Tag: MAGA

June 27 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— U.S. Supreme Court gives Rauner major victory over labor, in ruling that could undercut public worker unions nationwide – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-janus-afscme-20180604-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Dems, Maxine Waters playing a perilous card – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-kass-maxine-waters-democrats-20180626-story.html
— Supreme Court upholds Trump ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-supreme-court-trump-travel-ban-20180626-story.html
— Rauner takes heat for saying it’s ‘hard to keep a company of more than six people’ in Champaign – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-champaign-20180626-story.html
— Lt. Gov. Sanguinetti assails Democrats’ “yucky trinity” – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-champaign-20180626-story.html
— Bill Brady warns Southern Illinois of the “Democratic Chicago Party” – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-champaign-20180626-story.html
— Illinois to celebrate bicentennial with a United Center bash – Tessa Weinberg (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) who stress that my ancestors have been in Illinois since 1844 and b) who hint/imply/argue/shout that the more of the following that you are, the more that you have benefited from your ancestors’ discrimination against minorities and against females, and the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-illinois-200th-birthday-celebration-20180626-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Why do Democrats glorify and praise immigrants? ANSWER: Because immigrants vote for Democrats. QUESTION: Why do RINOs glorify and praise immigrants? ANSWER: Because RINOs want cheap labor.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-robinson-column-st-0627-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote Islam.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/supreme-court-travel-ban-ruling-religious-freedom/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/homecoming-feels-a-little-less-welcoming/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats run Chicago. Nevertheless, sooner or later, they blame Republicans for all inequities.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/chicago-community-trust-president-chicago-must-address-inexcusable-inequities/

 

DAILY HERALD

— Outside the Red Hen, America vents – Gregory S. Schneider
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180627/outside-the-red-hen-america-vents

— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Seniors, did you forget to renew your property tax exemption? – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180627/seniors-did-you-forget-to-renew-your-property-tax-exemption
— Pregnancy center ruling a blow for abortion-rights advocates – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180627/news/306279979/

 

ABC7
— Federal judge orders reunification of parents and children, end to most family separations at border – CNN
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/federal-judge-orders-reunification-of-parents-and-children-end-to-most-family-separations-at-border/3660289/

 

NBC5
— Appeals Court Limits Sanctuary Cities Injunction to Chicago
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/appeals-court-limits-sanctuary-cities-injunction-to-chicago-486670531.html

 

CBS2
— Supreme Court Rules Unions Can’t Charge ‘Fair Share’ Fees To Non-Members
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/27/supreme-court-union-case-fair-share-fees/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps post “Leaked Video Offers Unfiltered Look Inside Facility For Separated Migrant Children.”
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/27/leaked-video-inside-facility-separated-migrant-children/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What’s Rauner doing in Washington? – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180626/BLOGS02/180629880/whats-rauner-doing-in-washington
— Employees and business profit from predictable scheduling – SHARMILI MAJMUDAR (DIERSEN: In 1969, to justify forcing me to resign my part-time Park Forest Post Office job that I had held since 1966, my Democrat superiors said that my being available to work Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays, holidays, and all days that NIU was not in session was NOT ENOUGH. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180627/OPINION/180629879

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Supreme Court deals setback to labor unions with Janus decision
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180627/supreme-court-deals-setback-to-labor-unions-with-janus-decision

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Sam’s a sham – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-06-27/editorial-sams-sham.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The only people happier that McCann to see him enter the contest between Republican incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrat J.B. Pritzker are Democrats who hope that McCann, a nominal Republican, will draw enough votes from Rauner to give Pritzker the win. The Democratic Governors Association issued a statement gloatingly predicting that McCann’s candidacy will draw hard-line conservatives from the GOP, further complicating Rauner’s efforts to unify the party behind him. “Just when he needs to turn to the general election, Bruce Rauner will have to keep refighting the battles of the primary,” said DGA Illinois communications director Sam Salustro. McCann, who is running as a representative of a new Conservative Party, indicated that he’s running as a proponent of gun rights and lower taxes. To hear him talk, he’s a proud conservative ideologue. But that’s just rhetoric. McCann is running — and he knows he’s running — to ensure the defeat of Rauner, with whom he has publicly crossed swords, and the election of Pritzker. . .Second, Rauner has alienated conservatives, particularly with his decision to sign legislation providing taxpayer-funded abortions. He barely won the primary against little-known state Rep. Jeanne Ives, who challenged Rauner from the right. Whether Rauner can get those conservatives back remains undetermined. He keeps reminding them that he’s all that stands between them and complete Democratic control of the state. But ideologues of both the right and left can’t bear any candidate who, in their view, double-crosses them on even a single issue. In that sense, McCann’s candidacy is a direct consequence of Gov. Rauner’s own actions, a hurdle that he unintentionally created and one that will be difficult to overcome.)

 

DECATUR DAILY
— Creating a compassionate and workable immigration policy – Franklin Johnson, Falkville (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want cheap labor.)
http://www.decaturdaily.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/creating-a-compassionate-and-workable-immigration-policy/article_41a80bff-d25c-5126-85a9-946e653a9c09.html
(FROM THE LETTER: I don’t know how you can do it. You continue to frame the immigration crisis as a struggle between persecuted families yearning for a better life opposed by hard-hearted white nativists determined to maintain racial purity. Right before your eyes, elements of both political parties are trying to impose slavery — not legal slavery, but economic and political slavery on a whole class of people. They talk humanity, but their purpose is profit and control: 1. Cheap labor from people who won’t or can’t complain; 2. A servant class who can be manipulated because of their lack of education and their dependence. You deny that you are in favor of open borders, yet you oppose any workable effort to stanch the flow: a wall, zero tolerance, moratoriums, and most of all, deportation for those who broke the law getting here as a deterrent. Your idea of immigration reform is amnesty for all who will take a token pledge. You appear not to be concerned about what happens to children who arrive here unescorted. They vanish from their foster homes, and you don’t consider what hells are being imposed on them as they’re scattered through the country. You refuse to say how many new immigrants is enough and you oppose setting standards for those we accept. You quote Emma Lazarus, but you don’t recognize that immigration was once a controlled process. You try to shame us for opposing this travesty while ignoring the results on the Americans impacted. Speak up. Line it out. What is your idea of a compassionate and workable immigration policy without the platitudes, histrionics, and tear-jerking?)

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Crete-Monee school board member: ‘We have an equity issue in Illinois in our schools’ – Rachel Droze (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents saved Crete-Monee School District 201-U (http://www.cm201u.org/) lots of money during the 1950s and 1960s by sending my brother and me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/school-board-member-we-have-an-equity-issue-in-illinois-in-our-schools-06-27-2018
— Illinois lawmakers respond to Supreme Court’s decision to uphold travel ban – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-lawmakers-respond-to-supreme-courts-decision-to-uphold-travel-ban

 

97.1 TALK RADIO
— Illinois Lt Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti: J. B. Pritzker part of pay-to-play – MARC COX
https://971talk.radio.com/blogs/marc-cox-morning-show/illinois-lt-governor-evelyn-sanguinetti-j-b-pritzker-part-pay-play

 

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— DuPage County Leaders Bike to Work (DIERSEN: I walked to work 1974-1978. I rode public transportation to work in 1971, in 1973, in 1974, and then 1978-1997.)
https://www.nctv17.com/news/dupage-county-leaders-bike-to-work/

CHICAGO EATER
— Chicago Bar Under Fire For Defending Trump’s Immigration Policy Holiday Club’s apology hasn’t stopped firestorms on Facebook and Yelp – Ashok Selvam (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage citizens of foreign countries to bring their children and enter America illegally.)
https://chicago.eater.com/2018/6/26/17507056/holiday-club-chicago-bar-immigration-meme-post-controversy

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w/Dabrowski on how the Establishment & he differ on cause & cure of IL Gov Pension implosion
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/06/berkowitz-wdabrowski-on-how-the-establishment-he-differ-on-cause-cure-of-il-gov-pension-implosioncableweb/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— RAUNER APOLOGIZES TO CHAMPAIGN-URBANA (DIERSEN: When will my hometown of Crete get an apology from my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that is full of German Lutherans who are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things? My ancestors have lived in Crete since 1854. I lived in Crete 1948-1972. My brother continues to live in Crete in a home that our grandfather had built in 1926 on land that his grandfather bought in 1864.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/06/27/joe-biden-to-boost-dems-at-state-fair-rauners-apology-quinn-tries-to-term-limit-rahm-281818
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Tuesday, the governor, who is in Washington D.C., called to offer an apology to Champaign-Urbana via WCIA’s Mark Maxwell, the reporter who has been driving this story.)

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— FORMER MADIGAN AIDE DUE $130,000 FOR UNUSED VACATION, SICK TIME – Austin Berg (DIERSEN: When my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, I had almost a year of unused sick days and 6 weeks of unused vacation days. The unused sick days increased my Civil Service Retirement System pension and I got a check for the unused vacation days. It was for $14,460 in today’s dollars.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/former-madigan-aide-due-130000-in-unused-vacation-sick-time/
— ILLINOIS’ RAINY DAY FUND WOULD COVER ONLY 81 SECONDS OF STATE SPENDING – Joe Barnas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-rainy-day-fund-would-cover-only-81-seconds-of-state-spending/

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Appeals panel: Gidwitz, family, associates still owe $13M in legal fees to former Ungaretti lawyers
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511468561-appeals-panel-gidwitz-family-associates-still-owe-13m-in-legal-fees-to-former-ungaretti-lawyers

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Auditor General Frank Mautino’s wife pleads Guilty to Battery – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/06/audior-general-frank-mautinos-wife-pleads-guilty-to-battery/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Janus react
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/27/janus-react/
— Janus wins
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/27/janus-wins/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— AMERICA DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF, AGAIN – Star Parker (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats divide members of Group A against members of Group B. Members of Group A 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/america-divided-against-itself-again/
— DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION HARM – Walter E. Williams (DIERSEN: Who should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion According to Democrats and RINOs, it should be 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://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/diversity-and-inclusion-harm-ii/

 

DAILY CALLER
— TUCKER CARLSON WARNS OF APPROACHING ‘POINT OF NO RETURN,’ CALLS ON ‘ADULTS ON THE LEFT’ TO STOP IT – Scott Morefield
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/26/tucker-carlson-adults-on-the-left/
— NEW YORK RESTAURANT POSTS SIGN STATING SARAH SANDERS IS ‘WELCOME ANY TIME’ – Scott Morefield (DIERSEN: How welcome do you feel that you are in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who do everything that they can to make those who share my demographics feel unwelcome.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/26/restaurant-sarah-sanders-welcome-any-time/

 

GOPUSA
— GOP House Leaders Propose Massive Surge in Low-skilled Foreign Workers (DIERSEN: RINOs want cheap labor.)
http://www.gopusa.com/gop-house-leaders-propose-massive-surge-in-low-skilled-foreign-workers/

 

FOX NEWS
— Chicago bar apologizes for ‘MAGA’ hats, face tattoos ban, says ‘everyone is welcome’ – Benjamin Brown
http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2018/06/26/chicago-bar-apologizes-for-maga-hats-face-tattoos-ban-says-everyone-is-welcome.html

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Mexico — What Went Wrong? Mexico gets a massive cash influx in remittances, American corporations get cheap labor, Democrats get voters – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want cheap labor.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/mexico-what-went-wrong-economy-based-on-exporting-poor-people/

 

BLAZE
— Members of Trump admin urged to acquire concealed carry permits
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/26/trump-officials-advised-to-get-concealed-carry-permits-in-wake-of-left-wing-public-harassment

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Mob Violence and Gun Ownership – Jeffrey T. Brown
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/06/mob_violence_and_gun_ownership.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— GOP leaders refuse to admit defeat on ‘compromise’ immigration bill – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/26/immigration-bill-struggles-win-support-gop-leaders/

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Federal Judge’s ruling all but eliminates the southern U.S. border – R. Mitchell
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2018/06/federal-judges-ruling-all-but-eliminates-the-southern-u-s-border/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump 2020 already building youth coalition – Lauren Cooley (DIERSEN: The Democrat Party is a coalition of those 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-alert-politics/trump-2020-already-building-youth-coalition

 

PRESS OF ATLANTIC CITY
— More immigration benefits business and Democrats, not American people, says Michael Anton – Michael Anton (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want cheap labor.)
https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/opinion/commentary/more-immigration-benefits-business-and-democrats-not-american-people-says/article_e75750ce-4257-5ce9-a213-616d543787c5.html

 

