January 31 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

January 31 Morning Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

January 29 Morning Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

WCIA

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

January 25 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

January 25 Morning Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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


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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

January 23 Morning Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

January 22 Evening Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote an “actress and activist” who calls red ‘Make America Great Again’ hat ‘the new white hood.’
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/alyssa-milano-maga-hat-is-the-new-white-hood/5101169/

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS: Pritzker signs an executive order to promote abortion.
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/pritzker-signs-executive-order-on-womens-reproductive-rights/5101234/

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To promote mass/illegal immigration, anti-Trumps glorify and praise federal employees who they had previously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being lazy, stupid, and grossly overpaid.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/01/22/illinois-family-autistic-son-government-shutdown-hardship/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— OUTSTANDING: Groups urge Illinois lawmakers not to legalize recreational marijuana – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/groups-urge-illinois-lawmakers-not-to-legalize-recreational-marijuana
— Ocasio-Cortez defends call for 70 percent tax on rich: At what point are we ‘living in excess?’ – Joseph A. Wulfsohn (DIERSEN: Do/did you live in excess? I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who since 1966 have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I live in excess. Compared to me, they spend far more time and money on immediate pleasures including pets, booze, fancy restaurant meals, fancy clothes, entertainment, vacations, etc. Compared to me, they spent far less time and money on education, real estate, cars, etc.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-defends-call-for-70-percent-tax-on-rich-at-what-point-are-we-living-in-excess-
— Trump moving ahead to deliver State of the Union speech next week – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-moving-ahead-to-deliver-state-of-the-union-speech-next-week

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker vows ‘most progressive state’ on abortion — GOP sees ‘left wing’ agenda – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pritzker-progressive-abortion-roe-v-wade-hb40-gop-left-wing/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The move prompted one Republican legislator to accuse Pritzker of running a “highly-politicized and left wing administration.” . . . Rauner’s decision to sign the bill angered the state’s conservatives and spawned a primary challenger in former state Rep. Jeanne Ives, who lost by just 4 percentage points. . .State Rep. David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, has always opposed HB40. McSweeney said Pritzker has “rubbed HB40 in the face of conservatives by saying he’s actually going to expand it even more.” “My concern is he claims he wants to be bipartisan but he takes on highly inflammatory issues like taxpayer funding of abortions and expansion … and also the implied threat to opposition of the progressive tax,” McSweeney said. “I don’t see much bipartisanship. It looks like a highly politicized and left-wing administration to me.”)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being Nazis and b) paint illegals as being Jews.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/arthur-jones-border-wall-congress-nazi-trump-immigration/
— Alyssa Milano slammed for ‘MAGA hat is the new white hood’ tweet – USA TODAY
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/alyssa-milano-tweets-maga-hat-is-new-white-hood-of-klan/
— When liberals can’t bring themselves to denounce the likes of Farrakhan – Phil Kadner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/tamika-mallory-louis-farrakhan-womens-march/
— Fate uncertain for Trump’s ‘End The Shutdown and Secure The Border Act’ – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fate-uncertain-for-trumps-end-the-shutdown-and-secure-the-border-act/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— MAGA-hatted teens, a Native American and the peril of instant judgment – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-video-teen-native-american-racist-covington-20190121-story.html
— Chicago has a mental health crisis. Reopening 6 clinics isn’t enough. – Alexa James
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mental-health-clinics-reopen-crisis-city-council-0123-20190122-story.html
— As government shutdown enters 5th week, museums, zoos, businesses offer deals for workers – Elvia Malagon (DIERSEN: To promote mass/illegal immigration, “museums, zoos, businesses” glorify and praise federal employees who they had previously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being lazy, stupid, and grossly overpaid.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-government-shutdown-chicago-free-admissions-20190122-story.html
— Members of Chicago’s trans community have ‘complicated’ reactions to Supreme Court’s revival of military ban – KT Hawbaker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-trans-military-ban-chicago-activists-20190122-story.html
— Senate set to vote on competing plans to end shutdown, but both expected to fail – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-shutdown-senate-20190122-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
–DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190122/trump-may-prove-not-to-be-benefactor-to-pro-life-movement-he-seems
— DuPage to provide mental health training to teachers, students – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190122/dupage-to-provide-mental-health-training-to-teachers-students

 

HERALD NEWS
— DuPage Township supervisor William Mayer resigns – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.theherald-news.com/2019/01/22/dupage-township-supervisor-resigns/aemsjwn/

 

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Local firearm rights advocates face new state laws – ROB STROUD & RYAN VOYLES
https://jg-tc.com/news/local/local-firearm-rights-advocates-face-new-state-laws/article_d7c1d3ed-c981-5c15-bc34-b9af87634cff.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Rauner administration reduced number of state patronage jobs – AP (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/illinois/rauner-administration-reduced-number-of-state-patronage-jobs/article_3098398c-1e4f-11e9-883c-a7c79bd80b59.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote an “actress and activist” who calls red ‘Make America Great Again’ hat ‘the new white hood.’
https://foxillinois.com/news/entertainment/alyssa-milano-calls-red-make-america-great-again-hat-the-new-white-hood
— Despite Pelosi request to delay, Trump moves ahead with SOTU – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-moving-ahead-with-state-of-the-union-speech-next-week

 

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— Meet & Greet the Candidates in the 2019 Consolidated Election
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2019/01/22/meet-greet-the-candidates-in-the-2019-consolidated-election/95536

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Nybo adds lobbying arm to his law firm – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511726493-nybo-adds-lobbying-arm-to-his-law-firm

