June 6 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner blames Democrats for property tax rates, slow economic growth – Sam Charles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-blames-democrats-for-property-tax-rates-slow-economic-growth/
— Blasting Madigan, Rep. Scott Drury announces Democratic governor bid
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/state-rep-scott-drury-announces-democratic-governor-bid/
— Illinois AFL-CIO endorses JB Pritzker for governor
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/afl-cio-endorses-j-b-pritzker-for-governor/
— Unions jump the gun to endorse Pritzker for governor – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/unions-jump-the-gun-to-endorse-pritzker-for-governor/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois labor group endorses Pritzker, cementing Democratic front-runner status – Rick Pearson and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-illinois-afl-cio-endorsement-met-0607-20170606-story.html
— Illinois Democrats in Congress ask Rauner to speak up on health care overhaul – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-illinois-democrats-congress-met-20170606-story.html
— Federal judge weighing whether Illinois must prioritize paying Medicaid bills – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-medicaid-lawsuit-hearing-met-0607-20170606-story.html
— Political biology on American college campuses: The left’s angry young devour the liberal old – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-college-campuses-kass-0607-20170606-column.html
— Orland Park opts out of county wage, sick leave laws – Mike Nolan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-orland-cook-ordinances-st-0607-20170606-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Law firm refunds money to Kane County for work Lauzen ordered – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170606/law-firm-refunds-money-to-kane-county-for-work-lauzen-ordered
— Islamic group announces $580,000 settlement with Des Plaines – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170606/islamic-group-announces-580000-settlement-with-des-plaines
— Accused leaker shared harsh opinions on Trump before arrest – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170606/news/306069857/
— Dist. 203 school board seeking new member after resignation – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170606/dist-203-school-board-seeking-new-member-after-resignation

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Lawmakers hit pending Fermi, Argonne job cuts – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170606/BLOGS02/170609926/trump-cuts-to-fermi-argonne-criticized-by-illinois-senators-congress
— Cash haul for Rauner re-election fight on pace to blow past U.S. record – BGA
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170606/NEWS02/170609918/illinois-governor-race-spending-nears-record

 

ABC7
— JB Pritzker wins key union endorsement in IL governor’s race – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/jb-pritzker-wins-key-union-endorsement/2068941/
— Crete-Monee HS student disciplined for racist Instagram – Liz Nagy (DIERSEN: I graduated from Crete-Monee High School on 1966. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use that against me. I did not move to Wheaton until 1978.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes continue to paint me as being a newcomer.)
http://abc7chicago.com/news/crete-monee-hs-student-disciplined-for-racist-instagram/2068938/
— Chicago hot dog stand sign trolls Trump
http://abc7chicago.com/news/chicago-hot-dog-stand-sign-trolls-trump-/2068491/

 

NBC5
— Pritzker Endorsed by Illinois AFL-CIO as Rauner Bemoans State’s Union Job Growth  Rauner did not specifically respond to the endorsement at a news conference in Indiana Tuesday but did address the slow growth of union jobs in Illinois compared to the Hoosier state. – Richard Ray
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Pritzker-Endorsed-by-IAF-426854451.html

 

CBS2
— Rauner, Dems Trade More Barbs About Jobs – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/06/rauner-dems-trade-more-barbs-about-jobs/

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Can Democrats knock enough rust off machine to get two to Congress? – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article154690319.html

 

CHICAGOIST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, for Democrats, promoting LGBTQ activity is their top priority.
http://chicagoist.com/2017/06/06/these_2_important_lgbt_protection_b.php

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Township consolidation measures meant to lower taxpayers costs, increase efficiencies – Cynthia Wolf
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/township-consolidation-measures-meant-to-lower-taxpayers-costs-increase-efficiencies/article_90360090-4a39-11e7-a291-fbb105cd96fa.html

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Frank Mautino – ISBE Members should be removed-Criminal Complaint filed – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/06/frank-mautino-isbe-members-should-be-removed-criminal-complaint-filed/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— A corrupt political machine has taken over our home”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/06/a-corrupt-political-machine-has-taken-over-our-home/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— HIGH ‘RESISTANCE’: NSA LEAKER A FIERCE TRUMP HATER  Called president ‘orange fascist’ and ‘most dangerous’ person in America – CHELSEA SCHILLING
http://www.wnd.com/2017/06/high-resistance-nsa-leaker-a-fierce-trump-hater/

 

BREITBART
— Donald Trump Taunts Media: Twitter ‘Honest and Unfiltered’ – CHARLIE SPIERING
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/06/donald-trump-taunts-media-twitter-honest-unfiltered/
— New Ontario Law Enables Gov’t to Seize Children from Parents Opposing Gender Transition – THOMAS D. WILLIAMS
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/06/new-ontario-law-enables-govt-to-seize-children-from-parents-opposing-gender-transition/

 

THE HILL
— Why does T-Mobile treat its American workers worse than their foreign counterparts – BRADLEY A. BLAKEMAN
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/economy-budget/336578-why-does-t-mobile-treat-its-american-workers-worse-than

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Senate OKs Bill to Makes Firing Employees Easier for VA – AP  (DIERSEN: Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/06/06/us/politics/ap-us-veterans-affairs.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The Trump administration has a recruiting problem.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/06/06/the-trump-administration-has-a-recruiting-problem/

 

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Donald Trump: Boss from hell.”
http://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/blogs/real-time/2017/06/06/donald-trump-boss-hell/375079001/

 

FORBES
— Illinois Credit Downgrade Proves Public Pensions Should Be Outlawed – Jeffrey Dorfman
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffreydorfman/2017/06/05/illinois-credit-downgrade-proves-public-pensions-should-be-outlawed/

 

BLOOMBERG
— Why Aren’t American Teenagers Working Anymore?  The decline of the summer job. – Ben Steverman
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-05/why-aren-t-american-teenagers-working-anymore

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Amazon Prime Is Giving a Nearly 50% Discount for People on Government Assistance – Rob Wile
http://time.com/money/4807035/amazon-prime-membership-discount-ebt-card-food-stamps/

 

NCADD
— Teen Marijuana-Related Visits to Colorado ER Rose Rapidly After Legalization
https://www.ncadd.org/blogs/in-the-news/teen-marijuana-related-visits-to-colorado-er-rose-rapidly-after-legalization

June 6 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Fallout Over Pritzker, Blagojevich FBI Recordings Continues – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Fallout-Over-Pritzker-FBI-Recordings-Continues-426629461.html

 

ABC7
— Tio Hardiman enters Illinois governor’s race
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/tio-hardiman-enters-illinois-governors-race-/2067051/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump’s private public works investment plan ‘fairy dust,’ Rahm warns – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/trumps-private-public-works-investment-plan-fairy-dust-rahm-warns/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Republican says “Illinois is poised to strengthen the right to vote.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/illinois-is-poised-to-strengthen-the-right-to-vote/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Top Illinois union group to consider endorsing Democrat to take on Rauner – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-afl-cio-endorsement-vote-20170606-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “As Trump lashes out, Republicans grow uneasy.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-republicans-20170605-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump, not Democrats, to blame for slow pace of government posts being filled.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/factcheck/ct-fact-check-trump-government-jobs-20170605-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers promote pot.  If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-african-americans-marijuana-industry-20170605-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–minorities-in-marijuana-20170531-story.html
— Pence visit to Palos Heights requires hefty local police involvement – Mike Nolan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-pence-in-palos-heights-st-0606-20170605-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Des Plaines opts to follow minimum wage, sick day law – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170605/des-plaines-opts-to-follow-minimum-wage-sick-day-law
— GOP congressman on Islamic terror suspects: ‘Kill them all’ – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170605/news/306059866/
— Strict controls needed on who enters U.S. – Kevin Carlson
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170606/strict-controls-needed-on-who-enters-us

