July 27 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Lawmakers meet for 2nd day of school funding session – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/lawmakers-meet-for-2nd-day-of-school-funding-session/2254715/

 

NBC5
— Rauner Tells Republicans ‘Revolution’ is Coming: Sources – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Rauner-Tells-Republicans-Revolution-is-Coming-Sources-437054813.html
— Governor Rauner to Illinois Dems: ‘Turn In Your Homework’ – James Neveau
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/governor-rauner-tells-illinois-democrats-to-turn-in-your-homework-437015833.html

 

CBS2
— Rauner, Dems Heading Toward School-Funding Showdon – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/07/27/rauner-dems-heading-toward-school-funding-showdon/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— House OKs $1.6B down payment for Trump’s wall – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/270528473-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The politics of education funding in Illinois is truly deranged – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-illinois-school-funding-zorn-perspec-0728-md-20170727-column.html
— Adam Andrzejewski’s commitment to transparency doesn’t extend to his own biography – Kim Janssen  (DIERSEN: Based on this, the Chicago Tribune wants me to provide even more details on why I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member,  an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, an IRS employee, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-100k-forbes-0728-chicago-inc-20170727-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He’ll surely be happy, then, to clear up any confusion over his 2010 Republican primary campaign, which he describes in his biography on his organization’s website as ending in “a close loss on Election Day.”  Andrzejewski came in fifth, out of six declared candidates, with 14 percent of the vote. “It was a very credible campaign,” he told Inc. “I only lost by 40,000 votes.” Technically, it was 44,497. But who’s counting?)
— Judge denies windfall to teachers union lobbyist who was substitute for one day – Ray Long
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-substitute-teacher-pension-windfall-met-728-20190727-story.html
— Scaramucci ignites fierce White House fight: ‘The fish stinks from the head down’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-white-house-drama-scaramucci-20170727-story.html
— Trump’s voting commission again asks states for voter data, vows to protect records – Mark Berman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-voter-fraud-commission-data-20170727-story.html
— House GOP passes $788B bill for Pentagon with $1.6 billion for border wall – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-congress-spending-pentagon-border-wall-20170727-story.html
— Republicans send mixed signals on immediate Rauner veto of school funding bill – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-education-veto-mixed-message-met-0728-20170727-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Day 2 of Special Session: Legislators meet for minutes, do nothing – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/day-2-of-special-session-legislators-meet-for-minutes-do-nothing/
— Mendoza compares Rauner to ‘check-bouncer’ after school funding plea – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mendoza-compares-rauner-to-check-bouncer-after-school-funding-plea/
— Scout chief apologizes to any offended by Trump’s ‘political rhetoric’ – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/scout-chief-apologizes-to-any-offended-by-trumps-political-rhetoric/
— Dem pollster: Survey shows Rauner ‘albatross around the neck of GOP’ – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/dga-poll-calls-rauner-extremely-vulnerable-shows-job-rating-dip/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Naperville business owner Becky Anderson Wilkins enters 5-way Democratic race to unseat Roskam – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170727/naperville-business-owner-enters-5-way-democratic-race-to-unseat-roskam
— Des Plaines spent $189,000 in failed legal fight to fire cop – Chacour Koop  (DIERSEN: If I had not taken my Democrat GAO superiors’ early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, how many millions of taxpayer dollars would they have spent to fire me?  Who would have come to my defense – a) Republicans who have represented me in the U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois Senate, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, my precinct and/or b) the Republican Party, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), my representative on the IRP State Central Committee, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee?  Provably none of the aforesaid because they overwhelmingly reject the Rutan decision (http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html) and they promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170727/des-plaines-spent-189000-in-failed-legal-fight-to-fire-cop

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner lags in new Dem poll – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170727/BLOGS02/170729867/illinois-gov-rauner-lags-in-new-poll
— What Illinois stands to gain from losing huge Foxconn factory- GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What did I “gain” by taking my Democrat GAO superiors’ early retirement “offer” on September 30, 1997 when I was 49 years old?  ANSWER: No longer having to come to work and enduring their tremendous efforts to get rid of me. QUESTION: What did I lose?  First, the difference between my salary ($122,991/year in today’s dollars) an my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension (currently $50,856/year) or $72,135/year in today’s dollars until I would taken regular retirement and then the difference between what my CSRS pension would have been (much more than $50,856/year) and $50,856/year for the rest of my life.  So far, during the last 238 months, I have lost $1,430,856 in today’s dollars, that is, what my salary would have been ($2,439,500) minus the CSRS pension payments that I have received ($1,008,644). But the lost money is nothing compared to the ammunition that my Democrat GAO superiors gave my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.  They use my being forced to take early retirement to hint/imply/argue/shout that I must be a racist, a sexist, a bigot, or even far worse things.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170727/BLOGS02/170729870/what-illinois-gains-from-losing-huge-foxconn-factory

 

WBEZ
— Chicago’s Latino High Schools Face Big Drops In Enrollment — and Funding – Sarah Karp  (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps continue trying to fill those schools with illegals.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/chicagos-latino-high-schools-face-big-drops-in-enrollment-and-funding/943ab2c1-8301-42aa-ab7b-32ad7b249f24

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— To stand or not to stand: District 99 discusses policy encouraging pledge participation – BOB RAKOW  (DIERSEN: One should expect that parents, teachers, administrators, other individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups will ever-increasingly encourage students to NOT stand for the pledge: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/07/25/to-stand-or-not-to-stand-district-99-discusses-policy-encouraging-pledge-participation/akuq0gr/

 

WAND
— Illinois Statehouse distrust continues – Michon Lindstrom
http://www.wandtv.com/story/35991134/illinois-statehouse-distrust-continues

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— No action taken on day two of special session – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/no-action-taken-on-day-two-of-special-session-07-27-2017

 

ILLINOIS HOME PAGE
— GOP members meet with governor – Emilee Fannon
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/capitol-news/gop-members-meet-with-governor/776510193

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— State Representative Chad Hays fails to disclose income. – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/07/state-representative-chad-hays-fails-to-disclose-income/
— Orland Park Public Library Accused of Rampant New FOIA Violations – KEVIN DUJAN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/07/orland-park-public-library-accused-of-rampant-new-foia-violations/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Is Fox News 32 Chicago Fair and Balanced? – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/media/fox-news-32-chicago-fair-balanced/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Breen to be new House GOP floor leader
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/27/breen-to-be-new-house-gop-floor-leader/
— Barickman walks it back, blames the coverage *** Barickman claims Rauner will negotiate when he gets SB 1, cautions on outcome
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/27/barickman-claims-rauner-will-negotiate-when-he-gets-sb-1-cautions-on-outcome/

 

DAILY CALLER
— IRS Continues To Hire Employees With Performance Problems – Chuck Ross  (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, IRS would NOT have a) hired me in 1971, b) promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, or c) let me work there for almost 9 years. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors a) got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, b) disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974 (SEE:
http://www.gao.gov/products/463866), c) did not promote me beyond GS-12, and d) disallowed my education deductions in 1978. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates dismissed/belittled the fact that a) I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, b) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and c) I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/27/irs-continues-to-hire-employees-with-performance-problems/
— Media Shuns Jobs, Economy To Talk Trump Controversies – Amber Athey
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/27/media-shuns-jobs-economy-to-talk-trump-controversies/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow that because of their efforts, “Trump Loses Support In 13 Key Red States.”
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/27/trump-loses-support-in-13-key-red-states/

 

GOPUSA
— Minnesota Department of Education ‘segregates’ students uneasy with transgender accommodations  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the Democrats get rid of you if you are “uneasy with transgender accommodations.”)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27602
— Reparations anyone? Leftist urban group demands them for ‘War on Drugs’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27699
— Trump was right: 21 states reveal 8,471 double votes
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27746
— Amazon’s Bezos passes Bill Gates as world’s richest person  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being rich. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27821

 

BREITBART
— Paul Ryan All in For Buddy Reince Priebus: ‘I Think He’s Doing a Great Job As Chief of Staff’ – MATTHEW BOYLE  (DIERSEN: Who is “all in” for you? My critics/opponents have made it very clear that they will have their operatives and their dupes viciously destroy anyone who is “all-in” for me.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/27/paul-ryan-all-in-for-buddy-reince-priebus-i-think-hes-doing-a-great-job-as-chief-of-staff/
— Swedish Shop Refuses Woman Service For Not Wearing Hijab – CHRIS TOMLINSON
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/27/swedish-shop-refuses-woman-service-not-wearing-hijab/

 

FOX NEWS
— Sarah Palin to subpoena two dozen New York Times staffers in lawsuit
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/27/sarah-palin-to-subpoena-two-dozen-new-york-times-staffers-in-lawsuit.html

 

FOX BUSINESS
— Seems like Scaramucci’s gunning for Reince Priebus’ job: Coulter
http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/5523459438001/?#sp=show-clips

 

EAGLE FORUM
— President Trump Upholds Military Readiness; Restricts Transgenders from Military – Tabitha Walter
http://eagleforum.org/publications/press-releases/eagle-forum-applauds-president-trumps-move-to-restrict-transgender-persons-from-american-military.html

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— 10 States Ready Legal Action to Undo Obama Amnesty for ‘Dreamers’ – Fred Lucas
http://dailysignal.com/2017/07/27/10-states-ready-legal-action-undo-obama-amnesty-dreamers/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— John McCain Is No Hypocrite – MAX BLOOM  (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me as being a hypocrite a) because I avoided the draft, b) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, and c) because I am not a member of any church, I do not attend church services, and I do not give money to any church.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/449911/john-mccain-health-care-speech-wasnt-hypocritcal

 

THE HILL
— Scaramucci: Priebus is a ‘paranoid schizophrenic,’ will be asked to resign – JORDAN FABIAN
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/344215-scaramucci-priebus-is-a-paranoid-schizophrenic-will-be-asked-to
— House approves spending bill with funds for Trump’s border wall – CRISTINA MARCOS AND NIV ELIS
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/344214-house-approves-spending-bill-with-funds-for-trumps-border-wall

 

ABC NEWS
— Scaramucci threats, insults inflame fierce White House fight – AP
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/scaramucci-mentions-priebus-deleted-tweet-leaks-48880025

 

CNBC
— Jeff Bezos faces new enemies now that he’s the world’s richest man  Jeff Bezos faces new challenges now that he’s the world’s richest man. His political and business enemies will be even more motivated to move against him. Bezos should learn some lessons from Bill Gates and Warren Buffett on how to handle it. – Jake Novak
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/27/jeff-bezos-facing-new-enemies-as-worlds-richest-man-commentary.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— WHO WAS SHE? A DNA TEST ONLY OPENED NEW MYSTERIES.  How Alice Collins Plebuch’s foray into “recreational genomics” upended a family tree. – Libby Copeland (DIERSEN: What is your national origin?  During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany.  Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F.  Further, according to
http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/lifestyle/she-thought-she-was-irish-until-a-dna-test-opened-a-100-year-old-mystery/

 

NEW YORK POST
— Scaramucci calls Priebus a ‘f–king paranoid schizophrenic’ in rant – Bob Fredericks
http://nypost.com/2017/07/27/scaramucci-calls-priebus-a-f-king-paranoid-schizophrenic-in-rant/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Scaramucci goes on vulgar attack against own communications team, calls Priebus ‘paranoid schizophrenic’ – Megan Cerullo
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/scaramucci-calls-reince-priebus-paranoid-schizophrenic-article-1.3362727

 

INDIANAPOLIS STAR
— Labor movement turns to social activism to attract millennials – Fatima Hussein  (DIERSEN: What percent of millennials are or will be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2017/07/27/labor-movement-turns-social-activism-attract-millennials/456409001/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— CHINA’S NEXT TARGET: U.S. MICROCHIP HEGEMONY – Bob Davis and Eva Dou  (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, China will use its cheap labor and its abuse of the environment to destroy every industry in America and in the rest of the world.  Anti-Trumps have no problem with that.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-next-target-u-s-microchip-hegemony-1501168303

 

FORTUNE
— Scaramucci: Reince Priebus Is ‘a F**king Paranoid Schizophrenic’ – Andrew Nusca
http://fortune.com/2017/07/27/scaramucci-priebus-schizophrenic/

 

DAILY BEAST
— With Trump’s ‘Green Light,’ Scaramucci Declares Total War on ‘Paranoid Schizophrenic’ Reince Priebus  In an interview, Anthony Scaramucci said he and Reince Priebus were like brothers …who may or may not want to kill each other. – LACHLAN MARKAY and ASAWIN SUEBSAENG  (DIERSEN: Of course, operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that my critics/opponents have given them green lights.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/with-trumps-green-light-scaramucci-declares-total-war-on-reince-priebus

 

FED WEEK
— Preparing for a Mixed Generation Household  (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would shout that after I graduated from NIU in August of 1970 when I was 21, I lived with my mother and brother who is 5 years younger than me in Crete until September of 1972. But that was a) because my father had died suddenly at age 47 in October of 1969, b) because my mother had never attended high school and she had never earned income, c) because I had applied for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support them, and d) because the job that I had gotten working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights did not pay that much. In June of 1971, I started working for IRS at the GS-7 level (currently $44,853/year), and in June of 1972, IRS promoted me to GS-9 (currently $54,864/year).)
http://www.fedweek.com/publishers-perspective/preparing-mixed-generation-household/

 

ILLINOIS HOMES
— FOR SALE: 500 Arbor Avenue, Wheaton – $727,800
http://www.illinoishomes.com/chicago-suburbs-west/wheaton/home/500-Arbor-Avenue,-Wheaton,-IL-60189/9702792/photos

July 26 Morning Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— A STATEMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT  “I applaud the Senate for taking a giant step to end the Obamacare nightmare. As this vote shows, inaction is not an option, and now the legislative process can move forward as intended to produce a bill that lowers costs and increases options for all Americans. The Senate must now pass a bill and get it to my desk so we can finally end the Obamacare disaster once and for all.”
https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600daily?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20170718_ADM_1600-Daily

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Special session called by Rauner starts today
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-education-funding-20170726-story.html
— Child care workers take protest to Rauner’s house – Kathy Routliffe
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/winnetka/news/ct-wtk-rauner-childcare-protest-tl-0727-20170725-story.html
— Illini Athletic Director’s proposal takes bold step to ban athletes with history of violence against women – Shannon Ryan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/ct-illinois-sexual-assault-policy-ryan-spt-0725-20170724-column.html
— House approval of Russia sanctions bill is a rebuke to Trump – Tracy Wilkinson  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps a) want America to declare war on Russia and b) want America to surrender to Mexico.  Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America a) by illegally sending many millions of its citizens into America illegally, b) by illegally keeping many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and c) by illegally sending mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/la-fg-russia-sanctions-20170725-story.html
— Why ‘SNL’ probably won’t ask Mario Cantone to play Scaramucci – Nina Metz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-ent-scaramucci-snl-0726-story.html
— Trump’s psychological abuse of Jeff Sessions could backfire Steve Chapman  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint themselves as being experts in using psychological abuse to destroy individuals, to destroy organizations, to destroy companies, to destroy governments, to destroy countries, to destroy etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-jeff-sessions-trump-loyalty-20170725-story.html
— Will County Clerk Nancy Schultz Voots will not seeking re-election: ‘It’s time to move on’ – Susan DeMar Lafferty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-will-clerk-retiring-st-0725-20170724-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Senate blocks proposal to repeal much of Obama’s health care law – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/senate-votes-on-whether-to-begin-debate-on-health-care-bill/
— JUST ABOUT ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Brain disease seen in most football players in large study – AP (DIERSEN: I have never played football. My vision has never been correctable to 20/20. I have partial red/green color blindness. I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease) while I was in grade school and high school. I washed dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights during my junior and senior years in high school and the summer in between.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/football-brain-disease-cte-study/
— OUTSTANDING: Trump: Transgender people can’t serve in U.S. military (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps promote sexual confusion. They want as many boys/men as possible to “become” girls/women.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-transgender-military-service/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage forest commissioners probably won’t ax pensions – Robert Sanchez  (DIERSEN: I got full-time credit toward my Civil Service Retirement System pension while I worked only part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious about that.  The GS-14 GAO manager who took the lead a) in getting GAO to force me to take an $18,847 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) in keeping me off audits of IRS, c) in delaying my promotion to GS-13, d) in stopping me from being promoted to GS-14, e) etc. bragged that he got Congress to end the aforesaid retirement benefit that I got.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170725/dupage-forest-commissioners-probably-wont-ax-pensions
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DuPage County Forest Preserve District commissioners could eliminate their taxpayer-funded pensions by simply declaring their elected jobs don’t require them to work at least 1,000 hours a year. But that appears unlikely to happen because most commissioners insist their $50,000-a-year positions are more than just part-time gigs. “This job takes more than 1,000 hours to do if you are meeting the expectations of your constituents,” Commissioner Tim Whelan said. “There’s just a plethora of issues that come up.”)
— Here’s what happens if governor vetoes just part of school funding bill – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170724/heres-what-happens-if-governor-vetoes-just-part-of-school-funding-bill
— Labor leader James Sweeney out at tollway board – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170725/labor-leader-james-sweeney-out-at-tollway-board

