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May 29 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Attempt to add Chicago casino, slots machines at airports sputters in Springfield – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-gambling-failure-20180528-story.html
— Crete marks Memorial Day with service, parade – Frank Vaisvilas (DIERSEN: What is your hometown? My hometown is Crete. I lived there 1948-1972. My brother continues to live there in a home that our grandfather, who fought the Germans in WWI, had built in 1926 on land that his grandfather bought in 1864 after he had homesteaded a farm in Crete in 1854. He had immigrated from what is now Germany in 1844 and worked in a brick factory in Chicago. I get defensive when my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn Crete as always having been full of German-American Lutherans who are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-southland-memorial-day-observance-st-0529-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Garcia was the keynote speaker at the Crete Memorial Day service at Crete Park, and was grand marshal in the parade, which was attended by several thousand people. . .The names of 36 fallen soldiers from Crete — who served in conflicts through the Vietnam War, including 15 from the Civil War — were read aloud during the ceremony. . .(ONE OF THOSE 36 WAS MY 1966 CRETE-MONEE HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATE CHARLES GATTIS WHO DIED JULY 5, 1967 IN VIETNAM SEE: http://www.virtualwall.org/dg/GattisCM01a.htm). . .The parade along Main Street included about 50 entries, according to village administrator Mike Smith. Marching bands, politicians, classic car drivers, horseback riders and members of civic organizations all marched, waving to the crowd and tossing candy to children. “We just want to invite people to our vacation Bible school and also to respect and honor those who served,” said Stacey Phiefer of Village Church of Dyer, Ind. The church’s float featured a large wooden cross with an American flag draped across it. “Even though we empower girls and women, we’re pretty much here for everybody,” said Jen Familette, who marched with Girl Scouts Troop 65527. She added that her troop donates some of its funds raised by selling cookies to veterans. Representatives of Honor Flight Chicago also were on hand, offering free plane trips to war memorials in Washington D.C. to veterans of World War II and the Korean War.)
— Starbucks to close over 8,000 stores for anti-bias training – AP (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, all anti-bias training demonizes, denigrates, and condemns all Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–starbucks-training-20180529-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: Starbucks, by closing stores Tuesday for anti-bias initiative, brings new attention to training trend – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz and Lauren Zumbach (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, all anti-bias training demonizes, denigrates, and condemns all Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-starbucks-close-unconscious-bias-training-20180525-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Aggressive news media needs to pursue truth, avoid trivia – Lee Hamilton (DIERSEN: Do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn your judgment? Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn my judgment, especially the thousands of decisions that I make 10+ hours each and every day a) to include or to not include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, b) to comment on the articles that I include links to or not, and c) what those comments should be. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that if they, or if anyone that they manipulate/dominate, had been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, Republicans would not have suffered any losses in Illinois since 2000.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180529/media-burdens-run-two-ways

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Bill boosting teacher pay worries rural schools – Adalberto Toledo
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-05-29/bill-boosting-teacher-pay-worries-rural-schools.html

 

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Latest Madigan controversy will test Democratic resilience in Illinois – Jim Niedelman
http://www.ourquadcities.com/news/4-the-record/latest-madigan-controversy-will-test-democratic-resilience-in-illinois/1204055680

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w/Tribune’s Kristen McQueary on 2018 IL Governor’s race & 2019 Chicago Mayoral election
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/05/watch-berkowitz-wtribunes-kristen-mcqueary-on-2018-il-governors-race-2019-chicago-mayoral-election-cable-web/

 

JEANNE IVES
— Rep. Ives speaks at Warrenville VFW Memorial Day ceremony Rep. Jeanne Ives was honored to speak at the Warrenville VFW Memorial Day ceremony. They had a full program of speakers and music. 500 flags were on display as well as the replica of the Vietnam War memorial wall. Well done, Warrenville.
http://www.jeanneives.org/2018/05/rep-ives-speaks-at-warrenville-vfw.html

 

WIREPOINTS
— Will Illinois budget negotiations reverse the 10 trends dragging Illinois toward insolvency, or simply perpetuate them? – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
http://www.wirepoints.com/will-illinois-budget-negotiations-reverse-the-trends-dragging-illinois-toward-insolvency-or-simply-perpetuate-them-wirepoints-original/
— Illinois budget negotiations: Five reasons no news is bad news – Ted Dabrowski
http://www.wirepoints.com/illinois-budget-negotiations-five-reasons-no-news-is-bad-news-wirepoints-original/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Caucus leaders narrow budget gap as deadline nears – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/caucus-leaders-narrow-budget-gap-as-deadline-nears/article_56a31a2e-62d0-11e8-85cd-0b3963eaea64.html

 

GOPUSA
— ‘It’s a disgrace:’ Parents condemn video game that simulates school shootings
http://www.gopusa.com/its-a-disgrace-parents-condemn-video-game-that-simulates-school-shootings/

 

BREITBART
— More than 3-in-4 GOP Voters Approve of Trump’s Handling of Immigration – John Binder
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/28/more-than-3-in-4-gop-voters-approve-of-trumps-handling-of-immigration/

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump Tweets Praise for California GOP Governor Candidate John Cox – Joe Crowe
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-praised-john-cox-california/2018/05/28/id/862803/

 

HOT AIR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps shout at Dreamers, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Anti-Trumps use Dreamers to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Anti-Trumps glorify, praise, pander to, give money to, and otherwise promote Dreamers. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they want Dreamers to get preference over citizens of America. How soon, if not already, will employers crow that they have fired citizens of American and given their jobs to Dreamers? Anti-Trumps are counting on Dreamers to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2018/05/long-nightmare-dreamers/

 

THE HILL
— Trump uses discrediting skills on Mueller – AMIE PARNES (DIERSEN: Who in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois takes the lead in discrediting individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform?)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/389624-trump-uses-discrediting-skills-on-mueller

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Catholic Diocese Banned A Valedictorian’s Speech, So The Teen Found A Megaphone Kentucky’s Diocese of Covington said Christian Bales’ speech was too “political” for the high school’s graduation ceremony. – Carol Kuruvilla
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/catholic-diocese-banned-gay-valedictorians-speech-so-he-found-a-megaphone_us_5b0c19d3e4b0568a880d85ed
(FROM THE ARTICLE: a statement to The River City News, the Diocese of Covington said that it had the right to review and approve student speeches at graduation ceremonies. The diocese said that two speeches were not submitted for review before the deadline. In addition, the speeches were apparently too “political.” “When the proposed speeches were received, they were found to contain elements that were political and inconsistent with the teaching of the Catholic Church,” diocese spokesperson Tim Fitzgerald said. Holy Cross High School and the Diocese of Covington did not respond to HuffPost’s request for clarification about what parts of Bales’ speech were inconsistent with Catholic teaching. Bales’ mother, Gillian Marksberry, told WCPO that the school didn’t give her child a formal deadline to submit the graduation speech. In addition, she said school principal Mike Holtz had called her last week to remind her that diocesan officials would want Bales to dress in traditional men’s clothing and to refrain from wearing makeup or hairpins. “That was disturbing because in four years I had never received a phone call from the principal,” Marksberry told WKRC. “No one ever reached out to me to help learn about my child.” The teen pledged to continue speaking up about the issues that matter. “I think I’m going to keep fighting for what I believe in,” Bales told WKRC. “I’m going to keep using my megaphone and intensifying my voice.”)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn “white male Protestants.” Who takes the lead in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning “white male Protestants” in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/28/opinion/failure-educated-elite.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps urge evangelicals to dump Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/us/anti-trump-evangelicals-lynchburg.html
— Why Starbucks’s Bias Training, Despite Skepticism, Is an Important Start – Andrew Ross Sorkin (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, all bias training demonizes, denigrates, and condemns all Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/28/business/starbucks-stores-closed-racial-bias-sorkin.html
— Why the Starbucks Bias Training Matters (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, all bias training demonizes, denigrates, and condemns all Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/business/dealbook/starbucks-bias-race.html

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Sooner or later, all bias training demonizes, denigrates, and condemns all Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2018/05/29/starbucks-closure-racial-bias-training-tuesday/650316002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/05/26/starbucks-racial-bias-training-costly/642844002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/05/28/racism-white-defensive-robin-diangelo-white-fragility/637585002/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Players, leave your agendas in the locker room – Derek Hunter
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/05/24/nfl-players-leave-agendas-locker-room-editorials-debates/35319221/
— Why are nearly 1 in 4 Millennials still living with mom? Lack of affordable housing – Annie Nova (DIERSEN: A new town home in University Park was affordable for me in 1972 when I was 24 years old. In today’s dollars, my IRS job in Harvey paid $55,905/year and I worked part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2018/05/28/affordable-housing-why-millennials-living-mom/638430002/
— For CEOs, $11.7 million a year in compensation, on average, is just middle of the pack – AP (DIERSEN: Those who viciously demonize, denigrate, and condemn government employees as being overpaid a) never even come close to suggesting that CEOs are overpaid and b) glorify, praise, and pander to CEOs.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2018/05/25/ceos-11-million-year-salary-just-middle-pack/643823002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Miserly 15,000 More Visas Trump’s DHS skimps on guest workers amid a summer labor shortage. – EDITORIAL (DIERSEN: If there had been as many legal and illegal immigrants in America as there are now when I was in the workforce 1962-1997, they would have gotten the bad jobs that I got instead of me. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-miserly-15-000-more-visas-1527539890
— I’m in Prison for Practicing Politics Under the legal arguments the prosecutors used to convict me, all fundraising can be viewed as bribery. – Rod Blagojevich (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about “Republican” candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois a) who talk/act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs, b) who talk/act like they are seeking/accepting money to dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and other planks in the Republican Party platform, and/or c) who talk/act like they are seeking/accepting money to dump individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that support the aforesaid planks?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/im-in-prison-for-practicing-politics-1527517322
— Apps that help women avoid pregnancy by tracking their fertility are growing in popularity. Some experts, however, are skeptical. – Saabira Chaudhuri (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who demonized me, who denigrated me, and who condemned me the most because my wife and I a) gave up trying to have children, b) did not adopt, and c) did not become foster parents?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fertility-apps-are-multiplying-but-are-they-reliable-1527182930
— In Antibias Training, Starbucks Enlists Hip-Hop Artist Common, Chairman Howard Schultz Employees will be asked to share stories of bias; experts say such training is hard to do, measure – Rachel Feintzeig and Julie Jargon (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, all antibias training demonizes, denigrates, and condemns all Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-anti-bias-training-starbucks-enlists-hip-hop-artist-common-chairman-howard-schultz-1527332400

 

SEATTLE TIMES
— Starbucks offers a peek at anti-racial bias training – Benjamin Romano (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, all anti-racial bias training demonizes, denigrates, and condemns all Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.)
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/starbucks/starbucks-previews-anti-racial-bias-training-curriculum/

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Trump White House Drama Changes Drastically – But Is Still Just Like Game of Thrones – Margaret Hartmann
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/05/new-trump-white-house-drama-is-still-like-game-of-thrones.html

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promise individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that if they elect Democrats, Democrats will use government to get rid of all individuals, all organizations, all companies, all governments, all countries, all etc. that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/29/democrats-arizona-blue-republicans-trump

May 28 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Wheaton’s Cantigny Park commemorates 100-year-old battle
http://abc7chicago.com/community-events/wheatons-cantigny-park-commemorates-100-year-old-battle/3532137/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsR3u00jZcw

 

