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June 23 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Rauner Passes On Thompson Center Deal, Help From Emanuel
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/22/rauner-passes-on-thompson-center-deal-help-from-emanuel/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Cancer Survivor’s Wife ‘Terrified’ Of U.S. Senate Health Care Bill.”
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/22/cancer-survivors-wife-terrified-of-u-s-senate-health-care-bill/

 

NBC5
— Stalling Special Session Costs Tax Payers $40K Per Day – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Stalling-Special-Session-Costs-Tax-Payers-40K-Per-Day-430251773.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Springfield bishop: No communion, last rites, funerals for same-sex couples – Manya Brachear Pashman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-springfield-bishop-same-sex-marriage-met-20170622-story.html
— Why would any Democrat want to be Boss Madigan’s footman, aka governor? – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-democrats-madigan-kass-met-20170622-column.html
— Why Emanuel-Rauner talks on Thompson Center fell apart – Bill Ruthhart, Monique Garcia and John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-bruce-rauner-thompson-center-met-0623-20170622-story.html
— Rauner won’t sign 911 funding plan that could increase phone taxes – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-phone-fees-20170623-story.html
— Chicago area’s record-low May unemployment rate masks slow job creation – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz  (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, members of the following groups have given up looking for work in the Chicago area because ever-increasingly, employers do NOT want to hire, retain, or promote them: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-chicago-metro-unemployment-may-0623-biz-20170622-story.html
— Insulin is too expensive for many of my patients. It doesn’t have to be. – David M. Tridgell  (DIERSEN: My father fought type 1 diabetes from when he was 14 in 1936 until he died suddenly of heart failure in 1969 when he was 47.  During those 33 years, his father, and then him, paid lots of money for insulin.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-insulin-diabetes-costs-20170623-story.html
— Debate heats up over teaching climate change in US schools – AP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame members of the following groups for everything that is bad, including bad weather: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–trump-climate-schools-20170620-story.html
— Suits for Success gives former prisoners new start in life – Susan Keaton  (DIERSEN: QUESTION FOR MEN: When have you had to wear a suit?  I had to wear a suit every day that I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-keaton-column-st-0623-20170622-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: TRAGIC: Downtown businesses can serve alcohol to sidewalk patrons with permit, council says – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-sidewalk-liquor-sales-naperville-st-0623-20170621-story.html
— Chicago River still teems with bacteria flushed from sewers after storms – Michael Hawthorne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-river-still-dirty-met-20170623-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQIA activity.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-0623-final-celebrating-lgbtqia-spaces-20170620-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Does Rauner have any guiding principles on health care insurance? – Lynn Sweet  (DIERSEN: The top guiding principles for Democrats are to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/does-rauner-have-any-guiding-principles-on-health-care-insurance/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pride-parade-takes-to-chicago-streets-on-sunday-what-you-need-to-know/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Bloomingdale Township Mental Health Board trying to solve funding problems – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170622/bloomingdale-township-mental-health-board-trying-to-solve-funding-problems
— College of DuPage OKs settlement with former administrators – Robert Sanchez  (DIERSEN: I saw no evidence that Republican U.S. Senators or Republican U.S. Representatives who represented Illinois while Chennareddy, et al. v. GAO was pending (1987-?) (http://www.leagle.com/decision/In%20FDCO%2020120402879/CHENNAREDDY%20v.%20DODARO) or while  Diersen v. GAO was pending 1998-2005 (https://gopillinois.com/documents/) urged GAO to settle. Their not urging GAO to settle can be taken that a) they reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, b) they promote age discrimination, c) they promote patronage, d) they promote political affiliation discrimination, and/or e) they promote retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid. Their not urging GAO to settle continues to be used by my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes to hint/imply/argue/shout that the following adverse actions that GAO took against me were justified: forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, not promoting me beyond GS-13, keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forcing me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170623/college-of-dupage-oks-settlement-with-former-administrators
— Playful jab or punch? Elk Grove police report details parks commissioner’s battery charge – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170623/playful-jab-or-punch-elk-grove-police-report-details-parks-commissioners-battery-charge

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What Chicago experts think about Senate’s health care bill – Brigid Sweeney
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170622/NEWS03/170629919/senate-obamacare-repeal-bill-draws-criticism-from-illinois-experts

 

WTTW
— As End of Fiscal Year Nears, Little Progress in Springfield – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/06/22/end-fiscal-year-nears-little-progress-springfield

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois House leaders meet, but no action on a budget – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170622/illinois-house-leaders-meet-but-no-action-on-budget
— Thumbs Up to promoting civility in politics – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170622/our-view-thumbs-up-to-promoting-civility-in-politics

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Jettison the gerrymander – Editorial
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20170622/editorial-jettison-gerrymander

 

HERALD NEWS
— Joliet day care strained by state budget impasse – FELIX SARVER  (DIERSEN: What has strained your budget? The Diersens’ budget was strained in 1980 when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to suffer an $18,847/year pay cut (21%) in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. The Diersens’ budget has been strained since 1997 when my GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” and suffer $72,135/year loss of income (59%) in today’s dollars, that is, my $122,991 salary minus my $50,856 pension.)
http://www.theherald-news.com/2017/06/22/joliet-day-care-strained-by-state-budget-impasse/ayhgugl/

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Jeff Sessions eyes pot crackdown on Iowa, Illinois – Editorial
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/editorial-jeff-sessions-eyes-pot-crackdown-on-iowa-illinois/article_82c78905-d777-58e8-bc4c-fc8d7b681703.html

 

TIMES
— GOP says area schools far better with their bill
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/gop-says-area-schools-far-better-with-their-bill/article_84311cdb-eb16-52ca-90c1-9d5babc1e48f.html

 

CHEROKEE TRIBUNE LEDGER NEWS
— Democrats continue tax hike push; GOP wants meaningful reforms first – Greg Bishop
http://www.tribuneledgernews.com/extra/news/democrats-continue-tax-hike-push-gop-wants-meaningful-reforms-first/article_da20a192-8fb2-519d-82be-f07ef642726e.html

 

WSIL TV
— Instead of budget, Illinois lawmakers vote on trivial matters
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35730661/instead-of-budget-illinois-lawmakers-vote-on-trivial-matters

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Factory where Trump delivered jobs speech to lay off 200  Boeing is cutting workers across the business
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/factory-where-trump-delivered-jobs-speech-to-lay-off-200/748797333
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “GOP has an uphill climb to win public support for health care. Public opinion opposed to changes.”
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/gop-has-an-uphill-climb-to-win-public-support-for-health-care/748418851
— Johnny Depp jokes about killing Trump  When last did ‘an actor assassinated a President?’
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/entertainment/johnny-depp-jokes-about-killng-trump/748770677

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Illinois schools forced to close with no budget – Jaclyn Driscoll
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-schools-forced-to-close-with-no-budget-06-22-2017

 

WHEATON PATCH
— Undersheriff Frank Bibbiano Given Prestigious Award by Illinois Crime Commission  DuPage County Undersheriff Frank Bibbiano received the “Protector of Children” Award from the Illinois Crime Commission. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/undersheriff-frank-bibbiano-given-prestigious-award-illinois-crime-commission

 

REPRESENTATIVE JEANNE IVES
— VIDEO: Illinois State Rep. Jeanne Ives on property tax task force
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkIjKBwkugQ&feature=share

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives takes union to task over Juvenile Justice worker’s PAC fundraising – Michael McGrady
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511130402-ives-takes-union-to-task-over-juvenile-justice-worker-s-pac-fundraising

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Budget work described as cover for Dems’ real goal of kicking out Rauner – Karen Kidd
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511126069-budget-work-described-as-cover-for-dems-real-goal-of-kicking-out-rauner

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— DAY 2: ILLINOIS HOUSE AND SENATE ADJOURN SPECIAL SESSION AFTER ONLY 23 MINUTES – Eric Kohn
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/day-2-illinois-house-and-senate-adjourn-special-session-after-only-23-minutes/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— “Abortion Takes Human Life” Overpass Event on the Southside
https://illinoisfamily.org/event/abortion-takes-human-life-overpass-event-southside/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Proft on Rauner’s “massive” tax hikes: “He’s done and so are Republicans for another generation”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/23/proft-on-rauner-tax-hikes-hes-done-and-so-are-republicans-for-another-generation/
— The Republican special session roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/23/the-republican-special-session-roundup/
— Rauner administration loses legal power play to AG Madigan
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/23/rauner-administration-loses-legal-power-play-to-ag-madigan/

 

GOPUSA
— Minimum Wage Laws are Destroying Jobs — Just as Predicted
http://www.gopusa.com/minimum-wage-laws-are-destroying-jobs-just-as-predicted/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Nonprofit Tracker Smears Dozens of Conservative Organizations as ‘Hate Groups’ – Rachel del Guidice
http://dailysignal.com/2017/06/21/nonprofit-tracker-smears-dozens-of-conservative-organizations-as-hate-groups/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Media Attempts to Omit Legal Status Of Man Arrested For Murder Of Muslim Girl – WILL RICCIARDELLA
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/22/media-attempts-to-omit-legal-status-of-man-arrested-for-murder-of-muslim-girl/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump and His Generals  Trump’s reliance on his generals shows that he values merit over politics. – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448827/donald-trump-generals-relationship-mattis-kelly-mcmaster

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— 30 GOP Congressmen Have Been Attacked or Threatened Since May – Alex Griswold
http://freebeacon.com/issues/30-gop-congressmen-attacked-threatened-since-may/

 

THE HILL
— Priebus ‘most imperiled’ person at White House – JOHN BOWDEN (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I was always one of its “most imperiled” employees.  I would not have been if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/339121-priebus-most-imperiled-person-at-white-house

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Bill Cosby, Fresh From Trial, Plans Talks on Avoiding Assault Accusations – GRAHAM BOWLEY and SOPHIE HAIGNEY  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, none of my coworkers or subordinates ever filed any complaints against me.  But nevertheless, my Democrat superiors treated me like many of my coworkers and subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran had filed many complaints against me.  They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/arts/television/bill-cosby-fresh-from-trial-plans-speeches-on-sex-assault-issues.html
— Wall Street Journal Scrutinizes for Ethical Conflicts Hundreds of Articles by Fired Reporter – SYDNEY EMBER and GARDINER HARRIS  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the ethical conflicts that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/business/media/jay-solomon-wall-street-journal.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans say “The Senate’s Unaffordable Care Act.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/23/opinion/senate-obamacare-repeal.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Anti-Republicans say “Shifting Dollars From Poor to Rich Is a Key Part of the Senate Health Bill.” (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are beyond furious that my wife and I pay only $5,763/year for $23,051/year worth of health, dental, and vision insurance, that is, that we get a $17,288/year federal subsidy because I am a federal retiree.  Ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout a) that the federal government grossly overpaid me and b) that federal retirement and other benefits are too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/upshot/shifting-dollars-from-poor-to-rich-is-a-key-part-of-the-senate-health-bill.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Wide gulf in attitudes, experiences separates people who own guns from those who don’t – David Lauter  (DIERSEN: I have had a Firearm Owner’s Identification card since I was 20 in 1968. Many, if not most of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes disapprove of firearms and disapprove of those who own them.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-gun-poll-20170622-story.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Illinois Catholic bishop decrees no Holy Communion, funerals for same-sex couples – Susan Hogan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/06/23/bishop-bans-catholic-funerals-for-same-sex-couples-unless-they-repent-before-death/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Facebook Looks to Build More Groups – Deepa Seetharaman (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, Facebook will have groups titled “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), anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-federal employees, anti-federal retirees, anti-unions, anti-past, present, and future union members, anti-American nameplate vehicles, anti-DINKs, anti-those who do not own pets, anti-etc.”)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-sets-new-vision-for-next-decade-outlines-new-features-1498148171

 

WSB RADIO
— HOSTING CONGRESSIONAL PICNIC, TRUMP CALLS FOR UNITY
http://www.wsbradio.com/news/hosting-congressional-picnic-trump-calls-for-unity/bkl1ReRmaVz7GMjUlu3wZM/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Where is the federal workforce, and why does that matter? – Jeff Neal  (DIERSEN: How many federal employees and federal retirees are there in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://federalnewsradio.com/commentary/2017/06/where-is-the-federal-workforce-and-why-does-that-matter/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When you look at the map, you can see a couple of things. The first is obvious. There is a large concentration of federal employees in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. In Maryland, for example, the number of federal jobs equals 2.17 percent of the population. It is in the national capital region, so that is to be expected. What may be more surprising is the ratio in middle America, Alaska and Hawaii. In Alaska, the number is 1.48 percent. Other states with high ratios of federal jobs/population are Hawaii (1.55 percent), New Mexico (1.05 percent), Oklahoma (0.97 percent), South Dakota (0.96 percent) and other states in the center of the country.)

