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May 11 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Kendall County Democrats led by all-female board for first time – Jesse Kirsch (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at women that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that women have had, are having, and will have.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/kendall-county-dems-led-by-all-female-board-for-first-time/3446533/
— White House aide Kelly Sadler dismissed John McCain view, says ‘he’s dying anyway’ – AP (DIERSEN: What is Sadler’s position on age discrimination? I expect that she supports the federal government’s policy of wasting the careers of and getting rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, 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://abc7chicago.com/politics/white-house-aide-dismissed-john-mccain-view-says-hes-dying-anyway/3459451/
— Wheaton family sues hospital over grandmother’s opioid overdose death – Sarah J. Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/health/wheaton-family-sues-hospital-over-grandmothers-opioid-overdose-death/3461909/

 

CBS2
— Meghan McCain Asks How White House Staffer Who Joked About Her Father’s Brain Cancer Still Has A Job
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/05/11/meghan-mccain-kelly-sadler-brain-cancer-joke-senator-john/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/pot-topics-il-senate-committee-moves-bill-to-allow-medical-cannabis-at-schools/
— Trump tells CEOs he wants more cars built in U.S. – AP (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are a) anti-General Motors, b) anti-Ford, c) anti-Chrysler, d) anti-those who own vehicles built by the aforesaid, and e) anti-union.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/donald-trump-automakers-build-more-cars-us/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— In Chicago, Paul Ryan says polarization is fueled by the internet, not ‘one particular person or personality’ – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have caused all the defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000. What do you say about that to my critics/opponents, to their operatives, and to their dupes?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-paul-ryan-chicago-speech-20180511-story.html
— Starbucks changes bathroom policy following racial firestorm – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-starbucks-bathroom-policy-20180511-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Three GOP leaders (IRS SCC members Mark Shaw, Char Foss-Eggemann, and Ryan Higgins) speak to Wheeling Township Republicans Saturday
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180511/three-gop-leaders-speak-to-wheeling-township-republicans-saturday
(DIERSEN: Questions for your Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) member:
– Does the agenda for the May 19 IRS SCC meeting include a public comment period, and if so, how long and how many minutes will each speaker be limited to?
– What is the status of potential Winchester litigation against the IRP?
– If the 15th Congressional District (CD) IRP SCC position is still in dispute on May 19, will the vote for IRP chairman be postponed or will the vote be taken without the 12.1% 15th CD weighted vote?
– Do you agree with those who believe that if Rose casts the 15th CD weighted vote, Schneider will be reelected and if the vote is taken without the 15th CD weighted vote, or if Winchester casts it, Shaw will be elected?
– In the past, especially in 2005 and 2013, many have sought the IRP chairman position. Why are only two seeking the position now?
– Will the IRP allow Ives to speak in favor of Shaw at the May 19 IRP SCC meeting?
– Who does Schneider want the IRP Executive Director to be? Who does Shaw want the IRP Executive Director to be?
– Would it be correct to say that you will only vote for an IRP chairman candidate who can and will defend and advance all the planks in the Republican Party platform and the IRP platform, including their traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks?
– What is your weighted vote and which IRP chairman candidate are you going to vote for and why?
– How many chairs will the IRP set up for observers at the IRP SCC meeting: 100, 200, 300, 400, 500+?
– Who has asked you to nominate them to serve as your deputy?
– Who has asked you to appoint them to the 2020 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee?)
— Facebook shares bounce back to pre-scandal level – AP (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website. www.gopillinois.com is a Republican website.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180511/business/305119945/
— Naperville garden for charity joins network named for Obama – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: Democrats promote dependency on government and charity.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180511/naperville-garden-for-charity-joins-network-named-for-obama
— Higher pay discussed for mayor, trustees in Libertyville – Mick Zawislak
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180511/higher-pay-discussed-for-mayor-trustees-in-libertyville

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Here are the local CEOs who were paid $20 million-plus – JOE CAHILL (DIERSEN: Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns you as being overpaid? I should write a book about those who since 1966 have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me as being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180511/ISSUE10/180509832/here-are-the-local-ceos-who-were-paid-20-million-plus
— Mandated scheduling is a lose-lose for employers and employees (DIERSEN: In 1969, to justify forcing me to resign my part-time Park Forest Post Office job that I had held since 1966, my Democrat superiors said that my being available to work Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays, holidays, and all days that NIU was not in session was NOT ENOUGH. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180511/OPINION/180519970/mandated-scheduling-is-a-lose-lose-for-employers-and-employees

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Loyalty and unease in Trump’s Midwest.”
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/05/11/loyalty-and-unease-in-trumps-midwest/a7wfi4b/

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Pro-Choice Advocates Want Written Pledge From Gubernatorial Candidates – DAISY CONTRERAS (DIERSEN: Illinois Republicans want a written pledge from Rauner that he will defend and advance all the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/pro-choice-advocates-want-written-pledge-gubernatorial-candidates

 

WROK
— LT. GOVERNOR EVELYN SANGUINETTI ON TERM LIMITS, TAXES – RILEY O’NEIL
http://1440wrok.com/lt-governor-evelyn-sanguinetti-on-term-limits-taxes/

 

WAND TV
— Man pleads not guilty to burglarizing video gambling parlor
http://www.wandtv.com/clip/14342297/man-pleads-not-guilty-to-burglarizing-video-gambling-parlor

 

THE X RADIO
— OUTSTANDING: Plummer Endorses Steps to Protect 2nd Amendment Rights – Greg Sapp
http://www.thexradio.com/news/78-local-news/33770-plummer-endorses-steps-to-protect-2nd-amendment-rights
— May is Older Americans Month in Illinois (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who discriminate against older people? I should write books about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who discriminate against older people.)
http://www.thexradio.com/news/78-local-news/33774-may-is-older-americans-month-in-illinois

 

ILLINOIS HOME PAGE
— VIDEO: Fight for chair
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/video/fight-for-chair_20180511052152/1172764644

 

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to those who discourage everyone from speaking, reading, and writing English?
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/05/10/cutting-court-interpreters-threatens-due-process-rights-even-victim-safety-union-says

 

STATE OF ILLINOIS
— IL Department on Aging celebrates Older Americans Month (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination. They promote the federal government’s policy of wasting the careers of and getting rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www2.illinois.gov/IISNews/16709-Older_Americans_Month.pdf

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— George P. Bush to be keynote speaker at DuPage GOP Lincoln Day Dinner – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511413692-george-p-bush-to-be-keynote-speaker-at-dupage-gop-lincoln-day-dinner

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois Senate looks to ‘send message’ with anti-registry legislation – Benjamin Yount (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who run Illinois send messages to everyone that they want individuals, organizations, and companies that are members of the following groups to leave Illinois: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-senate-looks-to-send-message-with-anti-registry-legislation/article_aec590c0-5523-11e8-bb45-abf7a825519c.html

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Lawmakers look to crackdown on synthetic drugs – Raquel Martin
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/lawmakers-look-to-crackdown-on-synthetic-drugs/1174262565

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WHERE’S WEYERMULLER? VISITING ELKHART HOOSIERS WITH TRUMP AND PENCE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/wheres-weyermuller-visiting-elkhart-hoosiers-with-trump-and-pence.html
— UNIV. OF ILLINOIS GRAD STUDENTS URGE STEM WORKERS TO BOYCOTT U.S. MILITARY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/univ-of-illinois-grad-students-urge-stem-workers-to-boycott-us-military.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner dodges question on “sanctuary counties” for gun owners
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/11/rauner-dodges-question-on-sanctuary-counties-for-gun-owners/
— Shaw loses again in fight to control state party
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/11/shaw-loses-again-in-fight-to-control-state-party/
— “If you do your job, it’s going to be a lot easier to get re-elected”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/11/if-you-do-your-job-its-going-to-be-a-lot-easier-to-get-re-elected/
— Dems look to put Rauner in another trick bag
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/11/dems-look-to-put-rauner-in-another-trick-bag/
— Rauner introduces penalty enhancement bill for politicians (DIERSEN: What about politicians who use the powers of their office to destroy individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that refuse to a) glorify and praise them, b) pander to them, c) serve as their operatives or dupes, and/or b) give them lots of money? What about politicians who use the powers of their office to destroy individuals who have demographics that they disapprove of, for example, Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? What about politicians who use the powers of their office to destroy individuals who have sued them?)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/11/rauner-introduces-penalty-enhancement-bill-for-politicians/

 

GOPUSA
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Half of all Americans now live in ‘sanctuaries’ protecting illegal aliens
http://www.gopusa.com/half-of-all-americans-now-live-in-sanctuaries-protecting-illegal-aliens/
— Feminism falls to a new low in its porn phase
http://www.gopusa.com/feminism-falls-to-a-new-low-in-its-porn-phase/

 

BREITBART
— Poll: Optimism in Direction of Country Hits 11-Year High Under Trump – JOHN NOLTE
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/05/11/poll-optimism-direction-country-hits-11-year-high-trump/
— Syrian Granted Asylum Despite Being Convicted of Selling Drugs to Children (DIERSEN: Anti-Americans side with those who seek asylum.)
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/11/syrian-granted-asylum-despite-convicted-selling-drugs-children/
— Rep. William Lacy Clay on 2020 Census Citizenship Question: ‘American Version of Ethnic Cleansing’ – PENNY STARR (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs encourage people a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to bring others to America illegally.)
http://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2018/05/11/rep-william-lacy-clay-on-2020-census-citizenship-question-american-version-of-ethnic-cleansing/

 

DAILY CALLER
— John Kelly: White House Press Corps Is ‘Vicious’ – Saagar Enjeti
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/11/john-kelly-white-house-press-corps-vicious/

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— NRA sues New York governor, regulator for ‘blacklisting campaign’ – Reuters (DIERSEN: Who are the leading blacklisters in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? By definition, blacklisters have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-nra-sues-new-york-governor-regulator-for-blacklisting-campaign-2018-5
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The National Rifle Association on Friday sued New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state’s financial regulator for engaging in what it said was a “blacklisting campaign” aimed at swaying banks and insurers to stop doing business with the gun advocacy group, according to a complaint. Cuomo and the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) aimed to deprive the NRA of its right to “speak freely about gun-related issues and defend the Second Amendment,” the group said in the suit, referring to part of the U.S. Constitution that protects the right of Americans to bear arms.)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Study: Workers are now focusing on retirement benefits over health-care plans – Gene Marks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-small-business/wp/2018/05/10/study-workers-now-prefer-retirement-benefits-over-health-care-plans/

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— Director of drug abuse institute offers words of caution on marijuana – Felice J. Freyer
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/05/03/words-caution-marijuana/mvdlHOrEjmtiQXFG0U66MJ/story.html

 

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— OPM Director Wants Federal Workers to Join Retirement Race to the Bottom Few civil servants work for the federal government to get rich, but at least they can count on a decent pension. The Trump administration wants to change all that. – MANUEL MADRID (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are beyond furious that since 1997 when I was 49 years old, I have gotten a) a Civil Service Retirement System pension and b) a federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who share my demographics never could/would have done what I did to earn the aforesaid. To get my Post Office job, I passed the Post Office’s employment test in 1966, earned a high school diploma in 1966, and met the job’s many other requirements. To get my IRS job, I passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, and met the job’s many other requirements. I get my GAO job, I earned a job-related master’s degree in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, suffered a $19,203/year (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars, and met the job’s many other requirements. I overcame tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates to waste my career and to get rid of me. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://prospect.org/article/opm-director-wants-federal-workers-join-retirement-race-bottom

 

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— Federal worker unions and retiree groups blast Trump pension cuts – MARK GRUENBERG (DIERSEN: Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns you as being overpaid? I should write a book about those who since 1966 have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me as being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/federal-worker-unions-and-retiree-groups-blast-trump-pension-cuts/

 

ILLINOIS CPA SOCIETY
— Why You Need to Join a Nonprofit Board The networking opportunities alone are reason enough to use your talents for nonprofit board service — but there’s more. – Renee Beckman (DIERSEN: I served on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee 1983-1996. I served on the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board of directors 2001-2004. I served on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee 2003-2007. I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012.)
https://www.icpas.org/information/copy-desk/insight/article/digital-exclusive-2018/why-you-need-to-join-a-nonprofit-board

May 10 Evening Edition

NPR ILLINOIS & PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Pro-Choice Advocates Want Written Pledge From Gubernatorial Candidates – DAISY CONTRERAS  (DIERSEN: Illinois Republicans want a written pledge from Rauner that he will defend and advance all the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/pro-choice-advocates-want-written-pledge-gubernatorial-candidates#stream/0
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/pro-choice-pac-seeks-pledges-rauner-pritzker-endorse-new-abortion-law#stream/0

 

ABC7
— Supporters line Elkhart streets ahead of Trump, Pence appearance at rally – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/supporters-line-elkhart-streets-ahead-of-trump-pence-appearance-at-rally/3456513/

 

NBC5
— President Trump Set to Hold Indiana Rally
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/WEB-president-trump-preparing-to-speak-in-elkhart-482323501.html
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/trump-pence-rally-indiana-elkhart-482288631.html

 

WGN TV
— CPD: More than 100 ‘high-powered assault rifles’ removed from Chicago streets – MARCELLA RAYMOND
http://wgntv.com/2018/05/10/cpd-more-than-100-high-powered-assault-rifles-removed-from-chicago-streets/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The president just made America safer – John Bolton (DIERSEN: I remember speaking with Bolton at the Illinois Republican Party’s February 5, 2011 fundraiser at the Hilton in Chicago. I remember hearing him speak at several CPACs.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-safer-trump-iran-deal-bolton-0511-20180510-story.html
— Split over plan to expand food stamp work requirements: ‘A good thing’ or ‘a recipe for disaster’ – Greg Trotter and Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-welfare-work-requirements-20180417-story.html
— Illinois lawmakers weigh ban on all formulas of synthetic pot after deaths – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-synthetic-marijuana-20180510-story.html
— On his 200th birthday, wouldn’t Karl Marx be surprised? – Editorial (DIERSEN: What would Marx think of you? What would Marx think of me? Would he agree with my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I owe everything that I have (education, financial assets, pension, real estate, automobiles, etc.) to my parents’, my grandparents’, my great grandparents’, and the rest of my ancestors’ discrimination against minorities and against women and b) that because of the aforesaid, I should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-marx-statue-germany-china-20180507-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If write something against tradition, those who are anti-tradition will publish it.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-scouts-boy-mormons-church-0511-20180510-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Asian Americans turn angst for Trump into political activism – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/asian-americans-turn-angst-for-trump-into-political-activism/
— Blame the sexual revolution for abuse committed by men today – Mona Charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/blame-sexual-revolution-abuse-eric-schneiderman-mona-charen/
— The ‘Dreamers’ Trump would deport are greatest asset of the restaurant industry – Cisely Simpson (DIERSEN: Did you work in the restaurant industry? I did. I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights while I was a junior and senior at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966. In all likelihood, if there had been as many illegal immigrants back then as there are now, an illegal immigrant would have had that job instead of me. I used the money that I earned from that job to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint that I used to commute to/from classes at UIC from parents’ home in Crete.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/dreamers-daca-restaurant-industry/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Retirement of DuPage’s chief investigator leads to shake-up in state’s attorney’s office – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180510/retirement-of-dupages-chief-investigator-leads-to-shake-up-in-states-attorneys-office
— Asian Americans turn angst for Trump into political activism – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180510/news/305109868/

