Tag: marriage

THE HILL
— Senior Democrats tout achievements as party’s generational divide widens – SCOTT WONG (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes support the federal government’s “up-or-out” policy for its employees who are non-veteran, White, and/or male. Will political parties impose “up-or-out” policies like the federal government has for its non-veteran White male employees? For example, you would be “out” if you do not make a) township/ward party chairman or municipal/township/ward elected office by age 25, b) county party chairman or county elected office by age 30, c) state central committee member or state representative by age 35, d) state party officer or state senator by age 40, e) state party chairman, statewide office, U.S. representative, or U.S. senator by age 45, and f) RNC/DNC chairman, state governor, or U.S. President by age 50.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/394901-senior-dems-tout-achievements-as-party-generational-divide-widens

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— As Supreme Court ruling threatens labor, teacher union leader says it’s been adding members. . .SEIU-Healthcare Illinois wants higher minimum wage – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-monday-edition-20180629-story.html
— Impact of tax changes in 2018 – Elliot Raphaelson (DIERSEN: Government should encourage marriage and homeownership. Therefore, Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-201806192045–tms–savingsgctnzy-b20180619-20180619-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Other changes to the tax code will also impact taxpayer decisions. For example, starting in 2018, there will be a deduction cap of $10,000 on the amount of state and local income and property taxes, known as SALT. This limit is per-tax return, not per person. As a result, many couples who itemized in prior years will no longer have sufficient deductions to do so. For example, a couple that is eligible for the $10,000 deduction will need an additional $14,000 in deductions for charity, mortgage interest, medical expenses and so forth in order for itemizing to be worthwhile. The bottom line is that many couples will be using the standard deduction in 2018 who, in the past, would itemize.)
— The sorry history of journalists murdered in the U.S. for doing their job – Pat Morrison (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have done the most to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-newsroom-journalists-murder-fake-news-trump-charlie-hebdo-0702-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Every day, and now more and more each year, newspaper reporters and radio, TV and online news reporters across this country get hate mail, hate email, even death threats. Some are preposterous; some are all too plausible. Within hours of Thursday’s murders, Buzzfeed writer Anne Helen Petersen tweeted, “I’ve had people email death threats, threaten to cut my dog’s throat, tell me I’d pay for my fake news.” We get these threats, but we never get used to them. A healthy tension between the press and politicians is as old as the country, and actually an important part of its governance. Once in a while, it gets dangerously, disastrously unhealthy. The second president of the United States, John Adams, threw newspapermen in prison under laws that, like English law, were broad enough to imprison people for almost any criticism of the government. Editors, publishers, a member of Congress and Benjamin Franklin’s publisher (who was also his grandson) were put behind bars, and countless other newspapermen were intimidated into silence, which is exactly what the targeting of journalists is meant to do: to shut them up. The election of Thomas Jefferson and the affirmation of the First Amendment soon put an end to this persecution. And today we have the sneering and insults from a presidential candidate who became the president of the United States. His “fake news” retorts try to diminish stories he doesn’t like, and the “scum” journalists who reported them. When he calls the press “the enemy of the people,” he is deploying the same term used by Nazi Germany and Stalin’s Soviet Union to demonize the leader’s own enemies.)
— Ex-Monee mayor Jay Farquhar who was accused of breaking ump’s jaw at youth baseball game pleads guilty to aggravated battery, records show – Alicia Fabbre
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-met-ex-monee-mayor-pleads-guilty-20180628-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Sen. Duckworth: Maternity leave over, will bring nursing baby to work with her – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: During the early 1990s, to help GAO a) hire, retain, and promote young women and b) to get rid of its employees who smoked (overwhelmingly old White men), GAO gutted the smoking room in its Chicago office and turned it into a lactation room.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/sen-duckworth-maternity-leave-bring-nursing-baby-work/
— FBI: Man threatened July 4 attack at parade in Cleveland
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fbi-federal-bureau-of-investigation-cleveland-arrest-parade/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Federal authorities say they’ve arrested a man who talked about setting off a bomb at a Fourth of July parade in Cleveland and attacking people watching fireworks. Officials said Monday that the man who’s an American citizen often expressed his support for al-Qaida and said he wanted to kill members of the U.S. military. Authorities have charged Demetrius Pitts with attempted support of a terrorist organization. There are no court records listing an attorney for Pitts, who lives in the Cleveland area and was arrested Sunday. FBI Special Agent Stephen Anthony says Pitts scouted out locations this past week for a site to attack in downtown Cleveland. Anthony says it’s not clear how close Pitts was to carrying out his threats, but he says authorities couldn’t sit back and wait.)

