Tag: minority

March 22 Evening Edition

ABC7
— ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE BILL TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA FOR ADULTS  (DIERSEN: If you push pot in Illinois, you push the further destruction of Illinois.)
http://abc7chicago.com/news/illinois-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-legalize-recreational-marijuana/1813610/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Chicago lawmakers introduce bills calling for marijuana legalization, taxation  (DIERSEN: If you push pot in Illinois, you push the further destruction of Illinois.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/243312958-story

 

WSIL TV
— Illinois Lawmakers consider ending marijuana prohibition – Courtney Cruse  (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in Illinois are leading the opposition against SB 316 and HB 2353?  Please ask them to phone me at 630-653-0462.  I am considering asking the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) to pass a resolution against the legalization of marijuana for recreational use similar to MTRCC’s 2009 resolution against video gambling.  I would ask all of the Republicans who represent all or part of Milton Township to endorse the resolution including U.S. Representative Roskam; Governor Rauner; Lt. Governor Sanguinetti; Illinois Senators Connelly and Nybo; Illinois Representatives Breen and Ives; DuPage County officials Berlin, Bucholz, Cantore, Cronin, DiCianni, Eckhoff, Elliott, Grant, Grogan, Henry, Hinds, Jorgensen, Kachiroubas, Larsen, Murphy, Noonan, Redick, Ruscitti, Whelan, Wiley, Zaruba, and Zay; Milton Township officials Falbo, Heidorn, Hinkle, Keller, LeVan, Molitor, Muehlfelt, and Nathwani; and all the MTRCC members.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34974887/illinois-lawmakers-consider-ending-marijuana-prohibition
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  Illinois lawmakers are considering a plan to regulate and tax legal marijuana use for adults. Legislation introduced in the House and Senate Wednesday would allow adults 21 and older to purchase marijuana legally from a business licensed by the state. The Senate bill, SB 316, is sponsored by Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Heather Steans (D-Chicago), while the House version, HB 2353, was presented by Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago). “Marijuana prohibition is a quagmire that creates far more problems than it prevents,” Cassidy said. “Several states have adopted sensible alternatives to prohibition, and it is time for Illinois to develop its own exit strategy.” Each bill would make it legal to possess, grow, and purchase limited amounts of marijuana. The state would license and regulate businesses to cultivate, process, test, and sell marijuana to adults, and it would create and enforce strict health and safety regulations, such as testing and labeling requirements and restrictions on marketing. “Right now, all the money being spent on marijuana is going into the pockets of criminals and cartels,” Steans said. “In a regulated system, the money would go into the cash registers of licensed, taxpaying businesses. It would generate hundreds of millions of dollars per year in new revenue for our state.”  The bills propose taxing marijuana at a rate of $50 per ounce at the wholesale level, and retail sales would be subject to the state’s standard 6.25% sales tax. Based on current usage rates and the market price of marijuana being sold for adults’ use in Colorado, the Marijuana Policy Project estimates regulated marijuana sales could generate between $349 million and $699 million per year in new revenue for Illinois.)

 

CBS2
— Bruce Rauner: Terror Attack In Illinois ‘Just A Matter Of Time’
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/22/bruce-rauner-terror-attack-in-illinois-just-a-matter-of-time/

 

NBC5
— Trump to Deliver Commencement Address at Liberty University  President George H.W. Bush was the last president to deliver the Virginia-based university’s keynote address in 1990  (DIERSEN: What were you doing in 1990?  I worked for GAO on audits federal financial industry regulators.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Trump-to-Deliver-Commencement-Address-at-Liberty-University-416825033.html
— Labor Nominee Says He Won’t Let Politics Influence Hiring  Senate Democrats want to know how he would enforce worker protections in an agency the president wants cut by 20 percent – Laurie Kellman  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always promoted patronage and 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://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/US-Labor-Nominee-Acosta-Says-Hell-Advocate-for-Workers-416810563.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois lawmakers propose legalizing recreational marijuana – Robert McCoppin  (DIERSEN: If you push pot in Illinois, you push the further destruction of Illinois.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-illinois-marijuana-legalization-proposal-met-20170322-story.html
— Most Illinois House Republicans follow party on health care – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-republicans-obamacare-repeal-met-0323-20170322-story.html
— GOP health care plan, facing conservative revolt, lacks the votes for House passage – Mike Debonis, Juliet Eilperin, David Weigel
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-gop-health-care-bill-house-20170322-story.html
— Chicago Public Schools chief fires back at Gov. Rauner – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-board-education-met-0323-20170323-story.html
— Aurora mayoral candidates announce more endorsements – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-mayor-endorse-st-0322-20170321-story.html
— Chicago lawyer fights Army veteran’s deportation order – Manya Brachear Pashman  (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 veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-green-card-veteran-ruling-met-20170322-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Obamacare replacement bill could harm disabled Illinoisans.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-obamacare-replacement-disabilities-0323-biz-20170322-story.html
— Neil Gorsuch earns his Supreme Court seat – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-neil-gorsuch-hearing-edit-0323-20170322-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— GOP briefing leaves Trump ‘somewhat’ vindicated, Dems outraged – Julie Pace and Deb Riechmann
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gop-lawmaker-trump-communications-may-have-been-monitored/
—  Reince Priebus Getting Trumped? – Michael
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-getting-trumped/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Hultgren questions GOP health plan hours before crucial vote – Randall Hultgren
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329579/
— Endorsement: Yes to merge Lisle, Naperville township road districts
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/discuss/170329699/
— Rauner wants to replace prison guards in watchtowers with cameras – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329583/
— Police: Schaumburg man posted anti-Semitic fliers at University of Chicago – Katie Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170321/news/170329667/
— TRAGIC: Why video gambling will likely remain legal in St. Charles regardless of April election – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329627/
— IMRF: Simple resolution could end pensions for elected DuPage forest officials – Robert Sanchez  (DIERSEN: I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years.  My knowing that I was earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329542/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Forest preserve commissioners are paid $50,000 a year; the president is paid $75,000. The elected officials also are eligible to receive medical and dental insurance through the district. Commissioner Tim Whelan is questioning whether it’s a good idea to end the practice of offering pensions. He said the pension is an incentive for commissioners “to put in the time to benefit the taxpayers.” Whelan is one of five commissioners enrolled in IMRF. The others are Redick, Marsha Murphy, Linda Painter and Al Murphy. Redick, Painter and Marsha Murphy already are eligible for an IMRF pension — and will receive it regardless of whether the district does away with the perk. Whelan and Al Murphy are not yet vested.)
— District 200 asking voters for funds for improvements – Jeff Schuler  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would hint/imply/argue/shout that I should support the tax increase because I am UNDERSERVEDLY FILTHY RICH a) because my Civil Service Retirement System pension and federal health insurance subsidy are far too generous, b) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, c) because the federal government grossly overpaid me, d) because I avoided the draft, e) because I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and I have always been privileged, f) because my parents had enough money to send me to a parochial grade school, g) because my ancestors have in America since the 1840s, h) because I was born a White male, i) because I do not give money to a church, j) because etc.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329606/
— Why two lines on Naperville property taxes will decrease – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329544/
— Ethics accusation in Geneva mayor race goes to court – Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329532/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— New shots at Ryancare from Hultgren, Rauner – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170322/BLOGS02/170329948/gop-obamacare-replacement-takes-flak-from-hultgren-rauner
— Here’s what’s at stake for Chicago under Trump’s budget – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170322/BLOGS02/170329959/heres-whats-at-stake-for-chicago-under-trumps-budget

 

WSIL TV
— Republicans rebelling against health care risk Trump’s wrath – AP  (DIERSEN: What have you rebelled against?  I have always rebelled against the promotion of dependency on government and on charity, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, booze, pot, gambling, and other vices, LGBTQ activity, abortion, illegal/mass immigration, erosion of the First and Second Amendments, and other bad things.  Consequently, I have always incurred the wrath of those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote the aforesaid bad things.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34976205/republicans-rebelling-against-health-care-risk-trumps-wrath

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Frerichs Wants “Clarity” on Medical Marijuana from Trump Administration – JEFF BOSSERT
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/frerichs-wants-clarity-medical-marijuana-trump-administration#stream/0

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump to deliver Liberty University commencement address  Trump spoke at university in January 2016 – DAN MERICA
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-to-deliver-liberty-university-commencement-address/678050703
— Anti-Trumps say “Grieving father: ‘I don’t play Trump songs anymore’  Man says he feels betrayed by new health care bill.”
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/weird/grieving-father-i-dont-play-trump-songs-anymore/677949436

 

CHICAGO READER
— Potheads rejoice: Illinois lawmakers move to legalize recreational weed – Lee V. Gaines  (DIERSEN: Virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like a) they smoke pot and/or b) they want to smoke pot legally.)
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/03/22/potheads-rejoice-illinois-lawmakers-move-to-legalize-recreational-weed

 

CHICAGOIST
— 8 Arrested At Downtown Protest Against Trump’s Proposed HUD Cuts
http://chicagoist.com/2017/03/22/eight_arrested_at_downtown_protest.php#photo-1
— IL Lawmakers Introduce Bills To Legalize Marijuana Sales To Adults – STEPHEN GOSSETT  (DIERSEN: If you push pot in Illinois, you push the further destruction of Illinois.)
http://chicagoist.com/2017/03/22/bills_to_legalize_marijuana.php

 

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Recent Votes at Naperville City Council Meeting
http://www.nctv17.com/recent-votes-at-naperville-city-council-meeting/
— District 203 Abates Tax Levy
http://www.nctv17.com/district-203-abates-tax-levy/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives honors hero to homeless veterans Robert Adams – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511096601-ives-honors-hero-to-homeless-veterans

 

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE COURIER
— COD tuition freeze leaves room for anxiety – Lucas Koprowski
http://codcourier.org/5812/opinion/cod-tuition-freeze-leaves-room-for-anxiety/
— College of DuPage board of trustees places a freeze on tuition for the third straight year – Vandy Manyeh
http://codcourier.org/5805/news/college-of-dupage-board-of-trustees-places-a-freeze-on-tuition-for-the-third-straight-year/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The yearn to return to 1950s-era culture – Jennifer Harper (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps talk, write, and act like they hate the 1950s and like they hate all those Whites and men like me who were alive during the 1950s.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/22/inside-the-beltway-the-yearn-to-return-to-1950s-er/

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Trump Admin Makes Fight Against Sanctuary Cities Personal, Releases List ‘Naming and Shaming’ Them – PARKER LEE
http://ijr.com/2017/03/829898-trump-admin-makes-fight-sanctuary-cities-personal-releases-list-naming-shaming/

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump Slams His Own Supreme Court Nominee: ‘I’ll Criticize Judges’ – Jeffrey Rodack
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Trump-Slams-Neil-Gorsuch/2017/03/22/id/780112/

 

BREITBART
— Illegal Aliens Found Carrying Half Ton of Pot into U.S. – BOB PRICE
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/03/22/illegal-aliens-found-carrying-half-ton-pot-u-s/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Naperville Makes Effort to Educate On Crime Victim Rights – Allison Thibault
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/22/chicago-suburb-makes-effort-to-educate-on-crime-victim-rights/
— Chelsea Clinton To Receive Lifetime Impact Award For Some Reason – CHUCK ROSS  (DIERSEN: Were you born with a silver spoon in your mouth?  Have you always been privileged?  I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and that I have always been privileged.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/22/chelsea-clinton-to-receive-lifetime-achievement-award-for-some-reason/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Clinton’s other achievements include being born to one of the most skilled politicians in American history, growing up in the White House, landing a $600,000 contract with MSNBC, marrying a hedge fund millionaire, and tweeting constantly about President Trump.)

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— HIGH SCHOOL ‘MUSLIM PRAYER ROOM’ CHALLENGED  Texas attorney general takes notice but ACLU ‘nowhere to be found’ – LEO HOHMANN
http://www.wnd.com/2017/03/high-school-muslim-prayer-room-challenged/

 

POLITICO
— Federal staffers panicked by conservative media attacks  A spate of stories in Breitbart and other outlets have singled out individual career employees, questioning their loyalty to Trump. – NAHAL TOOSI and ANDREW RESTUCCIA
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/government-employees-conservative-media-236321

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Leanna Powell blasts those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors, etc.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/seeing-through-white-privilege-to-cope-with-race-religion_us_58d28e8ce4b062043ad4aeac

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump: Most people don’t know President Lincoln was a Republican – John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/03/22/trump-most-people-dont-know-president-lincoln-was-a-republican/
— Secret Service asked for $60 million extra for Trump-era travel and protection, documents show – Drew Harwell and Amy Brittain
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-asked-for-60-million-extra-for-trump-era-travel-and-protection-documents-show/2017/03/22/0967e7b6-0a85-11e7-a15f-a58d4a988474_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— AT&T Pulling Ads From Google Over ‘Hate’ Videos  Latest company to act over concerns ads were placed on YouTube videos supporting terrorism – JACK NICAS
https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-t-pulling-ads-from-google-over-hate-videos-1490206824

 

WBAA
— Inside The Wealthy Family That Has Been Funding Steve Bannon’s Plan For Years  (DIERSEN: Where did your money come from? My money came from what I earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964, washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, working on an automobile assembly line and working as a security guard in 1970, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumping gasoline 1971-1972, collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and auditing federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://wbaa.org/post/inside-wealthy-family-has-been-funding-steve-bannons-plan-years#stream/0

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Understanding risks as Congress, President review feds’ pay, benefits – Randy Silvey
http://federalnewsradio.com/commentary/2017/03/understanding-risks-congress-new-president-review-federal-pay-benefits/
— Why some lawmakers are making recruitment calls to get new talent into the VA – Nicole Ogrysko  (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://federalnewsradio.com/hearingsoversight/2017/03/lawmakers-making-recruitment-calls-get-new-talent-va/

 

MILITARY TIMES
— Human resources problems causing hiring, retention headaches for VA – Leo Shane III  (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://www.militarytimes.com/articles/va-human-resources-problems-recruiting

March 22, 2017

JOURNAL COURIER
— Proposal (SB 316 and HB 2353) would make marijuana legal in state  (DIERSEN: If you push pot in Illinois, you push the further destruction of Illinois.)
http://myjournalcourier.com/news/107260/proposal-would-make-marijuana-legal-in-state

