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February 5 Evening Edition

WGN TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “With Melissa McCarthy playing Spicer, ‘SNL’ cranks up Trump satire.”
http://wgntv.com/2017/02/05/with-melissa-mccarthy-playing-spicer-snl-cranks-up-trump-satire/

ABC7
— Democratic Senator: ‘Everything Depends’ on How Trump’s Supreme Court Pick ‘Answers the Questions’ – ABC News (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the many questions that my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government asked me during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government to bring out the fact that I was baptized, raised and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran and that I am conservative, Republican, non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, and that my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s. Of course, they used my answers against me.)
https://abc7chicago.com/news/democratic-senator-everything-depends-on-how-trumps-supreme-court-pick-answers-the-questions/1738911/
— Mike Pence on LGBT Rights: Discrimination Has ‘No Place’ in Trump Administration – ABC News (DIERSEN: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, Democrats and RINOs get rid of you.)
https://abc7chicago.com/news/mike-pence-on-lgbt-rights-discrimination-has-no-place-in-trump-administration/1738707/
— FOR TRUMP FOES, DEMOCRATIC GAINS MAY REMAIN ELUSIVE IN 2018 – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/for-trump-foes-democratic-gains-may-remain-elusive-in-2018/1739057/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— TREASONOUS: Lawmakers consider expanding Illinois (ILLEGAL) immigrant protections – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-illinois-immigrant-protections-20170205-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Milwaukee sheriff’s star rises, but he remains polarizing.” In Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton, the more planks that you defend/advance in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and/or the more that you defend/advance the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, the more that Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you as being polarizing.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-milwaukee-county-sheriff-david-clarke-20170205-story.html
— Police investigating homicide in Wheaton, seek victim’s car – Matthew Hendrickson
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/police-investigating-homicide-in-wheaton-seek-victims-car/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Investigators were trying to locate two vehicles that may be connected to the case, police said. Leinweber’s vehicle was described as a red, 2009 Kia Spectra with Illinois license plate V264403. The vehicle may have a Hillary Clinton sticker on the rear of the vehicle.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s blasts at judge raise questions for Gorsuch on independence.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-judge-gorsuch-20170205-story.html
— WeatherTech founder David MacNeil bets big on Super Bowl ads – Robert Channick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-weathertech-david-macneil-exec-qa-0205-biz-20170203-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— White House predicts courts will reinstate travel ban – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/court-denies-trump-request-to-immediately-restore-travel-ban/
— Pence: Education pick DeVos will be confirmed with his vote – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pence-education-pick-devos-will-be-confirmed-with-his-vote/
— Former city worker, convicted in Hired Truck, granted pension – Sam Charles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/former-city-worker-convicted-in-hired-truck-granted-pension/

DAILY HERALD
— Lady Gaga said she hopes her Super Bowl halftime show will celebrate “inclusion” and the “spirit of equality” during a time of national division. – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise themselves and make it clear that they want to get rid of individuals, organizations, governments, and countries that are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170205/entlife/170209589/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Melissa McCarthy who lampoons “White House press secretary Sean Spicer in a “Saturday Night Live” sketch where she taunted reporters as “losers,” fired a water gun at the press corps and even used the lectern to ram a Wall Street Journal journalist.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170205/entlife/302059932/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Pediatrician discusses arrest at Roskam protest in Palatine.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170205/news/170209362/

WJBD RADIO
— Trump Threatens Defunding Sanctuary States as ‘Weapon’
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2017/02/05/trump-threatens-defunding-sanctuary-states-as-weapon

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Consequences of budget inaction have already been catastrophic – Lisa Madigan
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170205/lisa-madigan-consequences-of-budget-inaction-have-already-been-catastrophic

BLOOMINTON PANTAGRAPH
— Shutdown is what Illinois needs right now – Editorial
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/opinion/editorial/editorial-shutdown-is-what-illinois-needs-right-now/article_2b08be6f-edbb-5d1d-82a9-42aadedfdf78.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— McConnell: No federal money should be spent on Trump’s voter fraud investigation ‘This sort of thing is handled at the state level’ – CNN (DIERSEN: But those who run Illinois despise if not hate Trump and Trump’s supporters.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/mcconnell-no-federal-money-should-be-spent-on-trumps-voter-fraud-investigation/649996171

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, anti-Trumps promote foreign countries and their citizens.
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34430832/travelers-arrive-in-us-to-hugs-and-tears-after-ban-is-lifted

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— Full List Of The 231 Leftist Thugs Arrested At Inauguration Day Riots In D.C.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/02/report-full-list-231-leftist-thugs-arrested-inauguration-day-riots-d-c/

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Another Reason to Reject Muslim Immigrants: They Come Here for Free Stuff, NOT to ‘Better Their Lives’ – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/02/04/another-reason-reject-muslim-immigrants-come-free-stuff-not-better-lives/

FOX NEWS
— Trump says Pence to lead voter registration fraud probe
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/05/trump-says-pence-to-lead-voter-registration-fraud-probe-leaves-door-open-on-scrapping-iran-deal.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— About a 100 people gathered at a rally in support of President Donald Trump outside Trump Tower in Manhattan. – AP
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/5/nyc-demonstrators-rally-in-support-of-trump/
— U.S. taking power back from left – Editorial
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/5/letter-to-the-editor-us-taking-power-back-from-lef/
— TREASONOUS: Lawmakers consider expanding Illinois (ILLEGAL) immigrant protections – AP
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/5/lawmakers-consider-expanding-illinois-immigrant-pr/

THE BLAZE
— Can America be united again? – Chris Salcedo (DIERSEN ANSWER: Not as long as Democrats want everyone to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.theblaze.com/podcasts/can-america-be-united-again/
— Neiman Marcus piles on: The retail chain follows Nordstrom in dropping Ivanka’s line – Sarah Lee (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter? How soon, if not already, will the anti-Trumps drop you? How soon, if not already, will the anti-Trumps post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/05/neiman-marcus-piles-on-the-retail-chain-follows-nordstrom-in-dropping-ivankas-line/

DAILY CALLER
— Protesters March To Mar-a-Lago To Rally Against Trump’s Visa Freeze – Amber Randall
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/05/protesters-march-to-mar-a-lago-to-rally-against-trumps-visa-freeze/

AMERICAN CLARION
— The Foundation of the Family – ROB PUE
http://www.americanclarion.com/2017/02/05/the-foundation-of-the-family-47592/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Rogue Federal Bureaucrats Threaten Trump’s Agenda – Fred Lucas (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I never tried to sabotage its Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, or Inclusion efforts. The federal government never charged me with that because I always carried out all the AA, Diversity, and Inclusion orders that I was given. I can provide many examples in which I was ordered to give preference to my subordinates because they were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, and that I carried out those orders.)
http://dailysignal.com/2017/02/05/rogue-federal-bureaucrats-threaten-trumps-agenda/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Recent scandals in the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Internal Revenue Service demonstrated that it’s almost impossible to fire federal employees, many of whom reportedly intend to go rogue by not implementing President Donald Trump’s agenda. Conservatives are hopeful the time has come for civil service reform that would rein in this permanent class of government workers who have voiced outright hostility to the new administration. Some have even called it the “fourth branch of government” or “alt-government.” “This is a situation where people voted and elected a president who is lawfully trying to complete those tasks [he promised in the campaign], while unelected bureaucrats are willing to overturn the will of the people,” Ben Wilterdink, director of commerce at the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, told The Daily Signal. Among federal employees, about 95 percent of political contributions went to Democrat Hillary Clinton during the presidential race, according to an analysis by The Hill. Some of those federal workers are now in consultation with departed Obama administration officials to determine how they can push back against the Trump administration’s agenda, The Washington Post reported last week. At the State Department, for example, nearly 1,000 government workers signed a letter protesting Trump’s executive order on refugees. A few days later, Trump had to fire acting Attorney General Sally Yates after she announced she wouldn’t defend the administration’s refugee policy. White House press secretary Sean Spicer said State Department employees who oppose the policy “should either get with the program, or they can go.” “If a federal employee doesn’t like the ideological foundation or likely outcomes of a presidential directive, it doesn’t mean that the directive is not legal. It means that the views of the federal employee are in conflict with the views of the president who runs the federal government,” said Neil Siefring, vice president of Hilltop Advocacy and a former Republican House staffer, in a column for The Daily Caller. “In that instance,” Siefring added, “the solution should not be to resist the actions of the president in their professional capacity as a career civil servant in the workplace. The solution is for that federal employee to honorably resign, not actively or passively hamper the White House.” What if an employee won’t resign? Addressing the problem with the federal workforce won’t be easy, according to experts interviewed by The Daily Signal. “You can fire federal employees, it’s just that nobody wants to put up with the process,” Don Devine, former director of the Office of Personnel Management during the Reagan administration, told The Daily Signal. Multiple appeals can be made through the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and the National Labor Relations Board. “It’s almost impossible to discipline employees because it can be appealed to through the merit system, the labor relations systems, or through the EEOC,” Devine said. “We don’t have a civil service system; we have a dual civil service-labor relations system.” During the Obama administration, two of its biggest scandals involved the IRS and Department of Veterans Affairs. In 2013, a Treasury Department inspector general report determined the IRS had been targeting conservative groups. In 2014, a VA inspector general’s report revealed falsified appointments in which some veterans died while waiting for care. Years later, conservative remain frustrated that federal workers weren’t held accountable. “I will take your IRS employees and raise you the EPA, where story after story, a worker was viewing porn on work time and couldn’t be fired because the process is fraught with appeals,” Wilterdink said. “It’s hard to argue we have an accountable government when someone can’t be fired for years at a time.” Earlier this year, the U.S. House revived the Holman Rule, named after a Democrat congressman who introduced it in 1876. It would allow lawmakers to cut the pay of individual federal workers or a government program. There are other proposals for holding federal workers accountable. House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, introduced a bill in January to hold seriously tax delinquent people ineligible for federal civilian employment, federal contracts, or government grants. This bill was proposed in response to IRS data found more than 100,000 federal civilian employees owed more than $1 billion in unpaid taxes at the end of fiscal year 2015. Adding to the challenge is the process commonly known as burrowing. Frequently, political appointees from one administration convert to a career position that comes with civil service protections, allowing them to continue implementing policy—or resisting the new administration’s approach. The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883 was passed to stop raw political party appointments from securing federal government jobs, or a spoils system. The law introduced the merit system into hiring practices and made numerous civil service positions untouchable after they were filled. However, burrowing has caused a de facto spoils system, Wilterdink said, because, “the pendulum has swung so far to protecting federal employees” that it allows administrations to keep their people in office long term. Significant reform doesn’t mean recreating a spoils system, according to Robert Moffit, a senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation who was an assistant Office of Personnel Management director during the Reagan administration. Moffit said a balanced approach would be more desirable. “You need to have strong managers in each agency to make sure the president’s agenda is properly executed,” Moffit told The Daily Signal. “You must also have a bright line between career and non-career staff so there is no politicization of the merit system.” Moffit also supports legislation to allow the president to order the firing of career officials who either “broke the law or severely undermined the public’s trust.” “Even President Obama referred to what IRS officials did as outrageous and nothing happened,” Moffit said. “The VA matter is still unresolved. The people responsible for those waiting lists aren’t accountable and people died.”)

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump plays golf amid bipartisan backlash over Putin defense.”
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/317992-trump-plays-golf-amid-bipartisan-backlash-over-putin-defense

CNBC
— OUTSTANDING: Trump to Fox News: I may defund California as ‘a weapon’ to fight illegal immigration – Harriet Taylor
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/05/trump-threatens-to-defund-california-in-fight-against-sanctuary-cities.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “After 2 Weeks, Trump’s Bungles Have Aides Rethinking Strategy.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/05/us/politics/trump-white-house-aides-strategy.html
— In Airbnb’s Super Bowl Ad, Implied Criticism of Trump’s Travel Ban – KATIE BENNER (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the anti-Trump businesses post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/05/technology/airbnb-super-bowl-ad-trump-travel-ban.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump: ‘California in many ways is out of control’ – Michael A. Memoli
http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-trump-bill-to-make-california-a-1486330796-htmlstory.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Rips Judge on Travel-Ban Ruling Case’s legal path forward may be complicated by current 4-4 ideological split on the Supreme Court – DEVLIN BARRETT and BRENT KENDALL
https://www.wsj.com/articles/court-denies-justice-departments-request-to-immediately-reinstate-trump-travel-ban-1486286937

MERCURY NEWS
— Police have to escort California GOP congressman from rowdy town hall meeting – AP
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/04/police-escort-congressman-after-rowdy-california-town-hall/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Trump Says Judge and U.S. Court System Deserve Blame ‘If Something Happens’ as a Result of Blocked Travel Ban – Chas Danner
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/02/trump-escalates-attacks-on-judge-and-u-s-court-system.html

FED SMITH
— Federal Workers Finding Creative Ways to Push Back Against Trump Administration – Ian Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/02/05/federal-workers-finding-creative-ways-to-push-back-against-trump-administration/

CHICAGO PRIDE
— Equality Illinois shares message of ‘equality and justice for all’ at gala (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the anti-Trumps post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/81612841

February 4 Evening Edition

ABC7
— U.S. SUSPENDS ENFORCEMENT OF TRAVEL BAN; TRUMP BASHES JUDGE – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/us-suspends-enforcement-of-travel-ban;-trump-bashes-judge/1737683/
— Trump Slams ‘So-Called Judge’ Who Blocked Immigration Order – ABC News
https://abc7chicago.com/news/trump-slams-so-called-judge-who-blocked-immigration-order/1737487/
— CHICAGO LOOP SYNAGOGUE VANDALIZED WITH SWASTIKAS, BROKEN WINDOW
http://abc7chicago.com/news/chicago-loop-synagogue-vandalized-with-swastikas-broken-window/1737442/

NBC5
— Chicago Loop Synagogue Vandalized With Swastikas, Broken Window – Emily Florez
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-loop-synagogue-vandalized-swastikas-412773583.html
— Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner to Push Similar Budget Message
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-governor-rauner-push-similar-budget-message–412788613.html
— Hundreds Protest Rep. Peter Roskam in Suburban Palatine – Shelby Bremer (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. If they have not done so already, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will shout at Roskam that Diersen’s GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails brought those protestors to the event.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/peter-roskam-protest-palatine-412780383.html

CBS2
— DuPage County Struggles To Fight Opioid Epidemic – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/04/dupage-county-struggles-to-fight-opioid-epidemic/
— Minorities Make Up 2/3 Of CPD’s 16,000 New Applicants (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/04/minorities-make-up-23-of-cpds-16000-new-applicants/
— Chicago Loop Synagogue Vandalized With Swastikas – Lauren Victory
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/04/chicago-loop-synagogue-vandalized-with-swastikas/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Roskam among Republicans on tightrope with constituents over Trump.” (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. If they have not done so already, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will shout at Roskam that Diersen’s GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails brought those protestors to the event.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-roskam-hultgren-trump-backlash-met-20170203-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Protesters gather outside GOP meeting attended by Roskam.” (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. If they have not done so already, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will shout at Roskam that Diersen’s GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails brought those protestors to the event.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-roskam-protest-st-0205-20170204-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s policies strain decades-old ties binding a Mexican village to Waukegan.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-trump-mexico-waukegan-20170204-story.html
— Police treatment-not-prosecution program has helped 9 drug addicts so far – Bill Bird (DIERSEN: I am 68 years old. I have never used an illegal drug and I never will. I credit my a) outstanding parents and their having me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL), raising me as a MSL, and having me confirmed as a MSL and b) my respect for the rule of law. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would credit the fact that no one has ever encouraged me to use illegal drugs.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/crime/ct-nvs-naperville-heroin-alternative-program-st-0205-20170204-story.html
— Chicago immigration attorney: ‘Get back to the states as soon as possible’ – Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-immigration-attorney-get-back-to-the-states-as-soon-as-possible-20170204-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Documents confirm Trump still benefiting from his business.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-donald-trump-trust-20170204-story.html
— New Trier High School parents debate planned civil rights seminar – Kathy Routliffe (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO HATE THOSE WHO ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, 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.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/winnetka/news/ct-wtk-new-trier-diversity-day-tl-0209-20170204-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Opposition to an all-day civil rights seminar planned for New Trier High School has led to a group of parents creating a website and Facebook page to call for the addition of conservative speakers and presenters, or cancellation of the event. As currently planned, students at the Winnetka and Northfield campuses will hear from a keynote speaker at the Feb. 28 event on “Understanding Today’s Struggle for Racial Civil Rights,” and choose two of more than 100 sessions or workshops to attend, according to Assistant Supt. Tim Hayes. Keynote speakers are National Book Award winner Colson Whitehead, author of “The Underground Railroad,” and Andrew Ayden, co-author with U.S. Rep. John Lewis of “March,” a graphic novel series chronicling Lewis’ civil rights history. District Supt. Linda Yonke said students must attend the keynote speech and a 50-minute homeroom presentation, but students who are uncomfortable with anything in the sessions will be able to leave. Opponents of the current format and speaker lineup say it lacks conservative voices, and thus presents a biased and politicized offering of liberal viewpoints on the issues. Wilmette resident Mark Glennon, whose son is a New Trier junior, called the schedule of presenters “flagrantly and unquestionably politically extreme.” “What I’d like to see happen is simple: just some balance in what’s presented,” he said, adding that debate among New Trier parents and residents has caused strife in an otherwise friendly community.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you do not oppose Trump, Budweiser wants to get rid of you.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-super-bowl-commercial-preview-20170203-story.html
— Eric Trump’s business trip to Uruguay cost taxpayers $97,830 in hotel bills – Amy Brittain, Drew Harwell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-eric-trump-uruguay-trip-20170203-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump is showing us why he needs a (Black) history lesson.” (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes WANT TRUMP TO SAY a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-trump-black-history-frederick-douglass-perspec-0205-20170203-column.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump calls ruling ‘ridiculous’ as visa cancellations lifted – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-lashes-out-a-federal-judge-over-ruling-on-travel-ban/
— U.S. suspends enforcement of travel ban; Trump bashes judge – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/u-s-suspends-enforcement-of-travel-ban-trump-bashes-judge/
— Twenty more ATF agents on their way to Chicago – Sam Charles and Frank Main
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cnn-20-more-atf-agents-coming-to-chicago/

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Roskam meets with Republicans in Palatine, ignores 400 protestors.” (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. If they have not done so already, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will shout at Roskam that Diersen’s GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails brought those protestors to the event.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170204/news/170209444/
— Favia cites ‘bullies,’ withdraws from Arlington Heights trustee race – Christopher Placek and James Kane
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170204/news/170209445/
— South Elgin middle school fight severely injures student
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170203/news/170209508/
— District 89 superintendent: No boundary changes for next year – Bob Smith and Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170203/news/170209536/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What’s a serial entrepreneur to do when the world is topsy-turvy? – KRISTEN SCHORSCH (DIERSEN: Are/were you an entrepreneur? To turn entrepreneurs against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes shout at entrepreneurs a) that I never was an entrepreneur, b) that I was a lowly wage earner 1964-1997, c) that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, d) that I have been a retired federal employee for more that 19 years, e) that my federal pension is $50,856/year, f) that my federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy is $17,288/year, and g) that I never earned more than $122,991/year in today’s dollars.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170204/ISSUE01/170209920/glen-tullman-a-serial-entrepreneur-bracing-for-change

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Peoria SEAL promoted posthumously – Andy Kravetz
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170203/peoria-seal-promoted-posthumously-video-seized-in-raid-was-years-old

SUBURBAN LIFE
— District 89 board agrees to delay proposed boundary changes – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/02/04/district-89-board-agrees-to-delay-proposed-boundary-changes/acoxs73/

GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Hundreds Protest Glen Ellyn’s Congressman Rep. Peter Roskam was meeting with a Republican group in Palatine.” (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. If they have not done so already, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will shout at Roskam that Diersen’s GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails brought those protestors to the event.)
http://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/hundreds-protest-glen-ellyns-congressman

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— Doug Ibendahl on this Sunday’s Beyond the Beltway with Bruce DuMont
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=14261

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Wheeling’s Mayor Agriris Used City Credit for Personal Use and Appears to have Lied About Repayment – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/02/wheelings-mayor-agriris-used-city-credit-for-personal-use-and-appears-to-have-lied-about-repayment/

GOPUSA
— Can Trump defuse the ‘saboteurs’ in DC? (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I never tried to sabotage its Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, or Inclusion efforts. The federal government never charged me with that because I always carried out all the AA, Diversity, and Inclusion orders that I was given. I can provide many examples in which I was ordered to give preference to my subordinates because they were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, and that I carried out those orders.)
http://www.gopusa.com/can-trump-defuse-the-saboteurs-in-dc/
(FROM THE ARTICFLE: A former attorney with the DOJ says rules for firing federal civil service employees will make it very difficult for Donald Trump to “drain the swamp” in Washington, as he promised numerous times during his campaign. When President Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates earlier this week, it brought to light a serious problem at the Justice Department: Obama devotees and appointees ensconced in the agency. Yates, one of those holders from the Obama administration, had defiantly refused to defend Trump’s executive order calling for a temporary ban on refugees from seven predominately Muslim countries. Conservative activists have praised the president for his decision to fire Yates. J. Christian Adams, a former Justice Department attorney, contends the Obama appointee was merely fulfilling her assignment: disrupt the new administration’s plans. “Sally Yates was one of thousands of saboteurs who have been left at the Justice Department from the Obama years. She was just the first one to engage in her act of sabotage,” he said during a recent interview on American Family Radio. “There are many, many, many dozens of hundreds yet to come from other employees who have been left there.” Ronald Reagan once said: “The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program.” According to Adams, that could also apply to the federal bureaucracy as a whole. “… You can’t get rid of it; Trump can’t get rid of it [or] change it. You can’t drain the swamp anymore because of federal civil service rules,” exclaims the founder of the Election Law Center. “… It’s almost like you need to go back to the spoil system where [when] you win an election you get to pick the employees. Maybe there was value to that because it actually made the government responsive to the people – because right now it’s responsive to the institutional left.” Adams believes it would take a courageous effort by Congress to change an environment he describes as unaccountable and left-leaning.)