THE HILL
— Supreme Court deals blow to public-sector unions, ruling against ‘fair-share’ fees – LYDIA WHEELER
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/394371-court-deals-blow-to-public-sector-unions-ruling-against-fair-share
— Record number of LGBT candidates running for governor – REID WILSON
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/394314-record-number-of-lgbt-candidates-running-for-governor
— GOP set to grill agent who vowed to stop Trump – KATIE BO WILLIAMS (DIERSEN: When will Republican U.S. Senators and Representatives a) grill my Democrat GAO superiors who forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) grill my Democrat IRS superiors who 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; and c) grill my Democrat Post Office superiors who forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968?)
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/394311-gop-set-to-grill-agent-who-vowed-to-stop-trump?userid=3526

 

ROLL CALL
— Democrats Search for a Winning Campaign Strategy on Immigration – Dean DeChiaro (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, immigrants vote for Democrats. What does that say about immigrants? Democrats 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/democrats-search-winning-campaign-strategy-immigration

 

POLITICO
— Top Aaron Schock prosecutor off the case – JOSH GERSTEIN
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/26/aaron-schock-prosecutor-timothy-bass-678718

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Stephen Colbert: Without Due Process, ‘We’re All Undocumented Immigrants’ – Carla Baranauckas (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those times when I was denied due process, that is, when I was denied my 7th Amendment rights, that is, when I was denied my right to a jury trial.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stephen-colbert-without-due-process-were-all-undocumented-immigrants_us_5b31acd1e4b0b745f17733a8

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Public Shaming Feels Good. That’s No Reason to Do It. – Frank Bruni (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about the biggest public shamers in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/opinion/maxine-waters-public-shaming-trump.html
— Federal Judge in California Halts Splitting of Migrant Families at Border – Michael D. Shear, Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Thomas Kaplan and Robert Pear (DIERSEN: Of course, this encourages people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/us/politics/family-separations-congress-states.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— In major blow to organized labor, Supreme Court says public employee unions may not charge fees to nonmembers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/06/27/in-major-blow-to-organized-labor-supreme-court-says-public-employee-unions-may-not-charge-fees-to-nonmembers/
— Federal judge enjoins separation of migrant children, orders family reunification – Isaac Stanley-Becker (DIERSEN: Of course, this encourages people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/06/27/federal-judge-enjoins-separation-of-migrant-children-orders-family-reunification/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Supreme Court Deals Blow to Public-Sector Unions Vote overruling a 1977 precedent will likely have a far-reaching impact – Jess Bravin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-deals-blow-to-public-sector-unions-1530108179?mod=djemalertNEWS
— Judge Orders Migrant Families Separated at Border to Be Reunited Within 30 Days – Sara Randazzo (DIERSEN: Of course, this encourages people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/judge-orders-immigrant-families-reunited-within-30-days-1530074079
— As Republicans Cheer Travel-Ban Ruling, Those in Swing Districts Face Headaches With midterm elections looming, some GOP lawmakers in competitive districts try to distance themselves – Joshua Jamerson (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want Republican candidates to dump planks in the Republican Party platform rather than defend and advance those planks.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-republicans-cheer-travel-ban-ruling-those-in-swing-districts-face-headaches-1530058274
— The Smart Ways to Switch Jobs Quietly More employees, especially millennials, are willing to jump to a new company, but there are many ways that can go wrong – Sue Shellenbarger (DIERSEN: One could say that my job search 1n 1971 when I was 22 years old went wrong. My Firestone Stores boss fired me when I told him that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS. IRS offered me the job because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take it.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-smart-ways-to-switch-jobs-quietly-1530019726
— Migrants Aren’t an Issue in Mexico’s Presidential Campaign Northbound Central Americans dominate U.S. media but barely figure in run-up to Mexico’s Sunday vote – José de Córdoba
https://www.wsj.com/articles/migrants-arent-an-issue-in-mexicos-presidential-campaign-1530005400
— DEMOCRATS AND RINOS ARE OVERJOYED: Along the Border, Migrant Mothers Turn Themselves In to Immigration Authorities Most of those who have crossed illegally into the U.S. from Mexico in recent months are expected to ask for asylum – Alicia A. Caldwell
https://www.wsj.com/articles/along-the-border-migrant-mothers-turn-themselves-in-to-immigration-authorities-1530005403

 

USA TODAY
— Restaurants kicking out Trump supporters: Unlike race or religion, it’s legal – Charisse Jones (DIERSEN: How soon will organizations, businesses, governments, etc. in your municipality in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois post signs that say that members of the following groups are NOT WELCOME: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/06/27/like-red-hen-restaurants-can-often-refuse-service-based-politics/734215002/

 

WASHINGTON BLADE
— LGBT groups condemn Supreme Court travel ban ruling – Michael K. Lavers
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2018/06/26/lgbt-groups-condemn-supreme-court-travel-ban-ruling/

June 26 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Trump says undocumented migrants aren’t welcome: ‘We don’t want you in the country’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally. You show your disrespect for America and your rejection of the rule of law if you come to America illegally, if you stay in America illegally, and if you bring others to America illegally.)
http://abc7chicago.com/news/trump-says-undocumented-migrants-arent-welcome-we-dont-want-you-in-the-country/3655220/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use an asylum seeker from Brazil and her son to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/asylum-seeker-from-brazil-sues-government-to-reunite-with-son-held-in-chicago/3652651/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: Republican McCann gets in the governor race as third-party candidate, possibly complicating Rauner’s re-election bid – Rick Pearson, Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-sam-mccann-illinois-governor-petitions-20180625-story.html
— Trump’s trade tirade hits Harley and the Midwest – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-trade-trump-mexico-dairy-20180625-story.html
— Rauner was in Washington awaiting decision in major labor case before Supreme Court – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-supreme-court-20180625-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats run Illinois, but nevertheless, “Pritzker blames Rauner for college students leaving Illinois.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-supreme-court-20180625-story.html
— As crushing student debt keeps young people from saving, employers are stepping up to ease the squeeze – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN: When you were in high school, could you have gotten a student loan? While I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, I took college preparatory courses notwithstanding the fact that many, if not most, if not virtually everyone at the time viewed me as NOT being “college material.” Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I just barely made into the upper 20% of my class, my ACT score was only 24, I was draft bait, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-abbott-student-loan-repayment-0626-story.html
— Why Sarah Sanders shouldn’t have been booted out of that Virginia restaurant – Karin Klein
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-huckabee-sarah-sanders-virginia-restaurant-lgbt-0626-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s clout within GOP on the line in Tuesday elections.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump-clout-on-the-line-primary-elections/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Even though, ever-increasingly, you will not be hired, retained, or promoted if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, those who promote LGBTQ activity say that “nearly half of LGBTQ employees remain closeted at work.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/nearly-half-of-lgbtq-employees-remain-closeted-at-work-study/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF TRUMP AND WATERS: Insults and rancor: Democrats risk treading on Trump’s home field – AP (DIERSEN: What do Durbin, Duckworth, Democrat Congressmen and Congresswomen, Madigan, Cullerton, Democrat State Senators, Democrat State Representatives, etc. have to say about this?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180625/news/306259895/
— Lincolnshire officials also worried about flooding from Wisconsin Foxconn plant – Russell Lissau (DIERSEN: After 928 Golf Lane was built uphill from my home at 915 Cove Court, much more storm water has flowed into my lot.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180626/lincolnshire-officials-also-worried-about-flooding-from-wisconsin-foxconn-plant
— The 50 fastest-growing companies in the Chicago area (DIERSEN: All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency was downsizing. It was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/section/fast-50

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Crete bets on horses, but not in the way you think – H. LEE MURPHY
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180622/ISSUE01/180629943
— Harley-Davidson is moving factories overseas, but don’t expect the ads to change – I-HSIEN SHERWOOD
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180625/NEWS06/180629902/harley-davidson-is-moving-factories-overseas-but-dont-expect-the-ads

 

WTTW
— Illinois Governor’s Race Widens – Amanda Vinicky
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/06/25/illinois-governor-s-race-widens

 

WBEZ
— U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez: GOP Using ‘Inhumane’ Immigration Policy To Win Midterm Elections – Steve Bynum (DIERSEN: Ever increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that if you vote for Republicans, you are a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/worldview/us-rep-luis-gutierrez-gop-using-inhumane-immigration-policy-to-win-midterm-elections/671f848f-9787-444c-a49c-378de3c5b74c

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say that Trump’s zero tolerance policy is controversial and they are overjoyed that Hultgren and Roskam have expressed concerns about it.
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2018/06/25/republican-reps-express-concerns-about-trumps-zero-tolerance-policy/a46qe16/

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Tollway’s commitment to diversity as strong as its commitment to roads – Editorial
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20180625/our-view-tollways-committment-to-diversity-as-strong-as-its-comittment-to-roads

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Breen calls taxpayer funding required for Obama Center “unprecedented” – Carrie Bradon
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511464420-breen-calls-taxpayer-funding-required-for-obama-center-unprecedented

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Voting with their feet (DIERSEN: Democrats run Illinois, but they blame Republicans for people leaving the state. Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want individuals, organizations, and companies to leave the state if they 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://capitolfax.com/2018/06/25/voting-with-their-feet-3/

 

WTAX
— McCann files 65,000 signatures
http://wtax.com/news/101101-mccann-files-65000-signatures/

 

FOX NEWS
— Democrats fear call to shame Trump admin officials will cost votes in midterms – Edmund DeMarche (DIERSEN: In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who takes the lead in shaming 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?)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/26/democrats-fear-call-to-shame-trump-admin-officials-will-cost-votes-in-midterms-report.html

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— Taxpayer-Funded NPR Hypes VA’s Drag-Show Outreach to LGBT Veterans in Vermont – Matthew Balan (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps call for bars to ban customers who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2018/06/25/npr-hypes-vas-drag-show-outreach-lgbt-veterans

 

BLAZE
— If you’re wearing a MAGA hat, you’re not welcome at this Chicago bar – Carlos Garcia

https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/25/if-youre-wearing-a-maga-hat-youre-not-welcome-at-this-chicago-bar
— Mike Huckabee says there’s an even worse component to his daughter’s story that no one’s reporting – Sarah Taylor
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/25/mike-huckabee-says-theres-an-even-worse-component-to-his-daughters-story-that-no-ones-reporting
— Border Patrol: ‘Catch and release’ policy temporarily reinstated for illegal immigrant families – Breck Dumas
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/25/border-patrol-catch-and-release-policy-temporarily-reinstated-for-illegal-immigrant-families
— Protesters harass DHS Sec Kirstjen Nielsen for eating at ‘a Mexican restaurant of all places!’ – Pat Gray (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps call for Mexican restaurants to ban customers who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.theblaze.com/video/protesters-harass-dhs-sec-kirstjen-nielsen-for-eating-at-a-mexican-restaurant-of-all-places

 

DAILY CALLER
— WOMAN THANKS ILLINOIS MEDICAID FOR GIVING HER FREE ‘CARD’ TO ABORT – Grace Carr
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/25/woman-gets-free-abortion-in-illinois/
— GOP LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE CENSURE MEASURE, CALL ON MAXINE WATERS TO RESIGN – Scott Morefield
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/25/gop-censure-maxine-waters-resign/
— PROTESTERS GATHER OUTSIDE WHITE HOUSE ADVISER STEPHEN MILLER’S APARTMENT, PASS OUT ‘WANTED’ FLYERS – Scott Morefield
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/25/protest-outside-white-house-adviser-stephen-millers-apartment-pass-out-wanted-flyers/

 

CNS NEWS
White House Press Secretary: We Should Be Able to Disagree Freely, Without Fear of Harm – Melanie Arter (DIERSEN: What about financial harm? My Democrat GAO superiors in the federal government caused me tremendous financial harm because I disagreed with their discrimination against their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or 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.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-arter/wh-press-secretary-we-should-be-able-disagree-freely-without-fear-harm

 

WORLD NEW DAILY
— MAXINE WATERS’ ANTI-TRUMP SPEECH ‘INCITEMENT’ Pelosi’s mild rebuke like saying ‘her skirt was too short’ – GREG COROMBOS
http://www.wnd.com/2018/06/maxine-waters-anti-trump-speech-incitement/
— RED HEN OWNER STALKED SARAH SANDERS’ FAMILY Followed them to nearby restaurant where she organized protest – ART MOORE
http://www.wnd.com/2018/06/red-hen-owner-continued-harassment-after-ejecting-sanders/

 

TOWNHALL
— Sen. Booker Advocates Confronting Trump Admin. Officials Over Policies But With ‘Radical Love’ – Lauretta Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2018/06/25/sen-booker-advocates-confronting-trump-admin-officials-over-policies-but-with-radical-love-n2494353