 

WTTW
— Chicago Police Seize 100th Assault Weapon This Year – Matt Masterson
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/05/10/chicago-police-seize-100th-assault-weapon-year

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— The Democratic Machine’s New Monarch How J.B. Pritzker’s bottomless pockets could spell business as usual in state politics – EDWARD MCCLELLAND
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/June-2018/JB-Pritzker-Democratic-Machine/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What Illinois could learn from its neighbor to the north about pensions – JUSTIN FOX
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180509/OPINION/180509828/what-illinois-could-learn-from-its-neighbor-to-the-north-about

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Lincoln library foundation says it may have to sell artifacts to pay debt – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180510/lincoln-library-foundation-says-it-may-have-to-sell-artifacts-to-pay-debt

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Term limits? Dead. Fair maps? Dead. Higher taxes? Thriving. – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article210769304.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner, Harold refuse to be drawn into ERA debate
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/10/rauner-harold-refuse-to-be-drawn-into-era-debate/
— Sheriff won’t enforce any new laws “that infringe on Second Amendment rights”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/10/sheriff-wont-enforce-any-new-laws-that-infringe-on-second-amendment-rights/

 

BREITBART
— 2.2 Million Fewer People on Food Stamps Under Donald Trump – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/10/2-2-million-fewer-people-food-stamps-trump/

 

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— As Trump Delivers Jobs, Biden & Sanders Talk Inequality – HUNT LAWRENCE AND DANIEL J. FLYNN
https://spectator.org/as-trump-delivers-jobs-biden-sanders-talk-inequality/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Mark Meadows to seek GAO audit of Mueller investigation – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/mark-meadows-to-seek-gao-audit-of-mueller-investigation

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to an anti-White, if politicians want the anti-White vote, they will have to work for it.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-escalante-latino-vote-spanish-ads_us_5af1bc57e4b041fd2d2b6dc9

 

NBC NEWS
— Lawmakers inquire about ‘troubling’ removal of SBA’s LGBTQ resources  More than a year after content was removed, there are still no resources on the Small Business Administration’s “LGBT Outreach” page. – Brooke Sopelsa (DIERSEN: What about heterosexual resources?)
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/lawmakers-inquire-about-troubling-removal-sba-s-lgbtq-resources-n873096

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s aides defend pay freeze and retirement cuts, but raise questions – Joe Davidson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/05/10/trumps-aides-defend-pay-freeze-and-retirement-cuts-but-raise-questions/

 

SACRAMENT BEE
— Republican John Cox regrets not voting for Donald Trump – ANGELA HART
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article210783159.html

 

FED WEEK
— Court Rules on Forced Retirement Standards (DIERSEN: Outrageously, I was denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v GAO.)
https://www.fedweek.com/retirement-financial-planning/court-rules-on-forced-retirement-standards/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A recent federal appeals court decision could make it easier for federal retirees to succeed in a claim that they were forced into retirement, by holding that the evidence they cite in support of their argument should be viewed as a whole. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit noted that federal retirements (and resignations) are presumed to be voluntary, but that presumption can be overcome if the employee proves that he or she “had no realistic alternative but to resign or retire, and the employee’s resignation or retirement was the result of improper acts by the agency.” That should be determined by examining “the surrounding circumstances to test the ability of the employee to exercise free choice.” The court sent back to the MSPB a case in which a retiree argued that his retirement was involuntary, saying that the MSPB improperly viewed his evidence as a series of separate developments, none of which it found was sufficient to support that claim. The court cited the employee’s evidence that he was afraid to meet personally with certain supervisors after “multiple instances of hostility” from them, his request to be transferred away from them, and the worsening of a health problem. The court said that they should have been considered “as a series of escalating incidents” and viewing them “collectively, rather than dismissing them one by one, as the Board did, we find that a person in like circumstances could reasonably feel unable to exercise free choice and compelled to retire.”)
— Guidance Sent on Recording Resignations ahead of Possible Discipline (DIERSEN: Outrageously, I was denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v GAO.)
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/guidance-sent-on-recording-resignations-ahead-of-possible-discipline/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: OPM has told agencies to record in the official personnel file of an employee who resigns during an investigation that could lead to disciplinary the results of that investigation if the agency concludes that action would have been warranted. The guidance carries out a 2016 change in law resulting from concerns that by resigning, those employees could later return to the government without consequences because their personnel records would not reflect it. That same law also required agencies to review those records when considering hiring a former federal employee. OPM’s memo says that before putting that information in an individual’s official personnel file, an agency must provide notice of the adverse finding and an opportunity to respond and receive a final agency decision. That could be appealed to the MSPB. “While the statute prescribes the process for making the required permanent notation, an agency may use its own discretion for determining the format for making the notation. Agencies may wish to consult with their legal counsel,” OPM said. The guidance includes a sample for documenting the notation, and further recommends that agencies place the document and any supporting materials on the permanent side of the employee’s OPF, subject to removal if the employee prevails in an appeal at the MSPB.)

May 9 Evening Edition

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL GOP CONSERVATIVES EXPECT TO PICK NEW PARTY LEADER SATURDAY, MAY 19TH
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/il-gop-leadership-expected-to-pick-shaw-over-schneider-saturday.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Thus far, Stan Bond (14), John McGlasson (16), Char Foss-Eggman (9) and assumedly Mark Shaw (10) will support Shaw. Bob Grogan (6) supported Jeanne Ives in the gubernatorial primary and is likely to support Ives. Shaun Murphy (1), Judy Diekelman (2), Sean Morrison (3), Jay Reyes (4) and Ryan Higgins (8) are expected to back Rauner – as is Chapin Rose (15) and Jan Weber (17) – who the Rauner campaign backed during county elections. Saturday’s meeting will be held at 11:00 am at 522 S. Fifth Street.)
— SKILLICORN STEPS UP TO DEFEND TRUMP FAN BLOCKED OUT OF HOUSE RACE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/skillicorn-steps-up-to-defend-trump-fan-blocked-out-of-house-race-.html

 

ABC7
— Kendall County Democrats led by all-female board for first time – Jesse Kirsch
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/kendall-county-dems-led-by-all-female-board-for-first-time/3446533/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Yingling Joins McSweeney, Demands Apology From Bruce Rauner (DIERSEN: Who calls who an extremist? Beyond overwhelmingly, members of Group A call members of Group B extremists. 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. If your group does not promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms, sooner or later, if not already, the SPLC will call your group a hate group.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/community/chi-ugc-article-yingling-joins-mcsweeney-demands-apology-fro-2018-05-09-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. – In response to a Northwest Herald report that Bruce Rauner met with Diane Evertsen, the former president of Minutemen Midwest, a group the Southern Poverty Law Center labeled a nativist extremist group, state Rep. Sam Yingling (D-Grayslake) issued the following statement: “Instead of negotiating in good faith to pass a state budget or working to reduce local property taxes, Bruce Rauner spent last weekend meeting with the former leader of Minutemen Midwest, a group the Southern Poverty Law Center labeled a “nativist extremist” group. There’s no place in for the fear-mongering tactics and conspiracy theories these extremist groups espouse in our state, and I applaud Representative Dave McSweeney, a Republican from McHenry County, for demanding an apology from Bruce Rauner, the head of the Illinois GOP. I join my colleague across the aisle in demanding an apology from this failed governor and hope other local elected officials and candidates will as well.”)
— Experts dismiss central Illinois cop’s claim that legalizing pot would lead to euthanizing drug-sniffing dogs – Elyssa Cherney
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-legal-marijuana-police-dogs-20180509-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Needless-to-say, those who encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and/or to bring others to America should be prosecuted.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-immigrants-crime-ms-13-sessions-trump-0510-20180509-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump suggests revoking reporters’ credentials – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about times since 2000 when Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. a) threatened to take away my GOPUSA ILLINOIS press credentials and b) took them away.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/trump-suggests-revoking-reporters-credentials/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Kane County Clerk’s Office announces ballot position lottery for November General Election – Kane County Clerk John A. Cunningham
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180509/kane-county-clerks-office-announces-ballot-position-lottery-for-november-general-election

 

WLS AM
— Civic Federations grades Rauner’s budget: “Incomplete” – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/05/09/civic-federations-grades-rauners-budget-incomplete/

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Adams County to consider becoming gun sanctuary – Matt Dutton
http://www.whig.com/20180509/adams-county-to-consider-becoming-gun-sanctuary

 

TIMES
— Streator sets limits on city officials spending City declines to give locals leeway in bidding – Brent Bader
http://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/05/08/streator-sets-limits-on-city-officials-spending/a3tpb9g/

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Rauner, Democrats say they don’t want another budget war but face deficit despite tax hike – MONIQUE GARCIA
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/rauner-democrats-say-they-don-t-want-another-budget-war/article_3d4c97b9-9e6f-5c96-8bbf-3e5fdcde919d.html

 

CITY OF WHEATON
— New Route for Memorial Day Parade (DIERSEN: Please consider watching the parade a) in Ives’ precinct along Main Street between Roosevelt Road and Elm Street and along Elm Street between Main Street and Wheaton Avenue or b) in my precinct along Elm Street between Wheaton Avenue and Warrenville Road and along Warrenville Road between Elm Street and the Wheaton Cemetery at 1209 South Warrenville Road. Please consider watching the ceremony. It starts at 11:00 AM at the Wheaton Cemetery in my precinct.)
https://www.wheaton.il.us/civicalerts.aspx?AID=98


(FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2018 Memorial Day Parade is Monday, May 28, 2018, beginning at 10 a.m. Due to construction taking place on part of the usual parade route, the parade is scheduled to step off from Memorial Park and proceed:

– South on Hale Street to Wesley Street.
– West on Wesley Street to Wheaton Avenue.
– South on Wheaton Avenue to Liberty Drive.
– East on Liberty Drive to Main Street.
– South on Main Street to Elm Street.
– West on Elm Street to Warrenville Road.
– South on Warrenville Road to the Wheaton Cemetery.

During the parade, the Wheaton Police Department, with the cooperation and assistance of the Milton Township Highway Department, will temporarily modify the traffic pattern on Warrenville Road from Wheaton Cemetery / Merrill and Warrenville Road to Orchard Road from two-way to only one way southbound. This condition will exist for approximately two and a half hours (9:30 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.). During the event, these streets will be adequately staffed with uniformed Police Officers to assist and direct traffic. Residents, citizens, and motorists are being asked for their cooperation in not moving the barricades to ensure the safety of the parade participants. Motorists may experience temporary traffic delays and choose to alter their travel route to avoid these areas. American Legion Post 76 invites veterans, youth groups, bands and schools to participate. A ceremony honoring those who have given their life in service will begin at 11 a.m. at Wheaton Cemetery, located at 1209 S Warrenville Road.)

 

WQAD
— Rock Island and Moline among 20 Illinois cities a watchdog group says should declare bankruptcy
http://wqad.com/2018/05/09/rock-island-and-moline-among-20-illinois-cities-a-watchdog-group-says-should-declare-bankruptcy/

 

WQLZ
— Lang Calls on Rauner to Push ERA Over the Finish Line
http://www.wqlz.com/2018/05/09/lang-calls-on-rauner-to-push-era-over-the-finish-line/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County’s 2018 Real Estate Tax Bill Music Video
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/09/mchenry-countys-2018-real-estate-tax-bill/
— BGA Supports McSweeney Abolish McHenry County Townships by Referendum Bill
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/09/bga-supports-mcsweeney-abolish-townships-referendum-bill/
— Support for Referendum to Put McHenry Township Road District Under Township Board
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/09/support-putting-mchenry-township-road-district-township-board/
— Tax Information for McHenry County Schools
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/09/tax-information-mchenry-county-schools/
— Former Algonquin Township Assessor Bob Kunz Replies to Illinois Leaks’ Article
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/08/former-algonquin-township-assessor-bob-kunz-replies-illinois-leaks-article/
— Illinois Leaks Calls for Resignation of Algonquin Township Clerk Karen Lukasik
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/08/illinois-leaks-calls-resignation-algonquin-township-clerk-karen-lukasik/
— Secret Gift Cards Put Karen Lukasik & Bob Miller in Sights of Illinois Leaks Again
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/08/secret-gift-cards-put-karen-lukasik-bob-miller-sights-illinois-leaks/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CIVIC FEDERATION “THUMBS DOWN” ON GOVERNOR’S FY 2019 BUDGET PROPOSAL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/civic-federation-thumbs-down-on-governors-fy-2019-budget-proposal.html
— SEXUAL ORIENTATION IN STATE’S HEADLINE NEWS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/sexual-orientation-in-states-headline-news.html
— AKIN: LAWMAKERS STILL HAVE TIME TO PASS LAWSUIT REFORM
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/akin-lawmakers-still-have-time-to-pass-lawsuit-reform.html
— ERA PROPONENTS RALLY FOR HOUSE VOTE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/era-activists-push-for-illinois-.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— McSweeney slams Rauner for meeting with party chair who’s also “a known extremist” (DIERSEN: Who calls who an extremist? Beyond overwhelmingly, members of Group A call members of Group B extremists. 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. If your group does not promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms, sooner or later, if not already, the SPLC will call your group a hate group.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/09/mcsweeney-slams-rauner-for-meeting-with-party-chair-whos-also-a-known-extremist/
— Hippies are gonna make us kill all our dogs!!!
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/09/hippies-are-gonna-make-us-kill-all-our-dogs/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— ‘Downward spiral’ of Scouts self-inflicted, says LaBarbera – Charlie Butts
https://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2018/05/09/downward-spiral-of-scouts-self-inflicted-says-labarbera

 

BLAZE
— Here’s who will really pay for all that ‘free’ stuff progressives keep promising – Glenn Beck
https://www.theblaze.com/video/surprise-heres-who-will-really-pay-for-all-that-free-stuff-progressives-keep-promising

 

GOPUSA
— California wants money for illegal alien health care
http://www.gopusa.com/california-wants-money-for-illegal-alien-health-care/
— Why is Los Angeles a hotbed of STDs? Racism, of course.
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=45389

 

NEWSMAX
— Drudge Hits Trump Over Reporter Ban, Fears Licensing of Reporters – Mark Swanson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about times since 2000 when Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. a) threatened to take away my GOPUSA ILLINOIS press credentials and b) took them away.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/matt-drudge-media-credentials-wh-reporters-fake-news/2018/05/09/id/859335/
— Trump Threatens to Take Away Press Credentials Over Fake News – Jeffrey Rodack (DIERSEN: I should write a book about times since 2000 when Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. a) threatened to take away my GOPUSA ILLINOIS press credentials and b) took them away.)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/press-credentials-fake-news-donald-trump/2018/05/09/id/859260/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump, citing negative news coverage about him, questioned whether the “corrupt” and “fake” news media should be stripped of credentials. The president’s comments came in an early morning tweet on Wednesday. He pointed out 91 percent of the “network news about me is negative (fake).” Trump appeared to be referencing a report by the Media Research Center. The MRC had looked at broadcast evening news reports of Trump from Jan. 1 through April 30 and “found 90 percent of the evaluative comments about the president were negative.” The report examined 1,065 network evening news stories about Trump and key members of his administration. And it noted the “hostile coverage” from ABC, CBS and NBC. According to the study, The Russia “collusion” story was given the most time on the broadcasts of all stories regarding the administration. The MRC reported it took up 321 minutes or nearly one-fifth of all Trump administration coverage. The study was a topic of conversation on TV’s “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday. The president is a longtime viewer of the show.)