BREITBART
— Thousands Protest Trump Immigration Order in London – NICK HALLETT (DIERSEN: How soon will England declare itself to be a Muslim country?)
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/02/04/thousands-protest-trump-immigration-order-london/
— Joy Reid: Trump’s Order Is a Muslim Ban That Exempts Countries Where Trump Does Business – IAN HANCHETT
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/02/04/joy-reid-trumps-order-is-a-muslim-ban-that-exempts-countries-where-trump-does-business/

THE BLAZE
— Group boycotting Trump businesses gets Nordstrom to drop Ivanka – Sarah Lee (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter? How soon, if not already, will the anti-Trumps drop you? How soon, if not already, will the anti-Trumps post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/03/group-boycotting-trump-businesses-gets-nordstrom-to-drop-ivanka/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— House chairman to sanctuary cities: ‘Your money is gone’ – PAUL BEDARD
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/house-chairman-to-sanctuary-cities-your-money-is-gone/article/2613830

POLITICO
— TV networks hiking ad rates for shows Trump watches – DANIEL LIPPMAN and ANNA PALMER (DIERSEN: Just kidding, but what if Trump said that he regularly reads GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to keep up to date with government and political news and commentary in Illinois?)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-tv-ad-rates-morning-joe-oreilly-234647

THE HILL
— Shows Trump watches hike ad prices – MAX GREENWOOD
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/317921-news-networks-raise-ad-prices-as-groups-vie-for-trumps
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump delivers for religious right.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/317875-trump-delivers-for-religious-right
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Thousands protest Trump’s immigration ban for second week in a row.”
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/317932-thousands-protest-trumps-immigration-ban-for-second-week-in-a
— Brazile: Trump’s Supreme Court pick ‘more extreme’ than Scalia – MALLORY SHELBOURNE (DIERSEN: Who says that you are extreme? The following say that I am extreme: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/317927-brazile-trumps-supreme-court-pick-more-extreme-than-scalia

AOL NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “A Trump Organization business trip already cost American taxpayers.”
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/02/04/a-trump-organization-business-trip-already-cost-american-taxpaye/21707087/

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Global Demonstrations Over Trump’s Policies Heat Up Amid Anger Over Travel Ban.”
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/global-demonstrations-over-trump-s-policies-heat-amid-anger-over-n716831

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump just got checked and balanced.”
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/04/politics/donald-trump-travel-ban/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Picks Wall Street Over Main Street.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/04/opinion/trump-picks-wall-street-over-main-street.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Mr. Trump’s Random Insult Diplomacy.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/04/opinion/sunday/mr-trumps-random-insult-diplomacy.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Will the Supreme Court Stand Up to Trump?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/04/opinion/sunday/will-the-supreme-court-stand-up-to-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Early Signs Suggest Trump’s Actions Are Taking a Toll on Trump Brand.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/04/business/the-trump-brand.html

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘We’ll do better’: Trump’s White House tries to gain a sense of order amid missteps – Philip Rucker and Ashley Parker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/well-do-better-trumps-white-house-tries-to-gain-a-sense-of-order-amid-missteps/2017/02/04/8351bdb0-ea53-11e6-bf6f-301b6b443624_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Backers and opponents of Trump travel ban hold dueling rallies at LAX – Deborah Netburn
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lax-protests-20170204-htmlstory.html

USA TODAY
— ATF considers sending more agents to help with Chicago’s violent crime – Aamer Madhani and Kevin Johnson
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/02/04/atf-considers-sending-more-agents-help-chicagos-violent-crime/97485104/

BEND BULLETIN
— Today in history: In 1977, 11 people were killed when two Chicago Transit Authority trains collided on an elevated track. (DIERSEN: 40 years ago this evening, my wife and I were on our first date. We were in the northeast Loop when this accident occurred.)
http://www.bendbulletin.com/nation/5021968-151/today-in-history-and-birthdays

CLOUD TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn citizens of America, and especially citizens of America who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, 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.sctimes.com/story/opinion/2017/02/04/trump-repeats-sad-history-immigration/97359382/

DAILY MAIL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump evades press pool AGAIN by going for an impromptu round of golf in Palm Beach while on vacation that could cost taxpayers $3MILLION.”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4192192/Trump-ducks-press-pool-goes-impromptu-golf-trip.html

COURIER MAIL
— Why Donald Trump is good news for the media industry – Editorial
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/world/why-donald-trump-is-good-news-for-the-media-industry/news-story/4882642b8a0116d554600ec43558e6e8
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: AS President Donald Trump steps up his attacks on the “dishonest” press, major American media outlets are seeing an apparent resurgence after years of downward spiral. Newspapers, radio and television had begun to see growth during the 2016 election campaign, and that has accelerated since the inauguration, despite — or perhaps because of — the vitriol from the new president and his aides. While much of the industry has been slumping in recent years, the war between the president and the news media has seemingly drawn in a flood of new readers, listeners and viewers, including many willing to pay for news. CNN viewership rose a stunning 94 per cent during the week of Mr Trump’s inauguration in January, even as the president assailed the cable news operator as a purveyor of “fake news.” The New York Times announced this week it added nearly 300,000 paid digital subscribers in the fourth quarter of last year, the highest number since it began its paywall model.)

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Two-thirds of Britons believe Trump is threat to international stability.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/04/two-thirds-of-britons-believe-trump-is-threat-to-international-stability

February 3 Evening Edition

ABC7
— RAUNER HIRES MUNGER AS A DEPUTY GOVERNOR – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/rauner-hires-munger-as-a-deputy-governor/1736675/
— U.S. JUDGE TEMPORARILY BLOCKS TRUMP’S TRAVEL BAN NATIONWIDE – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/news/us-judge-temporarily-blocks-trumps-travel-ban-nationwide/1736734/
— SWEDEN’S ‘FEMINIST GOVERNMENT’ TAKES SWIPE AT TRUMP – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who are a) anti-Trump make it clear that they are anti-men and b) those who are anti-men make it clear that they are anti-Trump.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/swedens-feminist-government-takes-swipe-at-trump/1736576/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps publish a website to promote protests against Trump.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/new-website-for-information-on-political-protests-in-chicago/1736489/

NBC5
— Lisa Madigan Warns of Immigration Scams After Executive Orders Immigrants with concerns about traveling to their country of origin are encouraged to seek “reputable and legitimate” assistance and contact their local consulate.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Madigan-Warns-of-Immigration-Scams-After-Executive-Orders-412747493.html
— Activists Slam Ohio Pastor Who Talked Chicago Violence With Trump “Why would a guy in Ohio be more credible than someone in Chicago,” activist Dawn Valenti told reporters. “That’s total disrespect of the community.” – Tom Schuba and Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-activists-ohio-pastor-chicago-violence-412633043.html

CBS2
— Rauner Hires Leslie Munger As $135,000-Per-Year Deputy Governor (DIERSEN: When my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer, GAO was paying me at GS-13 Step 10 rate which is now $122,991.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/03/rauner-hires-leslie-munger-as-135000-per-year-deputy-governor/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— U.S. judge blocks Trump’s travel ban nationwide – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/233637805-story

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Roskam among Republicans on tightrope with constituents over Trump.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-roskam-hultgren-trump-backlash-met-20170203-story.html
— Watch Mike Madigan rap in cringe-worthy GOP ad – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-mike-madigan-raps-ad-0205-chicago-inc-20170203-story.html
— Rauner ally Durkin warns union to be ‘careful’ about ‘crossing’ governor with strike – Monique Garcia and John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jim-durkin-afscme-met-0205-20170203-story.html
— Chicago Teachers Union protests at Emanuel’s office on first unpaid furlough day – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-teachers-city-hall-protest-0204-20170203-story.html
— Will Madigan and Rauner act like statesmen or Illinois politicians? – John McCarron
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-rauner-madigan-llinois-budget-fight-perspec-0206-20170203-story.html
— As our best and brightest leave, hope dims for Illinois’ future – Zachary S. Schiffman, Chicago, professor emeritus, Northeastern Illinois University (DIERSEN: Are/were you among the “best and brightest?” In the federal government, for its non-veteran White male employees, to be among the “best and brightest,” you have to make GS-13 ($94,610) by age 25, GS-14 ($111,801) by age 30, GS-15 ($131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($161,900) by age 40.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-as-our-best-and-brightest-lave-hope-dims-for-illinois-future-20170203-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-medical-marijuana-growing-pains-0205-biz-20170203-story.html
— What Caterpillar builds, from small to large
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/92484337-132.html
— Jim McMahon among group of ex-NFL players pushing for legal pot as painkiller alternative – Jack Kaskey
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/ct-jim-mcmahon-legal-pot-20170203-story.html
— I am a deplorable, and I’m happy I voted for Trump – Jeff Bust, Frankfort
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-voter-happy-deplorable-perspec-0206-md-20170203-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make clear that if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, they will get rid of you. How soon, if not already, will Democrats get rid of you if do not engage in LGBTQ activity?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-sodomy-scalia-gorsuch-legal-supreme-court-perspec-0205-20170203-column.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CTU says women bear brunt of CPS furlough days, budget cuts – Lauren FitzPatrick (DIERSEN: In 1981, when Charles Bowsher took over GAO and ran it for the next 15 years, he promised that GAO employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran would not be adversely impacted by budget cuts, that is, that GAO employees who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran would bear the brunt of budget cuts.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ctu-spends-first-furlough-day-in-front-of-mayors-office/
— School funding panel lacks guts – Phil Kadner
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/kadner-school-funding-panel-lacks-guts/
— Apprenticeships are great, but bias is biggest barrier – Mary Mitchell (DIERSEN: On the other side of the coin, three times the federal government offered me jobs even though I am not a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mitchell-apprenticeships-are-great-but-bias-is-biggest-barrier/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “President Trump does not see Chicago.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/editorial-president-trump-does-not-see-chicago/

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote yard signs that promote hatred against those who are Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, non-disabled, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they are going to get rid of members of the aforesaid groups.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170203/news/170209524/
— Following social media post, Arlington Heights board race now contested – Richard Baldino
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170203/news/170209597/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Roskam applauds Iran sanctions – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170203/BLOGS02/170209938/roskam-applauds-iran-sanctions
— Rauner taps Munger as new deputy governor – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170203/BLOGS02/170209932/rauner-taps-munger-as-new-deputy-governor
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “sowing conscience among confusion on immigration mess.”
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170203/OPINION/170209934/john-rowe-on-immigration-sowing-conscience-among-mess
— ATF looks to ‘beef up’ presence in Chicago – CNN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170203/NEWS02/170209916/atf-looks-to-beef-up-presence-in-chicago-cnn

WTTW
— CTU Members Take Protest to City Hall on First Furlough Day – Matt Masterson
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/02/03/ctu-members-take-protest-city-hall-first-furlough-day

DNA INFO
— Mass Mooning Planned For Chicago Trump Tower, 100+ People To Drop Trou – David Matthews
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170202/downtown/mass-mooning-planned-for-chicago-trump-tower-100-people-drop-trou

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner administration says it has no plans for mass privatization of state jobs – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: In 1981, Charles Bowsher left Arthur Andersen and ran GAO for the next 15 years. Many of his critics believed that he wanted to dissolve GAO and give the agency’s functions to Arthur Andersen.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170203/rauner-administration-says-it-has-no-plans-for-mass-privatization-of-state-jobs
— Democratic legislators call for Obama state holiday – Brian Robbins
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170203/democratic-legislators-call-for-obama-state-holiday

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps “organize to oppose Trump’s agenda.”
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2017/02/03/progressives-organize-to-oppose-trumps-agenda/arsdbuo/

DAILY REPUBLICAN NEWS
— Adam Kinzinger should switch parties – Pat Cunningham (DIERSEN: If you were elected or appointed to a government or a political office as a Republican, and if you have not defended and advanced the Republican Party platform or if you are not going to do that, you should immediately resign. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
http://www.dailyrepublicannews.com/blogs/20170203/adam-kinzinger-should-switch-parties

KWQC
— Rauner hires Munger as a deputy governor – AP
http://kwqc.com/2017/02/03/rauner-hires-munger-as-a-deputy-governor/

WSIL TV
— Trump inherits a healthy job market, with solid hiring – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34418751/trump-inherits-a-healthy-job-market-with-solid-hiring
— Trump launches his attack on banks’ financial restraints – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34417907/trump-launches-his-attack-on-banks-financial-restraints

JOURNAL TOPICS
— Roskam Expected To Face Protesters At Meeting In Palatine Township Republican Meeting Open To Members Only – TOM ROBB
http://www.journal-topics.com/news/article_36ba593e-ea2c-11e6-b581-a70c07fe97c3.html

DAILY EGYPTIAN
— Rauner appoints Ruscitti to Illinois Board of Higher Education, ISU board
http://dailyegyptian.com/65609/news/rauner-appoints-member-to-illinois-board-of-higher-education-isu-board/

DES MOINES REGISTER
— Iowa senators seek to force businesses to crack down on illegal workers – Kevin Hardy (DIERSEN: How many illegal workers are there in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? What is being done to crack down on their employers? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with illegal workers and with their employers against me.)
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/business/2017/02/03/iowa-senators-seek-force-businesses-crack-down-illegal-workers/97449406/

ENEWS PARK FOREST
— Illinois’ Largest Union Readies Itself For First-Ever Strike Vote in Battle with Republican Governor
https://enewspf.com/2017/02/03/illinois-largest-union-readies-first-ever-strike-vote-battle-republican-governor/

CHICAGOIST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Jews to paint Trump as being Hitler and to paint Republicans as being Nazis.
http://chicagoist.com/2017/02/03/illinois_holocaust_survivors_blast.php

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Critics say ‘House of Madigan’ continues to play by own rules
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511079332-critics-say-house-of-madigan-continues-to-play-by-own-rules

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ROSKAM APPLAUDS SANCTIONS ON IRAN, INTRODUCES ANTI-ISLAMIC REPUBLIC BILL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/roskam-applauds-sanctions-on-iran-introduces-anti-islamic-republic-bill-.html
— CHICAGO COULD LOSE $5.3B IN FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS AS SANCTUARY CITY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/chicago-could-lose-53b-in-federal-tax-dollars-as-sanctuary-city.html
— STATE SENATOR KYLE MCCARTER TAKES HIS ANTI-TAX HIKE MESSAGE TO TAXPAYERS VIA FACEBOOK
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/state-senator-takes-his-anti-tax-hike-message-to-taxpayers-via-facebook.html
— HULTGREN CHEERS TRUMP DELAY OF DOL FIDUCIARY RULE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/hultgren-cheers-trump-delay-of-dol-fiduciary-rule.html
— TUNNELS OF OPPRESSION EXPOSE ‘PRIVILEGED’ STUDENTS TO ‘DEHUMANIZATION’ (DIERSEN: During the 1970s, IRS subjected its employees to similar type “training.” During the 1980s and 1990s, GAO subjected its employees to similar type “training.”)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/tunnels-of-oppression-expose-privileged-students-to-dehumanization.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Several schools are hosting “Tunnels of Oppression,” where students experience simulated acts of racism, misogyny, and more so that they can “recognize their own privilege.” Lee University’s Residential Life and Housing and Student Leadership Council will be hosting its fourth annual iteration of the event on Friday, during which participants will go on an interactive tour that exposes them to a different type of oppression in each room, including “racial, sexual, mental, and societal oppression.” Other schools host their own versions of the Tunnel, as well, though the exact nature of the exercise varies. Below is a video from the 2010 Tunnel of Oppression at Southern Illinois University in which students are subjected to verbal abuse by university employees.)
— AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY JOINS BATTLE TO SQUELCH STATE INCOME TAX HIKE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/americans-for-prosperity-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Radogno too?
http://capitolfax.com/2017/02/03/radogno-too/
(FROM THE POSTING: SNEED: Rumors abound State Sen. Christine Radogno, a Republican, who is working together with Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) to break the budget logjam by securing votes for the so-called “grand bargain,” is planning to pull the plug in June and/or may be heading for a state appointment by Gov. Bruce Rauner. Or is she so disgusted and frustrated with the fractious negotiations, she is planning not to run for re-election in 2018? Radogno’s comment: “Opponents of the plan are getting desperate!”)

FOX NEWS
— ‘This Is Political Violence’: Milo Yiannopoulos Talks to Tucker About Berkeley Riots
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/02/02/milo-yiannopoulos-tucker-carlson-tonight-berkeley-protest
— Nordstrom Has Dropped Ivanka Trump’s Fashion Line for Spring Season
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/02/03/nordstrom-drops-ivanka-trump-fashion-line-spring-season

GOPUSA
— How About “America First” for College Admissions? – Cliff Kincaid (DIERSEN: UIC admitted me in 1966 when I was 17, NIU in 1969 when 20, Loyola on 1972 when I was 23, DePaul in 1976 when I was 27, and IIT in 1992 when I was 43, but because of my demographics, I doubt that they would admit if was 17, 20, 23, 27, or 43 today.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20246
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a recent article, “Surge in foreign students may be crowding Americans out of elite colleges,” The Washington Post stumbled on the truth about one of the factors affecting the rising cost of college for American students. The percentage of foreign students enrolling in both public and private colleges and universities has skyrocketed. Their sponsors, Middle East governments and regimes like China, buy their way into American colleges and universities for their own students, forcing up costs for the dwindling number of Americans fortunate enough to gain admission. It is estimated that over one million international students are enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities. That figure has doubled in 15 years. The growing international enrollment is crowding out qualified U.S. students.)

