CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— As Trump frees Blagojevich: Fresh injustice for the 12 million victims of Illinois corruption – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-trump-blagojevich-corruption-illinois-commute-sentence-20200218-sfzksvrpvrggnandm53mmlh2t4-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-ice-santuary-city-immigration-customs-border-protection-chicago-20200218-fj5tz3llf5ep7ocgfm4humvcbi-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-dahleen-glanton-donald-trump-blagojevich-commuted-sentence-20200219-ineoyqss5rdplle7hxv63jk2wy-story.html
— Trump’s commutation of Blagojevich buries presidential promise about ‘draining the swamp’ – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-blagojevich-trump-kass-20200219-4wj4ugxchnd2zcz3i4f6fojzp4-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lightfoot back at the table in Springfield, betting a Chicago casino is in
the cards Lightfoot met with the four legislative leaders, Senate Democrats and
both Republican caucuses. The trip came a day before Gov. J.B. Pritzker was to
deliver his budget address – although Lightfoot did not meet with the governor.
– Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/2/18/21142936/lightfoot-springfield-chicago-casino-republicans-madigan-harmon
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Lawmakers decline to block new gun store regulations – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200218/lawmakers-decline-to-block-new-gun-store-regulations
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Central Illinoisans react with disagreement, disgust to Trump commuting Rod
Blagojevich sentence – Paul Swiech
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/central-illinoisans-react-with-disagreement-disgust-to-trump-commuting-rod/article_57e4ebc7-7783-57c1-bbbf-f5bd664919e2.html
— McLean County Board approves cannabis tax; 35 percent designated for mental
health programs – Paul Swiech (DIERSEN: What percent of pot promoters, pot
sellers, and pot users are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative,
anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male,
anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans,
anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for
a long time?)
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/mclean-county-board-approves-cannabis-tax-percent-designated-for-mental/article_c0be5ba9-490b-5465-9889-a0ad98ecbc26.html
WGLT
— What They Said: Republican Senate Candidates on the Issues – TIM SHELLEY
https://www.wglt.org/post/what-they-said-republican-senate-candidates-issues#stream/0
BURR RIDGE PATCH
— War Of Words In Burr Ridge A trustee calls the mayor “corrupt,”
while the mayor says the trustee is “an unaccomplished nobody.”
-David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/war-words-burr-ridge
— Burr Ridge Trustee Blamed For Legal Spending Mayor Gary Grasso says Trustee
Zach Mottl has prompted legal spending. A village analysis shows such spending
remains about the same. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/burr-ridge-trustee-blamed-legal-spending
WIREPOINTS
— It’s unethical for Pritzker to suggest his progressive tax plan can fix the
deficit and offer both property and income tax relief. Simple math shows he
can’t do it all. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/its-unethical-for-pritzker-to-suggest-his-progressive-tax-plan-can-fix-the-deficit-and-offer-both-property-and-income-tax-relief-simple-math-shows-he-cant-do-it-all-wirep/
— Illinois Among States Where Bloomberg Has Implanted Paid Lawyers in AG
Office to Advance His Agenda – Wirepoints Original – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-among-states-where-michael-bloomberg-has-implanted-paid-lawyers-in-ag-office-to-advance-his-agenda-wirepoints-original/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McConchie on Blagojevich: “Justice Has Been Shortchanged”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/18/mcconchie-on-blagojevich-justice-has-been-shortchanged/
— Skililcorn Disagrees with Trump’s Decision on Blagojevich
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/18/skililcorn-disagrees-with-trumps-decision-on-blagojevich/
— Durbin Pushed for Blagojevich Release
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/18/durbin-pushed-for-blagojevich-release/
— Trump Gives Blagojevich Get Out of Jail Free Card
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/18/trump-gives-blagojevich-get-out-of-jail-free-card/
— IL-14: WTTW Video Voter Guide Online
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/18/il-14-wttw-video-voter-guide-online/
— Will Janko Be Able to Tie His Campaign to Sanders?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/18/will-janko-be-able-to-tie-his-campaign-to-sanders/
— DCFS Shields Carlos Acosta Dismissal Appeal Records
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/18/dcfs-shields-carlos-acosta-dismissal-appeal-records/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Ex-jailbird Rod Blagojevich declares himself a ‘Trumpocrat’ – S.A. Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/19/ex-jailbird-rod-blagojevich-declares-himself-trump/
— Cheer up: Countdown for CPAC underway – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/18/inside-the-beltway-cheer-up-countdown-for-cpac-und/
— Thatcher was hated by liberals, socialists and even a few moderates – R.
Emmett Tyrrell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/18/margaret-thatcher-was-hated-by-liberals-socialists/
— Bipartisan bill offers speedy cure for latest ‘deep state’ hits – Cheryl K.