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Big shot mayors can’t allow just anybody to be an email pal – Editorial (DIERSEN: QUESTION: When a mayor publicly insults one of his constituents, for example, at the end of one of his state of the city addresses, and cites anonymous sources to justify those insults, should that constituent file a FOIA request to identify those anonymous sources?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/big-shot-mayors-cant-allow-just-anybody-to-be-an-email-pal/
— Ethics board targets six more lobbyists who emailed Emanuel – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ethics-board-targets-six-more-lobbyists-who-emailed-emanuel/
— MARCH 13, 2017 FLASHBACK: BGA goes back to court to gain access to Emanuel’s private emails – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/bga-goes-back-to-court-to-gain-access-to-emanuels-private-emails/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Ethics board to look into possible lobbying violations in Tribune report – Bill Ruthhart and Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-ethics-board-met-0322-20170321-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Emanuel pushes his “municipal ID” plan to treasonously encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-chicago-municipal-id-met-20170322-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Offering such an ID also allows Emanuel to plant a high-profile flag in his campaign to position himself in opposition to Trump as a defender of immigrants’ rights and Chicago as a safe haven for those living here without legal permission. The mayor’s handpicked city clerk, Anna Valencia, is heading up the ID initiative. Valencia’s office insists applicants’ information will be secure and those who apply will be properly vetted, though Valencia has offered no specifics on how the city will achieve those goals or when the program will launch. She declined to be interviewed.)
— VIDEO: Naperville’s 2017 State of the City on NCTV17 (DIERSEN: I did not watch this, but am sure that Mayor Chirico did not insult anyone during his address.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/community/chi-ugc-article-napervilles-2017-state-of-the-city-on-nctv17-2017-03-20-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Naperville mayor proposes downtown outdoor Wi-Fi work space – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-state-of-the-city-st-0322-20170320-story.html
— No speed limit on the Chicago Way – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-rahm-emanuel-emails-kass-0322-20170321-column.html
— The NRA’s gun market crisis – Firmin DeBrabander  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps talk, write, and act like they are going to get rid of Trump and like they are going to get rid of Trump’s supporters.  For their self-defense, I would expect that most, if not virtually all Trump supporters own firearms and lots of ammunition.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-guns-nra-conceal-open-carry-trump-market-manufacturers-perspec-0322-jm-20170321-story.html
— ‘Deep state’ troubles White House  Trump and staffers think holdovers are intent on sabotage – Jonathan Lemire
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170322/281728384340900
— Pockets of strong Trump support in deep blue Democrat Chicago – Ted Gregory  (DIERSEN: In which precincts in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois did the highest percent of registered voters vote for Trump in the November 8, 2016 election?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-donald-trump-chicago-supporters-met-20170321-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Say yes to District 200 referendum – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/discuss/170329738/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago officials shudder at Trump budget – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170322/BLOGS02/170329959

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Leaving the Land of Lincoln – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-03-21/leaving-land-lincoln.html

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Not standing up to hate permits it to fester, breed – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors PROMOTE HATRED AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE Trump supporters, 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.)
http://thetelegraph.com/opinion/98727/editorial-not-standing-up-to-hate-permits-it-to-fester-breed

 

CHICAGO ARGUS
— Whose money is truly tainted? Or, Are Rauner bucks really holier than thou? – Gregory Tejeda
http://chicagoargus.blogspot.com/2017/03/whose-money-is-truly-tainted-or-are.html

 

CATHOLIC CITIZENS OF ILLINOIS
— ‘Ending White Privilege Starts With Ending Jewish Privilege’ fliers hung at U. Illinois-Chicago – REBECCA DOWNS (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. I should write a book about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who focused on turning my many Jewish superiors and Jewish supervisors against me. They stressed that I was 100% German national origin and that I had been baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.  In my defense, I stressed that all my ancestors had immigrated to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://catholiccitizens.org/news/70421/ending-white-privilege-starts-ending-jewish-privilege-fliers-hung-u-illinois-chicago/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fliers recently hung at the University of Illinois at Chicago declare “Ending White Privilege Starts With Ending Jewish Privilege.”  The fliers use Pew Research Center data in an attempt to validate the statement, including that while Jews make up 2 percent of the population in the United States that “44% of these Jewish Americans are in the top 1%.” “Is the 1% straight, white men? Or is the 1% Jewish?” the flier questions. The university acted swiftly, issuing a statement March 15, the same day the fliers were found on campus. “Such actions do not reflect the values we hold as a community. Acts that invoke hatred or violence toward members of our community will not be tolerated on our campus,” campus officials said. “We strongly encourage all members of our university to exercise their right to free speech in a manner that recognizes these principles and avoids prejudice or stereotypes,” they added. Despite the campuswide statement, more anti-Semitic fliers were found posted on campus over the weekend. One discussed “Jewish privilege” with regard to “the special privilege when it comes to top universities.” Another linked the de-hiring of Professor Steven Salaita with then-Chancellor Phyllis Wise’s meeting with “a wealthy Jewish Donor in Chicago.” A third criticized jail time for those who deny the Holocaust. Still another flier equated Auschwitz with Gaza, claiming the “largest Concentration Camp in the world today is owned and operated by Zionists.” While the fliers did not identify the student or organization responsible, they did include various hashtags: #BlackLivesMatter, #WeAreAllMuslims, #WhitePrivilege and #StandwithPalestine. Student Eva Zeltser, who posted images of the fliers on Facebook, said her “heart is broken.” “While I try to abstain from writing personal narratives on Facebook, enough is enough,” she stated. “If you are against hate crimes against one group, you should be against these acts of violence for ALL groups. Found all over the UIC campus. Things like these posters are actively posted to catalyze anti-Semitism and increase hate toward Jews.” The incident at the University of Illinois at Chicago comes as a strong uptick in anti-Semitic incidents on campuses nationwide has been observed. UIC Levine Hillel Center’s Executive Director Rabbi Seth Winberg condemned the posters in an email to The College Fix, noting they have caused anger and sadness. The center asked the university to “conduct a full investigation and to address the campus culture that would allow such hateful targeting of Jews.” “We will not let these hateful flyers deter us from our work to build a vibrant community at UIC,” Winberg added.)

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— NEW RANKING LISTS ILLINOIS AS #3 MOST CORRUPT STATE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/new-ranking-lists-illinois-as-3-most-corrupt-state.html
— THORNER: WILL A RESURRECTION OF AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGE FROM ITS DEMISE?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/thorner-will-a-resurrection-of-american-higher-education-emerge-from-its-demise.html
— COURT RULING CLEARS PATH FOR U.S. SUPREME COURT TO HEAR LAWSUIT TO END MANDATORY UNION FEES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/appeals-court-ruling-clears-path-for-us-supreme-court-to-hear-lawsuit-to-end-mandatory-union-fees.html
— WHY ILLINOIS IS DEAD BROKE – Illinois Policy Institute
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/why-illinois-is-dead-broke-video.html

 

BREITBART
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Breitbart pushes pot in America. If you push pot in America, you push the destruction of America.
http://www.breitbart.com/marijuana/
https://pro.moneymappress.com/p/NVXMJ39TMRSHORT/LNVXT326/?SID=breitbart-ordamer_032217&h=true

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— A NATION OF LAW, NOT POLITICS, WITH GORSUCH – Star Parker (DIERSEN: Yes, but Democrats and RINOs elect politicians who have passed many laws that discriminate against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/a-nation-of-law-not-politics-with-gorsuch/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— White House: Md. school rape underscores Trump’s compassion for victims of illegal immigrant crimes – S.A. Miller
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/21/rape-underscores-trump-compassion-illegals-crime/
— Political partisans within the ivy-covered halls  Campus authorities may violate IRS rules with their Trump-hating activism – Anne Hendershott
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/21/betsy-devos-warned-colleges-inculcating-students/

 

GOPUSA
— Rich New Yorkers ask Cuomo to raise their taxes – AP
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22154

 

FOX NEWS INSIDER
— Gorsuch: ‘No Such Thing as a Republican or Democrat Judge, Just Judges’ (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the judges in the lawsuits that I have filed. Their rulings show if they are Democrat, Libertarian, Green, or Republican.  By their rulings, the majority of the judges in Diersen v. GAO made it clear that they favored patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, that is, that they were Democrats.)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/03/21/neil-gorsuch-senate-confirmation-hearing-no-republican-or-democrat-judges-country

 

TOWNHALL
— Trump Puts Economic Nationalism on the Agenda – Andy Schlafly
https://townhall.com/columnists/andyschlafly/2017/03/22/trump-puts-economic-nationalism-on-the-agenda-n2302223

 

THE BLAZE
— Professor whose in-class anti-Trump tirade went viral nominated for campus award – Jon Street
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/03/21/unbelievable-professor-whose-in-class-anti-trump-tirade-went-viral-nominated-for-campus-award/

 

POLITICO
— Trump’s penchant for vengeance casts shadow on health care vote  Republican lawmakers thinking of bucking the White House on Obamacare know they’ll face a president who loves exacting retribution. – SHANE GOLDMACHER  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents are extremely vengeful and they focus on exacting retribution.  They blame me for all their problems and they crow that I am no longer a) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, b) a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, c) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, d) an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, e) an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest chapter board member, and that f) 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, g) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims, and h) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/donald-trump-vengeance-threat-236320
— Trump to Republicans: Vote for Obamacare repeal or lose your seat  ‘I’m asking for your vote on Thursday,’ the president said. – KYLE CHENEY, RACHAEL BADE and JOHN BRESNAHAN
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-health-care-obamacare-repeal-236281
— GOP Takes Up Russia-Aligned Attack On Soros – ISAAC ARNSDORF, ANDREW HANNA and KENNETH P. VOGEL (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps side with Soros against America.)
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/03/george-soros-russia-republicans-214938

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Why Objectively False Things Continue to Be Believed – AMANDA TAUB and BRENDAN NYHAN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents believe that I caused all their problems, that I am causing all their problems, and that I will forever cause all their problems. But in fact, my critics/opponents cause all their own problems, are causing all their own problems, and will forever cause all their own problems.  I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/22/upshot/why-objectively-false-things-continue-to-be-believed.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Alan Simpson says “During Donald Trump’s campaign, he repeatedly cast himself as a supporter of L.G.B.T. rights.”  Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity have always worked extremely hard against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/22/opinion/how-a-trump-turnabout-on-gay-rights-hurts-republicans.html
— Spicer Says Rape Case Against Undocumented Student Shows Need for Crackdown – LIAM STACKMAR
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/21/us/politics/sean-spicer-high-school-rape.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Rockville High rape case draws attention at White House briefing – Bill Turque, Donna St. George and Ovetta Wiggins
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/2017/03/21/018ef7a6-0e49-11e7-9b0d-d27c98455440_story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— White House calls alleged rape by immigrant teens ‘horrendous’ – Bob Fredericks and Danika Fears
http://nypost.com/2017/03/21/white-house-calls-alleged-rape-by-immigrant-teens-horrendous/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Latinos are reporting fewer sexual assaults amid a climate of fear in immigrant communities, LAPD says – James Queally  (DIERSEN: When Clinton, Bush, and Obama were in the White House, illegals knew that they had a friend in the White House, that is, someone who put citizens of Mexico and of other foreign countries ahead of citizens of America. That is a major reason why Trump won.)
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-immigrant-crime-reporting-drops-20170321-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Army says general Ron Lewis’ drunken escapades shouldn’t affect his secret clearance – Tom Vanden Brook  (DIERSEN: If Lewis claims to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, he should be dumped.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/21/brig-gen-ron-lewis-ash-carter-eric-fanning-swinging-general/99456588/
— White House links teen rape case to failed immigration policies – Debra Alfarone
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/21/white-house-links-teen-rape-case-failed-immigration-policies/99459772/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘Media Attention’ and IRS Abuse  A simple rule fix could end partisan targeting tomorrow. – JOHN J. VECCHIONE  (DIERSEN: Were it not Henry Hyde’s intervention, IRS would never have approved Adversity.Net’s 501(c)(3) application. SEE: http://www.adversity.net/)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/media-attention-and-irs-abuse-1490137171
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of Americans for their political views may have ended with the Obama administration—or even with its exposure in 2013. But it could easily recur. Even now, an internal IRS rule singles out applicants for nonprofit status who might be tied to anything newsworthy. The genesis of the targeting scandal was Section 7.29.3 of the Internal Revenue Manual. As noted in a report my organization is issuing Wednesday, this manual dictates how IRS employees handle everything from customer service to criminal investigations. This particular section tells them to flag for further review any application for tax-exempt status that might “attract media or Congressional attention.” That’s a broad, vague and subjective command that career IRS employees are nevertheless required to follow. Emails between IRS personnel make clear that low-level employees were guided by this rule throughout the targeting scandal. They repeatedly cited “media attention” on the Tea Party as the reason to single out and delay applications from conservative groups. This rule means that IRS enforcement reflects the ideological biases of the media. Aside from a small number of groups related to the Occupy Wall Street movement and the defunct advocacy group Acorn, libertarian and free-market groups were almost exclusively targeted. These provisions of the IRS manual have nothing to do with the merits of a nonprofit application and everything to do with keeping the agency from looking bad. It is inappropriate for a group’s tax-exempt status to be deep-sixed because of negative publicity. In the targeting scandal, this approach allowed partisan concerns to overtake the application process, resulting in the unfair treatment of political viewpoints at odds with the Obama administration. Equal justice under the law demands that the IRS abandon the “newsworthy” criterion. To date, however, the agency has promised only to stop making lists of targeted groups “until further notice.” Even if the halt were permanent, it wouldn’t be enough. IRS officials are still required to follow the manual and pull high-profile applications for enhanced scrutiny. The IRS can change its employee manual today. No new law is required. The simplest explanation for why the agency has not done so lies in the nature of bureaucracies—they refuse to relinquish power even after demonstrated abuse. The procedure for newsworthy applicants provides a convenient cover to shield improper partisan decision-making.)
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Retirement Remains Worker Worry – ANNE TERGESEN  (DIERSEN: If you are not retired, are you prepared for retirement? Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky.  In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors used the following facts to justify their forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old: a) what my wife and I had saved for our retirement, b) my wife’s salary, c) we had no debts, d) our good health, e) we owned 915 Cove Court in Wheaton, f) we had no dependents, g) we owned a 1997 Chevy Cavalier, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1990 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1972 Chevy Corvette, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, and 1962 Chevy Impala SS, and h) we could “afford” to suffer a $72,135/year loss of income in today’s dollars ($122,991 salary minus $50,856 pension).)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/workers-retirement-confidence-remains-below-pre-recession-levels-1490068865
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Women Gain as Skills Shift for High-Paying Jobs – LAUREN WEBER  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-skills-shift-for-high-paying-jobs-women-see-advantages-1490101201
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Men are losing ground in the labor market, and it’s not just the ones without college degrees. Even those with higher education are seeing their chances of holding a good job drop relative to women, according to new research. Three economists found that the high-paying occupations of the past few decades—from doctors to software engineers to financial advisers—require increasing levels of interpersonal skills such as collaboration, empathy and managing others. “That’s been favoring women in high-paying jobs,” said one of the study’s authors Henry Siu, a professor at the University of British Columbia. Women’s advancement in those jobs accelerated from 1980 to 2000. The trend slowed from 2000 to 2014, but even during that period, college-educated women saw their job prospects essentially hold steady while male peers’ prospects declined, according to Mr. Siu and his co-authors, Guido Cortes at the University of Manchester in England and Nir Jaimovich at the University of Southern California. The economists have been presenting their working paper, “The End of Men and Rise of Women in the High-Skilled Labor Market,” at economics conferences in recent months. Men are still better-represented in so-called good jobs, which the authors define as paying in the top 25% of all occupations or requiring mostly cognitive skills like problem-solving and analysis. But their chances of being in such jobs have fallen over time while women’s chances are rising. In 1980, 66.2% of male college graduates worked in cognitive jobs; by 2000, that proportion had fallen to 63.3%, according to U.S. census data reviewed by the economists. Meanwhile, 58.8% of college-educated women held such roles in 2000, up from 54.2% in 1980. By 2014, 61.4% of college-educated men were in those good jobs, compared with 57.8% for their female counterparts.)
— An Obama Decree Continues to Make Public Schools Lawless  To improve education, allow teachers to administer discipline regardless of race. – JASON L. RILEY
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-obama-decree-continues-to-make-public-schools-lawless-1490138783