BARBWIRE
— ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES, SUPPORT THIS ADMINISTRATION, AND FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT! – ALLAN ERICKSON
http://barbwire.com/2017/02/03/roll-up-sleeves-support-administration-fight-for-the-right/

BLAZE
— Bruce Springsteen to Australian crowd: ‘We stand before you embarrassed Americans tonight’ – Dave Urbansk
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/03/bruce-springsteen-to-australian-crowd-we-stand-before-you-embarrassed-americans-tonight/

BREITBART
— Starbucks Tells U.S. Veterans Why Company Will Hire Refugees Instead – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/02/starbucks-tells-u-s-veterans-why-company-will-hire-refugees-instead/

DAILY CALLER
— California Democrat Compares Trump White House To ISIS ‘Bent On Destroying Civilization’ – Kerry Picket
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/03/calif-dem-compares-trump-white-house-to-isis-bent-on-destroying-civilization-video/
— Famous Berkeley Prof Suggests That Violent Protesters At Milo Event Were Right-Wing Plants – Chuck Ross
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/03/famous-berkeley-prof-suggests-that-violent-protesters-at-milo-event-were-right-wing-plants-video/
— Trump’s Trip Costing Taxpayers Millions Has A Lot Of Precedent – Eric Lieberman
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/03/trumps-trip-costing-taxpayers-millions-has-a-lot-of-precedent/

NEWSMAX
— OUTRAGEOUS: Congressional Republicans Move to Block Mexican Wall – Mark Swanson
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/donald-trump-border-wall-mexico/2017/02/03/id/771869/

THE HILL
— Federal judge halts Trump travel ban nationwide – BROOKE SEIPEL
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/317884-washington-state-judge-halts-trump-immigration-ban-nationwide
— Trump weekend trip to Florida could cost taxpayers $3M – MAX GREENWOOD
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/317819-trumps-mar-a-lago-trip-could-cost-upwards-of-3-million-report

POLITICO
— Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner worked to sink LGBT order Members of the religious right with ties to the Trump administration say they have been lead to believe that some changes will still be coming. – ANNIE KARNI
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-lgbt-order-234617

HUFFINGTON POST
— Thousands Of LGBTQ People Set To Protest Trump In NYC On Saturday Because now is not the time to be silent. – Curtis M. Wong
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lgbtq-trump-protests_us_5893a715e4b09bd304ba6fa2

CNN
— ATF seeking sharp increase of agents in Chicago – Pamela Brown and Mary Kay Mallonee
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/03/politics/first-on-cnn-atf-seeking-sharp-increase-of-agents-in-chicago/index.html
— Federal judge declines to renew restraining order on Trump travel ban – Laura Jarrett
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/03/politics/federal-judge-declines-to-renew-restraining-order-on-trump-travel-ban/index.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “First Trump approval rating lags behind past presidents.”
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/03/politics/donald-trump-approval-rating/index.html
— Over 100,000 visas revoked, government lawyer says in Virginia court – Laura Jarrett
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/03/politics/over-100000-visas-revoked-government-lawyer-says-in-virginia-court/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Begins Assault on Dodd-Frank Financial Regulations – BEN PROTESS and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/03/business/dealbook/trump-congress-financial-regulations.html
— Creating a Safe Space for California Dreamers – PATRICIA LEIGH BROWNFE
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/03/education/edlife/daca-undocumented-university-of-california-merced-fiat-lux-scholars.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Anxiety, unease and eagerness to move on: Workers cope with Trump’s first two weeks – Jena McGregor
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2017/02/03/anxiety-unease-and-eagerness-to-move-on-workers-cope-with-trumps-first-two-weeks/
— Government reveals more than 100,000 visas revoked due to travel ban – Rachel Weiner and Justin Jouvenal
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/government-reveals-over-100000-visas-revoked-due-to-travel-ban/2017/02/03/7d529eec-ea2c-11e6-b82f-687d6e6a3e7c_story.html

NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
— Members Educate New Senator On Federal Employee Issues (DIERSEN: I was a NTEU member 1971-1980 while I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer in its Chicago, Harvey, and Joliet offices.)
https://www.nteu.org/blog/2017/02/02/members-educate-new-senator-on-federal-e

FED SMITH
— Strong Words From the New Secretary of State to Federal Workers – Michael Wald
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/02/03/strong-words-from-the-new-secretary-of-state-to-federal-workers/
— Legislation Introduced to Abolish the EPA – Ian Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/02/03/legislation-introduced-to-abolish-the-epa/

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— To federal employees: Know your rights! – Debra D’Agostino (DIERSEN: Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and d) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://federalnewsradio.com/commentary/2017/02/federal-employees-know-rights/

NEW REPUBLIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Promised White Supremacy. Now He’s Delivering It. He’s implementing his campaign platform—and he’s only getting started.” Constructively, Clinton promised to get rid those who were Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://newrepublic.com/article/140377/trump-promised-white-supremacy-now-hes-delivering-it

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Trump Wants to Kill the Fiduciary Rule. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal for Retirement Savers – Megan Leonhardt
http://time.com/money/4659440/fiduciary-rule-delayed-donald-trump/

METRO WEEKLY
— Pro-LGBTQ Trump adviser won’t get White House position he was promised Anthony Scaramucci could have influenced President Trump on some LGBTQ issues – John Riley (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents talk and act they have been promised a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, lots of money, a new home, a new car, and/or lots more if they succeed in getting rid of me.)
https://www.metroweekly.com/2017/02/pro-lgbt-trump-adviser-wont-get-white-house-position-promised/

February 2 Evening Edition

ABC7
— TRUMP ASKS PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR ‘APPRENTICE’ RATINGS, SCHWARZENEGGER RESPONSE: ‘LET’S SWITCH JOBS’ – CNN
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-asks-people-to-pray-for-apprentice-ratings-schwarzenegger-response-lets-switch-jobs/1733695/
— TRUMP PROCLAIMS FEBRUARY ‘AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH’ – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/news/trump-proclaims-february-african-american-history-month/1733832/
— KKK FLYERS FOUND IN PARK FOREST, MANTENO – Stacey Baca
http://abc7chicago.com/news/kkk-flyers-found-in-2-chicago-suburbs/1734350/

NBC5
— Emanuel Discussed Chicago Violence With Trump’s Chief of Staff Emanuel brought up his call with Preibus after being asked about the president’s most recent comments about the city. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Emanuel-Discussed-Chicago-Violence-with-Trumps-Chief-of-Staff-412572073.html
— Harley-Davidson Workers Ride Into Washington to Meet Trump “In this administration our allegiance will be to the American workers and to American businesses, like Harley-Davidson,” Trump told reporters. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Harley-Davidson-Workers-Ride-Into-Washington-to-Meet-Trump-412622013.html
— Duckworth Urges Mattis to Stand Up to Trump’s Immigration Order “There are over 5,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, many of whom are embedded with frontline Iraqi units and working side-by-side with their Muslim counterparts,” Duckworth wrote. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Duckworth-Urges-Sec-Mattis-to-Stand-Up-to-Trumps-Travel-Order-412587433.html
— Durbin, Duckworth Spark Federal Probe of Trump Travel Order The Department of Homeland Security’s independent Office of the Inspector General has launched a formal investigation into the implementation and legality of Trump’s travel ban. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Durbin-Duckworth-Spark-Federal-Probe-of-Trump-Travel-Order-412594433.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lawmakers draft plans to keep Illinois paychecks flowing The Republican and Democratic measures would approach the payments differently. – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lawmakers-draft-plans-to-keep-illinois-paychecks-flowing/
— Nine-year tab for Chicago Fire Dept. bias claims: $92 million – JARED RUTECKI
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/nine-year-tab-for-chicago-fire-dept-bias-claims-92-million/amp/
— No Wisconsin trip, but Trump greets Harley riders at White House – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/no-wisconsin-trip-but-trump-greets-harley-riders-at-white-house/
— White House: Trump comments on Mexico ‘lighthearted’ – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/white-house-trump-comments-on-mexico-lighthearted/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Aurora election forum set for Eola Community Center – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-forum-st-0204-20170202-story.html
— Taxpayers should tell legislators how to balance state budget – Ted Slowik (DIERSEN: Should those who pay the most taxes have the most say on how to balance the budget?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-state-budget-st-0203-20170202-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, the Chicago Tribune sides with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-holocaust-survivors-diss-trump-0203-chicago-inc-20170202-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How soon, if not already, will companies post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/careers/ijustworkhere/ct-huppke-work-advice-0205-biz-20170202-column.html

DAILY HERALD
— National Democratic arm says unseating Roskam a 2018 priority – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170202/news/170209719/
— Trump asks for prayers for Schwarzenegger’s ratings at National Prayer Breakfast – Abby Phillip (DIERSEN: Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes crow that they are religious, that is, that they are a member of a church, that attend church services, and the they give money to a church. They talk and act like that gives them license to sin and standing to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn those who do not pander to them, those who do not glorify and praise them, and those who do not give them money. They talk and act like they pray and ask for prayers that GOD would send me straight to HELL. They blame me for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170202/news/170209768/
— A Michigan man who police say battered his girlfriend before running naked through her Lisle apartment building, pulling fire alarms and fighting with residents and police, has vowed to never use drugs again. Nicholas Henning, 19, of Brighton, is charged with two counts of domestic battery and one count of aggravated battery of a police officer. – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170202/news/170209750/
— Comparing protests is a misleading ‘litmus test’ for bias – Jim Slusher
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170202/discuss/170209846/
— Some question Arlington Heights candidate’s social media post – Christopher Placek
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170201/news/170209843/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Political heat rising on GOP’s Roskam – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Roskam that I have caused all his problems, that I am causing all his problems, and that I will forever cause his problems if I keep on sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want Roskam to punish me for that.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170202/BLOGS02/170209952/political-heat-rising-on-gops-roskam
— Five high-powered Chicago women (including Diana Rauner) wrestle the dreaded ‘work-life’ balance question – LISA BERTAGNOLI
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170202/NEWS07/170209957/-five-high-powered-chicago-women-wrestle-the-dreaded-work-life

HERALD & REVIEW
— Shutdown is what the state needs – Editorial
http://herald-review.com/news/opinion/editorial/shutdown-is-what-the-state-needs/article_fa1b45d1-9bf0-56a4-aa78-cb3f76103bea.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County Election Commission director retires amid consolidation talks – ANDREA EARNEST
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/01/31/dupage-county-election-commission-director-retires-amid-consolidation-talks/ajpk3z/

PARENTS OF NEW TRIER
— Balance – or else suspend – New Trier’s Seminar Day on Race, February 28
http://www.parentsofnewtrier.org/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/NTPSDRC/

STATE REPRESENTATIVE PETER BREEN
— They Get Crystal Clocks … You Get Your Clock Cleaned
http://www.reppeterbreen.org/2017/02/opinion-they-get-crystal-clocks-you-get.html

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Naperville Township supervisor Ossyra seeks re-election
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511079173-naperville-supervisor-ossyra-seeks-re-election
— Ives backs no-tax alternative to Senate ‘Grand Bargain’ – Karen Kidd
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511079084-ives-backs-no-tax-alternative-to-senate-grand-bargain
— High property taxes a multilayered problem in Illinois
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511079135-high-property-taxes-a-multilayered-problem-in-illinois

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Forbes continues shining the light on our work. – Kirk Allen (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents want me to use GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to shine light ONLY ON WHAT THEY WANT ME TO SHINE LIGHT ON.)
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/02/forbes-continues-shining-the-light-on-our-work/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS CAN AVOID A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AND A BAD BUDGET DEAL BY PASSING AN APPROPRIATIONS MEASURE – Mailee Smith
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-lawmakers-can-avoid-a-government-shutdown-and-a-bad-budget-deal-by-passing-an-appropriations-measure/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— POLITICAL HEAT RISING ON GOP’S ROSKAM
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/political-heat-rising-on-gops-roskam.html
— ILLINOIS HAS HIGHEST COMBINED SALES TAX BURDEN IN MIDWEST, SEVENTH-HIGHEST IN U.S.
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/illinois-has-highest-combined-sales-tax-burden-in-midwest-seventh-highest-in-us.html
— ILLINOIS RANKED 37TH IN POLL OF HAPPIEST STATES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/illinois-ranked-37th-in-poll-of-happiest-states.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Rodney Davis, Randy Hultgren also targeted *** DCCC already targeting Roskam with full-time staff
http://capitolfax.com/2017/02/02/dccc-already-targeting-roskam-with-full-time-staff/

GOPUSA
— Abbott cuts Travis County funds as sanctuary city battle intensifies (DIERSEN: I suggest balancing Illinois’ budget by cutting funds for sanctuary counties, sanctuary townships, sanctuary wards, sanctuary municipalities, sanctuary etc. in Illinois. Of course, those political jurisdictions would be free to ask for money a) from Mexico and from other foreign countries and b) from rich Democrats and rich Democrat plants, rich Libertarians and rich Libertarian plants, rich Greens and rich Green plants, and rich RINOs.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20209
— Who knew there were so many homophobic, racist xenophobes at Berkeley
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20193
— Florida businesses that ban guns could be held liable for leaving patrons defenseless
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20211

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump Overseeing the Destruction of the Democrat Coalition – Taylor Lewis (DIERSEN: From what I see, the Democrat coalition consists of those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/02/trump_overseeing_the_destruction_of_the_democrat_coalition.html

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— OUTSTANDING: Texas Gov. Abbott cuts funding to Austin over sanctuary city policies
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/02/texas-gov-abbott-cuts-funding-to-austin-over-sanctuary-city-policies.html
— Trump on Tough Phone Calls With Foreign Leaders: ‘Don’t Worry About It’ … But Should We? – MICHAEL C. BENDER
http://nation.foxnews.com/2017/02/02/trump-tough-phone-calls-foreign-leaders-dont-worry-about-it-should-we

BLAZE
— Anti-Trump flier given to elementary school students. District says it was an accident. – Dave Urbanski
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/02/anti-trump-flier-given-to-elementary-school-students-district-says-it-was-an-accident/

BREITBART
— Heritage’s Moffit: Trump Should Order Agency ‘Inventory’ to Drain the Swamp – DAN RIEHL (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors always acted like they had a list of their employees who they wanted to get rid of. The more of the following that you were, the more likely that you would be on their list: Republican, White, male, older, and non-veteran.)
http://www.breitbart.com/radio/2017/02/02/heritages-moffit-trump-should-order-agency-inventory-drain-swamp/

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Anti-Trump Federal Employees Hold Meetings to Plan ‘Resistance’ and Work Slowdowns – VICTORIA TAFT (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote patronage, that is, they promote political affiliation discrimination. 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 d) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://ijr.com/wildfire/2017/02/791697-anti-trump-federal-employees-hold-meetings-to-plan-resistance-and-work-slowdowns/

TPM
— Roskam’s Office Nixes Obamacare Town Hall Because A Reporter Was Present – CAITLIN MACNEAL
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/peter-roskam-cancels-obamacare-meeting

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Liberals were certain they had Neil Gorsuch — his high school yearbook revealed that he had founded the “Fascism Forever” club at Georgetown Prep, the Jesuit school he attended. Well, actually, no. Just more fake news, according to America, the official magazine of the Jesuit religious order in the United States. – DAVID FREDDOSO
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fascism-forever/article/2613775#.WJPTApL60DM.facebook

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump picks up the phone, sets off diplomatic chaos.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-foreign-policy-rhetoric-iran-australia-mexico-234531
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Distrust in Trump’s White House spurs leaks, confusion.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-aides-distrust-confusion-leaks-234550

THE HILL
— Republicans impatient with anti-Trump civil servants – BEN KAMISAR
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/317651-gop-lawmakers-impatient-with-anti-trump-civil-servants

AOL NEWS
— Trump threatens to cancel UC Berkeley’s funding in wake of violent protests
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/02/02/trump-threatens-to-cancel-uc-berkeley-s-funding-in-wake-of-violen/21705781/

MSN
— Resistance from within: Federal workers push back against Trump – Juliet Eilperin, Lisa Rein, Marc Fisher
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/resistance-from-within-federal-workers-push-back-against-trump/ar-AAmts5m

CNBC
— Here’s what worries Wall Street about Trump’s immigration ban – Turney Duff
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/02/heres-what-worries-wall-street-about-trumps-immigration-ban-commentary.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump supporters. Most Trump supporters are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and/or their ancestors have been in America for a long time. Democrats want to get rid of members of the aforesaid groups.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/opinion/the-peculiar-populism-of-donald-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “White House considering action on religious freedom that critics warn could lead to discrimination.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Missouri Synod Lutherans (MSL) discriminate against all people, but especially against those who are liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, poor, non-German American, non-MSL, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always reminded my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government that I was baptized as an MSL, raised as an MSL, and confirmed as an MSL.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-considering-order-on-religious-freedom-that-critics-warn-could-lead-to-discrimination/2017/02/02/631ea41a-e8ee-11e6-bf6f-301b6b443624_story.html

FORBES
— Watchdogs Searching For Corruption Across Illinois Say They’re Finding It – Amanda Robert
http://www.forbes.com/sites/legalnewsline/2017/02/01/watchdogs-searching-for-corruption-across-illinois-say-theyre-finding-it/#422f51624934

FED SMITH
— Election Consequences and Targeting Federal Employee Unions – Ralph R. Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/02/02/election-consequences-and-targeting-federal-employee-unions/

SAN DIEGO GAY & LESBIAN NEWS
— Leaked anti-LGBT executive order allows broad discrimination in the name of religion – Timothy Rawles (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Missouri Synod Lutherans (MSL) discriminate against all people, but especially against those who are liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, poor, non-German American, non-MSL, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always reminded my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government that I was baptized as an MSL, raised as an MSL, and confirmed as an MSL.)
http://sdgln.com/news/2017/02/02/leaked-anti-lgbt-executive-order-allows-broad-discrimination-name-religion

INQUISITR
— Reuters To Reporters: Cover Trump Administration As ‘Authoritarian Regime’
http://www.inquisitr.com/3941712/reuters-to-reporters-cover-trump-administration-as-authoritarian-regime/

January 30 Evening Edition

ABC7
— PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TRAVELING TO MILWAUKEE FOR SPEECH ON ECONOMY – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/president-trump-traveling-to-milwaukee-for-speech-on-economy/1728134/
— 6 COUNTS OF MURDER FOR QUEBEC MOSQUE ATTACK SUSPECT – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/news/6-counts-of-murder-for-quebec-mosque-attack-suspect/1727707/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Police did not give a motive for the attack. Trump called Trudeau to express condolences to the Canadian people and to offer any assistance that might be needed. The White House pointed to the attack as an example of why Trump’s policies were needed. “We condemn this attack in the strongest possible terms. It’s a terrible reminder of why we must remain vigilant and why the president is taking steps to be pro-active, rather than reactive when it comes to our nation’s safety and security,” White House spokesman Sean Spicer said.)
— OBAMA ENDORSES 4TH WARD ALDERMAN INCUMBENT – Charles Thomas
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/obama-endorses-4th-ward-alderman-incumbent/1728532/
— SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS ATTENDEES SPEAK OUT ABOUT IMMIGRATION ORDER
http://abc7chicago.com/entertainment/celebs-get-political-at-the-sag-awards/1727203/
— PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRES ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL SALLY YATES AFTER SHE DEFIES IMMIGRATION ORDER – Diane Pathieu and John Garcia
http://abc7chicago.com/news/acting-ag-will-not-defend-trumps-travel-ban/1727741/

NBC5
— Obama ‘Fundamentally Disagrees’ With Religious Discrimination, Praises Protests: Spokesman Obama has not weighed in on a political issue since leaving office on Jan. 20 – Josh Lederman (DIERSEN: Islam is more like a political party or a nation without borders than a religion.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Obama-Fundamentally-Disagrees-With-Religious-Discrimination-Spokesman-412188033.html
— Ex-Alderman Sandi Jackson Accuses Jesse Jackson Jr. of Harassment The court filing is the latest salvo in the couple’s increasingly bitter divorce battle – Phil Rogers
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Ex-Alderman-Sandi-Jackson-Accuses-Jesse-Jackson-Jr-of-Harassment-412214063.html
— Trump Schedules Milwaukee Trip This Week to Discuss Economy, White House Confirms In November, Trump became the first GOP presidential candidate to win Wisconsin’s popular vote since 1984. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/president-donald-trump-milwaukee-trip-economy-412170783.html

CBS2
— Universities Criticize Trump’s Immigration Ban
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/01/30/universities-criticize-trumps-immigration-ban/
— Not All Illinois Republicans Back Trump’s Travel Ban – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/01/30/not-all-illinois-republicans-back-trumps-travel-ban/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Justice head tells staff not to defend Trump refugee order – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/232650859-story