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois GOP pushes Pritzker to support change to legislative mapmaking – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-gop-pushes-pritzker-to-support-change-to-legislative-mapmaking/article_5ea3eeee-1e8f-11e9-aae5-27c1acfaed83.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pritzker vows to make Illinois most progressive state for abortion rights – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/pritzker-vows-to-make-illinois-most-progressive-state-for-abortion/article_06654662-1e6f-11e9-b587-5f7fd1a8d83f.html
— With private money, pay for Pritzker top aides eclipses other states – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/with-private-money-pay-for-pritzker-top-aides-eclipses-other/article_0c9fcf64-1e80-11e9-8bb1-5bd52d0b9053.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Stava-Murray says home town has “white supremacist policies” (DIERSEN: 92 comments as of 5:14 PM)
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/22/stava-murray-says-home-town-has-white-supremacist-policies/
— HGOPs unveil independent map commission proposal
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/22/hgops-unveil-independent-map-commission-proposal/
— The high cost of Rauner’s failed war with AFSCME
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/22/the-high-cost-of-rauners-failed-war-with-afscme/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/22/pritzker-and-raoul-could-take-one-simple-step-to-expand-medical-marijuana/

 

DAILY CALLER
— HERE’S HOW THE WHITE HOUSE IS TRYING TO STOP FUTURE CARAVANS – Saagar Enjeti
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/22/trump-white-house-plan-stop-migrant-caravans-illegal-immigration/

 

GOPUSA
— To Win in 2020, Trump Must Build the Wall
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63757
— Biden: Trump brought ‘folks out from under the rocks,’ ‘legitimized’ hate
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63849
— Lady Gaga defines Christianity as — Not Mike Pence
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63831
— House Democrat called for banning MAGA hats for teens; now claims it was a joke
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63818
— Supreme court lets military implement transgender restrictions
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63860

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The New York Times Attacks Us Deplorables, I Fight Back: Part 1 of 3 – Richard A Viguerie
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/29530

 

HOT AIR
— Are You Ready For The *Democratic* Mega-Billionaire Populists Of 2020? – ED MORRISSEY
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/01/21/ready-democratic-mega-billionaire-populists-2020/

 

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Culture War Over Our Fiscal Crisis Underlying our political battles is another division: those who risk losing public money and those who must pay for it. – LEWIS M. ANDREWS
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-culture-war-over-our-fiscal-crisis/

 

THE HILL
— Supreme Court allows transgender military ban to be enforced – LYDIA WHEELER
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/426377-supreme-court-allows-transgender-military-ban-to-be-enforced
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Odds of border agents being corrupted grow as shutdown continues.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/426388-odds-of-corrupted-border-agents-grow-as-shutdown-continues

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Passenger Confronts GOP Congressman Rodney Davis Over Flying First Class During Shutdown “Do you think it’s appropriate?” he asked the lawmaker. “Taking that as a yes.” – Akbar Shahid Ahmed
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rodney-davis-flying-first-class-ggovernment-shutdown_us_5c477fe1e4b083c46d634be8
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With President Donald Trump and the GOP prolonging the partial government shutdown, a Republican lawmaker had an uncomfortable run-in Tuesday when a fellow airplane passenger found him flying first class from Chicago to Washington, D.C., according to a video of the encounter shared with HuffPost. “Congressman, do you think it’s appropriate to fly first class while 57 TSA agents aren’t being paid?” the person says to Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), in an apparent reference to the Transportation Security Administration’s 57,000 employees, who are being required to work without pay. A tipster who asked to remain anonymous shared the video with HuffPost, which hasn’t been able to identify the person who approached Davis. Davis remained silent, prompting the person to say, “Taking that as a yes.” “Taxpayers paid for this flight? Fair enough,” he added. Members of Congress can have the government pay for regular flights to and from their home jurisdictions, as maintaining constituency contact is part of their job. Unlike the paychecks of TSA workers, as well as those of hundreds of thousands of other federal government workers affected by the shutdown, those paid flights do not go away during a government shutdown. Davis did not use his taxpayer-provided budget to purchase a first-class ticket and has never done so, his spokeswoman Ashley Phelps told HuffPost in an email. His office bought a regular coach ticket, but he was upgraded automatically because of his frequent flyer status, she added. “There was no additional cost to taxpayers.” Accepting the upgrade is not a violation of anti-corruption rules because it’s something available to any person who accrues a certain number of miles and wasn’t offered exclusively to Davis because of his position as an elected representative, an ethics officer in the House, who asked to speak on background since the episode is not under any official investigation, told HuffPost. All the same, for someone with power over people’s paychecks to enjoy a luxe experience amid mass economic disruption makes for a jarring sight. A photograph of Davis in the first class section of the plane made it into Politico’s Playbook PM newsletter on Tuesday. Most of the GOP has stood with President Donald Trump during the shutdown, arguing that he’s right to reject deals to reopen the government until he gets the funding he wants for his promised wall on the border with Mexico. Davis has frequently supported the party on the issue, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, and praised Trump’s approach. But the congressman recently sided with Democrats on bills to reopen some agencies ― a nod, perhaps, to his political vulnerability, given his tight re-election in the 2018 midterms.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Senate Leaders Reach Deal That Offers Possible Path to Reopen Government – Sheryl Gay Stolberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/us/politics/government-shutdown-senate.html
— Supreme Court Revives Transgender Ban for Military Service – Adam Liptak
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/us/politics/transgender-ban-military-supreme-court.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration asks Supreme Court to quickly take up census citizenship question – Robert Barnes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-quickly-take-up-census-citizenship-question/2019/01/22/93734014-1e73-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html
— DACA program that protects young undocumented immigrants not likely to get Supreme Court review this term – Robert Barnes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/daca-program-that-protects-young-undocumented-immigrants-not-likely-to-get-supreme-court-review-this-term/2019/01/22/dd3ac11a-1db3-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html
— Supreme Court allows Trump restrictions on transgender troops in military to go into effect as legal battle continues – Robert Barnes and Dan Lamothe
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-allows-trump-restrictions-on-transgender-troops-in-military-to-go-into-effect-as-legal-battle-continues/2019/01/22/e68a7284-1763-11e9-88fe-f9f77a3bcb6c_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say: Trump shut down the government over his wall. It’s jeopardizing his other priorities.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/22/trump-shut-down-government-over-his-wall-its-jeopardizing-his-other-priorities/

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To promote mass/illegal immigration, “Banks, phone companies, nonprofits” glorify and praise federal employees who they had previously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being lazy, stupid, and grossly overpaid.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/01/22/government-shutdown-2019-creditors-roll-out-help-federal-workers/2642924002/

