February 3 Evening Edition

WGN RADIO
— Politics with Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Guests include Adam Kinzinger and David McSweeney.)
https://wgnradio.com/2019/02/03/the-sunday-spin-politics-with-rick-pearson-full-show-2-3-2019/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pentagon sending another 3,750 troops to Southwest border – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pentagon-sending-another-3750-troops-mexico-border/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump ties racist photo in Virginia to abortion, election – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–trump-virginia-governor-20190203-story.html
— Virginia governor clings to office, ignoring calls to resign – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–governor-klan-blackface-20190203-story.html
— Racist yearbook photo becomes a test for 2020 Democrats – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–election-2020-virginia-governor-20190202-story.html
— Democratic contenders hoping to run on soaking the rich – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–election-2020-democrats-taxes-20190203-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-illinois-opioid-marijuana-law-20190130-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— UIC to pay nearly $700,000 to former CSU provost Angela Henderson wrongly accused of plagiarism – Maudlyne Ihejirika (DIERSEN: In 1974, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors constructively charged me with submitting fraudulent travel vouchers. I filed a grievance, my Democrat IRS superiors dragged out the grievance process, but I won in 1977. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have sued my Democrat IRS superiors.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/uic-plagiarism-lawsuit-chicago-state/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: After prison stint, George Papadopoulos joins pro-Trump pot startup – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/papadopoulos-pot-startup-trump-george-idrasil-russia-mueller/
— Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage faces deportation after ICE detainment – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/21-savage-illegal-immigration-britain-rapper-ice-deportation/

 

WLS AM
— Trump’s State of the Union aims for a unifying tone – AM
http://www.wlsam.com/2019/02/03/trumps-state-of-the-union-aims-for-a-unifying-tone/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Columnist Leonard Pitts fails to report the truth – LINDA GINGERICH, rural Arthur
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/letters-the-editor/2019-02-03/letter-the-editor-columnist-fails-report-the-truth.html

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— State sets sights on gun rights ‘Assault weapon’ ban, other gun bills working through General Assembly – Scott Cousins
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/State-sets-sights-on-gun-rights-13585585.php

 

CHEROKEE TRIBUNE LEDGER NEWS
— State Senator Tony McCombie pushes back as gun control measures gain traction in Springfield – Greg Bishop
https://www.tribuneledgernews.com/extra/news/state-senator-pushes-back-as-gun-control-measures-gain-traction/article_4ece6e23-9bfc-5f51-abc2-61f2a40c47a3.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— A growing record of insanity ‘They really have become the party of Karl Marx’ – ROBERT KNIGHT
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/3/a-growing-record-of-insanity/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Is America’s fate sealed? – Carol Brown
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/is_americas_fate_sealed.html
— Democrats’ policies are not moral, ethical or humane – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/democrats_policies_are_not_moral_ethical_or_humane_.html

 

TOWNHALL
— Behold the CNN Segment in Which They Discuss Wearing MAGA Hats at Length – Cortney O’Brien
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2019/02/03/behold-the-cnn-segment-in-which-they-discuss-wearing-maga-hats-at-length-n2540692

 

FOX NEWS
— Malkin: Fallout From Northam Yearbook Photo Showed Dems’ ‘Screwed-Up Priorities’
https://insider.foxnews.com/2019/02/03/michelle-malkin-fallout-ralph-northam-yearbook-photo-showed-democrats-screwed-priorities

 

BREITBART
— Hillary Clinton: Northam ‘Must Resign’ – Katherine Rodriguez
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/03/hillary-clinton-northam-must-resign/
— Roseanne Barr: Trump ‘Loves Jewish People’ – Deborah Danan
https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2019/02/03/exclusive-roseanne-barr-trump-loves-jewish-people/

 

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP: PELOSI ‘WANTS OPEN BORDERS’ AND ‘DOESN’T MIND HUMAN TRAFFICKING’ – Scott Morefield
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/03/trump-negotiating-nancy-pelosi/

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— A Border Wall is Not Enough – Rohan Kapur
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/02/a-border-wall-is-not-enough/

 

HOT AIR
— Abortion And Infanticide: The Spin Never Dies – RAMESH PONNURU
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/02/abortion-infanticide-spin-never-dies/

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says ‘We Have a President Who’s a Racist’ and Uses Northam Controversy to Accuse Trump of Racism.
https://ijr.com/sherrod-brown-uses-northam-controversy-to-accuse-trump-of-racism/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump: Nancy Pelosi Is “Playing Games,” Wants Open Borders, “Doesn’t Mind Human Trafficking” – Tim Hains
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/02/03/trump_nancy_pelosi_wants_open_borders_doesnt_mind_human_trafficking.html
— Trump: President Can’t Always Trust Intelligence Agencies – Tim Hains (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, it was extremely difficult for me to trust any of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates because I knew that they were all under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to get rid of those who shared my demographics – Republican, White, male, and non-veteran – who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/02/03/trump_i_dont_always_have_to_agree_with_intelligence_agencies.html

 

THE HILL
— Taxing the rich becomes hot topic of debate for 2020 hopefuls – NAOMI JAGODA (DIERSEN: Who wants you to pay more taxes? Those who want me to pay more taxes a) hate past, present, and future IRS employees, b) hate draft avoiders, c) hate those who gave up trying to children, who did not adopt, and/or who did not become foster parents, d) hate those who are not a member of a church, who do not attend church services, and/or who do not give money to a church, e) hate those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, f) hate those like me who have sued them, and/or g) hate those who have more money than they have.)
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/428141-taxing-the-rich-becomes-hot-topic-of-debate-for-2020-hopefuls
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Intelligence briefers warn of ‘willful ignorance’ on Trump’s part.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/428258-intelligence-briefers-warn-on-willful-ignorance-on-trumps-part

 

CNN
— Analysis: The most shocking part of the racist yearbook photo is what critics leave out: Some of the biggest champions for black people in America’s past have been white politicians who were racists. – John Blake
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/03/us/racist-photo-northam-blake-analysis/index.html

 

YAHOO SPORTS
— President Trump just sounded the alarm the NFL fears most – Dan Wetzel
https://sports.yahoo.com/president-trump-just-sound-alarm-nfl-fears-183218956.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Northam controversy threatens to complicate Democrats’ bid to draw sharp contrast with Trump, GOP on race – Sean Sullivan and Chelsea Janes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/northam-controversy-threatens-to-complicate-democrats-bid-to-draw-sharp-contrast-with-trump-gop-on-race/2019/02/03/58b75b6e-27c8-11e9-8eef-0d74f4bf0295_story.html
— Why 2020 Democrats rushed to condemn Ralph Northam – Felicia Sonmez
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/paloma/the-trailer/2019/02/03/the-trailer-why-2020-democrats-rushed-to-condemn-ralph-northam/5c5739601b326b66eb098600/
— Pressure mounts for Northam to resign as allies press him on national TV – Jenna Portnoy (DIERSEN: Who are/were your allies? Tragically for me and for my allies, my critics/opponents have had great success in destroying my allies. I want to take this opportunity to again thank my allies who did what they could to stop my critics/opponents from ending a) my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, b) my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, c) my Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, d) my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, e) my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, f) my GAO employment in 1997, g) etc. I want to especially thank my allies a) who voted against ICRC censuring me in 2006 and b) who voted for me to be MTRCC’s Treasurer in 2004.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/pressure-mounts-for-northam-to-resign-as-allies-press-him-on-national-tv/2019/02/03/572f4538-27c1-11e9-b2fc-721718903bfc_story.html
— A tip from a ‘concerned citizen’ helps a reporter land the scoop of a lifetime about Northam – Paul Farhi
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-tip-from-a-concerned-citizen-helps-a-reporter-land-the-scoop-of-a-lifetime/2019/02/03/e30762ea-2765-11e9-ad53-824486280311_story.html

 

YAKIMA HERALD
— Wall is cheap compared to cost of dealing with ‘illegals’ – Paul Dimon, Yakima
https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/wall-is-cheap-compared-to-cost-of-dealing-with-illegals/article_ec97fa1a-25b0-11e9-a488-332727d325f6.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “TRUMP’S SHOW BUSINESS POLITICS DEMOLISHED AMERICAN CREDIBILITY ABROAD. HE MUST BE RESTRAINED.”
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-foreign-affairs-america-credibility-show-business-ratings-1316173

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater promotes a Republican-hater who says “REPUBLICANS HAVE NO MORALS AT ALL AND TRUMP IS MUCH WORSE THAN NORTHAM.”
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-no-morals-trump-worse-northam-1316223

February 2 Evening Edition

ABC7
— ‘Choosing greatness’: Pres. Trump’s State of the Union aims for a unifying tone – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/choosing-greatness-trumps-state-of-the-union-aims-for-a-unifying-tone/5118023/
— Va. Governor Northam admits to previous blackface incident but says he is not in racist photo, will not resign – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/va-governor-northam-admits-to-previous-blackface-incident-but-says-he-is-not-in-racist-photo-will-not-resign/5117943/

 

NBC5
— Governor Pritzker Calls on Northam to Step Down After Controversial Photo Emerges After initially apologizing, Gov. Northram now says he wasn’t in the controversial photo
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/governor-jb-pritzker-calls-on-ralph-northram-to-resign-after-blackface-photo-505246351.html
— Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam Won’t Resign, Says He Wasn’t In Racist Photo Northam admitted to wearing blackface with a Michael Jackson costume at a dance contest, but denied appearing in a racist 1984 yearbook photo – Sophia Barnes and Christian Paz
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Virginia-Gov-Ralph-Northam-Facing-Immense-Pressure-to-Resign-Over-1984-Photo-of-Blackface-KKK-Robe-505244632.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Northam denies being in racist yearbook photo, says he will not be resigning as governor
http://www.fox32chicago.com/facebook-instant/virginia-democrats-call-on-gov-northam-to-resign-over-racist-photo

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/opioid-patient-medical-marijuana-buy-dispensary-illinois/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/papadopoulos-pot-startup-trump-george-idrasil-russia-mueller/
— No way to know if feds have any leverage on Madigan – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/michael-madigan-edward-burke-daniel-solis/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Virginia governor says he wasn’t in racist photo and will not resign, but admits to dressing in blackface – Laura Vozzella and Gregory S. Schneider
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-virginia-governor-blackface-kkk-20190202-story.html
— Gov. Pritzker, Jesse Jackson join prominent Democrats calling on Virginia’s governor to resign for yearbook photo
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-pritzker-ralph-northam-photo-20190202-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are filled with hatred use Jussie Smollett to promote hatred against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-jussie-smollett-attack-20190201-story.html
— Racist yearbook photo becomes a test for 2020 Democrats – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–election-2020-virginia-governor-20190202-story.html
— Trump appears to sour on congressional border security talks – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/technology/sns-bc-us–trump-border-security-20190131-story.html
— 90 state lawmakers accused of sexual misconduct since 2017 – AP90 state lawmakers accused of sexual misconduct since 2017
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–sexual-misconduct-state-legislatures-glance-20190202-story.html
— Naperville residents with ties to Family Shelter Service will attend State of the Union as guests of local legislators – Erin Hegarty
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-congress-underwood-casten-state-of-the-union-st-0203-story.html
— ‘Can You Afford to Retire?’ Class Set for Feb. 20th at Wheaton Park District – Matt Baron
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/hinsdale/community/chi-ugc-article-can-you-afford-to-retire-class-set-for-feb-8-2019-02-01-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Virginia’s Gov. Northam says that wasn’t him in racist photo – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190202/news/302029908/
— Retirement expert to offer ‘Can You Afford to Retire?’ Feb. 20 in Wheaton – Matt Baron
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20190201/retirement-expert-to-offer-can-you-afford-to-retire-feb-20-in-wheaton

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— The manure-spreaders of media sensationalism – Michelle Malkin
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/michelle-malkin-the-manure-spreaders-of-media-sensationalism/article_38b6f918-249f-11e9-a6e1-2b7c03ef74a8.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Pritzker may get minimum wage hike as first big victory – Doug Finke
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190202/statehouse-insider-pritzker-may-get-minimum-wage-hike-as-first-big-victory

 

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Democrats are obstructionists, hate mongers – Thomas E. Mosher, Victoria
https://www.galesburg.com/opinion/20190202/letter-dems-are-obstructionists-hate-mongers

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— In the crosshairs? State of Illinois sets sights on gun rights ‘Assault weapon’ ban, other gun bills working through General Assembly – Scott Cousins
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/In-the-crosshairs-State-of-Illinois-sets-sights-13584107.php

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— President Trump on golf course with Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods – AP
https://foxillinois.com/sports/president-trump-on-golf-course-with-jack-nicklaus-tiger-woods

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Does New York love abortions? – James Kirk Wall
http://www.chicagonow.com/an-atheist-in-illinois/2019/02/does-new-york-love-abortions/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Watchdogs say Burgess must resign from DuPage township board before he can be named supervisor – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511750270-watchdogs-say-burgess-must-resign-from-dupage-board-before-he-can-be-named-supervisor

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— CNN misidentifies Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam as a Republican during his apology for racist yearbook photo – Allison Elyse Gualtieri
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cnn-misidentifies-virginia-gov-ralph-northam-as-a-republican-during-his-apology-for-racist-yearbook-photo

 

BREITBART
— Nancy Pelosi Calls ‘Racist’ Ralph Northam Photo Un-American but Doesn’t Demand Resignation – Joshua Caplan
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/02/nancy-pelosi-calls-racist-ralph-northam-photo-un-american-but-doesnt-demand-resignation/

 

GOPUSA
— NFL grant goes to anti-ICE, anti-cop group
http://www.gopusa.com/nfl-grant-goes-to-anti-ice-anti-cop-group/

 

FOX NEWS
— Kamala Harris’ State of the Union guest will be a federal employee financially affected by shutdown, she says – Elizabeth Zwirz (DIERSEN: Have you been financially affected by the Democrats who run the federal government? I have been financially affected big time, but none of my Republican U.S. Senators or Republican U.S. Representatives ever invited me to be their guest at a State of the Union address.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kamala-harris-state-of-the-union-guest-will-be-a-federal-employee-affected-by-shutdown-she-says

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats roll out their big border security package – featuring an icebreaker for the Arctic Circle – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/democrats_roll_out_their_big_border_security_package__featuring_an_ice_breaker_for_the_coast_guard.html
— Border cowards – Robert Potts
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/border_cowards.html
— Northam campaign used racist ‘separate but equal’ campaign flyer omitting his black running mate – to cater to white racists? – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/northam_campaign_used_racist_separate_but_equal_campaign_flyer_omitting_his_black_running_mate__to_cater_to_white_racists.html

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— MAGA: Make America Godly Again – Michael Brown
https://www.christianpost.com/voice/maga-make-america-godly-again.html

 

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump: ‘Good Chance’ He’ll Declare National Emergency to Fund Border Wall
https://www.theepochtimes.com/videos-of-the-day-trump-good-chance-hell-declare-national-emergency-to-fund-border-wall_2787654.html
— More Central American Asylum Seekers Returned to Mexico Under New Policy – KIMBERLY HAYEK
https://www.theepochtimes.com/more-central-american-asylum-seekers-returned-to-mexico-under-new-policy_2788269.html

 

COLLEGE FIX
— The Jussie Smollett case sounds a lot like college race hoaxes – DAVE HUBER
https://www.thecollegefix.com/the-jussie-smollett-case-sounds-a-lot-like-college-race-hoaxes/

 

THE HILL
— Northam says he will not resign over blackface, KKK photo – TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/428187-northam-backtracks-says-he-does-not-believe-he-was-in-blackface-kkk

 

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children as cannon fodder.
https://abcnews.go.com/beta-story-container/Health/immigration-concerns-parents-kids-health-services/story?id=60802163

 

CNN
— Northam denies being in racist photo but recalls darkening his skin in Michael Jackson dance contest in 1984 – Dan Merica and Ryan Nobles
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/02/politics/northam-racist-yearbook-photo/index.html

 

RT
— ‘R’ is for… Democrat? CNN labels Virginia governor ‘Republican’ in segment on KKK photo
https://www.rt.com/usa/450421-cnn-calls-northam-republican/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Virginia Governor, Ralph Northam, Defies Calls to Resign Over Racist Photo – Jonathan Martin, Trip Gabriel and Alan Blinder
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/02/us/politics/ralph-northam-virginia-governor.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— If Democrats want to be the party of diversity, they need to push Northam out There’s no way to defend his 1984 medical school yearbook photo. – Eugene Scott (DIERSEN: What were you doing in 1984? I completed my fourth year working for GAO. My wife and I sold 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton and had 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton. My wife worked for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. We went on vacations in connection with her business trips. We continued to try to have children. We owned a 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, a 1978 Chevette, and a 1972 Corvette.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/02/if-democrats-want-be-party-diversity-they-need-push-northam-out/
— Ralph Northam is resigning. He just doesn’t know it yet. – Dana Milbank
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-backlash-to-ralph-northam-is-backlash-to-the-trump-era/2019/02/02/4c008844-26fd-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17_story.html
— ‘Shocked, saddened and offended’: Swift reaction to Va. Gov. Ralph Northam’s racist photo
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/shocked-saddened-and-offended-swift-reaction-to-va-gov-ralph-northams-racist-photo/2019/02/01/ee319196-269c-11e9-ad53-824486280311_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to those who ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that the older that you are, the more that you are a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/02/02/this-is-yearbook-not-don-lemon-blasts-gov-northams-racist-photo/
— Ralph Northam is about to moonwalk out of the governor’s mansion – Dana Milbank
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-backlash-to-ralph-northam-is-backlash-to-the-trump-era/2019/02/02/4c008844-26fd-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Virginia Gov. Northam Says He Won’t Resign Over Racist Yearbook Photo The 1984 Eastern Virginia Medical School picture depicted one person in blackface and another in Ku Klux Klan garb – Jon Kamp and Scott Calvert
https://www.wsj.com/articles/virginia-governor-to-make-statement-amid-calls-for-ouster-over-racist-photo-11549125616