 

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Better Marriage Between College and Job Training – Paul Fain  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/03/22/ideas-improving-higher-educations-primary-role-work-force-development

 

DAILY BEAST
— Manafort Secretly Worked for Russian Billionaire  (DIERSEN: Many thousands, if not millions, in America talk, write, and act like they are secretly working for foreign countries, especially for Mexico.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2017/03/22/manafort-secretly-worked-for-russians.html

March 20 Evening Edition

ABC7
— STATE SEN. DANIEL BISS SAYS HE’S RUNNING FOR ILLINOIS GOVERNOR – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/state-sen-biss-says-hes-running-for-illinois-governor/1809229/

 

NBC5
— Sen. Daniel Biss Announces Run for Illinois Governor  Biss joins Chicago Democrat Chris Kennedy and Ald. Ameya Pawar, who both threw their hats in the ring earlier this year
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Sen-Biss-Announces-Run-for-Governor-416621413.html

 

CBS2
— Mendoza: Gov. Rauner Stashing Money For Potential Government Shutdown  (DIERSEN: What have you stashed money for? During the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, I stashed money for cars to drive to work and to school, tuition and books, real estate, collector cars, and retirement. According to my critics/opponents, I was able to stash money a) because I was born a White male, b) because my parents were filthy rich, c) because I have had good health, d) because I avoided the draft, e) because I have always been overpaid, f) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, and g) because I do not give money to churches like they do.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/20/mendoza-gov-rauner-stashing-millions-for-potential-government-shutdown/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— New polls show Trump is less popular than any other president at this point  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps focus on making Trump unpopular.  I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on making unpopular a) those like me who do not glorify and praise them, b) those like me who do not pander to them, c) those like me who do not serve as one of their operatives or as one of their dupes, and d) those like me who do not give them money.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/242622271-story

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner aides dismiss Mendoza’s ‘jaw-dropping spending’ charge – Mitch Dudek
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rauner-aides-dismiss-mendozas-jaw-dropping-spending-charge/
— Biss diss—kisses off Madigan (‘there too long’), launches gov bid – Mitch Dudek
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/state-sen-daniel-biss-announces-run-for-governor/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner, Mendoza again blame each other for the state budget stalemate – John Byrne and Kim Geiger  (DIERSEN: When things go bad in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world, who should get the blame?  Should it be those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world?  Who has the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-susana-mendoza-city-club-met-0321-20170321-story.html
— Fear and loathing in Warren Township – Charles Selle
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-selle-warren-township-democrat-warning-st-0321-20170320-story.html
— Trump administration releases list of police agencies that didn’t help feds with deportations – Maria Sacchetti  (DIERSEN: If a police agency refuses to “help feds with deportations,” it shouts that it is anti-White, anti-Republican, and/or anti-American.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-law-enforcement-deportation-list-20170320-story.html
— Ivanka Trump gets West Wing office, access to classified information – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-ivanka-trump-west-wing-office-20170320-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Comey’s testimony leaves Trump looking desperate, childish and vulnerable.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-james-comey-russia-trump-tweets-20170320-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Naperville mayor shares dreams for ‘out-of-the-box’ future – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170320/news/170329892/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois Supreme Court won’t take up state employee pay case – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170320/illinois-supreme-court-wont-take-up-state-employee-pay-case

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Annual Adams County Lincoln/Reagan Day brings Republicans together – Ashley Szatala (DIERSEN: It would be great if those who organize such events would email me in advance ASAP the date, the event host, keynote speaker, and location so that I can include that information in the Upcoming Events section of GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Anti-Trumps will hint/imply/argue/shout that event organizers should not do that because anti-Trumps monitor GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and they will come and ruin such events.)
http://www.whig.com/20170320/annual-lincolnreagan-day-brings-republicans-together#

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Illinois Comptroller, Governor Spar Over State Spending – AP
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/illinois-comptroller-governor-spar-over-state-spending

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump job approval drops to 37%.  Poll numbers suggest growing dissatisfaction.”  What job do you have?  What is your job approval rating?  Who drives your job approval rating up or down?
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/gallup-trump-job-approval-drops-to-37/676074170

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — Look who also is feeling the pinch of Illinois’ budget mess: the lawmakers who helped cause it – Kevin McDermott (DIERSEN: What power do your critics/opponents say that you have to cause problems?  My critics/opponents would say my being a) the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, b) a Republican Precinct Committeeman, c) someone who encourages Republican candidates and elected officials to have entries in Wheaton’s Independence Day parades, and d) the person who raises  $2,500 from Republicans each year so that “DuPage Republicans” can sponsor the Wheaton high school bands and the Tunes of Glory Drums and Bugles entries in those parades.)
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/look-who-also-is-feeling-the-pinch-of-illinois-budget/article_44dc4c80-b387-5404-a789-8fdd2f1ad5f9.html

 

NORTHERN STAR
— NIU President Doug Baker to visit state lawmakers – Lindsey Salvatelli
http://northernstar.info/news/administration/president-to-visit-state-lawmakers/article_6edb8fa6-0cf3-11e7-9542-770835002762.html
— Republican stigma unjustified – Ian Tancun  (DIERSEN: Sadly, anti-Trumps disagree with Tancun. Anti-Trumps are full of hatred against Trump supporters and especially against those Trump supporters who 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 time.)
http://northernstar.info/opinion/republican-stigma-unjustified/article_13e81eb8-0cdd-11e7-a2dd-2771890392f8.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I support peaceful protests. I support healthy debates. Both are helpful in allowing people to express their opinions and discuss their differences. I wholeheartedly condemn all the negative stereotypes being hurled at Republicans. As a Democrat, I would not expect to be judged based on the actions or words of Hillary Clinton, even though I voted for her. This misguided belief that all Republicans should be judged for the actions or words of Trump is unacceptable.)

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Biss announces governor bid, puts budget onus on the rich – Hoang Tran  (DIERSEN: Democrats always demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being rich.)
http://northcooknews.com/stories/511096337-biss-announces-governor-bid-puts-budget-onus-on-the-rich

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— The final candidates for the 2017 Milton Township Trustee Election  (DIERSEN: During Saturday and Sunday afternoons, March 18 and 19, I delivered campaign literature to all the homes in my precinct that had at least one Republican voter or one independent voter (about 200 homes) for all the Republican candidates for City of Wheaton, Milton Township, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and College of DuPage offices on April 3 ballots who made campaign literature available to me, along with a copy of the sample ballot for their Wheaton District – West, East, or South, and the number of votes that the candidates got in the precinct for the November 8, 2016 election.  The  Wheaton Warrenville School District 200 Administration building and two of its schools are in my precinct.)
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511093865-the-final-candidates-for-the-2017-milton-township-trustee-election
— The final candidates for the 2017 Lisle Township Trustee Election
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511093884-the-final-candidates-for-the-2017-lisle-township-trustee-election
— The final candidates for the 2017 Bloomingdale Township Trustee Election
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511093997-the-final-candidates-for-the-2017-bloomingdale-township-trustee-election
— The final candidates for the 2017 Glen Ellyn Village Trustee Election
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511093923-the-final-candidates-for-the-2017-glen-ellyn-village-trustee-election
— Ives: Chicago can be pilot program on minimum wage direction – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511096029-ives-chicago-can-be-pilot-program-on-minimum-wage-direction

 

GOPUSA
— Guy wearing Trump hat sues bar for refusing to serve him  (DIERSEN: If you wore a “Make America Great Again” hat in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, or in Illinois, how viciously would the anti-Trumps come after you?)
http://www.gopusa.com/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Iran’s Supreme Leader: ‘Gender Equality’ Is A ‘Zionist Plot’ – Christian Datoc
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/20/irans-supreme-leader-gender-equality-is-a-zionist-plot/

 

NEWSMAX
— White House Calling for 1.9% Raise for Federal Workers – Cathy Burke
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/white-house-pay-raise-federal-workers-budget/2017/03/20/id/779797/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump won’t cut back Mar-a-Lago trips, despite cost – GABBY MORRONGIELLO  (DIERSEN: Have you had to cut back spending? Since 1997, when I was 49 years old, when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer,” I have had to cut back $72,135 in spending each year in today’s dollars. I have $72,135 less to spend each year because my GS-13 Step 10 GAO salary was $122,991 in today’s dollars and my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $50,856 or $72,135 less or 59% less.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-wont-cut-back-mar-a-lago-trips-despite-cost/article/2617888

 

BARBWIRE
— THE PRICE OF (WHITE) PRIVILEGE – DANIEL GREENFIELD  (DIERSEN: What is your DNA? I would have to pay the full 5% White privilege tax.  According to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
http://barbwire.com/2017/03/18/the-price-of-privilege/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A proposal has been making its way through the social justice sewer system to have white people pay a 5% privilege tax. That would be a lot cheaper than the current wealth redistribution built into the tax system. In 2004, black people made up 12% of the population and 20% of those who didn’t file taxes at all. It was estimated that 50.7% of African American households, 52% of Hispanic households and 37% of white households paid no income taxes. The numbers would likely have only gotten worse after the recession, which destroyed large numbers of African-American jobs, and the Obama years, which traded social welfare for economic progress. An otherwise equal tax system with a 5% white privilege tax would be an enormous improvement. How do you calculate the income losses for a white student shut out of college by affirmative action or a white business owner’s income losses due to preferential business programs aimed at minorities? The white student would happily pay that 5% to be allowed to go to college instead of being told that more diverse students with worse grades will cut ahead of him in line because they are “disadvantaged”. It would be easier for the white business owner to calculate in a fixed privilege tax for an otherwise competitive market than the intangible forms of diversity discrimination that rig the game. A 5% white privilege tax would be far too honest. The real tax is hidden and much higher. But the white privilege tax does raise all sorts of fascinating questions. How do you calculate it? It can’t be by appearing or identifying as a minority. Such an unfair performative system would allow Rachel Dolezal, aka Nkechi Diallo, to escape paying her white privilege tax after unfairly exploiting her white privilege to head the NAACP. If white people can just braid their hair in dreadlocks and spend a week in a tanning salon before renaming themselves Mkesi Daluboo or Willami Clintonoo, what good is a white privilege tax? The only fair way to do it is with a DNA test.)
— EQUALITY, INEQUALITY AND THE TRANSGENDER REVOLUTION – BILL MUEHLENBERG  (It used to be a joke that men would become women to take advantage of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
http://barbwire.com/2017/03/20/equality-inequality-transgender-revolution/
— AMNESTY, HERESY, INSANITY: ‘CHRIST WAS UNDOCUMENTED’ – ARTHUR SCHAPER
http://barbwire.com/2017/03/20/amnesty-heresy-insanity-christ-was-undocumented/

 

BLAZE
— ‘Snowflake Test’ weeds out ‘whiny, needy, entitled little brats’ who apply for jobs – Dave Urbanski
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/03/20/snowflake-test-weeds-out-whiny-needy-entitled-little-brats-who-apply-for-jobs/

 

BREITBART
— Limbaugh on Comey Hearing: Message to Trump Is Stop the ‘Drain-the-Swamp Stuff’ or Face Impeachment
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/03/20/limbaugh-comey-hearing-message-trump-stop-drain-swamp-stuff-face-impeachment/
— California Tattoo Removal Business Surges Amid Deportation Fears – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ  (DIERSEN: I have always opposed any kind of tattoo no matter what the alleged justification for that tattoo might be.)
http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/03/20/california-tattoo-removal-business-surges-amid-deportation-fears/
— Roland Martin: Trump ‘Hoodwinked, Bamboozled’ White Working-Class Voters – Pam Key
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/03/19/roland-martin-trump-hoodwinked-bamboozled-white-working-class-voters/
— Actress Mayim Bialik Blasts Feminists for ‘Disgusting’ Silence on Muslim Countries’ Treatment of Women – JEROME HUDSON  (DIERSEN: If you promote Islam, you promote abuse of women.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/03/20/big-bang-theory-star-mayim-bialik-feminists-silent-on-islams-abuse-of-women/
— Watch: Migrants and Far Left Join Forces to Attack Paris Police with Flares, Petrol Bombs – JACK MONTGOMERY  (DIERSEN: Paris today, your municipality tomorrow?)
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/20/migrants-far-left-join-forces-attack-paris-police-flares-petrol-bombs/

 

PATRIOT POST
— Turkey Threatens European Invasion? – Nate Jackson  (DIERSEN: Mexico has been invading America for many decades. Anti-Americans support that.)
https://patriotpost.us/posts/48070
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s no secret — at least to those informed by anything other than Leftmedia propaganda — that jihadis infiltrate the ranks of “refugees” in order to carry out terrorist attacks. Even Barack Obama’s State Department quietly acknowledged that fact. While American judges bemoan Donald Trump’s travel ban because it “targets Muslims,” some Muslims certainly don’t have any trouble making it all about religion. As Gary Bauer notes, “A diplomatic spat erupted recently when Turkey wanted to send diplomats to the Netherlands to campaign among the Turkish residents there for an upcoming constitutional referendum in Turkey. Dutch officials refused to allow the visit, which coincided with their own hotly contested election, and the Turkish government erupted in rage.” “Shame on the EU,” Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan thundered. “Down with your European principles, values and justice.” He wasn’t done, claiming, “They started a clash between the cross and the crescent. There is no other explanation.” Worse, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu threatened, “Soon wars of religion … will start in Europe.” This might happen because, he added, “We could open the way for 15,000 refugees … each month and blow [Europe’s] mind.” Now, a brief history lesson. Less than 100 years after Mohammad’s death, Muslims were invading Europe — first Spain and then France before Frankish King Charles Martel defeated them at the Battle of Tours in 732. Hundreds of years of subsequent Muslim aggression led to the Crusades. So no, Dutch politicians did not “start a clash between the cross and the crescent.” Muslims did that 1,400 years ago and they’ve never stopped. The battle just looks different now, and the “army” is a horde of “refugees.” Did we mention that Turkey is a member of NATO and ostensibly and ally of Western Europe?)

