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July 20 Morning Edition

GOP
— Mainstream Media Accountability Survey (DIERSEN: I should conduct a similar survey on the mainstream media in Illinois.)
https://gop.com/msm-media-accountability-survey-new

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you are a conservative Republican, what discourages you from helping elect Republican candidates? For me, it is the candidate’s failure/refusal to defend/advance a) the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform and/or b) the illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Republican Party platform. For me, it is the candidate’s failure/refusal to oppose the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. In Illinois, the more actions that “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. take against the IRP platform, the more that they shout that they are really Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, or RINOs. To get votes from Democrats, from Libertarians, and from Greens, “Republican” candidates who run as RINOs, that is, who run as anti-Republicans, want Republicans to oppose them. Which candidates on the November 6, 2018 ballot in your precinct are you going to help elect? Which of those candidates really do not want you to help elect them? Which of those candidates really want you to oppose them? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/canadian-marijuana-tilray-pot-us-ipo-canada/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner embrace of Trump means more questions about president – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-donald-trump-20180719-story.html
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Toronto official: Decriminalize all drugs – Amanda Coletta
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180720/281754155106230
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “Has Trump violated his oath of office and committed treason?”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-trump-treason-oath-of-office-0720-20180719-story.html
— Do multicultural societies breed violence? – Amanda Erickson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout at minorities that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of. Of course, that breeds violence against Republicans. Ever-increasingly, for their self-defense, Republicans are buying firearms and ammunition.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-multicultural-societies-violence-dutch-foreign-minister-0720-20180719-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote Islam.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–muslims-and-midterms-20180716-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Chance buys local website, raps news Chicagoist had been dormant since November – Robert Channick (DIERSEN: Which individuals, which organizations, which companies, and which governments will Chance use the Chicagoist to destroy?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-ent-chance-the-rapper-releases-new-tracks-20180718-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chance, who at times has clashed with Chicago news outlets over their coverage of him, offered some insight into his media aspirations through his lyrics in “I Might Need Security,” saying he “bought the Chicagoist just to run you racist (expletive) out of business.”)
— Audit rips Illinois’ oversight of group homes for adults with disabilities – Christy Gutowski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-met-illinois-group-home-audit-20180719-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
–DIERSEN HEADLINE: Facebook is a Democrat website. Democrats want Facebook to do more to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are conservative.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180719/zuckerberg-clarifies-statements-on-treatment-of-holocaust-deniers
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180720/trumps-true-colors-arent-red-white-and-blue

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— High-ranking state official leaves job with 144 unused vacation days worth $137k (DIERSEN: Federal employees are limited saving 30 days vacation days. When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997, my payout for 30 unused vacation days was $14,461 in today’s dollars. My Democrat superiors in the federal government a) discouraged me from using vacation days and b) encouraged me to give my unused vacation days to my coworkers who had health, and/or other problems.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/high-ranking-state-official-leaves-job-with-144-unused-vacation-days-worth-137k#/

 

CBS2
— Metra Struggles With Broken Air Conditioning Units, Crowding On BNSF Line – Vince Gerasole (DIERSEN: I rode this line 1992-1997 on days when I attended graduate finance night classes at IIT at 565 West Adams Street.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07/18/metra-struggles-with-broken-air-conditioning-units-crowding-on-bnsf-line/

 

WTTW
— How Transparent and Accountable Are Chicago, Cook County Governments? – Amanda Vinicky
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/07/18/how-transparent-and-accountable-are-chicago-cook-county-governments

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Legal fight over Janus decision drenched in ruthless politics – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-07-19/jim-dey-legal-fight-over-janus-decision-drenched-ruthless-politics.html

 

WCIA
— Jeanne Ives, who gave Bruce Rauner a run for his money in the GOP gubernatorial primary, got a standing ovation from a packed room at a fundraiser for the National Rifle Association. – Raquel Martin
https://twitter.com/WCIA3Raquel

 

GOTHAMIST
— Chance: “I bought the Chicagoist just to run you racist bitches outta business.” – JEN CARLSON
http://gothamist.com/2018/07/19/chance_the_rapper_chicagoist.php

 

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Harith Augustus to hint/imply/argue/shout that Whites who support the Second Amendment are racists.
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/07/20/does-the-second-amendment-apply-to-black-people

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Casten v. Roskam – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/07/20/super-pac-gives-aldermen-a-boost-emanuel-gets-emotional-and-the-eternal-power-of-the-kennedys-288841
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Debate drama “Live!” If you like those modern, live musical TV productions, where big-name actors put it all on the line, then you’re going to love the debate drama that Fox 32 has planned for next week. The station is teaming up with the Lincoln Forum to hold a live-audience Q&A between Republican Congressman Peter Roskam and Democratic challenger Sean Casten on July 26. The audience will get to ask questions of the candidates. Digital viewers can submit questions via the Fox 32 social media pages. Anything can happen! The moderator is Fox 32’s Political Editor Mike Flannery. Think of him as the John Legend of political theater. He’ll be guiding a cast of characters—the long-established Republican (Roskam), the scientist/entrepreneur who’s not afraid to take shots at the veteran (Casten) and a group of eager, breathless political savants (in the audience) Hillary Clinton won this predominantly Republican Sixth District. “This is the kind of district that Democrats have to win to take the House,” Flannery told me. “If Roskam is able to hold this seat, then that substantially brightens the prospects that Republicans might hold the House.”)

 

ILLINOIS CARRY
— Sens Nybo, Curran, Rooney, and Rep Breen win the coveted Giffords endorsement
http://illinoiscarry.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=69544

 

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— Hysterical Ninnies owe President Trump an apology – DOUG E. IBENDAHL
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=14541

 

WIRE POINTS
— Overpromising has crippled public pensions. A 50-state survey – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Why do employers in the public sector give their employees more generous pensions than employers in the private sector give their employees? ANSWER: Since the beginning of time, public sector employees have been viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being lazy, stupid, and worse things. Consequently, to get and retain employees, public sector employers have had to give their employees more generous pensions.)
http://www.wirepoints.com/overpromising-has-crippled-public-pensions-a-50-state-survey/
— Dear Trustee Jones and similar Wirepoints critics: Name-calling and censorship won’t protect you from numbers and facts – Mark Glennon (DIERSEN: I should write a similar article about my critic’s/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://www.wirepoints.com/dear-trustee-jones-and-similar-wirepoints-critics-name-calling-and-censorship-wont-protect-you-from-numbers-and-facts-quicktake/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kimberly Jones is a trustee of Maine Township, Illinois. Because her comment about us at Wirepoints, made at an open board meeting, is pretty representative of what we hear from those who don’t like us, let me respond, to her and her kind. At a township board meeting last month, she said, ”Wirepoints is not a legitimate newspaper and is a political propaganda paper, not something that should be brought up in a governmental body.” (1:14 mark.) She was responding to a particular Wirepoints article from February by my colleague Ted Dabrowski highlighting how much taxes had increased and how little private sector incomes had risen in the township. Her “argument” is really just a variation of “arguments” all too common. They’re usually comprised of little more than ad hominems and some way to muzzle us is often the hope. Ms. Jones, you can start by going through our article to see that all our data came from credible, official sources. Which ones were wrong? What evidence do you have to the contrary? We spend extraordinary amounts of time trying to get our facts and numbers right. We use original sources and link to them whenever possible. We routinely publish opinions and analyses we don’t agree with. Our work has been cited approvingly in Barron’s, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes and many other publications. If we get something wrong we correct it, though I’m proud to say we’ve published nothing with a material error I know of in the five years we’ve been around, despite the complexity of what we cover. As for us being political, all of us at Wirepoints forego any campaign activity and political support, but if being fiscal realists is political, so be it. We wear that on our sleeves. We make no effort to hide our contempt for politicians, both Democrats and Republicans like you, who stand against reforms needed to restore Illinois and its municipalities to financial stability. Above all else, we believe in freedom of expression and the marketplace of ideas, especially in government forums like your board meeting at which you think our research should be suppressed. So, to you and others who offer nothing beyond name-calling, put up or shut up. And as for any call for us to be banned from township meetings or anywhere else, drop dead.)

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Months before Election Day, some voters get a new state rep: Jeff Keicher – Scot Bertram
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/months-before-election-day-some-voters-get-a-new-state/article_158b3c10-8ad5-11e8-bade-5307e628a97c.html

 

DAILY TORCH
— Rubbing SALT in the wound – Printus LeBlanc (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://dailytorch.com/2018/07/rubbing-salt-in-the-wound/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s strategic war on the media – Jennifer Harper
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/19/inside-the-beltway-trumps-strategic-war-on-the-med/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Voters already know that President Trump has confronted a hostile news media, which has produced an unprecedented amount of negative coverage aimed at his campaign, presidency and administration for three years. The practice ultimately may backfire on the press; Americans dislike the media almost as much as the media dislikes Mr. Trump. Almost. Meanwhile, the president continues to maintain an adequate arsenal of ways to counter his journalistic foe. Mr. Trump has a fearless staff. He has a productive relationship with a handful of very powerful news organizations which support him. He bypasses the mainstream media with tactical tweets and social media outreach, issued at all hours. Most importantly, perhaps, Mr. Trump is an irresistible newsmaker and a hands-on master at creating a nimble counternarrative; he both infuriates and fascinates those journalists who attack him, squawk at one another — then race to craft a story. This has been going on since that pivotal moment when Mr. Trump announced his intention to run for president on June 16, 2015. “Politicians are all talk and no action. They will not bring us, believe me, to the promised land,” he told the crowd. But wait, there’s more. Mr. Trump also continues to issue his own substantial public opinion polls, as he has done since his campaign. The latest version is a collection of 27 questions, described by Mr. Trump in the public outreach as a “Mainstream Media Accountability Survey to show the media that the American people are fed up with the Fake News Machine.” He is succinct. Among the questions: “Do you believe the media disdains conservatives?”; “Do you believe the media fails to report on Democrats’ scandals?”; Do you believe that the media purposely tries to divide Republicans in order to help elect Democrats?”; “Do you believe that the Republican Party should spend more time and resources holding the mainstream media accountable?”)
— Trump: Democrats have ‘a death wish’ with the ‘Abolish ICE’ movement – Gabriella Muñoz
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/19/donald-trump-democrats-have-a-death-wish-with-the-/

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— A Study Found Conservatives Believe Their Life to Be More Meaningful – MADISON DIBBLE (DIERSEN: What do you do to make your life more meaningful? I spend all the time and money necessary to send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning and evening. I serve as Republican Precinct Committeeman. I raise $2,500 each year from DuPage Republicans to help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their focus on discouraging me from doing the aforesaid.)
https://ijr.com/2018/07/1110589-conservatives-meaning-life/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Once-Nimble Facebook Trips Over Calls to Control Content – Farhad Manjoo (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents have always wanted to control the content of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They have failed doing that. But they have succeeded in ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, and my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/technology/facebook-misinformation.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— (State pensions are) Doomed A new study shows that benefits are rising faster than GDP in most states. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-your-pension-is-doomed-1532042985
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pension costs are soaring across the country, and government unions blame politicians for “under-funding” benefits. Lo, if only taxes were higher, state budgets would be peachy. The real problem, as a new study shows, is that politicians have promised over-generous benefits. In a novel analysis, the Illinois-based policy outfit Wirepoints compared the growth of state pension liabilities relative to state GDP and fund assets. Most studies have examined “unfunded” pension liabilities, which is the difference between current assets and the present value of owed benefits. But this obfuscates the excessive pension promises that politicians have made.)
— Trump’s Pick for IRS Gets Senate Panel Backing If confirmed by the full Senate, Charles Rettig would run the tax agency until November 2022 – Richard Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-pick-for-irs-gets-senate-panel-backing-1532046099
— Companies Commit to Job Training in White House Initiative President Trump’s executive order aims to spur new investments for U.S. workers – Vivian Salama and Vanessa Fuhrmans (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction.)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-to-sign-executive-order-on-job-training-1531998000
— House GOP Push to Extend Tax Cuts Meets Resistance in Senate – Richard Rubin (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/house-gop-push-to-extend-tax-cuts-meets-resistance-in-senate-1531992600
— FRONT PAGE: America’s Factory Towns, Once Solidly Blue, Are Now a GOP Haven A generation ago, Democrats represented much of the country’s manufacturing base. Now, it’s in GOP hands, a swing remaking both parties – Bob Davis and Dante Chinni (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps side with foreign countries and their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-manufacturing-towns-once-solidly-blue-are-now-a-gop-haven-1532013368

 