January 22 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Jewish Religious Leader Ready For Statehouse Work – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/01/21/religious-leader-rabbi-kalish-ready-for-statehouse-work/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Event addresses hopes for widening scope of diversity – Jim Fuller (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190121/event-addresses-hopes-for-widening-scope-of-diversity

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Chicago 1919: Confronting the Race Riots’ looks to bring city to terms with a chilling summer 100 years ago – Steve Johnson (DIERSEN: What were your ancestors doing 100 years ago? My grandparents on father’s side operated Crete’s only hardware store. My grandparents on my mother’s side operated a farm in Grant Park.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-chicago-1919-race-riots-project-0122-story.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Importance of persistence emphasized by King teach-in speakers at IWU – LENORE SOBOTA (DIERSEN: How strongly will 2020 Democrats use MLK to viciously demonize, to viciously denigrate, and to viciously condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all?)
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/education/importance-of-persistence-emphasized-by-king-teach-in-speakers-at/article_87146ea7-85a4-5aa8-89f1-7b4369019c28.html

 

WIREPOINTS
— Irrational exuberance in a post-Rauner Illinois – Ted Dabrowski
https://www.wirepoints.com/irrational-exuberance-in-a-post-rauner-illinois/

 

CENTER FOR ILLINOIS POLITICS
— Pritzker staffers’ salaries at least $30K higher than those in largest states The governor’s practice of supplementing state pay with personal wealth is rare nationally – Kerry Lester
https://www.centerforilpolitics.org/articles/pritzker-staffers-pay-at-least-30k-higher-than-those-in-largest-states

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— New state law aims to protect pets from reckless dog owners – Jordyn Pair
https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/new-state-law-aims-to-protect-pets-from-reckless-dog/article_f3b609d8-1942-11e9-aa29-cf20b6a812f3.html

 

FOX NEWS
— E-Verify employees can return to work despite partial government shutdown, DHS says – Samuel Chamberlain
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/e-verify-employees-can-return-to-work-despite-partial-government-shutdown
— In shutdown fight with Trump, Dems reject immigration deal they once sponsored – Alex Pappas
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/in-shutdown-fight-dems-reject-deal-they-once-sponsored

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Homeland Security citizenship office to bring back workers, with pay, during shutdown E-Verify remains shut down due to lack of congressional appropriations – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/21/homeland-security-e-verify-workers-back-pay-during/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DHS reinstating 300 furloughed employees to carry out critical tasks – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/dhs-reinstating-300-furloughed-employees-to-carry-out-critical-tasks

 

BREITBART
— MLK Day: Decades Later, Immigration in the Interests of Black America Remains a Dream – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/21/mlk-day-decades-later-immigration-in-the-interests-of-black-america-remains-a-dream/
— France Builds Trump-Style Wall to Stop Illegals Getting to Britain – Victoria Friedman
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/21/france-builds-trump-style-wall-stop-illegals-getting-uk/
— Pence: Donald Trump’s Work Permit Amnesty-for-Wall Offer Open to More Negotiations – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2019/01/21/pence-trumps-work-permit-amnesty-for-wall-offer-open-to-more-negotiations/
— Rosemary Jenks: GOP Trying to ‘Redefine Amnesty’ Under Trump – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/21/exclusive-rosemary-jenks-gop-trying-to-redefine-amnesty-under-trump/
— Billionaire Koch Brothers ‘Encouraged’ by Trump’s ‘Step Toward’ Amnesty Deal – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/21/billionaire-koch-brothers-encouraged-by-trumps-step-toward-amnesty-deal/
— Tim Kaine: ‘Hatred’ Compelling Government Shutdown – Sean Moran
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/21/tim-kaine-hatred-compelling-government-shutdown/
— Jeff Landry: Nancy Pelosi Enjoys Fence Around Her Own Yard While Opposing Southern Border Wall – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/21/exclusive-jeff-landry-nancy-pelosi-enjoys-fence-around-her-own-yard-while-opposing-southern-border-wall/
— Ocasio-Cortez: No Wall Money for ‘Unstable’ Trump – Tony Lee
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/21/ocasio-cortez-no-wall-money-for-unstable-trump/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bernie Sanders: ‘It gives me no pleasure’ to call Trump a racist – Jessica Chasmar (DIERSEN: If you wore a MAGA hat, what would the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois do to harm you? Who would come to your defense – the officers of your township/ward/county Republican party organizations, your representative in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, the IRP officers, etc.? Ever-increasingly, Republicans are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/21/bernie-sanders-it-gives-me-no-pleasure-call-trump-/
— ‘American dreamers have the right to dream first’ – Michael Savage (DIERSEN: What did you dream of when you were you were young? I dreamed about having a successful career in the automotive industry. But EEOC ended all that. In 1971, when I was 22 years old, I 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 made me unemployed because Firestone had fired me for accepting that job offer. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS because I needed a job. I had a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/21/inside-the-beltway-michael-savage-american-dreamer/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— NOTRE DAME DEEMS COLUMBUS MURALS OFFENSIVE – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/272633/notre-dame-deems-columbus-murals-offensive-daniel-greenfield

 

TOWNHALL
— What Greater Irony Than TSA as Shutdown Victims? – Hank Adler (DIERSEN: Who do Americans hate the most, past, present, and future TSA employees or IRS employees?)
https://townhall.com/columnists/hankadler/2019/01/22/what-greater-irony-than-tsa-as-shutdown-victims-n2539375

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— ABC Brings on Spike Lee to Tout Illegals: ‘I Call Them People Seeking Peace’ – Scott Whitlock
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/scott-whitlock/2019/01/21/abc-brings-spike-lee-tout-illegals-i-call-them-people-seeking

 