 

WTTW
— The Illinois Senate Passed a Budget. Will the House Follow Suit? – Evan Garcia
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/06/05/illinois-senate-passed-budget-will-house-follow-suit

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Crackdown on government abuse worth the cost – Editorial
http://www.whig.com/20170605/crackdown-on-government-abuse-worth-the-cost#

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Advocates of state funding reform bill say it would give more to Joliet, Plainfield districts – FELIX SARVER
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/06/05/advocates-of-state-funding-reform-bill-say-it-would-give-more-to-joliet-plainfield-districts/ah1rv6r/

 

TAYLORVILLE NEWS
— Rauner Roommates Relocate
http://taylorvilledailynews.com/local-news/308031

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— ‘Student Loan Bill Of Rights’ Headed To Governor’s Desk
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/student-loan-bill-rights-headed-governors-desk

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Education Insiders Oppose Property Tax Freeze – DUSTY RHODES
http://nprillinois.org/post/education-insiders-oppose-property-tax-freeze#stream/0

 

WQLZ
— Rep. Tim Butler Believes Rauner Must Spell Out What is Needed for Budget Deal
http://www.wqlz.com/2017/06/05/rep-tim-butler-believes-rauner-must-spell-out-what-is-needed-for-budget-deal/

 

BGA
— ILLINOIS GOVERNOR’S RACE ON PACE TO BE MOST EXPENSIVE IN U.S. HISTORY – Tim Jones
http://www.bettergov.org/news/illinois-governors-race-on-pace-to-be-most-expensive-in-us-history

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— GOP says Pritzker fib makes mansion matters worse – Caitlin Nordahl
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511117706-gop-says-pritzker-fib-makes-mansion-matters-worse

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Governor’s Turnaround Agenda seeing behind-the-scenes successes – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/governor-s-turnaround-agenda-seeing-behind-the-scenes-successes/article_8dfd8b90-49fd-11e7-9370-672a6d0c8a46.html
— Suburban lawmaker Emily McAsey who resigned missed hundreds of votes over several months – Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/suburban-lawmaker-who-resigned-missed-hundreds-of-votes-over-several/article_452af480-4a1a-11e7-bb31-8bacf4e95bf6.html

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Illegal Aliens Defraud State of Millions in Unemployment Benefits
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/05/illegal-aliens-defraud-state-of-millions-in-unemployment-benefits/
— Senator Dan McConchie Hosting Cary Town Hall Meeting
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/05/senator-dan-mcconchie-hosting-cary-town-hall-meeting/
— Ted Cruz Headlining August Family PAC Cruise
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/02/ted-cruz-headlining-august-family-pac-cruise/
— Rep. Steve Andersson Only Local Legislator to Vote for Transgender Birth Certificate Bill
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/02/rep-steve-andersson-only-local-legislator-to-vote-for-transgender-birth-certificate-bill/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Settlement reached in DuPage college lawsuit, group says – John Revak
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511122343-settlement-reached-in-dupage-college-lawsuit-group-says

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Keep The Pressure On Gov. Rauner – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/keep-pressure-gov-rauner/
— Study Reveals Cuts to Sex Education and Birth Control Lead to LOWER Teen Pregnancy Rates – Carly Hoilman
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/study-reveals-cuts-sex-education-birth-control-lead-lower-teen-pregnancy-rates/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Outsiders vs. Insiders: All hands needed on deck to defend Trump from the leftist fringe – Jeffrey A. Rendall  (DIERSEN: Who comes to your defense?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes crow I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, etc.  They stress those in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who could have come to my defense, but did hot.)
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/25802-outsiders-vs-insiders-all-hands-needed-deck-defend-trump-leftist-fringe

 

BREITBART
— Poland: Refusing to Import Muslims is Only Proven Counter-Terror Method – VIRGINIA HALE
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/06/05/poland-importing-muslims-terror/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Gambling is a vice.  If you promote gambling, you promote vice.
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/06/should_the_gop_ban_online_gambling.html

 

REUTERS
— Illinois revenue down $955 mln 11 months into FY 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/illinois-budget-idUSL1N1J20ZH

 

AOL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s approval rating plummets, inches closer to all-time low.”
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/06/05/poll-trump-approval-rating-plummet/22125229/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Reince Priebus’ job security comes from few wanting his job.” GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  One reason why the Democrats who ran GAO did not get rid of me sooner than they did in 1997 was that the agency was almost always under hiring freezes.
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/06/05/report-reince-priebus-job-security-comes-from-few-wanting-his/22127462/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Elites Hate – William McGurn  (DIERSEN: Who are the elites in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  Who do they hate?  What reasons do they give to justify their hatred?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-elites-hate-1496702030
— Many Colleges Fail to Improve Critical-Thinking Skills – Douglas Belkin  (DIERSEN: Obviously, far too many colleges focus on cranking out good little Democrats who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/exclusive-test-data-many-colleges-fail-to-improve-critical-thinking-skills-1496686662

 

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENT
— Reince Priebus still clinging to White House post, Politico reports  (DIERSEN: Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/05/reince-priebus-still-clinging-white-house-post-politico-reports/372381001/

 

SEATTLE TIMES
— In Seattle, is it now taboo to be friends with a Republican? – Danny Westneat  (DIERSEN: To what extent is the aforesaid true in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/in-seattle-is-it-now-taboo-to-be-friends-with-a-republican/

 

INSIDER
— Millennials have developed destructive financial habits, and Baby Boomers are to blame – Kate Taylor
http://www.thisisinsider.com/baby-boomers-caused-millennials-destructive-spending-habits-2017-6

June 5 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump vows to do whatever is necessary to protect U.S. – AP  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps do not want America to discriminate against those whose who want to turn America into their motherland or to destroy America.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/after-london-attacks-trump-blasts-political-correctness-on-twitter/
— 5 dead, 25 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/6-shot-across-chicago-since-friday-evening/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote amnesty promote U visas.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/chicago-suburban-police-routinely-block-immigrant-crime-victims-efforts-to-obtain-u-visas-the-watchdogs/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Emanuel urges Chicagoans to drink beer.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-podcast-20170605-story.html
— Hillary Clinton blames America first – Jonah Goldberg  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.  They blame me for their problems, they blame me for your problems, they blame me for my problems, and they blame me for everyone’s problems. They are professional scapegoaters.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-hillary-clinton-lost-excuses-20170605-column.html
— Raise your daughter to become a confident leader – Sonia Thompson  (DIERSEN: If you seek a government office or a political office, sooner or later, your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will paint what you did while you were in grade school, in high school, and in college as negatively as they can.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that 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; and worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970.  They would hint/imply/argue/shout that my having those jobs showed that I have no leadership potential.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-raise-your-daughter-to-become-a-confident-leader-20170526-story.html
— It’s tough being black in America. But don’t pity me. – Dahleen Glanton  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-racism-america-glanton-met-20170604-column.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Harvard accepts, then rejects 10 incoming students after they shared offensive memes
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/258871157-story

 

DAILY HERALD
— Suburban police support law, but are insulted by language; Quinn’s painting; Noland sues for pay; A challenge for Drury – Kerry Lester (DuPage Edition, page 11)
http://e-edition.dailyherald.com/launch.aspx?eid=1e1522d8-2d26-4909-aef1-f0fa226cf892
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mary Landreth is happy that there were “no politicians” in Wheaton’s Memorial Day parade. “Politicians” is code for Republicans. QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, and governments a) do not want politicians, that is, Republicans, in Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and/or b) do not want politicians, that is, Republicans, to help sponsor the parade? ANSWER: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170605/what-could-be-better-than-patriotic-parade
— Can off-hours political activism get you in trouble at work? – Jena McGregor  (DIERSEN: Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170604/can-off-hours-political-activism-get-you-in-trouble-at-work