 

THE HILL
— GOP leaders seek to stamp out Republican revolt on immigration – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/386977-house-gop-leaders-blast-move-to-force-a-vote-on-immigration

 

FISCAL TIMES
— Trump Administration Proposes $143.5 Billion in Federal Employee Retirement Cuts – Yuval Rosenberg (DIERSEN: Because I am a federal retiree, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are overjoyed about this.)
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2018/05/09/Trump-Administration-Proposes-1435-Billion-Federal-Employee-Retirement-Cuts

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Congressman slams OPM for targeting federal employee benefits – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: From what I see, I am one of only an extremely few, if not the only, Republican federal retiree in the 6th Congressional District. If you know of any Republican federal employees or retirees who live or work in the 6th Congressional District, please ask them to contact me ASAP.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2018/05/09/congressman-calls-out-opm-targeting-of-feds-retirement-benefits/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, wrote to Office of Personnel Management Director Jeff Pon May 9, 2018, to express “strong opposition” to a recent letter in which the director proposed sweeping cuts and increased contributions to federal employee retirement. “Federal employees are the cornerstone of an effective and efficient federal government. Our country relies on these talented men and women to perform critical duties across all sectors of government, from national security and healthcare to economic expansion and infrastructure development,” Turner wrote. Turner’s opposition as a Republican is notable, as Democrats have traditionally held a strong line against cutting federal employee benefits in order to balance the budget. Pon’s legislative proposals would likely require fairly unified Republican support to pass into actual legislation. According to a news release on the letter of opposition, Turner’s district contains 30,000 federal employees that would likely be impacted by the proposed changes. Turner took particular issue with aspects of OPM’s proposals that would impact current employees and retirees, such as increases in retirement contributions for current employees and the elimination of cost-of-living adjustments for all current and future retirees under the Federal Employee Retirement System. “This breaks a promise to current federal employees and retirees. We should not arbitrarily make changes to policies that families have planned their lives around, particularly when it affects current retirees with limited ability to make up for unanticipated reductions in estimated income,” wrote Turner. Pon justified the proposed changes as bringing the government more in line with private sector practices, though some have argued that prospective employees are attracted to the government over the private sector due to more generous retirement packages. “In order to ‘recruit, retain and honor a world-class workforce to serve the American people’ as OPM seeks, the federal government must maintain a competitive benefits package befitting such a workforce. With the United States’ growing economy and a tightening labor market, we cannot afford to make the federal government a less attractive place to work by diminishing the very benefits that help the government keep pace with jobs in the (often higher-paying) private sector,” Turner wrote.)

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— OPM Chief Defends Pay Freeze as a Chance to ‘Right-Size’ Compensation Across Occupations – Erich Wagner
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/05/opm-omb-leaders-take-tough-questions-compensation-proposals/148085/

May 5 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— JUNE 1, 2013 FLASHBACK: Lobbyist Jack Dorgan is new Illinois GOP party chairman – Monique Garcia (DIERSEN: I was there while “Each candidate had five minutes to sell themselves to members of the Republican State Central Committee before the group conducted closed door interviews.”)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-illinois-republican-gop-chairman-jack-dorgan-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Republican leaders on Saturday choose a lobbyist and Rosemont trustee to serve as state party chairman following several hours of closed door talks. Jack Dorgan’s selection follows the resignation of former chair Pat Brady, who came under fire for bucking the Republican platform when he announced his support for gay marriage. “We’ve had some growing pains right now, and we’re ready, we’re united, were going to move forward and show people there’s a two-party system (in Illinois),” said Dorgan, who was the favorite entering deliberations. Dorgan has long been involved in Republican politics, beginning as an aide to the late Rep. Roger McAuliffe, who long held the designation as the only Republican legislator from Chicago. Dorgan also served as deputy chief of staff to former House Speaker Lee Daniels and as an aide to Gov. Jim Thompson and director of the Liquor Control Commission under Gov. Jim Edgar. But Dorgan also has close ties to Illinois’ ruling Democrats. He founded a lobbying practice with James McPike, a former majority leader for House Speaker Michael Madigan, who doubles as Illinois Democratic Party chairman. The firm’s clients include Ameren, AT&T, Fairmount Park race track, the Illinois Hospital Association and the Illinois Asphalt Pavement Association, a group formerly headed by Bill Cellini, who is now serving prison time after being convicted of federal corruption charges. Other finalists for the position included Hinsdale businessman Jim Nalepa; Angel Garcia, head of the Chicago Young Republicans; Lake Forest attorney Mark Shaw; Springfield lawyer Don Tracy; Chicago attorney Lori Yokoyama and former congressman and tea party activist Joe Walsh. Each candidate had five minutes to sell themselves to members of the Republican State Central Committee before the group conducted closed door interviews. Deliberations were not open to the public, but officials said Dorgan won after the first round of balloting.)
— Cook County clerk on how, when and where people voted — or didn’t vote — in March primary – Ted Slowik (DIERSEN: In your precinct, what do you think the main reasons are why a) registered Republican voters cast or did not cast Republican ballots, b) registered Democrat voters cast or did not cast Democrat ballots, c) unaffiliated voters cast or did not cast Republican or Democrat ballots, d) registered Republican voters changed their party affiliation by casting Democrat ballots, and e) registered Democrat voters changed their party affiliation by casting Republican ballots? Why do voters who cast Republican ballots vote for candidates in contested races, but not for candidates in uncontested races?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-slowik-post-election-report-st-0506-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Before the March gubernatorial primary fades into memory and voters focus on November, let’s take a moment to review a few details about the most recent election. This analysis comes courtesy of the office of distinguished public servant and retiring Cook County Clerk David Orr. His office on Wednesday released its post-election report for the March primary. Orr’s office is one of a handful of county clerks that provides the detailed post-mortem statistical analysis. The clerk’s website has post-election reports dating back to 2008. “We send it to a few friends,” Orr told me Friday. “If we get a good idea from somewhere else we adapt it. Every year we build on it.” The 110-page report is full of data about voter behavior, trends and historical analysis. For some, this dense study might seem like a cure for insomnia. But political geeks can discover compelling nuggets about when, how and where people voted — or didn’t vote. The March primary saw record-breaking or near-record setting marks in the number of registered voters, voters who took part in the election, the percentage of voters who participated in early voting and the overall turnout rate, the report said. “There are some fascinating findings,” Orr told me. “One result was the amazing percentage of Democratic ballots versus Republican ballots.” In March, 76 percent of suburban Cook County voters pulled Democratic ballots. That ties with the February 2008 primary for the highest percentage in the past 24 years. The lowest rate of Democratic ballots pulled since 1994 was in March 2014, at just 45 percent. “I don’t think it’s a case of Republicans not voting so much as it is greater numbers of Democrats turning out,” Orr said. “You had hot races for governor in both parties and several other hot contests.” Statewide, incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner eked out a narrow win over challenger Jeanne Ives in the Republican primary. Rauner won with about 52 percent of the vote — an unexpectedly close margin of about 20,000 votes. Rauner carried suburban Cook County by about 10,000 votes, though Ives, a state representative from Wheaton, won in Bremen, Lemont, Thornton and Worth townships. Orr’s post-election report is a deep dive that might give voters in some south suburbs and their party leaders a chance to brag about the success of their ability to get out the vote.)
— No wonder Illinois is struggling — lawmakers are calling in their votes – Patrick McDaniel, Decatur
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-illinois-general-assembly-voting-congress-20180504-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot. How much money is the Chicago Sun-Times taking from pot pushers?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/pot-topics-businesses-relax-policies-on-pot-trudeau-vows-to-legalize/
— Chicago Police drones at rallies smack of Red Squad snooping
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/police-drones-surveillance-red-squad-illinois-law/

 

DAILY HERALD
— MAY 13, 2014 FLASHBACK: Illinois GOP leader Dorgan says he won’t seek another term – Mike Riopell
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140512/news/140519516/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Republican Party Chairman Jack Dorgan of Rosemont won’t run for another term and will back Cook County Commissioner Tim Schneider of Bartlett to replace him, he announced Monday. Dorgan, a Rosemont village trustee and Springfield lobbyist, said he’s joining Republican Bruce Rauner’s campaign for governor to co-chair the Winnetka businessman’s finance committee. The Republican State Central Committee is set to pick a new chairman Saturday in Springfield. Dorgan sits on that committee representing the 5th Congressional District. Blair Garber of Evanston, who sits on the committee from the 9th Congressional District, is the only other candidate. But Schneider’s backing from both Rauner and Dorgan gives him a clear advantage going into Saturday’s vote. “It has been my great honor to lead the Illinois Republican Party as chairman over the last year, helping position our candidates across Illinois for an incredible victory this November,” Dorgan said in a statement. Dorgan was first elected to the post a year ago following the resignation of Pat Brady of St. Charles, who was nearly ousted from the job after lobbying state lawmakers to vote for same-sex marriage. Dorgan released his statement jointly with Rauner, whose success or failure at the top of the ticket against Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn is likely to be linked to the party’s fate statewide in November. The party’s chairman is tasked with raising money and trying to help its candidates win in November, a big task for a volunteer job in a state that’s leaned Democratic statewide in recent years. The GOP in Illinois has targeted the governor’s race as its top priority.)

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— MAY 13, 2014 FLASHBACK: Rauner’s revealing move to replace Illinois GOP chairman
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140513/BLOGS02/140519950/rauners-revealing-move-to-replace-illinois-gop-chairman
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Bruce Rauner has played his cards incredibly close to the vest since winning the GOP gubernatorial nomination, disclosing almost nothing about who will be on his team, how he’d balance the budget and what his governance style would be. But we may have learned a few things from his decision to oust Jack Dorgan as Illinois GOP chairman and replace him with Cook County Commissioner Tim Schneider. The first thing we learned is that, for a zillionaire used to getting his way, Mr. Rauner sometimes can act with a minimum of fingerprints. Though Crain’s (via an AP story) and other outlets reported this morning that Mr. Dorgan had chosen not to seek a new term as chairman and instead would become co-chair of Mr. Rauner’s finance team, the truth is that he was pushed. Multiple party sources report that Team Rauner was concerned that it didn’t look very good that the state party was headed by a registered lobbyist with an A-list of clients — or that, at a time when incumbent Gov. Pat Quinn is under fire for alleged patronage abuses, Mr. Dorgan had held top political jobs with former Govs. Jim Thompson and Jim Edgar. So squeaky-clean was in and the political warhorse was out. Good for Mr. Dorgan for getting the message and not putting up a fight. But we certainly learned that Mr. Rauner is capable of decisive actions that pull the plug. I think we also discovered that Mr. Rauner is loyal — particularly to people who emulate his mode of politics of being socially moderate and fiscally conservative. BIG EARLY BACKER Mr. Schneider didn’t return my call today. But he was an early, big backer of the Rauner candidacy, and he’s really tight — he once tried to block creation of a county film office as frivolous spending — without having developed a reputation as a social-issues crusader. It also doesn’t hurt a bit that he cuts a nice figure on TV, a crucial skill in this media-driven age. Meanwhile, in statements, Mr. Rauner is praising Mr. Dorgan as “an extraordinary chairman,” and Mr. Dorgan said the party is “firing on all cylinders and ready to deliver a new direction to the people of Illinois.” Mr. Schneider does have one opponent in the vote set for May 17: Blair Garber, the committeeman from the North Side/north suburban 9th District. But I’d be surprised if there was much of a fight. Gubernatorial nominees by tradition get to remake their party. And if this nominee becomes governor, we may have learned a couple of things about how he’d remake Illinois.)