 

HOT AIR
— California growers still talking about the “jobs Americans won’t do” – JAZZ SHAW  (DIERSEN: What bad jobs have you had?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupe have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that all the jobs that I have had were bad jobs and that they would never stoop to taking them. I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assemble line, worked as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.)
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/03/20/california-growers-still-talking-about-the-jobs-americans-wont-do/

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps side with German anti-Trumps.  My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI.  My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-germany-military_us_58cf4155e4b0ec9d29dcfcb4

 

ABC NEWS
— Ivanka Trump to receive White House office, security clearance – JOHN SANTUCCI and ADAM KELSEY
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ivanka-trump-receive-white-house-office-security-clearance/story?id=46263737

 

MSNBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “GOP senator acknowledges Americans’ ‘right’ to health care.”  Anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout a) that all those in America legally or illegally have a “right” to free housing, free food, free health care, free education if they want it, free transportation, a good job if the want one, and free everything else, b) that all Republicans are filthy rich, and c) that Republicans should pay for all the aforesaid free stuff.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/gop-senator-acknowledges-americans-right-health-care

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The lopsided age distribution of partisan politics, visualized – Philip Bump  (DIERSEN: I was a conservative Republican when I was in my teens, in my 20s, in my 30s, in my 40s, in my 50s, in my 60s, and I will always be a conservative Republican.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/20/the-lopsided-age-distribution-of-partisan-politics-visualized/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Amid Spending Questions, White House Defends Trump’s Golf-Resort Trips – REBECCA BALLHAUS  (DIERSEN: Have you had to cut back spending? Since 1997, when I was 49 years old, when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer,” I have had to cut back $72,135 in spending each year in today’s dollars. I have $72,135 less to spend each year because my GS-13 Step 10 GAO salary was $122,991 in today’s dollars and my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $50,856 or $72,135 less or 59% less.)
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2017/03/20/white-house-defends-trumps-trips/

 

WCBM
— OUTSTANDING: FY Budget Proposes to Make E-Verify Mandatory
http://www.wcbm.com/2017/03/20/fy-budget-proposes-to-make-e-verify-mandatory-facebook-twitter/

 

NEW REPUBLIC
— Amazing Disgrace  How did Donald Trump—a thrice-married, biblically illiterate sexual predator—hijack the religious right? – SARAH POSNER  (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, churches talk and act like they are arms of the Democrat Party.)
https://newrepublic.com/article/140961/amazing-disgrace-donald-trump-hijacked-religious-right

March 18 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner wants state’s top court to decide AFSCME dispute – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rauner-wants-states-top-court-to-decide-afscme-dispute/amp/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Cook County Board member cashes in on video gambling boom – BGA
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/cook-county-board-member-cashes-in-on-video-gambling-boom/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Group of men robbing people walking in Loop, on Red Line
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-loop-red-line-robberies-20170317-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly Democrats are succeeding in getting religious leaders to act as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat Party.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-churches-politics-st-0310-20170317-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Town hall ‘protests’ beneath our dignity – Mary Plunkett, Wheaton
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170318/discuss/170318885/
— Endorsements: Delgado, Nagel, Saake, Yackey for West Chicago District 94 school board
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170317/discuss/170319062/

 

WGN RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Does President Trump’s budget proposal put pressure on Illinois?”
http://wgnradio.com/2017/03/17/does-president-trumps-budget-proposal-put-pressure-on-illinois/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— 5 places where Chicago will feel Trump budget cuts – BGA
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170317/NEWS02/170319876/poor-in-chicago-and-illinois-targeted-in-trump-budget-cuts

 

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— ‘Kicking the can’ not the best government budget strategy – Editorial
http://jg-tc.com/news/opinion/our-view-kicking-the-can-not-the-best-government-budget/article_f2577baa-2903-54bf-b8d1-35192ee0f8bd.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— To turn corner, Illinois must reform itself today – Bill Bloom
http://www.qconline.com/opinion/to-turn-corner-illinois-must-reform-itself-today/article_a26d21a1-1e97-54f0-be88-37d31c842085.html

 

WHEATON RECORD
— Paul Ryan plans fundraiser at The Chicago Club March 23 – MADDY PRESTON
http://www.wheatonrecord.com/news/paul-ryan-plans-fundraiser-chicago-club/

 

FOX NEWS
— Make no mistake, disclosing Trump’s tax returns (and anyone else’s) is a felony – Hans A. von Spakovsky
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/03/17/make-no-mistake-disclosing-trumps-tax-returns-and-anyone-elses-is-felony.html

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— WHY ARE BLACK REPUBLICANS AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT? – Raynard Jackson
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/why-are-black-republicans-afraid-to-speak-out/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Left’s Descent into Fascism – Shari Goodman  (DIERSEN: If you are a Trump supporter, where are you no longer welcome?  What year is it in America – 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936?)
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/03/the_lefts_descent_into_fascism.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Long before the creation of ghettos and concentration camps, the demonization of Jews began in 1933 when Germany elected Adolf Hitler as Chancellor.  Following his election, Hitler created a fascist dictatorship which eventually led to the Holocaust and the extermination of six million Jews whose only crime was their Jewish identity. The dehumanization of Jews was a necessary requirement for Hitler and his fellow Nazis and they did so with a campaign of demonization, ridicule, and blame.  Hitler’s election provided Germans a daily dose of anti-Semitism and gave it legitimacy while providing a rationalization for the extermination of six million Jews. The persecution of European Jewry was gradual.  At first Jews were no longer welcome at schools and universities.  Later, they were no longer able to own their businesses and homes. With time, public transportation was unavailable to them, public restrooms were forbidden, hospitals excluded them and eventually they were no longer able to use public streets or go outdoors.  They were complete outcasts in a land they called home.  By the time the crematoriums were running, Jews were no longer viewed as humans, but as vermin to be stamped out for the good of humanity. Today, the election of Donald Trump to the Presidency has provoked the fascist Left to reject the election results.  Taking a page from Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radials, in which Alinsky advised his followers in Rule 13 to “pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it,” the Left is now resorting to the fascist tactics of targeting Conservatives much like the Nazis who targeted European Jewry for their economic and social ills.  Conservatives and Trump supporters are reluctant to identify themselves and conceal their support for fear of a backlash from the Leftist elites. From the Berkeley riots to Black Lives Matters marches it is not safe to be a conservative Trump supporter on American streets and college campuses.)
— ‘Ending Jewish Privilege’ flyers distributed at University of Illinois, Chicago – Thomas Lifson  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that members of the following groups are privileged and that it should end: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  Ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes make it clear that they want to get rid of those who are members of the aforesaid groups. Ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes make it clear that they want to curry favor with 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.)
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/03/ending_jewish_privilege_flyers_distributed_at_university_of_illinois_chicago.html

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— ISIS Could Eradicate Christians From Middle East – Adam Kredo  (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Christians have no problem with that.)
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/isis-eradicate-christians-middle-east/
— Brazile Defends Her Decision to Leak Questions to Clinton – Nick Bolger  (DIERSEN: Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/brazile-defends-her-decision-to-leak-questions-to-clinton/

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Berkeley Becomes First City To Divest From Border Wall Companies – Mary Papenfuss  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they hate America and that they hate Americans.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/berkeley-border-wall-contractors_us_58cc7f57e4b0be71dcf50d7b

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Depressed by Politics? Just Let Go – Arthur C. Brooks  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents a) want you to know only what they want you to know and b) know that they cannot manipulate/dominate me.  That is why since 2000, they have had their operatives and their dupes do everything that they can to stop me from sending GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails out.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/opinion/depressed-by-politics-just-let-go.html
— HARDCOPY SUBTITLE: Resisting a president who believes the arts are worthless – Roger Cohen  (DIERSEN: Who believes that what you do is worthless?  I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are not only worthless, but that they have caused all the defeats that Republicans have suffered since 2000 in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/opinion/christo-wraps-donald-trump.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— What does the NEA’s $148 million budget buy? 7,789,473 taco bowls but not even one mile of the 405 Freeway – Carolina A. Miranda
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-nea-index-trump-budget-20170318-story.html

 

LAS VEGAS SUN
— States could make work a Medicaid requirement under Republican deal – Thomas Kaplan and Robert Pear  (DIERSEN: But what if you have medical problems that are so severe that no one will hire you?)
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/mar/18/states-could-make-work-a-medicaid-requirement-unde/

 

USA TODAY
— Military nude photo investigation expands into gay porn websites – Tom Vanden Brook
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/17/marine-corps-commandant-robert-neller-marines-united-pornography/99306778/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Mere Budgetary Christianity  What would Jesus say about big government? – JAMES FREEMAN  (DIERSEN: What do you say to religious leaders who ever increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that God hates those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton and in Glen Ellyn are extremely judgmental and hint/imply/argue/shout that God loves them but God hates me and God is going to send me straight to Hell mainly because I spend Sunday mornings putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out instead of attending church services.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mere-budgetary-christianity-1489780327
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times is having fun implying that Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s effort to replace ObamaCare is at odds with Mr. Ryan’s Catholic faith. The column is of a piece with the “Jesus was a socialist” arguments that bounce around the left half of the social media universe. Without wrestling with any difficult questions of faith or logic, Mr. Kristof simply casts the federal bureaucracy in the role of Jesus. Then the Timesman proceeds to suggest through satire that by seeking to reduce outlays and improve incentives in federal programs, Mr. Ryan is defying the will of his God. Of course if federal agencies were ever actually given the statutory mission to do as Jesus would do, Mr. Kristof would be as horrified as anyone. But this seems to be a political season when people who spend much of the year driving religion out of public life abruptly drag it back in as they attempt to justify big government. It’s not necessarily persuasive. The ancient book has numerous admonitions to perform charity and various condemnations of greed, but it’s not easy to find a passage in which Jesus says that government is the best vehicle to provide aid, or that anyone should force others to donate. Even casual readers of the Bible may notice that Jesus doesn’t get along all that well with the political authorities of his time and (spoiler alert!) his relationship with government ends rather badly. Back then, tax collectors were not presumed to be the dedicated public servants that we appreciate so much today. And in our own time, social conservatives who think the U.S. Government has become hostile to religion—Christianity in particular—should consider what Jesus had to put up with.)
— Thomas Sowell discusses his own rise from poverty and the country’s ‘degeneration’ into ‘grievance culture.’ – TUNKU VARADARAJAN  (DIERSEN: When my subordinates in the federal government who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger grieved that they were not getting promoted fast enough, my Democrat superiors and supervisors hinted/implied/argued/shouted that they were doing everything that they could to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.  During almost all of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency was under a promotion freeze.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-education-of-an-american-sage-1489791759

 

HERALD MAIL
— Who would replace immigrant workers? – Tim Rowland  (DIERSEN: What bad jobs did you have that many, if not most people would refuse to take?  I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assemble line, worked as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.)
http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/opinion/tim_rowland/who-would-replace-immigrant-workers/article_00b065ae-a5a5-5e00-ac5c-a6b3b42b48bf.html

March 17 Evening Edition

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Two choices for Trump supporters in Chicago: Be silent or be bullied – SUZZANNE MONK  (DIERSEN: How nasty are the anti-Trumps in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county?  One would expect that the fewer votes that Trump got in the aforesaid jurisdictions, the nastier that the anti-Trumps would be there. One would expect that the more religious, government, political, and/or financial clout that anti-Trumps have in the aforesaid jurisdictions, the nastier that the anti-Trumps would be there.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170317/ISSUE07/170319882/two-choices-for-trump-supporters-in-chicago-be-silent-or-be-bullied
(FROM THE LETTER: For 24 years, I have loved living in Chicago with my husband, a native Chicagoan. I have loved doing business in Chicago. The food, the sports, the culture and the arts, and the diversity of people have been a fertile ground for our life, and I have been proud to call myself a Chicagoan anywhere I went in the world. But for the last year I have not loved living in Chicago. I am ashamed of you, Chicago, and the intolerance you now accept in the name of politics. You see, I am a Trump supporter. My husband is a Trump supporter, too. And because we support Trump, we no longer feel proud, or safe, being in this city. Chicago, you have always been a Democrat-run town, but this year you have become a one-party city terrorizing anyone not in your party for their beliefs. From the constant protests blocking roads and businesses, to the attacks on Trump supporters, to the verbal and online bullying going on every day across this city, Chicago, you have made it quite clear that Trump supporters are not welcome. When my fellow Chicagoans praised the riot at UIC that shut down the Chicago Trump rally I attended, I was angry and ashamed. You have made it quite clear, there are two choices for Trump supporters in Chicago: Be silent about your politics or be bullied for them. Since I am not one to be silent, I have been bullied. My husband and our music store, Worlds of Music Chicago, are still being bullied. Our store has had to cut employee hours due to the bullying, and soon we will have to cut our employee altogether. We will close at the end of April, because we are no longer willing to subject our staff, our customers, our neighbors and ourselves to the daily risk. Sadly, my story is not unique. Other Chicago Trump supporters are experiencing the same hate, bullying and intimidation. If you need any further evidence of Trump supporters being unwelcome, you need merely turn on the local news, pick up a local paper or read your alderman’s latest newsletter bashing and misrepresenting our president. So, after 25 years, after a lifetime for my husband, we have to leave. In the end, it wasn’t the high taxes, constant road construction or high crime. It wasn’t the unchecked gang violence or political cronyism. In the end, we have to leave because of the hate you are willing to tolerate. I’d like to say, it’s not you, it’s me—but Chicago, I’ve got to be honest . . . it’s you. You’ve changed. You are no longer the nose-to-the-grindstone hardworking Democratic City of the Big Shoulders. You have a Trump-sized chip on that big shoulder, and it has turned you into a city of fear, hate and division. A city that encourages political bullying. A city I can no longer call home.)
— State’s pile of unpaid bills hits $12.8 billion – Reuters
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170317/NEWS02/170319877/illinois-unpaid-bills-total-12-8-billion

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— How to close dark money loophole in Illinois political campaigns – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/how-to-close-dark-money-loophole-in-illinois-political-campaigns/
— Brides-to-be sue Trump over travel ban, fiancés can’t come to US – Jacob Wittich
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trumps-revised-travel-ban-challenged-in-new-lawsuit/
— Cubs title a big factor in record $194M police and fire OT bill – Fran Spielman and Mick Dumke
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cubs-title-a-big-factor-in-record-200m-police-and-fire-ot-bill/
— Chicago FOP candidate’s suburban home prompts residency ruckus – Andy Grimm
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-fop-candidates-suburban-home-prompts-residency-ruckus/
— Ending residency a sticky subject for generations – Dan Mihalopoulos
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mihalopoulos-ending-residency-a-sticky-subject-for-generations/
— Public to have its say at City Council meetings – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/public-to-have-its-say-at-city-council-meetings/
— Rahm’s high bar for new City Colleges chief: 25% graduation rate – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rahms-high-bar-for-new-city-colleges-chief-25-graduation-rate/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner asks state Supreme Court to get involved in fight with union – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-afscme-supreme-court-met-20170317-story.html
— State Sen. Jim Oberweis explains how the term ‘wage theft’ is like, um, wife-beating – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-jim-oberweis-wife-beating-0319-chicago-inc-20170317-story.html
— Last call for common sense: No drinking before 21 at restaurants – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-underage-drinking-parents-restaurants-illinois-general-assembly-edit–0318-jm-20170317-story.html
— COD Board of Trustees Votes to Keep Tuition Flat for the Next Year
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glen-ellyn/community/chi-ugc-article-cod-board-of-trustees-votes-to-keep-tuiti-2017-03-17-story.html
— College of DuPage Board of Trustees Approves New Intergovernmental Agreement with Village of Glen Ellyn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glen-ellyn/community/chi-ugc-article-college-of-dupage-board-of-trustees-approves-2017-03-17-story.html
— Wheaton council to consider project that would lead to historic mansion’s demolition – Bob Goldsborough
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/wheaton-glen-ellyn/news/ct-wheaton-convent-development-0319-20170317-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s inability to fill key positions makes America weak.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-trump-admin-b0233204-0b1b-11e7-b77c-0047d15a24e0-20170317-story.html
— South suburban airport plan needs resolution – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-editorial-south-suburban-airport-st-0319-20170317-story.html
— Emanuel challenges Trump budget proposal on its values, priorities – John Byrne and Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-trump-budget-met-20170317-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Glen Ellyn, COD putting feud behind them – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170317/news/170318918/
— Hanover Township voters to decide fate of road district – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170317/news/170318906/