 

LGBTQ WEEKLY
— Nepotism hastens the decline of American democracy – STAMPP CORBIN  (DIERSEN: Have you benefited from nepotism?  I have not.  Neither of my outstanding parents attended college.  My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school.)
http://lgbtweekly.com/2017/06/22/nepotism-hastens-the-decline-of-american-democracy/

June 21 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Special session on budget off to slow start – Sarah Schulte and Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/special-session-on-budget-off-to-slow-start/2127678/
— Cook County Clerk David Orr won’t seek re-election – Leah Hope
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/cook-county-clerk-david-orr-wont-seek-re-election/2128787/

 

CBS2
— Alderman Blasts Ethics Board For Accusing Husband Of Illegal Lobbying – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/21/alderman-sophia-king-ethics-board-husband-illegal-lobbying/
— Critics Slam Proposed Time Limit For Public Comment At City Council Meetings – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/21/critics-slam-proposed-time-limit-for-public-comment-at-city-council-meetings/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bickering continues upon lawmakers’ return to Springfield – Monique Garcia and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-special-session-met-0622-20170621-story.html
— Yes, Rauner is in campaign mode. What Illinois pol isn’t? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-rauner-madigan-cullerton-illinois-edit-0622-jm-20170621-story.html
— Former pro-wrestler Jon “The Illustrious One” Stewart with ties to Kellyanne Conway seeks Illinois governor nod – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-wrestler-running-for-governor-0622-chicago-inc-20170621-story.html
— Republican Greg Gianforte convicted of attacking reporter joins House amid boos from colleagues – Matthew Daly
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-greg-gianforte-joins-congress-20170621-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— On Day 1 of special session, Madigan calls for committees of the whole – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/on-day-1-of-special-session-madigan-calls-for-committees-of-whole/amp/
— Dems to nix Rauner official Maggie Hickey as potential pick for U.S. Attorney post in Chicago – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/dems-to-nix-rauner-official-as-potential-pick-for-top-fed-chicago-spot/
— Chicago aldermen get an earful about public participation rules – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-aldermen-get-an-earful-about-public-participation-rules/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Merging McHenry County recorder’s, clerk’s offices will be up to voters – Lauren Rohr
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170621/merging-mchenry-county-recorders-clerks-offices-will-be-up-to-voters–
— Metra says new lobbyist contracts are worth the $2.7 million – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170621/metra-says-new-lobbyist-contracts-are-worth-the-27-million
— Indiana Congressman’s wife works part-time in $240K job – AP  (DIERSEN: Are/were you accused of being overpaid?  My critics/opponents have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170621/news/306219924/
— Top Illinois debt owners unlikely to sell if bonds cut to junk – Bloomberg
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170621/top-illinois-debt-owners-unlikely-to-sell-if-bonds-cut-to-junk

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Tribune’s celebrity real estate writer Bob Goldsborough may save Wheaton golf mansion – Dennis Rodkin
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20170621/CRED0701/170629956/tribunes-celebrity-real-estate-writer-may-save-wheaton-golf-mansion
— Could this finally spark a budget deal? – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170621/BLOGS02/170629945/illinois-road-construction-threat-could-spark-budget-deal
— Is Ford’s China move a threat to Torrance Avenue? – Justin Bachman
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170621/NEWS05/170629942/is-fords-china-move-a-threat-to-torrance-avenue
— Biz group pushes for higher minimum wage – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170621/BLOGS02/170629949/biz-group-pushes-for-higher-minimum-wage

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— First day of special session over quickly, no progress – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170621/first-day-of-special-session-over-quickly-no-progress
— Rauner got a little help from Missouri firm in TV address – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170621/bernard-schoenburg-rauner-got-little-help-from-missouri-firm-in-tv-address

 

WMAY
— Little To Show For First Day of Special Session
http://www.wmay.com/2017/06/21/madigan-no-shows-house-floor-the-first-day-of-special-session/

 

WAND TV
— Nothing accomplished on first day of Special Session – Michon Lindstrom
http://www.wandtv.com/story/35720430/nothing-accomplished-on-first-day-of-special-session

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Republican state lawmakers call out House Democrats – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/republican-state-lawmakers-call-out-house-democrats-06-22-2017

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Champaign council extends video-gambling moratorium till Jan. 23 – Natalie Wickman
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-06-21/champaign-council-extends-video-gambling-moratorium-till-jan-23.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Downers Grove resident blames neighboring ‘eyesore’ for inability to sell home – BOB RAKOW  (DIERSEN: How many eyesore properties are there in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  On who/what do the owners of those properties blame their problems?)
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/05/25/downers-grove-resident-blames-neighboring-eyesore-for-inability-to-sell-home/awt0bld/

 

DARIEN PATCH
— DuPage County Circuit Court Seeks New Judge  The 18th Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois in DuPage County is now accepting applications to fill a vacancy for an Associate Judge position – Andrea Earnest
https://patch.com/illinois/darien-il/dupage-county-circuit-court-seeks-new-judge

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Projection: Chicago’s police pension fund will be broke in 2021
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511130434-projection-chicago-s-police-pension-fund-will-be-broke-in-2021

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Durkin tells Dems they need GOP to pass budget in ‘overtime’ – Hoang Tran
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511130810-durkin-tells-dems-they-need-gop-to-pass-budget-in-overtime

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Champaign: Ban on new video gambling licenses extended  License moratorium extended until January – Aaron Eades
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/ban-on-new-video-gambling-licenses-extended/746644805

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Two Questions: Could Illinois File Bankruptcy? Why Vote for Tax-Raising Politicians? – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/06/two-questions-could-illinois-file-bankruptcy-why-vote-for-tax-raising-politicians/

 

GOPUSA
— Miami Uber driver fined $250 for not being able to speak English
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=26063

 

BREITBART
— Rahm Emanuel: Democrats Are 1,000 Seats Behind Republicans – Pam Key
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/06/21/rahm-emanuel-democrats-1000-seats-behind-republicans/

 

CNS NEWS
— Google Pledges $1 Million To Preserve LGBTQ Stonewall Inn Story – Zenny Phuong
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/zenny-phuong/google-pledges-1-million-preserve-lgbtq-stonewall-inn-story

 

DAILY CALLER
— FBI Claims Attempted GOP Assassinations Are ‘Assault’ — NOT Terrorism – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/21/breaking-fbi-treating-attempted-gop-assassinations-as-assault/
— Spicer: Journalists Want To Become ‘YouTube Stars’ – Amber Athey  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout a) that my motives for serving as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman ARE EVIL and b) that my motives for having served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, an IRS employee, etc. WERE EVIL.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/21/spicer-journos-want-to-become-youtube-stars-audio/

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump’s Net Worth Slips to $2.9 Billion  (DIERSEN: Why isn’t your net worth higher than it is?   My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.  My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/US/trump-net-worth-slips/2017/06/21/id/797318/

 

POLITICO
— Scalise improves to ‘fair’ condition, hospital says – RACHAEL BADE
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/21/scalise-improves-to-fair-condition-hospital-says-239807

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Slow start to Illinois session called to solve budget fight – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/illinois-lawmakers-hold-special-session-amid-budget-impasse/2017/06/21/f0f2e8cc-5677-11e7-840b-512026319da7_story.html
— Democrats despondent, Trump emboldened after GOP victory in Georgia special election – Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/06/21/daily-202-democrats-despondent-trump-emboldened-after-gop-victory-in-georgia-special-election/59497f2fe9b69b2fb981ddc6/
— Trump seeks sharp cuts to housing aid, except for program that brings him millions – Shawn Boburg
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/trump-seeks-sharp-cuts-to-housing-aid-except-for-program-that-brings-him-millions/2017/06/20/bf1fb2b8-5531-11e7-ba90-f5875b7d1876_story.html

 

USA TODAY
— The Donald Trump hiring crisis means America’s got no talent  From investigations to humiliations, the reputational risk of working for this administration is enormous. – Brian Klaas
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/06/21/donald-trumps-hiring-problems-result-his-own-incompetence-brian-klaas-column/102995924/
— Ex-lobbyists swarm Trump administration, despite ‘drain the swamp’ pledge – Fredreka Schouten
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/21/president-donald-trump-lobbyists-hired/416749001/

 

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Why the White Worker Theme Is Harmful.”
http://prospect.org/article/why-white-worker-theme-harmful

 

FCW
— VA chief: fast firing authority will improve morale – Adam Mazmanian  (DIERSEN: To improve the morale of their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted the careers of and got rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://fcw.com/articles/2017/06/21/shulkin-workforce-firing-power.aspx

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in dividing America.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/june_2017/most_think_america_is_more_divided_since_trump

June 18 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Springfield, you’ve got 10 days. Do it in less. – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-rauner-budget-special-session-madigan-edit-20170618-story.html
— Why it’s foolish not to appeal your property tax assessment – Eric Zorn  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the assessment history of 915 Cove Court in Wheaton and related litigation.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-property-tax-appeals-appalling-zorn-perspec-0618-md-20170617-column.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: DIERSEN HEADLINE: In front page top of fold editorials with a big color picture unethically made to look like news articles, anti-Trumps promote Islam big time.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-ramadan-big-for-naperville-restaurants-st-0618-20170616-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-islamic-center-naperville-ramadan-st-0618-20170617-story.html
— New poll of rural Americans shows deep cultural divide with urban centers – Jose A. Delreal and Scott Clement  (DIERSEN: What is your connection with rural America?  During the 1950s, I spend a lot of time during the summers at my mother’s parents’ farm in Grant Park on the Indiana border.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-rural-americans-poll-urban-divide-20170617-story.html
— Chicago’s first murder — ‘bad blood’ and a butcher’s knife on the American frontier – Colleen Connolly  (DIERSEN: My ancestors on my father’s side immigrated to Chicago from what is now Germany in 1844.  They worked in a brick factory until they homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete in 1854.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-first-murder-kinzie-la-lime-20170616-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Privatize air traffic control, watch efficiency soar – John Stossel  (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between the Libertarian Party platform and the Republican Party platform.  Libertarians and Libertarian plants demonize, denigrate, and condemn government, government employees, and government retirees, and especially the federal government, federal employees, and federal retirees.  I should write a book about my Libertarian and Libertarian plant critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.  They have always worked very hard against me above the table and under the table.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/privatize-air-traffic-control-and-fly-right/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Where can you afford a two-bedroom apartment on minimum wage? Nowhere in U.S. – Tracy Jan  (DIERSEN: If you ever worked for the minimum wage, when, how old were you, and what did you do with the money that you earned?  I washed dishes for the minimum wage 1964-1966 in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights when I was 16 and 17 years old.  I used the money that earned to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint to commute to/from classes at UIC from my parents’ home in Crete.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170618/where-can-you-afford-a-two-bedroom-apartment-on-minimum-wage-nowhere-in-us

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Governor candidate Biss is a traitor, say private-equity investors – LYNNE MAREK
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170617/ISSUE01/170619894/illinois-private-equity-turns-against-biss-over-privilege-tax

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois’ future dimmed by keeping the status quo – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170617/our-view-illinois-future-dimmed-by-keeping-status-quo
— LaHood hopes unity that grew from tragedy lasts – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170617/bernard-schoenburg-lahood-hopes-unity-that-grew-from-tragedy-lasts
— It’s that special (session) time of year – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170617/statehouse-insider-its-that-special-session-time-of-year

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Fear and loathing rattle Statehouse – Rich Miller
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2017-06-18/rich-millercapitol-fax-fear-and-loathing-rattle-statehouse.html
— Get ‘er done – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-06-18/get-er-done.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— ‘Democracy In Chains’ Traces The Rise Of American Libertarianism – Editorial (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between the Libertarian Party platform and the Republican Party platform.  Libertarians and Libertarian plants demonize, denigrate, and condemn government, government employees, and government retirees, and especially the federal government, federal employees, and federal retirees.  I should write a book about my Libertarian and Libertarian plant critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.  They have always worked very hard against me above the table and under the table.
http://nprillinois.org/post/democracy-chains-traces-rise-american-libertarianism#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— State Rep. David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, criticizes capital spending bill, calls projects ‘earmarks,’ ‘wasteful’ – Dan McCaleb and Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/lawmaker-criticizes-capital-spending-bill-calls-projects-earmarks-wasteful/article_cb32189e-537d-11e7-8343-3f66fe000969.html
— Are GOP reforms enough to justify $5.4 billion tax hike? – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/are-gop-reforms-enough-to-justify-billion-tax-hike/article_f3c05916-52b9-11e7-ab49-0f67e87e784f.html

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— HUMOR: Illinois Democrat Sponsors Bill to Kill all White Puppies in State Because They Have White Privilege – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/06/17/illinois-democrat-sponsors-bill-kill-white-puppies-state-white-privilege/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illinois taxpayers fund golden parachute form NIU president resigning amid scandal investigation – Thomas Lifson
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/06/illinois_taxpayers_fund_golden_parachute_form_university_president_resigning_amid_scandal_investigation.html

 

POLITICO
— Davis calls baseball shooting ‘political terrorism’ – HANNA TRUDO
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/18/congress-baseball-shooting-davis-scalise-239677