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use the “opioid crisis” to push pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois-bill-would-use-medical-marijuana-to-fight-opioids/article_ed476ac8-045a-5220-80d6-b0198e7d590f.html

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Youth riot at Illinois Youth Center-St. Charles caused serious injury – BRENDA SCHORY
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2018/05/04/youth-riot-at-illinois-youth-center-st-charles-caused-serious-injury/de297mv/

 

TIMES
— Senate bill strikes a heavy blow against local control – Editorial (DIERSEN: To encourage people to drink booze, to gamble, to smoke pot, and/or to engage in other destructive activities is to encourage people to harm themselves and to become wards of the state.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/05/04/our-view-senate-bill-strikes-a-heavy-blow-against-local-control/amfpfq1/

 

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who says “Most (ILLEGAL) immigrants abide by laws?” ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.galesburg.com/opinion/20180504/esther-cepeda-most-immigrants-abide-by-laws

 

CITY CLUB OF CHICAGO
— VIDEO: The Open-Government Movement – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.cityclub-chicago.org/video/1291/the-open-government-movement

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois residents still struggling with poverty – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: What do you say to those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that a) work the hardest to blame poverty on Republicans, b) work the hardest to bring poverty-stricken people to Illinois, to your county, to your township/ward, to your municipality, and to your precinct, and c) work the hardest to keep poverty-stricken people in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/illinois-residents-still-struggling-with-poverty/article_77529a04-4e32-11e8-b9ff-0b88b5bd0253.html

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, booze pushers push booze.
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/illinois-gives-alcohol-a-trial-run/1160528170

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— LGBTQ Roots in Legal Weed Campaign Run Deep – Pat Hickey
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/04/lgbtq-roots-in-legal-weed-campaign-run-deep/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— MAY 12, 2014 FLASHBACK: DORGAN OUT AS ILGOP CHAIR. ENDORSES TIM SCHNEIDER FOR POSITION.
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2014/05/il-gop-chairman-dorgan-not-to-seek-re-election.html

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Fence-Climbing Illegal Aliens Cut in Line as Legal Immigrants Wait in Obscurity – DEROY MURDOCK
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/legal-immigrants-vs-illegal-immigrants-cutting-line/

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Broken promise: Trump admin surrenders to caravan and drug cartels – Daniel Horowitz
https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/broken-promise-trump-admin-surrenders-caravan-drug-cartels/

 

BREITBART
— DHS Promises ‘Zero Tolerance’ for Illegal Migrants – NEIL MUNRO
http://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2018/05/04/dhs-promises-zero-tolerance-for-migrants/
— Paul Gosar: Prosecute Attorneys ‘Aiding’ Caravan at Border – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/04/exclusive-paul-gosar-prosecute-attorneys-aiding-caravan-at-border/

 

BLAZE
— Neil Cavuto stuns Fox News viewers with scathing rebuke – here’s what he said – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/05/04/neil-cavuto-stuns-fox-news-viewers-with-scathing-rebuke-heres-what-he-said
— University warns ‘non-Mexican’ students against ‘cultural appropriation’ on Cinco de Mayo – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/05/04/university-warns-non-mexican-students-against-cultural-appropriation-on-cinco-de-mayo

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Black America, Face the Facts on Illegal Immigration – Aubrey Shines (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want Blacks to see immigrants as part of a massive coalition to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/05/04/black_america_face_the_facts_on_illegal_immigration_136979.html

 

CAMPUS REFORM
— Vocal group reported to PC police for mariachi-themed flyer – Nikita Vladimirov
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=10864

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Public Servants Do Get Student Loan Forgiveness. Meet One of the First. – Ron Lieber (DIERSEN: Did you take out student loans? I did not. What if I had taken out student loans INSTEAD OF paying for my education expenses with money that I earned when I 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? I spent lots of money that I earned and saved doing the aforesaid jobs to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, and c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30 and 32.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/04/your-money/student-loan-forgiveness.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: n theory, millions of borrowers are eligible to have their debts forgiven after a decade of public-service work. In practice, the program has produced a litany of frustrations. . .The forgiveness program seemed simple at first glance: Work 10 years as a public servant and the federal government will forgive your loans. But deep, repeated, near-Talmudic parsing of the words revealed the following: Borrowers need to be in exactly the right kind of federal student loan. They need to be in the right kind of repayment plan. They need to pay on time in exactly the right way. And their full-time work has to qualify as proper public service.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Politics in the Pews: Anti-Trump Activism Is Reviving Protestant Churches—at a Cost A push toward activism among liberal Christian denominations is reshaping traditional worship and splitting congregations – Ian Lovett (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will all “religious leaders” in America officially promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and other terrible things? How soon, if not already, will all religions officially become arms of the Democrat, Libertarian, Green, and/or Muslim parties? How soon, if not already, will “religious leaders” call for America to get rid of all its citizens, organizations, companies, and governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-in-the-pews-politics-is-convulsing-mainline-churches-1525445467

 

BIZPAC REVIEW
— Rick Perry lets Congress know GAO’s new definition of office ‘furnishings’ is absurd, reviews Obama’s list
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/05/05/rick-perry-lets-congress-know-gaos-new-definition-of-office-furnishings-is-absurd-reviews-obamas-list-631489

 

WFTV
— TRAGIC: Mormon support for gay marriage gradually grows – AP
https://www.wftv.com/news/mormon-support-for-gay-marriage-gradually-grows/743964250

 

YAHOO NEWS
— Jay Leno drives the new Corvette ZR1 over 200 mph – George Back
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jay-leno-drives-new-corvette-zr1-200-mph-063014426.html

May 4 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner on “unifying” – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Are you an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman? I have been one since 2000. Did you vote for Ives? I did. Do you believe that Rauner wants those who voted for Ives to support him? I do not. I believe that Rauner is taking advice from those who tell him that for every Ives voter like me that he drives out of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten+ Independents, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, etc. will vote for him in the November 6, 2018 election. To dump Ives voters is to dump those who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and the rest of the planks in the IRP platform. To dump Ives voters is to destroy the IRP.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-staff-20180504-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In an appearance on Quad Cities radio, Rauner downplayed any post-primary rifts among Republicans after his narrow victory over state Rep. Jeanne Ives of Wheaton last month. Speaking on WOC AM-1420 in Davenport, Iowa, Rauner declared himself a unifier — not just among Republicans, but also with independents and Democrats. “You know primaries are tough. They’re part of the process. I respect the process and now we’re all coming together in the state. We’re unifying all Republicans,” said Rauner, who faces a third-party challenge from Downstate Republican state Sen. Sam McCann and a potential battle over re-electing his hand-picked state GOP chairman. Rauner said his candidacy is one representing Illinoisans against House Speaker Michael Madigan and Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker. “This is not an election that’s really about Republicans versus Democrats. This is about the people of Illinois against a corrupt political machine run by Madigan and Pritzker, and it’s the people against the political insiders,” he said.)
— Rauner’s office doesn’t commit on bill to ban payroll practice known as ‘offshoring’ – Bill Lukitsch (DIERSEN: Since the 1980s, the Democrats who run GAO have done a tremendous amount of offshoring, that is, forcing their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran a) to take their early retirement “offers” or b) to take regular retirement as soon as they are eligible. My Democrat GAO superiors offshored me to the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) in 1997 when I was 49 years old. So far, in today’s dollars, CSRS has paid me $1,071,856.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-staff-20180504-story.html
— Roskam brings Madigan into congressional race
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-staff-20180504-story.html
— As Boy Scouts drop ‘boys’ from name, Girl Scouts seek to capitalize on theirs – Robert McCoppin (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who are anti-male crow about their successes. Those who are anti-male vote for Democrats.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-boy-scouts-name-change-20180502-story.html

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Attorney: disputed Republican State Central Committee race decided by party staffers with ‘personal and financial interests’ in the outcome – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511404951-attorney-disputed-republican-state-central-committee-race-decided-by-party-staffers-with-personal-and-financial-interests-in-the-outcome
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Boulton also refutes Fogarty’s contentions in his April 30 letter that the election procedure “has always been in place” and that this “procedure is fully authorized by both the Election Code and by IRP leadership.” Boulton writes that no such authorization exists in the Election Code, the IRP bylaws, the State Central Committee or the Executive Committee (IRP leadership). “The procedure may have well have been employed before, but it is not properly authorized and stands in contravention of the plain language of the Election Code,” Boulton wrote. “Repetition of an unlawful practice does not make it legal. If such were true bank robbery would be legal today.” The 18 Republican State Central Committeemen (17 if the race in the 15th remains undecided) meet in Springfield on May 19 to organize the party and elect a state chairman. The results in the 15th congressional district could determine the final outcome in that race. Republican sources say that Mark Shaw, chairman of the Lake County Republicans, is mounting a strong challenge to Schneider. In his April 30 letter to Boulton, Fogarty asked Boulton for details of any improper conduct or incorrect votes alleged by Winchester. “Evidence will have to wait for a proper forum,” Boulton wrote in his reply. Sources tell Prairie State Wire that the dispute will wind up in court if the State Board of Elections fails to step in and certify the results. For its part, a spokesman for the board said it has no authority to audit or investigate intra-party elections.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: OUTSTANDING: Cops & Crime: How Hanover Park woman got ‘Justice for Buddy’ – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) those who neglect their dogs, b) those who abuse their dogs, and c) those who use their dogs as weapons.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180504/cops-amp-crime-how-hanover-park-woman-got-justice-for-buddy
(FROM THE ARTICLE: By the time the loose dogs’ owner retrieved them, Buddy lay bloody and battered on the garage floor of the family home. He died later that day at an animal hospital. Over the next few days, Parry met with animal control officials and Hanover Park police. All offered their sympathy but told her there was nothing they could do to help. Parry wasn’t just devastated. She was determined. That paid off Wednesday, when the Illinois Senate unanimously passed the Justice for Buddy Act. ‘This is wrong’ The legislation, also expected to win House approval and Gov. Bruce Rauner’s signature, allows the designation of someone as a “reckless dog owner” if their dog is deemed dangerous for killing another dog and is found running at large twice within 12 months of being deemed dangerous. If that occurs, the owner would have to surrender their dogs to a licensed shelter, rescue or sanctuary, where efforts would be made to find them new homes if possible. A reckless dog owner also would be prohibited from owning dogs for up to three years. The work that led to the act’s creation began when Parry, unsatisfied with the response she was getting from local authorities, reached out to state Sen. Donna Murphy of Des Plaines and state Rep. Michelle Mussman of Schaumburg. Fighting for the legislation for the past year “hasn’t been easy,” she said. . .The dogs that killed Buddy still live in the neighborhood, and Parry admits it’s tough seeing them in their yard when Buddy is gone. However, she said, those dogs’ owners have been “very kind and remorseful” and have even offered support for the Justice for Buddy Act. “We don’t want dogs to be put to sleep, but we want to educate owners and train their dogs,” Parry said.)
— Why proposed Kane County health insurance switch could rile employees – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180502/why-proposed-kane-county-health-insurance-switch-could-rile-employees-

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Citizens United money-in-politics case an issue in 13th House race – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180502/schoenburg-citizens-united-money-in-politics-case-issue-in-13th-house-race

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Rep. Peter Roskam makes 6th Congressional District campaign stop in Marengo Incumbent defends Trump’s $1.5T tax cut plan; Casten attacks his standing with president – ED KOMENDA
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2018/05/03/rep-peter-roskam-makes-6th-congressional-district-campaign-stop-in-marengo/akfic7i/

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— LaHood hopes farmers don’t become collateral damage in brewing trade war – Matt Hopf (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion as weapons in their war against Republicans. Are/were you collateral damage? Federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran are collateral damage if they do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.whig.com/20180504/lahood-hopes-farmers-dont-become-collateral-damage-in-brewing-trade-war#//

 

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use the “opioid crisis” to push pot.
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/illinois-senate-bill-would-make-medical-marijuana-an-alternative-to/article_6cf239e1-c4a5-5194-a34e-03d506379f55.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Gov. Rauner wants term limits put on ballot – SARAH HAYDEN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and dupes want term limits. The longer that a person is in office, the harder that they work against that person, unless, of course, if they can/do manipulate/dominate that person.)
http://qconline.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/gov-rauner-wants-term-limits-put-on-ballot/article_92835747-ca44-5ae0-be25-83d6ebed8968.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Congressman Darin LaHood agrees with Trump to set term limits (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and dupes want term limits. The longer that a person is in office, the harder that they work against that person, unless, of course, if they can/do manipulate/dominate that person.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/congressman-darin-lahood-agrees-with-trumps-motion-to-set-term-limits

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— GOP Primaries Focus On Candidates’ Loyalty To President Trump – SUSAN DAVIS
http://nprillinois.org/post/gop-primaries-focus-candidates-loyalty-president-trump#stream/0

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Casten.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/05/04/casten-poll-claims-he-and-roskam-tied-non-illinois-governor-faces-impeachment-dems-hit-senger-rauner-over-duckworth-email-267985

 

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Students demand University action on black student experience, departmentalization, dining transition – Troy Closson, Rishika Dugyala, and Jonah Dylan (DIERSEN: While you attended college, were you a member of any group that made demands? While I attended UIC 1966-1968, 1971, and 1981-1983, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, Roosevelt 1980-1981, and IIT 1992-1997, I was never a member of any group that made demands.)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2018/05/04/lateststories/students-demand-university-action-on-black-student-experience-departmentalization-dining-transition/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Students released a list of 47 demands Thursday — the 50th anniversary of the Bursar’s Office Takeover — urging the University to improve campus culture for black students, departmentalize the Asian American Studies and Latina and Latino Studies programs, and provide a smooth transition for food service workers. The list, organized by Black Lives Matter NU, the Latinx Asian American Collective and Students Organizing for Labor Rights, said the students want administrators to “clearly and definitively” indicate within two weeks whether they will fulfill the requests. “We hereby condemn the University’s hypocritical co-optation of the Bursar Takeover Commemoration,” the list of demands stated. “We conclude these demands with the promise that failure to comply and take immediate action in enacting them will result in continuous confrontation and direct action.” University spokesman Al Cubbage told The Daily in a statement that administrators will continue to meet with students and alumni to further understand their points of view and work together. “We agree on the critical importance of these topics, and we also agree they merit further examination and additional solutions, wherever possible,” Cubbage said. “This discourse is fundamental to the dynamic nature of Northwestern.”)

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Tax Bills in Mail Tomorrow, Curious Can Find Totals Now Online
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/03/tax-bills-mail-tomorrow-curious-can-find-totals-now/

 

BREITBART
— Illinois May Approve Law Forcing Public Schools to Teach LGBT History – WARNER TODD HUSTON (DIERSEN: To promote LGBTQ activity is to destroy the traditional family. Who takes the lead in promoting LGBTQ activity, that is, who takes the lead in destroying traditional families in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/03/illinois-approve-law-forcing-public-schools-teach-lgbt-history/

 

BLAZE
— Illegal border crossings are up, reportedly erasing the drop that occurred after Trump took office – Beck Dumas
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/05/03/illegal-border-crossings-are-up-reportedly-erasing-the-drop-that-occurred-after-trump-took-office

 

NEWSMAX
— Data: Illegal Immigration Rose 233 Percent in April – Jason Devaney
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/illegals-border-security-daca-border-wall/2018/05/03/id/858229/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chuck Schumer’s view of transparency: For thee, but not for me – Bryan Berky
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/chuck-schumers-view-of-transparency-for-thee-but-not-for-me

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— NASA’s Aging Workforce – HALEY BYRD (DIERSEN: To achieve its Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets, the federal government has an “up or out” policy for its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran. QUESTION: What frustrates that policy? ANSWER: Budget cuts that limit/stop hiring and/or promotions and lack of young qualified job applicants.)
https://www.weeklystandard.com/haley-byrd/nasas-aging-workforce
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During the early years of NASA’s existence, the majority of hires were individuals who were fresh out of college. People who were already in the workforce had higher-level jobs and were making good money at Boeing and other companies, Launius said, and many of them weren’t jumping out of their seats to become civil servants. So when it came to expanding NASA for the Apollo program, “they typically hired a bunch of new college graduates.” He added that it was not uncommon to see 30 to 35 year olds leading important branches of the agency during the 1960’s. “That same job today is usually filled by somebody who’s 50 years old, because they’ve been on the job a lot longer,” said Launius. “That’s just the nature of the aging of the workforce, I would contend, altogether.” And although there are plenty of people who go to work for NASA today, there aren’t as many opportunities for young professionals. “You’ve got people who are in the workforce already and NASA’s not expanding,” he explained. Young engineers and scientists see adventure in the innovative work being done by the private aerospace sector, and many of the people who would have gone to work for NASA during the Apollo era — “Going to the moon was a cool thing to do,” the historian reasoned — are today finding themselves at companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin. But he argued the trend isn’t necessarily bad news for NASA. “A wealth of experience is a good thing, and a person who’s got that is an asset,” he said. At the same time, however, someone could be stuck in their ways, trying to apply methods from 30 years ago to problems that may be more easily solved by recent technology. “It works both ways. It’s not a good thing or a bad thing altogether.”)