AMERICAN BANKER
— Bank CEO’s fire-and-rehire maneuver reaps windfall at taxpayer expense – Kevin Wack (DIERSEN: At least in prior years, GAO would help its employees who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40 get jobs with agencies that GAO audits, usually with federal Inspector General offices. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Inspector_General_(United_States) To get rid of me, the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office once hinted that they might do that  for me, but only if a I agreed to take a downgrade to transfer.)
https://www.americanbanker.com/news/bank-ceos-fire-and-rehire-maneuver-reaps-windfall-at-taxpayer-expense

 

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Prosecutors tell of infiltration Alleged spy moved in conservative circles – Ashley May (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, etc.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/07/19/maria-butina-accused-russian-spy-who-allegedly-offered-sex-power/799333002/
— A Texas nonprofit that helps immigrants has rejected a $250,000 donation from Salesforce, saying it won’t be part of what it calls an attempt by the company to buy its way out of an ethical quandary over its contracts with U.S. Customs and Border Protection. – Elizabeth Weise
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/07/19/immigration-nonprofit-rejects-salesforce-money-over-ethics-backlash/797550002/
— Democrats work hard to stay united – Eric C. Bauman (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present Republican Party leaders in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focused/focus on driving out of the Republican Party those like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/07/19/california-democratic-party-democrats-work-hard-stay-united-editorials-debates/804359002/

 

GALLUP
— Immigration Surges to Top of Most Important Problem List – Frank Newport
https://news.gallup.com/poll/237389/immigration-surges-top-important-problem-list.aspx

July 18 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump misses property tax deadline on Chicago tower, four other properties – David A. Fahrenthold and Jonathan O’Connell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-trump-late-property-taxes-20180718-story.html
— Metra struggling with overcrowding, air conditioning breakdowns on its BNSF Line – Mary Wisniewski (DIERSEN: I rode this line 1992-1997 on days when I attended graduate finance night classes at IIT at 565 West Adams Street.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-biz-metra-bnsf-crowding-20180718-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— House spending bill provides $5 billion for Trump’s border wall – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/border-wall-donald-trump-house-spending-bill/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage Election Commission director Joseph Sobecki abruptly resigns – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180718/dupage-election-commission-director-abruptly-resigns–
— State senators putting tollway on the hot seat over hiring policies – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180718/state-senators-putting-tollway-on-the-hot-seat-over-hiring-policies
— Roskam tries positive approach with Trump, Trump pushes back – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180718/roskam-tries-positive-approach-with-trump-trump-pushes-back

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180717/NEWS03/180719888/these-health-officials-see-marijuana-as-an-alternative-to-opioids

 

ABC7
— Young Republicans booted from Uber over backseat politics – Joel Brown
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/young-republicans-booted-from-uber-over-backseat-politics/3782207/

 

NBC5
— Rauner Vetoes Bill Taking Illinois Out of Voter Registration System
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rauner-vetoes-bill-taking-illinois-out-of-voter-registration-system-488483031.html

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Demmer joins Rauner to pledge support for term limits – BRENT BADER
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/07/18/demmer-joins-rauner-to-pledge-support-for-term-limits/a3qzn9p/

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County Fair to open July 25
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/07/15/dupage-county-fair-to-open-july-25/ablke7v/

 

CITY OF WHEATON
— Wheaton Police Department Investigates Armed Robbery at Town Square Victoria’s Secret
https://www.wheaton.il.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=126
— VIDEO: 2018 Wheaton Independence Day Parade
https://vimeo.com/278730979

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— LEFTIES COMPLAIN BELLOCK’S TOO PRO-LIFE AND PRO-FAMILY TO DIRECT HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/lefties-complain-bellocks-too-pro-life-and-pro-family-to-direct-health-and-family-services.html
— CHICAGO SERIOUSLY CONSIDERS BURDENING ILLINOIS TAXPAYERS WITH $500 PER MONTH UBI GIFT TO 1000 FAMILIES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/chicago-seriously-considers-burdening-illinois-taxpayers-with-500-per-month-ubi-gift-to-1000-familie.html
— THORNER/NELSON: CONSERVATIVES TO GATHER IN ST. LOUIS SEPTEMBER 16-18
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/thornernelson-conservatives-to-gather-in-st-louis-september-16-18.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner escapes criticism in gun rights hotbed
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/18/rauner-escapes-criticism-in-gun-rights-hotbed/

 

PARENTS OPPOSED TO POT
— MARIJUANA USERS GROSSLY UNDERACHIEVE – Dr. Drew W. Edwards (DIERSEN: QUESTIONS FOR MY CRITICS/OPPONENTS, THEIR OPERATIVES, AND THEIR DUPES WHO PUSH POT: If I had been a stoner, would I have been able to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32? Would I have been able to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981? If I had been a stoner, would S.S. Kresges have hired me in 1964, Flossmoor Country Club in 1966, Thrall Car in 1966, John’s Sinclair in 1966, Post Office in 1966, Chrysler in 1970, University Plaza Dormitory in 1970, Firestone Stores in 1970, Oldsmobile and IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980. If I had been a stoner, would I have been able to buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc.? If I had been a stoner, would I have able to buy real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1984? If I had been a stoner, would I have been able to get married in 1978?)
http://www.poppot.org/2018/07/18/marijuana-users-grossly-underachieve/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— JIM JORDAN, BRETT KAVANAUGH AND JOURNALISM BY INNUENDO – Star Parker
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/jim-jordan-brett-kavanaugh-and-journalism-by-innuendo/

 

GOPUSA
— Chicago mulls ‘universal basic income’ testing, ‘direct cash transfers to people’
http://www.gopusa.com/chicago-mulls-universal-basic-income-testing-direct-cash-transfers-to-people/
— Welcome to the resistance says Uber driver as he kicks out Republican riders
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=50546
— Aliens complain about family separation after illegally entering the U.S.
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=50542
— Peter Strzok’s smirk a gold nugget for GOP
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=50500

 

SEAN HANNITY
— RUSSIAN OBSESSION: Dems Call for Trump’s INTERPRETER to TESTIFY about Private Putin Meeting
https://www.hannity.com/media-room/russian-obsession-dems-call-for-trumps-interpreter-to-testify-about-private-putin-meeting/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Bias Problem Plaguing America’s Social Media Platforms – Rep. Lamar Smith
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/07/17/the-bias-problem-plaguing-americas-social-media-platforms/

 

THE HILL
— House backs resolution expressing support for ICE – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE AND MIKE LILLIS
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/397678-house-backs-resolution-expressing-support-for-ice?userid=3526
— Dems look for candidate who will punch Trump ‘square in the face’ – AMIE PARNES
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/397541-dems-look-for-candidate-who-will-punch-trump-square-in-the-face

 

ROLL CALL
— Roskam Tells Trump to Speak to Putin More Like Reagan Would GOP congressman says Trump was ‘very defensive’ in conversation about Helsinki news conference
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/roskam-tells-trump-speak-putin-like-reagan

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump loyalists at VA shuffling, purging employees before new secretary takes over – Lisa Rein
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-loyalists-at-va-shuffling-purging-employees-before-new-secretary-takes-over/2018/07/18/a4462aae-892d-11e8-8aea-86e88ae760d8_story.html
— Businesses have hijacked capitalism — and left workers behind – Matt O’Brien
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/07/18/businesses-have-hijacked-capitalism-and-left-workers-behind/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— New bills hit federal employees with shorter disciplinary appeals process, fees for submitting to MSPB – Nicole Ogrysko
https://federalnewsradio.com/your-job/2018/07/new-bills-hit-federal-employees-with-shorter-disciplinary-appeals-process-fees-for-submitting-to-mpsb/

July 16 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump questions US intel, not Putin, on Russia 2016 meddling – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-questions-us-intel-not-putin-on-russia-2016-meddling/3770949/
— CVS manager who called Chicago police on black woman over coupon ‘no longer employed’  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if employers take adverse actions against their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, the real reason for those actions are that those employees are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://abc7chicago.com/cvs-managers-involved-in-chicago-coupon-incident-no-longer-employed/3772243/
— More protests expected Monday after body cam video released of South Shore police shooting – Jessica D’Onofrio and Michelle Gallardo
http://abc7chicago.com/more-protests-expected-after-body-cam-video-released-of-south-shore-police-shooting/3770873/

 

NBC5
— Rauner Signs Gun Order of Protection, Waiting Period Laws Rauner also signed a law Monday extending a 72-hour waiting period for all guns
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Rauner-Signs-Gun-Order-of-Protection-Waiting-Period-Laws-488308351.html

 

CBS2
— Governor Rauner Signs So Called ‘Red-Flag’ Gun Legislation
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07/16/illinois-gun-law/
— Illinois Dems Blast Trump On Twitter After Summit With Putin
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07/16/trump-putin-summit-2/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Vladimir Putin says he wanted Donald Trump to win in 2016, but didn’t interfere – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/trump-and-putin-meeting-1-on-1-amid-investigations-and-tensions#/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner doesn’t want Illinois pulled from multistate voter registration system that Democrats call prone to hacking – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-crosscheck-russian-hackers-20180716-story.html
— First black lawmaker to run Illinois Democratic Party: ‘People of color are becoming more engaged’ – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-democrats-christian-mitchell-20180715-story.html
— CVS fires 2 Edgewater store employees after white manager calls cops on black customer – Samantha Bomkamp and Hailey Mensik (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if employers take adverse actions against their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, the real reason for those actions are that those employees are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-cvs-racial-coupon-incident-20180716-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Lawmakers call Trump’s press conference with Putin bizarre, shameful.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-putin-summit-reaction-20180716-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump dances to Putin’s choreography.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-putin-trump-helsinki-meddling-20180716-story.html
— Chicago watchdog reports harassment in city departments – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-sexual-harassment-inspector-general-report-20180716-story.html
— Guns can be removed from those deemed dangerous under law signed by Rauner; he also extends ‘cooling off’ period to assault-style weapons – Robert McCoppin and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-illinois-gun-violence-laws-orders-of-protection-20180713-story.html
— Top state business group leader Gregory Baise to retire, keep doing political work – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-manufacturers-greg-baise-20180713-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “For Republicans, Russian sabotage of our elections is no biggie.” If the Russians tried to get votes for Trump in my precinct, they certainly failed. In my precinct, in the 2016 general election, 211 voted for Clinton, while only 137 voted for Trump. In the 2016 primary election, 93 voted for Kasich, while only 21 voted for Trump. Of course, anti-Trumps want Trump supporters to blast me for that.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-sabotage-russians-indictments-american-elections-no-biggie-republicans-0717-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner signs ‘red flag,’ 72-hour waiting period gun control bills – Alexandra Arriaga
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-bill-so-families-mental-issues-guns-removed-court-petition-nra/
— 2 CVS workers fired after coupon incident at Edgewater store
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/two-cvs-employees-fired-after-incident-customer-edgewater-store-coupon-camilla-hudson-morry-matson/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/marijuana-illinois-janus-decision-breast-feeding-mueller-investigation/
— 3 Illinois GOP House members (Roskam, Kinzinger, Hultgren) in rare move, chastise Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-senators-house-republicans-react-donald-trump-helsinki/
— Trump questions US intel, not Putin, on Russia 2016 meddling – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-us-russia-helsinki-finland-summit/
— Police union accuses ‘media bias’ of painting police shooting as unjustified – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fop-police-union-media-bias-shooting-unjustified-harith-augustus-kevin-graham/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage “families” to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring other families to America illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/judge-halts-deportation-families-reunited-trump-separation/
— Woman accused of being a covert Russian agent in the U.S. – AP (DIERSEN: What about the millions of activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants in America who act as covert agents of Mexico and as covert agents of other foreign countries? Of course, the aforesaid, their operatives, and their dupes work against me.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/woman-covert-russian-agent-us/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump won’t protect our elections, so states must step up.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/trump-putin-summit-press-conference-election-meddling/

 

DAILY HERALD
— COD chairwoman Deanne Mazzochi chosen to fill in Bellock’s House seat – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180716/cod-chairwoman-chosen-to-fill-in-bellocks-house-seat
— Illinois lawmakers pile on Trump/Putin summit, use the ‘T’ word – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180716/illinois-lawmakers-pile-on-trumpputin-summit-use-the-t-word
— Underwood outraises Hultgren in latest campaign finance report – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180716/underwood-outraises-hultgren-in-latest-campaign-finance-report

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois pols—including GOPers—slam Trump’s Helsinki performance – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180716/BLOGS02/180719898/illinois-pols-including-gopers-8212-slam-trumps-helsinki-performance
— Which congressmen have the financial edge? – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180716/BLOGS02/180719900/which-congressmen-have-the-financial-edge
— University chiefs take a hit from tax bill – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180716/NEWS13/180719896/university-chiefs-take-a-hit-from-tax-bill
— Don’t reinvent wheel on western access to O’Hare – DAN CRONIN and JOHN CARPENTER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180713/ISSUE07/180719955/dont-reinvent-wheel-on-western-access-to-ohare