 

BREITBART
— U.N.: Transgender Individuals No Longer Mentally Ill – Dr. Susan Berry
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/25/u-n-health-group-transgender-individuals-no-longer-mentally-ill/

 

POLITICO
— Goodlatte offers E-Verify mandate, farm worker fix for immigration bill – JOHN BRESNAHAN
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/26/goodlatte-immigration-bill-e-verify-farm-worker-plan-671883

 

AOL NEWS
— Chuck Schumer slams Maxine Waters: ‘Not American…to call for harassment of political opponents’
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/06/25/chuck-schumer-slams-maxine-waters-harassment-of-political-opponents/23467795/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Takes His Time Supporting Sanders After Restaurant Rejects Her.” (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say that my supporters have soured on me. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They stress those religious, conservative, and/or Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants who I have promoted, but who have failed/refused to come to my defense.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/us/politics/trump-restaurant-sarah-sanders-border.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In recent days, Mr. Trump has asked people privately what they think of Ms. Sanders — an indication, they say, that the press-obsessed president has begun souring on her. He has also told her, before she heads out to the lectern in the briefing room, that he is “going to grade” her televised performances. (People who have heard Mr. Trump make the threat say it is in jest.))
— Democrats Are Turning Out to Vote in the Most Competitive Primary Races – ADAM PEARCE and ALEXANDER BURNS (DIERSEN: The Illinois 6th Congressional District is one of them.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/25/us/politics/midterm-primaries-voter-turnout.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In more than 20 of the most competitive House races of 2018, the share of Democrats voting in primaries notably increased, compared with 2014, the last midterm election cycle.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) encourage people to come to America illegally, b) encourage people to stay in America illegally, and c) encourage people to being other people to America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/us/politics/due-process-undocumented-immigrants.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trump lawyers make it clear that they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/opinion/zero-tolerance-trump-asylum-family-separation-lawyers.html
— Trump officials deserve public shaming. – Michelle Goldberg (DIERSEN: Who are the leading public shamers in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about the leading public shamers in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/opinion/trump-sarah-huckabee-sanders-restaurant-civility.html
— Republican or Conservative, You Have to Choose – David Brooks (DIERSEN: Those who want to destroy the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) want Republican candidates in Illinois to dump those voters a) who support Trump and b) who support the traditional family, right to life, and/or immigration planks in the IRP platform. What have the Republican candidates on the November 6 ballot in your precinct said or done that shows that they a) support Trump and b) support the traditional family, right to life, and/or immigration planks in the IRP platform?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/opinion/trump-republican-party-conservative.html
— The New Tax Form Is Postcard-Size, but More Complicated Than Ever A new version of the 1040 income tax form, set for release this week, omits some popular deductions and requires several worksheets for many taxpayers to complete. – Jim Tankersley (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/your-money/1040-income-tax-postcard.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Focus Shifts to Ensure Disadvantaged Students Can Enter Elite Programs – Dana Goldstein (DIERSEN: Are/were you disadvantaged? 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 disadvantaged person in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a disadvantaged person could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a disadvantaged person in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted disadvantaged people in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a disadvantaged person in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a disadvantaged person could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/us/schools-excellence-gap.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in turning Americans against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/11/us/tennessee-immigration-trump.html
— Disenchanted Youth May Tip Mexican Election to López Obrador – Paulina Villegas
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/world/americas/mexico-election-youth.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page editorial with a color picture unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps encourage everyone in the world who promises to vote for Democrats to seek sanctuary in the United States.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/us/immigration-border-nogales-mexico.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats Confront Democrats Over How to Confront Trump – Jonathan Martin
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/us/politics/trump-liberal-activists-shaming.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Rep. Waters on Trump administration: ‘Tell them they’re not welcome’ (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that members of the following groups should not be welcome in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/segments/rep-waters-on-trump-administration-tell-them-theyre-not-welcome/2018/06/25/33198e62-7888-11e8-ac4e-421ef7165923_video.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— M.B.A. Graduates Enter Tougher Job Market – Kelsey Gee (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the graduate business courses that I took at Loyola 1972-1976 a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/m-b-a-graduates-enter-tougher-job-market-1529959689
— The Moral Logic of School Choice – Bobby Jindal (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my parents for sending me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod and b) who hint/imply/argue/shout that those schools turned me into a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Better yet, I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-moral-logic-of-school-choice-1529966248
— The Democrats’ Racial Fault Line Asian-Americans challenge party orthodoxy on race-based admissions. – William McGurn (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote a) patronage, b) political affiliation discrimination, c) reverse discrimination, d) age discrimination, and e) retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-democrats-racial-fault-line-1529966157
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America a) by sending many millions of its citizens into America illegally, b) by keeping many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and c) by sending many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally. In this war, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs side with Mexico against America.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/vanishing-frontiers-review-the-ties-that-bind-1529966124

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Stop politicizing pensions: The sole duty of politicians should be to deliver maximum return to retirees – CHRISTOPHER BANCROFT BURNHAM
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-stop-politicizing-pensions-20180621-story.html
— President Trump threatens California Rep. Maxine Waters in response to her urging protesters to ‘push back’ vs. cabinet members – CHRIS SOMMERFELDT
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-news-trump-threat-iq-maxine-waters-administration-20180625-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Business + politics can equal profit Taking a stand could inspire loyalty – Zlati Meyer (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, businesses act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green parties. Ever-increasing, they make it clear that want to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/06/25/trump-red-hen-business-personal/731808002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Using DNA tests to reunite migrant families on the border raises privacy concerns.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/06/23/using-dna-tests-reunite-immigrant-children-parents-poses-privacy-risk/727424002/

 

MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
— Democrats take risk with insults, rancor toward Trump Veteran flame-thrower Rep. Maxine Waters’ attempts at shaming Trump and his Cabinet open a party rift. – Jonathan Martin
http://www.startribune.com/dems-take-risk-with-insults-rancor/486511051/

 

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Divisions over immigration policy spark rancor, acts of incivility – Debra J. Saunders
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/divisions-over-immigration-policy-spark-rancor-acts-of-incivility/

 

NEWSWEEK
— DECAPITATED CARCASS LEFT AT DHS STAFFER’S DOOR AMID HEIGHTENED THREATS – CHANTAL DA SILVA
http://www.newsweek.com/decapitated-carcass-left-dhs-staffers-door-amid-heightened-threats-995090

 

HOME FOR SALE
— FOR SALE: 1002 SOUTH WHEATON AVENUE, WHEATON – $567,000
http://www.homeforsale.at/1002_SOUTH_WHEATON_AVENUE_ijse8-mew

April 8 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you do that results in something that is “original work?” Why do you do that? I spend 10+ hours each and every day publishing GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every morning and evening. I do that a) to promote religious, conservative, and Republican principles and b) to promote those individuals and organizations that promote the aforesaid principles. What if I hinted/implied/argued/shouted that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails were “original work” and that everyone needed my permission to share them? Of course, I would never do that. Those who want such permission publish things to “make money,” to destroy those who they cannot manipulate/dominate, and/or even worse things. I send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails a) to promote religious, conservative, and Republican principles and b) to promote those individuals and organizations that promote the aforesaid principles. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Federal funds to bolster election security may fall short in Illinois, elsewhere – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/federal-funds-to-bolster-election-security-may-fall-short-in-illinois-elsewhere/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— You know Illinois’ property taxes are sky-high. But the calculation process might surprise you. – Joanne Cleaver
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-re-0408-property-taxes-primer-20180402-story.html
— Trump troop request creates opening for governors to say no – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–border-guard-governors-20180406-story.html
— Congress’ dilemma: tame Facebook or just accept its apology? – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/technology/sns-bc-us–facebook-privacy-scandal-congress-20180405-story.html
— Even where it’s legal to sell marijuana, it’s hard to advertise it – Rachel Siegel
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-cannabis-online-advertising-20180406-story.html
— How WWI was fought in Chicago’s ethnic neighborhoods – Ron Grossman (DIERSEN: What is your national origin? During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, according to http://dna.ancestry.com , my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-flash-homefront-world-war-0408-20180330-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Democrats promote the ERA.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-era-st-0408-story.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker looking to use Rauner’s message against him – RICH MILLER (DIERSEN: What is your message? My message is that political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. In Illinois, if you cannot or will not defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office as a Republican.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-04-08/rich-millercapitol-fax-pritzker-looking-use-rauners-message-against-him.h

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Are Illinois Congressmen safe in wake of Donald Trump? – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/04/06/are-illinois-congressmen-safe-in-wake-of-donald-trump/a7lkoy2/

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Farmers are paying for Trump’s tweets – Cheri Bustos (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that each and every GOPUSA Illinois email that I send out harms those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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.)
http://qctimes.com/opinion/columnists/guest-view-farmers-are-paying-for-trump-s-tweets/article_4a832feb-fdc6-5ba1-99a5-190cf42dbda8.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Bouvet and father get Oval Office time with Trump – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180407/bernard-schoenburg-bouvet-and-father-get-oval-office-time-with-trump
— Break is over. Let the fun begin. – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180407/statehouse-insider-break-is-over-let-fun-begin

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Yes, Illinois can be saved – James Nowlan
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/local/james-nowlan-yes-illinois-can-be-saved/article_90290f18-36b8-11e8-aa59-df2ea7270f33.html
— Most Americans see drug addiction as a disease – AP (DIERSEN: I have never been addicted to any kind of vice and I never will. I attribute that to my outstanding parents who sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod. Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote vices.)
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/editorials/most-americans-see-drug-addiction-as-a-disease/article_7a8b4782-39a8-11e8-8785-ab6c484c20cd.html

 

RIVER CITIES READER
— Rauner’s Failures Can Be Pritzker’s Winning Strategy – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents say your failures are? My critics/opponents stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They stress those a) Republican U.S. Senators and Congressmen, b) Republican Illinois statewide elected officials, Senators, and Representatives, c) Republican DuPage County elected officials, d) Republican Milton Township elected officials, e) Republican Wheaton officials, f) Illinois Republican Party officials, g) DuPage County Republican Central Committee officials, and h) MTRCC officials who fail/refuse to defend me. Of course, my critics/opponents stress those of the aforesaid who demonize me, who denigrate me, and who condemn me.)
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/rauners-failures-winning-strategy

 

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— Ugaste see flat-tax increase idea as a recipe for disaster – Glenn Minnis
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/511383688-ugaste-see-flat-tax-increase-idea-as-a-recipe-for-disaster

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— How Trump Can Protect the Border Without Congress – Daniel Horowitz
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/04/how-trump-can-protect-the-border-without-congress/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Making the world safe through censorship – Dale Lowdermilk (DIERSEN: Who wants to censure you? The following want to censure me: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid and/or they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/5/making-the-world-safe-through-censorship/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— George Washington Would Have Owned an AR-15 – Daniel John Sobieski
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/04/george_washington_would_have_owned_an_ar15.html
— Chicago officials caught short-circuiting required review of Obama Presidential Center – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/04/chicago_officials_caught_shortcircuiting_required_review_of_obama_presidential_center.html

 

HOT AIR
— Councilwoman Bullies Teen Trump Supporter In MAGA T-Shirt – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/04/07/councilwoman-bullies-teen-trump-supporter-maga-t-shirt/

 

THE HILL
— Journalism school deans warn Sinclair over media bias promos – JOHN BOWDEN (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, what I do to promote religious, conservative, and Republican principles harms the aforesaid. They hint/imply/argue/shout that their way is the best way, if not only way. Overwhelmingly, they deemphasize the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Overwhelmingly, they fail/refuse to speak out against promoting LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/382102-journalism-school-deans-warn-sinclair-over-media-bias-promos

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Signs Memo Ordering End to ‘Catch and Release’ Immigration Policy – Julie Hirschfeld Davis
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/us/politics/trump-immigration-policy.html
— How to Level the College Playing Field – Harold O. Levy with Peg Tyre (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed that none of my four degrees are from Ivy League universities.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/07/opinion/sunday/harold-levy-college.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Michael Cohen’s view from under the bus: Trump denies knowing about Stormy Daniels payment – Jennifer Rubin (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have thrown me under the bus. They talk and act like my critics/opponents have promised them a new home, new car, sweetheart job, sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and much more if they get me to stop sending GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails out. They talk and act like my critics/opponents have promised to destroy them if they fail to stop me from sending GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails out. My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. Overwhelmingly, they determine who seeks/holds government and political offices in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/04/06/michael-cohens-view-from-under-the-bus-trump-denies-knowing-about-stormy-daniels-payment/