 

FORTUNE
— Virginia Governor Ralph Northam Refuses to Resign Over Racist Yearbook Photo – KIM CHIPMAN, SARAH KOPIT, and BLOOMBERG
http://fortune.com/2019/02/02/ralph-northam-racist-yearbook-photo/

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— Virginia governor now says he did not appear in offensive yearbook image – Kim Chipman and Sarah Kopit
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2019/02/01/virginia-governor-medical-school-yearbook-page-shows-men-blackface-kkk-robe/bBqqtCqp2ew0QmV2ylQ45N/story.html
— Question for Democrats: Are some candidates too old? – Robert Weisman (DIERSEN: How old are you? All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. Will they get the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, the Illinois Republican Party, and the Republican Party to set maximum age limits for a) Precinct Committeemen/Captains (21?), township/ward party officers (25?), county party officers (30?), state central committee members (35?), state party officers, national committeemen, and national committeewomen (40?)? Will they get the aforesaid to set maximum age limits for municipal, township, and ward officials (25?), county officials (30?), state officials (35?), U.S. Representatives (40?), U.S. Senators (45?), and U.S. Presidents (50?)?)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/02/01/too-old-lead-nation-that-sounds-like-ageism-some/n30ZMSfRYG02utQ6A5Ya8M/story.html

 

DES MOINES REGISTER
— Trump has history and economy working in favor of his re-election – Jonathan Yates
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2019/02/02/trump-has-history-and-economy-working-favor-his-re-election/2728530002/

 

CLEBURNET TIMES REVIEW & FORT BEND HERALD
— Who benefits from immigration? Not you! – ANN COULTER
https://www.cleburnetimesreview.com/opinion/ann-coulter-who-benefits-from-immigration-not-you/article_6ad35930-266d-11e9-94ca-6fdd6aca347d.html
http://www.fbherald.com/opinion/who-benefits-from-immigration-not-you/article_4aa76299-53f9-5b8a-98cf-999e3b5f41d5.html

 

GREENFIELD REPORTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s border wall is another Maginot Line.”
http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/2019/02/02/michael_adkins_trumps_border_wall_is_another_maginot_line/

 

STARS AND STRIPES
— The left’s irrational behavior is what stands in the way of an immigration compromise – Rick Scott
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/the-left-s-irrational-behavior-is-what-stands-in-the-way-of-an-immigration-compromise-1.567049

 

MEXICO NEWS DAILY
— Remittances hit a new record high of $33 billion in 2018 Increase attributed to US President Trump’s stance on illegal immigration and a strong economy (DIERSEN: How much money do illegals send to Mexico from your neighborhood, from your precinct, from your municipality, from your township/ward, from your county, and from Illinois each year?)
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/remittances-hit-a-new-record-high/

 

GLOBE AND MAIL
— Welcome to the Asian century Asia is the most powerful force reshaping world order today. Asians once again see themselves as the center of the world – and its future – PARAG KHANNA (DIERSEN: America-haters have absolutely no problem with that.)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-welcome-to-the-asian-century/

February 1 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Meth deaths skyrocket as new drug cartel fueled threat hits Chicago area streets – Chuck Goudie and Ross Weidner
https://abc7chicago.com/meth-deaths-skyrocket-as-new-drug-cartel-fueled-threat-hits-chicago-area-streets/5115025/

 

NBC5
— Illinois Business Groups Pitch Geography-Based Minimum Wage – John O’Connor (DIERSEN: The cost of living is very high in DuPage County.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-business-groups-pitch-geography-based-minimum-wage-505187761.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Pritzker orders stepped-up fight against HIV – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/pritzker-orders-stepped-up-fight-against-hiv

 

WGN RADIO
— Speaker Mike Madigan opponent Jason Gonzales on Madigan’s “sham candidates”
https://wgnradio.com/2019/02/01/speaker-mike-madigan-opponent-jason-gonzales-on-madigans-sham-candidates/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts expands Trump fundraising role – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/cubs-todd-ricketts-expands-trump-fundraising-role/
— Foxconn says it plans to proceed with Wisconsin plant after Trump intervention – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/foxconn-proceeds-with-wisconsin-plan-after-trump-intervenes/
— Support for ‘Medicare-for-all’ fluctuates as more details emerge: Poll – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/support-for-medicare-for-all-fluctuates-as-more-details-emerge-poll/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker orders stepped-up fight against HIV – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-pritzker-eliminate-hiv-20190201-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-illinois-opioid-marijuana-law-20190130-story.html
— Abortion maximalists stand on shaky moral ground – Jonah Goldberg
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-abortion-late-term-virginia-law-goldberg-0204-20190201-story.html
— Taxpayers have already spent money on Foxconn – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-lns-foxconn-investment-fact-check-st-0202-20190201-story.html
— Foxconn again shifts Wisconsin plan, says it will proceed with LCD factory after Trump intervenes – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-foxconn-wisconsin-plant-20190201-story.html
— Chicago’s top cop: ‘We are making gains’ in investigation of reported attack on ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett – Rosemary Sobol
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-ent-jussie-smollett-empire-statement-20190201-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump’s ‘America first’ mantra will be prominent in address – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190201/news/302019870/
— Women will surround Trump at State of the Union address – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190201/news/302019972/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker’s next steps on these issues will tell us plenty We will learn a lot about the future from how the new governor performs now. – RICH MILLER
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/rich-miller-springfield/pritzkers-next-steps-these-issues-will-tell-us-plenty

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— State Rep. David McSweeney pushes bill to end lawmaker pensions
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/01/31/state-rep-david-mcsweeney-pushes-bill-to-end-lawmaker-pensions/

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Foxconn again shifts Wisconsin plan after Trump intervenes – AP
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/foxconn-again-shifts-wisconsin-plan-after-trump-intervenes/article_138b0cc8-cddb-5670-8e66-04b82962bff9.html

 

ALTON DAILY RECORD & KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=278799#.XFSSY1xKiM8
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/illinois/new-program-swaps-opioids-for-pot-to-ease-pain/article_442dcb06-2633-11e9-b0c9-bb495f6f2590.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Progressive push ahead for new governor, Legislature Both Democrats and Republicans stress working together – REBECCA ANZEL, PETER HANCOCK and JERRY NOWICKI
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/01/30/progressive-push-ahead-for-new-governor-legislature/ail1zl3/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Downsizing government – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats use downsizing to not hire, to not retain, to not promote, and to get rid of their employees who are Republican, and especially their Republican employees who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2019-02-01/editorial-downsizing-government.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Lara Trump joins State of the Union town hall special
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/lara-trump-joins-state-of-the-union-town-hall-special

 

GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— Free Narcan Training Classes Offered In DuPage County The free classes illustrate how Narcan to be used to save a life in the event of an overdose. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/free-narcan-training-classes-offered-dupage-county

 

DAVID MCSWEENEY
— Illinois has gone from one of the most prominent contributors to the U.S. economy to rapidly shrinking in population and job growth. We need to get our state back on track by cutting taxes, reigning in spending, and advancing pro-growth policies that help create jobs!
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1091370591695880193

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois lawmakers to try again on Tobacco 21 bill – Brett Rowland
https://www.ilnews.org/news/health/illinois-lawmakers-to-try-again-on-tobacco-bill/article_3af6b638-2651-11e9-8310-7324dca95bb6.html
— Davis, Durbin both want to avoid another federal shutdown – Cole Lauterbach, Greg Bishop and Brett Rowland
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/davis-durbin-both-want-to-avoid-another-federal-shutdown/article_27794c96-2652-11e9-ac43-af5b9dc5585a.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TODD RICKETTS TO BE TRUMP VICTORY COMMITTEE’S FINANCE CHAIRMAN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/todd-ricketts-to-be-trump-victory-committees-finance-chairman.html
— HOMESCHOOLING PRODUCES BETTER-EDUCATED, MORE-TOLERANT KIDS. POLITICIANS HATE THAT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/homeschooling-produces-better-educated-more-tolerant-kids-politicians-hate-that.html
— ELIZABETH WARREN’S ‘WEALTH TAX’ IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/elizabeth-warrens-wealth-tax-is-unconstitutional.html
— UNDER TRUMP, US ECONOMIC FREEDOM RISES SIGNIFICANTLY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/under-trump-us-economic-freedom-rises-significantly.html
— THORNER & O’NEIL: HOW AND WHY DID AMERICA COME TO EMBRACE SOCIALISM?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/thorner-oneil-how-and-why-did-america-come-to-embrace-socialism-.html
— PRITZKER GUIDES STATE FUNDING TOWARDS FIGHTING ILLINOIS HIV EPIDEMIC
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/pritzker-guides-state-funding-towards-fighting-illinois-hiv-epidemic.html
— ILLINOIS NEXT TO EMBRACE UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/illinois-next-to-embrace-universal-healthcare-.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Todd Ricketts joins Trump Victory Committee
https://capitolfax.com/2019/02/01/todd-ricketts-joins-trump-victory-committee/
— Pritzker signs EO to help end HIV epidemic
https://capitolfax.com/2019/02/01/pritzker-signs-eo-to-help-end-hiv-epidemic/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Chris Cuomo: MAGA hats may be analogous to ‘I hate black people’ apparel Don Lemon to Trump supporters: ‘It can’t just be about what you want it to be about’ – Douglas Ernst
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/1/chris-cuomo-maga-hats-may-be-analogous-to-i-hate-b/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Is it OK to wear a MAGA hat in public? Of course it is, you Lemon – Tom Rogan
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/is-it-okay-to-wear-a-maga-hat-in-public-of-course-it-is-you-lemon

 

GOPUSA
— Planned Parenthood: The Auschwitz of America – Bobby Eberle
http://www.gopusa.com/planned-parenthood-the-auschwitz-of-america/
— Survey finds troubling attitude toward First Amendment on campus
http://www.gopusa.com/survey-finds-troubling-attitude-toward-first-amendment-on-campus/
— Howard Schultz criticized for selling ‘painfully white’ music in Starbucks
http://www.gopusa.com/howard-schultz-criticized-for-selling-painfully-white-music-in-starbucks/

 

FOX NEWS
— Restaurant owner who banned customers in MAGA hats takes back remarks, apologizes for ‘amplifying the anger’ – Michael Bartiromo
https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/restaurant-owner-who-banned-customers-in-maga-hats-takes-back-remarks-apologizes-for-amplifying-the-anger
— Chef ‘Burned’ After Banning Guests Sporting Trump ‘MAGA’ Hats
https://insider.foxnews.com/2019/02/01/chef-bans-maga-hats-california-restaurant-trump-supporters-media-respond

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Boundless Depravity Of Democrats – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/29602

 

BREITBART
— Snopes Quits as Facebook’s Fact-Checker, Suggests Blacklisting Instead – Joshua Caplan (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that blacklist me and why they blacklist me? Most blacklist me a) because I refuse to carry out their blacklist orders, b) because they blacklist all individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that they cannot manipulate/dominate, c) because they reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, d) because they reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, e) because they were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or f) because they are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/02/01/snopes-quits-as-facebooks-fact-checker-suggests-blacklisting-instead/

— CNN’s Chris Cuomo Likens MAGA Hat to ‘I Hate Black People’ T-Shirts – Joshua Caplan
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/02/01/cnns-chris-cuomo-likens-maga-hat-to-i-hate-black-people-t-shirts/

 

BLAZE
— California restaurant owner changes his mind about not serving customers in MAGA hats – Sarah Taylor
https://www.theblaze.com/news/restaurant-owner-changes-mind-about-not-serving-customers-in-maga-hats-after-realizing-thats-discrimination

 

TOWNHALL
— Fraud Elizabeth Warren Attempts to Rescue Her Presidential Run, Apologizes for DNA Stunt – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/02/01/liz-warren-sorry-i-took-that-dna-test-n2540670

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— After Republican Objects, Democrats Keep ‘So Help Me God’ in Committee Oath – Tony Perkins
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/01/31/after-republican-objects-democrats-keep-so-help-me-god-in-committee-oath/

 

HOT AIR
— Sen. Rick Scott: Democrat’s Irrational Hate Is Standing In The Way Of An Immigration Compromise – JOHN SEXTON
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/02/01/sen-rick-scott-democratic-hate-standing-way-immigration-compromise/

 

CNS NEWS
— Tony Perkins: Removing God from Gov’t Has Increasingly Become Focus of the Left – Tony Perkins
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/tony-perkins/tony-perkins-removing-god-govt-has-increasingly-become-focus-left

 

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Got Hope? – Dr. Robert R. Owens
https://canadafreepress.com/article/got-hope

 

THE HILL
— Trump: ‘Good chance’ I will declare emergency to build wall – JORDAN FABIAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/428064-trump-good-chance-i-will-declare-emergency-to-build-wall
— Dems warn against deporting former Trump golf course workers – RAFAEL BERNAL
https://thehill.com/latino/427965-dems-warn-against-deporting-former-trump-golf-course-workers
— Virginia GOP calls for Northam to resign if he’s in photo in blackface or KKK – TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/428139-virginia-gop-calls-for-northam-to-resign-if-hes-in-photo-in-blackface-or

 

CNN
— State of the Union will kick off an epic fight between Trump and Pelosi – Julian E. Zelizer
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/31/opinions/state-of-the-union-trump-pelosi-zelizer/index.html
— Virginia governor’s yearbook page shows 2 people in blackface, KKK garb – Caroline Kelly
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/01/politics/northam-blackface-photo/index.html

 

CBS NEWS
— Restaurant owner bans “Make America Great Again” hats, then apologizes – KATHRYN WATSON
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/restaurant-owner-bans-make-america-great-again-hats-then-apologizes/

 

YAHOO NEWS
— Laura Ingraham encourages people to wear MAGA hats to show what ‘tolerance’ looks like – Kyle Moss
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/laura-ingraham-encourages-people-wear-maga-hats-show-tolerance-looks-like-190236539.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting rich voters to hate Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/opinion/republicans-democrats-2018-economy-prosperity.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Restaurant owner apologizes for MAGA hat comment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/restaurant-owner-apologizes-for-maga-hat-comment/2019/02/01/94ea0abe-2057-11e9-8b59-0a28f2191131_story.html
— Gov. Ralph Northam ‘deeply sorry’ after photo emerges from his 1984 yearbook showing blackface, KKK hood – Laura Vozzella, Jim Morrison and Gregory S. Schneider
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/va-gov-northams-medical-school-yearbook-page-shows-men-in-blackface-kkk-robe/2019/02/01/517a43ee-265f-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Foxconn Says It Will Move Forward With Wisconsin Plant After Conversation with Trump Foxconn statement comes after company said it was reassessing the Wisconsin display factory
https://www.wsj.com/articles/foxconn-says-it-will-move-forward-with-wisconsin-plant-after-conversation-with-trump-11549047068


— During Shutdown, Federal Employees Considered Leaving Government Work Budget fight and resulting worker furloughs touched off wave of searches on job websites – Sharon Nunn (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have demonstrated the most hatred of past, present, and future federal employees. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 21 years.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/during-shutdown-federal-employees-considered-leaving-government-work-11549038667

 

BLOOMBERG
— Facebook and Twitter Take Down a Wave of Political Manipulation – Sarah Frier and Selina Wang
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-31/facebook-takes-down-iranian-accounts-trying-to-manipulate-users

 

FORBES
— Imagine, If Your Social Media “Score” Affected Whether You Got A Loan: In China It Could Happen – Jim Henry
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimhenry/2019/01/31/imagine-if-your-social-media-score-affected-whether-you-got-a-loan-in-china-it-could-happen/#84d4233665f1

 

SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
— Is working for the federal government a good job? – Phillip Molnar (DIERSEN: 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.)
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/economy/sd-fi-federal-workers-20190201-htmlstory.html

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Town Lets Homeowner Keep ‘Impeach Trump’ Sign, for Now A Massachusetts man will get to keep a large banner reading “Impeach Trump” on his home.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/massachusetts/articles/2019-02-01/town-lets-homeowner-keep-impeach-trump-sign-for-now

 

YALE DAILY NEWS
— Yalies support affirmative action, survey finds – SKAKEL MCCOOEY (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and “up-or-out” to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2019/02/01/yalies-support-affirmative-action-survey-finds/

February 1 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump enters the 2020 election cycle with a massive fundraising lead over Democrats – Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Anu Narayanswamy
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-reelection-campaign-fundraising-20190131-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump calls Jussie Smollett attack ‘horrible,’ family calls it ‘domestic terrorism’ – Nader Issa
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/empire-actor-jussie-smollett-racist-homophobic-attack-police-trump-pelosi/
— Madigan deposition: The speaker speaks — on Burke, Rauner, politics and church – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-deposition-speaker-offers-answers-and-digs-to-rivals-questions/