CBS2
— DISGUSTING: Seeing Green: Celebrities Selling Marijuana (DIERSEN: Pot is a vice. If you promote pot, you promote vice.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/05/27/celebrities-selling-marijuana/
— Rolling The Dice To Expand Gambling In Illinois – Derrick Blakley (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice. If you promote gambling, you promote vice.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/05/28/894795-expanding-gambling-in-illinois/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump marks Memorial Day with Arlington cemetery visit – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/trump-arlington-memorial-day

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Unions, anticipating Janus case Supreme Court loss, jump-start recruiting drives – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/public-sector-unions-supreme-court-decision-illinois-mark-janus-case-rauner/
— Tommy Chong reflects on pot’s evolution as he turns 80 – AP (DIERSEN: If you had been a stoner, would you have accomplished what you did? If I had been a stoner, would I have been able to earn 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? If I had been a stoner, 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://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/tommy-chong-marijuana-pot-cannabis/

 

DAILY HERALD
— School bands’ cancellations fueled decision to cancel Naperville parade – Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180528/school-bands-cancellations-fueled-decision-to-cancel-naperville-parade
— 100 years ago today, Cantigny Park’s namesake battle brings America seriously into World War I – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180528/100-years-ago-today-cantigny-parks-namesake-battle-brings-america-seriously-into-world-war-i
— US Rep. Thomas Garrett of Virginia says he’s battling alcoholism, drops re-election bid – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180528/news/305289911/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Crowds gather on hot day for Memorial Day ceremonies in Springfield – John Reynolds
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180528/crowds-gather-on-hot-day-for-memorial-day-ceremonies-in-springfield

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Governor vote haunting Christian conservatives
http://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/governor-vote-haunting-christian-conservatives/article_e497e29a-09dc-5c72-aaaa-0510ce81c038.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— General Assembly Pushes For Voting From Jail – DAISY CONTRERAS (DIERSEN: What percent of criminals use multiple identities? What percent of criminals vote for Democrats?)
http://nprillinois.org/post/general-assembly-pushes-voting-jail#stream/0

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— GOP lawmakers urge against extending Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority term limits – Angela Underwood
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511428558-gop-lawmakers-urge-against-extending-metropolitan-pier-and-exposition-authority-term-limits

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Crete Monee spent $11,442 per student in 2016-17 (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents saved Crete-Monee School District 201-U (http://www.cm201u.org/) lots of money during the 1950s and 1960s by sending my brother and me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511418084-report-crete-monee-spent-11-442-per-student-in-2016-17

 

CAPITOL FAX
— OUTSTANDING: Gaming bill can’t get out of House Executive Committee
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/28/gaming-bill-cant-get-out-of-house-executive-committee/
— Moody’s analyst issues warning about state budget
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/28/moodys-analyist-issues-warning-about-state-budget/
— Federal judge orders IDOC to fix “extremely dangerous situation”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/28/federal-judge-orders-idoc-to-fix-extremely-dangerous-situation/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘A rare opportunity’: Trump urges Californians to back Republican John Cox – Gabby Morrongiello
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/business/a-rare-opportunity-trump-urges-californians-to-back-republican-john-cox

 

GOPUSA
— Backfire: When Publix suspended political donations that included Democrats
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=46800
— Non-citizens will work California polls on Election Day (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at non-citizens, 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.)
http://www.gopusa.com/non-citizens-will-work-california-polls-on-election-day/
— Study finds leftist led Chicago to be 13th most segregated metro area
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=46811

 

BREITBART
— Trump Re-ups Support For CA GOP Gubernatorial Candidate John Cox – Joshua Caplan
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/05/28/trump-votes/
— Ramadan Rage: Islamic Terrorists Kill at Least 203, Wound 322 in First 10 Days – Edwin Mora
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/05/28/ramadan-rage-islamic-terrorists-kill-at-least-207-wound-322-in-first-10-days/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Remember: Every single Irish political party campaigned for abortion
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/remember-every-single-irish-political-party-campaigned-for-abortion

 

POLITICO
— Millennials take on Trump in the midterms Younger candidates are flooding Democratic congressional primaries — and winning. – ELENA SCHNEIDER (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at millennials and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/28/democrats-millennials-midterm-elections-610024

 

NEW YORK POST
— Trump visits Arlington after critics slam ‘appalling’ Memorial Day tweet – Bob Fredericks
https://nypost.com/2018/05/28/trump-visits-arlington-after-critics-slam-appalling-memorial-day-tweet/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-inhumanity-at-the-border-reveals-their-grand-scam/2018/05/28/b3b18d9c-62b0-11e8-a768-ed043e33f1dc_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s short-term success just might do the trick for midterms.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-short-term-success-just-might-do-the-trick-for-midterms/2018/05/28/123a1b7a-6281-11e8-a768-ed043e33f1dc_story.html

 

FORBES
— President Trump’s Common Sense Reform Of The Civil Service System Is Just The Start (Hopefully) – Rob Berger (DIERSEN: Assessing job performance is extremely subjective. Democrats use that subjectivity a) to advance Democrats who are minority, female, and/or younger and b) to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Of course, since 1966, my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took adverse actions against me because I am a “poor-performing employee.” In my defense, 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.forbes.com/sites/robertberger/2018/05/28/president-trumps-common-sense-reform-of-the-civil-service-system-is-just-the-start-hopefully/
— Are Your Highly Engaged Employees At Greater Risk Of Burnout? – Jeanne Grunert (DIERSEN: Very few of my superiors, supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates in the federal government were engaged. Extremely few of them a) took job-related courses, b) were members of job-related professional associations, or c) were active in job-related professional organizations.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adp/2018/05/28/are-your-highly-engaged-employees-at-greater-risk-of-burnout/#31d252cc2057

May 28 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville Memorial Day Parade canceled due to heat; Memorial Day ceremony time changed to 11 a.m. – David Sharos
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-dupage-memorial-day-advance-st-0525-story.html
— A focal point in governor’s race, Quincy veterans home now part of budget talks – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-quincy-veterans-illinois-budget-20180525-story.html
— A simple strategy to spend safely in retirement – Eleanor Laise (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, everyone should plan for long-term healthcare. Live-in healthcare provides, assisted living facilities, nursing homes cost $200-$300 a day, and that cost is only going to increase. 10 years at $250 a day is $912,500. 15 years at $250 a day is $1,368,750. 20 years at $250 a day is $1,825,000.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180528/281964608392614
— The importance of core values 5 ways to make sure employees take company culture seriously – Robert Glazer (DIERSEN: The most important core value in the federal government is to a) hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) make way for them by getting rid of federal 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. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes support/promote the aforesaid core value.)
— These days conservatives can’t be ‘feminists’ – Heather Wilhelm
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-wilhelm-conservatives-feminists-jessica-valenti-heather-wilhelm-feminism-0527-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump supporters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/sns-201805250007–tms–lpittsctnwl-a20180527-20180527-column.html
— Conservatives need to argue about ideas, not about Trump – Jonah Goldberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-goldberg-conservatives-trump-ideas-reagan-0528-20180524-story.html
— Veterans, discharged and jobless, seek hiring-rules changes – AP (DIERSEN: Have you gotten a “less-than-honorable discharge?” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) stress that I received “less-than-honorable discharges” from TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC), GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, and Post Office and b) blame me, and me alone, for the aforesaid discharges. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stand with those who dominate TAPROOT, WCC, MTRCC, ICRC, AAPC, GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, and Post Office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–veterans-job-discrimination-20180525-story.html
— “On eve of holiday, president rages on Twitter” – Noah Bierman
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180528/281689730485670
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, to watch sports is to watch protesters. If you do not want to watch protesters, do not watch sports.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-memorial-day-flag-20180525-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, to watch sports is to watch protesters. If you do not want to watch protesters, do not watch sports.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/salute-flag-forced-displays-nfl-players-kneel-protest-trump/
— Chicago journalism still isn’t diverse enough – Evan F. Moore (DIERSEN: What percent of Chicago journalists 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://chicago.suntimes.com/working/chicago-journalism-still-isnt-diverse-enough-gen-z-is-watching/

 

DAILY HERALD
— The best career advice from this year’s graduation speeches – Jena McGregor (DIERSEN: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, if you had taken it, what career advice would have benefited your career? If I had taken the following career advice, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old: a) be a Democrat, b) paint yourself as being a yes-man and be a yes-man, and c) help your superiors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180527/the-best-career-advice-from-this-years-graduation-speeches

 

DAILY CALLER
— Louis Farrakhan Issues Sunday Call For An End To White Men – Virginia Kruta (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who agrees with Farraknan? ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/27/louis-farrakhan-end-white-men/

 

BREITBART
— GOP Sen Lankford: Bipartisan Group ‘Meeting Quietly’ on DACA — DREAMer Path to Citizenship, Partial Wall Possibilities – Jeff Poor (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about Trump supporters who want Trump to dump planks in the Republican Party platform? Should I write a book about Rauner supporters who want Rauner to dump planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform? Should I write a book about Trump and Rauner supporters who want to dump me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails because I support those planks? )
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/05/27/gop-sen-lankford-bipartisan-group-quietly-meeting-on-daca-dreamer-path-to-citizenship-partial-wall-possibilities/

 

BLAZE
— David Hogg bullied Publix into submission. Now the free market has responded in a powerful way. – Chris Enloe (DIERSEN: What do you say to Republicans who let anti-Republicans bully them into submission?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/05/27/david-hogg-bullied-publix-into-submission-now-the-free-market-has-responded-in-a-powerful-way

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— TRUMP’S CANDOR, ANIMALS AND MS-13 What the Left’s feigned anger about our president’s honesty really reveals. – Michael Cutler (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who glorify and praise illegals, but who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/270270/trumps-candor-animals-and-ms-13-michael-cutler

 

THE HILL
— GOP leaders scramble to contain immigration rebellion – MIKE LILLIS (DIERSEN: What do you say to Trump supporters who want Trump to get reelected by dumping the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and/or other planks in the Republican Party platform? What do you say to Rauner supporters who want Rauner to get reelected by completely dumping the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and/or other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform? Needless-to say, those Trump and Rauner supporters ARE EXTREMELY CRITICAL OF ME AND EXTREMELY CRITICAL OF MY GOPUSA ILLINOIS EMAILS.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/389452-gop-leaders-scramble-to-contain-immigration-rebellion

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-White demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Whites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/27/opinion/jim-crow-north.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/27/opinion/the-weasel-of-oz.html

 

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— President Trump signs executive orders attacking federal employees – Nick Barrickman (DIERSEN: Assessing job performance is extremely subjective. Of course, since 1966, my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took adverse actions against me because I am a “poor-performing employee.” In my defense, 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.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/05/28/fede-m28.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders Friday making it easier for federal agencies to discipline and fire employees. The unilateral moves follow the president’s vows during the 2016 election to “reduce the federal workforce through attrition” and otherwise shrink the number of government employees to their lowest level in decades. The orders will give federal managers the power to fire workers alleged to be “struggling” in their performance after “improvement periods” lasting up to a single month. Previously, workers in such a status were given from 60 to 120 days to improve, depending on the agency. The orders will likewise force government unions to negotiate labor contracts with departments at a faster rate, tie layoffs to performance instead of seniority, charge unions rent for using federal office space, and limit the amount of official time an employee can spend attending to union-related affairs. “These executive orders make it easier for agencies to remove poor-performing employees and ensure that taxpayer dollars are more efficiently used,” stated White House Director of the Domestic Policy Council Andrew Bremberg. Far from the bureaucratic behemoth that conservatives have painted it as, civilian employment within the federal workforce, numbering 2.7 million, has dropped to levels lower than during the 1960s as a result of multiple bipartisan cutbacks over the past quarter century.)