 

WBBM
— Rauner Dismisses ‘Crosscheck’ Voter Fraud Fears – Bernie Tafoya
https://wbbm780.radio.com/media/audio-channel/rauner-dismisses-crosscheck-voter-fraud-fears

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner doesn’t want Illinois pulled from multistate voter registration system – Monique Garcia
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180716/rauner-doesnt-want-illinois-pulled-from-multistate-voter-registration-system

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Republicans, including Davis, raise big bucks for re-election bids – CHUCK RAASCH
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/government-and-politics/elections/republicans-including-davis-raise-big-bucks-for-re-election-bids/article_1593e40f-ae91-54a4-9398-62e24a7aae4f.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Illinois governor signs 2 bills to tighten gun restrictions; Decatur gun sellers dismayed – AP
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/illinois-governor-signs-bills-to-tighten-gun-restrictions-decatur-gun/article_a098f28f-8ed1-5a9f-84dc-e2c6cfa48be1.html
— U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis: ‘Absolutely no doubt’ that Russia meddled in U.S. election
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/u-s-rep-rodney-davis-absolutely-no-doubt-that-russia/article_b1a82954-b2f4-5597-8c9c-51a386c8401e.html

 

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Durbin concerned about Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh’s truthfulness during prior confirmation Illinois senator questioned Kavanaugh about involvement in Bush detention policy – Jim Niedelman
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/4-the-record/durbin-concerned-about-supreme-court-nominee-kavanaugh-s-truthfulness-during-prior-confirmation/1305120022

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — Metro East Republicans in Congress raise big bucks for fall campaigns – Chuck Raasch
    https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/metro-east-republicans-in-congress-raise-big-bucks-for-fall/article_f8bb5608-e28f-51d8-accf-c01b926c98ee.html

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Red Flag Gun Control Bill Signed, Along with 72-Hour Waiting Period for Gun Purchases, Roll Calls
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/07/16/red-flag-gun-control-bill-signed-along-72-hour-waiting-period-gun-purchases-roll-calls/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— BI-PARTISAN CRITICISM BROILS ABOUT TRUMP’S COMMENTS DURING POST-SUMMIT PRESS CONFERENCE MONDAY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/bi-partisan-criticism-broils-about-trumps-comments-during-post-summit-press-conference-monday.html
— ILLINOIS SCHOOL DISTRICT THREATENS TO CALL POLICE OVER BIBLE GIVEAWAY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/illinois-school-district-threatens-to-call-police-over-bible-giveaway.html
— THORNER: KAVANAUGH IN LINE WITH HAMILTON’S THINKING IN FEDERALIST NO. 78 TO INTERPRET LAWS, NOT MAKE THEM
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/thorner-kavanaugh-in-line-with-hamiltons-thinking-in-federalist-no-78-to-interpret-laws-not-make-the.html
— ANDRZEJEWSKI: TRUMP NEEDS A BRIDGE TO NOWHERE MOMENT ON SPENDING (DIERSEN: What about the many trillions of dollars that the federal government has spent since the 1960s on promoting Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, what about the many trillions of dollars that the federal government has spent since the 1960s on wasting the careers of and getting rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40?)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/andrzejewski-trump-needs-a-bridge-to-nowhere-moment-on-spending.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner denies tacking to the right with Pence praise
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/16/rauner-denies-tacking-to-the-right-with-pence-praise/
— John McGovern: “An honorable man in politics”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/16/john-mcgovern-an-honorable-man-in-politics/
— Transitions: Baise, Denzler, Demmer, DeWitte, Mazzochi
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/16/transitions-baise-denzler-demmer-dewitte-mazzochi/

 

GOPUSA
— Assault on Jim Jordan is latest attempted assassination by accusation (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who accuse me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails of causing Republican candidates to lose elections in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. Better yet, I should sue them.)
http://www.gopusa.com/assault-on-jim-jordan-is-latest-attempted-assassination-by-accusation/

 

TPM
— Joe Walsh: ‘I Will Never Support Trump Again’ – Matt Shuham
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/joe-walsh-i-will-never-support-trump-again

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Democrats Are Dumping Moderates – JOHN FUND
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/democrats-dump-moderates-move-to-far-left/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— 40% vacancy: Feds release illegal immigrant families instead of filling detention centers Although the beds were empty, the government was still paying for them – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/15/illegal-immigrant-family-detention-facilities-belo/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Gun-Rights Activist Charged With Acting as Russian Agent Maria Butina worked at direction of a ‘high level official in the Russian government,’ Justice Department says; attorney denies charges – Del Quentin Wilber (DIERSEN: What about the millions of activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants in America who act as agents of Mexico and as agents of other foreign countries? Of course, the aforesaid, their operatives, and their dupes work against me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gun-rights-activist-charged-with-acting-as-russian-agent-1531770436

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— As Lawmakers Renew Push for Repeal, OPM Says Workforce Orders Are What Federal Employees Want – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, my Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted GAO to get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/07/lawmakers-renew-push-repeal-opm-says-workforce-orders-are-what-feds-want/149775/

 

FED WEEK
— OPM Sets Schedule to Carry Out Orders on Discipline (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if employers take disciplinary actions against their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, the real reason for those actions are that those employees are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.fedweek.com/issue-briefs/opm-sets-schedule-to-carry-out-orders-on-discipline-bargaining/

July 15 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Violent clash between officers and crowd after fatal police shooting in South Shore – Rosemary Sobol, Nuccio DiNuzzo, Hannah Leone, Jeremy Gorner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-police-shooting-fatal-20180714-story.html
— Man charged with shooting at police after South Chicago traffic stop – Hannah Leone
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-man-charged-shooting-at-police-st-20180715-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180715/282011853132722
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–medical-marijuana-restrictions-20180713-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Huppke uses Timothy Trybus to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and his supporters. What do you say a) to Whites who pander to anti-Whites, b) to males who pander to anti-males, c) to “Republicans” who pander to anti-Republicans, d) to “Americans” who pander to anti-Americans, e) to older people who pander to those who are anti-older people, d) to rich people who pander to those who anti-rich people, e) to German Americans who pander to those who are anti-German Americans, and f) to those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time who pander to those who are anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-hate-crime-puerto-rico-shirt-video-huppke-20180713-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting “religious leaders” to serve as their operatives and as their dupes. Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” call for citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally and to stay in America illegally, that is, to invade America. How soon, if not already, will “religious leaders” call for all the countries of the world to officially declare war on America?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-chicago-catholic-immigration-ministry-20180711-story.html
— Supreme Court nominee dishes out mac and cheese to homeless – AP (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) have always painted themselves as being far superior to me and b) have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for not helping the homeless like they do.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–supreme-court-kavanaugh-charity-20180711-story.html
— Setting sun: Many of yesterday’s summer jobs have already gone dark – Marco Buscaglia (DIERSEN: What summer jobs did you have? I did yard work and delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964; washed dishes during the summer of 1965; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966; and delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/careers/sns-201807131318–tms–careercarer-b20180715-20180715-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Black woman says CVS manager called police because she had wrong coupon – Alexandra Arriaga
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/black-woman-says-cvs-manager-called-police-because-she-had-wrong-coupon/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Matson is running for 48th Ward alderman. One of his campaign promises is “increased police presence throughout Alderman Matson’s 48th Ward.” According to his aldermanic campaign website, he was a state delegate for President Donald Trump in the 2016 election and is president of the Log Cabin Republicans of Illinois, a group advocating for LGBTQ conservatives.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who promotes Pfleger? ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/michael-pfleger-fueled-injustice/

 

DAILY HERALD
— ‘He was brilliant’: Illinois GOP strategist John McGovern dead at 48
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180714/he-was-brilliant-illinois-gop-strategist-john-mcgovern-dead-at-48

 

NBC5
— Trial Date Set in Aaron Schock Corruption Case The former congressman was indicted in 2016 (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Diersen v. IRS (SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866) In 1974, when I was 25 years old, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my partial day per diem claims and hinted/implied that my claims were fraudulent. That forced me to file a grievance. I won that grievance 4 years later, but by then, whatever career I had at IRS was over. If I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have disallowed my partial day per diem claims.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/aaron-schock-corruption-case-set-to-begin-in-january-488199221.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Jan. 28 trial date has been set for former Illinois Republican Congressman Aaron Schock’s trial on corruption charges, including that he illegally sought reimbursement for a $5,000 chandelier.)

 

WGN RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Walter Jacobson sides with Pfleger against Rauner.
https://wgnradio.com/2018/07/15/walter-jacobsons-perspective-07-15-18-bruce-rauner-throwing-darts/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— State Sen. McConchie talks taxes, consolidation 26th District leader says the state will change when Michael Madigan is gone – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/07/13/state-sen-mcconchie-talks-taxes-consolidation/afls1oi/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— State agency director Mays has spent $66K on travel – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, government employees should expect that their critics/opponents will monitor their government travel records very closely.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180714/state-agency-director-mays-has-spent-66k-on-travel
— Block party spreads non-violence message – John Reynolds
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180714/block-party-spreads-non-violence-message

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Chicago Police say 4 protesters arrested after shooting – AP
https://www.bnd.com/news/nation-world/national/article214912260.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Hundreds attended the reopening of the governor’s mansion, despite the heat – Cymphanie Sherman
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/hundreds-attended-the-reopening-of-the-governors-mansion-despite-the-heat

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Former St. Charles Mayor Don DeWitte to Replace Karen McConnaughay as State Senate Candidate
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/07/14/former-st-charles-mayor-replave-karen-mcconnaughay-state-senator-candidate/

 

CATHOLIC CITIZENS OF ILLINOIS
— Open Borders Is Not a Moral Immigration Policy – Mary Anne Hackett
https://catholiccitizens.org/views/80026/open-borders-is-not-a-moral-immigration-policy/
— Liberal GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner officiated a same-sex ‘wedding’ – Mary Anne Hackett
https://catholiccitizens.org/news/80086/revealed-liberal-gop-gov-bruce-rauner-officiated-a-same-sex-wedding/

 

DAILY CALLER
— MCCONNELL RESPONDS TO REPUBLICAN RESTAURANT HARASSMENT: ‘THIS IS ALL ABOUT INTIMIDATION’ – Julia Nista
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/13/mcconnell-responds-to-harassment-intimidation/

 

BREITBART
— Anti-Trump Open Borders Neighbors Protest at Kushner’s D.C. Home – Penny Starr
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/13/anti-trump-open-borders-neighbors-protest-at-kushners-d-c-home/
— Paul Ryan Trashes Trump’s Popular Fair Trade Agenda: ‘New Tariffs Are Not the Solution’ – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/13/paul-ryan-trashes-trumps-popular-fair-trade-agenda-new-tariffs-are-not-the-solution/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Mike Pence is coming to California to campaign for John Cox – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/07/vice_president_mike_pence_is_coming_to_california_to_campaign_for_john_cox.html

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GOP weighs ICE vote to torture Democrats – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/gop-weighs-ice-vote-to-torture-democrats
— Midterm elections could test GOP’s patience with Trump’s trade war – Al Weaver
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/midterm-elections-could-test-gops-patience-with-trumps-trade-war

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— McConnell: ‘I Will Not Be Intimidated’ by ‘Socialists Who Apparently Prefer Open Borders’ – Paul Crookston
http://freebeacon.com/issues/mcconnell-will-not-intimidated-socialists-apparently-prefer-open-borders/

 

THE HILL
— GOP leaders jockey for affection of House conservatives – MELANIE ZANONA AND JULIEGRACE BRUFKE (DIERSEN: I should write a book about candidates for leadership positions in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc. have demonized, denigrated, and condemned conservatives.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/397032-gop-leaders-jockey-for-affection-of-house-conservatives

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Kavanaugh as being an “Influential Judge, Loyal Friend, Conservative Warrior — and D.C. Insider.” What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn you as being? Mine stress that I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (almost 70), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, union member for almost 12 years, federal employee for almost 30 years, federal retiree for almost 21 years, childless, pet-less, and American nameplate car owner. They stress the adverse actions that my GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors took against me, especially their forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee (ICRC) member, or American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member. They stress that my fellow ICRC members let a motion to censure me at their 2006 annual convention be voted on.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/14/us/politics/judge-brett-kavanaugh.html
— Youth Soccer Participation Has Fallen Significantly in America – Joe Drape
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/14/sports/world-cup/soccer-youth-decline.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump uses WWII to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump. Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America by illegally sending many millions of its citizens into America illegally, by illegally keeping many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and by illegally sending many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/13/opinion/when-america-incarcerated-my-family.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/14/opinion/sunday/trump-having-a-bawl-in-europe.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote voter fraud.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/13/opinion/sunday/voting-rights-voter-id-kavanaugh.html
— In a Tight Labor Market, Retirees Fill Gaps Their Previous Employers Can’t – Claudia Dreifus (DIERSEN: Are you retired? What are the demographics of those who replaced you? Those who replace me are Democrats, females, minorities, younger than me, and/or veterans who had less work experience, less education, and/or fewer or no professional certifications or licenses.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/13/business/in-a-tight-labor-market-retirees-fill-gaps-their-previous-employers-cant.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— In about 20 years, half the population will live in eight states – Philip Bump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/07/12/in-about-20-years-half-the-population-will-live-in-eight-states/