 

ABC7
— TRUMP, MERKEL TRY TO SIDESTEP DIFFERENCES IN FIRST MEETING – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-merkel-try-to-sidestep-differences-in-first-meeting/1805791/

 

WLS AM
— Congressman Roskam:  Trump budget is a “wish list.” – John Dempsey
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/03/17/congressman-roskam-trump-budget-is-a-wish-list/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump administration ramps up efforts to block media  Trump says he can ‘get around the media’ – DYLAN BYERS
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-administration-ramps-up-efforts-to-block-media/674156292
— Facing soaring costs, Palm Beach officials ask Trump to pay up  Trips cost county $60,000 a day – DAN MERICA
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/facing-soaring-costs-palm-beach-officials-ask-trump-to-pay-up/674193791

 

WREX
— Rauner takes union fight to Illinois Supreme Court – AP
http://www.wrex.com/story/34942166/rauner-takes-union-fight-to-illinois-supreme-court

 

WSIL TV
— Many Trump voters would feel program cuts in budget proposal – AP  (DIERSEN: Only 137 out of 506 registered voters in my precinct voted for Trump in the November 8, 2016 election, so few in my precinct would feel Trump’s program cuts.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34936440/many-trump-voters-would-feel-program-cuts-in-budget-proposal

 

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Adam Andrzejewski to host ‘Open the Books’ dinner in Effingham March 23
http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/community/adam-andrzejewski-to-host-open-the-books-dinner-in-effingham/article_f2293775-1242-5297-b78d-67377f7b13eb.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Villa Park ranked 131th in state in lottery ticket sales for May 2016
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511089287-villa-park-ranked-131th-in-state-in-lottery-ticket-sales-for-may-2016

 

ILLINOIS WATCHDOG
— Northwestern student government endorses ‘viewpoint diversity’ – Ashe Schow
http://watchdog.org/291054/northwestern-student-government-passes-resolutions-aimed-viewpoint-diversity/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS UNIVERSITIES CHARGE HIGH PRICE FOR PERVERSE PRIORITIES  More than 50 percent of the state’s $4.1 billion budget for public universities is spent on retirement costs alone. –
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-universities-charge-high-price-for-perverse-priorities/
— ILLINOIS POLITICIANS VOTE TO DIVERT $300M FROM STATE COFFERS TO FUEL LOCAL SPENDING – Amy Korte
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-politicians-vote-to-divert-300m-from-state-coffers-to-fuel-local-spending/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DOCTOR, PREGNANCY CENTERS SUE RAUNER OVER LAW FORCING ABORTION INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/doctor-pregnancy-centers-sue-rauner-over-law-forcing-abortion-information-disclosure.html
— THORNER/INGOLD: TRUMP’S HONORING OF ANDREW JACKSON’S HERMITAGE ANGERS LIBERALS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/thorneringold-trumps-honoring-of-andrew-jacksons-hermitage-angers-liberals.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Bill backlog now equals $1,000 per Illinoisan
https://capitolfax.com/2017/03/17/bill-backlog-now-equals-1000-per-illinoisan/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— ESPN Attacks Tim Tebow as ‘Failure’ on First Day of Spring Training – Warner Todd Huston (DIERSEN: If you are a non-veteran White male federal employee, you will be attacked as being a failure if you do not 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.publiusforum.com/2017/03/16/espn-attacks-tim-tebow-failure-first-day-spring-training/

 

FOX NEWS
— Spicer Treated Like a Rock Star at Trump’s Nashville Rally
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/03/16/sean-spicer-treated-rock-star-president-trump-nashville-rally-photos-reaction
— University Employee Says She Was Fired for Defending Trump’s Immigration Policies
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/03/16/university-employee-says-she-was-fired-defending-trumps-immigration-executive-order

 

GOPUSA
— CNN tries to smear Sean Hannity
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21985
— Break rules, make threats, get what you want
http://www.gopusa.com/break-rules-make-threats-get-what-you-want/

 

BREITBART
— Six out of 10 People in France ‘Don’t Feel Safe Anywhere’ – VIRGINIA HALE
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/17/six-ten-france-dont-feel-safe-anywhere/
— ‘After School Satan Club’ Received Fast-Tracked Tax-Exempt Status from IRS – DR. SUSAN BERRY
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/16/school-satan-club-received-fast-tracked-tax-exempt-status-irs/
— Professional Journalists Freak Out over President Trump’s Retweets – DAN RIEHL
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/03/17/media-freaks-out-president-trump-retweets/

 

BLAZE
— You don’t get to lecture about ‘Christian values’ while you support killing babies – Matt Walsh
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/you-dont-get-to-lecture-about-christian-values-while-you-support-killing-babies/

 

POLITICO
— Trump praises Irish ‘fight’ at White House ceremony – HENRY C. JACKSON
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-irish-reception-white-house-236155

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Protestants and anti-Americans say “Anti-Muslim, Anti-Refugee Rhetoric Poses a Big Threat to Our Communities.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/anti-muslim-anti-refugee-rhetoric-poses-a-big-threat_us_58cc2243e4b0537abd95704b

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s budget makes perfect sense and will fix America, and I will tell you why – Alexandra Petri
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2017/03/16/trumps-budget-makes-perfect-sense-and-will-fix-america-and-i-will-tell-you-why/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump’s budget takes an ax to California – Benjamin Oreskes, Shelby Grad
http://www.latimes.com/newsletters/la-me-ln-essential-california-20170317-story.html

 

WORLD NEWS POLITICS
— Illinois Republican Lawmakers Just Stopped Illinois Democrats From Spending $1M
https://www.worldnewspolitics.com/2017/03/16/republican-lawmakers-just-stopped-democrats-spending-1m/

 

FORBES
— The U.S. Industries With The Most Immigrant Workers – Niall McCarthy  (DIERSEN: One could expect that therefore, these industries are the most anti-Trump.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/03/17/the-u-s-industries-with-the-most-immigrant-workers-infographic/#beb02355ffb8

 

FED SMITH
— House Passes Legislation to Streamline VA’s Hiring Procedures – Ian Smith (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.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/03/17/house-passes-legislation-to-streamline-vas-hiring-procedures/
— House Passes Legislation Making It Easier to Fire VA Employees – Ian Smith  (DIERSEN: Were it not for federal civil service protections, because I have always been a Republican, 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. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/03/17/house-passes-legislation-making-it-easier-to-fire-va-employees/

March 15 Evening Edition

ABC7
— JUDGE ISSUES TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST NEW TRUMP TRAVEL BAN – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/news/judge-issues-temporary-restraining-order-against-new-trump-travel-ban/1802630/
— DONALD TRUMP TWEETS BACK AFTER SNOOP DOGG AIMS GUN AT HIM IN NEW VIDEO – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/entertainment/trump-tweets-back-after-snoop-aims-gun-at-him-in-new-video/1801804/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— CPS and CTU: The War of Bad Ideas – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-chicago-public-schools-teachers-union-strike-edit-0315-20170314-story.html
— Plan would make changing birth certificates easier for transgender people – Haley BeMiller  (DIERSEN: How successful have the Democrats been in promoting gender confusion in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-transgender-bill-met-20170315-story.html
— Democrat says letting Rauner administration cut budget like ‘handing a razor blade to a toddler’ – Monique Garcia and Haley BeMiller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-senate-budget-hearing-met-20170315-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, members of the following groups glorify and praise immigrants: 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.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-immigrants-fear-trump-steve-king-bannon-chapman-perspec-0316-jm-20170315-column.html
— Sparks fly between Irvin, Guzman at Aurora mayor forum – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-debate-aurora-mayor-st-0316-20170314-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Federal judge in Hawaii puts Trump travel ban on hold – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/judge-in-hawaii-puts-revised-federal-travel-ban-on-hold/amp/
— Dead heat: Most voters don’t like Rauner or Madigan, poll says – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-edges-rauner-in-unpopularity-contest-poll-says/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage sheriff’s department getting new dash cameras – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170315/news/170319277/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner job-approval rating hits record low – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170315/BLOGS02/170319927/rauner-job-approval-rating-hits-record-low
— Chicago among 30 cities to shop for $10 billion of electric cars to defy Trump – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170315/NEWS02/170319932/chicago-among-30-cities-to-shop-for-10-billion-of-electric-cars-to

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— CMS not sure how many replacements needed in a strike – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170315/cms-not-sure-how-many-replacements-needed-in-strike

 

WJBC
— LaHood: GOP health care plan report shows ‘stark reality’ – Eric Stock
http://www.wjbc.com/2017/03/14/lahood-gop-health-care-plan-report-shows-stark-reality/

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Statehouse Rally Demands More Help for Immigrants – TOM LISI  (DIERSEN: Democrats always want Republicans to pay for everything.)
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/statehouse-rally-demands-more-help-immigrants#stream/0

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— District 200 board candidate harassed incumbent board member in 1980s  Thomas Hudock pleaded guilty in 1986 to telephone harassment against board member Jim Mathieson – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/03/10/district-200-board-candidate-harassed-incumbent-board-member-in-1980s/a5n0wr7/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Glen Ellyn Superintendent puts his, taxpayers’ money where his mouth is
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511092964-glen-ellyn-superintendent-puts-his-taxpayers-money-where-his-mouth-is

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Chicago among top illegal immigrant ‘sanctuaries’ – Carol Ostrow
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511087796-chicago-among-top-illegal-immigrant-sanctuaries

 

SOUTH COOK NEWS
— Massive village debt weighs down Orland Park home values, longtime mayor’s re-election campaign
http://southcooknews.com/stories/511092443-massive-village-debt-weighs-down-orland-park-home-values-longtime-mayor-s-re-election-campaign

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Senator Heather Steans, D-Chicago, hopes failure of ‘grand bargain’ spurs on bargain for taxpayers
https://ilnews.org/12566/senator-hopes-failure-grand-bargain-spurs-bargain-taxpayers/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Legalizing Counterfeit Birth Certificates  Illinois House Committee Approves HB 1785  Falsified Birth Certificates – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/legalizing-counterfeit-birth-certificates/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— MADIGAN AND RAUNER’S APPROVAL NUMBERS DROP TO NEW LOWS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/madigan-and-rauners-approval-numbers-drop-to-new-lows.html
— DUCKWORTH STAFFS UP WITH FORMER LOBBYISTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/duckworth-staffs-up-with-former-lobbyists.html
— THORNER: BE WARY OF SLICK COMPUTER SCAM ARTISTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/nancy-thorner-be-wary-of-slick-computer-scam-artists-1.html
— HOUSE APPROVES MEASURE BANNING LAWMAKER PAY RAISE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/house-approves-measure-banning-lawmaker-pay-raise.html

 

GOPUSA
— Hiding the Media’s Disapproval Rating
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21854
— Trump Fires Back at Rapper’s Threat
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21873
— Michigan churches declare that they are sanctuaries for illegal aliens (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, churches paint themselves as being 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 (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21878

 

DAILY CALLER
— Pensions For Retired Federal Employees – Including Lois Lerner – Are Kept Secret – Ethan Barton  (DIERSEN: My Civil Service Retirement System pension is $50,856.  It is dramatically reduced because my Democrat superiors wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/14/pensions-for-retired-feds-including-lois-lerner-are-kept-secret/

 

BREITBART
— Obama Vs. Trump: Ex-President Returns to Radical Community Organizing to Save His Tattered Legacy – AARON KLEIN
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/14/obama-vs-trump-ex-president-returns-to-radical-community-organizing-to-save-his-tattering-legacy/
— Number of Swedish Children Wanting to Change Gender Doubling Each Year – VIRGINIA HALE  (DIERSEN: How successful have the Democrats been in promoting gender confusion in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/15/swedish-children-gender-double-year/
— College Removes Scales from Gym to Avoid ‘Triggering’ Overweight Students – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017/03/15/college-removes-scales-from-gym-to-avoid-triggering-overweight-students/
— Trump’s 2005 Tax Rate Much Higher Than Normal…Even for the Very, Very Wealthy – JOHN CARNEY
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/15/trumps-25-2005-tax-rate-much-higher-normal-even-wealthy/

 

USA TODAY
— Hijab becomes symbol of resistance, feminism in the age of Trump – Waseem Abbasi  (DIERSEN: How soon will the Democrats require all women to wear hijabs?)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/15/hijab-becomes-symbol-resistance-feminism-age-trump/98475212/
— Illini Republicans’ affirmative action bake sale brews up controversy – Brianna Stone  (DIERSEN: For my superiors in the federal government, Affirmative Action was a mandate a) to give preference to their employees who were Democrat, and especially those who were minority, female, and/or younger and b) to get rid of their employees who were Republican, and especially those who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://college.usatoday.com/2017/03/15/illini-republicans-affirmative-action-bake-sale-brews-up-controversy/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump responds to Snoop Dogg music video’s mock assassination of ‘Ronald Klump’ – Elahe Izadi
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/03/15/trump-responds-to-snoop-dogg-music-videos-mock-assassination-of-ronald-klump/

 

NEW YORK POST
— Fire the IRS chief already, Mr. President – Editorial
http://nypost.com/2017/03/13/fire-the-irs-chief-already-mr-president/

 

SEATTLE WEEKLY
— Meet the Despised and Emboldened College Republicans of UW  Once teetering on the edge of oblivion, the political club is now bigger than ever and in the spotlight. But who are they? – CASEY JAYWORK
http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/meet-the-despised-and-emboldened-college-republicans-of-uw/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Pope Says Closing Firms Without Protecting Workers ‘Very Grave Sin’ – Reuters
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-03-15/pope-says-closing-firms-without-protecting-workers-very-grave-sin

March 14 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Pritzker Moves Closer To Illinois Gubernatorial Bid
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/14/pritzker-moves-closer-to-illinois-gubernatorial-bid/
— Mendoza Blocks Millions For Rauner Administration Computer Revamp – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/14/mendoza-blocks-funding-for-rauner-administration-computer-revamp/

 

NBC5
— Man Threw Nails in GOP Supporters’ Driveways: Police
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Man-Threw-Nails-in-GOP-Supporters-Driveways-Police-416168353.html

 