 

CBS DENVER
— OUTSTANDING: Demonstrators Voice Support For 2nd Amendment Rights At Rally (DIERSEN: What have the Republicans in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality who represent you and/or want to represent you said/done that shows their support for the Second Amendment plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform?)
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2018/04/07/demonstrators-second-amendment-rally/

 

BALTIMORE SUN
— Maryland’s Michael Steele, once the national Republican Party leader, searches for his place in Trump’s GOP – John Fritze (DIERSEN: Do you dump people? Have people who say that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican dumped you? I should write a book about people who say that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican who have dumped me. 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 and/or they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-steele-trump-20180313-story.html

 

DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN
— Baltimore high school student accepted to all eight Ivy League universities – Lulu Wang (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed that none of my four degrees are from Ivy League universities.)
http://www.thedp.com/article/2018/04/upenn-penn-philadelphia-ivy-league-admission-acceptance-mekhi-johnson-university-decision-college

 

ATLANTIC
— How the American Two-Party System Became so Divided Mid-century politicians envisioned ideologically defined parties—but failed to anticipate today’s hyper-polarized environment. – DAVID FRUM (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. In Illinois, if you cannot or will not defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office as a Republican.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/the-polarizers-interview/557288/

 

BUSINESS TODAY
— Facebook to allow political ads from verified advertisers only (DIERSEN: Will Facebook deem my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to be advertisements for the Republican National Committee (RNC), Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC)? Will Facebook prohibit me from posting anything without authorization from the RNC, IRP, DCRCC, and MTRCC?)
https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/facebook-to-make-political-ads-more-transparent/story/274338.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Advertisers will be prohibited from running political ads – electoral or issue-based – until they are authorized,” Facebook said, announcing plans to make advertisements on its platform more transparent. “In addition, these ads will be clearly labelled in the top left corner as Political Ad. Next to it we will show paid for by information. We started testing the authorization process this week, and people will begin seeing the label and additional information in the US later this spring,” it said. Facebook said it is also investing in artificial intelligence and adding more people to help find advertisers that should have gone through the authorization process but did not. “We realize we won’t catch every ad that should be labelled, and we encourage anyone who sees an unlabeled political ad to report it. People can do this by tapping the three dots at the top right corner of the ad and selecting Report Ad,” it said. Facebook also announced that people who manage pages with large number of followers will need to be verified. Those who manage large pages that do not clear the process will no longer be able to post, it said, adding that this will make it much harder for people to administer a page using a fake account.)

 

MOTLEY FOOL
— 3 Ways to Deal With a Career Setback Don’t let one bad thing drag you down. – Daniel B. Kline (DIERSEN: What did you do to deal with your career setbacks? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. I served on the executive committee of a job-related professional association 1983-1996.)
https://www.fool.com/careers/2018/04/02/3-ways-to-deal-with-a-career-setback.aspx
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Don’t get hung up on it 2. Do an honest evaluation 3. Execute a plan)

 

AXIOS
— How Google and Facebook drive internet traffic by topic (DIERSEN: Who says that what you do to help others is “inappropriate, unethical, and unprofessional?” In Illinois, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails drive more internet traffic to conservative websites like http://www.illinoisreview.typepad.com/ than anything else. The more text from an article that I put an email, the more likely that readers will click on the link for that article. GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails do not include paragraph breaks or pictures.)
https://www.axios.com/how-google-and-facebook-drive-internet-traffic-by-topic-1513302486-57f12c0b-c248-4f2c-ac44-76e4d8b616ca.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Facebook and Google, which together drive the majority of web traffic on the internet, send traffic to different topics, research from digital analytics company Parse.ly shows. Facebook overwhelmingly drives lifestyle and entertainment news traffic, while Google largely drives business, tech and sports news traffic. When it comes to politics, Facebook is more likely to refer readers to presidential political stories, while Google is more likely to refer to stories about state and local politics. . .Why it matters: The combined size of Google and Facebook make it nearly impossible for web publishers to reach an audience without their help. But even though they rely on them for traffic, publishers research from Digital Content Next, the trade association that represents premium publishers, finds that platforms drive just 14% of revenue. Who are the “other” referrers? Parse.ly actively tracks news referrals in a daily-updated referral dashboard. These publishers tend to drive the most traffic to news sites on a daily basis:)

January 27 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois school districts – BGA
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/weekend-watch-illinois-school-districts/2992817/

 

NBC5
— Rauner Announces Compromise on School Tax-Credit Program
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rauner-announces-compromise-on-school-tax-credit-program-471442084.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Steve Wynn resigns as RNC finance chair amid sex assault allegations – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/wynn-resigns-rnc-finance-chair

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Fine over campaign contributions prompts assessor Berrios to sue ethics board – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fine-over-campaign-contributions-prompts-assessor-berrios-to-sue-ethics-board/
— Illinois will start accepting state tax returns Monday – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-will-start-accepting-state-tax-returns-monday/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Ald. Burke under ethics board investigation for possible conflict of interest – Hal Dardick (DIERSEN: Who wants you to pay more taxes and why? I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who want me to pay more a) real estate tax, b) state income tax, c) federal income tax, d) etc. and why.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-ed-burke-ethics-conflict-20180126-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: City ethics officials are looking into whether longtime Ald. Ed Burke, 14th, violated ethics rules when he sidelined an effort to increase the property taxes paid by the owners of two buildings his law firm represents, according to the alderman whose effort he blocked.)
— In wake of #MeToo movement, sex education evolves – Vikki Ortiz Healy
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-sex-ed-after-metoo-20180125-story.html
— Porn industry once braced for a crackdown, but annual expo enjoys Trump-size spotlight – Frances Stead Sellers
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-trump-porn-expo-stormy-daniels-jessica-drake-20180127-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Why evangelicals made a deal with the devilish Donald Trump.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-trump-evangelicals-tony-perkins-0128-20180126-story.html
— Bad boy, Ira – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-ethics-illinois-silverstein-rotheimer-harassment-20180126-story.html
— Mixed verdict in state sex-harassment investigation a victory for process – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-silverstein-rotheimer-sex-harassment-verdict-0128-20180126-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— No wonder Rauner opposed debt transparency – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180127/editorial-no-wonder-rauner-opposed-debt-transparency
— The trouble with Facebook’s plan to rate media credibility
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180127/analysis-the-trouble-with-facebooks-plan-to-rate-media-credibility
— Thomas More Society applauds ruling in District 211 transgender suit
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180126/thomas-more-society-applauds-ruling-in-district-211-transgender-suit
— Former Elgin deputy chief will pay $20K for hacking email of girlfriend’s husband – Harry Hitzeman
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180125/former-elgin-deputy-chief-will-pay-20k-for-hacking-email-of-girlfriends-husband

 

WLS AM
— Outraged by Trump, these candidates of color are now running for office – CNN (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps shout at minorities and at everyone else that Trump and his supporters are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.wlsam.com/news/outraged-by-trump-these-candidates-of-color-are-now-running-for-office/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Kennedy says his family always fought party when needed – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180127/bernard-schoenburg-kennedy-says-his-family-always-fought-party-when-needed

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Lawmakers brace for another dysfunctional year in Springfield – TOM LISI
http://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/lawmakers-brace-for-another-dysfunctional-year-in-springfield/article_194ed442-4838-5621-b474-5bcce3cc1a45.html
— A look at where Illinois governor candidates stand on taxes – AP
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/a-look-at-where-illinois-governor-candidates-stand-on-taxes/article_5464a0b9-754d-526c-a05f-f6bebbd8c0f0.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Lose two U.S. House seats, gain a fairer map? – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article196457874.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
– Pedigreed, but not ready – Rich Miller
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/rich-miller-pedigreed-but-not-ready/article_fff8f0cc-926f-5d87-8693-697841ce809d.html

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Illinois agency picks Boston company for opioid helpline – AP
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/01/26/illinois-agency-picks-boston-company-for-opioid-helpline/affzq50/

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Consider Republican women running for office
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20180127/my-view-consider-republican-women-running-for-office

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Ives supporter disappointed in Rauner – Ron Hansen
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/letters/ives-supporter-disappointed-in-rauner/article_a758d0a5-604b-5bc4-b5f0-c9a015971053.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Tillerson seeks to show ‘America First’ isn’t America alone – AP
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/tillerson-seeks-to-show-america-first-isnt-america-alone/941680525
— Justice Ginsburg signals her intent to work for years more – AP
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/justice-ginsburg-signals-her-intent-to-work-for-years-more/941740859

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Trump Trickbags Dems On DACA
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/trump-trickbags-dems-on-daca

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegals commit crimes at double the rate of native-born – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/26/illegals-commit-crimes-double-rate-native-born-stu/

 

GOPUSA
— Supporters of illegal aliens respond to Trump’s DACA proposal
http://www.gopusa.com/supporters-of-illegal-aliens-respond-to-trumps-daca-proposal/
— Susan Collins and Her Stupid Stick
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=37833

 

BREITBART
— Trump’s Draft Amnesty: Unlimited, Forever, and Before a Wall Is Built – NEIL MUNRO
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/01/27/trump-draft-amnesty-unlimited-forever/

 

DAILY WIRE
— Betrayal? Trump Unveils Immigration Plan, Republican Hawks Start Burning MAGA Hats – BEN SHAPIRO
https://www.dailywire.com/news/26376/betrayal-trump-unveils-immigration-plan-republican-ben-shapiro#exit-modal

 

THE HILL
— Some State Dept. employees retaining lawyers amid career concerns – MAX GREENWOOD (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/370944-some-state-dept-employees-retain-lawyers-amid-career-concerns-report
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Several State Department employees are retaining lawyers amid concerns that their careers are now being stalled because of past work on policies and initiatives championed by former President Obama. According to a Friday CNN report, frustration is growing among some at the department, who returned to Foggy Bottom from high-level assignments only to be put on low-level jobs such as responding to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Many of the workers who have been reassigned under the Trump administration previously worked in the offices of special envoys created during the Obama administration. But Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has over the past year moved to do away with some of the special offices created by Obama. Other offices were absorbed by regional bureaus, and some responsibilities were folded into the State Department’s Policy Planning Office, CNN reported. Officials who previously worked in those offices have been assigned to clerical tasks they say do not match up with their ranks. Some allege that they may be victims of political retribution.)

 

CNN
— Frustrated State Department employees hire attorneys, charging ‘political retribution’ – Elise Labott (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/26/politics/state-department-employees-hire-attorneys-political-retribution/index.html

 

CNBC
— These companies are paying bonuses with their tax savings – Nick Wells, Helen Zhao, and Fred Imbert (DIERSEN: One could point out that retired people do not get bonuses.)
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/01/26/us-companies-that-have-announced-bonuses-investments-after-tax-cut.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Celebrities, athletes, pundits and politicians have millions of fake followers. The world’s social media platforms are struggling to respond. – NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, GABRIEL J.X. DANCE, RICHARD HARRIS and MARK HANSEN
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/27/technology/100000005704904.app.html

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— Celebrities to attend ‘The People’s State of the Union’ – AP
https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2018/01/26/mark-ruffalo-alyssa-milano-attend-the-people-state-union/IJF7p3ZpDAAcger7Jrs1KP/story.html

 

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Most Americans agree with Trump about letting Dreamers stay.”
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/columnists/grieder/article/Most-Americans-agree-with-Trump-about-letting-12530840.php

January 12 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Twitter users tell Trump no one wants to leave Norway for the U.S.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/social-media-no-one-wants-to-leave-norway-for-the-us/2934806/

 

NBC5
— Illinois Attorney General Candidate Robbed While Taking Promotional Photos
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Illinois-Attorney-General-Candidate-Robbed-While-Taking-Promotional-Photos-469000533.html
— Pritzker Says Rauner ‘Injecting Himself’ Into Democratic Primary – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/pritzker-says-rauner-is-injecting-himself-into-democratic-primary-469057363.html

 

CBS2
— Local Republicans Distance Themselves From Trump’s Words On Immigration – Craig Dellimor
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/01/12/local-republicans-trumps-words-immigration/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Patti Blagojevich unhappy with Rauner campaign wiretap ad
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/patti-blagojevich-unhappy-with-rauner-campaign-wiretap-ad

