Tag: political

ABC7
— Former governor Rod Blagojevich gives first interview from prison to Chicago Magazine – Rob Elgas
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/rod-blagojevich-gives-first-prison-interview-to-chicago-magazine/2405876/

NBC5
— City of Chicago Attorneys Appear in Court for First Time in Lawsuit Against DOJ – Mary Ann Ahern and Kye Martin  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Chicago make it clear that they put foreign countries and their citizens ahead of America and its citizens.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/emanuel-siskel-chicago-lawsuit-doj-443819503.html
— Blagojevich Breaks Silence From Prison  After more than five years in prison, former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich spoke to NBC 5 in his first television interview, revealing details of his life, his family and his hopes for freedom. – Phil Rogers (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who continue to blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails a) for George Ryan not seeking a second term, b) for Jim Ryan losing to Blagojevich in 2002, c) for Judy Baar Topinka losing to Blagojevich in 2006, and d) for Bill Brady losing to Pat Quinn in 2010? They also continue to blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all the other losses that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/nbc-exclusive-rod-blagojevich-breaks-silence-from-prison-443821533.html
— Archdiocese: Guns Not Allowed in Chicago Churches, Schools  The new policy takes effect Thursday – Regina Waldroup
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Archdiocese-Guns-Not-Allowed-in-Chicago-Churches-Schools-443928013.html

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Apply background checks for gun purchases to voting – John R. Lott Jr. (DIERSEN: Knowing that they cannot pass a background check is a major reason why people do not seek jobs with the federal government. Other major reasons include a) the pay and benefits are terrible, b) the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) they cannot pass an employment examination, e) they cannot pass a physical examination, f) they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and g) they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-gun-background-checks-voting-0912-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans worry about vote fraud. Democrats claim that Republicans are just imagining things. But in testimony Tuesday before the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, I will suggest a simple solution that could make both parties happy: Apply the background check system for gun purchases to voting. Democrats have long lauded background checks on gun purchases as simple, accurate and in complete harmony with the Second Amendment right to own guns. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has bragged that the checks “make our communities and neighborhoods safer without in any way abridging rights or threatening a legitimate part of the American heritage.” If Democrats really believe that the National Instant Criminal Background Check System doesn’t interfere “in any way” with people’s constitutional rights to own a gun, doesn’t it follow that the same system would not constitute an infringement on people’s right to vote? This would give Republicans a system for stopping vote fraud and Democrats a system that they have already vigorously endorsed. The NICS system doesn’t just determine if potential gun buyers have criminal histories. It also checks whether a person is in this country illegally, has a nonimmigrant visa or has renounced his citizenship. Such people are not allowed to vote. The system doesn’t currently flag people who are on immigrant visas but who could be added to the system. In 34 states, felons are not able to vote immediately upon release. The background-check system would detect these too. Of course, Democrats and Republicans will continue to argue over whether illegal voting is a major problem. Since Democrats believe that the NICS doesn’t in any way interfere with or suppress gun ownership, how could it suppress legal voter registration? Thus, Democrats shouldn’t have anything to worry about. If there doesn’t turn out to be any vote fraud, Democrats can say that they were proved right.)
— Blagojevich, unrepentant but bruised, reflects on prison life – Jeff Coen (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who continue to blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails a) for George Ryan not seeking a second term, b) for Jim Ryan losing to Blagojevich in 2002, c) for Judy Baar Topinka losing to Blagojevich in 2006, and d) for Bill Brady losing to Pat Quinn in 2010? They also continue to blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all the other losses that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-blagojevich-prison-interview-met-20170911-story.html
— Why every Illinois pol should read Blagojevich’s words – Editorial (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who continue to blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails a) for George Ryan not seeking a second term, b) for Jim Ryan losing to Blagojevich in 2002, c) for Judy Baar Topinka losing to Blagojevich in 2006, and d) for Bill Brady losing to Pat Quinn in 2010? They also continue to blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all the other losses that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-blagojevich-prison-interview-corruption-0912-20170910-story.html
— Durbin, Feinstein and Catholic judges – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-catholic-judges-durbin-feinstein-0912-20170911-story.html
— Elgin speakers focus on positive response that followed 9/11 attacks – Mike Danahey  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who want America to give citizenship to those who agree with the 9/11 attackers?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-elgin-september11-st-0912-20170911-story.html
— Cook Co. forest preserve, purchased for $14.5M, is closed amid land dispute – Robert McCoppin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-horizon-farm-forest-preserve-closed-met-20170911-story.html
— 10 things we learned from Blagojevich interview
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rod-blagojevich-prison-interview-20170912-story.html
— Equifax’s seismic breach tests Trump pledge to dismantle financial rules – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-equifax-data-breach-trump-regulation-20170912-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Blagojevich: Mops, sings, jokes — accepts ‘fate … assigned to me’ – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who continue to blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails a) for George Ryan not seeking a second term, b) for Jim Ryan losing to Blagojevich in 2002, c) for Judy Baar Topinka losing to Blagojevich in 2006, and d) for Bill Brady losing to Pat Quinn in 2010? They also continue to blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all the other losses that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rod-blagojevich-prison-interview-to-be-released-tonight/
— Chicago Police Department on pace to spend $200M on overtime – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/police-department-on-pace-to-spend-200m-on-overtime/

