualified kids a fair shot at college admission – Editorial  (DIERSEN: What unfair advantages did you have?  My critics/opponents, their operative stress a) that my parents had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) in 1948; b) that they sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod, c) that they had me confirmed as a MSL in 1962; d) that they sent me to Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966; e) that they provided room a board while attended UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969; f) that the aforesaid unfairly enabled me to have jobs doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; and working on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; g) that the aforesaid unfairly enabled me to buy a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968; and h) that the aforesaid unfairly enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970.)
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/better-affirmative-action-give-qualified-kids-fair-shot-article-1.3385308

 

NEWS & ADVANCE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want to dump the ‘Huddled Masses’ into your state, into your county, into your township/ward, into your municipality, and into your precinct.
http://www.newsadvance.com/opinion/columnists/mercer_marsha/forget-about-the-huddled-masses/article_72df59f2-7954-11e7-b36a-3b3fb09914ef.html

 

GUARDIAN
— Google staffer’s hostility to affirmative action sparks furious backlash  Manifesto arguing against promotion of race and gender diversity attributes lack of women in tech to ‘biological causes’- Nicola Davis (DIERSEN: Because all the job that I have had during my life are viewed as being “BAD” jobs, a) few Democrats, few minorities, few women, few younger people, and few veterans wanted those jobs and b) my superiors had an extremely had time meeting their Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets.)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/06/google-staffers-manifesto-against-affirmative-action-sparks-furious-backlash

 

SALON
— Salon struggling to pay its rent – Keith J. Kelly  (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are free and they contain no advertising because I can afford to donate all the time and all the money needed to put the emails out each and every morning and each and every evening.  I donate 10+ hours each and every day and thousands of dollars each year for internet services, newspaper and magazine subscriptions, etc.  Further, he who pays the piper calls the tunes and I only want the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling to call my tunes.)
http://nypost.com/2017/08/03/salon-struggling-to-pay-its-rent/

August 4 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Attorney General Sessions vows crackdown on leaks of classified information – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/sessions-vows-crackdown-on-leaks-of-classified-information/2275232/

 

NBC5
— Chicago to Sue Justice Department Over Grant-Slashing Threat – Richard Ray
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Chicago-to-Sue-Justice-Department-Over-Sanctuary-City-Funding-Cuts-438599383.html

 

CBS2
— Rauner Says He’s ‘Open To Compromise’ On School Funding Dispute – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/04/at-issue-bruce-rauner-education-funding-cps/

 

WLS AM
— Emanuel to sue Feds over new Sanctuary City Rules – Bill Cameron  (QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries will side with Emanuel? ANSWER: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/08/04/emanuel-to-sue-feds-over-new-sanctuary-city-rules/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— SNEED: Getting the 12th Degree?  Dateline: The indoctrination line. A top, top GOP politico tells Sneed Republican state legislators are being indoctrinated with far-right ideology since the state budget limped into passage recently. Translation: “They are being called in to meet individually with the staff of the uber-conservative Illinois Policy Institute for questioning and/or indoctrination on its far-right ideology — now that Governor Bruce Rauner has moved many of its staff, including his new chief of staff, Kristina Rasmussen, from the institute’s office into the actual office of the governor,” the source tells Sneed.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/sneed-exclusive-cubs-vp-gives-inside-view-of-bartman-getting-a-ring/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner says “Rauner uses school children as political pawns.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/kadner-rauner-uses-school-children-as-political-pawns/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Immigrants convenient scapegoat when all goes south for Trump.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/chavez-immigrants-convenient-scapegoat-when-all-goes-south-for-trump/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner: Once analysis of his school funding plan is done, it will ‘carry the day’ – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-education-funding-met-0807-20170806-story.html
— Running down the clock: Illinois school funding rests in the Democrat-controlled — and empty — Senate chamber – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-rauner-veto-senate-reform-democrats-edit-0806-jm-20170804-story.html
— The next Foxconn and Illinois: Here’s why Wisconsin will be the state growing more taxpayers – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-foxconn-illinois-wisconsin-edit-0806-jm-20170804-story.html
— Ives compares teachers who support transgender rights to ‘dirty old men’ – Kim Janssen (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-jeanne-ives-lgbtq-0805-chicago-inc-20170804-story.html
— Judge stops NIU from paying rest of ousted president’s severance package – Stacy St. Clair
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-northern-illinois-university-lawsuit-0805-20170804-story.html
— Emanuel: City to sue Trump Justice Department over funding threat – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-sue-trump-justice-department-sanctuary-city-met-20170804-story.html
— Do colleges discriminate against Asian-Americans? Team Trump is on the case. – Clarence Page
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-affirmative-action-justice-harvard-page-perspec-0806-jm-20170804-story.html
— Struggling Illinois Lottery closer to getting new manager – Joe Mahr
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-lottery-privatization-hearing-met-20170804-story.html
— Fox Valley leaders outline pros, cons of Trump-endorsed immigration bill – Sarah Freishtat (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want a) immigrants who will vote for Democrats and b) cheap labor.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-fox-valley-trump-proposed-immigration-cuts-st-0806-20170804-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Eight candidates, so far, seek vacant DuPage County Board seat – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170804/eight-candidates-so-far-seek-vacant-dupage-county-board-seat
— Illinois Department of Natural Resources gets 5 percent budget cut – AP (DIERSEN: During the 1990s, while worked for GAO, the agency suffered much larger budget cuts.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170804/news/308049890/
— Liberal group Media Matters for America urges advertisers to boycott Fox’s Hannity – AP  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who/what boycotts GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? ANSWER: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170804/business/308049895/
— 1 thing Obamas aren’t giving up: Martha’s Vineyard vacation – AP  (DIERSEN: Vacations are expensive. Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor and his wife are not planning any kind of vacation. My $50,856/year pension is only 41% of the $122,991 that I earned in 1997 in today’s dollars. I have at least $72,135 less each year or $6,011 less each month or $1,387 less each week or $198 less each day to spend on vacations because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. I went on vacations in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977.  My wife and I went on many vacations, typically four each year, 1978-1992 in connection with her business trips to luxury resorts all across America. Of course, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious about that.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170804/news/308049922/
— OUTSTANDING: Naperville panel shoots down liquor sales at gas station – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170804/naperville-panel-shoots-down-liquor-sales-at-gas-station