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Elgin-area schools upset with Rauner veto of education funding bill – Rafael Guerrero
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-amendatory-veto-schools-reaction-st-0112-20180111-story.html
— Pritzker says Rauner guilty of ‘fatal mismanagement’ at veterans home – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-rauner-dcfs-quincy-20180112-story.html
— State school officials rebuke Rauner over education veto, citing ‘disruption,’ confusion’ – Monique Garcia and Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-education-funding-veto-20180112-story.html
— White House doctor declares Trump in ‘excellent health’ after checkup – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-medical-checkup-20180112-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Durbin, 5 other senators say they’ve reached immigration compromise – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/daca-dreamers-immigration-legislation-senators/
— Rauner: Trump ‘shithole’ remark ‘has no place in political conversation’ –
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-trump-shithole-remark-has-no-place-in-political-conversation/
— State education board says Rauner veto ’caused disruption to agency’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/state-education-board-says-rauner-veto-caused-disruption-to-agency/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Trump Durbin says Trump’s denial of vulgar comment is “not true.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180112/durbin-trumps-denial-of-vulgar-comment-not-true
— Hultgren, Democrats decry Trump’s language on Haiti, Africa – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180112/hultgren-democrats-decry-trumps-language-on-haiti-africa
— Facebook edits feeds to bring less news, more sharing – AP (DIERSEN: What do you share? Since 2004, I have used GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to share links to more than 291,200 articles and to provide information on many upcoming events free of charge and without any advertising. I spend about an hour putting the emails together for every six articles linked in the emails, that is, more than 45,500 hours since 2004.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180112/business/301129971/
— Pritzker floats idea for revamped gas tax, refutes Blagojevich ties – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180112/pritzker-floats-idea-for-revamped-gas-tax-refutes-blagojevich-ties
— McSweeney wants to end towns’ spending for conventions, training – Elena Ferrarin (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress all the money that IRS and GAO spent training me, especially out-of-town training that GAO paid for.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180112/suburban-lawmaker-wants-to-end-towns-spending-for-conventions-training
— Trump turbocharges Democrats – Steven & Cokie Roberts (DIERSEN: Every time that Trump does something controversial, Democrats use that to promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180112/trump-turbocharges-democrats
— McHenry County auditor Pam Palmer retires – Pam Palmer
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180112/mchenry-county-auditor-pam-palmer-retires
— Kane sheriff’s lieutenant contests suspension, suggests politics played a role – Harry Hitzeman
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180112/kane-sheriffs-lieutenant-contests-suspension-suggests-politics-played-a-role

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Trump Durbin is “at center of bitter, high-stakes Trump feud.”
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180112/BLOGS02/180119948/durbin-at-center-of-bitter-high-stakes-trump-feud

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois pols condemn Trump’s ‘vile’ remark – Brenden Moore
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180112/illinois-pols-condemn-trumps-vile-remark

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoes bill aiming to allow County Board chairman to create committees – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/01/12/gov-bruce-rauner-vetoes-bill-aiming-to-allow-county-board-chairman-to-create-committees/a8d358v/

 

WMAY
— Rauner Declines Republican Primary Debate Invitation (DIERSEN: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would be hosting candidate forums for a) Rauner v. Ives, b) Sanguinetti v. Morthland, c) Harold v. Grasso, d) Diganvker v. Jhingan, e) Stella v. Vlakancic, f) Minor v. Grant v. Byrne v. Augustynowicz, g) Kinzler v. Orozco, h) Zito v. Khouri, i) Mendrick v. Bibbiano, j) Tornatore v. DeMichele v. Fichtner v. Gavanes, k) Hart v. Abbott v. Tully v. Broline, l) McGowen v. Almiron v. Eckhoff v. Zaruba v. Tatro v. Chinchilla, m) Wiley v. Zay v. McQuade, n) Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee candidates, o) etc.)
http://www.wmay.com/2018/01/12/rauner-declines-republican-primary-debate-invitation/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Governor Bruce Rauner’s campaign says thanks, but no thanks. The Rauner camp has declined an invitation from WMAY and the State Journal-Register to participate in a Republican primary debate against challenger Jeanne Ives next month. The Ives campaign had agreed to take part, but without Rauner’s participation, the event has been canceled. WMAY and the SJ-R will sponsor a debate with the Democratic candidates for governor in February.)

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Gov. Rauner Discusses Taxes, Disease, And Trump At Rockford Press Conference – CHASE CAVANAUGH
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/gov-rauner-discusses-taxes-disease-and-trump-rockford-press-conference
— Home Rule Returns To The Conversation (And Ballot) In Rockford – JENNA DOOLEY
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/home-rule-returns-conversation-and-ballot-rockford

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— The Victims Of The Chicago Way
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/the-victims-of-the-chicago-way

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Ives Rolls Out Property Tax Reform Plan
http://mailchi.mp/bad8a57852a5/video-ives-rolls-out-property-tax-reform-plan

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Rauner bucks national trend by extending costly welfare waiver for the able-bodied – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511314335-rauner-bucks-national-trend-by-extending-costly-welfare-waiver-for-the-able-bodied

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The One-Sided Din Over Taxes – Robert Knight (DIERSEN: Government should encourage homeownership.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/media/one-sided-din-taxes/
— Heresy Infecting the Evangelical Covenant Church
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-heresy-infecting-evangelical-covenant-church/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— COOK COUNTY GOP CHAIRMAN SLAMS CHICAGO GOP FOR ENDORSING IVES OVER RAUNER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/01/cook-county-gop-chairman-slams-chicago-gop-for-endorsing-ives-over-rauner.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Thursday Illinois Review reported that the Chicago GOP held a straw poll among the group’s committeemen, and Republican challenger Jeanne Ives won over incumbent Governor Bruce Rauner with a 17 to 3 vote. That news prompted an agitated response from Cook County GOP chairman Sean Morrison posted on the Cook County GOP website. In that announcement, Morrison condemned Chicago Republican Party chairman Chris Cleveland as holding the straw poll with the expressed intent to “usurp the statutory authority” of the Cook County Republican Party and Morrison himself by “illegitimately claiming the authority to appoint individuals to the position of Ward Committeeman.” That’s not the whole story, Cleveland told Illinois Review via email after reading Morrison’s post.)
— STATE REP. MCSWEENEY ENDORSES IVES OVER “FAILED GOVERNOR” RAUNER (DIERSEN: Because my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been so successful in demonizing me, denigrating me, and condemning me, I have to advise those who seek my endorsement in contested Republican primaries that sadly, my endorsement would cause them to get far fewer votes, especially in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, and DuPage County. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes include past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee leaders and DuPage County Republican Central Committee leaders. They would rather see a Democrat elected than any candidate who I might endorse. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes 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://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/01/state-rep-mcsweeney-endorses-ives-over-failed-governor-rauner.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: DEMOCRAT PRITZKER CALLS FOR LEGALIZING MARIJUANA IN ILLINOIS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/01/democrat-pritzker-calls-for-legalizing-marijuana-in-illinois.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pritzker reiterates support for legalized marijuana (DIERSEN: If you support pot, you support destruction.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/01/12/pritzker-reiterates-support-for-legalized-marijuana/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: GOP Rep. Skillicorn favors legalization (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/01/12/pritzker-reiterates-support-for-legalized-marijuana/
— Rauner, others respond to Trump
https://capitolfax.com/2018/01/12/rauner-others-respond-to-trump/
— Rauner vetoes Jack Franks bill
https://capitolfax.com/2018/01/12/rauner-vetoes-jack-franks-bill/

 

GOPUSA
— MAGA: Chrysler to move 2,500 jobs from Mexico to Michigan
http://www.gopusa.com/maga-chrysler-to-move-2500-jobs-from-mexico-to-michigan/

 

DAILY CALLER
— John Lewis Claims Trump’s ‘DNA’ Makes Him Racist – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: How many demographics do you share with Trump? Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/stress/shout that both Trump and I are Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, married, male, old, rich, draft avoiders, gun owners, German American, and our ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/12/john-lewis-claims-trumps-dna-makes-him-racist-video/
— FLASHBACK: That Time Obama Called Libya A ‘S**t Show’ – Benny Johnson
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/12/flashback-that-time-obama-called-libya-a-st-show/

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump not a barbarian and he’s right. America is far too nice – Wayne Allyn Root
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/01/12/trump-not-barbarian-and-hes-right-america-is-far-too-nice.html

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Leaked Dem memo: DACA ‘critical’ to ‘future electoral success’ – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2018/01/12/leaked-dem-memo-daca-critical-to-future-electoral-success

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Georgetown approves LGBT-only campus housing – Doug Mainwaring
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/georgetown-approves-lgbt-only-campus-housing

 

NUMBERS USA
— Pres. Trump Rejects ‘Gang of 6’ Deal that Would Give Amnesty to 9 MILLION Illegal Aliens
https://www.numbersusa.com/news/pres-trump-rejects-%E2%80%98gang-6%E2%80%99-deal-would-give-amnesty-9-million-illegal-aliens

 

BREITBART
— French Media Pushing Pro-Migrant Narrative: Claims It is ‘Beautiful’ To Be ‘Invaded By Migrants’ – CHRIS TOMLINSON
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/12/french-paper-pushes-pro-migrant-story-beautiful-invaded-migrants/

 

BLAZE
— Pew Research Center report: U.S. divided on media’s ability to report political issues fairly – Kevin Ryan (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, virtually everything that the mainstream media puts out is designed to promote the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and/or the Green Party platform.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/01/11/pew-research-center-report-us-divided-on-medias-ability-to-report-political-issues-fairly
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A report by Pew Research Center published Thursday found that of 38 countries polled, the U.S. is the most divided in public opinion regarding news organizations’ ability to report political issues fairly. While 78 percent of Americans say the news media “should never favor one political party over another . . . there are sharp political differences in views of the media – with the largest gap among Americans.” The division runs along partisan lines, with Republicans expressing the highest levels of dissatisfaction toward the media. The study found that only 21 percent of Trump supporters “believe the media is doing a worse job covering politics than the supporters of any of the other international political leaders in countries surveyed.” The report builds on a May 2017 report by Pew, which revealed that 89 percent of Democrats believe that journalists’ role as a watchdog “keeps leaders in line,” compared to only 42 percent of Republicans. The report determined that Americans turn to news outlets along partisan lines. Right-leaning audiences insist that there is a liberal bias in the media, to which left-leaning audiences insist that there is only the perception of bias, that it is a conservative fabrication. Liberal audiences tend not only to deny a liberal bias, but to insist that there is no bias at all. The insistence on a liberal bias in the media comes mostly from conservative audiences, although, according to a 2017 Gallup poll, “[n]early half of Democrats agree that the media favors their own party, which means most Americans think reporters have a liberal predilection.” They do. The majority of journalists are liberal, 34 percent, compared to the 7 percent that identify as conservative. And a disproportionate amount, 50 percent, identify as Independent. Liberals tend to view the news media as neutral, while conservatives tend to view the news media as slanted against them. But I’m sure none of this is news to you.)