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— How ‘Snowflake’ Became America’s Inescapable Tough-Guy Taunt – AMANDA HESS  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would call me a snowflake a) because I avoided the draft and b) because I have never engaged in aggressive sports.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/magazine/how-snowflake-became-americas-inescapable-tough-guy-taunt.html
— I’m O.K. — You’re Pure Evil – Frank Bruni  (DIERSEN: Those who demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being evil stress that I am a Trump supporter; baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran; conservative; Republican; American; White; male; old (68); non-poor; gun owner; 100% German American; draft avoider; ancestors have been in America since 1844; federal retiree since 1997; former union member; childless and pet-less; American-nameplate car owner; and even worse things.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/opinion/sunday/im-ok-youre-pure-evil.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want America to pander to foreign countries and to their citizens.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/opinion/sunday/allies-start-planning-a-life-without-america.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/opinion/sunday/is-pride-still-for-queer-people-like-me.html
— Why Are So Many Young Voters Falling for Old Socialists? – SARAH LEONARD  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote dependency on government and on charity.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/opinion/sunday/sanders-corbyn-socialsts.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks, “Does Trump Embarrass You?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/opinion/sunday/does-trump-embarrass-you.html
— Liberals in Strange Places – Seth Stephens-Davidowitz  (DIERSEN: How many in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America want Trump to be impeached?  Why do the aforesaid live in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/opinion/sunday/liberals-in-strange-places.html
— Rooting for Scalise Through Hospital Ordeal: His 3 Capitol Roommates – KATIE ROGERS
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/us/politics/scalise-paulsen-brady-shimkus-washington.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The initial report about his injury was a little Pollyannaish,” Mr. Shimkus said. “It’s going to be a tough rest of the year for us.” His roommates said the home they share, about a mile and a half from the Capitol in southwest Washington, had offered a bit of solace during a week marked by violence. Their living arrangement, complete with scuffed-up furniture, children’s toys and baseball photos on the wall, continues the Washington tradition of lawmakers who have decided to split the bill on an affordable, collegelike crash pad where they can spend a few days a week with like-minded colleagues. (Mr. Shimkus bought the home 15 years ago, and they split the mortgage costs, an amount they would not disclose, four ways.) Their shared politics help: Policy discussions tend to creep up amid viewings of the western movie “Tombstone” or of endless sports coverage on ESPN, Mr. Shimkus said. But a love of baseball is what has drawn these colleagues together. Mr. Scalise, 51, who is popular in his heavily Republican district and has been a Trump supporter, has been known as the night owl of the group, still able to wake up for practice and be out the door within minutes. “You’ve got three boring guys and one guy who’s kind of lively,” Mr. Shimkus said. “It’s been really quiet.” In the days since the shooting, they said, life has been a blur of hospital visits, phone calls and, of course, the bright lights of a ballgame, this city’s last best attempt at bipartisan showmanship. The game included a prayer at second base in honor of Mr. Scalise, and staff members wore T-shirts emblazoned with a photo of the four congressmen, taken at a game years ago. “With my roomies @RepShimkus @RepKevinBrady supporting @SteveScalise at congressional baseball game & pray for his recovery,” Mr. Paulsen tweeted on Thursday, posting a photo of him and his housemates wearing mismatched jerseys and yellow Louisiana State University hats, a tribute to Mr. Scalise’s alma mater. . .“The vitriol and the debate has gone so far to the extreme,” Mr. Shimkus said. “Compromise, which is the essence of public policy and passing laws, has been disparaged by extremes on both sides.”)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Congress is considering a bill that would expand Jeff Sessions’s power to escalate the war on drugs – Christopher Ingraham  (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries push illegal/addictive/destructive drugs and/or other vices in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/16/congress-is-considering-a-bill-that-would-expand-jeff-sessions-power-to-escalate-the-war-on-drugs/

 

USA TODAY
— APRIL 27, 2017 FLASHBACK: IVF: How to pay for an expensive and emotional process – Emily Starbuck Crone  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates viciously demonized, denigrated, condemned, and punished me because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran. Of course, since the 1970s, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have used my childlessness against me.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2017/04/27/ivf-how-pay-expensive-and-emotional-process/100961654/

 

BLOOMBERG
— The U.S. is where the rich are the richest – Ben Steverman  (DIERSEN: What do those who have more money than you have think of you?  I should write a book about those who look down on me because I have less money than they have.  What do those who have less money than you have think of you? I should write a book about those who look down on me because I have more money than they have.)
https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/the-u-s-is-where-the-rich-are-the-richest/article_da981ed1-f07d-5855-aae6-ec1f09712aff.html

 

FED SMITH
— Federal Employee Pension, G Fund Used to Avoid Government Default – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/06/18/federal-employee-pension-g-fund-used-avoid-government-default/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Fatherhood Still Seen as Man’s Most Important Role  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates viciously demonized, denigrated, condemned, and punished me because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.  Of course, since the 1970s, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have used my childlessness against me.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/holidays/june_2017/fatherhood_still_seen_as_man_s_most_important_role

 

RAW STORY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Count me out: Conservative staffers have no desire to work for ‘radioactive’ Trump administration.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/count-me-out-conservative-staffers-have-no-desire-to-work-for-radioactive-trump-administration/

June 16 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Nybo urges lawmaker support of introduced ‘Capitol Compromise’ budget proposal – Tim Bryers
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmhurst/community/chi-ugc-article-nybo-urges-lawmaker-support-of-introduced-ca-2017-06-15-story.html
— Day after shooting, members of Congress step up to plate – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-congressional-baseball-game-illinois-met-0616-20170615-story.html
— Bipartisan baseball: Dems best GOP, give trophy to wounded Scalise – Erica Werner and Kevin Freking
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-congressional-baseball-game-20170615-story.html
— OUTRAGEOUS: Cook County to stop prosecuting some traffic offenses because it lacks resources, Foxx’s office says – Megan Crepeau
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-states-attorney-traffic-offense-prosecution-20170615-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Donald Trump’s tweets are accelerating his own political death spiral.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-tweets-investigation-rosenstein-20170616-story.html
— Will County officials discuss freight, heroin during DC trip – Susan DeMar Lafferty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-will-county-dc-trip-st-0614-20170615-story.html
— Emanuel friend, alderman’s husband both illegally lobbied mayor via his personal email, ethics board finds – Bill Ruthhart  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes lobby against me and against my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  Should they register as lobbyists?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-lobbying-violations-met-0616-20170616-story.html
— Todd Stroger among city employees who didn’t file ethics statement on time
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-morning-spin-friday-edition-20170615-story.html
— Facebook page of Virginia shooter’s wife becomes heated public battleground – Leonor Vivanco
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-james-hodgkinson-wife-facebook-page-met-20170615-story.html
— OPRF principal, assistant wrestling coach reprimanded after investigation into off-campus incident – Steve Schering
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park/news/ct-oak-sex-misconduct-punishment-tl-0608-20170616-story.html
— District 128 officials turn themselves in on perjury charges – Jim Newton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/crime/ct-lns-school-perjury-bail-st-0616-20170615-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Emanuel donor and alderman’s husband face fines for improper lobbying – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes lobby against me and against my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  Should they register as lobbyists?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/emanuel-donor-and-aldermans-husband-face-fines-for-improper-lobbying/

— Madigan: Emanuel ‘scared’ of federal oversight of CPD, but door open – Fran Spielman

http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-emanuel-scared-of-federal-oversight-of-cpd-but-door-open/
— Union group offers details of potential bid for Sun-Times – Mitch Dudek  (DIERSEN: If sought a government job or a political job, my “Republican” critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that I was a union member for almost 12 years (almost 3 years while I worked for the Post Office and almost 9 years while I worked for IRS). Virtually all of my “Republican” critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint themselves as being vicious union haters.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/union-group-offers-details-of-potential-bid-for-sun-times/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Cullerton: No stopgap budget will pass Senate – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170615/cullerton-no-stopgap-budget-will-pass-senate
— Outgoing NIU president to get $600,000 severance deal – AP  (DIERSEN: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors did not offer me any kind of “deal” to get me to take their early retirement “offer.” Instead, they threatened to constructively demote me and make the rest of my GAO career a living hell.  They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, a veteran, or if GAO had been unionized.  GAO did not unionize until 2007.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170616/news/306169952/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Northern Illinois University will pay President Doug Baker about $600,000 plus benefits when he steps down later this month. Baker announced Thursday that he is resigning in the wake of a state investigation accusing him and other administrators of mismanagement when it comes to hiring consultants. Later that day trustees emerged from a nearly seven-hour closed session to announce his severance arrangement. Under the deal Baker will receive a full year’s salary of $450,000 and $137,000 to not serve as a member of the College of Business faculty.)
— Indicted Libertyville school officials turn selves in – Ellen Mauer
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170615/indicted-libertyville-school-officials-turn-selves-in
— District 59 residents blame low home values on test scores – Chacour Koop  (DIERSEN: How high/low are the test scores in the school districts that your home is in?  What drives those scores up/down in the school districts that your home is in?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170616/district-59-residents-blame-low-home-values-on-test-scores
— Leftward shift would be a disaster for Democrats – Steven & Cokie Roberts (DIERSEN: In Illinois, ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on destroying and/or driving out of Illinois individuals, organizations, companies, governments, etc. that 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.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170616/leftward-shift-would-be-recipe-for-disaster
— Trump acknowledges he’s being investigated – AP (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors were always investigating me a) because I had not become a Democrat, b) because I had not painted myself as being a yes-man, c) because I had not helped my Democrat superiors get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, d) because I had complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid, and e) because I had become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170616/news/306169949/

 

CBS2
— Groups Anticipate Gov. Rauner Will Sign Anti-Hate Measure – Craig Dellimore  (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, the more of the following groups that you are a member of, the more that anti-Trumps paint you as being a hater: 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 for a long time.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/15/groups-anticipate-gov-rauner-will-sign-anti-hate-measure/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— McDonald’s ends longtime Olympics partnership – JESSICA WOHL
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170616/NEWS06/170619916

— Who’s best suited to oversee Chicago police reform? Lisa Madigan, that’s who. – MATT TOPIC
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170616/OPINION/170619932

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Local leaders brainstorming ways of attacking opioid use – Dean Olsen  (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America focus on promoting destructive/illegal behavior?)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170615/local-leaders-brainstorming-ways-of-attacking-opioid-use

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Legislators headed back to Springfield next week for special session – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-06-16/legislators-headed-back-springfield-next-week-special-session.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— In the fight to reform funding, Illinois ‘school districts are pawns in a serious political game’ – Pam Adams
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170615/in-fight-to-reform-funding-iilinois-school-districts-are-pawns-in-serious-political-game

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Rep. Steve Scalise is a Roommate of Southern Illinois Congressman John Shimkus – JENNIFER FULLER
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/rep-steve-scalise-roommate-southern-illinois-congressman#stream/0

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Rauner Calls For Compromise As GOP Attacks – BRIAN MACKEY
http://nprillinois.org/post/rauner-calls-compromise-gop-attacks#stream/0

 

WSIL TV
— Trump to announce plan to stop cash flow to Cuban military – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35679105/trump-to-announce-plan-to-stop-cash-flow-to-cuban-military

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Before Scalise shooting, Wagner had reported five death threats to Capitol Police – Chuck Raasch
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/before-scalise-shooting-wagner-had-reported-five-death-threats-to/article_6b44a6fa-f0ea-5b1d-a680-459493807022.html

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Should We Be Worried About Milwaukee’s Attempt to Lure Us Up North?  Our northern neighbors want to win Chicagoans’ hearts—really, really bad. – ROD O’CONNOR  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly the Democrats who run Illinois focus on driving out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that 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.  I should write a book about Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs who focus on driving me out of my precinct, out of Wheaton’s West District, out of Wheaton, out of Milton Township, out of DuPage County, and out of Illinois. They would love it.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/July-2017/Milwaukee-vs-Chicago/

 

DAILY LEGAL NEWS
— High Court: Police removal of Occupy Chicago protesters was constitutional
https://www.isba.org/dailylegalnews/2017-06-16/highcourtpoliceremovalofoccupychica

 

ILLINOIS 21TH SHOW
— Sen. Dick Durbin: Alleged Congressional Shooter James T. Hodgkinson Emailed Office For Past 8 Years – NIALA BOODHOO, SEAN NEUMANN AND ALAN MONTECILLO
https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/program/sen.-dick-durbin-alleged-congressional-shooter-james-t.-hodgkinson-emailed

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 7 REASONS THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS’ BUDGET PLAN FAILS TAXPAYERS – Craig Lesner and John Klingner
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/7-reasons-the-illinois-republicans-budget-plan-fails-taxpayers/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WHERE’S WEYERMULLER? CELEBRATING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S BIRTHDAY ON FLAG DAY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/wheres-weyermuller-celebrating-president-trumps-birthday-on-flag-day.html

 

GOPUSA
— MSNBC’s Ratings Lead to Blood – Cliff Kincaid
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25902

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pelosi: ‘Outrageous’ for Republicans to blame Democrats for heated rhetoric – Sally Persons
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/15/nancy-pelosi-outrageous-republicans-blame-democrat/
— Congressional staffers boo Trump at unity baseball game – Stephen Dinan  (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, those “congressional staffers” should be immediately terminated.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/15/congressional-staffers-boo-trump-unity-baseball-ga/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rep. Mark Sanford, South Carolina Republican, sides with the anti-Trumps.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/15/mark-sanford-donald-trump-partially-blame-heated-r/

 

JOHN BIVER
— D.C. Shooter a Fan of the Southern Poverty Law Center
http://johnbiver.com/d-c-shooter-fan-southern-poverty-law-center/

 

DAILY CALLER
— OUTSTANDING: Trump Administration Rescinds Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents Amnesty Program – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always badmouthed my parents and the rest of my ancestors.  But none of them came to America illegally, none of them stayed in America illegally, and none of them brought others to America illegally.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/15/promise-kept-trump-admin-rescinds-dapa-amnesty-program/
— ESPN Host Says NFL Injects Politics ‘By Playing The National Anthem’ – KENT STROBL  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, members of the following groups are taking over sports in America: 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://dailycaller.com/2017/06/15/espn-host-says-nfl-injects-politics-by-playing-the-national-anthem-video/

 

THE BLAZE
— Trump just revoked an Obama amnesty program for illegal aliens – Carlos Garcia  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always badmouthed my parents and the rest of my ancestors.  But none of them came to America illegally, none of them stayed in America illegally, and none of them brought others to America illegally.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/16/trump-just-revoked-an-obama-amnesty-program-for-illegal-aliens/
— Pelosi falls back into partisan rhetoric, blames Fox News for GOP baseball shooting – Brandon Morse
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/15/pelosi-falls-back-into-partisan-rhetoric-blames-fox-news-for-gop-baseball-shooting/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— ‘PROOF POSITIVE OF TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME’  Bachmann blames assassination attempt of GOP lawmakers on ‘ravings of ‘lunatic left’ – GARTH KANT
http://www.wnd.com/2017/06/proof-positive-of-trump-derangement-syndrome/

 

HOT AIR
— Hey, One Left-Wing Gunman Doesn’t Make A Movement – MICHAEL TOMASKY
http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2017/06/15/hey-one-left-wing-gunman-doesnt-make-a-movement/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— News website Fusion calls Steve Scalise ‘bigoted homophobe’ as he lies in critical condition
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news-website-fusion-calls-steve-scalise-bigoted-homophobe-as-he-lies-in-critical-condition/article/2626204

 

POLITICO
— Trump won’t alter status of current Dreamers  Work permits won’t be canceled, but 2014 Obama immigration moves that were iced by courts are revoked. – JOSH GERSTEIN
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/15/trump-immigration-dreamers-status-239621
— Trump’s new NY HUD director planned Eric Trump’s wedding, has no housing experience – JAKE SHERMAN, ANNA PALMER, and DANIEL LIPPMAN  (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS.  After working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173, I transferred to GAO. During the first 6 years and the last 9 years of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, my Democrat superiors refused to assign me to audits of IRS, that is, they wasted my knowledge of IRS. If I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran, they would not have done that.)
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/playbook/2017/06/16/ny-daily-news-trumps-new-ny-hud-director-planned-eric-trumps-wedding-has-no-housing-experience-dems-drub-gop-at-baseball-game-a-record-24-959-tickets-sold-pence-hires-mcguirewoods-cullen-bday-bres-220870
(FROM THE ARTICLE: THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: “President Trump chooses inexperienced woman who planned his son Eric’s wedding to run N.Y. federal housing programs,” by Greg Smith: “She’s arranged tournaments at Trump golf courses, served as the liaison to the Trump family during his presidential campaign, and even arranged Eric Trump’s wedding. Now President Trump has appointed longtime loyalist Lynne Patton — who has zero housing experience and claims a law degree the school says she never earned — to run the office that oversees federal housing programs in New York.)