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Collateral damage in Rauner’s bid to blow up the school funding bill – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170804/OPINION/170809901/gov-bruce-rauners-school-funding-veto-sets-off-alarms
— CountyCare wins contract in Rauner’s Medicaid revamp – KRISTEN SCHORSCH
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170804/NEWS03/170809902/countycare-wins-contract-in-rauners-medicaid-revamp

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “Are Trump voters running out of patience?”
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170803/eugene-robinson-are-trump-voters-running-out-of-patience

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Kinzinger visits Dixon, advocates for corporate tax reform to fix infrastructure  Lawmaker bemoans movement toward ‘tribalism’ in America – RACHEL RODGERS  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government who took the following adverse actions against me saw themselves as being Democrats rather than as being Americans: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, 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 $18,847 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, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.  My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. They would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/08/03/kinzinger-visits-dixon-advocates-for-corporate-tax-reform-to-fix-infrastructure/a75iy8i/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The national political landscape is leaning more toward “tribalism rather than Americanism.”  “You now see yourself as a Republican or a Democrat or an independent, in some cases I think, before people see themselves as Americans.”)

 

WQLZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners and anti-Trumps say “Rauner, Trump Both Face Grim Illinois Poll Numbers.”
http://www.wqlz.com/2017/08/04/rauner-trump-both-face-grim-illinois-poll-numbers/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— GOP offers newspaper snippets attacking Dems over school funding – Caitlin Nordahl
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511168878-gop-offers-newspaper-snippets-attacking-dems-over-school-funding

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Temporary Restraining Order granted against NIU – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/08/temporary-restraining-order-granted-against-niu/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— RAUNER SIGNS BILL CREATING ‘BARACK OBAMA DAY’  Gov. Bruce Rauner today signed into law a bill declaring Aug. 4 “Barack Obama Day,” effective in 2018. – Joe Kaiser
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/rauner-signs-bill-creating-barack-obama-day/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DOES RAUNER KNOW HOW SB 31 COULD DETRIMENTALLY AFFECT ILLINOIS? WE ASKED 4 QUESTIONS.
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/does-rauner-know-how-sb-31-could-detrimentally-affect-illinois-we-asked-4-questions.html
— FAMILIES WHOSE LOVED ONES WERE KILLED BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DEVASTATED BY RAUNER COMMITMENT TO SANCTUARY LAW
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/families-whose-loved-ones-were-killed-by-illegal-immigrants-devastated-by-rauner-commitment-to-sanct.html
— ILLINOIS CONSERVATIVES TO GATHER AUGUST 18TH & 19TH IN ELMHURST  (DIERSEN: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois was a conservative organization, but anti-conservatives, their operatives, and their dupes succeeded in destroying it in 2012. Illinois Center Right Coalition was a conservative organization, but anti-conservatives, their operatives, and their dupes succeeded in constructively destroying it in 2007. GOPUSA ILLINOIS has promoted conservative principles since 2000. Anti-conservatives, their operatives, and their dupes have not yet succeeded in destroying GOPUSA ILLINOIS. Ever-increasingly individuals and organizations that say that they are conservative, talk and act like they are Libertatian. There are tremendous conflicts between liberterarian principles and conservative princples. Conservatives ask me to help plan and participate in conservative events, but Libertarians do not.  Conservative events focus on defending and advancing planks in the Republican Party platform including its traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Conservative events focus on discouraging vices including booze, gambling, and pot.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/illinois-conservatives-to-gather-august-18th-19th-in-elmhurst.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois conservatives are plentiful, but they’re just not well-organized, and the Leftist media so rarely includes conservative perspectives that many are misled to believe conservatives are extinct in the Land of Lincoln. But conservatives are really not that rare in Illinois, they just need to know who each other are and meet up to encourage one another, says Carol Davis – the co-founder of West Suburban Patriots. That’s why she and Janet Shaw started the ball rolling on a long overdue gathering of Illinois conservatives. The event, “Strategy 2017: From Outrage to Action,” will be held August 18 and 19th at the Diplomat West Banquet Hall in Elmhurst, IL. The forum starts Friday afternoon with American Majority doing Candidate/Campaign Team Training. Matt Batzel, the trainer American Majority is providing, led the movement in Wisconsin when Scott Walker was under attack during the recall effort. The training will be followed Friday evening by a Meet & Greet. Saturday morning, Catherine Engelbrecht from True the Vote will speak, with several election integrity sessions to follow. Saturday’s luncheon speaker will be former Kansas 1st District U.S. Congressman Dr. Tim Huelskamp, now the new President of The Heartland Institute. The afternoon sessions will be social media training and a session entitled “Lightning Round: SOLUTIONS” will feature short, fast-paced presentations from organizations with REAL solutions conservatives to learn and support. Dinner will be sponsored by FreedomWorks, with keynote speaker C.L. Bryant. He is a reverend and a black conservative activist with the TEA Party since the beginning.)