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Because the Chicago Sun-Times does such a good job promoting the Democrat Party platform, Democrats will assure that only Democrats own the paper.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170605/NEWS06/170609949

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— A formula for discord – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-06-05/formula-discord.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— A deadly weekend in St. Louis leaves 10 people confirmed dead, several others injured – DANA RIECK
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article154381104.html

 

NIU
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: NIU increases its efforts to crank out “good little Democrats.” QUESTION: Which employers want to hire “good little Democrats?” ANSWER: Employers that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://newsroom.niu.edu/2017/06/05/fighting-back-against-injustice/

 

ROCK ISLAND TODAY
— Democratic ‘conspiracy’ not so far-fetched after all, Swanson says
http://rockislandtoday.com/stories/511123132-democratic-conspiracy-not-so-far-fetched-after-all-swanson-says

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Breen blames ‘petty’ partisanship for move to restrict Medicaid managed care – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511122680-breen-blames-petty-partisanship-for-move-to-restrict-medicaid-managed-care
— Nybo rues reversal of some charter school panel authority – Zachary Lewis
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511122660-nybo-rues-reversal-of-some-charter-school-panel-authority

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Rauner ad describes Democrats’ ‘stunning failure’ on budget – Caitlin Nordahl
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511122654-rauner-ad-describes-democrats-stunning-failure-on-budget

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Illinois Local Governments own more than 270,000 vehicles – John Kraft  (DIERSEN: What vehicles do you own?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I own six cars: 1972 Chevy Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS, 2005 Chevy Corvette, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, and 2016 Ford Mustang.  The vehicles that you own say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself.)
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/06/illinois-local-governments-own-more-than-270000-vehicles/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— HB 40: Keep The Pressure On Gov. Rauner – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/keep-pressure-gov-rauner/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER/INGOLD: TRUMP REJECTS ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/thorneringold-trump-rejects-robbing-peter-to-pay-paul.html

 

GOPUSA
— Susan Rice comes out to say we have to accept terrorists
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25299
— London’s Muslim mayor has ‘better things to do’ than respond to Trump  (DIERSEN: Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25325
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Donald Trump’s ignorant view of Islam could make both of our countries less safe – it risks alienating mainstream Muslims around the world and plays into the hands of extremists. Donald Trump and those around him think that Western liberal values are incompatible with mainstream Islam – London has proved him wrong.” – Mayor Sadiq Khan, May 2016)
— British PM: Too much tolerance of extremism in our country
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25288
— Trump: This bloodshed must end, this bloodshed will end
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25319
— Examples of fake news? How much time you got?  (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, except the news that they put out, all news is fake, a distraction, unimportant, stale, and/or worse things.  My critics/opponents want to manipulate you, if not dominate you.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25295

 

DAILY CALLER
— Theresa May’s Answer To Terror: Restrict The Internet – Scott Greer  (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all losses that Republicans have suffered in Illinois, and especially all losses that Republicans have suffered in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/04/theresa-mays-answer-to-terror-restrict-the-internet/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— NPR Uses ‘Far Right’ to Label Texas Freedom Caucus – Tim Graham  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes negatively label you as?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes negatively label me as a Trump supporter, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, old, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, someone who was baptized, raised, confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, someone whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, retired federal employee, former union member, childless, pet-less, American nameplate car owner, non-churchgoer, and even worse things. Based on the aforesaid, they constructively label me as being a religious hypocrite, a patriotic coward, a hater, a White supremist, a racist, a sexist, a bigot, and even worse things.)
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2017/06/05/npr-uses-far-right-label-texas-freedom-caucus-and-racist-nuts

 

POLITICO
— Putin denies having compromising information on Trump – REBECCA MORIN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always ascribed bad judgment and evil motive to everything that say or do and to everything that I do not say or do not do.  Of course, they hint/imply/argue/shout that the only reason why I put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out is to unethically get and spread compromising information on good individuals, on good organizations, on good companies, on good governments, on good activists, on good candidates, on good elected officials, on good party leaders, on good major donors, on good political consultants, on good etc.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and.or they a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/04/putin-trump-russia-megyn-kelly-239121

 

WASHINGTON POST
— White House formally backs plan to send 30,000 federal workers to private corporation – Ashley Halsey III and John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/white-house-formally-backs-plan-to-send-30000-federal-workers-to-private-corporation/2017/06/05/b8ce5546-4987-11e7-9669-250d0b15f83b_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The White House on Monday will formally endorse a plan to spin off more than 30,000 federal workers into a private nonprofit corporation, separating the nation’s air traffic controllers and those who work on a $36 billion modernization program from the Federal Aviation Administration. The Trump administration proposal, which will be presented at the White House later Monday, essentially is an endorsement of a plan that failed to gain sufficient traction in Congress last year.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— As Seats Go Unfilled on Federal Panels, Businesses Face Uncertainty – Brent Kendall  (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-seats-go-unfilled-on-federal-panels-businesses-face-uncertainty-1496589147
— Analysts With Industry Experience Might Be Better Watchdogs  Study finds evidence that such analysts are more likely to challenge CEOs and earnings manipulation – Jeff Brown  (DIERSEN: Democrats run GAO. Democrats run IRS. GAO audits IRS. In 1980, after working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173, I transferred to GAO.  Needless-to-say, the Democrats who run GAO and who ran IRS did not want me, a Republican, to be assigned to audits of IRS.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/analysts-with-industry-experience-might-be-better-watchdogs-1496628300
— Five Common Mistakes People Make When Paying for College – Chana R. Schoenberger  (DIERSEN: Did you expect your parents to pay for your college education?  I did not.  My outstanding parents never attended college.  My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, worked in the office of a chemical plant, almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, and did not buy a new car until he was 45 and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy.  My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/five-common-mistakes-people-make-when-paying-for-college-1496628841
— The Diminishing Returns of a College Degree  In the mid-1970s, far less than 1% of taxi drivers were graduates. By 2010 more than 15% were. – Richard Vedder and Justin Strehle  (DIERSEN: If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, Firestone Stores would not have offered me a job in 1970 and Oldsmobile and IRS would not have offered me jobs in 1971.  If I had not been taking graduate business classes, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. If I had not earned an MBA in 1976, if I had not been taking graduate accounting classes, and if I had not passed the CPA examination in 1979, GAO would not have offered me a job in 1980.  If I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, if I had not passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981, if I had not become a licensed CPA in 1981, and if I had not earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986 and GAO would have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-diminishing-returns-of-a-college-degree-1496605241

 

USA TODAY
— Millennials start kids’ college funds earlier than Baby Boomers did – Susan Tompor (DIERSEN: Did you expect your parents to pay for your college education?  I did not.  My outstanding parents never attended college.  My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, worked in the office of a chemical plant, almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, and did not buy a new car until he was 45 and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy.  My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/tompor/2017/06/04/529-college-savings-student-loans/102381050/

June 4 Evening Edition

ABC7
— 7 killed in London attack, 12 suspects arrested – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/news/7-killed-in-london-attack-12-suspects-arrested/2064777/

 

NBC5
— Police Arrest 12 After Night of Terror in Heart of London  The assault began Saturday night when a van veered off the road and barreled into pedestrians on busy London Bridge – Gregory Katz, Danica Kirka and Jill Lawless
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/12-People-Arrested-in-Connection-to-London-Attack-UK-Police-426283771.html
— Prosecutors Want Judge to Deny Schock Dismissal Requests
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/aaron-schock-dismissal-requests-426305281.html