DAILY HERALD
— State Rep. Sente says she won’t seek re-election – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170912/state-rep-sente-says-she-wont-seek-re-election–
— Unhappy moderate House Republicans complicate 2018 for GOP – AP  (DIERSEN: In Illinois, moderate Republicans focus on destroying Republicans, destroying the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform, and destroying the IRP. They have had great success in doing that.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170912/unhappy-moderate-house-republicans-complicate-2018-for-gop
— Elgin, American Legion Post 57 honor those lost on 9/11 (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who want America to give citizenship to those who agree with the 9/11 attackers?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170911/elgin-american-legion-post-57-honor-those-lost-on-911

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The state’s budget mess hits U of I anew: its U.S. News ranking – STEVEN R. STRAHLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170912/NEWS13/170919988

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Illinois Sen. Karen McConnaughay speaks about new school funding bill – and why she voted no  New funding bill has some relief for suburban districts, just not enough – BRENDA SCHORY
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/09/10/illinois-sen-karen-mcconnaughay-speaks-about-new-school-funding-bill-and-why-she-voted-no/ag5np4t/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— BEYOND TRAGIC: Video gambling continues to grow; Springfield leads Illinois with 635 terminals – Tim Landis (DIERSEN: If you push gambling, you push destruction.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170911/video-gambling-continues-to-grow-springfield-leads-illinois-with-635-terminals
— LaHood opposed Harvey relief with short-term compromise – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170911/lahood-opposed-harvey-relief-with-short-term-compromise

SAUK VALLEY
— Congress shoves Dreamer fix down the docket – Alex Daugherty (DIERSEN: Fix is code for giving citizens of foreign countries preference over citizens of America.)
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/09/12/congress-shoves-dreamer-fix-down-the-docket/ahgueyj/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Hill Republicans searching for a unifying agenda – LAUREN FOX (DIERSEN: The Republican Party platform is the unifying agenda.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/hill-republicans-searching-for-a-unifying-agenda/809608123

NPR ILLINOIS
— Who Is ‘What Happened’ For? Maybe Hillary Clinton Most Of All – DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN (DIERSEN: Who should be blamed for your problems? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always blamed me for my problems. According to them, a) my Democrat superiors in the federal government took adverse actions against me because I am a bad person and b) my fellow TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois members, my fellow Wheaton Chamber of Commerce members, my fellow Milton Township Republican Central Committee members, my fellow Illinois Center Right Coalition members, my fellow American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter members, etc. took adverse actions against me because I am a bad person.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/who-what-happened-maybe-hillary-clinton-most-all#stream/0