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Durbin Claims ‘Chain Migration’ Term Is Offensive to Descendants of Slaves – Alex Griswold (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? What do those who share your demographics find offensive?)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/durbin-claims-chain-migration-term-offensive-descendants-slaves/

 

THE HILL
— Dems face hard choice for State of the Union response – REID WILSON AND AMIE PARNES
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/368609-dems-face-hard-choice-for-state-of-the-union-response
— Ryan calls Trump ‘s—hole’ remarks ‘unhelpful’ and ‘unfortunate’ – SCOTT WONG
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/368737-speaker-ryan-calls-trump-shithole-remarks-unhelpful-and-unfortunate

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Few Republicans Acknowledged Trump’s ‘Shithole’ Slur.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republicans-trump-shithole_us_5a5815b4e4b02cebbfda6179

 

ABC NEWS
— Trump unapologetic about Africa, Haiti remarks – AP
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/latest-trump-defends-immigration-stance-tweet-52303473

 

CBS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Dick Durbin refutes Trump, says he did say “sh*tholes” — repeatedly.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dick-durbin-refutes-trump-says-he-did-use-the-word-shitholes-repeatedly/

 

REUTERS
— Despite political risk, U.S. Republicans tinker with welfare – Susan Cornwell
https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-congress-welfare/despite-political-risk-u-s-republicans-tinker-with-welfare-idUSL1N1P61CT

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Anti-Trump Durbin “Insists Trump Used ‘Vile and Racist’ Language.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/us/politics/trump-immigration-congress.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘Here is what my #shithole looks like’: African countries and Haiti react to Trump’s remark – Paul Schemm and Eli Rosenberg
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/01/11/here-is-what-my-shithole-looks-like-african-countries-and-haiti-react-to-trumps-remark/

 

SAN FRANCISCO GATE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois judge allows 11-year-old to use medical marijuana at school – Oscar Pascual
http://blog.sfgate.com/smellthetruth/2018/01/12/illinois-judge-allows-11-year-old-to-use-medical-marijuana-at-school/

 

USA TODAY
— Today’s kids love socialism — but it’s not because of their radical professors – James Piereson and Naomi Schaefer Riley
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/01/10/students-more-liberal-but-its-not-because-their-professors-james-piereson-naomi-riley-column/1012622001/
— Recall of faulty lead poisoning test means kids need to be retested – Carrie Blackmore Smith and Hannah Sparling (DIERSEN: How much lead did you ingest when you were young? For the first 5 years of my life, I lived in an apartment above a hardware store that was built in the 1860s. For the next 19 years, I lived in a home built in 1926.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/01/11/recall-faulty-lead-poisoning-test-means-kids-need-retested/1023681001/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOPY ARTICLE HEADLINE: Debt still dragging down Gen Xers – Paul Davidson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/01/11/which-generation-has-most-debt-and-worst-credit-scores-hint-its-not-millennials/1021927001/

 

TIME
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Democrats Must Not Only Denounce Trump’s Racist Agenda — They Must Defeat It.”
http://time.com/5101721/donald-trump-racist-democrats/

 

NEW YORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Donald Trump Compounds His “Shithole Countries” Bigotry with Lies.”
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/donald-trump-compounds-his-shithole-countries-bigotry-with-lies

November 22 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— How will Trump presidency impact 2018 elections? – Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-2018-elections-trump-factor-st-1126-20171122-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: South suburbs reaped $7 million in video gaming taxes in past year – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-video-gaming-revenue-st-1122-20171121-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Empty questions on Chicago’s March ballot mock our democracy – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/referendum-questions-mock-democracy-editorial/
— Dan Rutherford federal sex harassment suit dismissed – SAM CHARLES
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/dan-rutherford-federal-sex-harassment-suit-dismissed/

NBC5
— Lausch Sworn in as U.S. Attorney in Chicago – Richard Ray
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/After-Trump-Administration-Forced-Out-Fardon-New-US-Attorney-Sworn-in–459382273.html

 

WLS AM
— Bill Cameron talks to Governor Bruce Rauner’s GOP primary challenger, State Representative Jeanne Ives. Bill gets details on Rep. Ives stand on topics including state budget/finances, sexual harassment in the Illinois Statehouse, as well as her support of President Trump, and how she can reform Illinois in ways Governor Rauner has been unable to do.
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/11/22/connected-to-chicago-11-26-2017/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Would your employer excuse workplace violence like the Chicago Bulls are? – WILLIAM CHOSLOVSKY
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171122/OPINION/171129950/would-your-employer-excuse-workplace-violence-like-the-bulls-are
— The Senate tax bill’s chances just got better – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you itemize your deductions, you are viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being undeservedly filthy rich by members of the following groups: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. My and my wife’s 2016 federal income tax return shows that we had $30,890 in itemized deductions. We paid $21,433 in medical and dental expenses and we were able to deduct $13,859 of that, we paid $12,835 in real estate taxes, we paid $1,468 in state income taxes, and we made $2,728 in 501(c)(3) contributions. To support the GOP tax bill is to say that a) you want those who take the standard deduction to pay less federal income tax and b) you want those who itemize their deductions to pay more federal income tax. Overwhelmingly, a) those who take the standard deduction are renters and younger and are more likely to vote for Democrats and b) those who itemize their deductions are homeowners and older and are more likely to vote for Republicans. From what I see, Republican leaders want those who itemize their deductions to take the biggest tax hit. I itemized 1972-1977 and my wife and I have itemized since 1978. Government should encourage homeownership and taking job-related graduate courses. The deductibility of mortgage interest, real estate taxes, and job-related education a) encouraged me to take job-related graduate courses 1972-1983 and 1992-1997, b) encouraged me to buy a new town home in 1972, a studio condo in 1974, and a one bedroom condo in 1976, and c) encouraged my wife and I to buy a home in 1978 and to have one built in 1984.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171122/NEWS01/171129953/the-senate-tax-bills-chances-just-got-better

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Sex-harassment lawsuit against Rutherford dismissed – AP
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/government-and-politics/sex-harassment-lawsuit-against-rutherford-dismissed/article_4636af64-2cf5-5cdd-a976-f4d66babd2c6.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Dems showing measured disapproval on harassment claims – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-11-22/jim-dey-dems-showing-measured-disapproval-harassment-claims.html
— Davis hoping conference committee keeps tuition-waiver exemption – Tom Kacich (DIERSEN: I certainly hope that Bost, Davis, Hultgren, Kinzinger, LaHood, Roskam, and Shimkus will work hard in conference with the Senate to keep all the current itemized deductions and the personal exemption.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-11-22/davis-hoping-conference-committee-keeps-tuition-waiver-exemption.html

 

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Disparaging the Prevailing Wage Act – Bill Knight
http://www.galesburg.com/opinion/20171122/bill-knight-disparaging-prevailing-wage-act

 

RIVERSIDE BROOKFIELD LANDMARK
— Elected leaders should make call on gambling (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice. Gambling is destructive.)
http://www.rblandmark.com/News/Articles/11-21-2017/Elected-leaders-should-make-call-on-gambling/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, ILLEGAL: Illinois Lawmaker Don Harmon’s Plan To Combat Opioid Abuse With Cannabis – JACLYN DRISCOLL
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-lawmakers-plan-combat-opioid-abuse-cannabis

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO & PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Ives Among The Trump Supporters At MAGA Rally In Rockford – SUSAN STEPHENS
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/candidate-governor-among-trump-supporters-maga-rally-rockford
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/candidate-governor-among-trump-supporters-maga-rally-rockford#stream/0

 

COD COURIER
— COD commits itself to transparency after the HLC’s lifting of probation
https://codcourier.org/7383/opinion/cod-commits-itself-to-transparency-after-the-hlcs-lifting-of-probation/

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Ives calls for redacted sexual harassment complaints to be released – Caitlin Nordahl
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511262657-ives-calls-for-redacted-sexual-harassment-complaints-to-be-released

 

WIRE POINTS
— A near-perfect way to hike property taxes in Illinois – Ted Dabrowski
http://www.wirepoints.com/a-near-perfect-way-to-hike-property-taxes-in-illinois/

 

RUSS STEWART
— “MARGINALIZED” SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES FIELD RAUNER OPPONENT (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Illinois? If so, who takes the lead in marginalizing socially conservative Republican Precinct Committeemen in your township and in your county? I should write a book about those who have taken the lead in marginalizing socially conservative Republican Precinct Committeemen in Milton Township and in DuPage County since 1999.)
http://www.russstewart.com/articles/2017/11-22-2017.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Conservative radio talk show host Dan Proft, who ran for governor in 2010, is pushing the Ives candidacy. She is utterly unknown, and needs money, like about $10 million, and some issues. Attacking the governor as pro-choice would (1) ingratiate Rauner to a lot of socially liberal independents, and would (2) isolate her as a one-issue fringe candidate. Rumors abound that mega-donor Dick Uihlien, who has given a lot of money to Republicans over the years, or even the Koch brothers, might fund Ives. But the Republican Governors Association will do everything possible to re-elect Rauner.)

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— DeKalb Court Nullifies Former NIU President Baker’s Golden Parachute – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/11/dekalb-court-nullifies-former-niu-president-bakers-golden-parachute/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— THIS THANKSGIVING, NEARLY 1M ILLINOIS HOUSEHOLDS FORCED TO RELY ON FOOD STAMPS The failure of lawmakers to enact policies that spark growth will render millions of Illinoisans dependent on assistance for meals this holiday season. – Vincent Caruso (DIERSEN: Hopefully, the percentage of those on food stamps who fail/refuse to take “bad” jobs is small. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned all the jobs that I have had as being “bad.” 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. Further, hopefully, all those on food stamps are doing everything that they can to qualify themselves for better paying jobs. Notwithstanding the fact that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being stupid and lazy, I nevertheless earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/this-thanksgiving-nearly-1m-illinois-households-forced-to-rely-on-food-stamps/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GOOGLE DISAGREES WITH YOU?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/11/what-happens-when-google-disagrees-with-you.html

 

GOPUSA
— Chris Matthews rips Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama for looking down on ‘white working people’ (DIERSEN: Who looks down on you? My critics/opponents look down on not only me, but they look down on all individuals, all organizations, all companies, all governments, and all countries that they cannot manipulate/dominate. If they do not look on you, it is because you glorify and praise them, because you pander to them, because you serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or because you give them money.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33741
— Don’t Make Taxpayers Subsidize Sex Bullies
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33791

 

BREITBART
— Ticket Prices for Thanksgiving NFL Game Tumbling to Less than $15 as Anthem Protests Continue – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017/11/21/ticket-pricesthanksgiving-nfl-tumbling-less-15-anthem-protests-continue/

 

BLAZE
— Harvard intentionally limits Asian student admissions, suit says—and Justice Dept. is investigating – Dave Urbanski (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/11/22/harvard-intentionally-limits-asian-student-admissions-suit-says-and-justice-dept-is-investigating

 

BLASTING NEWS
— Sanctuary cities and states are alienating the American citizenry The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and POTUS Trump are continually clashing over executive orders. – Wil Pixton
http://us.blastingnews.com/opinion/2017/11/sanctuary-cities-and-states-are-alienating-the-american-citizenry-002186517.html

 

THE HILL
— Conservatives need a strategy for dealing with weak GOP ‘leaders’ – JENNY BETH MARTIN
http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/361507-conservatives-need-a-strategy-for-dealing-with-weak-gop-leaders

 

NEW YORK POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The stronger that you blast Trump, the stronger that anti-Trumps promote you.
https://nypost.com/2017/11/22/former-rnc-head-blasts-trumps-endorsement-of-roy-moore/

September 22 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Bolingbrook mayor’s home vandalized; woman charged with hate crime
http://abc7chicago.com/bolingbrook-mayors-home-vandalized;-woman-charged-with-hate-crime/2443627/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Woman charged with hate crime after allegedly spray-painting swastikas on Bolingbrook mayor’s home
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-bolingbrook-hate-crime-met-20170922-story.html
— Rauner’s approach on Republican health care plan draws criticism from Democrats who want his office – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-healthcare-repeal-met-20170922-story.html
— DePaul grad’s petition calls for discounted Metra fare for college students, and it’s gaining steam – Frank Vaisvilas
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-metra-southland-tickets-st-0918-20170922-story.html
— Federal government notifies Illinois, 20 other states of election hacking – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-states-election-hacking-russia-20170922-story.html
— Rauner vetoes geolocation privacy bill aimed at protecting smartphone users – Robert Channick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-geolocation-privacy-rauner-veto-20170922-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens. Anti-Trumps want cheap labor and/or Democrat voters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-immigrants-midwest-20170918-story.html
— Board looking into lack of old GOP committee filing follow up – Craig Lyons
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/news/ct-ptb-lake-board-of-elections-missing-reports-st-0924-20170922-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Questions about why no one followed up on delinquent Lake County Republican Central Committee campaign finance reports since 2014 has prompted an internal investigation at the Lake County Board of Elections and Registration. Attorneys for the board are now reviewing a complaint filed with the Lake County Board of Elections and Registration alleges that staff members neglected to note that a former Republican central committee has omitted filing any campaign finance documents, according to the complaint.)
— Disturbing Wheaton case latest example that schools must make stand on hazing – David Haugh
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/ct-wheaton-college-hazing-arrests-haugh-spt-0924-20170923-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Court says GOP stuck with Dems elected to GOP party posts – Mark Brown  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present “Republican” elected and appointed government and party officials in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who talk and/or act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs. The more that you support the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, the harder that they work against you. They certainly worked/work very hard against me. Needless-to-say, they should not be allowed to seek or hold any kind of government or political office as a Republican.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/brown-republicans-thwarted-in-effort-to-purge-dems-from-party-ranks/
— Quit playing politics with Illinois abortion rights – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-quit-playing-politics-with-illinois-abortion-rights/

 

JOLIET HERALD NEWS
— Woman charged with hate crime for spray-painting swastikas on Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar’s home – FELIX SARVER
http://www.theherald-news.com/lists/2017/09/22/c71bb5a79c5d46c6a1a768c82fa74934/index.xml

 

BOLINGBROOK PATCH
— Woman Commits Hate Crimes At Bolingbrook Mayor’s Home: Police  Rachel Tuszynski is accused of vandalizing Mayor Roger Claar’s home and stealing his American flag and Bolingbrook flag. – John Ferak
https://patch.com/illinois/bolingbrook/hate-crimes-occur-bolingbrook-mayor-roger-claars-home-police