ABC7
— RULING: COMPANIES CAN NOW BAN MUSLIM WOMEN FROM WEARING HEADSCARVES – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/religion/ruling-companies-can-now-ban-muslim-women-from-wearing-headscarves/1800609/
— BILL PROPOSED TO REGULATE MASTURBATION FOR MEN – CNN
http://abc7chicago.com/news/bill-proposed-to-regulate-masturbation-for-men/1800081/
— MEXICO TRAVEL WARNING REMAINS IN PLACE AHEAD OF SPRING BREAK
http://abc7chicago.com/travel/mexico-travel-warning-remains-in-place-ahead-of-spring-break-/1800753/
— VANDALS RAKE ‘NO MORE TIGERS, NO MORE WOODS’ INTO TRUMP GOLF COURSE – Melissa MacBride
http://abc7chicago.com/news/vandals-rake-no-more-tigers-no-more-woods-into-trump-golf-course-/1800079/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— White House blasts ‘dishonest media’ for airing 2005 tax returns – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cable-tv-host-rachel-maddow-says-she-has-trumps-tax-returns/
— Durbin, Duckworth warn of ‘breakdown’ in U.S. attorney search – Lynn Sweet and Jon Seidel
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/durbin-duckworth-warn-of-breakdown-in-u-s-attorney-search/
— Pfleger uses 9/11 reference to appeal for jobs for at-risk youth – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pfleger-uses-911-reference-to-appeal-for-jobs-for-at-risk-youth/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Father Michael Pfleger on Tuesday used a provocative reference to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to exhort Chicago businesses to open their doors to 58,000 disconnected young people who are neither working nor in school. “Nineteen people on 9/11 terrorized this nation. Nineteen people shut this nation down. Imagine what we in this room could do if we were as committed as they were,” Pfleger told an audience of movers-and-shakers including Mayor Rahm Emanuel during the Opportunity Youth Summit at the Chicago Cultural Center hosted by Thrive Chicago. “We have learned how to save the whales. We’ve learned how to save the dolphins. We’ve learned how to save the exotic birds. Well damn it, it’s time to learn how to save our children.”)
— Cable TV host Rachel Maddow says she has Trump’s 2005 tax returns
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cable-tv-host-rachel-maddow-says-she-has-trumps-tax-returns/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Supporters of minimum wage claim victory in La Grange – Annemarie Mannion
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/la-grange/news/ct-dlg-wage-rally-tl-0316-20170313-story.html
— Pritzker establishes exploratory committee to consider a run for governor – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-governor-exploratory-committee-met-20170314-story.html
— Madigan, Rauner battle in court – Rich Miller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-miller-column-st-0315-20170314-story.html
— Vandalism, fly-dumping a problem in Will County but not DuPage, official says – Bill Bird
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/crime/ct-nvs-naperville-forest-preserve-vandalism-st-0315-20170314-story.html
— Over 40% of Children and Adolescence Receiving Support Services Have Experienced Four or More Different Types of Trauma and Adversity – Terry Sukenik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/community/chi-ugc-article-over-40-of-children-and-adolescence-receivin-2017-03-14-story.html
— Why Naperville City Council candidates are running for office – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-city-council-candidates-st-0315-20170314-story.html
— LGBTQ vets’ monument is planned for Boystown – Leonor Vivanco
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-lgbtq-veteran-monument-boystown-met-20170314-story.html
— Feds: CPS consultant made millions through ‘corrupt process from beginning to end’ – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-school-supes-scandal-met-20170314-story.html
— ‘Thousands of web searches for pornography’ discovered on Country Club Hills fire department computers, forensic expert testifies – Zak Koeske
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-female-firefighter-lawsuit-st-0312-20170314-story.html
— Paul Ryan no longer a conservative darling – Paul Waldman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-paul-ryan-obamacare-conservatives-20170314-story.html
— Health care ‘access’ is not the same as ‘coverage’ – Clarence Page
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-health-care-access-insurance-republicans-perspec-0315-jm-20170314-story.html
— Germany’s Nazi past, and the right-wingers who want to hide it – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-germany-nazi-past-merkel-afd-hoecke-nationalist-edit-0311-md-20170310-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— How Naperville council candidates propose improving mental health – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170314/news/170319485/
— Lisle abandons legal fight over closed-session meeting tape – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170314/news/170319492/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Roskam blinks on Ryancare – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170314/BLOGS02/170319944/roskam-blinks-on-ryancare
— Group launches effort to employ 10,000 at-risk young Chicagoans – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: Were the jobs that you had when you were 16-24 “good?”  Would these high-risk young Chicagoans take the jobs that I did when I was 16-24: 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, and collecting delinquent taxes?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170314/BLOGS02/170319951/emanuel-connected-group-launches-effort-to-employ-10000-at-risk
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A group with deep ties both to City Hall and Chicago’s major civic charities today is announcing a campaign to get 10,000 unemployed Chicago young adults on their feet and into good jobs by 2020. Thrive Chicago says its new “reconnected” plan is aimed at both helping 10,000 people aged 16-24 who are neither in school nor at work, some of them potentially in trouble with the law, and improving on the help they get.)
— Pritzker takes step toward governor’s race – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170314/BLOGS02/170319941/pritzker-takes-big-step-toward-governors-race

 

WTTW
— Roskam Predicts Passage of Health Care Law – Paris Schutz
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/03/14/key-illinois-republican-predicts-passage-health-care-law

 

WSIL TV
— Trump White House sees “deep state” behind leaks, opposition – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34843038/trump-white-house-sees-deep-state-behind-leaks-opposition

 

DNA INFO
— Why Are So Many Trump Tower Condos For Sale Right Now? – David Matthews
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170314/downtown/trump-tower-condos-for-sale-chicago-listings-skyrocket

 

PEKIN DAILY TIMES
— TRAGIC: Video gambling activity on the rise in Pekin – Sharon Woods Harris
http://www.pekintimes.com/news/20170314/video-gambling-activity-on-rise-in-pekin

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Kelly: Building Peotone airport a reality – Lee Provos
http://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/kelly-building-peotone-airport-a-reality/article_2a764da8-cb6a-5847-8549-076c11adc23a.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Steve King: Blacks and Hispanics ‘will be fighting each other’ before overtaking whites in population – CHRIS MASSIE  (DIERSEN: Anti-Republicans focus on uniting Blacks and Hispanics against Republicans.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/king-blacks-hispanics-will-be-fighting-each-other-before-overtaking-whites/671739603

 

  1. LOUIS
    — Durbin, Duckworth, say they worry Shimkus is eschewing bipartisan recommendation of U.S. attorneys – Chuck Raasch
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/durbin-duckworth-say-they-worry-shimkus-is-eschewing-bipartisan-recommendation/article_a8752dec-c8bb-5db6-9397-02868eeb067b.html

 

CHICAGO READER
— If charter schools don’t want their teachers to unionize, they’ll have to pay them like they’re in a union   The salary gap with public school teachers is one factor pushing charter teachers to unionize. – Ben Joravsky
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/charter-school-unionization-noble-rauner-money/Content?oid=25865224

 

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
http://www.nctv17.com/forest-preserve-district-of-dupage-county/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS MEDICAID EXPANSION COSTS ARE ALREADY DOUBLE INITIAL PROJECTIONS – Jonathan Ingram
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-medicaid-expansion-costs-are-already-double-initial-projections/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— These College Students Support Freedom for Muslim Singers. What About Christian Photographers? – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/college-students-support-freedom-muslim-singers-christian-photographers/
— Liberal Mom Objects to Man in Disneyland’s Women’s Restroom
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-liberal-mom-objects-man-disneylands-womens-restroom/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— S&P: Illinois “approaching service level insolvency”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/03/14/sp-illinois-approaching-service-level-insolvency/
— Oberweis makes horrible analogy
https://capitolfax.com/2017/03/14/oberweis-makes-horrible-analogy/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Adam Kinzinger: Paul Ryan has been ‘loyal’ to Donald Trump – David Sherfinski
http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/14/adam-kinzinger-paul-ryan-has-been-loyal-donald-tru/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Left’s push to redefine male and female may be more dangerous than you think – EMILY JASHINSKY
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-lefts-push-to-redefine-male-and-female-may-be-more-dangerous-than-you-think/article/2617189

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— PAUL RYAN DITCHED TRUMP. SO WHY IS THE PRESIDENT GOING ALL-IN ON RINOCARE? – Chris Pandolfo
https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2017/03/paul-ryan-ditched-trump-so-why-is-the-president-going-all-in-on-rinocare

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— 100 Days of Trump: Can Trump make America great again without great personnel? – Jeffrey A. Rendall  (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.conservativehq.com/article/25269-100-days-trump-can-trump-make-america-great-again-without-great-personnel

 

BLAZE
— Ex-NC governor says ‘bathroom law’ backlash has made it hard to find a job – Tré Goins-Phillips  (DIERSEN: Virtually all employers act as if they arms of the Democrat Party.  Therefore, they only want to hire those who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.  They do not want to hire those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. They certainly do not want to hire me because of the aforesaid and because I oppose race based preference giving, gender based preference giving, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/03/14/youre-a-bigot-ex-nc-governor-says-bathroom-law-backlash-has-made-it-hard-to-find-a-job/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican, says the backlash over his state’s so-called “bathroom law” has made it tough for him to find work since he left public office. The controversial “bathroom law,” or House Bill 2, requires individuals to use the restroom that correlates with their biological sex as it is written on their birth certificate. Following the law’s passage, McCrory, who supported the bill, was attacked as anti-LGBT and several performers and sports teams cancelled their events in the state. In an interview  last week with WORLD, McCrory said HB2 “has impacted me to this day, even after I left office. People are reluctant to hire me, because, ‘Oh my gosh, he’s a bigot’ — which is the last thing I am.” He told the Christian outlet that liberal groups opposing HB2 have damaged his reputation. “If you disagree with the politically correct thought police on this new definition of gender, you’re a bigot, you’re the worst of evil,” McCrory said. “It’s almost as if I broke a law.”)

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Gay GOP Group Leader: We Should ‘Compromise’ With Donald Trump And Anti-LGBTQ Republicans  And don’t call Jeff Sessions ‘anti-gay’ just because he opposes gay rights. – Michelangelo Signorile  (DIERSEN: Who works the hardest against you?  Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes work the hardest against me.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/log-cabin-leader-we-should-compromise-with-donald-trump-and-anti-lgbtq-republicans_us_58c6a7bae4b0d1078ca814b4
— Hate Your Obamacare Deductible? The GOP Bill Would Make It Even Bigger.  As Trump says, having a high deductible is “really not having insurance at all.” – Jeffrey Young
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obamacare-gop-bill-bigger-deductible_us_58c82ef2e4b09cd957672faa
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow over their success in turning immigrants against Republicans.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/steve-king-donald-trump-immigration_us_58c807e0e4b0428c7f1347da
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Americans To Save Millions On Health Care By Being Dead.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/huffpost-hill-americans-to-save-millions-on-healthcare-by-being-dead_us_58c865d9e4b09e52f554538a

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Ban on Head Scarves at Work Is Legal, E.U. Court Rules – DAN BILEFSKY
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/world/europe/headscarves-ban-european-court.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— EU Court Rules Companies Can Bar Muslim Head Scarf  Ruling comes amid the rise of prominent anti-Muslim political candidates in the Netherlands and France – EMRE PEKER
https://www.wsj.com/articles/eu-court-private-companies-can-bar-muslim-head-scarf-1489494938

 

FORBES
— 83% Of America’s Top High School Science Students Are The Children Of Immigrants – Stuart Anderson
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2017/03/11/83-of-americas-top-high-school-science-students-are-the-children-of-immigrants/#57f02c082200

 

SAN FRANCISCO BAY VIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-White says “How the racist backlash to Barack Obama gave us Donald Trump.”
http://sfbayview.com/2017/03/how-the-racist-backlash-to-barack-obama-gave-us-donald-trump/

March 13 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Gutierrez Leads Chicago Immigration Office Sit-In – AP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps paint themselves as being not only anti-Trump and anti-American, but also as anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/13/illinois-congressman-leads-chicago-immigration-office-sit-in/
— DuPage County Sees Rise In Opioid-Related Deaths And Narcan Saves In 2016 – Bernie Tafoya
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/13/dupage-county-sees-rise-in-opioid-related-deaths-and-narcan-saves-in-2016/

 

NBC5
— Rep. Gutierrez Handcuffed After Refusing to Leave Meeting with ICE – Shelby Bremer
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/rep-luis-gutierrez-arrest-ice-meeting-416051883.html

 

ABC7
— DEAR DOJ: CHICAGO U.S. ATTORNEY LEAVES LETTER ON WAY OUT DOOR – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/dear-doj-chicago-us-attorney-leaves-letter-on-way-out-door/1798469/
— REP. STEVE KING DOUBLES DOWN ON CONTROVERSIAL ‘BABIES’ TWEET – CNN
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/rep-steve-king-doubles-down-on-controversial-babies-tweet-/1798242/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Congressman Gutierrez ends Chicago immigration office sit-in – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/241309102-story
— Democratic Rep. Will Guzzardi unveils plan to hike Illinois minimum wage to $15 – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/241273156-story

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Planned Parenthood head to Roskam: ‘Women are watching’ his votes – Tina Sfondeles  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on turning women against men.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/planned-parenthood-head-to-roskam-women-are-watching-his-votes/
— Fardon resigns; Joel Levin now Chicago’s acting U.S. attorney- Jon Seidel
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fardon-resigns-joel-levin-now-chicagos-acting-u-s-attorney/amp/
— 14M lose coverage next year under GOP health bill: CBO says – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/14-million-would-lose-coverage-under-gop-health-plan-cbo/
— Illinois higher education is on path to permanent damage – Madeleine Doubek  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the top priority of higher education in Illinois is 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 (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/illinois-higher-education-is-on-path-to-permanent-damage/
— BGA goes back to court to gain access to Emanuel’s private emails – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/bga-goes-back-to-court-to-gain-access-to-emanuels-private-emails/
— Feds’ probe of Chicago cops cost taxpayers $4.5 million — so far – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/tab-for-doj-probe-of-cpd-4-5-million-and-counting/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Congressman Gutierrez, activists stage sit-in at Chicago ICE office – Tony Briscoe
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-gutierrez-immigration-ice-met-20170313-story.html
— Judge: Financial information in Chance the Rapper case stays confidential – Tracy Swartz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chicagoinc/ct-chance-the-rapper-kirsten-corley-child-support-20170313-story.html
— The catch-22 facing the Land of Lincoln – Charles Selle
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-mendoza-rauner-illinois-budget-st-0314-20170313-story.html
— New bill for $15 minimum wage in Illinois reopens wage fight – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-illinois-15-minimum-wage-0312-biz-20170311-story.html
— Do the Democrats in Springfield really need a bargain? – Diana Sroka Rickert
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-illinois-budget-democrats-rauner-rickert-perspec-0114-20170313-story.html
— CBO says 24 million would lose health coverage by 2026 under Republican plan – Noam N. Levey
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-cbo-republican-health-care-plan-20170313-story.html
— Trump and Ryan fear GOP ‘bloodbath’ in 2018 if Obamacare repeal fails – Paul Waldman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-paul-ryan-obamacare-repeal-20170313-story.html
— Town hall protests are temper tantrums, not problem solving – Mary Plunkett, Wheaton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-town-hall-protests-are-temper-tantrums-not-problem-solving-20170313-story.html
— 17-year-olds voted illegally in Wisconsin primary – Todd Richmond
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-illegal-voting-wisconsin-20170313-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— COD Board Chairman Mazzochi and Secretary Napolitano Recommend “Clean Slate 2.0” in Upcoming Election – Lori Solyom
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170310/submitted/170319817/
— How to make your employees happy to come to work  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the office’s employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran would be happier if GAO would get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170313/insights/170319825/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— New drive for $15 Illinois minimum wage – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170313/BLOGS02/170319963/new-drive-for-15-illinois-minimum-wage
— Roskam draws new fire—this time over EPA cuts – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170313/BLOGS02/170319967/roskam-draws-new-fire-x2014-this-time-over-epa-cuts