 

POLITICO
— Trump’s Lawyer Went to the Worst Law School in America Michael Cohen’s alma mater has long been a punchline in the legal world. – PHILIP SHENON (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my alma maters: NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT.)
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/05/04/trump-michael-cohen-lawyer-cooley-law-school-218318

 

MCCLATCHY DC
— Democrats scrambling to derail fake news attacks in 2018 races – ALEX ROARTY (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news is fake except for the news that they put out or bless.)
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article208972209.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When J.B. Pritzker decided to run for Illinois governor, he and Campaign Manager Anne Caprara talked about a problem that had bedeviled Hillary Clinton and, they feared, might imperil his own candidacy. They were worried about deliberately misleading information spreading far and fast online. They were worried about fake news. So the Pritzker campaign hired the data science group Civis Analytics to conduct an in-depth online survey studying voters who had been exposed to fake news. What it found unsettled the campaign: Even attempts to correct the information didn’t fully undo the damage. Worse yet, the damage was even greater for female candidates.)

 

REUTERS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Columbia looks forward to using pot to destroy the world. It you want to destroy people, organizations, companies, governments, and/or countries, you push pot on them.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-colombia-marijuana/colombia-sees-billion-dollar-bonanza-from-legacy-of-marijuana-trade-idUSKBN1I42M9

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Nike CEO Apologizes for Corporate Culture That Excluded Some Staff At rare all-staff meeting, Mark Parker apologizes to employees who felt excluded – Sara Germano (DIERSEN: What is/was the “culture” where you work/worked? While I worked for GAO in its Chicago Office 1980-1997, its culture was a) pro-Democrat, pro-minority, pro-female, pro-younger employee, and pro-veteran and b) anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older employee, and anti-non-veteran. Its “culture” was a) anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-German American, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nike-ceo-apologizes-for-corporate-culture-that-excluded-some-staff-1525399012?mod=djemwhatsnews

 

BLOOMBERG
— Banks Thought They Had a Win With Guns. Now They’ve Got a Big GOP Headache How Citigroup and Bank of America shot themselves in the foot with D.C. Republicans. – Robert Schmidt
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-04/citigroup-s-scolding-at-sec-exposes-gop-backlash-over-gun-policy

May 3 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Aurora Election Commission could end by mid-May – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-commission-st-0502-story.html
— Brewskis with Bruce – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-paul-vallas-chicago-mayor-announcement-20180503-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. Rauner says he doesn’t rest or sleep much but likes to skate and ride his motorcycle with veterans and “union guys,” according to his re-election campaign’s latest social strategy, a series of videos called “Brewskis with Bruce.” Sitting with seven people over beers, one of them tells Rauner in the one-minute video: “Your presence at the motorcycle shows and at the different events they have throughout the local area here is awesome.” Rauner, who rode his Harley-Davidson in a kickoff video for his re-election campaign, responds by touting his motorcycle rides with “union guys” — despite his frequent clashes with organized labor. He also promotes how much he likes to ride with veterans, as his administration faces sharp criticism over its handling of continued Legionnaire’s disease outbreaks at the state-run veterans home in Downstate Quincy, where a 2015 outbreak killed 13 people. “I love riding with veterans. I love riding with police officers. I love riding for Toys for Tots to fundraise. I’ve been a motorcycle rider since I was 14. I got my first dirt bike. I saved up. I raked leaves and mowed grass and saved up. I saved up and bought a little dirt bike,” Rauner says in the video. “Since I became governor I’ve joined, um, I was invited to join and I was honored to do it, a group called the Canaryville Veterans Riders Association,” Rauner said. He had a dust-up with the group in 2015. “They’re based on the South Side of Chicago. It’s a lot of union guys. It’s police officers, firefighters, carpenters, electricians, plumbers and they support veterans. And I love to ride with veterans.”)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— As campaign begins, Vallas pokes Rahm: People ‘don’t like you. You’re a bully’ – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/vallas-formally-declares-run-for-mayor-slams-pay-to-play-culture-at-city-hall/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want to destroy veterans encourage them to drink booze, gamble, and smoke pot.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180503/proposal-would-give-veterans-groups-a-way-around-gambling-bans
— Library apologized for the wrong thing – Stan Zegel, Winfield
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180503/library-apologized-for-the-wrong-thing
— A stand against public-paid golden parachutes – Editorial (DIERSEN: Were you ever “sent packing.” My Democrat GAO superiors sent me packing in 1997 when I was 49 years old. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, “what led to the departure” a) was NOT my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) was NOT because I had complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, and c) was NOT because my subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger than me talked and acted like they would quit if GAO did not get rid of me. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, “what led to the departure” was me being AN EXTREMELY BAD EMPLOYEE. But wait, none of my performance appraisals indicated that. So far, my Democrat GAO superiors’ success in sending me packing has cost the Civil Service Retirement System $1,071,856 in today’s dollars.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180502/a-stand-against-public-paid-golden-parachutes
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: What happens when a top government administrator gets sent packing? Often, lawyers for the employer and employee negotiate, a severance package is worked out, all agree never to say a word about what led to the departure — and the taxpayers are kept in the dark with their wallets open, sometimes paying a six-figure bill for the administrator to go away. It happens all the time.)

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS, ON COOK COUNTY, AND ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: More and more and more people need/demand welfare. Soon, everyone in Illinois, in Cook County, and in Chicago will be either be a) handing out welfare or b) getting welfare.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180503/OPINION/180509978
— Home prices haven’t recovered in most area ZIP codes – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180503/CRED0701/180509934

 

ABC7
— US surgeon general talks about opioid epidemic in Kane County – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/health/us-surgeon-general-talks-about-opioid-epidemic-in-kane-county-/3420693/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Roskam makes 6th Congressional District campaign stop in Marengo Incumbent defends Trump’s $1.5T tax cut plan; Casten attacks his standing with president – ED KOMENDA (DIERSEN: Those who want Roskam to lose on November 6, 2018 want him to pander to 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 anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Those who want Roskam to lose on November 6, 2018 want Roskam to dump those who share my demographics: Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (I am 69), non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, ancestors have been in America for a long time, former union member, retiree, homeowner, married, childless, pet-less, American nameplate car owner, etc. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who want Roskam to lose on November 6, 2018. They focus on demonizing me, denigrating me, and condemning me. They blame me for their problems. They blame me for Roskam’s problems. They blame me for your problems. They blame me for my problems. They blame me for everyone’s problems.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/05/02/rep-peter-roskam-makes-6th-congressional-district-campaign-stop-in-marengo/a4bk47s/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Citizens United money-in-politics case an issue in 13th House race – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180502/schoenburg-citizens-united-money-in-politics-case-issue-in-13th-house-race
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-men and anti-boys claim progress.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180502/with-girls-joining-ranks-boy-scouts-plan-name-change

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Where’s The Budget? – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=264516#.WurXB1py-M8

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Illinois debt rises, so does electioneering – Editorial
http://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-illinois-debt-rises-so-does-electioneering/article_44f16cfa-e66f-50b6-b181-0e6ea493a543.html

 

WBUR
— Debt Plagues Too Many College Graduates. Public Universities Should Be Free – Rich Barlow (DIERSEN: If you were graduating this year instead of the year that you did, would you be debt-free? I graduated debt-free from NIU 38 years ago and owing a 18-month-old Dodge Charger SE. Almost all the money for my college expenses came from my part-time job delivering mail for the Post Office. In today’s dollars, my pay increased from $15.85/hour in 1966 to $16.91/hour in 1969. Because my parents provided me with room and board while attended UIC 1966-1968, I could afford to a) pay all my tuition and book expenses, b) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, c) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and d) pay for my room and board at NIU 1969-1970.)
http://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2018/05/03/the-case-for-free-college-rich-barlow
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Seventy percent of college students graduate owing significant student loans; the average exceeds $37,000, a burdensome headwind discouraging attendance. In particular, low-income students, plagued by poor K-through-12 schools and, well, low incomes, lag their wealthier peers in college enrollment.)

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— IL Senate Says ‘No More’ To Hefty Severance Payouts For Dismissed Public Employees – DAISY CONTRERAS (DIERSEN: Should I sue those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am guilty of “misconduct” and that is why the federal government took adverse actions against me?)
http://nprillinois.org/post/il-senate-says-no-more-hefty-severance-payouts-dismissed-public-employees#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When Illinois public officials are dismissed for misconduct, they are sometimes awarded large severance packages – which are paid for by taxpayers. A new proposal approved by the Senate would stop the practice. Under the plan, golden parachutes – as these payouts are called – would be eliminated in cases where someone is fired under circumstances of misconduct. These range from criminal assault, abuse or neglect in the workplace. When dismissal is not for misconduct, packages would be capped at 5 months. If the plan becomes law, any future public employee contract would follow this limit.)

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Public employee tally: Bottom 25 counties in Illinois (DIERSEN: The number of DuPage County employees per capita will increase significantly a) because Democrats and RINOs are bringing into the county more and more and more people who need massive government assistance and b) because the cost of living in the county is very high.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511369206-public-employee-tally-bottom-25-counties-in-illinois
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DuPage is among the Illinois counties that employ the fewest government workers per capita, according to 2016 Illinois State Comptroller financial reports. State law requires local governments to self-report financial records each year, including the number of employees whose paychecks come from taxpayers. Employees per capita is calculated to compare staffs across cities and villages.)

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— More Dumb Stuff From Springfield Swampsters – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/more-dumb-stuff-from-springfield-swampsters/

 

BREITBART
— More than 6-in-10 Hispanics Support Trump Plan to Cut Legal Immigration – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: All my ancestors were German-American. None of them have ever sided with Germany. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/02/more-than-6-in-10-hispanics-support-trump-plan-to-cut-legal-immigration/

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— The Wheaton Meeting, Political Dealmaking and the Crisis of Evangelicalism – Mark Labberton (DIERSEN: What do religious people think of you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and dupes have had tremendous success in turning religious people against me. They shout at religious people that I am not a member of any church, that I do not attend church services, and that I do not give money to a church. They have had great success in convincing religious people that because of the aforesaid, I am anti-religious and THAT I SHOULD BE SENT STRAIGHT TO HELL. They have had great success in convincing religious people that they should focus on destroying people like me who are not a member of any church, who do not attend church services, and who do not give money to a church.)
https://www.christianpost.com/voice/wheaton-meeting-political-dealmaking-crisis-evangelicalism-mark-labberton.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— Here’s How Gutless Bureaucrats Are HELPING Antifa Mobs Censor Speech With Threats Of Violence – Jeffrey S. Podoshen and Lindsay Shepherd
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/02/bureaucrats-help-antifa-censor-speech-with-threats-of-violence/

 

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Democrats are taking minorities for granted – Michael Barone (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? Which politicians take those who share your demographics for granted? I should write a book about politicians who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican who not only take their constituents who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican for granted, they throw the aforesaid under their bus, they flush the aforesaid down their toilet.)
http://www.aei.org/publication/democrats-are-taking-minorities-for-granted/

 

THE HILL
— Giuliani: Trump reimbursed Cohen for $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels – JACQUELINE THOMSEN
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/385965-giuliani-trump-reimbursed-cohen-for-payment-to-stormy-daniels

 

CBS NEWS
— Jeff Sessions says DOJ will move more prosecutors, judges to border
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-sessions-makes-remarks-at-doj-live-updates/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Teacher Pay Is So Low in Some U.S. School Districts That They’re Recruiting Overseas – Dana Goldstein (DIERSEN: If you were unemployed and needed money, would you work for the minimum wage if you do not have a high school diploma? If you were unemployed and needed money, would you work for the Post Office for $15.85/hour if you have a high school diploma? If you were unemployed and needed money, would you work for IRS as a Revenue Officer for $45,703/year if you have a job-related bachelor’s degree?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/us/arizona-teachers-philippines.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites want to destroy England.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/opinion/sajid-javid-home-office-hostile-environment.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans want America to give asylum to anyone who wants it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/opinion/trump-asylum-immigration-caravans.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/us/what-it-takes-to-get-asylum-us.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— New York Found a Fix for Some Hit by Tax Law. – Richard Rubin and Mike Vilensky (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-skeptical-of-new-yorks-creative-workaround-for-tax-deduction-caps-1525253401?mod=djemwhatsnews
— U.S. Government Struggles to Track Some of Its Own Social Media Accounts National registry of official accounts in some cases lists handles snapped up by others, with little indication of the change – Samarth Bansal and Rob Barry
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-government-struggles-to-track-some-of-its-own-social-media-accounts-1525339800
— ‘Hi, It’s Amazon Calling. Here’s What We Don’t Like in Your City.’ After the retail giant told cities why they didn’t become finalists for its second headquarters, some started making changes – Shayndi Raice and Laura Stevens (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps do not like cities that have residents, organizations, or companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hi-its-amazon-calling-heres-what-we-dont-like-in-your-city-1525253400
— The Problem With a Federal Jobs Guarantee (Hint: It’s Not the Price Tag) Proposed legislation guaranteeing a job to anyone who wants one, at $15 an hour plus benefits, aims to eradicate underemployment – Greg Ip (DIERSEN: If you were unemployed and needed money, would you work for the minimum wage if you do not have a high school diploma? If you were unemployed and needed money, would you work for the Post Office for $15.85/hour if you have a high school diploma? If you were unemployed and needed money, would you work for IRS as a Revenue Officer for $45,703/year if you have a job-related bachelor’s degree?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-problem-with-a-federal-jobs-guarantee-hint-its-not-the-price-tag-1525267192

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE AND GRAPHIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot big time. If you push pot, you push destruction.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/04/27/medical-marijuana-used-pots-emotional-connection-spread-nationally/520864002/

 

TIMES ONLINE
— Please don’t confuse White House correspondents with real journalists – JD Mullane
http://www.timesonline.com/news/20180501/mullane-please-dont-confuse-white-house-correspondents-with-real-journalists

May 2 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois Senate votes to teach LGBT history in school (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-senate-votes-to-teach-lgbt-history-in-school-1