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Jil Tracy gets seven Illinois Senate committee assignments
https://www.whig.com/20190131/tracy-gets-seven-illinois-senate-committee-assignments#

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Democrats for border security? No – STEPHEN MOORE
https://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/democrats-for-border-security-no/article_d1d2a59a-4287-5a61-9380-ecfea0ff4f32.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190131/opioid-alternative-program-begins-processing-medical-marijuana-applications

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump says Pelosi is ‘playing games’ on wall funds – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-says-pelosi-is-playing-games-on-wall-funds

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/marijuana-opioid-alternative-program-begins-accepting-patients-illinois#stream/0

 

DAILY LINE
— Bill Daley: ‘Progressive’ is just because Democrats didn’t want to call themselves liberals anymore’ – A.D. Quig
http://thedailyline.net/chicago/02/01/2019/bill-daley-progressive-is-just-because-democrats-didnt-want-to-call-themselves-liberals-anymore/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— State Senator Tony McCombie pushes back as gun control measures gain traction in Springfield – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/state-senator-pushes-back-as-gun-control-measures-gain-traction/article_025a559e-259f-11e9-a386-0bf5d62af94e.html

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— Cuomo Argues in Favor of Allowing the Banning of MAGA Hat Wearers from Businesses – Nicholas Fondacaro
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2019/02/01/cuomo-argues-favor-allowing-banning-maga-hat-wearers

 

FOX NEWS
— Dishonest Democrats won’t work with Trump on immigration because they’re scared to death of radical leftists – David N. Bossie
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/dishonest-democrats-wont-work-with-trump-on-immigration-because-theyre-scared-to-death-of-radical-leftists

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— California Gov. Gavin Newsom calls for $25 million emergency fund to aid asylum seekers – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, California moves toward leaving the United States and joining up with Mexico and with other foreign countries.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/31/gavin-newsom-calls-25-million-emergency-fund-aid-a/

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Trump Says Border Security Talks With Dems a Waste of Time – Selwyn Duke
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/31354-straight-talk-trump-says-border-security-talks-with-dems-a-waste-of-time

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— AOC Shows Why a Libertarian-Progressive Alliance Will Fail – Edward Ring
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/01/31/aoc-shows-why-a-libertarian-progressive-alliance-will-fail/

 

NEWSMAX
— Reformer Krupa, 19, Could Make History in Chicago Feb. 26 – John Gizzi
https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/chicago-david-krupa-teenager-history/2019/01/31/id/900737/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— WORLD-WIDE THREAT ASSESSMENT MAKES POWERFUL CASE FOR BORDER SECURITY Senate hears from leaders of the intelligence community. – Michael Cutler
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272739/world-wide-threat-assessment-makes-powerful-case-michael-cutler

 

TOWNHALL
— MAGA and the March: Why Pro-Lifers Are Right to Support Trump – Frank Cannon
https://townhall.com/columnists/frankcannon/2019/02/01/maga-and-the-march-why-prolifers-are-right-to-support-trump-n2540613

 

DAILY CALLER
— BAY AREA RESTAURANT BANS MAGA HATS – Hillary Silverman
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/31/san-francisco-restaurant-bans-maga-hats/
— IT’S NOW CONSIDERED ‘OFFENSIVE’ TO TELL LAID-OFF JOURNALISTS ‘LEARN TO CODE’—IT WASN’T FOR COAL MINERS – Stephanie Hamill
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/31/twitter-restricts-learn-to-code-hashtag/

 

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
— Cuomo Argues in Favor of Allowing the Banning of MAGA Hat Wearers – Nicholas Fondaca
https://www.mrctv.org/index.php/videos/cuomo-argues-favor-allowing-banning-maga-hat-wearers

 

PJ MEDIA
— Silicon Valley Restaurant Chef Says Patrons Wearing MAGA Hats Won’t Get Served – DEBRA HEINE
https://pjmedia.com/trending/silicon-valley-restaurant-chef-says-patrons-wearing-maga-hats-wont-get-served/

 

BREITBART
— San Francisco Eatery Bans MAGA Hat-Wearing Customers – Katherine Rodriguez
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/31/san-francisco-eatery-bans-maga-hat-wearing-customers/
— Congressional Research Service: President Can Build Border Wall Without National Emergency or Additional Action by Congress – Michael Patrick Leahy
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/31/congressional-research-service-president-can-build-border-wall-without-national-emergency-or-additional-action-by-congress/
— Democrats’ 2019 DHS Spending Bill Opens the Border to Migrants – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/01/democrats-2019-dhs-bill-opens-the-border-to-migrants/

 

LIFEZETTE
— San Francisco Restaurant Bans ‘Make America Great Again’ Hats Chef J. Kenji Lopez-Alt compared the pro-Trump attire to the KKK’s white hoods – Zachary Leeman
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/01/san-francisco-restaurant-bans-make-america-great-again-hats/
— Pro-Abortion Democrats: Are They Now the Deathocrats? Extreme move to the Left by those who say it’s a ‘woman’s right to choose’ has many people outraged, including this opinion writer – Nina May
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/01/pro-abortion-democrats-are-they-now-the-deathocrats/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— DEMS CLAIM MORAL SUPERIORITY WHILE HIGH-FIVING INFANTICIDE David Kupelian on real reason left continually attacks GOP, Trump, supporters as ‘immoral’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/dems-claim-moral-superiority-while-high-fiving-infanticide/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Democrats’ Leftward March – Adriana Cohen
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/02/01/democrats_leftward_march_139336.html

 

RENEW AMERICA
— Can a Christian vote for a Democrat? – Bryan Fischer (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to shout that you are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/fischer/190130

 

ROLL CALL
— Border wall debate ignores biggest source of illegal immigration: visa overstays But stopping travelers from overstaying their visas isn’t a simple fix – Dean DeChiaro
https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/border-illegal-immigration-visa-overstays

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Endorsing Trump isn’t the easiest decision for some Republicans.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/427973-endorsing-trump-isnt-the-easiest-decision-for-some-republicans?userid=3526

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Fox News’ Laura Ingraham Wants To Turn MAGA Hats Into A Symbol Of Kindness The Fox News host wants people to continue wearing their MAGA hats, even though it’s now “basically considered a hate crime.” – Lee Moran
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fox-news-laura-ingraham-maga-hat_us_5c541a37e4b0bdf0e7da19b1
— Trump Mulls ‘Emergency’ After Mexico, GOP And Now Pelosi Won’t Pay For His Wall But funding a border wall wasn’t even the president’s priority until just before the midterm elections. – S.V. Date
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-wall-national-emergency_us_5c53660be4b01d3c1f11c320
Seth Meyers: ‘What Does Trump Have Against Dogs?’
— The president repeatedly refers to dogs when he’s attacking people. – Carla Baranauckas (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes worship dogs. They a) own dogs, b) spend lots of time and money on dogs, c) crow that they love dogs, d) crow that dogs love them, and e) hint/imply/argue/shout that you are scum like me who should be gotten rid of if you do not own a dog, if you do not love dogs, and if dogs do not love you. They hint/imply/argue/shout that all that you have to do to get into heaven is a) own a dog, b) spend lots on time and money on dogs, and c) destroy those like me who do own a dog.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/seth-meyers-trump-dogs_us_5c53e21fe4b0bdf0e7d9cbcb

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater says “Here’s why Republicans don’t want an Election Day holiday.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/31/politics/election-day-holiday-republicans/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— He Says ‘Wall,’ They Say ‘Border Security’: A Glossary of the Border Debate – Glenn Thrush
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/us/politics/border-wall-types.html
— This Is Your Brain Off Facebook – Benedict Carey (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/health/facebook-psychology-health.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/02/01/this-black-history-month-dont-pretend-racism-has-disappeared-church/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Gov. Gavin Newsom touts proposed $25 million in California aid to asylum seekers – TARYN LUNA and CHARLES CLARK (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, California moves toward leaving the United States and joining up with Mexico and with other foreign countries.)
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-gavin-newsom-immigration-funds-20190131-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— Trump says lawmakers are ‘wasting their time’ on border security talks. – Ledyard King and William Cummings
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/01/border-security-trump-says-talks-wasting-time-what-does-history-say/2703506002/
— ‘Like white hoods except stupider’: California chef says he won’t serve diners wearing ‘MAGA’ hats – Ryan W. Miller
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/31/j-kenji-lopez-alt-says-he-wont-serve-maga-hat-wearers-san-mateo-restaurant/2738187002/

 

BOSTON HERALD
— Trump should call Dems’ bluff on border security – MARC A. THIESSEN
https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/02/01/trump-should-call-dems-bluff-on-border-security/

 

FOX CLEVELAND
— California restaurant owner says he won’t serve anyone wearing MAGA hats – NATASHA ANDERSON
https://fox8.com/2019/01/31/california-restaurant-owner-says-he-wont-serve-anyone-wearing-maga-hats/

 

NEWS ONE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who are a member of a church, who attend church services, and/or who give money to a church who use the aforesaid a) to glorify and praise themselves, b) to give themselves standing to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn those like me who are not a member of a church, who do not attend church services, and/or do not give money to a church, c) to give themselves license to sin, d) to give themselves standing to be arrogant, judgmental, nasty, rude, condescending, and even worse things, and e) to give themselves standing to NOT oppose the promotion of welfare, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things. They hint/imply/argue/shout that they are operatives or dupes for GOD and that GOD hates those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://newsone.com/3845090/trumps-former-pastor/

 

DAILY MAIL
— California restaurant owner bans customers wearing MAGA hats and compares them to a ‘swastika or white hood’ J. Kenji López-Alt said he would refuse to serve patrons wearing MAGA hats In a tweet he compared the hats to ‘a swastika, white hood’ or other hate symbol The popular chef said since posting the tweet he has received hate mail but he has refused to back down, even though he deleted the comments Since Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, red ‘MAGA’ caps have become a divisive symbol in the United States – LEAH MCDONALD
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6656265/California-restaurant-owner-bans-customers-wearing-MAGA-hats.html
— Thousands of Central American migrants resume northern trek to the border as Trump announces plans to send 2,350 troops to stop the caravan A group of 2,400 migrants left Mexico City on Thursday to journey northwards Around 11,500 migrants have made the journey through Mexico since last year Donald Trump said Thursday he plans to send thousands of troops to the border – GEORGE MARTIN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6656661/Thousands-Central-American-migrants-resume-northern-trek-border.html

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/01/forget-trumps-border-distraction-the-real-threat-is-inside-the-house

 

MEXICO NEWS DAILY
— Migrants’ caravan leaves Mexico City, bound for northern border Nearly 2,400 left a temporary shelter, looking for rides to Querétaro
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/migrants-caravan-leaves-mexico-city/

January 31 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— A message from President Trump on the wall
https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600daily/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Secret depositions in Madigan lawsuit show ties between Illinois House speaker’s operatives, alleged sham candidates – Ray Long
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-mike-madigan-jason-gonzales-lawsuit-2019-0131-story.html
— Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan gave his first-ever deposition. Here’s what he said. – Ray Long
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-mike-madigan-deposition-under-oath-20190131-story.html
— Pelosi and Trump harden positions on border wall – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/technology/sns-bc-us–trump-border-security-20190131-story.html
— What became of country before party? – Cal Thomas (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps talk and act like they are paid agents of foreign countries.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/sns-201901301149–tms–cthomastq–b-a20190131-20190131-column.html
— Trump considers former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain, once a pizza chain CEO, for Federal Reserve board – Damian Paletta and Robert Costa
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-trump-considers-herman-cain-fed-board-20190131-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Madigan deposition: Speaker offers answers — and digs — to rival’s questions – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/madigan-deposition-speaker-offers-answers-and-digs-to-rivals-questions/
— Feds: Solis used campaign cash for tuition, toddler togs, trips to Mario Tricoci – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/feds-solis-campaign-cash-personal-use-tuition-toddler-togs-mario-tricoci/
— Pelosi to headline Schakowsky’s ‘Ultimate Woman Power Lunch’ fundraiser – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters make it clear that they want to get rid of men, and especially men who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/pelosi-to-headline-schakowskys-ultimate-woman-power-lunch-fundraiser/

 

DAILY HERALD
— The Latest: Trump says Pelosi ‘playing games’ on wall funds – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190131/news/301319912/
— Democrats open budget talks with plan lacking wall money – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190131/news/301319988/

 

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use children as cannon fodder.
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/video-mom-baby-separated-at-us-mexico-border-reunite/5114282/

 

HERALD NEWS
— Underwood, Casten call for IRS to help with local tax burden – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.theherald-news.com/2019/01/31/underwood-casten-call-for-irs-to-help-with-local-tax-burden/a95ddu4/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, and Rep. Sean Casten, D-Downers Grove, are urging the Internal Revenue Service to address what they call the disproportionate tax burden on Illinois taxpayers due to the changes in the law, which limit the state and local tax deduction, according to a news release. Underwood and Casten wrote a letter expressing their concern about IRS efforts being “insufficient.” “Illinoisans are already facing higher federal taxes due to the Republican tax law, which places a uniquely large burden on middle-class families in the Illinois 6th and 14th Congressional Districts,” Underwood and Casten wrote in the letter. The representatives argued the law limited the state and local tax deduction to just $10,000 for individuals and families. They called that part of the law a “devastating financial blow to many.”)

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— How did McCarter land ambassadorship to Kenya, and what’s his future when the job ends? – JOSEPH BUSTOS
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article225238830.html

 

EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— Five-member committee can prevent movement of any bill – JERRY NOWICKI
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Five-member-committee-can-prevent-movement-of-any-13578485.php

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Silicon Valley eatery bans ‘Make America Great Again’ hats – AP (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Trump-hating companies officially ban those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/silicon-valley-eatery-bans-make-america-great-again-hats
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/some-illinois-residents-can-now-chose-marijuana-over-opioids-to-treat-pain

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Failed Virginia Bill Sparks National Debate About Abortion – SARAH MCCAMMON
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/failed-virginia-bill-sparks-national-debate-about-abortion#stream/0

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— President Trump comments on ‘Empire’ star Jussie Smollett attack – Kevin Schwaller
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/entertainment/president-trump-comments-on-empire-star-jussie-smollett-attack/1742837785

 

ILLINOIS BUSINESS IMMIGRATION COALITION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote the “foreign-born.” Anti-Trumps stress that the “foreign-born” take the BAD jobs like I had that citizens of America refuse to take. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2019-01-31/immigrant-issues/illinois-economy-stands-to-lose-in-immigration-fight/a65392-1

 

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois education officials want half of state budget for K-12 education – Tedd Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://www.wirepoints.com/illinois-education-officials-want-half-of-state-budget-for-k-12-education/

 

REPRESENTATIVE GRANT WEHRLI
— Rep. Wehrli Signs On as Chief Co-Sponsor of Bill to Institute Term Limits for Legislative Leaders
http://www.repwehrli.com/2019/01/rep-wehrli-signs-on-as-chief-co-sponsor.html

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pelosi suggests Normandy fence for the border, but not a wall – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/pelosi-suggests-normandy-fence-for-the-border-but-not-a-wall

 

DAILY CALLER
— CHICAGO POLICE SAY ‘EMPIRE’ ACTOR REFUSES TO TURN OVER PHONE RECORDS DURING ALLEGED ‘MAGA’ ATTACK – Neetu Chandak
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/31/maga-attack-jussie-smollett-phone/
— TRUMP SAYS PAUL RYAN RENEGED ON DEAL TO FUND WALL FOR OMNIBUS SIGNATURE – Vince Coglianese and Saagar Enjeti
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/30/trump-blames-paul-ryan-wall-funding/

— TRUMP: PELOSI WILL BE BEGGING FOR A WALL AFTER MORE CARAVANS – Saagar Enjeti
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/31/trump-pelosi-begging-wall-migrant-caravans/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— House Democrats Raise Pay for Federal Employees Disciplined for Sexual Misconduct – Fred Lucas (DIERSEN: Have you been disciplined? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/01/31/house-democrats-raise-pay-for-federal-employees-disciplined-for-sexual-misconduct/

 

BREITBART
— Trump Taunts Nancy Pelosi: ‘If Walls Are Immoral, Maybe We Should Take Down’ California’s – Charlie Spiering
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/31/trump-taunts-nancy-pelosi-if-walls-are-immoral-maybe-we-should-take-down-californias/

 

HOT AIR
— Pelosi: No Wall Money In Immigration Deal. Trump: No Immigration Deal Without Wall Money.
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/01/31/pelosi-no-wall-money-immigration-deal-trump-no-immigration-deal-without-wall-money/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Trump Tweets On The Wall, Is Congress Listening?
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/29593

 

HILLSDALE COLLEGIAN
— CPAC undermines conservatism The toxic person-worship at CPAC is a consequence of this spirit of party that Washington warns us against.
http://hillsdalecollegian.com/2019/01/cpac-undermines-conservatism/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Walls Work – DEROY MURDOCK
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/01/border-walls-democrat-partisan-politics/
— ‘Safe and Rare’ Also Means ‘Post-Birth Abortion’ – JIM GERAGHTY
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/safe-and-rare-also-means-post-birth-abortion/