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— No women are running for Illinois governor. The hard truth about why. – KATELYND DUNCAN  (DIERSEN: Government and politics are not only nasty, they are vicious. I should write a book about the most vicious politicians in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. Of course, the aforesaid focus on destroying me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170726/OPINION/170729901
— U of C, Dart launch new effort to help those just out of jail – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: What about an effort to help those just out of the federal government?  Ever-increasingly, federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees are viciously hated.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170726/BLOGS02/170729900

 

BLOOMINTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois congressional delegation divided on Senate health care vote – Paul Swiech
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/national/government-and-politics/illinois-congressional-delegation-divided-on-senate-health-care-vote/article_3b349a29-281d-5de5-8ad3-6ba3f94a6cce.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners say “Hiring Problems for Rauner.”
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=248975#.WXiA4xFSRZI

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— In praise of RINOs – John J. Dunphy  (DIERSEN: The more that you support the Republican Party platform, the harder that RINOs work to get rid of you. I should write a book about past and present RINOs in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.  These RINOs have had great success in harming the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, the Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.)
https://thetelegraph.com/opinion/106074/dunphy-in-praise-of-rinos

 

TIMES
— Trump cranks up heat on Sessions, says ‘time will tell’ fate – AP  (DIERSEN: When has the heat been turned up on you?  My Democrat GAO superiors turned the heat way up on me in September of 1997 to get me to take their early retirement “offer.”)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/illinois/trump-cranks-up-heat-on-sessions-says-time-will-tell/article_c62e957a-01f2-5d5f-9ebd-a8d630289048.html

 

WSIL TV
— Trump: Nation closer to liberation from ‘Obamacare’ – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35969330/trump-nation-closer-to-liberation-from-obamacare

 

WJBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors “urge Rauner to sign Trust Act.”
http://www.wjbc.com/2017/07/26/immigration-groups-urge-rauner-to-sign-trust-act/

 

OAK PARK
— River Forest drafts a Welcoming Resolution  Vote may take place at board’s August meeting – Thomas Vogel  (DIERSEN: Welcoming resolutions are code for resolutions to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles/7-25-2017/River-Forest-drafts-a-Welcoming-Resolution/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The River Forest Village Board is currently working on a so-called “welcoming resolution” draft to spell out its policies toward undocumented village residents and visitors. As reported by Wednesday Journal, nearby communities, including Oak Park, have adopted similar measures in recent months. At its July 10 meeting, village trustees discussed a working draft of the resolution and took public comment. They did not include the draft in the meeting’s packet and it was not available for residents to read. At that meeting, Village President Catherine Adduci said the resolution could be on the board’s August agenda. Wednesday Journal got a copy of the latest available working draft through a Freedom of Information Act request. The draft is the same document trustees discussed at the July 10 meeting, Village Administrator Eric Palm said. It has not been updated or changed based on trustee comments or resident feedback. The full document is available online at oakpark.com.)

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Nationwide Women and Weed Group Kicks Off in Chicago  Want to avoid the “bong guys” who dominate weed culture? This local tech entrepreneur is carving out a space for women to talk about cannabis and wellness. – LEE V. GAINES  (DIERSEN: If you want destroy women, you push pot on them.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/July-2017/Women-and-Cannabis-Wellness/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— A Closer Look At The Group That Could Inform Rauner’s Agenda – TONY ARNOLD
http://nprillinois.org/post/closer-look-group-could-inform-rauners-agenda#stream/0

 

REPRESENTATIVE JEANNE IVES
— If You Thought the Tax Hike was Bad (and it is), Wait Until You See SB 1.
http://www.jeanneives.org/2017/07/if-you-thought-tax-hike-was-bad-and-it.html

 

CITIZEN KELLY
— WATCH PBS HOST CUT OFF REPUBLICAN WILLIAM J. KELLY ON ILLINOIS’ SECRET SANCTUARY STATE BILL (VIDEO)
http://www.citizenkelly.com/watch-pbs-host-cut-off-republican-william-j-kelly-illinois-secret-sanctuary-state-bill-video/

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Will County Republicans call on fair crowds to come by, stay cool – Caitlin Nordahl
http://willcountygazette.com/stories/511156871-will-county-republicans-call-on-fair-crowds-to-come-by-stay-cool

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rauner education secretary: CPS bailout is irresponsible – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/schools/rauner-education-secretary-cps-bailout-is-irresponsible/article_19ef6a64-7182-11e7-a93e-0721797a9145.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP launches another round of robocalls
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/26/ilgop-launches-another-round-of-robocalls/

 

GOPUSA
— BEYOUND OUTRAGEOUS: IRS doled out more than $24 billion in potentially bogus refunds
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27681

 

TOWNHALL
— OUTSTANDING: Trump Announces Ban on Transgender People Serving in Military – Leah Barkoukis  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps promote sexual confusion. They want as many boys/men as possible to “become” girls/women.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2017/07/26/trump-on-transgenders-in-military-n2360194

 

FOX NEWS
— RNC Officials Who Followed Spicer, Priebus to White House Worried About Jobs After Scaramucci Hiring  (DIERSEN: My IRS career went downhill fast after my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My GAO career went downhill fast after my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986.  Were it not for civil service protections, my IRS and GAO careers would have gone downhill even faster.)
http://nation.foxnews.com/2017/07/25/rnc-officials-who-followed-spicer-priebus-white-house-worried-about-jobs-after-scaramucci

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— WESTERN VALUES ARE SUPERIOR – Walter E. Williams  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who disagrees with that?  ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/western-values-are-superior/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— IL Dems look to save budget ‘gift’ to Chicago public schools – Rick Moran
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/07/il_dems_look_to_save_budget_gift_to_chicago_public_schools.html

 

THE BLAZE
— Acting ICE director names the four ‘worst,’ ‘un-American’ sanctuary cities: Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, and Philadelphia – Kate Scanlon
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/25/acting-ice-director-names-the-four-worst-un-american-sanctuary-cities/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Gov’t Spends Over $3M To Stop ‘Microaggressions’ And ‘Lack Of Diversity’ – Rob Shimshock  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps consider individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that are members of the following groups to be microaggressions or even worse things: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  To promote diversity is to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that are members of the aforesaid groups.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/25/govt-spends-over-3m-to-stop-microaggressions-and-lack-of-diversity/
— Bush Lawyer: Trump’s Calling For Clinton Prosecution Is An ‘Impeachable Offense’ – Henry Rodgers  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should be prosecuted for all kinds of things. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/25/bush-lawyer-trumps-calling-for-clinton-prosecution-is-an-impeachable-offense/

 

POLITICO
— House Republicans seek to dodge border wall vote – TED HESSON
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/25/republicans-border-wall-vote-240957
— Republicans rush to Sessions’ defense – AUSTIN WRIGHT, SEUNG MIN KIM and KYLE CHENEY  (DIERSEN: I want to take this opportunity to again thank those Republicans who have come to my defense.  But my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have succeeded. I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, etc.  My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.  They have and they will have their operatives and their dupes viciously destroy any individual, any organization, any company, any government, any etc. that might come to my defense.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/25/lindsey-graham-jeff-sessions-trump-criticism-240935
— BUSINESSES fear RAUNER immigration REVERSAL – Natasha Korecki  (DIERSEN: If Rauner signs SB31, constructively, he has left the Republican Party.)
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/07/26/politico-illinois-playbook-business-group-fears-rauner-immigration-retreat-221521
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An Illinois business group fears that recent staffing shifts in Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office may imperil a pro-immigrant bill that’s been sitting on the governor’s desk for nearly a month. The legislation, called the Illinois Trust Act — SB31 — limits local authorities’ reach on investigating immigration status when no serious or violent crime has been committed. It prohibits authorities from holding an individual solely on the basis of immigration status. The aim is to allay rampant fear of deportation in the immigrant community, which business owners say is harming constituencies from a moral standpoint. And from a business standpoint, it’s harming their workforce. See bill language here  Immigrant PTSD: The Illinois Business Immigration Coalition, a chief supporter of the bill, says it believed the governor supported the measure and that SB31 was on a path to become law. Now they say Rauner is “dragging his feet” on the issue. One major supporter of the law, Crate & Barrel co-founder Carole Browe Segal, who also co-chairs an Illinois business group, said she’s disappointed Rauner hasn’t already signed it. “This is a really important bill that we need to stand up for as good citizens. This bill protects the undocumented that have done no wrongdoing,” Segal told POLITICO. “We have to realize the fear and the stress and the PTSD that we are causing the 12 million undocumented workers.” Business support: In June, 171 CEOs, employers, farmers, manufacturers in Illinois urged Governor Rauner to support the Trust Act, in a full page ad in the Chicago Tribune. Asked where the governor stands on the bill, if his position recently changed and whether he will sign it, Rauner’s office offered little guidance. “The Senate has sent SB31 to the Governor’s desk. It is currently being reviewed,” said governor spokeswoman Laurel Patrick. “I will keep you posted on any updates or additional details.” Inconsistencies: William Kunkler III, a Republican co-chair of the Illinois Business Immigration Coalition, said he recognizes the vise Rauner is in on the issue as he heads into reelection in 2018. Rauner must contend with a pro-Trump electorate in southern and central Illinois, many of whom supported the president’s hardline approach to illegal immigrants and whose support Rauner needs as he enters into a brutal reelection battle. Kunkler said Rauner has supported major immigration issues in the past, including signing a law that provides health insurance to 41,000 undocumented children. “He’s been very helpful and responsive to our organization. I feel like I’m on the same page with the governor on this issue overall,” Kunkler said of the governor. “I’m surprised that this wouldn’t just go forward quickly. I’d want to know who’s hanging this up and why.”)

 

THE HILL
— Senate rejects ObamaCare repeal, replacement amendment – JORDAIN CARNEY
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/343823-senate-rejects-obamacare-repeal-replacement-amendment

 

CNN
— OUTSTANDING: Trump to reinstate US military ban on transgender people – Jeremy Diamond (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps promote sexual confusion. They want as many boys/men as possible to “become” girls/women.)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/26/politics/trump-military-transgender/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— OUTSTANDING: Trump Says That Transgender People Will Not Be Allowed in the Military – EILEEN SULLIVAN  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps promote sexual confusion. They want as many boys/men as possible to “become” girls/women.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/us/politics/trump-transgender-military.html
— Senate Votes Down Broad Obamacare Repeal – THOMAS KAPLAN and ROBERT PEAR
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/us/politics/senate-health-care.html
— The Real Civil War in the Democratic Party – LEE DRUTMAN (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that dominate the Democrat Party are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/opinion/democrats-divided-new-plan.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Where Jeff Sessions currently ranks among history’s shortest-serving attorneys general – Christopher Ingraham  (DIERSEN: 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/wonk/wp/2017/07/26/where-jeff-sessions-currently-ranks-among-historys-shortest-serving-attorneys-general/
— OUTSTANDING: Trump announces ban on transgender people in U.S. military  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps promote sexual confusion. They want as many boys/men as possible to “become” girls/women.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/07/26/trump-announces-ban-on-transgender-people-in-u-s-military/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— House approval of Russia sanctions bill is a rebuke to Trump – Tracy Wilkinson  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who focus on rebuking me and others in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, etc.)
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-fg-russia-sanctions-20170725-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that illegally encourage people to illegally come to America illegally, that illegally encourage people to illegally stay in America illegally, and/or that illegally encourage people to illegally bring others to America illegally beyond outrageously blame smuggling tragedies on individuals, on organizations, on companies, on governments, and on countries that oppose illegal immigration.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/25/texas-deaths-grisly-reminder-human-smuggling-crisis/509957001/
— Trump is unteachable. His Boy Scouts speech proved it. – Max Boot  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government concluded that I am unteachable a) because I failed/refused to become a Democrat; b) because I complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation; c) because I failed/refused to help they get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran; and d) because in 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/07/25/donald-trump-wallows-muck-boy-scout-speech-just-max-boot-column/508014001/
— TRAGIC: A more nimble GM is willing to drop struggling markets and cars – Nathan Bomey  (DIERSEN: What GM cars do you own and/or have you owned?  I own a 1972 Chevy Corvette, 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS, and 2005 Chevy Corvette. I have owned a 1958 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1978 Chevy Chevette, 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, and 1997 Chevy Cavalier.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/07/25/gm-general-motors-mary-barra/507886001/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The general in General Motors is fading fast. Ninety-three years after legendary GM CEO Alfred Sloan famously declared the automaker would sell “a car for every purse and purpose,” the nation’s largest automaker is focusing more on building models that people are actually buying. . .CEO Mary Barra is fervently pursuing an emphasis on vehicles that stand the best chance of becoming the hottest sellers -— crossovers, SUVs and pickups — and all the while looking ahead to the next era, when self-driving vehicles are expected to hit the roads.)

 

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— For Trump, a tendency to demean rather than dismiss  Trump’s diminishing of Sessions without firing him shows his passive-aggressive approach to managing subordinates. – Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who focus on demeaning me and others.  They would love it. They want to viewed as being bullies.)
http://www.myajc.com/news/gen-politics/for-trump-tendency-demean-rather-than-dismiss/p4bFdxFvbC19Vz4W4qh0uL/

 

NEWSWEEK
— TRUMP’S TWEETS ABOUT SESSIONS ALIENATING EVEN SUPPORTERS LIKE BREITBART – NINA BURLEIGH
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-sessions-republicans-congress-media-conservatives-641850

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump says he is “very disappointed in Jeff Sessions.”  My Democrat superiors in the federal government were very disappointed in me. I failed/refused to become a Democrat. I complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  I failed/refused to help they get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-wont-say-if-he-will-fire-attorney-general-sessions-1501010025
— Senate Health Debate Rolls On After First Option Fails  Nine Republicans voted against measure; Senate will proceed to vote on repeal-only option – Stephanie Armour,  Kristina Peterson and Michelle Hackman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-votes-to-begin-debate-on-health-care-bill-1501009650
— OUTSTANDING: Trump Administration to Bar Transgender Individuals From Serving in U.S. Military  The president made the announcement in a series of tweets – Rebecca Ballhaus (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps promote sexual confusion. They want as many boys/men as possible to “become” girls/women.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-to-ban-transgender-individuals-from-serving-in-u-s-military-1501075174
— The State of ‘Good Jobs’ in America – Lauren Weber  (DIERSEN: Is the job that you have “good?” Were the jobs that you had “good?” According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, all the jobs that I have had were “bad,” but nevertheless, I was grossly overpaid.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-state-of-good-jobs-in-america-1501042549
— TRAGIC: More U.S. Cars Are Being Made in Mexico – Mike Colias and Chester Dawson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-u-s-cars-are-being-made-in-mexico-1500975000
— Repealing the Arbitration Rule  Congress can kill Cordray’s payoff to his trial-lawyer funders. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Arbitration is presumed to favor sellers and to disfavor buyers.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/repealing-the-arbitration-rule-1501025551
— Closing the ‘Empathy Gap’  The arch-conservative Ronald Reagan won the allegiance of blue-collar voters. How he did so may offer a lesson (or two) for today. – Morton Kondracke  (DIERSEN: My mean nasty vicious critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint themselves as being full of empathy.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/closing-the-empathy-gap-1501022820
— China Toys With an Internet Lockdown – Andrew Browne  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to lockdown everyone and to lockdown everything that they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-toys-with-an-internet-lockdown-1500980579
— FRONT PAGE: New Challenge to U.S. Power: Chinese Exceptionalism  Once-reticent citizens now see their country as ascendant—and America in decline – Te-Ping Chen and Josh Chin  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps reject American exceptionalism.  Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps are anti-American.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-challenge-to-u-s-power-chinese-exceptionalism-1500993643

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Republicans Still More Aligned With Trump Than With GOP Congress
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/july_2017/most_republicans_still_more_aligned_with_trump_than_with_gop_congress

 

FED WEEK
— No Way to Quantify Value of Job Security, Says CBO  (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran HAD FAR LESS JOB SECURITY THAN THOSE WHO WERE Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/no-way-quantify-value-job-security-says-cbo/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— House Lawmakers to CBO Analysts: You’re Fired – Charles S. Clark  (DIERSEN: Constructively, during the 1980s and 1990s, the Democrats who ran GAO said “you’re fired” to GAO’s employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Because I have always been a Republican, because I am White, because I am male, because I am old (born in 1948), and because I am not a veteran, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years and b) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2017/07/house-lawmakers-cbo-analysts-youre-fired/139721/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Republicans use Holman Rule to propose 89 personnel cuts at CBO – Nicole Ogrysko  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and Illinois would love to get my Congressman Peter Roskam to use the Holman Rule to cut if not eliminate my $50,856/year Civil Service Retirement System pension and my $17,288 federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy. They were overjoyed a) when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) when my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) when my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/workforce/2017/07/republicans-use-holman-rule-to-propose-89-personnel-cuts-at-cbo/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For the first time since House lawmakers reinstated the rule earlier this year, three Republicans filed an amendment using the Holman Rule to target 89 employees at the Congressional Budget Office. The little-known relic from the 1870s lets any member of the House make significant changes to agency functions or personnel through an amendment during the appropriations process. . .Democrats in the national capital region, including Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), along with Reps. Don Beyer (D-Va.), Anthony Brown (D-Md.) Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), John Delaney (D-Md.), Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and Bobby Scott (D-Va.), blasted the amendment, calling it “part of a strategic assault on objectivity and expertise in the civil service.” “This is exactly what we worried about when Republicans reinstated this arcane rule in January,” members said in a joint statement. “The Holman Rule empowers members of Congress to target individual federal employees. The rule is being used to punish an important advisory body for doing its job by providing forecasts which some members now find inconvenient.” Lawmakers voted back in January to reinstate the “Holman Rule,” a little-known provision that allows lawmakers to bring an amendment on an appropriations bill to the House floor that may “retrench” agency spending, reduce the number of federal employees in a particular agency or cut the salary or “compensation of any person paid out of the Treasury of the United States.” They included the measure in the House rules package at the beginning of the 115th Congress. The Holman Rule essentially lets House lawmakers make changes to a federal employee’s salary or position without input from the appropriations committee. Members can debate these amendments on the House floor for a limited time. But members of Congress haven’t included the Holman Rule since a congressional session in 1983. The rule itself dates back to 1876 and has been a part of the rules package on occasion since then.)