WLS
— Illinois ACLU denounces Trump travel ban from Muslim nations – John Dempsey
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/01/30/illinois-aclu-denounces-trump-travel-ban-from-muslim-nations/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— About 40 held at O’Hare on Monday – Nereida Moreno and Stacy St. Clair
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-immigration-ban-ohare-0131-20170130-story.html
— Illinois Democrats in Congress lash out at Trump’s immigration order – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-illinois-congressmen-trump-immigration-met-0130-20170130-story.html
— U. of I. advises some students, scholars not to travel abroad – Dawn Rhodes and Ally Marotti
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-higher-education-immigration-met-20170130-story.html
— Willis calls on governor to reinstitute bipartisan budget groups
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/franklin-park/news/ct-fhj-willis-bipartisan-plan-tl-0202-20170130-story.html
— Trump’s voter fraud expert registered in 3 states: AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-voter-fraud-expert-phillips-20170130-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “Are we really stuck with President Donald Trump?”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-impeach-trump-president-mike-pence-20170130-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “With executive order, Trump makes rookie managerial mistake.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-trump-management-immigration-robert-reed-0131-biz-20170130-column.html
— Chicago’s racial wealth gap far worse than U.S. average, report finds – Gail MarksJarvis (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a minority in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a minority in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted minorities in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a minority in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a minority in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-chicago-racial-wealth-divide-0131-20170130-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Think the liberal protests are big? Just wait.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-anti-trump-liberal-protests-perspec-zorn-0131-20170130-column.html
— Trump’s pick for budget chief has a Nannygate problem – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-nannygate-mulvaney-trump-cabinet-edit-0131-jm-20170130-story.html
— Fox Valley Congressmen criticize Trump’s immigration executive order – Rafael Guerrero, Steve Lord and Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-congress-immigration-reaction-st-0131-20170130-story.html
— Proposed laws aim to reform group homes for adults with disabilities – Michael J. Berens and Patricia Callahan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/grouphomes/ct-group-homes-new-legislation-met-20170130-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump fires acting Attorney General who defied him on immigration – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-fires-acting-attorney-general-who-defied-him-on-immigration/
— Obama spokesman says ex-president ‘heartened’ by protests – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/obama-spokesman-says-ex-president-heartened-by-protests/
— Who will remain silent in Trump’s America? – Mark Brown (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps run Illinois. Anti-Trumps run Cook County. Anti-Trumps run Chicago. Ever-increasingly, those anti-Trumps make it clear that they will get rid of any individual, any organization, any company, and any government entity that supports Trump.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-who-will-remain-silent-in-trumps-america/
— Obama jabs at Trump’s order; Hultgren has reservations – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-obama-jabs-at-trumps-order-hultgren-has-reservations/
— Rauner administration warns potential AFSCME strike ‘reckless’ – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rauner-administration-warns-potential-afscme-strike-reckless/
— Illinois universities issue statements on travel ban – AP (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Illinois universities officially banish all students, faculty, employees, administrators, alumni, etc. who are not anti-Trump?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-universities-issue-statements-in-response-to-travel-ban/
— Rauner lawyer urges Mendoza to fight state worker pay filing – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-lawyer-urges-mendoza-to-fight-state-worker-pay-filing/
— Durbin: Madigan filing a ‘bold move’ to force Rauner’s hand – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/durbin-madigan-filing-a-bold-move-to-force-rauners-hand/
— NU, U. of I. warn students, staff affected by Trump travel ban – Lauren FitzPatrick, Dan Mihalopoulos, Nader Issa
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/nu-u-of-i-warn-students-staff-affected-by-trump-travel-ban/
— Attorneys remain at O’Hare, seeking information, offering help – Andy Grimm
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/attorneys-remain-at-ohare-seeking-information-offering-help/

DAILY HERALD
— Hultgren criticizes immigration ban, Roskam stays silent – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170130/news/170139865/
— Trump says ‘all is going well’ on immigration order amid questions, confusion – Washington Post
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170130/news/170139929/
— TRAGIC: Wheeling considers new wine bistro with gambling – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170130/news/170139894/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Illinois GOP in hiding on Trump immigration order.”
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170130/BLOGS02/170139991/illinois-gop-in-hiding-on-trump-immigration-order
— Four things to know about Chicago’s immigration bar – CLAIRE BUSHEY
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170130/NEWS04/170139994/four-things-to-know-about-chicagos-immigration-bar
— Chicago joblessness and crime are connected, U of I report concludes – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operative, and their dupes might use this to hint/imply/argue/shout that I do not have a criminal record because I had jobs doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, working as a security guard, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170128/BLOGS02/170129845/chicago-joblessness-and-crime-are-connected-u-of-i-report-concludes
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: On page 19 of its January 30, 2017 edition, Crain’s Chicago Business says that 46% of its subscribers are millionaires. I have been a Crain’s Chicago Business subscriber for many years.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/section/subscribe

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— AFSCME holding vote on whether to authorize state employee strike – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170130/afscme-holding-vote-on-whether-to-authorize-state-employee-strike
— Some Illinois Republicans supportive of Trump travel ban – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170130/some-illinois-republicans-supportive-of-trump-travel-ban
— Rally speakers, including congressman’s sister, call for Obamacare to be retained – Dean Olsen
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170130/rally-speakers-including-congressmans-sister-call-for-obamacare-to-be-retained

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Trump Belleville News Democrat promotes an anti-Trump protest.
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article129704714.html

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “TRUMP TRAVEL BAN SOWS CHAOS AT AIRPORTS, OUTRAGE AT PROTESTS.”
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170129/AP/301299819

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— New House GOP Conference chair Keith Wheeler says voters have mandated reform
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511078013-new-house-gop-conference-chair-says-voters-have-mandated-reform

METRO EAST SUN
— Eric Kohn: Rauner should call out AFSCME for insincerity in contract talks – Karen Kidd
http://metroeastsun.com/stories/511060911-analyst-rauner-should-call-out-afscme-for-insincerity-in-contract-talks

CHICAGOIST
— After Spending Weekend With Koch Brothers, Rauner Sort-Of Criticizes Trump Immigration Ban
http://chicagoist.com/2017/01/30/rauner_spends_the_weekend_with_the.php

CHICAGO PATCH
— Navy SEAL from Illinois Killed in Yemen al-Qaida Raid William “Ryan” Owens died Saturday in a raid that reportedly killed 14 terrorist operatives. – Shannon Antinori
http://patch.com/illinois/chicago/navy-seal-illinois-killed-yemen-al-qaeda-raid

BOLINGBROOK PATCH
— Group Plans Protest Against Bolingbrook Mayor, Donald Trump So far 5 people say they plan to protest the grand opening of the Claar/Bolingbrook First campaign headquarters. – Shannon Antinori
http://patch.com/illinois/bolingbrook/group-plans-protest-against-bolingbrook-mayor-donald-trump
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A grassroots group said it’s planning to protest a planned grand opening of the Bolingbrook First campaign headquarters on Monday, Feb. 6. A Facebook group called “Vote Roger Claar Out in 2017” is asking community members to become part of a physical and virtual protest via a “Protest Roger Claar and Donald Trump!” event. According to the event page, the group takes issue with “(Claar’s) high-dollar fundraiser in Bolingbrook for Donald Trump, his never ending support for him” and accuses the mayor of a “long list of questionable decisions for the village.” The long-serving mayor and the Bolingbrook First slate are seeking reelection in April. Candidates are: Claar, currently in his 30th year as mayor Village Clerk Carol Penning, now in her seventh term Trustee Mike Lawler, who has served on the board since 1995 Trustee candidate Shelton L. Watts, who was recently sworn in to fill a vacancy on the village board Trustee Maria A. Zarate, elected in 2013 A grand opening at the Bolingbrook First campaign headquarters, 128 E. Boughton Road, is slated for 5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 6. “Bring your friends and family to meet and mingle with the candidates, and feel free to pick up a yard sign while you’re at it,” the Facebook event page for the grand opening said. “We look forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones.” Reached via Facebook, the organizers of the protest said they did wish to be identified, but stated that the page is not run by members of the Bolingbrook First opponents “Bolingbrook United.” “For various reasons we have kept our identities confidential – including to avoid potential targeting from the mayor in retribution for opposing him publicly,” the group told Patch. As of Monday afternoon, 20 people had indicated they are “interested” in the Feb. 6 demonstration while five have marked themselves as “going.” “It’s also a ‘virtual’ protest,” the group said. “We want not only people to show up in person but if they are unable to do so then to simply mark that they are ‘interested’ in the event.” Claar did not immediately respond to an email from Patch on Monday afternoon. While it denied affiliation with Bolingbrook United, the protest group did say it supports the slate’s mayoral candidate, current Will County board member Jackie Traynere, saying it is looking for a “breath of fresh air.” The group also said it backs the rest of the Bolingbrook United slate of labor attorney Jaime Olson for village clerk and trustee candidates Robert Jaskiewicz, owner of a business lending firm; Mary Helen Reyna, owner of a firm that specializes in immigration law; and Terri Ransom, an IT consultant. “The reality in Bolingbrook is that the same man has been in office for over 30 years and for at least the last 16 years there has been no other candidate’s name on the actual ballot and we desperately need a change,” the group told Patch in an email. “(Claar’s) His failure to distance himself from Trump’s actions over the past few days against Muslims is further evidence of the fact that he’s lost touch with our diverse community.”)

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Former Mexican President Vicente Fox Calls Trump “A Wild Animal”
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/former-mexican-president-vicente-fox-calls-trump-a-wild-animal

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WITH 15 OTHER DEMOCRATS, AG MADIGAN CONDEMNS TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/with-15-other-democrats-ag-madigan-condemns-trump-executive-order.html
— SHIMKUS SUPPORTS STEPPED UP VETTING PROCESS FOR THOSE SEEKING ENTRY TO U.S.
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/shimkus-supports-stepped-up-vetting-process-for-those-seeking-entry-to-us.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump ban splits GOP members of Illinois congressional group – AP
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/30/trump-ban-splits-gop-members-of-illinois-congressi/
— U of Illinois, Northwestern, U of Chicago decry travel ban – AP
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/30/u-of-illinois-northwestern/

GOPUSA
— Teacher stages Trump assassination in class
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19951
— De Blasio promises to protect NYC mosques (DIERSEN: What religion are you? Who promises to protect members of your religion?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20017
— Another week of deadly shootings in another Democrat run city (Philadelphia)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19975

DAILY CALLER
— The Liberal Media Has Declared War On President Trump – JACK KOCSIS (DIERSEN: Who has declared war on you? I should write a book about those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois that have declared war on me. So far, I have done nothing to defend myself, but I reserve my right to do so.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/30/the-liberal-media-has-declared-war-on-president-trump/
— Attorney General Has An Interesting Plan For Helping Trump: Sue The Government – Christopher Bedford (DIERSEN: I should write a book about lawsuits that I have filed against government entities including a municipality, a township, a county, and the federal government.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/30/attorney-general-has-an-interesting-plan-for-helping-trump-sue-the-government/
— De Blasio Blasts Trump’s Order As Affront To Religious Liberty, But Tried To Drive Chick-Fil-A Out Of Business – Jonah Bennett
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/29/de-blasio-blasts-trumps-order-as-affront-to-religious-liberty-but-tried-to-drive-chick-fil-a-out-of-business/
— Flashback: Democrats Tried To Block Thousands Of Vietnam War Refugees, Including Orphans – Richard Pollock
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/29/flashback-when-liberal-democrats-opposed-refugees-and-even-orphans/
— Trump Voters Are Pleased With His Immigration Halt – Amber Randall
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/30/trump-voters-are-pleased-with-his-immigration-halt/

FOX NEWS
— Major Companies Speak Out Against Trump’s Exec. Order on Immigration (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, major companies side with foreign countries against America.)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/01/30/companies-speak-out-donald-trump-immigration-ban

NEWS BUSTERS
— Media Ignore Crimes of Left-wing Protesters, While Smearing Conservatives – Hans Bader
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/hans-bader/2017/01/30/media-ignore-crimes-left-wing-protesters-while-smearing-conservatives

BREITBART
— Fake News: Daily Beast Falls for Quebec Mosque Attack Hoax, Blames ‘White Supremacists’ – CHARLIE NASH
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/01/30/daily-beast-falls-shooting-suspect-hoax-publishes-fake-news/

BLAZE
— Gallup: Donald Trump reaches majority disapproval rating in record time – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/30/gallup-donald-trump-reaches-majority-disapproval-rating-in-record-time/

BARBWIRE
— SPEAK ENGLISH, TELL THE TRUTH, AND OTHER WAYS TO RESTORE THE REPUBLIC – MARK LANDSBAUM
http://barbwire.com/2017/01/30/speak-english-tell-truth-restore-republic/

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— The “New Fascists” In The Mainstream Media Are The Primary Purveyors Of The Politics Of Hate – MARK MECKLER
http://ijr.com/opinion/2017/01/263669-new-fascists-intentionally-lie-divide-otherize-patriotic-americans-hide-title-journalists/

THE HILL
— Top Republicans left in dark about Trump’s travel ban. The Trump White House did not consult top Republican leaders or key committee heads before the president’s unilateral action Friday barring travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries, multiple GOP sources said. – SCOTT WONG, MIKE LILLIS AND JORDAN FABIAN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want me to not only consult with them, but to consult with every Republican activist, candidate, elected official, party leader, major donor, political consultant, etc. in Illinois a) before I include any link to any article in a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email and b) before I include any event in my upcoming event list. They want me to carry out their blacklist orders.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/316992-top-republicans-left-in-dark-about-trumps-travel-ban
— Obama ‘heartened’ by protests, spokesman says – BEN KAMISAR
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/316909-obama-heartened-by-protests-spokesman-says

POLITICO
— Acting Justice Department chief won’t defend Trump immigration order – JOSH GERSTEIN
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-immigration-executive-order-234401
— Obama supports protests: ‘American values are at stake’ – EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/obama-supports-protests-american-values-are-at-stake-234375

NBC NEWS
— Trump Signs Executive Order to Curtail Regulations – ANDREW RAFFERTY (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government relied on “regulations” to take adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.)
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-signs-executive-order-reduce-regulations-n714151

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Fires Acting Attorney General – MARK LANDLER, MATT APUZZO and ERIC LICHTBLAU
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/us/politics/trump-immigration-ban-memo.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “It’s Already Difficult to Gain Entry Into the U.S.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/us/politics/trump-executive-order-immigration-refugees.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “How Trump’s Rush to Enact an Immigration Ban Unleashed Global Chaos.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/us/politics/donald-trump-rush-immigration-order-chaos.html
— Bannon Is Given Security Role Usually Held for Generals – GLENN THRUSH and MAGGIE HABERMAN
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/us/stephen-bannon-donald-trump-national-security-council.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump has fired the acting attorney general who ordered Justice Dept. not to defend president’s travel ban – Matt Zapotosky, Sari Horwitz and Mark Berman
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/acting-attorney-general-an-obama-administration-holdover-wont-defend-trump-immigration-order/2017/01/30/a9846f02-e727-11e6-b82f-687d6e6a3e7c_story.html
— Obama rejects comparison between Trump’s immigration policy and his own, encourages protests – Juliet Eilperin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/01/30/obama-rejects-comparison-between-trumps-immigration-policy-and-his-own-encourages-protests/
— Trump defiantly says ‘all is going well’ on immigration order amid chaos, while Obama backs protesters – Mark Berman and Matt Zapotosky
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/01/30/trump-says-all-is-going-well-on-immigration-order-amid-questions-and-confusion/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Facebook Is Trying Everything to Re-Enter China—and It’s Not Working Since regulators blocked the service in 2009, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has hired well-connected executives, developed censorship tools and taken a ‘smog jog’ in Beijing—but the company has made no visible headway. – ALYSSA ABKOWITZ in Beijing, DEEPA SEETHARAMAN, EVA DOU (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want “censorship tools,” they want to abolish the First Amendment, they want to manipulate/dominate everything.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mark-zuckerbergs-beijing-blues-1485791106

USA TODAY
— NAACP president Brooks, 10 more activists, arrested again in sit-in outside Sessions’ office – Melanie Eversley
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/01/30/naacp-president-brooks-9-more-activists-arrested-again-sit–outside-sessions-office/97257694/
— Government leases high-security space from foreign owners – Kevin Johnson
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/30/government-leases-high-security-space-foreign-owners/97256432/

NEWSWEEK
— TRUMP DEFENDS IMMIGRATION BAN AS ‘NOT ABOUT RELIGION’ – REUTERS (DIERSEN: Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion.)
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-defends-immigration-ban-not-religion-549875

BUSINESS INSIDER
— ‘A lot of bad dudes out there!’: Trump launches into morning tweetstorm defending immigration order – Maxwell Tani
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-immigration-order-travel-ban-twitter-2017-1

FORBES
— Congressman Peter Roskam and Tax Reform’s Big Moment – Ryan Ellis
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanellis/2017/01/30/congressman-peter-roskam-and-tax-reforms-big-moment/#54316a5378e7

FED SMITH
— Federal Government Contributes Up to 18% of Employees’ Pay? – Ralph R. Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/01/30/federal-government-contributes-up-to-18-of-employees-pay/

NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly anti-Trumps glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens.
https://www.thenation.com/article/refugees-are-welcome-here/

VANITY FAIR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “REPUBLICANS BREAK WITH TRUMP AS BACKLASH OVER “MUSLIM BAN” GROWS President Trump has found himself increasingly isolated as the White House, led by Steve Bannon, keeps the federal government and Congress in the dark. Meanwhile, world leaders, protesters, and federal judges have criticized the order.”
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/01/republicans-trump-muslim-ban

January 29 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— All detainees released from O’Hare after chaotic day at airport – Sam Charles, Lynn Sweet, Matthew Hendrickson
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-signs-order-barring-all-refugees-for-four-months/
— Trump protesters shut down O’Hare international terminal – Matthew Hendrickson
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/trump-protesters-shut-down-ohare-international-terminal/
— Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order on deportations – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/judge-temporarily-blocks-trumps-executive-order-on-deportations/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want mass/illegal immigration because immigrants vote for Democrats. Libertarians want mass/illegal immigration because Libertarians want pot. RINOs want mass/illegal immigration because RINOs want cheap labor.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/kadner-from-lady-liberty-to-the-great-wall-of-fear/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps promote Mexico and its citizens.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20170129/281638189927278

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump immigration policy changes put some on edge.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/batavia-geneva-st-charles/news/ct-nvs-immigration-dupage-kane-st-0129-2-20170128-story.html
— Woman impersonated lawmaker’s wife, snuck into GOP retreat – AP (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps, anti-conservatives, and anti-Republicans are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their end. They are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-woman-impersonated-lawmakers-wife-gop-retreat-20170128-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A woman impersonated the wife of a GOP lawmaker and snuck into the congressional Republican retreat in Philadelphia Thursday, the same day President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence appeared, retreat organizers told lawmakers late Saturday. The revelation came as the nonprofit Congressional Institute that organizes the retreat investigates how audio of the gathering leaked. In an email to GOP lawmakers, institute president Mark Strand did not directly say that the impersonator was the same person who leaked the audio, but that was the implication. “The Congressional Institute is continuing to investigate this breach in order to fully understand how it happened and to ensure it does not happen again,” said Strand’s email, which was obtained by The Associated Press. The audio was leaked to several news outlets and first reported by The Washington Post. It reveals lawmakers airing concerns about the practical difficulties and political risks of repealing and replacing President Barack Obama’s health care law, among other things. There is also audio of a question-and-answer session with Pence, indicating that the intruder was in the same room as the vice president, which raises security concerns. It was not immediately clear if she was also present for the session with Trump, who spoke before Pence but did not engage in a private discussion with lawmakers. The email says that the unauthorized person “misrepresented herself on multiple occasions to retreat organizers as the spouse of an elected official” and used counterfeit credentials. She went through the same security checkpoints as every other attendee, including magnetometers, and was escorted from the event around 6:30 p.m. Thursday, after Trump and Pence left. The email says officials are working to “ascertain the identity of the woman in question.” Capitol Police and the Sergeant at Arms are investigating, according to a statement Saturday night from Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., who chairs the House GOP conference.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Illinois Democrats express ‘disbelief’ at Trump immigration order.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-illinois-democrats-express-disbelief-at-trump-immigration-order-20170128-story.html
— Federal judge stays deportations of detainees after challenge to Trump order – Jerry Markon, Emma Brown, David Nakamura
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-travel-ban-emergency-stay-20170128-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH THREE BIG COLOR PICTURES: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrats Brad Schneider and Raja Krishnamoorthi.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170128/news/170128775/
— What hiring freezes do to the workers left to pick up the slack – Jena McGregor (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997 while Republican Congressmen and Republican Senators a) cut GAO’s budget in relative terms or in absolute terms and b) imposed hiring freezes and/or promotion freezes. Ever-increasingly, as the years went by, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hated the agency’s Republican employees more and more and more, and especially its Republican employees like me who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170129/business/170128982/
— Collaboration crucial to consolidation – Daniel J. Cronin, Chairman, DuPage County Board, Elmhurst
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170129/discuss/170129202/