 

THE HILL
— Trump, Dem talk of ‘smart wall’ thrills tech companies – EMILY BIRNBAUM
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/427929-trump-dem-talk-of-smart-wall-thrills-tech-companies

 

CNN
— Facebook’s real test: Are you still logging in every day? – Brian Stelter
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/30/media/reliable-sources-01-30-19/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— As Trump Demands His Wall, Lawmakers Plead for Space to Negotiate – Emily Cochrane
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/us/politics/trump-wall-congressional-negotiators.html
— The Six Forms of Media Bias A media critic inveighs against the bias toward centrism, which inspires me to come up with my own list. – David Leonhardt
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/opinion/media-bias-howard-schultz.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater says “Mitch McConnell just made it much easier for Democrats to accuse Republicans of voter suppression.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/31/mitch-mcconnell-just-made-it-much-easier-democrats-accuse-republicans-voter-suppression/
— Facebook has declared sovereignty – Molly Roberts
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/31/facebook-has-declared-sovereignty/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Says He Is Willing to Move Without Congress on Border Wall The president said the White House and congressional negotiators are no closer to an immigration deal – Michael C. Bender and Kristina Peterson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-says-he-is-willing-to-move-without-congress-on-border-wall-11548960181
— Resilient U.S. Economy Fuels Best January For Stocks in 30 Years Gains by banks and small caps helped lift the Dow and S&P to their best starts since the 1980s – Amrith Ramkumar
https://www.wsj.com/articles/resilient-u-s-economy-fuels-january-stock-market-recovery-11548939600

 

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
— Loss of Newspapers Contributes to Political Polarization – AP
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/loss-of-newspapers-contributes-to-political-polarization/

January 31 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Laughing matter: Rauner amazed anyone surprised by Madigan ‘news’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/laughing-rauner-overdue-madigan-recording-solis-burke/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters are full of hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters. Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters a) promote hatred against Trump and against his supporters and b) blame Trump for hate crimes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/empire-actors-tale-beating-puts-spotlight-rise-hate-crime-gun-crime-chicago/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Power outage in subzero cold changes one’s perspective – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-chicago-cold-weather-kass-20190130-story.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Illinois lawmakers plan $15 minimum wage bill – Doug Finke
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190130/illinois-lawmakers-plan-15-minimum-wage-bill

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— National Democrats look again to unseat Rep. Rodney Davis – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: What are the officers of your township, ward, and county Republican organizations, your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, the IRP officers, the IRP National Committeeman, the IRP National Committeeman, the Illinois House Republican Leader, the Illinois Senate Republican Leader, NRCC, NRSC, and the RNC doing to recruit candidates to unseat Democrats on the November 6, 2020 ballot in your precinct?)
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190130/bernard-schoenburg-national-democrats-look-again-to-unseat-rep-rodney-davis

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Who signs bill? Legislative maneuver raises question – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2019-01-31/jim-dey-who-signs-bill-legislative-maneuver-raises-question.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Democrats for border security? – Stephen Moore
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/stephen-moore-democrats-for-border-security/article_3590e61c-23d8-11e9-9315-0b87e001dd02.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Jury Awards Sen. Rand Paul More Than $580,000 In Damages In Attack By Neighbor – RICHARD GONZALES
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/jury-awards-sen-rand-paul-more-580000-damages-attack-neighbor#stream/0

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Clock ticking toward another government shutdown – SCOTT THUMAN
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/clock-ticking-toward-another-government-shutdown

 

FOX ST. LOUIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://fox2now.com/2019/01/30/starting-thursday-illinois-will-allow-some-patients-to-substitute-medical-marijuana-for-opioid-prescriptions/

 

EFFINGHAM NEWS LEADER
— Plummer Says Proposed Legislation Regarding Owning Firearms an “Overreach”
http://www.thexradio.com/news/78-local-news/37657-plummer-says-proposed-legislation-regarding-owning-firearms-an-overreach

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— EVENT: “Queer Clout Happy Hour,” an event for LGBTQ folks who work in government/politics, is tonight at 5:30 p.m. at Vice District in the South Loop. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/01/31/wage-hike-gets-a-nod-chicago-united-solis-campaign-funds-rauner-feeling-smug-384464

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Gov. Pritzker’s new climate strategy is all pain, no gain – Jay Lehr, Ph.D and Tom Harris
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511750205-editorial-gov-pritzker-s-new-climate-strategy-is-all-pain-no-gain

 

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Picking up the pieces The future of Republicans in Illinois – Lindsey Salvatelli
https://illinoistimes.com/article-20876-picking-up-the-pieces.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS TOLLWAY CHAIR RESIGNS FOLLOWING PATRONAGE SCANDAL – Vincent Caruso
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-tollway-chair-resigns-following-patronage-scandal/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Marijuana Meeting – Feb. 16th in Mt. Prospect
https://illinoisfamily.org/event/marijuana-meeting-feb-16th-in-mt-prospect/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner on Madigan’s “Mafia empire”
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/31/rauner-on-madigans-mafia-empire/

 

GOPUSA
— How the Republican-controlled Congress failed President Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/how-the-republican-controlled-congress-failed-president-trump/
— Democrat election reform: Restore voting rights to felons and restrict campaign speech
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64286
— Mark Steyn: 2020 Dem hopefuls all imitate Bernie Sanders, repackage ‘full horror’ of socialism
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64289

 

FEDERALIST
— New York Is So Liberal, People Are Leaving In Droves Tax hikes, expansive and morally abominable new abortion laws, plus potential restrictions on gun rights make New York a worse and worse place to live. – Elad Hakim
http://thefederalist.com/2019/01/31/new-york-liberal-people-leaving-droves/

 

FOX NEWS
— Rep. Kinzinger: Trump Shouldn’t Air ‘Dirty Laundry’ With His Intel Brass on Twitter
https://insider.foxnews.com/2019/01/30/adam-kinzinger-donald-trump-should-not-post-division-intelligence-officials-twitter
— Federal workers linked to sexual misconduct deserve same pay raise as others, House Dems agree, rejecting GOP proposal – Lukas Mikelionis (DIERSEN: To get rid of me, my Democrat superiors in the federal government never charged me with sexual misconduct, but they constructively charged me with a) opposing patronage b) opposing political affiliation discrimination, c) opposing reverse discrimination, d) opposing age discrimination, and e) opposing retaliation.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-dems-block-gop-proposal-to-exempt-sexual-harassers-from-receiving-federal-workers-pay-rise

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Much Has Changed for the Better Since 2016—Not That Trump Will Get Credit – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2019/01/30/much-has-changed-for-the-better-since-2016-not-that-trump-will-get-credit/
— The Argument Against Illegal Immigration No One Wants to Make – Annine Madok
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/01/30/the-argument-against-illegal-immigration-no-one-wants-to-make/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell This is the same sentiment shared by 90 percent of the well-heeled, white, liberal Democrats in my suburban Southern California community, as well as the few remaining well-heeled Republicans. Illegals are here, and we can afford to employ them because they are a source of cheap, domestic labor. Our nannies, gardeners and housekeepers could all be here illegally. We don’t ask and don’t care. Because they are trapped. Same goes for the dishwashers, busboys, car wash employees and day laborers we hire without batting an eye. We don’t ask and they don’t tell. We give them a job, without a green card, and pay them less—often significantly less—than what we would have to pay someone here legally. We also trap them into an employment cycle from which there is no upward mobility and no escape. It didn’t start out this way. This underclass showed up at our southern border, slipped through a dilapidated piece of chain mail, and sighed a happy sigh. They were in the land of milk and honey! Sorry folks, not so fast.)

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pennsylvania admits to 11,000 noncitizens registered to vote – Rowan Scarborough and Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/30/pennsylvania-11000-non-citizens-registered-vote/
— Dems’ border security proposal would release illegal immigrants into U.S. – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/30/dems-border-security-proposal-releases-illegals/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— 29 Republicans vote with Democrats to boost federal salaries 2.6 percent – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/29-republicans-vote-with-democrats-to-boost-federal-salaries-2-6-percent
— Democrats pitch ‘cutting edge technology,’ but no border wall money – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/democrats-pitch-cutting-edge-technology-but-no-border-wall-money
— Democrats push for expanded asylum capacity in border talks – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/democrats-push-for-expanded-asylum-capacity-in-border-talks
— Maxine Waters: Trump is ’emboldening’ people such as those behind ‘Empire’ star attack – Naomi Lim (DIERSEN: Trump-haters are full of hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters. Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters a) promote hatred against Trump and against his supporters and b) blame Trump for hate crimes.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/maxine-waters-trump-is-emboldening-people-such-as-those-behind-empire-star-attack

 

BREITBART
— Senior DOD Official: Three Migrant Caravans Headed to U.S., One with 12,000 – Kristina Wong
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/30/senior-dod-official-three-migrant-caravans-headed-to-u-s-one-with-12000/
— Illegal Alien Fired from Trump Golf Club to Attend SOTU Address – Joshua Caplan
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/30/illegal-alien-fired-from-trump-golf-club-to-attend-sotu-address/
— House Gives Victims of Illegal Alien Crime Bipartisan Standing Ovation on Chamber Floor – Matthew Boyle
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/30/house-gives-victims-of-illegal-alien-crime-bipartisan-standing-ovation-on-chamber-floor/
— Previously Deported Felon Attempts Illegal Re-Entry as Family Unit – Bob Price
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/01/30/previously-deported-felon-attempts-illegal-re-entry-as-family-unit/
— Over 95% of GOP Voters Support Trump Using ‘Emergency Powers’ to Build Wall – Mark Meckler
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2019/01/30/mark-meckler-over-95-of-gop-voters-support-trump-using-emergency-powers-to-build-wall/
— Kevin McCarthy from House Floor Names 50 Americans Killed by Illegal Aliens – Michelle Moons
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/30/kevin-mccarthy-from-house-floor-names-50-americans-killed-by-illegal-aliens/
— Mo Brooks: Trump ‘Ought to Declare a National Emergency,’ Build the Wall, Save American Lives – Sean Moran
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/30/exclusive-mo-brooks-trump-ought-to-declare-a-national-emergency-build-the-wall-save-american-lives/

 

DAILY CALLER
— LINDSEY GRAHAM: ‘WE’RE GOING TO BUILD THE WALL ONE WAY OR THE OTHER’ – Scott Morefield
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/30/lindsey-graham-border-wall/
— ACTIVISTS JUMP CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR’S MANSION WALL IN SOMBREROS, PONCHOS — GET ARRESTED – Benny Johnson
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/30/activists-jump-ca-governors-mansion-wall/

 

NEWSMAX
— Civil Libertarians, Democrats Silent About Roger Stone Raid
https://www.newsmax.com/clarencevmckee/civil-liberties-roger-stone-raid/2019/01/30/id/900538/

 

CNS NEWS
— Pelosi: If Asylum-Seekers Illegally Cross Border into US, ‘That’s Okay Too’ – Patrick Goodenough
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/pelosi-if-asylum-seekers-illegally-cross-border-us-thats-okay-too

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— EU HYPOCRITES SLAM TRUMP WALL BUT BUILD THEIR OWN Hanne Nabintu Herland hits media for silence about barrier keeping out refugees
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/eu-hypocrites-slam-trump-wall-but-build-their-own/
— WILL SPIKE LEE WIN AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION OSCAR? Jack Cashill takes Variety to task for prioritizing ‘diversity’ in film industry
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/will-spike-lee-win-an-affirmative-action-oscar/
— DEFEAT SOCIALISTS NOW — BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE Erik Rush says ultimate target of D.C. ‘Deep-Staters’ is every Trump supporter
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/defeat-socialists-now-before-its-too-late/
— HOW TRUMP UNMASKED THE LEFT Joseph Farah notes president got Democrats to admit ‘they hate America’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/how-trump-unmasked-the-left/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— On Assimilation – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/on-assimilation/

 

CHRISTIAN HEADLINES
— An Indictment against Hollywood and Washington: We Are Not Progressing – Shane Idleman
https://www.christianheadlines.com/columnists/shane-idleman/an-indictment-against-hollywood-and-washington-we-are-not-progressing.html

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Notre Dame willing to cover up Christopher Columbus mural but not graphic porn
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/notre-dame-willing-to-cover-christopher-columbus-mural-but-not-graphic-porn

 

POLITICO
— White House preps emergency wall plan while Congress negotiates Congress has until Feb. 15 to discuss a border security deal, but the White House is already finalizing its plan B — declaring a national emergency. – NANCY COOK
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/30/trump-border-national-emergency-immigration-1138308

 

ABC NEWS
— Democrat meets with undocumented immigrants who were fired from Trump’s golf club – MARIAM KHAN
https://abc11.com/democrat-meets-with-undocumented-immigrants-who-were-fired-from-trumps-golf-club/5113745/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Undocumented Immigrant Who Worked at a Trump Golf Club Will Attend State of the Union – Matt Stevens
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/us/politics/Victorina-Morales-trump-golf-club.html
— Does Facebook Really Know How Many Fake Accounts It Has? The social network has disclosed an estimate for years, but a closer look raises lots of questions. – Jack Nicas
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/technology/facebook-fake-accounts.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s loyal commentators are beginning to make their break – Ed Rogers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2019/01/30/trumps-loyal-commentators-are-beginning-to-make-their-break/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘Medicare for All’ Will Terrify Voters It sounds good until people realize it means losing their existing plans. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/medicare-for-all-will-terrify-voters-11548890737
— Democrats Ask if Trump Administration Misspent Funds During Shutdown White House kept parts of government open by interpreting rules to use money Congress didn’t appropriate – Kate Davidson and Peter Nicholas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-ask-if-trump-administration-misspent-funds-during-shutdown-11548936001

 

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Plan to give civilian federal employees pay raise gets more Congressional support – Eric White
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2019/01/plan-to-give-civilian-federal-employees-pay-raise-gets-more-congressional-support/

 

NEWSWEEK
— MITCH MCCONNELL RIDICULES HOUSE BILL THAT WOULD MAKE ELECTION DAY A FEDERAL HOLIDAY – CHRISTINA ZHAO
https://www.newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnell-ridicules-house-bill-election-day-federal-holiday-1312034

 

NEW YORKER
— Wisconsin’s Foxconn Debacle Keeps Getting Worse – Eric Lach
https://www.newyorker.com/news/current/wisconsins-foxconn-debacle-keeps-getting-worse

 

DAILY MAIL
— Rep. Maxine Waters blames Trump for ‘MAGA hate attack’ on her Empire star friend Jussie Smollett in Chicago, claiming the President is ’emboldening’ racists – JESSICA GREEN (DIERSEN: Trump-haters are full of hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters. Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters a) promote hatred against Trump and against his supporters and b) blame Trump for hate crimes.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6652645/Rep-Maxine-Waters-blames-President-Trump-hate-attack-Empire-star-Jussie-Smollett.html

 

GLOBE AND MAIL
— Don’t go, baby boomers. The economy still needs you – Editorial (DIERSEN: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.” If I did not take their “offer,” I would not be eligible to retire until I was 55 in 2003. Why didn’t I reject their “offer?” They had made it very clear that if I did not take their “offer,” they would completely destroy me. They had given me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, they had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, they had not promoted me beyond GS-13, they gotten rid of my mentor in 1987, they had kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and they had forced me to take a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They and I knew that because of the pro-patronage position that Republican elected officials in Illinois had in Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois, Republican elected officials in Illinois would not come to my defense.)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-globe-editorial-dont-go-baby-boomers-the-economy-still-needs-you/