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps side with citizens of foreign countries against citizens of America.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/04/nada-nada-ringtone-campaign-immigrants-rights/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— UK leader: Islamic extremism must be contained after attack – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/258706539-story
— Cost of imprisoning one inmate in California: $75,560; cost of one guard’s salary: $70,020 – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/258840485-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump criticizes London mayor in tweets after attack on city – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-london-mayor-20170604-story.html
— Kennedy says Pritzker doesn’t ‘deserve’ to be governor, cites FBI recordings with Blagojevich – Rick Pearson  (DIERSEN: What positions do your critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that you don’t “deserve?”  My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that I don’t deserve any of the positions that I hold or have held. They want their operatives or their dupes to hold those positions, and if they can’t have that, they want to abolish those positions.  My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I did not deserve to be a) hired by the Post Office in 1966 or allowed to work there for almost 3 years, b) hired by IRS in 1971 or allowed to work there for almost 9 years, c) promoted by IRS in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) hired by GAO in 1980 or allowed to work there for almost 18 years, and e) promoted by GAO in 1986.  According to them, Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, poor people, and veterans should have gotten what I got.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chris-kennedy-pritzker-blagojevich-met-0605-20170604-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, you are not welcome.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-north-shore-pride-fest-st-0605-20170604-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump criticizes London mayor after latest attack on city – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/after-london-attacks-trump-blasts-political-correctness-on-twitter/
— School board elections likely in Chicago’s future; more seats, too – Tina Sfondeles and Lauren FItzPatrick
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/school-board-elections-likely-in-chicagos-future-more-seats-too/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps side with citizens of foreign countries against citizens of America.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/new-weapon-to-fight-deportation-a-ringtone/

 

WGN RADIO
— Chris Kennedy on Gov. Rauner’s approach to the state budget crisis: “The chaos needs to end” – JASMINE COOPER
http://wgnradio.com/2017/06/04/democrat-chris-kennedy-on-rauners-approach-to-the-state-budget-the-chaos-needs-to-end/
— Politics with Rick Pearson Full Show 6/4/17 – JASMINE COOPER
http://wgnradio.com/2017/06/04/the-sunday-spin-politics-with-rick-pearson-full-show-6417/

 

WLS AM
— Illinois lawmakers OK plan to ditch landlines, hike 911 fees – AP
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/06/04/illinois-lawmakers-ok-plan-to-ditch-landlines-hike-911-fees/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Springfield impasse: Illinois gets nothing – RICH MILLER
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2017-06-04/rich-millercapitol-fax-springfield-impasse-illinois-gets-nothing.html
— Another heapin’ helping of failure – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-06-04/another-heapin-helping-failure.html

 

WAND
— Former township assessor sentenced to probation
http://www.wandtv.com/story/35581882/former-township-assessor-sentenced-to-probation

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump criticized for tweet about London Mayor after attack.”
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-touts-travel-ban-pledges-support-to-britain-in-wake-of-london-incidents/730940705

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Martwick trying to save face with Pritzker by killing his own bill, GOP contends – Ruth de Jauregui
http://northcooknews.com/stories/511120941-martwick-trying-to-save-face-with-pritzker-by-killing-his-own-bill-gop-contends
— Moylan, Mussman abortion bill support described as flawed thinking – Glenn Minnis
http://northcooknews.com/stories/511120938-moylan-mussman-abortion-bill-support-described-as-flawed-thinking

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Scheidler finds hypocrisy in Democrats, women supporting abortion measure – Glenn Minnis
http://willcountygazette.com/stories/511120898-scheidler-finds-hypocrisy-in-democrats-women-supporting-abortion-measure

 

ROCK ISLAND TODAY
— Quad City group argues abortion bill meant to attract votes, not support women
http://rockislandtoday.com/stories/511120929-quad-city-group-argues-abortion-bill-meant-to-attract-votes-not-support-women

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Workers’ comp a tiny piece of puzzling priorities in Illinois, law firm argues – Caitlin Nordahl
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511118696-workers-comp-a-tiny-piece-of-puzzling-priorities-in-illinois-law-firm-argues

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— More “Internal Controls” issues for Dr. Douglas Baker of NIU – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/06/more-internal-controls-issues-for-dr-douglas-baker-of-niu/

 

ILLINOIS OPPORTUNITY PROJECT
— Tax Hike Bill Illustrates Who Democrats Serve – By Matthew Besler
http://illinoisopportunity.org/tax-hike-bill-illustrates-who-democrats-serve/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Kennedy on Pritzker/Blagojevich FBI tapes: “Completely sick behavior”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/04/kennedy-on-pritzkerblagojevich-fbi-tapes-completely-sick-behavior/

 

FEDERALIST
— Illinois Learns What Happens When You Let Democrats Control The Pursestrings – Robert Gehl
http://thefederalistpapers.org/us/illinois-learns-what-happens-when-you-let-democrats-control-the-pursestrings

 

THE BLAZE
— Trump bashes political correctness, gun control and London’s mayor in wake of UK terror attack – Justin Haskins
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/04/trump-bashes-political-correctness-gun-control-and-londons-mayor-in-wake-of-uk-terror-attack/

 

BREITBART
— 5,000 Canadians March in Support of Trump, Against Liberal Trudeau Administration – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/03/5000-canadians-march-in-support-of-trump-against-liberal-trudeau-administration/

 

TOWNHALL
— Madness: Campus Leftists Target Professor Who Objected to Demands That White People Leave Campus – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/05/30/madness-seeking-safe-space-oregon-students-of-color-demand-white-peers-faculty-leave-campus-n2332877

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— A REAL LOOK AT CAMPUS ‘HYSTERIA AND INDOCTRINATION’ COMING IN 2018  Carolla, Prager crowdfund ‘No Safe Spaces’ documentary on college snowflakes – PAUL BREMMER
http://mobile.wnd.com/2017/06/a-real-look-at-campus-hysteria-and-indoctrination-coming-in-2018/

 

COLLEGE FIX
— Black Evergreen State prof’s profanity-laced tirade against white colleagues
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/32977/

 

THE HILL
— Trump reignites debate over travel ban – REBECCA SAVRANSKY
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/336284-trump-reignites-debate-over-travel-ban
— Trump warns after London attack: ‘We must stop being politically correct’ – KYLE BALLUCK
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/336252-trump-after-london-attack-we-must-stop-being-politically-correct

 

CNN
— The many extremes of Portland collide in protest
http://fox61.com/2017/06/04/the-many-extremes-of-portland-collide-in-protest/

 

REUTERS
— Trump supporters confront counter-protests in Portland, Oregon
http://www.nasdaq.com/article/trump-supporters-confront-counterprotests-in-portland-oregon-20170604-00043

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— ISIS has claimed the London attack. The prime minister declared earlier, “Enough is enough,” vowing to intensify counterterror efforts. – STEVEN ERLANGER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/04/world/europe/uk-london-attacks.html

 

INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY
— What Do Broke Illinois And Bankrupt Puerto Rico Have In Common? Big, Bad Government
http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/what-do-broke-illinois-and-bankrupt-puerto-rico-have-in-common-big-bad-government/

 

FED SMITH
— Federal Employees: You’re Not Going Anywhere This Year – Michael Wald  (DIERSEN: This article hints/implies/argues/shouts that if federal employees quit, they can easily get a comparable or better job in the private sector.  However, that might be true only if the employee is a Democrat, a minority, a female, younger, and/or a veteran.  Just like the federal government, private sector employers have always been under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, to retain, and to promote those who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.  Another words, the more of the following that a federal employee is, the more likely that they are not going anywhere: Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/06/04/federal-employees-youre-not-going-anywhere-this-year/