Chumley (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. All during the almost
30 years that I worked for the federal government, my Democrat superiors,
supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates treated me like I was a member of a
Republican deep state. They blamed me for the troubles that they had hiring,
retaining, and promoting qualified young Democrat minorities and qualified
young Democrat females.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/19/bill-barr-target-deep-state-says-jason-chaffetz/
— Germany to require social media sites to report hate speech – AP (DIERSEN:
According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and
commentary is hate speech except for the government and political news and
commentary that they publish or bless.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/19/germany-to-require-social-media-sites-to-report-ha/
— Trump says all Mueller prosecutions should be ‘thrown out’ for bias – Dave
Boyer (DIERSEN: What if Trump said that all adverse actions taken against
federal employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or older to promote
federal employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger should be
thrown out?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/18/trump-says-all-mueller-prosecutions-should-be-thro/
— Democratic whining and identity politics Female presidential candidates
complain about sexism, Bloomberg just shows disdain – Tammy Bruce
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/19/democratic-whining-and-identity-politics/
AMERICAN THINKER
— After Democrats Purge All the ‘Nazis,’ Who Will Be Left? – J.B. Shurk
(DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the more that Trump-haters
call you a Nazi: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic,
Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, and/or if
your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/02/after_democrats_purge_all_the_nazis_who_will_be_left.html
BREITBART
— Rod Blagojevich: ‘I’m A Trumpocrat’ – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/19/rod-blagojevich-im-a-trumpocrat/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote illegal
immigration.
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/02/18/warren-everyone-here-illegally-must-be-able-to-secure-american-citizenship/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage Blacks to hate
Whites.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/18/pete-buttigieg-warns-black-law-students-at-unlv-white-supremacy-could-totally-destroy-the-american-project/
— Pete Buttigieg Promises Extra Housing — and Extra Migrants – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2020/02/18/pete-buttigieg-promises-extra-housing-extra-migrants/
TOWNHALL
— Buttigieg Trashes Christians Who Support Trump – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2020/02/18/watch-buttigieg-says-he-cant-find-any-compatibility-between-christianity-and-trumps-policies-n2561516
FEDERALIST
— Panicked Democrat Establishment Turns To Bloomberg Even if he can buy the
Democratic nomination, he’s not what their base voters want. – Mollie Hemingway
https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/19/panicked-democrat-establishment-turns-to-bloomberg/
PATRIOT POST
— A Badge of Disgrace: The Fall of the Boy Scouts – Tony Perkins
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/68685-a-badge-of-disgrace-the-fall-of-the-boy-scouts-2020-02-19
ONE NEWS NOW
— Marriage group knew polygamy push would come – Charlie Butts
https://onenewsnow.com/culture/2020/02/19/marriage-group-knew-polygamy-push-would-come
THE HILL
— Why Trump has already secured a second term — no matter who his opponent is
– SHARYL ATTKISSON
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/483344-why-trump-has-already-secured-a-second-term-no-matter-who-his-opponent-is
— House Oversight accuses Border Patrol of blocking investigation into secret
Facebook group – EMILY BIRNBAUM AND JOHN BOWDEN (DIERSEN: How many
Republican-hating secret Facebook groups operate in your neighborhood, in your
precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township,
in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/483477-house-oversight-accuses-border-patrol-of-blocking-investigation-into-secret
— China expels three Wall Street Journal reporters – JOHN BOWDEN (DIERSEN: I
should write a book about those who have punished me for my including links in
GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles they do not like. I would focus on a) those
who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in
Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or Illinois, b) those
who are activists, candidates, party leaders, major donors, political
consultants, and/or etc. who paint themselves as being religious, conservative,
and/or Republican, and c) those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for
all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all my problems, and/or
for all of everyone’s problems.)
https://thehill.com/policy/international/483590-china-revokes-press-passes-for-wall-street-journal-reporters
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Wanted: Texas Republicans Need New Voters in 2020, and Fast
https://www.voanews.com/usa/wanted-texas-republicans-need-new-voters-2020-and-fast
NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/states-across-u-s-still-cling-outdated-gay-marriage-bans-n1137936
NEW YORK TIMES
— A Quiet Respite in a Bustling Open Workplace More than a decade into the era
of the open-plan office, a host of ancillary spaces like “phone booths” and
“meeting pods” are cropping up, offering employees an escape from their
co-workers. – Jane Margolies (DIERSEN: In 1990, when GAO moved into new space
in a new building ( https://200westadams.com/
), my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were
furious that I got a preferred corner office. I got that office a) because I
got promoted to GS-13 in 1986 by a manager who they had gotten rid of in 1987
and b) because of the federal seniority that I had gained by working for IRS
1971-1980 and for the Post Office 1966-1969.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/business/office-workplace-privacy.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage all the citizens of
all the foreign countries to claim asylum in America. Ever-increasingly,
Democrats promise to give asylum seekers preference over citizens of America.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/opinion/sunday/immigration-trump-refugees.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/opinion/trump-anger-fear.html
— Why Do My Fellow Republicans Make Excuses for Trump’s Deficits? He is
driving the country to financial ruin. And his own party is letting it happen.