May 27 Evening Edition

ABC7
— 7 killed in Memorial Day weekend shootings across Chicago – Michelle Gallardo and Megan Hickey
http://abc7chicago.com/7-killed-in-chicago-memorial-day-weekend-shootings/3526934/

 

CBS2
— Trump Says White House Official Who Briefed Reporters In Person ‘Doesn’t Exist’
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/05/26/trump-white-house-official-who-briefed-reporters-doesnt-exist/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Chicago dog walker attacked by stranger’s dog
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/chicago-dog-walker-attacked-by-stranger-s-dog

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans promote anti-Americans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/salute-flag-forced-displays-nfl-players-kneel-protest-trump/
— Chelsea Clinton: Trump ‘degrades what it means to be an American’ – John Bacon (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want Americans 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chelsea-clinton-donald-trump-degrades-meaning-american/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago is the 13th most segregated metro area in U.S., study finds – Bob Goldsborough
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-re-0603-housing-segregation-20180525-story.html
— Budget battle brews as Trump threatens another shutdown – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-budget-congress-trump-shutdown-20180527-story.html
— Lay off the president
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/talk/ct-lns-talk-of-the-county-st-0529-story.html
(FROM THE LETTER: A question for the person who keeps referring to President Trump as “Donny Bone Spurs”: Tell us, please, about your military service. Did you even serve? Tell us about Barack Obama’s. Tell us about Bill Clinton’s. Like millions of young men during the Vietnam War, President Trump sought and obtained legitimate deferments. I myself had several before I was finally drafted. Some of us even fled to Canada. You liberals applauded those guys, but now you criticize the president. I’m appalled that the News-Sun publishes your idiotic epithet for our president. They certainly would never have printed such a phony, derogatory comment about President Obama.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— Elk Grove Village rolling out $500,000 opioid response program soon – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180527/elk-grove-village-rolling-out-500000-opioid-response-program-soon
— Fire damages Wheaton office building at 1530 N. Main Street
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180527/fire-damages-wheaton-office-building

 

WGN RADIO
— Deputy Majority Leader of the IL House Lou Lang: “I don’t expect the Governor to sign the budget” – Rick Pearson
http://wgnradio.com/2018/05/27/deputy-majority-leader-of-the-il-house-lou-lang-i-dont-expect-the-governor-to-sign-the-budget/

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
http://www.pantagraph.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/could-medical-marijuana-help-fight-opioid-abuse-in-illinois-it/article_3b0f3c46-f256-51b1-8694-3dd80c203386.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Survey: Lawmakers mixed on sports gambling in Illinois – Jeff D’Alessio (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice. If you promote gambling, you promote vice.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-05-27/survey-lawmakers-mixed-sports-gambling-illinois.html

 

SOUTHERN
— Morthland College is closing, according to an attorney for the West Frankfort school – ISAAC SMITH
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/communities/westfrankfort/morthland-college-is-closing-according-to-an-attorney-for-the/article_e16606f1-bca1-5ffb-afe4-19dc30676921.html

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— The Politics of Homeownership
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/the-politics-of-homeownership

 

NORTHWEST SIDE GOP CLUB
— What is A Republican Precinct Committeeman?
https://nwsgop.com/committeeman/

 

BREITBART
— CEOs Split from GOP Base, Fight Trump’s Immigration Reforms – Neil Munro (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who rejects the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform? ANSWER: Those who are the following or who pander to the following: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/05/27/ceos-split-fight-trumps-immigration-reforms/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Chelsea Clinton: Trump Degrades ‘What It Means To Be An American’ – Virginia Kruta (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want Americans 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/27/chelsea-clinton-trump-degrades-american/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— Sanctimonious ‘Morning Joe’ Crew Goes Full Religion to Blast Trump – P.J. Gladnick
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/pj-gladnick/2018/05/27/sanctimonious-morning-joe-crew-goes-full-religion-blast-trump

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Are you a Trump supporter who lives in Illinois? Do you want to be aware of major pro and con Trump articles IN THE ILLINOIS NEWS MEDIA? Needless-to-say, reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails is the fastest, least expensive, and most effective way to keep up with major pro and con Trump articles IN THE ILLINOIS NEWS MEDIA. My mandate as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor is to monitor THE ILLINOIS NEWS MEDIA and bring to your attention news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans. I spend 10+ hours each and every day doing that. I monitor a) the websites and hardcopies of the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Naperville Sun, Wheaton Leader, Crain’s Chicago Business, and The Hill and b) the websites of ABC7, NBC5, CBS2, Fox News Chicago, WGN TV, WGN Radio, WTTW, WBEZ, Springfield State Journal Register, Northwest Herald, Bloomington Pantagraph, Champaign/Urbana News Gazette, Rockford Register Star, Herald & Review, Journal & Topics, Journal Courier, Journal Times, River Cities Reader, Peoria Journal Star, Kankakee Daily Journal, Kane County Chronicle, Madison Record, Alton Daily News, Quad City Times, Our Quad Cities, Sauk Valley, Times, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Peoria Public Radio, News Channel 20, NPR Illinois, WQAD, Daily Northwestern, Chicago Now, Chicago Reader, Chicago Magazine, Politico Illinois, Prairie State Wire, DuPage Policy Journal, Lake County Gazette, Southeast Illinois News, Southwest Illinois News, Metro East Sun, Champana Sun, Illinois Valley Times, Illinois Homepage, Illinois News Network, Republican News Watch, Wirepoints, McHenry County Blog, William J Kelly, Americans For Truth About Homosexuality, Upstream Ideas, Real GOP Illinois, Illinois Leaks, Illinois Policy Institute, Illinois Family Institute, Illinois Review, Capitol Fax, Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Fox News Channel, Freedom’s Journal, GOPUSA, Townhall, Daily Caller, Breitbart, PJ Media, News Busters, Hot Air, One News Now, American Thinker, Life Site News, Christian Science Monitor, College Fix, National Review, New American, Real Clear Politics, Huffington Post, Roll Call, Politico, CNN, Reuters, Associate Press, ABC News, NBC News, CBS News, CNBC, McClatchy DC, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, New Yorker, New York Magazine, Atlantic, Fortune, Forbes, Daily Mail, Guardian, and many others. – Dave Diersen

http://www.gopillinois.com

May 27 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Teacher credited with disarming student in Noblesville, Indiana school shooting – CNN
http://abc7chicago.com/teacher-credited-with-disarming-student-in-noblesville-indiana-school-shooting/3524510/

 

WGN RADIO
— Does Governor Rauner actually want a budget? – Rick Pearson
http://wgnradio.com/2018/05/27/does-governor-rauner-actually-want-a-budget/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Who goes to a Trump rally? We drove to Indiana to find out. – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: What do you say to Trump supporters a) who blast me for not doing enough to promote Trump and b) who want me to stop including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles that contain criticisms of Trump? They reject my believe that us Trump supporters should know what anti-Trumps are saying/writing/doing.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/working-the-story-outside-trump-rally-elkhart-indiana/
— Low jobless rate masks struggles for many – AP (DIERSEN: How have you dealt with a loss of income? Since 1997, in today’s dollars, my income has been $73,461/year (59%) less. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $125,325, but my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $51,864. Consequently, I have spent even less money on “immediate pleasures.”)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20180527/281891593946614
— Age is nothing but a number — and 70 is the new 40, right? – Mary Mitchell (DIERSEN: For federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, age is everything. The federal government gets rid of them if they 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.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/age-is-nothing-but-a-number-and-70-is-the-new-40-right/
— Trump threatens another shutdown; budget battle brews – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-threatens-another-shutdown/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Panelists, residents weigh in on state’s financial crisis during AARP forum at North Central College – Diane Moca
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-npr-aarp-town-hall-naperville-st-0527-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, to bring others to America illegally, and to take jobs away from Americans.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–immigration-daca-law-students-20180524-story.html
— Trump’s pardon of Jack Johnson a jab to Obama legacy – Clarence Page
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-trump-obama-jack-johnson-ken-burns-0527-20180525-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans promote anti-American protesters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-sterling-brown-nfl-anthem-huppke-20180524-story.html
— 30-year-old slacker evicted from parents’ basement could lead millennial revolt – John Kass (DIERSEN: What would your critics/opponents use against you to call you a slacker? My critics/opponents would stress that a) I did not buy a new car until I was 17, b) I did not earn a bachelor’s degree until I was 21, c) I did not buy first home until I was 24, d) I did not earn my first master’s degree until I was 27, e) I did not get married until I was 29, e) I did not earn my first professional certification until I was 30, f) I did not earn a professional license until I was 32, g) I did not get promoted to GS-13 until I was 38, h) etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-michael-rotondo-kass-20180525-story.html
— Naperville-based Operation Support Our Troops ships 2 million pounds of care packages over 15 years – David Sharos
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-support-our-troops-anniversary-st-0523-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— What happened to E-Verify — the government’s popular way to curb illegal immigration? – Tracy Jan (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, the Illinois Republican Party platform should call for requiring all employers in Illinois to use E-Verify.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180527/what-happened-to-e-verify-x2014-the-governments-popular-way-to-curb-illegal-immigration

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Legislature puts on the breaks – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180526/statehouse-insider-legislature-puts-on-breaks
— Prosecutors question quick return to death penalty – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180526/bernard-schoenburg-prosecutors-question-quick-return-to-death-penalty

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180526/could-medical-marijuana-help-fight-opioid-abuse-its-complicated

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Illinois Planning for Self-Driving Cars, Eventually – Benjamin Yount (DIERSEN: I oppose self-driving cars.)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=265825#.WwqDvLVy-M8

 

RIVER CITIES’ READER
— DEMOCRATS PROMOTE DEMOCRATS: Pritzker’s Blue Wave to Make a $5-Million Splash – Rich Miller
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/pritzkers-blue-wave-splash

 

BREITBART
— Antonio Villaraigosa-Supporting Group Sends Anti-John Cox Mailers to Republican Voters – Joel B. Pollak (DIERSEN: Have you ever ran for a government or a political office? I give credit to Republicans who run for government and/or political offices. Cox and I served together on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee (SC). I have never run for a government office, but I did successfully run a) for the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee 1983-1995, b) for Republican Precinct Committeeman every 2 years starting in 2000, c) for American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter board of directors 2001-2003, d) ICRC SC 2003-2006, and e) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2011. I ran for the open Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) Treasurer position in 2004. Back then, as it continues today, MTRCC members who reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform, who blame me for all defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000, who focus on destroying those who they cannot manipulate/dominate, and/or who are operatives or dupes for those who I have sued went negative big time and got all but 13 MTRCC members to vote against me. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, MTRCC webmaster, ICRC SC member, AAPC Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/05/27/antonio-villaraigosa-supporting-group-sends-anti-john-cox-mailers-to-republican-voters/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What is surprising is that the mailers are attacking Cox from the right, echoing attacks that have been launched by Cox’s main Republican rival, Assemblyman Travis Allen (R-Huntington Beach). The mailers refer to Cox as a “Democratic Activist” and a “Chicago Liberal,” and note that he did not vote for Donald Trump in 2016. (Trump has since endorsed Cox for governor). One mailer is actually designed to look like it comes from Travis Allen. There is an attractive photograph of Allen and his family next to a military aircraft, plus a list of Republican endorsements for Allen. It is only once readers see the fine print of who paid for the ads that the truth becomes clear: the mailers are “Paid for by Families & Teachers for Antonio Villaraigosa for Governor 2018, sponsored by California Charter Schools Association Advocates,” groups that are backing the Democrat. What looks like Republican mailers are actually propaganda placed by Democrats in an attempt to split the Republican vote and create an opening for Villaraigosa to qualify for the general election. Many of the claims by the group against Cox were debunked by the Sacramento Bee: “John Cox did lose 13 campaigns before running for governor, but he isn’t a secret Democrat.” These sorts of tricks are commonplace — and legal — in California, where all is fair in the “jungle” primary.)