 

DAILY HERALD
— GOP health bill all but dead; McCain again deals the blow – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170922/gop-health-bill-all-but-dead-mccain-again-deals-the-blow
— Wheaton College players charged in hazing free on bail – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170922/wheaton-college-players-charged-in-hazing-free-on-bail

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Madigan moves to pull plug on Preckwinkle’s soda tax – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170922/BLOGS02/170929954/madigan-moves-to-pull-plug-on-preckwinkles-soda-tax
— Illinois needs capital spending—but don’t get your hopes up – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170922/NEWS02/170929935/illinois-needs-capital-spending-but-dont-get-your-hopes-up

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Ben Carson praises Roy Moore in Alabama Senate race  POTUS supports Luther Strange in race – ERIC BRADNER
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ben-carson-praises-roy-moore-in-alabama-senate-race/816790628

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Durkin hiring of former Rauner aide living with reporter raises conflict questions – W.J. Kennedy (DIERSEN: As the Illinois Editor for GOPUSA since 2000, I have always fully disclosed my political activities. I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. I was the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004. I served on the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee and I attended the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate.)
http://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511221641-durkin-hiring-of-former-rauner-aide-living-with-reporter-raises-conflict-questions
(FROM THE ARTICLE: House Minority Leader Jim Durkin’s (R-Western Springs) hiring of Michael Mahoney, a former aide to Gov. Bruce Rauner, has the potential to cause some conflict of interest problems for WTTW, the primary public broadcasting member station in Chicago. The news of Mahoney’s hiring was reported in a Sept. 17 story in Prairie State Wire. According to the real estate listing site BlockShopper, Mahoney lives with WTTW statehouse reporter Amanda Vinicky in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago. “Amanda adheres to our News Standards which require balance, fairness and disclosure,” Mary Field, the station’s executive producer of “Chicago Tonight,” wrote in an email in response to being asked how WTTW would maintain balance in its coverage of the General Assembly. “I believe her works speaks for itself in that regard.” The Prairie State Wire story said that the hiring of Mahoney was being pushed by one of the Springfield’s top lobbyists and deal makers, Nancy Kimme, and David Walsh, Durkin’s top aide. Mahoney, 31, would replace Andrew Freiheit, 46, of Wheaton, who worked for the Illinois House Republicans, including Durkin’s predecessors Lee Daniels and Tom Cross, for more than two decades. Sources said that the move was precipitated by staff changes in Rauner’s office, where Kimme once had unrivaled access to information on state contracts, hiring and legislation. That access has reportedly been shut down with the departure of aides close to her, among them former Chief of Staff Richard Goldberg, Campaign Manager Mike Zolnierowicz, Communications Director Lance Trover and Research Director Edward Murphy. “She (Kimme) needs a new way in,” a lobbyist familiar with the situation told Prairie State Wire. “Durkin and Walsh are looking to help.” Commenting on an earlier story about the appearance of conflicts of interests when reporters are in relationships with people they report on, Prof. Adam Penenberg of New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute — who garnered national attention in 1998 for unmasking serial fabricator Stephen Glass of the New Republic — said that many ethics codes in journalism warn of any appearance of a conflict of interest. “One good rule governing potential conflicts of interest is whether a reporter might pull his or her punches,” he said. “Write a critical story and your spouse could, potentially, suffer the consequences. She could even get fired and result in a significant loss of income.” The Associated Press, in its “News Values and Principles” for Reporters, states: “Editorial employees are expected to be scrupulous in avoiding any political activity, whether they cover politics regularly or not. Non-editorial employees must refrain from political activity unless they obtain approval from a manager.” It also urges discussing any potential conflicts with one’s manager. “And a supervisor must be informed when a spouse — or other members of an employee’s household — has any ongoing involvement in political causes, either professionally or personally,” it reads.)

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Gubernatorial policy team is re-arranging the seating chart
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/gubernatorial-policy-team-is-re-arranging-the-seating-chart/article_d59f7d40-9eef-11e7-961d-43795e926a44.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RAUNER STILL MUM ON ABORTION FUNDING BILL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/09/rauner-still-mum-on-abortion-funding-bill-.html
— WILL TAXPAYERS PAYING BE ENOUGH FOR ILLINOIS ABORTION ADVOCATES?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/09/will-taxpayers-paying-be-enough-for-illinois-abortion-advocates-.html

 

BLAZE
— Michigan teacher gambled away $30K in stolen school funds – Aaron Colen
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/09/21/heres-where-a-michigan-teacher-wasted-30k-in-stolen-school-funds/

 

BREITBART
— Sarah Palin: Vote for Roy Moore Isn’t Vote Against Trump; It’s a Vote for MAGA Agenda – TONY LEE
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/21/palin-vote-for-roy-more-isnt-vote-against-trump-its-a-vote-for-maga-agenda/
— Not Just a TV Ratings Drop: The NFL Also Suffering Tumbling Turnout at California Stadiums – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017/09/22/not-just-tv-nfl-suffering-tumbling-turnout-stadiums/

 

DAILY CALLER
— The Left Warms Up To North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Un – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/22/the-left-warms-up-to-north-korean-dictator-kim-jong-un/

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 629 Arbor Avenue, Wheaton – $499,900
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/1_fs/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447739_zpid/

September 2 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville councilman Kevin Coyne weighing bid for Foster’s Congressional seat – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-coyne-congress-foster-st-0903-20170901-story.html
— Despite rise of video gaming, casino revenue drops in Aurora, Elgin – Sarah Freishtat
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-fox-valley-casino-video-gaming-st-0903-20170901-story.html
— Aurora confirms Richard Veenstra new head of Law Department – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-execs-st-0824-20170823-story.html
— Rauner’s support for the ‘sanctuary state’ bill isn’t out of character – Christopher Angelica, Hawthorn Woods  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, CEOs make it clear that they want cheap labor and that they would rather hire citizens of foreign countries than citizens of America.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-letters-rauner-sanctuary-state-bill-gop-20170901-story.html
— Pair of property tax cut options in new schools bill, but they’re limited – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-schools-formula-property-taxes-met-20170904-story.html
— New education funding law could be lifeline to private schools – Diane Rado
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-private-school-tax-credits-met-20170901-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump says that DREAMers are terrific and that he loves them. Anti-Trumps shout at DREAMers and at everyone else that Trump and his supporters are White supremacists, Nazi, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Anti-Trumps side with illegals who illegally brought others illegally into America illegally.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/sweet-trumps-daca-tease-puts-thousands-of-young-immigrants-in-limbo/
— Chance the Rapper says even he’s not immune from city violence – Rachel Hinton
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chance-the-rapper-raises-2-2-million-for-20-cps-schools/
— Loving and leaving the game of football – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-loving-and-leaving-the-game-of-football/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump mulls decision on young immigrants in US illegally – AP (DIERSEN: Trump says that DREAMers are terrific and that he loves them. Anti-Trumps shout at DREAMers and at everyone else that Trump and his supporters are White supremacists, Nazi, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Anti-Trumps side with illegals who illegally brought others illegally into America illegally.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170902/trump-mulls-decision-on-young-immigrants-in-us-illegally
— DuPage to host tours of Elmhurst Quarry – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170901/dupage-to-host-tours-of-elmhurst-quarry

 

CBS2
— DuPage Expects To Avoid Water Problems Seen In Flooded Texas Town – Bernie Tafoya
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/09/01/dupage-water-commission-flooding-shortage-texas/

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Illinois’ Minimum Wage Higher Than Neighboring States – Benjamin Yount
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=251051#.Waqzs8iGOM8

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Time for the next Illinois crisis – Rich Miller
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/miller-time-for-the-next-illinois-crisis/article_2213f21b-d9e6-597c-b5cd-9b81bd38fd4a.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Illinois public schools on the defensive – Jim Nowlan
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/local/jim-nowlan-illinois-public-schools-on-the-defensive/article_3cd73935-692c-5835-a0ba-282bff0cc3cf.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Is The Growing Number Of Illinois Lawmakers Leaving Springfield Unusual? – KATIE FINLON
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/growing-number-illinois-lawmakers-leaving-springfield-unusual#stream/0

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump administration seeking $7.85 billion ‘down payment’ on disaster funding  Initial request for FEMA, SBA – JEREMY DIAMOND
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/weather/trump-administration-seeking-595-billion-down-payment-on-disaster-funding/802872604

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives finds flaws throughout new state school funding model – Justin Stoltzfus
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511203031-ives-finds-flaws-throughout-new-state-school-funding-model

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Macoupin County Enquirer-Democrat talks about “sneaky and cowardly” FOIA requesters – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/09/newspaper-talks-about-sneaky-and-cowardly-foia-requesters/

 

BREITBART
— Flush with Corporate Cash, SPLC Stashes Cash Overseas – IAN MASON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/01/flush-with-corporate-cash-splc-stashes-cash-overseas/
— As Its Influence Wanes, Increasingly Militant MSM Promotes Violence and Censorship – JOHN NOLTE
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/09/01/as-its-influence-wanes-increasingly-militant-msm-promotes-violence-and-censorship/

 

TOWNHALL
— Hey, Hey, Ho Ho—DACA Has Got to Go – Arthur Schaper
https://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2017/09/02/hey-hey-ho-hodaca-has-got-to-go-n2376460

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— FEDERAL COURT DELIVERS DEFEAT TO LEFTISTS IN ALABAMA SPEECH FIGHT  Rules trial must decide if campaign by state commission, SPLC violated 1st Amendment – BOB UNRUH
http://www.wnd.com/2017/09/federal-court-delivers-defeat-to-leftists-in-alabama-speech-fight/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— What Muslims Really Pray at ‘Interfaith’ Gatherings – Rachel Lipsky
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/08/what_muslims_really_pray_at_interfaith_gatherings.html

 

NEWSMAX
— Majority of Today’s Youth Won’t Be Fit for Military Service – Cathy Burke (DIERSEN: Were you 1-A, that is, were you fit for military service? In 1966, when I was 18 years old, I was 1-A notwithstanding the fact that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, that I had partial red/green color blindness, and that I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).)
https://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/report-obesity-U-S-military/2017/09/01/id/811254/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Nearly a quarter of military recruits are rejected because they’re too fat — and a majority of today’s youngsters aren’t fit to serve because they’re overweight, use drugs, or have criminal records or educational deficits, a new report found. The 14th annual State of Obesity report from the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation determined in part that “obesity is a national security issue.” “Being overweight or obese is the leading cause of medical disqualifications, with nearly one-quarter of [military] service applicants rejected for exceeding the weight or body fat standards,” the report’s authors found.)