 

FORBES
— Internship 101: How To Ace Your First Summer Job – Haley Suh (DIERSEN: What summer jobs did you have? I did yard work and delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964; washed dishes during the summer of 1965; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966; and delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/haleysuh/2018/07/11/internship-101-how-to-ace-your-first-summer-job/#69c0d38311b2

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Should I Take a Pay Cut? Determine whether your financial situation can support a lower salary. – Susannah Snider (DIERSEN: Have you taken a pay cut? I have. In 1980, when I was 31 years old, I took a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars (from GS-12 Step 5 down to GS-9 Step 10) to transfer from IRS to GAO. QUESTION: Why did I do that? ANSWER: GAO claimed to be nonpartisan and independent. My Democrat superiors and Money Magazine had ruined my IRS career. GAO employees are somewhat less demonized, denigrated, and condemned than IRS employees. Because GAO audits IRS, I could use my knowledge of IRS on audits of IRS. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. The GAO staff manager who hired me was confident that he could a) promptly get me assigned to audits of IRS and b) promptly promote me to GS-11 Step 10, currently $87,933, to GS-12 Step 5 salary, currently $91,880, and to GS-13 Step 1, currently $96,403. But soon after I transferred to GAO, that GAO manager was deposed and he was not able to promote me to GS-11 Step 10 until 1981, to GS-12 Step 5 salary until 1982, and to GS-13 Step 1 until 1986. In 1986, he finally succeeded in getting me assigned to audits of IRS. In 1987, his Democrat superiors succeeded in forcing him to retire. To justify their forcing me to take a pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors dismissed/belittled/badmouthed/demonized/denigrated/condemned a) my knowledge of IRS, b) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) my almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, and d) my earning a MBA from Loyola in 1976. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran. Money Magazine, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinate, and the rest of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being overpaid.)
https://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/family-finance/articles/2018-07-12/should-i-take-a-pay-cut

 

REASON
— How Elected Libertarians Are Making the World More Free – Matt Welch (DIERSEN: Libertarians who falsely claim to be Republican are anti-conservative and they have always worked very hard against me. I should write a book about them.)
https://reason.com/archives/2018/07/14/how-elected-libertarians-are-making-the

July 13 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Vice Present Mike Pence promotes Tax and Jobs Act in Rosemont – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/vp-mike-pence-promotes-tax-and-jobs-act-in-rosemont/3758152/

 

CBS2
— Vice President Mike Pence In Chicago To Promote Tax Cuts, Support Rep. Peter Roskam – Roseanne Tellez
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07/13/vice-president-pence-in-chicago-tax-cuts-support-peter-roskam/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— President Trump’s visit to UK brings controversy, protests
http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/trump-visit-to-uk-bring-controversy-protest

 

WGN TV
— Rauner embraces Pence, calls him one of the ‘greatest leaders in American history’ – TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2018/07/13/rauner-embraces-pence-calls-him-one-of-the-greatest-leaders-in-american-history/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner embraces Trump White House in Rosemont, calls Pence among the ‘greatest leaders in American history’ – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-mike-pence-bruce-rauner-rosemont-20180713-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/media/99768657-132.html
— Another Dan Ryan shutdown averted? Officials in Mayor Emanuel’s office, others agree to meet with protesters – Morgan Greene
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-pfleger-officials-dan-ryan-meetings-20180712-story.html
— McDonald’s Plaza in Oak Brook to be demolished, redeveloped under buyer’s plan – Ryan Ori
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ori/ct-biz-mcdonalds-oak-brook-sale-20180713-story.html
— Illinois elections board ‘very likely’ named in Mueller indictment of Russian hackers, officials say – Monique Garcia, Patrick M. O’Connell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-elections-board-russia-indictment-20180713-story.html
— How to confront a public official – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-civility-politics-trump-restaurants-20180710-story.html
— Southern Illinois University president is out amid swirling controversy – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-siu-president-quits-20180713-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Democratic Party rallies against Vice President Mike Pence in Rosemont – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/supporters-protesters-rosemont-pence-tax-cut-speech/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The new Illinois Democratic Party executive director rallied protesters in Rosemont on Friday in advance of a speech by Vice President Mike Pence touting President Donald Trump’s tax-cut policy. Pence’s speech, titled “Tax Cuts to Put America First,” is part of a series sponsored by America First Policies, a non-profit organization that promotes the policies of the Trump Administration — the Rosemont stop is the 17th on the tour. Other speakers at the event included U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., and Gov. Bruce Rauner, who was to introduce Pence. At previous speeches in Iowa and Kansas City, Pence talked about energy, agriculture and labor plans that were all implemented to achieve Trump’s campaign promise to “Make America great again.” In Rosemont, people from around the state, decked out in flag shawls and bright red “Make America Great Again” baseball caps, waited to hear from the vice president.)
— Indictment accuses Moscow of US election meddling – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/election-hacking-russian-military-officers-indicted/
— Illinois election officials: ‘Very likely’ state was target of Russian hackers – Adam Thorp
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-election-officials-very-likely-state-was-target-of-russian-hackers/
— Once again, a local government spends your money on an exiting exec – Editorial (DIERSEN: Constructively, since 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors and their accomplices have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1,080,500 ($4,322 X 250 months) in today’s dollars to not come to work.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/david-st-pierre-metropolitan-water-reclamation-district-buyout/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Once again, a public agency, without bothering to clue in the taxpayers, is throwing money at a top employee as he heads out the door. This time, on Thursday, it was the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District. The agency that handles our local storm and sewage water agreed to pay $95,000 to its former executive director, David St. Pierre, along with six months’ worth of health insurance, according to the Better Government Association. The vote came two weeks after St. Pierre resigned, and seven weeks after he quietly went on paid leave.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/marijuana-arrests-decline-chicago-police/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrat educators do everything that they can to make young people anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/social-justice-igeneration-generation-z-socially-conscious-young-people-seek-outlets-activism-omer-mozaffar-loyola-university-chicago-muslim-chaplain-just-relations-religion/
— How Christian Mitchell could shape Illinois’ Democratic Party – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/democratic-party-illinois-christian-mitchell-rich-miller/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Pence fires up voters for upcoming midterm elections – Christopher Placek and Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180713/pence-fires-up-voters-for-upcoming-midterm-elections
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Almost immediately after Pence took the stage, protesters inside the Westin O’Hare grand ballroom made their presence known. In total, Pence’s speech was interrupted five times by protesters, who were escorted out of the building by police. One woman held a yellow flag that read, “Trump and Pence must go.” When Pence began to praise U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, of Wheaton, a man said, “Has anyone seen Peter Roskam? I haven’t seen him. Where is he?” Each time, the crowd of about 600 chanted “USA! USA!” Tickets to the event, called “Tax Cuts to Put America First,” were free and available by registering on the website of America First Policies, the group connected to the pro-Trump America First Action super PAC. “Thanks for coming out today. I’m really grateful for almost everybody that came,” Pence joked to the crowd. “I respect everybody that came. That’s what freedom sounds like.” Rosemont authorities said no one was charged, and they described the protest of some 100 people outside the hotel as peaceful. Police, at the behest of the Secret Service, pushed protesters across River Road to the east sidewalk northeast of the hotel. Rosemont public safety officers used their bikes as crowd control. Pence’s caravan used a back entrance, avoiding the protesters. “We are advocating getting rid of the Trump/Pence regime through persistent, persistent nonviolent protests,” said Tricey Morelli, spokesman for the Chicago chapter of Refuse Fascism.)
— Images: Vice President Mike Pence and Governor Bruce Rauner in Rosemont – Patrick Kunzer
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180713/images-vice-president-mike-pence-and-governor-bruce-rauner-in-rosemont

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— To sue Trump or not to sue Trump: That’s the question in Illinois AG race – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180713/BLOGS02/180719914/to-sue-trump-or-not-to-sue-trump-thats-the-question-in-illinois-ag

 

WLS AM
— Rauner: ‘We’re fighting a corrupt, entrenched political machine…’ – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/07/13/rauner-were-fighting-a-corrupt-entrenched-political-machine/

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— GOP candidate for attorney general talks criminal justice reform in Peoria – Andy Kravetz
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180713/gop-candidate-for-attorney-general-talks-criminal-justice-reform-in-peoria

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Rauner, Republicans reboot anti-Madigan campaign ahead of November election – MONIQUE GARCIA
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/rauner-republicans-reboot-anti-madigan-campaign-ahead-of-november-election/article_8f1d461e-393f-569c-8717-de1d5de6a900.html

 

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Mitchell leads protest against Pence visit, highlights 10 ways Rauner should’ve stood up to Trump
https://chicagocrusader.com/mitchell-leads-protest-against-pence-visit-highlights-10-ways-rauner-shouldve-stood-up-to-trump/

 

CHICAGO PATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who will never vote for a Republican are overjoyed that Rauner promotes LGBTQ activity.
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/pride-prejudice-responses-gov-helps-gays-get-hitched

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives blasts as tax proposal as misinformed, bad for state – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511480141-ives-blasts-as-tax-proposal-as-misinformed-bad-for-state
— DuPage County Election Commission took action following ‘bungled’ March election, director says – Karen Kidd
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511481947-dupage-county-election-commission-took-action-following-bungled-march-election-director-says

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— True or not, expect more mudslinging in race for governor – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/true-or-not-expect-more-mudslinging-in-race-for-governor/article_63a90468-8611-11e8-899e-3726c9be401e.html

 

ILLINOIS OPPORTUNITY PROJECT
— One year later: 2017 tax hike failed – Matthew Besler
https://illinoisopportunity.org/the-results-are-in-income-tax-hike-was-a-complete-failure/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ALTON VOTERS WILL CHOOSE WHETHER TO ELIMINATE TOWNSHIP IN NOVEMBER – Vincent Caruso
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/alton-voters-will-choose-whether-to-eliminate-township-in-november/
— IF FRANK MAUTINO DIDN’T BREAK THE RULES, THE RULES ARE BROKEN – Austin Berg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/if-frank-mautino-didnt-break-the-rules-the-rules-are-broken/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER/O’NEIL: MOTHERHOOD A VALUED VOCATION, NOT AN OLD-FASHIONED NOTION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/thorneroneil-motherhood-a-valued-vocation-not-an-old-fashioned-notion.html
— RAUNER CAMPAIGN BOASTS NATIONAL COVERAGE OF EMBARRASSING TOILET CAMPAIGN AD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/rauner-campaign-boasts-national-coverage-of-embarrassing-toilet-campaign-ad.html
— GUTIERREZ BLAMES TRUMP FOR PUERTO RICAN YOUNG WOMAN’S FOREST PRESERVE ENCOUNTER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/gutierrez-blames-trump-for-puerto-rican-young-womans-forest-preserve-encounter.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Unsurprisingly, Raoul and Harold differ on suing the Trump administration
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/13/unsurprisingly-raoul-and-harold-differ-on-suing-the-trump-administration/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Revealed: liberal GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner officiated a same-sex ‘wedding’ – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/revealed-liberal-gop-gov.-bruce-rauner-officiated-a-same-sex-wedding

 

GOPUSA
— Most welfare recipients able to hold jobs, but aren’t (DIERSEN: Many, if not most of the operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents have severe financial problems. It certainly appears that my critics/opponents are paying them less than $15/hour. Nevertheless, they have made it very clear that if they had been qualified to take the jobs that I took, they would not have taken them. The jobs that I took are beneath them. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=50180
— Aliens find noncitizen voter registration easy
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=50196

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Virtues of a Summer Job – Ann Carrns
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/13/your-money/summer-job-students.html

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Behind the Scenes of Implementing Trump’s Border Hiring Surges – Eric Katz
https://www.govexec.com/management/2018/07/behind-scenes-implementing-trumps-border-hiring-surges/149727/