 

GAO
— JOB OPENING: Student Trainee  (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS.  I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 after I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173.  To transfer, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to suffer an $18,847 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, that is, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5, currently $90,173, to GS-9 Step 10, currently $71,326. Many, if not most, if not virtually all for my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should have been forced to suffer a $57,808 (64%) pay cut in today’s dollars, that is, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5, currently $90,173, to GS-4 Step 1, currently $32,365.  They demonized, denigrated, and condemned  a)  my IRS work experience and that much of it was similar to what GAO employees do, b) my having passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c)  my almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, d) my having earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, e) etc.  They never would have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/470886000

June 3 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Durbin and Duckworth set up committee to vet US attorney candidates – AP  (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/senators-set-up-committee-to-vet-us-attorney-candidates/article_8ba5daa3-013e-579f-8d0b-4bbd8b309445.html

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

June 2 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Emanuel to Rauner: Education funding bill ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-school-funding-met-0603-20170602-story.html
— Illinois’ insane credit-rating slide is accelerating under Rauner – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-bond-rating-rauner-ringless-voicemail-zorn-perspec-0604-ml-20170602-column.html
— State lawmakers vote to hang up on landline phones – Robert Channick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-illinois-legislature-approves-att-landline-end-0602-biz-20170601-story.html
— Kathy Griffin predicts career is over, says Trump ‘broke me’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-kathy-griffin-trump-photo-fallout-20170602-story.html
— Former Illinois senator Nolan wants money from pay increases he missed – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-former-lawmaker-pay-raise-lawsuit-met-0603-20170602-story.html
— Chicago Tribune: 170 years of bringing you the news – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-chicago-tribune-170-years-edit-20170602-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rahm slams Trump on Paris pullout, joins pledge to meet climate goals – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rahm-slams-trump-on-paris-pullout-joins-pledge-to-meet-climate-goals/
— Kathy Griffin not ‘laying down’ for Donald Trump, fears career is over – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/kathy-griffin-not-laying-down-for-donald-trump-fears-career-is-over/
— NIU president’s alleged ethical lapses too serious to overlook – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/niu-presidents-alleged-ethical-lapses-too-serious-to-overlook/
— Chris Kennedy sends message to minority communities on property taxes – Laura Washington
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/chris-kennedy-sends-message-to-minority-communities-on-property-taxes/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Schakowsky to stand in for Roskam at town-hall meeting in Palatine
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170602/schakowsky-to-stand-in-for-roskam-at-town-hall-meeting-in-palatine

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How Rauner blew his chance to put Madigan on the hot seat – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170602/ISSUE11/170609967/in-rauner-madigan-showdown-the-governor-whiffed
— I blame Rauner for the state’s budget failure – JOE CAHILL
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170602/BLOGS10/170609952/rauner-puts-2018-re-election-ahead-of-a-state-budget-compromise
— Where is Emanuel in the budget fight? – MARK GUARINO
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170602/ISSUE01/170609965/chicago-mayor-emanuel-missing-in-illinois-budget-fight

 

NBC5
— It’s Groundhog Day for Illinois Lawmakers – Mary Ann Ahern and Carol Marin
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Web-chicago-deep-dish-its-groundhog-day-over-budget-stalemate-426014334.html

 

CBS2
— Protesters Blast Trump Pullout Of Paris Accord – Bob Roberts
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/02/protesters-blast-trump-pullout-of-paris-accord/
— Key Lawmakers Believe A State Budget Agreement Is Still Possible – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/02/at-issue-lawmakers-budget-agreement-possible/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hillary Clinton says “Trump unleashed ‘dangerous’ level of hate.”
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/258369038-story

 

WLS AM
— Rauner vows to fight steps to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/06/02/rauner-vows-to-fight-steps-to-raise-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour/

 

WTTW
— Rauner Says Elected School Board Bill is ‘Political Spin’ – Matt Masterson
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/06/02/rauner-says-elected-school-board-bill-political-spin

 

DNA INFO
— Stabbing, Fights Rock DePaul After Anti-Feminist Speaker Canceled – Ted Cox
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170601/lincoln-park/gavin-mcinnes-proud-boys-depaul-stabbing-protest-rally

 

WBEZ
— Cullerton Calls On GOP To Break With Rauner To End Budget Fight
https://www.wbez.org/shows/morning-shift/cullerton-blasts-rauner-house-gop/c3114fc6-851e-4f1d-aa86-a7e89e776329

 

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Rauner expects Illinois’ credit problems to get worse with no budget  Credit rating services reduced state’s bond rating to step above junk – Ryan Jaster
http://www.ourquadcities.com/news/rauner-expects-illinois-credit-problems-to-get-worse-with-no-budget/730259807

 

PROJECT 6
— Patronage play: Chicago mayors have appointed 28 aldermen in the past 28 years
https://thesecretsix.com/2017/05/31/patronage-play-chicago-mayors-have-appointed-28-aldermen-in-the-past-28-years/

 

WIRE POINTS
— VIdeo: Terrific, Emotional Speech By Rep. Jeanne Ives On ‘Union Thugs’ Vandalizing Construction Site of a State Rep. They Don’t Like – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/video-terrific-emotional-speech-by-rep-jeanne-ives-on-union-thugs-vandalizing-construction-site-of-state-rep-they-dont-like-wp-original/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Senator suggests racism may be behind tough questioning on borrowing bill – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/senator-suggests-racism-may-be-behind-tough-questioning-on-borrowing/article_37728e56-46fb-11e7-953e-bf6bd128b9bd.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Backlash: Appropriate Only When the Liberals and Media Say It Is – Jody Patterson
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/06/backlash-appropriate-only-when-the-liberals-and-media-say-it-is/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner says Illinois is on “a good path to change the system”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/02/rauner-says-illinois-is-on-a-good-path-to-change-the-system/

 

GOPUSA
— Making California a Sanctuary for the Deserving  (DIERSEN: How soon will California leave America and join up with Mexico?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25232

 

P.J. MEDIA
— Alien Invasion: Thousands of Foreigners Registered to Vote (and Voting) in Virginia – J. CHRISTIAN ADAMS
https://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/2017/05/30/alien-invasion-thousands-of-foreigners-registered-to-vote-and-voting-in-virginia/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— At the New York Times, a Public Execution  The paper fires its public editor for resisting the Resistance. – KYLE SMITH
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448196/new-york-times-public-editor-liz-spayd-fired-media-bias

 

NEWSWEEK
— CAR SCAMS: CROOKED DEALERS ROLLING BACK ODOMETERS COST BUYERS $1 BILLION A YEAR – JOSH SAUL
http://www.newsweek.com/georgia-odometer-scam-latest-case-crooks-rolling-back-miles-crime-costs-buyers-619796