 

PJ MEDIA
— New Executive Order Makes It Easier to Fire Federal Workers – RICK MORAN (DIERSEN: What is your position on civil service protections? 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://pjmedia.com/trending/new-executive-order-makes-it-easier-to-fire-federal-workers/

 

THE HILL
— Former GOP lawmaker Joe Walsh says Obama got elected because he was black – JOSH DELK
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/389529-former-gop-lawmaker-says-obama-got-elected-because-he-was-black

 

CNBC
— Security troops on US nuclear missile base took LSD – AP
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/24/security-troops-on-us-nuclear-missile-base-took-lsd.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Can 30,000 Cameras Help Solve Chicago’s Crime Problem? Armed with advanced gadgets and mapping, officers can get to crime scenes “in time to see the guy still shooting.” But what does it mean for residents’ privacy? – Timothy Williams
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/26/us/chicago-police-surveillance.html
— DONALD TRUMP’S GUIDE TO PRESIDENTIAL ETIQUETTE – Editorial (DIERSEN: Trump supporters should know what anti-Trumps are writing about Trump.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/25/opinion/editorials/Donald-Trumps-Guide-To-Presidential-Etiquette.html
— What Advertising History Says About the Future of Fake News – Austan Goolsbee (DIERSEN: What is your position on advertising? He who pays the piper calls the tunes. Because I do not seek or accept any advertising dollars, my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that the real reason for that is that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are worthless and full of stale fake news.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/25/business/what-advertising-history-says-about-the-future-of-fake-news.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Congrats on That Promotion – Rob Walker (DIERSEN: What promotions have you gotten? I should write a book about those who were most furious when GAO promoted me in 1986 and when IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. In 1987, they got rid of the GAO manager who promoted me to GS-13 (currently $96,403) in 1986 when I was 38 years old, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and hired me in 1980. In 1975, they got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me to GS-9 (currently $55,905) in 1972, to GS-11 (currently $67,638) in 1973, and to GS-12 (currently $81,071) in 1974.) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/25/jobs/your-job-is-more-intense-your-pay-and-title-havent-kept-up.html
— How Boston Is Trying to Close the Gender Pay Gap – Anna Louie Sussman (DIERSEN: Should Boston bring in Charles Bowsher. During the 1980s and 1990s, Bowsher had great success in closing GAO’s gender pay gap a) by giving preference to GAO’s employees who were female, and especially to those who were Democrat and/or younger and b) by getting rid of GAO’s employees who were male, and especially those who were Republican, White, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/26/business/gender-pay-gap-boston.html
— Millions at Top, A Pittance Below Want to Make Money Like a C.E.O.? Work for 275 Years. A telling look at income inequality. – David Gelles (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who promote income inequality.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/25/business/highest-paid-ceos-2017.html
— Would You Go to a Republican Doctor? Our political leanings can distort our assessment of unrelated expertise. – Tali Sharot and Cass R. Sunstein (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican? Have you ever worked for a Democrat? Democrats have an extremely low of Republicans. Virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were Democrats who had an extremely low opinion of Republicans including me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/opinion/sunday/politics-distorts-judgment.html
— Aristotle’s Wrongful Death – Frank Bruni (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction. To keep their jobs and to get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/26/opinion/sunday/college-majors-liberal-arts.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Last Sunday The Chronicle of Higher Education published a special report that delved into this debate. One of the stories described what was happening at the flagship campus of the University of Illinois and at Assumption College in Worcester, Mass., casting these developments as different harbingers for higher education. Illinois is pairing certain majors in the liberal arts — for example, anthropology and linguistics — with computer science. Assumption is doing away with a host of traditional majors in favor of new ones geared to practical skills. Goodbye, art history, geography and, yes, classics. Hello, data analytics, actuarial science and concentrations in physical and occupational therapy.)

 

SACRAMENTO BEE
— John Cox did lose 13 campaigns before running for governor, but he isn’t a secret Democrat – ALEXEI KOSEFF (DIERSEN: Have you ever ran for a government or a political office? I give credit to Republicans who run for government and/or political offices. Cox and I served together on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee (SC). I have never run for a government office, but I did successfully run a) for the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee 1983-1995, b) for Republican Precinct Committeeman every 2 years starting in 2000, c) for American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter board of directors 2001-2003, d) ICRC SC 2003-2006, and e) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2011. I ran for the open Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) Treasurer position in 2004. Back then, as it continues today, MTRCC members who reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform, who blame me for all defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000, who focus on destroying those who they cannot manipulate/dominate, and/or who are operatives or dupes for those who I have sued went negative big time and got all but 13 MTRCC members to vote against me. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, MTRCC webmaster, ICRC SC member, AAPC Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article211871824.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s true that Cox that has repeatedly and unsuccessfully tried to break into politics. But the ad gives an inflated sense that he has Democratic leanings. Cox, who got his start as an attorney in Illinois, moved to California in 2011. He no longer practices law, though still has an active license in Illinois. He grew up in a Democratic family in Chicago and ran, at the age of 20, to be a delegate for the 1976 Democratic convention. It was the first in a string of races he would lose. Cox has said he was drawn to the GOP in the 1980s by President Ronald Reagan. He has pursued half a dozen failed campaigns for office as a Republican, including for Congress in 2000, U.S. Senate in 2002 and 2004, Cook County Record of Deeds in 2004, Illinois Republican Party chairman in 2005 and U.S. president in 2008.)

 

NEW YORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote McCain because he rejects planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/john-mccain-honor-and-self-reflection

 

PRIMER REAL ESTATE
— FOR SALE: 1112 Golf Lane, Wheaton – $795,000
http://www.primerealestate.com/real-estate/1112-golf-lane-wheaton-il-60189/09917324/54908577

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. What do your critics/opponents say to your supporters? What do you say to my critics/opponents who say to my supporters a) that I do not do enough with my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to help them or to help their causes and b) that what I do with my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails actually harms them and harms their causes. They hint/imply/argue/shout at my supporters who promote the following individuals and causes that what I do with my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to help them and to help their causes is not enough and that what I do with my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails actually harms them and harms their causes:

 

INDIVIDUALS
– Donald Trump and those who are on the November 6, 2018 ballot in my precinct: Peter Roskam, Bruce Rauner and Evelyn Sanguinetti, Erika Harold, Jason Helland, Darlrne Senger, Jim Dodge, Mike Connelly, Amy Grant, Darlene Ruscitti, Dan Cronin, James Mendrick, Paul Hinds, Gwen Henry, Grant Eckhoff, Chris Zaruba, Joseph Cantore, Karen Wilson, and Jeff Mackay;
– the Republican elected officials who represent my precinct including Jeanne Ives, Bob Grogan, Chris Kachiroubas, Richard Jorgensen, Fred Bucholz, John Zaruba, Bob Berlin, Tim Elliott, Tim Whelan, Chris Heidorn, Chris LeVan, Gary Muehlfelt, Gail Hinkle, Sal Falbo, John Monino, Dave Molitor, and Nick Nathwani;
– IRP Chairman Tim Schneider, IRP National Committeeman Richard Porter, IRP National Committeewoman Demetra DeMonte, IRP 6th Congressional District State Central Committee member Bob Grogan, IRP DuPage County Central Committee Chairman Brian Krajewski and Secretary Paul Hinds, and IRP Milton Township Central Committee Chairman Chris LeVan;

 

CAUSES
– Traditional family plank in the IRP platform;
– Right to Life plank in the platform;
– Immigration plank in the platform;
– Second Amendment plank in the platform;
– Illegal drugs plank in the Republican Party platform; and
– Equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the platform.

 

My critics/opponents who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican hint/imply/argue/shout that if they, or if anyone who they manipulate/dominate, had been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, Republicans would not have suffered any defeats in Illinois since 2000. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Should I include the following disclaimer at the bottom of all GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and on the www.gopillinois.com website? The only legitimate reason to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails is to get information to help elect and reelect Republicans who can and will defend and advance the Republican Party platform. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
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May 25 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Senator Tammy Duckworth Supports #TakeAKnee Movement
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/05/25/senator-tammy-duckworth-takeaknee/
— Illinois House Nixes Plan To Use Drones For Crowd-Monitoring
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/05/25/894399-illinois-nixes-plan-to-use-drones/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump tweets support for FOP after City Hall protest against Mayor Rahm Emanuel – Alexandra Arriaga and Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-backs-chicago-police-in-protest-against-mayor-rahm-emanuel/
— Trump makes it easier to fire federal workers for misconduct – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/trump-makes-it-easier-to-fire-federal-workers-for-misconduct/
— Pritzker’s ‘Blue Wave’ could be biggest such effort Illinois has ever seen – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/rich-miller-column/
— No African-American candidates chosen as Cook County judges add 16 to bench – Mari Cohen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/no-african-american-candidates-chosen-as-cook-county-judges-add-16-to-bench/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame gun violence on guns rather than those who own/use guns illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/squeeze-gun-makers-curb-gun-violence-profits/
— Asian-Americans face an unfair ceiling in college admissions – Linda Chavez
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/asian-americans-face-an-unfair-ceiling-in-college-admissions/
— Chicago journalism still isn’t diverse enough — and ‘Gen Z’ is watching – Evan F. Moore (DIERSEN: What percent of Chicago journalists are a) conservative and/or b) Republican?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/chicago-journalism-still-isnt-diverse-enough-gen-z-is-watching/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Thursday state budget deadline looms in first year of talks after historic stalemate – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-budget-update-20180525-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you do not glorify and praise Dreamers, you are demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things by individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-dreamers-daca-immigrants-trump-ms-13-story.html
— Latest retaliation claims spark new push for lawmakers to address sexual harassment – Monique Garcia, Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-sexual-harassment-20180525-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Judge orders Libertarian candidate for governor to pay ex-wife over $10,000 in support – Lee Filas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180525/judge-orders-libertarian-candidate-for-governor-to-pay-ex-wife-over-10000-in-support
— Republicans of Elk Grove Township put on third annual Flag Day event
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180525/republicans-of-elk-grove-township-put-on-third-annual-flag-day-event

 

WGN RADIO
— Lt. Gov Sanguinetti: “The truth is, [Madigan’s] at the top” – MARY SANDBERG BOYLE
http://wgnradio.com/2018/05/25/lt-gov-sanguinetti-the-truth-is-hes-madigan-at-the-top/

 

BRUCE RAUNER
— Lt. Gov. Sanguinetti Discusses Sexual Harassment on WGN Radio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLlihAfyxBg&feature=youtu.be

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— HOW CONSERVATIVE IS YOUR ILLINOIS LAWMAKER?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/how-conservative-is-your-illinois-lawmaker-.html


— IL GOP LAWMAKERS WEAKEN ON PROTECTING 2ND AMENDMENT RIGHTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/il-gop-lawmakers-weaken-on-protecting-2nd-amendment-rights.html
— IVES TURNS SPOTLIGHT ON DEMOCRATS’ BUDGETARY FAILURE TO PAY PROMISED 2011 AFSCME PAY RAISES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/ives-turns-spotlight-on-democrats-budgetary-failure-to-pay-promised-2011-afscme-pay-raises-.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Senate ignores IRS warning, passes tax work-around bill
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/25/senate-ignores-irs-warning-passes-tax-work-around-bill/

 

DAILY CALLER
— DNC Chair Tom Perez Comes Under Fire For Lack Of Hiring Diversity – Julia Nista
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/25/dnc-tom-perez-hiring-diversity/

 

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
— Discharged veterans work to end employment discrimination (DIERSEN: Have you gotten a “less-than-honorable discharge?” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) stress that I received “less-than-honorable discharges” from TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, and Post Office and b) blame me for aforesaid discharges. Further, ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents who promote Trump blast me for my not doing more to promote Trump and blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for Trump’s problems. Further, ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents who promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, etc. planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for the setbacks that those planks have suffered.)
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2018/0525/Discharged-veterans-work-to-end-employment-discrimination
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For veterans who receive less-than-honorable discharges from the military, finding a job can be a major challenge. But a group of advocates have begun to push state and federal governments to prevent employers from considering discharge status in hiring.)