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says: The GOP Fiddles As Trump Rips Apart The Fabric Of The Nation. The inability of supposed Republican standard-bearers to rein in Trump’s bigoted rhetoric shows they are relinquishing power over the party.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gop-fiddles-as-trump-rips-apart-the-fabric-of-the-nation_us_59a99cb8e4b0bef3378cd836

 

REUTERS
— Labor activists target Midwest politicians opposing wage increases – Chris Kenning  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-wages-protests/labor-activists-target-midwest-politicians-opposing-wage-increases-idUSKCN1BD0CE

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— If You Want to MAGA, Save DACA – Bret Stephens (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they want to a) get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time AND REPLACE THEM WITH THOSE WHO ARE anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/01/opinion/daca-trump-dreamers-immigration.html
— The Summer of Love’s Dispiriting Fall – TED WIDMERS  (DIERSEN: What were you doing in 1967?  I was a full-time student at UIC and I worked part-time the Park Forest Post Office. I lived with my parents and brother in Crete.  I sold my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint and bought a 1968 Oldsmobile 442. I saved money for new cars and college expenses.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/01/opinion/beatles-1967-summer-love.html
— Mayor De Blasio Says Donors Were Denied Favors. How Many? Hard to Say. – WILLIAM NEUMAN  (DIERSEN: What do you say to elected officials, party leaders, etc. who talk and act like their donors want them to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/01/nyregion/mayor-de-blasio-deblasio-donors-favors.html
— New America, a Google-Funded Think Tank, Faces Backlash for Firing a Google Critic – KENNETH P. VOGEL
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/01/us/politics/anne-marie-slaughter-new-america-google.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Another victory for voting rights.” QUESTION: By his dumping Republicans, how many more votes will Rauner get from Independents, from Democrats, from Libertarians, and from Greens? ANSWER: ZERO.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/another-victory-for-voting-rights/2017/09/01/79e62d42-8e7c-11e7-8df5-c2e5cf46c1e2_story.html
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: “THE RIGHT to vote is foundational for the rights of Americans in our democracy.” It was refreshing to hear that fundamental fact about the importance of voting to American democracy given full voice by a Republican officeholder. Even better was that Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s words were accompanied by his signature last Monday on a bill that will remove obstacles to balloting by allowing automatic voter registration. In not going along with the general aversion of his party to making voting easier, Mr. Rauner sets an example that other states should follow. Illinois became the 10th state, along with the District, to move to modernize its system of voter registration through automatic registration.)
— Where to draw the line on hate speech online? – Editorial (DIERSEN: Who would come to my defense if the anti-Trumps succeed in shutting down www.gopillinois.com and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails because they include links to articles posted at the Illinois Family Institute (IFI) website at https://illinoisfamily.org/ and at the Americans for Truth About Homosexuality (AFAH) website at http://americansfortruth.com/ (SEE: http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/family-institute-smeared-as-one-of-32-illinois-hate-groups-along-with-neo-nazis-and-skinheads.html  Constructively, while I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes treated TAPROOT as being a hate group because I invited IFI and AFTAH leaders to speak at TAPROOT events.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/where-to-draw-the-line-on-hate-speech-online/2017/09/01/025eab10-89da-11e7-a50f-e0d4e6ec070a_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— More Worker Visas for Less Government A federalist plan to address the growing U.S. labor shortage. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they want cheap labor.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-worker-visas-for-less-government-1504302994
— The Teachers Union’s Public Enemy No. 1  Betsy DeVos is Trump’s stylistic opposite, but she stirs more antagonism than any other cabinet member. – James Taranto
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-teachers-unions-public-enemy-no-1-1504303675
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Blacks, Hispanics Close Gap in Job Market – Andrew Van Dam  (DIERSEN: 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 minority in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a minority in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted a minorities in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a minority in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a minority in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.wsj.com/graphics/labor-market-disparities/

 

INVESTMENT NEWS
— Financial Industry Regulatory Authority: Who’s watching the watchdog? The regulator wields enormous power over the securities industry 
with little meaningful oversight – Mark Schoeff Jr. and Bruce Kelly (DIERSEN: I have been a Finra arbitrator since 1998. I worked for GAO for almost 9 years on audits that involved Finra.)
http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20170902/FEATURE/170909996/finra-whos-watching-the-watchdog
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If you’re a broker, there are three things in life that are certain: death, taxes – and answering to Finra. Finra is the self-regulatory organization that makes sure the nation’s 3,700 broker-dealers and 631,000 brokers comply with securities laws and regulations to ensure that investors are protected and treated fairly. It has the power to levy fines and, in serious cases, bar brokers and individuals from the industry. If you want to be a broker or operate a brokerage firm, you must join Finra. No one argues against the need for regulation, but over the years the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. has grown into a huge institution, one that generates hundreds of millions of dollars a year in revenue through membership fees and fines. It also maintains a reserve of about $1.6 billion and employs upward of 3,000 people, some of whom receive exorbitant salaries by industry standards. Finra wields enormous power over the lives of brokers and broker-dealers. Last year alone, it issued more than 1,400 disciplinary actions and barred more than 500 brokers from the industry. And yet people in the industry know little about how Finra operates, how it spends the millions it collects in membership fees and fines, and how it sets its regulatory agenda. Finra writes its own rules, meets behind closed doors and releases information if and when it deems necessary. Finra is the watchdog that no one is watching. “It is largely unaccountable to the industry or to the public,” David Burton, a senior fellow in economic policy at the Heritage Foundation, wrote in a February report. “Due process, transparency and regulatory-review protections normally associated with regulators are not present, and its arbitration process is flawed. Reforms are necessary.”)

 

DAILY KOS
— Apple, Microsoft, 300 business leaders sign open letter in support of DACA, DREAM Act – Gabe Ortiz (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, CEOs make it clear that they want cheap labor and that they would rather hire citizens of foreign countries than citizens of America.)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/1/1695260/-Apple-Microsoft-300-business-leaders-sign-open-letter-in-support-of-DACA-DREAM-Act

 

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— Though elections are next year unions already revving up – MARK GRUENBERG (DIERSEN: Will the anti-Rauners “give me a break” a) because I was a union member for almost 12 years and b) because many Rauner promoters do everything that they can to get rid of me?)
http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/though-elections-are-next-year-unions-already-revving-up/

 

GUARDIAN
== The Resistance Now: marching miles against white supremacy  Activists are walking 110 miles from Charlottesville to Washington DC confront the US’s ‘history of genocide and slavery’ – Adam Gabbatt  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote hatred of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/01/resistance-now-protest-white-supremacy
— ‘The S-word’: how young Americans fell in love with socialism  Young Americans blame capitalism for crises in housing, healthcare and falling wages. Once demonized, the word ‘socialism’ is back as a new political movement takes root – Chris McGreal  (DIERSEN: Those who promote socialism could argue that the opportunities that people like me (White males) had are gone. They could stress that were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/02/socialism-young-americans-bernie-sanders

June 4 Morning Edition

ABC7
— 6 dead, 30 wounded in London attack; police kill 3 suspects – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/news/6-dead-30-wounded-in-london-attack;-police-kill-3-suspects-/2064140/

 

NBC5
— Terror in London: 7 Killed, 48 Wounded; 3 Suspects Killed by Police  “We cannot and must not pretend that things can continue as they are,” May said – Danica Kirka, Jill Lawless and Gregory Katz
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/London-Bridge-Incident-UK-Police-426181121.html
— Pence Backs Up Trump’s Economic Efforts During Visit to Iowa  Trump finished second to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in Iowa’s leadoff presidential caucuses last year – Thomas Beaumont
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Pence-Rallying-GOP-Base-in-Iowa-426095884.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Police say 6 victims, 3 suspects killed in London assaults – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/258706539-story
— Trump filed for extension on 2016 tax return – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/258747906-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— For taxpayers, a window into Chicago’s union contracts – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-contracts-0605-pw-20170604-story.html
— The summer job is headed for an early grave – Christopher Borrelli  (DIERSEN: What summer jobs did you have?  I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes in 1965; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; and delivered mail 1967-1969.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/magazine/ct-magazine-0604-essay-20170525-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— American Islamic College prez: ‘We’re as American as we are Islamic’ – Robert Herguth  (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between being an American and being a Muslim.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/american-islamic-college-prez-were-as-american-as-we-are-islamic/
— Six dead, 30 injured in London terror attacks; 3 suspects shot dead – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/report-car-hits-pedestrians-on-london-bridge-some-said-to-be-hurt/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump’s ire: London mayor, political correctness on security – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170604/trumps-ire-london-mayor-political-correctness-on-security
— U-46 to study enrollment declines, possible school closings – Madhu Krishnamurthy
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170603/u-46-to-study-enrollment-declines-possible-school-closings

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Is there too much video gambling in Springfield? – Tim Landis (DIERSEN: Yes.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170603/is-there-too-much-video-gambling-in-springfield
— Is this really news anymore? – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170603/statehouse-insider-is-this-really-news-anymore

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois lawmakers’ well-earned vacation after tough session in Springfield – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article154053579.html

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Costs of Illinois budget crisis can be counted in dollars, jobs – Doug Wilson
http://www.whig.com/20170603/costs-of-illinois-budget-crisis-can-be-counted-in-dollars-jobs

 

JOURNAL COURIER
— Political divide causing worker stress – Veronica Carter  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government.  If I was still working for the federal government, my Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates would have killed me by now, figuratively, if not literally.)
http://myjournalcourier.com/news/110260/political-divide-causing-worker-stress

 

SOUTHERN
— Lawmakers talk of creating jobs while impasse forces layoffs – Editorial
http://thesouthern.com/opinion/editorial/voice-of-the-southern-lawmakers-talk-of-creating-jobs-while/article_b95ac6ca-78df-57e2-856c-e42f98067935.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— In demand as top GOP surrogate, Pence kicks off busy summer with Iowa stop – ELIZABETH LANDERS
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/in-demand-as-top-gop-surrogate-pence-kicks-off-busy-summer-with-iowa-stop/730934730

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— NIU Board of Trustees responds with do-nothing Press Release – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/06/niu-board-of-trustees-responds-with-do-nothing-press-release/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— House Bill 3293, which would force any person or group that is not a school district, religious organization or transportation company, but that possesses a school bus, to change the appearance of the school bus, passed the Illinois General Assembly on the last day of spring session. – Brendan Bakala
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/bill-regulating-school-buses-heads-to-rauners-desk/

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— Attending Church Is Good for Your Health, Longevity – ANUGRAH KUMAR  (DIERSEN: Virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are churchgoers.  They all talk and act like they have condemned me to HELL.  Why?  I refuse to glorify and praise them, pander to them, give them money, or serve as one of their operatives/dupes. I refuse to stop promoting the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, or the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.  I refuse to promote dependency on government or charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, etc.  I have sued them.)
http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-shows-attending-church-is-good-for-your-health-longevity-186269/

 

THE BLAZE
— Michelle Malkin delivers epic takedown of Kathy Griffin: ‘Worst kind of soulless troll’ – Justin Haskins
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/03/watch-michelle-malkin-delivers-epic-takedown-of-kathy-griffin-worst-kind-of-soulless-troll/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Drawing Back the Curtain on the World’s Political Classes – Clarice Feldman
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/06/drawing_back_the_curtain_on_the_worlds_political_classes.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— These Campus Inquisitions Must Stop – Frank Bruni  (DIERSEN: UIC accepted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, Roosevelt in 1980, and IIT in 1992, but I doubt that they would accept me today.  Why?  Colleges are ever-increasingly anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/opinion/sunday/bruni-campus-inquisitions-evergreen-state.html
— Popular People Live Longer – MITCH PRINSTEIN  (DIERSEN: If you asked your critics/opponents what you should do to be popular, what would they say?  My critic/opponents would say a) glorify and praise them, pander to them, give them money, and serve as one of their operatives/dupes, b) stop promoting the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, and c) promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/opinion/sunday/popular-people-live-longer.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/02/opinion/sunday/trumps-incompetence-wont-save-our-democracy.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites promote interracial marriage.  While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, if a White married or adopted a minority, that White got all the Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion benefits of being a minority.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/opinion/sunday/how-interracial-love-is-saving-america.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Drain the swamp? Not if this guy can help it. – Monica Hesse  (DIERSEN: If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee, but GAO did not unionize until 2007.  If I was still a GAO employee, for the last 19 years and 9 months, instead of getting a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension, I would have paid 7% of my salary into the CSRS.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/drain-the-swamp-not-if-this-guy-can-help-it/2017/06/03/40f62cec-39b0-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html
(FROM THE ARETICLE: The federal workforce. Blech. Blech, now more than ever, or so it seems, in the minds of the new administration. “A waste of your money,” Trump’s budget director, Mick Mulvaney, said in March about federal climate-change research. “Can we really continue to ask a coal miner in West Virginia or a single mom in Detroit to pay for these programs?” he had said about public broadcasting. “Taxpayers are stuck paying for overly generous compensation,” Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), chair of the House subcommittee on government operations, said about federal employees as a whole — the big morass of some 2.8 million civil servants nationwide. Donald Trump, master of punchy catchphrases, had spent his campaign and the early days of his presidency promising to do the same thing: “Drain that swamp.” The swamp was the federal government of Washington. The epicenter of the swamp was metaphorically at 80 F St. NW, in the office of a stocky 66-year-old man named J. David Cox. Cox is the president of the American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal workers union in America. More than 300,000 dues-paying members, and around 400,000 more also protected by default. “Every Zip code in America,” as Cox likes to say. “Coast to coast, Guam to Europe.”)

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Make America Great Again march returns to Orange County — this time without incident – Ben Brazil  (DIERSEN: What would the anti-Trumps do if a Trump rally was held in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, or in your municipality?  Who would attend the rally? Who would protest the rally?)
http://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-fv-maga-20170603-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— Kathy Griffin’s Donald Trump press conference makes the D-list – Bryan Alexander
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/06/03/kathy-griffin-press-conference-donald-trump/102442452/

 

FED SMITH
— 6 Tips For Surviving A Prolonged Presidential Transition – Jeff Neal  (DIERSEN: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. Johnson was president 1963-1969, Nixon 1969-1974, Ford 1974-1977, Carter 1977-1981, Reagan 1981-1989, Bush 1989-1993, and Clinton 1993-2001.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/06/04/6-tips-surviving-prolonged-presidential-transition/