June 2 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Passage of Illinois minimum wage bill generates worker optimism, employer anxiety – Lauren Zumbach, Greg Trotter and Gail MarksJarvis
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-illinois-minimum-wage-0602-biz-20170601-story.html
— Size of billionaire-bashing Chris Kennedy’s fortune a mystery, still – Kim Janssen  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who demonize, denigrate, and condemn a) those who have more money than they have, b) those who have less money than they have, and c) those who have more or less money than they have.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-chris-kennedys-money-0601-chicago-inc-20170601-story.html
— Why we stay: Notable Chicagoans talk about why they call city home – William Lee  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Chicagoans elect leaders who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-why-we-stay-met-20170531-story.html
— City Council’s 30-minute limit on public comment would be an insult to taxpayers – Editorials  (DIERSEN: What do those who run your municipality think of you and think of your opinions? If you spoke at a city council meeting, how much weight would they give to what you said?  What if the mayor of your city makes it clear to everyone that he hates you and that he blames you for all of his problems, blames you for all of your problems, and blames you for all of everyone’s problems?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-city-council-open-meetings-act-perspec-0602-md-20170601-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Two good ways to kill the property tax insider’s game – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/two-good-ways-to-kill-the-property-tax-insiders-game/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURES: 6 examples of how the state budget mess hurts in suburbs – Jake Griffin and Marni Pyke  (DIERSEN: Has the state budget mess hurt you personally in any major ways?  Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if the state budget mess has not hurt you personally in a major way, it is because you are an undeservedly filthy rich Republican.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170602/6-examples-of-how-the-state-budget-mess-hurts-in-suburbs
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Kane County inmate suing jail for $1 billion over not being allowed to vote – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170602/kane-county-inmate-suing-jail-for-1-billion-over-not-being-allowed-to-vote

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— We’re in this mess because of Mike Madigan – Editorial
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170602/ISSUE07/170609975/were-in-this-mess-because-of-mike-madigan
— Here’s who killed Illinois – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170602/ISSUE05/170609974
— To this parent, school fight a sign that segregation alive and well in South Loop – VALERIE LEVAN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170602/OPINION/170609983

 

WLS AM
— Rauner blames Democrats for budget failure – John Dempsey  (DIERSEN: Who blames you for their problems?  I should write a book about scapegoaters in Wheaton, scapegoaters in Glen Ellyn, scapegoaters in Milton Township, scapegoaters in DuPage County, and scapegoaters in Illinois.)
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/06/02/rauner-blames-democrats-for-budget-failure/

 

WGN RADIO
— Governor Bruce Rauner: ‘It’s ridiculous. I feel your pain 100%.’ – MARY SANDBERG BOYLE
http://wgnradio.com/2017/06/02/governor-bruce-rauner-its-ridiculous-i-feel-your-pain-100/

 

WTTW
— Rauner: ‘We May Have to Resort to a Special Session’
http://video.wttw.com/video/3001460301/

 

WBEZ
— 3 Things To Know About Illinois’ Proposed Overhaul Of School Funding
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/3-things-to-know-about-illinois-proposed-overhaul-of-school-funding/5baa148a-ef94-4eef-89fd-5b618764962a

 

WJBD RADIO
— Ivanka Trump tweets in honor of Pride month  (DIERSEN: If you do not promote LGBTQ activity, those who do promote LGBTQ activity focus on destroying you.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2017/06/02/ivanka-trump-tweets-in-honor-of-pride-month

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Any Budget Madigan Would Pass Would Be Impossible For Rauner To Sign
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/any-budget-madigan-would-pass-would-be-impossible-for-rauner-to-sign

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Freshmen legislators vent frustration at failure of budget deal – Michael McGrady
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511122407-freshmen-legislators-vent-frustration-at-failure-of-budget-deal

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— OEIG: “Pres Baker Mismanaged NIU” – “Pattern of Circumventing Procurement Rules” – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/06/oeig-pres-baker-mismanaged-niu-pattern-of-circumventing-procurement-rules/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Leftists Ban Catholic Vendor from Farmers’ Market – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/leftists-ban-catholic-vendor-farmers-market/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— HULTGREN SCORES HIGHEST CONSERVATIVE RATING AMONG IL CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/hultgren-recognized-by-american-conservative-union-for-conservative-achievement-award.html
— THORNER: KEY WOMEN EDUCATORS DISCUSS AMERICA’S LEARNING CLIMATE AT HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/thorner-key-women-educators-discuss-americas-learning-climate-at-heartland-institute.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner now claims he favors Manar’s education funding bill
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/02/rauner-now-claims-he-favors-manars-education-funding-bill/

 

GOPUSA
— ‘Sanctuary cities’ have until end of June to comply  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, and other sanctuary cities, counties, and states formally declare war on America?  Needless-to-say, those cities, counties, and states that formally declare war on America will lose.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25246
— City: You Can’t Sell Blueberries Unless You Affirm Gay Marriage  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will those who run your municipality, your township/ward, your county, Illinois, and America get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25224
— Homelessness surges by 23 percent in LA County
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25187

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— Alt-Left Insanity: Don’t Blame Muslims for Terror Done By … Muslims – Dan Gainor
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/dan-gainor/2017/06/02/alt-left-insanity-dont-blame-muslims-terror-done-%E2%80%A6-muslims

 

DAILY CALLER
— Kathy Griffin Will Hold Press Conference To Complain About ‘Bullying’ From Trump Family – Chuck Ross  (DIERSEN: What do you say to activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton a) who say that they are Republican and who complaint that I bully them because they work against planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and b) who say that they are conservative and who complaint that I bully them because they work against conservative principles?)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/01/kathy-griffin-will-hold-press-conference-to-complain-about-bullying-from-trump-family/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Parents sue San Diego school district over ‘Anti-Islamopobia Initiative’  Say CAIR’s alleged ties to terror present a conflict – Alex Swoyer
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/31/san-diego-school-anti-islamophobia-program-leads-t/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Christians who reject transgenderism banned from adoption, working with children in Illinois – Doug Mainwaring
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/state-agencys-new-rules-accept-transgenderism-or-face-ban-from-working-with

 

THE HILL
— Trump cements ‘America First’ doctrine with Paris withdrawal – JONATHAN EASLEY
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/336014-trump-cements-america-first-doctrine-with-paris-withdrawal

 

POLITICO
— Trump’s nationalism wins out again  ‘This will wake people up,’ Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says after Trump’s climate decision. – EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps like Emanuel paint themselves as being anti-American.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/01/trump-nationalism-climate-decision-239042

 

CBS NEWS
— Several threats made against Trump per day: Secret Service director
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/several-threats-made-against-president-trump-secret-service-director-randolph-alles/

 

ABC NEWS
— A look at the damage of Illinois’ 3-year budget impasse – AP
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/damage-illinois-year-budget-impasse-47761391

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— In Texas, Some Rare Good News About Cities With Pension Woes – MARY WILLIAMS WALSH  (DIERSEN HEADLINE: Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would be overjoyed if Trump would cut if not end my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my COLAs.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/business/dealbook/municipal-pensions-dallas-houston-bankruptcy.html
— Walmart Is Accused of Punishing Workers for Sick Days – RACHEL ABRAMS  (DIERSEN: My Democrat supervisor during the almost 3 years that I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 disapproved of my demographics, and especially that I was a draft avoider, Republican, German-American, Missouri Synod Lutheran, younger, good health, non-poor, college student, and that my ancestors had been in America since the 1840s.  He especially disapproved of the 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, the 1968 Oldsmobile 442, and 1969 Dodge Charger SE that I had bought new and that I used to deliver mail.  I requested sick days only twice during the almost 3 years that I worked for him, and of course, he disapproved those requests.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/business/walmart-workers-sick-days.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote Islam and the Islamic domination of America and the Islamic domination of the rest of the world.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/02/opinion/illegal-immigration-italian-americans.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Members of Congress serve in the military. They shouldn’t.  Holding positions in the executive and legislative branches simultaneously is a conflict. – M.L. Cavanaugh
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/06/02/members-of-congress-shouldnt-serve-in-the-military/
— ‘Democrats take them for granted’: Black women call out party leaders on post-election strategy – Vanessa Williams  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors’ top priority was hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/06/01/black-women-and-the-dnc/

 