 

WBEZ
— GOP Insiders May Have A Big Say in Picking Next U.S. Attorney – Dan Weissmann  (DIERSEN: What about those GOP insiders in Illinois who paint themselves as despising if not hating Trump and all of Trump’s supporters in Illinois?  Ever-increasingly, these GOP insiders paint themselves as being Democrat plants.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/former-governor-illinois-republicans-could-determine-next-us-attorney/c4bc4e95-beb7-4061-80c5-9ac2fbc10e45

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Late fee causes Kent Gray’s removal from lawyer role – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170313/late-fee-causes-grays-removal-from-lawyer-role

 

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps and anti-Rauners say “Rahm has been making a comeback as a ‘national political operator’ since Trump’s election.”
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/03/13/rahm-has-been-making-a-comeback-as-a-national-political-operator-since-trumps-election-and-other-chicago-news

 

EVANSTON ROUND TABLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are also 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 (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://www.evanstonroundtable.com/main.asp?SectionID=15&SubSectionID=26&ArticleID=13359

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County announces $21.3 million in 2017 highway construction projects
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/03/08/dupage-county-announces-21-3-million-in-2017-highway-construction-projects/aw0bhwm/

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Is There Any Reason To Stay In IL? Michael Lucci Answers That Question
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/is-there-any-reason-to-stay-in-il-michael-lucci-answers-that-question

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— ”Knuckle-dragging and generally subhuman:” Northwest Side Chicago Alderman fires insults at constituents on social media
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511091996-knuckle-dragging-and-generally-subhuman-northwest-side-chicago-alderman-fires-insults-at-constituents-on-soc

 

DUPAGE COUNTY
— Employment Opportunity: Human Resources Recruitment Specialist
http://www.dupageco.org/HR/Jobs/54729/

 

SANDAMON SUN
— Rauner urged (by Pat Hughes, Mailee Smith, and Dan Proft) to call AFSCME’s ‘bluff’ – Karen Kidd
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511088374-rauner-urged-to-call-afscme-s-bluff

 

SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Jefferson County GOP expects tide to roll on
http://swillinoisnews.com/stories/511086432-jefferson-county-gop-expects-tide-to-roll-on

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— JANUARY JOBS GROWTH WEAK, ILLINOIS LABOR FORCE IN 10-YEAR DECLINE – Michael Lucci
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/january-jobs-growth-weak-illinois-labor-force-in-10-year-decline/
— RAHM WAS WRONG: STUDENTS HAVE BEEN LEAVING ILLINOIS FOR AT LEAST 15 YEARS – Madelyn Harwood
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/rahm-was-wrong-students-have-been-leaving-illinois-for-at-least-15-years/

 

FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION
— Illinois Might Be Doomed to Financial Collapse – Daniel J. Mitchell
https://fee.org/articles/illinois-might-be-doomed-to-financial-collapse/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— College of DuPage makes history- SLEA Director approved by ILETSB – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/03/college-of-dupage-makes-history-the-power-of-foia/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TAXPAYER MARY ANN VITONE CALLS DISTRICT 200 OFFICIALS ON CARPET FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS’ POOR CONDITIONS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/taxpayer-calls-district-200-officials-on-carpet-for-school-buildings-poor-conditions.html
— NEW LAW SETS UP TOUGHER DRUNK DRIVER PENALTIES FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/new-law-sets-up-tougher-drunk-driver-penalties-for-property-damage.html
— WHERE’S WEYERMULLER? AT THE CHICAGO NW SIDE SAINT PATRICK’S DAY PARADE 2017
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/wheres-weyermuller-at-the-chicago-nw-side-saint-patricks-day-parade-2017.html
— KHOURI: THINKING OF OUR PERSECUTED SISTERS IN THE MIDEAST
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/khouri-thinking-of-our-persecuted-sisters-in-the-mideast.html
— NEIGHBORS TO EAST CONSIDER BANNING SANCTUARY CAMPUSES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/neighbors-to-east-consider-banning-sanctuary-campuses.html
— THORNER: FOLLOW THE MONEY BEHIND EFFORT TO REVISE THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/thorner-follow-the-money-behind-effort-to-revise-the-us-constitution.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— Replacement Workers Could Take Over Permanently If Illinois Employees Go On Strike – TED GOODMAN
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/13/replacement-workers-could-take-over-permanently-if-illinois-employees-go-on-strike/
— Vandalizing A Trump Golf Course Helps The Environment Or Something – JIM TREACHER
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/13/vandalizing-a-trump-golf-course-helps-the-environment-or-something/

 

NEWSMAX
— House Dems Bill Would Force ICE Officers to Wear Body Cameras – Jeffrey Rodach (DIERSEN: Trump supporters should wear body cameras to better document harassment and threats from anti-Trumps.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/house-democrats-bill-ICE/2017/03/13/id/778421/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— FOX NEWS FREAKOUT IN WHITE HOUSE PRESS ROOM Reporter screams: ‘They hate blacks, Jews, Hispanics’ – ALICIA POWE
http://www.wnd.com/2017/03/fox-news-freakout-in-white-house-press-room/

 

BREITBART
— New Yorker: White House Press Corps Livid over Trump’s ‘Trolling’ – BREITBART NEWS
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/03/13/new-yorker-white-house-press-corps-livid-over-trumps-trolling/
— Washington Post Flips Out over Conservatives with WH Access: ‘What’s a Legitimate News Outlet?’  (DIERSEN: Who says that you are not legitimate?  Ever since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, members of the following groups in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being not legitimate: 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or 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.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/03/12/6287472/
— Fitton: Obama IRS Scandal Continues – Judicial Watch Forces IRS to Disclose New Documents
http://www.breitbart.com/irs/2017/03/13/fitton-obama-irs-scandal-continues-judicial-watch-forces-irs-disclose-new-documents/
— French Mayor Facing 1,800 Euro Fine for Speaking of ‘Problem’ of Muslim Schoolchildren – NICK HALLETT
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/13/french-mayor-facing-1800-euro-fine-speaking-problem-muslim-schoolchildren/
— Students Support Religious Freedom for Muslims, Not Christians – JEROME HUDSON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/12/watch-students-support-religious-freedom-muslims-not-christians/
— Trump Budget Could Cut Federal Bureaucrats by Highest Levels Since End of World War Two
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/13/trump-budget-could-cut-federal-bureaucrats-by-highest-levels-since-end-of-world-war-two/

 

BARBWIRE
— UNVETTED REFUGEES: ARE WE REFUGEED OUT YET? – DANIEL GREENFIELD
http://barbwire.com/2017/03/12/are-we-refugeed-out-yet/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
–100 Days of Trump: Obama’s creatures clogging the drain of the Washington swamp – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/25260-100-days-trump-obama%E2%80%99s-creatures-clogging-drain-washington-swamp

 

COLLEGE FIX
— Professor who called conservative news sites ‘fake’ outed as social justice zealot – JENNIFER KABBANY
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/31641/

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Female Privilege? Trump Would Be More Popular As a Woman – Selwyn Duke
https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/item/25577-female-privilege-trump-would-be-more-popular-as-a-woman

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Rioters Are Winning – David French
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/445721/berkeley-middlebury-riots-liberal-mob-suppressing-free-speech
— U.S. corporate activism tilts overwhelmingly to the left. – KEVIN D. WILLIAMSON  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will U.S. corporations post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/445705/corporate-leaders-progressive-activists

 

THE HILL
— Trump official slams CBO score: It’s ‘just not believable’ – JORDAN FABIAN
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/323775-trump-official-slams-cbo-score-its-just-not-believable

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are full of hatred against Trump, Tump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for long time.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/grassroots-hate-trump-is-americas-new-burning-cross_us_58c6a210e4b0c3276fb7872b

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Rep. Steve King Remarks Seen as Racist, Nativist, Despicable”)
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/rep-steve-king-remarks-seen-racist-nativist-despicable-n732806

 

WASHINGTON POST
— What’s a legitimate news outlet? A new face in the White House press pool raises questions. – Paul Farhi (DIERSEN: Who says that you are not legitimate?  Ever since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, members of the following groups in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being not legitimate: 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or 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.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/whats-a-legitimate-news-outlet-a-new-face-in-the-white-house-press-pool-raises-questions/2017/03/10/2c7a6922-050d-11e7-b9fa-ed727b644a0b_story.html
— Federal workforce early target of Trump’s ‘deconstruction’ era – Joe Davidson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/03/13/federal-workforce-early-target-of-trumps-deconstruction-era/

 

NBC NEW YORK
—  Gutierrez Handcuffed After Refusing to Leave Chicago ICE Office – Shelby Bremer  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout that they are not only anti-Trump and anti-American, but that they are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/rep-luis-gutierrez-arrest-ice-meeting-416051883.html

 

BNA
— Legal Status for ‘Dreamers’ Sought in House GOP Bill – Laura D. Francis  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trump individuals, organizations, governments, and countries use Dreamers to viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn as being racists, sexists, and bigots members of the following groups: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.bna.com/legal-status-dreamers-n57982085106/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A group of 10 House Republicans introduced legislation (H.R.1468) that would provide legal status to young, undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children, known as “dreamers.” The move signals a growing consensus among lawmakers on both sides of the aisle that this population should get special treatment, even as the administration continues to crack down on illegal immigration generally. President Donald Trump also has commented that he plans to “work out something” for the group. He hasn’t yet touched former President Barack Obama’s program protecting dreamers, despite promising on the campaign trail to terminate it. “These are America’s children, and that is why I’m proud to lead this group of representatives from all over the country to introduce legislation to simply recognize them as such and provide them an earned path to legal status,” Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.), the bill’s main sponsor, said in a statement.)

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Trump budget will reportedly call for deep cuts to federal workforce – Carten Cordell  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government.  The first federal employees to be dumped will be any remaining non-Democrat employees, then employees who are older, then employees who are White, then employees who are male, and then employees who are veterans.)
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/trump-budget-will-call-for-deep-cuts-to-federal-workforce

March 12 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump websites that promote anti-Trump protests.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-protest-websites-met-20170312-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING: Pot pushers push dog owners to give pot to their dogs.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-pot-for-pets-20170308-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrat politicians run Chicago. Nevertheless, ever-increasing, they blame police for crime in Chicago.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-chicago-police-abuse-doj-report-perspec-0313-20170310-column.html
— Now-fired Preet Bharara boasts of ‘absolute independence’ – AP (DIERSEN: How independent are you?  He who pays the piper calls the tunes. Far too many act as operatives or as dupes for whoever gives them the most money. Everyone involved in government, in politics, in media, in etc. should be required to disclose the amounts and sources of their income.  I get a $50,856 Civil Service Retirement System pension and $2,028 Social Security. As everyone knows, your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want to cut if not eliminate your income. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are beyond furious that they cannot cut/eliminate my income. However, they are working very had to cut/eliminate federal COLAs.  In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in eliminating my GS-13 Step 10 salary (currently $122,991/year) by forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”  In 1980, they succeeded in forcing me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. In 1969, my Democrat Post Office superiors succeeded eliminating my GS-4 Step 3 salary (currently $16.60/hour) by forcing me to resign.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–federal-prosecutors-resignations-20170311-story.html
— Editorial should have condemned protesters – Gerald Staraitis, Naperville
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-voice-letters-opinion-st-0312-20170311-story.html
(FROM THE LETTER: A recent editorial lauds the scores of elected local officials for meeting with constituents who may, from time to time, be upset. Nothing to disagree with that. So without indicating party affiliation, the Democrat House Representative used as a courageous example of attending a town meeting had no clue whether he could be facing an angry group. Really? So is the Naperville Sun thinking that the militant anti-Trump “Indivisible” crowd could have been planning to take over the town meeting? Using this example of being brave and taking the heat is not comparable. “Indivisible” was organized just after the November election by five young, elite, progressive, energetic communications experts with experience crafted in the Obama administration. They unite with the one specific purpose of creating mayhem at town meetings. Surely by now you have perused their battle cry in the pamphlet “Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda,” 26 pages. It describes in detail how to organize, create the largest impression, enlist the aid of media, especially video to maximize the effect of their obstruction techniques. You know, similar to the obstruction techniques that elected and also paid Democratic congressional representatives use, boycotting legislative and committee meetings, engaging in sit-ins on the Senate floor, misinterpreting and misdirecting. Your editorial is your opinion, and it clearly lines up with this profound democratic militancy. Our representatives should have attended the meetings and taken the orchestrated abuse to collect their paychecks, if that is how you measure it. But nowhere do you suggest restraint on the part of the organizers’ zeal. Nowhere do you suggest that there is another side in this. And nowhere do you condemn the lockstep, hostile resistance displayed by the minority party.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Naperville Sun Editorial Board promotes gender confusion and LGBTQ activity.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-editorial-transgender-schools-st-0312-20170311-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The Fight Against Fake News  What various organizations are doing to make sure true information gets top priority – AP  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout a) that they despise if not hate the First Amendment and b) that they, and only they, should determine which articles should be linked to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Because I refuse to succumb to their threats, they do everything that they can a) to stop me from putting the emails together and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading the emails.  They crow that I am no longer a) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, b) a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, c) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, d) an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, or e) an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member.  They talk and act like they have tremendous religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois and that they can viciously destroy any individual, any organization, any company, and any government that might come to my defense.)