 

AUTOWEEK
— OUTRAGEOUS: U.K. to ban sale of gasoline and diesel cars by 2040, following France’s lead  (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hate cars, and especially American-nameplate cars.)
http://autoweek.com/article/diesel/uk-plans-ban-sale-gasoline-and-diesel-cars-2040-following-france-lead
— VERY SAD: As full-size sedans die off, Impala could be next on the chopping block  CHEVY’S BUILDING THE BEST IMPALA EVER, BUT SALES ARE TANKING AND IT MAY BE AXED  (DIERSEN: I owned a 1962 Chevy Impala SS 1989-2005.)
http://autoweek.com/article/rumormill/full-size-sedans-die-impala-could-be-next

July 25 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘I’m going to fire everybody,’ says White House communications director – Ashley Parker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-scaramucci-fire-white-house-leaks-20170725-story.html
— Judiciary Committee subpoenas ex-Trump campaign manager Manafort – AP (DIERSEN: I served many subpoenas while I worked for IRS’s Collection Division 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173. What kind of job authorities did you have when you were 23 to 31 years old?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/judiciary-committee-subpoenas-ex-trump-campaign-manager-manafort/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump brings political attacks to the Boy Scouts jamboree – John Wagner and Jenna Joh  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have attacked me at Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Coalition, and other meetings and events.  They would love it.  They proudly paint themselves as being anti-Diersen, if not as being a Diersen-hater.  My policy has been to forgive those who trespass against me, but I am reconsidering that.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170725/trump-brings-political-attacks-to-the-boy-scouts-jamboree
— Angry about flood, Mundelein residents pack board meeting – Russell Lissau
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170724/angry-about-flood-mundelein-residents-pack-board-meeting

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rauner says special session will start Wednesday – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/rauner-says-special-session-will-start-wednesday
— Illinois 3rd worst for air quality in the nation
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-3rd-worst-for-air-quality-in-the-nation-07-24-2017

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump to Boy Scouts: ‘We could use some more loyalty’  President says most of his advisers are Boy Scouts – ELI WATKINS  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.  They focus on destroying individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are not blindly loyal to them personally.  Because I am not blindly loyal to them, they focus on destroying me. I am loyal to the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-to-boy-scouts-we-could-use-some-more-loyalty/773542245
— Federal judge green-lights collection of voter data  Judge declines to block president’s commission – LAURA JARRETT
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/federal-judge-greenlights-collection-of-voter-data/773418919
— Holder: Voter fraud panel led by ‘fact-challenged zealot’  Right to vote ‘under siege,’ NAACP told
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/holder-voter-fraud-panel-led-by-factchallenged-zealot/773631880

 

ILLINOIS CONSERVATIVES UNITED
— Grassroots Conservative Activist Conference in Elmhurst August 18 and August 19  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents would stress that I was NOT asked to help plan this event and that I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, etc.  My critics/opponents are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.  My critics/opponents a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the MTRCC resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid. My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and Illinois and they have made it clear that they will have their operatives and their dupes viciously destroy any individual, any organization, any company, or any government that does not join them in screwing me.)
http://www.illinoisconservativesunited.org/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— What’s the holdup on SB 1?
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/25/whats-the-holdup-on-sb-1/
— Rauner rounds up the troops, fans the flames
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/25/rauner-rounds-up-the-troops-fans-the-flames/
— Madigan points blame at Rauner
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/25/madigan-points-blame-at-rauner/
— Kennedy hit for the way he favors Rauner’s service tax idea
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/25/kennedy-hit-for-the-way-he-favors-rauners-service-tax-idea/
— Brutal reviews on Rauner’s new staff continue to roll in
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/25/brutal-reviews-on-rauners-new-staff-continue-to-roll-in/

 

GOPUSA
— OUTSTANDING: DHS chief considering arresting parents who hire smugglers to bring children to U.S. – AP
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27620
— Kasich blasts GOP Senate for not fixing Obamacare  (DIERSEN: How many votes did Kasich get in your precinct the March 15, 2016 Republican primary?  In my precinct, he got 93 votes, Cruz got 49 votes, Trump got 21 votes, and Rubio got 14 votes.)
http://www.gopusa.com/kasich-blasts-gop-senate-for-not-fixing-obamacare/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Ignoring Schumer, Trump-crazed Democrat Gutierrez vows to ‘eliminate’ Trump – Monica Showalter
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/07/ignoring_schumer_trumpcrazed_democrats_vow_to_eliminate_trump.html

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ICE chief lists worst sanctuary cities: Chicago, NYC, San Francisco, Philadelphia – Paul Bedard  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Chicago make it clear that they want individuals, organizations, and companies to leave Chicago that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ice-chief-lists-worst-sanctuary-cities-chicago-nyc-san-francisco-philadelphia/article/2629466

 

THE BLAZE
— Rush Limbaugh blasts Republicans, says they’re not even trying anymore – Sarah Taylor
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/24/rush-limbaugh-blasts-republicans-say-theyre-not-even-trying-anymore/
— Democrat Rep. Gutierrez tells church that Trump must be ‘eliminated’ from presidency – Carlos Garcia  (DIERSEN: What if someone had told a church that Obama must be eliminated?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/24/democrat-rep-gutierrez-tells-church-that-trump-must-be-eliminated-from-presidency/

 

NEWSMAX
— Top Evangelicals Rush to Defend Kushner –  David A. Patten  (DIERSEN: Who are the top religious leaders in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  Who and what do they defend, promote, glorify, praise, demonize, denigrate, condemn, etc.?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton hint/imply/argue/shout that the religious leaders in Wheaton have condemned me to HELL.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/evangelicals-conservatives-collusion-Jared-Kushner/2017/07/24/id/803517/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Prof Says All Whites Are Racist And ‘Really, Really, Really’ Hates Cops – Rob Shimshock
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/24/prof-says-all-whites-are-racist-and-really-really-really-hates-cops/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Scaramucci’s first leak victim: Meet Michael Short, now fired – Cheryl K. Chumley
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/25/anthoy-scaramucci-suspected-leaker-michael-short-y/

 

FOX NEWS
— RNC officials who followed Spicer, Priebus to White House worried about jobs, sources say  (DIERSEN: My IRS career went downhill fast after my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My GAO career went downhill fast after my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986.  Were it not for civil service protections, my IRS and GAO careers would have gone downhill even faster.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/25/rnc-officials-who-followed-spicer-priebus-to-white-house-worried-about-jobs-sources-say.html
— Trump weighs new punishments for his team – Chris Stirewalt  (DIERSEN: Adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government used to punish their employees included forcing them to resign or retire, ranking them in the bottom half of their coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, not promoting them, keeping them off assignments in which they could contribute the most, forcing them to take a pay cut to transfer between agencies, and disallowing their education deductions, partial day per diem claims, and sick leave requests.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/24/trump-weighs-new-punishments-for-his-team.html

 

LIFEZETTE NEWS
— Trump Confidante: Sessions, Priebus on Borrowed Time in Administration  Source says public slights intentionally designed to lead attorney general, chief of staff to the exit doors – Jim Stinson  (DIERSEN: Because I have always been a Republican and because I failed/refused to become a Democrat, I was always on borrowed time while I worked for the Democrats who ran Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. Because I failed/refused to be an operative or a dupe for whoever had the most political clout, I was always on borrowed time while I was the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004.)
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/trump-confidante-sessions-priebus-on-borrowed-time-in-administration/
— ‘Gang of Two’ Ignore the Lessons of 2016 in Reviving DREAM Act  Amnesty-happy senators refuse to acknowledge immigration reform should serve the American people – Ira Mehlman
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/gang-of-two-ignore-the-lessons-of-2016-in-reviving-dream-act/

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— DIIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats run Chicago.  Sooner or later, those Democrats blame Republicans for Chicago gun violence.
http://ijr.com/opinion/2017/07/266378-i-live-in-chicago/

 

THE HILL
— Senate GOP floats scaled-down healthcare bill – PETER SULLIVAN
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/343611-senate-gop-floats-scaled-down-healthcare-bill

 

POLITICO
— Trump shames Sessions amid shake-up speculation  Advisers said Trump was considering whether to make a change. Sessions, an Eagle Scout, was noticeably absent on a West Virginia stage as Trump spoke to a Boy Scout jamboree. – JOSH DAWSEY, ELIANA JOHNSON, NAHAL TOOSI and DANIEL LIPPMAN  (DIERSEN: In what ways have your critics/opponents succeeded in shaming you?  My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.  My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.  Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, my service as a Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster in 2010 and 2004, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007, and my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004. How do you deal with those who shame you?  So far, my policy has been to forgive those who trespass against me, but I am reconsidering that.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/24/trump-sessions-cabinet-shame-240911
— Scaramucci plans to oust White House press aide, offers ‘amnesty’ to others – TARA PALMERI  (DIERSEN: Just kidding, but not completely.  Will my critics/opponents ask Scaramucci to oust me?)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/25/anthony-scaramucci-changes-white-house-communications-office-240928

 

ACCOCIATED PRESS
— TRUMP JOKINGLY THREATENS TO FIRE PRICE IF HEALTH VOTE FAILS
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TRUMP?SITE=AP&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

 

UPI
— JULY 25: In 1978, the world’s first “test-tube” baby, Louise Brown, was born in Oldham, England.  My wife and I were married on April 1, 1978. Because we gave up trying to have children without trying the test tube baby procedure, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates demonized, denigrated, and condemned me. They compared and contrasted me adversely with one of my Democrat female coworkers who did not abort her child who had Down Syndrome. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2017/07/25/UPI-Almanac-for-Tuesday-July-25-2017/4841500606345/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— He Called the Decatur School Board Racist. Now, He’s Joined It. – JOHN ELIGON
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/us/he-called-the-school-board-racist-now-hes-joined-it.html
— U.S. Inflation Remains Low, and That’s a Problem – BINYAMIN APPELBAUM  (DIERSEN: The federal government has always understated inflation, and especially inflation that impacts older people.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/us/politics/us-inflation-remains-low-and-thats-a-problem.html
— ‘A Bleak Picture’ for Women Trying to Rise at Law Firms – ELIZABETH OLSON  (DIERSEN: One could argue that female attorneys should apply for jobs working for the federal government, and especially female attorneys who are Democrat, minority, and/or young. Since the 1960s, one of the federal government’s top priorities has been to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, and especially those who are female, minority, and/or young.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/business/dealbook/women-law-firm-partners.html
— Scaramucci on Trump: ‘He’s My Client’ – Andrew Ross Sorkin
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/business/dealbook/anthony-scaramucci-white-house-communications-director-for-president-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “G.O.P. Support for Trump Is Starting to Crack.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/opinion/republican-support-donald-trump.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: In Another Public Swipe, The President Questions A ‘Beleaguered’ Sessions – REBECCA R. RUIZ and CHARLIE SAVAGE  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have taken public swipes at me. They would love it. They proudly paint themselves as being anti-Diersen, if not as being a Diersen-hater.  My policy has been to forgive those who trespass against me, but I am reconsidering that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/us/politics/trump-tweet-sessions.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Economy Needs Workers, but Drug Tests Take a Toll – NELSON D. SCHWARTZ  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who push illegal drugs in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/business/economy/drug-test-labor-hiring.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump staffers go from sympathetic to pathetic.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2017/07/24/trump-staffers-go-from-sympathetic-to-pathetic/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring other to America illegally.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fight-new-dream-act-odds-article-1.3353120

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Traffic Costs Jam Up Google  Cost of getting users to click ads outpaces revenue growth, pressuring bottom line – Dan Gallagher  (DIERSEN: Most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents manipulate/dominate/operate websites.  They have not killed me figuratively yet or literally yet because my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails drive lots of traffic to their websites.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/traffic-costs-jam-up-google-1500935189
— It’s OK to Party When You Turn 60  More people are celebrating the age rather than lamenting getting older – Clare Ansberry  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a non-veteran White male federal employee, you are an unmitigated disgusting loser if you do not make GS-13 (currently $94,610) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $111,801) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $161,900) by age 40. They stress that I did not make GS-13 until I was 38 and that I was never promoted beyond that.  They stress a) that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) that my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-ok-to-party-when-you-turn-60-1500914273
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Democrats Seek Openings in Trump Country – Gerald Seib  (DIERSEN: Do you live in Trump country? I do not. Only 137 voted for Trump in my precinct while 211 voted for Clinton. From what I see having a) lived in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County since 1978; b) lived in Chicago 1976 -1978; lived in University Park 1972-1976; and lived in Crete 1948-1972, ever-increasingly, my precinct, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois are becoming more and more and more anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.  What will Trump do to protect his supporters from anti-Trumps?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-democrats-lost-voters-to-trumpand-might-win-them-back-1500908665

 

THE WEEK
— Anthony Scaramucci is on the hunt for leakers inside the Trump administration (DIERSEN: Should I sue those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a leaker?)
http://theweek.com/speedreads/714126/anthony-scaramucci-hunt-leakers-inside-trump-administration

 

ECONOMIC TIMES
— U.S. House votes today to sanction Russia, Iran and North Korea – AFP  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: How do the Democrats who run the federal government sanction their employees?  ANSWER: Adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government use to sanction their employees include forcing them to resign or retire, ranking them in the bottom half of their coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, not promoting them, keeping them off assignments in which they could contribute the most, forcing them to take a pay cut to transfer between agencies, and disallowing their education deductions, partial day per diem claims, and sick leave requests.)
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/us-house-votes-today-to-sanction-russia-iran-and-north-korea/articleshow/59751145.cms

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— The Performance Revolution Government Needs – Howard Risher  (DIERSEN: Assessing job performance, work experience, etc. is extremely subjective. The Democrats who run the federal government abuse that subjectivity a) to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, and/or younger and b) to not hire, to waste the careers of, and to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.  It is called patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2017/07/performance-revolution-government-needs/139665/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Bill to limit appeals, make new hires ‘at-will’ federal employees reappears in the House – Nicole Ogrysko (DIERSEN: 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://federalnewsradio.com/your-job/2017/07/bill-to-limit-appeals-make-new-hires-at-will-federal-employees-reappears-in-the-house/

 

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
— SPLC ENCOURAGES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO PROTECT ‘DREAMERS’  (DIERSEN: 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.splcenter.org/news/2017/07/24/splc-encourages-trump-administration-protect-%E2%80%98dreamers%E2%80%99

 

DAILY MAIL
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: USS Gerald R Ford DITCHES urinals to become the first aircraft carrier and has gender neutral bathrooms with all seated toilets in sleeping quarters – KELLY MCLAUGHLIN
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4727738/USS-Ford-gender-neutral-bathrooms.html

 

THE TIMES
— Trump belittles ‘beleaguered’ attorney-general Jeff Sessions – Rhys Blakely  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have belittled me.  My policy has been to forgive those who trespass against me, but I am reconsidering that.)
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/trump-belittles-beleaguered-attorney-general-jeff-sessions-76c56qn5s

 

AUTOWEEK
— 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon first drag: We wreck the quarter-mile in SRT’s monster coupe  840 HORSEPOWER, RUNNING ON 100 OCTANE FUEL. AN OTHERWORLDLY EXPERIENCE, NOT FOR THE MEEK  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents hate cars, but they especially hate the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon.)
http://autoweek.com/article/car-reviews/2018-dodge-challenger-srt-demon-dragstrip-drive