DAILY CALLER
— DEM. REP. HAKEEM JEFFRIES: TRUMP IS ‘THE GRAND WIZARD’ – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/21/jeffries-trump-wizard-kkk/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— PELOSI-DEMOCRATS ARE IMMORAL, NOT WALLS Mychal Massie says party in for ‘future defeats on a gargantuan scale in 2020’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout that they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/pelosi-democrats-are-immoral-not-walls/
— TWITTER ALLOWS ‘VERIFIED’ CALLS FOR VIOLENCE ON PRO-TRUMP TEENS Catholic students targeted after D.C. incident falsely reported
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/twitter-allows-verified-calls-for-violence-on-pro-trump-teens/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Democrats Own the Shutdown – William Sullivan
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/the_democrats_own_the_shutdown.html
— Our degenerate media – Patricia McCarthy
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/our_degenerate_media.html

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Call-Out Conservatives Join the Left’s Lynch Mob – Julie Kelly
https://amgreatness.com/2019/01/21/call-out-conservatives-join-the-lefts-lynch-mob/
— ‘Mean-Spirited’ Partisan Extremists – Edward Lulie (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the mean-spirited extremists in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They hint/imply/argue/shout at everyone that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/01/21/mean-spirited-partisan-extremists/
— The Left Won’t Allow a Peaceful Separation – Christopher Roach
https://amgreatness.com/2019/01/21/the-left-wont-allow-a-peaceful-separation/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The divergence of the desires and needs of the nation’s interior and those of the coastal ruling class has become more pronounced since the election of Trump. Even the “respectable” Democrats, exemplified by Hillary Clinton, have a barely concealed contempt for middle America. She, of course, infamously labeled Trump supporters a “basket of deplorables.” But Obama himself earlier let the mask slip, dismissing religion and guns as a false consciousness, to which the working class “clings bitterly” as transferred aggression from their economic and social decline. Perhaps this insulting language is so casual and automatic, because this is also how the Republican Party has treated its voters. Until Trump, the GOP saw itself as one wing of a responsible governing class. All the talk of shrinking the government and the culture war was just overheated rhetoric that no one in power seriously believed. The party’s leadership functioned to divert its voters discontent into an agenda more palatable to the ruling class. Thus, every campaign sounded like the second coming of Paul Revere, but in the end, the practical outcome was some work on the margins related to tax cuts. For issues like gay marriage, abortion, immigration, crime, and affirmative action, the Republican leadership mostly tried to avoid them altogether. After every electoral loss, the solution was to be less divisive and to focus on economic issues. This was the party leadership’s official recommendation following Mitt Romney’s loss in 2012, as if this milquetoast establishment hack’s defeat was the result of him being too conservative. The friction between the coasts and the interior is not merely political; it’s cultural, religious, economic, and demographic. The intensity of the friction has led, in recent times, to the suggestion we may be on the brink of a kind of civil war. We see hints of similar divisions in Europe, where Brexit and the Gilets Jaunes protests are fundamentally populist and have occasioned maniacal responses by the ruling class. Separation Would Be Preferable to the Current Hostilities  One solution proffered from time to time is a peaceful separation. Observers on the Right and the Left have suggested that the rift is simply too deep and serious to be resolved, and that the mutual interest of everyone concerned would benefit by a divorce, whether deemed secession or an invigoration of local autonomy or something else. . .The Left Is Totalitarian By Nature Leftism is not simply one opinion among many. For the Left’s votaries, it’s closer to a religion. It’s not enough that one is himself a vegan, drives a Prius, doesn’t own guns, rejects the traditional family, or anything else that goes with the lifestyle. It is essential that everyone else does so. Any deviations are “backwardness” and “divisive” or worse.)

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Pro-abortion activists loudly protest March for Life conference, admit they read LifeSiteNews – Doug Mainwarin (DIERSEN: The only legitimate reason to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails is to get information to defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party Platform.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-abortion-activists-loudly-protest-march-for-life-conference-admit-they

 

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Highlights Democrats’ Unwillingness to Negotiate on Wall, Shutdown – PETR SVAB
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-highlights-democrats-unwillingness-to-negotiate-on-wall-shutdown_2774181.html

 

THE HILL
— 2020 Dems seize on MLK Day for campaign messaging – MICHAEL BURKE (DIERSEN: How strongly will 2020 Democrats use MLK to viciously demonize, to viciously denigrate, and to viciously condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/426336-2020-dems-seize-on-mlk-day-for-campaign-message

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Top House Democrat Likens Trump To KKK Grand Wizard In MLK Day Slugfest Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and other Democrats connected Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil rights struggle to the fight against Trump today. – Daniel Marans (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if not already, if you do not hate Trump, Trump-haters will call you a racist and even worse things. How will you respond? Ever-increasing, people respond by becoming Trump-haters.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hakeem-jeffries-donald-trump-grand-wizard-martin-luther-king-day-democrats_us_5c464e00e4b0bfa693c65088

 

POLITICO
— GOP reaches landmark agreement to juice small-dollar fundraising ‘Patriot Pass’ is the Republican Party’s answer to ActBlue, Democrats’ online money behemoth. – ALEX ISENSTADT
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/21/republican-fundraising-patriot-pass-1116642

 

CNN
— Why Trump’s MAGA hats have become a potent symbol of racism – Issac Bailey (DIERSEN: If you wore a MAGA hat, what would the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois do to harm you? Who would come to your defense – the officers of your township/ward/county Republican party organizations, your representative in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, the IRP officers, etc.? Ever-increasingly, Republicans are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/21/opinions/maga-hat-has-become-a-potent-racist-symbol-bailey/index.html

 

NBC NEWS
— Bernie Sanders: President Trump is a ‘racist’ (DIERSEN: Democrats make it ever-increasingly clear that they will call you a racist if you do not call Trump a racist.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/card/bernie-sanders-president-trump-racist-n961036
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel criticized Sanders in a response over Twitter. “Absolutely disgusting and wrong. [Trump] has brought African American and Hispanic unemployment to record lows, passed historic criminal justice reform. Even worse that Bernie is using MLK Day to make an incendiary comment like that,” she said.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps argue against doing anything to stop Mexico from bringing illegal drugs into America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/nyregion/el-chapo-trial-border-wall.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use MLK to promote hatred against individuals, against organizations, against companies, against governments, and against 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.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/us/politics/biden-crime-bill-regrets.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump and Pence give surprise addresses at antiabortion March for Life – Michelle Boorstein, Michelle Boorstein, Julie Zauzmer and
Marisa Iati
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/01/18/march-life-says-its-pro-science-despite-medical-consensus-favoring-abortion-access/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How strongly will 2020 Democrats use MLK to viciously demonize, to viciously denigrate, and to viciously condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all?
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-dems-mlk-20190121-story.html