January 29 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Lawmaker’s outrageous slur is no way to foster discussion of race – Editorial (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter? Soon, Trump-haters will call you a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. What are you doing to prepare for that? Suggestions include always wearing a body camera when you leave your home and keeping it turned on. From what I see, Trump-haters are most likely to attack their Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captain. If your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain was attacked by Trump-haters, how strongly would the following come to your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain’s defense: a) the officers of your Republican township, ward, and county party organizations, b) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, c) the IRP officers, d) the IRP National Committeeman, and e) the IRP National Committeewoman? I should write a book about the aforesaid in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who despise if not hate Trump and would NOT come to my defense if I was attacked by Trump-haters.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190128/editorial-lawmakers-outrageous-slur-is-no-way-to-foster-discussion-of-race
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: The unfortunate thing about state Rep. Anne Stava-Murray’s description of her hometown as “white supremacist” is less how wrong and irresponsible the characterization is than how destructive it is to a conversation that needs to continue. In an interview last week with the Daily Herald’s Marie Wilson, the Naperville Democrat doubled down on a Facebook post that attracted broad criticism, insisting that long-dead policies and practices in “the whole Chicago region” justify claiming that today we see “white supremacy in an unclad kind of way, without its hood on” in contemporary policies and attitudes. Her comments, let us state flatly, are patently offensive and outrageously exaggerated. Whatever racial inequities and prejudices exist in Naperville or any other Chicago suburb, they cannot remotely be compared to the openly hostile and vile actions and behaviors of a misguided subset of white Americans who espouse ignorant claims of racial superiority and urge separation from and subjugation of other races. That she does not recognize the insult in her remark and believes “starting a conversation” justifies it is a bitter reflection on the quality of her own judgment and a worrisome suggestion about her own ability to operate effectively as a leader in her community.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Democrat hints/implies/argues/shouts that those who support the Second Amendment are racists.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-guns-racism-20190128-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-transgender-prisoner-illinois-strawberry-hampton-20190124-story.html
— It’s National Plan for Vacation Day, and we’ve got some ideas about where to go – Lori Rackl (DIERSEN: Between 1978 and 1992, my wife and I went on many vacations. She worked for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/u/u-s-league-of-savings-institutions.asp) which had quarterly meetings at luxury destinations across America which she attended as its Corporate Secretary. I routinely accompanied her on those trips. Often, after the meetings were over, we visited nearby national parks. Needless-to-say, my envy-filled IRS and GAO Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious. Overwhelmingly, their spouses had little or no income. Further, I went on vacations with a coworker to Hawaii, Mexico, Bahamas, and Jamaica while I worked for IRS 1973-1976.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/travel/ct-trav-plan-for-vacation-day-ideas-0129-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: FBI secretly recorded Mike Madigan at his law office pitching firm’s services – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/michael-madigan-fbi-recording-law-firm-danny-solis-chinatown-hotel/
— Viagra, sex acts, use of a luxury farm: Feds detail investigation of Ald. Solis – Jon Seidel, Fran Spielman, Mark Brown and Tim Nova
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/danny-solis-fbi-investigation-alderman-city-council-wiretap/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: State legislators lay out plans for recreational marijuana proposal – Dean Olsen (DIERSEN: According to this article, “municipalities, employers and landlords would be able to prohibit possession and use.” If/when beyond disgustingly, beyond tragically, recreational marijuana becomes legal in Illinois, I urge you to join me in discouraging its use, including getting municipalities ASAP to prohibit selling and growing it.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190128/state-legislators-lay-out-plans-for-recreational-marijuana-proposal
— Pritzker: State employee step increases start April 1 – AP (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents were furious when I got step increases, COLAs, and promotions while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. They wanted those increases, COLAs, and promotions to be given to them, to Democrats, to minorities, to females, to those who were younger than me, and to veterans.
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190128/pritzker-state-employee-step-increases-start-april-1

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Winnebago County’s not broken — the people running it are – Chuck Sweeny
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20190128/chuck-sweeny-winnebago-countys-not-broken—people-running-it-are

 

HERALD & REVIEW AND CHEROKEE TRIBUNE LEDGER
— Progressive push ahead for new governor, legislature – Rebecca Anzel, Peter Hancock and Jerry Nowicki
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/progressive-push-ahead-for-new-governor-legislature/article_71dd4656-245b-580d-aa16-f20d7d9aaf56.html
https://www.tribuneledgernews.com/extra/news/progressive-push-ahead-for-pritzker-state-legislature/article_da5e1470-1af3-5b5a-8182-930a7e37e554.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Consolidation scheme will be disastrous – James H Kerr Sr., trustee, Rock Island Township; vice president, Rock Island County Township Association
https://qconline.com/opinion/letters/letter-consolidation-scheme-will-be-disastrous/article_9757bfe4-571d-5cae-89d6-9c00a284fd1f.html

 

WCIA

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.wcia.com/news/capitol-news/advocates-explain-details-in-plan-to-legalize-marijuana/1734448997

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— NIU looking to boost enrollment to 18,000 by fall 2023 – Andrea Bailey
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/niu-looking-to-boost-enrollment-to-18000-by-fall-2023

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pot Opposition: House GOP leader Jim Durkin has voiced concerns and so have some (but not all) fellow Republicans. The sticking points: societal impacts, addiction and short-term and long-term health effects. No word yet on which GOP lawmaker will lead the charge to oppose the measure. – Shia Kapos (DIERSEN: If you do not oppose pot, you hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a Democrat or Democrat plant, a Libertarian or Libertarian plant, a Green or Green plant, or a RINO. Needless-to-day, the aforesaid should not be allowed to seek or hold any kind of government or political office in Illinois as a Republican.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/01/29/marijuana-bill-isnt-baked-sex-drugs-oprah-pop-up-in-solis-probe-cohen-hires-chicago-attorneys-383331

 

ILLINOIS HOUSE GOP
— Rep. David McSweeney Introduces Measure to Prohibit New Legislators from Participating in the Legislative Pension System
http://www.ilhousegop.org/member_news

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Algonquin Township attempts censoring Watchdogs – JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/01/algonquin-township-attempts-censoring-watchdogs/

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Wirepoints: Rauner’s exit no cause for celebration now that Pritzker is in – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511743969-wirepoints-rauner-s-exit-no-cause-for-celebration-now-that-pritzker-is-in

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— What about Trump’s illegals? – JOHN BLOOM
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/28/letters-to-the-editor-what-about-trumps-illegals/
— Cave vs. wall – Cal Thomas
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/28/something-is-required-to-stem-the-tide-of-illegal-/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Unauthorized immigrants and their employers should pay for border security – Mark Jason
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/unauthorized-immigrants-and-their-employers-should-pay-for-border-security
— Democrats counter Trump: How about a ‘pedestrian fence’? – Susan Ferrechio |
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/democrats-counter-trump-how-about-a-pedestrian-fence
— Bernie Sanders: Trump ‘a fraud, a pathological liar and a racist’ – Naomi Lim
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/bernie-sanders-trump-a-fraud-a-pathological-liar-and-a-racist

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Of Course a Wall Would Work – Andrew Syrios
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/of_course_a_wall_would_work.html
— Can the Republic Survive the Mainstream Media? – David Harris
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/can_the_republic_survive_the_mainstream_media_.html

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The End of the Trump Era – Angelo Codevilla
https://amgreatness.com/2019/01/28/the-end-of-the-trump-era/

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Pelosi, Schumer and Cuomo = Axis Of Evil – Jim Clayton
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/01/pelosi-schumer-and-cuomo-axis-of-evil/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— EX-JUDGE: FEDS ‘MANIPULATE’ STATS ABOUT ILLEGALS Shows immigration office deliberately misleading Congress
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/ex-judge-feds-manipulate-stats-about-illegals/
— DEMOCRATS FOR BORDER SECURITY? RIGHT Stephen Moore: Party have been exposed as hopelessly soft on illegal immigration
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/democrats-for-border-security-right/
— IT’S WAR! ANN COULTER GOES NUCLEAR ON GINGRICH, TRUMP ‘Kissing the emperor’s a** violates no federal law’ – JOE KOVACS
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/its-war-ann-coulter-goes-nuclear-on-gingrich-trump/
— ‘STANDING WHILE CONSERVATIVE’ NOW A CRIME Rachel Alexander: Right-wing Americans are finally getting mad and fighting back – RACHEL ALEXANDER
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/standing-while-conservative-now-a-crime/

 

DAILY CALLER
— HANNITY SENDS MESSAGE TO ‘MY CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS THAT ARE MAD AT’ TRUMP OVER SHUTDOWN – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/28/hannity-trump-wall-conservatives/

 

TOWNHALL
— Dem Rep. Jeffries Doesn’t Regret Calling Trump by a KKK Title ‘Grand Wizard’ – Lauretta Brown (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter? Soon, Trump-haters will call you a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. What are you doing to prepare for that? Suggestions include always wearing a body camera when you leave your home and keeping it turned on. From what I see, Trump-haters are most likely to attack their Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captain. If your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain was attacked by Trump-haters, how strongly would the following come to your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain’s defense: a) the officers of your Republican township, ward, and county party organizations, b) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, c) the IRP officers, d) the IRP National Committeeman, and e) the IRP National Committeewoman? I should write a book about the aforesaid in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who despise if not hate Trump and would NOT come to my defense if I was attacked by Trump-haters.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2019/01/28/dem-rep-jeffries-doesnt-regret-calling-trump-by-a-kkk-title-grand-wizard-n2540350

 

BREITBART
— Ocasio-Cortez: 2020 Dems Should Embrace Identity Politics: ‘Women’s Rage’ ‘Very Potent’ – Tony Lee (DIERSEN: In your neighborhood, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, how successful have Trump-haters been in promoting hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/29/ocasio-cortez-2020-dems-should-embrace-identity-politics-womens-rage-very-potent/
— Starbucks’ Howard Schultz: America Exists for Immigrants, Not Americans – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: The longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats want to get rid of you.)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2019/01/28/starbucks-howard-schultz-america-exists-for-immigrants-not-americans/
— Blacklisters at Microsoft’s NewsGuard Label Proven Hoaxes ‘Credible’ – John Nolte
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/01/28/nolte-blacklisters-microsofts-newsguard-label-proven-hoaxes-credible/
— Latino Activists Rip Brokaw for ‘Xenophobic,’ ‘Disrespectful’ Remarks About Assimilation – Tony Lee
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/28/latino-activists-rip-brokaw-for-xenophobic-disrespectful-remarks-about-assimilation/
— Michael Steele: Every Day Pelosi ‘Turns the Screw Just a Little Bit Tighter’ on Trump – Pam Key
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/01/28/michael-steele-every-day-pelosi-turns-the-screw-just-a-little-bit-tighter-on-trump/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Microsoft’s pre-installed ‘NewsGuard’ app labels proven ‘fake news’ as credible – Steve Jalsevac
https://www.lifesitenews.com/pulse/proven-hoaxes-are-labelled-credible-by-newsguard-app-now-pre-installed-in-m
— Leftist ‘fake news’ police are now coming after LifeSite because we oppose their agenda (DIERSEN: Who comes after you and Why? Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs come after me because I promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and in the Republican Party platform. I should write a book about those who come after me.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/why-lifesite-did-not-respond-to-newsguard-questions

 

HOT AIR
— A City That Opened Its Doors To Asylum Seekers Has Come To Regret It – JAZZ SHAW
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/01/28/city-opened-doors-asylum-seekers-come-regret/

 

EPOCH TIMES
— California Parents Protest Against Public Schools’ Sexual Education Curriculum – NATHAN SU
https://www.theepochtimes.com/california-parents-protest-against-public-schools-sexual-education-curriculum_2780500.html

 

COMMUNITIES DIGITAL NEWS
— Abortion Politics and the Progressive Left destruction of America – Jacquie Kubin
https://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2/abortion-politics-and-the-progressive-left-destruction-of-america-112559/

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A reporter for the Huffington Post calls Representative Steve King a racist.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/racist-steve-king-martin-luther-king-jr_us_5c500b44e4b00906b26cc93e

 

POLITICO
— Republicans may block Trump from another shutdown The Senate GOP has no appetite for another political debacle and is pushing Trump away from closing the government again. – BURGESS EVERETT, JOHN BRESNAHAN and SARAH FERRIS
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/28/government-shutdown-republicans-trump-1133101

 

CNN
— Lawmakers skeptical that a broad immigration deal can be reached – Lauren Fox, Ted Barrett and Manu Raju
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/28/politics/immigration-negotiations-congress-deal-lawmakers/index.html

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Pritzker places state employees on correct step pay plan (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents were furious when I got step increases, COLAs, and promotions while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. They wanted those increases, COLAs, and promotions to be given to them, to Democrats, to minorities, to females, to those who were younger than me, and to veterans.)
https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/article225218780.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— A Better Way to Tax the Rich Raise the capital gains tax and treat investment earnings like ordinary income. – Steven Rattner
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/28/opinion/aoc-wealth-tax.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— 7 questions about Trump’s use of undocumented workers at his golf courses – David A. Fahrenthold and Joshua Partlow (DIERSEN: Trump-haters say illegals take the bad jobs that Americans will not take. During the summer of 1966, I cleaned golf shoes for the Flossmoor Country Club.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/7-questions-about-trumps-use-of-undocumented-workers-at-his-golf-courses/2019/01/28/47de03ba-22ff-11e9-ad53-824486280311_story.html
— Congress could make a ‘grand bargain’ at the border possible – Hugh Hewitt
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/28/congress-could-make-grand-bargain-border-possible/

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Almost everyone is getting what they wanted from Trump. But not Trump. There’s no wall. There’s still a swamp. Some dealmaker. Some deal.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/01/29/almost-everyone-is-getting-what-they-wanted-trump-not-trump/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats do NOT want immigrants to assimilate. Democrats want immigrants to serve as operatives or as dupes for Democrats. Democrats want immigrants to help Democrats get rid of Republicans once and for all. Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout at Hispanic immigrants that if they help Democrats, Democrats will turn America into their Hispanic motherland. Democrats stress the success that they are having in making everyone in America speak Spanish, read Spanish, and write Spanish.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/28/tom-brokaw-credits-immigrants-resourcefulness-family-values/

 

USA TODAY
— Many women are afraid to tell the boss they’re pregnant. And they may have reason to worry – Charisse Jones
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/01/28/working-mothers-often-not-given-chance-lead-new-report-finds/2604334002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Facebook Opens New Fronts to Combat Political Interference Social-media giant is taking steps to guard against the spread of fake news and misinformation on its platform in coming elections world-wide – Sam Schechner and Kimberly Chin (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, ads promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-vows-to-fight-election-interference-the-spread-of-fake-news-11548680757
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Shutdown Compounds Woes for Immigration System Courts and border agents—already strapped—look to dig out after funding is restored.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/shutdown-compounds-woes-for-immigration-system-11548702443
— Socialists of the World, Unite Sanders and AOC show their support for Venezuela’s dictator. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/socialists-of-the-world-unite-11548722544
— Reporter Trolls Christian Schools A writer gets more than he bargains for when he seeks an exposé on Twitter. – William McGurn
https://www.wsj.com/articles/reporter-trolls-christian-schools-11548723148

 

FORTUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “U.S. Perceived to Be More Corrupt Under Trump.”
http://fortune.com/2019/01/29/us-corruption-transparency-international-2018/

 

ALBANY TIMES UNION
— Meet the three women who married Donald Trump – Joe Avella (DIERSEN: Many of my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were not married, had marital problems, were divorced, and/or had spouses who had no income, savings, or job skills. They were furious when I got married in 1978. They had painted me as being some who no woman would marry. They were even more furious that my wife had income, savings, and a good job.)
https://www.timesunion.com/technology/businessinsider/article/Meet-the-three-women-who-married-Donald-Trump-12264931.php
— MAGA caps’ message is dismally clear – CYNTHIA TUCKER (DIERSEN: How soon will Democrats succeed in making it a federal crime to wear a MAGA cap?)
https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Cynthia-Tucker-MAGA-caps-message-is-dismally-13568781.php

 

WATERBURY REPUBLICAN AMERICAN
— Age discrimination eyed Proposed bill would protect applicants from unfair vetting – AP (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. Those who hate past, present, and future federal employees and retirees use the federal government’s up-or-out policy to viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn past, present, and future federal employees and retirees who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40 as being lazy, stupid, bad, and even worse things. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who hate past, present, and future federal employees and retirees the most.)
https://www.rep-am.com/local/news-local/2019/01/28/age-discrimination-eyed/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democratic lawmakers are proposing to prohibit employers from inquiring about the dates of a job applicant’s birth and graduation. A group of 25 House Democrats is sponsoring the legislation with the stated aim of reducing age discrimination in job hiring. “This bill will make a real difference for seniors who are being unfairly vetted based on their age,” said Rep. Derek Slap, D-West Hartford, a lead sponsor. The Labor and Public Employees Committee is scheduled to vote this afternoon to set a hearing date for House Bill 6113 and five other bills. A state law enacted last year bars Connecticut employers from asking job applicants about how much previous jobs paid them without a job offer being made that includes wages. It took effect this month.)