July 24 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois governor calls another special session on education – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-governor-calls-another-special-session-on-education/2246136/
— John McCain to return to Senate Tuesday for health care vote – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/john-mccain-to-return-to-senate-tuesday-for-health-care-vote/2247463/

 

NBC5
— Rauner Calls Special Session Over School Funding – Shelby Bremer
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rauner-special-session-school-funding-436331793.html

 

CBS2
— Rauner To Call Another Special Session, Amid School Funding Dispute
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/07/24/bruce-rauner-school-funding-senate-bill-1-special-session/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner summons lawmakers for Wednesday special session on school funding
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-morning-spin-monday-edition-20170724-story.html
— Employers praise extra H-2B visas; critics say foreign workers take American jobs – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN: What jobs did you take that others shunned? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-h2b-visas-illinois-0725-biz-2-20170724-story.html
— Nearing 400, homicides in Chicago continue to outpace last year – Elyssa Cherney and Elvia Malagon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-weekend-shootings-chicago-violence20170724-story.html
— Mike Madigan doesn’t care – Grant Wehrli
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-michael-madigan-destroy-illinois-perspec-20170724-story.html
— Trump, Republican allies still running against Clinton, 9 months after election – John Wagner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-russia-clinton-20170724-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner to legislators: Come back and stop political games on schools – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-dems-play-games-with-schools-cullerton-wants-to-talk/
— Woe to Illinois as Gov. Rauner throws in with the ideologues – Editorial (DIERSEN: Who calls you an ideologue?  Those who call me an ideologue are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or they a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid and/or they promote dependency on government, dependency of charity, LBGTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices including booze, gambling, and pot, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, etc.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/woe-to-illinois-as-gov-rauner-throws-in-with-the-ideologues/
— Downstaters ready to bail on Rauner over ‘Chicago bailout’? – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/brown-downstaters-ready-to-bail-on-rauner-over-chicago-bailout/
— Rauner on vetting of new hires: ‘We’re not perfect’ – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-on-vetting-of-new-hires-were-not-perfect/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote voter fraud.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/jackson-the-voter-fraud-commission-itself-is-fraudulent/
— Loss of quality lawmakers should teach us a lesson – Madeleine Doubek
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/doubek-loss-of-quality-lawmakers-should-teach-us-a-lesson/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Rauner: Madigan promotes property taxes for personal profit  (DIERSEN: Since my wife and I had 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that we should pay higher real estate taxes, that is, that the home’s assessed value should be increased.  They side with the home’s builder, with the subdivision’s builder, and with the City of Wheaton that argue that no building or construction code were violated when the subdivision and the home were built. They hint/imply/argue/shout that my wife and I have the “ability to pay” higher taxes because I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and I have always been privileged, because I avoided the draft, because the federal government grossly overpaid me, because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, and because my federal retirement benefits are much too generous. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with Madigan.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170724/rauner-madigan-promotes-property-taxes-for-personal-profit
— DuPage’s Curran looking ahead to new role as state senator – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170724/dupages-curran-looking-ahead-to-new-role-as-state-senator

 

CRAINS CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow over their success in stopping Republicans from “fixing health care law.”
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170724/OPINION/170729944/durbin-time-for-the-gop-to-admit-it-needs-help-fixing-health-care-law
— What’s the budget for your school? CPS releases data. – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170724/BLOGS02/170729931/whats-the-budget-for-your-school-cps-releases-data
— Schools disaster nears as Rauner, Democrats hold firm – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170724/BLOGS02/170729936/schools-disaster-nears-as-rauner-democrats-hold-firm

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner: Special sessions start Wednesday for school funding – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170724/rauner-special-sessions-start-wednesday-for-school-funding

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Washington, Illinois, family meets with Trump as ‘victims of Obamacare’ – Laura Nightengale
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170724/washington-illinois-family-meets-with-trump-as-victims-of-obamacare

 

WSIL TV
— Trump tells reporter to be “quiet” – AP (DIERSEN: Since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, to discredit me, nasty Democrats and nasty Democrat plants, nasty Libertarians and nasty Libertarian plants, nasty Greens and nasty Green plats, and nasty RINOs have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I aggressively ask inappropriate questions that harm Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. Since 2005, they have viciously used against me what happened with GOPUSA, Talon News, and Jeff Gannon. SEE:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_News  They paint me as being a clone of Jeff Gannon.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35956841/trump-tells-reporter-to-be-quiet

 

SOUTHERN
— Illinois governor: Democrats are holding school bill ‘hostage’ – AP
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/illinois-governor-democrats-are-holding-school-bill-hostage/article_a5b6f9cd-94dd-57ec-9c45-e6b90fe82d38.html

 

JOURNAL TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps argue against efforts to stop voter fraud.
http://journaltimes.com/opinion/editorial/journal-times-editorial-keep-voters-private-data-private/article_6e4f0809-2858-5e5b-ac6f-7f22e6d9f9a7.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats to pitch ‘A Better Deal’ agenda: Focus on job training, lowering costs  Party seeks new message, cohesive identity – ASHLEY KILLOUGH
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/democrats-to-pitch-better-deal-agenda-on-jobs/773069574

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w/10th CD Republican Primary candidate Doug Bennett: A conservative?
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/07/berkowitz-w10th-cd-republican-primary-candidate-doug-bennett-on-national-issues-cableweb/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives condemns Senate education bill as Chicago bailout – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511155807-ives-condemns-senate-education-bill-as-chicago-bailout
— JUNE 27, 2017 FLASHBACK: DuPage County fire, police pension funds paid $132 million, lost $7 million on investments in 2016 – Kyle Wahe
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511133514-analysis-dupage-county-fire-police-pension-funds-paid-132-million-lost-7-million-on-investments-in-2016

 

STATE OF ILLINOIS
— VIDEO: Governor Bruce Rauner, Senate Minority Leader Bill Brady, and House Minority Leader Jim Durkin discuss the school funding bill that passed the general assembly in May.
https://www.illinois.gov/cms/agency/media/video/sitepages/videos.aspx

 

ILLINOS REVIEW
— GOVERNOR RAUNER CALLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY BACK INTO SPECIAL SESSION FOR SCHOOL FUNDING
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/governor-rauner-calls-general-assembly-back-into-special-session-for-school-funding-.html
— THORNER/O’NEIL: IMMIGRATION: AN ISSUE OF IMPORTANCE TO ALL AMERICANS (PART 2)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/thorneroneil-immigration-an-issue-of-importance-to-all-americans-part-2.html
— 16TH CD CONSERVATIVE VOICES FRUSTRATION WITH KINZINGER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/16th-cd-conservative-voices-frustration-with-kinzinger.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP pounces on Madigan – DGA responds *** Rauner still won’t release details of his proposed AV
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/24/rauner-still-wont-release-details-of-his-proposed-av/
— Oops in proclamation? – Pawar, Koehler, Kennedy, Biss, ILGOP, Pritzker respond *** Special session proclamation issued
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/24/special-session-proclamation-issued/

 

NEWSMAX
— Mayor Emanuel Fiddles in Europe as Chicago Shootings Continue – James A. Gagliano
http://www.newsmax.com/JamesAGagliano/rahm-emanuel-europe-chicago-shottings/2017/07/24/id/803436/

 

GOPUSA
— Jeb Bush criticizes Republicans who support President Trump (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes criticize me for supporting the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township resolution against video gambling. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like they are Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, or RINOs. None of them should seek or hold any kind of government or political office as a Republican.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27572
— Texas’ lieutenant governor blames truck deaths on sanctuary cities that ‘enable human smugglers’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27587

 

THE BLAZE
— Former heavy metal frontman claims he loses followers when he talks about his faith in Jesus – Tré Goins-Phillips
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/24/former-heavy-metal-frontman-claims-he-loses-followers-when-he-talks-about-his-faith-in-jesus/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— U.N. plot to replace Europeans now using ‘refugee crisis’ – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/national-security/2017/07/23/un-plot-to-replace-europeans-now-using-refugee-crisis

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Smuggling Deaths: What Is to Blame? – MARK KRIKORIAN  (DIERSEN: ANSWER: Anti-Trump individuals, anti-Trump organizations, anti-Trump companies, anti-Trump governments, and anti-Trump countries that encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/449785/smuggling-deaths-what-blame
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Without E-Verify and worksite enforcement, we send the message that hiring illegal aliens is okay. Without prosecution of immigration-related Social Security fraud and tax fraud we send the message that lying and cheating is okay. Without tracking the departure of temporary visitors, and following up on those who overstay, we send the message that violating the terms of admission is okay. Foreigners hear that message loud and clear, which is why they’re so willing to pay criminals to smuggle them here.)

 

ROLL CALL
— Democrats Want to Seize Populism From Trump  Prepare their agenda with a new focus on antitrust policy – Niels Lesniewski
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/democrats-want-to-seize-populism-from-trump

 

THE HILL
— McCain returning to Senate on Tuesday – JORDAIN CARNEY
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/343563-mccain-to-return-to-washington-tuesday

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Morning links: GAO’s fake police agency got $1.2 million in gear from the Pengaton – Radley Balko
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2017/07/24/morning-links-gaos-fake-police-agency-got-1-2-million-in-gear-from-the-pengaton/

 

FED SMITH
— Should the Government Fire More People? And How Should They Do It? – Jeff Neal  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government against me.  Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors fired me in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Since then, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have used that to viciously demonize me, to viciously denigrate me, and to condemn me. Further, they stress a) that my Democrat GAO superiors always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) that my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/07/24/should-government-fire-more-people-how-should-they-do-it/

July 23 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County Board member John Curran appointed to state Senate vacancy – Katie Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170722/dupage-county-board-member-appointed-to-state-senate-vacancy
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Under state election law, a new member of the Republican party must be appointed to the DuPage County Board within 60 days of Curran’s resignation, which he plans to officially submit Monday, he said. Residents of District 3, which includes parts of Downers Grove, Westmont, Burr Ridge, Hinsdale, Woodridge, Clarendon Hills, Darien and Willowbrook, can apply to at Dupageco.org/countyboard/dist3map. The newly appointed board member will serve the remainder of Curran’s term, which expires Nov. 30, 2018. County Board Chairman Dan Cronin said in a news release Saturday that he will fill Curran’s vacancy until an appointment is made. “While we will truly miss his work and his dedication to DuPage County, we are happy to see him moving on to bigger challenges,” Cronin said. “I’m confident Springfield is gaining an asset who will fight to protect residents of Illinois.” Anyone seeking appointment to the county board should email Cronin at Dan.Cronin@dupageco.org with a resume and letter, not exceeding 300 words, outlining their interest.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 12 ways Trump has failed to deliver for his own voters – Robert Reich
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/reich-12-ways-trump-has-failed-to-deliver-for-his-own-voters/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— HARDCOPY CHICAGO TRIBUNE ARTICLE TITLE: Veterans fight White House on pot – Evan Halper and Lauren Rosenblatt  (DIERSEN: If you want to destroy an individual, you push pot on that individual. If you want to destroy an organization, you push pot on that organization. If you want to destroy a company, you push pot on that company. If you want to destroy a government, you push pot on that government. If you want to destroy a country, you push pot on that country. If you want to destroy a race, you push pot on that race.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/orlando-sentinel/20170723/281685434906947
— Despite budget woes, higher ed pros continue their work – Ted Slowik (DIERSEN: Do you have “high-quality degrees and credentials?”  Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would demonize, denigrate, and condemn the bachelor’s degree in management that I earned from NIU in 1970 when I was 21 years old, the MBA that I earned from Loyola in 1976, the master’s degree in accounting that I earned from DePaul in 1980, and the master’s degree in financial markets and trading that I earned from IIT in 1997.  They would stress that none of the aforesaid universities are Ivy League and that my grades were not that great. They would demonize, denigrate, and condemn the fact that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examination on my first attempt in 1981. They would stress that I took CPA and CIA examination review courses and that others got higher scores on the examinations than I did. They would demonize, denigrate, and condemn the fact that I became a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA) in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant (FA) in 1997.  They would stress that became a CFE, CGFM, CFSA, and FA by grand fathering and not by passing an examination.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-higher-ed-illinois-st-0721-20170720-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Their goal is to increase the proportion of adults in Illinois with high-quality degrees and credentials to 60 percent by 2025. The rate stood at 40.8 percent when the goal was set in 2008 and rose to 49.6 percent by 2014, according to the Illinois Board of Higher Education.)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Are you ready for some more special sessions? – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170722/statehouse-insider-are-you-ready-for-some-more-special-sessions
— Looking ahead to covering 2018 elections – Angie Muhs
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170722/angie-muhs-looking-ahead-to-covering-2018-elections

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat Anthony March to challenge Shimkus – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-07-22/tom-kacich-danville-man-challenge-shimkus.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— High court may be only way to end gerrymandering – Editorial  (DIERSEN: What about those who have precinct lines redrawn a) to reward favored precinct committeemen/captains and b) to punish disfavored precinct committeemen/captains?)
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-high-court-may-be-only-way-to-end-gerrymandering/article_1190716e-0b1c-5eb9-a333-bb3202282d32.html

 

RIVER CITY READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Staff Shake-Up Hints at Rauner Weakness.”
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/staff-shake-up-hints-at-rauner-weakness

 

HERALD REVIEW
— For loyal Macon County Trump backers, a campaign message still rings true – RYAN VOYLES
http://herald-review.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/for-loyal-macon-county-trump-backers-a-campaign-message-still/article_0bca40d8-a43c-5986-ac19-b32a9e2a21a2.html

 

LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR
— DREAM Act divisive, elitist – RUBEN NAVARRETTE JR. (DIERSEN: From what I see, to curry favor with Democrats, employers want to gloat that they hire illegals, and that to make way for them, they do not hire citizens of America and that they get rid of citizens of America.)
http://journalstar.com/opinion/columnists/ruben-navarrette-dream-act-divisive-elitist/article_58cdae0d-39bb-588f-af15-c17ff32892f2.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What bothered her was the insistence on going to college. What about those kids who go to vocational school or go straight to work? They didn’t deserve legal status? Someone in Washington was playing God again, deciding who stayed and who went according to a narrow definition of positive behavior. Why stop at attending college? Why not demand that beneficiaries of the DREAM Act not accept any public assistance, or abstain from smoking, or never fall into debt or not be unemployed for more than six months at any point in their lives? The new bill from Graham and Durbin is a slight improvement because it covers those who “work lawfully for at least three years.” But it also has a new requirement that recipients speak English and know U.S. history. Great idea. But shouldn’t we start by demanding those things from native-born U.S. citizens? These moral judgments are all subjective and awfully condescending. They’re all about what Graham, Durbin, and the other senators who will eventually support their bill require to make them feel comfortable with overlooking the fact that these young people are in the country illegally. Welcome to this week’s episode of the game show: “Good Immigrant, Bad Immigrant.” If Graham and Durbin want to make themselves useful in the immigration debate, they should stop treating immigrants like they’re some kind of social science experiment. Instead, they should draft a bill that would eventually legalize most of the 11 million people who are in the country illegally — whether or not they went to college or speak English. It’s no wonder that so many DREAMers experience a version of “survivor’s guilt” because they were tossed a life preserver while their parents and siblings are left to drown. All this talk about how the Trump administration is dividing families. You know what really divides families? The DREAM Act.)

