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FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rauner accuses top Democrats of conspiring to shut down state government – Mike Flannery
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/240177215-story

NBC5
— OUTSTANDING: University of Illinois Aims to End Binge Drinking Tradition
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/University-of-Illinois-Aims-to-End-Binge-Drinking-Tradition-415620383.html

CHICAGO TRIBNUE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “What the Obamacare replacement plan could mean in Illinois.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-obamacare-replacement-illinois-0308-biz-20170307-story.html
— Germs, mold found in some medical marijuana – Dennis Thompson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sc-germs-mold-found-in-medical-marijuana-health-0301-20170215-story.html
— Dealing with diabetes distress – Serena Gordon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sc-dealing-with-diabetes-distress-health-0308-20170224-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— All an American expects from government  Is that expecting too much? I don’t think so. I’m an American taxpayer. – Phil Kadner  (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at everyone that everyone should expect everything from government and that Republicans should pay for government. Democrats especially shout the aforesaid at minorities, at females, at young people, at those who are not married, at recent immigrants, at non-Protestants, at non-German Americans, at those who have financial, health, and/or other problems, and at those who have less money than others.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/phil-kadner-all-an-american-expects-from-government/

DAILY HERALD
— Women’s March organizers call for ‘A Day Without a Woman’ – AP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, anti-Trumps use women as cannon fodder. Anti-Trumps want women to not only be anti-Trump, but to also be 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 (but not anti-Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170308/news/303089980/
— The indoctrination culture on college campuses is a disgrace – Walter E. Williams  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government.  All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, my Democrat superiors, my Democrat supervisors, my Democrat coworkers, and my Democrat subordinates tried extremely hard to indoctrinate me, but they failed. If they had succeeded, notwithstanding the fact that I am a non-veteran White male, I would have made GS-13 (currently $94,610) long before I was 25, GS-14 (currently $111,801) long before I was 30, GS-15 (currently $131,508) long before I was 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $161,900) long before I was 40.  But if their indoctrination had succeeded, I would be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than my ancestors.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170308/discuss/170309164/
— ‘Common sense overrides safety’ concerns about Elmhurst day care – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170307/news/170309128/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Caterpillar Is Accused in Report to Federal Investigators of Tax Fraud – JESSE DRUCKER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/business/caterpillar-tax-fraud.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— If state workers strike, can replacements become permanent? – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: “Replacements” should be advised that ever increasingly, government workers and government retirees are viciously hated. I was a government worker for almost 30 years and I have been a government retiree for more than 19 years. From what I see, federal workers/retirees are hated the most, then state worker/retirees, then county workers/retirees, and than municipal workers/retirees. Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170307/if-state-workers-strike-can-replacements-become-permanent

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Roskam: Medicaid Bailout Unlikely – Cole Lauterbach
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=238523

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEW GAZETTE
— Local reaction to GOP health care bill: ‘Very ugly’ – Debra Pressey
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-03-08/local-reaction-gop-health-care-bill-very-ugly.html

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— DeKalb group to hold march on International Women’s Day – AIMEE BARROWS (DIERSEN: Democrats want women to hate Republicans, and especially Republicans who are Protestant, conservative, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2017/03/06/dekalb-group-to-hold-march-on-international-womens-day/akd099p/

WSIL TV
— New child support law to take effect in Illinois – Brandon Merano
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34690857/new-child-support-law-to-take-effect-in-illinois

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Peoria Public Radio promotes anti-Trump David Gill
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/trump-spurs-decision-run-congress#stream/0

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Chicago metro again tops nation in economic development – Joseph S. Pete
http://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/chicago-metro-again-tops-nation-in-economic-development/article_11f215e1-5972-5be0-b98b-1b39f0ccbaa9.html

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— VIDEO CLIP: Lisa Madigan – Family First
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtPViDpoJTQ&feature=youtu.be&mc_cid=478a5c616d&mc_eid=2161c2039e

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— DuPage County, York Township: Free Wood Chips – No Trespassing! – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/03/free-wood-chips-no-trespassing/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Springfield Update – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/springfield-update-march-2017/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER: SUPREME COURT NOMINEE GORSUCH MAY NOT BE WHAT PRO-LIFERS HOPE FOR
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/thorner-nominee-gorsuch-reveals-an-unacceptable-conservative-view-to-sitting-republican-senator.html

CAPITOL FAX
— AG Madigan wants to lift statute of limitations on child sex crimes
https://capitolfax.com/2017/03/08/ag-madigan-wants-to-lift-statute-of-limitations-on-child-sex-crimes/

GOPUSA
— A Day Without a Leftwing Woman
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21639
— The Media’s Anonymous-Sources Hypocrisy
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21615

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The curse of criminal illegal aliens  MS-13 gang members rape, murder and destroy lives – Tammy Bruce
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/8/criminal-illegal-aliens-must-be-dealt-with/?
— When illegals overrun U.S. national parks  The government is obligated to halt damage to wilderness fauna and flora  – Ian Smith
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/7/illegal-immigrants-overrun-us-national-parks/