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats do NOT want immigrants to assimilate. Democrats want immigrants to serve as operatives or as dupes for Democrats. Democrats want immigrants to help Democrats get rid of Republicans once and for all. Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout at Hispanic immigrants that if they help Democrats, Democrats will turn America into their Hispanic motherland. Democrats stress the success that they are having in making everyone in America speak Spanish, read Spanish, and write Spanish.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/tom-brokaw-trumpets-his-ignorance-of-hispanic-assimilation.html

January 25 Evening Edition

ABC7
— President Trump, Congress agree to end longest government shutdown – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-congress-agree-to-end-longest-government-shutdown/5106488/

 

NBC5
— Trump, Congress Leaders Reach Deal to End Shutdown Without Wall Funding “I have a very powerful alternative but I didn’t want use it at this time and hopefully it won’t be necessary,” Trump said – Danielle Abreu
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Government-Shutdown-Solutions-Urgency-Senate-White-House-504867681.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Congress, Trump reach temporary deal to end government shutdown – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/facebook-instant/president-trump-to-make-announcement-regarding-government-shutdown

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Senate passes deal to temporarily reopen government after longest shutdown in U.S. history – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-government-shutdown-20190125-story.html
— Illinois lawmakers demand answers about monitoring for cancer-causing chemical during government shutdown – Michael Hawthorne
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-sterigenics-medline-vantage-epa-letter-20190125-story.html
— As shutdown ends, federal workers have little faith about future – AP (DIERSEN: With budget cuts, soon, if not already, the Democrats who run the federal government will have gotten rid of all their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they did not promote to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. Soon, if not already, they will have to get rid of their employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-government-shutdown-workers-20190125-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The wall, the shutdown and the make-believe presidency.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-shutdown-wall-trump-crime-20190125-story.html
— The end of the shutdown, and what comes next – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-shutdown-end-trump-pelosi-20190125-story.html
— Early voting starts Tuesday
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-early-voting-money-mayors-race-ig-ferguson-code-silence-20190124-story.html
— Watchdog: CTA staffer tied to state senator likely hired for political reasons, didn’t work full shift most days – Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-cta-hiring-illinois-senate-20190125-story.html

— Can Pritzker keep promise to stop Illinois gerrymandering? – Austin Berg
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-berg-column-st-0127-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Increase in ‘sick leave’ causing flight delays at LaGuardia – AP (DIERSEN: While I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I worked many more hours because my coworkers had called in sick.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/increase-in-sick-leave-causing-flight-delays-at-laguardia/
— Leaving Legislature lucrative for Ed Burke brother now drawing $160K in pensions – Robert Herguth
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/burke-daniel-dan-edward-pensions-legislative-chicago-city-hall/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump tried to burn down the house and he got burned.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/federal-shutdown-donald-trump-nancy-pelosi/
— Illinois GOP facing dire financial straits – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/jb-pritzker-campaign-spending-democrats-illinois-republicans-dire-financial-straits/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Democratic Party of Illinois ended the year with about $1.4 million in the bank. The Illinois Republican Party finished with $313,000. The IL GOP is going to have to be frugal for a while until they can raise some dough. Rauner has been the state GOP’s most reliable donor. The former governor contributed $36.9 million to the state party since June 13th of 2014. The party raised another $20 million or so on top of that since that same date, but a large chunk of that money was pass-through cash from the two legislative caucuses for direct mail costs. The unofficial leader of the Republican Party’s wealthy Chicago-area “donor class” was Ron Gidwitz. He helped raise a ton of money for his party over the years. But Gidwitz is now the US Ambassador to Belgium, so he can’t do them any good. Bottom line: The Republican Party in this state is in very dire straits.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— Staffing shortages that slowed flights could have been ‘final straw’ to end shutdown – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190125/staffing-shortages-that-slowed-flights-could-have-been-final-straw-to-end-shutdown-
— Report: Financial incentives needed to get data centers in Illinois – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190125/report-financial-incentives-needed-to-get-data-centers-in-illinois

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump announces deal to reopen government for 3 weeks The stopgap measure includes no money for a border wall, sources say, but the accord would set up a period of negotiations on border security measures, and the president added he will make sure federal workers get back pay quickly. – Bloomberg
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/trump-announces-deal-reopen-government-3-weeks

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— As shutdown dragged on, and Trump’s polling went down, Bost stuck with president – JOSEPH BUSTOS
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article225077090.html

 

WPSD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/2019/01/24/medical-marijuana-to-be-available-to-more-illinoisans-under-new-program/

 

DEERFIELD PATCH
— Assault Weapons Ban, Gun Buyer Social Media Search Proposed Democrats introduced new legislation to ban certain semi-automatic firearms and add restrictions on who can legally buy a gun in Illinois. – Jonah Meadows
https://patch.com/illinois/deerfield/assault-weapons-ban-gun-buyer-social-media-search-proposed

 

WEST COOK NEWS
— Underwood, Casten did not sign letter to Pelosi about shutdown – Glenn Minnis
https://westcooknews.com/stories/511740722-underwood-casten-did-not-sign-letter-to-pelosi-about-shutdown

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Wheaton Bowl owner Sal Falbo says he was targeted by Council candidate Bray-Parker – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: In 2002, I succeeded in getting the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) to hold its monthly meetings in the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall and the MTRCC has held its monthly meetings there ever since.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511739295-wheaton-bowl-owner-says-he-was-targeted-by-council-candidate-bray-parker
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sal Falbo thinks Erica Bray-Parker could use a new lesson plan. “I don’t think her actions were the right thing to be teaching her students,” Falbo told the DuPage Policy Journal as rumors of Bray-Parker’s attempting to bully him and other business owners in Wheaton into removing signs from their properties that were for political candidates she doesn’t agree with continue to swirl. “We all have a right to freedom of speech, and as a teacher you would think she would know and understand that,” he added. According to local business owner Jane Shaw, all the drama began when Bray-Parker, who teaches at Glenbard North and is an instructor at the Civics Club, penned a letter to Falbo and other local business owners demanding that they remove posters of former state Rep. Jeanne Ives, a Republican of Wheaton, from in front of their businesses, vowing never to return to their establishments if they failed to comply. Bray-Parker, who is running for Wheaton City Council in District 4, is also accused of using her students as part of her “bullying” campaign, Shaw added. “I don’t live in Wheaton but if I did there’s no way I would vote for her,” said Faldo, part owner of Wheaton Bowl. “She’s obviously an activist, but part of the responsibility in that is understanding that everyone has the same free speech rights that you do. On top of that, the signs she was complaining about weren’t even on my property; they were in front. She’s really made an issue out of a nonissue.” Meanwhile, Ives, who relinquished her seat in Springfield with the start of the legislative session, has been adamant in expressing her opinion that she doesn’t think what she calls Bray-Parker’s brand of politics is right for Wheaton. “Erica Bray-Parker should not be elected; make sure she isn’t,” she told the DuPage Policy Journal. “She is unfit to represent business owners and the respectful, hard-working taxpayers of Wheaton. She is a civics teacher who is not civil.” Bray-Parker also raised eyebrows in May 2018, when she penned a letter in the Daily Herald assailing Peter Breen, a Republican of Lombard who was a state representative at the time, over what she perceived to be his inadequate stance on the issue of gun control.)

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— McGlasson discouraged by lack of response to meeting request – W.J. Kennedy (DIERSEN: What do the following have to say about this: your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, the officers of your Republican township, ward, and/or county party organizations, your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, the IRP officers, the IRP National Committeeman, and the IRP National Committeewoman?)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511740588-mcglasson-discouraged-by-lack-of-response-to-meeting-request
(FROM THE ARTICLE: All that Republican Committeeman John McGlasson says he is likely to get out of his call for a special meeting of the state GOP after the shellacking the party took in November is a chance to speak his mind at the party’s regularly scheduled meeting on Feb. 9 in Bolingbrook. If he can make his way onto the agenda. “Never heard back from anyone,” McGlasson, referring to his request for a special meeting, told Prairie State Wire. “I’m completely discouraged. I’ll try to give my viewpoints at the regular party meeting, if I get a chance.” The conservative McGlasson, committeeman from the 16th Congressional District, seconded fellow Committeeman’s Sean Morrison’s call for a special meeting after the embarrassing revelation in mid-December that Bruce Rauner sought someone to take his place on the ballot soon after his near loss to former State Rep. Jeanne Ives, a Republican of Wheaton, in the March primary. Again, he heard nothing. “We should be out looking hard for someone to challenge (U.S. Senator Dick) Durbin in 2020,” he said. “A good, enthusiastic candidate will help other candidates in down-ticket races. Maybe we could take a few of the House seats back. But they seem to be content with the way things are.” McGlasson needs five of the 18 Republican Central Committee members to call a special meeting of the party. He says with Bob Winchester’s legal claim for his Committee spot in the 15th Congressional District still in legal limbo, he doesn’t have them. “It is my opinion that the party needs to return to its roots as expressed in our party platform,” he said. “And we need to search for a leader that will lead us back to the basics of conservatism.” McGlasson said that a move is on to have Ives speak in Bolingbrook, but she told the Prairie State Wire that she has yet to receive an invitation. “I would tell them that they are disorganized and rudderless,” Ives said. “We need a fiscal contract with Illinoisans and a strategy to carry it out.” “We need new leadership,” she added, “after that bloodbath in November, and (the) revelation about Rauner. They (party leaders) can’t claim ignorance about that. He’s been funding the party for years.”)

 

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Anti-Muslim post appears on clerk’s Facebook page Circuit clerk says it was hack job – Bruce Rushton
https://illinoistimes.com/article-20874-anti-muslim-post-appears-on-clerks-facebook-page.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— A Crisis When It Suits Their Purpose – Robert Knight
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/01/a-crisis-when-it-suits-their-purpose/

 

TOWNHALL
— Trump Announces a Deal to Reopen the Government – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/01/25/breaking-trump-announces-a-deal-to-reopen-the-government-n2540272

 

BREITBART
— NewsGuard’s Advisory Board Has History of Fake News, Unethical Journalism – Charlie Nash
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/01/25/newsguards-advisory-board-has-history-of-fake-news-unethical-journalism/

 

DAILY CALLER
— NEW YORK TO SPEND MILLIONS PUTTING DREAMERS THROUGH COLLEGE – Jason Hopkins
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/25/new-york-college-dreamers/

 

GOPUSA
— Trump flinched … and Pelosi will dig in
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64041
— Do you ‘have it coming’ if you wear a MAGA hat? (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that “I had it coming” a) because I avoided the draft, b) because I refused to become a Democrat, and c) because I refused to help them get rid of federal employees because they were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64081
— Europe is failing because it’s been hijacked by activists determined to impose a socialist agenda
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63961

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Agrees to Three-Week Spending Bill Without Wall Funding to End Shutdown – JACK CROWE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/donald-trump-agrees-to-three-week-spending-bill-with-no-wall-funding-to-end-shutdown/

 

THE HILL
— Trump agrees to end shutdown without getting wall funding – JORDAN FABIAN AND BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/427004-trump-agrees-to-end-shutdown
— Senate votes to reopen government after Trump agrees to end shutdown – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/427041-senate-votes-to-reopen-government-after-trump-agrees-to-end-shutdown

 

POLITICO MAGAZINE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Why 2019 Could Be Marijuana’s Biggest Year Yet A green tide in Congress raises hopes that pot could be legal under federal law by year’s end. – JAMES HIGDON
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/01/21/marijuana-legalization-congress-224031

 

CBS NEWS
— Trump says he’ll sign bill to reopen government for 3 weeks – live updates – GRACE SEGERS
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-deal-reached-trump-speech-announcement-opens-government-shutdown-over-today-live-updates-2019-01-25/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Announces Deal to Reopen Government, in Surprise Retreat From Wall – Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Nicholas Fandos and Peter Baker
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/us/politics/trump-shutdown-deal.html
— ‘We Didn’t Get Ph.D.s Just to Sit Around’: Civil Servants’ Good Will Erodes – Campbell Robertson
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/us/civil-servants-government-work.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— At least 14,000 unpaid IRS workers did not show up for work as broad shutdown disruption hits tax agency, according to House aides – Jeff Stein and Danielle Paquette (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and I worked for GAO on audits of IRS 1986-1988.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/25/least-unpaid-irs-workers-did-not-show-up-work-broad-shutdown-disruption-hits-tax-agency-according-house-aides/
— Trump announces deal for government to reopen for three weeks, ending longest shutdown; no money for his border wall – Erica Werner and Mike DeBonis and John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-leaders-continue-to-seek-a-deal-to-end-shutdown-that-will-satisfy-trump/2019/01/25/09c898dc-20ad-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump disapproval swells as president, Republicans face lopsided blame for shutdown.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/poll-majority-of-americans-hold-trump-and-republicans-responsible-for-shutdown/2019/01/25/e7a2e7b8-20b0-11e9-9145-3f74070bbdb9_story.html
— Rep. Wittman, a Virginia Republican, wants to stop members of Congress from flying first class – Jenna Portnoy (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, overwhelmingly, my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates painted themselves and painted all federal employees as being underpaid and as having financial problems. They did not like it at all, and some were furious, when I a) bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, b) bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, c) bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, d) bought a new town home in University Park in 1972, e) bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in 1974, f) bought a one bedroom condo in that building in 1976, g) bought a home in Wheaton with my wife in 1978, h) had a home built with my wife in Wheaton in 1984, i) bought a 1962 Chevy Impala SS collector car in 1989, j) bought a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T collector car in 1994, k) paid for tuition and books to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, and l) paid for tuition and books to earn job-related professional certifications when I was 30 and 32.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/rep-wittman-a-virginia-republican-wants-to-stop-members-of-congress-from-flying-first-class/2019/01/24/78b2508e-2013-11e9-8b59-0a28f2191131_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I don’t think [flying first class] sets the right example,” he said in an interview. “I think members of Congress ought to be held to the same standard as others flying on government business.”)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-considering-agreeing-to-sign-three-week-spending-bill-as-early-as-friday-11548439078
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-considering-agreeing-to-sign-three-week-spending-bill-as-early-as-friday-11548439078

 

NEWSBUG
— Illinois Republican Party in dire straits – Rich Miller
http://www.newsbug.info/illinois-republican-party-in-dire-straits/article_2590b6ef-c671-5b89-879e-5e09a973dc06.html

 

FED SMITH
— Short-Term Agreement Reached to Re-Open Government – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/01/25/short-term-agreement-reached-re-open-government/

January 25 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Caylor, Chirico answer wide range of questions in first Naperville mayoral candidate forum – Erin Hegarty (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if recreational marijuana is legalized and municipalities can say NO to the selling and growing of marijuana within their boundaries, candidates for municipal offices should promise to vote NO on the selling and growing of marijuana in their municipalities.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-mayor-forum-chirico-rocky-st-0125-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Recreational marijuana Chirico said he understands that cannabis has a medicinal value. “I have no question about that,” he said, but the question becomes how do officials make it safe. “Just broadly speaking, I think people getting arrested and incarcerated because they have pot is not a very smart policy,” Chirico said. “Alcohol has a far greater impact on society today than marijuana does.” “As a council and a community, we need to sit down and look at that and say what do we want,” Caylor said. “If we are going to do that, how do we manage that with a firm hand?”)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville Township voters will be asked again to decide fate of road district office – Erin Hegarty
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-township-road-merger-ballot-st-0125-story.html
— Hinsdale man loses appeal in age discrimination case that challenged experience caps in job ads – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN: How much job experience do you have? I have almost 9 years experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880/year. I have almost 18 years experience working for GAO, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325/year. Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. I should write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned my work experience the most. They include a) Money Magazine, b) my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates, c) past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc. members, employees, and officers, and d) past and present activists, candidates, elected officials, major donors, and political consultants who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-age-discrimination-ruling-kleber-carefusion-20190124-story.html
— Tax season Q&A: Is my refund coming? Can I call IRS hotline? Are auditors working? – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-shutdown-irs-tax-season-20190124-story.html
— Chicago Ford plant workers to get $7,600 profit-sharing checks – Robert Channick (DIERSEN: Government employees do not get profit-sharing checks.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-ford-chicago-workers-profit-sharing-20190124-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The MAGA hat is not a statement of policy. It’s an inflammatory declaration of identity.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-maga-hats-trump-make-america-great-again-identity-0125-20190124-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— What America needs is a party of reality – Mona Charen (DIERSEN: What if America had three political parties – a liberal party, a moderate party, and a conservative party?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/democratic-party-shifts-left-elizabeth-warren-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Dems promote pot legalization plan during North Side town hall: ‘This is coming’ – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/democrats-promote-pot-legalization-marijuana-north-side-town-hall/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Longtime chairman of the DuPage Democratic Party resigns – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: In 1978, my wife and I, life-long Republicans, moved to DuPage County to take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Republicans had created there. Tragically, since then, far more Democrats than Republicans have moved to DuPage County to take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Republicans created there. When Democrats move in, prosperity and safety suffer.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190124/longtime-chairman-of-the-dupage-democratic-party-resigns
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DuPage Democrats also enjoyed their most successful election in November in what traditionally has been a Republican stronghold. There are now seven Democrats on the 18-member county board; the county is represented by Democrats in Congress; and the majority of state officials are Democrats.)
— FRONT PAGE: Why Lake County’s new sheriff is taking a stand on shutdown, immigration – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190125/why-lake-countys-new-sheriff-is-taking-a-stand-on-shutdown-immigration
— DIERSEN: A Trump-hater says “True-Republican candidate must emerge now to challenge President Trump – Ed Murnane
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190125/true-republican-candidate-must-emerge-now-to-challenge-president-trump

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Flights halted into New York’s LaGuardia as shutdown hits air-traffic staffing A lack of workers at an air-traffic control facility in the Washington area prompted the FAA to order a ground stop at one of the nation’s busiest transportation hubs. – Bloomberg
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/airlines-airports/flights-halted-new-yorks-laguardia-shutdown-hits-air-traffic-staffing
— How did home prices do last year where you live? This interactive map shows the growth (or lack of it) in the median price of homes sold in individual city neighborhoods and most suburbs in Cook, DuPage, Lake and Will counties during 2018. – DENNIS RODKIN
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/how-did-home-prices-do-last-year-where-you-live

 

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to be LGBTQers.
https://thesouthern.com/entertainment/movies/short-film-rejected-from-high-school-film-fest-for-lgbt/article_cb43ae95-a8f5-5e26-bfe4-34636188d980.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Shedd Aquarium offers free admission for federal employees
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/shedd-aquarium-offers-free-admission-for-federal-employees

 

WSIL TV
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Lawmakers introduce assault weapons ban – Joe Ragusa
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39849715/lawmakers-introduce-assault-weapons-ban

 