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Republicans blast Democratic income tax resolution as election-year politics – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-graduated-income-tax-hearing-20180502-story.html
— Vaping may lead to pot smoking among teens, new study shows – Dennis Thompson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sc-hlth-teen-vaping-pot-use-0425-story.html
— Facebook wants me to rat out my friends? No thanks. – Lara Weber (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be accused by a Democrat of posting hate speech is like being accused of being a Jew in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-facebook-hate-speech-china-social-credit-0502-20180501-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some Facebook users were alarmed Tuesday to see a new feature in their news feeds. Under many posts, Facebook had added this question: “Does this post contain hate speech?” along with two buttons, “Yes” and “No.”)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups what America to give asylum to anyone and everyone who asks for it: 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. Ever-increasingly, members of the aforesaid groups make it clear that they want to destroy America.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-robinson-column-st-0502-story.html
— How porn is affecting kids – Darcel Rockett
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/parenting/sc-fam-porn-addiction-in-youth-0417-story.html
— In the era of legalization, how do you discuss marijuana with your kids? – Nara Schoenberg (DIERSEN: To promote pot is to promote destruction.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-life-marijuana-talk-legalization-03202018-story.html
— Trump escalates GOP’s clash with Justice Department – Devlin Barrett and Robert Costa
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-clash-justice-department-20180502-story.html
— Northwestern University trustees to consider rescinding Bill Cosby’s honorary degree – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-bill-cosby-northwestern-honorary-degree-20180502-story.html
— Kanye’s ignorant comments are just the latest to diminish slavery’s atrocities – Dahleen Glanton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-slavery-kanye-west-20180502-story.html
— Illinois Senate approves plan that would allow police to monitor large crowds with drones – Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-drones-20180502-story.html
— Trump hires lawyer who represented Clinton in impeachment – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-white-house-lawyer-ty-cobb-retiring-20180502-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Durbin, Duckworth: Rauner’s ideas on Quincy vets home ‘not new or revolutionary’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/durbin-duckworth-rauners-ideas-on-quincy-vets-home-not-new-or-revolutionary/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against women.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/aunt-jemima-welcomes-us-into-an-1893-worlds-fair-thats-not-so-fun-to-recall/
— Illinois Senate votes to teach LGBT history in school – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/illinois-senate-votes-to-teach-lgbt-history-in-school/
— Voters stuck in middle as Dems, GOP spar over ‘fair’ (or ‘terrible’?) tax shift – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/voters-stuck-in-middle-as-dems-gop-spar-over-fair-or-terrible-tax-shift/
— First lady Melania Trump’s parents appear with immigration attorney – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/first-lady-melania-trump-parents-viktor-amalija-knavs-immigration-attorney-citizenship-permanent-residents/
— Give Trump the credit he deserves for progress in Korea – Georgie Anne Geyer
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/give-trump-the-credit-he-deserves-for-progress-in-korea/
— A big factory gets to pollute, and you get to wheeze – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/foxconn-wisconsin-factory-pollute-lake-michigan/

 

DAILY HERALD
— GOP nominee Dino Gavanes tapped to fill DuPage board vacancy – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180502/gop-nominee-tapped-to-fill-dupage-board-vacancy
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180502/business/305029876/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— LGBT history requirement for public schools passes Illinois Senate – Maximilian Kwiatkowski (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180502/lgbt-history-requirement-for-public-schools-passes-illinois-senate

 

CHAMPAIGN URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Davis: No need to meet with politically opposed – Tom Kacich (DIERSEN: 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-draft avoiders, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time always want Republicans to meet with them and to listen to them.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-05-02/davis-no-need-meet-with-politically-opposed.html

 

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— Madigan return as party chief make Rauner re-election more important, Ugaste says – Glenn Minnis
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/511402059-madigan-return-as-party-chief-make-rauner-re-election-more-important-ugaste-says

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— “TAX CUTS WORK!” HOLDS RALLY IN WAUCONDA, AFTER CANCELING IN WEST CHICAGO
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/tax-cuts-work-hold-rally-in-wauconda-after-canceling-in-west-chicago.html
— FEDERAL PRO-LIFE LAWMAKERS WORK TO END TAXPAYER FUNDING OF ABORTIONS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/federal-pro-life-lawmakers-work-to-end-taxpayer-funding-of-abortions.html
— ATTENTION IL GOP HOUSE MEMBERS: IF YOU SUPPORT ERA, THE PRICE WILL BE PRO-LIFE GROUP ENDORSEMENTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/attention-il-gop-house-members-if-you-support-era-the-price-will-be-pro-life-group-endorsements.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— A look at Sam McCann’s federal lawsuit
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/02/a-look-at-sam-mccanns-federal-lawsuit/
— Rauner admin contradicted on revenue estimate claim
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/02/rauner-admin-contradicted-on-revenue-estimate-claim/

 

GOPUSA
— ACLU steps into bra policy in schools
http://www.gopusa.com/aclu-steps-into-bra-policy-in-schools/
— DC ‘unity’ rally featured speaker who called Jews ‘termites’
http://www.gopusa.com/dc-unity-rally-featured-speaker-who-called-jews-termites/
— How one 7-Eleven is combating panhandlers, loitering kids
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=45061

 

LIFESITE NEWS
— Boy Scouts to drop ‘boy’ from program name, launches new ‘inclusiveness’ campaign – Claire Chretien
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/boy-scouts-to-drop-boy-from-its-name-launches-new-inclusiveness-campaign

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Creepy or Not? Your Privacy Concerns Probably Reflect Your Politics A new study on surveillance finds that Republicans tend to feel pleased about tracking, both online and in real life, while Democrats often feel bad about it. – Natasha Singer (DIERSEN: The more skeletons that you have in your closet, the more that you want privacy. Those who have ever done anything that subjects them to blackmail or to prosecution should not seek of hold any kind of government or political job or office.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/technology/privacy-concerns-politics.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Bad Is It for House Republicans? It’s not great. But the Democrats’ frequently touted fundraising edge is overstated. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-bad-is-it-for-house-republicans-1525302958
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The real trend in fundraising strength for these campaigns won’t be revealed until the quarter after each state’s primary. If races like Rep. Peter Roskam’s in the Sixth District of Illinois are any example, the advantage for GOP incumbents seems likely to grow. Mr. Roskam has more than $2.4 million in cash after the March 20 primary, while the winning Democrat was forced by the primary to spend down his funds to just $192,000.)

 

USA TODAY
— In midterm elections, Republicans are running against … Hillary Clinton. Still. – Chrissie Thompson and Deirdre Shesgreen
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/01/midterm-elections-republicans-hillary-clinton-political-ads-congress-ohio-governor/565800002/

 

POLITICAL INSIDER
— Actual Descendant of Pocahontas Challenges Elizabeth Warren to Take DNA Test  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed to Jewish people a) that I am 100% German national origin and that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. In my defense, I stress a) that all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany a long time ago, during the 1840s and 1850s, b) that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, c) that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, d) that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F, and e) that according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
https://thepoliticalinsider.com/elizabeth-warren-pocahontas-descendant-challenges/

 

FINANCIAL TIMES
— Millennial Money: Gambling via apps drains my friends’ finances More than one-fifth of 18 to 24-year-olds confessed to gambling at work last year – KATE BEIOLEY
https://www.ft.com/content/d4842ac4-325f-11e8-ac48-10c6fdc22f03

 

CHICAGO PRIDE
— Illinois Senate passes LGBTQ inclusive curriculum bill (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/93908596/illinois-senate-passes-lgbtq-inclusive-curriculum-bill-

April 30 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to Matt Dietrich with the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE), the ISBE will not take any action in response to Robert Winchester’s April 26, 2018 (https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000163-04de-d374-a77b-04df3b5c0000) letter concerning the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee election for the 15th Congressional District and that the ISBE will be notifying Winchester of that decision shortly. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

BRUCE RAUNER
— 1998: What the World Looked Like When Madigan Took Over the Democratic Party of Illinois (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Illinois Republican Party Chairmen since 1999: Richard S. Williamson 1999–2002, Lee A. Daniels 2002, Dallas Ingemunson 2002, Gary MacDougal 2002, Judy Baar Topinka 2002–2005, Andrew McKenna 2005–2009, Pat Brady 2009–2013, Jack Dorgan 2013–2014, and Tim Schneider 2014–present. The book would also cover a) their elections, b) those who backed their elections, c) major events during their terms in office, d) those who unsuccessfully sought the positions, and e) those who backed the unsuccessful candidates. I could title the book “History of the Illinois Republican Party 1999-2018.)
https://www.brucerauner.com/news/madigan-monday-one-week-away-illinois-democratic-party-elections-pritzker-still-silent-madigan-2/

 

POLITICO
— New Illinois news site designed to counter Breitbart, IPI – NATASHA KORECKI (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the emails and all the websites that have come and gone since 2000 that were designed to counter GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and www.gopillinois.com.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/30/one-illinois-news-site-559765

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— PAWAR launches answer to Illinois Policy Institute – Natasha Korecki (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the emails and all the websites that have come and gone since 2000 that were designed to counter GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and www.gopillinois.com.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinoisplaybook

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bridget Gainer says big mayoral field won’t deter her as she considers bid – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bridget-gainer-chicago-mayor-20180430-story.html
— Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will have a downtown event to announce an internship program. (DIERSEN: Were you an intern? GAO audits IRS. In 1980, when I was 31 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates vehemently opposed my transferring from IRS to GAO. Instead my taking a $19,203/year (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars (a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10), they wanted me to transfer in as an intern and take a $58,902/year (64%) pay cut in today’s dollars (a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-4 Step 1). To justify that, they viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned a) the knowledge of IRS that I had gained by working 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; b) my having passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979; c) my having almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul; d) my having earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976; and e) the fact that much of what GAO Analysts do is similar to what IRS Revenue Officers do. To turn everyone at GAO against me, they stressed to GAO employees a) who were Democrats, that I was a Republican, b) who were liberal or moderate, that I was conservative, c) who were non-Protestant, that I was a Missouri Synod Lutheran, d) who had less money than my wife and I had, that my wife and I had more money than they did, e) who were non-German American, that I was 100% German American, f) who had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, that my ancestors had been in America since 1844, and g) who were veterans, that I was a draft avoider. They would not have done any of the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bridget-gainer-chicago-mayor-20180430-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-men shout at women that men are sexists and even worse things. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified woman, Democrat, minority, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified woman, Democrat, minority, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified woman, Democrat, minority, or veteran who would take the job.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-women-don-t-believe-being-average-is-just-fine-20180425-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Medical costs for seniors march upward – Terry Savage
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/terrysavage/tca-getting-ahead-of-rising-medical-costs-20180420-story.html
— The Constitution doesn’t guarantee you can protest with a mask – Stephen L. Carter (DIERSEN: If you protest something, you should expect that those who are responsible for want you protest will do everything that they can to destroy you. I protested political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in the federal government, and my Democrat superiors, their operatives, and their dupes continue to do everything that they can to destroy me. I filed lawsuits during the 1980s and 1990s and the defendants, their operatives, and their dupes continue to do everything that they can to destroy me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-carter-georgia-masks-anonymity-protests-0430-20180427-story.html
— Pre-empting the carnage: Illinois needs a ‘red flag law’ – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-travis-reinking-red-flag-laws-20180426-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that everyone involved in law enforcement is racist.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–calling-911-race-20180426-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner, lawmakers in showdown over how — and how fast — to spend VW settlement – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-lawmakers-in-showdown-over-how-and-how-fast-to-spend-vw-settlement/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with photos of Casten and Roskam unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps promote Casten.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180430/how-phantom-voters-could-decide-6th-district-race
— Outsider Democrats stalk 6th District – Mary Plunkett, Wheaton
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180430/outsider-democrats-stalk-6th-district
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Greg Reasor of Westmont wants Roskam to meet with, to listen to, and to represent, that is, to do the bidding of, those in the 6th Congressional District who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180430/congressman-should-meet-serve-entire-district

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Who wins, who loses with graduated Illinois tax? Study spells it out – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180430/BLOGS02/180439999#utm_medium=email&utm_source=ccb-morning10&utm_campaign=ccb-morning10-20180430

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Nunda Township supervisor: Consolidation efforts overshadowing property tax problem
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/04/27/nunda-township-supervisor-consolidation-efforts-overshadowing-property-tax-problem/a9tr3lq/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Time expires on Fair Map proposal – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-04-29/jim-dey-time-expires-fair-map-proposal.html
— Illinois poverty is severe and may worsen – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-04-27/jim-dey-states-poverty-problems-severe-could-get-worse.html
— Budget policy and politics – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-04-30/editorial-budget-policy-and-politics.html

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Meet the little-known Illinois ‘big fish’ megadonor setting the tone for GOP primary races Richard Uihlein, a wealthy shipping-supplies magnate from Illinois who shuns the spotlight – Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Michael Scherer
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2018/04/30/meet-the-little-known-illinois-big-fish-megadonor-setting-the-tone-for-gop-primary-races/a5iu0ri/

 

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— WHICH TOWNSHIPS HAVE THE HIGHEST, LOWEST AVERAGE PROPERTY TAX BILLS?
http://kanecountyconnects.com/2018/04/which-townships-have-the-highest-lowest-average-property-tax-bills/

 

NORTHERN STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrats at NIU.
http://northernstar.info/news/niu-hosts-democratic-kickoff/article_90abeaea-4c2b-11e8-ba90-336126a15977.html

 

SHIA KAPOS
— Pritzker’s got a pot connection (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://shiakapos.com/pritzkers-got-a-pot-connection-plus-news-on-rogers-trott/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GRESZLER: UNDERFUNDED PENSIONS FORCE CHOICE: LAY OFF WORKERS OR KEEP PROMISES TO RETIREES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/underfunded-pensions-force-choice-lay-off-workers-or-keep-promises-to-retirees.html

 

GOPUSA
— Kasich rips GOP: I can bring that party back (DIERSEN: Kasich hints/implies/argues/shouts that to win over 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, he would get rid of those that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/kasich-rips-gop-i-can-bring-that-party-back/
— Alien caravan reaches U.S. border, demands asylum
http://www.gopusa.com/alien-caravan-reaches-u-s-border-demands-asylum/
— Smut ‘Comedian’ Entertains White House Press with Attacks on Trump Team
http://www.gopusa.com/smut-comedian-entertains-white-house-press-with-attacks-on-trump-team/
— GOP senator joins Elizabeth Warren in effort to legalize marijuana nationwide
http://www.gopusa.com/gop-senator-joins-elizabeth-warren-in-effort-to-legalize-marijuana-nationwide/
— What if your teacher called you ‘the next Hitler’ for defending your rights?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=44799

 

DAILY CALLER
— Migrants From Central American Caravan Caught Scaling The Border Fences – RYAN PICKRELL
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/29/migrant-caravan-border-wall/
— Reporters Slam White House Correspondents’ Dinner As ‘Embarrassment’ And ‘Gift’ To Trump Admin – Kerry Picket
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/29/reporters-slam-white-house-correspondents-dinner/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— White House Spokeswoman Called ‘Uncle Tom’ At Correspondents’ Dinner Sarah Huckabee Sanders has passionately defended Trump in the face of sexual assault allegations from numerous women. – Nigel Roberts (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use minorities and women to do their dirty work. Since 2005, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have viciously used against me what happened with GOPUSA, Talon News, and White House Correspondent Jeff Gannon. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_News They paint me as being a clone of Jeff Gannon. Ever since I became a GOPUSA reporter in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because I ask bad questions, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. should a) stop me from learning about their events and other activities, b) stop me from promoting their events and other activities, c) stop me from attending their events, and d) stop me from reporting on their events and other activities.)
https://newsone.com/3795827/sarah-huckabee-sanders-uncle-tom-white-house-correspondents-dinner/