 

CAPITOL FAX
— RICH MILLER: Sen. Chris Nybo (R-Elmhurst) told me earlier that the Sun-Times story above doesn’t make any sense, so I asked him to send me a quick statement… “It stuns me that people would say Ms. Rasmussen is attempting to ‘indoctrinate’ Republican legislators. Just the opposite. In my meetings with her, I feel she does more listening than talking, and her focus has mostly been on operational (not ideological) issues. In fact, I’ve rarely been so impressed in such a short timeframe with what has been said and how it has been said. She’s a clear, concise, and capable communicator.”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/04/people-is-weird/
— Rauner blitzes editorial boards
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/04/rauner-blitzes-editorial-boards/
— ILGOP: “Madigan expected to protest ILGOP state fair events”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/03/ilgop-madigan-expected-to-protest-ilgop-state-fair-events/
— Rauner again accused of avoiding Trump criticism
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/04/rauner-again-accused-of-avoiding-trump-criticism/
— DGA poll: Rauner and Trump have same Illinois job disapproval rating
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/04/dga-poll-rauner-and-trump-have-same-illinois-job-disapproval-rating/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Vengeful politician (Toni Preckwinkle) seeks to bankrupt group that won a court order against a new tax – Thomas Lifson
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/08/vengeful_politician_seeks_to_bankrupt_group_that_won_a_court_order_against_a_new_tax.html

 

BREITBART
— Coast Guard Chief Will Disregard Trump’s Ban on Transgenders in Military – Dr. Susan Berry  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/08/03/coast-guard-chief-will-disregard-trumps-ban-transgenders-military/

 

NEWSMAX
— Washington Post: Media Is the New Target of the NRA to Raise Money – Mark Swanson
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/national-rifle-association-media-attack-enemy/2017/08/04/id/805921/

 

HOT AIR
— OUTRAGEOUS: McCain: When I Come Back, We’re Going To Try To Get A New Gang Of Eight Immigration Bill Going
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/08/04/mccain-come-back-going-try-get-new-gang-eight-immigration-bill-going/

 

THE HILL
— Immigration critics find their champion in Trump – RAFAEL BERNAL
http://thehill.com/latino/345407-immigration-critics-find-their-champion-in-trump

 

POLITICO
— Three more RNC staffers set to exit  The departures come on the heels of a July shakeup at the committee. – ALEX ISENSTADT
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/04/three-more-rnc-staffers-set-to-exit-241332

 

AOL NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Most Americans view President Trump as ‘not honest,’ without good leadership skills.”
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/08/04/poll-president-trump-dishonest-bad-leadership/23065181/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. Heroin Trade Rooted in Mexico’s ‘Corridor of Death’  Drug gangs and graft conspire to turn one Mexican state into a violent and dominant force in the drugs trade – Dudley Althaus
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-heroin-trade-rooted-in-mexicos-corridor-of-death-1501839001

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Are Employers Using Trump’s ICE Agents to Intimidate Workers?”  Anti-Trumps side with the illegals.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/08/are-employers-using-trumps-ice-to-intimidate-workers.html

 

STARS & STRIPES
— VA whistleblower gets job in Trump’s new accountability office – NIKKI WENTLING  (DIERSEN: When will Trump put me charge of GAO? Just kidding. I blew the whistle on patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation at GAO. In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.stripes.com/news/va-whistleblower-gets-job-in-trump-s-new-accountability-office-1.481509#.WYS7DhFSRZI
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two years ago, Brandon Coleman was placed on paid leave from his job with the Department of Veterans Affairs as an addiction therapist after he reported poor care for mental-health patients at the Phoenix VA hospital — the epicenter of the agency’s wait-time scandal. After reporting his concerns, managers opened internal investigations into Coleman and accused him of misconduct, he said. Coleman claimed it was retaliation and he spent 18 months on leave while settling the dispute with the VA. Now, Coleman, 42, is about to take a new position with the VA in which he can influence how whistleblowers are treated within the agency. He’s been assigned to VA headquarters to work on behalf of whistleblowers who still face deterrents to speak out, like he did. Coleman reports to Washington, D.C. in mid-August, where he’ll be part of the new VA Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection, which is led by Navy and Air Force veteran Peter O’Rourke. The office was established with the intention of making VA officials more aggressive in finding and removing bad workers and protecting the whistleblowers who help them do it.)