 

CNN
— New gun control action after congressional shooting? Don’t bet on it – Gregory Krieg
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/15/politics/steve-scalise-baseball-shooting-gun-control/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Will Allow ‘Dreamers’ to Stay in U.S., Reversing Campaign Promise – MICHAEL D. SHEAR  (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps will use this as a mandate to accelerate their efforts to get rid individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that at 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.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/us/politics/trump-will-allow-dreamers-to-stay-in-us-reversing-campaign-promise.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— America’s new tobacco crisis: The rich stopped smoking, the poor didn’t – William Wan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/americas-new-tobacco-crisis-the-rich-stopped-smoking-the-poor-didnt/2017/06/13/a63b42ba-4c8c-11e7-9669-250d0b15f83b_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— California: John Cox, GOP candidate for governor, gives himself another $2 million – Phil Wilson
http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-john-cox-gop-candidate-for-governor-1497565104-htmlstory.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Believers Need Not Apply – Sohrab Ahmari (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois post signs that say members of the following groups “need not apply:” Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/liberalism-believers-need-not-apply-1497570751

 

USA TODAY
— Facebook taps artificial intelligence in new push to block terrorist propaganda – Jessica Guynn  (DIERSEN: My critic/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are full of propaganda. My critic/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say “the platform is the problem” and they a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/06/15/facebook-using-artificial-intelligence-to-crack-down-on-terrorism/102887032/
— Technology start-ups founded by women hire more women – Rachel Sandler  (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, GAO will be the first federal agency in which 100% of its employees are Democrat AND ALSO minority, female, under age 40, and/or veteran.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2017/06/14/technology-start-ups-founded-women-hire-more-women-study-finds/102861592/

 

STANDARD EXAMINER
— An attack on a lawmaker — an attack on our way of life – Editorial
http://www.standard.net/Our-View/2017/06/15/Steve-Scalise-Louisiana-Republicans-James-Hodgkinson-Illinois-Gabrielle-Giffords-Arizona-gun-violence-editorial-1.html

 

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— When Leaders Are Hired for Talent but Fired for Not Fitting In – Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic and Clarke Murphy  (DIERSEN: How could you have “fit in” better where you worked?  I would have fit in better if I a) had become a Democrat, b) had painted myself as being a yes-man, c) had helped my superiors get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, d) had not complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, or retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid, and e) had not become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my employer with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://hbr.org/2017/06/when-leaders-are-hired-for-talent-but-fired-for-not-fitting-in
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Understand their own organizational culture: Knowing a leader’s motives and values is pointless unless organizations are also able to decode their own culture. Sadly, most organizations underestimate the importance of accurately profiling their culture so they end up relying on intuitive and unrealistic ideas that say more about what they would like to be than what they actually are. This is why a large number of companies today describe themselves as “entrepreneurial,” “innovative,” “results-oriented,” or “diverse,” even when their own employees perceive a very different type of culture. Well-designed climate surveys, which crowdsource people’s views and experiences of the organizational culture, are a much better indicator of a company’s true values than the aspirational competencies curated by senior executives.)

 

PBS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump signs executive order to roughly double to $200 million the taxpayer money spent on learn-to-earn programs. What did you do to “learn-to-earn?”  I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/watch-live-trump-expected-sign-executive-order-apprenticeships/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— 100 House Democrats voice opposition to Trump’s proposed federal retirement cuts – Nicole Ogrysko  (DIERSEN: If I sought a government job or a political job, my “Republican” critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me as someone who was in line for Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension since 1966 when I was 18 and who has been getting a CSRS pension since 1997 when I was 49.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/congress/2017/06/100-house-democrats-voice-opposition-to-trumps-proposed-federal-retirement-cuts/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “These are highly skilled and dedicated public servants,” members of Congress wrote. “Taking their pensions away and gutting their pay would have the effect of pushing those skilled people out of the civil service and impairing the recruitment of new talent.” . . . But these proposals are particularly offensive, lawmakers said, because they would impact current and future retirees, not just prospective federal employees. “This breaks a promise to current federal employees and retirees,” they wrote. “We should not alter policies that families have planned their lives around, particularly when it affects current retirees with limited ability to make up for unforeseen reductions in expected income.” Several federal employee unions and organizations have adamantly voiced their own concerns over the president’s retirement proposals. “In exchange for years of hard work over long careers, our government made a commitment to middle-class federal and postal workers in the form of modest federal pensions in retirement,” the coalition said. “Those pensions are not gifts; they were earned. Diminishing their value in any way for current employees and retirees fails to honor the commitments made to our public servants.”)

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— House Democrats Pen Letter Blasting Proposed Federal Retirement Cuts – Erich Wagner  (DIERSEN: If I sought a government job or a political job, my “Republican” critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me as someone who was in line for Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension since 1966 when I was 18 and who has been getting a CSRS pension since 1997 when I was 49.)
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2017/06/house-democrats-pen-letter-blasting-proposed-fed-retirement-cuts/138737/

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Rooted in Their Communities, Local Newspapers are Still Optimistic – Tim Gallagher  (DIERSEN: Tragically, no newspaper in rooted in Wheaton.)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/business-of-news-rooted-in-their-communities-local-newspapers-are-still-optimistic/

June 13 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— OUTSTANDING! At the DuPage County Finance Committee meeting Tuesday morning, June 13, 2017, no motion was made to recommend lifting the county’s ban on video gambling in unincorporated areas. During the public comment period, those who spoke in favor of keeping the ban included Bill Bryan, Kathy Gilroy, Heidi Holan, Luke Holan, and me. During county employee Chad Shaffer’s presentation concerning video gambling, county board members asked many questions and expressed their views concerning the issue. Many thanks to those county board members who would have voted against recommending lifting the ban if a motion had been made. Attendees at the meeting included Paula McGowen and John Zaruba. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage keeps ban on video gambling in unincorporated areas – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170613/dupage-keeps-ban-on-video-gambling-in-unincorporated-areas
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But after listening to people on both sides of the debate, board members ended their finance committee meeting without making a recommendation to the full county board. In fact, none of the 18 board members attending the meeting supported a motion to consider repealing the ordinance. “So there’s no interest in even discussing the issue,” said county board member Paul Fichtner, who serves as chairman of the board’s finance committee. “The issue is dead and nobody, obviously, is in favor of it.” . . . A few board members said there were questions that weren’t answered during Tuesday’s review, but no one expressed a desire to bring the issue back in two weeks. “It couldn’t even get a motion,” board member Tim Elliott said. “So I think that in fairness to board members that have questions, (staff) can get back, write a memo and do whatever. “But as far as I’m concerned, this is dead,” he said.)

— Des Plaines minimum wage increase could be reversed – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170612/des-plaines-minimum-wage-increase-could-be-reversed
— Trump to tout apprenticeships as way to fill jobs gap – AP (DIERSEN: My first 6 months that I worked for IRS in 1971 as a GS-7 (currently $44,853) Revenue Officer was classroom and on-the-job training.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170613/news/306139980/

 

CBS2
— Cook County Assessor Pushes Back on Tribune Report Alleging Property Evaluation Inequality
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Cook-County-Assessor-Pushes-Back-on–428078253.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump’s Labor secretary pans Rahm Emanuel’s graduation plan – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-labor-secretary-pans-rahm-emanuel-graduation-plan/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Emanuel offers Rauner advice: If you get 90 percent of what you want, take the deal
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-bruce-rauner-cps-met-0613-story.html
— Competence at the assessor’s office: Too much to ask? – Editorial (DIERSEN: My first 6 months working for IRS in 1971 as a GS-7 Revenue Officer(currently $44,853) was classroom and on-the-job training.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-cook-county-property-taxes-berrios-edit-0613-md-20170612-story.html
— Crete-Monee student disciplined for racially-charged photo – Susan DeMar Lafferty  (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would use this to remind everyone that I graduated from Crete-Monee High School in 1966, that none of my classmates were minorities, that Crete was overwhelmingly German Lutheran back then, that my ancestors have lived in Crete since 1854, that I lived in Crete 1948-1972, and that my brother continues to live in Crete in a home that my grandfather on my father’s side had built in 1926 on land that his grandfather on his father’s side bought in 1864.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-crete-racist-photo-st-0611-20170612-story.html
— Trump to tout apprenticeships as way to fill jobs gap – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–trump-apprenticeships-20170613-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Even for girls in U.S., female genital mutilation and ‘vacation cutting’ are risks – Alison Bowen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-genital-cutting-chicago-met-20170612-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, encourage people to stay in America illegally, and encourage others to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170613/OPINION/170619977
— Joe Berrios makes a dicey situation worse – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170613/BLOGS02/170619980
— Betting college students will pay up for deluxe digs – ALBY GALLUN (DIERSEN: Where did you live in while you earned your bachelor’s degree?  I lived in the University Plaza Dormitory (https://www.uplaza.com/) in DeKalb for three semesters 1969-1970 and in Lincolnshire West Apartments (http://www.lincolnshirewest-apts.com/) in DeKalb during the summer of 1970. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use that to paint me as though I have always been undeservedly filthy rich. I paid for my expenses at University Plaza and Lincolnshire West with money that I earned delivering mail for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 and working on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170610/ISSUE01/170609856/student-housing-developer-bets-on-ultra-high-end-of-college-market
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Marc Lifshin doesn’t mince words when asked about his living situation as an undergrad at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He paid about $175 a month in rent to live in a decrepit six-bedroom house with eight friends. “I lived in an absolute shithole,” says Lifshin, an engineering student who graduated in 2001. “I think it was torn down a couple years after I graduated.” Today, Lifshin, 39, operates at the other end of the student housing market, renting out high-end buildings to college students willing to pay up for indulgent amenities. While Lifshin the college student was content just to have a big backyard and front porch, his company, Core Spaces, develops buildings with golf simulators, spas with plunge pools and tanning beds, and in-room hot tubs. A Core Spaces project in Madison, Wis., includes a band room and ice rink in the winter.)

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— No lock-up for the poor – Editorial  (DIERSEN: According to the Democrats, you are rich if you are not on public assistance.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-06-13/no-lock-poor.html

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Illinois Dems have a Madigan problem – Jon Alexander
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/jon-alexander/alexander-illinois-dems-have-a-madigan-problem/article_5e955fb4-8820-50a7-9275-52d30272d447.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Potential candidates for Henry County sheriff invited to meeting
http://www.qconline.com/news/local/potential-candidates-for-henry-county-sheriff-invited-to-meeting/article_b99c4b63-7a75-5669-8ad8-3473dcb9ebfc.html

 

SAUK VALLEY
— For deadbeat Illinois, day of reckoning getting closer – Doug Finke
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/06/12/for-deadbeat-illinois-day-of-reckoning-getting-closer/cn0whj1/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Farmers Worried About President’s Proposed Budget Cuts – Esther Kwon
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/farmers-worried-about-presidents-proposed-budget-cuts
— Five State Universities Reach Junk Bond Status – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/five-state-universities-reach-junk-bond-status-06-12-2017

 

WSIL TV
— Attorneys general hope to force Trump financial disclosures – AP  (DIERSEN: If you are a federal employee, your superiors will know all about your finances – your debts, your financial assets, and much more.  If you are a Republican, a White, a male, older, and/or a non-veteran, you should expect that your Democrat superiors, your Democrat supervisors, your Democrat coworkers, and your Democrat subordinates will use that information against you.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35649660/attorneys-general-hope-to-force-trump-financial-disclosures

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— The size of Illinois’ pension crisis requires even bolder pension reform that includes 401(k)-style plans for public employees. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pennsylvania-introduces-401k-style-plans-for-government-workers/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Colonel Allen West on The Military, Foreign Affairs and School Choice – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/fundraiser/colonel-allen-west-military-foreign-affairs-school-choice/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Cullerton: “The Senate has done its work”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/13/cullerton-the-senate-has-done-its-work/
— ILGOP’s new ad attacks Madigan
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/13/ilgops-new-ad-attacks-madigan/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Miller attacks Rauner.
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/13/apparently-i-have-to-say-this-again-stop-it-governor/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I think that Rauner is simply a very accomplished political opportunist who claims he’s for “the people” while employing all sorts of tactics to win the media cycle, including tactics used by racists and those who would divide this state for their own personal political gains. But it does need to stop. No political gain justifies this crud.)
— Kennedy says Cook property tax system “a de facto violation of the Civil Rights Act”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/13/kennedy-says-cook-property-tax-system-a-de-facto-violation-of-the-civil-rights-act/