 

REUTERS
— Half of Walmart’s workforce are part-time workers – Nandita Bose (DIERSEN: Have you ever worked part time? I worked part-time jobs 1964-1972.)
https://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCAKCN1IQ295-OCABS

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Moves to Ease the Firing of Federal Workers – Noam Scheiber (DIERSEN: Have you ever worked for the federal government? 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.nytimes.com/2018/05/25/business/economy/trump-federal-workers.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— How Trump is making it easier to say ‘You’re fired!’ to bad federal bureaucrats – S.A. Miller (DIERSEN: Of course, according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dues, I was a bad federal employee.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/25/trump-makes-it-easier-fire-bad-federal-employees/
— Trump takes aim at federal bureaucracy with executive orders that would alter civil service protections (DIERSEN: Have you ever worked for the federal government? 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.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/05/25/trump-takes-aim-at-federal-bureaucracy-with-executive-orders-that-would-alter-civil-service-protections/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Intel Faces Age-Discrimination Claims EEOC investigates allegations by former Intel employees that they were let go because of their age – Georgia Wells (DIERSEN: Have you ever worked for the federal government? Sooner or later, the federal government “lets go” 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.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/intel-faces-age-discrimination-claims-1527264300
— Trump Issues Orders Making It Easier to Fire Federal Workers – Louise Radnofsky (DIERSEN: Have you ever worked for the federal government? Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-issues-orders-making-it-easier-to-fire-federal-workers-1527284794

May 24 Morning Edition

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner’s ‘GOP Unity Week’ Fail – Rich Miller
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/24/live-session-coverage-350/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ives Calls for Party Leadership to Resign, Party Leaders Fight About Unity in First 2 Days This week was supposed to be a celebration of unity for Governor Bruce Rauner after he surrendered full control of the Illinois Republican Party, but it quickly fell apart for the nation’s most vulnerable incumbent. On Monday, state Representative Jeanne Ives called on the entire Republican Party leadership to resign. Then, local Republican leaders Pat Brady and Dan Proft fought in a panel titled “The Future of the Republican Party in Illinois” yesterday, even though Rauner is a sitting governor up for re-election. At one point, Proft sarcastically stated: “Right, but we can expect to unify the party and present an attractive offer when Pat is running around saying John Tillman, Dan Proft, everyone that disagrees with me is a hater, and just dismissing all the policy concerns of the conservative base of the party and telling everyone to get out. I mean, if we’re all unified, Pat, I’m sorry I guess this lunch is dismissed because we have nothing to talk about…We are on our way to super majorities and Republican Governors as far as the eye can see, and anyone who believes that please feel free to leave and get on with your day.” It did not appear that anyone left. “Bruce Rauner’s party cannot even last a day pretending like they’re unified without falling into chaos,” said DGA Illinois Communications Director Sam Salustro. “After 48% of Republicans voted to kick Rauner out, it’s not surprising that the nation’s most vulnerable incumbent is finding it impossible to put his party back together.”)
— Affordable housing, Dan Proft and the Illinois Policy Institute on the city’s Northwest Side
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/23/affordable-housing-dan-proft-and-the-illinois-policy-institute-on-the-citys-northwest-side/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois House approves plan allowing six-month suspension of gun rights for people showing ‘red flags’ – Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-gun-bills-20180523-story.html
— Chicago’s population down third year in a row – Elvia Malagon (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run Chicago want you to leave Chicago if you are a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-chicago-population-census-figures-20180523-story.html
— Cook County suburbs file opioid lawsuit claiming pharma companies, local doctors contributed to epidemic – John Keilman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-opioid-pharma-lawsuits-cook-county-suburbs-20180522-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pez vows to cut aid from nations whose citizens enter U.S. illegally – AP (DIERSEN: Of course, nations that want destroy the U.S. a) send their citizens into the U.S. illegally and b) keep their citizens in the U.S. illegally. Mexico a) sends many millions of its citizens into the U.S. illegally and b) keeps many millions of its citizens in the U.S. illegally.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20180524/281771334856865

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF HULTGREN AND UNDERWOOD: Democratic pep rally draws not 50 but 300 in St. Charles – James Fuller (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and shout that everyone should punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180523/democratic-pep-rally-draws-not-50-but-300-in-st-charles
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pritzker began his speech by calling President Donald Trump a “misogynistic, xenophobic racist.” He then labeled Gov. Bruce Rauner as Trump’s “silent partner in Springfield.”)
— Did ICE raid St. Charles restaurants?
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180523/did-ice-raid-st-charles-restaurants

— WLS cuts ties with Dick Biondi – Robert Feder – Lauren Rohr
http://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20180524/feder-wls-cuts-ties-with-dick-biondi

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago population drops for third year in a row – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run Chicago want you to leave Chicago if you are a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180524/BLOGS02/180529940
— Odds rising for Springfield budget deal – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180523/BLOGS02/180529950/odds-rising-for-springfield-budget-deal

 

WBEZ
— Inspector General: End Public School Perk For Chicago’s Wealthiest – Sarah Karp (DIERSEN: For your precinct, a) what is the “average median family income” and b) how much money in real estate taxes do homeowners pay on average and in total?)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/inspector-general-end-public-school-perk-for-chicagos-wealthiest/fefe7006-39a4-4962-a639-1cacf31826c0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chicago Public Schools’ inspector general is calling on the school district to stop offering a free full-day Montessori preschool to students from the richest neighborhood in the school district. Preschool in Chicago is typically only free for low-income students. But the tuition-free preschool at Oscar Mayer Elementary School in Lincoln Park almost exclusively serves students who live in a neighborhood of mostly upper-income homes. CPS spends about $700,000 a year on the preschool, according to a report released Wednesday. A comparable private preschool could charge parents as much as $15,000 a year. CPS Inspector General Nicholas Schuler said he was “incredulous” that there would be “this perk, for one neighborhood school, as opposed to all other schools.” The average median family income in Mayer’s attendance area — nearly $178,000 a year — is the highest of any attendance area in CPS, an analysis by the IG’s office determined.)

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Illinois House approves plan allowing six-month suspension of gun rights for people showing ‘red flags’ – Bill Lukitsch
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/illinois-house-approves-plan-allowing-six-month-suspension-of-gun/article_195ea651-c5fe-53bc-9c2d-b7cd904acefb.html
— Ethics board says it lacks jurisdiction to take up sexual harassment inquiry into Madigan ally – RAY LONG
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/ethics-board-says-it-lacks-jurisdiction-to-take-up-sexual/article_2c9b4354-1fe6-51e2-b34b-eab086b6485a.html
— 22 Illinois school districts sue state, governor over funding shortfall – VALERIE WELLS and CLAIRE HETTINGER
https://herald-review.com/news/local/education/illinois-school-districts-sue-state-governor-over-funding-shortfall/article_de0c4cfc-2cc7-506f-b49e-2d0ee850e559.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Butler seeks to help caucus with $$, joins gun group – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180523/bernard-schoenburg-butler-seeks-to-help-caucus-with–joins-gun-group

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Wheaton continues to study flood-prone areas – ERIC SCHELKOPF (DIERSEN: By this article today, I first learned that Webster, McGrath & Ahlberg is working on a “Prairie Path Park Flood Prone Area Study” that is set for completion in July. The Prairie Path Park is in my precinct. I knew the woman and her husband who donated the park to the Wheaton Park District. Since 1984, I have urged Wheaton and the Wheaton Park District to do more to address the park’s flooding and other problems. In 2001, I followed the Wheaton Park District’s Adopt-A-Park procedures and adopted the park. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) continue to stress that I sued Wheaton in 1986 for approving a woefully inadequate storm water drainage plan for its Cove Court subdivision and for letting the subdivision’s developer violate the Illinois Drainage Code, b) continue to call for everyone to continue to punish me for filing that lawsuit, and c) continue to oppose my suggestions to improve the park including my suggestions to improve storm water drainage in the park.)
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/05/23/wheaton-continues-to-study-flood-prone-areas/acu9u6u/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “We have around 113 properties that are located in the floodplain,” Dzugan said. “When that study is completed, it will provide us with what they call elevation certificates for each of those structures, which will eventually allow us to apply for federal or state grant monies to assist in any type of mitigation effort.” Both projects are budgeted in the city’s 2018 storm sewer fund. Webster, McGrath & Ahlberg currently is working on the Jefferson Avenue, Madison Avenue and Prairie Path Park Flood Prone Area Study, set for completion in July.)

 

NORTHBROOK PATCH
— Northbrook Bans Bump Stocks, Could Enforce Assault Weapons Ban The village could become the first municipality to enforce Cook County’s 24-year-old ban on assault-style weapons. – Jonah Meadows
https://patch.com/illinois/northbrook/northbrook-bans-bumps-stocks-moves-toward-assault-weapons-ban

 

PROPUBLICA ILLINOIS
— Amid Affordable Housing Dispute, Conservatives Seek a Home in Chicago Groups tied to Illinois Policy Institute and talk show host Dan Proft back GOP candidates on city’s Northwest Side. – Mick Dumke (DIERSEN: Who backs you? Individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that support the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform, including its traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks, back me and back my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that reject planks in the IRP platform work against me and work against my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Further, individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things work against me and work against my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Should I write a book about individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that work against me and work against my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-policy-institute-northwest-chicago-affordable-housing

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Illinois State’s Attorneys Association troubled by Rauner’s proposed burden of proof in death penalty cases – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511426183-illinois-state-s-attorneys-association-troubled-by-rauner-s-proposed-burden-of-proof-in-death-penalty-cases

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO WAS THE ONLY MAJOR U.S. CITY TO LOSE POPULATION FROM 2016 TO 2017 – Austin Berg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-was-the-only-major-us-city-to-lose-population-from-2016-to-2017/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Attorney General candidate Erika Harold says state failing #MeToo test – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/attorney-general-candidate-says-state-failing-metoo-test/article_36247bb0-5ed6-11e8-99ca-ff29b627ab5a.html
— Illinois cities could lose broad home-rule taxing powers as state population declines – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-cities-could-lose-broad-home-rule-taxing-powers-as/article_e98d7f3c-5ecf-11e8-a0d2-bb416d33173b.html
— Madigan takes care of his problems, if not the state’s – Dan McCaleb (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. Ever since I helped lead the “Stop The Stoplight” campaign at Harrison and President in Wheaton in 1982, they have used their religious, government, political, and/or financial clout to harm/destroy me and to harm/destroy any individual, any organization, any company, and any government that might come to my defense. I should write a book about critics/opponents.)
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/op-ed-madigan-takes-care-of-his-problems-if-not/article_6a5dc288-5e7c-11e8-830c-db3178894d5f.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The message is very clear. Speak out against the Speaker and people loyal to him will come after you.” Those words, spoken Tuesday by Democratic state Rep. Kelly Cassidy, sadly sum up Michael Madigan’s despot-like reign over Illinois politics for more than three decades. Madigan, of course, is the “Speaker” in Cassidy’s comment. He has been Illinois’ House speaker for all but two years since 1983. He’s also been the chairman of the state Democratic Party since 1998, a position Democrats re-elected him to just last month despite a #MeToo harassment scandal swirling within his political organization. As the longest-serving legislative leader in American history and the longest-serving head of a major political party in Illinois history, Madigan wields more power than any other elected state official in the country and more than any single individual should be allowed to have. He controls the party’s campaign war chest, so he decides which Democratic candidates to fund in primary elections. He controls the rules for moving legislation through his chamber, so he decides which bills get to be voted on and which do not. He controls the legislative redistricting process, so he manipulates general elections. And because of all that, he controls the members of his Democratic caucus. Cross him, and you probably should start looking for something else to do.)