August 1 Evening Edition

GOVERNOR BRUCE RAUNER
— Full text of Gov. Rauner’s statement on amendatory veto of school funding bill
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Bi-iePG1O6RkU1alFvTFR0eTBEODJLcVZlRF9sZzVsWm9R/view

 

STATE OF ILLINOIS
— VIDEO: Governor Bruce Rauner discusses his amendatory veto of SB1 and takes questions from reporters.
https://www.illinois.gov/cms/agency/media/video/sitepages/videos.aspx

 

ABC7
— Rauner’s veto could jeopardize Illinois school funding – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/rauners-veto-could-jeopardize-illinois-school-funding/2266218/
— Aaron Schock lawyers say feds questioned ex-rep’s sexuality – Chuck Goudie, Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Ross Weidner  (DIERSEN: My understanding is that those who promote LGBTQ activity target high-profile individuals who they believe engage in LGBTQ activity, but who fail/refuse to acknowledge it and/or who fail/refuse to promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/aaron-schock-lawyers-say-feds-questioned-ex-reps-sexuality/2267093/

 

NBC5
— Rauner Issues Amendatory Veto for School Funding Plan
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/New-Capitol-Showdown-Looms-Over-Illinois-School-Funding-Plan-437858053.html

 

CBS2
— Rauner Vetoes Education Funding Bill, Removes $250M For CPS
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/01/governor-rauner-education-funding-veto-cps/

 

WLS AM
— Republican State Rep. Patti Bellock of Hinsdale announced today that she will not seek re-election in 2018. – Nick Gale
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/08/01/another-il-pol-calling-it-quits/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— As promised, Rauner vetoes school bill he calls Chicago ‘bailout’ – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/as-promised-rauner-vetoes-school-bill-he-calls-chicago-bailout/
— Chicago facing $114.2 million budget shortfall in 2018 – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/chicago-facing-114-2-million-budget-shortfall-in-2018/
— Schock lawyers: Feds asked witnesses about Schock sex life and if gay – Lynn Sweet  (DIERSEN: My understanding is that those who promote LGBTQ activity target high-profile individuals who they believe engage in LGBTQ activity, but who fail/refuse to acknowledge it and/or who fail/refuse to promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/schock-lawyers-feds-asking-witnesses-about-schock-sex-life-and-if-gay/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Schock’s defense team – which includes former federal prosecutors – have been arguing that federal probers, once they targeted Schock, started to hunt for crimes to charge him with, going out-of-bounds along the way before the Springfield based grand jury and in the gathering of evidence.)
— Effort to thwart Rauner veto must pick up steam – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/brown-effort-to-thwart-rauner-veto-must-pick-up-steam/
— Chicago not alone in struggle with Rauner – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-chicago-not-alone-in-struggle-with-rauner/
— When cars do the driving, you’ll catch the blame – Phil Kadner
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/kadner-when-cars-do-the-driving-youll-catch-the-blame/
— Rauner’s veto of parts of school bill leaves plenty of questions – Tina Sfondeles and Lauren FitzPatrick
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauners-veto-of-parts-of-school-bill-leaves-plenty-of-questions/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republican state Rep. Patti Bellock of Hinsdale to retire

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/hinsdale/news/ct-dhd-bellock-will-retire-tl-0810-20170801-story.html

— Obamacare rates in Illinois could soar up to 43 percent next year – Lisa Schencker  (DIERSEN: What did you and your spouse do to qualify for your health insurance? Because I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my wife and I a) qualify as members of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/healthcare/) for life and b) get a 75% (currently $17,288/year) federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy for life.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-obamacare-rates-released-0802-biz-20170801-story.html
— Rauner vetoes education funding plan, Emanuel accuses him of ‘fuzzy math’ – Monique Garcia and Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-education-met-0802-20170801-story.html
— Former Rep. Schock’s attorneys: Prosecutors have ‘apparent obsession’ with his sexuality – Katherine Skiba  (DIERSEN: My understanding is that those who promote LGBTQ activity target high-profile individuals who they believe engage in LGBTQ activity, but who fail/refuse to acknowledge it and/or who fail/refuse to promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-aaron-schock-misconduct-motion-20170801-story.html
— 15 days to fix Illinois school funding. Which pols will make that a priority? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-rauner-veto-senate-schools-edit-0802-jm-20170801-story.html
— Another Obamacare whack for Illinois: Price hikes of 43 percent? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-illinois-obamacare-rates-trump-edit-0802-jm-20170801-story.html
— Fox Valley educators decry school funding veto – Sarah Freishtat and Rafael Guerrero
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-illinois-school-funding-st-0802-20170801-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Rauner’s veto could jeopardize all school funding – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170801/rauners-veto-could-jeopardize-all-school-funding
— Rauner vetoes public school money – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170801/rauner-vetoes-public-school-money
— Life serves up ‘sandwich generation’ stress – Burt Constable  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress about your stress?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that my wife and I have very little stress because a) we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, b) our parents have passed away, c) I have only one brother, and d) my wife has only one brother and one sister.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170801/constable-life-serves-up-sandwich-generation-stress
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The suburbs are filled with members of the sandwich generation, who find themselves in the middle between caring for their children and concerns for their aging parents.)
— DuPage looks to hiring restrictions to deal with reduced state funding  Chairman says DuPage must be proactive as it expects to lose $1 million this fiscal year – Robert Sanchez  (DIERSEN: All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency was under hiring freezes and/or under promotion freezes.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170801/dupage-looks-to-hiring-restrictions-to-deal-with-reduced-state-funding
— DuPage legislators sponsor free jobs fair
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20170801/dupage-legislators-sponsor-free-jobs-fair