 

WMAY
— Superintendents Push Back On Rauner’s Claim They’re Scared Of Madigan  (DIERSEN: Virtually everyone is scared of those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in their municipality, in their township/ward, in their county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world. Virtually everyone panders to, serves as an operative for, or serves as a dupe for those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in their municipality, in their township/ward, in their county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and Illinois who focus on pandering to, on serving as an operative for, and on serving as a dupe for those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
http://www.wmay.com/2017/07/22/superintendents-push-back-on-rauners-claim-theyre-scared-of-madigan/

 

SAGAMON SUN
— Governor’s Hometown Awards deadline approaches – Brent Zell (DIERSEN: What is your hometown?  I lived in Crete 1948-1972.  If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, their dupes would hint/imply/argue/shout that during those years, Crete was full of rich racists, rich sexists, rich bigots, and rich even worse things. They would stress that during those years, very few depended on government, on charity, or on welfare and that Crete was overwhelmingly White, German-American, Lutheran, conservative, and Republican.)
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511154448-governor-s-hometown-awards-deadline-approaches

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Rep. Breen: Thank God Gov. Rauner doesn’t discriminate against staff over abortion  (DIERSEN: Democrats promote abortion. Democrats run the federal government.  Democrats promote patronage.  Therefore, federal employees are expected to promote abortion.  Therefore, while I was one of its employees for almost 30 years, the federal government discriminated against me because I did not promote abortion.)
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511155606-rep-breen-thank-god-gov-rauner-doesn-t-discriminate-against-staff-over-abortion

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— The NEA’s School Curriculum: Leftist Politics
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/the-neas-school-curriculum-leftist-politics

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— FSG Painters fined by IL. Department of Labor: Failure to pay prevailing wages on Clark County Park District job – JOHN KRAFT  (DIERSEN: What do you think the prevailing wage should be for someone like me?  I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 when I was 21 years old, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997.)
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/07/fsg-painters-fined-by-il-department-of-labor-failure-to-pay-prevailing-wages-on-clark-county-park-district-job/

 

THE BLAZE
— New report reveals the DNC is in financial turmoil while the GOP is thriving – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/22/new-report-reveals-the-dnc-is-in-financial-turmoil-while-the-gop-is-thriving/
— State instructs schools to ‘segregate’ students who feel uncomfortable with transgender bathrooms – Justin Haskins
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/22/state-instructs-schools-to-segregate-students-who-feel-uncomfortable-with-transgender-bathrooms/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— RAPID WHITE HOUSE PERSONNEL CHANGES ELECTRIFY PRESS CORPS  New communications director Scaramucci backed Scott Walker and Jeb Bush before Trump – GARTH KANT (DIERSEN: It is always extremely dangerous to back candidates. I should write a book about those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who want to kill me figuratively, if not literally, for backing certain candidates.)
http://www.wnd.com/2017/07/spicer-resigns-from-white-house-post/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— How Low Will the Teachers’ Unions Go? – ELLIOT KAUFMAN
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/449752/teachers-unions-lies-randi-weingarten-despicable-defense-public-school-monopoly

 

POLITICO
— Scaramucci praises Breitbart in first interview since communications appointment – BRENT GRIFFITHS (DIERSEN: WARNING: If you praise Diersen or praise his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, Diersen’s critics/opponents have made it very clear that they will have their operatives and their dupes viciously destroy you.  Diersen’s critics/opponents are filled with hatred and have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or they a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/22/scaramucci-praises-breitbart-first-interview-240848

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats talk and act like they depend on voter fraud to win elections.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/opinion/sunday/the-bogus-voter-fraud-commission.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps show their disdain for Western Civilization.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/opinion/sunday/donald-trumps-plan-to-save-western-civilization.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn baby boomers, and especially baby boomers who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/opinion/sunday/baby-boomers-decline.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps say that trump supporters are sexists.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/20/opinion/formacist-trump-sexism.html
— What It Was Like to Be Drafted – MARC LEEPSON  (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their corporative, and their dupes would shout that I avoided the draft with student draft deferments 1966-1970 and with a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. They would call me a patriotic hypocrite, a coward, and even worse things.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/opinion/what-it-was-like-to-be-drafted.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: For Good Jobs, Look Beyond the Rust – Editorial  (DIERSEN: None of the jobs that I had were “good” jobs. The evidence is that Democrats, minorities, women, younger people, veterans, etc. did not want the jobs that I had.  I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/opinion/sunday/president-trump-and-his-way-back-machine.html
— Overcoming an Embarrassing Workplace Slipup From Years Ago – ROB WALKER  (DIERSEN: What workplace slipups did you make?  I failed/refused to become a Democrat. I complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I failed/refused to help my superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees because the were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/jobs/workologist-overcoming-slip-ups.html
— Three Things I Should Have Said About Retirement Planning – PAUL B. BROWN  (DIERSEN: What do you know about retirement?  I have been retired for almost 20 years.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/your-money/retirement-planning-advice.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: As Congress Aims To Punish Russia, Trump Faces Bind – MATT FLEGENHEIMER and DAVID E. SANGER  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on punishing those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/us/politics/congress-sanctions-russia.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— L.A. voters want to legalize marijuana, so why won’t city leaders do it? – Editorial (DIERSEN: What should elected officials do if voters want them to get rid individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? Because of concern that elected officials will do what voters want, members of the aforesaid groups are buying more and more and more firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-marijuana-limited-immunity-20170722-story.html

 

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— Democrats try to block federal workers from staying at Trump properties – Jamie Dupree
http://jamiedupree.blog.ajc.com/2017/07/23/democrats-try-to-block-federal-workers-from-staying-at-trump-properties/

 

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— Democrats struggle with whether to woo back whites or broaden coalition – Joe Garofoli  (DIERSEN: I predict that to get elected, Democrats will strengthen their promise that if elected, they will use government rid of once and for all individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Dems-struggle-with-whether-to-woo-back-whites-or-11307886.php

 

THE NATIONAL
— Abrupt resignation of Trump’s press secretary a ‘symptom of an administration in crisis’ – Rob Crilly  (DIERSEN: My abrupt forced retirement from GAO in 1997 when I was 49 years old was a symptom of a government that puts above all else a) hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, and/or younger and b) getting rid of its employees who are Republican, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.thenational.ae/world/the-americas/abrupt-resignation-of-trump-s-press-secretary-a-symptom-of-an-administration-in-crisis-1.613145

July 21 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Special session slated if Rauner doesn’t get school bill – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/special-session-slated-if-rauner-doesnt-get-school-bill/2240752/
— Sean Spicer resigns as White House press secretary – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/spicer-resigns-as-white-house-press-secretary/2239502/

 

NBC5
— Rauner Threatens to Call Special Session Over School Funding – James Neveau
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rauner-threatens-to-call-special-session-over-school-funding-report-435874083.html
— Rauner Claims He Didn’t Interview Fired ‘Body Man,’ Sources Disagree – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/rauner-claims-didnt-interview-body-man-before-aide-firing-435878183.html

 

CBS2
— Rauner Vows Special Session Without Education Funding Plan By Noon Monday
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/07/21/gov-bruce-rauner-education-funding-deadline/

 

WLS AM
— Rauner: Stop the Tyranny – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/07/21/rauner-stop-the-tyranny/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner says he’ll call special session without school funding bill – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/rauner-says-hell-call-special-session-without-school-funding-bill/
— Rauner on staff shakeup: ‘Change happens’ but ‘nobody is changing me’ – Tina Sfondeles  (DIERSEN: Rauner says “I don’t care about partisanship, and nobody tells me what my policies are.” In Illinois, if you get elected or appointed to a government office or a political office as a Republican, you obligate yourself to defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform. Rauner did not get elected as an Independent, he got elected as a Republican.  It would have been great if Rauner had referred to the IRP platform in addition to his “44- point turnaround plan for the state.”)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-on-staff-shakeup-change-happens-but-nobody-is-changing-me/
— Nobody willing to fall on their sword for Illinois school kids – Phil Kadner  (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 I to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/kadner-nobody-willing-to-fall-on-their-sword-for-illinois-school-kids/
— Slick, brash, rich; Scaramucci is right in Trump’s comfort zone – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-slick-brash-rich-scaramucci-is-right-in-trumps-comfort-zone/
— Gov’s aide who compared abortion to Nazis may be on her way out – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sneed-govs-aide-who-compared-abortion-to-nazis-may-be-on-her-way-out/
— Former alderman agrees to $25K settlement for lobbying violation – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: As far as I know, none of the individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that lobby against me have registered as lobbyists.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/former-alderman-agrees-to-25k-settlement-for-lobbying-violation/
— The imbalance in health care between legislators and citizens – Ted Z. Manuel, Hyde Park (DIERSEN: McCain has subsidized health insurance because he is an federal employee. Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/letters-the-imbalance-in-health-care-between-legislators-and-citizens/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Linda Chavez encourages people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/chavez-make-america-great-again-by-giving-young-immigrants-a-break/
— White House statements on Spicer, Scaramucci and Huckabee Sanders
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/white-house-statements-on-spicer-scaramucci-and-huckabee-sanders/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rooting out more City Hall racists: Taxpayers funded this orgy of prejudice – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-chicago-water-racist-emails-edit-0723-20170721-story.html
— Rauner tells Democrats to send him a school funding plan or face special session – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-education-special-session-met-0722-20170721-story.html
— Caterpillar’s wheel loader: Made in America, just not made in Aurora much longer – Denise Crosby
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-caterpillar-st-0723-20170721-column.html
— Teamsters boss pleads not guilty to alleged extortion of Cinespace studios – Jason Meisner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-teamsters-boss-arraign-extortion-charges-met-20170721-story.html
— Ex-Ald. Singer among 6 fined for illegally lobbying Emanuel via email – Hal Dardick  (DIERSEN: As far as I know, none of the individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that lobby against me have registered as lobbyists.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-lobbyist-registration-violations-met-0722-20170721-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINSS
— Why Rauner’s indispensable man Mike “Z” Zolnierowicz had to quit – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170721/NEWS02/170729947/why-rauners-indispensable-man-had-to-quit
— Lisa Madigan, Durbin take new steps to keep Dreamers here – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170721/BLOGS02/170729957/lisa-madigan-durbin-take-new-steps-to-keep-dreamers-here

 

HERALD REVIEW
— Illinois gerrymandering an abuse of power – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Refusing to directly notify elected precinct committeemen in a timely manner of proposed changes to their precinct borders is an abuse of power.)
http://herald-review.com/opinion/editorial/our-view-illinois-gerrymandering-an-abuse-of-power/article_d86dc4ab-7e4b-521e-91bd-09de4a04f402.html

 

ENEWS PARK FOREST
— TRAGIC: Park Forest Permits Grocery Liquor License With Video Gaming, Open Drinking – Gary Kopycinski
https://enewspf.com/2017/07/19/park-forest-permits-grocery-liquor-license-video-gaming-open-drinking/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Illinois Lt. Gov. visits Twin Cities – Lindsey Harrison
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/illinois-lt-gov-visits-twin-cities/770520895

 

REPRESENTATIVE JEANNE IVES
— Chicago Public Schools’ Debt Exceeds $17 Billion; Suburban Taxpayers Teed Up to Bail Them Out with SB 1
http://www.jeanneives.org/2017/07/chicago-public-schools-debt-exceeds-17_21.html

 

ILLINOIS CHURCH ACTION ON ALCOHOL & ADDICTION PROBLEMS
— Video Gambling Alert
http://ilcaaap.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20170720113054342.pdf

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— New Rauner aide praised for anti-abortion stance, despite controversy
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511151174-new-rauner-aide-praised-for-anti-abortion-stance-despite-controversy

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Americans for Prosperity’s Illinois chapter targeting lawmakers who voted for tax increase – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/free-market-group-targeting-lawmakers-who-voted-for-tax-increase/article_2c0e10c2-6dc9-11e7-84f8-2f54949a82c3.html

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Zorn Gives More Exposure to Steve Andersson’s Vote for Income Tax Hike
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/07/21/zorn-gives-more-exposure-to-steve-anderssons-vote-for-income-tax-hike/
— Time for a New Business Model for Pace
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/07/21/time-for-a-new-business-model-for-pace/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Auditor General Frank Mautino – Subpoenas point to quick response from US Attorney – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/07/auditor-general-frank-mautino-subpoenas-point-to-quick-response-from-us-attorney/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RAUNER’S PROLIFE COMMUNICATIONS STAFFER GETS SUPPORT FROM PROLIFE GROUP
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/rauners-prolife-communications-staffer-gets-support-from-one-prolife-group.html
— IVES WARNS: SUBURBAN TAXPAYERS TEED UP TO BAIL OUT CHICAGO’S $17B SCHOOL DEBT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/ives-warns-suburban-taxpayers-teed-up-to-bail-out-chicagos-17b-school-debt.html
— THORNER & O’NEIL: KEEP AMERICA THE NATION OUR FOREFATHERS GAVE US (PART 1)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/thorneroneil-keep-america-the-nation-our-forefathers-gave-us-part-1.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner calls for “insurrection” and “revolution” against Madigan, says state suffers from “Stockholm Syndrome”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/21/rauner-calls-for-insurrection-and-revolution-against-madigan-says-state-suffers-from-stockholm-syndrome/
— Cullerton to Rauner: Call a leaders meeting instead of a special session
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/21/cullerton-to-rauner-call-a-leaders-meeting-instead-of-a-special-session/
— Federal judge issues preliminary injunction on state “right of conscience” amendment
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/21/federal-judge-issues-preliminary-injunction-on-state-right-of-conscience-amendment/
— Rauner can’t say who came up with his school funding numbers, gets history totally wrong on CPS
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/21/rauner-cant-say-who-came-up-with-his-school-funding-numbers-gets-history-totally-wrong-on-cps/
— Way over the top rhetoric by Rauner and Preckwinkle
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/21/way-over-the-top-rhetoric-by-rauner-and-preckwinkle/

 

FOX NEWS
— Sanctuary city standoff looms as ICE director vows agent surge – Barnini Chakraborty
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/21/sanctuary-city-standoff-looms-as-ice-director-vows-agent-surge.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Special session slated if Rauner doesn’t get school bill – AP
http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/21/special-session-slated-if-rauner-doesnt-get-school/

 

GOPUSA
— Border wall will protect Americans
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27505

 

LIFEZETTE
— Conservatives Rally to Sessions in Aftermath of Trump Broadside  Tucker Carlson chides president over comment to NYT: ‘Lay off’ the attorney general, ‘he’s your friend’ – Edmund Kozak
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/conservatives-rally-sessions-aftermath-trump-broadside/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Liberals Attack Sarah Huckabee Sanders After Press Secretary Promotion – Amber Athey
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/21/liberals-attack-sarah-huckabee-sanders-after-press-secretary-promotion/
— FLASHBACK: Trump’s New Comms Director Called Him ‘A Hack Politician’ And A Bully – Chuck Ross
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/21/flashback-trumps-new-comms-director-called-him-a-hack-politician-and-a-bully-video/
— ‘Sanctuary For Criminals’: Sessions Goes After Cities For Helping MS-13 – Anders Hagstrom
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/21/sanctuary-for-criminals-sessions-goes-after-cities-for-helping-ms-13/

 

THE BLAZE
— Chicago professor resigns after being attacked by a small group of ‘militant LGBT students’ – Tré Goins-Phillips
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/21/chicago-professor-resigns-after-being-attacked-by-a-small-group-of-militant-lgbt-students/
— Liberal feminists destroy their own cause by diminishing Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ success – Sarah Taylor
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/21/commentary-liberal-feminists-destroy-their-own-cause-by-diminishing-sarah-huckabee-sanders-success/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Can we stop with the ‘nation of immigrants’ mantra? – Richard F. Miniter
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/07/can_we_stop_with_the_nation_of_immigrants_mantra_comments.html

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump, Party of One – Jonah Goldberg  (DIERSEN: In America, if you get elected or appointed to a government office or a political office as a Republican, you obligate yourself to defend and advance the Republican Party platform. Trump did not get elected as an Independent, he got elected as a Republican.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/g-file/449747/donald-trump-defenders-rationalizing-failure

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Trump continues illegal Obamacare bailout for insurers & Congress – Daniel Horowitz
https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/trump-continues-illegal-obamacare-bailout-for-insurers-congress

 

WBUR
— The History Behind How Americans View Higher Education  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats run higher education in America.  Ever-increasingly, they crank out “good little Democrats” who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2017/07/21/history-americans-higher-education

 

HISTORY
— Before the One Percent, Americans Resented the “Upper Ten” – Erin Blakemore  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always fomented resentment against me. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that everything that I have is because I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, because I have always been privileged, because my parents were filthy rich, because I avoided the draft, because the federal government grossly overpaid me, because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, because we did not become foster parents, because my federal retirement benefits are too generous, and because I do give money to churches like they do.)
http://www.history.com/news/before-the-one-percent-americans-resented-the-upper-ten

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— PLOT TO REPLACE EUROPEANS WITH REFUGEES EXPOSED  U.N. document reveals 2000 plan to push massive migration – LIAM CLANCY
http://www.wnd.com/2017/07/plot-to-replace-europeans-with-refugees-exposed/

 

NEWS TRIBUNE
— All those programs Trump wanted to end? GOP won’t end ‘em – WILLIAM DOUGLAS AND ANSHU SIRIPURAPU
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/article162981268.html

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Federal employees’ earnings under threat from the government they serve – Rachael Kalinyak  (DIERSEN: What employers did you serve? I served GAO 1980-1997; IRS 1971-1980; Firestone Stores 1970-1972; University Plaza Dormitory and Chrysler in 1970; the Post Office 1966-1969; John’s Sinclair, Thrall Car, and Flossmoor Country Club in 1966; and S.S. Kresges 1964-1966.)
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/federal-employees-earnings-under-threat-from-the-government-they-serve

 

FED SMITH
— Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2017 Passes House Unanimously – Isabel Cottrell  (DIERSEN: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group.  To give preference to Democrats, to minorities, to females, or to younger people, is to discriminate against Republicans, against Whites, against males, and against older people.  The veterans preference is an earned preference.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/07/21/federal-employee-antidiscrimination-act-2017-passes-house-unanimously/

July 20 Evening Edition

ABC7
— CPS principals get budget, schools slated to open on time – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/education/cps-principals-get-budget-schools-slated-to-open-on-time/2237692/