 

BLAZE
— Trump threatens federal government shutdown in September if Congress doesn’t fund Mexico border wall – Teri Webster
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/04/29/trump-threatens-federal-government-shutdown-in-september-if-congress-doesnt-fund-mexico-border-wall
— Salem Academy and College issues formal apology for owning slaves in the 1800s – Teri Webster (DIERSEN: What do the Democrats want you to apologize for? The Democrats would want me to apologize for my ancestors coming to America during the 1840s and 1850s when slavery was legal. In their defense, they always stayed in northeast Illinois.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/04/29/salem-academy-and-college-issues-formal-apology-for-owning-slaves-in-the-1800

 

LIFEZETTE NEWS
— How Obama and State Officials Swelled Food Stamp Rolls The House Republican farm bill seeks to reverse the trend through stronger work requirement and tighter eligibility rules – Brendan Kirby (DIERSEN: How successful have the Democrats and RINOs been in swelling the food stamp rolls in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.lifezette.com/polizette/how-obama-and-state-officials-swelled-food-stamp-rolls/

 

WESTERN JOURNAL
— After Failing Parkland, Broward County Leads State in Gun Seizures – Jack Davis
https://www.westernjournal.com/after-failing-parkland-broward-county-leads-state-in-gun-seizures/
— Tasteless Comedian Makes Fun of Sarah Sanders, Causes Walkout – Jack Davis (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use minorities and women to do their dirty work.)
https://www.westernjournal.com/tasteless-comedian-makes-fun-of-sarah-sanders-causes-walkout/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Comedian’s Vulgar Riff Gives a ‘Blue’ Cast to Annual Correspondents’ Dinner – AP
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/04/29/comedians_vulgar_riff_gives_a_blue_cast_to_annual_correspondents_dinner_136935.html

 

POLITICO
— Being mean isn’t funny. It’s mean. – JAKE SHERMAN (DIERSEN: Who are the meanest people in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois. I should write a book about the meanest people in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2018/04/29/being-mean-isnt-funny-its-mean-266565

 

CNN
— The 57 most outlandish, outrageous and offensive lines from Trump’s Michigan rally – Chris Cillizza
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/30/politics/donald-trump-michigan-speech-annotation/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Kim Says He’ll Give Up Weapons if US Promises Not to Invade – CHOE SANG-HUN (DIERSEN: For many decades, Mexico and other foreign countries have been invading America. They have illegally sent many millions of their citizens into America illegally. They are illegally keeping many millions of their citizens in America illegally. They continue to illegally send many mountains of illegal drugs into America to destroy America.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/29/world/asia/north-korea-trump-nuclear.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Meet the little-known ‘big fish’ megadonor Richard Uihlein setting the tone for GOP primary races – Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Michael Scherer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/meet-the-little-known-big-fish-megadonor-setting-the-tone-for-gop-primary-races/2018/04/29/2e784d76-3215-11e8-94fa-32d48460b955_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This spring, Uihlein was the primary backer of the gubernatorial campaign of Jeanne Ives, who ran an ad that cast actors as a transgender woman, a pro-immigration anarchist protester, a pink-hat-wearing feminist and a black Chicago teacher — all thanking the incumbent governor for fulfilling their priorities. “Thank you, for signing legislation that lets me use the girls’ bathroom,” said the deep-voiced actor wearing a dress and holding a purse. “Thank you, for having all Illinois families pay for my abortion,” said the woman in the pink hat. Uihlein gave her $2.5 million, state campaign finance filings show.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Teens Worry About Getting Summer Restaurant Jobs. Parents Worry About Sexual Harassment Before the start of the first summer in the #MeToo era, families are having frank discussions about the pitfalls of the nation’s largest employer of teenagers – Julie Jargon (DIERSEN: What did you do during the summer between your junior and senior high school years? I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. My understanding is a) that I am the only White male who held that job and b) that I held it longer than anyone else: November of 1964 through May of 1966. I earned and saved enough money doing that to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/teens-worry-about-getting-summer-restaurant-jobs-parents-worry-about-sexual-harassment-1524830401
— How to Keep Online Speech Free Authoritarian regimes aren’t the only threat. European nations have restrictions too. – Mark Epstein (DIERSEN: Who wants to abolish the First Amendment? My critics/opponents want to abolish the First Amendment. They want to destroy those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-keep-online-speech-free-1525034806
— Starbucks Is Not the Next Selma Today’s protests are a useful diversion for those who reap the profits of the race-grievance industry. – Robert L. Woodson Sr.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/starbucks-is-not-the-next-selma-1525034581

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Pot pushers push pot big time. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/04/25/pot-taxes-across-u-s-shore-up-school-budgets-drug-prevention-efforts/531983002/
— Migrant caravan: No room for asylum seekers at border crossing, U.S. says – Daniel González and Rebecca Plevin (DIERSEN: I should write a book about asylum seekers in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County. They are Democrats who have fled the poverty and crime in Chicago, in Cook County, and in other Democrat-controlled areas.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/04/30/migrant-caravan-border-asylum-seekers/563851002/
— 3 steps to avoiding running out of retirement money – Ken Fisher (DIERSEN: To avoid “running out of retirement money,” my wife and have dramatically cut back our standard of living. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 41% of what my 1997 salary was in today’s dollars.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2018/04/29/401-k-avoiding-running-out-retirement-money/558356002/
— Second Amendment Foundation: Don’t penalize law-abiding gun owners – Alan Gottlieb
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/04/27/second-amendment-foundation-scrutinize-gun-confiscation-editorials-debates/34307357/

 

INDIANAPOLIS STAR
— What’s in a name? For Greg Pence, the VP’s brother, it could be a seat in Congress – Kaitlin Lange
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/30/vice-president-mike-pence-brother-greg-pence-could-become-indiana-6th-district-congressman/544003002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Most of Pence’s campaign ads center on his business experience, his devotion to President Donald Trump’s agenda and his time as a Marine. He’s been heavily involved in business since he received his MBA from Loyola University of Chicago in 1985. (He also has a bachelor’s degree in theology and philosophy from Loyola.) Following in his late father’s footsteps, Greg Pence in 2000 started his four-year stint as president of the Kiel Brothers Oil Company, a chain of over 200 convenience stores throughout Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. The company’s profits started to fall as gasoline prices fluctuated and cigarette taxes increased, and in 2004, the chain announced it was filing for bankruptcy. Pence resigned that same day.)

 

BARRONS
— Why Pensions and Politics Don’t Mix
http://www.cetusnews.com/business/Why-Pensions-and-Politics-Don%E2%80%99t-Mix-.HykUlFWpf.html#new_tab

 

GOVERNING
— However bad you think government might be, it’s worse.
http://www.governing.com/government-quotes/gov-quotes-bruce-rauner-illinois.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaking to a crowd of call center workers in Moline, Ill. Rauner has reason to make such a statement: nearly everyone is in agreement that Illinois government is broken, though opinions differ as to why. In our May cover story, reporter Dan Vock tries to answer that question.)

 

NATIONAL MEMO
— At White House Correspondents Association Dinner, Michelle Wolf Infuriates Thin-Skinned Trumpists (DIERSEN: (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use minorities and women to do their dirty work. Since 2005, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have viciously used against me what happened with GOPUSA, Talon News, and White House Correspondent Jeff Gannon. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_News They paint me as being a clone of Jeff Gannon. Ever since I became a GOPUSA reporter in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because I ask bad questions, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. should a) stop me from learning about their events and other activities, b) stop me from promoting their events and other activities, c) stop me from attending their events, and d) stop me from reporting on their events and other activities.)
https://www.nationalmemo.com/whca-dinner-michelle-wolf-kills-infuriates-trumpists/

 

ATLANTIC
— The Slow, Awkward Death of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Michelle Wolf’s biting mockery of it was only the latest reminder: The annual event’s contradictions have become too heavy to bear. – MEGAN GARBER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use minorities and women to do their dirty work.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/04/what-happened-at-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner/559232/

 

DARTMOUTH
— Rauner to hire fellows to study history of marginalized groups at Dartmouth – Jennie Rhodes (DIERSEN: What groups are you a member of? Who marginalizes members of those groups? I should write a book about old White men in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who marginalize members of Group B to curry favor with members of Group A. 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, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Members of Group B 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.thedartmouth.com/article/2018/04/rauner-to-hire-fellows-to-study-history-of-marginalized-groups-at-dartmouth

April 29 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Buses carrying Central American migrants roll to US border – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to generate future Democrats, anti-Trumps encourage everyone from the world to seek asylum in America, but especially those who have little or no education or job skills and who need massive government assistance.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/buses-carrying-central-american-migrants-roll-to-us-border/3406469/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump and members of his Cabinet have been tracking the caravan of migrants, calling it a threat to the U.S. since it started March 25 in the Mexican city of Tapachula, near the Guatemala border. Attorney General Jeff Sessions called the caravan “a deliberate attempt to undermine our laws and overwhelm our system,” pledging to send more immigration judges to the border to resolve cases if needed. Trump administration officials have railed against what they call “catch-and-release” policies that allow people requesting asylum to be released from custody into the U.S. while their claims make their way through the courts in a process that can last a year.)
— ‘Am I missing something?’ Parkland community shocked over weapons ban during Pence appearance at NRA event
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/nra-bans-weapons-during-pence-appearance/3406086/
— Trump targets Democrats, media during Michigan rally – CNN
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-targets-democrats-media-during-michigan-rally/3403793/

 

NBC5
— Chicago Police Department Adds Over 100 New Officers, Patrol Vehicles to Combat Carjackings (DIERSEN: How many cars have you had stolen from you in Chicago? In 1971, I had my 1969 Dodge Charger SE stolen from me while I worked for IRS in Chicago. In 1973, I had my 1962 Chevy BelAir stolen from me while I worked for IRS in Chicago.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cpd-adds-over-100-new-officers-patrol-vehicles-to-combat-carjackings-481187081.html
— Governor Rauner’s Veterans’ Affairs Director Steps Down 13 residents have died at a downstate veterans’ home amid the outbreak
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/bruce-rauner-erica-jeffries-veterans-affairs-step-down-legionnaires-481188971.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use opioids to push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/marijuana-should-be-an-accepted-drug-to-combat-opioid-addiction-in-illinois/
— Chicago Police Department adds over 100 new officers, patrol vehicles designed to stop carjackings – Tom Schuba (DIERSEN: How many cars have you had stolen from you in Chicago? In 1971, I had my 1969 Dodge Charger SE stolen from me while I worked for IRS in Chicago. In 1973, I had my 1962 Chevy BelAir stolen from me while I worked for IRS in Chicago.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cpd-adds-over-100-new-officers-patrol-vehicles-designed-to-stop-carjackings/
— Health care new front for transgender rights under Trump – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/health-care-new-front-for-transgender-rights-under-trump/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Chicago Sun-Times knows full-well that most, if not virtually all Republicans refuse to read the Chicago Sun-Times, let alone subscribe to the Chicago Sun-Times, because the Chicago Sun-Times acts as an arm of the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green parties.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/working-newspaper-represents-american-dream-support-sun-times-digital-subscription/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, to generate future Democrats, anti-Trumps encourage everyone from the world to seek asylum in America, but especially those who have little or no education or job skills and who need massive government assistance.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-migrant-caravan-primer-20180429-story.html
— U.S. says crossing is full before caravan tries to seek asylum – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to generate future Democrats, anti-Trumps encourage everyone from the world to seek asylum in America, but especially those who have little or no education or job skills and who need massive government assistance.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-central-american-migrant-caravan-20180429-story.html
— Piper’s Alley, ‘2001’ and other trips back to Chicago in 1968 – Rick Kogan (DIERSEN: What were you doing in 1968? I was a full-time student at UIC and a part-time employee for the Park Forest Post Office. I lived with my parents and brother in Crete. I sold my 1968 Oldsmobile 442 and bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE. I saved money for college expenses.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ae-1968-chicago-kogan-sidewalks-0429-story.html
— The harshest jokes from Michelle Wolf’s correspondents’ dinner speech – Abby Ohlheiser and Emily Yahr (DIERSEN: Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky. Alinsky promotes ridicule.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-house-correspondents-dinner-michelle-wolf-20180429-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Hopefully, next choice at VA will be better – Martin Dettmer, Wheaton (DIERSEN: I am proud to say that Edward J. Derwinski, who served as VA Secretary 1989 – 1993, spoke at a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois breakfast meeting.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180429/hopefully-next-choice-at-va-will-be-better
— Elk Grove Township hiring paid summer interns
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180429/elk-grove-township-hiring-paid-summer-interns

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Medicaid managed-care reboot pinching pharmacies, advocates say – Dean Olsen
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180429/medicaid-managed-care-reboot-pinching-pharmacies-advocates-say

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote LaHood’s challenger.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/rodriguez-talks-about-challenge-of-toppling-lahood/1147319895

 

WILLIAM J. KELLY
— Rauner, Pritzker afraid to talk about Tiffany Thrasher
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-rauner-pritzker-refuse-tiffany-thrasher-murder

 

BLAZE
— Mike Huckabee responds to the ‘vicious vile’ attacks on his daughter — and he is not happy – Chris Enloe
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/04/29/mike-huckabee-responds-to-the-vicious-vile-attacks-on-his-daughter-and-he-is-not-happy
(FROM THE ARTICLE: First, he lamented that the dinner is supposed to celebrate the First Amendment, but said it only represented “bullying,” “vulgarity” and “hate” on Saturday. He then thanked New York Times star reporter Maggie Haberman, who defended Sanders from Wolf’s “intense criticism.”)
— Trump tells supporters Republicans must retain House majority or he could face impeachment – Teri Webster (DIERSEN: What percent of the anti-Trumps in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois want Trump to be impeached?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/04/29/trump-tells-supporters-republicans-must-retain-house-majority-or-he-could-face-impeachment

 

POLITICO
— Journalists distance themselves from Correspondents’ Dinner after Wolf routine The comedian’s scorching routine generates some discomfort. – BRENT D. GRIFFITHS and MICHAEL CALDERONE
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/29/wolf-correspondents-dinner-journalists-559292

 

ABC NEWS
— Asylum seekers climb US border wall as migrant caravan gathers on Mexican side (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to generate future Democrats, anti-Trumps encourage everyone from the world to seek asylum in America, but especially those who have little or no education or job skills and who need massive government assistance.)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-30/migrant-caravan-gathers-on-us-mexico-border/9709848

 