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner vetoes school bill, slashes CPS funds – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170801/BLOGS02/170809989/rauner-vetoes-school-bill-slashes-cps-funds
— Illinois insurers plan double-digit Obamacare rate hikes – KRISTEN SCHORSCH  (DIERSEN: What did you and your spouse do to qualify for your health insurance? Because I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my wife and I a) qualify as members of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/healthcare/) for life and b) get a 75% (currently $17,288/year) federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy for life.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170801/NEWS03/170809980/illinois-insurers-plan-double-digit-obamacare-rate-hikes

 

WSIL TV
— Trump says he won’t stop tweeting – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/36020159/the-latest-trump-says-he-wont-stop-tweeting

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Loyalty to principles or a person? – John J. Dunphy  (DIERSEN: I am loyal to the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are loyal to whoever has the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
http://thetelegraph.com/opinion/106434/dunphy-loyalty-to-principles-or-a-person

 

DUPAGE COUNTY
— DuPage County Seeks Input on County Programs, Spending
http://www.dupageco.org/Content.aspx?id=55423

 

CATHOLIC CITIZENS OF ILLINOIS
— Military archbishop defends Trump ban on new ‘transgender’ soldiers – Mary Anne Hackett
https://catholiccitizens.org/news/72817/military-archbishop-defends-trump-ban-new-transgender-soldiers/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— National GOP Looking at Big Tax Increase for Illinois Residents – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/08/01/national-gop-looking-at-big-tax-increase-for-illinois-residents/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An article in the Sunday Chicago Tribune entitled, “GOP tax increase targets blue states,” deserves our attention. Now, property taxes are deductible on our Federal income taxes. The article says that “Federal deductions for state, local taxes on chopping block.” Guess who has the highest state and local taxes. It’s those states led by tax hungry Democrats. Perhaps national Republicans have not figured out that Republicans are more likely to own real estate than Democrats.)

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— “A Taxing Discussion” – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/a-taxing-discussion-spotlight052/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 80% OF COOK COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES HAVE OPTED OUT OF MINIMUM WAGE, SICK LEAVE ORDINANCES – Amy Korte
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/80-of-cook-county-municipalities-have-opted-out-of-minimum-wage-sick-leave-ordinances/#new_tab

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— BELLOCK TO RETIRE AFTER SERVING TEN TERMS IN ILLINOIS HOUSE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/bellock-to-retire-after-serving-ten-terms-in-illinois-house.html
— AS PROMISED, GOVERNOR SENDS BACK TO LEGISLATURE AMENDATORY VETO ON SCHOOL FUNDING BILL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/as-promised-governor-sends-back-to-legislature-amendatory-veto-on-school-funding-bill-.html
— BILL MAKING EVERY ILLINOIS SCHOOL, HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME A SANCTUARY LOCATION SITS ON RAUNER’S DESK
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/bill-making-every-illinois-school-hospital-nursing-home-a-sanctuary-location-sits-on-rauners-desk.html
— THE WAR ON CARS [PRAGER U VIDEO] (DIERSEN: During my entire life, overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been anti-car. I own a 1972 Chevy Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS, 2005 Chevy Corvette, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, and 2016 Ford Mustang.  I have owned a 1958 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, 1969 Dodge Charger SE, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1978 Chevy Chevette, 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, 1990 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1993 Ford Thunderbird, and 1997 Chevy Cavalier.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/the-war-on-cars.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There is a war against cars in America. Regulators want Americans out of cars and onto trains, buses, and bicycles. Why? Because of what cars represent — freedom. Automotive expert Lauren Fix (“The Car Coach”) explains.)

 

CAPITOL FAX
— OUTSTANDING: (Rauner) issued a total veto of the Automatic Voter Registration bill.
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/01/avr-looks-like-a-go/
— Rauner calls Politifact claim “false spin” *** Politifact: Rauner SB1 “bailout” claim is false
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/01/politifact-rauner-sb1-bailout-claim-is-false/
— Rauner puts password on his school funding site, but it’s cached online
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/01/rauner-puts-password-on-his-school-funding-site-but-its-cached-online/
— Rep. Bellock to retire
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/01/rep-bellock-to-retire/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Calling Trump: Remove Congress’ illegal exemption from Obamacare now  Health care subsidy is illegal –  Jenny Beth Martin (DIERSEN: What did you and your spouse do to qualify for your health insurance? Because I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my wife and I a) qualify as members of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (
https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/healthcare/) for life and b) get a 75% (currently $17,288/year) federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy for life.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/1/remove-congress-obamacare-exemption/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With a single new tweet, President Trump set official Washington abuzz Saturday afternoon: “If a new Health Care Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for members of Congress will end very soon!”)