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in getting religious leaders to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180702/the-attorney-general-does-not-represent-united-methodists
— Amid trucker shortage, Trump team pilots program to drop driving age requirement to 18 – Heather Long
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180701/amid-trucker-shortage-trump-team-pilots-program-to-drop-driving-age-requirement-to-18

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What the Supreme Court’s anti-union ruling means for democracy – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180629/ISSUE05/180629828
— Rauner’s Janus victory may ring hollow—at least in Illinois – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180629/ISSUE11/180629827
— New perk in the HR arsenal: An on-site DePaul MBA – LYNNE MAREK (DIERSEN: I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates at IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997 always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction. To keep their jobs and to get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180629/ISSUE01/180629833
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chicago companies in cutthroat competition for employees are dangling another perk: on-site MBA programs, courtesy of DePaul University. Walgreens Boots Alliance, Northern Trust and the parent of Blue Cross & Blue Shield are among employers that have paired with DePaul to offer discounted graduate programs—minus the after-work rush to campus. This is a “carrot” that companies can offer, says Suzanne Depeder, associate vice president for enrollment, management and marketing at DePaul. “As the economy has heated up, so does the job market, so companies are looking at ways of attracting and retaining their talent,” she says. It’s a plus for universities, too, especially those like DePaul facing enrollment and revenue declines. While many schools have tried on-site executive education, DePaul’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business has been more successful than most, attracting nearly 1,000 students and millions in company-subsidized tuition dollars since starting in 2013. Still, there’s a push-pull in such partnerships, and they don’t always survive. DePaul, the largest Catholic university in the U.S., with a total student headcount of nearly 23,000, saw its graduate schools gain students last year, even as its overall enrollment continued a six-year decline. DePaul cut 62 employees, or 3.5 percent of its nonfaculty staff, in June to “better position the university for the future,” it said. The Master of Business Administration is considered a must by many corporate climbers, and their employers often foot a portion of the cost. Eighty-five percent of U.S. employers plan to hire MBAs this year, down from 91 percent last year, according to survey results released in June by the Graduate Management Admission Council. The decline reflects more students seeking related, specialized master’s degrees in subjects like data science and computer engineering. Since DePaul launched its on-site Corporate Employer Outreach, or CEO, program, it has produced 421 graduates. An additional 374 are enrolled now, plus 155 coming this fall, Depeder says. An MBA from DePaul costs about $76,000, but the cost varies for on-site corporate cohorts, depending on the number of students, she says. Companies hosting DePaul’s program can tailor it to their business needs and knit together workers from disparate parts of their businesses. Employees miss out on networking with peers at other companies, but that might not be a bad thing in terms of retention.)

WBEZ
— Dozens Of Illinois School Districts See Preschool Cuts Even As State Boosts Spending – Linda Lutton
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/dozens-of-illinois-school-districts-see-preschool-cuts-even-as-state-boosts-spending/1e8c434f-166d-454b-81b5-c2e491602d52

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— The Teachers’ Retirement System’s $100,000 Club – ADAM ANDRZEJEWSKI (DIERSEN: When did you start earning $100,000-a-year in to today’s dollars (GS-13 Step 3)? I did in 1988 when I was 40 years old. By then, I had worked for GAO for almost 9 years, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary/2018-07-01/guest-commentary-the-teachers-retirement-systems-100000-club
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Let us introduce you to the Illinois $100,000 Club. It’s made up of 30,000 superintendents, administrators, staffers and teachers. Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com found more than 18,000 educators pulled in six-figure salaries last year, while nearly another 12,000 retirees received six-figure pensions.)