NBC NEWS
— Border fills to capacity as caravan of migrants arrives, officials say The statement offered the first glimpse of a showdown the roughly 400 migrants had been preparing for with the Trump Administration. – Dennis Romero and Annie Rose Ramos (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to generate future Democrats, anti-Trumps encourage everyone from the world to seek asylum in America, but especially those who have little or no education or job skills and who need massive government assistance.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/caravan-migrants-has-reached-border-braces-cross-despite-trump-s-n869821
— Caravan of migrants readies for immigration showdown at U.S. border The group of Central Americans was met at the U.S. border by supporters and protesters as they waited to turn themselves in and seek asylum. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to generate future Democrats, anti-Trumps encourage everyone from the world to seek asylum in America, but especially those who have little or no education or job skills and who need massive government assistance.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/caravan-of-migrants-readies-for-immigration-showdown-at-u-s-border-1222035523750
— Safe seats? Anti-Trump wave may wash out some Democrats, too Some long-serving Democrats are facing primary challenges for the first time ever as the party looks to counter President Donald Trump. – Alex Seitz-Wald and Leigh Ann Caldwell
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/safe-seats-anti-trump-wave-may-wash-out-some-democrats-n869466

 

CBS NEWS
— Why Bill and Melinda Gates put 20,000 students through college Now universities around the country are forming a new, color-blind, Affirmative Action, aiming to close the gap between rich and poor – Scott Pelley
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/college-tuition-why-bill-and-melinda-gates-put-20000-students-through-college/

 

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Migrant Caravan Reaches U.S. – Mexico Border, Many Already In U.S. Illegally (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to generate future Democrats, anti-Trumps encourage everyone from the world to seek asylum in America, but especially those who have little or no education or job skills and who need massive government assistance.)
http://www.oann.com/migrant-caravan-reaches-u-s-mexico-border-many-already-in-u-s-illegally/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Caravan of Migrants, After Arduous Trip, Begins Final Push to Border – KIRK SEMPLEAPRI (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to generate future Democrats, anti-Trumps encourage everyone from the world to seek asylum in America, but especially those who have little or no education or job skills and who need massive government assistance.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/29/world/americas/mexico-caravan-trump.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The Latest: Some caravan backers climb border wall at rally – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to generate future Democrats, anti-Trumps encourage everyone from the world to seek asylum in America, but especially those who have little or no education or job skills and who need massive government assistance.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/the-latest-us-may-tell-asylum-seekers-to-wait-in-mexico/2018/04/28/e2646276-4b46-11e8-8082-105a446d19b8_story.html

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— The 15 richest US politicians in office – Brett Forman
http://www.businessinsider.com/richest-politicians-in-the-us-2018-4
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 10. Gov. Bruce Rauner, Illinois Net worth: Just under $1 billion Rauner made his fortune as a private equity investor.)

 

FORTUNE
— Is the Michelle Wolf White House Correspondents’ Dinner Backlash All About Gender? – DAVID Z. MORRIS
http://fortune.com/2018/04/29/michelle-wolf-whcd-backlash/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Trump Attacks Familiar Enemies, Adds New Targets President Donald Trump is attacking familiar enemies and adding fresh targets for his scorn during a campaign-style speech in Michigan. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2018-04-28/the-latest-trump-attacks-familiar-enemies-adds-new-targets

 

FED SMITH
— Federal Employees Underpaid: What About 2019 Raise? – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/04/29/federal-employees-underpaid-2019-raise/

April 28 Morning Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Disgustingly and outrageously, pot pushers use the “opioid crisis” to push pot. If you push pot, you shout that you are anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and anti-American.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-senate-views-marijuana-as-opioid-alternative/3398790/

 

WGN TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in promoting LGBTQ activity. In Illinois, soon, if not already, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, those who run Illinois will not let you get an education, will not let you get a job, etc.
http://wgntv.com/2018/04/27/lgbt-history-inclusion-focus-of-day-of-silence/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— In governor’s race, there’s no race to start spending big bucks on TV ads – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/in-governors-race-theres-no-race-to-start-spending-big-bucks-on-tv-ads/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal agency says it lost track of 1,475 migrant children – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–endangering-migrant-children-hearing-20180426-story.html
— Yingling Continues to Lead Charge toward Property Tax Relief
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/community/chi-ugc-article-yingling-continues-to-lead-charge-toward-prop-2018-04-27-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Such a deal at election board – Bob Peickert, Chair, Democratic Party of DuPage County, Lombard
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180428/such-a-deal-at-election-board
(FROM THE LETTER: I attended the meeting of the DuPage County Election Commission on April 9. The meeting lasted 23 minutes. The Board of Commissioners covered the following: the pledge, approval of voting results presented by the executive director, approval of a $240 moving charge, approval of the minutes from the last meeting, and they heard a brief presentation by the executive director. Based on their annual salary of $27,500, that comes to $2,291 per hour. If we call it an even half-hour, that comes out to $4,582 for their services. How many of you make $4,582 for 30 minutes of work? Additionally, Dan Cronin boasts about a bipartisan board. Does anything above look like a partisan issue? No. And all other election commission matters aren’t partisan either. If they were, I’d be getting calls from the Democrat on the commission. I never got one. These three commissioners, even the Democrat, are appointed by Dan Cronin, a Republican. He rewards them with a salary of $27,500 to go to one meeting a month. And the Republicans in DuPage complain about Chicago or Springfield.)
— DuPage County department gets new ‘Animal Services’ name – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: I hope that this department focuses stopping dog neglect and dog abuse. Dog ownership is extremely time consuming and extremely costly. If I had owned a dog, I doubt that would have had enough time or money to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, or c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30 and 32.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180427/dupage-county-department-gets-new-animal-services-name
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: 10,000 hours and counting How one DuPage Children’s Museum volunteer makes a difference – Jaime Johnson (DIERSEN: How many hours of volunteer work do you put in per day, per week, per month, per year, and per decade? I put in 10+ hours a day, 70+ hours per week, 300+ hours per month, 3,650+ hours per year, and 36,500+ hours per decade.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180426/dupage-childrens-museum-volunteer-makes-a-difference

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— High taxes are driving people out of Illinois – State Rep. David McSweeney (DIERSEN: Yes, but I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on driving people, organizations, and companies out of Illinois because they are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or because their ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180427/rep-mcsweeney-high-taxes-are-driving-people-out-of-illinois

 

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Hearing explains ‘automatic’ voter registration Public hearing held to explain July 1 changes – Keith Stewart
http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/hearing-explains-automatic-voter-registration/article_0273029b-1ea7-5ae6-8976-7387aab330b9.html

 

STATE LINE
— “Historic moment” signals strong diplomacy, says Kinzinger of Korean peace accord – Jessica Smith
http://www.mystateline.com/news/historic-moment-signals-strong-diplomacy-says-kinzinger-of-korean-peace-accord/1147318850

 

SAUK VALLEY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Libertarian Kash Jackson thinks marijuana should be “100 percent legal.” Pot is anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and anti-American. If you push pot, but claim to be Republican, you should immediately leave the Republican Party and join the Libertarian Party.
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/04/26/just-call-him-campaign-kash/cuezduu/
— Rare contested elections for 3 regional districts  In three area elective districts packed with GOP voters, contested elections have been rare. That’s not the case this coming November. The campaign season should serve to delineate issues and help to hold accountable those in power, and those who seek power. – Editorial
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/04/27/svm-editorial-rare-contested-elections-for-3-regional-districts/ajcmwi3/

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Rauner honors Pittsfield man, Mount Sterling business for volunteer service – Matt Dutton (DIERSEN: How many hours of volunteer work do you put in per day, per week, per month, per year, and per decade? I put in 10+ hours a day, 70+ hours per week, 300+ hours per month, 3,650+ hours per year, and 36,500+ hours per decade.)
http://www.whig.com/20180426/governor-honors-pittsfield-man-for-volunteer-service#//

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Illinois powerful public school lobby kills measure to rein in borrowing
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511400969-illinois-powerful-public-school-lobby-kills-measure-to-rein-in-borrowing

 

GOPUSA
— UC Berkeley to face lawsuit alleging discrimination against conservatives
http://www.gopusa.com/uc-berkeley-to-face-lawsuit-alleging-discrimination-against-conservatives/
— No surprise that study shows Democrat professors outnumber Republicans 10 to 1 (DIERSEN: What percent of White male federal employees 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 – 3%, 2%, -1%?)
http://www.gopusa.com/no-surprise-that-study-shows-democrat-professors-outnumber-republicans-10-to-1/

 

CNS NEWS
— Harvey’s Story Shows Fate Others Will Face in Nation’s Pension Crisis – Rachel Greszler
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/rachel-greszler/illinois-towns-story-shows-fate-others-will-face-nations-pension-crisis
— 140+ Nationwide Rallies to Urge Trump to Stop Taxpayer Funding of Planned Parenthood – Craig Bannister
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/140-nationwide-rallies-urge-trump-stop-taxpayer-funding-planned-parenthood

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— What Leftists Stand For – Tom Trinko (DIERSEN: Leftists want to get rid of people, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about the leading leftists in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/04/what_leftists_stand_for.html

 

NEWSMAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Disgustingly and outrageously, pot pushers use the “opioid crisis” to push pot. If you push pot, you shout that you are anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and anti-American.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/eric-bolling-opioid-epidemic-president-donald-trump-race-to-erase-opioids/2018/04/27/id/857156/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— GAO: GOVERNMENT WASTES BILLIONS — WHO KNEW? Brent Smith wonders where $178 billion recently ‘saved’ is now (DIERSEN: Brent Smith should write an article about how GAO wastes its non-veteran White male employees that it does not promote to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. Brent Smith should use me as an example.)
http://www.wnd.com/2018/04/gao-government-wastes-billions-who-knew/
— WHEN STUPIDITY ACTUALLY HAD CONSEQUENCES Patrice Lewis notes detriment of gov’t rescuing people who do dumb things (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, government encourages people to harm their bodies and to become wards of the state. If pot is legalized in Illinois, more and more and more people in Illinois will become brain damaged and wards of the state.)
http://www.wnd.com/2018/04/when-stupidity-actually-had-consequences/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Did you know stupidity is a choice? Yes really. In the vast majority of situations, it’s up to us to decide whether to do something smart or something dumb. If you have debt up to your eyeballs, why do you keep eating in restaurants and using your credit card to pay for expensive meals? If you’re pulled over by a cop for going 45 in a 25 zone, why do you cuss him out and act like it’s his fault you were speeding? If you’re dating a womanizing jerk, why do you marry him despite knowing of his behavior? Look, we’ve all done stupid things in life. No one walks on water and we’re only human. But smart people – try to grasp this concept – learn from their mistakes. But there’s a monkey wrench in what might otherwise be a simple matter of cause-and-effect in which people learn from mistakes and don’t repeat them: The government intervenes. Seriously, the government is so busy rescuing people from their own stupidity that consequences no longer matter when people do something foolish.)

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Democratic Donors Paid $50 million for New Anti-Trump Research – Bill Gertz (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail or prosecution, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office. Of course, the more that my critics/opponents demonize, denigrate, and condemn me, the more motivated that I am to do research on them.)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/democratic-donors-paid-50-million-new-anti-trump-research/
— SNAP Reform Will Send at Least Four Million New People to Work Analysis: data from USDA show 13 million able-bodied SNAP recipients not working – Charles Fain Lehman (DIERSEN: Those who do not want to be able-bodied drink booze, smoke pot, and do other things to harm their bodies.)
http://freebeacon.com/issues/snap-reform-will-send-four-million-new-people-work/

 

POLITICO
— EPA staff in ‘despair’ after Pruitt blame game  Even political aides are tired of the chief ‘constantly putting himself first,’ one former agency official said. – EMILY HOLDEN (DIERSEN: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, my Democrat superiors had a very hard time recruiting, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females. They blamed their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/27/pruitt-epa-strategy-staff-despair-507221

 

CNN
— Why a ‘federal jobs guarantee’ is gaining steam with Democrats – Greg Krieg (DIERSEN: What bad jobs have you had? All the jobs that I had were extremely bad. They were so bad that my superiors had an extremely hard time finding Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, and veterans who would take 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. 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. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes make it very clear that they would stoop to take the bad jobs that I took.)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/26/politics/federal-jobs-guarantee-gaining-steam-democrats/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “This is not just about the number of jobs, but also the quality of jobs,” Darity said. “We effectively place a floor on the quality of compensation that’s provided not only by the public sector, but by the private sector. One of the intentional goals of the federal jobs guarantee is to eliminate bad jobs.”)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— New Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director’s $375,000 Salary Under Scrutiny – Sheila Kaplan
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/health/cdc-director-salary.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats, and some Republicans, denounce Ryan’s ouster of House chaplain – Mike DeBonis, Paul Kane and John Wagner (DIERSEN: Have you been ousted, and if so, who denounced that? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that few if any have denounced their success in ousting me as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They shout that I brought the aforesaid oustings on myself. They stress those who could/should have come to my defense but did not.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/ryan-seeks-to-defend-ouster-of-house-chaplain-as-members-question-his-motives/2018/04/27/70937e8a-4a0f-11e8-827e-190efaf1f1ee_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Republicans Do Well in Texas. Except for Dallas, Houston, Austin . . . Why is Ted Cruz only up by three points? Remember, the Lone Star State has six of the 20 largest U.S. cities. – Kevin D. Williamson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-do-well-in-texas-except-for-dallas-houston-austin-1524866549?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1
— Starbucks’s Troubles Can Be a Test for Anti-Bias Training: Does It Work? – Christopher Chabris and Matthew Brown (DIERSEN: The federal government requires its employees to take lots of anti-bias training. The main “takeaway” from that training is that a) Whites are White supremacists, KKK members, and racists who discriminate against minorities, b) men are sexists who discriminate against women, c) older people are ageists who discriminate against younger people, d) those who do not promote LGBTQ activity are bigots who discriminate against those who do not promote LGBTQ activity, e) Protestants are religious bigots who discriminate against non-Protestants, f) German Americans are Nazis who discriminate against non-Nazis, g) Republicans discriminate against non-Republicans, h) conservatives discriminate against non-conservatives, i) those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time discriminate against those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, j) patriotic people discriminate against non-patriotic people, and k) people who have more money discriminate against people who have less money.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/starbuckss-troubles-can-be-a-test-for-anti-bias-training-does-it-work-1524669057
— Workplace Advice I Wish I Had Known – Joann S. Lublin (DIERSEN: What workplace advice, if you had taken it, would have advanced your career? Notwithstanding the fact that I am a White male, the Democrats who ran the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old a) if I had been a Democrat, b) if I had painted myself as being a yes-man, c) if I had given even more preference to my subordinates who were minority, female, and/or younger, and d) if I had helped my superiors get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/workplace-advice-i-wish-i-had-known-1524841495

 

FORBES
— The ‘Pension Palace’ for Illinois Lawmakers – Adam Andrzejewski (DIERSEN: Are you getting a pension? Are you in line to get a pension? I get a $51,864/year Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension. Knowing that I was in line to get a CSRS pension helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and get rid of me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. When will Andrzejewski write about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation? )
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2018/04/28/the-pension-palace-for-illinois-lawmakers-2017/#5824a7994b04