ABC7
— 13 DETAINED AT O’HARE FOLLOWING TRUMP ORDER, PROTESTERS CALL FOR THEIR RELEASE – Will Jones and Evelyn Holmes
http://abc7chicago.com/news/13-detained-at-ohare-following-trump-order-protesters-call-for-their-release/1725960/
— LEWIS PROFESSOR FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN PARKING LOT OF NAPERVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
http://abc7chicago.com/news/lewis-professor-found-shot-to-death-in-parking-lot-of-naperville-middle-school/1725107/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Frerichs.
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170128/schoenburg-frerichs-says-hes-focusing-on-job-not-election
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Democrats who run the federal government use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion laws, regulations, policies, procedures, practices, quotas, goals, and targets to get rid of their employees who are Republican, and especially those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170128/springfield-public-librarys-first-same-fest-celebrates-diversity
— TRAGIC: Springfield continued to add VIDEO GAMBLING terminals in 2016. According to an annual report from the Illinois Gaming Board, 574 terminals operated at 127 locations in the city at the end of 2016 compared with 529 at 119 locations at the end of 2015. A little more than $131.5 million was wagered in 2016, and approximately $99 million was paid out. Net terminal income, the equivalent of gambling losses, totaled $32.3 million. The city of Springfield’s share from tax revenue was a little more than $1.6 million. Springfield continued to lead the state in number of video terminals, followed by Rockford with 435 terminals at 91 locations.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170128/local-business-notes-14m-rail-consolidation-grant-on-hold-in-dc

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Rauner contract offer generous – Editorial (DIERSEN: What major “offers” have you accepted? In 1997, when I was 49 years old, I “accepted” my Democrat GAO superiors’ early retirement “offer.” They made it very clear that if I did not accept their “offer,” constructively, they would kill me. Of course, since 1997, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have shouted that the “offer” was far too generous – in today’s dollars, $50,856 Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension and $17,288 health/dental/vision insurance subsidy for life. In my defense, I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991, and I paid 7% of my salary into the CSRS. In addition, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/01/27/our-view-rauner-contract-offer-generous/aedk9eh/
— Lawmakers differ on lawsuit to stop Illinois state workers’ pay without budget – KEVIN P. CRAVER
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/01/27/lawmakers-differ-on-lawsuit-to-stop-illinois-state-workers-pay-without-budget/a70r3ix/

RIVER CITIES’ READER
— Attorney General’s Motion Could Rob Governor of His Leverage – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: What leverage do your critics/opponents have against you? Operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents talk and act like they are paid lots of money to harm/destroy me by those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://www.rcreader.com/commentary/motion-could-rob-governor-of-leverage

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Gambling Hearing lacks Chicago presence – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-01-29/tom-kacich-hearing-lacks-chicago-presence.html
— New angle on budget battle – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-01-29/new-angle-budget-battle.html

SOUTHERN
— State of the Standoff: Rauner-Madigan clash has helped perpetuate impasse – DAN PETRELLA
http://thesouthern.com/state-of-the-standoff-rauner-madigan-clash-has-helped-perpetuate/article_e9ab56ea-b0f9-5681-89a7-bbdcdb4ec4db.html

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage citizens of foreign countries to be “asylum seekers.”
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34370484/trumps-ban-dashes-hope-for-many-asylum-seekers

WAND
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “PM Trudeau says Canada welcomes refugees.” How easy is it for terrorists to get into America from Canada?
http://www.wandtv.com/story/34371995/pm-trudeau-says-canada-welcomes-refugees

LOUIS POST DISPATCH
— Illinois fails to support disability services, report finds – AP
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/illinois/illinois-fails-to-support-disability-services-report-finds/article_e2c51400-bb26-5771-b6ec-7b9b3ef4d090.html

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Property taxes rapidly eroding DuPage home values (DIERSEN: According to the Milton Township Assessor, 915 Cove Court in Wheaton is worth $455,220. However, potential buyers for the property would be discouraged from offering that much because its real estate taxes are so high – $11,059.)
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511077658-analysis-property-taxes-rapidly-eroding-dupage-home-values

WIREPOINTS
— Mad World: Dysfunctional Thought in a Rigged System — Rep. Jeanne Ives
http://www.wirepoints.com/mad-world-dysfunctional-thought-in-a-rigged-system-rep-jeanne-ives-wirepoints-guest/

CHICAGO READER
— Inauguration barhopping in Chicago’s most pro-Trump neighborhood – Maya Dukmasova
http://m.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/01/20/inauguration-bar-hopping-in-chicagos-most-pro-trump-neighborhood

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump’s Executive Order on Refugees — Separating Fact from Hysteria – DAVID FRENCH
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444370/donald-trump-refugee-executive-order-no-muslim-ban-separating-fact-hysteria
— This Is What Post-Christian Dissent Looks Like – DAVID FRENCH
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444347/donald-trump-protestors-post-christian-dissent

DAILY WIRE
— Princeton Freshman: They’re Training Us To Hate Each Other – Elliott Hamilton
http://www.dailywire.com/news/12839/princeton-freshman-theyre-training-us-hate-each-elliott-hamilton

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— VA Losing Employee Support, Opening ‘Gaps’ in Veterans’ Care – Morgan Chalfant (DIERSEN: Democrats who run the federal government gain support from their employees who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran by using Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion laws, regulations, policies, procedures, practices, quotas, goals, and targets to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
Trump’s VA secretary inherits workforce, wait time challenges
http://freebeacon.com/issues/va-losing-employee-support-opening-gaps-veterans-care/

WORLD NET DAILY
— HAWAII BILL WOULD CLASSIFY HOMELESSNESS AS MEDICAL CONDITION Goal: Let physicians, health-care providers ‘write prescriptions for housing’ – AP
http://www.wnd.com/2017/01/hawaii-bill-would-classify-homelessness-as-medical-condition/

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— FedEx Driver Who Saved American Flag at Anti-U.S. Protest Just Learned His Fate – KYLE BECKER (DIERSEN: I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969. Today, if a postal employee did something like this FedEx employee did, he/she would be immediately fired.)
http://ijr.com/wildfire/2017/01/788720-fedex-driver-who-saved-american-flag-at-anti-u-s-protest-just-learned-his-fate/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Priebus: We Won’t Apologize For Keeping America Safe – Tim Hains
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/01/29/priebus_we_wont_apologize_for_keeping_america_safe.html

THE HILL
— Ellison: Trump’s executive order is a Muslim ban – MALLORY SHELBOURNE (DIERSEN: Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/316752-ellison-trumps-order-is-a-muslim-ban

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s curbs on visas and refugees could affect Americans. The order could backfire on travelers and also touches on some legal permanent residents.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-refugees-visas-implications-234306

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Donald Trump Mulling Fate Of Young Immigrants Protected By Barack Obama (DIERSEN: What percent of Dreamers are Democrat, minority, and/or female – 98%, 99%, 100%? Ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion laws, regulations, policies, procedures, practices, etc. force Americans to give preference big time to those who are minority and/or female. How soon, if not already, will employers post signs that say “NON-DREAMERS NOT WANTED.”)
http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/donald-trump-mulling-fate-of-young-immigrants-protected-by-barack-obama-1653838

CNN
— Homeland Security to comply with orders not to deport travelers – Ariane de Vogue, Eli Watkins and Alanne Orjoux
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/29/politics/ny-immigration-order-stay/index.html
— White House discussing asking foreign visitors for social media info and cell phone contacts – Jake Tapper
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/29/politics/donald-trump-immigrant-policy-social-media-contacts/index.html

CBS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps “condemn Trump order on refugees, citizens from Muslim nations.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/legislators-trump-executive-order-refugees-muslim-nations/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump and GOP Search for Solution for ‘Dreamers’ – AP (DIERSEN: The more that you give Dreamers, the more that people a) will come to America illegally, b) will stay in America illegally, and c) will bring others to America illegally. Democrats focus on turning Dreamers against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/01/29/us/politics/ap-us-trump-young-immigrants.html
— Judge Blocks Part of Trump’s Immigration Order – MICHAEL D. SHEAR and ALAN FEUER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/us/refugees-detained-at-us-airports-prompting-legal-challenges-to-trumps-immigration-order.html
— American Commando Killed in Yemen in Trump’s First Counterterror Operation – ERIC SCHMITT
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/world/middleeast/american-commando-killed-in-yemen-in-trumps-first-counterterror-operation.html
— White House Official, in Reversal, Says Green Card Holders Won’t Be Barred – MICHAEL D. SHEAR
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/us/politics/white-house-official-in-reversal-says-green-card-holders-wont-be-barred.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise Dreamers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/magazine/the-only-way-we-can-fight-back-is-to-excel.html
— Calling Yourself ‘Humbled’ Doesn’t Sound as Humble as It Used To – CARINA CHOCANO (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents are not humble. They hint/imply/argue/shout that those who they work for have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/24/magazine/calling-yourself-humbled-doesnt-sound-as-humble-as-it-used-to.html
— Instead of Leaving a Job, Why Not Take a Pause? – RACHAEL O’MEARA (DIERSEN: In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors hinted that they might let me work until 2003 when I would be eligible for regular retirement if I a) happily agreed to be constructively demoted and b) happily agreed to work for my coworkers and for my subordinates who had less job-related work experience, less job-related education, and/or fewer job-related professional certifications and licenses.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/jobs/career-pause-sabbaticals-unpaid-leaves.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote Islam. Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/opinion/sunday/president-trump-meet-my-family.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/us/anxiety-about-muslim-refugees-is-stoked-online-by-the-far-right-media.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and his supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/opinion/sunday/the-fog-of-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/opinion/sunday/wild-child-takes-charge.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/opinion/sunday/wild-child-takes-charge.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/opinion/sunday/a-sisterly-no-to-donald-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/opinion/sunday/donald-trump-the-religious-rights-trojan-horse.html
— The Normalization Trap – ADAM BEAR and JOSHUA KNOBE (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps do everything that they can to normalize being anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/opinion/sunday/the-normalization-trap.html
— One Country, Two Tribes – SABRINA TAVERNISE (DIERSEN: In America, one tribe is anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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 longer than their ancestors AND THE OTHER SIDE IS Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/opinion/one-country-two-tribes.html
— Why Succeeding Against the Odds Can Make You Sick – JAMES HAMBLIN DIERSEN: What are your biggest successes? Mine include surviving tremendous efforts my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates to get rid of me a) for almost 3 years at the Post Office, b) for almost 9 years at IRS, and for almost 18 years at GAO. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/opinion/sunday/why-succeeding-against-the-odds-can-make-you-sick.html
— In Divided Wisconsin County, Packers Talk is O.K., but No Politics – JULIE BOSMAN (DIERSEN: How divided is your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, your county, and Illinois?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/us/in-a-divided-wisconsin-county-many-choose-political-silence.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Judge stays deportations; Trump order barring refugees, migrants from Muslim countries triggers chaos, outrage – Jerry Markon, Emma Brown and Katherine Shaver
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/refugees-detained-at-us-airports-challenge-trumps-executive-order/2017/01/28/e69501a2-e562-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s base-pleasing antics create firestorm.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/01/28/trumps-base-pleasing-antics-create-firestorm/

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Protests against Trump’s immigration plan set in more than 30 cities.”
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/01/29/homeland-security-judges-stay-has-little-impact-travel-ban/97211720/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/28/us-immigrants-react-ban-our-president-trying-divide-us/97185962/

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “How a Trump tariff could sideswipe U.S. auto industry.”
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/How-a-Trump-tariff-could-sideswipe-U-S-auto-10890681.php

PALM BEACH DAILY NEWS
— Ann Coulter: Donald Trump leads new GOP ‘on steroids’ – William Kelly
http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/ann-coulter-donald-trump-leads-new-gop-steroids/1on0akg9IUllT4lX7mvKcP/

COLUMBIA TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Tensions, tumult mark Trump’s first days as president.”
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/perspectives/tensions-tumult-mark-trump-s-rst-days-as-president/article_ae93db45-e0d1-5ed3-9eb9-51b0ea95cbac.html

FED SMITH
— This Federal Employee Union (National Border Patrol Council) Actually Supports Trump – Ian Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/01/29/this-federal-employee-union-actually-supports-trump/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— To Wall or Not to Wall? Voters Expect Big Cut in Illegal Immigration (DIERSEN: Democrats want mass/illegal immigration because immigrants vote for Democrats. Libertarians want mass/illegal immigration because Libertarians want pot. RINOs want mass/illegal immigration because RINOs want cheap labor.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/january_2017/to_wall_or_not_to_wall_voters_expect_big_cut_in_illegal_immigration

GUARDIAN
— Donald Trump defends Muslim-countries travel ban amid protests: ‘our country needs strong borders’ – Amber Jamieson
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2017/jan/29/donald-trump-us-travel-ban-refugees-airports

January 28 Evening Edition

ABC7
— IRAN TO BAN US CITIZENS IN RESPONSE TO DONALD TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION ORDER – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/iran-to-ban-us-citizens-in-response-to-trumps-immigration-order/1725747/

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Activists Rally at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport Against Trump’s Order on Refugees.”
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-ohare-airport-refugees-detained-trump-executive-order-412060113.html
— ‘Refugees Welcome’ Protest Erupts at JFK Airport The demonstrators held homemade signs that read “No ban, no wall” and “Refugees welcome” in front of Terminal 4’s international arrivals area Saturday afternoon – Michael George (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps hold up signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WELCOME: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, non-poor people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Following-Detainment-Refugees-Welcome-Protest-Erupts-at-JFK-Airport-412046833.html

CBS2
— President Trump’s Executive Order Detains Many At O’Hare Airport – Mike Krauser
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/01/28/president-trumps-executive-order-detains-many-at-ohare-airport/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump signs order giving Joint Chiefs 30 days to come up with plan to defeat ISIS – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/232356058-story
— FedEx stands up for driver seen stopping flag-burners
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/232330283-story

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise “Chicago advocates” who “condemn Trump’s order on refugees, migrants.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-reaction-trump-immigration-suspension-met-20170127-story.html
— Trump, Putin have first official phone conversation amid European anxiety about future relations – Christi Parsons and Tracy Wilkinson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-putin-phone-call-20170128-story.html
— Lake County Circuit Court loses ‘key people’ under early retirement incentive – Jim Newton (DIERSEN: Because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, my Civil Service Retirement System pension was dramatically reduced, is dramatically reduced, and will be dramatically reduced for the rest of my life. That dramatic reduction is increasingly requiring my wife and I to spend our non-retirement savings to pay our bills.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/crime/ct-lns-circuit-court-retirements-st-0128-20170127-story.html
— 18 people held at O’Hare after Trump order, including Park Ridge man – Grace Wong and Stacy St. Clair
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-several-reportedly-detained-at-o-hare-international-airport-20170128-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump order aimed at refugees from Muslim countries sparks confusion, outrage.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-migrants-grounded-20170128-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Countries where Trump does business are not hit by new travel restrictions.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-immigration-conflicts-20170128-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trumps says “Trump blocks Muslim refugees, America loses a part of itself.” How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps hold up signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, non-poor people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-trump-muslim-refugees-huppke-20170128-column.html
— Trump sets 5-year and lifetime lobbying ban for officials
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-lobbying-ban-20170128-story.html
— Report says youth unemployment chronic, concentrated and deeply rooted – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN: Were you unemployed when you were young? I was not. I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, and worked as a security guard.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-youth-unemployment-data-0129-biz-20170127-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump tasks son-in-law Kushner, a diplomatic novice, with managing Mexico dispute.” GAO audits IRS. My Democrat GAO superiors tasked IRS novices with auditing IRS while at the same time wasting my 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 $79,563-$90,173.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-kushner-diplomacy-20170128-story.html
— Naperville shooting victim identified as Lewis University college prof – Karen Sorensen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-homicide-shooting-st-0129-20170128-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— People traveling from Iran detained at O’Hare after Trump’s order – Sam Charles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-signs-order-barring-all-refugees-for-four-months/
— Legal residents with green cards warned not to leave U.S. – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/legal-residents-with-green-cards-warned-not-to-leave-u-s/
— Congresswoman, lawyers working to free 13 detainees at O’Hare – Sam Charles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-signs-order-barring-all-refugees-for-four-months/

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Anger erupts over Trump’s order banning refugees from U.S.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170128/news/301289926/
— As U.S. bans refugees, alarms remain over homegrown extremists – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170128/news/301289905/
— Man shot outside Naperville school while waiting for son, age 4 – Jake Griffin and Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170128/news/170128808/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What Trump, and Rauner, could do for Chicago – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: What do you want Trump and Rauner to do for your municipality? Who should pay for that?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170128/ISSUE05/170129843/what-donald-trump-and-bruce-rauner-could-do-for-chicago

WLS
— Rauner Will Fight For Workers Pay – Nick Gale (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997. The Democrats who ran GAO back then fought for their employees, but only for their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/01/28/rauner-will-fight-for-workers-pay/

FOX ILLINOIS
— VERY SAD: Urbana’s Mayor Calls Trump A “Bully” With New Order On Sanctuary Cities – Em Nguyen
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/urbanas-mayor-calls-trump-a-bully-with-new-order-on-sanctuary-cities
— VERY SAD: Evanston Mayor Says Suburb Still Has ‘Sanctuary City’ Status – AP
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/evanston-mayor-says-suburb-still-has-sanctuary-city-status-01-27-2017

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Growing fallout from Trump’s new immigration crackdown.”
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34368551/growing-fallout-from-trumps-new-immigration-crackdown
— Trump’s immigration curbs no surprise, those affected say – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34367570/trumps-immigration-curbs-no-surprise-those-affected-say

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— AFSCME looks out for its members – Charlene Henderson, Springfield (DIERSEN: What organizations are/were you a member of? Do/did those organizations look out for you? I should write a book about a) how TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois looked out for its members 2005-2012, b) how the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee looked out for its members 2003-2011, c) how the Milton Township Republican Central Committee has looked out for its members since 1999, d) how the Illinois Center Right Coalition looked out for its members 2003-2007, and e) how the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter looked out for its members 2001-2004.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170127/letter-afscme-looks-out-for-its-members

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— State of the Standoff: Money keeps flowing into pensions – Dan Petrella
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/state-of-the-standoff-money-keeps-flowing-into-pensions/article_7f993d34-1207-5dd0-8bc2-7bc7a84c05d9.html

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Springfield standoff: No budget equals layoffs, pain – Barb Ickes
http://qctimes.com/news/local/government-and-politics/springfield-standoff-no-budget-equals-layoffs-pain/article_11846c6a-2cad-5879-85e3-0ddd28483bb9.html
— Illinois impasse: ‘There’s no comparison that we can point to’ – Dan Petrella
http://qctimes.com/news/local/government-and-politics/illinois-impasse-there-s-no-comparison-that-we-can-point/article_234e6e9a-3091-5b02-9d0e-4d4e77a55381.html

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— More waiting on the ‘grand bargain’ – Doug Finke
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170128/statehouse-insider-more-waiting-on-grand-bargain

JOURNAL STANDARD
— Donald Trump inauguration – alternative facts or alternative opinions? – Chuck Sweeny
http://www.journalstandard.com/news/20170128/chuck-sweeny-donald-trump-inauguration—alternative-facts-or-alternative-opinions

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— AG’s office says proposed pay freeze wouldn’t affect UI workers – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-01-28/ags-office-says-proposed-pay-freeze-wouldnt-affect-ui-workers.html

SOUTHERN
— State of the Standoff: Will it ever end? Budget impasse reaches unparalleled territory – DAN PETRELLA
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/state-of-the-standoff-will-it-ever-end-budget-impasse/article_08e9dcb9-3c1b-5aea-a50f-08c56f45a2b2.html

CASINO NEWS DAILY
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois Considers Casino Industry Expansion to End Budget Impasse
http://www.casinonewsdaily.com/2017/01/28/illinois-considers-casino-industry-expansion-end-budget-impasse/

WEST COOK NEWS
— Dropping home values, high property taxes push Illinois toward financial cliff, analyst says
http://westcooknews.com/stories/511077455-dropping-home-values-high-property-taxes-push-illinois-toward-financial-cliff-analyst-says

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— INSTEAD OF TAX HIKES, END PENSION PICKUPS Lawmakers are proposing a range of new tax hikes as a “compromise” solution to the state’s budget woes. But simple reforms to Illinois’ teacher pension system are a better way to fix the state’s finances without hurting taxpayers. – Joe Kaiser
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/instead-of-tax-hikes-end-pension-pickups/?linkId=33881001
— INSTEAD OF TAX HIKES, REFORM HIGHER EDUCATION TO PRIORITIZE STUDENTS OVER ADMINISTRATORS Illinois spends more money on retirement costs than on university operations – and tuition keeps rising to prop up this overspending. Instead of hiking taxes to maintain current spending habits in higher education, politicians should shift priorities from propping up six-figure administrators to keeping tuition affordable for students. – Joe Kaiser
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/instead-of-tax-hikes-reform-higher-education-to-prioritize-students-over-administrators/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TREASONOUS: CHICAGO OFFICIALS DECLARE THEY PLAN TO DEFY TEMPORARY FEDERAL IMMIGRATION BAN
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/chicago-officials-declare-they-plan-to-defy-temporary-federal-immigration-ban.html
— IDEAS OF SMALLER GOVERNMENT, LOWER TAXES “UNREALISTIC,” REPUBLICAN SENATE LEADER CHRISTINE RADOGNO SAYS (DIERSEN: In Illinois, if you get elected/appointed as a Republican, you obligate yourself to defend and to advance the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/ideas-of-smaller-government-lower-taxes-unrealistic-il-gop-senate-leader-says.html