 

NBC5
— Chicago Public Schools Receive 2017-18 Budget – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-public-schools-unveil-budget-insist-theyll-open-on-time-435721683.html
— Confusion Over Whether Rauner Will Sign Automatic Voter Registration: Sources  The bill allows voters to automatically be registered to vote through an electronic process when applying for a driver’s license or state ID, unless they opt out. – Mary Ann Ahern  (DIERSEN: From what I see, overwhelmingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that want Rauner to sign the bill are anti-Rauner, anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/rauner-automatic-voter-registration-bill-sources-435655573.html

 

WLS
— Preckwinkle describes Rauner as “evil” – Bill Cameron  (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, Democrats will describe you a being “evil” if you do not promote dependency on government, dependency of charity, LBGTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices including booze, gambling, and pot, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, etc.)
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/07/20/preckwinkle-describes-rauner-as-evil/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chris Kennedy: Health insurance key to ‘American dream’ — but not for his staffers – Tina Sfondeles  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they a) want Republicans to pay for health insurance for Democrats and b) want those who have more money to pay for health insurance for those who have less money.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/kennedy-health-insurance-key-to-american-dream-but-not-for-staffers/
— CPS expects 8,000 fewer students; per-pupil spending to increase $200 – Lauren FitzPatrick and Stefano Esposito
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/cps-per-pupil-funding-to-increase-slightly-for-2017-18-school-year/
— Illinois avoids credit ‘junk’ heap — for now – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-avoids-credit-junk-heap-for-now/
— Alderman Roberto Maldonado (26th) says cops were rude — they say he was trying to use clout – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/alderman-says-cops-were-rude-they-say-he-was-trying-to-use-clout/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote abortion.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/neil-steinberg-abortion-rights-holocaust/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE:  A “Jewish, pro-choice woman who represents a large LGBTQ constituency” (Rep. Sara Feigenholtz, D-Chicago ) says of Rauner “I am insulted by you from all sides.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/letters-rauner-hoodwinked-moderates/
— Preckwinkle dubs Rauner ‘profoundly inept … mean-spirited’ — and ‘evil’ – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/preckwinkle-dubs-rauner-profoundly-inept-mean-spirted-and-evil/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The flaws of Rauner and Madigan: Fatal or fixable? – Kristen McQueary
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-rauner-madigan-flaws-mcqueary-perspec-0721-jm-20170720-story.html
— Chicago Public Schools principals to see a slight rise in per-pupil spending – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-school-budget-plans-met-20170720-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner says “How three Republican state representatives saved Rauner from himself.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-how-three-republican-state-representatives-saved-rauner-from-himself-20170720-story.html
— Why black homeownership rates lag even as the housing market recovers – Gail MarksJarvis
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-black-homeownership-plunges-0723-biz-20170720-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump pulls Obamacare help in Chicago, 17 other cities – AP
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170720/NEWS03/170729973/trump-pulls-obamacare-help-in-chicago-17-other-cities
— Chicago schools will open and stay open this fall, Claypool vows – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170720/BLOGS02/170729976/chicago-public-schools-will-open-this-fall-claypool-vows
— Slow housing recovery hurting Gen Xers – DENNIS RODKIN (DIERSEN: In 1978, after owning it for less than 2 years, I sold my one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago for about $10,000 more than I had paid for it.  At the time, my GS-12 Step 4 IRS salary was $24,070.  GS-12 Step 4 salary today is $87,520.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20170720/CRED0701/170729981/slow-housing-recovery-hurting-gen-xers

 

DAILY HERALD
— Judge considering dismissing Geneva election complaint case – Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170720/judge-considering-dismissing-geneva-election-complaint-case

 

CHICAGO NOW
— The other Madigan–Shirley–whose time should be up – Dennis Byrne
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2017/07/the-other-madigan-shirley-whose-time-should-be-up/

 

WIRE POINTS
— Rauner’s New Staff, Extremism and the Stockholm Syndrome – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/rauners-new-staff-extremism-and-the-stockholm-syndrome-wirepoints-original/

 

SAGAMON SUN
— Hairdressers up to task of identifying abuse, offering aid – Jireh Gibson (DIERSEN: What about barbers?)
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511115684-hairdressers-up-to-task-of-identifying-abuse-offering-aid

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rauner blasts critics playing politics around response to historic flooding – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-blasts-critics-playing-politics-around-response-to-historic-flooding/article_165287dc-6d69-11e7-881c-eb9bbc4023e3.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Rauner’s New Staffer Denounced by Leftists – Laurie Higgins  (DIERSEN: Who denounces you? Members of the following groups denounce me: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/07/rauners-new-staffer-denounced-by-leftists/
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/podcast-rauners-new-staffer-denounced-by-leftists/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Bad to the Brain: Marijuana’s Effects on Adolescents – Monte Larrick
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/bad-brain-marijuanas-effects-adolescents/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL HOUSE DEMS FLAUNT THOSE MISGUIDED GOP BUDGET VOTES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/il-house-dems-flaunt-those-misguided-gop-budget-votes.html
— TIME TO FIRE MRS. MADIGAN, WHO GIFTS SELECT TV STATIONS WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/time-to-fire-mrs-madigan-who-gifts-select-tv-stations-with-taxpayer-dollars.html
— PREGNANCY CENTERS WIN SECOND INJUNCTION AGAINST ILLINOIS ABORTION REFERRAL MANDATE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/pregnancy-centers-win-second-injunction-against-illinois-abortion-referral-mandate.html
— COOK COUNTY CLERK BLASTS FELLOW DEM COUNTY ASSESSOR: THERE IS A PROPERTY TAX CRISIS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/cook-county-clerk-blasts-county-assessor-there-is-a-crisis-in-property-.html

 

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners ask “Why isn’t AFP targeting Rauner’s “pet” GOP legislators on tax hike veto?”
https://realgopillinois.com/2017/07/20/afp-skips-gov-rauners-pet-republican-legislators-voted-tax-override/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners say “ILGOP claims Madigan holding schoolchildren hostage for CPS bailout.”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/20/ilgop-claims-madigan-holding-schoolchildren-hostage-for-cps-bailout/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners say “Rauner claims SDems are shameful for using procedural quirk to hold SB 1 hostage.”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/20/rauner-claims-sdems-are-shameful-for-using-procedural-quirk-to-hold-sb-1-hostage/
— A quick look at campaign spending
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/20/a-quick-look-at-campaign-spending/
— “Pay Now Illinois” lawsuit dismissed
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/20/pay-now-illinois-lawsuit-dismissed/
— Kennedy claims new DCFS report is proof Rauner wants to “sabotage government”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/20/kennedy-claims-new-dcfs-report-is-proof-rauner-wants-to-sabotage-government/

 

GOPUSA
— Minneapolis police union silent after Justine Damond shooting
http://www.gopusa.com/minneapolis-police-union-silent-after-justine-damond-shooting/
— DNC vows to combat Donald Trump’s election integrity commission  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries combat Donald Trump’s election integrity commission? ANSWER: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27463
— Rosie has her ‘kill Trump’ game — Trump has the White House
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27390

 

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Enforcement First’: White House Unlikely To Support Senate Bill For ‘Dreamers’ – Will Racke
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/20/enforcement-first-white-house-unlikely-to-support-senate-bill-for-dreamers/

 

DAILY WIRE
— Black Minister Jesse Lee Peterson’s Mic Cut Off After Accusing CA Democrats of Hating Black People – JEFFREY CAWOOD
http://www.dailywire.com/news/18789/watch-black-ministers-mic-cut-after-accusing-ca-jeffrey-cawood#

 

CNS NEWS
— Senators Re-Introduce Controversial Young Immigrant Amnesty Bill – Annabel Scott
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/annabel-scott/senators-re-introduce-controversial-young-immigrant-amnesty-bill

 

BREITBART
— Major Increase in Palestinian Authority Payments to Terrorists
http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2017/07/20/watchdog-major-increase-palestinian-authority-payments-terrorists/
— Teens on African Robotics Team Disappear from D.C., Two Spotted Crossing into Canada – Katherine Rodriguez
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/20/teens-african-robotics-team-disappear-d-c-two-spotted-crossing-canada/
— RNC Breaks Another Fundraising Record, Raises Record $13.4 Million in June – BEN KEW
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/20/rnc-breaks-another-fundraising-record-raises-record-13-4-million-in-june/

 

CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH
— Casino Bus Tours Linked to Risk of Problem Gambling for Older Adults
http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/casino-bus-tours-linked-to-risk-of-problem-gambling-for-older-adults-635572263.html

 

ROLL CALL
— Democrats Want Probe of Interior Scientists’ Reassignments – Elvina Nawaguna  (DIERSEN: Republicans should want a probe of how GAO treated its employees during the 1980s and 1990s who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.rollcall.com/news/policy/cantwell-to-ask-interior-oig-to-probe-scientists-reassignments

 

MSNBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “House Republican Mike Simpson dismisses Trump as a distraction.”
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/house-republican-dismisses-trump-distraction

 

CNN
— Trump’s blast of Sessions has ‘chilling’ effect inside West Wing – Jeff Zeleny and Dan Merica  (DIERSEN: The following had a chilling effect on my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who shared my demographics: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.  My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/20/politics/trump-loyalty-sessions-white-house/index.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s Sessions remarks show penchant for shaming – AP (DIERSEN: Who shames you? One could say that a) my Democrat GAO superiors shamed me when they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my Democrat IRS superiors shamed me when they did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors shamed me when they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.  One could say that my critics/opponents shamed me when they ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, ended my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, ended my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, ended my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, and ended my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/analysis-trump-sessions-comments-show-penchant-for-shaming/2017/07/20/293c42f0-6d8e-11e7-abbc-a53480672286_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Fed up with California, some conservatives look to Texas – Jenny Jarvie
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-texas-california-conservatives-2017-story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Finally, a college cracks down on the left’s snowflake fascists – Editorial
http://nypost.com/2017/07/19/finally-a-college-cracks-down-on-the-lefts-snowflake-fascists/

 

DAILY REPUBLIC
— Minneapolis police chief: Damond ‘didn’t have to die’ – Reuters
http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/4300582-minneapolis-police-chief-damond-didnt-have-die

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Jeff Sessions Says He Plans to Continue as Attorney General  Says he is ‘wholeheartedly’ pursuing the president’s agenda – Aruna Viswanatha  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: While I worked for the federal government, what if I had ‘wholeheartedly’ pursued the Democrat Party’s agenda? ANSWER: The federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jeff-sessions-says-he-to-plans-on-continuing-as-attorney-general-1500562008
http://www.wsj.com/video/sessions-plans-to-remain-in-post-after-trump-rebuke/982CE73C-1C6E-44AE-9BA8-3C8BCEF052ED.html

July 20 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Brain cancer afflicting McCain killed Gene Siskel, Tim Weigel
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/brain-cancer-afflicting-mccain-also-killed-gene-siskel-tim-weigel/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Why Trump gets away with ‘Made in America’ hypocrisy.” (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would shout that the engine in my 2013 Dodge Charger R/T was made in Mexico, that the transmission was made in Germany, and that the car was assembled in Canada.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/cupp/
— Trump: Wouldn’t have picked Sessions if he knew of recusal plans – AP  (DIERSEN: If they knew that I was never going to become a Democrat, 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://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-sessions-never-should-have-recused-self-from-russian-probe/
— Naperville teen deserved better from his school and police – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-naperville-teen-deserved-better-from-his-school-and-police/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps argue against “buy American.”  Anti-Trumps promote anything and everything that is made in foreign countries. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps pride themselves in being anti-American.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-made-in-usa-products-20170719-story.html
— VERY SAD: Harley-Davidson on a bumpy ride with motorcycle-adverse millennials – Robert Reed  (DIERSEN: Do/did you own a motorcycle?  While I have never owned a motorcycle, I own a 1972 Chevy Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS, 2005 Chevy Corvette, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, and 2016 Ford Mustang.  I have owned a 1958 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, 1969 Dodge Charger SE, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1978 Chevy Chevette, 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, 1990 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1993 Ford Thunderbird, and 1997 Chevy Cavalier.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-motorcycles-millennials-sales-decline-robert-reed-0720-biz-20170718-column.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Why video gambling needs more local control – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice.  Government should not promote vice.  What percent of those who video gamble in Illinois are on welfare or will be on welfare – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170719/editorial-why-video-gambling-needs-more-local-control
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: We’ve never been thrilled about video gambling, and its expansion beyond the initial locales written into the law — bars, restaurants, fraternal organizations, veterans groups and truck stops — troubles us a bit. Putting gambling machines where kids pass them on the way to the breakfast cereal aisle seems like a new frontier. “That’s what they have in Las Vegas,” said longtime gambling opponent Anita Bedell, executive director of the Illinois Church Action on Alcohol & Addiction Problems. We’re not arguing any longer to do away with video gambling, and even if we were, we recognizue the challenge it would be to replace that revenue source. Illinois took in $27.6 million and towns got $5.5 million in May alone. But we can back a change to state law proposed by the Antioch Village Board, where at least one trustee intended for the Piggly Wiggly to get the liquor license but not video gambling. The village board, in a resolution, points out a fault in the gambling licensure process — once local authorities give a license to serve liquor, they have no control over whether that business also gets a gambling license. That’s handled by the Illinois Gaming Board. If towns don’t like it, their only choice is to opt out of video gambling altogether. In issuing the liquor license, “I would have preferred to add a clause that prevented gaming, but … that was not an option,” Antioch Mayor Larry Hanson said of the Piggly Wiggly. situation. Why not make it an option? It’s reasonable to let local authorities set limits within the boundaries of the existing law. Antioch’s example provides a persuasive argument for making the change.)
— Lake County sheriff to electronically monitor Hastert
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170719/lake-county-sheriff-to-electronically-monitor-hastert
— Summer school becoming more the norm – David F. Larson  (DIERSEN: Did you attend summer school while you earned your high school diploma and your bachelor’s degree?  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 in 1966; and delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969. I attended summer school at NIU during 1970 so that I could graduate in August of 1970.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20170719/summer-school-becoming-more-the-norm

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— U of C to house undergrads at pricey off-campus building – STEVEN R. STRAHLER  (DIERSEN: Where did you live while you earned your bachelor’s degree?  I lived in the “pricey” University Plaza Dormitory (
https://www.uplaza.com/) in DeKalb for three semesters 1969-1970 and in “pricey” Lincolnshire West Apartments (http://www.lincolnshirewest-apts.com/) in DeKalb during the summer of 1970. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use that to paint me as having always been filthy rich.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170720/NEWS13/170729991
— Obamacare repeal plan bad for Illinois kids, schools – DANIEL J. MONTGOMERY, President, Illinois Federation of Teachers.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170720/OPINION/170729988/obamacare-repeal-plan-bad-for-illinois-schools

 

WTTW
— William J. Kelly Running as Republican Alternative to Rauner – Alexandra Silets
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/07/19/william-j-kelly-running-republican-alternative-rauner

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rasmussen was registered lobbyist before becoming Rauner staffer – Doug Finke  (DIERSEN: Can I register as a lobbyist for the Republican Party platform, for the Illinois Republican Party platform, and for the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling?)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170719/rasmussen-was-registered-lobbyist-before-becoming-rauner-staffer

 

PEKIN TIMES
— Lawmakers take positive step with modest tax hike – Bill Knight  (DIERSEN: Democrats what individuals, organizations, and companies that are members of the following groups to pay more taxes: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.pekintimes.com/news/20170720/knight-lawmakers-take-positive-step-with-modest-tax-hike

 

RIVER BENDER
— Dozens rally to support evidence-based school funding – Cory Davenport  (DIERSEN: Democrats always want to use government a) to take more and more and more money away from Republicans and to give that money to Democrats and b) to take more and more and more money away from those who have more money and to give that money to those who have less money.)
https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/dozens-rally-to-support-evidencebased-school-funding-22158.cfm

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Demand our leaders choose children over politics – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Anti-Republicans always claim that they are “for the children.”)
http://www.qconline.com/editorials/editorial-demand-our-leaders-choose-children-over-politics/article_b82ae87b-8a28-5843-b854-79b94755e3a5.html

 

TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Jim Nowlan blasts the Illinois Policy Institute.
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/editorial/state-affairs-someone-needs-to-call-out-the-ipi/article_a84e2d15-78bf-5221-bd43-76cf27962e17.html

 

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Dying for better health care  Protest aims to put pressure on Rauner – Scott Faingold  (DIERSEN: What has helped you afford health care insurance? For me, it was my being a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, and for my wife and I, since 1997 and for the rest of our lives, it will continue to be my being a federal retiree. The federal government pays 75% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums.  In addition, we are both covered by Medicare. Of course, the aforesaid aggravates the hatred that my critics, their operatives, and their dupes have against me.)
http://illinoistimes.com/article-18921-dying-for-better-health-care.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Is Illinois In Need Of A Constitutional Convention? – SEAN CRAWFORD  (DIERSEN: Because individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors DOMINATE ILLINOIS, ANY CHANGES TO THE ILLINOIS CONSTITUTION WOULD SCREW INDIVIDUALS, SCREW ORGANIZATIONS, SCREW COMPANIES, SCREW GOVERNMENTS, AND SCREW COUNTRIES THAT ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-need-constitutional-convention#stream/0