 

FOX NEWS INSIDER
— CT Residents Get Hate Mail for Flying American Flags  (DIERSEN: The more anti-Americans who are in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world, the sooner that you will get hate mail from anti-Americans for flying the American flag.  Anti-Trumps promote anti-Americanism.)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/08/01/residents-get-hate-mail-flying-american-flags

 

NEWSMAX
— Lewandowski: Reince Was Ultimately Responsible for Leaks – Sandy Fitzgerald  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents are ultimately responsible for the actions of their operatives and of their dupes.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/corey-lewandowski-reince-priebus-responsible-white-house/2017/08/01/id/805076/

 

GOPUSA
— Left Takes Revenge on Sheriff Joe
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27993
— Leftists who once despised John McCain cheer him as hero for saving Obamacare
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27991
— NYC Cops: We Can’t Arrest Nude Illegal Alien Panhandlers
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28016
— Bachmann: Islamic refugees have turned Minn. upside-down
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28002
— Conservatives urge Trump to revoke $12,000/year Obamacare subsidy for Congress (DIERSEN: To punish me, my critics/opponents would love to cut/eliminate my $17,288/year federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy. They care nothing that to qualify for that subsidy, I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27998?omhide=true

 

FEDERALIST
— NYT Op-Ed: Parents Who Don’t Send Their Kids To Public Schools Are Racist Theocrats  Katherine Stewart’s argument is lazy. It’s generalized, misinformed, and reads much like a carnival barker shouting down the looming threat of theocracy, theocracy, theocracy. – Andrew Walker  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned my parents for sending me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri synod.)
http://thefederalist.com/2017/07/31/nyt-op-ed-parents-dont-send-kids-public-schools-racist-theocrats/
— Trump Should End Obama’s Bailout of Congress’s Health Care  The taxpayer health care bailout for members of Congress is very real, worth about $12,000 per year for each lawmaker, and utterly indefensible legally or politically. – Phil Kerpen  (DIERSEN: What did you and your spouse do to qualify for your health insurance? Because I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my wife and I a) qualify as members of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/healthcare/) for life and b) get a 75% (currently $17,288/year) federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy for life.)
http://thefederalist.com/2017/08/01/trump-end-obamas-bailout-congresss-health-care/

 

BREITBART
— What Hitler Learned from the Democrats – Dinesh D’Souza
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/31/dinesh-dsouza-hitler-learned-democrats/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— Nets Barely Notice Venezuela’s Vote for Dictatorship – Mike Ciandella
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/mike-ciandella/2017/07/31/nets-barely-notice-venezuelas-vote-dictatorship

 

OCCIDENTAL OBSERVER
— Hypergamy, Affirmative Action and Today’s “Diverse” Workplace: The Replacement of White Males – Brent Mason
http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/07/31/hypergamy-affirmative-action-and-todays-diverse-workplace-the-replacement-of-white-males/

 

INSURANCE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY
— Legalizing recreational marijuana is linked to increased crashes
http://www.iihs.org/iihs/sr/statusreport/article/52/4/1

 

CBS NEWS
— Foreign workers being used to build auto plants in U.S.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbsn-on-assignment-foreign-workers-used-to-build-auto-plants-in-us/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Justice Dept. to Take On Affirmative Action in College Admissions – CHARLIE SAVAGE  (DIERSEN: IIT admitted me in 1992 when I was 43, but I doubt that IIT would admit me today if I was 43. DePaul admitted me in 1976 when I was 27, but I doubt that DePaul would admit me today if I was 27. Loyola admitted me in 1972 when I was 23, but I doubt that IIT would admit me today if I was 23. NIU admitted me in 1969 when I was 20, but I doubt that IIT would admit me today if I was 20. UIC admitted me in 1966 when I was 18, but I doubt that IIT would admit me today if I was 18.  In addition to being White, my other bad demographics include my being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, I am conservative, I am Republican, I am American, I am a male, I have never been poor, I am 100% German-American, I avoided the draft, and my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/us/politics/trump-affirmative-action-universities.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Trump administration is preparing to redirect resources of the Justice Department’s civil rights division toward investigating and suing universities over affirmative action admissions policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants, according to a document obtained by The New York Times. The document, an internal announcement to the civil rights division, seeks current lawyers interested in working for a new project on “investigations and possible litigation related to intentional race-based discrimination in college and university admissions.” The announcement suggests that the project will be run out of the division’s front office, where the Trump administration’s political appointees work, rather than its Educational Opportunities Section, which is run by career civil servants and normally handles work involving schools and universities. The document does not explicitly identify whom the Justice Department considers at risk of discrimination because of affirmative action admissions policies. But the phrasing it uses, “intentional race-based discrimination,” cuts to the heart of programs designed to bring more minorities to university campuses. Supporters and critics of the project said it was clearly targeting admissions programs that can give members of generally disadvantaged groups, like black and Latino students, an edge over other applicants with comparable or higher test scores.)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The cracks in Republican unity are slowly getting wider.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/08/01/the-cracks-in-republican-unity-are-slowly-getting-wider/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps equate being a minority with being transgender.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/08/01/most-americans-opposed-integrating-the-military-in-1948-most-americans-support-transgender-military-service-today/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Illinois Governor Vetoes Education Bill as Budget Wrangling Continues in Several States – Quint Forgey
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illinois-governor-vetoes-education-bill-as-budget-turmoil-continues-1501607143

 

BLOOMBERG
— Chicago Pension Bills Soar as City Pays Up to Keep Funds Solvent – Elizabeth Campbell
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-31/chicago-pension-bills-soar-as-city-pays-up-to-keep-funds-solvent
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “Is Trump’s Republican Support Starting to Crumble?”
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-08-01/is-trump-s-republican-support-starting-to-crumble