July 13 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Asked about trade war, Sanguinetti echoes Trump on NATO – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-nato-20180712-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with FBI agent Peter Strzok.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-peter-strzok-house-hearing-20180712-story.html
— Immigration laws need to be followed – Jack Tenison, Naperville
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-nvs-naperville-letters-st-0715-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF BERRIOS: Berrios’ analysts used Zillow, other shortcuts in assessing property values, documents show – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-met-cook-assessments-berrios-hand-checks-20180710-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring children to America illegally and then b) use those illegals to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2-brazilian-boys-held-chicago-reunited-fathers-immigration-brazil-detention-border/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout a) that Blacks use pot less than other racial groups and b) that Chicago police officers are racists.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/marijuana-arrests-enforcement-chicago-police-declines-possession-blacks-african-americans-most-often-charged-ticketed-cannabis-weed-watchdogs/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF ROSKAM: Roskam, Hultgren to skip Pence event in Rosemont, but Rauner won’t But Rauner will introduce the VP in Rosemont – Christopher Placek
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180712/roskam-hultgren-to-skip-pence-event-in-rosemont-but-rauner-wont
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Pence visit to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180713/editorial-help-temper-trumps-worst-impulses-mike-pence

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise FBI agent Peter Strzok.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180713/7-key-moments-from-peter-strzoks-wild-hearing

 

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow that ‘Trump Baby’ balloon flies over London and that blimp makes Trump feel ‘unwelcome’ during visit. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps do everything that they can to make members of the following groups feel unwelcome: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-baby-blimp-flies-over-london-during-potus-visit/3712725/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage citizens of foreign countries a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to bring children to America illegally and then b) use those illegals to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/on-both-sides-of-the-us-mexico-border-migrants-seek-help-and-hope/3755589/

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— In Decatur, Erika Harold, GOP attorney general candidate, says she’d defend gun control laws from local challenges – TOM LISI
https://herald-review.com/news/local/state-and-regional/in-decatur-erika-harold-gop-attorney-general-candidate-says-she/article_c3d9c4b3-2d65-5464-aa91-7d3a4243b1b7.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— State mum on number of union opt-outs
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180712/state-mum-on-number-of-union-opt-outs

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— President Trump Says Europe Is ‘Losing Its Culture’ – SCOTT HORSLEY (DIERSEN: What percent of immigrants are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://nprillinois.org/post/president-trump-says-europe-losing-its-culture#stream/0

 

WSIL TV
— Gov. Rauner launches “The People’s Pledge” in Marion – Andrew Feather
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/38635814/gov-rauner-launches-the-peoples-pledge-in-marion

 

WGLT
— Pritzker Defends Rauner Attack Ad, Opens Local Campaign Office – MARY CULLEN (DIERSEN: Which Rauner campaign office is nearest to your home?)
http://wglt.org/post/pritzker-defends-rauner-attack-ad-opens-local-campaign-office#stream/0

 

WSIU
— VA Hiring Reform Bill Heads to U.S. House Floor – BRAD PALMER (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://news.wsiu.org/post/va-hiring-reform-bill-heads-us-house-floor#stream/0

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Targeted Republicans In Tricky Spot On Questions About Trump.”
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/targeted-republicans-tricky-spot-questions-about-trump

 

METRO EAST SUN
— Dwight Kay vows to protect citizens’ Second Amendment rights – Glenn Minnis
https://metroeastsun.com/stories/511481782-kay-vows-to-protect-citizens-second-amendment-rights

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Breen supports College of DuPage in counterclaim against former president – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511481920-breen-supports-college-of-dupage-in-counterclaim-against-former-president

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— TRUMP FREES EUROPE FROM ANGRY SOCIALIST BABIES Why the European left fears Trump. – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/270726/trump-frees-europe-angry-socialist-babies-daniel-greenfield

 

DAILY CALLER
— BORDER AGENTS NOTE ALARMING RISE IN MIGRANTS AVOIDING CUSTODY BY BRINGING CHILDREN AND PRETENDING TO BE THEIR PARENTS – Scott Morefield
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/12/border-agents-alarming-rise-pretending-parents/

 

TOWNHALL
— When Does the Shooting Begin? – Erick Erickson
https://townhall.com/columnists/erickerickson/2018/07/13/when-does-the-shooting-begin-n2499812

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-males love it when wives earn more money than their husbands.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/female-breadwinners-marriage_us_5b3ef51fe4b09e4a8b2b780c

 

USA TODAY
— Facebook’s diversity efforts failing African-American and Hispanic women – Jessica Guynn (DIERSEN: Will Facebook bring in Charles Bowsher? Bowsher had great success during the 1980s and 1990s wasting the careers of and getting rid of GAO’s employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/07/12/facebooks-diversity-efforts-failing-black-and-hispanic-women/776534002/

 

SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
— Catholic-heavy Supreme Court moves right as the church moves left – Jacob Lupfer (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who talk and/or act like they disapprove of Missouri Synod Lutherans as being “too conservative.”)
https://www.sltrib.com/news/nation-world/2018/07/12/commentary-catholic-heavy/

 

FORBES
— 4 Questions You Should Seriously Consider Before Pursuing A Master’s Degree – Adunola Adeshola (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the three master’s degrees that I earned – an MBA from Loyola in 1976 when I was 27 years old, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the graduate business, accounting, and finance courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adunolaadeshola/2018/07/12/4-questions-you-should-seriously-consider-before-pursuing-a-masters-degree/#6a16f65f1935
— 5 Hacks To Level Up Your Career – Jennifer Cohen
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jennifercohen/2018/07/12/5-hacks-to-level-up-your-career/#74a041d210ab

 

MOTLEY FOOL
— 10 Signs You Need to Quit Your Job – Maurie Backman (DIERSEN: With only the rarest of exceptions, the longer that you are a federal employee, the less likely that anyone will hire you. This is especially true if you are White and/or male. Employers have extremely negative opinions of federal employees.)
https://www.fool.com/slideshow/10-signs-you-need-quit-your-job/

 

ADVOCATE & DAILY DOT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats encourage children in Buffalo Grove to engage in LGBTQ activity.
https://www.advocate.com/pride/2018/7/12/seventh-grader-hopes-bring-pride-illinois-suburb
https://www.dailydot.com/irl/buffalo-grove-pride/

July 9 Evening Edition

ABC7
— More fingerpointing over Dan Ryan protest – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/more-fingerpointing-over-dan-ryan-protest/3733645/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring their children to America illegally. Then anti-Trumps use those illegals and their children who are overwhelmingly minority, female, and/or young to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/some-immigrant-children-in-chicago-waiting-to-be-reunited-with-parents-will-have-to-wait-longer/3733843/

 

NBC5
— Illinois Agencies Recovering a Year After Budget Impasse (DIERSEN: GAO is still just a shell of what it once was. During the 1980s and the 1990s, the Democrats who ran GAO used Republican budget cuts to in get rid of the agency’s employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Illinois-agencies-recovering-a-year-after-budget-impasse-487643031.html

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring their children to America illegally. Then anti-Trumps use those illegals and their children who are overwhelmingly minority, female, and/or young to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07/09/immigrant-family-reunification-deadline-children-under-5/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner not shutting down rap on Dan Ryan protest: ‘It is dangerous. It is wrong’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-not-shutting-down-rap-on-dan-ryan-protest-it-is-dangerous-it-is-wrong/
— Bloomington mayor drops plan for ordinance welcoming immigrants – AP (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that “welcome” illegals are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/bloomington-illinois-mayor-drops-ordinance-welcoming-immigrants/
— Schakowsky, Quigley, Foster visit Chicago area migrant children shelter – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps encourage citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring their children to America illegally. Then anti-Trumps use those illegals and their children who are overwhelmingly minority, female, and/or young to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/schakowsky-quigley-foster-visit-chicago-area-migrant-children-shelter/
— Effort to consolidate local governments is finally making headway – Madeleine Doubek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/effort-to-consolidate-local-governments-is-finally-making-headway/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring their children to America illegally. Then anti-Trumps use those illegals and their children who are overwhelmingly minority, female, and/or young to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/americans-should-never-accept-the-human-rights-catastrophe-on-our-border/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Supreme Court’s Janus ruling could undercut private sector unions too – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-janus-private-sector-ramifications-20180709-story.html
— Father Pfleger waiting for elected officials’ response before calling for future protests – Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-pfleger-youth-meetings-civil-disobedience-20180709-story.html
— Dan Ryan protesters: Don’t get played – Kristen McQueary (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who believe that that are playing me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mcqueary-rahm-dan-ryan-protesters-rauner-crime-twitter20180709-story.html
— Democrats have become the party of haters – Desiree Zapata Miller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-haters-democratic-party-0710-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Lake County Board may ask Rauner to alter chief assessor bill – Russell Lissau
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180709/lake-county-board-may-ask-rauner-to-alter-chief-assessor-bill

 

WTTW
— After Dan Ryan Shutdown, Pfleger Looks to Meet with Politicians, Candidates – Matt Masterson
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/07/09/after-dan-ryan-shutdown-pfleger-looks-meet-politicians-candidates

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Rauner only thing keeping Chicago from running state – Homer Sherrill, Hamilton
http://www.whig.com/20180709/rauner-only-thing-keeping-chicago-from-running-state#//

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner fighting uphill re-election battle against Democrat JBPritzker – Chuck Sweeny
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20180709/chuck-sweeny-gop-gov-bruce-rauner-fighting-uphill-re-election-battle-against-democrat-jbpritzker

 

WQAD
— Illinois taxpayer-funded abortions increase at least 274 percent in first six months of 2018
https://wqad.com/2018/07/09/illinois-taxpayer-funded-abortions-increase-at-least-274-percent-in-first-six-months-of-2018/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— The Stories We’re Missing When We Focus On Trump’s Supreme Court Pick – RON ELVING (DIERSEN: My competitors want you to focus on the articles that they bring to your attention, NOT the articles that I bring to your attention. The articles that my competitors bring to your attention rarely promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform. Ever-increasingly, my competitors come across like they are Libertarians.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/stories-were-missing-when-we-focus-trumps-supreme-court-pick#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— One year after historic tax increase, Illinois remains in the red – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/one-year-after-historic-tax-increase-illinois-remains-in-the/article_38ba6408-8153-11e8-abb4-cb665587ffca.html

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Rauner: Wage hike could bankrupt school districts Will governor sign teacher wage hike? – Mark Maxwell
https://www.illinoishomepage.net/capitol-connection/rauner-warns-teacher-wage-hike-could-bankrupt-school-districts/1290711531

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS TAXPAYER-FUNDED ABORTIONS INCREASE AT LEAST 274 PERCENT IN FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2018
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/illinois-taxpayer-funded-abortions-increase-at-least-274-percent-in-first-six-months-of-2018.html
— GOOD NEWS: TRUMP RESCINDS OBAMA’S ‘AFFIRMATIVE ACTION’ GUIDANCE (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which federal employees pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion? ANSWER: Those who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/good-news-trump-rescinds-obamas-affirmative-action-guidance.html
— FORMER PRESIDENTS SUPPORT TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION PLAN
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/former-presidents-support-trumps-immigration-plan.html
— DI LEO: WHEN THE RIGHTS OF THE MANY ARE TRAMPLED BY THE RIGHTS OF THE FEW (DIERSEN: Democrats want members of Group A to have rights over members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/when-the-rights-of-the-many-are-trampled-by-the-rights-of-the-few.html
— THORNER: BE GRATEFUL TRUMP WON THE PRESIDENCY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/thorner-be-grateful-trump-won-the-presidency.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner moves back to property tax issue
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/09/rauner-moves-back-to-property-tax-issue/

 

TOWNHALL
— The #WalkAway Movement Is Taking America By Storm – Erich Reimer (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is to shout that you 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://townhall.com/columnists/erichreimer/2018/07/09/the-walkaway-movement-is-taking-america-by-storm-n2498426

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— ‘Deep State’ accused of targeting tea party favorite Jim Jordan – Chad Groening, Steve Jordahl
https://www.onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2018/07/09/deep-state-accused-of-targeting-tea-party-favorite

 

BREITBART
— Illinois Steel Town: Trump’s Tariffs Secure 800 New Jobs for Previously Laid-Off American Workers – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/08/illinois-steel-town-trumps-tariffs-secure-800-new-jobs-laid-off-american-workers/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Why Should a Single Federal Judge Be Able to Make Law for the Whole Country? – JOHN FUND
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/federal-district-judges-should-not-make-immigration-law-for-whole-country/

 

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
— Print, Online Press Reports Ignore or Downplay Record-Low Hispanic Jobless Rate – Tom Blumer
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tom-blumer/2018/07/08/print-online-press-reports-ignore-or-downplay-record-low-hispanic

 