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Kasich talks and acts like he is not only anti-Trump, but like he is anti-Republican.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/kasich-people-breathing-a-sigh-of-relief-after-health-care-bill-folds/768737956

 

WEST SUBURBAN JOURNAL
—  State Rep. Chris Welch: Budget ‘a huge deal’ for state, 7th District – MIKE SANDROLINI
https://westsuburbanjournal.com/welch-budget-a-huge-deal-for-state-7th-district/

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Rauner applauds efforts to combat Lake County flooding – Kacie Whaley  (DIERSEN: I would hope that Rauner would applaud my many efforts since 1984 to combat storm water and lot drainage problems at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton.  Those efforts would not have been necessary if Wheaton had not approved a woefully inadequate lot drainage plan for the subdivision and if Wheaton had not allowed building and construction codes to be violated.)
http://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511150345-rauner-applauds-efforts-to-combat-lake-county-flooding

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— LaHood: Federal budget cuts are a must, just not Peoria USDA lab – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/agriculture/lahood-federal-budget-cuts-are-a-must-just-not-peoria/article_4b03c698-6cc0-11e7-b4dd-83205657ad87.html

 

AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
— Americans for Prosperity-Illinois Announces Accountability Effort on Veto Override Support  Organization targets 16 state representatives for supporting permanent income tax increase
https://americansforprosperity.org/americans-prosperity-illinois-announces-accountability-effort-veto-override-support/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Conservative Gets Under Thin Skins of Petulant Progressive News Anchors – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: Whose thin skins do you get under?  With my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, I get under the thin skins of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/media/conservative-gets-thin-skins-petulant-progressive-news-anchors/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner once declared he’d never hire lobbyists as senior staff, then he did   (DIERSEN: Can I register as a lobbyist for the Republican Party platform, for the Illinois Republican Party platform, and for the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling?)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/20/rauner-once-declared-hed-never-hire-lobbyists-as-senior-staff-then-he-did/
— New AFP-IL mailers target some who voted to override Rauner’s tax hike veto
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/20/new-afp-il-mailers-target-some-who-voted-to-override-rauners-tax-hike-veto/

 

GOPUSA
— Limbaugh: Establishment unifying to get rid of Donald Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27425
— Trump regrets choosing Jeff Sessions as AG  (DIERSEN: The Democrats who ran the federal government in 1966, 1971, and 1980 regret hiring me.  If they knew that I was never going to become a Democrat, 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.gopusa.com/?p=27432

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— SLAVERY – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/slavery/

 

THE BLAZE
— North Korea carries out public executions for watching South Korean media – Kate Scanlon  (DIERSEN: If my critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes execute you for reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, please let me know immediately.  Just kidding, but not completely.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/19/report-north-korea-carries-out-public-executions-for-watching-south-korean-media/

 

BREITBART
— L.A. Sees 60% Jump in Deportation Cases Under Trump – AWR HAWKINS
http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/07/19/la-deportation-cases-jump-60-percent-president-trump/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Media Straight-Up Ignore A Scandal – Peter Hasson  (DIERSEN: The media ignore that which it cannot spin to promote the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and/or the Green Party platform.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/19/media-ignore-womens-marchs-support-for-a-terrorist-three-days-in-a-row/
— Tax-Funded Anti-Poverty Groups Pay Their CEOs Huge Salaries – ETHAN BARTON AND JENNIFER DUPLESSIE
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/19/tax-funded-anti-poverty-groups-pay-their-ceos-huge-salaries/
— Apparently Memorials Now Foster ‘White Heterosexual Male Supremacy’ – Rob Shimshock
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/19/apparently-memorials-now-foster-white-heterosexual-male-supremacy/

 

NEWSMAX
— FreedomWorks Has Traitor Awards for Senators Against Repeal – Solange Reyner
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/freedomworks-giving-traitor-awards/2017/07/19/id/802676/

 

DAILY WIRE
— INSANITY: Purdue Hands Out ‘Privilege Scorecards’ To Students – SAUL TEETER  (DIERSEN: From what I see, a) you lose privilege points if you are a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time and b) you gain privilege points if you are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.dailywire.com/news/18735/insanity-purdue-hands-out-privilege-scorecards-daily-wire
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Did you think Brooklyn’s “Check Your Privilege” cards were amazing? Then you’ll love this: Mike Allison at Turning Point News is reporting that students in a Purdue University class were given “Privilege Scorecards,” which is somehow stupider than it sounds. The questionnaire takes eleven totally arbitrary categories and awards points based on your answers. Because that is how equality works. There is much of the usual nonsense present: White and Asian people earn 25 and 10 points, respectively, while Latino and Black people are deducted points; Women lose 50 points, but gain back 20 points if they are cisgender women. Gay people lose 100 points, which I find deeply insulting as a gay man who would love nothing more than to just be counted the same as everybody else. Not to worry though, since the goal seems to be to get as far in the negatives as possible. A gay, intersex, trans, black, Middle-Eastern, Muslim, homeless, blind, short, ugly scientist who cannot add and is filling the form out on a Friday night would have -2570 points, which is of course a big win for that population. For some reason, Jews (against whom the majority of religiously-motivated hate crimes are committed) are awarded 25 points, while Christians are awarded 5 and Muslims lose 50. Jewish exclusion is not a surprise, since this comes from the same branch of leftism as the Chicago Dyke March (of “Zio” fame). This scorecard is a logical endgame of the emphasis that leftists have been putting on victimhood and the Oppression Olympics, championing those who have perceived disadvantages as inherently more virtuous. The obvious logical flaw here is that separating groups of people by physical characteristics and then assigning them virtue is the dictionary definition of racism. Purdue, by the way, is a publicly-funded university.)

 

FEDERALIST
— Ultra-Rich Gay Activist On Targeting Christians: It’s Time To ‘Punish The Wicked’ – Bre Payton
http://thefederalist.com/2017/07/19/ultra-rich-gay-activist-targeting-christians-time-punish-wicked/

 

THE HILL
— Graham, Durbin revive bill to help ‘Dreamers’ – RAFAEL BERNAL  (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups put DREAMers ahead of Americans: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/342785-graham-durbin-revive-bill-to-help-dreamers
— Trump tries to bend Congress to his will – NIALL STANAGE  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents focus on bending everyone and everything to their will.  They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy everyone and everything that they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/342837-trump-tries-to-bend-congress-to-his-will

 

ROLL CALL
— Conservatives Plot Payback for Obamacare Repeal Failure  Outside groups warn that Republicans could lose control of Congress
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/conservatives-obamacare-payback-lawmakers

 

POLITICO
— New hires create minefield for Illinois governor – NATASHA KORECKI  (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who hired me in 1980, who got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who promoted me in 1986.  My Democrats IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/19/new-hires-create-minefield-illinois-governor-rauner-240737
— Senate Republicans still at impasse after late-night health care meeting  GOP senators engaged in talks late Wednesday night to try to revive their bill to repeal and replace Obamacare after Trump told senators they shouldn’t leave town without action. – BURGESS EVERETT, SEUNG MIN KIM and JENNIFER HABERKORN
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/19/trump-congress-no-recess-health-care-240718

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Tax Dollars Become Weapon on a New Front in the Culture Wars  States try to limit official travel to places they deem discriminatory. (DIERSEN: Illinois Democrats and RINOs would love to ban travel to any state, any county, any township/ward, any municipality, and any precinct that voted for Trump.  Illinois Democrats and RINOs want to get rid of any state, any county, any township/ward, any municipality, and any precinct that voted for Trump.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/us/public-employee-travel.html

 

MIAMI HERALD
— DREAMers’ hope for amnesty is in danger – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps use DREAMers to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump supporters as being racists and even worse things.)
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article162594638.html

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: CBO: Senate Republican Obamacare repeal plan would increase uninsured by 32 million in 2026 – Maureen Groppe (DIERSEN: What has helped you afford health care insurance?  For me, it was my being a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, and for my wife and I, since 1997 and for the rest of our lives, it will continue to be my being a federal retiree. The federal government pays 75% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums.  In addition, we are both covered by Medicare.  Of course, the aforesaid aggravates the hatred that my critics, their operatives, and their dupes have against me.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/07/19/cbo-senate-republican-obamacare-repeal/493791001/
— Americans are not naming their babies ‘Donald.’ Trump may have something to do with that – Waseem Abbasi  (DIERSEN: Under the table, to promote hatred against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes link me to David Duke.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/19/americans-name-child-donald/472230001/
— Teachers union boss skewers Betsy DeVos on vouchers, likening them to ‘cousins’ of segregation – Greg Toppo  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned my parents for sending me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/20/union-leader-school-vouchers-polite-cousins-segregation/493617001/

 

COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW
— Public editors disappear as media distrust grows – Jackie Spinner (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes urge everyone to distrust me and to distrust my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. They are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
https://www.cjr.org/special_report/public-editors-disappearing.php

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Latest ‘Hate’ Smear Target Is a Civil-Rights Group  The media again parrots the Southern Poverty Law Center’s scurrilous claims. – Edwin Meese III  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who calls who a hater? ANSWER: Members of Group A call members of Group B haters.  Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-latest-hate-smear-target-is-a-civil-rights-group-1500500854
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The headlines were both inflammatory and untrue: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions Criticized for Speaking to ‘Hate Group,’ ” reported NBC. Reports from ABC and other major news outlets used similar language. Readers might be surprised to learn that the group in question is the Alliance Defending Freedom, a respected civil-rights law firm. So where did this scurrilous charge originate? With the Southern Poverty Law Center, which labels the ADF a “hate group.” The designation had nothing to do with the law firm’s policies or behavior. It’s just that the SPLC objects to its traditional views on the Constitution, the First Amendment and the meaning of marriage. No responsible media outlet should parrot the SPLC’s hate list without seeking to understand not only its motives but also the consequences of spreading false charges. I have personally known the ADF’s founder, Alan Sears, and its president, Mike Farris, for decades. Each has committed his life to fighting for justice, the rule of law, and a better future for all Americans. When I was attorney general in the 1980s, Alan worked for the Commission on Pornography, fighting for stronger laws against obscenity while protecting the First Amendment. Mike is a pastor, the founder of Patrick Henry College, and an extraordinary litigator. Together they have led the ADF to numerous victories at the Supreme Court, including this year’s 7-2 win in Trinity Lutheran v. Comer, a landmark case on church-state relations. I also know Mr. Sessions as a colleague and friend. His distinguished service to the nation over three decades, now as part of the Trump administration, has been rewarded with vicious attacks by the media and political opponents.)

 

FORBES
— Replace Shirley Madigan on the Illinois Arts Council – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2017/07/19/replace-shirley-madigan-on-the-illinois-arts-council/#2883b74b61a4
— Why Universal Basic Income Is ‘Immoral’, Says This Indian Journalist – Kenneth Rapoza
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2017/07/20/why-universal-basic-income-is-immoral-says-this-indian-journalist/#1a9442b917da

 

THINK PROGRESS
— Whistleblower protections are on shaky ground under Trump – Lauren C. Williams  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, I blew the whistle on patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. 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.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government.)
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-intel-nominations-1161ce312912

July 19 Evening Edition

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Republican Party at war with itself hits the wall on health care.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-republican-party-health-care-20170718-story.html
— Five more lobbying violations tied to Emanuel personal emails – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-chicago-lobbying-violations-met-0720-20170719-story.html
— Governor, sign ‘Denny’s Law’ on serious sex offenses like Hastert committed – Editorial  (DIERSEN: If you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-hastert-release-statute-limitations-edit-0720-20170719-story.html
— Water department email scandal spreads to private contract worker – Ray Long and Todd Lighty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-water-department-emails-met-0720-20170719-story.html
— Social Security is running out of money and time – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-social-security-insolvent-edit-0720-20170719-story.html
— Illinois governor candidates should ‘campaign’ by getting things done – EDITORIAL (DIERSEN: What have you gotten done?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes blame me for all the problems a) that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois has had since 2005, b) that the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee has had since 2003, c) that the Milton Township Republican Central Committee has had since 2000, d) that the Illinois Center Right Coalition has had since 2003, and e) that the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter has had since 2001.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-rauner-governor-election-campaign-edit-0719-md-20170718-story.html
— Around 155 arrested in U.S. Capitol protests – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-capitol-protests-arrests-20170719-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Political hiring laid groundwork for racist emails, alderman says – Fran Spielman  (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://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/political-hiring-laid-groundwork-for-racist-emails-alderman-says/
— Justices allow strict refugee ban but say grandparents OK – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-refugee-ban-enforcement/
— New Rauner hire Brittany Carl compared abortion to Nazi eugenics in blog post – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/new-rauner-hire-compared-abortion-to-nazi-eugenics-in-blog-post/
— CPS principals await budgets — later than ever, with uncertain funding – Lauren FitzPatrick
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cps-principals-await-budgets-later-than-ever-with-uncertain-funding/
— 1st image of ex-House Speaker Dennis Hastert after release from prison
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/1st-image-of-ex-house-speaker-dennis-hastert-after-release-from-prison/
— Rosie O’Donnell draws criticism over online anti-Trump game – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rosie-odonnell-draws-criticism-over-online-anti-trump-game/
— Trump questions motive of states not turning over voter data – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-election-integrity-states-voter-info/
— Water Department bigots versus institutional racism in Chicago – Editorial  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors talked and acted like Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion required them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/water-department-bigots-versus-institutional-racism-in-chicago/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Fitch agrees: Chicago hit mini-jackpot in new state budget – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170719/BLOGS02/170719829/fitch-agrees-chicago-hit-mini-jackpot-in-new-state-budget
— Daley vows Kennedy fundraising shakeup – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: Democrats raise money from individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170719/BLOGS02/170719834/daley-vows-kennedy-fundraising-shakeup
— 32 million more uninsured under Obamacare repeal bill, CBO says – Bloomberg  (DIERSEN: What has helped you afford health care insurance?  For me, it was my being a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, and for my wife and I, since 1997 and for the rest of our lives, it will continue to be my being a federal retiree. The federal government pays 75% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums.  In addition, we are both covered by Medicare.  Of course, the aforesaid aggravates the hatred that my critics, their operatives, and their dupes have against me.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170719/NEWS02/170719823/senate-repeal-bill-would-leave-32-million-more-uninsured-cbo-says

 

ABC7
— Gov. Rauner criticized for handling of flooding aftermath – Karen Jordan  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do? Mine criticize not only what I have or have not done during my entire life, but they criticize everything that everyone has done or not done during their entire lives.)
http://abc7chicago.com/weather/gov-rauner-criticized-for-handling-of-flooding-aftermath/2234107/

 

NBC5
— Mug Shot of Disheveled Dennis Hastert Released  The 74-year-old was serving time for violating banking laws by trying to pay $3.5 million to silence a man who says he was abused by Hastert when the former speaker was a high school wrestling coach decades ago
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Hastert-Mugshot-Released-435491893.html

 

WLS AM
— Roskam criticizes Republican Senators on healthcare – John Dempsey
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/07/19/roskam-criticizes-republican-senators-on-healthcare/

 

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— HASTERT FITTED WITH ELECTRONIC MONITOR; PHOTO RELEASED
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170719/AP/307199783

 

STATELINE
— Gov. Rauner’s New Team Consists Mostly of Political Outsiders  Staff shakeup made in aftermath of budget defeat – Mark Maxwell
http://www.mystateline.com/news/gov-rauners-new-team-mostly-political-outsiders/769169764

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD

— House Democrats ask FBI to look into Ivanka Trump’s security clearance  Same congressmen goes after Kushner clearance – DANIELLA DIAZ (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who asked a) for my sick leave requests to be investigated in 1968 and 1969, b) for my partial day per diem requests to be investigated in 1974 (SEE: http://www.gao.gov/products/463866), and c) for my education deductions to be investigated in 1978.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/house-democrats-ask-fbi-to-look-into-ivanka-trumps-security-clearance/769188861

 

KFVS 12
— Gov. Rauner signs bill addressing teacher shortage in IL – Joshua Murray (DIERSEN: What shortages did you fill?  GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/35922139/gov-rauner-signs-bill-addressing-teacher-shortage-in-il

 

GOPUSA
— Hate for ‘Made in America’ – Michelle Malkin
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27356
— Transit officials won’t release criminal surveillance video: It’s racist
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27272
— Teen Vogue Defends Teaching Kids How to Engage in Sodomy
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27350
— American legal protections are disappearing  (DIERSEN: Legal protections are DECREASING for individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and INCREASING for those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27329