 

GOPUSA
— Weekend Blood Bath: 43 Shot in Chicago, 6 Fatalities
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25674
— Are We Nearing Civil War? – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25708

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Leftists crash anti-Shariah rallies with violence – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2017/06/12/leftists-crash-anti-shariah-rallies-with-violence

 

THE BLAZE
— Florida’s governor just made it easier for Floridians to use guns defensively – Brandon Morse  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they want to get rid of those who are Trump-supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/12/floridas-governor-just-made-it-easier-for-floridians-to-use-guns-defensively/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Our Treasonous Media Is a Clear and Present Danger – SARAH HOYT
https://pjmedia.com/homeland-security/2017/06/11/our-treasonous-media-is-a-clear-and-present-danger/

 

THE HILL
— GAO: Federal agencies made $132B in improper payments -LYDIA WHEELER
http://thehill.com/regulation/administration/337495-watchdog-federal-agencies-made-132b-in-improper-payments

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Heroin Use? Juvenile Record? For Recruits, Police Forgive Past Sins – TIMOTHY WILLIAMS  (DIERSEN: Your past predicts your future.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/us/police-departments-american-history.html
— Remember the Promise of Good Jobs? – Editorial  (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, all the jobs that I had were both bad bobs and grossly overpaid jobs.   I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/opinion/remember-the-promise-of-good-jobs.html

 

USA TODAY
— Cities take Texas to court over immigration, sanctuary cities law – Rick Jervis
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/06/12/sanctuary-cities-texas-lawsuit-law-trump/102709158/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote Islam. Islam is more like a political party or a nation without borders than a religion. Democrats promote all groups that help them destroy individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-06-12/emanuel-administration-signals-opposition-to-muslim-registry

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— These Charts Show Just How Small the U.S. Middle Class Is, Compared to Europe’s – Annie Nova
http://time.com/money/4812741/income-inequality-middle-class-us-europe/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There’s one interesting wrinkle to the Pew data: While the U.S. middle-income segment is smaller than in European countries, it takes a higher income overall to make it into that group. The median income for a middle-class household in Italy is $35,608. It’s $44,000 in France and $46,000 in Denmark.But in the United States it’s $60,084.)

June 12 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Gambling is a vice.  Government should not promote any kind of vice.  In its Tuesday, June 13, 2017, morning edition tomorrow, GOPUSA ILLINOIS will report on how each of the 18 DuPage County Board Members voted, and how Chairman Dan Cronin voted if necessary to break a tie, to keep or lift DuPage County’s ban on video gambling in unincorporated areas.  They will vote at the DuPage County Finance Committee meeting Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at 7:30 AM.  Please join Kathy Gilroy, me, and others who will speak at this meeting in favor of keeping the ban. Based on the minutes of the May 23, 2017 DuPage County Board meeting, a motion will be made at this meeting to refer the matter to another committee. If you are in DuPage County, please email DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin, the 18 DuPage County Board members, and especially, the 3 board members who represent your district (SEE BELOW), to vote to keep the ban. Needless-to-say, before any vote by the full Board is taken to lift the ban, public hearings should be held in each of the county’s six districts. Will 9 vote to keep the ban and 9 vote to left the ban so that Cronin can break the tie?  In 2009, I played a major role in getting the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) to unanimously pass a resolution against video gambling throughout DuPage County. Since then, no MTRCC member has done anything to rescind that resolution. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

Chairman
Dan Cronin  chairman@dupageco.org

 

District 1
Paul Fichtner  pfichtner@dupageco.org
Donald Puchalski  dpuchalski@dupageco.org
Sam Tornatore  sam.tornatore@dupageco.org

 

District 2
Elizabeth Chaplin  elizabeth.chaplin@dupageco.org
Peter “Pete” DiCianni  peter.dicianni@dupageco.org
Sean Noonan  sean.noonan@dupageco.org

 

District 3
John Curran  john.curran@dupageco.org
Gary Grasso  gary.grasso@dupageco.org
Brian Krajewski  brian.krajewski@dupageco.org

 

District 4
Grant Eckhoff  grant.eckhoff@dupageco.org
Tim Elliott  Tim.Elliott@dupageco.org
Amy Grant  amy.grant@dupageco.org

 

District 5
Janice Anderson  Janice.Anderson@dupageco.org
James Healy  jhealy@dupageco.org
Tonia Khouri  tonia.khouri@dupageco.org

 

District 6
Robert Larsen  robert.larsen@dupageco.org
Kevin Wiley  kevin.wiley@dupageco.org
James Zay  jzay@dupageco.org

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pawar: Democrats paved way for Rauner and Trump – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-ameya-pawar-illinois-governor-20170612-story.html
— Tips for landing first job out of college – Glenn Leibowitz  (DIERSEN: What discouraged employers from hiring, retaining, and/or promoting you?  For me, prior to 1971, it was my being draft bait. But before and after 1971, it has been my bad demographics.  Since the 1960s, all employers in America have been under pressure to hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat minorities, and young Democrat females.  It is called Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-tips-for-help-in-landing-a-summer-job-20170605-story.html
— Theresa May’s biggest mistake – Therese Raphael  (DIERSEN: If I had become a Democrat, the federal government would have promoted into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-uk-election-theresa-may-brexit-20170609-story.html
— Nearly 90,000 Cook County teens, young adults not in school or working – Lisa Schencker (DIERSEN: What did you do with your summers when you were a teen?  I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes in 1965; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; and delivering mail 1967-1969.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-young-people-unemployed-chicago-0612-biz-20170610-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ten bills to help Illinois that Gov. Bruce Rauner can sign right now – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs want Ranuer a) to sign bills that advance the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms and b) to veto bills that advance the Republican Party platform.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/ten-bills-to-help-illinois-that-gov-bruce-rauner-can-sign-right-now/
— Chicago youth jobs report highlights need for better public transit – Madeline Kenney  (DIERSEN: When you were young, how did you get to and from your summer jobs?  During the summer of 1965, I drove my 1958 Chevy BelAir.  During the summers of 1966 and 1967, I drove my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint. During the summer of 1968, I drove my 1968 Oldsmobile 442. During the summer of 1969, I drove my 1969 Dodge Charger SE. I paid for the aforesaid cars with money that I earned and saved doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; and delivering mail 1966-1969.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-youth-jobs-report-highlights-need-for-better-public-transit/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Four Democrat Senators (Markey, Schatz, Warren, and Whitehouse) accuse Heartland Institute of spreading faulty climate change info – Kerry Lester (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of spreading faulty info. According to them, the only info that is not faulty is info that they spread.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170612/lester-senators-accuse-arlington-heights-group-of-spreading-faulty-climate-change-info
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF PYKE: Why is suburb-to-suburb commuting by public transit so impossible? – Marni Pyke  (DIERSEN: In 1974, when I got promoted to a job in the Loop, I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building and walked to and from work. I rode public transportation to and from work in the Loop during 1971, 1973-1974, and 1978-1997.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170612/why-is-suburb-to-suburb-commuting-by-public-transit-so-impossible

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Purvis: Rauner likes 90% of school funding reform bill but will veto – Jason Nevel
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170611/purvis-rauner-likes-90-of-school-funding-reform-bill-but-will-veto

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois income growth worst in nation, yet lawmakers want more – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article154956834.html

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Watch the IL Policy Institute’s Dabrowski w/Berkowitz balance the IL Budget w/o a tax increase – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/06/watch-the-il-policy-institutes-dabrowski-wberkowitz-balance-the-il-budget-wo-a-tax-increase-cableweb/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage GOP sends out early recruiting call for 2018 elections – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511123535-dupage-gop-sends-out-early-recruiting-call-for-2018-elections

 

ROCK ISLAND TODAY
— Rauner drops by Moline home ‘worth almost $100,000 more’ in Iowa, owner opines
http://rockislandtoday.com/stories/511125842-rauner-drops-by-moline-home-worth-almost-100-000-more-in-iowa-owner-opines

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Breaking Down Springfield’s Action & Inaction With State Senator Dan McConchie
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/breaking-down-springfields-action-inaction-with-state-senator-dan-mcconchie

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— You Can Help Governor Bruce Rauner Pass an Elementary Science Test! – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/can-help-governor-bruce-rauner-pass-elementary-science-test/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DEMOCRAT PARTY’S SANDERS CONDEMNS CHRISTIANITY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/democrat-partys-sanders-condemns-christianity-.html
— THORNER: RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS BLAME HEARTLAND INSTITUTE FOR TRUMP’S PARIS ACCORD DECISION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/thorner-radical-environmentalists-blame-heartland-institute-for-trumps-paris-accord-decision.html
— THE TYRANNY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/the-tyranny-of-the-administrative-state.html

 

GOPUSA
— TRAGIC: Rallies against Shariah law outnumbered by defenders  (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between Shariah law and American law.)
http://www.gopusa.com/rallies-against-shariah-law-outnumbered-by-defenders/
— Melania, Barron Trump move into White House
http://www.gopusa.com/melania-barron-trump-move-into-white-house/
— Graham: Trump could go down because he can’t stop talking
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25626?omhide=true

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— BERNIE SANDERS SHOWS THE LEFT’S REFUSAL TO COEXIST WITH TRADITIONAL BELIEVERS  (DIERSEN: The left, that is, Democrats, focuses on driving Republicans, that is, conservatives a) out of your precinct, b) out of your municipality, c) out of your county, d) out of Illinois, and d) out of America.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/06/12/bernie-sanders-shows-the-lefts-refusal-to-coexist-with-traditional-believers/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s Credibility Problem.”
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448528/donald-trump-russia-president-credibility-problem

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Lankford: Comey’s memo leak ‘not damaging to national security’ – Alex Swoyer  (DIERSEN: Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants and RINOs have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my reports that political events took place, where and when events took place, who hosted the events, who spoke at the events, who attended the events, and how many attended the events are/were damaging.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/11/sen-james-lankford-oklahoma-republican-comeys-memo/
— Homeland Security secretary suggests amnesty for Dreamers, implores Congress to solve problem – Stephen Dinan
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/11/john-kelly-dhs-secretary-suggests-dreamer-amnesty/

 

NEWSMAX
— GOP Rep. Kinzinger: ‘Hard to Tell’ Who to Believe — Trump or Comey – Mark Swanson (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes believe and spread anything and everything that is critical of me.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/adam-kinzinger-trump-comey-testimony/2017/06/12/id/795527/
— Food Review Website Suggests Patrons Avoid Chick-fil-A Due to ‘Unpalatable Baggage’ – Wanda Carruthers  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that suggest that people avoid reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/LGBT-food-review-Eater-Chick-fil-A/2017/06/11/id/795425/

 

BREITBART
— President Trump Gives Priebus Independence Day Deadline to Fix White House Mess or Be Replaced with ‘Fresh Blood’ – MATTHEW BOYLE  (DIERSEN: What deadlines have you been given and why? My Democrat GAO superiors gave me a September 30, 1997 deadline to take their early retirement “offer.”  They gave me that deadline because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/11/report-president-trump-gives-priebus-independence-day-deadline-to-fix-white-house-mess-or-be-replaced-with-fresh-blood/