AMERICANS FOR LIMITED GOVERNMENT
— Americans for Limited Government focused on creating a Government that works for you! Because of you, The Federal Government workforce is being reformed to work for hardworking, tax-paying American citizens! You’ve directly assisted in the beginning stages of overhauling the civil service system. (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://getliberty.org/2018/07/alg-impact-merit-act-gains-momentum-as-alg-flies-firetheswamp-com-banner-around-d-c-metro-area/

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Ocasio-Cortez who did not grow up in “the Bronx,” but in the ritzy suburb of Yorktown Heights in Westchester County, one of the wealthiest counties in the U.S.
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/396195-ocasio-cortez-to-visit-capitol-hill-next-week
— Never Trumpers don’t represent the Republican base – NED RYUN
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/396176-never-trumpers-dont-represent-the-republican-base

 

CBS NEWS
— For workers, U.S. falls short versus most developed nations – KATE GIBSON (DIERSEN: Are/were you a worker? I was a lowly worker 1962-1997.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/for-workers-u-s-falls-short-versus-most-of-developed-world/

 

CNBC
— With 36 governorships up for grabs in midterm elections, Republicans have most to lose – Scott Cohn
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/03/the-overlooked-midterm-elections-where-republicans-have-most-to-lose.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Border Patrol’s Last Line of Defense? It Isn’t at the Border Security measures in Texas start at the Rio Grande but extend deep into the United States, as agents and smugglers go to ever greater lengths to outfox one another. – Nicholas Kulish (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/09/us/immigration-smuggling-border-patrol.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— From Kellyanne Conway to Stephen Miller, Trump’s advisers face taunts from hecklers around D.C. – Paul Schwartzman and Josh Dawsey (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if anyone had heckled any of Obama’s advisors, the news media would have called them White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/viciousness-trump-aides-endure-public-fury-toward-presidents-policies/2018/07/09/23d3b9a2-8051-11e8-b0ef-fffcabeff946_story.html
— OPM guidance pushes quick, forceful action on Trump’s orders to weaken unions, due process – Joe Davidson (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/powerpost/wp/2018/07/09/guidance-pushes-quick-forceful-action-on-trumps-orders-to-weaken-unions-due-process/

 

NEW YORK POST
— Major study reveals cannabis is not a miracle pain reliever – Stephanie Bedo
https://nypost.com/2018/07/03/major-study-reveals-cannabis-is-not-a-miracle-pain-reliever/

 

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— John Cox, California governor candidate, says business background a big boost – Joe Garofoli (DIERSEN: Democrats dismiss/belittle/reject Cox’s business background just like my Democrat GAO superiors dismissed/belittled/rejected my knowledge of IRS. GAO audits IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880.)
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/John-Cox-California-governor-candidate-says-13058429.php

 

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who were brought to America illegally, and by extension, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who brought them here illegally.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-07-09/white-collar-dreamers-climb-the-ranks-at-wells-fargo-gm-honda

 

KRCR TV
— Mother, grandmother charged after two-year-old eats marijuana edibles – Haleigh Pike
https://krcrtv.com/news/butte-county/mother-grandmother-charged-after-two-year-old-eats-marijuana-edibles

 

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION
— Day 111: Ives Still Has Not Endorsed Rauner, Continues Attacking His Failed Leadership
https://democraticgovernors.org/news/day-111-ives-still-has-not-endorsed-rauner-continues-attacking-his-failed-leadership/

July 9 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Who is Supreme Court contender Amy Coney Barrett?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/who-is-amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court-contender-nomination/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— McCarthy says Dan Ryan protest shows change since 2012 NATO summit – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-mccarthy-dan-ryan-march-20180708-story,amp.html
— Watering the infield – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-mccarthy-dan-ryan-march-20180708-story,amp.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker’s campaign spread $2.5 million late last week to campaign coffers aimed at helping Democrats in the legislature and Cook County. Campaign finance reports show Pritzker gave $1 million to the Democratic Majority fund, which is chaired by House Speaker Michael Madigan and is used to assist Democratic House members and candidates. Another $1 million was headed to two different funds aimed at helping Democrats in the state Senate — $500,000 apiece to the Senate Democratic Victory Fund headed by Senate President John Cullerton and the Illinois Democratic Heartland Committee, which assists Downstate Senate Democrats. Pritzker, a billionaire heir to the Hyatt Hotels fortune, also dropped $500,000 to the Cook County Democratic Party, which is now headed by County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. Democrats are counting on Pritzker to help down-ballot candidates in much the same way that his opponent, Republican Gov. Rauner, has done in subsidizing the state GOP and Republican legislative candidates.)
— Rauner launches new attack on Pritzker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-mccarthy-dan-ryan-march-20180708-story,amp.html
— Why are millennials so hot for socialism? – Heather Wilhelm (DIERSEN: What percent of Democrat educators promote socialism?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-wilhelm-millennials-support-socialism-bernie-sanders-0709-story.html
— Workplace bully behavior – Amy Morin (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, all my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates used one or more of the 18 tactics listed in this article. I should write a book about those who were the biggest bullies. At GAO, they succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, giving me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, not promoting me beyond GS-13, getting rid of my mentor in 1987, keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forcing me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. At IRS, they succeeded in not promoting me beyond GS-12, disallowing my education deductions in 1978, getting rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowing my partial day per diem claims in 1974. At the Post Office, they succeeded in forcing me resign in 1969 and disallowing my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180709/281887299068465

 

DAILY HERALD
— Community Unit School District 200 must curtail spending – Jan Shaw, Wheaton
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180709/district-must-curtail-spending
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH TWO BIG COLOR PICTURES: Senior Women’s Open in Wheaton puts nation’s first 18-hole course in spotlight – Katlyn Smith (DIERSEN: My DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton boarders the Chicago Golf Club. All of Wheaton’s Golf Lane is in my precinct.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180709/senior-womens-open-in-wheaton-puts-nations-first-18-hole-course-in-spotlight
— What you need to know to attend the U.S. Senior Women’s Open in Wheaton – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180709/what-you-need-to-know-to-attend-the-us-senior-womens-open-in-wheaton
— Pat Bradley excited about first U.S. Women’s Senior Open – Len Ziehm
http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20180708/bradley-excited-about-first-us-womens-senior-open
— A timeline of Chicago Golf Club milestones – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180709/a-timeline-of-chicago-golf-club-milestones
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180708/12-year-old-girl-leads-effort-to-bring-pride-parade-to-buffalo-grove-in-2019

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Google names new head of Chicago office – JOHN PLETZ (DIERSEN: What percent of Google employees are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180709/BLOGS11/180709941
— This mortgage industry executive gives money directly to people in need. All they need to do is ask. – LISA BERTAGNOLI (DIERSEN: Have you ever been in need? I have not. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, the reasons for that are a) my parents were undeservedly filthy rich, b) I avoided the draft, c) the federal government grossly overpaid me, d) my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and were did not become foster parents, and e) my federal retirement benefits are much too generous.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180706/ISSUE01/180709953

 

WGN RADIO
— DIERSEN QUESTION: Who promotes Pat Brady? ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://wgnradio.com/category/the-sunday-spin-politics-with-rick-pearson/
https://wgnradio.com/2018/07/08/former-state-gop-chairman-pat-brady-on-the-race-for-governor/

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Retirees among top-paid educators – David Giuliani (DIERSEN: When did you start earning $100,000-a-year in today’s dollars (GS-13 Step 3)? I did in 1988 when I was 40 years old. By then, I had worked for GAO for almost 9 years, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
http://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/retirees-among-top-paid-educators/article_73fa8c9c-7405-11e8-85c8-df81ab9a3a28.html

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Growing fear, and optimism, on Illinois farms Some farmers say the opening shots in the trade war will level the playing field, but others fear the financial fallout – Adalberto Toledo
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/07/08/growing-fear-and-optimism-on-illinois-farms/a2yw1i8/

 

CHICAGO READER
— Rahm and Rauner’s phony Ryan feud: Don’t be fooled by the Twitter barbs – Ben Joravsky
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/07/09/phony-feud-dont-be-fooled-by-the-twitter-barbs-between-rahm-and-rauner-over-dan-ryan-protest

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Algonquin Township Republican Party Holds Fundraiser Thursday
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/07/08/algonquin-township-republican-party-holds-fundraiser-thursday/
— CL Independence Day Parade – Part 2 – Peter Roskam
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/07/08/cl-independence-day-parade-part-2-peter-roskam/

 

WIRE POINTS
— Janus v AFSCME and the truth about Illinois pensions in one graphic – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner (DIERSEN: I am not aware of any benefit increases for Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) retirees since I started earning CSRS credits in 1966 when I was 18 years old.)
http://www.wirepoints.com/janus-v-afscme-and-the-truth-about-illinois-pensions-in-one-graphic-wirepoints-original/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There’s one graphic that perfectly captures the absurdity of Illinois pensions over the past three decades. It’s what Justice Samuel Alito described as Illinois’ “generous public-employee retirement packages” when writing for the majority in the Janus v. AFSCME decision. Alito didn’t use this graphic but he could have, because it makes his point. In 1987, pension promises made to active workers and retirees in the state’s five state-run pension plans totaled just $18 billion. By 2016, they had ballooned to $208 billion. That’s a cumulative 1,067 percent increase. Contrast that to the state’s budget (general fund revenues) which was up just 236 percent over the same time period. Or household incomes, which were up just 127 percent. Or inflation, up just 111 percent. Promised pension benefits have blown past any ability of the state, the economy or taxpayers to pay for them.)

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— MEDIA REPORTS TRUMP TOSSING IMMIGRANTS FROM MILITARY. THAT’S NOT THE WHOLE STORY.
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/media-reports-trump-tossing-immigrants-from-military-thats-not-the-whole-story.html
— THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT BLACK MEN IN AMERICA
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/the-good-news-about-black-men-in-america.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker’s contributions to Dem committees now total $5.7 million since May
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/09/pritzkers-contributions-to-dem-committees-now-total-57-million-since-may/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump needs a Bridge to Nowhere moment on spending – Adam Andrzejewski & Tom Coburn (DIERSEN: Will my critics/opponents try, if they have not already, to stress to Trump the $1,076,178 in today’s dollars that the Civil Service Retirement System has paid me since 1997? Will they stress to Trump, if they have not already, the $373,500 in today’s dollars in federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidies that my wife and I have gotten since 1997? Will they stress to Trump how my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/trump-needs-a-bridge-to-nowhere-moment-on-spending

 

BLAZE
— Angry socialist protesters confront Mitch McConnell again, shout: ‘We know where you live’ – Chris Enloe (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, the more planks in the Republican Party platform that you support, the more money that you should invest in home security and self-defense.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/07/08/video-angry-protesters-confront-mitch-mcconnell-again-shout-we-know-where-you-live
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez changes campaign bio after truth is revealed about where she grew up – Chris Enloe (DIERSEN: Where did you grow up? I grew up in Crete. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who demonize, denigrate, and condemn Crete because I grew up there.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/07/08/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-changes-campaign-bio-after-truth-is-revealed-about-where-she-grew-up
— College students say they despise Trump’s SCOTUS nominee — before he even announces who it is – Chris Enloe (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those a) who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican and b) who oppose just about everything that I support.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/07/08/watch-college-students-say-they-despise-trumps-scotus-nominee-before-he-even-announces-who-it-is

 

DAILY CALLER
— PRESIDENT TRUMP TROLLS MEDIA THAT PREDICTED HE’D LOSE 2016 ELECTION – Mike Brest (DIERSEN: Should I troll those who predicted a) that the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) that IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) that IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) that GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) that GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986? Should I troll those who predicted a) that I would NOT earn a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 or job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) that I would NOT earn job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) that I would NOT earn a job-related professional license when I was 32?)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/08/trump-trolls-news-outlet/
— JILTED FORMER EPA AIDE WITH SORDID HISTORY TAKES FULL CREDIT FOR PRUITT’S RESIGNATION – Chris White (DIERSEN: So far, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have blamed me for all the setbacks that I have suffered at TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc. But maybe someday, they will come out of their closets and take credit for my setbacks.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/08/epa-aide-pruitt-resignaton/
— MUELLER’S ‘PIT BULL’ ARRANGED MEETING WITH REPORTERS TO DISCUSS MANAFORT INVESTIGATION – Chuck Ross (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have served as pit bulls for my critics/opponents. They would love it.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/08/mueller-manafort-journalist-leak/

 

THE HILL
— Clash looms over ICE funding – MIKE LILLIS AND RAFAEL BERNAL
http://thehill.com/latino/395903-clash-looms-over-ICE-funding

 

POLITICO
— Illinois governor profits off ICE detention center contracts – NATASHA KORECKI
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/09/illinois-governor-detention-centers-702293