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— DR. CARSON, SLAVERY AND IMMIGRATION – ERIC M. WALLACE, PHD
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/dr-carson-slavery-and-immigration/
— COLLEGE CAMPUS DISGRACE – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/education/college-campus-disgrace/

FOX NEWS
— Gun sales continue retreat from record levels seen under Obama – Stephen Gutowski (DIERSEN: Abolishing the Second Amendment and getting rid of Republicans is a top priority for Democrats.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/07/gun-sales-continue-retreat-from-record-levels-seen-under-obama.html
— Studies detail how much funding sanctuary cities stand to lose
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/07/studies-detail-how-much-funding-sanctuary-cities-stand-to-lose.html

DAILY CALLER
— College Student Pleads Guilty To Slashing Her Own Face, Making Up Post-Election ‘Hate Crime’ – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/08/college-student-pleads-guilty-to-slashing-her-own-face-making-up-post-election-hate-crime/

HUFFINGTON POST
— The DNC or RNC Chairs Should Give the State of the Union Response – Mark R. Yzaguirre
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-dnc-or-rnc-chairs-should-give-the-state-of-the_us_58bf6df5e4b070e55af9e92b

POLITICO
— How ‘A Day Without a Woman’ Could Backfire – AMANDA CARPENTER  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, anti-Trumps use women as cannon fodder. Anti-Trumps want women to not only be anti-Trump, but to also be 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 (but not anti-Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/03/how-a-day-without-a-woman-could-backfire-214886
— Next step in Dem realignment: Their own CPAC  Speakers are being told to bring ideas — not just political attacks on Trump. – EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE  (DIERSEN: Of course, the speakers will call for getting rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that support Trump and/or are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America foe a long time.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/democratic-party-realignment-cpac-235806
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Instead of CPAC, it’ll be the Ideas Conference. Instead of at the National Harbor, it’ll be in the main room at the St. Regis Hotel, a few blocks from the White House. Instead of featuring President Donald Trump, it’ll be the first real cattle call of the Democrats nosing around 2020 presidential runs. And it’ll be the Center for American Progress’s biggest move yet to establish itself as both the nexus of the Democratic Party’s future — and a player trying to shape what that future will be. They’re roughly modeling the event on CPAC, the American Conservative Union’s annual gathering that’s become a prime stop for Republican leaders, and which notably gave Donald Trump his first major political platform as he was entering the fray. “So much of our time right now is engaged, and rightfully so, in fighting Trump. On any given day, he issues one affront to progressive values after another,” said CAP president Neera Tanden. “It’s obviously critical that we provide a positive alternative of how we’re going to address the country’s challenges.” Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Montana Gov. Steve Bullock and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti are all confirmed to attend, and more are expected to be added to the event, scheduled for May 16.)

REUTERS
— Illinois’ FY 2017 tax revenue forecast cut by $657 million  (DIERSEN: For 2017, what is your income forecast? For me, it is $50,856 Civil Service Retirement System pension and $2,028 Social Security. If I was still working for GAO as a GS-13 Step 10 Analyst, my GAO salary would be $122,991.)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-illinois-budget-idUSKBN16E2WC
— Illinois’ deficit grows to $9.6 billion in fiscal 2016 – Karen Pierog
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-illinois-audit-idUSKBN16E2K9

NEW YORK TIMES
— Caterpillar Is Accused in Report to Federal Investigators of Tax Fraud – JESSE DRUCKER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/business/caterpillar-tax-fraud.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Republican John Cox enters race for California governor – Javier Panzar (DIERSEN: Residents of my precinct and residents of the precincts to the east and to the west got to meet Cox along with Oberweis and the other four announced U.S. Senate candidates on July 5, 2003 at a picnic in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct that I organized. The 200+ attendees included now Congressman Randy Hultgren.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-republican-john-cox-enters-race-for-1488926825-htmlstory.html

NEW YORK SUN
— Democrats Are Descending Into a Kind of Madness Amid Frenzy Over Trump – CONRAD BLACK
http://www.nysun.com/national/could-prosecutors-turn-against-the-clinton-camp/89921/

PRESS HERALD
— Top official overseeing Trump’s D.C. hotel is out at GSA  Some members of Congress worry that the president could appoint new leaders who will renegotiate the terms of the lease to eliminate legal restrictions. – JONATHAN O’CONNELL
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/03/08/top-official-overseeing-trumps-d-c-hotel-is-leaving-gsa/