USA TODAY
— Paris deal harms U.S. prosperity.  Job creation is one of President Trump’s principal goals. – Roger Wicker
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/06/01/paris-deal-harms-us-prosperity-opposing-view/102401950/
— President Trump hasn’t declared June as Pride Month — at least, not yet – Jessica Estepa  (DIERSEN: Does Trump understand that the more that he promotes LBGTQ activity, the more that anti-Trumps use that to get rid of Trump supporters who do not promote LGBTQ activity?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/06/01/president-trump-hasnt-declared-june-pride-month-least-not-yet/102393004/
— Can attending church really help you live longer? This study says yes – Holly Meyer
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/06/02/can-attending-church-really-help-you-live-longer-study-says-yes/364375001/
— Walmart tests employee delivery in its battle with Amazon – Charisse Jones  (DIERSEN: Often, while I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I used my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, my 1968 Oldsmobile 442, and my 1969 Dodge Charger SE to deliver mail.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/06/01/walmart-tests-employee-delivery-its-battle-amazon/102382666/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ advocate make it clear that if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, they will get rid of you.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/06/01/good-states-lgbt-advocates-say-there-work-done/102387378/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/06/01/onslaught-anti-lgbt-bills-2017/102110520/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/01/religious-liberty-battle-still-rages-over-gay-marriage/102389040/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: S&P Downgrade Brings Illinois Debt One Step Closer to Junk  Illinois may become the first U.S. state to be given a junk rating – Heather Gillers
https://www.wsj.com/articles/s-p-downgrade-brings-illinois-debt-one-step-closer-to-junk-1496350098
— The News You Didn’t Hear – Kimberley A. Strassel  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want you to hear ONLY the news that they put out.  They do NOT want you to hear news that promotes the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, gambling, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and/or other planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform. They do NOT want you to hear news that promotes the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.  They do NOT want you to hear news that opposes the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-news-you-didnt-hear-1496358236

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADINE: Pot pushers promote pot big time.  If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://time.com/money/4801768/colorado-marijuana-industry-tax-revenue/
— This Free Website Helps High School Students Line Up College Scholarships – Kaitlin Mulhere  (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that I never got any scholarships.)
http://time.com/money/4795982/raiseme-free-college-scholarship-service/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Poking the retiree beehive – Mike Causey  (DIERSEN: I am one of the 70,215 federal retirees in Illinois. Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would be overjoyed if Trump would cut if not end my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and/or my COLAs.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2017/06/poking-the-retiree-beehive/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Currently there are 2,625, 261 federal retirees or their survivors.  Right now, as you read this, another 300,000 active duty federal workers are eligible to retire and will, sooner or later, do so.  That’s a lot of people. Go into any McDonald’s, from Scottsville, Ky., to Pismo Beach, Calif., at any time of the day and you will likely see a former fed, or six, chowing down and talking.  The same for your local grocery store whether it is in Washington, D.C., to Washington Court House, Pa.  Or on Guam or American Samoa.  Former feds, and their wallets, purses or credit cards, are just about everywhere. Years ago a very sophisticated federal retiree — my mother — who lived near Fort Myers, Fla., explained that lots of people continue to eat out after retirement “we just do it earlier.”  So we may not see them, but they are definitely there.  According to data from the Office of Personnel Management just over 17 percent of all federal retirees have monthly annuities of $4,000 or more.  Another 22 percent get between $3,000 and $2,999 while 14 percent get $1,000 to $1,999.  Fewer than 9 percent get $1,000 or less per month from their civil service retirement benefit.   Most of the current retirees are under the older CSRS system which fully indexes their annuities to inflation regardless of age.   Workers retiring under the FERS system get cost of living adjustments (starting at age 62) that are partially indexed to inflation.  At least since the Reagan administration. But life-after-retirement (for current feds too) could change drastically if Congress goes along with the Trump administration plan to charge current workers 6 percent more for their retirement benefits, to reduce COLAs for CSRS retirees by giving them 0.5 percent less than the actual increase in inflation each year, by eliminating COLAs completely for FERS retirees (9 out of every 10 current workers is under FERS and would become part of the Zero Diet COLA group), and to eliminate an annual “gap” payment that now goes to FERS retirees until they reach age 62 and become eligible for Social Security. Although they too retire under an enhanced version of the civil service retirement program, many politicians at the House, Senate and now White House level view federal workers either as clowns, drones or creatures from the swamp.  They lap up studies — usually from conservative think tanks —showing federal workers are overpaid and ignore those that show feds, particularly at higher grade and skill levels, are dramatically underpaid compared to their private sector counterparts in Washington, Houston, San Francisco and New York City. Reducing the buying power of federal workers (by making them pay more for their pensions) and retirees, by reducing or eliminating COLAs in the future, could hurt many communities that depend on the federal pay or pension dollar to stay afloat.  So how big a deal is the federal-postal retiree dollar.  Check out this chart from the OPM.  It shows the number of retirees (and their survivor annuitants in each state, and the value of their annuity payments.  The chart does not include the value of Thrift Savings Plan accounts the retirees have or any Social Security payments they received for covered work before or after they were in government:)

May 31 Evening Edition

ABC7
— No vote Wednesday on Illinois budget, impasse continues – Sarah Schulte and Laura Podesta
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/no-vote-wednesday-on-illinois-budget-impasse-continues/2058529/

 

CBS2
— Illinois Lawmakers Fail To Reach Agreement On State Budget
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/31/illinois-state-budget-vote-house-senate/
— Forrest Claypool Says Rauner Administration Treatment To CPS Is Discriminatory – Craig Dellimore  (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if not already, if you are a Republican, Democrats will demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you as being a racist and even worse things.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/31/forrest-claypool-rauner-administration-treatment-cps-discriminatory/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “There is no way to sugarcoat this,” Claypool said. “As the lawyers representing CPS and five parent plaintiffs in the ongoing civil rights lawsuit against Governor Rauner, and the state of Illinois have written, although the state has not installed signs on schoolhouse doors that say ‘whites only’ and ‘colored,’ the state has used its check book to accomplish exactly that.”)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Madigan: No budget vote on lawmakers’ last scheduled meeting day – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-final-day-met-0601-20170531-story.html
— City watchdog offers Emanuel cost-saving ideas as dozens of union contracts to expire – Hal Dardick and Dan Hinkel
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-union-contracts-expiring-met-0601-20170531-story.html
— Judge to Trump’s top Illinois donor, Ron Gidwitz: Fork over $5.7M in damages – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-gidwitz-lawsuit-0601-chicago-inc-20170531-story.html
— J.B. Pritzker sought political office from Blagojevich, 2008 FBI wiretaps show – Todd Lighty, Jeff Coen and David Heinzmann
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-rod-blagojevich-fbi-wiretap-recordings-met-0601-20170531-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump fundraiser Gidwitz ordered to pay $5.7 million in legal fees – Shia Kapos
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-fundraiser-gidwitz-ordered-to-pay-5-7-million-in-legal-fees/
— Illinois House won’t take up budget bills on last day of session – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/house-wont-take-up-budget-bills-on-last-day-of-session/amp/
— Obamas buys D.C. home for $8.1 million; keeping house in Chicago – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/obama-buys-d-c-home-keeping-house-in-chicago/
— Feeling insulted, Mexican to market ‘Trump’ toilet paper – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/feeling-insulted-mexican-to-market-trump-toilet-paper/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Feds send O’Hare bypass feud between tollway, railroad to mediators – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170531/feds-send-ohare-bypass-feud-between-tollway-railroad-to-mediators