SAUK VALLEY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illinois anti-Trumps crow about their success in encouraging people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://amp.saukvalley.com/2018/07/01/illinois-lawmakers-step-over-trumps-hard-line/ai1455e/

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Former lawmaker hopes to improve transparency as NIU trustee
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/06/29/former-lawmaker-hopes-to-improve-transparency-as-niu-trustee/a1ygqs7/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Patricia Bellock named DHFS director
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/gov-rauner-announces-patricia-bellock-named-dhfs-director

KENDALL COUNTY NOW
— Rep. Hultgren comments on firing ex-staffer who had sexual encounter with teen boy – Daniel Gaitan
http://www.kendallcountynow.com/2018/06/22/rep-hultgren-comments-on-firing-ex-staffer-who-had-sexual-encounter-with-teen-boy/aurnq8u/

RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN
— Former Rensselaer Police Chief Jeff Phillips was unanimously elected as Jasper County’s Republican Party Chairman
http://www.newsbug.info/rensselaer_republican/events/phillips-elected-county-republican-chair/article_a0077a70-9028-5007-b530-80a481a5b585.html

WHEATON PATCH
— Take Trolley Tours To Learn Wheaton’s Rich Golf History The trolley tours spotlight former golf courses, homes of famous golfers, and more.
– Lisa Marie Farver (DIERSEN: My precinct is just north of the Chicago Golf Club and it contains all of Wheaton’s Golf Lane.)
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/take-trolley-tours-learn-wheatons-rich-golf-history

WIREPOINTS
— All U.S. Taxpayers, Not Illinoisans, Will Cover Most Of The Public Funding For Obama Center Fiasco In Chicago – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/surprise-u-s-taxpayers-not-illinoisans-will-cover-most-of-the-public-funding-for-obama-center-fiasco-in-chicago/
— Expect no near-term credit rating improvement for Illinois from Janus decision – Ted Dabrowski
http://www.wirepoints.com/expect-no-near-term-credit-rating-improvement-for-illinois-from-janus-decision-wirepoints-original/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS STATE WORKERS WHO OPTED OUT OF UNION SHOULD SEE PAY HIKES BY JULY – Mailee Smith (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are vehemently anti-union. If I sought a government office or a political office, they would viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me for my having been a union member 1966-1969 while I worked for the Post Office and 1971-1980 while I worked for IRS.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-state-workers-who-opted-out-of-union-should-see-pay-hikes-by-july/
— 30 YEARS LATER, TAXPAYERS STILL ON THE HOOK FOR WHITE SOX STADIUM – Eddie Damstra
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/30-years-later-taxpayers-still-on-the-hook-for-white-sox-stadium/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER: BATTLE LINES BEING DRAWN OVER REPLACING KENNEDY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/thorner-battle-lines-are-being-drawn-over-kennedys-replacement.html
— UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-CHICAGO PROF URGES MATH TEACHERS TO ADOPT ‘SOCIAL JUSTICE PEDAGOGIES’
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/university-of-illinois-chicago-prof-urges-math-teachers-to-adopt-social-justice-pedagogies.html
— POLL: MOST AMERICANS DON’T WANT ROE V. WADE REVERSED
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/poll-most-americans-dont-want-roe-v-wade-reversed.html
— POLL: MILLENNIALS WOULD RATHER LIVE IN SOCIALIST OR COMMUNIST NATION THAN UNDER CAPITALISM
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/poll-millennials-would-rather-live-in-socialist-or-communist-nation-than-under-capitalism.html
— FIGHT FOR $15 BULKS UP TO DEMAND MINIMUM WAGE HIKES AMONG COOK COUNTY RESISTERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/fight-for-15-bulks-up-to-demand-minimum-wage-among-cook-county-resisters.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Already ahead of the national average, Illinois is poised to add more women legislators this year
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/02/already-ahead-of-the-national-average-illinois-is-poised-to-add-more-women-legislators-this-year/
— The damage done (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the damage done to GAO during the 1980s and 1990s. The agency is just a shell of what it once was. During the 1980s and 1990s, Charles Bowsher had great success in driving out of the agency its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/02/the-damage-done-3/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump welcomes Democrats’ calls to abolish ICE: ‘They’re going to get beaten so badly’ – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/1/donald-trump-welcomes-democrats-calls-abolish-ice/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Jeanine Pirro: Calls to abolish ICE evidence of growing socialist movement in US – Joe Williams
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/jeanine-pirro-calls-to-abolish-ice-evidence-of-growing-socialist-movement-in-us