 

DAILY BEAST
— Police Drag Venezuela Opposition Leaders From Their Homes  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents would love to have their operatives and their dupes drag me from my home.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/police-drag-2-venezuela-opposition-leaders-from-their-homes

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters Say Trump No Better Than Obama On Immigration
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/july_2017/voters_say_trump_no_better_than_obama_on_immigration
— Most Still Oppose Driver’s Licenses For Those Here Illegally
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/july_2017/most_still_oppose_driver_s_licenses_for_those_here_illegally

July 30 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Can new White House chief of staff impose discipline where it counts? – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-reince-priebus-trump-kass-met-0730-20170728-column.html
— DIERSEN: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-page-trump-bullying-perspec-0730-md-20170728-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-trump-transgender-culture-war-perspec-20170728-column.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: In a front page editorial with a color picture unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps call for Republicans to resist Trump.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170730/281487866425242
— Loaded ‘illegal alien’ phrase introduced in sanctuary cities crackdown – Ted Slowik  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those a) who illegally come to America illegally, b) who illegally stay in America illegally, and c) who illegally bring others to America illegally.  Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-sanctuary-cities-st-0728-20170727-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Companies say Apple removed their privacy apps from China – AP  (DIERSEN: One could say that when push comes to shove, Apple sides with China against America.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170729/news/307299929/

 

WBEZ
— JULY 6, 2017 FLASHBACK: The Cost Of Jobs  Officials say jobs are key to reducing violence, but they’re not facing the scale. So WBEZ took a crack at the calculations. – Chip Mitchell  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I held jobs that should have been given to Democrats, to minorities, to females, to younger people, and to veterans. In my defense, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned all the jobs that I have had as being BAD jobs. So therefore, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, and veterans to have BAD jobs. 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. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have made it very clear that they would never stoop to take the BAD jobs that I had.  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 assemble 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://interactive.wbez.org/everyotherhour/the-cost-of-jobs/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— There’s at least one reason to look forward to Monday – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170729/statehouse-insider-theres-at-least-one-reason-to-look-forward-to-monday
— EMILY’s List seeks to oust Davis in 2018 – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170729/bernard-schoenburg-emilys-list-seeks-to-oust-davis-in-2018
— How is Rauner’s new staff affecting his administration? – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170729/how-is-rauners-new-staff-affecting-his-administration
— Obstinate partisanship leads to lack of trust in public officials – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170729/our-view-obstinate-partisanship-leads-to-lack-of-trust-in-public-officials

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Illinois leaders have nothing on Gopher State’s politicians – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-07-30/jim-dey-illinois-leaders-have-nothing-gopher-states-politicians.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— ‘It’s the right thing for kids. Doesn’t that count?’ – Editorial
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20170729/editorial-its-right-thing-for-kids-doesnt-that-count

 

BELLEVIEW NEWS DEMOCRAT
— How do you share concerns with a representative who won’t hear them? – SHANNON RUSSELL, The Indivisible 12th  (DIERSEN: The Indivisible 12th denies that it was “formed by Democratic Party insiders.”)
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article164385227.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Some Foreign Investment Bypassing Illinois – Cole Lauterbach  (DIERSEN: Because anti-Trumps run Illinois, if a company invests in Illinois, it shouts that it is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=249178#.WX2xZxFSRZI

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Latest fight at Illinois Capitol threatens money for schools – AP
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/07/28/latest-fight-at-illinois-capitol-threatens-money-for-schools/a24mdrl/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— More Gov’t Gun Running – We need outside prosecutors to fix inside corruption and malfeasance – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/07/more-govt-gun-running-we-need-outside-prosecutors-to-fix-inside-corruption-and-malfeasance/

 

FOX NEWS
— Conway, other Trump supporters laud decision to replace Priebus with Kelly  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes laud the decisions that the leaders of the following organizations made to replace me: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, GAO, etc.  Of course, the aforesaid organizations are doing much better now that I am gone.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/29/conway-other-trump-supporters-laud-decision-to-replace-priebus-with-kelly.html
— Reince Priebus Says There’s No Ill Will: ‘I’m Going to Be Team Trump All the Time’  (DIERSEN: My complaints are NOT against GAO, but against a) the Democrat politicians who manipulate/dominate GAO and b) the GAO employees who serve as operative or dupes for Democrat politicians.)
http://nation.foxnews.com/2017/07/29/reince-priebus-says-theres-no-ill-will-im-going-be-team-trump-all-time

 

THE HILL
— Priebus: Neil Gorsuch is my greatest accomplishment in the White House – JOHN BOWDEN  (DIERSEN: My greatest accomplishment while I was the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 was assuring that the organization had a) breakfast meetings the third Saturday of each month except August and December, b) picnics in August, c) Christmas parties in December, and d) speakers at the aforesaid events.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes always demonized, denigrated, and condemned the speakers who I recruited to speak at TAPROOT events.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/344480-priebus-neil-gorsuch-is-my-greatest-accomplishment-in-the-white-house