FOX NEWS
— Why Trump’s probe of voter fraud is long overdue – John Fund and Hans A. von Spakovsky
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/01/25/john-fund-and-hans-von-spakovsky-why-trumps-probe-voter-fraud-is-long-overdue.html

NEWSMAX
— Trump Slams New York Times, Washington Post on Twitter – Loren Gutentag
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Trump-Twitter-Media/2017/01/28/id/770853/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegal Aliens Really Do Vote – a Lot – William Campenni
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/01/illegal_aliens_really_do_vote_a_lot.html

DAILY CALLER
— JUNE 16, 2016 FLASHBACK: The Past Six Presidents Have All Used The Executive Power To Block Certain Classes Of Immigrants – ALEX PFEIFFER
http://dailycaller.com/2016/06/16/the-past-six-presidents-have-all-used-executive-power-to-block-certain-classes-of-immigrants/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Schumer calls for Trump admin to ‘rescind’ refugee order.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/316711-schumer-calls-for-trump-admin-to-rescind-refugee-order
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump order on refugees creates chaos.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/316699-trump-order-on-refugees-creates-chaos-confusion

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s immigration ban sends shockwaves.”
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/28/politics/donald-trump-executive-order-immigration-reaction/index.html

REUTERS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans decry “U.S. travel curbs.”
http://in.reuters.com/article/usa-trump-refugees-mideast-idINKBN15C0MR

NBC NEWS
— Officials Say Visas Were Being Revoked Prior to Trump’s Executive Order – SAFIA SAMEE ALI
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/officials-say-visas-were-being-revoked-prior-trump-s-executive-n713546

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban Is Cowardly and Dangerous.” Islam is more like political party or a country without borders than a religion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/opinion/donald-trumps-muslim-ban-is-cowardly-and-dangerous.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries, but despise, if not hate, those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/us/refugees-syria-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “‘Up Is Down’: Trump’s Unreality Show Echoes His Business Past.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/us/politics/donald-trump-truth.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “We must stand with refugees and green card holders from the Middle East who’ve fallen victim to Trump’s ban.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/stand-victims-trump-refugee-ban-article-1.2958290
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “President Trump falls far short of his campaign promises despite a historically busy first week in the White House.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-falls-short-campaign-promises-busy-week-article-1.2958256

WALL STREET JORNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Silicon Valley Leaders Target Donald Trump’s Travel Restrictions. Executives worry order will affect their companies’ employees, say ban violates personal and company principals.”
http://www.wsj.com/articles/silicon-valley-leaders-target-donald-trumps-travel-restrictions-1485649332

WASHINGTON POST
— In unprecedented move, pension plan cuts benefits promised to retirees – Jonnelle Marte (DIERSEN: If you are in line to get a pension or if you are getting a pension, who wants your pension to be cut, if not eliminated? I should write a book about those who want my $50,856 Civil Service Retirement System pension to be cut, if not eliminated. I could focus on those who are full of hatred against those who are in line to get a pension and against those like me who are getting a pension. I could focus on the aforesaid haters who regularly read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2017/01/27/in-unprecedented-move-pension-plan-approves-benefit-cuts-for-retired-iron-workers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A pension fund in Cleveland became the first plan to approve benefit cuts for current retirees — even though it is still years away from running out of cash. The move, some critics say, could open the door for other troubled pension plans to follow suit. The financially strapped Iron Workers Local 17 Pension fund proposed a plan for extending its life span by reducing benefits for workers and retirees. Now that the plan has received final approval, roughly half of the 2,000 participants will see their pension benefits shrink on Feb. 1. Benefits will be cut by 20 percent on average, but some retirees are expecting their monthly payments to be slashed by as much as 60 percent. The unprecedented move comes after a 2014 law made it possible for troubled pension plans to reduce benefits to retirees if it would improve the financial health of the fund. The legislation dealt a major blow to federal protections that for nearly 40 years guarded the financial promises made to retirees. The announcement stunned some former ironworkers, many of whom said they sacrificed time with family and other opportunities so that they could earn a secure income stream in retirement. Joe Finley, 63, said he regularly worked 12 hours a day and took weekend shifts so that he could earn more credits for his pension. Now, his monthly check is set to be reduced to $1,900, from the roughly $3,500 he was previously receiving. The lost income is about equal to his monthly mortgage payment, causing Finley to worry that he may have to put his three-bedroom home on the market. “This is the devastation that I knew was coming, but I just couldn’t wrap my mind around it,” Finley said after learning the news. “You play by all the rules … and then they pull the rug out from under you.” The fund’s proposal was first green-lighted by the Treasury Department late last year before being put up for a vote by members this month. The impact will vary based on the individual’s work status and age. About half of the participants are not going to see any cuts at all because of their age or a disability. Others will see minor reductions. But more than 300 participants will see their checks cut by between 30 and 60 percent. Some people who took advantage of an early retirement option are among those facing the steepest cuts. Some critics say the divide in outcomes may have ultimately pinned workers, who could have felt they were choosing between a smaller pension and no pension at all, against retirees who feel they have few options for making up the lost pay. More than half of the 1,938 people eligible to vote did not cast a vote. About 16 percent, or 300, voted against the cuts. Another 600 members voted in favor of the changes. “I’ve been sort of sitting here staring off in the distance,” said Larry Burruel, 68, who is expecting his pension check to be cut in half. “We’re going to have to make a lot of cuts,” said Burruel, who is worried he and his wife will struggle to afford their medical bills with the smaller paycheck. The leaders of the ironworkers fund said making cuts now could prevent the need for more dramatic reductions in the future. Without changes, the ironworkers fund was on pace to run out of cash by 2024. At that point, the plan would have had to rely on the federal insurance program meant to protect multiemployer plans. But that program is also facing steep shortfalls and is on track to run out of money by 2025. “The suspension plan, while reducing their pensions now, is a better alternative than letting the pension fund become insolvent,” the trustees of the fund said in a statement. The ironworkers make up only a small portion of the roughly 1 million workers and retirees in pension plans that are on track to exhaust funds within the next two decades, according to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, which insures private pensions. The Central States Pension Fund, one of the largest multiemployer pension plans in the country, became the first fund to apply to cut benefits under the law with a proposal that would have affected nearly 300,000 current and retired truckers. But Treasury rejected that application in the spring, saying the changes would not be enough to save the financially struggling fund. Some pension advocates said they worry that the approval of the cuts in Cleveland could open the door for other financially struggling pension plans to follow suit. “Retirees … performed dangerous work counting on the promise of their pensions,” said Karen Ferguson, director of the Pension Rights Center. “It is simply wrong that after their years of backbreaking work, they have been left out in the cold.” Ferguson and other consumer advocates argue that rejecting the cuts would have given lawmakers more time to come up with another plan for shoring up pension funds. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), who is critical of the cuts, called on Congress to find a long-term fix. “Too many retirees across Ohio face uncertainty over the benefits they’ve earned,” he said. “We need to work on a bipartisan solution to protect Ohio workers from the mistakes made by those managing their funds.”)

THE BEAST
— Gregg Phillips, Donald Trump’s Voter Fraud Guru, Blasted as a ‘Revolving Door Hustler’ Making outlandish claims about illegal votes is only the latest in a long line of controversies Gregg Phillips has found himself in. – GIDEON RESNICK, BEN COLLINS, and BRANDY ZADROZNY
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/01/28/gregg-phillips-donald-trump-s-voter-fraud-guru-blasted-as-a-revolving-door-hustler.html

FED SMITH
— Practical Advice for Incoming Political Appointees from Federal Insiders – Bob Gilson (DIERSEN: From what I see, virtually all federal employees are Democrats who not only want Trump to fail, they will focus on making him fail. Democrats put defending and advancing the Democrat Party platform before all else.)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/01/28/practical-advice-for-incoming-political-appointees-from-federal-insiders/

INDEPENDENT
— The truth about your inheritance Younger generations increasingly expect a windfall will get them out of money trouble. But new figures could make for alarming reading. – Kate Hughes (DIERSEN: My 86-year-old aunt is spending $230 a day for assisted living.)
http://www.independent.co.uk/money/the-truth-about-your-inheritance-a7545696.html

January 28 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote opposition to “Trump’s order on refugees, migrants.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-reaction-trump-immigration-suspension-met-20170127-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Reach that ‘grand bargain’ or watch workers get hurt – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-reach-that-grand-bargain-or-watch-workers-get-hurt/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Possible motive for 4-town merger push: Lowering property taxes – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: What percent of the real estate in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois is off the real estate tax roles?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170127/news/170128917/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The attorney representing petitioners who want to merge Lisle, Warrenville and Woodridge with Naperville says the initiative is all about money. Annexing the smaller communities to Naperville would allow the larger city to use economies of scale to reduce the property tax burden on residents, Frank Avila said. The Chicago attorney said he still “is not authorized” to say who is behind the merger push. “This is about making life more affordable,” Avila said. But mayors of the four communities say talk of lowering taxes is “smoke and mirrors” and those behind the proposal have a political motive, especially because of the “clandestine and haphazard” way the idea has come to the fore. “People with serious issues bring it forward in a little more responsible manner, and this certainly was not done in a responsible manner,” Warrenville Mayor David Brummel said. “I just don’t think it’s all about taxes.”)

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Seaway’s struggle ends in failure; Texas bank to assume deposits – STEVE DANIELS
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170127/NEWS01/170129844/seaways-struggle-ends-in-failure-texas-bank-to-assume-deposits

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL
— Local lawmakers upset over Lisa Madigan’s actions – Brian Robbins
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170127/local-lawmakers-upset-over-lisa-madigans-actions

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Trump proposes big import tax, triggering fight with Mexico – AP (DIERSEN: Obviously, there would be no need for a wall or an import tax if Mexico would end its war on America, that is, if Mexico a) stopped sending its citizens into America illegally, b) recalled its citizens who are in America illegally, and c) stopped sending pot and other illegal drugs into America illegally.)
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2017/01/27/trump-proposes-big-import-tax-triggering-fight-with-mexico/ap6jgkz/

HERALD & REVIEW
— Central Illinoisans carry faith at March for Life – HUEY FREEMAN
http://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/central-illinois-pro-lifers-enjoy-support-from-new-administration/article_b82fc0f5-32bd-5cab-a2ff-404fee8eb1da.html
— ‘Opportunity tax’ could cost businesses thousands – CHRIS LUSVARDI (DIERSEN: What is next? Will precincts, municipalities, townships/wards, counties, states, and countries charge “opportunity taxes” to live and/or work in their jurisdictions? How will the amount of the tax be determined? Democrats and RINOs would want members of the following groups to pay much higher taxes: those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, 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://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/opportunity-tax-could-cost-businesses-thousands/article_fface362-0a7f-5e19-9c52-0de5cfc871ca.html

ROCK RIVER TIMES
— Rauner criticizes AG’s move on worker pay (DIERSEN: Who criticizes what you do/did? The following criticize what I have done as your GOPUSA Illinois since 2000 and what I have done as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and the following criticize what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, a GAO employee 1980-1997, an IRS employee 1971-1980, a Post Office employee 1966-1969, etc.: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://rockrivertimes.com/2017/01/27/rauner-criticizes-ags-move-on-worker-pay/

WSIL TV
— Trump voters thrilled with promised action on border wall – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34360604/trump-voters-thrilled-with-promised-action-on-border-wall

WJBD RADIO
— Governor Sends Letter to State Workers Promising to Fight for Their Paychecks Asks For Attorney General Lisa Madigan to Reconsider Her Decision (DIERSEN: If/when Republicans cut/end federal employee paychecks/benefits and/or cut/end federal retiree pensions/benefits, who will “fight” for federal employees and/or for federal retirees? From what I see, virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees and federal retirees. What should federal employees and federal retires do to defend themselves? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been an involuntarily retired federal employee for more than 19 years.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2017/01/27/governor-sends-letter-to-state-workers-promising-to-fight-for-their-paychecks–
— Trump Pushes Voter Fraud Claim Citing Fringe Blogger Gregg Phillips – ABC News (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a “fringe blogger” and even worse things.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2017/01/27/trump-pushes-voter-fraud-claim-citing-fringe-blogger
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Trump cited a new study Thursday to back up his claim that millions of ballots were cast illegally in the 2016 election – this one from a widely discredited blogger who has thus far declined to provide any evidence. The president’s latest source: 56-year old Gregg Phillips of Austin, Texas, a man who has been roundly criticized by mainstream academics and political opponents as a conspiracy theorist. His critics note that Phillips has claimed the Obama Department of Homeland Security hacked the election. Asked by ABC News if he had evidence to support his claim that millions of people voted illegally, Phillips demurred, saying he “is building that case right now.” “I may be a whacko, I may be a nut, I don’t know, I don’t really care what they say about me,” he said. Trump thought enough of Phillips’s theory that he cited it on Twitter. “Gregg Phillips and crew say at least 3,000,000 votes were illegal. We must do better!” he tweeted on Friday morning. To Phillips, who has argued that a recent tax lien against him is the product of political persecution by the IRS, the presidential attention came as a shock. “That was a little unexpected,” Phillips said of the Trump tweet. “What are you going to say? I mean, I’m just a regular guy and all of a sudden the President tweets my name and my whole world lit up for a little while today.” . . . On Thursday, Trump made Phillips the newest expert to bolster his voter fraud claims.)

EFFINGHAM RADIO
— Rauner Calls Madigan’s Budget Move “Political” – Ethan Kruger (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors made many political moves against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.)
http://www.effinghamradio.com/2017/01/28/rauner-calls-madigans-budget-move-political/

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say anti-Trump “U of I Students Develop Resource for Undocumented Students.”
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/u-of-i-students-develop-resource-for-undocumented-students
— Illinois Senator Proposes Amusement Tax – Lindsey Hess
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-senator-proposes-amusement-tax-01-28-2017

NILES PATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Resisting Trump, Multi-Faith Group Gathers Sunday in Morton Grove Calling for solidarity with targeted groups, afternoon rally and march will urge suburban town governments pass laws shielding immigrants.” Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” act as operative or as dupes for anti-Trumps. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps side with foreign countries against America. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps side with citizens of foreign countries against citizens of America.
http://patch.com/illinois/niles/resisting-pres-trump-multi-faith-group-gathers-sunday-morton-grove

DEERFIELD PATCH
— Schneider Calls Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration ‘Disgraceful’ Democratic Illinois congressman says order presents “a de facto religious test for entry.” – Tim Moran (DIERSEN: Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion.)
http://patch.com/illinois/deerfield/schneider-calls-trumps-executive-order-immigration-disgraceful

DAILY ILLINI
— The New York Times attorney who defended stories concerning sexual assault allegations against President Donald Trump is set to give the College of Media’s commencement speech in May. – Megan Jones
http://dailyillini.com/featured/2017/01/27/college-media-commencement-speaker-get-mr-trump-appeals-good-people/

INDIANAPOLIS STAR
— March for Life blog: Mike Pence, others urge end to abortion – Dwight Adams and Maureen Groppe
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2017/01/27/march-life-live-organizers-excited-mike-pence-appearance/97132990/

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Mark Glennon Is One Of The Most Dangerous Men In Illinois
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/mark-glennon-is-one-of-the-most-dangerous-men-in-il

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— KINZINGER HOPEFUL TO “SEE GREAT THINGS” FROM TRUMP
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/kinzinger-hopeful-to-see-great-things-from-trump.html
— WHY IS AMERICA SO RICH? Why is America the world’s richest nation? Is it mostly because of the government, or is it thanks to entrepreneurs and businessmen? Historian Burt Folsom of Hillsdale College explains. (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who are filled with hatred of the federal government, federal employees, and federal retirees? The are especially filled with hatred of me because I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years and because I have been a federal retiree for more than 19 years.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/why-is-america-so-rich.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump backs group examining voter fraud – Dave Boyer
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/27/donald-trump-backs-group-examining-voter-fraud/
— Forty years ago, Congress enacted the Hyde Amendment — a law that continues to this day to proscribe federal Medicaid funds from being used to subsidize abortion in most circumstances. – Chris Smith
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/24/strengthening-the-hyde-amendment/

GOPUSA
— ‘Sanctuary’ restaurant movement grows (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Democrat, Libertarian, Green, and RINO restaurants post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, non-poor people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19765
— California ready to begin secession attempt
http://www.gopusa.com/california-ready-to-begin-secession-attempt/
— Trump admin debates designating Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19923

FOX NEWS
— Secret Service agent who suggested she won’t take bullet for Trump on paid leave (DIERSEN: Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors have had me on dramatically reduced paid leave ($50,856 pension instead of $122,991 salary) since 1997 when I was 49 years old. Why? Because in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/28/secret-service-agent-who-suggested-won-t-take-bullet-for-trump-on-paid-leave-report-says.html

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Obama gave foreign ‘students’ 180,000 U.S. jobs, $32B in lost wages – PAUL BEDARD (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat employers and RINO employers make it clear that they prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/obama-gave-foreign-students-180000-u.s.-jobs-32b-in-lost-wages/article/2613146
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A pro-immigrant program was expanded under President Obama that paid U.S. firms $2.7 billion to hire 180,000 foreign “students,” jobs that likely otherwise would have gone to Americans, according to a new report. The so-called “Optional Practical Training” was supposedly set up for foreign students but actually included no training and put college graduates in the high-paying jobs for three years. The Center for Immigration Studies, which on Friday urged President Trump to stop the program, estimated that the jobs paid $60,000, suggesting a total of $11 billion in annual wages lost to American workers, over $32 billion over three years. In his Inaugural Address, Trump advocated an “America First” theme. The Center said the program, also used under former President George W. Bush, paid companies $10,000-$15,000 to hire the foreigner college grads for three years.)