 

CBS DENVER
— Tackling Ageism: Groups Push Lawmakers To Make Colorado Age-Friendly State – Shaun Boyd (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes promote age discrimination big time a) because they want to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) they what to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://denver.cbslocal.com/2019/01/21/ageism-colorado-age-friendly-state/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Wall Marks a Deep Cultural Divide Fight over extension of a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico has crystallized a divide between those happy with the evolving face of America and those alarmed by it – Gerald F. Seib (DIERSEN: Democrats want America to be 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.wsj.com/articles/the-wall-marks-a-deep-cultural-divide-11548083260
— The ‘Hybrid’ Skills That Tomorrow’s Jobs Will Require – Lauren Weber (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-hybrid-skills-that-tomorrows-jobs-will-require-11547994266
— The Crippling Cost of 70% Tax Rates Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal would smother investment and innovation, leaving America poorer. – Edward Conard
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-crippling-cost-of-70-tax-rates-11548104300
— Pelosi’s Dreamer Pawns Democrats won’t talk even after Trump offers extended legal status. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pelosis-dreamer-pawns-11548103367
— The Women’s March Follows Farrakhan off a Cliff Its leaders’ anti-Semitism drives off the Democratic Party and the Southern Poverty Law Center. – Elliot Kaufman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-womens-march-follows-farrakhan-off-a-cliff-11548104190
— The Shaming of Karen Pence A mob of secular Puritans targets her for teaching at a Christian school. – William McGurn
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-shaming-of-karen-pence-11548104530

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: CBS rejects Super Bowl ad on benefits of medical marijuana – Erik Brady (DIERSEN: Pot pushers want everyone in America to be a stoner, including you, your sisters and brothers, your spouse, your children, your grandchildren, your parents, your grandparents, your relatives, and everyone else.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/Ad-Meter/buzz-meter/2019/01/22/super-bowl-cbs-rejects-ad-benefits-medical-marijuana/2639175002/
— Why you need to have purpose in your daily life even when you retire – Robert Powell (DIERSEN: What is your purpose in life? Mine is to defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform and the Republican Party platform. Those who work against me a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the IRP platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2018/12/26/retirement-planning-how-find-your-purpose-after-you-stop-working/2406313002/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Deck is stacked against female retirees – Susan Tompor (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 female 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a female could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a female in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted females in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a female in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a female in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a female could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2019/01/16/gender-pay-gap-retirement-401-k/2591646002/

 

NEW YORKER
— Does Journalism Have a Future? In an era of social media and fake news, journalists who have survived the print plunge have new foes to face. – Jill Lepore (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless. They do everything that they can a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/28/does-journalism-have-a-future

January 21 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Government Shutdown 2019 goes on as Trump offer doesn’t budge Democrats – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-offer-doesnt-budge-democrats-on-government-shutdown-day-31/5099152/

 

CBS2
— MLK Holiday Offers Stage For 2020 Democratic Hopefuls (DIERSEN: How strongly will the 2020 Democratic Hopefuls viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all?)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/01/21/mlk-holiday-offers-stage-for-2020-democratic-hopefuls/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois marijuana dispensaries on a hiring binge as access expands
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-marijuana-dispensaries-on-a-hiring-binge-as-access-expands
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Actress and activist Alyssa Milano compared supporters of President Trump to members of the Ku Klux Klan.
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/alyssa-milano-the-red-maga-hat-is-the-new-white-hood-

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. Sunbeam pledges jolly days ahead for Illinois – Charles Selle
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-pritzker-st-0122-story.html
— Underwood, Foster, others praise work of Martin Luther King at NCC breakfast – David Sharos
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-mlk-breakfast-ncc-naperville-st-0123-story.html
— Former top cop Garry McCarthy stirs controversy on police union: ‘They can’t be operating like it’s 1950 in Birmingham, Ala.’ – Bill Ruthhart (DIERSEN: What were your ancestors doing during the 1950s? My outstanding parents lived in Crete. My father worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights and worked second jobs to help pay the family’s bills. My mother stayed home to raise my brother and me. They sent us to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete. My grandparents on my father’s side operated Crete’s only hardware store. My grandparents on my mother’s side operated a farm in Grant Park.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-garry-mccarthy-mlk-fourm-20190121-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rabbi rep: Orthodox clergyman chosen to replace Lou Lang in Illinois House – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/orthodox-rabbi-yehiel-kalish-replacement-lou-lang-illinois-house-representatives/
— Past MLK critics face Twitter backlash after celebrating his legacy today – Evan F. Moore
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/martin-luther-king-mlk-cia-fbi-nra-blowback-twitter/
— Citing depiction of Native Americans, Notre Dame will cover murals of Columbus – AP (DIERSEN: How long have your ancestors been in America? Ever-increasingly, if you are a White Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn a) your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, and the rest of your ancestors as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who discriminated against minorities and against females and b) you as be being a beneficiary of their discrimination who should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/notre-dame-christopher-columbus-murals-native-americans/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The University of Notre Dame will cover murals in a campus building that depict Christopher Columbus in America, the school’s president said, following criticism that the images depict Native Americans in stereotypical submissive poses before white European explorers. The 12 murals created in the 1880s by Luis Gregori were intended to encourage immigrants who had come to the U.S. during a period of anti-Catholic sentiment. But they conceal another side of Columbus: the exploitation and repression of Native Americans, said the Rev. John Jenkins, president of Notre Dame.)
— We have a right to better transparency from our governments – Madeleine Doubek (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO’s Chicago Office 1980-1997. The lists of GAO employees in that office to be gotten rid of that newly assigned GAO managers were given were not published. But it was obvious that all those employees on those lists 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://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/government-transparency-pritzker-illinois-chicago-open-meetings-freedom-information/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Cook County Board controversy is symptom of greater problems in property assessment – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190121/editorial-board-controversy-is-symptom-of-greater-problems-in-property-assessment
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters encourage citizens of foreign countries to seek asylum in America. Trump-haters are 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.dailyherald.com/news/20190121/churches-in-dupage-will-counties-collecting-items-for-asylum-seekers
— Blackberry Township supervisor stepping down – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190121/blackberry-township-supervisor-stepping-down
— Crespo appointed assistant majority leader in state House
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190121/crespo-appointed-assistant-majority-leader-in-state-house
— DuPage Sheriff offering two $500 scholarships
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20190121/sheriff-offering-two-500-scholarships–