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— SOME HOPE CALIFORNIA WINNER OF $447M POWERBALL HELPS AREA – AMY TAXIN  (DIERSEN: If came into lots of money, would you spend it in the municipality, township/ward, county, and/or state that you live in?  How have the elected officials in the area that you live in treated you?)
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_POWERBALL_JACKPOT_IAOL–
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  A sole winning Powerball ticket worth $447.8 million and matching all six numbers was sold in Southern California, and whoever owns it will claim the 10th largest lottery prize in U.S. history, lottery officials said Sunday. The winning ticket was sold at Marietta Liquor & Deli in the small city of Menifee, the California Lottery said in a statement. Lottery officials said the earliest the ticket could be redeemed is 8 a.m. Monday, and the winner has one year to claim the prize.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Mr. Trump Goes After the Inspector Generals – Editorial  (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, I has lots of interactions with employees of Inspector General offices in the Chicago area.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/opinion/mr-trump-goes-after-the-inspectors.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Just before the inauguration, Michael Horowitz, chairman of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, was at a hockey game when he began getting calls from other inspectors general in federal agencies. The inspectors — independent officials who investigate waste, misconduct, mismanagement and criminal activity — were furious. Trump aides had let them know they might be replaced; for the first time ever, a president might fire them en masse. The administration later backed down. But it has continued to undermine the inspectors’ role by failing to hire for open positions and planning to slash the offices’ budgets, one of the many ways the White House has found to diminish the oversight functions of the federal government. Every major federal agency and program has an inspector general, a nonpartisan, independent official whose staff investigates cases of wasteful spending, criminal activity, employee misconduct and plain bad management. These are watchdogs with real teeth. Mr. Horowitz, who is also the inspector general at the Department of Justice, recently told Congress that in fiscal 2015 alone, the offices identified $26 billion in potential savings and recovered an additional $10 billion through criminal and civil cases. That’s a return of $14 for every dollar in the offices’ budgets. The list of good works is long and impressive.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps want Trump to be impeached.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/opinion/the-resistance-impeachment-anxiety.html
— Making Google the Censor – DAPHNE KELLER  (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always wanted Google to censure me and to censure my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  In 2006, at the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Annual Meeting, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes failed in their efforts to get ICRC to censure me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes 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 and/or they a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/opinion/making-google-the-censor.html
— More Than 10 Percent of World’s Population Is Obese, Study Finds – MATT RICHTEL  (DIERSEN: Are you obese?  I am. SEE: https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/adult_bmi/english_bmi_calculator/bmi_calculator.html  Of course, if I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would use that against me big time.  They would shout that I abuse my body by putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out instead of exercising.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/health/obesity-study-10-percent-globally.html
— 150 Executives Commit to Fostering Diversity and Inclusion – ELIZABETH OLSON  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers in America officially stop hiring and officially get rid of their employees 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?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/business/dealbook/work-racist-sexism-diversity.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Priebus: ‘I’ve got one foot on a banana peel and another out the door’ – Mark Moore
http://nypost.com/2017/06/12/priebus-ive-got-one-foot-on-a-banana-peel-and-another-out-the-door/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— An Entrepreneurial Couple Wants to Retire at 50. Can They? – Lisa Ward  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  My Democrat superiors in the federal government justified their wasting my career and forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old by hinting/implying/arguing/shouting a) prior to my getting married in 1978 that I was filthy rich and b) after I got married in 1978, that my wife and I were filthy rich selfish DINKs (dual income, no kids) and that we could easily afford a loss of $72,135/year of income in today’s dollars (my $122,991 salary minus $50,856 pension in today’s dollars) if I took their early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-entrepreneurial-couple-wants-to-retire-at-50-can-they-1497232860
— Beware of Winging Your Retirement  There is no denying the impact of this major milestone in life – Glenn Ruffenach  (DIERSEN: In August of 1997, I had planned on working at least until I was 55 in 2003.  But by the end of September of 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/beware-of-winging-your-retirement-1497017446
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: A money-stressed worker is an unhappy worker – Veronica Dagher  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all of my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates painted themselves as being money-stressed.  Overwhelmingly, the aforesaid a) spent more of their salary on immediate pleasures than I did and b) saved less of their salary than I did.  Consequently, the aforesaid painted me as being undeservedly filthy rich.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-latest-office-perk-help-managing-your-financial-life-1497233341
— Help for Home Buyers Burdened by Student Debt  Fannie Mae and several states offer aid for young people who want to be homeowners – Jillian Berman  (DIERSEN: I was able to a) graduate from college debt free in 1970 when I was 21, b) buy a new town home in 1972, and c) buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 because I saved as much money as I could from my jobs 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 as a security guard in 1970; selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumping gasoline 1971-1972; and collecting delinquent taxes starting in 1971.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/help-for-home-buyers-burdened-by-student-debt-1497233220

 

USA TODAY
— Here are simple, cheap ways to reward employees – Rhonda Abrams  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors rewarded their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran by wasting the careers of and by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/abrams/2017/06/07/small-business-here-simple-cheap-ways-reward-employees/101469362/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF DEMINT: In latest job, Jim DeMint wants to give Tea Party ‘ a new mission’ – Fredreka Schouten
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/12/jim-demint-joins-group-that-wants-to-amend-constitution-tea-party/102748540/

 

GREENSBORO TRIAD
— Where did the summer jobs go? Teens more likely to study than work – Ben Steverman  (DIERSEN: What did you do with your summers when you were a teen?  I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes in 1965; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; and delivering mail 1967-1969.)
http://www.greensboro.com/triad_careers/more_triad_careers/where-did-the-summer-jobs-go-teens-more-likely-to/article_3b786a8a-338c-5ec4-817f-a48f2731b9b4.html

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— News Integrity Initiative Aims to Increase Trust in Journalism – Sean Stroh  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) glorify and praise the Democrat news media, b) pander to the Democrat news media, and c) demonize, denigrate, and condemn me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/a-section/news-integrity-initiative-aims-to-increase-trust-in-journalism/

June 11 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Handicapping the field in Illinois’ unprecedented governor’s race – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/a-look-at-the-early-and-expensive-battle-to-unseat-gov-bruce-rauner/
— Chicago Riverwalk and Lawndale shootings part of violent, hot weekend
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2-killed-2-wounded-in-shootings-to-start-weekend-in-chicago/
— Trump Tower? Not me, I live at 401 N. Wabash – Neil Steinberg
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/trump-tower-not-me-i-live-at-401-n-wabash/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Puerto Rico says ‘yes’ to statehood; now it’s up to Congress – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-puerto-rico-referendum-20170611-story.html
— A mix of pride and anger at LGBT rights marches across U.S. – AP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-pride-lgbt-rights-marches-20170611-story.html
— Balmoral Park’s big leap from horse racing to show jumping – Mike Nolan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-balmoral-park-open-st-0612-20170611-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump fundraiser for NJ congressman nets more than $800,000 – AP  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who claim to be Republican, but who bar me from their events.  The aforesaid pander to the Democrat news media.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170611/news/306119901/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Members of the media traveling with Trump have been barred from attending.)
— A challenging time for LGBT activists in US and abroad – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170611/news/306119955/

 

WGN RADIO
— Democratic governor candidate Ameya Pawar uses “strong words” to describe Gov Rauner’s language describing issues in Chicago – JASMINE COOPER
http://wgnradio.com/2017/06/11/democratic-governor-candidate-ameya-pawar-uses-strong-words-to-describe-gov-rauners-language-describing-issues-in-chicago/
— The Sunday Spin: Politics with Rick Pearson Full Show 6/11/17 – JASMINE COOPER
http://wgnradio.com/2017/06/11/the-sunday-spin-politics-with-rick-pearson-full-show-61117/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Is there enough money for all the nonprofit news outlets? – LYNNE MAREK
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170610/ISSUE01/170609859

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— State-run media service seen as $3 million–a-year necessity – Brian Robbins
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170611/state-run-media-service-seen-as-3-million–a-year-necessity
— Isn’t it easier to declare victory with a compromise property tax freeze? – Chris Kaergard and Nick Vlahos
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170611/word-on-street-isnt-it-easier-to-declare-victory-with-compromise-property-tax-freeze

 

THE SOUTHERN
— Rural areas share in Illinois’ overall declining population – NAT WILLIAMS
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/state-and-regional/rural-areas-share-in-illinois-overall-declining-population/article_a018a725-e8a4-5c2d-960b-acc096835cae.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— The Latest: L.A. pride parade renamed ‘ResistMarch’ – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article155590499.html

 

LINCOLN COURIER
— Paying for the sins of politicians – Dan Tackett
http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/20170611/paying-for-sins-of-politicians

 

DEWITT DAILY NEWS
— Watchdog urges landline legislation veto
http://dewittdailynews.com/local-news/309008

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Conservatives say they’re losing health care bill fight  Policy goals are on shaky ground – LAUREN FOX
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/conservatives-say-theyre-losing-health-care-bill-fight/737933632

 

WIRE POINTS
— Why You Shouldn’t Believe The Illinois Budget Deficit Numbers Released This Week – Mark Glennon  (DIERSEN: Since 2000, many government/political news outlets in Illinois have come and gone, but GOPUSA ILLINOIS carries on.  Since 2004, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too.  Those emails have included links to almost 272,400 articles and information on many upcoming events.)
http://www.wirepoints.com/why-the-illinois-budget-deficit-numbers-released-this-week-are-junk-you-shouldnt-believe-wirepoints-original/

 

FOX NEWS
— RNC chair on how Comey’s testimony impacts GOP agenda
http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2017/06/11/rnc-chair-on-how-comeys-testimony-impacts-gop-agenda.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Gave The FBI New Life After Removing Comey, Now It’s Time To Do The Same At The IRS – GINNI THOMAS
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/10/trump-gave-the-fbi-new-life-after-removing-comey-now-its-time-to-do-the-same-at-the-irs-video/
— More Footage Leaks Of CNN’s ‘Staged’ Muslim Anti-Terror Protest – Amber Athey
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/10/more-footage-leaks-of-cnns-staged-muslim-anti-terror-protest-video/

 

THE BLAZE
— New footage released of CNN allegedly staging pro-Muslim protest — and it’s incredibly damming – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/11/more-footage-released-of-cnn-allegedly-staging-pro-muslim-protest-and-its-incredibly-damming/

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund: Nearly $200 in Payouts for Every $1 Earnings – Bob Williams
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chicago-teachers-pension-fund-nearly-200-in-payouts_us_593b13f5e4b0b65670e56a4f

 

NEWSMAX
— NYT: Far-Left Bernie-Wing a Risk for Democrats Who Want to Win –  Eric Mack (DIERSEN: The following paint me as being far-right: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or those that a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/far-left-risk-democratic-wave/2017/06/11/id/795394/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
–HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE MUST PAY WHITE PROF $5 MILLION  ‘Flagrant prejudice should not be tolerated or accepted’
http://www.wnd.com/2017/06/historically-black-college-must-pay-white-prof-5-million/

 

CNN
— Illinois Rep. Guttierez says Donald Trump is ‘a con artist’  President is calculating, not inexperienced – Alexandra King
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/politics/illinois-rep-guttierez-says-donald-trump-is-a-con-artist
— Democrats, take your cues from Bernie Sanders – Julian E. Zelizer
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/11/opinions/democrats-listen-sanders-opinion-zelizer/

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— A MIX OF PRIDE AND ANGER AT LGBT RIGHTS MARCHES ACROSS U.S. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170611/AP/306119967

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Drug crisis is pushing up death rates for almost all groups of Americans – Joel Achenbach and Dan Keating
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-drug-crisis-is-now-pushing-up-death-rates-for-almost-all-groups-of-americans/2017/06/09/971d8424-4aa1-11e7-a186-60c031eab644_story.html
— Obama granted her clemency. Less than a year later, she’s going back to prison. – Amy B. Wang  (DIERSEN Your past predicts your future.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/06/10/obama-granted-her-clemency-less-than-a-year-later-shes-going-back-to-prison/
— Institutional loyalty isn’t what it used to be. – Malcolm Harris  (DIERSEN: What type of institutional loyalty does/did your employer(s) want?  Democrats run the federal government. They loyalty to the Democrat Party platform.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/06/09/why-do-millennials-keep-leaking-government-secrets/

 

DENVER POST
— Sounds of silence greet Colorado employers looking for summer help – ALDO SVALDI  (DIERSEN: How many in Denver would rather smoke pot all summer rather than work?)
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/06/11/seasonal-employment-summer-colorado/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Puerto Ricans Vote for Statehood  Turnout of about 23% reflects success of boycott effort led by opponents – Jennifer Levitz and Arian Campo-Flores
https://www.wsj.com/articles/puerto-rican-voters-head-to-polls-in-statehood-vote-1497182403

 

THE BLAZE
— ‘TRUMP DOOMS NATION’: LGBTQ Protesters March On Washington  Many LGBTQ Americans thought that marriage meant the end of political protests, but Donald Trump’s policies have brought tens of thousands to the streets of the nation’s capital. – ANDREW DESIDERIO and SCOTT BIXBY  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-dooms-nation-lgbtq-protesters-march-on-washington
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Kellyanne Conway is leaking White House information.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I leak a) their information, b) Milton Township Republican Central Committee information, c) DuPage County Republican Central Committee information, d) Illinois Republican Party information, and e) etc. information.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/11/report-kellyanne-conway-is-leaking-white-house-information/

 

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— Sanders: Trump has betrayed his voters; “The political revolution is on!” – JOHN WOJCIK
http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/sanders-trump-has-betrayed-his-voters-the-political-revolution-is-on/

June 10 Evening Edition

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage video gambling discussion set for Tuesday – Robert Sanchez  (DIERSEN:  OUTRAGEOUS: GAMBLING IS A VICE: DuPage County Finance Committee will revisit the county’s ban on video gaming in unincorporated areas. Please join Kathy Gilroy, me, and others who will speak at the DuPage County Finance Committee meeting Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at 7:30 AM, in favor of keeping the ban on video gambling in unincorporated DuPage County.  Based on the minutes of the May 23, 2017 DuPage County Board meeting, a motion will be made at this meeting to refer the matter to another committee. If you are in DuPage County, please urge DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin, the 18 DuPage County Board members, and especially, the 3 board members who represent your district, to vote to keep the ban. Needless-to-say, before any vote is taken to lift the ban, public hearings should be held in each of the county’s six districts. In 2009, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) unanimously passed a resolution against video gambling throughout DuPage County. Since then, no MTRCC member has done anything to rescind that resolution.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170610/dupage-video-gambling-discussion-set-for-tuesday
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Tuesday’s discussion is scheduled for a 7:30 a.m. finance committee meeting at the DuPage County administration building, 421 N. County Farm Road in Wheaton. Depending on how the meeting goes, the panel could vote that morning to make a recommendation to the full county board. “It’s important that we make a decision either way,” Fichtner said. “There needs to be an understanding of how much we either support or don’t support the current ban.” . . . Kathy Gilroy, an anti-gambling advocate from Villa Park, said lifting the ban would harm residents without providing a significant benefit to the county. . . “It provides income for the owner of the machine and the location,” Gilroy said. “It’s not a big help to the county.”  Gilroy plans to attend Tuesday’s meeting to speak to the county board members. “I’m not surprised that they’re discussing it again,” she said. “I’ll be surprised if they overturn their ban.”  If the finance committee recommends repealing the ban, the full county board would take a final vote on a later date.)
— Trump holds fundraiser for congressman at his golf club – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170610/news/306109973/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago protest against Sharia law outnumbered by counter-protesters – Marwa Eltagouri  (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between Sharia law and American law.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-sharia-law-protest-chicago-20170610-story.html
— Inspired by Sanders, activists in Chicago push Democrats to left — or out of the way – David Weigel
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-sanders-peoples-summit-chicago-20170610-story.html
— How to rescue school funding reform: Honor the deal. Tie pension relief for CPS to pension relief for Illinois. – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-rauner-schools-funding-formula-edit-0611-jm-20170609-story.html
— LGBTQ rallies planned in solidarity with D.C. march June 11 – Bill Daley
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-lgbtq-equality-events-0608-20170608-story.html
— Smoke weed to relax? You may want to reconsider, UIC study says – Christopher Ingraham
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-marijuana-relaxation-uic-study-20170610-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rallies against Islamic law draw counter-protests across US – AP (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between Islamic Law and American Law.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rallies-against-islamic-law-draw-counter-protests-across-us/
— Once a city of neighborhoods, Chicago’s now about making the scene – Terry N. Clark and Daniel A. Silver
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/once-a-city-of-neighborhoods-chicagos-now-about-making-the-scene/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Emanuel could and should have done more in the budget fight – Editorial
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170610/ISSUE07/170609865/rahm-emanuel-could-have-done-more-for-budget-fight
— Springfield seeks a cure for dying College Illinois – STEVE DANIELS
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170610/ISSUE01/170609857/springfield-seeks-a-cure-for-dying-college-illinois