– Mark Sanford
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/opinion/trump-budget.html
— Affirmative Action Opponents Renew Their Battle Against Harvard A group
representing Asian-American students is appealing a judge’s ruling that Harvard
did not explicitly discriminate against them by boosting other racial and
ethnic groups. – Anemona Hartocollis
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/us/affirmative-action-harvard.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Sanders surges into national lead in new Post-ABC poll –
Dan Balz and Scott Clement
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sanders-surges-into-national-lead-in-new-post-abc-poll/2020/02/19/868266a4-5280-11ea-929a-64efa7482a77_story.html
NEW YORK POST
— Why Mike Bloomberg is already pandering to the left – Michael Goodwin
(DIERSEN: What do you say to those in government and/or in politics who paint
themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who pander
to the left? I should write a book about those in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton
Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://nypost.com/2020/02/18/why-mike-bloomberg-is-already-pandering-to-the-left-goodwin/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich celebrates prison release by declaring
himself ‘Trump-ocrat’ – DAVE GOLDINER
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-blagojevich-trump-20200219-5cmyzzu2c5dzpjhsyxlpxvpc3m-story.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: I would not want to work for, work with, or supervise
anyone who uses pot.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-19/california-cannabis-legalization-job-applicants-disqualified-marijuana-use
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— China Expels Three Wall Street Journal Reporters China’s Foreign Ministry
says move was punishment for a recent opinion piece published by the Journal
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have punished me for my
including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles they do not like. I would
focus on a) those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or
financial clout in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or
Illinois, b) those who are activists, candidates, party leaders, major donors,
political consultants, and/or etc. who paint themselves as being religious,
conservative, and/or Republican, and c) those who blame me and my GOPUSA
ILLINOIS emails for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all my
problems, and/or for all of everyone’s problems.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-expels-three-wall-street-journal-reporters-11582100355
— Why the Young Back Bernie Sanders They grew up in a vastly different America
and many didn’t learn history. – William A. Galston
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-young-back-bernie-sanders-11582071616
— High Car Prices Are Locking Out Younger Shoppers – Nora Naughton (DIERSEN:
In 1966, when I was 17 years old, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint.
In 1967, I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442. In 1968, I bought a new 1969 Dodge
Charger SE. In 1971, I bought a new 1972 Corvette.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/car-dealers-warn-of-lack-of-young-buyers-for-new-vehicles-11582030804
— A Bid to Revise the New York Times’s Bad History The ‘1776 Project’ will
counter the claim that America was founded to preserve ‘slavocracy.’ – Jason L.
Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-bid-to-revise-the-new-york-timess-bad-history-11582071646
NEWSWEEK
— CROWD OUTSIDE MARK ZUCKERBERG’S HOME PROTESTS POLITICAL DISINFORMATION ON
FACEBOOK: ‘WAKE THE ZUCK UP’ – SEREN MORRIS (DIERSEN: According to my
critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is
disinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that
they publish or bless.)
https://www.newsweek.com/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-disinformation-social-media-protest-1487762
SAN ANTONIO
— Red flag laws stuck while Second Amendment sanctuary idea grows – KATRIANNA
RAY
https://www.mysanantonio.com/local-news/article/Red-flag-laws-stuck-while-Second-Amendment-15066676.php
SACRAMENTO BEE
— ’We can keep Donald Trump off balance’: Bloomberg adviser makes case for his
candidate in California – AMY CHANCE AND BRYAN ANDERSON (DIERSEN: I should
write a book about those in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn,
Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who focus on keeping off balance
those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article240381976.html
AFGE
— Trump Targets Federal Employees’ Step Increases, Leave, Retirement, Jobs in
2021 Budget
https://www.afge.org/article/trump-targets-federal-employees-step-increases-leave-retirement-jobs-in-2021-budget/
GUARDIAN
— Mike Bloomberg has a terrible past. Will his money stop scrutiny of it? –
Zaid Jilani (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have
lots of money. I would focus on those in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township,
DuPage County, and Illinois who also have lots of religious, government, and/or
political clout and who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative,
anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male,
anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans,
anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for
a long time. They are furious that they cannot end my Civil Service Retirement
System pension or my Social Security.)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/18/michael-bloomberg-civil-rights-record-is-atrocious