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Can the Catholic Church ‘Evolve’ on L.G.B.T. Rights? – John Gehring (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, religious leaders talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green parties.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/opinion/pope-francis-catholic-church-lgbt.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/08/world/canada/canada-marijuana-businesses.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Many States Are Likely Unprepared For Next Downturn Revenues—largely dependent on taxes—haven’t fully recovered from the last recession, while pensions and Medicaid costs mount – David Harrison
https://www.wsj.com/articles/many-states-are-likely-unprepared-for-next-downturn-1531073292
— Legacy Preferences Complicate Colleges’ Diversity Push As universities strive to increase socioeconomic diversity, some still have favorable admission rates for children of alumni – Melissa Korn (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents never attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/legacy-preferences-complicate-colleges-diversity-push-1531128601
— The Difficult Task of Taking the Car Keys Away From an Older Parent Retirement columnist Glenn Ruffenach says that in hindsight, he would have done things differently with his mother – Glenn Ruffenach
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-difficult-task-of-taking-the-car-keys-away-from-an-older-parent-1530815990
— Giuliani Demands ‘Factual Basis’ for Mueller Probe Before Any Trump Interview Comments represent hardening of White House stance on sit-down in Russia probe – Lalita Clozel (DIERSEN: If my Democrat superiors had provided a “factual basis” for the many adverse actions that they took against me, those facts should have been the following: a) they were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to give my job to a young Democrat minority or to a young Democrat female, b) I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, c) I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, d) I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, e) I refused to help get rid of employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, or non-veteran, and f) I did not paint myself as being a yes-man and I was not a yes-man.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/giuliani-demands-factual-basis-for-mueller-probe-before-any-trump-interview-1531070023

 

PENSIONS & INVESTMENTS
— Pension portability is a priority for Sen. Warner – HAZEL BRADFORD (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes remain furious that the almost 3 years of Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) credits that I earned 1966-1969 working for the Post Office and the almost 9 years of CSRS credits that I earned 1971-1980 working for IRS transferred to GAO. They remain even more furious that I got full-time CSRS credit while I worked for the Post Office when I worked only part-time.)
http://www.pionline.com/article/20180709/PRINT/180709917/portability-is-a-priority-for-sen-warner

 

USA TODAY
— Losing a job in midlife: How to prepare and bounce back when downsized near retirement – Tamara E. Holmes (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 1997 to frustrate my search for jobs and for consulting opportunities. They stress a) that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) that my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; 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.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2018/07/09/downsized-near-retirement-recover-layoff-middle-age/754167002/

 

GOVERNMENT BENEFITS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What benefits on this list have you received from the State of Illinois? My wife and I have received none.
https://www.benefits.gov/benefits/browse-by-state/state/154

 

INC.
— AUGUST 17, 2017 FLASHBACK: The Top 5 Career-Limiting Habits You’ve Built (And 6 Ways to Break Them) Old habits die hard. Use these six tips to hack the process and break bad habits before they break your career. – Michael Schneider (DIERSEN: What were the most career limiting things that you did? For me, as a federal employee whose superiors were always Democrats, a) I avoided the draft, b) I refused to become a Democrat, c) I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, d) I refused to help my Democrat superiors get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, e) I refused to paint myself as being a yes-man and I refused to be a yes-man, f) my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, and g) I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Further, while I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO, I suggested that GAO a) not do work for U.S. Senators or for U.S. Representatives unless the work was requested by at least one Democrat AND at least one Republican and b) that about 50% of audit teams should Democrats and about 50% of audit teams should be Republicans.)
https://www.inc.com/michael-schneider/6-proven-ways-to-overcome-bad-habits-according-to-.html
— JUNE 18, 2018 FLASHBACK: Reciprocal Marketing (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails drive lots of traffic to websites. Since 2004, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have included links to more than 306,200 articles on hundreds of websites. Yet sadly, very few of those websites appreciate that. Some even treat me like they are doing me a big favor by letting me drive traffic to their websites. Some even treat me like they do not want me to drive traffic to their websites. Virtually none of those websites reciprocate in any way, for example, a) by not charging me to view articles on their websites, b) by emailing me links to relevant articles on their websites, or c) by posting a link on their website to the GOPUSA ILLINOIS website (www.gopillinois.com). With only the rarest of exceptions, I do not include links to articles if I cannot view the articles. I pay thousands of dollars each year for home delivery of many newspapers and for full internet access to many newspaper websites. Needless-to-say, I should not want and I do not want reciprocity from websites that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.inc.com/encyclopedia/reciprocal-marketing.html

July 5 Morning Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Congressman Roskam, challenger Casten take shots at each other on Independence Day – Mike Flannery
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/congressman-roskam-challenger-casten-take-shots-at-each-other-on-independence-day

 

ABC7
— Politics permeates Chicago area 4th of July parades – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/politics-permeates-chicago-area-4th-of-july-parades/3706521/

 

CBS2
— Rauner, Pritzker Partake In Suburban July 4th Parades – Derrick Blakley (DIERSEN: In the Independence Day parade nearest your home, which Republican candidates a) walked in the parade and b) helped sponsor the parade?)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07/04/rauner-pritzker-partake-in-suburban-july-4th-parades/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Progressive income tax proposal would sink Illinois – David McSweeney
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mcsweeney-illinois-graduated-progressive-tax-financial-disaster-0705-story.html
— At FBI, women remain distinct minorities – Devlin Barrett (DIERSEN: My outstanding wife worked for the FBI 1968-1970.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180705/281809989649582
— How bad is teacher pay? Nearly 1 in 5 teachers works a second job, report says – Moriah Balingit (DIERSEN: Have you worked a second job? I did 1971-1972. I worked part-time pumping gasoline for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights while I worked for IRS full-time. The money that I earned helped me a) buy a new 1972 Corvette in October of 1971, b) pay for tuitions and books for graduate business courses at Loyola, and c) buy a new town home in University Park in September of 1972.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-teacher-pay-second-job-report-20180620-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–house-democrats-change-20180702-story.html
— Poland’s Supreme Court chief defies law’s purge – Michael Birnbaum (DIERSEN: The federal government wastes the careers of and gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. In today’s dollars, were you earning $96,403 by age 25, $113,920 by age 30, $134,000 by age 35, and $164,200 by age 40.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180705/281749860107438
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those a) who come to America illegally, b) who stay in America illegally, and c) who bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–immigration-separating-families-20180704-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Only 47 percent say that they are extremely proud to be an American.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-proud-american-20180703-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: How proud are you to be an American? That was the question asked of a little over 1,500 American adults for a Gallup poll published Monday. Only 47 percent said they felt extremely proud to be an American — a record low in the 17 years since the research company first started asking the question and a sharp drop from a peak of 70 percent in 2003. The other options were very proud (25 percent), moderately proud (16 percent), only a little proud (7 percent) or not proud at all (3 percent).)

 

DAILY HERALD
— Naperville Mayor Chirico plans to seek second term – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: So far, which candidates have announced their candidacies for the Municipal, Park District, Library District, School District, and Fire District offices on April 2, 2019 Consolidated Election ballots in your precinct?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180704/naperville-mayor-chirico-plans-to-seek-second-term
— Schaumburg Township installing new electronic message sign, expanding parking lot – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180704/schaumburg-township-installing-new-electronic-message-sign-expanding-parking-lot

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DuPage college scandal continues to make big waves – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-07-05/jim-dey-dupage-college-scandal-continues-make-big-waves.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— 26 Illinois counties have passed ‘gun sanctuary’ resolutions. Are they constitutional? – KELSEY LANDIS
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article213841369.html

 

DUPAGE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
— Chief Circuit Judge Daniel P. Guerin is pleased to announce that following a tabulation of ballots by the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts in Springfield, the Circuit Judges of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court, DuPage County, Illinois have appointed James F. McCluskey to the position of Associate Judge.
https://www.dcba.org/news/407263/Chief-Judge-Announces-New-Associate-Judge.htm

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Perversion Poisons Childhood in America
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-perversion-poisons-childhood-in-america/

 

PARENTS OPPOSED TO POT
— MARIJUANA IS THE COMMON WEB BETWEEN SO MANY MASS KILLERS
http://www.poppot.org/2018/07/03/marijuana-violence-know-connection/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— TRUMP BLAMED FOR DEATH OF REPORTERS: DID MEDIA BLAME OBAMA FOR COP KILLERS? – Larry Elder
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/trump-blamed-for-death-of-reporters-did-media-blame-obama-for-cop-killers/

 

BREITBART
— Poll – Majority of White, Black, and Hispanic Americans: U.S. Needs Stricter Immigration Enforcement – John Binder (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps not only do not want stricter enforcement, they want no enforcement at all.)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/04/poll-majority-of-white-black-and-hispanic-americans-u-s-needs-stricter-immigration-enforcement/
— Ann Coulter Slams ‘Open Borders Zealots’ on Trump’s SCOTUS Shortlist, Backs Kavanaugh – Ian Mason
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/04/ann-coulter-slams-open-borders-zealots-on-trumps-scotus-shortlist-backs-kavanaugh/

 

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— The Next American Revolution: #WalkAway – DAVID CATRON (DIERSEN: In Illinois, Democrats a) who accept some conservative principles and b) who might walk away from the Democrat Party and join the Republican Party are discouraged from doing that by the way that the Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who dominate many Republican organizations in Illinois treat conservatives. They see how those Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://spectator.org/the-next-american-revolution-walkaway/

 

TOWNHALL
— Dick Durbin Is The Incompetent One Here, Not ICE – John Dempsey
https://townhall.com/columnists/johndempsey/2018/07/05/dick-durbin-is-the-incompetent-one-here-not-ice-n2497309
— Should We Invade Mexico? – Kurt Schlichter (DIERSEN: Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America a) by its sending many millions of its citizens into America illegally, b) by its keeping many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and c) by its sending mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally. Anti-Trumps side with Mexico against America.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2018/07/05/should-we-invade-mexico-n2497140

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Illegal aliens could increase under Mexico’s new president – Chad Groening
https://www.onenewsnow.com/national-security/2018/07/05/illegal-aliens-could-increase-under-mexicos-new-pres

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump, Republicans can win the immigration debate this fall – Matt Mackowiak
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/4/trump-republicans-can-win-the-immigration-debate-t/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GOP to attack unfunded federal mandates next week – Pete Kasperowicz (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are unfunded mandates. Since the 1960s, AA, Diversity, and Inclusion have cost taxpayers many trillions of dollars. AA, Diversity, and Inclusion waste the careers of and get rid of those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or veteran. Democrats use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire, to not retain, to not promote, and to get rid of those who are Republican and are White, male, older, and/or veteran.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/gop-to-attack-unfunded-federal-mandates-next-week

 

THE HILL
— Who really wants to abolish ICE? Surely not the American people – DAVID BOSSIE
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/395536-who-really-wants-to-abolish-ice-surely-not-the-american-people
— When Democrats cry ‘Abolish ICE,’ they really mean ‘abolish borders’ – MARK KRIKORIAN
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/395389-when-democrats-cry-abolish-ice-they-really-mean-abolish-borders

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow over their success in painting Trump as being a racist.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-racist_us_5b3ce1aee4b05127ccee5eb3

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump pressed aides on Venezuela invasion.”
https://apnews.com/a3309c4990ac4581834d4a654f7746ef/Trump-pressed-aides-on-Venezuela-invasion,-US-official-says