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— TRUMP UNLOADS ON ‘DISGUSTING’ MADONNA
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/01/27/trump-unloads-on-disgusting-madonna/

TOWNHALL
— It’s “Christmas in January” for Conservatives – Wayne Allyn Root
http://townhall.com/columnists/wayneallynroot/2017/01/28/its-christmas-in-january-for-conservatives-n2277737

COLLEGE FIX
— Ohio State class teaches students to detect and respond to microaggressions, white privilege – AMANDA TIDWELL (DIERSEN: Are you White? How privileged are you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a minority in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a minority in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted minorities in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a minority in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a minority in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/30923/

HUFFINGTON POST
— Donald Trump Promised To Bring Back Jobs. For Potential Federal Employees, He’s Taking Them Away. The federal hiring freeze means people who thought they have positions no longer do. Dave Jamleson, Sam Stein, and Amanda Terkel (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-hiring-freeze_us_588b9f18e4b08a14f7e5c121
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump as a Utopian Thinker.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-as-a-utopian-thinker_us_588c299be4b0cd25e49048f1
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs argue against trying to stop illegal immigration.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mexico-tax-goods-more-expensive_us_588b52a0e4b0303c07530f6f
— Trump Is Not the Real Nightmare. Congress Is. While we wait for a GOP mutiny, they keep giving their useful idiot just enough rope to hang himself. – Misha Pinkhasov (DIERSEN: Who considers you to be one of their useful idiots? Should I write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who consider me to be one of their useful idiots? They stress that I send them GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails free of charge and without any advertising. They stress that I include links to their articles in the emails. They stress that I promote their events. They stress that I attend their events. They stress that I report on their events. While all that time, they are doing everything that they can to destroy me and to destroy my supporters. Again, I should write a book about my those who consider me to be one of their useful idiots?)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-is-not-the-nightmare-congress-is_us_588a1906e4b01ea697898991
— Welcome To A New Era Of Activism – Mary Anne Hitt (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors PROTEST AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, 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.huffingtonpost.com/entry/welcome-to-a-new-era-of-activism_us_588b759de4b0020b224b43e7

REUTERS
— Trump aides divided over policy shielding ‘dreamer’ immigrants – Julia Edwards Ainsley and Richard Cowan
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-idUSKBN15C0BV

UPI
— Google recalls staff to U.S., criticizes Trump immigration order – Daniel Uria
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/01/28/Google-recalls-staff-to-US-criticizes-Trump-immigration-order/2071485618595/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Refugees Detained at U.S. Airports, Prompting Legal Challenges to Trump’s Immigration Order – NICHOLAS KULISH and MANNY FERNANDEZ
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/us/refugees-detained-at-us-airports-prompting-legal-challenges-to-trumps-immigration-order.html
— Trump Bars Refugees and Citizens of 7 Muslim Countries – MICHAEL D. SHEAR and HELENE COOPER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/us/politics/trump-syrian-refugees.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps argue against trying to stop illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/business/mexico-border-wall-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/us/politics/president-donald-trump-first-week.html
— How to Buy a Used Car in an Age of Widespread Recalls – RON LIEBER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/your-money/used-cars-takata-recalls.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries oppose fighting voter fraud, that is, which of the aforesaid promote voter fraud? ANSWER: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/opinion/the-voter-fraud-fantasy.html
— The Trump War on Public Schools – Gail Collins (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, public schools focus on a) defending and advancing the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms and b) cranking out “good little Democrats” who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/opinion/the-trump-war-on-public-schools.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs side with foreign countries against America. Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs side with citizens of foreign countries against citizens of America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/opinion/donald-trumps-un-american-refugee-policy.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/opinion/mexicos-forceful-resistance.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/world/americas/mexico-border-tijuana-migrants-haitians-trump-wall.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Refugees detained at U.S. airports challenge Trump’s executive order – Emma Brown and David Nakamura
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/refugees-detained-at-us-airports-challenge-trumps-executive-order/2017/01/28/e69501a2-e562-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats, RINOs, and those who brought children to America illegally use those children as cannon fodder.
http://college.usatoday.com/2017/01/27/how-dreamers-are-preparing-in-case-trump-ends-obama-immigration-actions/

NEW YOUR POST
— Peru, Colombia vow to stand with Mexico against Trump – Reuters (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which countries stand against Trump? ANSWER: Those that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://nypost.com/2017/01/28/peru-colombia-vow-to-stand-with-mexico-against-trump/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Under Trump, America recedes.” Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. If you are an anti-Trump, how many of the aforesaid groups are you a member of?
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/trump-america-recedes-article-1.2956849

BOSTON GLOBE
— The end of manly labor – Rob Walker
https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2017/01/29/the-end-manly-labor/WjzhrUhDCFnWGN1NcR0clL/story.html

EXPRESS TRIBUNE
— Trump campaign against bureaucracy alarms federal workers – AFP (DIERSEN: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 19 years. What is your attitude toward federal employees and toward federal retirees? From what I see, virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees and retirees. In my defense, I have always been a Republican. Virtually all federal employees and retiree are Democrats. Virtually all of my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates despised if not hated Republicans.)
http://tribune.com.pk/story/1307394/trump-campaign-bureaucracy-alarms-federal-workers/

WSJM
— Lawmaker: Focus Should Be On Workers Who Have Stopped Looking For Employment (DIERSEN: I should write a book about what my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, and in Washington, DC have done since 1997 to stop me from getting work that is appropriate for someone with my work experience, my education, my professional certifications, and my professional license. I could group them as follows: activists, candidates, elected/appointed officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, and defendants in lawsuits that I have filed.)
http://www.wsjm.com/2017/01/28/lawmaker-focus-should-be-on-workers-who-have-stopped-looking-for-employment/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Immigration Standoff Brewing Between Texas Governor, County Sheriff Greg Abbott threatens to withhold funding to Travis County, whose sheriff reversed policy on detaining undocumented immigrants – DAN FROSCH (DIERSEN: When will Rauner insist that all of America’s immigration laws be enforced in Illinois? When will Rauner insist that all employers in Illinois use E-Verify?)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/immigration-standoff-brewing-between-texas-governor-county-sheriff-1485555737
— Trump Tries to Build a ‘Different Party’ – Peggy Noonan (DIERSEN: Trump promised that if elected, he would defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-tries-to-build-a-different-party-1485478386
— Google Criticizes Impact on Staff of Trump Immigration Order Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai tells staff ‘it’s painful to see the personal cost’ on colleagues – JACK NICAS (DIERSEN: What do you say to big “American” companies that put their interests ahead of America’s interests? Under the Democrats, and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, big “American” companies talk and act like they are anti-American.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/google-criticizes-impact-on-staff-of-trump-immigration-order-1485596067
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs side with foreign countries against America. Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs side with citizens of foreign countries against citizens of America.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/enrique-pena-nieto-put-in-tough-spot-by-donald-trump-1485556405

FORTUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “How Sanctuary Cities Plan to Dodge President Trump’s Funding Cuts.”
http://fortune.com/2017/01/27/sanctuary-cities-president-trump-funding-cuts-illegal-immigrants/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs side with foreign countries against America. Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs side with citizens of foreign countries against citizens of America.
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-extreme-vetting-refugees-lawmakers-respond-2017-1

MONEY MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs argue against trying to stop illegal immigration.
http://time.com/money/4651919/trump-import-tax-mexico-build-wall/

January 27 Evening Edition

ABC7
— CPD SUPT. ON DONOR LIST FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
http://abc7chicago.com/news/cpd-supt-on-donor-list-for-kidney-transplant/1723661/
— RAUNER: MOTION TO STOP STATE EMPLOYEE PAYCHECKS IS ‘DISAPPOINTING’ – Charles Thomas

http://abc7chicago.com/news/rauner-motion-to-stop-state-employee-paychecks-is-disappointing/1724187/
— RAUNER VETOES BILL ON OVERTIME PAY FOR HOME-CARE WORKERS – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/news/rauner-vetoes-bill-on-overtime-pay-for-home-care-workers/1724744/

NBC5
— Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson Says He Needs Kidney Transplant Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Johnson felt light-headed at the press conference but “did not lose consciousness” – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Chicago-Police-Supt-Eddie-Johnson-Needs-Kidney-Transplant-Report-411998685.html
— Rauner ‘Disappointed’ by AG Madigan’s Push to Stop Workers’ Pay “I am deeply disappointed, very upset about this court filing that Attorney General Madigan has made in St. Clair County seeking to block state employee pay,” Rauner told reporters Friday. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Rauner-Disappointed-by-Madigans-Push-to-Stop-Workers-Pay-411984035.html

CBS2
— Rauner Questions AG Madigan’s Maneuver To Halt State Workers’ Pay

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/01/27/rauner-questions-ag-madigans-maneuver-to-halt-state-workers-pay/
— Panel In Chicago Examines Trump’s Contentious Relationship With The Media – Dana Kozlov
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/01/26/panel-in-chicago-examines-trumps-contentious-relationship-with-the-media/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Melania Trump appears on cover of Vanity Fair Mexico’s Feb. issue
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/232134889-story

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Police Supt. Eddie Johnson falls ill at news conference – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/police-supt-eddie-johnson-falls-ill-at-news-conference/
— Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson needs kidney transplant – Fran Spielman and Frank Main
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-police-supt-eddie-johnson-needs-kidney-transplant/
— Supt. Johnson was expecting kidney transplant within weeks – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-supt-johnson-was-expecting-kidney-transplant-within-weeks/
— Rauner vows all legal options to continue state worker pay – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rauner-vows-all-legal-options-to-continue-state-worker-pay/amp/
— Trump inherits clemency bid from ex-‘Apprentice’ contestant Blago – Jon Seidel
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/trump-inherits-clemency-bid-from-ex-apprentice-contestant-blago/
— Sandi Jackson: Jesse Jr.’s ‘innuendo’-laced subpoenas harassment – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sandi-jackson-jesse-jr-s-innuendo-laced-subpoenas-harassment/amp/
— The most violent police beat in Chicago – Sam Charles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/the-watchdogs-the-most-violent-police-beat-in-chicago/
— Lisa Madigan’s move could bring an end to budget standoff – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-lisa-madigans-move-could-bring-an-end-to-budget-standoff/
— A top Claypool aide at CPS resigns amid residency questions – Lauren FitzPatrick
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/a-top-claypool-aide-at-cps-resigns-amid-residency-questions/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs side with Mexico against America. Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs side with the citizens of Mexico against the citizens of America.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/20-percent-tax-on-mexican-goods-consumers-likely-would-pay-more/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Kneel before the Khan of Illinois, or suffer pain – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-madigan-democrats-kass-0129-20170127-column.html
— March for Life: Pence speaks as abortion opponents rally in shadow of Washington monument
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-march-for-life-mike-pence-20170127-story.html
— Trump signs new vetting measures for refugees aimed at keeping out terrorists
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-refugee-order-20170127-story.html
— Rauner questions Lisa Madigan move to maybe halt state payroll – Kim Geiger and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-chamber-speech-met-0128-20170127-story.html
— Report highlights school funding gaps between rich and poor districts – Sarah Freishtat (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents helped Crete-Monee School District 201-U (http://www.cm201u.org/) deal with its funding gap during the 1950s and 1960s by sending my brother and I to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-university-illinois-education-st-0126-20170126-story.html
— Local economy slows, and lawmakers aren’t helping – Robert Reed
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-illinois-economy-budget-woes-robert-reed-0129-biz-20170127-column.html
— How Trump — and Congress — should deal with the dreamers – Editorial (DIERSEN: The more that is given to Dreamers, a) the more children who will be brought into America illegally, b) the more people who will come to America illegally, and c) the more people who will stay in America illegally.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-daca-trump-dreamers-immigration-edit-0130-jm-20170127-story.html
— Rich White Men: The type of candidate Democrats love to hate – Kristen McQueary

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-democrats-illinois-hypocrisy-wealthy-candidates-perspec-xxx-20170127-story.html
— Teens in Facebook Live attack indicted, lawyers call case ‘sensationalized’ – Steve Schmadeke
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-facebook-live-attack-court-met-20170127-story.html
— Attorney general’s office: Move to stop state payroll has ‘everyone unhappy’ – Kim Geiger and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-chamber-speech-met-0128-20170127-story.html
— Melania Trump’s Vanity Fair Mexico cover is, well, awkwardly timed – Emily Heil
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/style/ct-melania-trump-vanity-fair-mexico-cover-20170127-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Chicago Tribune sides with Michael Madigan against Scott Drury.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-michael-madigan-scott-drury-clock-story.html
— Sell the Thompson Center: Cash out and let new owners reimagine or demolish it – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-thompson-center-rauner-loop-architecture-chicago-edit-0129-jm-20170127-story.html
— Federal dollars help fund Naperville cultural, historical initiatives – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naper-settlement-federal-funding-st-0127-20170127-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Where’s promised legislation to end unfair, absurd remap rules? – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170127/discuss/170128983/
— How Kane County plans to spend $2.9 million budget surplus – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170127/news/170128939/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Lisa Madigan, what took you so long? – Greg Hinz
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170127/BLOGS02/170129853/lisa-madigan-what-took-you-so-long
— Could 13 beds be this hospital system’s lucky number? – KRISTEN SCHORSCH (DIERSEN: One could compare and contrast this facility with Butterfly Garden in Wheaton.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170127/NEWS03/170129855/could-13-beds-be-this-hospital-systems-lucky-number

WTTW
— Women’s March Inspires Trump Taxes March Chicago – Kristen Thometz
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/01/26/women-s-march-inspires-trump-taxes-march-chicago
— AG Madigan Files Motion to Stop State Workers’ Pay Until Budget Passed – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/01/27/ag-madigan-files-motion-stop-state-workers-pay-until-budget-passed

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner ‘disappointed, upset’ over move to stop state worker pay (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency got rid of about half its employees. The Democrats who ran the agency used every option they had a) to keep their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170127/rauner-disappointed-upset-over-move-to-stop-state-worker-pay

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump says US will prioritize Christian refugees President signs action keep out radical Islamists – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-says-us-will-prioritize-christian-refugees/646423301
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say only “36% approve of Trump’s job performance” and that 44% disapprove. How many of the 44% are in America illegally?
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/poll-36-approve-of-trumps-job-performance/646151771
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump Rep. Kinzinger Says “President Trump’s Voter Fraud Claims Undermine the Constitution” and Calls for Trump to Produce Evidence to Support Voter Fraud Claims.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/rep-kinzinger-says-president-trumps-voter-fraud-claims-undermine-the-constitution/646407260

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Illinois Lawmaker Will Guzzardi Pushes For Free Tuition At State Universities – TOM LISI (DIERSEN: Ultimately, nothing is “free.” Ultimately, someone has to pay for it.)
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/illinois-lawmaker-pushes-free-tuition-state-universities

WSIL TV
— Businesses worry about proposed “opportunity tax” – Roni LeForge (DIERSEN: What is next? Will precincts, municipalities, townships/wards, counties, states, and countries charge “opportunity taxes” to live and/or work in their jurisdictions? How will the amount of the tax be determined? Democrats and RINOs would want members of the following groups to pay much higher taxes: those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, 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.wsiltv.com/story/34347837/businesses-worry-about-proposed-opportunity-tax

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Women’s March was Carbondale’s largest demonstration in decades.”
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/communities/carbondale/women-s-march-was-carbondale-s-largest-demonstration-in-decades/article_a058815f-6717-5a5a-a4a4-7d8b9fa6c6b5.html

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— The Next Big Stage Where Trump Can Bash Chicago? Wait ’til Next Month Rahm should be ready when Trump makes his first major State of the Union-like address. – Carol Felsenthal
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/Felsenthal-Files/January-2017/Trump-Speech/

DNA INFO
— Weekly Anti-Trump Protests The New (Traffic Snarling) Normal Downtown – David Matthews
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170125/downtown/resist-trump-tuesdays-protest-president-womens-march

ROBERT FEDER
— Roger Simon says: It’s time to retire (DIERSEN: In September of 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire. SEE: Diersen v. GAO at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois side with my GAO superiors against me.)
http://www.robertfeder.com/2017/01/26/robservations-simon-says-time-retire/

CONGRESSMAN HULTGREN
— VIDEO: Marching for Life!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC3HTrCHpoA&feature=youtu.be
— VIDEO: No Taxpayer Should Be Forced to Pay for Abortion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T25nx49qUEI

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— How Rauner’s wish list has fared in the General Assembly
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511077381-how-rauner-s-wish-list-has-fared-in-the-general-assembly

STATE REPTESENTATIVE SCOTT DRURY
— After not voting for Michael J. Madigan for Speaker of the House, this is what has happened: I did not receive a committee chairmanship;
I lost my Vice Chairman position on the Judiciary-Criminal Committee; I was removed from the Judiciary-Criminal Committee; and What can only be described as petty, the day after the Speaker vote, Speaker Madigan’s staff provided Democratic caucus members with an engraved clock as a gift — I did not get one. The message: “Represent the public at your own risk.” (DIERSEN: Generally, those with lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout punish those who do not pander to them, those who do not serve as one of their operatives, those who do not serve as one of their dupes, and/or those who do not give them money. Who gets punished in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county?)
https://www.facebook.com/druryforillinois/posts/1268426489911666

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS SENATE BUDGET PROPOSAL WEAK ON CONSOLIDATION Instead of giving Illinois residents the power to initiate referendums on local government consolidation, Senate Bill 3 vests this power in government officials, who have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. – Mindy Ruckman
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-senate-budget-proposal-weak-on-consolidation/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN PARTICIPATES IN WASHINGTON DC MARCH FOR LIFE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/illinois-congressman-participates-in-washington-dc-march-for-life.html
— DEBATED TAX HIKE BILL ALSO PROPOSES DOUBLING ILLINOIS’ GAMBLING CASINO LICENSES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/debated-tax-hike-bill-also-proposes-doubling-illinois-gambling-casino-licenses-.html
— STATE REP. DAVE MCSWEENEY ON POTENTIAL TAX INCREASES.
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/state-rep-dave-mcsweeney-on-potential-tax-increases.html
— TRUMP AND PENCE LEND SUPPORT TO FRIDAY’S MARCH FOR LIFE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/trump-and-pence-lend-support-to-fridays-march-for-life.html
— MADIGAN’S EFFORT TO PAUSE STATE EMPLOYEE PAYCHECKS CRITICIZED BY GOP LAWMAKER AND UNION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/madigans-effort-to-pause-state-employee-paychecks-criticized-by-gop-lawmaker-and-union.html
— LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE NEW TAX ‘FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF DOING BUSINESS IN THE STATE’
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/lawmakers-introduce-new-tax-for-the-privilege-of-doing-business-in-the-state.html

NEWSMAX
— Experts: Law Allows Congress to Toss Obama Regs Going Back to ’09 – Jeffrey Rodack (DIERSEN: Will Trump toss Obama’s regulation that condemned my 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX V-8 as being a clunker?)
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Law-Overturn-Obama-Regulations/2017/01/27/id/770736/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump Rep. Adam Kinzinger says “Voter Fraud Claim Undermines Election, Constitution.”
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Adam-Kinzinger-Voter-Fraud-Claim/2017/01/27/id/770773/

TOWNHALL
— Trump to Those Marching For Life: You Have My Full Support – Katie Pavlich
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2017/01/27/trump-to-those-marching-for-life-you-have-my-full-support-n2277657

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION
— Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker to Deliver Remarks at CPAC 2017
http://conservative.org/wisconsin-governor-scott-walker-to-deliver-remarks-at-cpac-2017/

BLAZE
— ‘Gayborhood’ bars in Philly ordered to undergo bias training — and ultra-liberal mayor explains why – Dave Urbanski
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/27/gayborhood-bars-in-philly-ordered-to-undergo-bias-training-and-ultra-liberal-mayor-explains-why/

FOX NEWS
— Trump to Hannity: ‘Much of the Media Is Very Dishonest … It’s Fake News’ (DIERSEN: Virtually all of the news media exists a) to elect and to reelect Democrats and b) to defend and advance the Democrat Party platform.)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/01/26/president-donald-trump-sits-down-sean-hannity-white-house-exclusive-interview

DAILY CALLER
— White House Thanks People For Coming To March For Life — Twitter Blows A Gasket – Christian Datoc
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/27/white-house-thanks-people-for-coming-to-march-for-life-twitter-blows-a-gasket/
— ‘I’m A Mother, A Wife, And A Catholic’: Kellyanne Conway Addresses March For Life – Katie Frates
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/27/im-a-mother-a-wife-and-a-catholic-kellyanne-conway-addresses-march-for-life/
— Libs Who Want To Move To Canada Blocked By Its Strict Immigration Policies – Luke Rosiak
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/26/libs-who-want-to-move-to-canada-blocked-by-its-strict-immigration-policies/

WORLD NET DAILY
— SECRET REFUGEE NETWORK ‘FREAKING OUT’ OVER TRUMP REFORMS ‘Thousands have plane tickets to America and nowhere to go’ – LEO HOHMANN
http://www.wnd.com/2017/01/secret-refugee-network-freaking-out-over-trump-reforms/

ABA JOURNAL
— Tweeters defying Trump administration on official agency accounts could be prosecuted – STEPHANIE FRANCIS WARD (DIERSEN: Far too many federal employees talk and act like they are employees of the Democrat Party. The aforesaid focus on harming Republicans, and especially Republicans who are Protestant, conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/tweeters_defying_trump_administration_on_official_agency_accounts_could_be_

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Stop Telling Us How to Be Patriotic – DAVID HARSANYI (DIERSEN: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors TELL US THAT IT IS PATROTIC TO BE anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444307/presidential-inaugurations-defining-patriotism

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s hiring freeze breaks faith with America’s veterans.” GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/the-administration/316467-trumps-hiring-freeze-breaks-faith-with-americas
— Trump signs order to vet refugees – KATIE BO WILLIAMS AND LISA HAGEN
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/316599-trump-signs-order-to-vet-refugees
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the WSJ sides with Mexico against America. Ever-increasingly, the WSJ sides with the citizens of Mexico against the citizens of America.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/316460-wall-street-journal-trumps-treatment-of-mexico-is-amateur-hour

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want Trump to pander to Mexico.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-mexico-border-wall-warning-234211
— Trump orders rebuilding of military
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-rebuild-military-executive-action-234288
— Trump signs executive order for stricter vetting to keep out ‘radical Islamic terrorists’ – NAHAL TOOSI
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-executive-order-immigration-vetting-terrorists-234290

CNN
— Trump signs executive action to keep out ‘radical Islamic terrorists’ – Dan Merica
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/27/politics/trump-plans-to-sign-executive-action-on-refugees-extreme-vetting/index.html
— On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Trump slams door on refugees – Mark Hetfield
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/27/opinions/trump-slams-door-on-refugees-opinion-hetfield/