 

ABC7
— Demonstrations against Islamic law met with counterprotests against hate  (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between Islamic Law and American Law.)
http://abc7chicago.com/news/demonstration-against-islamic-law-met-with-counterprotests-against-hate-/2081931/

 

NBC5
— Bernie Sanders Delivers Keynote Speech at People’s Summit in Chicago – James Neveau
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/senator-bernie-sanders-delivers-keynote-address-at-peoples-summit-in-chicago-427713253.html
— Charter School Union Votes to Join Chicago Teachers Union  The CTU plans to take its own vote on bringing in ChiACTS in the fall
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/charter-school-union-votes-to-join-chicago-teachers-union-427647423.html

 

WGN TV
— Rallies against Islamic law draw counter-protests in Chicago, across US – AP  (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between Islamic Law and American Law.)
http://wgntv.com/2017/06/10/rallies-against-islamic-law-draw-counter-protests-in-chicago-across-us/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Backers say McCarter a good fit for Kenya ambassador – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170610/bernard-schoenburg-backers-say-mccarter-good-fit-for-kenya-ambassador
— Another nail in the fiscal coffin – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170610/statehouse-insider-another-nail-in-fiscal-coffin
— 8 questions/answers about the Illinois Senate’s property tax free plan – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170610/8-questionsanswers-about-illinois-senates-property-tax-free-plan

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Rally against Islamic law in Atlanta – AP (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between Islamic Law and American Law.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/the-latest-islamic-law-rally-by-chicago-trump-building/article_ed94e288-99ca-56ce-bfe5-ee895bef345c.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Several arrests made at anti-Shariah rallies – AP
http://www.bnd.com/news/nation-world/national/article155490039.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— LGBT community prepares for a march — and a fight  Activists say Trump threatens political gains – EUGENE SCOTT AND PAUL P. MURPHY
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/lgbt-community-prepares-for-a-march-and-a-fight/737369806

 

WHEATON PATCH
— DuPage County May Lift Video Gambling Ban  Members from DuPage County’s finance committee will meet early Tuesday to discuss the option of lifting the current ban on video gambling. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/dupage-county-may-lift-video-gambling-ban

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Moody’s downgrades five universities’ credit to junk status
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/10/moodys-downgrades-five-universities-credit-to-junk-status/

 

GOPUSA
— City leaders unhappy with marches against Sharia law
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25589

 

BREITBART
— Luis Gutierrez Whines: Breitbart News Coverage of Illegal Immigrants, Muslim Refugees Too Harsh – TONY LEE
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/06/10/luis-gutierrez-whines-breitbart-news-coverage-illegal-immigrants-muslim-refugees-harsh/

 

HOT AIR
— Trump Administration Has Granted Amnesty To 192 DREAMers — Per Day
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/06/10/estimate-trump-administration-granted-amnesty-192-dreamers-per-day/

 

POLITICO
— How Illinois became America’s failed state  The Land of Lincoln is drowning in red ink. And it’s about to have its most expensive election ever. – NATASHA KORECKI
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/10/illinois-debt-deficit-budget-election-239384

June 7 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Anti-township measure takes another step forward – Charles Selle
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-township-consolidation-st-0608-20170607-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: Hinsdale South’s Josh King among Michigan State players charged with criminal sexual conduct – Shannon Ryan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-josh-king-michigan-state-football-20170606-story.html
— ACLU: Emanuel’s police agreement with Trump administration ‘a non-starter’ – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-aclu-police-reform-met-0608-20170607-story.html
— Wisconsin submits request to drug test Medicaid applicants – AP  (DIERSEN: I have never used an illegal drug and I never will.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-wisconsin-drug-test-medicaid-20170607-story.html
— Trump’s new FBI director pick represented Christie in Bridgegate case – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-christopher-wray-fbi-director-20170607-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “What will it take for Republicans to dump Trump?”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-comey-testimony-obstruction-20170607-story.html
— State prisoner who held 2 hostage at Joliet hospital has violent history: officials
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/will-county/news/ct-joliet-hospital-prisoner-arrested-0608-20170607-story.html
— The Madigan elections of 2018: When even Democratic candidates knock the speaker- Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-madigan-rauner-pritzker-kennedy-edit-0608-md-20170607-story.html
— As workforce bleeds men, health care jobs could be key to keeping them employed – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz  (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, its top priority was to get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-men-future-health-care-0611-biz-20170531-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Donald Trump is a profoundly incompetent president.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-donald-trump-incompetent-president-chapman-perspec-20201010-column.html
— What Chicago’s South, West sides and Appalachia have in common – Arne Duncan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-chicago-appalachia-children-poverty-20170607-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— How to make sure those stupid teenage antics don’t follow you for life – Julie L. Biehl  (DIERSEN: Your past predicts your future.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/how-to-make-sure-those-stupid-teenage-antics-dont-follow-you-for-life/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Democrats’ hoodwinking of blacks – Walter E. Williams
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170607/democrats-hoodwinking-of-blacks
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO: Former Hinsdale South football star faces sexual assault charges – Matt Bonesteel
http://football.dailyherald.com/news/20170606/former-hinsdale-south-football-star-faces-sexual-assault-charges/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— S&P: Illinois debt soon likely to be junk: – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170607/BLOGS02/170609898/illinois-debt-soon-likely-to-be-junk-sp
— What ails Chicago’s economy? Here are two takes. – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170607/BLOGS02/170609904/chicago-illinois-economies-suffer
— JPMorgan to purchase new debt for struggling Chicago schools – Reuters
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170607/NEWS01/170609899/jpmorgan-to-purchase-new-debt-for-struggling-chicago-schools
— Why big bondholders are sticking with Illinois – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170607/NEWS02/170609912/bondholders-stick-with-illinois

 

ABC7
— New Trump FBI pick represented Christie in Bridgegate case – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/new-trump-fbi-pick-represented-christie-in-bridgegate-case/2069684/
— Ex-FBI Director James Comey to Congress: President Trump told him ‘I need loyalty’ – AP  (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents a) demand loyalty, b) promote patronage, c) reward their operatives and their dupes, and d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.  They disapprove of, if not hate, the fact that I am loyal to the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/comey-to-congress-president-trump-told-him-i-need-loyalty/2070202/

 

NBC5
— Emanuel Signs Order Committing Chicago to Paris Accord – Shelby Bremer
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/mayor-rahm-emanuel-chicago-paris-agreement-427095451.html

 

CBS2
— Rep. Foster Blasts Trump’s Proposed Lab Cuts – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/07/rep-foster-blasts-trumps-lab-cuts/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois Governor’s Race Projected to Be Most Expensive in U.S. History
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-governors-race-projected-to-be-most-expensive-in-us-history
— Illinois end-of-year budget deficit to top $6B – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/259508473-story

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Federal budget cuts could reduce legal aid to poor, elderly – Edith Brady-Lunny
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/federal-budget-cuts-could-reduce-legal-aid-to-poor-elderly/article_cbb99787-a972-51dd-a3f5-1ee59318d0a5.html

 

WLS AM
— State Rep. David McSweeney wants to eliminate Illinois Lieutenant Governor office. – John Dempsey
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/06/07/state-rep-wants-to-eliminate-illinois-lieutenant-governor-office/

 

WJOL
— OUTSTANDING: Local Police Chief Against Legalized Marijuana – Monica DeSantis
http://www.wjol.com/local-police-chief-legalized-marijuana/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A local police chief is speaking out against legalizing marijuana in Illinois. Lockport Police Chief Terry Lemming says since pot was legalized in Colorado, traffic deaths have risen. Marijuana related traffic deaths are up 48-percent, overall 28-percent of traffic deaths are marijuana related while hospitalizations are up 22-percent. Lemming sites studies that suggest marijuana negatively impacts the brain’s of developing teens. Taxing marijuana will have little impact in solving Illinois’ budget crisis. In Colorado, Lemming says marijuana sales account for only one-half of one percent of the revenue in Colorado.)

 

WSIL TV
— Labor secretary defends merging anti-discrimination agencies – AP  (DIERSEN: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group.  Since the 1960s, the federal government has given preference to those who are minority and/or female, that is, since the 1960s, the federal government has discriminated against those who are White and/or male.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35606748/labor-secretary-defends-merging-anti-discrimination-agencies
— Alleged leaker’s parents fear Trump will be tough on case – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35607113/alleged-leakers-parents-fear-trump-will-be-tough-on-case

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Kennedy, Pritzker say a mouthful by staying mum on lack of budget, GOP says – Caitlin Nordahl
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511123534-kennedy-pritzker-say-a-mouthful-by-staying-mum-on-lack-of-budget-gop-says

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Lawmakers accused of catering to Chicago schools, ignoring downstate – Caitlin Nordahl
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511124080-lawmakers-accused-of-catering-to-chicago-schools-ignoring-downstate

 

ROCK ISLAND TODAY
— Illinois businesses fleeing to business-friendly Iowa, Rauner says
http://rockislandtoday.com/stories/511124338-illinois-businesses-fleeing-to-business-friendly-iowa-rauner-says

 

METRO EAST SUN
— Rauner sees Illinois business flooding to border states to escape high taxes – Hoang Tran
http://metroeastsun.com/stories/511124347-rauner-sees-illinois-business-flooding-to-border-states-to-escape-high-taxes

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Rauner: Tax burden driving Illinois businesses, people to Wisconsin – Hoang Tran
http://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511124335-rauner-tax-burden-driving-illinois-businesses-people-to-wisconsin

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— College of DuPage Petition for Permission to Appeal Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. is Granted – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/06/college-of-dupage-petition-for-permission-to-appeal-pursuant-to-28-u-s-c-is-granted/
— Democrats cause Shelbyville Township employees to not get paid – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/06/democrats-cause-township-employees-to-not-get-paid/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Homeschooling in the State of Illinois – Benjamin Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/06/spotlight-homeschooling-in-the-state-of-illinois/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— MORE BAD NEWS: ILLINOISANS’ INCOME GROWTH IN LAST 10 YEARS IS LOW, VERY LOW
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/more-bad-news-illinoisans-income-growth-in-last-10-years-is-low-very-low.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Former township assessor busted after stealing to feed her OxyContin addiction
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/07/former-township-assessor-busted-after-stealing-to-feed-her-oxycontin-addiction/
— The problem is escalating very fast: Backlog to grow to $23 billion
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/07/the-problem-is-escalating-very-fast/
— Kennedy dodges marijuana questions (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that promote pot focus on destroying individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that do not promote pot.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/07/kennedy-dodges-marijuana-questions/

 

GOPUSA
— In the face of Islam, thank God for Donald Trump  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, promoting Islam in America and in the rest of the world, if not imposing Islam on America and on the rest of the world, is the Democrat Party’s top priority.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25373

 

CNS NEWS
— New Company Helps Americans Flee Blue States to Largest Red State – Gage Cohen  (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. work the hardest to drive Republicans out of your precinct, out of your municipality, out of your township/ward, out of your county, out of Illinois, and/or out of America?  I should write a book about those Democrat and Democrat plant, Libertarian and Libertarian plant, Green and Green plant, and RINO individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that work the hardest to drive Republicans out of my precinct, out of Wheaton, out of Milton Township, out of DuPage County, out of Illinois, and out of America. To give themselves standing to drive Republicans out, many, if not most, if not virtually of the aforesaid anti-Republicans falsely claim to be Republican.)
http://www.cnsnews.com/blog/gage-cohen/new-company-helps-americans-flee-blue-states-largest-red-state

 

DAILY CALLER
— Immigration Enforcement: Trump Steamrolls Ahead – Stewart Lawrence
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/07/immigration-enforcement-trump-steamrolls-ahead/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— DEMOCRATS’ HOODWINKING OF BLACKS – Walter E. Williams
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/06/07/democrats-hoodwinking-of-blacks/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: From what I see, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, the military does not want you.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/retired-generals-urge-mattis-to-allow-transgender-recruits/article/2625231

 

ABC NEWS
— Illinois end-of-year budget deficit to top $6B – AP
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/apnewsbreak-illinois-end-year-budget-deficit-top-6b-47896588