CANADA FREE PRESS
— ‘Abolish ICE’ scream ignorant liberals who have no idea what ICE does – Herman Cain
https://canadafreepress.com/article/abolish-ice-scream-ignorant-liberals-who-have-no-idea-what-ice-does

DAILY CALLER
— ‘FAMILIES BELONG TOGETHER’ RALLY ATTENDEES WANT ICE ABOLISHED AND OPEN BORDERS – Stephanie Hamill
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/01/families-belong-together-rally-ice-abolished-open-borders/
— CNN’S JIM ACOSTA DOESN’T DENY HE SHOUTS QUESTIONS FOR ATTENTION – Amber Athey (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who do not want me to know about their press conferences, promote their press conferences, attend their press conferences, or report on their press conferences.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/01/cnn-jim-acosta-shouts-for-attention/
— THE POWER OF THE PROTESTING EMPLOYEE: BIG TECH COMPANIES ARE BEING TAKEN OVER BY LOW-LEVEL WORKERS – Eric Lieberman (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. They waste the careers of and get rid of their employees who protest. They can use a) how they wasted my career, b) how they forced me to retire, c) how they sabotaged my job search, and d) how my Republican U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators failed/refused to come to my defense to discourage their employees from protesting.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/01/protesting-employees-tech-companies/

TOWNHALL
— The Left’s Hail Mary on Immigration – John Dempsey
https://townhall.com/columnists/johndempsey/2018/07/02/the-lefts-hail-mary-on-immigration-n2496394

BREITBART
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Federal Government Resources Used to Promote LGBT Pride – Penny Starr (DIERSEN: Democrats continue to run the federal government. To be a Democrat is to promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/01/federal-government-resources-used-promote-lgbt-pride/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Breitbart News tracked down some of LGBT Pride Month events across federal agencies, including National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Veterans Administration (VA), Library of Congress (LOC) and, the National Park Service (NPS): — The VA decided the best way to make sure veterans in the LGBT community feel comfortable seeking medical care was to put on a drag show, which traditionally is a parade of men dressing in women’s clothing and make-up. National Public Radio (NPR) reported the VA was taking a “particularly fabulous approach” for its Pride Month event, organized by the White River Junction VA Medical Center in Vermont. “Welcome to the gayest show on Earth,” the MC said to open the show in NPR’s report. “But first, I just have to say the VA is here for its queers, and we are proud to serve all veterans,” the MC said. — The CIA celebration was extensive and overseen in Washington, DC, by its new director, Gina Haspel, according to its website: During our keynote event held at CIA Headquarters the first week of June, Director Haspel introduced Major General (MG) Tammy Smith, the highest ranking and first openly gay general in US history. Director Haspel described MG Smith, saying, “She refused to give in to discrimination, stayed riveted on her goals, and proceeded to blaze a trail that will go down in the history books. Today, Major General Smith is widely recognized as a pioneer in helping LGBT men and women to fully contribute—and fully belong—to the Army family.” This event is one of several CIA activities celebrating Pride Month, including participation in the Capital DC Pride Festival and the 7th annual IC Pride Summit, of which CIA was a founder. — The LOC said its collection of works by and about the LGBT community makes it a year-round celebration but in June the library featured discussions with authors who wrote books about homosexual romance. “The library’s month-long celebration demonstrates how lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans have strengthened our country, by using their talent and creativity to help create awareness and goodwill,” the LOC website states. — NASA joined the San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade in June and also had a booth. A description of the event said: Please, stop by and say hello, take some funky photos using our infrared camera station. Learn about the autonomous helicopter that will soon be exploring the Red Planet, provided by our Aeromechanics division. Take a dive into a brilliant coral reef, brought to you by the Earth Science division. Get up close and personal with some flies and much more from our folks in the Biosciences division. Do not forget to grab a swag bag while supplies last. — The National Park Service has a striking photograph on its website of NPS employees — federal employees — marching with rainbow flags and celebrating the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City that was the scene of a violent clash between patrons and police in 1969 that is credited with starting the “gay rights movement” and was made a national historic monument during the Obama administration. This year NPS, according to a blog on its website, is already looking forward to next year’s Pride Month: June is Pride Month, and while Stonewall National Monument shares the unforgettable story of the 1969 riots year-round, this year kicks off a special countdown to World Pride in 2019. This annual event, which will be hosted by New York City in 2019, is the largest global Pride celebration. It will mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising and its pivotal role as the birthplace of the modern lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer civil rights movement.)
— Maxine Waters: ‘The People’ Want Dems to Be ‘Forceful,’ ‘Confrontational’ Against the Trump Administration – Pam Key (DIERSEN: I should write a book about anti-conservatives in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who since 2000 have been the most forceful and confrontational.)
https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/07/01/maxine-waters-the-people-want-dems-to-be-forceful-confrontational-against-the-trump-administration/
— Poll: 3-in-4 Swing Voters Oppose Democrat Plan to Abolish ICE – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/01/poll-3-in-4-swing-voters-oppose-democrat-plan-to-abolish-ice/
— ‘Borders are Bullsh*t’ — The ‘Families Belong Together’ March in Pictures – Ian Mason
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/01/the-lefts-families-belong-together-march-in-photos/