 

NEWSMAX
— USPS Broke Law by Letting Employees Do Clinton Campaign Work – Joe Crowe
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/USPS-Hatch-Act/2017/07/19/id/802532/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Trump: Protecting The Ballot Box Is Necessary To ‘Make America Great Again’ – Alex Pfeiffer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/19/trump-protecting-the-ballot-box-is-necessary-to-make-america-great-again/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— HOW MEDIA BECAME PURVEYORS OF ‘FAKE NEWS’  Jane Chastain explains history of link between reporters, government staffers
http://www.wnd.com/2017/07/how-media-became-purveyors-of-fake-news/

 

BREITBART
— GOP, Dems Plotting ‘DREAM Act’ for Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/07/19/gop-dems-plotting-dream-act-illegal-aliens/

 

THE BLAZE
— Gay activist says it’s time to target Christians: Time to ‘punish the wicked’ – Sarah Taylor
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/19/gay-activist-says-its-time-to-target-christians-time-to-punish-the-wicked/
— Christians, it’s simple: if that TV show won’t bring you closer to God — don’t watch it – Matt Walsh
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/matt-walsh-christians-its-simple-if-that-tv-show-wont-bring-you-closer-to-god-dont-watch-it/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Is media responsible for America’s current ‘civil war’? – Steve Jordahl
https://www.onenewsnow.com/media/2017/07/18/is-media-responsible-for-americas-current-civil-war#.WW6OVEWxXik.facebook

 

DAILY WIRE
— Our Corrupt Media Is Now Haunted By All The Precedents They Set While Colluding With Obama – ByJOHN NOLTE
http://www.dailywire.com/news/18655/our-corrupt-media-now-haunted-all-precedents-they-john-nolte#

 

AMERICA MAGAZINE
— Chicago’s Cardinal Cupich: Saying gay, lesbian and L.G.B.T. is a step toward respect – Michael J. O’Loughlin
https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2017/07/18/chicagos-cardinal-cupich-saying-gay-lesbian-and-lgbt-step-toward

 

THE HILL
— Democrats launch ‘no confidence’ resolution against Trump – MIKE LILLIS
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/342725-dems-launch-no-confidence-resolution-against-trump

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Implores GOP Senators to Come Together Over Troubled Health Bill  Trump tells senators they were close to a deal and shouldn’t leave town for summer break without one – Louise Radnofsky
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-senators-lunch-with-trump-over-health-bills-troubles-1500483205
— Money for Nothing? Universal Basic Income Gains Traction  Mark Zuckerberg is drawing new attention to the concept of giving everyone a salary. (DIERSEN: How big of a “Universal Basic Income” would it take get you to stop working – $15,000, $20,000, $25,000, $30,000, $35,000, $40,000, $45,000, $50,000, or more?
http://www.barrons.com/video/money-for-nothing-universal-basic-income-gains-traction/5E29719E-139E-4EAB-AD5D-C760258ACEA9.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— HOW PUTIN HELPED TRUMP DEFEAT HIS REPUBLICAN PRIMARY RIVALS – RYAN GOODMAN  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Republican candidates in Illinois who lose primary and/or general elections that me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails caused them to lose.  While I held the following positions, they hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Republican candidates who lost primary and/or general elections that what I did and/or did not do in the following positions caused them to lose: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or they a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://www.newsweek.com/how-putin-helped-trump-defeat-his-gop-primary-rivals-638986

 

FORBES
— 10 Ways To Raise A Kid Who Can Handle Money (And Isn’t An Entitled Jerk) – Diana Hembree
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dianahembree/2017/07/19/10-ways-to-raise-a-kid-who-can-handle-money-and-isnt-an-entitled-jerk/#47f7a73a469a
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 7. Encourage him to limit work during high school to no more than 15 hours a week…. Studies show students who work more than that are less likely to get a college degree. The summer’s the time to fire on all engines (you may want to see whether your city offers stipends or hourly wages for summer jobs involving teens.) 8. …And to get a part-time job while in college. Interestingly, research shows that students who work in an on-campus job up to 20 hours a week get higher grades than those who don’t, according to Kobliner. According to a study from the University of California at Merced, “Kids who help pay for their college costs, whether they need to or not, feel more invested in their education because they are more invested financially.”)

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “It sounds like the White House’s attempts to help the GOP healthcare bill were a disaster.”
http://www.businessinsider.com/gop-health-care-bill-senate-trump-2017-7

 

VANITY FAIR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “AFTER TRUMPCARE’S COLLAPSE, REPUBLICANS FACE A BRUTAL REALITY.”
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/07/after-trumpcares-collapse-republicans-face-a-harsh-reality

July 19 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democratic group airs TV ads attacking Rauner on school funding bill – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-school-funding-ad-20170719-story.html
— Rahm, enjoy your ‘vacation’ from Chicago – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-rahm-emanuel-europe-0719-20170718-column.html
— Liberal America has a political violence problem – Albert Eisenberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-liberals-antifa-violence-20170718-story.html
— In defense of bureaucracy to protect the little people – Ron Grossman  (DIERSEN: Who/what has protected you?  For me, it has been federal civil service protections.  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/columnists/ct-trump-west-bureaucracy-grossman-20170712-story.html
— Armed men hold up Naperville restaurant, police say
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/crime/ct-nvs-naperville-armed-robbery-st-0721-20170719-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING: Grocery store’s video gambling opens new wagering frontier in suburbs – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170719/grocery-stores-video-gambling-opens-new-wagering-frontier-in-suburbs
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING: Bella’s to combine restaurant, wine market, gambling in Wheeling
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170719/bellas-to-combine-restaurant-wine-market-gambling-in-wheeling
— Investigation continues into controversial photo of Barrington High students – Bob Susnjara
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170718/investigation-continues-into-controversial-photo-of-barrington-high-students
— Armed men rob person outside Naperville restaurant – Lee Filas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170719/armed-men-rob-person-outside-naperville-restaurant

 

WTTW
— What Does It Cost to Run for Governor in Illinois? – Amanda Vinicky  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What does it cost to be eligible to be hired by the federal government at the GS-7 level, currently $44,853? ANSWER: The cost to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree. QUESTION: What does it cost to be eligible to be hired by the federal government at the GS-9 level, currently $54,864? ANSWER: The cost to earn a job-related master’s degree.)
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/07/18/what-does-it-cost-run-governor-illinois

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield Park Board should reject video gambling at Sliders stadium – Anita Bedell, Executive Director of the Illinois Church Action on Alcohol & Addiction Problems
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170717/letter-springfield-park-board-should-reject-video-gambling-at-sliders-stadium

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— To the incumbents go the campaign spoils – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-07-19/tom-kacich-incumbents-go-campaign-spoils.html
— Vermilion board chairman Mike Marron ‘ready for the challenge’ of Hays’ seat – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-07-19/vermilion-board-chairman-ready-challenge-hays-seat.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Here comes your bailout for the financially-mismanaged Chicago Public Schools – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article161723983.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Illinois ending most paper professional license renewals  (DIERSEN: I became a licensed CPA in 1981.)
http://www.qconline.com/business/illinois-ending-most-paper-professional-license-renewals/article_9fbef8d7-f471-5068-876a-4fd5c6bcd205.html#new_tab

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— OUTSTANDING: Joliet denies license for cafe gambling on Larkin Avenue – BOB OKON
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/07/18/joliet-denies-license-for-cafe-gambling-on-larkin-avenue/abb5eda/
— Wheaton City Council approves final plans for Loretto Club housing development – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/07/18/wheaton-city-council-approves-final-plans-for-loretto-club-housing-development/acl7amf/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Protesters “drop dead” in rally against AHCA – Esther Kwon  (DIERSEN: Protesters want a) Republicans to pay for health care for Democrats and b) those who have more money to pay for health care for those who have less money.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/protesters-drop-dead-in-rally-against-ahca

 

WJBD RADIO
— Trump’s election commission holds first meeting amid pushback  (DIERSEN: Democrats pushback at any and all efforts to stop voter fraud.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2017/07/19/trumps-election-commission-holds-first-meeting-amid-pushback

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— President Trump to nominate Caterpillar board member as Russian ambassador  Huntsman served as ambassador to China from 2009 to 2011 – Pierce Roberson
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/president-trump-to-nominate-caterpillar-board-member-as-russian-ambassador/768670776
— Letting Obamacare fail ‘cynical, sinister,’ Booker says  Democrats not invited to participate  (DIERSEN: The Democrats’ wasting of my federal career and their forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” was “cynical, sinister.”  If I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, and/or a veteran, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. While I worked for the federal government, extremely few of my coworkers earned job-related master’s degrees, job-related professional certifications, or job-related professional licenses.  I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/letting-obamacare-fail-cynical-sinister-booker-says/768781203

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— How Much Money Could Chicago Save By Reducing Violence?  Substantial anti-violence programs aren’t cheap, but neither is violence. – WHET MOSER
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/July-2017/How-Much-Money-Could-Chicago-Save-By-Reducing-Violence/

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Is 10th CD R Primary Doug Bennett running against an Independent? Jeff – Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/07/is-10th-cd-r-primary-doug-bennett-running-against-an-independent-berkowitz-wbennett-cableweb/

 

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— Illinois budget post-mortem: What remains, what made it, what didn’t … – BGA
https://rebootillinois.com/2017/07/18/illinois-budget-post-mortem-bga/

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Rauner pays new staff lucrative salaries  “All of us owe them a debt of gratitude.” – Mark Maxwell (DIERSEN: Are/were you accused of being overpaid?  My critics/opponents have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/rauner-pays-new-staff-lucrative-salaries/768887237
— Rauner opposes Trumpcare after it stalls  Obamacare repeal dies in Senate – Mark Maxwell
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/rauner-opposes-trumpcare-after-it-stalls/768884783

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— McCaleb: After two wins, Madigan plays political game with school funding – Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/mccaleb-after-two-wins-madigan-plays-political-game-with-school/article_a8e255f6-6c0a-11e7-a843-83ccd44bf811.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— HB 1785: “They’re as Good at Math as They are at Biology” – Ralph Rivera and John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/spotlight-049/
— Donald Trump’s Pro-Family Remarks in Poland Should Leave Conservatives Optimistic – Joshua Denton
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/07/donald-trumps-pro-family-remarks-in-poland-should-leave-conservatives-optimistic/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— New Survey Shows We Are Approaching a Post-Christian America – Joshua Denton (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want America to be anti-Christian.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/faith/new-survey-shows-approaching-post-christian-america/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— They’re back!
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/19/theyre-back/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The last press release I received from the Illinois Republican Party on state issues was July 7th, the Friday before the Monday Rauner purge began… On Monday, the Chicago Machine tipped its hand on SB1. After months claiming that SB1 was about fixing the school funding formula, Chicago Public Schools started making the unsubstantiated argument that an amendatory veto of the bill to remove the Chicago bailout would change the “fundamental purpose” of the legislation. It’s a clear admission by the Chicago Machine that the “fundamental purpose” of SB1 is a Chicago pension bailout, and not school funding reform. It’s time Madigan Democrats in the General Assembly either send SB1 to Governor Rauner for an amendatory veto to remove the Chicago bailout, or pass true bipartisan school funding reform that excludes a multi-hundred million dollar bailout of Chicago at the expense of schools across the state. Otherwise, this is just another case of Mike Madigan and his machine holding Illinois hostage for his Chicago agenda.)
— “You’re paying folks too much”  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/19/youre-paying-folks-too-much/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner says “The Rauner couple’s unhealthy obsession with media and messaging.”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/18/the-rauner-couples-%e2%80%9cunhealthy-obsession-with-media-and-messaging%e2%80%9d/

 

GOPUSA
— Liberal Values Are Bankrupting Us – Star Parker
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27354

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Archbishop rips Vatican-approved magazine’s ‘ignorant’ attack on pro-Trump Catholics – Claire Chretien
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archbishop-chaput-rips-vatican-approved-magazines-willfully-ignorant-attack
— Same-sex ‘marriage’: Religious right was right all along – Charles LiMandri
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/same-sex-marriage-religiousright-was-right-all-along

 

DAILY CALLER
— Ending DACA Puts America First – Scott Greer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/18/ending-daca-puts-america-first/

 

NEWSMAX
— Target’s Chief Sounds Alarm on Pullback by Hispanic Shoppers – Jonathan Weiss  (DIERSEN: Are you shopping less, and if so, since when and why?  I have been shopping less since 1997 when my income dropped $72,135/year or 59% because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”  Instead of a $122,991 GS-13 Step 10 salary, I have a $50,856 pension.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/Economy/target-hispanics-shopping-shoppers/2017/07/19/id/802498/
— GOP Becoming Party of Bad Faith – Rich Lowry
http://www.newsmax.com/RichLowry/obamacare-repeal-republican-senate/2017/07/18/id/802332/

 

BREITBART
— Liberal Republican Senators to Block Defunding Planned Parenthood in Obamacare Repeal – DR. SUSAN BERRY
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/19/2015-clean-obamacare-repeal-bill-defunded-planned-parenthood-one-year/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— DIRTY 2 DOZEN GOP REPS BOW TO ‘TRANS’ DEMANDS  Linda Harvey asks, should taxpayers pay for soldiers’ artificial genitals? – LINDA HARVEY
http://www.wnd.com/2017/07/dirty-2-dozen-gop-reps-bow-to-trans-demands/

 

THE HILL
— ICE chief praises Trump, plans to send more agents to sanctuary cities – JOSH DELK
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/342580-ice-director-trump-has-taken-the-handcuffs-off-law-enforcement
— GOP forms circular firing squad – NIALL STANAGE
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/342630-the-memo-gop-forms-circular-firing-squad

 

POLITICO
— COST OF RAUNER’S NEW HIRES – Natasha Korecki
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/07/19/politico-illinois-playbook-rahm-in-milan-while-rome-is-burning-hastert-already-out-of-prison-cost-of-rauner-new-hires-221398
(FROM THE ARTICLE: We asked the governor’s office what the new staff members — most of whom hail from the Illinois Policy Institute — were paid. Here are salaries for six staffers Rauner hired since last week: Kristina Rasmussen — Chief of Staff — $170,000; Diana Rickert – Deputy Chief of Staff of Communications – $165,000; Laurel Patrick – Communications Director – $120,000; Michael Lucci -Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy – $140,000; Brittany Carl – Communications Specialist – $45,000; Meghan Keenan – Communications Specialist – $45,000)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Voter Purges Are Coming – VANITA GUPTA  (DIERSEN: Are you a precinct committeeman/captain?  How much deadwood is there in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/opinion/donald-trump-voting-rights-purge.html
— The Top Jobs in Trump’s Administration Are Mostly Vacant: Who’s to Blame? – KAREN YOURISH and GREGOR AISCH (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/17/us/politics/trump-appointments.html

 

USA TODAY
— Still looking for a raise? The fight for a higher minimum wage to continue in 2018 – Charisse Jones and Kellie Ell
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/07/14/states-and-cities-do-what-federal-government-wont-raise-minimum-wage/443111001/
— Women are talking and these companies make them happiest – N’dea Yancey-Bragg  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates had told them that my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates WHO WERE WOMEN would be much happier if the federal government got rid of its employees who were men, and especially those who were Republican, White, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/07/17/women-talking-and-these-companies-make-them-happiest/479719001/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 2-year-old start-up just released its 2017 rankings of the best companies where women are happiest. Companies with the top rankings: Boston Consulting Group, Dell, Accenture, PepsiCo, General Electric, Salesforce, Deloitte, PwC, Vanguard Group, Apple, American Express, Kaiser Permanente, Thomson, Reuters.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Balancing Religion and the Office. – Francesca Fontana  (DIERSEN: What religion are you?  I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL).  While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years in 3 different agencies, I do not recall any of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, or subordinates being MSLs.  Most, if virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes disapprove of MSLs, if not despise MSLs, if not hate MSLs.  They hint/imply/argue/shout that MSLs are “too conservative.”)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-religion-at-work-still-taboo-not-everywhere-1500386401

 

BLOOMBERG
— Chicago’s Graduation Policy Doesn’t Make the Grade  Requiring students to have a formal plan after high school could put more of them at risk.  (DIERSEN: What was your plan when you were in high school?)
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-07-18/chicago-s-graduation-policy-doesn-t-make-the-grade

 

FED SMITH
— House Budget Committee Targets Federal Employee Pensions – Ian Smith  (DIERSEN: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years (1966-1969 and 1971-1997) and I have been a retired federal employee for almost 20 years. Ever-increasingly, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems and those who paint themselves as being advocates for the aforesaid promote hatred of federal employees and hatred of retired federal employees. If someone promoted hatred of you, what would you do about it?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 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. Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/07/19/house-budget-committee-targets-federal-employee-pensions/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For retired federal employees under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), COLAs would be reduced by 0.5%.)

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 426 West Elm Street, Wheaton – $329,900
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/1_fs/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447952_zpid/