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Kraft takes out newspaper ad supporting furloughed workers amid shutdown The foodmaker walks the line between supporting families and making a political statement. – JESSICA WOHL
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/consumer-products/kraft-takes-out-newspaper-ad-supporting-furloughed-workers-amid-shutdown

 

HERALD NEWS
— Rezin to serve in Republican Senate leadership – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.theherald-news.com/2019/01/18/rezin-to-serve-in-republican-senate-leadership/a7gcrrd/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Disruptions Expected As Furloughed IRS Workers Called Back To Work Without Pay
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/disruptions-expected-furloughed-irs-workers-called-back-work-without-pay#stream/0

 

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Pritzker extends early olive branch to Illinois GOP Representative McCombie signals optimism after meeting new governor – Jim Niedelman
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/4-the-record/pritzker-extends-early-olive-branch-to-illinois-gop/1713625629

 

FOX ST. LOUIS
— Rauner administration reduced number of state patronage jobs – AP (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://fox2now.com/2019/01/21/rauner-administration-reduced-number-of-state-patronage-jobs/

ABC ST. LOUIS

— Illinois Gov. Pritzker still determining how much raises will cost taxpayers
https://abcstlouis.com/news/local/illinois-gov-pritzker-still-determining-how-much-raises-will-cost-taxpayers

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Analysis: How The Rise Of The Far Right Threatens Democracy Worldwide – PALLAVI GOGOI (DIERSEN: What about the rise of the far left?)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/analysis-how-rise-far-right-threatens-democracy-worldwide#stream/0

 

MILLENNIAL POLITICS
— Meet Rep. Anne Stava-Murray, Dick Durbin’s Millennial Primary Challenger
https://millennialpolitics.co/anne-stava-murray/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Chicago Has Stricter Revolving Door Lobbying Rules than General Assembly
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/21/chicago-has-stricter-revolving-door-lobbying-rules-than-general-assembly/
— Reader Reaction to Woodstock Independent Editorial Hit Piece on Joe Tirio – Part 3
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/21/reader-reaction-to-woodstock-independent-editorial-hit-piece-on-joe-tirio-part-3/
— Racist Ballot Plan Now Being Promoted to Deny Republican Ballot Access
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/21/racist-ballot-plan-now-being-promoted-to-deny-republican-ballot-access/
— Kane and McHenry County GOP Plan “Getting to Know You” Bowling
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/21/kane-and-mchenry-county-gop-plan-getting-to-know-you-bowling/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— 8 candidates file to run for office in Hinsdale
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511726566-8-candidates-file-to-run-for-office-in-hinsdale

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— GOP chair Schneider not reassured after Pritzker inaugural speech – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511721046-gop-chair-schneider-not-reassured-after-pritzker-inaugural-speech
— Former Kendall County GOP chair: AG Madigan should have done more – Karen Kidd
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511724700-former-kendall-county-gop-chair-ag-madigan-should-have-done-more
— Wheatland trustee: AG Madigan failed to go after Blagojevich – Karen Kidd
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511724696-wheatland-trustee-ag-madigan-failed-to-go-after-blagojevich

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— AFTER 18 MONTHS, PALOS TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE REFUSES TO BOW TO ARAB COMMUNITY’S DEMANDS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/hindu-community-rises-to-support-palos-township-trustee-.html
— PLANNED PARENTHOOD PRESIDENT: ABORTION IS ‘OUR CORE MISSION’
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/planned-parenthood-president-abortion-is-our-core-mission.html
— TWO SIDES OF A HOLOCAUST: A MARCH FOR LIFE & A RETREAT FROM CONSCIENCE – James M. Kushiner
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/two-sides-of-a-holocaust-a-march-for-life-a-retreat-from-conscience-.html
— THORNER: PRO-LIFERS CHALLENGE CHICAGO PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S ROE VS. WADE CELEBRATION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/thorner-pro-lifers-challenge-chicago-planned-parenthoods-roe-vs-wade-celebration.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites and White-haters promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/21/bernice-king-rips-resurgence-nationalistic-and-whi/

 

GOPUSA
— MLK’s lessons not fully learned today (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63763
— Battery cars pose significant hazards
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63733
— She’s ‘winning’: The press protects Pelosi
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63760
— Too easy to legally buy a gun? U.S. study says few criminals buy them in stores
http://www.gopusa.com/too-easy-to-legally-buy-a-gun-u-s-study-says-few-criminals-buy-them-in-stores/
— The hair-raising cost of socialism
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63650

 

TOWNHALL
— Democrats’ Rejection of Reasonable White House Offer Exposes Their Top Priority: Reflexive Resistance – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/01/21/analysis-trump-gave-a-good-speech-and-made-a-fair-offer–democrats-must-negotiate-n2539331

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Why I’m not attending any pity parties for furloughed federal workers – Thomas Lifson (DIERSEN: According to this article, federal employees with professional degrees get 18% less in wages and benefits than similar employees in private sector jobs. I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/why_im_not_attending_any_pity_parties_for_furloughed_federal_workers.html

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— If they care about their country, Democrats need to make a counteroffer – Tiana Lowe
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/if-they-care-about-their-country-democrats-need-to-make-a-counteroffer

 