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170312/news/303129992/
— Endorsements: Fenne, Markwell for College of DuPage board
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170312/discuss/170319770/
— September 11 memorial plan becomes political issue in Wauconda – Russell Lissau  (DIERSEN: I had the honor of organizing Wheaton’s 2004 and 2005 September 11 memorial events.  Wheaton Democrats and Wheaton RINOs boycotted the events.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170302/news/170308754/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps want to flood America with citizens of foreign countries.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170312/discuss/170319832/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County residents protest Gov. Bruce Rauner at Crystal Lake appearance  Protesters called for Republican governor to end state budget impasse – NATE LINHART  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would hint/imply/argue/shout at Rauner that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails caused the protest.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/03/12/mchenry-county-residents-protest-gov-bruce-rauner-at-crystal-lake-appearance/al0dqf5/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Efforts at budget compromise missing at Statehouse – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170311/our-view-efforts-at-budget-compromise-missing-at-statehouse
— Springfield Gridiron shows eased tensions, but long gone – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170311/bernard-schoenburg-springfield-gridiron-shows-eased-tensions-but-long-gone
— How about a grand conspiracy to go with that ‘grand bargain’ – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170311/statehouse-insider-how-about-grand-conspiracy-to-go-with-that-grand-bargain
— City minority hiring numbers are up; large salary gap remains – Mary Hansen (DIERSEN: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, to retain, and to promote  Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.  Consequently, my Democrat superiors discriminated against their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.  Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to discriminate against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170311/city-minority-hiring-numbers-are-up-large-salary-gap-remains
— There was no land-based casino for Springfield in a recent legislative proposal to expand Illinois gambling, but the city continues to lead the state in VIDEO GAMING terminals, according to the latest figures from the Illinois Gaming Board. At the end of January, 128 locations operated 580 video gambling machines in Springfield compared with 120 locations and 533 terminals a year earlier. Second-place Rockford had 97 locations and 434 terminals at the end of January compared with 89 locations and 425 terminals in January 216. Six land-based casinos were included in the gambling expansion legislation, including in Rockford, Chicago, two in Lake County, Danville and Williamson County in southern Illinois. – Tim Landis
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170311/local-business-notes-small-part-of-sheas-route-66-museum-lives-on

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Public universities remain in dire straits – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-03-12/tom-kacich-public-universities-remain-dire-straits.html
— A political death struggle while Illinois burns – LYNN McLINDEN
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary/2017-03-12/sunday-extra-political-death-struggle-while-illinois-burns.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Video gambling not enough to offset riverboat losses in Peoria – Matt Buedel
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170311/video-gambling-not-enough-to-offset-riverboat-losses-in-peoria

 

RIVER CITIES READER
— Governor’s Legal Strategy Raises a Question: Stretch or Power Grab? – Rich Miller
http://www.rcreader.com/commentary/governors-legal-strategy-raises-a-question

 

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Budget deal eludes Senate – Rebecca Susmarski
http://www.galesburg.com/news/20170312/budget-deal-eludes-senate

 

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: State revenue, growth outlook gloomy
http://myjournalcourier.com/news/106848/state-revenue-growth-outlook-gloomy

 

FOX ILLINOIS & NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Rauner Administration Collecting Names To Replace AFSCME Members  (DIERSEN: Replacements should be advised that ever-increasingly, government employees and government retirees are demonized, denigrated, and condemned.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/rauner-administration-collecting-names-to-replace-afscme-members-03-12-2017
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/rauner-administration-collecting-names-to-replace-afscme-members

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “President a regular at Trump properties. Visits not out of norm for Trump.”
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/president-a-regular-at-trump-properties/670563840

 

BLAZE
— Samantha Bee mocked young cancer patient for his ‘Nazi hair’ — now he’s speaking out – Chris Enloe  (FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s ironic, too, that Bee included Coddington in their montage of “Nazi” hair because Coddington is a registered Democrat and was at CPAC covering it as a member of the media.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/03/11/watch-samantha-bee-mocked-young-cancer-patient-for-his-nazi-hair-now-hes-speaking-out/
— Staggering number of college students using student loans to pay for spring break – Jon Street (DIERSEN: In 1969 and 1970, I went on spring breaks to Florida in my 1969 Dodge Charger SE, but I paid for them with money that I had earned delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, and working as a security guard. Of course, my critics/opponents stress that I was a draft avoider and that my contemporaries were dying in Vietnam while I was on spring breaks.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/03/09/staggering-number-of-college-students-using-student-loans-to-pay-for-spring-break/

 

NEWSMAX
— Alberto Gonzales: ‘Arrogant’ for US Attorney to Stay When Asked to Quit – Todd Beamon  (DIERSEN: Was I arrogant?  Democrats run the federal government. I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. Constructively, if you are a Republican federal employee, you were always asked to resign.  Further, constructively, if you are a non-veteran White male, you are asked to resign if you did not make GS-13 (currently $94,610) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $111,801) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $161,900) by age 40.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Alberto-Gonzales-Bharara-arrogant-quit/2017/03/11/id/778218/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Rape Survivor Explains Why She Supports The Second Amendment – GINNI THOMAS
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/12/rape-survivor-explains-why-she-supports-the-second-amendment-video/

 

MCCLATCHY DC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “In a fact-challenged era, will public access to federal data be the next casualty?”
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article137432033.html

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Advocates say First Amendment can withstand Trump attacks (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have attacked me since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000.  The attackers would love it.)
http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2017/03/12/advocates-say-first-amendment-can-withstand-trump-attacks/99050974/
— Amid attacks, journalists need to focus on Trump’s actions  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have attacked me since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000.  The attackers would love it.)
http://wtop.com/government/2017/03/amid-attacks-journalists-need-to-focus-on-trumps-actions/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Kiss Me, I’m Pretty Sure I’m Irish  A DNA test could tell me if my ancestry matches my identity, but I don’t think I want to know. – J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN  (DIRERSEN: According to my DNA report, I am 11% Irish.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/11/opinion/sunday/kiss-me-im-pretty-sure-im-irish.html
— The Dangerous Safety of College  The ugly protest at Middlebury is a wake-up call. We’re failing today’s students. – Frank Bruni
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/11/opinion/sunday/the-dangerous-safety-of-college.html
— Resist the Internet  We have nothing to lose but our electronic chains. – Ross Douthat (DIERSEN: Obviously, because you are reading this, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have failed in their monumental efforts since 2000 to stop you and everyone else from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that “ignorance is bliss” and that you should want to be blissful.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/11/opinion/sunday/resist-the-internet.html

 

SSRN
— Retirement Spending and Biological Age – Huang Huaxiong, Moshe A. Milevsky, & T. S. Salisbury  (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am 68. What is your life expectancy?  According to SSA (https://www.ssa.gov/oact/population/longevity.html), my life expectancy is 85.)
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2918055

March 11 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— President Donald J. Trump Delivers the Weekly Address – March 10, 2017
https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2017/03/10/president-donald-j-trump-deliver-weekly-address

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Thousands crowd Naperville streets for St. Patrick’s Day Parade – David Sharos
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-st-patricks-parade-st-0312-20170311-story.html
— Pence relies more on charm than oratory to push the GOP health-care plan in Kentucky – Ashley Parker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-pence-health-care-kentucky-20170311-story.html
— In liberal Hollywood, a conservative minority faces backlash in the age of Trump – David Ng
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-conservative-hollywood-trump-20170311-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Heroin buyers on Chicago’s West Side getting help, not handcuffs – Frank Main  (DIERSEN: Yes, but the lighter that the penalty is for doing something that is bad, the more likely that people will do something that is bad.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/heroin-buyers-on-chicagos-west-side-getting-help-not-handcuffs/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Shimkus disses women in debate over healthcare.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mitchell-shimkus-disses-women-in-debate-over-healthcare/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Two killed, one injured in shooting outside Aurora restaurant – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170310/news/170319859/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How did Illinois finances get this bad? It wasn’t by Chance. – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170311/ISSUE11/170319975/answering-chance-the-rappers-question-about-illinois-finances

 

DNA CHICAGO
— A Chicago Phone Number To Buy Heroin Got 1,000 Calls A Day, Feds Say – Sam Cholke
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170210/douglas/chicago-phone-number-buy-heroin-got-1000-calls-day-feds-say

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— The good news, B-N officials still speaking – Steve Vogel
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/opinion/vogel-the-good-news-b-n-officials-still-speaking/article_840b0ed0-26f4-520d-81c1-391a755495c8.html

 

SOUTHERN
— Labor experts unsure of future if Illinois workers strike – AP
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/state-and-regional/labor-experts-unsure-of-future-if-illinois-workers-strike/article_b27a7a4b-a6eb-5b77-b3dd-79fbae4b181d.html

 

WQAD
— Jobs are up and unemployment is down as President Trump hits 50 day mark – CHRISTINA LOREY
http://wqad.com/2017/03/11/jobs-are-up-and-unemployment-is-down-as-president-trump-hits-50-day-mark/

 

WSIL TV
— Pence appeals for complete GOP support for health overhaul – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34728709/pence-appeals-for-complete-gop-support-for-health-overhaul

 

SANAMON SUN
— What’s in a name? Kennedy candidacy might decide – Ruth de Jauregui
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511081662-what-s-in-a-name-kennedy-candidacy-might-decide

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Rauner want stiffer sentences for repeat illegal gun possession/use offenders? Spending caps? Getting Rauner, Madigan, et al to be more specific – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/03/rauner-want-stiffer-sentences-for-repeat-illegal-gun-possessionuse-offenders-rauner-spending-caps/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— BILL THAT COULD AFFECT GUN OWNERS’ DUE PROCESS TO BE HEARD IN SPRINGFIELD  (DIERSEN: Do you own a firearm?  I have owned firearms ever since I was in high school in the 1960s.  Who has “it in for you” in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  How much religious, government, political, and/or financial clout do they have to disarm you, that is, to take your FOID card and your firearms away from you?)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/bill-that-could-affect-gun-owners-due-process-to-be-heard-in-springfield.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  “Imagine if a family member or a police officer had it in for you. In the blink of an eye, you could be stripped of your rights without any due process, simply because someone accused you of something with absolutely no evidence to validate the claim…” That’s a scenario a bill scheduled to be heard next week in Illinois’ Senate Judiciary Committee would set up, Sons of Liberty Media is reporting. “Illinois State Senator Julie Morrison (D-29) has proposed a bill that would allow the government to confiscate firearms from gun owners without any due process,” the website says.  The proposal is SB 1291. While the Illinois State Rifle Association doesn’t sound an alert about SB 1291 on their website, the National Rifle Association called on Illinois members to contact their state lawmakers about the bill before the hearing was postponed to heard March 14th.  “SB 1291 would allow an individual’s family members or law enforcement to petition the court for an ex parte restraining order if they consider the individual to be a danger to themselves or others simply because the individual owns, possesses or purchases a firearm,” the NRA’s website explains. “According to the summary of the bill, an ex parte order would be issued by a judge based solely on a brief, unsubstantiated affidavit made by a petitioner and absent any input made by the individual on which the order is targeted.” If enacted, the NRA says, this SB 1291 would require the surrender of FOID cards, concealed carry licenses as well as the seizure of all firearms by law enforcement. “This legislation is ripe for abuse by individuals that disagree with the Second Amendment, and the mere insinuation that gun ownership makes you a danger to yourself or others is offensive and insulting,” the NRA says.)

 

PJ MEDIA
— ‘Los Angeles Times’ Puzzled at Lack of Trump Hatred – MICHAEL WALSH
https://pjmedia.com/election/2017/03/11/los-angeles-times-puzzled-at-lack-of-trump-hatred/
— ‘Los Angeles Times’ Op-Ed Claims Sanctuary Cities ‘Keep Crime Down’ – JACK DUNPHY
https://pjmedia.com/blog/los-angeles-times-op-ed-claims-sanctuary-cities-keep-crime-down/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— NOW IT’S NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY VS. AMERICAN WORKER  Trevor Loudon exposes what’s happened to the American left
http://www.wnd.com/2017/03/now-its-new-democratic-party-vs-american-worker/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Mississippi On Verge Of Banning ‘Sanctuary Campuses’ – David Krayden
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/10/mississippi-on-verge-of-banning-sanctuary-campuses/

 

POLITICO
— The Video Game Trying to Stanch the ‘Carnage’ in Chicago  President Donald Trump wants the bloodletting to stop. So do the creators of ‘We Are Chicago.’ – MICHAEL PECK
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/03/the-video-game-trying-to-stanch-the-carnage-in-chicago-214895

 

CNN
— Pence applies subtle pressure to conservatives considering bucking Trump on health care – Dan Merica
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/11/politics/pence-kentucky-health-care/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Gay veterans allowed to march in South Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade after all – Amy B Wang
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/03/11/gay-veterans-will-be-allowed-to-march-in-south-boston-st-patricks-day-parade-after-all/
— During his political rise, Stephen K. Bannon was a man with no fixed address – Robert O’Harrow Jr. and Shawn Boburg  (DIERSEN: Where have you lived?  I lived 1948-1954 with my parents in an apartment above my grandparents’ hardware store at the northeast corner of Main and Exchange in Crete.  I lived 1954-1972 with parents and brother at the home my grandparents had built in 1926 at 1286 Wood Street in Crete. I lived full-time 1972-1974 and then part-time 1974-1976 at 774-5 Sunset Court in University Park, a new town home that I bought.  I lived part-time 1974-1976 in a studio condo that I bought in the Outer Drive East (ODE) building in downtown Chicago.  I lived 1976-1978 in a one bedroom condo that I bought in the ODE building.  My wife and I lived 1978-1984 in a home that we bought at 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton.  My wife and I have lived since 1984 in a home that we had built at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/during-his-political-rise-stephen-k-bannon-was-a-man-with-no-fixed-address/2017/03/11/89866f4c-0285-11e7-ad5b-d22680e18d10_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Reps. Issa and Hunter confronted by protesters at separate town halls – Teri Figueroa and Joshua Stewart
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ca-pol-issa-hunter-townhalls-20170311-story.html

 

ABC 11
— IMMIGRANTS ‘UNDOCUMENTED AND UNAFRAID’ AT RALEIGH EVENT  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, illegals make it clear that despise if not hate citizens of America.)
http://abc11.com/news/immigrants-undocumented-and-unafraid-at-raleigh-event/1796343/

 

NBC 4 COLUMBUS
— Students, parents question racial profiling survey distributed at high school  (DIERSEN: Democrats run public education in America. Ever-increasingly they focus on 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 (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://nbc4i.com/2017/03/11/students-parents-question-racial-profiling-survey-distributed-at-high-school/

 

RWANDA NEW TIMES
— Do women a favour, stop favouring them – KENNETH AGUTAMBA
http://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/article/2017-03-12/208814/

 

TRIBUNE INDIA
— Preet Bharara among 46 US attorneys asked to resign  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Constructively, while I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, if you were a non-veteran White male, you were asked to resign if you did not make GS-13 (currently $94,610) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $111,801) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $161,900) by age 40.  Further, constructively, if you were a Republican, you were always asked to resign.)
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/preet-bharara-among-46-us-attorneys-asked-to-resign/376398.html

 

INSTINCT MAGAZINE
— Muslim Nations Where Being LGBT Is Legal. – Adam Dupuis
http://instinctmagazine.com/post/muslim-nations-where-being-lgbt-legal

 

ON TOP MAGAZINE
— South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard Signs Anti-LGBT Adoption Bill – CARLOS SANTOSCOY
http://www.ontopmag.com/article/27072/South_Dakota_Governor_Dennis_Daugaard_Signs_Anti_LGBT_Adoption_Bill

 

WASHINTON BLADE
— Anti-LGBT hate crimes in D.C. up 59% in 2016 – Lou Chibbaro Jr.
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2017/03/11/anti-lgbt-hate-crimes-dc/