DAILY ILLINI
— Food insecurity leads to federal investigations – OLIVIA WELSHANS (DIERSEN: Did you suffer food insecurity while you earned your bachelor’s degree? I did not thanks to my outstanding parents who provided me with room and board while I attended UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969. That enabled me to earn enough money working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office a) to pay for tuition and books at UIC and NIU, b) to pay for room and board at NIU 1969-1970, c) to pay for a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, d) to pay for a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and e) to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970.)
https://dailyillini.com/news/2019/01/24/food-insecurity-leads-to-federal-investigations/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— On Saturday, U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (IL-06) will host a district swearing-in ceremony and reception at 3 p.m. at the DuPage County Auditorium JTK Administration Building. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin will deliver the keynote address and U.S. Judge Thomas Durkin will administer the oath of office. The public is invited (doors open at 2:45 p.m.). – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/01/25/47th-ward-spotlight-pritzkers-big-jim-personality-foxx-on-expunging-drug-cases-382100
— There was chatter at last week’s inauguration that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s management and media style can be compared to another governor—Republican Jim Thompson. “Thompson would walk down in the press room and have a few beers with us and try to get to know us casually,” recalled Thom Serafin, a public affairs strategist who worked as a reporter back in the day. “He was good at dealing with people. A lot like Bill Clinton. He’d look you in the eye. You’d feel like he’s really interested in what you have to say. That’s a gift Jim Thompson had, and I see it in J.B.” Pritzker so far seems willing to keep an open line of communication with media. We’ll have to wait and see if he’s ready to have a beer with us. Big Jim Thompson, as he was known, attended Pritzker’s swearing in. He had a knack for giving people responsibility “and then letting them do their jobs,” said James Prescott, a public affairs consultant who worked for Thompson from 1981-88 as a press aide. He attended the inauguration gala and brought along a commemorative coin from Thompson’s 1977 inauguration—the first of four. – Shia Kapos (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the nastiest, rudest, and meanest politicians, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/01/25/47th-ward-spotlight-pritzkers-big-jim-personality-foxx-on-expunging-drug-cases-382100

 

SENATOR CHAPIN ROSE
— Rose Named Leadership Budget Negotiator for Senate Republicans
http://senchapinrose.com/News/1419/Rose-Named-Leadership-Budget-Negotiator-for-Senate-Republicans/news-detail/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
– Phone Activity of Bob Miller after GOP Primary Defeat by Andrew Gasser for Algonquin Township Road District
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/24/phone-activity-of-bob-miller-aftyer-gop-primary-defeat-by-andrew-gasser/
— Illinois Red Dawn
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/25/illinois-red-dawn/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THE “GREEN NEW DEAL” IS A FISCAL FANTASY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/the-green-new-deal-is-a-fiscal-fantasy.html
— GOOGLE MANIPULATED YOUTUBE SEARCH RESULTS FOR ABORTION, MAXINE WATERS, DAVID HOGG
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/google-manipulated-youtube-search-results-for-abortion-maxine-waters-david-hogg.html
— WHAT IT TAKES TO BECOME A MILLIONAIRE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/what-it-takes-to-become-a-millionaire.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Steans, Cassidy lay out legalization plan at public forum
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/25/steans-cassidy-lay-out-legalization-plan-at-public-forum/

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— MAGA caps under fire as Trump-haters blame his supporters – Howard Kurtz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/maga-caps-under-fire-as-trump-haters-blame-his-supporters

 

BREITBART
— Report Claims That Up to Fifty Percent of Facebook Users Could Be Fake – Lucas Nolan
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/01/24/report-claims-that-up-to-fifty-percent-of-facebook-users-could-be-fake/
— Microsoft Teams with Establishment ‘NewsGuard’ to Create News Blacklist – Allum Bokhari
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/01/23/microsoft-teams-with-establishment-newsguard-to-create-news-blacklist/
— Poll: Vast Majority of Voters Want Crackdown on Illegal Alien Crime – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: To be in America illegally is to shout that you a) disrespect the rule of law, b) disrespect America, and c) disrespect Americans.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/24/poll-vast-majority-of-voters-want-crackdown-on-illegal-alien-crime/
— More Democrats Break with Pelosi on Border Wall as Shutdown Continues – Matthew Boyle
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/24/more-democrats-break-with-pelosi-on-border-wall-as-shutdown-continues/

 

GOPUSA
— Chicken Little: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the new Al Gore
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63955
— Service panel weighs requiring women to register for military draft
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64050
— Sean Spicer blames antics of ‘B-rate’ journalists for lack of White House press briefings (DIERSEN: If you asked my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes how they would rate me as a journalist, what grade would they give me and why?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64032

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Propaganda: The Bread and Butter of the Progressive Left – Jeffrey Folks
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/propaganda_the_bread_and_butter_of_the_progressive_left.html
— Fake News and the Narrative – John Kinsellagh
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/fake_news_and_the_narrative.html

 

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— To Democrats, America is a Sinkhole of Racism – PATRICK J. BUCHANAN
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/buchanan/to-democrats-america-is-a-sinkhole-of-racism/

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Limbaugh: Trump and his supporters are in this fight for the long haul – David Limbaugh
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/limbaugh-trump-and-his-supporters-are-in-this-fight-for-the-long-haul/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Assault on America, Day 23: Trump and GOPers know without the wall, America soon may fall – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/29555

 

TOWNHALL
— Covington Kid: Hated For The Color Of His Skin – Ilana Mercer
https://townhall.com/columnists/ilanamercer/2019/01/25/covington-kid-hated-for-the-color-of-his-skin-n2540232
— Democrats Are Border Crisis Deniers – Wayne Allyn Root
https://townhall.com/columnists/wayneallynroot/2019/01/25/democrats-are-border-crisis-deniers-n2540229

 

DAILY CALLER
— THE DC DEATH MATCH: SHOULD THE U.S. LET IN EVERY MIGRANT CARAVAN? – Stephanie Hamill
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/24/migrant-caravans-from-central-america/
— HERE ARE ALL OF THE SHUTDOWN DEALS DEMOCRATS HAVE REJECTED – Amber Athey
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/24/democrats-reject-shutdown-deals-trump/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Deported killer breaks through outdated border fence – Michael F. Haverluck
https://onenewsnow.com/national-security/2019/01/24/deported-killer-breaks-through-outdated-border-fence

 

LIFEZETTE
— Media Attacks Against Religion Represent an ‘Ongoing Crisis,’ Says Dan Crenshaw Congressman lashes out at press for its “blunders” over Covington kids and Karen Pence — and their hostility toward faith – Kathryn Blackhurst
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/01/media-attacks-against-religion-represent-an-ongoing-crisis-says-dan-crenshaw/

 

POLITICO
— ‘Extraordinarily angry and very upset taxpayers’: IRS faces chaotic tax season amid shutdown There are already signs that some will be no-shows because they’re facing the prospect of working without pay. BRIAN FALER (DIERSEN: In 1974, when I was a 25-year-old GS-11 (currently $67,638/year) IRS Revenue Officer, IRS put me in charge of all its Chicago office employees who answered taxpayer questions by telephone. Because of my performance on that assignment, IRS promoted me to GS-12 (currently $81,071/year.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/24/irs-tax-returns-government-shutdown-1121839

 

CNBC
— How long will it take to build the border wall? Years longer than Trump claims, experts say – PUBLISHED THU
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/24/experts-say-trumps-border-wall-will-take-longer-than-he-claims.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes Pelosi
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/us/politics/nancy-pelosi-donald-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: America-haters crow about their success in invading America’s southwestern states.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/us/politics/border-wall-democrats-trump.html
— Roger Stone Arrested in Mueller Investigation Into Trump Campaign – Mark Mazzetti and Eileen Sullivan
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/us/politics/roger-stone-arrested.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump hater says “Who Needs a Paycheck Anyway? The shutdown reveals the administration’s callous elitism.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/opinion/shutdown-ross-kudlow-trump.html
— Your Loyalties Are Your Life – David Brooks (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents a) demand blind loyalty to them and to them only and b) destroy those who do not give them blind loyalty. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have worked the hardest to destroy me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/opinion/josiah-royce-loyalty.html
— Why Trump Will Lose in 2020 The president is running hard on a strategy of riling up his base. But by doing that, he riles up the Democratic base, too, and that one is bigger. – Rachel Bitecofer
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/opinion/trump-2020-election.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A anti-Trump says “Trump’s Wall of Shame It would stand as a lasting reminder of the white racial hostility surging through this moment in American history.” Anti-Trumps are also anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/opinion/trump-wall-shutdown.html
— U.S. to Begin Blocking Asylum Seekers From Entering Over Mexican Border – Glenn Thrush
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/us/politics/migrants-blocked-asylum-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, America-haters encourage citizens of foreign countries to seek asylum in America.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/01/10/world/americas/crossing-us-mexico-border.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: The $238 Million Penthouse, and the Hedge Fund Billionaire Griffin Who May Rarely Live There – Nikita Stewart and David Gelles
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/nyregion/238-million-penthouse-sale.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration to start sending asylum seekers to wait in Mexico – Andrew deGrandpre, Maria Sacchetti, Kevin Sieff and
David Nakamura
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-to-start-sending-asylum-seekers-back-to-mexico/2019/01/24/53961fb0-2022-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html
— Out of touch? Trump aides struggle with shutdown empathy – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have demonstrated the most hatred against federal employees. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 21 years. They include a) past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc. members, employees, and officers and b) past and present activists, candidates, elected officials, major donors, and political consultants who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/commerce-chief-asks-why-furloughed-workers-using-food-banks/2019/01/24/20ad3470-1ff1-11e9-a759-2b8541bbbe20_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater asks “What happens when someone says no to Trump?” and says “Bluster, bombast, backing down.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bluster-bombast-backing-down-what-happens-when-someone-says-no-to-trump/2019/01/24/359df148-1f66-11e9-8b59-0a28f2191131_story.html
— Elizabeth Warren to propose new ‘wealth tax’ on very rich Americans, economist says – Jeff Stein and Christopher Ingraham (DIERSEN: Soon, any such wealth tax would be on Americans with $40 million in assets, than $30 million, than $20 million, than $10 million, than $5 million, than $1 million, than etc.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/24/elizabeth-warren-propose-new-wealth-tax-very-rich-americans-economist-says/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will propose a new annual “wealth tax” on Americans with more than $50 million in assets, according to an economist advising her on the plan, as Democratic leaders vie for increasingly aggressive solutions to the nation’s soaring wealth inequality. Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, two left-leaning economists at the University of California, Berkeley, have been advising Warren on a proposal to levy a 2 percent wealth tax on Americans with assets above $50 million, as well as a 3 percent wealth tax on those who have more than $1 billion, according to Saez.)

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH FIVE COLOR PICTURES: In corruption-plagued Chicago, high-level shakedown charges loom over mayoral race, candidates – Aamer Madhani
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/01/23/chicago-federal-political-corruption-scandal-mayor-election-alderman-ed-burke/2581411002/


— Patriotic or racist? Trump’s Make America Great Again hats have become a hot-button issue – KRISTEN JORDAN SHAMUS (DIERSEN: From what I see, as Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote hatred of Trump supporters, a Chick-fil-A restaurant is one of few remaining places in the world where you can wear a MAGA hat and not worry about being harassed, insulted, threatened, beaten up, killed, etc. If you wore a MAGA hat, what would the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois do to harm you? Who would come to your defense – the officers of your township/ward/county Republican party organizations, your representative in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, the IRP officers, etc.? Ever-increasingly, Republicans are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
https://amp.usatoday.com/story/2673398002
— Walmart hiring hundreds more truck drivers – and it’s paying nearly $90,000 – Ben Tobin (DIERSEN: When did you start earning $90,000 a year in today’s dollars (GS-12 Step 5)? I did in 1979 when I was 31 years old. By then, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/01/24/walmart-hiring-hundreds-more-truck-drivers-shortage-persists/2665704002/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Law schools where too many graduates fail the bar exam may face tougher sanctions With tens of thousands of dollars in student debt, some law school grads are unable to pass the bar to become lawyers. Are their law schools to blame? – Anne Ryman and Jonathan Ellis and RJ Wolcott and Melanie Payne (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were the most furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old.)
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2019/01/24/law-schools-may-face-tougher-sanctions-if-too-many-graduates-fail-bar-exam/2665591002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Staffing Problems Halt Flights at LaGuardia, Other Airports Problems also reported at Newark Liberty International Airport and Philadelphia International Airport
https://www.wsj.com/articles/air-controller-staffing-problems-halt-flights-at-laguardia-other-airports-11548430671
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Weed Versus Greed on Wall Street As potential profits in cannabis grow, big banks and blue-chip investors will lose their reticence about the pot business – Carol Ryan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/weed-versus-greed-on-wall-street-11548412203
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting Black women to hate Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/black-women-voters-emerge-as-top-target-in-2020-democratic-race-11548338400
— The Facts About Facebook We need your information for operation and security, but you control whether we use it for advertising. – Mark Zuckerberg
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-facts-about-facebook-11548374613
— Catholics Against Columbus In covering a mural, Notre Dame gives in to the far left’s assault on Western history. – Alejandro Bermudez
https://www.wsj.com/articles/catholics-against-columbus-11548376196

 

BLOOMBERG
— Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax Would Cost Jeff Bezos $4.1 Billion in First Year – Devon Pendleton (DIERSEN: Real estate taxes are wealth taxes. The more of your wealth that you put into real estate, the more real estate tax that you pay. Needless-to-say, wealth taxes a) discourage everyone from earning income, b) discourage everyone from saving their income, and c) encourage everyone to spend their income on immediate pleasures.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-24/warren-wealth-tax-would-cost-bezos-4-1-billion-in-first-year

 

FORBES
— Baby Boomers: Six Resume Mistakes To Avoid – Robin Ryan (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. I should write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned my degrees and certifications the most. They hint/imply/argue/shout that my degrees and certifications are not job related, did not help me carry out my job duties, were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and are stale. They stress that my IRS superiors argued that the graduate business courses that I took at Loyola 1972-1976 and the graduate accounting courses that I took at DePaul 1976-1980 were not job-related, did not help me carry out my job duties, were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and were a distraction. They hint/imply/argue/shout that my degrees and certifications are stale. They stress that I earned a) my bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) my master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) my professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) my professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinryan/2019/01/24/baby-boomers-six-resume-mistakes-to-avoid/#32034baa6179
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mistake # 3 Left The College Graduation Year Off Or Fudged It Some job hunters removed the graduation date thinking employers can figure out their age. Omitting your year of college graduation was a concern for Lizzie Rahm, HR Senior Manager and Recruiter, Clark Nuber PS who noted that employers may wonder if you had ever finished your degree if they saw no graduation date. Another worry is that a third of all job applicants lie about their education (see the Career Builder study), and when I mention this to Ms. Rahm, she quickly stated that her organization does a background check on every single person they make a job offer to. So if you are lying about the year you earned a degree to appear younger, it will come out. And if you claimed to have a degree that you don’t, that will be in the background report too. The result of lying to this employer is they will terminate your job offer. “There are so many background check companies out there now,” cautions Rahm “that many employers are doing thorough background checks on new hires, so job hunters definitely need to use integrity in creating their resume.”)