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Compasses, Canteens, Campfires and Condoms – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/compasses-canteens-campfires-condoms/

DAILY CALLER
— Conservative Principles Don’t Justify Silencing Conservatives – Scott Greer
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/24/conservative-principles-social-media-censorship/

 

NEW AMERICAN
— More Taxpayers Fleeing Illinois Than Any Other State – Bob Adelmann (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run Illinois want you to leave Illinois if you are a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thenewamerican.com/economy/markets/item/29115-more-taxpayers-fleeing-illinois-than-any-other-state

 

ABC NEWS
— Nurse who sued hospital for retaliation awarded $28 million – AP (DIERSEN: Have you filed lawsuits? I have. I should write a book about each of the lawsuits that I have filed. Information that I could provide for each lawsuit includes: defendants, attorneys who represented me, attorneys who represented the defendants, courts that I filed the lawsuits in, the judges who were assigned the lawsuits, charges that I made, remedies that I sought, defenses that the defendants raised, progress of the lawsuits, outcome of the lawsuits, retaliation that the defendants took against me and continue to take against me, etc.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/nurse-sued-hospital-retaliation-awarded-28-million-55399009
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A jury has ruled that a Boston hospital retaliated against a Haitian-American nurse who stood up for a black colleague and has awarded her $28 million. Gessy Toussaint’s attorney described Wednesday’s verdict against Brigham and Women’s Hospital as “monumental.” The Boston Globe reports that Toussaint also had accused the hospital of racial discrimination, but the jury didn’t find proof of that claim. Toussaint says the retaliation started after she defended another Haitian-American nurse, Nirva Berthold, who also is suing the hospital. Berthold says she was denied a promotion because she’s black. That claim is still pending. The hospital says it plans to appeal the retaliation ruling but is pleased with the decision on Toussaint’s discrimination claim.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump, Visiting Epicenter of MS-13 Killings, Demands Tougher Immigration Laws – Liz Robbins and Michael D. Shear
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/us/politics/trump-immigration-gangs.html
— We Are the Original Southerners American Indians lived through slavery, the Civil War and white supremacy, just like black and white Americans. – Malinda Maynor Lowery (DIERSEN: In my ancestors’ defense, they did not immigrate to America until the 1840s and 1850s and they always lived in northeast Illinois.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/opinion/confederate-monuments-indians-original-southerners.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/us/politics/house-republicans-rebellion-immigration.html
— Oxford Lifts the Veil on Race, Wealth and Privilege – Alan Cowell (DIERSEN: What if Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion were only for those whose parents did not have college degrees? Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/world/europe/oxford-university-admissions.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Grim Prognosis for Trump Derangement Democrats imagine that contempt and rage will carry them to midterm victory. – Karl Rove (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those who have Diersen Derangement?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-grim-prognosis-for-trump-derangement-1527114278?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1
— Starbucks’ Homeless Problem No matter what you do to try to appease unhappy progressives, you will be wrong. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/starbucks-homeless-problem-1527114340
— The IRS Bursts Cuomo’s Tax Illusion About that California and New York charity work-around: Sorry. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-irs-bursts-cuomos-tax-illusion-1527114078
— IRS Warns States on Their Workarounds to Tax Overhaul A $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions has prompted some states to try to make those payments charitable contributions – Joseph De Avila (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/irs-warns-states-on-their-workarounds-to-tax-overhaul-1527107912

 

TIMES OF SAN DIEGO
— John Cox Allies Call on GOP Rival Travis Allen to Quit Governor’s Race (DIERSEN: Often, in Illinois Republican primaries, a) only one RINO candidate runs, but many Republican candidates run, and therefore b) RINOs win because Republican candidates split the vote.)
https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2018/05/23/john-cox-allies-call-on-gop-rival-travis-allen-to-quit-governors-race/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/05/24/koch_group_pushing_lawmakers_for_daca_fix_137111.html

May 23 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Legalize pot, but don’t allow it everywhere – Tyler Cowen, Professor of Economics, George Mason University (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction. If the destruction-promoting Democrats legalize pot for recreational use in Illinois, at a minimum, municipalities should be allowed to ban the sale of pot in their jurisdictions, like they can ban video gambling. If you agree with me, please urge the leaders of your municipality and potential candidates for leadership positions in your municipality to pledge to ban the sale of pot in your municipality. I will lead the effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton like I led the efforts to ban video gambling in Wheaton in 2009 and to get Comcast to carry Fox News Channel in Wheaton in 2002. If you live in Wheaton, please contact me ASAP about urging City of Wheaton officials and potential candidates for leadership positions in Wheaton to pledge to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-weed-0525-story.html
— Rauner administration mismanaged patronage positions – Kim Geiger (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-inspector-general-20180521-story.html#new_tab
— Auditor General Frank Mautino’s previous campaign funds back as a dispute – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-city-council-20180522-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump rallies abortion opponents to vote for Republicans – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180522/news/305229925/
— 30-year-old demanded notice for eviction from his parents’ house. ‘Outrageous,’ a judge said. – Marwa Eltagouri
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180523/30-year-old-demanded-notice-for-eviction-from-his-parents-house-outrageous-a-judge-said

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Gambling is a vice. If you promote gambling, you promote vice.
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-illinois-ok-of-sports-gambling-is-inevitable/article_bab80a07-e545-5456-b7c7-cd014fab1c4d.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Voters should decide if there are too many layers of Illinois government – Editorial (DIERSEN: What if voters decide to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. From what I see, ever-increasingly, members of the aforesaid groups are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
https://herald-review.com/opinion/editorial/our-view-voters-should-decide-if-there-are-too-many/article_3ca080d4-d2ee-5b00-b009-afffd255ca08.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— State Lawmakers Consider “Voices Act” to Help Immigrant Crime Victims – SAM DUNKLAU (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs do things to encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/state-lawmakers-consider-voices-act-help-immigrant-crime-victims#stream/0

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois Lawmakers Consider National Rap Back System – JACLYN DRISCOLL
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-lawmakers-consider-national-rap-back-system#stream/0

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w/Kolber: Illinois at a crossroads in dealing w/ taxes, jobs, growth & taxpayers exiting IL?
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/05/watch-berkowitz-wkolber-illinois-at-a-crossroads-in-dealing-w-taxes-jobs-growth-taxpayers-exiting-cableweb/

 

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for school violence.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2018/05/22/city/illinois-politicians-call-for-more-gun-safety-measures-following-santa-fe-high-school-shooting/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for racism and for poverty. Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Ever-increasingly, Democrats 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 those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2018/05/22/city/evanston-residents-protest-systemic-racism-poverty-in-springfield/

 

DUPAGE COUNTY
— DuPage County Memorial Day Ceremony Scheduled May 27
http://www.dupageco.org/Content.aspx?id=57467

 

ILLINOIS STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID OLSEN
— Olsen Bill that Provides Consistent Residency Requirements for Elected Officials Heads to Gov. Rauner for Action (DIERSEN: How long have you lived in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I have lived a) in my precinct since 1984, b) in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County since 1978, and c) in Illinois since 1948. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who continue to paint me as being a newcomer.)
http://www.repolsen.com/2018/05/olsen-bill-that-provides-consistent.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TRUMP’S AMERICA: THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR NATION’S GREAT COMEBACK
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/trumps-america-the-truth-about-our-nations-great-comeback.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Massive school superintendent lawsuit lines up with massive ISBE budget request
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/23/massive-school-superintendent-lawsuit-lines-up-with-massive-isbe-budget-request/

 

GOPUSA
— Bitter, Vindictive Hillary Clinton is the Face of the 2018 Democrat Party (DIERSEN: Who is “the face” of the Republican Party in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, that is, who works to defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform, including its traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment planks?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=46490
— Elizabeth Warren vows to refuse NRA money after never, ever receiving any (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, in Illinois, those who seek or hold any kind of government or political office as a Republican should not seek or accept any money from any individual, any organization, or any company that rejects planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=46496

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Why liberals hate the Trump tax cut – J.T. Young (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/22/why-liberals-hate-the-trump-tax-cut/

 

DAILY TORCH
— Federal civil service abuses bigger than just the VA – Natalia Castro (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that the federal government took the following adverse actions against me solely because I was a BAD employee: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://dailytorch.com/2018/05/federal-civil-service-abuses-bigger-than-just-the-va/

 

THE HILL
— Democrat targeted by party establishment loses Texas primary – LISA HAGEN (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those times when the “party establishment” targeted me. According to the “party establishment,” I am too conservative, that is, I support too many planks in the Illinois Republican platform. But on top of that, in their eyes, my demographics are terrible. I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, federal retiree, former union member, childless, pet-less, not a church member, not a church goer, I do not give money to a church, etc.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/388889-dem-targeted-by-party-establishment-loses-texas-primary

 

POLITICO
— Former Exelon chairman John Rowe threatens GOP over DACA – NATASHA KORECKI (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, Republicans should never seek or accept money to act against the Republican Party platform. If someone claims to be a Republican, but gives money to Republicans to act against the Republican Party platform, they are not Republican. They are Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, or RINO. Needless-to-say, Republicans should never seek or accept money to act against the Republican Party platform. Needless-to-say, Roskam should not seek or accept any money from Rowe.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/23/dreamers-republican-donor-threaten-603428
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rowe is especially critical of Rep. Peter Roskam, who is locked in a competitive race — and represents a suburban Chicago district that has the largest DACA population of any Illinois member, according to the Illinois Business Immigration Commission. “I have been actively engaged with the community and various stakeholders and I will make a decision on the right course based on what’s in the best interest of these DREAMers and our nation’s border security,” Roskam said in a statement. “My hope is that Congress will reach a bipartisan agreement to protect children from deportation who were brought to the United States without documentation.” Former Illinois House GOP Minority Leader Tom Cross, who is also calling for a DACA resolution, said hitting lawmakers in their pockets may be the best way to get their attention. “John is a significant donor and has been heavily involved in the Republican Party both in the state and nationally,” Cross said. “There are all kinds of ways to impact members of Congress and the General Assembly. I’m not a donor. I was a recipient as a legislative leader and it can be impactful.”)