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump to Comey: ‘I need loyalty, I expect loyalty,’ according to prepared remarks from the former FBI director’s testimony for Thursday  (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents a) demand loyalty, b) promote patronage, c) reward their operatives and their dupes, and d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.  They disapprove of, if not hate, the fact that I am loyal to the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2017/06/07/trump-to-comey-i-need-loyalty-i-expect-loyalty-according-to-prepared-remarks-from-the-former-fbi-directors-testimony-for-thursday/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The real reason working-class whites continue to support Trump.” Sooner or later, if you support Trump, anti-Trumps will say it is because you are a hater, a racist, a sexist, a bigot, or even worse things.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2017/06/06/the-real-reason-working-class-whites-continue-to-support-trump/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Sought Comey’s Loyalty, Ex-FBI Director to Say – Del Quentin Wilber  (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents a) demand loyalty, b) promote patronage, c) reward their operatives and their dupes, and d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. They disapprove of, if not hate, the fact that I am loyal to the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-told-comey-i-need-loyalty-i-expect-loyalty-ex-fbi-director-to-say-in-prepared-remarks-1496858755
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former FBI Director James Comey felt President Donald Trump was trying to establish “a patronage relationship” with him during a dinner meeting in January at which he sought Mr. Comey’s loyalty, according to written congressional testimony prepared by Mr. Comey that was made public on Wednesday afternoon.)
— Millions of Young People Shut Out of the Housing Market  Number of first-time U.S. home buyers below historical average – Laura Kusisto  (DIERSEN: How old were you when you bought your first home and where did the down payment come from?  I bought a new town home in University Park in September of 1972 when I was 24 years old.  The down payment came from money that I had saved a) working for IRS first in Chicago and then in Harvey since June of 1971, b) working part-time for Firestone Stores in Chicago Heights since April of 1971, and c) working for Firestone Stores in Chicago Heights full-time between August of 1970 and March of 1971.  In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $54,864.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/millions-of-young-people-shut-out-of-the-housing-market-1496836800

 

BLOOMBERG
— Illinois Bondholders Stand Pat as State Veers Toward Cut to Junk – Charles Stein and Martin Z Braun
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-07/illinois-bondholders-stand-pat-as-state-veers-toward-cut-to-junk

 

FED SMITH
— Michael Moore Asks Federal Employees to Blow the Whistle on the Trump Administration – Ian Smith  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, I blew the whistle on patronage, on political affiliation discrimination, on reverse discrimination, on age discrimination, and on retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid. Because I blew the whistle, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.  My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/06/07/michael-moore-asks-federal-employees-blow-whistle-trump-administration/
— Postal Service: Highest Paid Employees and Highest Averages – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: My Democrat supervisor during the almost 3 years that I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 disapproved of my demographics, and especially that I was a draft avoider, Republican, German-American, Missouri Synod Lutheran, younger, good health, non-poor, college student, and that my ancestors had been in America since the 1840s.  He especially disapproved of the 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, the 1968 Oldsmobile 442, and 1969 Dodge Charger SE that I had bought new and that I used to deliver mail.  I requested sick days only twice during the almost 3 years that I worked for him, and of course, he disapproved those requests.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/06/07/postal-service-highest-paid-employees-highest-averages/

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Saving $1 Million for Retirement Is Possible Even If You Start at Age 50 – Jennifer Calfas  (DIERSEN: So far, in today’s dollars, my Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old has cost me $1,424,844, that is, lost salary of $2,429,250 ($10,250/month X 237 months) minus pension payments of $1,004,406 ($4,238/month X 237 months).)
http://time.com/money/4798284/retirement-saving-401k/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The chart below from the AAII shows five different scenarios of how much people can accumulate by saving from age 50 to age 70:
You make the maximum 401(k) contribution, including the catch-up contribution allowed for those 50 or older (a total of $24,000 a year). You make the full $18,000 a year 401(k) contribution, but skip the catch-up provision. You save $1,000 a month (setting aside $12,000 a year). You contribute the maximum to an IRA, including a catch-up contribution ($6,500 per year). You make the maximum $5,500 IRA contribution, but skip the catch-up provision. In each case, Charles Rotblut, a vice president at AAII and editor of the AAII Journal, assumed that you would earn 8% a year from a stock and bond portfolio. The 401(k) and IRA contribution limits are based on the rules for 2017.The projected account balance at 70 years old ranges from $1.3 million for a person who maxes out his or her 401(k) including catch-up contributions to $300,000 for a person who saves only to the basic $5,500 annual IRA limit.)

 

CHICAGO PRIDE
— Equality Illinois launches Pride Month with kickoff brunch, celebrates ‘victorious week’  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, you are demonized, denigrated, and condemned if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/85375225

June 3 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Budget failure repercussions – Jose Sanchez
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/weekend-watch-budget-failure-repercussions-/2062692/

 

NBC5
— Durbin and Tammy Duckworth Set Up Committee to Vet US Attorney Candidates – Phil Rogers
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-senators-set-up-committee-to-vet-us-attorney-candidates-426179231.html

 

CBS2
— Chicago ‘March For Truth’ Draws Hundreds Of Trump Protesters – Mike Krauser (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Anti-Trumps promote hatred of Trump and his supporters. Overwhelmingly, anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/03/chicago-march-for-truth-draws-hundreds-of-trump-protesters/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Former NYC Mayor Bloomberg will make the US’s $15 million Paris climate deal payment to UN  (DIERSEN: Usually, Democrats want Republicans to pay for everything.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/258708037-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Anti-Trump ‘March for Truth’ protest draws hundreds to Federal Plaza – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-trump-protest-draws-hundred-to-federal-plaza-20170603-story.html
— State budget impasse leaves Naperville schools, agencies worrying about future – Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-budget-impasse-effects-st-0604-20170603-story.html
— Wheaton mansion set for demolition despite objections from preservationists – Erin Gallagher
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-wheaton-building-preservation-met-20170602-story.html
— Baby boomers, planning to work past retirement? Here’s why that idea could be a bust. – Gail MarksJarvis  (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, and especially in Illinois, employers do not want to hire, retain, or promote 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.  From what I see, ever-increasingly, and especially in Illinois, members of the aforesaid groups are persona non grata.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-baby-boomer-retirement-rescue-trouble-column-marksjarvis-0604-biz-20170601-column.html
— Why are so many CEOs bashing Trump over Paris accord? Money, what else? – David Pierson and Ivan Penn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-businesses-climate-change-20170603-story.html
— The Blagojevich-Pritzker tango – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-jb-pritzker-blagojevich-edit-md-20170602-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps call for “investigation into Trump/Russia ties.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicagoans-call-for-investigation-into-trumprussia-ties/
— Still no state budget, but it’s there if you look – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/still-no-state-budget-but-its-there-if-you-look/
— City’s dramatic drop in black population exposes lingering inequities – Mary Mitchell  (DIERSEN: Democrats run Chicago.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/citys-dramatic-drop-in-black-population-exposes-lingering-inequities/

 

DAILY HERALD
— School funding equity loses out to Chicago greed – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170603/editorial-school-funding-equity-loses-out-to-chicago-greed
— COD president expects school to be off probation – Robert Sanchez  (DIERSEN: My superiors in GAO’s Chicago office during the 1980s and 1990s acted like GAO’s Chicago office was always on probation for not doing enough to get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Ever-increasingly, leaders of political and other organizations, companies, and governments act like they are on probation because they have not done enough to get rid of 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.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170603/cod-president-expects-school-to-be-off-probation
— Ex-legislator Noland from Elgin sues to recover cost-of-living increases – AP  (DIERSEN: COLAs have always been far less than inflation. The purchasing power of my Civil Service Retirement System pension today is far less than it was in 1997. The purchasing power of my Social Security today is far less today than it was in 2010.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170602/ex-legislator-from-elgin-sues-to-recover-cost-of-living-increases

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Durbin and Duckworth set up committee to vet US attorney candidates – AP  (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.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/senators-set-up-committee-to-vet-us-attorney-candidates/article_8ba5daa3-013e-579f-8d0b-4bbd8b309445.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— It’s early, yes, but Pritzker off to a rough start – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170603/its-early-yes-but-pritzker-off-to-rough-start
— Ex-state legislator Nolan sues to recover cost-of-living increases – AP (DIERSEN: COLAs have always been far less than inflation. The purchasing power of my Civil Service Retirement System pension today is far less than it was in 1997. The purchasing power of my Social Security today is far less today than it was in 2010.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170602/ex-state-legislator-sues-to-recover-cost-of-living-increases

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Now Illinois is really in a pickle – Chuck Sweeny
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20170603/chuck-sweeny-now-illinois-is-really-in-pickle

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— National Democratic Party targets seats held by Bost, Davis – JOSEPH BUSTOS
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article154203289.html

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— NIU needs new, open leaders – Editorial
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2017/05/31/our-view-niu-needs-new-open-leaders/ahqktrg/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump has filed for an extension of his 2016 tax return  President still refuses to release returns – DAN MERICA AND MIRANDA GREEN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-has-filed-for-an-extension-of-his-2016-tax-return/730826242

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Budget breakdown lands Illinois one step from junk bond rating – Ruth de Jauregui
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511123466-budget-breakdown-lands-illinois-one-step-from-junk-bond-rating

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— ‘Overpopulation’ Fears Are a Hoax. Here’s Why Higher Populations Are Actually a Good Thing – Walter E. Williams
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/overpopulation-fears-hoax-heres-higher-populations-actually-good-thing/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— The Need for a Middle America News Network – Bruce Walker (DIERSEN: What do you say to Democrat plants, to Libertarian plants, to Green plants, and to RINOs in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton who focus on discouraging everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/06/the-need-for-a-middle-america-news-network/
(DIERSEN: The decline and lurch to the left of the Fox News Network provides an opening for any astute conservative billionaire: create a news network specifically intended to provide news from the viewpoint of most of America, which is to say the seventy-five percent of Americans who live in Flyover Country.  While the geographic concentration of political power in America is appalling, the geographic concentration of media power is much worse. Because the media defy elections and, in fact, determine elections, having almost all national news pass through the tiny channel of the New York-to-Washington Beltway is toxic to our national life. This is not an ideological monopoly, but rather a geographical monopoly.  But because the environment between Washington and New York is so utterly artificial and so completely leftist, what has happened to Fox News – a constant drift to the left – is an unrelenting and corrosive force that isolates the media and the government of America from the overwhelming majority who live in Middle America. Consider a neutral and fair political site like RealClearPolitics.  It is not uncommon to have one third of the stories from New York media outlets and one third of the stories from Washington media outlets and the rest from national outlets without a particular geographical designation but situated in the Beltway.  On those rare instances in which another city’s media has stories in RealClearPolitics, the city is usually Boston or Los Angeles. What that means is that the vast majority of Americans are utterly disenfranchised politically in the only area that really counts in a nation as large and media-driven as America.  What this also means is that as Fox News declines into irrelevance, as it will, there is a gaping hole for those with the money, the guts, and the vision to create a television network specifically focused on Middle America. This network should include a news network located in the center of America and dedicated to presenting stories that inform Americans what is happening in this majority of our nation.  There is vast ignorance within the Beltway media about how the energy industry works or how wheat and cotton are grown and cattle raised and ores mined. While Fox News periodically had stories presented from its Beltway offices about the plight of the timber industry in Washington State or the small oil producers in Oklahoma, stories from the Middle America News Network would be produced by those who actually live in these areas and presented to Americans by newscasters whose home is in Omaha or Knoxville or Salt Lake City or Little Rock.  This new network would also have a much easier time breaking into the cable news lineup than Fox News did because it would overtly be representing the perspective of local listeners in cities around the nation. Fox News rightly picked the target audience to make it grow: those millions of Americans disgusted by the ideological monopoly of the leftist establishment media.  The Middle America News Network would represent not just the ideologically disempowered, but the culturally disempowered, who find their beliefs and lives treated as weird curiosities.  The market share for this news network could skyrocket fast, particularly among the tens of millions of Americans who simply never watch network news any longer. This new network could also introduce a whole new way of interviewing members of Congress.  Instead of having these members show up at a studio in Washington or New York, the network could invite them to be interviewed for national television in their home states.  Those who decline an interview might find their likely rivals in the next election interviewed instead with the tag “The Middle America News Network invited Senator Mugwump to discuss the impact of environmental regulations on business here, but he was too busy in Washington to come here for the interview.” The idea would be to shift always, always, always the focus of attention and interest away from that micron of America that is the Beltway and back to the huge expanse from Alaska to Minnesota to Florida to Arizona that is America.  The idea would also be to force both political parties, which is to say Washington Party A and Washington Party B, to actually notice forty or so states that may be called “Flyover Country” if they wish their political parties to have a chance at gaining or holding power. This network could transform politics in America by forcing the parties to turn from Washington (“The Swamp”) and back to the American people spread all across this land.)

 

GOPUSA
— Kathy Griffin: President Trump is ‘trying to ruin my life’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25270

 

NEW AMERICAN
— European Officials Commandeer Private Property to House Migrants – Alex Newman  (DIERSEN: What property in your precinct, in your municipality, in your county, and in Illinois would/will Democrats commandeer to house immigrants?)
https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/26145-european-officials-commandeer-private-property-to-house-migrants

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps heap scorn on Trump for Paris exit.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/336176-globe-heaps-scorn-on-trump-for-paris-exit

 

CNS NEWS
— Alt-Left Insanity: Don’t Blame Muslims for Terror Done By … Muslims – Dan Gainor
http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/dan-gainor/alt-left-insanity-dont-blame-muslims-terror-done-muslims

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want all CEOs to be anti-Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/02/opinion/trump-paris-climate-reacts-advisors.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps put foreign countries and their citizens ahead of America and ahead of its citizens.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-paris-decision-was-an-accidental-call-to-action/2017/06/02/a9d3630e-47cc-11e7-98cd-af64b4fe2dfc_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/paris-decision-underscores-the-visceral-expression-of-trumps-worldview/2017/06/02/69adf632-47b7-11e7-a196-a1bb629f64cb_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-the-caricature-of-the-ugly-american-demeans-us-all/2017/06/02/d2043a70-478a-11e7-bcde-624ad94170ab_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps would love to force everyone in America to speak Spanish, read Spanish, and write Spanish.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/06/02/americas-number-one-song-isnt-in-english-that-doesnt-happen-often/