 

JD SUPRA
— Courts Issue Conflicting Work Product Doctrine Opinions (DIERSEN: What “work products” do you produce? Since 2000, I have produced GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Since 2004, those emails have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too. Since 2004, those 6,253 emails have included links to 324,002 articles and information on many upcoming events.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/courts-issue-conflicting-work-product-63873/

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Inside feds’ struggles to make ends meet – AP (DIERSEN: From the beginning of time, government employees have been viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being overpaid by those who would never seek or take government jobs because government jobs do not pay enough. I should write a book about this. I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. Those who have viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being overpaid include a) Money Magazine, b) my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates, and c) my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/2019/01/24/inside-feds-struggles-to-make-ends-meet/

 

NEWSWEEK
— DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE ‘LOVES AND RESPECTS’ FURLOUGHED GOVERNMENT WORKERS: THEY ARE ‘TOTALLY IN FAVOR OF WHAT WE’RE DOING’ – CHANTAL DA SILVA
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-says-he-loves-and-respects-furloughed-government-workers-they-1304755

 

DAILY BEAST
— Mexico Just Made It Easier for New Migrant Caravan to Reach the U.S. Trump won’t be happy, but the country’s new government is giving migrants permits to stay, work, and travel—and many want to go to the United States. – Maya Averbuch
https://www.thedailybeast.com/mexico-just-made-it-easier-for-new-migrant-caravan-to-reach-the-us

 

CATO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: From what I see, sooner or later, all the citizens of all the countries in all the world will seek asylum in the United States. Those who want to take over the United States, and if not that, destroy the United States, want all those asylum seekers to get United States citizenship.
https://www.cato.org/blog/fences-made-crossings-deadlier-asylum-made-them-much-less-so

 

DAILY MAIL
— Trump target Jim Acosta of CNN gets a book deal with a multimillion dollar reward in the cards for his hate-hate relationship with the president – GEOFF EARLE
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6629859/Trump-target-Jim-Acosta-CNN-gets-book-deal-multimillion-dollar-reward-cards.html

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 820 South Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton – $799,999
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448303_zpid/

January 23 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chick-fil-A headed to Chicago’s Magnificent Mile as Purple Pig moves one door south – Ryan Ori (DIERSEN: From what I see, as Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote hatred of Trump supporters, a Chick-fil-A restaurant is one of few remaining places in the world where you can wear a MAGA hat and not worry about being harassed, insulted, threatened, beaten up, killed, etc.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ori/ct-biz-purple-pig-chick-fil-a-ryan-ori-20190122-story.html
— Federal employees turn to food pantries during government shutdown: ‘After a while you have to let that pride go’ – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-government-shutdown-food-pantries-20190122-story.html
— Furloughed federal workers offered free mental health counseling – Lisa Schencker (DIERSEN: Of course, after the shutdown is over and all furloughed federal employees are paid, federal employees will again be viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being lazy, stupid, and grossly overpaid. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have taken the lead in promoting hatred against federal employees like I was for almost 30 years and against federal retirees like I have been for more than 21 years.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-sinai-offers-free-counseling-to-government-workers-20190122-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— In the glow of victory, Governor, listen to the GOP on gerrymandering – Editorial (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton. I would focus on a) those who ordered the gerrymandering and why they did that, b) those who carried out the gerrymandering and why they did that, c) those who benefitted from the gerrymandering and why, and d) the negative impacts of the gerrymandering.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/illinois-gerrymandering-independent-maps-legislature/
— Shoppers describe ‘terror’ in mall after murder as hunt for gunman continues – Stefano Esposito and Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/orland-square-mall-shooting-suspect-identified/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump says he told Sanders ‘not to bother’ with briefing – AP (DIERSEN: I have been your GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, their operatives, and their dupes in Illinois a) who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and b) who have treated me most rudely. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190122/news/301229872/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump says he directed White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders not to bother with the traditional daily briefing of reporters. The last briefing took place on Dec. 18. In a tweet on Tuesday, the president said the press covers Sanders “so rudely & inaccurately, in particular certain members of the press. “I told her not to bother, the word gets out anyway!” he tweeted. “Most will never cover us fairly & hence, the term, Fake News!” The afternoon briefing has been a staple of cable news schedules during the past few administrations and the sight of Sanders’ predecessor Sean Spicer at the podium was an enduring image of the early days of Trump’s tenure. The White House Correspondents Association called the decision a retreat from transparency and accountability that sets a terrible precedent.)
— FRONT PAGE: Will DuPage Airport tenants have to pay back taxes? – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190123/will-dupage-airport-tenants-have-to-pay-back-taxes

 

WBEZ
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: What Can Chicago Do About The Racist Effects Of Segregation? Look To Other Cities – Natalie Moore
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/what-can-chicago-do-about-the-racist-effects-of-segregation-look-to-other-cities/4a834a26-c79d-4f83-a15e-51d148fa236c

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McSweeney brushes off County Board concerns about township consolidation bill
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/01/22/mcsweeney-brushes-off-county-board-concerns-about-township-consolidation-bill/a2m1eav/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— State’s bet on expanded gambling poses risks – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2019-01-22/jim-dey-states-bet-expanded-gambling-poses-risks.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Percentage of women in Illinois General Assembly inches up – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at women, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190122/percentage-of-women-in-illinois-general-assembly-inches-up

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats lurch left on top policies as 2020 primary begins – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/democrats-lurch-left-on-top-policies-as-2020-primary-begins-01-22-2019

 

HUMAN RESOURCES LAW
— Illinois Rings in 2019 With New Employment Laws – Mark Brookstein (DIERSEN: Employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran should NEVER count on employment laws to protect them. Employment laws are designed to promote employees who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. Federal civil service protections a) did NOT stop my Democrat GAO superiors from forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, giving me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, not promoting me beyond GS-13, getting rid of my mentor in 1987, keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forcing me to take a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) did NOT stop my Democrat IRS superiors from not promoting me beyond GS-12, disallowing my education deductions in 1978, getting rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowing my partial day per diem claims in 1974, and did NOT stop my Democrat Post Office superiors from forcing me resign in 1969 and disallowing my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.humanresourceslawblog.com/illinois-rings-in-2019-with-new-employment-laws/#
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Human Rights Act. . .Break Time for Nursing Mothers. . .Employee Reimbursement for Business Expenses. . .Equal Pay Act Expanded to African American Employees. . .Office of Labor Standards. . .Illinois Service Member Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. . .One Day Rest in Seven Act. . .Employer Tax Credit for Paid Family and Medical Leave)

 

ILLINOIS WATCHDOG
— Lawmaker Brad Halbrook, R-Shelbyville, wants townships with big bank accounts to return money to taxpayers – Greg Bishop
https://www.watchdog.org/illinois/lawmaker-wants-townships-with-big-bank-accounts-to-return-money/article_3985defc-5f1c-58a0-b2dc-7c06e067c485.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— POLLING SHOWS OCASIO-CORTEZ’S RISING FAME
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/polling-shows-ocasio-cortezs-rising-fame.html
— ILLINOIS SENATOR (Elgie Sims Jr. (D-Chicago)) WITNESSES MALL SHOOTING, ENCOURAGES TOUGHER GUN LAWS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/illinois-lawmakers-family-stood-feet-away-during-orland-park-shooting.html
— DAILY SHOW CALLS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ‘CRAZY’ WHILE MOCKING KAREN PENCE’S CHRISTIANITY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/daily-show-calls-religious-freedom-crazy-while-mocking-karen-pences-christianity.html
— AMERICA: THE NEW SOCIALIST FRONTIER
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/america-the-new-socialist-frontier.html

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— WHO BENEFITS FROM DEMOCRATIC CONTROL? – Walter E. Williams (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at everyone that everyone benefits from Democrat control, but especially Democrats who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, minority, female, younger, poor, LGBTQ, unmarried, recent immigrants, and/or those who have health problems.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/who-benefits-from-democratic-control/

 

FOX NEWS
— Mexico screening for criminals in latest migrant caravan; Salvadoran gang member wanted in murder is nabbed – Griff Jenkins, Frank Miles
https://www.foxnews.com/world/mexico-screening-for-criminals-in-latest-migrant-caravan-salvadoran-gang-member-wanted-in-murder-is-nabbed

 

GOPUSA
— Trump tells Sarah Huckabee Sanders ‘not to bother’ with press briefings (DIERSEN: I have been your GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, their operatives, and their dupes in Illinois a) who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and b) who have treated me most rudely. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63891
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Trump blamed the media Tuesday as the reason the White House rarely holds press briefings. He said he told press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders “not to bother” with conducting press briefings because he believes the press will be biased and covers her “rudely.”) )
— DACA Activist: Pledge of Allegiance ‘rooted in … white supremacy’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63908
— Why I’m Ready to Buy a Gun
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63724
— Is Tijuana prepared for the next caravan?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63871

 

BREITBART
— Grassroots Immigration Group: Amnesty Is Worse than No Wall – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/22/grassroots-immigration-group-amnesty-is-worse-than-no-wall/
— Democrat-Led States Vie for Most Abortions Allowed on Roe Anniversary – Dr. Susan Berry
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/22/democrat-led-states-vie-for-most-abortions-allowed-on-roe-anniversary/
— Trump’s Compromise Bill Includes $15M for Border Security–in Pakistan – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/22/trumps-compromise-bill-includes-15m-for-border-security-in-pakistan/
— Progressives Denounce Donald Trump’s ‘Unaccompanied Alien Children’ Asylum Reform – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/22/progressives-denounce-donald-trumps-unaccompanied-alien-children-asylum-reform/

 

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Construction Worker: Where’s the Democrat Concern When I Get Laid Off?
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/01/22/construction-worker-nobody-cares-when-i-get-laid-off/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— Sheryl Sandberg on Censorship: ‘We Don’t Want an Internet Where Anything Goes’ – Corinne Weaver (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless. Since 2000, they have focused on a) stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) stopping everyone from reading those emails.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/techwatch/corinne-weaver/2019/01/22/sheryl-sandberg-censorship-we-dont-want-internet-where

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats, Real and Fake – Karin McQuillan
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/democrats_real_and_fake.html

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— A left-wing tug-of-war over going all in – Chad Groening
https://onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2019/01/22/a-left-wing-tug-of-war-over-going-all-in
— Stanford promoting LGBT thru all-gender locker room – Bob Kellogg
https://onenewsnow.com/culture/2019/01/22/stanford-promoting-lgbt-thru-all-gender-locker-room

 

CANADA FREE PRESS
— The Deep Hypocrisy of Pelosi, Schumer and the Left – Death Throes of a Nation Pelosi and Schumer have made themselves a kind of terror against the American people, holding the presidency, the government and the American people as hostages – Rev. Michael Bresciani
https://canadafreepress.com/article/the-deep-hypocrisy-of-pelosi-schumer-and-the-left-death-throes-of-a-nation

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Freshman House Dems Counter Trump’s Offer to End Shutdown Proposal comes despite speaker’s opposition to compromising on border wall funding – Haris Alic
https://freebeacon.com/politics/freshman-house-dems-counter-trumps-offer-to-end-shutdown/

 

THE HILL
— The Memo: Diverse Democratic field lines up for 2020 – Niall Strange (DIERSEN: To counter the Democrats in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in etc., will the officers of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, etc. a) dump all their offices and committee chairmen who are White, male, older (over age 40? over age 30?), and/or non-veteran? Will they refuse to help elect any candidate who is White, male, older (over age 40? over age 30?), and/or non-veteran?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/426522-the-memo-diverse-democratic-field-lines-up-for-2020
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say: “36 percent support Trump’s reelection, 43 percent prefer generic Democrat.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/426495-poll-shows-36-percent-support-trumps-reelection-43-percent-would-vote-for

 

POLITICO
— Emergency plan for federal workers: Credit cards, pawnshops, second jobs – KATY O’DONNELL
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/22/federal-workers-government-shutdown-1106546
— Democrats’ plan to neuter Medicare for All irks liberals With their eyes on 2020, Democrats have introduced at least eight plans for expanding health coverage beyond Obamacare’s gains. – ALICE MIRANDA OLLSTEIN and ADAM CANCRYN
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/22/democrats-medicare-for-all-obamacare-1094146

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: From Federal Worker to Uber Driver: Odd Jobs to Make Ends Meet in the Shutdown – Jack Healy
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/us/government-shutdown-moonlighting-uber.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Hundreds of IRS employees are skipping work. That could delay tax refunds. – Danielle Paquette, Lisa Rein, Jeff Stein and Kimberly Kindy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/hundreds-of-irs-employees-are-skipping-work-that-could-delay-tax-refunds/2019/01/22/1885e74e-1e7d-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “President Trump spins asylum restrictions as humanitarian relief.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/23/president-trump-spins-asylum-restrictions-humanitarian-relief/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Democrats and their voters have shifted left as 2020 nears. They’re betting the rest of the country follows. – David Weigel and Jenna Johnson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-and-their-voters-have-lurched-left-as-2020-nears-theyre-betting-the-rest-of-the-country-follows/2019/01/22/ba2e9800-1b55-11e9-9ebf-c5fed1b7a081_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Downside of Anti-Trump Rage Older Democrats are so busy ‘resisting,’ they’ve let fiery young progressives shape the party’s future. – Fred Barnes (DIERSEN: From what I see, all political parties are moving toward banning candidates and banning party leaders who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-downside-of-anti-trump-rage-11548201671
— The Hot New Channel for Reaching Real People: Email Frustrated by social media, businesses and others looking for an audience turn to an old standby – Christopher Mims (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who crow that they do not read emails?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-hot-new-channel-for-reaching-real-people-email-11547874005
— New Caravan Grows as Mexico Eases Passage Central Americans crowd Mexico’s southern border awaiting humanitarian visas to pass unhindered toward U.S. – Juan Montes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-caravan-grows-as-mexico-eases-passage-11548191845
— FRONT PAGE: How Companies Secretly Boost Their Glassdoor Ratings Employers flood the ranking site with 5-star postings requested from enthusiastic staffers, leading to unusual spikes, a WSJ investigation found – Rolfe Winkler and Andrea Fuller (DIERSEN: Because the federal government gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently 134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40, one would expect that federal employees who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran would give the federal government a 5-star rating.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-manipulate-glassdoor-by-inflating-rankings-and-pressuring-employees-11548171977
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Last summer, employees of Guaranteed Rate Inc. posted a stream of negative reviews about the mortgage broker on Glassdoor, a company-ratings website. “An American sweatshop,” read a one-star review in June. “Worst company I ever worked for,” read another in July. The company’s rating on Glassdoor, which is determined by employee feedback, fell to 2.6 stars out of 5. Concerned that negative reviews could hurt recruiting, Guaranteed Rate CEO Victor Ciardelli instructed his team to enlist employees likely to post positive reviews, said a person familiar with his instructions. In September and October these employees flooded Glassdoor with hundreds of five-star ratings. The company rating now sits at 4.1. Glassdoor has become an important arbiter of employee sentiment in today’s highly competitive job market. A Wall Street Journal investigation shows it can be manipulated by employers trying to sway opinion in their favor.)

 

FORBES
— A Trump-hater says “Analysts Find Restrictive Measures In New Trump Immigration Bill.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2019/01/23/analysts-find-restrictive-measures-in-new-trump-immigration-bill/#3e34af8856e3

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Should women be required to register for the draft? Congressional panel likely to recommend big changes – Gregory Korte (DIERSEN: How has the draft impacted you? In 1966, when I was 18 years old, notwithstanding the fact that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease, I was classified 1-A for the draft. I obtained my first student draft deferment in 1966 when I was 18 years old, and ever since then, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a draft dodger. In 1970, when I was 21 years old and had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, employers were extremely reluctant to hire me because they fully expected that I would be drafted. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be granted, but it was granted, and then, because of my draft lottery number, I was no longer subject to the draft. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/23/national-commission-military-public-service-congress-selective-draft-women-combat-voluntary/2619455002/
— ‘The world is going to end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change,’ Ocasio-Cortez says – William Cummings (DIERSEN: What do you predict that you will be doing 12 years from now in 2031? I predict that I will still be spending 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS together and sending them out each and every morning and each and every evening.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2019/01/22/ocasio-cortez-climate-change-alarm/2642481002/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE AND GRAPHIC: More strikes ahead? Teachers say they love their jobs but can’t pay their bills, poll shows – Susan Page and Marina Pitofsky
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/22/teachers-across-country-love-jobs-cant-pay-bills-new-poll-shows/2623778002/

 

PITTSBURG POST GAZETTE
— Why ageism hurts men more than women – JULIA CARPENTER (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/aging-edge/2019/01/22/Why-ageism-hurts-men-more-than-women/stories/201901220156
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Age bias can be subtle — a whispered comment, a snide dig, an errant thought. Or it can show up in more overt behaviors — a forgotten meeting invite, a blatant preference for a younger colleague or even hiring discrimination. But new research shows that age bias doesn’t affect men and women equally. In fact, older men face harsher penalties than older women. Battling stereotypes By 2022, 25 percent of the American workforce is estimated to be comprised of workers age 55 and older, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But claims of age-based discrimination are already on the rise, says Michael North, assistant professor of management and organizations at New York University. Comparing the number of age discrimination complaints filed to the EEOC in 1999 to the number of claims now shows that the problem isn’t going away. This tension in modern workplaces, Mr. North says, often involves younger employees viewing older employees as overly aggressive, or selfishly refusing to step down from the C-suite and leadership roles. The stereotypical version of this kind of older worker — who continues to work past retirement age, sowing discord among younger employees who covet the senior position — is usually male. Part of that stereotype stems from a dearth of older women in senior roles. “One thing we’re really seeing is a lot of dominant older men people think aren’t willing to step aside, and you see resource constraints with millennials trying to get jobs, and we’re thinking of male CEOs refusing to relinquish power — so I think the exemplars are men,” says Ashley Martin, an assistant professor of organizational behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business. “So when people harbor this age bias, they’re thinking ‘These men need to get out of the way.’ And women are forgotten — which allows them to escape.”)

 

NEWS TRIBUNE
— Divided America: Traditional values now scorned – ROBERT HUMPHRIES, Puyallup
https://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article224939410.html
(FROM THE LETTER: We already have a wall, but it divides Americans rather than defending our border. Deja vu, it’s1860 all over again, and we know where that led after the flash points of Harpers Ferry and Fort Sumpter. Anyone who would declare that our nation was built on the foundations of Western European civilization is now considered a racist. That alone confirms there is a deep schism/high wall already established within our nation. On one side are those who desire to defend the culture, religion and traditions that created the greatest form of self-governance (even with all its flaws) mankind has ever devised. On the other side are those who fervently dig at its very foundation, guided by their “diverse” cultures (or worse, the failed ideology of Lenin, Stalin, Mao or Che). One can only ask: When and where will there be a defining flash point? Certainly the verbiage of many elected Democratic members of Congress loudly proclaim in “political correct” terms that they are pushing for one — in their active support of illegal aliens flooding across open borders, or in their attacks on the 2nd Amendment.)

 

GOVERNING
— 2 Weeks Into New Year, 5 States Advance LGBTQ Rights – Julie Moreau (DIERSEN: If you and the groups that you are a member of do not promote LGBTQ activity, sooner or later, those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes will get rid of you and get rid of the groups that you are a member of.)
http://www.governing.com/topics/politics/2-Weeks-Into-New-Year-5-States-Advance-LGBTQ-Rights.html

 

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you and the groups that you are a member of do not promote LGBTQ activity, sooner or later, those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes will get rid of you and get rid of the groups that you are a member of.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/01/hate-group-suing-right-mentally-torture-lgbtq-kids-maryland/

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote outrage, resistance, and activism.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/22/onslaught-of-outrage-resistance-and-activism-reawaken-in-trump-era