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Trump Welcomes Democratic Calls for ‘Open Borders’ and Abolishing ICE: ‘They’ll Never Win Another Election’ – SAM DORMAN
https://ijr.com/2018/07/1107063-trump-democrats-open-borders-ice/

CITY JOURNAL
— AUTUMN 2017 FLASHBACK: Playgrounds for Elites The increasingly left-wing politics of leading U.S. cities clashes with the aspirations of middle-class residents. – Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox
https://www.city-journal.org/html/playgrounds-elites-15494.html

ECONOMIST
— Public transport is in decline in many wealthy cities Blame remote working, Uber, cheap car loans and the internet (DIERSEN: How much have you used public transport? I used public transport to get to/from work in 1971, 1973, 1974, and 1978-1997. I walked to/from work and night classes 1974-1978.)
https://www.economist.com/international/2018/06/23/public-transport-is-in-decline-in-many-wealthy-cities

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “‘Abolish ICE’ isn’t about open borders.”
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/01/opinions/abolish-ice-not-open-borders-obeidallah/index.html

CBS NEWS
— Chicago bar backs down after backlash to ban on “Make America Great Again” Trump hats – Caitlin O’Kane
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chicago-bar-replay-lincoln-park-backs-down-after-backlash-to-ban-make-america-great-again-trump-hats/#new_tab
— Commentary: Are Democrats about to hand the GOP another 1968? – MICHAEL GRAHAM
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/commentary-are-democrats-about-to-hand-the-gop-another-1968/

NEW YORK TIMES
— López Obrador, an Atypical Leftist, Wins Mexico Presidency in Landslide – Azam Ahmed and Paulina Villegas
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/01/world/americas/mexico-election-andres-manuel-lopez-obrador.html
— Trump Attacks Democrats on Calls to Abolish ICE – Emily Cochrane
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/01/us/politics/trump-interview-ice-trade-nafta.html
— Trump’s ‘Purple’ Family Values – Matthew Schmitz
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/01/opinion/trumps-purple-family-values.html
— Trump’s Rage Junkies – Charles M. Blow
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/01/opinion/trumps-rage-junkies.html
— Make Way for Young Democratic Leaders – Editorial (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes support the federal government’s “up-or-out” policy. Will political parties impose “up-or-out” policies like the federal government has for its non-veteran White male employees? For example, you would be “out” if you do not make a) township/ward party chairman or municipal/township/ward elected office by age 25, b) county party chairman or county elected office by age 30, c) state central committee member or state representative by age 35, d) state party officer or state senator by age 40, e) state party chairman, statewide office, U.S. representative, or U.S. senator by age 45, and f) RNC chairman, state governor, or U.S. President by age 50.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/30/opinion/sunday/make-way-for-young-democratic-leaders.html