NEW YORK TIMES
— In Iran, Shock and Bewilderment Over Trump Visa Crackdown – THOMAS ERDBRINK and JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/world/middleeast/trump-visa-muslim-ban.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump executive order calls for temporarily halting all refugee admissions and blocking all entries from 7 Muslim-majority countries
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/01/27/trump-executive-order-calls-for-temporarily-halting-all-refugee-admissions-and-blocking-all-entries-from-7-muslim-majority-countries/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— President Trump attacks ‘disgusting’ Madonna in Fox News chat with Sean Hannity – KATE FELDMAN
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/trump-blasts-madonna-disgusting-women-march-speech-article-1.2956886

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Foreign-Policy Flurry Sets Allies on Edge President schedules weekend phone calls with Russian, German and French leaders – CAROL E. LEE, ANTON TROIANOVSKI and PETER NICHOLAS
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-foreign-policy-flurry-sets-allies-on-edge-1485566263
— Donald Trump Signs Actions on Immigration Vetting, Military Measure is designed to keep ‘radical Islamic terrorists’ out of the U.S. – DAMIAN PALETTA and PAUL SONNE
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-is-signing-executive-orders-on-military-rebuilding-immigration-vetting-1485554165
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s First Week: Governing Without a Script. The new president seems to be running his administration much like he ran his company and campaign, eager to weigh in on every issue and willing to make last-minute calls.”
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-first-week-governing-without-a-script-1485544924
— Trump’s Efforts to Control Communication Sparks Backlash (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents do not only want to control my communication, they want to control all communication.)
http://www.wsj.com/video/trump-efforts-to-control-communication-sparks-backlash/1F2B60B0-D1E3-489E-B856-08F95991BA7B.html?mod=djemTEW_h

USA TODAY
— OUTSTANDING: First ‘sanctuary city’ Miami-Dade caves to Trump demands – Alan Gomez
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/01/26/first-sanctuary-city-caves-donald-trump-demands/97111048/

NPR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Refugee Ban Clashes With Faith-Based Groups’ Religious Missions.” But Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion.
http://www.npr.org/2017/01/27/511997346/trump-refugee-ban-clashes-with-faith-based-groups-religious-missions

PBS
— The stigma of being young, black and Republican – KAMARIA ROBERTS (DIERSEN: Yes, but what about the stigma of being a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/stigma-young-black-republican/

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and the Democrat Party platform promote poverty.
http://prospect.org/article/it%e2%80%99s-poverty-stupid-not-trump%e2%80%99s-imagined-carnage

NEW REPUBLIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Is Already Betraying the White Working Class.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/140164/trump-already-betraying-white-working-class
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump and the Republicans Are on a Suicide Mission Together.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/140169/trump-republicans-suicide-mission-together

FED SMITH
— Trump Plans to Cut EPA Workforce by as Much as 50% – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: When started working for GAO in 1980, it had about 6,600 employees. When my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997, it had about than 3,300 employees.)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/01/27/trump-plans-to-cut-epa-workforce-by-as-much-as-50/

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Lawmakers want Trump to exempt VA, veterans from hiring freeze – Eric White (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want Trump to exempt members of the following groups from the hiring freeze: those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Members of the aforesaid groups want to be federal employees so that they can use the power of the federal government to get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://federalnewsradio.com/federal-headlines/2017/01/congressional-members-want-trump-to-exempt-va-and-veterans-from-hiring-freeze/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— White House Throws Weight Behind Cutting Feds’ Retirement, Health Benefits – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are overjoyed about this. They have always viciously denigrated me, viciously demonized me, and viciously condemned me as being over-compensated by the federal government. They despise, if not hate, federal employees and federal retirees.)
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2017/01/white-house-throws-weight-behind-cutting-feds-retirement-health-benefits/134906/

RIGHT WING WATCH
— Sandy Rios: Feminists ‘Live In Filth’ – Robert Mainville
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/sandy-rios-feminists-live-in-filth/

January 24 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner, Emanuel disagree sharply on State of State – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-to-voice-optimism-in-state-of-state-address/

— Senate ‘grand bargain’ hits speed bump – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/senate-grand-bargain-hits-speed-bump/
— Playing the Trump card in Bolingbrook mayoral race – Mark Brown (DIERSEN: Who are anti-Trumps punishing the most in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-playing-the-trump-card-in-bolingbrook-mayoral-race/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Longtime Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar hosted a big fundraiser for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump last fall at the fancy village-owned golf clubhouse known locally as the “Rog Mahal.” Barely a month later, residents of the southwest suburban village voted 66 percent for Hillary Clinton to 27 percent for Trump. Will County board member Jackie Traynere, a Democrat, hopes to use that apparent political disconnect between Claar and his constituents to bring an end to his sometimes controversial 30 years in office. Since announcing her intention to run against Claar in the April 4 municipal elections, Traynere has sought to make the race in part a referendum on Claar’s support for the new president. “Trump isn’t the reason Roger should go. It really is his management of the village,” Traynere, 54, told me recently in a phone interview from Leavenworth, Kansas, where she was traveling on business in her role as a union organizer for the American Federation of Government Employees. But she adds: “The Trump support really pushed people over the edge.” Claar, just back from Trump’s inauguration, argued Tuesday that traditional party politics don’t belong in municipal elections and that he will gladly run on the record that has made him one of the longest serving mayors in the Chicago area. “I think people are generally pretty happy with what’s going on in Bolingbrook,” said the 71-year-old Claar, who aggressively steered the village’s growth from a population of about 33,000 when he took over to more than 75,000 today. Indeed, it’s a tricky business to inject national politics into a municipal election. Candidates don’t even run under party labels. And voter turnout is usually only a small fraction of what it is in a presidential election. But the fact is that Bolingbrook, an increasingly diverse community in every sense of the word, has been trending Democratic in statewide and national elections for the past decade. That suggests an opening for a Democrat mounting a serious campaign, and Traynere seems to be doing just that. She has hired a professional campaign manager and claims the endorsements of Sen. Dick Durbin and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle among others. Traynere was just re-elected to her third term on the Will County Board and served last year as a Bernie Sanders delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Claar starts the election season with a campaign fund of more than $500,000, barely half of what he once kept on hand, but says he has what he needs. “This whole thing is about power. They see this as an opportunity to take over. They want to be in charge of Bolingbrook,” said Claar, who vowed that he will not seek endorsements from any Republicans, including Trump. That doesn’t mean Claar is backing down from his support for Trump, whom he describes as a “breath of fresh air” on the political scene. “He called it like it is. That’s kind of the way I operate,” said Claar. Claar operates as a full-time mayor and pays himself commensurately with a salary of $140,102, not including a $6,000 car allowance. He emphasizes that’s less than Bolingbrook paid the village administrator whose job he eliminated. Claar also is collecting two public pensions: $55,757 from his previous life as a school administrator and $4,532 from his tenure on the Illinois Tollway Authority. His total annual taxpayer compensation of $200,000 looms as a potential campaign issue. Claar resigned from the tollway board in 2000 after the Sun-Times reported he was raising campaign funds from tollway vendors. That was just one of many minor scandals that have dogged Claar through the years, but nothing that has turned the voters of Bolingbrook against him. “I have been vetted on numerous occasions over false accusations,” Claar declared. He predicts Traynere’s emphasis on Trump could backfire. I predict it will make for a more interesting than usual municipal election season.)

DAILY HERALD
— U-46 board member: New curriculum ‘glorifies communism,’ presents ‘pseudoscience’ – Madhu Krishnamurthy
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170124/news/170129496/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A proposal for new digital literacy curriculum and resources has one Elgin school board member concerned about students being indoctrinated. The Elgin Area School District U-46 school board Monday night voted 5-2 to approve curriculum for prekindergarten through 12th grades. One school board member voting against, Jeanette Ward, objected to some of the materials that are part of the digital curriculum. “I will be voting ‘no’ on any curriculum proposal that relies on any text or resource that glorifies communism and denigrates capitalism, deliberately misrepresents Israel’s history and right to live in its own land, presents the pseudoscience of climate change as established scientific fact, or celebrates Planned Parenthood Founder Margaret Sanger as a champion for women when, in fact, she was a racist who believed in eugenics, more specifically in killing as many unborn African-American babies as possible,” Ward said.)
— Parents pack meeting to protest school board member’s misogynistic tweets – Chacour Koop and Doug Graham
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170123/news/170129614/
— Trump expands anti-abortion ban to all US global health aid – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170124/news/301249822/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— New, wider tax plan rolls out in Springfield – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170124/BLOGS02/170129931/new-wider-tax-plan-rolls-out-in-springfield
– Springfield budget deal hits a bump – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170124/BLOGS02/170129931/springfield-budget-deal-hits-a-bump
— How are home values doing where you live? – DENNIS RODKIN (DIERSEN: What drives home values up/down in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20170124/CRED0701/170129937/how-are-home-values-doing-where-you-live
— Survey: Are you on a path to promotion? (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. They continue to be furious a) that IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and b) that GAO promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GVYHZXZ

ABC7
— TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ORDERS EPA MEDIA BLACKOUT, CONTRACT FREEZE
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-admin-orders-epa-media-blackout-contract-freeze/1719161/

NBC5
— What You Need to Know About the Senate Budget Plan The plan, which was devised by Senate President John Cullerton and Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno, is comprised of 13 interdependent bills. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/What-You-Need-to-Know-About-the-Senate-Budget-Plan-411668155.html
— Sen. Duckworth Meets with Cubs Co-Owner Todd Ricketts The senator said she had a “good conversation” with Ricketts Tuesday about supporting small businesses and creating good-paying jobs in Illinois. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Duckworth-Meets-with-Cubs-Co-Owner-Todd-Ricketts-411702915.html

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Lindsey Graham hints/implies/argues/shouts that few if any illegals voted for Clinton.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/01/24/lindsey-graham-calls-trumps-voter-fraud-claims-inappropriate/
— Latest Target Of Mean Tweeting: Donald Trump’s 10-Year-Old Son – Mai Martinez
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/01/23/latest-target-of-mean-tweeting-donald-trumps-10-year-old-son/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Critics of Senate budget plan multiply; skepticism grows – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/231331665-story

WTTW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote environmentalists
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/01/24/chicago-activists-prepare-defend-environment-under-trump

FOX ILLINOIS
— Some Illinois Senate Members Not Ready To Vote On Budget – AP
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/some-illinois-senate-members-not-ready-to-vote-on-budget

MADISON RECORD
— ‘Independent’ legislators toe the Madigan line – Editorial (DIERSEN: Many, if not most, if not virtually all individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that claim to be independent are NOT independent.)
http://madisonrecord.com/stories/511076305-independent-legislators-toe-the-madigan-line

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Andersson speaks about Illinois budget woes – BRENDA SCHORY
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2017/01/23/andersson-speaks-about-illinois-budget-woes/ajan89j/

BUREAU COUNTY REPUBLICAN
— A new role for a qualified public servant We congratulate former state Rep. Don Moffitt in his new position as assistant director of the state Agriculture Department
http://www.bcrnews.com/2017/01/23/a-new-role-for-a-qualified-public-servant/akn2dy2/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Who said rules should be fair? – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-01-24/who-said-rules-should-be-fair.html
— Farm Bureau sees bright future ahead – Tim Mitchell (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? How bright is your future?)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-01-24/farm-bureau-sees-bright-future-ahead.html

JOURNAL COURIER
— Some say budget being rushed, lacks spending controls
http://myjournalcourier.com/news/104926/some-say-budget-being-rushed-lacks-spending-controls

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Illinois Senate plans to plow ahead with its own budget plan – AP (DIERSEN: What are you going to plow ahead with? For me, its putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning and each and every evening, raising money to support Wheaton’s Independence Day Parades, etc.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170124/illinois-senate-plans-to-plow-ahead-with-its-own-budget-plan

WAND
— Service tax and higher income tax considered – AP
http://www.wandtv.com/story/34337032/the-latest-budget-opposition-arises-senate-still-pushing

WSIL TV
— U.S. Senate Democrats propose $1 trillion infrastructure plan – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34329512/senate-democrats-propose-1-trillion-infrastructure-plan

ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote diversity and social justice
https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2017/01/on-common-grounds-dialogues-on-diversity-and-social-justice/

CONGRESSMAN HULTGREN
— Americans should not have to pay for abortions through Obamacare
http://hultgren.house.gov/newsroom/in-the-news/americans-should-not-have-to-pay-for-abortions-through-obamacare

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rauner to deliver his third State of the State Address
https://ilnews.org/11850/rauner-deliver-third-state-state-address/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Abortion Rate Decreases! Next: Defund Planned Parenthood – Chris Iverson
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/abortion-rate-decreases-next-defund-planned-parenthood/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS TAXPAYERS PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE 40 PERCENT STATE INCOME TAX HIKE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/springfield-weary-taxpayers-are-tired-of-working-hard-to-pay-taxes-when-at-the-state-level-both-republican-and-democrat.html
— THORNER: LAKE FOREST/LAKE BLUFF WOMEN’S REPUBLICAN CLUB SPONSORS TRUMP INAUGURATION PARTY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/thorner-lake-forestlake-bluff-womens-republican-club-sponsors-trump-inauguration-party.html
— SKILLICORN FILES BILL TO ALLOW DEBT-RIDDEN MUNICIPALITIES TO SEEK BANKRUPTCY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/skillicorn-files-legislation-to-protect-taxpayers-by-allowing-debt-ridden-municipalities-to-seek-bankruptcy.html

GOPUSA
— Texas governor threatens funding cut over sanctuary cities (DIERSEN: When will Rauner do that? Illinois could easily balance its budget if it cut off funding for its sanctuary cities. Sanctuary cites drag Illinois down.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19678
— Pope Francis warns against Hitler-like populism (DIERSEN: The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-Catholic. When will the Pope warn about that?)
http://www.gopusa.com/pope-francis-warns-against-hitler-like-populism/
— Pro-Sharia law middle school worksheet angers parents
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19596
— Chicago: 29 people shot in about 24 hours
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19646
— Trump: America for the Americans! – Patrick J. Buchanan (DIERSEN: Anti-Republicans hint/imply/argue/shout that America belongs to foreign countries and to the citizens of foreign countries.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19693

BREITBART
— Idaho Dems Exec Director: DNC Should Train People In ‘How to Shut Their Mouths If They’re White’ – IAN HANCHETT
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/01/23/idaho-dems-exec-director-dnc-should-train-people-in-how-to-shut-their-mouths-if-theyre-white/
— Sen. Liz Warren Refuses to Disavow Madonna’s Wish to ‘Blow Up the White House’ – NEIL W. MCCABE
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/23/sen-liz-warren-refuses-to-disavow-madonnas-wish-to-blow-up-the-white-house/

THE BLAZE
— Governor Greg Abbott hammers a Texas sheriff after she refuses to comply with immigration laws – Brandon Morse (DIERSEN: When will Rauner do that? How many illegals are there in Cook County? How many illegals are there in your county?)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/23/governor-greg-abbott-hammers-a-texas-sheriff-after-she-refuses-to-comply-with-immigration-laws/

DAILY CALLER
— Secret Service Agent: I Wouldn’t Take A Bullet For Trump – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/24/secret-service-agent-i-wouldnt-take-a-bullet-for-trump/
— That DC Limo Trump Protesters Torched Belonged To A Muslim Immigrant – Rachel Stoltzfoos
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/24/that-dc-limo-trump-protesters-torched-belonged-to-a-muslim-immigrant/
— Dems Force Trump’s Ed. Nominee To Answer 1,397 Questions In Writing — Obama’s TWO Had 109, Combined – Christian Datoc
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/24/dems-force-trumps-ed-nominee-to-answer-1397-questions-in-writing-obamas-two-had-109-combined/
— Spicer Calls On A Conservative Outlet First And Pisses Off Reporters Yet Again – Alex Pfeiffer (DIERSEN: www.gopillinois.com is a “conservative outlet.”)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/24/spicer-calls-on-a-conservative-outlet-first-and-pisses-off-reporters-yet-again/

DAILY SIGNAL
— How Many Will Be Affected by Trump’s Government Hiring Freeze – Rachel Greszler (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the agency was almost always under Republican-led hiring freezes and/or promotion freezes.)
http://dailysignal.com/2017/01/24/how-many-will-be-affected-by-trumps-government-hiring-freeze/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— America’s Second Civil War – DENNIS PRAGER
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444160/american-culture-new-civil-war
— Government Accountability Starts with Local Action – AUSTIN YACK (DIERSEN: What have you done to promote government accountability? I worked for the U.S. Government Accountability Office for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991. I worked on audits of federal financial industry regulators for almost 9 years, on audits of IRS for 3 years, and on audits of many other federal agencies for almost 6 years. While I worked for GAO, I earned a master’s degree accounting from DePaul; I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt; I became a licensed CPA; I became a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Financial Services Manager, and Forensic Accountant; and I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444148/government-accountability-local-watchdogs-citizen-action-makes-big-difference
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The experience inspired Allen to co-found the Edgar County Watchdogs along with fellow Edgar County resident John Kraft, who was also frustrated with government officials. Since the small-town Illinoisans founded their group, they have forced out 185 public officials in the state, all of whom resigned or chose not to seek reelection. More impressive still, the pair has accomplished all of this without any funding, through the use of FOIA requests, pro se litigation, and comments at public government meetings. Due to their exemplary achievements, Allen and Kraft won the State Policy Network’s 2016 Unsung Hero Award, a cash prize of $25,000 that is sponsored by the Vernon K. Krieble Foundation. The award is part of the foundation’s citizenship program, “Lens of Liberty,” which encourages citizens to defend their rights and freedom.)

THE HILL
— Trump clamps down on federal agencies – JORDAN FABIAN (DIERSEN: During the 1980s and 1990s, Newt Gingrich clamped down viciously on GAO and on other legislative branch agencies. If Gingrich had not done that, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1997 would not have forced me to retire on September 30, 1997 when I was 49 years old, and they would not have taken other adverse actions against me before that.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/315989-trump-clamps-down-on-federal-agencies
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Don’t let Trump roll back gains for workers.” Are/were you a worker, that is, paid for what you do/did? I was 1964-1997. One could argue that my Civil Service Retirement System pension continues to pay me for my federal employment 1966-1969 and 1971-1997.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/labor/315742-dont-let-trump-repeal-union-gains

POLITICO
— Immigration hardliners angered by Trump’s softer tone on ‘Dreamers’ They worry he’s backtracking on a central campaign promise to reverse Barack Obama’s policy. – SEUNG MIN KIM
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-immigration-dreamers-234126

WASHINGTON POST
— Donald Trump tells Detroit auto CEOs that environmental regulations are ‘out of control’ – Steven Overly
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2017/01/24/donald-trump-tells-detroit-auto-ceos-environmental-regulations-are-out-of-control/

NEW YORK POST
— Conway gets Secret Service protection due to death threats – Daniel Halper
http://nypost.com/2017/01/24/conway-gets-secret-service-protection-due-to-death-threats/

FORTUNE
— Marijuana and Labor Shortages Are Giving the Wine Industry a Headache – John Kell
http://fortune.com/2017/01/24/wine-industry-marijuana-labor/

FEDERAL TIMES
— Senators pepper OMB nominee on Trump hiring freeze – Carten Cordell (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the agency was almost always under Republican-led hiring freezes and/or promotion freezes.)
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/senators-pepper-omb-nominee-on-trump-hiring-freeze

FED SMITH
— Federal Hiring Freeze: Some Questions, Some Answers – Jeff Neal (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, frequent and lengthy hiring freezes frustrated their efforts to replace me with a Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger person because those freezes stopped them from hiring someone to replace me.)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/01/24/federal-hiring-freeze-some-questions-some-answers/

NEW REPUBLIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries are mad/furious that Trump won? ANSWER: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
https://newrepublic.com/article/140070/case-unity
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Democrat Party uses women as cannon fodder.
https://newrepublic.com/article/140065/myth-well-behaved-womens-march

RASMUSSEN REORTS
— Voters Strongly Share Trump’s Criticism of D.C. Establishment (DIERSEN: What does The Establishment, that is, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout, think of you? The Establishment wants to get rid of me because it cannot manipulate/dominate me. Operatives and dupes for The Establishment have succeeded in ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, GAO employment, etc.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/january_2017/voters_strongly_share_trump_s_criticism_of_d_c_establishment

PEOPLE
— Get a First Look at the Palm Springs Home Where the Obamas Vacationed After Leaving Office – STEELE MARCOUX
http://people.com/home/president-obama-in-palm-springs-house/