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in painting Trump as being a racist. Are you a Trump supporter? If you are, who in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois works the hardest to paint you as being a racist? I should write a book about those who work the hardest to paint me as being a racist. Better yet, I should sue them.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/04/politics/donald-trump-quinnipiac-poll/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in turning tech employees against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/04/technology/employee-uprisings-twitter.html
— The Secret Price of Pets The care and feeding of America’s “fur babies” has grown increasingly baroque. – Peter Haldeman (DIERSEN: According to this article, last year, Americans spent $69.5 billion on their pets. Dogs are extremely time consuming and expensive. One reason why I can afford to spend 10+ hours each and every day and thousands of dollars each and every year to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out each and every day is that I have never owned a dog. The time and money that others have spent on dogs I spent working a second job during 1971 and 1972, earning three job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, passing two professional certification examinations in 1979 and 1981, serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 2000, serving as the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, serving as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/04/style/how-to-pamper-your-pet.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps do not like #WalkAway. In Illinois, Democrats a) who accept some conservative principles and b) who might walk away from the Democrat Party and join the Republican Party are discouraged from doing that by the way that the Democrat plants; Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who dominate many Republican organizations in Illinois treat conservatives. They see how those Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2018/07/02/the-walkaway-meme-is-what-happens-when-everything-is-viral-and-nothing-matters/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the pro-Trump Internet last weekend, the #WalkAway hashtag was the nexus of an exciting idea: that “millions of Americans are walking away from the Democrat party,” as one pro-Trump account put it. Breitbart said that the hashtag had gone viral; the Epoch Times said it represented a “growing movement” of Democrats — particularly minority Democrats — abandoning their party, and liberalism.)
— The left’s contempt is going to reelect Trump – Marc A. Thiessen
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-lefts-contempt-is-going-to-reelect-trump/2018/07/03/8e91b240-7ede-11e8-b0ef-fffcabeff946_story.html
— Is it great to be a worker in the U.S.? Not compared with the rest of the developed world. – Andrew Van Dam (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Then why do so many come to the U.S. and stay in the U.S.? ANSWER: Democrats and RINOs promise to give immigrants (and especially to immigrants who are minority, female, and/or younger) preference over U.S. citizens (and especially over U.S. citizens who are White, male, and/or older.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/07/04/is-it-great-to-be-a-worker-in-the-u-s-not-compared-to-the-rest-of-the-developed-world/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH GRAPHIC: In This Economy, Quitters Are Winning – David Harrison and Eric Morath (DIERSEN: Beyond outrageously, in Diersen v. GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors argued that they did nothing to get me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. But in fact, they made it extremely clear to me that if I did not take their “offer,” they would a) make my life a living hell and b) constructively, if not actually, demote me. They told me that if I did not take their “offer,” they would assign me to work for my subordinates. All my subordinates were Democrat minorities and/or Democrat females who were younger than me and who had an extremely low opinion of me and of those who share my demographics. They hinted/implied that they would give me performance expectations and performance appraisals that would be even more unfair. They hinted/implied that they might do less to destroy me if I would a) dump my 9 years of experience auditing federal financial industry regulators and b) dump my 1997 master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT and try to get assigned to a different audit group.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-this-economy-quitters-are-winning-1530702001
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kimberly Enoch had a stable job working from home managing grants for a Little Rock, Ark., nonprofit, but she was bored and thought she could do better. So she quit. Within three months, she landed a job as a grant writer at Southern Bancorp Community Partners, snagging a 14% raise, a faster pace at work and an easy seven-minute commute. “I knew I could do more,” Ms. Enoch said. She is part of a bigger trend. Workers are choosing to leave their jobs at the fastest rate since the internet boom 17 years ago and getting rewarded for it with bigger paychecks and/or more satisfying work.)
— Polish Chief Justice Defies Government’s Supreme Court Overhaul Malgorzata Gersdorf showed up for work despite a new law that would force the retirement of more than a third of the judges on the court – Natalia Ojewska (DIERSEN: The federal government wastes the careers of and gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. In today’s dollars, were you earning $96,403 by age 25, $113,920 by age 30, $134,000 by age 35, and $164,200 by age 40.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/polish-chief-justice-defies-governments-supreme-court-overhaul-1530696927
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The new law mandates early retirement for all male Supreme Court judges over 65 years old and all female judges over 60. A panel of experts would then appoint replacement judges. Parliament would choose who staffs that panel, unless more than two-fifths of Poland’s sharply divided parliament obstructs the process, in which case President Andrzej Duda would choose the panelists.)
— How a Rich Californian Hijacked the Legislature – Thomas M. Boyd
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-a-rich-californian-hijacked-the-legislature-1530723133

 

USA TODAY
— Capital Gazette shooting highlights the dangers facing today’s journalists – Caroline Simon
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/07/03/capital-gazette-shooting-highlights-growing-danger-journalists/752178002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: 34% take Social Security when they are 62. My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2018/06/19/whats-most-popular-age-to-take-social-security/35928543/

 

NEW YORK POST
— Statue of Liberty climber identified as immigrant activist – Larry Celona, Tina Moore and Chris Perez
https://nypost.com/2018/07/04/statue-of-liberty-climber-identified-as-immigrant-activist/

 

HERALD
— Democrats’ calls to abolish ICE play into Trump’s hands Most Americans are moderate on immigration. The left risks midterm wins with calls to end ICE. – Froma Harrop
https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/harrop-democrats-calls-to-abolish-ice-play-into-trumps-hands/

 

DAILY HERALD
— The liberal stampede to ‘Abolish ICE’ – Pat Buchanan
https://www.heraldextra.com/news/opinion/national-editorials/buchanan-the-liberal-stampede-to-abolish-ice/article_4a17d51a-d839-5fd7-bfa4-0c421dcf0df0.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they want to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.newsweek.com/robert-reich-fourth-july-celebrate-patriotism-not-trump-1003847

 

MOTLEY FOOL
— Financial Freedom Eludes Many, but Social Security Helps Only one in 10 Americans isn’t in some capacity reliant on their Social Security income when they retire. – Sean Williams (DIERSEN: What has helped you to save more of your income for retirement? For me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would say it was three very bad things: a) my avoiding the draft, b) the federal government grossly overpaying me, and c) my wife and I giving up trying to have children, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents.)
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2018/07/04/financial-freedom-eludes-many-but-social-security.aspx
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to a Bankrate survey released in March, most Americans fail to save an adequate amount of their income. While most financial advisors recommend that people save 15% or more of what they earn, just 16% of respondents to Bankrate’s survey were heeding this advice. By comparison, 19% weren’t saving a red cent, 21% were putting away 1% to 5% of their earnings, and another 25% were saving 6% to 10% of their income. In another context, essentially two-thirds of Americans are saving nothing or very little, thusly putting their retirement in jeopardy.)

 

DAILY MAIL
— Woman who scaled the Statue of Liberty is a Congolese immigrant and personal trainer, 44, who was arrested last year for assaulting a cop and ‘attends one anti-Trump protest every week’ – HANNAH MOORE and RORY TINGLE
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5919057/Woman-climbs-Statue-Liberty-Independence-Day-ICE-protesters-busted.html

July 3 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Pfleger: ISP threaten to arrest all participants in Dan Ryan march against Chicago violence – DIANE PATHIEU
http://abc7chicago.com/pfleger-isp-threaten-to-arrest-all-participants-in-dan-ryan-march-against-chicago-violence-/3696571/
— Walmart’s impeach Trump clothing draws social media outrage
http://abc7chicago.com/business/walmarts-impeach-trump-clothing-draws-social-media-outrage/3697799/

 

NBC5
— 4 Illinois Governor Hopefuls on Ballot; McCann Seeks Debates
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/4-illinois-governor-hopefuls-on-ballot-mccann-seeks-debates-487241601.html
— Pfleger Renews Call to March on Dan Ryan Expressway As State Police Warn of Arrests Illinois State Police warned that pedestrians on the Dan Ryan Expressway during Rev. Pfleger’s anti-violence march will face arrest and prosecution
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pfleger-renews-call-to-march-on-dan-ryan-expressway-as-state-police-warns-of-arrests-487246751.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— 4 Illinois governor hopefuls on ballot; McCann seeks debates – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/4-illinois-governor-hopefuls-on-ballot-mccann-seeks-debates-1

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico to run for re-election in 2019 – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-mayor-chirico-campaign-election-st-0704-story.html
— As state police warn of arrests, a defiant Rev. Pfleger moves ahead with planned Saturday march, shutdown of Dan Ryan – Elvia Malagon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-pfleger-talks-preparations-dan-ryan-protest-20180703-story.html
— Berrios tweaks formula; home assessments rise on North Side, fall on South Side – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-chicago-property-tax-assessment-shock-20180615-story.html
— Why there was no pomp, circumstance or former president when Obama expressway signs went up on I-55 – Elvia Malagon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-barack-obama-interstate-signs-illinois-20180703-story.html
— To calm dogs spooked by fireworks, pet owners are using treats made from marijuana plants – Vikki Ortiz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-cannabis-for-dogs-fireworks-20180702-story.html
— On Independence Day, thanking my family for coming to America – John Kass (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, a) the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against women and b) the more reason that you should be gotten rid of.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-independence-day-kass-0704-story.html
— ‘Abolish ICE’ — a slogan that benefits Trump – Clarence Page (DIERSEN: What is next? Abolish Trump supporters, Abolish Protestants, Abolish conservatives, Abolish patriotic people, Abolish Republicans, Abolish Americans, Abolish Whites, Abolish males, Abolish older people, Abolish rich people, Abolish gun owners, Abolish German Americans, Abolish draft avoiders, and/or Abolish those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-trump-abolish-ice-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-0704-20180703-story.html
— Wanted: Workforce for ‘The City That Makes Things’ – Editorial (DIERSEN: During the summer of 1966, when I was 17 years old, I helped build railroad freight cars for Thrall Car in Chicago Heights. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrall_Car_Manufacturing_Company  During the winter of 1969/1970, when I was 21 years old, I helped build cars for Chrysler in Belvidere.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-manufacturing-jobs-chicago-area-20180613-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Father Pfleger, protesters threatened with arrest ahead of Dan Ryan protest – Sam Charles and Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/father-pfleger-protesters-threatened-with-arrest-ahead-of-dan-ryan-protest/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and b) glorify and praise individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/fourth-july-wave-flag-america/

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use veterans to push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/ex-navy-seal-from-chicago-area-leading-veterans-battle-for-cannabis-access/

 

DAILY HERALD
— New Wheeling Township trustee appointed
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180703/new-wheeling-township-trustee-appointed
— 9 reasons the suburbs beat Chicago for the Fourth of July – Jim Baumann
http://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20180703/9-reasons-the-suburbs-beat-chicago-for-the-fourth-of-july

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Trump on a toilet not welcome at West Peoria Fourth of July Parade – Scott Hilyard
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180703/trump-on-toilet-not-welcome-at-west-peoria-fourth-of-july-parade

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Sam McCann to host political debates with other candidates
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/sam-mccann-to-host-political-debates-with-other-candidates

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump Administration Rescinds Obama-Era Guidance Encouraging Affirmative Action – CAMILA DOMONOSKE (DIERSEN: What if Affirmative Action had been only for those whose parents did not have college degrees?)
http://nprillinois.org/post/trump-administration-rescinds-obama-era-guidance-encouraging-affirmative-action#stream/0

 

WILLIAM J KELLY
— McCann to Rauner: Drop out, give me a clear shot at Pritzker
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/mccann-to-rauner-drop-out-give-me-a-clear-shot-at-pritzker

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives sees reform candidates as key to underwater mortgage fix – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511472303-ives-sees-reform-candidates-as-key-to-underwater-mortgage-fix

 

GOPUSA
— Judge rules feds must give asylum seekers chance at freedom (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, everyone who has problems and is a citizen of a foreign country will seek asylum in America.)
http://www.gopusa.com/judge-rules-feds-must-give-asylum-seekers-chance-at-freedom/
— Here’s how much taxpayers are spending to house unaccompanied alien minors
http://www.gopusa.com/heres-how-much-taxpayers-are-spending-to-house-unaccompanied-alien-minors/

 

BREITBART
— At Google, Sharing National Review Articles Can Get You Reported to HR – Allum Bokhari (DIERSEN: I wonder how many of my critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes monitor GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and “report” whenever I include in the emails links to articles and/or my comments that involve them.)
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/07/03/at-google-reading-national-review-can-get-you-reported-to-human-resources/
— DNC Chair Tom Perez: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘the Future of Our Party’ – Joshua Caplan
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/03/dnc-chair-tom-perez-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-the-future-of-our-party/
— Guatemalan Asylum Seeker: People in USA ‘Don’t Have Hearts’ – Joshua Caplan
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/03/asylum-claiming-migrant-people-in-usa-dont-have-hearts/
— Media Fail: Trump’s Approval Rating Improved During Manufactured Border Outrage – John Nolte
https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/07/03/media-fail-trumps-approval-rating-improved-during-manufactured-border-outrage/
— Gallup: 55 Percent of U.S. Adults Say Country’s Best Days Are Ahead – Penny Starr (DIERSEN: The future is bleak for those who have the following demographics and who live and/or work in areas dominated by anti-Trumps: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/03/poll-55-percent-say-americas-best-days-are-ahead/

 

FOX NEWS
— Ex-Drug Czars Bill Bennett, John Walters: Mr. Trump, please don’t legalize marijuana at the federal level – William J. Bennett and John P. Walters
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/07/03/ex-drug-czars-bill-bennett-john-walters-mr-trump-please-don-t-legalize-marijuana-at-federal-level.html

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Progressives Deploy Religious Ignorance and Bigotry to Stop Amy Coney Barrett – DAVID FRENCH
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/amy-coney-barrett-under-progressives-religiou-ignorance-bigotry-attack/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Lawmaker Looks to Ban Unions at IRS – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: While worked for IRS 1971-1980, I was a National Treasury Employees Union member.)
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/07/lawmakers-looks-ban-unions-irs/149466/