EPOCH TIMES
— GOP Punishes Steve King, Anti-Semitic Dem Gets Choice Committee – MARK TAPSCOTT
https://www.theepochtimes.com/gop-punishes-steve-king-anti-semitic-dem-gets-choice-committee_2774145.html

 

THE HILL
— Give federal workers a voice to break the impasse – THOMAS KOCHAN (DIERSEN: I wonder what Casten thinks of me. The record shows that those who dominate the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee want to get rid of me. The record shows 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.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/426260-give-federal-workers-a-voice-to-break-the-impasse

 

POLITICO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/01/21/marijuana-legalization-congress-224031

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “In Business and Governing, Trump Seeks Victory in Chaos.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/20/us/donald-trump-leadership-style.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: His lack of public empathy for unpaid federal workers echoes his treatment of some construction workers, contractors and lawyers whom he refused to pay for their work on his real estate projects. The plight of the farmers and small-business owners wilting without the financial support pledged by his administration harks back to the multiple lenders and investors who financed Mr. Trump’s business ventures only to come up shortchanged. And his ever-changing positions (I’ll own the shutdown; you own the shutdown; the wall could be steel; it must be concrete; then again, it could be steel) have left heads in both parties spinning. Even after his televised proposal on Saturday to break the deadlock, Mr. Trump has no progress to show.)

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Steve King to promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/opinion/steve-king-iowa.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use MLK to promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-king-king-20190121-story.html

 

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— These groups offer housing, financial shutdown assistance to unpaid feds – Amelia Brust
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2019/01/these-groups-offer-housing-financial-shutdown-assistance-to-unpaid-feds/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Americans Have Bleak Outlook on Race Relations This MLK Day (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at minorities and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/january_2019/americans_have_bleak_outlook_on_race_relations_this_mlk_day

 

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
— Voice of America’s Journalists Aren’t Getting Paid. But They’re Still Reporting the News – Brian Stelter (DIERSEN: Since 2004, I have spent more than 51,300 unpaid hours putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS together and sending them out. At $50/hour, that is $2,565,000, and at $100/hour, that is $5,130,000.)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/voice-of-americas-journalists-arent-getting-paid-but-theyre-still-reporting-the-news/

December 27 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Government Shutdown Update: Partial shutdown likely to stretch into 2019 – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/government-shutdown-2018-partial-shutdown-likely-to-stretch-into-2019/4977060/
— Michelle Obama bests Hillary Clinton to be voted most admired woman by Americans, poll shows – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/michelle-obama-voted-most-admired-woman-by-americans-poll-shows/4975418/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Defying pundits, GOP share of Latino vote steady under Trump – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/defying-pundits-gop-share-of-latino-vote-steady-under-trump-1
— Trump says most workers affected by shutdown are Democrats (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dont-miss/trump-says-most-workers-affected-by-shutdown-are-democrats

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democratic Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker picks outgoing Republican lawmaker David Harris to lead Illinois Department of Revenue – Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-republican-revenue-taxes-20181227-story.html
— Route 53 extension: Should the Illinois Tollway keep spending this $25 million? – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-route-53-extension-illinois-tollway-mchenry-cook-lake-20181127-story.html
— Shutdown set to extend into new year after Congress punts on budget, border talks
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-government-shutdown-new-year-20181227-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Money Magazine: In Illinois, Wheaton is the best place to live.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-best-places-to-live-in-each-state-20181227-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner/Trump says “Illinois shows Republicans are key to ending a budget standoff.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-government-shutdown-stalemate-st-1228-story.html
— Transgender inmate moved to Illinois women’s prison after alleging years of abuse – Angie Leventis Lourgos
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-transgender-prisoner-transfer-illinois-20181227-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 3 mayoral candidates — including 87-year-old grandma — booted from ballot – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mayor-ballot-election-board-grandma-clark/
— Trump administration seeks to dismiss cities’ ACA lawsuit – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/aca-affordable-care-act-lawsuit-trump-sabotaging-enrollment/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters encourage citizens of foreign countries to bring their young children to America illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/border-security-jakelin-caal-felipe-gomez-alonzo-donald-trump-immigration-migrants/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Legal marijuana industry toasts banner year – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/legal-medical-marijuana-cannabis-pot-weed-industry-toasts-banner-year/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Democratic Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker picks Arlington Heights Republican David Harris for administration – Bob Susnjara
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181227/democratic-gov-elect-jb-pritzker-picks-arlington-heights-republican-for-administration
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Legal marijuana industry had banner year in 2018 – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181227/business/312279988/

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR & SJ-R
— Pritzker taps ex-central Illinois senator (John Sullivan), retiring GOP rep (David Harris) for agency posts (DIERSEN: In what ways did Rauner break with Illinois Republicans, that is, which planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform did Rauner reject?)
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20181227/pritzker-taps-ex-central-illinois-senator-retiring-gop-rep-for-agency-posts
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20181227/pritzker-names-heads-for-revenue-ag-departments
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Harris was among the Republican state representatives who broke with Gov. Bruce Rauner in 2017 to end the state’s two-year budget impasse.)

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Legal marijuana industry toasts year of global gains – AP
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/legal-marijuana-industry-had-banner-year-in/article_96db5c3b-1374-55ad-a8f4-4e1deb3a50cf.html

 

DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— Rauner shouldn’t have run in the first place – Editorial
https://www.commercial-news.com/opinion/guest-editorial-rauner-shouldn-t-have-run-in-the-first/article_fae4ec1f-eb5d-57cd-92b2-a9e8c357644d.html

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Rauner was an expensive lesson for Illinois – Scott Reeder
https://www.thetelegraph.com/opinion/article/Reeder-Rauner-was-an-expensive-lesson-for-13494204.php

 

BELOIT NEWS
— DEFYING PUNDITS, GOP SHARE OF LATINO VOTE STEADY UNDER TRUMP – AP
https://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20181227/AP/312279917

 

WSIL TV
— Government shutdown affects local entities – Emily Manley
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39699374/government-shutdown-affects-local-entities

 