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Illinois lawmaker Kelly Cassidy mistrusts investigative system (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran should mistrust federal investigative systems.)
https://apnews.com/f4d4b8bc05a3416cad414a63ce039197

 

MCCLATCHY DC
— Push to allow Dreamers to enlist in the military for citizenship fails, again – KATE IRBY (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. I should write a book about those who since 1966 have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most for a) my seeking and getting student draft deferments 1966-1970 and b) my seeking and getting a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. While I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats and/or veterans. My superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were Democrat hinted/implied/argued/shouted at my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were veterans a) that I am a draft dodger, patriotic hypocrite, coward, and even worse things and b) because of the aforesaid, I should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, budget cuts, etc.)
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article211648744.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats’ Next Big Thing: Government-Guaranteed Jobs – Jim Tankersley (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries a) have an extremely low opinion of government employees and of government retirees, b) paint government employees and government retirees as being extremely lazy and extremely stupid, c) paint government as being the “employer of last resort.”)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/us/politics/democrats-guaranteed-jobs.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of Group A crow about their success in getting rid of those that are members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/business/economy/trump-election-ethnic-diverse-whites.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Muslims crow about their success in getting Mormons to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/opinion/mormons-islamophobia-utah.html
— Why Campus Shootings Are So Shocking: School Is the ‘Safest Place’ for a Child – Dana Goldstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/us/safe-school-shootings.html
— India: Killer Dogs Take 14 Lives. Did Closing Slaughterhouses Play a Role? – Jeffrey Gettleman and Hari Kumar
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/world/asia/india-wild-dogs.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use the Pope to promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-catholic-churchs-looming-fight-over-same-sex-blessings-1527009408
— Do Pro-Women Groups on Campus Discriminate Against Men? Education Department investigates scholarships, networking for women at Yale, USC – Melissa Korn (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans. To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. The presumption is that the majority discriminates against the minority. Because of that, according to Democrats, government should discriminate against those who are male, White, older, Protestant, German American, Republican, and/or rich. In what ways are you a minority? In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world, how many people do NOT share your gender, race, age group, religion, national origin, political affiliation, income group, net worth group, etc.?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/do-pro-women-groups-on-campus-discriminate-against-men-1527067800
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In an interview, Mr. Pekgoz said that since men are a minority on campuses, women-only scholarships “feel unfair.” He said he filed the complaint against Yale after determining that school had among the most offerings explicitly for women.)
— Facebook Tips the Scales in Ireland’s Abortion Referendum – Marcel de la Cruz (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website, that is, a) it promotes the Democrat Party platform and b) it works against the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-tips-the-scales-in-irelands-abortion-referendum-1527029141
— Rough Social Justice at Evergreen State The Washington college’s enrollment plummets as even the left sours on protest-mob politics. – Jillian Kay Melchior
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rough-social-justice-at-evergreen-state-1527029193
— In a Digital Era, How Can Older Workers Stay in the Game? These strategies help veteran employees stay current and valuable as workplaces become younger and more tech-focused – Sue Shellenbarger (DIERSEN: What did you do to “stay in the game?” 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/how-can-older-workers-stay-in-the-game-1526999016

 

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Don’t turn the military into a mercenary force – Dan Stein
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/05/22/military-should-not-be-backdoor-citizenship-editorials-debates/35228661/

 

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Media more eager to defend MS-13 than NRA – Victor Joecks
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/victor-joecks/media-more-eager-to-defend-ms-13-than-nra/

 

WTVM
— Be an informed voter – Holly Steuart (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want you to know ONLY what they tell you, no more and no less. My critics/opponents can and will punish you if you read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. What do you say to my critics/opponents?)
http://www.wtvm.com/story/38248652/wtvm-editorial-52218-be-an-informed-voter

 

SNAG
— Summer Hiring Strongest in a Decade; Employers Turning to Benefits and Wages to Compete for Workers (DIERSEN: What summer jobs did you have? I did yard work and delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964; washed dishes during the summer of 1965; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966; and delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.)
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-report-finds-summer-hiring-strongest-in-a-decade-employers-turning-to-benefits-and-wages-to-compete-for-workers-300653472.html

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— If Social Media Sites Acted Like Publishers, Fake News Would Vanish – Randolph D. Brandt (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news is fake except for the news that they put out or bless.)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/shoptalk-if-social-media-sites-acted-like-publishers-fake-news-would-vanish/

 

FED WEEK
— Parties Deeply Split over Potential Changes to Federal Employment Policies (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, federal employees are Democrats who despise if not hate Republicans.)
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/parties-deeply-split-over-potential-changes-to-federal-employment-policies/

May 22 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Milton Township Assessor Chris LeVan held an outstanding fundraiser Tuesday evening, May 22, 2018, at the Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton. The 50+ attendees included Berlin, Boltz, Bucholz, Cherry, Eckhoff, Falbo, Grant, Hinds, Jensen, Kain, Keller, Kleeman, A. LeVan, Lofgren, McGowen, Mendrick, Monino, Nathwani, C. Smith, Valle, Wilkins, Wilson, and C. Zaruba. Event sponsors included Demos, Jensen, Marquardt, Muehlfelt, Nybo, and Zay. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bill allowing DuPage to get rid of election commission waiting for gov’s OK – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-dupage-election-commission-bill-st-0523-story.html
— OUTRAGEOUS: GOP lawmakers have gone quiet on E-Verify – Tracy Jan (DIERSEN: RINOs want cheap labor. RINOs pander to and want to curry favor with those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-e-verify-illegal-immigration-check-20180522-story.html
— Madigan denies retaliating against Democratic lawmaker, asks for watchdog investigation – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-michael-madigan-kelly-cassidy-20180522-story.html
— Markham requires city workers to sign nondisclosure agreements – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-slowik-markham-nondisclosure-policy-st-0523-story.html
— Specialty court for first-time opioid offenders planned in DuPage as ‘crisis reaches beyond what many people realize’ – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-dupage-opioid-task-force-funding-st-0523-story.html
— Curran: DuPage elections initiative to improve government efficiency, save taxpayer dollars sent to Governor
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/burr-ridge/community/chi-ugc-article-curran-dupage-elections-initiative-to-improv-2018-05-22-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— VIDEO: Pat Brady vs. Dan Proft: Two GOP heavyweights battle over future of party in Illinois
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/watch-live-two-gop-heavyweights-battle-over-future-of-party-in-illinois/
— Madigan to Cassidy: ‘No idea why you feel’ I’m retaliating against you – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mike-madigan-denies-retaliation-kelly-cassidy-calls-effort-discredit-her/
— What to do when just 3 Americans have as much wealth as 50 % of the country – Jesse Jackson (DIERSEN: Who paints you as having too much money? I should write a book about those who, since 1966 when I was 17 years old, have painted me as having too much money.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/what-to-do-when-just-3-americans-have-as-much-wealth-as-50-of-the-country/
— What if millions of parents pulled their kids out of school to force better gun laws? – Peter Cunningham
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/what-if-millions-of-parents-pulled-their-kids-out-of-school-to-force-better-gun-laws/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/pot-topics-pritzkers-plan-to-legalize-pot-could-benefit-relatives/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage develops plan to spend $100,000 to respond to opioid crisis – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180522/dupage-develops-plan-to-spend-100000-to-respond-to-opioid-crisis
— McDonald’s workers file sex harassment claims in nine cities – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180522/mcdonalds-workers-file-sex-harassment-claims-in-nine-cities

 

NBC5
— Madigan Pens Letter Responding to Lawmaker’s Claims of Retaliation “I have no idea why you feel that I am somehow retaliating against you as a result of your criticisms,” the hand-delivered note read in part – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: Have you ever been retaliated against? If in 1988, when I was 40 years old, if I had not became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and if I had not complained about such discrimination before that, my Democrat GAO superiors would a) not have forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) not have given me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) not have always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) not have failed/refused to promote me beyond GS-13, e) not have gotten rid of my mentor in 1987, f) not have kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and g) not have forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/madigan-letter-to-kelly-cassidy-483345641.html

 

CBS2
— Speaker Madigan Calls For Probe Into Allegations Made By Lawmaker Kelly Cassidy
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/05/22/madigan-inspector-general-sex-harassment/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— New version of Trump tax-cap workaround goes to lawmakers – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180522/BLOGS02/180529972/new-version-of-trump-tax-cap-workaround-goes-to-lawmakers

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Pritzker giving, raising funds for ‘blue wave’ – BERNARD SCHOENBURG
http://www.pantagraph.com/herald-review/news/state-and-regional/pritzker-giving-raising-funds-for-blue-wave/article_57302d63-4730-577b-845c-88d82eaeac82.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The GOP money was also to be used to offer “unprecedented support to local GOP organizations by providing innovative grassroots tools, enhanced digital and data integration, and targeted support for local Republican candidates in an effort to defeat Democrats at every level who empower their party leader, Mike Madigan.” GOP spokesman Aaron DeGroot has said that the application process for grants was open to all 102 county Republican organizations in the state. “All contributions were made with no strings attached,” DeGroot has said. “They have total discretion over the use of the funds.” Fred Floreth of Springfield, a member of the Republican State Central Committee from 13th Congressional District, said as of Monday, $75,000 total has been distributed to GOP central committees in 11 of the 14 counties that have territory in the 13th. That includes $10,000 to the Sangamon County GOP, and $5,000 each to the Christian, Montgomery and Macoupin County Republican organizations. “I think anything that engages the local parties on either side is good for the process,” Floreth said.)

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Not a pretty picture as legislative rancor spills into court – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-05-22/jim-dey-not-pretty-picture-legislative-rancor-spills-court.html

 

JOURNAL COURIER
— McCann denied temporary restraining order – Nick Draper
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/McCann-denied-temporary-restraining-order-12933768.php

 

WSIL TV
— Educators debate school funding with lawmakers – Joe Ragusa
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/38253421/educators-debate-school-funding-with-lawmakers

 

CHICAGO READER
— Transit boards overwhelmingly male, whiter than ridership The Metra, RTA and Pace boards look more like the members of a country club than riders on a typical bus or rail car. – John Greenfield
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/are-the-boards-making-decisions-about-transit-as-diverse-as-the/Content

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— County Board Members Use Letter Against Township Abolition by Referendum Bill to Try to Scuttle Bill
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/22/county-board-members-use-letter-township-abolition-referendum-bill-try-scuttle-bill/
— $500 Retirement Party Bob Miller Paid Out of Taxpayer Funds
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/22/500-retirement-party-bob-miller-taxpayer-funds/
— Should SIU Money Follow Students?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/21/money-follow-students/

 

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Illinois GOP needs to re-establish itself, Bailey says – Glenn Minnis
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/511424347-illinois-gop-needs-to-re-establish-itself-bailey-says
— Winchester received 100 percent of the vote in Hamilton County, affidavit states – Karen Kidd
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/511425089-winchester-received-100-percent-of-the-vote-in-hamilton-county-affidavit-states

 

BGA
— Vallas, Emanuel Point Fingers Over Chicago Teacher Pension Freefall In just a few decades, the bottom line at the retirement fund for Chicago teachers sunk from healthy to sickly. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a possible re-election rival, former schools CEO Paul Vallas, are now trading shots over which of them is to blame. – Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
https://www.bettergov.org/news/vallas-emanuel-point-fingers-over-chicago-teacher-pension-freefall

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Appellate Court orders Illinois Auditor General Mautino back to Elections Board for hearing on alleged illegal campaign payments – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/05/breaking-news-appellate-court-orders-illinois-auditor-general-mautino-back-to-elections-board-for-hearing-on-alleged-illegal-campaign-payments/
— DuPage Airport Authority Commissioner resigned from West Chicago Commission – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/05/dupage-airport-authority-commissioner-resigned-from-west-chicago-commission/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— VIDEO: Pat Brady vs. Dan Proft
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/22/pat-brady-vs-dan-proft-lets-get-ready-to-rumble/
— Madigan denies Cassidy allegations
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/22/madigan-denies-cassidy-allegations/
— WIU looking at drastic enrollment declines as deficit spending increases
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/22/wiu-looking-at-drastic-enrollment-declines-deficit-spending-increases/

 