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois’ nearly flat income growth remains tied with Nevada for worst in nation (DIERSEN: Is your income growing? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious that my salary increased every year that I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 because of COLAs, step increases, and/or promotions except 1980 when I took an $18,847 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 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 32.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/illinois-nearly-flat-income-growth-remains-tied-with-nevada-for/article_ba1accd8-94bc-11e7-83c7-03771122446b.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER/INGOLD: HURRICANE PREDICTIONS ARE “IMPERFECT,” WHILE GLOBAL WARMING IS “SETTLED SCIENCE?”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/09/thorneringold-hurricane-predictions-are-imperfect-while-global-warming-is-settled-science.html

FREEDOMS JOURNAL
— AFTER TRUMP DEALS WITH DEMOCRATS, GOP LEADERS KNOW HOW “REAL” BLACK REPUBLICANS FEEL – Raynard Jackson  (DIERSEN: My “Republican” critics/opponents talk and act like they deal with Democrats, with Libertarians, with Greens, and with Independents to get rid of Republicans like me.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/after-trump-deals-with-democrats-gop-leaders-know-how-real-black-republicans-feel/

GOPUSA
— Pope Francis scolds Trump on DACA  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those a) who encourage people to come to America illegally, b) who encourage people to stay in America illegally, and c) who encourage people to bring other people to America illegally?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=30071
— Mitt Romney may run for Senate thrilling one establishment pundit (DIERSEN: The more that you demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump, the more that anti-Trumps love you.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=30069

DAILY CALLER
— ESPN Anchor: ‘Donald Trump Is A White Supremacist’ – DEREK HUNTER  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps say that Trump and his supporters are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.  How should Trump and his supporters respond?)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/12/espn-anchor-donald-trump-is-a-white-supremacist/
— GOP Texas Rep. Lamar Smith Investigates Gov’t Employees Using Taxpayer Dollars To Get College Degrees Unrelated To Their Jobs – Michael Bastasch (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction.  To keep their jobs and to get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/11/exclusive-lawmaker-investigates-govt-employees-using-taxpayer-dollars-to-get-college-degrees-unrelated-to-their-jobs/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: GOP Texas Rep. Lamar Smith is demanding the Energy Department (DOE) turn over documents related to the agency paying for a government engineer’s law degree that was completely unrelated to his job. Smith wants to make sure more DOE employees aren’t having taxpayers foot the bill for college degrees completely unrelated to their jobs. Funding one engineer’s law degree cost taxpayers $138,000, agency auditors found in July. “The Committee is concerned this could be an indication of a more widespread occurrence of inappropriate training authorizations and expenditures within DOE,” wrote Smith, chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. “To better understand this case, and learn what steps DOE has taken to prevent a similar occurrence in the future, we request that DOE provide certain documents and information to the Committee,” Smith wrote in a letter sent to Secretary of Energy Rick Perry on Tuesday. “The Committee has questions about why Darian Ghorbi received preferential treatment during his tenure at DOE under the prior administration,” Smith further wrote in the letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation. DOE auditors reported in July that senior officials had allowed agency engineer Darian Ghorbi to take law classes at American University in Washington, D.C. at taxpayer expense. However, Ghorbi left DOE shortly after earning his law degree in May 2013 “for work in the private sector,” investigators found. DOE officials “had not considered the use of a continued service agreement for this employee despite the fact that he had taken extensive training at considerable cost.” What auditors found most unusual was that DOE already has policies in place to prevent this issue, but “these controls were overridden by senior management officials in the approval chain at the time.” Those senior management left no documentation of why they made their decision, and they couldn’t be interviewed by auditors “because they had left the agency,” auditors found. Ghorbi and his managers worked in DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy. President Donald Trump’s budget proposed shrinking the office 54 percent, from $618 million in 2017 to $280 million in 2018. Congress has already proposed legislation that reverses the cuts proposed by the White House. A House bill released in July only cuts the DOE’s fossil office $33 million.)
— Taking Down Christopher Columbus – Scott Greer  (DIERSEN: Where have your ancestors lived in America? All my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois. When did your ancestors immigrate to America? All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout that the longer that your ancestors have been in America, a) the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against women and b) the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion. How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps call for the deportation of all those whose ancestors a) immigrated to America before the Civil War and/or b) lived anywhere in America where slavery was legal?)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/11/taking-down-christopher-columbus/

THE BLAZE
— Here are all the things Hillary Clinton has blamed for her loss to Donald Trump – Chris Enloe  (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all the losses that Republicans have suffered in Illinois.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/09/11/here-are-all-the-things-hillary-clinton-has-blamed-for-her-loss-to-donald-trump/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Pope Francis questions Trump’s pro-life values – Follow Claire
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-pope-francis-questions-trumps-pro-life-values6

THE HILL
— This Hispanic Heritage Month, let’s reflect on the rich history, contributions of Latino Americans – REP. SALUD CARBAJAL (D-CALIF.) (DIERSEN: There is no German Heritage Month.  Why is that?)
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/350103-this-hispanic-heritage-month-lets-reflect-on-the-rich-history
— Senate approves resolution condemning white supremacist groups – JORDAIN CARNEY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites shout that all Whites are White supremacists. This resolution helps anti-Whites convince everyone that all Whites should be gotten rid of.) http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/350170-senate-approves-resolution-condemning-white-supremacist-groups

CBS LOS ANGELES
— LA County Board Considers Government Travel Ban Over DACA
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/09/12/la-county-board-daca/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Millions Wait for Lights to Come Back on – JESS BIDGOOD and VIVIAN YEE (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are extremely judgmental. I should write a book about those who question my judgment to have a whole-house natural gas fired backup electric generator installed. Because they shout their criticisms of me, I can shout my criticisms of them, right?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/11/us/power-fpl-outage-storm.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What It’s Like to Be Smeared by the Southern Poverty Law Center  I paid a professional price when the group attacked me in 2009. Now I wear its mud as a badge of honor. – Carol M. Swain  (DIERSEN: The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) designated Illinois Family Institute (IFI) a hate group in 2009 and designated Americans for Truth About Homosexuality (AFAH) a hate group in 2010. Who would come to my defense if the anti-Trumps succeed in shutting down www.gopillinois.com and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails because they include links to articles posted at the IFI website at https://illinoisfamily.org/ and at AFAH website at http://americansfortruth.com/ (SEE: http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/family-institute-smeared-as-one-of-32-illinois-hate-groups-along-with-neo-nazis-and-skinheads.html  Constructively, while I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes treated TAPROOT as being a hate group and treated me as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot and even worse things because I invited IFI and AFTAH leaders to speak at TAPROOT events. Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that blacklist IFI and AFTAH blacklist me because I refuse to blacklist IFI and AFTAH.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-its-like-to-be-smeared-by-the-southern-poverty-law-center-1505171221
— The New Corporate Recruitment Pool: Workers in Dead-End Jobs – Jennifer Levitz  (DIERSEN: Virtually all jobs in the federal government are dead-end jobs, and especially for federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 (currently $94,610) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $111,801) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $161,900) by age 40.  Extremely few federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran make the aforesaid deadlines.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-corporate-recruitment-pool-workers-in-dead-end-jobs-1505080840
— The Better IRS Reform  Sessions decides not to prosecute Lois Lerner. The GOP has options. – Editorial  (DIERSEN: What do you know about IRS? What do you say to those a) who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my knowledge of IRS and b) who side with IRS against me?  I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,653-$90,173. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 levels, currently $94,610-$100,917.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-better-irs-reform-1505172729

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps love it when Trump dumps planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/09/10/trump-shows-gop-how-its-done-scrap-absolutism-deal-with-reality-jill-lawrence-column/646372001/

NORTH DENVER TRIBUNE
— DACA DREAMERS FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS – Basha Cohen (DIERSEN: When members of the following groups fight for their rights, anti-Trumps call them White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.northdenvertribune.com/2017/09/12/daca-dreamers/

BELT MAGAZINE
— WHY FOXCONN’S WISCONSIN PROMISE OF 13,000 QUALITY JOBS IS AN EMPTY ONE – Lawrence Tabak  (DIERSEN: Are/were the jobs that you had quality jobs?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that all the jobs that I had were bad jobs, but 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 assembly 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.)
http://beltmag.com/foxconns-wisconsin-promise-13000-quality-jobs-empty-one