WGIL
— FORMER STATE SENATOR JOHN SULLIVAN NAMED ILLINOIS’ NEXT AGRICULTURE DIRECTOR
http://www.wgil.com/2018/12/27/former-state-senator-john-sullivan-named-illinois-next-agriculture-director/

 

WLDS
— State Rep. Davidsmeyer shares thoughts on working with Democratic supermajorities in House, Senate – Blake Schnitker
http://wlds.com/news/state-rep-davidsmeyer-shares-thoughts-on-working-with-democratic-supermajorities-in-house-senate-i/

 

WHEATON PATCH
— Wheaton Named Best Place To Live In Illinois: Money Magazine The city was chosen for its safety, affordability, and economic stability. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/suburb-named-best-place-live-illinois-money-magazine

 

DAILY CALLER
— CNN TATTLES ON TROOPS FOR HOLDING MAGA HATS DURING TRUMP’S IRAQ VISIT – Amber Athey (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO coworkers and subordinates tattled on me for my attending Republican Presidential candidate Bob Dole’s campaign rally in Wheaton in 1996. SEE: https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/05/us/for-dole-upbeat-crowd-on-a-spirited-day.html)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/27/cnn-troops-violate-rules-maga-christmas-iraq-trump-visit/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Border wall symbolizes security, not racism – Star Parker
https://www.onenewsnow.com/perspectives/star-parker/2018/12/27/border-wall-symbolizes-security-not-racism
— Being pro-life isn’t just a religious stance – Chris Woodward
https://www.onenewsnow.com/pro-life/2018/12/27/being-pro-life-isnt-just-a-religious-stance

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Mr. President, Follow Reagan’s Example, Make Your Case For The Wall In Primetime
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/29377

 

AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION
— Urge President Trump to pull LGBT activist nomination
https://www.afa.net/activism/action-alerts/urge-president-trump-to-pull-lgbt-activist-nomination/

 

BREITBART
— Never Trumpers Fantasize About Tanking U.S. Economy so GOP Backs Impeachment of Donald Trump – Matthew Boyle
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/26/never-trumpers-fantasize-about-tanking-u-s-economy-so-gop-backs-impeachment-of-donald-trump/
— 2018 Is the Year Big Tech Censors Revealed Their True Colors – Allum Bokhari
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/12/27/bokhari-2018-is-the-year-big-tech-censors-revealed-their-true-colors/

 

THE HILL
— Shutdown to drag on with no House votes expected this week – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/423030-shutdown-to-drag-on-with-no-house-votes-expected-this-week
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Marijuana industry hunts for votes after helping to oust top opponent – REID WILSON
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/421998-marijuana-industry-hunts-for-votes-after-helping-to-oust-top-opponent
— Trump puts isolationism at center stage – NIALL STANAGE
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/423037-the-memo-trump-puts-isolationism-at-center-stage?userid=3526

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— The Government Shutdown Is The Latest Chapter In Trump’s Fight With Federal Workers. He’s been sticking it to them pretty much since he took office. – Dave Jamieson (DIERSEN: What about you would your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress to Trump? Mine would stress to Trump that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and that I have been a federal retiree for more than 21 years. They would hint/imply/argue/shout that I was grossly overpaid and that my retirement benefits are much too generous. In my defense, I would stress that 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 would explain why I became a federal employee in 1971 because of EEOC.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-government-shutdown-is-the-latest-chapter-in-trumps-fight-with-federal-workers_us_5c251181e4b0407e9080abab

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINES: Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans cause school lockdowns.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/local/school-lockdowns-in-america/
— Disinformation campaign targeting Roy Moore’s Senate bid may have violated law, Alabama attorney general says – Craig Timberg and Tony Romm (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are disinformation campaigns a) designed to defeat their candidates in Republican primaries and b) designed to defend and advance planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/12/27/disinformation-campaign-targeting-roy-moores-senate-bid-may-have-violated-law-alabama-attorney-general-says/

 

BALTIMORE SUN
— Is your business offering any special discounts for federal employees during the government shutdown? (DIERSEN: Is your business offering any special discounts for federal employees who were forced to take early retirement “offers?” My retirement income is only 43% of what my federal salary was in today’s dollars.)
https://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-md-callout-for-federal-employee-discounts-during-shutdown-20181227-htmlstory.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With the latest government shutdown expected to continue through the beginning of 2019, some Baltimore-based businesses have begun to offer relief in the form of discounts, special offers and price-reductions for the many Maryland employees feeling the blow. Is your workplace offering support for federal employees affected by the shutdown at this time? We want to hear from you.)

 

POST BULLETIN
— Border wall a symbol of our symbolic politics – Jonah Goldberg
https://www.postbulletin.com/opinion/other_views/jonah-goldberg-border-wall-a-symbol-of-our-symbolic-politics/article_1ea50fe4-2d01-50b0-8515-c7df72ee127d.html

 

TELEGRAM
— Massachusetts GOP state committee member says party ‘all but irrelevant’ – Matt Murphy
https://www.telegram.com/news/20181227/gop-state-committee-member-says-party-all-but-irrelevant

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Dow Stages Comeback After Shedding 600 Points Anxiety persists about slowing economic growth and uncertain policy out of Washington – Avantika Chilkoti and Michael Wursthorn
https://www.wsj.com/articles/stocks-slide-after-record-surge-11545889351

 

FORBES
— The Wrenching Financial Costs Of Addiction – Richard Eisenberg (DIERSEN: Those who promote addictions work against me.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2018/12/27/the-wrenching-financial-costs-of-addiction/#1275cc204fbd

 

FED SMITH
— Trump Says Many Federal Employees Want Border Security – Ian Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/12/27/trump-says-many-federal-employees-want-border-security/

 

HOT CARS
— Watch A 1968 Charger Take On A 2018 Charger In Drag Race Action – SEAN MURRAY (DIERSEN: I owned a medium blue 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971 and a medium blue 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005. I have owned a red 2013 Charger R/T Max since 2012.)
https://www.hotcars.com/1968-charger-2018-charger-drag-race/