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote mass/illegal immigration, anti-Trumps call you a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/opinion/trump-immigration-nativism-voters.html
— White America’s Age-Old, Misguided Obsession With Civility – Thomas J. Sugrue
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/29/opinion/civility-protest-civil-rights.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use illegals and their children to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and his supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/30/nyregion/immigrants-separated-no-progress-on-reunification.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/30/us/journey-north-migrants-border-crossing.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Left Turn in Mexico López Obrador’s victory ends a reform era and brings new uncertainty. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-left-turn-in-mexico-1530496717
— FRONT PAGE: Get That Truck Out: A Town’s Pickup Ban Runs Into Blowback Drivers of America’s favorite vehicle can’t park their wheels outdoors by homes in Flossmoor, Ill. – Douglas Belkin (DIERSEN: I cleaned golf shoes at the Flossmoor Country Club when I was 17 years old in 1966. What vehicles to you have parked outdoors? I have a 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS and my wife’s sister’s rusted 1992 Chevy Cavalier RS parked in our driveway.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/get-that-truck-out-a-towns-pickup-ban-runs-into-blowback-1530469113

USA TODAY
— Most conservatives think tech companies are politically biased, Pew Research survey finds – Ryan Suppe
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/06/28/pew-survey-finds-conservatives-think-tech-firms-favor-liberal-views/736644002/
— — DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use illegals and their children to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and his supporters.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/07/01/fled-ms-13-save-my-children-us-government-took-them-away-column/708672002/
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/opinion/2018/07/01/ms-13-beat-me-up-and-threatened-kill-me/36541075/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/07/02/celebrating-independence-day-detention-camps-trump-immigration/735157002/  (FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans promote anti-Americans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/06/30/immigration-families-belong-together-next/747359002/

SEATTLE TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in promoting outrage over Trump and scramble to turn that outrage into midterm victories.
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/democrats-scramble-to-turn-outrage-over-trump-into-midterm-victories/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Is ‘Abolish ICE’ a Winning Midterm Message for Democrats? – Margaret Hartmann
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/07/abolish-ice-democrats-winning-midterm-message.html

THE BEAST
— We Need Nonstop Protests Against Trump—and Here Are 20 New Ways to Do It What Trump is doing to this country is unprecedented—and it demands full-time citizen action to show the world that we who dissent are the majority. – PETER DREIER (DIERSEN: How many votes did Trump get in your precinct? In my precinct, in the 2016 general election, 211 voted for Clinton, while only 137 voted for Trump. In the 2016 primary election, 93 voted for Kasich, while only 21 voted for Trump. Of course, anti-Trumps want Trump supporters to blast me for that.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/we-need-nonstop-protests-against-trumpand-here-are-20-new-ways-to-do-it

ENTREPRENEUR
— Advice Is a Gift and You Should Treat It That Way – Steve Blanl (DIERSEN: It was extremely difficult for me to seek or take advice from my superiors in the federal government because I knew that they were under tremendous pressure to get rid of their employees like me who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/315558

FED SMITH
— Legislation Would Give Federal Employees 12 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who had children always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I had a tremendous unfair advantage over them because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/07/01/legislation-give-federal-employees-12-weeks-paid-parental-leave/

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION
— Rauner Twice Dodges Question if He Will Campaign with Trump Rauner Praises Trump’s Economic Policies, So Why Doesn’t Rauner Invite Trump to Illinois?
https://democraticgovernors.org/news/rauner-twice-dodges-question-if-he-will-campaign-with-trump/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— More Voters Now Want Merit-Based Immigration, Not Family-Based
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/june_2018/more_voters_now_want_merit_based_immigration_not_family_based
— Republicans See Successful Presidency for Trump
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/june_2018/republicans_see_successful_presidency_for_trump