POST BULLETIN
— Make federal health program available to all – Martin Schram  (DIERSEN: What is your health insurance situation? Because I am a federal retiree, my wife and I have guaranteed membership in the Federal Employees Health Benefits program for the rest of our lives.  We pay only $5,763/year for $23,051/year worth of health, dental, and vision insurance.  Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are beyond furious about that. In my defense, for my wife and I to be eligible for the aforesaid insurance, I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, almost 3 years for the Post Office, almost 9 years for IRS, and almost 18 years for GAO. In all fairness, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes should be required to fully disclose their employment history.)
http://www.postbulletin.com/opinion/columnists/schram-make-federal-health-program-available-to-all/article_d80218e7-8b41-5d0c-ad68-8a118e64af61.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Just take the best health insurance that is available to Washington’s elites — the senators and representatives and everyone who works for the federal government — and make it available to everyone in America. The Federal Employees Health Benefits, or FEHB, Program basically allows all of Washington’s elites to enroll in any plan they choose — at very favorable rates (which can be negotiated because of the vast size of the federal plan’s membership). So, if that plan is now the plan for all Americans, what about those who cannot afford to pay for coverage at all? Mike always said provisions must be enacted to assure that the poor will have subsidized coverage. And the near-poor and lower middle classes would receive supplemental aid on a sliding need-based scale. But the beauty of this plan is that it can be done without massively restructuring the entire health sector economy. So that’s where it merits bipartisan backing — yes, even here in the political hate-city of Washington. When the ACA was enacted, it required all legislative branch employees (including senators, representatives and their staffs) to purchase coverage through the ACA networks in their states or Washington, D.C. So your senators and reps can’t buy into FEHB anymore. But all executive and judicial branch employees still get their coverage through FEHB. And, as the U.S. Office of Personnel Management website proclaims: “Federal employees, retirees and their survivors enjoy the widest selection of health plans in the country.” That still sounds like a great place to start.)

MARSHALLTOWN
— Donald Trump vows to change media’s use of anonymous sources – DORA SPENLOW  (DIERSEN: Who uses anonymous sources against you?  I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who use anonymous sources against me. The aforesaid are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders. and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid.).
http://www.themarshalltown.com/donald-trump-vows-to-change-medias-use-of-anonymous-sources/26025

NEW YORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Latinos get less preference under Trump.
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/latinos-feel-the-sting-of-trumps-presidency

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Republican Businessman Cox in Race for California Governor – AP  (DIERSEN: Residents of my precinct and residents of the precincts to the east and to the west got to meet John Cox along with Jim Oberweis and the other four announced U.S. Senate candidates on July 5, 2003 at a picnic in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct that I organized. The 200+ attendees included now Congressman Randy Hultgren.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2017-03-07/republican-businessman-cox-in-race-for-california-governor

SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote hatred of Trump and his supporters.
http://www.salon.com/2017/03/08/trumps-election-has-created-safe-spaces-for-racists-southern-poverty-law-centers-heidi-beirich-on-the-wave-of-hate-crimes/
http://www.salon.com/2017/03/08/14721632_partner/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Conservative veterans advocacy group is creating a new ad campaign to pressure Congress to enact legislation that would make firing bad VA employees easier – Eric Katz  (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was a BAD federal employee, much BADDER than the BADDIST VA employee.  They stress a) that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) that my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims; and c) that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.)
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2017/03/group-launches-ad-campaign-ease-firing-federal-employees/135936/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Roe and Rubio’s bill would give the VA secretary expedited removal authority, meaning any employee fired by the secretary would be out of a job and off the department’s rolls that day. Any employee facing removal, suspension of at least 14 days or a demotion would receive advance notice of 10 days, and the secretary would have five days in which to rebut any response the employee comes up with in that time. Those employees would maintain appeal rights to the Merit Systems Protection Board and U.S. Court of Federal Claims. The bill would allow VA to reduce employees’ pensions if they are convicted of a felony that affected their job and to recoup bonuses and relocation expenses in some circumstances. Employees facing those penalties would also be entitled to an appeal. The measure would create “new reforms that will hold bad employees accountable and cut undeserved bonuses,” the ad declares. “Reforms that get bad VA employees out — for good.” “The VA Accountability First Act of 2017 would make it easier to fire employees who engage in misconduct and give the new VA secretary the tools he needs to improve the troubled department,” said CVA Director of Policy Dan Caldwell. Veterans deserve the highest standard of care possible, and right now, our government is failing them.”)

FEDERAL SOUP
— Legislation that feds should be watching – Derek Johnson (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and d) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://federalsoup.com/articles/2017/02/16/a-list-of-proposed-legislation-affecting-the-federal-government-workforce.aspx
(FROM THE ARTICLE: H.R. 6278 — Promote Accountability and Government Efficiency Act (or “PAGE” Act)  Summary: Proposed by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), the PAGE Act would change the employment of all future hires by the federal government to “at-will” status, meaning they may be suspended or fired without notice or appeal “for good cause, bad cause [or] no cause at all.” It prohibits all but the most highly-rated federal employees from receiving a pay raise, limits the avenues of appeal and specifies that a grievance filed by a union which results in a higher rating will not result in a pay raise. The bill also prevents federal employees from using official time to conduct any business related to union activities.  Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform)