Tag: political

March 11 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration sues California over sanctuary laws – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–sessions-california-20180307-story.html
— Trump detours from focus of Pennsylvania rally to slam media and call for drug dealer executions – Seung Min Kim and Jenna Johnson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those politicians, their operatives, and their dupes who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails the most. They blame me and my emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They glorify and praise Rich Miller and the rest of the Democrat news media.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-rally-pennsylvania-special-election-20180310-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump also delivered a profane attack on the news media, calling NBC News anchor Chuck Todd a “sleeping son of a bitch” and deeming CNN “fake as hell,” as the enthusiastic crowd booed at the mention of journalists and chanted “CNN sucks!”)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, illegals and their promoters use children as cannon fodder.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-aclu-class-action-border-trump-huppke-20180309-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children as cannon fodder.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-gun-reform-chicago-violence-20180308-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Social media offers dark spaces for political campaigning – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180311/news/303119996/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The main events in a political campaign used to happen in the open: a debate, the release of a major TV ad or a public event where candidates tried to earn a spot on the evening news or the next day’s front page. That was before the explosion of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube as political platforms. Now some of a campaign’s most pivotal efforts happen in the often-murky world of social media, where ads can be targeted to ever-narrower slices of the electorate and run continuously with no disclosure of who is paying for them. Reporters cannot easily discern what voters are seeing, and hoaxes and forgeries spread instantaneously.)
— President Donald Trump’s campaign to discredit the news media has spread to officials at all levels of government, who are echoing his use of the term “fake news” as a weapon against unflattering stories. – AP (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news is fake, except for the news that they put out or bless.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180311/news/303119995/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County Board members on candidate Brettman: Beware – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/08/mchenry-county-board-members-on-candidate-brettman-beware/a5bmm73/

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— School pension-cost shift cause for concern – Editorial
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-school-pension-cost-shift-cause-for-concern/article_735e30c8-1d0d-5b0a-95d5-0c385735101f.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Comptroller Questions Rauner’s Hiring Practices – Benjamin Yount
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=261569#.WqUCRIyKSM8

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE REGISTER JOURNAL & WJBD RADIO
— Illinois Attorney General Race a Battle Over Independence – AP (DIERSEN: How independent are you? The more easily that your critics/opponents can cut/eliminate your income, the less independent that you are. Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents are furious that they cannot easily cut/eliminate a) my $51,864/year Civil Service Retirement System pension, b) my $18,000/year federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy, or c) my $2,064/year Social Security.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180310/race-for-attorney-general-battle-over-independence
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2018/03/10/illinois-attorney-general-race-a-battle-over-independence

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Kennedy, Biss won’t pledge to veto partisan redistricting – Rich Miller
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-03-11/rich-millercapitol-fax-kennedy-biss-wont-pledge-veto-partisan-redistricti

 

CHICAGO DAILY OBSERVER
— Rauner Stymied in New Trier Republican Caucus Vote
http://www.cdobs.com/archive/chicago/rauner-stymied-in-new-trier-republican-caucus-vote/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Coles County – Why the public should be guarded about what they read in the paper. – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/03/coles-county-why-the-public-should-be-guarded-about-what-they-read-in-the-paper/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Political Agitation at Schools & Vulnerable Kids – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/political-agitation-schools-vulnerable-kids/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Betsy DeVos: States should consider letting teachers carry guns in classroom Education Secretary says states, communities should make decision – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/11/betsy-devos-says-teachers-carrying-guns-classroom-/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Offend ‘Diversity,’ Lose Your Job – MICHAEL WALSH
https://pjmedia.com/trending/offend-diversity-lose-job/

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Steve Bannon: ‘Let Them Call You Racist; Wear It As A Badge Of Honor’ – Mary Papenfuss (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps call you a racist if you are NOT anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bannon-far-right-french-racists_us_5aa45bade4b07047bec70239

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Vote. That’s Just What They Don’t Want You to Do. Disillusionment and disenfranchisement have combined to undermine our democracy. We don’t have to let them. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries do not want you to vote? Those that do not want me to vote are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/opinion/sunday/go-vote.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: G.O.P. Rushed to Pass Tax Overhaul. Now It May Need to Be Altered. – Jim Tankersley and Alan Rappeport (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, the GOP should immediately increase the SALT cap from $10,000 to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/11/us/politics/tax-cut-law-problems.html
— Why Louis Farrakhan Is Back in the News – Jonah Engel Bromwich
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/09/us/louis-farrakhan-facts-history.html
— Money Is Power. And Women Need More of Both. – Susan Chira (DIERSEN: Because I have always supported the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always shouted at all the minorities and at all the females around me a) that I caused all their problems in the past, b) that I am causing all their problems now, and c) that unless I am gotten rid of, I will cause all their problems in the future.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/sunday-review/women-money-politics-power.html
— How Lies Spread Online – Sinan Aral (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, everything that is online is a lie except for that which they post or bless.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/opinion/sunday/truth-lies-spread-online.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Sessions: U.S. prosecutors won’t take on small-time pot cases – AP (DIERSEN: Your past predicts your future. Consider Adam Palinski, a former voter in my precinct. SEE: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-08-17/news/0208170308_1_arson-case-arson-arrest-solicitation-chargesand http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2003-11-07/news/0311070064_1_wheaton-church-school-parishioners)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sessions-us-prosecutors-wont-take-on-small-time-pot-cases/2018/03/10/e9c93b98-247e-11e8-946c-9420060cb7bd_story.html)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— New Life for Steel Plant Perks Up Depressed Illinois Town, Workforce – Andrew Tangel
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-life-for-steel-plant-perks-up-depressed-illinois-town-workforce-1520766001
— Trump’s Gun Plan to Include Encouraging States to Allow Armed School Staff – Michael C. Bender
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-gun-plan-to-include-encouraging-states-to-allow-armed-school-staff-1520728721
— Like the Big Kids, Kindergartens Plan Protests for Gun Control – Leslie Brody (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children as cannon fodder.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/like-the-big-kids-kindergartens-plan-protests-for-gun-control-1520683201

 

FED SMITH
— Lawmakers Want to Know Why OPM is Suddenly Withholding Federal Employee Salary Data – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: If I had not be denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with many examples in which women a) who had less job-related work experience than I had, b) who had less job-related education than I had, and/or c) who had fewer job-related professional certifications and/or licenses than I had were paid more by GAO than GAO paid me.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/03/11/lawmakers-want-know-opm-suddenly-withholding-federal-employee-salary-data/

 

CHICAGO PRIDE
— Grasso calls for Harold to drop out of AG race over alleged anti-gay adoption remarks – GoPride.com News Staff
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/92211604/candidate-calls-for-harold-to-drop-out-of-ag-race-over-alleged-antigay-adoption-remarks
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a statement, Harold campaign spokesman Jason Heffley said, “It is troubling that NBC Chicago chose to run with a political hit piece based on anonymous sources that occurred almost twenty years ago. “Two decades ago when Erika was 20 years old, she did not support same sex adoption. It was a different era when many from both political parties did not support it. Erika, like many others, has changed her position on the issue over the last twenty years. She acknowledges that position was wrong and now strongly supports same sex adoption and foster placement. “She does not recall the specific exchange alleged by anonymous sources. If some form of that exchange did occur, it was wrong and it is in no way reflective of how Erika feels or has lived her life. She has spent her career working to protect the interests of the underserved and advocating for those who have been bullied and abused.”)

March 10 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown wants accusers prosecuted for lying to feds – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/circuit-court-clerk-dorothy-brown-wants-accusers-prosecuted-for-lying-to-feds/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Domestic violence agency details the reality of ‘affluent abuse’ across Lake County – Yadira Sanchez Olson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-lake-county-domestic-violence-st-0310-20180309-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois Attorney General race a battle over political and financial independence – AP (DIERSEN: How much political and financial independence do you have? Who in your precinct, your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in world has enough religious, government, political, and/or financial clout that they can harm you if not destroy you?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180310/news/303109943/
— Here’s why Amazon bought the doorbell company Ring – Bloomberg
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180310/heres-why-amazon-bought-the-doorbell-company-ring

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Fact check: Governor candidates’ job claims built on shaky foundation – BGA
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180310/fact-check-governor-candidates-job-claims-built-on-shaky-foundation
— I hope Democrats defend sanctuary cities – it’s bad policy, and it’ll cost them – Ed Rogers (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Republican candidates, Republican elected officials, and Republican party leaders in Illinois who talk and/or act like they are paying political consultants who have advised them to dump those Republican voters, dump those Republican Precinct Committeemen, dump those Republican etc. who support the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180309/ed-rogers-i-hope-democrats-defend-sanctuary-cities—its-bad-policy-and-itll-cost-them
— Executive Mansion utility costs all Rauner said they were and more – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180310/executive-mansion-utility-costs-all-rauner-said-they-were-and-more
— Mendoza finds new way to tweak Rauner – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180310/statehouse-insider-mendoza-finds-new-way-to-tweak-rauner

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Republicans should give Ives a chance to be governor – Editorial
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20180310/our-view-republicans-should-give-ives-chance-to-be-governor

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Northern Illinois University professor promotes LGBT activity.
http://www.whig.com/20180311/lgbt-speaker-never-assume-gender-identity-sexual-orientation#//

 

WGEM
— Illinois lawmakers looking to address teacher shortage – Patrick Doss (DIERSEN: In 1980, because the shortage of qualified Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, and veterans was so bad, GAO hired me. In 1971, because the shortage of qualified Democrats, minorities, females, and veterans was so bad, IRS hired me. In 1966, because the shortage of qualified Democrats, minorities, females, and veterans was so bad, the Post Office hired me.)
http://www.wgem.com/story/37692644/2018/03/Friday/illinois-lawmakers-looking-to-address-teacher-shortage

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Rockford Register Star Endorses Ives
https://mailchi.mp/0b00f5fecf6d/rockford-register-star-endorses-ives

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Katie Miller battles Springfield GOP machine in 53rd House District primary race – W.J. Kennedy (DIERSEN: This speaks volumes about the House Republican Organization.)
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511359238-miller-battles-springfield-gop-machine-in-53rd-house-district-primary-race
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Through the House Republican Organization (HRO), the Republican machine in Springfield is dumping hundreds of thousands of dollars into primary campaigns of their handpicked candidates. One of HRO’s toughest, more expensive campaigns is in the 53rd District against Mt. Prospect’s Katie Miller. The HRO’s candidate there is 29-year-old Eddie Corrigan. HRO has given over $150,000 to his campaign just since late February, according to Illinois State Board of Elections records. Corrigan lives with his father in Arlington Heights and has a colorful party history on full display on Facebook. The 39-year-old Miller is a registered nurse and married mother of three who pays nearly $10,000 a year in property taxes. In TV commercials and mailers, Corrigan’s HRO-funded campaign — just as with other HRO smears targeting those running against their handpicked candidates — is saying that Miller is a Democrat at heart and has ties to Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan. Miller, a self-described “across-the-board conservative,” calls the ads “outright lies.” “I was carrying posters for Republican candidates ever since I was 4,” Miller said. “I have never even met Madigan.” The Corrigan campaign has also criticized Miller for appealing her property taxes, describing the process as “shady.” Millions of homeowners in Cook County appeal their taxes each year, standard practice in a state with the highest property taxes in the nation. Corrigan doesn’t pay property taxes. After the hit ads against Miler, the Liberty Principles PAC financed mailers containing Facebook photos that show Corrigan in full party mode: one shows his head back chugging from a beer bottle, and another shows his tongue out and beer can in hand during a St. Patrick’s Day celebration; in others, he’s making an obscene gesture. A caption with the photos reads: “These are worth at least 1,000 words. But here are ten: We Have Enough Children In Springfield. Don’t Send Any More.” Corrigan refers to himself as a conservative, but in a debate with Miller he waffled on the issues, especially social ones. Miller says she will fight for the rollback of the 34 percent income tax hike approved last summer, the repeal of the taxpayer-funded abortion law (HB 40) Gov. Bruce Rauner signed in September and the repeal of the statewide “sanctuary” bill the governor signed in August. Other conservative primary candidates battling the HRO and their handpicked candidates include Marko Sukovic in the 59th District and Jillian Rose Bernas in the 56th District.)

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Kenneth Wilson, Website Owner, Unmasked; Removes Offensive Content – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/03/kenneth-wilson-website-owner-unmasked-removes-offensive-content/

 

BREITBART
— Laura Ingraham: ‘California Is Almost Acting Like It’s a Separate Country’ – JEFF POOR
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/03/10/laura-ingraham-california-almost-acting-like-separate-country/

 

HOT AIR
— So The Democrats Have Decided To Run On Abolishing ICE – JAZZ SHAW
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/03/10/democrats-decided-run-abolishing-ice/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ACLU slams ‘shameful’ First Amendment Defense Act – Bradford Richardson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, ACLU makes clear that if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, ACLU wants to get rid of you.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/9/aclu-slams-shameful-first-amendment-defense-act/

 

NUMBERS USA
— Texas Republican Voters Overwhelmingly Back Non-Binding E-Verify Proposition – Van Esser (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, all employers in America should be required to use E-Verify.)
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/texas-republican-voters-overwhelmingly-back-non-binding-e-verify-proposition
— Workplace Enforcement leads to better wages for a legal workforce – Jeremy Beck
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/washington-post-workplace-enforcement-leads-better-wages-legal-workforce

 

NEW YORK POST
— Cutting welfare to illegal aliens would pay for Trump’s wall – Paul Sperry
https://nypost.com/2018/03/10/cutting-welfare-to-illegal-aliens-would-pay-for-trumps-wall/

 

GASTON GAZETTE
— What does a Republican look like anyway – Lewis Guignard (DIERSEN: In what ways are you a minority? In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world, are there more people who are a) anti-Trump than Trump supporters, b) anti-Protestant than Protestant, c) anti-conservative than conservative, d) anti-patriotic than patriotic, e) anti-Republican than Republican, f) anti-American than American, g) anti-White than White, h) anti-male than male, i) anti-older people than older people, j) anti-rich people than rich people, k) anti-gun owners than gun owners, l) anti-German Americans than German Americans, and m) anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors than those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? Sadly for me, if not tragically for me, ever-increasingly, I am a minority in more and more and more ways. Ever-increasingly, the Republican Party dumps those who share my demographics.)
http://www.gastongazette.com/opinion/20180309/my-turn-what-does-republican-look-like-anyway
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Historically, discrimination has to do with a majority, or the politically powerful, keeping a minority under their heel. In the U.S. that has included women, Africans, Indians, Irish, Italians, Catholics, Jews and Chinese. More recently, but harder to identify, are the LBGT adherents. (If your favorite was left out, my apologies) In a nutshell, these groups have no choice about their identity, so laws about discriminating against them are understandable. But what is a Democrat or Republican or a Libertarian that one can complain they have a right to equal representation at the ballot box? Were they born that way? Is it a religious belief, or a demographic affliction which requires protections under the law? No, they are no different than a sports team, which one chooses, for various reasons, as the team they support. Can you tell the difference between a Democrat or Republican or a Constitutionalist by looking at them? Only if they’re working for their team near an election. Like Panther’s fans, they proudly show their affiliation. But that affiliation can easily change. Democrats become Republicans or independents and vice versa. On what then, do Democrats base their challenges to a gerrymandered district? They say they want an equal chance to win and the districting the legislatures have done, which appears legal under the Constitution, doesn’t give them those chances.)

 

TIME MAGAZINE
— ALL OF THE FRONT COVER: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally and b) viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn those who do NOT glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.)
http://time.com/longform/donald-trump-immigration-policy-splitting-families/

 

FINANCIAL ADVISOR
— Workplace Benefits Influence Employee Feelings Of Financial Security, Study Says – JADAH RILEY
https://www.fa-mag.com/news/workplace-benefits-influence-employee-feelings-of-financial-security–study-says-37584.html

 

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION
— Does Rauner Stand by His Hand-Picked Attorney General Candidate, Erika Harold?
https://democraticgovernors.org/news/does-rauner-stand-by-his-hand-picked-attorney-general-candidate-erika-harold/

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— AG candidate Erika Harold says anti-gay adoption sentiment shifted – Matt Simonette
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/AG-candidate-says-anti-gay-adoption-sentiment-shifted/62184.html

March 9 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois AG candidate Erika Harold under fire for remarks about gay adoption during Miss Illinois pageant
http://abc7chicago.com/illinois-ag-candidate-under-fire-for-remarks-about-gay-adoption/3195930/
— Wisconsin governor candidate breastfeeds in campaign ad
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/wisconsin-governor-candidate-breastfeeds-in-campaign-ad/3194338/

 

NBC5
— How to Find Your Chicago-Area Polling Place Ahead of the Primary Election Bring a government-issued photo ID if you have one to make the voting process smoother should any questions arise. – Jonathon Sadowski
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/how-to-find-your-polling-place-ahead-of-the-illinois-primary-election-476404033.html

 

WLS AM
— Biss to his rivals: Don’t assume Rauner can’t win – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/03/09/biss-to-his-rivals-dont-assume-rauner-cant-win/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The thing we as Democrats need to beat Bruce Rauner is motivation and inspiration and contrast,” Biss says, “I think the notion that we’re gonna put our own wealthy, inexperienced businessman up against their wealthy, inexperienced businessman risks leaving the electorate very, very unmotivated. And the notion that we would nominate JB Pritzker, Mike Madigan’s candidate with ties to Rod Blagojevich and Joe Berrios is playing right into Rauner’s hands.” Biss warns don’t assume Rauner can’t win.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois deserves a conflict-free attorney general – Laura Washington (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have conflicts.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/illinois-deserves-a-conflict-free-attorney-general/
— Drawing legislative maps is ultimate way to reward friends, punish enemies – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: In 2015, to get rid of me, nasty vicious disgusting politicians succeeded in getting the DuPage County Election Commission (DCEC), the officers of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and the officers of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) to outrageously gerrymander my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton. Without giving me a timely opportunity to object, the DCEC, DCRCC, and MTRCC took away about 100 residences from the west side of my precinct and gave me about 100 residences from the west side of Jeanne Ives’s precinct 86 to the east, including Ives’ residence. But then, they redrew Ives into Precinct 65 to the southeast, I am told, because she successfully insisted that be done. Nasty vicious disgusting politicians use gerrymandering to get rid of those like me a) who refuse to glorify and praise them, b) who refuse to pander to them, c) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, or d) who refuse to give them money. I should have sued them; maybe I still can.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/drawing-legislative-maps-is-ultimate-way-to-reward-friends-punish-enemies/
— Kennedy accuses Pritzker of trying to buy forgiveness for insulting black pols – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/kennedy-accuses-pritzker-of-trying-to-buy-forgiveness-for-insulting-black-pols/
— Knowing where state employees work shouldn’t be a hard job – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-knowing-where-state-employees-work-shouldnt-be-a-hard-job/
— Trump should come clean about Stormy Daniels – Linda Chavez
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/trump-should-come-clean-about-stormy-daniels/
— ‘Indivisible Chicago’ using Tea Party tactics to fuel Trump resistance – Jason Rieger
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/indivisible-chicago-using-tea-party-tactics-to-fuel-trump-resistance/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner’s former top attorney complains about abrupt exit – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-dennis-murashko-20180309-story.html
— Looking to buy a home in Chicago? Here’s the salary you’ll need. – Darcel Rockett
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-re-salary-needed-to-afford-chicago-home-20180307-story.html
— Reasons to fire Assessor Berrios: Voters, don’t be complicit in punishing poor communities – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-berriosbox1-berrios-kaegi-cook-county-assessor-20180309-story.html
— Michael Madigan, the #MeToo mansplainer – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-madigan-cassidy-harassment-springfield-20180309-story.html
— A fresh look at 1968’s Kerner Report shows how divided we remain – Clarence Page
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-kerner-report-donald-trump-opiates-0311-20180309-story.html
— NRA files suit after Florida governor signs compromise gun, school safety bill – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-florida-governor-gun-control-bill-20180309-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Erika Harold under fire for reports of same-sex adoption comments – Barbara Vitello
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180309/erika-harold-under-fire-for-reports-of-same-sex-adoption-comments
— Hanover Township grants $860,000 to local agencies
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180309/hanover-township-grants-860000-to-local-agencies
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180309/state-sen-bush-leading-gun-violence-walkout-in-solidarity-with-students

 

WTTW
— Progressive Democrats: Madigan Offered Deal to Keep Power – Paris Schutz
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/03/08/progressive-democrats-madigan-offered-deal-keep-power

 

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Executive Inspector General Maggie Hickey leaving the Rauner Administration – Emily Manley
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/executive-inspector-general-leaving-the-rauner-administration
— Rauner’s former general counsel breaks silence after abrupt departure – Rachel Droze
http://newschannel20.com/news/il-politics/rauners-former-general-counsel-breaks-silence-6-months-after-abrupt-departure

 

DEWITT DAILY NEWS
— Rauner Compares Fair Share Fees To Corruption (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hate unions, former union members, current union members, and future union members. What does Rauner and his supporters think of former union members? I was a dues-paying union member for almost 12 years, for almost 3 years while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and for almost 9 years while I worked for IRS 1971-1980. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997. My Democrat GAO superiors hated unions, hated former union members, hated current union members, and hated future union members. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
http://dewittdailynews.com/local-news/351807

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Gov. Rauner debates his ads about Jeanne Ives w/Berkowitz: Truthful or gross distortions?
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/03/gov-rauner-debates-his-ads-about-jeanne-ives-wberkowitz-truthful-or-gross-distortions/

 

FAMILY PAC
— Help Jeanne Ives
https://mailchi.mp/656dc78b6fa4/help-jeanne-ives

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Al Salvi sees parallels in Ives’ quest for GOP primary win – Glenn Minnis
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511358804-salvi-sees-parallels-in-ives-quest-for-gop-primary-win
— Parallels to Salvi upset in Ives quest – Glenn Minnis
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511358804-parallels-to-salvi-upset-in-ives-quest

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Edgar County Watchdogs Release More Diana Rauner Emails: First Lady Directed the Chicago Public School Pension Bailout Betrayal
https://mailchi.mp/4ae01da55a19/edgar-county-watchdogs-release-more-diana-rauner-emails-first-lady-directed-the-chicago-public-school-pension-bailout-betrayal

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Death threats, perverted and extreme sexual and racial slurs – Sunshine Week coming up! – JOHN KRAFT (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always tried hard to not put anything into writing that might incriminate them.)
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/03/death-threats-perverted-and-extreme-sexual-and-racial-slurs-sunshine-week-coming-up/

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Campaign defends Harold against comments – Raquel Martin
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/capitol-news/campaign-defends-harold-against-comments/1026846832

 

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— Governor Rauner hiding $5 million in salary costs off his budget
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-governor-rauner-hiding-5-million-in-salary-costs-off-his-budget/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CONSERVATIVES’ DISGUST WITH RAUNER KEY REASON FOR IVES’ GOP PRIMARY CHALLENGE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/conservatives-disgust-with-rauner-key-reason-for-ives-gop-primary-challenge.html
— SANCTUARY POLICIES AREN’T THAT POPULAR WITH AMERICANS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/sanctuary-policies-arent-that-popular-with-americans.html
— WHITE HOUSE: LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD – WHY TRADE ACTION IS NECESSARY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/white-house-leveling-the-playing-field-why-trade-action-is-necessary.html
— WOMEN’S MARCH LEADER FACES HEAVY CRITICISM FOR ATTENDING FOR 30TH TIME FARRAKHAN’S SAVIOR’S DAY IN CHICAGO LAST MONTH
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/womens-march-leader-faces-heavy-criticism-for-attending-for-the-30th-time-farrakhans-saviors-day-in-.html
— THE COST OF AMERICAN NON-CITIZENS’ HEALTH CARE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/the-cost-of-american-non-citizens-health-care.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP: “Pritzker will support Mike Madigan at all costs, regardless of how many women Madigan’s corruption hurts”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/ilgop-pritzker-will-support-mike-madigan-at-all-costs-regardless-of-how-many-women-madigans-corruption-hurts/
— Mrs. Rauner may have saved education funding reform (DIERSEN: One could argue that a vote for Mr. Rauner is really a vote for Mrs. Rauner.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/mrs-rauner-may-have-saved-education-funding-reform/
— Poll: 76 percent support a 3 percent surtax on (income over $1 million a year) (DIERSEN: What percent want a 3 percent surtax on those who are 1) Trump supporters, 2) Protestant, 3) conservative, 4) patriotic, 5) Republican, 6) American, 7) White, 8) male, 9) over age 40, 10) rich (net worth let’s say over $1 million), 11) gun owners, 12) German American, 13) draft avoiders, and/or 14) those whose ancestors have been in America since let’s say 1850? Those who have income over $1 million a year and all 14 of the aforesaid demographics would pay a 45% surtax.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/poll-76-percent-support-a-3-percent-surtax-on-millionaires/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There are some areas in which a majority of voters would support increased revenue, starting with the so-called “millionaire’s tax,” which would impose an extra 3 percent levy on income over $1 million, favored by three-quarters [76 percent, 21 oppose, with 57 percent strongly in favor] of respondents in the sample. Nearly as many [72 percent in favor, 24 percent oppose, with 47 percent strongly in favor] would favor a constitutional amendment to allow a graduated income tax, with higher rates for higher earners and lower rates for lower earners. A slight plurality (49 percent favor, 46 percent oppose) would favor legalized gambling in Illinois to raise state revenues [23 percent strongly favor and 28 percent strongly oppose]. Less popular were a sales tax on services [39 percent favor, 58 percent oppose, with 36 percent strongly opposed] and a tax on gasoline to fund highway, road, and bridge improvements [42 percent favor, 57 percent oppose, with 41 percent strongly opposed). A recurring idea is for the state to tax retirement income, such as pensions and social security. This idea is widely unpopular, with 74 percent opposing and only 22 percent in favor. However, in a follow-up question in which only retirement income above $100,000 would be taxed, majorities are in favor. Combining the 22 percent who favored it in the first question with the 52 percent of the 745 initial opponents who would favor it with the exemption, 60 percent of the total sample favor taxing retirement income above $100,000.)
— Poll: Majority of Illinoisans believe in budgetary magic beans
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/poll-majority-of-illinoisans-believe-in-budgetary-magic-beans/
— Breen under attack, Salvi compares himself to Ives, Ives agrees with… herself
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/breen-under-attack-salvi-compares-himself-to-ives-ives-agrees-with-herself/
— New Biss ad claims “billionaire class” will say and spend anything to hold onto power
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/new-biss-ad-claims-billionaire-class-will-say-and-spend-anything-to-hold-onto-power/
— Candidates who say they refused to pledge support for Madigan now under attack
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/candidates-who-say-they-refused-to-pledge-support-for-madigan-now-under-attack/
— First reported in 2014 *** Harold campaign pushes back against NBC 5 story
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/harold-campaign-pushes-back-against-nbc-5-story/
— Pritzker is spreading around a ton of cash
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/pritzker-is-spreading-around-a-ton-of-cash/
— Fallout continues over Erika Harold story
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/fallout-continues-over-erika-harold-story/
— Pritzker TV ad hits Biss, Kennedy on “widely unpopular” retirement income tax
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/pritzker-tv-ad-hits-biss-kennedy-on-widely-unpopular-retirement-income-tax/
— Murashko says he’s been cleared
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/murashko-says-hes-been-cleared/

 

GOPUSA
— Hollywood attacks NRA while making a living from gun violence
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41068
— Twitter users blocked by President Trump argue First Amendment case in federal court
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41077
— Campus political correctness threatens democracy, prosperity
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41066

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Dreamers turn on Dems, call them ‘fake allies’ – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2018/03/09/dreamers-turn-on-dems-call-them-fake-allies

 

BREITBART
— Left-wing Google Employees Urge Company to Disavow CPAC Over ‘Ethno Nationalism,’ ‘Hate’ – ALLUM BOKHAR
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/03/09/exclusive-left-wing-google-employees-urge-company-to-disavow-cpac-over-ethno-nationalism-hate/

 

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— McDupes… International Women’s Day and Its Useful Idiots What a bunch of meatheads at McDonald’s.- PAUL KENGOR
https://spectator.org/mcdupes-international-womens-day-and-its-useful-idiots/

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— To Fight Racial Inequality We Need To Rethink Our Economy – Lester Spence (DIERSEN: What do say to Whites and to males who do not want to work for the federal government because many federal employees are minorities and/or females, and they do not want to work for, work with, or supervise minorities or females? I should write a book about the many minorities and females that I worked for, worked with, and supervised while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/racial-inequality-kerner-report_us_5aa278a1e4b07047bec5948c

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Illinois Progressive Tax Gambit Despite a tax hike last year, Democrats and unions are back for more. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illinois-progressive-tax-gambit-1520636290

 

FORBES
— How Unreliable And Costly Childcare Keeps People Off The Job – Aakash Kumar
https://www.forbes.com/sites/aakashkumar/2018/03/08/how-unreliable-and-costly-childcare-keeps-people-off-the-job/#2d0b82bc5e18

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Wanted: Public Servants Once a prestigious career path, heading to Washington to work in government is losing its luster. – Susan Milligan
https://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2018-03-09/with-trump-in-the-white-house-public-service-takes-a-hit

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Trump’s Nominee for Employee Protection Board Has Checkered Past With Protecting Employees – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are pro-employer and anti-employee. I was an employee 1964-1997.)
http://www.govexec.com/management/2018/03/trumps-nominee-employee-protection-board-has-checkered-past-with-protecting-employees/146569/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— U.S. vs. California: Voters Cool to Sanctuary States
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/march_2018/u_s_vs_california_voters_cool_to_sanctuary_states

March 5 Evening Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats hold DACA rally in support of recipients as program officially ends – CNN
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/daca-rally-held-in-support-of-recipients-as-program-officially-ends-/3177648/

 

NBC5
— Ives Claims CityKey IDs to Encourage Voter Fraud – Brendan Pedersen
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Ives-Claims-CityKey-IDs-to-Encourage-Voter-Fraud-475872363.html

 

CBS2
— Early Voting Underway For Illinois Primary Elections
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/05/early-voting-2018-primary-elections/

 

WLS AM
— Rauner accuses Madigan of running “a Mafia protection racket’
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/03/05/rauner-accuses-madigan-of-running-a-mafia-protection-racket/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Ives rips Emanuel over municipal ID card for voting – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-municipal-id-ives-20180305-story.html
— Republican DuPage County Board District 3 candidates support more government consolidation – Kimberly Fornek
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/burr-ridge/news/ct-dhd-dupage-county-3-republicans-tl-0308-20180305-story.html
— Republican candidates for 9th Congressional District speak at forum on DACA, guns and bucking party traditions – Alex Nitkin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/news/ct-evr-league-women-voters-schakowsky-seat-tl-0308-20180305-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats have religious and immigration activists demonstrate outside the South Loop offices of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-met-dreamers-deadline-congress-0306-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ives, Napolitano join forces to oppose using municipal ID for voter registration – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/ives-napolitano-join-forces-to-oppose-using-municipal-id-for-voter-registration/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use religious leaders to promote the immigration plank in the Democrat Party platform. If there had been as many legal and illegal immigrants in America when I was young are there are now, they would have gotten the bad jobs that I got. 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. Overwhelmingly, my current critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes make it clear that they would never have stooped to take the bad jobs that I took.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/on-immigration-policy-stand-up-for-lincolns-principles/
— Tense moments at Legionnaires’ disease hearing – Mitch Dudek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/tense-moments-at-legionnaires-disease-hearing/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats have “Dreamers, activists call for immigration reform on DACA expiration date.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/dreamers-activists-call-for-immigration-reform-on-daca-expiration-date/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats always want more gun laws. Republicans want existing gun laws to be enforced.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/its-common-sense-governor-bruce-rauner-illinois-sign-the-gun-bill/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage voters to consider proposal to merge the DuPage County Election Commission with the clerk’s office – Robert Danchez (DIERSEN: Of course, as an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman in DuPage County since 2000, I have dealt a lot with the DuPage County Election Commission (DCEC). So far, sadly, if not outrageously, my many requests have been denied that the DCEC notify elected precinct committeemen directly and in a timely manner of any proposed changes to their polling place or to their precinct lines. Sadly, if not outrageously, the DCEC continues to insist on only notifying the chairmen of political organizations. I should write a book about when those chairmen failed to notify me in a timely manner about changes to my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton polling place and to my precinct lines. Sadly, if not outrageously, the location of the current polling place for my precinct discourages those in my precinct from voting. In 2015, the DCEC outrageously gerrymandered my precinct. The DCEC took away about 100 residences on the west side of my precinct and gave me about 100 residences to the east out of Jeanne Ives’s precinct. Initially, the DCEC drew Ives into my precinct, but then, I am told, Ives successfully insisted that she be drawn into Precinct 65 to the southeast. Many, if not most, chairmen of political organizations want to run for government offices and they are under tremendous pressure raise money for their organizations. Consequently, they are likely, if not extremely likely to do the bidding of those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in their municipality, in their township, in their county, and in Illinois.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180305/dupage-voters-to-consider-proposal-to-merge-county-offices
— June trial set for longtime Republican lawmaker Sandra Pihos in shoplifting case – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180305/june-trial-set-for-longtime-republican-lawmaker-in-shoplifting-case

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— University of Chicago donors want their $100 million back – LYNNE MAREK (DIERSEN: What do you say to major political donors in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who fail/refuse to give money to activists, to candidates, to elected officials, to party leaders, to political consultants, to etc. unless they agree to “get rid of Diersen?”)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180305/NEWS13/180309939/university-of-chicago-donors-want-their-100-million-back
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Wealthy twin brothers Thomas and Timothy Pearson planned to donate $100 million to the University of Chicago for creation of an institute that would study global conflict resolution. Now they’re battling the university in federal court, demanding it return the $22 million they provided since the gift was agreed to in April 2015. They and their foundation allege that the school has breached their agreement on several fronts, from failing to appoint an institute director to organizing a major conference. The contribution was tied at the time it was given with several others for the second-largest donation ever received at the school. “Rather than address these breaches with forthrightness and transparency, the U of C has repeatedly sought to avoid and deceive the foundation regarding these and other failures,” the Pearsons say in the lawsuit filed Feb. 20 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. “The U of C has failed to deal with the Foundation honestly and in good faith.” The university in a statement called the Pearsons’ allegations “baseless” and says it will “vigorously defend itself” against them. “The university honors its grant agreements with its donors, and it did so with the Pearsons,” it says in the statement. “Further, all academic and hiring decisions are the sole purview of the University and its faculty, guided by the principle of academic freedom.”)

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Ives rips Emanuel over municipal ID card for voting – JOHN BYRNE
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/ives-rips-emanuel-over-municipal-id-card-for-voting/article_da5c0917-5371-52ec-8bc1-c660d5ffc0a1.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Ives says Illinois must change its profligate ways – Chuck Sweeny
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180305/ives-says-illinois-must-change-its-profligate-ways
— Rauner administration now aims to rebuild Quincy – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180305/rauner-administration-now-aims-to-rebuild-quincy
— Fact check: Rauner’s claim that Ives is a ‘Madigan lackey’ – Brett Chase (DIERSEN: Rauner’s claim against Ives is as head-spinning as if anyone claimed that I was a lackey for those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, or in Illinois. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that “You Can’t Tell Diersen What To Do,” that is, that you cannot manipulate or dominate Diersen.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180305/fact-check-rauners-claim-that-ives-is-madigan-lackey

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Alexander: Ives doesn’t support QC rail – Jon Alexander
http://qctimes.com/opinion/columnists/alexander-ives-doesn-t-support-qc-rail/article_2ab9e773-f936-55ef-b8bf-c11d35c405bc.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Lethal Violence Order of Protection Act moves to Illinois House
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/03/01/lethal-violence-order-of-protection-act-moves-to-illinois-house/aooxzi2/

 

STATE LINE
— Local Gun Shop Owner Reacts to New Gun Control Law Gun Dealer Licensing Act awaits either a signature or a veto from Gov. Rauner – Karina Parada
http://www.mystateline.com/news/local-gun-shop-owner-reacts-to-new-gun-control-law/1010959977

 

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— Milwaukee students walk out, demand Paul Ryan take action as DACA deadline passes – Jesse Garza (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Americans are overjoyed about this. Anti-Americans side with the illegals.)
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2018/03/05/milwaukee-students-walk-out-demand-paul-ryan-take-action-daca-deadline-passes/395975002/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rauner administration may rebuild dorms at Quincy Veterans Home – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/rauner-administration-may-rebuild-dorms-at-quincy-veterans-home-03-06-2018

 

WGIL
— IVES STOPS IN GALESBURG, CALLS RAUNER A “LIAR”
http://www.wgil.com/2018/03/05/gubernatorial-challenger-ives-stops-in-galesburg-calls-rauner-a-liar/

 

WMAY
— BGA Takes Rauner to Task for Ives Attack Ads
http://www.wmay.com/2018/03/05/bga-takes-rauner-to-task-for-ives-attack-ads/

 

THE X RADIO
— Rauner Attacks Madigan, Ives Attacks Rauner at Lincoln Day Dinner – Greg Sapp (DIERSEN: How interested are you in reading about attacks? Should I write a book about the many attacks against me since 2000 by “conservatives” and by “Republicans” a) because I have included links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that they do not like, b) because I support all the planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform, c) because I support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, d) because I refuse to be anyone’s operative or dupe, e) because I have backed certain candidates in Republican primaries, f) because I have filed lawsuits, g) because etc.?)
http://www.thexradio.com/news/78-local-news/32710-rauner-attacks-madigan-ives-attacks-rauner-at-lincoln-day-dinner

 

COLUMBIA CHRONICLE
— Governor candidates divulge plans for reducing student debt – Eric Bradach (DIERSEN: Did you incur any student debt? I did not. I graduated from NIU in 1970 debt-free and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. I paid for my college expenses with money that I earned washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; and working on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970.)
http://www.columbiachronicle.com/metro/article_a71dff94-20b0-11e8-b37c-171fb09afafe.html

 

WHEATON PATCH
— Childhood Home of Jim, John Belushi Hits Market (for $395,000) In Wheaton (at 904 East Elm) WOW House: This Wheaton house was home to comedians Jim and John Belushi when they were children. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/childhood-home-jim-john-belushi-hits-market-wheaton

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Chapter Three: Conservatives Are Out and the Wife Is In
https://mailchi.mp/10dc0c77b23b/rauner-record-reveal-conservatives-are-out-and-the-wife-is-in

 

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— It’s Already Easy to Vote Illegally in Illinois – But Chicago’s Making it Easier – DOUG IBENDAHL
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=14440

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McSweeney Disses Rauner – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/03/05/mcsweeney-disses-rauner/
— Edgar Got Tax Cap from Madigan, Rauner Got No Tax Relief – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/03/05/edgar-got-tax-cap-from-madigan-rauner-got-no-tax-relief/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— LETTER TO EDITOR: YOU DON’T BELIEVE THOSE RAUNER ADS ABOUT IVES, DO YOU?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/letter-to-editor-you-dont-believe-those-rauner-ads-about-ives-do-you-.html
— IVES RELEASE NEW TV AD: IVES WON’T. NEITHER SHOULD YOU.
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/ives-release-new-tv-ad-ives-wont-neither-should-you.html
— RAUNER ON FOX & FRIENDS MONDAY MORNING DOESN’T MENTION GOV’S HIGH DISAPPROVAL RATINGS (DIERSEN: I would expect that Rauner’s approval rating is higher among those who reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform, that is, those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/rauner-on-fox-friends-monday-morning-doesnt-mention-govs-high-disapproval-ratings.html
— REEDER: WHAT DOES “DOWNSTATE ILLINOIS” MEAN TO YOU?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/reeder-what-does-downstate-illinois-mean-to-you-.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner says Madigan is running a “Mafia protection racket”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/05/rauner-says-madigan-is-running-a-mafia-protection-racket/
— Ives goes after new Chicago ID card
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/05/ives-goes-after-new-chicago-id-card/
— Did Rauner just tip his hand on the gun bills?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/05/did-rauner-just-tip-his-hand-on-the-gun-bills/
— Another Bruce Rauner fairy tale
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/05/another-bruce-rauner-fairy-tale/
— Jeffries: “I prefer to speak with journalists who have journalistic integrity” (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I do not have “journalistic integrity,” or should I just sue them?)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/05/jeffries-i-prefer-to-speak-with-journalists-who-have-journalistic-integrity/
— Rate Erika Harold’s TV ad
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/05/rate-erika-harolds-tv-ad/
— Candidate question: Independent maps (DIERSEN: If I sent candidates any questions, my critics/opponents, who have tremendous religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois, would immediately threaten to viciously destroy those candidates if they responded. Democrat, Libertarian, Green, and RINO candidates back Rich Miller. Republican candidates back Dave Diersen.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/05/candidate-question-independent-maps/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I sent all candidates in both parties this question the other day…)

 

BLAZE
— ‘No respect for the dead’: Chicago gang violence increasingly spilling into funerals – Aaron Colen
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/05/no-respect-for-the-dead-chicago-gang-violence-increasingly-spilling-into-funerals

 

BREITBART
— Luis Gutierrez: If Trump ‘Is Not a Racist, I Don’t Know Who Is’ – TONY LEE5 (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, calling someone a racist in America today is like calling someone a Jew in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s, and especially if the person who you are calling a racist is Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if his ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/05/luis-gutierrez-trump-not-racist-dont-know/

 

NEWSMAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans like Michael Steele and Pat Brady do, anti-Republicans love you.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/rnc-michael-steele-republican-scarlet-letter/2018/03/05/id/846873/

 

DAILY CALLER
— DREAMers Storm DNC, Block Doors, Call Democrats ‘Fake Allies’ – Benny Johnson
http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/05/dreamers-protest-dnc/

 

GOPUSA
— Oscars: Kimmel mocks Mike Pence over film boosting adult/teen male sex
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40755
— Hypocritical Hollywood gives Oscar to accused rapist
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40752
— Women’s March connection to Louis Farrakhan
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40635
— ABC: Anything But Conservative
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40766
— Trump team security clearance process ‘weaponized’ by bureaucrats (DIERSEN: Many millions do not seek and should not seek a federal job because they know that they cannot pass a background investigation.)
http://www.gopusa.com/trump-team-security-clearance-process-weaponized-by-bureaucrats/
— Illegal alien uses stolen identity for 37 years, gets $361,000 in government benefits
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40733
— Pelosi: Trump’s ‘bigoted’ ICE raids ‘terrorize’ illegals (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs promote illegal immigration. Overwhelmingly, illegals are minorities.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40724

 

TOWNHALL
— Useful Masses: Democrat Elites Exploit Kids’ Hearts in the Wake of Parkland Shooting – Kerri Toloczko (DIERSEN: Democrats run public education and virtually all of private education in America. Those Democrats focus on cranking “out good little Democats.” )
https://townhall.com/columnists/kerritoloczko/2018/03/05/useful-masses-democrat-elites-exploit-kids-hearts-in-the-wake-of-parkland-shooting-n2457731

 

ABC NEWS
— Dreamers protest on Capitol Hill on DACA deadline day – CHEYENNE HASLETT
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dreamers-protest-capitol-hill-daca-deadline-day/story?id=53539262

 

NBC NEWS
— U.S. cities with the highest rate of same-sex married couples Married gay couples are generally more geographically concentrated, younger and have higher incomes than straight couples, according to federal tax data. – Ariel Jao (DIERSEN: Will same-sex married couples succeed in getting U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives to get rid of the marriage penalty? My wife and I have paid the marriage penalty big time since we got married 1978.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/u-s-cities-highest-rate-same-sex-married-couples-n852716

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: When American employers underpay American employees, Democrats and RINOs say that the answer is to bring in citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-says-american-workers-are-hurt-by-immigration-but-after-ice-raided-this-texas-town-they-never-showed-up/2018/03/04/8ce16362-1d65-11e8-ae5a-16e60e4605f3_story.html

 

PRESS HERALD
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: What Maine clients get if they pay for delivery: Free pot But is it legal? Marijuana gifting services like Greenlyght charge a $90-per-quarter-ounce fee to transport their product to Maine users. – PENELOPE OVERTONS
https://www.pressherald.com/2018/03/04/what-clients-get-if-they-pay-for-deliver-free-pot/

 

BLOOMBERG
— America’s 100 Richest Places – Shelly Hagan and Wei Lu (DIERSEN: Winnetka is 13, Glencoe is 15, Hinsdale is 30, Lake Forest is 33, Inverness is 41, Oak Brook is 56, Long Grove is 60, Hawthorn Woods is 80, Burr Ridge is 92, Clarenden Hills is 97, and Highland Park is 100.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-hundred-richest-places/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Newcomers to the list include three areas in suburban Chicago. The average in Clarendon Hills, Illinois, about 25 miles west of downtown Chicago, jumped 15 percent in 2016 from the prior year to break into the top 100 for the first time with a tally of $199,325.)

 

AXIOS
— Coming this fall: “nutrition labels” for news (DIERSEN: What will NewsGuard say about GOPUSA Illinois at www.gopillinois.com?)
https://www.axios.com/coming-soon-nutrition-labels-for-news-newsguard-1520276180-402394a2-f876-4ae8-aee9-8e232e8575d1.html

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Though more federal employees retired in 2017 compared to the previous year, it hardly triggered a ‘tsunami’ – Nicole Ogrysko (DIERSEN: Constructively, overwhelmingly, the federal government continues to be run by Democrats.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/workforce/2018/03/though-more-feds-retired-in-2017-compared-to-the-previous-year-it-hardly-triggered-a-tsunami/

 

AL JAZEERA AMERICA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors encourage immigrants a) to come to America, b) to stay in America, and c) to bring others to America.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/immigrants-helped-build-180305172025927.html

March 3 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois Budget Process – BGA
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/weekend-watch-ill-budget-process/3165097/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ad war tells plenty in race for governor – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/ad-war-tells-plenty-in-race-for-governor/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘We haven’t bottomed out’: Growing anxiety in White House as Trump shocks and rages – Philip Rucker, Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-white-house-dark-mood-20180303-story.html
— One chef’s social experiment: Charge minorities $12, white people $30 – Maura Judkis (DIERSEN: Who should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion? According to the Democrats, the more of the following that you are, the more that you should pay: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, non-veteran, draft avoider, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-chef-social-experiment-racial-wealth-disparity-20180303-story.html
— Activists urge Bezos to choose LGBT-friendly state for new headquarters – Jonathan O’Connell (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity are taking over everything. Soon, if not already, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, you will barred from a) getting an education, b) getting a job, c) joining organizations, d) buying things, e) owning things, f) getting elected to any government or political office, g) etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-amazon-hq2-headquarters-lgbt-friendly-state-20180302-story.html
— The ballot mess in Cook County – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-ballot-assessor-berrios-raila-20180302-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Endorsement: Harold for Illinois attorney general in Republican primary
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180303/endorsement-harold-for-illinois-attorney-general-in-republican-primary
— Community colleges combat hunger through campus food pantries – Madhu Krishnamurthy (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from to pay for your college expenses? My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete a) 1966-1968 while I was a student at UIC, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969. The money to pay for tuition, books, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and room and board at NIU 1969-1970 (three semesters at University Plaza Dormitory (https://www.uplaza.com/) and then a summer session at Lincolnshire West Apartments (http://www.lincolnshirewest-apts.com/ ) came from my part-time Park Forest Post Office job 1966-1969 that paid $15.85-$16.91 an hour in today’s dollars and my part-time jobs working on a Chrysler automobile assembly line in Belvidere (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belvidere_Assembly_Plant) and as a security guard at the University Plaza Dormitory in 1970. The aforesaid enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU in August of 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180303/community-colleges-combat-hunger-through-campus-food-pantries
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hunger for knowledge may be not be the only pang some college students feel. Students nationwide face a tough choice among paying for books and tuition, rent and buying food.)
— GOP 10th congressional district candidate’s ad contains inaccuracies about an opponent – Russell Lissau
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180303/gop-congressional-candidates-ad-contains-inaccuracies-about-an-opponent
— Gun control gains strong support from 6th District Democratic candidates – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180303/gun-control-gains-strong-support-from-6th-district-democratic-candidates–

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner lucks out on gun bill timing – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180303/statehouse-insider-rauner-lucks-out-on-gun-bill-timing

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Wheaton College celebrates life of Billy Graham – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/03/03/wheaton-college-celebrates-life-of-billy-graham/dtmhz61/

 

WJBD RADIO & HERALD & REVIEW
— Ives’ Challenge Forces Rauner to Keep Eyes on GOP Primary Ives Maintains Governor Has ‘Betrayed’ the GOP Platform – AP
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2018/03/03/ives-challenge-forces-rauner-to-keep-eyes-on-gop-primary
http://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/ives-challenge-forces-rauner-to-keep-eyes-on-gop-primary/article_2346cb73-7a42-5890-9bb0-43323ee67982.html

 

THE X RADIO
— Rauner, Ives Both Expected Sunday at Lincoln Day Dinner – Greg Sapp
http://www.thexradio.com/news/78-local-news/32685-rauner-ives-both-expected-sunday-at-lincoln-day-dinner

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Jack Franks Wanted to Have Cal Skinner Arrested
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/03/03/jack-franks-wanted-cal-skinner-arrested/
— Pop-Up Committee Reminiscent of Committee that Attacked Steve Reick Mails
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/03/03/pop-committee-reminiscent-committee-attacked-steve-reick-mails/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Candidates get more strident, mistake-prone as election day nears
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/03/candidates-get-more-strident-mistake-prone-as-election-day-nears/

 

BREITBART
— Durbin Says Americans’ Homeland Must Be a ‘Nation of Immigrants’ – Forever – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, Democrats make it clear that they are anti-American, anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/03/durbin-says-americans-homeland-must-be-a-nation-of-immigrants-forever/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But if America must be “a nation of immigrants,” then Americans and their children are not allowed to have a normal nation of assimilated citizens or even normal pocketbook politics, said John Fonte, director of Center for American Common Culture at the D.C.-based Hudson Institute. In a nation of immigrants — legal and illegal — politics is all about enforced “Diversity” where a central elite treats people as members of competing identity groups and then balances each group against the others to achieve desired results, such as a desired percentage of women serving as fighter pilots in the U.S. Navy, Fonte said. In contrast, people in a nation of citizens — both native-borns and assimilated immigrants — are free to participate in the “normal give-and-take of bread-and-butter politics,” in local, state and federal levels, he said.)

 

THE HILL
— Corporate America throws weight behind gun controls – MELANIE ZANONA (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “corporate America” paints itself as being anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/376517-corporate-america-throws-weight-behind-gun-controls

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Ives’ Challenge Forces Rauner to Keep Eyes on GOP Primary The insurgent primary campaign of Republican state Rep. Jeanne Ives against GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner signals the right’s weariness of a governor they say is all talk. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-03-03/ives-challenge-forces-rauner-to-keep-eyes-on-gop-primary

March 2 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Polling Shows Rauner’s in Big Trouble
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/WEB-take-5-rauner-biss-pritzker-kennedy-475700713.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Is your Will County Board member showing up to meetings? A closer look at board attendance – Susan DeMar Lafferty (DIERSEN: Who discourages you from attending monthly meetings and fundraisers of organizations that you are a member of? Since 1999, I have had the best record by far for attending Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) monthly meetings and fundraisers. I should write a book about past and present MTRCC officers, members, and others who have worked the hardest since 1999 to discourage me from attending MTRCC monthly meetings and fundraisers.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-will-county-attendance-st-0225-20180228-story.html
— Millennials, please fill the void in Washington — apply for a government job – Daniel W. Drezner (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Potential federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should be advised a) that their career will be wasted and they will be gotten rid of if they do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40 and b) that extremely few make the aforesaid deadlines.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-serve-millennials-jobs-white-house-trump-opportunity-0302-20180301-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rex Tillerson’s incompetent management of Foggy Bottom and the Trump White House’s disdain for anything smacking of policy expertise has led to an exodus of trained personnel. “The State Department’s civilian workforce shrunk more than 6 percent overall during the initial eight months of the Trump administration, but that figure masks significantly higher departure rates in critical areas of the country’s diplomatic apparatus,” the daily Government Executive reported Feb. 9. Daniel Byman wrote about this recently in The New York Times, stressing the theme of public service: “Much of government is invisible to most Americans, but it is still vital. America needs people to devise a policy toward Brazil, prosecute drug dealers, buy weapons for the Army and administer Social Security, among many other tasks that are not glamorous but make a tangible difference in the lives of many Americans. … “Young people in particular should serve. Most would begin with minor duties, with many buffers between them and the president. Even if they disagree with Mr. Trump’s policies, they need to learn the craft of government and will serve important roles in future administrations. Their value will come in 10 or 20 years when, as seasoned professionals themselves, they counsel presidents and implement their policies more effectively. If they don’t serve, over time our government will become hollow.” Byman is completely correct, but let me offer a slightly different and more careerist reason to join the government during the Age of Trump: You would be buying low. Let’s be clear: No one wants to serve in this administration right now.)
— 59th District Illinois House seat: Illinois House GOP candidate agrees to remove opponent from lawsuit over mailers linking him to Michael Madigan – Yadira Sanchez Olson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-candidate-defamation-suit-st-0303-20180302-story.html
— Trade unions seek drug-free candidates for six-figure construction jobs – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-apprenticeship-expo-st-0304-20180302-story.html
— North Shore GOP congressional candidates split on Trump, gun control – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-10th-congressional-primary-02-14-2018-story.html
— Mr. Madigan, where’s the independent investigation? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-madigan-harassment-investigation-springfield-20180301-story.html
— DuPage County judge Patrick O’Shea who fired gun in his home is acquitted of misdemeanor charge – Clifford Ward
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/wheaton-glen-ellyn/news/ct-met-dupage-judge-on-trial-20180302-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— POLL: Should Gov. Bruce Rauner sign gun control legislation? – Alice Bazerghi
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/poll-should-gov-bruce-rauner-sign-gun-control-legislation/
— Politics will dictate Rauner’s decision on gun bills – Laura Washington
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/politics-will-dictate-rauners-decision-on-gun-bills/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Bipartisan effort pushing to legalize recreational marijuana – Jake Griffin (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180302/bipartisan-effort-pushing-to-legalize-recreational-marijuana
— DuPage judge Patrick O’Shea acquitted of reckless conduct charges in gun case – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180302/dupage-judge-acquitted-of-reckless-conduct-charges-in-gun-case
— Mourners gather at Wheaton college for Billy Graham service – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180301/mourners-gather-at-wheaton-college-for-billy-graham-service
— Study: DuPage County Board members largely agree with Cronin – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180302/study-dupage-county-board-members-largely-agree-with-cronin

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County Judge Patrick O’Shea found not guilty of reckless conduct O’Shea allegedly discharged gun last fall in Wheaton apartment – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/03/02/dupage-county-judge-patrick-oshea-found-not-guilty-of-reckless-conduct/ao2llip/

 

SOUTHERN
— Simon Poll shows Rauner’s job approval percentage lower than Trump
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/simon-poll-shows-rauner-s-job-approval-percentage-lower-than/article_3e392b04-7dc8-522d-b508-67a6f25c5f58.html

 

BUREAU COUNTY REPUBLICAN NEWS
— Student: Princeton High School resisted Gay-Straight Alliance club Administration stalled half a year, Brown tells board – Goldie Rapp
http://www.bcrnews.com/2018/03/01/student-phs-resisted-gay-straight-alliance-club/aaawrlz/

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Ives uses Madigan to hit back at Rauner – Ed Tibbetts
http://qctimes.com/news/local/government-and-politics/ives-uses-madigan-to-hit-back-at-rauner/article_58dc0f8c-c4ec-5907-9553-f36fe1c83348.html

 

WQAD
— Ives ready for revolt against Gov. Rauner in Illinois Primary – JOHN DAVID
http://wqad.com/2018/03/02/ives-ready-for-revolt-against-gov-rauner-in-illinois-primary/

 

WVIK
— Ives Says She’s the “Real Republican” – HERB TRIX (DIERSEN: The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you defend and advance, the more Republican that you are. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
http://wvik.org/post/ives-says-shes-real-republican#stream/0

 

WIREPOINTS
— Chicago Treasurer Wants To Play Social Justice Warrior With $7 Billion Of Taxpayer Money – Mark Glennon (DIERSEN: Those who promote “social justice” are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wirepoints.com/chicago-treasurer-wants-to-play-social-justice-warrior-with-7-billion-of-taxpayer-money-wirepoints-original/

 

DUPAGE COUNTY JOURNAL
— DuPage County voters to decide property tax hikes, candidates for five House seats on March 20 – Karen Kidd
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511353947-dupage-county-voters-to-decide-property-tax-hikes-candidates-for-five-house-seats-on-march-20

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Lake County voters to decide on tax-or-borrow questions, and Republican state and national House candidates – Karen Kidd
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511353933-lake-county-voters-to-decide-on-tax-or-borrow-questions-and-state-and-national-house-seats

 

METRO EAST SUN
— Madison County voters to decide on General Assembly candidates and 1 percent sales tax hike in election – Karen Kidd
https://metroeastsun.com/stories/511353912-madison-county-voters-to-decide-on-general-assembly-candidates-and-1-percent-sales-tax-hike-in-election

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Ives May Have Found Tool to Beat Rauner – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/03/02/ives-may-found-tool-beat-rauner/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois House inches closer to passing official revenue estimate for first time in years – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-house-inches-closer-to-passing-official-revenue-estimate-for/article_7f501332-1d89-11e8-b5fb-874632354524.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MCHENRY COUNTY REALTORS FACE DAUNTING TASK – SELLING HOMES WITH SKY-HIGH PROPERTY TAX BILLS – Amanda McDonald
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/mchenry-county-realtors-face-daunting-task-selling-homes-with-sky-high-property-tax-bills/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Candidate Burt Minor’s Answers to Pro-Family Questions Raises Concerns – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/03/candidate-burt-minors-answers-to-pro-family-questions-raises-concerns/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ARE YOU A REPUBLICAN … REALLY A REPUBLICAN? (DIERSEN: The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you defend and advance, the more Republican that you are. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/op-ed-response-are-you-a-republican-really-a-republican-.html
— NRA SAYS ILLINOIS GUN BILLS WILL “DRIVE LOCAL GUN STORES OUT OF BUSINESS”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/nra-says-illinois-gun-bills-will-drive-local-gun-stores-out-of-business-.html
— LIFE ADVOCATES DECRY PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S DECEPTIVE TACTICS, PLAN PROTEST SATURDAY IN FLOSSMOOR
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/life-advocates-decry-planned-parenthoods-deceptive-tactics-plan-protest-saturday-in-flossmoor-.html
— ILLINOIS’ FINANCIAL STABILITY RANKS LAST IN US NEWS “BEST STATES” STUDY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/illinois-financial-stability-ranks-last-in-us-news-best-states-study.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Poll: Trump’s disapproval 62%, Rauner’s 63%, Madigan’s 68%
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/02/poll-trumps-disapproval-62-rauners-63-madigans-68/

 

GOPUSA
— John Kasich’s endorsement equivalent to ‘fatal disease’ on campaign trail (DIERSEN: Not that my endorsement means anything, but I should still write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have worked the hardest to make my endorsement a “fatal disease.” Most of them are past and present officers and members of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40408
— France cracks down on Islamic radicalization in schools, prisons, online
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40517

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Bishop Paprocki: ‘Shameful’ that Georgetown honored pro-abortion Catholic senator – Claire Chretien
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/bishop-explains-why-hes-barring-pro-abortion-senator-from-communion-its-an

 

ROLL CALL
— Federal Employees Hit Hard by Trump’s Budget, Key GOP Senator Says Pay freeze and other cost-cutters ‘hurts’ appeal of working for government, Lankford says – Griffin Connolly
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/federal-employees-hit-hard-trumps-budget-key-gop-senator-says

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Time to protect public workers from unions’ coercion – Marc A. Thiessen
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/time-to-protect-public-workers-from-unions-coercion/2018/03/01/8651a16a-1d74-11e8-9de1-147dd2df3829_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Bruce Rauner vs. the Illinois ‘Mafia’ The outsider governor recounts his battles with the political machine and explains why he thinks a second term would be ‘transformative.’ – James Taranto
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bruce-rauner-vs-the-illinois-mafia-1520030669
— Stranger Than Science Fiction: The Future for Digital Dictatorships Democracy can be doctored, but that doesn’t mean tech-savvy autocrats have it easy – Li Yuan (DIERSEN: If my critics/opponents step up their efforts to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, I hope that you will come to my defense. If more had come to my defense in the past, I might very well still be a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/stranger-than-science-fiction-the-future-for-digital-dictatorships-1519900866
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While Americans and Europeans debate whether the internet and social media are undermining democracy, a big question for many Chinese is whether cutting-edge technology strengthens autocratic rule. China’s government is embracing technologies to monitor its population. A national plan to develop artificial intelligence highlights its “irreplaceable role in effectively maintaining social stability.” Surveillance cameras with facial recognition, policing platforms that crunch big data and the monitoring of smartphones and social media are being deployed. To some Chinese, it seems their movements, habits and thoughts can be tracked by a government with unchecked power. So is a digital dictatorship all powerful?)
— Princeton, Others Aim to Accept More Low-Income Students Program backed by Bloomberg Philanthropies wants to add 50,000 low- and moderate-income students to elite schools – Melissa Korn (DIERSEN: Do you have a degree from an Ivy League university? I do not. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed that none of my four college degrees are from Ivy League universities. Some of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes go further and badmouth the universities that I have degrees from – NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/princeton-others-aim-to-accept-more-low-income-students-1519900203

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Congressman wants name of every non-essential employee – Eric White (DIERSEN: Are you essential? Since 1966, and especially since 1997, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being non-essential.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/federal-newscast/2018/03/congressman-wants-name-of-every-non-essential-employee/

 

March 1 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump gives support to toughest gun control measures in decades – Tanja Babich
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-gives-support-to-toughest-gun-control-measures-in-decades/3159499/

 

NBC5
— New Ad Urges Rauner to Show Leadership on Gun Reform Effort
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/democratic-governors-association-bruce-rauner-ad-gun-control-reform-475572653.html
— How Many Homes Do the Candidates for Illinois Governor Own? – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: In 2015, my critics/opponents gerrymandered my home into the same precinct with Jeanne Ives’ home. My critics/opponents tell me that the precinct line was then redrawn at Ives’ request so that she would be in Precinct 65. In its February 1978 4-page article on me, Money Magazine stressed that I owned two homes; I owned a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building and I rented out a town home that I owned in University Park.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-candidates-for-governor-homes-biss-pritzker-kennedy-rauner-475554503.html
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Take-a-Look-at-The-Homes-of-Candidates-For-Illinois-Governor-475486433.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I think if you can’t remember how many houses you have, you probably are not qualified to be the governor of the state of Illinois,” Kennedy continued, in a lightly-veiled shot at Pritzker. But Kennedy didn’t go so far as to agree with Biss. “I don’t think Americans believe in class warfare and I think for Sen. Biss to introduce that notion that somehow success in life disqualifies people from higher office, I think that’s wrong-headed and un-American,” he said. And on the Republican side, while Rauner’s nine properties – including his Winnetka mansion, two condos in Chicago, two Montana ranches, a Wyoming farm, a Utah condo, a New York penthouse and a beachfront Florida home – made headlines in 2014, his primary opponent state Rep. Jeanne Ives, owns just one residence in suburban Wheaton. Regardless of how many homes the candidates may own, the one that wins election – not just the March primary, but the general in November – will have one more home to live in: the Springfield governor’s mansion.)

 

CBS2
— Bill to License Gun Shops Sent To Rauner For Approval – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/01/illinois-gun-laws-rauner/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois Senate approves marijuana ballot question (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-senate-approves-marijuana-ballot-question-1
— Illinois General Assembly approves Medicaid funding plan – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-general-assembly-approves-medicaid-funding-plan

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Legal marijuana question a step closer to being on November ballots in Illinois – Monique Garcia (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-marijuana-20180301-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-met-five-things-asylum-maryori-20180301-story.html
— WeatherTech’s founder lost three dogs to cancer. He says his new pet bowls are safe enough for a human. – Robert Channick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-weathertech-pet-bowls-20180223-story.html
— IRS releases tool you can use to check if your employer is messing up your taxes – Jeff Stein
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-irs-tax-calculator-20180301-story.html
— Former NFL linebacker knocks child-size mannequin to floor as lawmakers consider banning tackle football for young people – Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-football-20180301-story.html
— Berrios skips hearing on his property tax assessment practices weeks before election – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-joe-berrios-assessment-hearing-20180301-story.html
— Congress leaves Washington with no action on gun control or school safety – Seung Min Kim, Mike DeBonis and Ed O’Keefe
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-congress-gun-control-school-safety-20180301-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— NO ENDORSEMENT: Illinois House, 42nd District GOP primary
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/no-endorsement-ryan-edward-byrne-illinois-house-42nd-district-gop-primary-burt-minor-amy-grant/
— ENDORSEMENT: Jim Durkin for Illinois House in 82nd District GOP primary
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/endorsement-jim-durkin-for-illinois-house-in-82nd-district-gop-primary/
— ENDORSEMENT: Kinzler for Ill. House in the 46th District Republican primary
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/endorsement-kinzler-for-ill-house-in-the-46th-district-republican-primary/
— ENDORSEMENT: Tonia Jane Khouri for Ill. House in the 49th District GOP primary
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/endorsement-tonia-jane-khouri-for-ill-house-in-the-49th-district-gop-primary/
— ENDORSEMENT: Marko Sukovic for Illinois House in 59th District GOP primary
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/endorsement-marko-sukovic-illinois-house-59th-district-gop-primary-karen-feldman/
— All you need to know on early voting, registration, IDs—even selfies – Alexandra Arriaga
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/voting-101-all-you-need-to-know-on-early-voting-registration-ids-even-selfies/
— Rauner mum on gun bill action as opponents set him in their sights – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/rauner-mum-on-gun-bill-action-as-opponents-set-him-in-their-sights/
— Kennedy dubs Rauner ‘worst governor’ and ‘ugly’ Disney character – Stefano Esposito
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/kennedy-calls-rauner-worse-than-some-governors-who-ended-up-behind-bars/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Palatine GOP stacked deck to get Rauner endorsed – State Rep. Tom Morrison, Palatine
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180301/morrison-palatine-gop-stacked-deck-to-get-rauner-endorsed
— Trump says some lawmakers too fearful of NRA to take action – AP (DIERSEN: How many will vote for Trump in 2020 if he demonizes, denigrates, and condemns the NRA and its members?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180301/news/303019993/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Trump as being a racist.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180301/news/303019934/
— Schaumburg trustees recommend rules for mayor’s travel costs – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180301/schaumburg-trustees-recommend-rules-for-mayors-travel-costs
— Glen Ellyn could lease McKee House site sooner than planned – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180301/glen-ellyn-could-lease-mckee-house-site-sooner-than-planned
— Naperville city prosecutor Katita Athanikar stepping to bench as DuPage judge – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180301/naperville-city-prosecutor-stepping-to-bench-as-dupage-judge
— Longtime Elk Grove Township trustee Andrea Koshaba resigns – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180301/longtime-elk-grove-township-trustee-resigns

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Anti-gay views of Madison County Mental Health Board candidate cause flap – KELSEY LANDIS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity a) dominate everything and b) get rid of those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article202363224.html
— Bost applauds Trump’s foreign steel tariffs; United Steelworkers endorses Kelly – JOSEPH BUSTOS
http://www.bnd.com/latest-news/article202902854.html

 

WHEATON PATCH
— How DuPage County’s Judicial Candidates Stack Up: Bar Association See how the county Bar Association rated the candidates for circuit court judge. – Lisa Marie Farver (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government who took the following adverse actions against me: 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, got rid of my mentor in 1987, 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 $19,203 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, got rid of my mentor in 1975, 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. They dismiss/belittle the fact a) that IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, b) that GAO promoted me in 1986, and c) that my ending salary in 1997 was $122,325 in today’s dollars.)
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/how-dupage-countys-judicial-candidates-stack-bar-association
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The recommendations were made after DCBA reviewed written applications from all six candidates, in addition to looking into their backgrounds and completing interviews. The reviewing committee included DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin, retired judges Edward R. Duncan and William Ferguson, several former DCBA presidents, and other DCBA members.)

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives gets $400K, Biss raises $150K in small donations (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who stress that I do not make political contributions? In my defense, a) GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscriptions are worth at least $1,000 a year and b) I give those email subscriptions free of charge and without any advertising to activists, to candidates, to elected officials, to party leaders, to major donors, to political consultants, to etc.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/01/ives-gets-300k-biss-raises-150k-in-small-donations/
— IEA says it helped McSweeney “kill” Rauner’s pension tax shift
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/01/iea-says-it-helped-mcsweeney-kill-rauners-pension-tax-shift/
— RGA responds *** DGA runs expensive digital ad attacking Rauner over guns
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/01/dga-runs-digital-ad-attacking-rauner-over-guns/
— A look at the Democratic candidates’ many houses
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/01/a-look-at-the-democratic-candidates-many-houses/

 

NEWSMAX
— Hallucinating Foes Blinded to CPAC’s Very Real Inclusiveness – Deroy Murdock (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, a) CPAC is more and more and more Libertarian and b) CPAC welcomes and promotes individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-conservative.)
https://www.newsmax.com/murdock/acu-core-cspan-omb/2018/03/01/id/846190/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Jordan Peterson explains why boys become school shooters – and it’s not ‘toxic masculinity’ – Dorothy Cummings McLean
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/jordan-peterson-explains-why-boys-become-school-shooters-and-its-not-toxic

 

THE HILL
— Michael Steele deserves so much more credit for his RNC leadership – SHERMICHAEL SINGLETON (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who blame me for all that problems that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, and other organizations in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and Illinois have had since 2000.)
http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/376305-michael-steele-deserves-so-much-more-credit-for-his-rnc-leadership

 

WASHINGTON POST
— No, Michael Steele doesn’t need to show ‘grace’ when insulted on his race – Jonathan Capehart (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government are extremely proud that they a) gave preference to their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) that they discriminated against their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, and that they especially discriminated against their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/03/01/no-michael-steele-doesnt-need-to-show-grace-when-insulted-on-his-race/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— YouTube Hiring for Some Positions Excluded White and Asian Males, Lawsuit Says – Kirsten Grind and Douglas MacMillan (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers announce they are no longer hiring members of the following groups and that they are getting rid of their employees who are members of the following groups: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
A former employee alleges tech firm set quotas for hiring minorities
https://www.wsj.com/articles/youtube-hiring-for-some-positions-excluded-white-and-asian-males-lawsuit-says-1519948013

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 426 West Elm Street, Wheaton – $324,900
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/1_fs/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447952_zpid/

February 28 Evening Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Burt Minor now says he’s in race until the end – Burt Constable
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180228/burt-minor-now-says-hes-in-race-until-the-end
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Whoever wins in the primary, this controversy has damaged the Republican’s chances in November, Minor said. “It will be tough for anyone to win,” Minor said. “The Republican Party is destroying itself.”)
— Budget stalemate could mean Palatine Township shutdown Friday – Bob Susnjara
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180228/budget-stalemate-could-mean-palatine-township-shutdown-friday
— Illinois House OKs state gun-dealer licensing
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180228/the-latest-illinois-house-oks-state-gun-dealer-licensing
— DuPage could cut costs by using court security officers – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180228/dupage-could-cut-costs-by-using-court-security-officers
— Wheaton College to hold Friday service for Billy Graham – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180228/wheaton-college-to-hold-friday-service-for-billy-graham
— Lisle woman Rafath Waheed accused of forging petitions for COD board seat – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180228/lisle-woman-accused-of-forging-petitions-for-cod-board-seat

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— SIU poll: Republican Gov. Rauner, Democratic candidate Pritzker lead governor races – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-governor-race-poll-20180228-story.html
— School officials who assess online threats face tough calls – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-moraine-valley-threat-st-0228-20180227-story.html
— Chicago treasurer: Use city’s investment portfolio to fight climate change, promote social progress – Michael Hawthorne (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats want to use Chicago’s investment portfolio to drive individuals, organizations, and companies out of Chicago that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-chicago-social-climate-investing-20180227-story.html
— Bruce Rauner’s disease – Scott Stantis
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/stantis/ct-bruce-pauner-s-disease-20180228-story.html
— Prompted by public outcry, Arlington Heights urges state to pass more gun control measures – Karen Ann Cullotta
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/arlington-heights/news/ct-ahp-arlington-gun-control-letter-to-springfield-tl-0308-20180228-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children as cannon fodder.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-guns-rauner-cupich-20180228-story.html
— Is Trump’s claim to bravery the way to voters’ hearts? – Paul Sassone
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-ppn-column-sassone-tl-0308-20180228-story.html
— With prosecution on shaky ground, Schock’s lawyers argue vague rules led to corruption charges – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-aaron-schock-prosecution-problems-20180228-story.html
— Pay the bagman $10,000 to work for Dorothy Brown? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-dorothy-brown-clerk-corruption-20180228-story.html
— State lawmakers’ sexual harassment prevention proposals keep oversight in leaders’ hands – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-springfield-sexual-harassment-proposal-20180228-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘Going rate’ for job in Dorothy Brown’s office? $10K, records allege – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/job-buying-10000-cook-county-clerk-court-dorothy-brown/

 

ABC7
— Illinois lawmakers pass several new gun safety measures – Diane Pathieu and Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-lawmakers-pass-several-new-gun-safety-measures/3152688/

 

NBC5
— Illinois House Adjourns Without Vote on ‘Paul Bauer Act’
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-house-adjourns-without-vote-on-paul-bauer-act-475469173.html
— Illinois House Passes Ban on Bump Stocks, Licensing Requirements for Dealers – Sandra Torres
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/cupich-springfield-gun-control-legislation-475388353.html

 

CBS2
— Illinois House Passes Several New Gun Safety Measures
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/02/28/illinois-new-gun-safety-measures/
— Growing Signs That Aaron Schock Prosecution On Shaky Ground
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/02/28/aaron-schock-prosecution-on-shaky-ground/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois House debates guns, passes ban on bump stocks – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-house-debates-guns-passes-ban-on-bump-stocks

 

WGN TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrat 6th Congressional District candidates.
http://wgntv.com/2018/02/28/7-democrats-vie-to-topple-republican-roskam-in-6th-congressional-district/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago has widest racial gap in homeownership – DENNIS RODKIN (DIERSEN: Government should encourage marriage and homeownership.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180228/CRED0701/180229880/chicago-has-widest-racial-gap-in-homeownership

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gun-dealer licensing heads to Gov. Rauner’s desk – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180228/gun-dealer-licensing-heads-to-gov-rauners-desk

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Madigan’s under fire, but he’s not sweating much – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-02-28/jim-dey-madigans-under-fire-hes-not-sweating-much.html
— For the Republicans: Erika Harold – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-02-28/editorial-the-republicans-erika-harold.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Students at Downers Grove South High School are planning to participate in the Enough: National Student Walkout on March 14.
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/02/27/downers-grove-south-students-organizing-walkout/a1337yf/

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Emails show state worked to shape coverage of Legionnaires’ outbreak – AP
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/emails-show-state-worked-to-shape-coverage-of-legionnaires-outbreak/article_8a3397e9-ab00-5ca5-9d1a-322fce76c152.html

 

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Illinois General Assembly approves Medicaid funding plan – AP
http://jg-tc.com/herald-review/news/state-and-regional/illinois-general-assembly-approves-medicaid-funding-plan/article_1ee29354-1e34-5629-a8b4-7f9996c87881.html

 

PAXTON RECORD
— OUTSTANDING: Illinois governor: If recreational marijuana bill passes, I’d veto it – Will Brumleve
http://www.paxtonrecord.net/news/politics-and-government/2018-02-28/illinois-governor-if-recreational-marijuana-bill-passes-id-v

 

SOUTHERN
— Simon Poll: Rauner, Pritzker lead primary polls; Rauner trails both Pritzker and Biss
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/simon-poll-rauner-pritzker-lead-primary-polls-rauner-trails-both/article_ec9e0b38-76af-5eac-aab0-f2a72306799f.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the most recent statewide version of the Simon Poll, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner leads challenger Jeanne Ives, a state representative from Wheaton, in the Republican Primary, by 20 points, 51 percent to 31 percent, according to a news release from the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University. . .In the Republican primary for Attorney General, Harvard Law graduate and Champaign-Urbana attorney Erika Harold, well-known in Republican political circles, leads the lesser-known Gary Grasso, a DuPage County board member, 18 percent to 14 percent, with almost two-thirds (65 percent) undecided.)

 

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Republican candidate for governor Jeanne Ives – Rachel Droze
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/election-2018-republican-candidate-for-governor-jeanne-ives-02-28-2018

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— What’s the Future for Chicago in a Mess of a State? Illinois is bleeding residents, and changes to federal tax policy could make that even worse—particularly in wealthier suburbs like Oak Park, which could see a big drop in home values. Meanwhile, Chicago is adding jobs and downtown residents. Can this continue? UIC government expert David Merriman weighs in. – SAM CHOLKE
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/February-2018/Whats-the-Future-For-Chicago-In-a-Mess-of-a-State/

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Ives Response to WBEZ Report About Rauner Administration Emails Regarding Legionnaires Outbreak
https://ivesforillinois.com/ives-response-to-wbez-report-about-rauner-administration-emails-regarding-legionnaires-outbreak/
— Ives Campaign Releases New Book Detailing Rauner’s Betrayals Authored by Chicago GOP Chairman with a Foreword by State Rep. Tom Morrison
https://mailchi.mp/dcb83b79314a/ives-campaign-releases-new-book-detailing-rauners-betrayals
— I Wanted Scott Walker, I Ended Up With Bruce Rauner aka “Pat Quinn-Lite”
https://mailchi.mp/e5e404b72966/icymi-i-wanted-scott-walker-i-ended-up-with-bruce-rauner-aka-pat-quinn-lite

 

WIRE POINTS
— Pay hikes in Maine Township? How about consolidation instead – Ted Dabrowski
http://www.wirepoints.com/pay-hikes-in-maine-township-how-about-consolidation-instead-wirepoints-original/

 

LAKE COUNTY NEWS GAZETTE
— Sukovic says he’s a victim of a House Republication Organization smear campaign – W.J. Kennedy
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511353119-sukovic-says-he-s-a-victim-of-a-house-republication-organization-smear-campaign

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Retirement income tax could boost IL bucks, but also spawn court challenges, exodus of retirees
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511332992-retirement-income-tax-could-boost-il-bucks-but-also-spawn-court-challenges-exodus-of-retirees

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Half of Illinois Board of Higher Education’s $3.4 billion funding request is meant for pensions – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/schools/half-of-illinois-board-of-higher-education-s-billion-funding/article_efee1fe0-1b35-11e8-9dd8-5b69db15bf59.html

 

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— Illinois Policy Institute caught retweeting Rauner’s Janus case praise
https://realgopillinois.com/2018/02/28/illinois-policy-institute-caught-retweeting-rauners-janus-praise/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Police Chief Issues a Warning on Legalized Marijuana – Monte Larrick
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/police-chief-issues-warning-legalized-marijuana/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS HOUSE VOTES TO RAISE SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARM PURCHASES TO 21
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/illinois-house-votes-to-raise-semi-automatic-firearm-purchases-to-21.html
— BUMP STOCK BAN PASSES ILLINOIS HOUSE WITH HELP OF SEVERAL GOP HOUSE MEMBERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/bump-stock-ban-passes-illinois-house-with-help-of-several-gop-house-members.html
— CHICAGO’S NEW CITY KEY COULD BE USED FOR NON-CITIZENS’ VOTER REGISTRATION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/chicagos-new-city-key-could-be-used-for-non-citizens-voter-registration.html
— NEW POLL SHOWS RAUNER, PRITZKER AHEAD IN PRIMARIES; RAUNER LOSING TO DEM IN GENERAL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/new-poll-shows-rauner-pritzker-ahead-in-primaries-rauner-losing-to-any-dem-in-general.html
— CHICAGO CARDINAL JOINS ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS’ GUN CONTROL EFFORT (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use religious leaders as their operatives or as their dupes.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/chicago-cardinal-joins-illinois-gun-control-effort-.html
— MOMS DEMAND MORE REGULATIONS ON ILLINOIS GUN DEALERS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use moms as their operatives or as their dupes.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/moms-demand-more-regulations-on-illinois-gun-dealers.html
— IR CONTRIBUTOR MARK WEYERMULLER FEATURED BY ILLINOIS CHANNEL AT CPAC
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/ir-contributor-mark-weyermuller-featured-by-illinois-channel-at-cpac.html
— WIREPOINTS – RAUNER’S FAILED RECORD: THE BEST CASE FOR A REFORM AGENDA IN ILLINOIS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/wirepoints-rauners-failed-record-the-best-case-for-a-reform-agenda-in-illinois.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Daily Herald withdraws endorsement of Burt Minor
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/28/daily-herald-withdraws-endorsement-of-burt-minor/
— Poll: Rauner leads Ives by 20, Pritzker ahead of Biss by 10, Pritzker & Biss both have big leads over Rauner
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/28/poll-rauner-leads-ives-by-20-pritzker-ahead-of-biss-by-10-pritzker-biss-both-have-big-leads-over-rauner/
— Ives campaign releases book about Rauner
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/28/ives-campaign-releases-book-about-rauner/

 

GOPUSA
— United Airlines severs ties with NRA, continues to contribute to Planned Parenthood
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40404
— ICE chief says Oakland mayor’s warning helped criminal aliens escape raid
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40406

 

THE HILL
— Exiting Trump officials get tepid response on job market – MEGAN R. WILSON (DIERSEN: I certainly got a “tepid responses on job market” after my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Previously, they had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, 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 $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Previously, my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. Previously, my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/375926-exiting-trump-officials-get-tepid-response-on-job-market

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Stuns Lawmakers With Seeming Embrace of Gun Control Measures – Michael D. Shear
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/us/politics/trump-gun-control.html

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Wayne LaPierre Has Made a Fortune as CEO of the NRA. Here’s What We Know About His Money – BRAD TUTTLE
http://time.com/money/5178193/wayne-lapierre-net-worth-nra-money-salary/

 

FED WEEK
— OPM Promises ‘Engagement’ on Pay for Performance Plan (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats use pay-for-performance a) to retain their employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger and b) to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/opm-promises-engagement-pay-performance-plan/

February 27 Evening Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Full video of candidate Burt Minor deny homosexual, racial slur allegations
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180227/watch-full-video-of-candidate-deny-homosexual-racial-slur-allegations
— Endorsement: Rescinding our support for Minor candidacy
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180227/endorsement-rescinding-our-support-for-minor-candidacy
— Endorsement: For House District 46, GOP primary, Orozco
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180223/endorsement-for-house-district-46-gop-primary-orozco
— Tollway chief talks more tolls and Route 53 extension – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180226/tollway-chief-talks-more-tolls-and-route-53-extension
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN THE DAILY HERALD: ARTICLE TITLE: Trump: I’d have gone in – Mike DeBonis and Anne Gearan (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps will stress that Trump sought and obtained four draft deferments like I did.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2018/02/26/trump-says-would-have-rushed-unarmed-stop-school-shooter/2qbzawplaQwzOTni7q8BqO/story.html
— Colbert to Trump: ‘What are you going to do, run in there and stab them with your bone spurs?’ – Travis M. Andrews (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps will stress that Trump sought and obtained four draft deferments like I did.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180227/colbert-to-trump-what-are-you-going-to-do-run-in-there-and-stab-them-with-your-bone-spurs
— DuPage could take position on gun control proposals – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: The Illinois Republican Party platform has a Second Amendment plank. If you got elected as a Republican in Illinois, you obligated yourself to defend and to advance that plank.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180227/dupage-could-take-position-on-gun-control-proposals
— Erika Harold, Bill Brady to meet with Palatine GOP March 3rd
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180227/harold-brady-to-meet-with-palatine-gop

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bill Brady and Erika Harold to speak at Palatine Township Republican Organization monthly meeting March 3rd
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/arlington-heights/community/chi-ugc-article-brady-and-harold-to-speak-at-republican-month-2018-02-26-story.html
— Supreme Court case threatens Democratic bosses’ use of union muscle – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-supreme-court-unions-kass-0228-story.html
— Diana Rauner calls governor’s mansion mess a ‘metaphor’ for state government, announces July reopening – Elvia Malagon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-met-rauner-governor-mansion-renovations-20180227-story.html
— Madigan releases list of 9 misconduct complaints, but number could be higher – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-speaker-madigan-illinois-house-sexual-harassment-complaints-20180227-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs want to abolish the Second Amendment.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-nra-boycott-fedex-apple-amazon-0228-20180227-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Kennedy seeks independent harassment probes — and so do Madigan’s appointees – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/kennedy-seeks-independent-harassment-probes-and-so-do-madigans-appointees/
— ‘Paul Bauer Act’ would ban most sales of body armor, high-capacity gun magazines
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/paul-bauer-act-would-ban-most-sales-of-body-armor-high-capacity-gun-magazines/

 

ABC7 NEWS
— Nybo pushes to close loophole preventing police from carrying epinephrine injectors – Megan Hickey
http://abc7chicago.com/health/lawmaker-pushes-to-close-loophole-preventing-police-from-carrying-epinephrine-injectors/3144497/

 

NBC5
— Rauner Meets With Trump, Sits in On Supreme Court Hearing in DC – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/bruce-rauner-donald-trump-washington-dc-475228783.html

 

CBS2
— Madigan Reveals List Of 9 Sexual Harassment Complaints – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/02/27/madigan-reveals-list-of-9-sexual-harassment-complaints/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Chicago mayor wants state gun control, including bill named for slain officer – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180226/chicago-mayor-wants-state-gun-control-including-bill-named-for-slain-officer

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives demonize, denigrate, and condemn conservatives.
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180226/ej-dionne-its-not-conservatism-its-extremism

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Rauner-Madigan rivalry takes its toll on state lawmakers – AP
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180226/rauner-madigan-rivalry-takes-its-toll-on-state-lawmakers

HERALD & REVIEW & JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Rauner letter says ‘extremely troubling’ comments led to Clough’s ouster from state board – DAVE FOPAY (DIERSEN: Should the Illinois Republican Party develop a) a list of forbidden words that Republicans (especially old White male Republicans who support Trump) should not speak or write in any kind of context and b) a schedule of punishments for speaking or writing those words?)
http://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/rauner-letter-extremely-troubling-comments-led-to-charleston-man-s/article_b0aa1533-5d73-59c5-8858-b70671c35354.html
http://jg-tc.com/news/local/rauner-letter-says-extremely-troubling-comments-led-to-clough-s/article_57bd9e58-b647-5a5e-9fdc-c557e3903929.html

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County sheriff maintains his office was never in violation of Trust Act
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/02/22/mchenry-county-sheriff-maintains-his-office-was-never-in-violation-of-trust-act/a5qp3uc/

 

DAILY ILLINI
— Governor Bruce Rauner has failed as governor – AUSTIN STADELMAN
https://dailyillini.com/opinions/2018/02/27/governor-bruce-rauner-failed-governor/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives says everyone has had enough of Madigan – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511351077-ives-says-everyone-has-had-enough-of-madigan

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— ‘Public should control process:’ Anti-gerrymandering amendment filed in Springfield – Jonathan Bilyk (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton?)
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511352154-public-should-control-process-anti-gerrymandering-amendment-filed-in-springfield

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DuPage County District 4 Board candidate Ron Almiron held an outstanding fundraiser Monday evening, February 26, 2018 at Warren’s Ale House in Wheaton. The many attendees included Barbier, Cherry, Elliott, Gribauskas, Kipfer, Kmiecik, and McGowen. – Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Illinois Review (DENNIS LACOMB and FRAN EATON) Endorses Ives for Governor (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout a) that no candidate should want my endorsement, b) that no one respects what I have done as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 or as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, and c) that no one respects what I did as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, GAO employee 1980-1997, IRS employee 1971-1980, etc.)
https://mailchi.mp/a72b8b860b5e/conservative-news-outlet-endorses-ives-for-governor
(FROM THE POSTING: “Illinois Review is a respected conservative news outlet and opinion journal,” said Jeanne Ives. “Their endorsement carries more weight with conservative families than those of the leftist Chicago and Springfield big government news outlets who’ve generally served as partners and propaganda ministers for the Illinois Political Ruling Class. I’m honored Illinois Review thought my candidacy was important enough to make this unprecedented endorsement.”)

 

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— Rauner once again rated country’s most vulnerable governor
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-rauner-once-again-rated-countrys-most-vulnerable-governor/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Wait Till You See What LGBTQQAP Activists Have Planned for Illinois Schools – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/wait-till-see-lgbtqqap-activists-planned-il-schools/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Abortion is Expanding in Illinois
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/illinois-family-spotlight-083/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rep. Ives lashes out at Leader Durkin
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/27/rep-ives-lashes-out-at-leader-durkin/
— Political fingers point over sexual harassment issues
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/27/political-fingers-point-over-sexual-harassment-issues/
— Madigan’s office releases internal harassment investigation results
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/27/madigans-office-releases-internal-investigation-results/

 

GOPUSA
— Ryan: We shouldn’t be banning guns for law abiding citizens
http://www.gopusa.com/ryan-we-shouldnt-be-banning-guns-for-law-abiding-citizens/

 

TOWNHALL
— The Latest Gun Control Bill Is Pretty Much A Total Ban On Firearms – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/02/27/house-introduces-gun-ban-legislation-n2454670

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DACA program still active after Supreme Court declines to speed appeal Dreamers can apply for renewal, but no new applications allowed – Stephen Dinan and S.A. Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/26/supreme-court-declines-speed-daca-appeal/
— Obama not planning to attend Billy Graham memorial – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/26/obama-not-attending-billy-graham-memorial/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— I wanted Scott Walker, I ended up with Bruce Rauner – Matt Lamb
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/i-wanted-scott-walker-i-ended-up-with-bruce-rauner/article/2650213

 

DAILY CALLER
— Border Security Is Important For Immigration But Workplace Enforcement Is YUGE – Stewart Lawrence
http://dailycaller.com/2018/02/27/border-security-is-important-for-immigration-but-workplace-enforcement-is-yuge/
— Why Is CNN’s Approval Rating For Trump 15 Points Lower Than Rasmussen’s? – Robert Donachie (DIERSEN: During my last 7 years at GAO, I worked on audits that involved major surveys. Two of the GAO reports that I worked on are at http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/154342.pdf(FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES: Actions Needed to Protect the Financial System) and at http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/156011.pdf (OTC DERIVATIVES: Additional Oversight Could Reduce Costly Sales Practice Disputes).
http://dailycaller.com/2018/02/26/cnn-skewing-polling-data/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— CPAC Is Transitioning – Amy Contrada
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/02/cpac_is_transitioning.html

 

THE HILL
— GOP focuses on law enforcement mistakes — not new gun laws – MELANIE ZANONA AND SCOTT WONG
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/375802-gop-focuses-on-law-enforcement-mistakes-not-new-gun-laws

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Says He Would Have Rushed in Unarmed to Stop School Shooting – Michael D. Shear (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, to counter this claim, anti-Trumps will stress that Trump sought and obtained four draft deferments like I did.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/26/us/politics/trump-school-shooter-florida.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “Can Donald Trump be indicted while serving as president?”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/02/27/can-donald-trump-be-indicted-while-serving-as-president/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Amazon Acquires Ring, Maker of Video Doorbells Front-door monitoring device plays to buyer’s ambitions in home-security business – Laura Stevens and Douglas MacMillan (DIERSEN: I use Ring products.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-acquires-ring-maker-of-video-doorbells-1519768639

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— FedEx Says It Will Keep NRA Member Discount Despite Calls for Boycott – ARIC JENKINS
http://time.com/money/5176762/fedex-nra-discount-business-ties/
— Apple, Amazon and More Companies Facing Boycotts Over Ties to the NRA – BRAD TUTTLE (DIERSEN: Republicans should boycott those who call for boycotts of NRA.)
http://time.com/money/5176783/nra-boycott-fedex-amazon-apple-gun-control-youtube/

 

NEWSWEEK
— BEYOND DISGUSTING: WHO IS BENJAMIN THOMAS WOLF? FORMER FBI AGENT SMOKES WEED IN ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN AD – BENJAMIN FEARNOW
http://www.newsweek.com/benjamin-thomas-wolf-illinois-cannabis-marijuana-5th-congressional-district-822797

 

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Democrat Party crows over its success in getting Catholics to serve as its operatives and dupes.
http://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2018/dozens-of-catholics-arrested-as-they-call-on-congress-to-help-dreamers.cfm

 

VANITY FAIR
— “WE ALL WEAR ALL BLACK EVERY DAY”: INSIDE WALL STREET’S COMPLEX, SHAMEFUL, AND OFTEN CONFIDENTIAL BATTLE WITH #METOO Wall Street may not have its own Harvey Weinstein to contend with, but the #MeToo movement has forced the industry to address its own history, practices, and culture in uneven, and sometimes shameful, ways. – BETHANY MCLEAN
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/02/inside-wall-street-complex-shameful-and-often-confidential-battle-with-metoo

February 26 Evening Edition

SUBURBAN LIFE
— State Rep. Peter Breen Reportedly Receives Death Threat in Voicemail Message
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/02/26/state-rep-peter-breen-reportedly-receives-death-threat-in-voicemail-message/a9j0v51/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GOP STATE REP BREEN THREATENED WITH “SHOT IN THE F****** HEAD” IN ANONYMOUS VOICE MAIL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/gop-state-rep-threatened-with-shot-in-the-f-head-in-anonymous-voice-mail-.html
— ILLINOIS REVIEW ENDORSES FOR FIRST TIME IN GOVERNOR’S RACE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/ives-endorses-jeanne-ives-for-gop-gubernatorial-nomination.html
— THORNER: ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS, BEWARE OF DECEPTIVE, SWEET-TALKING ERA PROPONENTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/thorner-illinois-lawmakers-beware-of-deceptive-sweet-talking-era-proponents.html
— IVES POINTS TO FLORIDA SCHOOL SHOOTING AS “FAILURE OF GOVERNMENT”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/ives-points-to-florida-school-shooting-as-failure-of-government.html
— GOP STATE LAWMAKER BARBARA WHEELER PROPOSES GUN CONTROL MEASURES TO “PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/gop-state-lawmaker-proposes-gun-control-measures-to-protect-public-safety.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Breen calls on Minor to drop out of 42nd House race after controversial comments surface – Michael McGrady
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511350557-breen-calls-on-minor-to-drop-out-of-42nd-house-race-after-controversial-comments-surface

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— GOP Candidates for Attorney General: Gary Grasso and Erika Harold – John Biver and Dave Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/02/gop-candidates-for-attorney-general-gary-grasso-and-erika-harold/#.Wo6t10V03nQ.facebook
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After doing research and speaking personally to both candidates, we highly recommend voting for Gary Grasso. His legal experience, independence and willingness to engage with conservative grassroots activists speaks volumes. Unfortunately, Harold has avoided publicly answering questions from conservative organizations, including failing to respond to candidate surveys from pro-life organizations in the state. It is frustrating to observe her answer questions from liberal media sources but refuse to answer questions (and questionnaires) from pro-life and pro-family groups. Their differences were dramatically different when they were asked about defending unconstitutional and tyrannical Illinois laws that force medical professionals to give abortion referrals (SB 1564) or ban professional therapists from helping minor children with unwanted same-sex attraction or gender confusion (HB 217). Even after pointing out that the next Attorney General will take an oath to defend the U.S. Constitution and Illinois State Constitution, Harold said she would defend the laws of the state whereas Grasso indicated that he did not think those laws were constitutional. Moreover, it is troubling to read or hear her interviews in the media (WBEZ for example) and listen to her give politically correct or even liberal responses to questions. The Chicago Sun-Times reported last month that Harold “believes Illinois should start ‘exploring’ [marijuana] legalization.” In the WBEZ interview, Harold waves the white flag of surrender, saying that she believes that recreational marijuana is “inevitable.” Finally, the fact that Harold has aligned herself with Bruce Rauner and his campaign apparatus is indicative of the establishment politics we’ve come to loathe in Illinois. We simply do not need another squishy establishment type in the Illinois GOP. Please make every effort to cast your ballot on or before March 20th to ensure that the best candidates are nominated. IFA-pac has a list of endorsed candidates for your consideration. If conservatives fail to vote in any election, we enable the Left to take the reins of government, which means bigger government and less individual freedom.)

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Breen reports death threat as Minor claims he was set up
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/26/breen-reports-death-threat-as-minor-claims-he-was-set-up/
— #MeToo roundup: Madigan attorney defends; ILGOP attacks Pritzker; Proft PAC whacks Durkin; Kennedy releases plan
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/26/metoo-roundup-madigan-attorney-defends-ilgop-attacks-pritzker-proft-pac-whacks-durkin/
— ILGOP responds *** IDCCA “shares” sexual harassment pledge, policy with ILGOP
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/26/idcca-shares-sexual-harassment-pledge-policy-with-ilgop/
— Ives up with new TV ad, but does she have enough money to keep it on the air?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/26/ives-up-with-new-tv-ad-but-does-she-have-enough-money-to-keep-it-on-the-air/

 

DAILY HERALD
— One of these two (Harold or Minor) is lying over whether candidate used racist, homosexual slurs
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180226/one-of-these-two-is-lying-over-whether-candidate-used-racist-homosexual-slurs
— Candidate Burt Minor denies using homosexual slur, disputes story on racial slur – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180226/candidate-denies-using-homosexual-slur-disputes-story-on-racial-slur
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Minor, 58, a candidate in the GOP primary for the 42nd Illinois House, says he’s willing to take a lie-detector test to support his version of what happened. “I’m probably destroyed on this campaign by this slanderous hitting,” Minor told the Daily Herald’s Editorial Board on Monday. “But I have integrity. And I’ve got to defend at least my integrity and tell folks this isn’t the way it happened. It isn’t the way it happened.” Minor, of Warrenville, says he won’t drop out of the race after Harold and Republican state Rep. Peter Breen of Lombard both said he made offensive remarks during an Oct. 12 meeting in Carol Stream when Harold, 37, was meeting with local Republicans individually to introduce herself and explain her campaign.)
— Endorsement: Mendrick for the Republican nomination for DuPage County sheriff
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180223/endorsement-mendrick-for-the-republican-nomination-for–dupage-county-sheriff

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— GOP candidate Burt Minor refuses to leave race amid allegations he used N-word, asked attorney general candidate if she was a ‘lesbo’ – Brian Lisi
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/gop-pol-refuses-leave-race-allegations-n-word-article-1.3842522

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Unions rally in Loop over ‘fair share’ case being heard before Supreme Court – Mitch Dudek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/unions-rally-in-loop-over-fair-share-case-being-heard-before-supreme-court/
— BEYOND DISGUSTING: ‘Cannabis Candidate’ for 5th Congressional District smokes marijuana in new ad – Alexandra Arriaga
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/cannabis-candidate-for-5th-congressional-district-smokes-marijuana-in-new-ad/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Supreme Court divided over Illinois organized labor case that could affect 5 million government workers – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-supreme-court-organized-labor-20180226-story.html

 

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— Turnout sparse for annual LaSalle County GOP dinner – Craig Sterrett
http://www.newstrib.com/free/turnout-sparse-for-annual-gop-dinner/article_75902f30-1b09-11e8-a781-93326f7223a6.html

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— ICYMI: Trump on Sanctuary Laws and DACA at CPAC
https://ivesforillinois.com/icymi-trump-on-sanctuary-laws-and-daca-at-cpac/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— GOP Chairwoman: ‘I’m Proud That Our Party Elected’ Michael Steele ACU spokesman at CPAC: Steele only elected to lead RNC because he was African American – Haris Alic (DIERSEN: Being the chairman of a political organization is a difficult job. I was the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that if they, or if someone who they manipulate/dominate, had been the TAPROOT chairman, TAPROOT would be thriving today.)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/gop-chairwoman-im-proud-party-elected-michael-steele/

 

GOPUSA
— NRA: Companies are cowards for punishing law abiding gun owners for Florida shooting
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40213

DAILY SIGNAL
— Facebook Beats Up Lawmaker Mike Bost for 10-Month-Old Photo After Florida School Shooting – Kyle Perisic
http://dailysignal.com/2018/02/26/facebook-beats-up-lawmaker-for-10-month-old-photo-after-florida-school-shooting/

 

THE HILL
— Former RNC chair: ‘Trumpification’ of GOP deadly to party’s future – JULIA MANCHESTER (DIERSEN: One could argue that the Raunerization of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) is deadly to the IRP’s future.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/375568-michael-steele-trumpification-of-gop-deadly-to-partys-future

 

CBS NEWS
— GAO: Popular goods sold through Amazon, Walmart and others are counterfeits
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-walmart-newegg-third-party-sellers-sell-counterfeits-report-gao/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— 5th Grader Mistakenly Gave Pot Candy in School Officials at an Albuquerque charter school say a fifth-grader mistook her parents’ medicinal marijuana for candy and passed it out to other students. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-mexico/articles/2018-01-18/officials-5th-grader-mistakenly-gave-pot-candy-in-school

 

INVESTMENT NEWS DIVERSITY
— InvestmentNews is now accepting nominations for its inaugural Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion Awards, celebrating individuals, advisory firms, industry partners and institutions for their work around diversity and inclusion initiatives. (DIERSEN: Should I nominate my Democrat superiors in the federal government?)
https://investmentnewsdiversity.secure-platform.com/a/organizations/main/home