GOPUSA
— Student activists want Texas governor to hold adults accountable for securing their guns (DIERSEN: What about holding adults accountable for securing their pot?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=46366
— Evergreen College students back at it with ‘No White People’ day (DIERSEN: What do you say to Whites who want curry favor with anti-Whites? What do you say to Whites who pander to anti-Whites?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=46279
— Bill de Blasio tells NYPD to stop marijuana arrests (DIERSEN: How much money do pot pushers give de Blasio?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=46434

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Peter Roskam’s Democratic challenger thinks lowering taxes on the wealthy is a good thing – Siraj Hashmi
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/peter-roskams-democratic-challenger-thinks-lowering-taxes-on-the-wealthy-is-a-good-thing

 

WASHINGTON POST
— TRAGIC: Trump is ‘very weak’ on E-Verify – Tracy Jan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-is-very-weak-on-this-one-popular-way-to-curb-illegal-immigration/2018/05/22/adf5f85e-399b-11e8-acd5-35eac230e514_story.html

 

FORBES
— 43% Of Millennials Plan To Quit Their Job Within 2 Years – Zack Friedman
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2018/05/22/millennials-quit-job/#1b36f87357f1

May 21 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Today, the Illinois Republican Party filed a “Notice of Filing of Removal” with the Circuit Court in Hardin County to move the Winchester lawsuit to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. The “Notice of Filing of Removal” and the “Notice of Removal” are at https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/WinchesterIRPFilingOfRemoval.pdf and https://gopillinois.com/documents/ – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— No deal: Battle over allegedly rigged Illinois GOP vote moves forward in court
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511424464-no-deal-battle-over-allegedly-rigged-illinois-gop-vote-moves-forward-in-court
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sources present said Illinois GOP general counsel John Fogarty was asked about the lawsuit and evidence during an executive session on Saturday. He responded that he “wasn’t worried” about it. Flipping Winchester’s seat on the state central committee was critical if Rauner were to secure the re-election of Illinois GOP Chairman Tim Schneider of Elk Grove Village, a close ally, hand-picked by the governor in 2014. With Rose’s vote, Schneider was re-elected Saturday. If the election stands, he and Lake County GOP Chairman Mark Shaw will serve as co-chairmen for the next four years. Deals, and Democrats Sources tell Prairie State Wire that Shaw tried furiously last week to strike a deal with Winchester to get him to drop his lawsuit, offering to give his deputy a high-ranking party position and to “find a job” for a family member in state government. But Winchester refused. Overtures were also made to Winchester’s lawyers, who were asked if a deal could be made to get them to withdraw from the case. . .Conservative skepticism Winchester has been critical of Rauner and Schneider; he supported State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) in her challenge to Rauner in March. Ives defended Winchester and criticized the party’s treatment of him. “If the story is true that Rauner allies promised jobs in exchange for Bob Winchester withdrawing his lawsuit against the party, then everyone in our party leadership who knew about it should resign immediately,” said Ives. “They have been lying to the grassroots long enough. If party leadership thinks we will now turn a blind eye to corruption, then it just goes to show you how out of touch they are. “We won’t win if we can’t be honest, and we don’t deserve to win if we can’t be honest. Republicans need to lead by example, not play the same political games that the Democrats do,” she said. Shaw had originally sought to challenge Schneider for the chairmanship and had earned the support of Ives and State Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills). That was until late last week, when Shaw announced he had struck a deal to share the party chairmanship with Schneider and drop his challenge.)

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives demands resignations after GOP “unity” vote
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/21/ives-demands-resignations-after-gop-unity-vote/
— McCann lashes out after Temporary Restraining Order denied
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/21/mccann-lashes-out-after-tro-denied/
— “If someone wants to get into a school to create havoc, they can do it”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/21/if-someone-wants-to-get-into-a-school-to-create-havoc-they-can-do-it/
— Pritzker kicks off fundraising for grassroots project (DIERSEN: Will Rauner have fundraisers for Shaw’s efforts to reach out to conservatives?)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/21/pritzker-kicks-off-fundraising-for-grassroots-project/
— Rep. Cassidy claims retaliation for speaking out on #MeToo
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/21/rep-cassidy-claims-retaliation-for-speaking-out-on-metoo/
— OEIG report smells whiff of patronage hiring
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/21/oeig-report-smells-whiff-of-patronage-hiring/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— McDonald’s workers block headquarters and chant, ‘We can see your greedy side’ – Danielle Paquette
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-mcdonalds-workers-minimum-wage-20180521-story.html
— New grads, get off on the right foot financially – Steve Rosen (DIERSEN: I graduated from NIU debt-free in 1970 when I was 21 years old. 14 months after graduating, I took out a car loan and bought a new Corvette. 17 months after graduating, I started paying tuition for graduate business courses at Loyola. 25 months after graduating, I took out a mortgage and bought a new town home in University Park.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/tca-new-grads-get-off-on-the-right-foot-financially-20180517-story.html
— Recruit and retain the best people – Peter Economy (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn government employees as being lazy, stupid, and even worse things? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been federal retiree for more than 20 years.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/tca-recruit-and-retain-the-best-people-20180517-story.html
— HARDCOPY Article Title: Gun lovers hope we will grow tired of fighting, but we are determined – Dahleen Glanton (DIERSEN: Members of Group A do not want members of Group B to own guns. Members of Group A including Glanton want to get rid of members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Members of Group A will not succeed.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-school-shooting-20180518-story.html
— Importance of mentorship – Peter Daisyme (DIERSEN: In 1975, my Democrat IRS superiors got rid the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. In 1987, my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180521/281921658705259
— Knowing when it’s time to retire – Janet Bodnar (DIERSEN: What if I had not succumbed to my Democrat GAO superiors’ threats and not taken their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old?)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180521/281943133541739

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Illinois lawmakers weigh compromise on guns, death penalty – AP
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/gov-rauner-gets-hearing-on-reinstating-death-penalty/article_6c2bebc8-59f0-58d0-91e7-f4dd133001f3.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Report Cites Rauner’s Office for Improper Hiring – AP (DIERSEN: Were you a policy maker? In the federal government, you are not a policy maker until you make Senior Executive Service, currently $164,200/year.)
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/report-cites-rauners-office-improper-hiring#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Office of the Executive Inspector General’s report released Monday targeted seven people hired in the Department of Central Management Services as “regional client managers.” The job description indicates it’s a policymaking post which a governor can fill based on political loyalty. The review found that employees set up tables, inspected state buildings and monitored inventory. It’s the type of hiring for which candidate Rauner in 2014 lambasted his predecessor, Gov. Pat Quinn. Rauner’s office responded to the report saying it can’t be responsible for employees not doing work they were hired for but would improve oversight.)

 

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Illinois governor walking a fine line with gun control & death penalty plan – Jim Niedelman
http://www.ourquadcities.com/news/4-the-record/illinois-governor-walking-a-fine-line-with-gun-control-death-penalty-plan/1190659831

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Graduate Workers Bite Back Against Ives’ Disparaging Comments – LEE V. GAINES
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/graduate-workers-bite-back-against-ives-disparaging-comments

 

CITY CLUB OF CHICAGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, City Club of Chicago promotes LGBTQ activity.
https://www.cityclub-chicago.org/event/2/2306/taking-pride-in-our-story-chicago-and-its-lgbtq-community

 

DEPAULIA
— DePaul misses the mark in several areas in new six-year plan – Jonathan Ballew
http://depauliaonline.com/35709/news/commentary-depaul-misses-the-mark-in-several-areas-in-new-six-year-plan/

 

COURTHOUUSE NEWS SERVICE
— Judge Tosses Illinois State Senator Sam McCann’s Free-Speech Suit – EMILY ZANTOW
https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-tosses-illinois-lawmakers-free-speech-suit/

 

CHAMBANA SUN
— Caulkins: Republicans must ‘come together and stick together’ during ‘critical election season’ – Glenn Minnis
https://chambanasun.com/stories/511424342-caulkins-republicans-must-come-together-and-stick-together-during-critical-election-season

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— GOP Schedules Second Vote to Put Shannon Teresi on Fall Ballot for Auditor
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/21/gop-schedules-second-vote-put-shannon-teresi-fall-ballot-auditor/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois Senate OKs plan to allow cannabis-based medicines in school – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-senate-oks-plan-to-allow-cannabis-based-medicines-in/article_20f2a552-5aa6-11e8-8e51-673f2cdb310b.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ROSKAM ASKS ILLINOIS MANUFACTURER TO REPORT ON HOW TAX REFORM HAS HELPED HIS EMPLOYEES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/roskam-asks-illinois-manufacturer-to-report-on-how-tax-reform-has-helped-his-employees-.html
— DUCKWORTH CALLS FOR PAID FAMILY LEAVE (DIERSEN: As it became clearer to my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates that my wife and I had given up trying to have children, that we were not going to adopt, and that we were not going to become foster parents, the more that they hinted/implied/argued/shouted that we were selfish filthy rich DINKs (dual income, no kids).)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/duckworth-calls-for-paid-family-leave.html

 

GOPUSA
— DOE investigating Yale’s toxic anti-male culture (DIERSEN: Those who are anti-male are often also anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=46271
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Millennials gaining ground in effort to push U.S. into socialism
http://www.gopusa.com/millennials-gaining-ground-in-effort-to-push-us-into-socialism/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— ‘God made you gay’: Did Pope Francis just tell the lie of the century?
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/god-made-you-gay-did-pope-francis-just-tell-the-lie-of-the-century

 

THE HILL
— Supreme Court upholds agreements that prevent employee class-action suits – LYDIA WHEELER
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/388601-supreme-court-upholds-agreements-that-prevent-employee-class-action

 

POLITICO
— Supreme Court rules employers can ban class action lawsuits in arbitration – ANDREW HANNA and JOSH GERSTEIN
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/21/supreme-court-upholds-employers-right-to-require-arbitration-to-settle-workplace-disputes-600923

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Illinois lawmakers weigh compromise on guns, death penalty – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/illinois-lawmakers-weigh-compromise-on-guns-death-penalty/2018/05/21/ac6366ce-5d14-11e8-b656-236c6214ef01_story.html

 

USA TODAY
— Older workers get flexible hours, work-at-home options to keep them from retirement – Paul Davidson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/05/21/retirement-delayed-firms-keep-older-workers-hire-retirees/613722002/
— Boomerang kids 101: How to handle money when your adult children move back home – Aimee Picchi (DIERSEN: I graduated from NIU in August 1970. I lived with my mother and brother in Crete from August of 1970 through September of 1972. My father had died suddenly in 1969. I got a job working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights, I applied for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother, and it was approved in 1971.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2018/05/21/boomerang-millennials-moving-back-home-finances-adult-kids/617378002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Starbucks Says Drug Use, Sleeping Unacceptable as It Clarifies Guest Policy Coffee retailer’s statement to The Journal is second attempt to explain its new policy following complaints that it would turn cafes into homeless shelters and drug havens – Julie Jargon
https://www.wsj.com/articles/starbucks-says-drug-use-sleeping-unacceptable-as-it-clarifies-guest-policy-1526918854
— The NRA Versus the Constitution – Eric Tirschwell (DIERSEN: The Second Amendment is a national right.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-nra-versus-the-constitution-1526841395
— Advice to New Grads: Scale or Bail Want to change the world? Don’t bother volunteering—get a real, ‘boring’ job. – Andy Kessler
https://www.wsj.com/articles/advice-to-new-grads-scale-or-bail-1526841165

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Open Secret of Anti-Mom Bias at Work – Katherine Goldstein (DIERSEN: During the early 1990s, to help GAO a) hire, retain, and promote young women and b) to get rid of its employees who smoked (overwhelmingly old White men), GAO gutted the smoking room in its Chicago office and turned it into a lactation room.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/opinion/workplace-discrimination-mothers.html