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage girls and women to be lesbians.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/opinion/sunday/gays-lesbians-women-elections.html
— Is Being ‘Unapologetic’ the New Patriotic — or a Form of Resistance? – WESLEY MORRIS  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always wanted me to apologize for causing their problems, your problems, my problems, and everyone’s problems.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are scapegoaters.  Most commonly, since 2000, they want me to apologize for causing Republican candidates to lose primary elections and general elections.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/magazine/is-being-unapologetic-the-new-patriotic-or-a-form-of-resistance.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want Trump to do more to promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/magazine/the-emptiness-of-trumps-promises-of-tolerance.html
— What to Do When You’ve Picked the Wrong Suburb – BROOKE LEA FOSTER  (DIERSEN: Did you pick the wrong suburb to live in?  In 1978, my wife and I picked Wheaton to live in.  Sadly, more and more and more of those who move into Wheaton are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/realestate/what-to-do-when-youve-picked-the-wrong-suburb.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Learning Who Gets to Be a Victim – TRESSIE McMILLAN COTTOM  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout at those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors THAT THEY ARE VICTIMS OF THOSE WHO ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/opinion/sunday/how-we-make-black-girls-grow-up-too-fast.html
— What to Do With the Kids This Summer? Put ’Em to Work – BEN SASSE  (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents did not have to put me to work.  I learned early on that my parents had far less money than many other families had in Crete. That is a major reason why 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; and worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970. My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, never attended college, worked in the office of a chemical plant, almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, did not buy a new car until he was 45 and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy, and died suddenly of heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.  My mother was raised on a farm and never attended high school.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/opinion/sunday/what-to-do-with-the-kids-this-summer-put-em-to-work.html

 

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— Treasury wrongly ends plan to help save for retirement – Editorial (DIERSEN: According to this article, approximately 55 million Americans lack access to a workplace retirement plan.  Do/did you have access to a workplace retirement plan?  I paid into the Civil Service Retirement System 1966-1969 and 1971-1997.  Most, if not virtually all of the operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents do/did not access to a workplace retirement plan.)
http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Editorial-Treasury-wrongly-ends-plan-to-help-11718287.php

 

USA TODAY
— 4 financial milestones to reach before you retire – Maurie Backman  (DIERSEN: How large is your retirement nest egg? 80% of my ending GAO salary in today’s dollars is $98,393.  My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $50,856/year and my Social Security is only $2,028/year so I am $45,509/year short. According to Social Security, I can expect to live 16 more years, so my retirement nest egg should be at least $728,144. Sadly, my retirement net egg is less than that because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2017/07/28/4-financial-milestones-to-reach-before-you-retire/103976662/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 4. Amass a large enough nest egg to replace 80% of your yearly income  In the absence of a crystal ball, it’s hard to predict exactly what your living expenses will look like in retirement. But as a general rule, you should expect to need at least 80% of what you previously earned times the number of years you expect your retirement to last. The latter is something you may have to guess at, but if it helps (which it should), the Social Security Administration says that 25% of today’s 65 year olds will live past the age of 90. If you’re planning to retire at 66 and would rather be optimistic about your health going forward, then you’d be wise to plan for a 25-year retirement (at a minimum). Assuming that’s the case and you’re currently within a few years of retirement earning $100,000 a year, to be on the safe side, assume you’ll need $80,000 per year times 25 years, or $2 million. Of course, not all of that has to come from independent savings. Say you’re entitled to $2,000 a month, or $24,000 a year, in Social Security benefits. That means you’ll only need $1.4 million in your IRA or 401(k) — less if your investments perform well in retirement, thus generating income, and you withdraw from savings at a moderate pace. If your nest egg has enough to meet that target, or get relatively close, you can feel comfortable pulling the trigger on retirement. Otherwise, it might pay to work a few extra years, amass some more savings, and simultaneously cut down on the number of years you’ll need those savings to pay for. But if you want a shot at a reasonably comfortable retirement lifestyle, you’ll need the right amount of savings to get there. It’s as simple as that. Once you leave your career behind you, you may have limited options for generating additional income. So before you retire, make sure to have a decent chunk of emergency savings, pay off your home, get out of debt, and establish a respectable nest egg. Otherwise, you risk encountering more financial stress later in life than you bargained for.)

 

DAILY BEAST
— Benjamin Franklin Was America’s First Political Leaker – Andrew Belonsky (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes slanderously hint/imply/argue/shout that I use GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to provide “confidential information to the public in a surreptitious way and without official authorization.” My critics/opponents want me to get their “authorization” before I do anything. Because they cannot manipulate/dominate me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint me as being a leaker. Should I sue those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a leaker?)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/benjamin-franklin-was-americas-first-political-leaker

 

DAILY MAIL
— The final indignity: Priebus is abandoned by White House staffers who make hasty exit from his SUV when Trump tweets from Air Force One that he is out of a job – Cheyenne Roundtree, Jessica Chia, and Geoff Earle
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4741476/Reince-Priebus-given-boot-presidential-motorcade.html

 

MOTLEY FOOL
— Thinking About Getting an MBA? Here’s What You Need to Consider  An MBA can certainly propel your career forward, but you’ll sacrifice a lot to get one. – Maurie Backman  (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 in the federal government focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.fool.com/careers/2017/07/28/thinking-about-getting-an-mba-heres-what-you-need.aspx

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 55% Say Congress More Responsive to Media Than to Voters  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps run the media.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/july_2017/55_say_congress_more_responsive_to_media_than_to_voters