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Lawmakers will miss budget deadline – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170531/BLOGS02/170539945/lawmakers-will-miss-budget-deadline
— Biz groups blast lawmakers as budget clock runs out – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170531/BLOGS02/170539950/biz-groups-blast-lawmakers-as-budget-clock-runs-out
— Illinois’ budget crisis is about to get even harder to resolve – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170531/NEWS02/170539962/illinois-budget-crisis-is-about-to-get-even-harder-to-resolve
— Cash-strapped Chicago has a window to save millions, inspector says – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170531/BLOGS02/170539968/cash-strapped-chicago-has-a-window-to-save-millions-inspector-says

 

WBEZ
— CPS Chief Makes Plea To Save District From ‘Brink Of Insolvency’ – Linda Lutton
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/cps-chief-makes-plea-to-save-district-from-brink-of-insolvency/c4d28dc4-c396-4021-b337-fbb633cbb287

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— FBI wiretap records Pritzker, Blagojevich talking state jobs – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170531/fbi-wiretap-records-pritzker-blagojevich-talking-state-jobs

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— House rule: ‘Continuous session’ – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-05-31/house-rule-continuous-session.html
— Ammons speaks up for protesters at Illinois House – Tom Kacich  (DIERSEN: What do you speak up for?  I speak up for the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-05-31/ammons-speaks-protesters-illinois-house.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Three public jobs no problem for local Wonder Woman, or are they? – Editorial (DIERSEN: If I sought a government job, a political job, or any other kind of job, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress a) that I get a $50,856 Civil Service Retirement System pension, a $17,288 federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy, and $2,028 Social Security and b) that I worked part-time for Firestone Stores during the first 18 months that I worked for IRS 1971-1972.)
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article153431759.html

 

WMAY
— Rep McSweeney Calls For Audit of Rauner Administration Leases
http://www.wmay.com/2017/05/31/rep-mcsweeney-calls-for-audit-of-rauner-administration-leases/

 

CHICAGO DAILY OBSERVER
— Illinois Democrat’s Dilemma – DON ROSE
http://www.cdobs.com/archive/featured/illinois-democrats-dilemma/

 

WIREPOINTS
— Better Government Association Could Use Some Better Pension Research – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/better-government-association-could-use-some-better-pension-research-wp-original/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Most Illinois high school students will graduate, few are ready for college – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/schools/most-illinois-high-school-students-will-graduate-few-are-ready/article_e1b5bc88-4568-11e7-8d8c-2b25eb866b01.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS INCOME TAX HIKE TO 5% OPENS DOOR FOR A PROGRESSIVE TAX HIKE – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-income-tax-hike-to-5-opens-door-for-a-progressive-tax-hike/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— STATE SEN. KYLE MCCARTER SAYS SPRINGFIELD WASTING TIME
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/state-sen-kyle-mccarter-says-springfield-wasting-time-video.html
— ILLINOIS DEMS MOVE LEFT MORE THAN EVER DURING SESSION’S LAST DAYS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/illinois-dems-move-left-more-than-ever-during-last-days-of-session.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner, Radogno, Durkin to hold press conference to blast the Democrats
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/31/rauner-radogno-durkin-to-hold-press-conference-to-blast-the-democrats/
— ILGOP follows up robocalls with online ads
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/31/ilgop-follows-up-robocalls-with-online-ads/
— Madigan lists “accomplishments,” lashes out at Rauner
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/31/madigan-lists-accomplishments-lashes-out-at-rauner/
— Moody’s analyst: Backlog threatens “financial foundations of the state”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/31/moodys-analyst-backlog-threatens-financial-foundations-of-the-state/
— Another Pritzker response *** More to Pritzker’s Blagojevich wiretap conversations than first believed
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/31/more-to-pritzkers-blagojevich-wiretap-conversations-than-first-believed/
— NIU president “routinely circumvented state laws and regulations to reward friends and associates”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/31/niu-president-routinely-circumvented-state-laws-and-regulations-to-reward-friends-and-associates/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— More than 5,500 illegals registered to vote in Virginia in last decade; 1,852 actually cast ballots  Critics say McAuliffe kept key facts hidden – Stephen Dinan
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/30/illegals-in-virginia-registered-vote-in-elections/

 

GOPUSA
— 52 shot in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25144
— U.S. Supreme Court protects Mexican citizen from US deportation
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25112
— Battle of the Wall Street sculptures continues
http://www.gopusa.com/battle-of-the-wall-street-sculptures-continues/
— Zero students in 6 Baltimore schools tested proficient
http://www.gopusa.com/zero-students-in-6-baltimore-schools-tested-proficient/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Top Mexican Official: Don’t Worry, Trump Is Deporting Fewer Mexicans Than Obama – Alex Pfeiffer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/31/top-mexican-official-dont-worry-trump-is-deporting-fewer-mexicans-than-obama/

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you insult Trump, anti-Trumps will glorify and praise you.
http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-staff-crazy-618444

 

FED SMITH
— From COLA to Diet COLA: What the Budget Proposal Means for Your Retirement – Randy Silvey  (DIERSEN: Every year, the purchasing power of my Civil Service Retirement System pension and my Social Security diminishes because COLAs are far less than inflation.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/05/31/cola-diet-cola-budget-proposal-means-retirement/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— One-term Trump? – Mike Causey
https://federalnewsradio.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2017/05/one-term-trump/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If President Donald Trump wants to: 1) Avoid any possible impeachment action, or 2) Help Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in 2018, or 3) Score another electoral vote win in 2020, then, He might want to back off his plan to put millions of current and future federal retirees on a zero-calorie COLA (as in cost-of-living-adjustment) diet for life. Why? Because federal retirees and their families are a major factor — both in finances and voting — in most states and many communities.)

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 53% Say Media Leaks Are Act of Treason  (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all the losses that Republicans have suffered in Illinois.  All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are Democrats or Democrat plants, Libertarians or Libertarian plants, Greens or Green plants, or RINOs. They also blame Republican losses on what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/may_2017/53_say_media_leaks_are_act_of_treason

May 31 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Illinois budget deadline looms, lawmakers did not work overnight – Laura Podesta
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-budget-deadline-looms-lawmakers-did-not-work-overnight/2058529/
— Protesters stage overnight sit-in over budget outside Gov. Rauner’s office – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/protesters-stage-overnight-sit-in-over-budget-outside-governors-office/2056593/

 

NBC5
— Chicago Dem Chris Kennedy Touts ‘Radical Change’ Agenda  Kennedy added that, if elected, if he can’t balance Illinois’ budget in his first term as governor, he won’t seek re-election – Charlie Wojciechowski
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Chicago-Dem-Chris-Kennedy-Touts-Radical-Change-Agenda-425363284.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Budget protesters in Springfield demand lawmakers ‘tax the rich’ – AP  (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, anyone who is not on welfare is rich.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/257850517-story

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

— White House has names for new U.S. Attorneys in Illinois – Jon Seidel and Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/durbin-duckworth-escalate-battle-over-federal-appointments/

— As clock ticks, future of Illinois state budget up in air – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/future-of-budget-up-in-air-ahead-of-last-scheduled-day/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT POAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Lawmakers begin last scheduled day without budget plan, just like last year – Monique Garcia, Kim Geiger and Haley BeMiller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-budget-met-0531-20170530-story.html
— Will flaying Trump bring us to normalcy? – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-donald-trump-america-kass-met-0531-20170530-column.html
— U.S. home prices rising 2 times faster than wages – Josh Boak
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/ct-home-prices-20170530-story.html
— Trump misspells press ‘covfefe,’ and Twitter takes notice – Brian de los Santos
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-tweet-covfefe-20170530-story.html
— Emanuel praises CPS chief a week after union’s no-confidence vote – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-forrest-claypool-20170531-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— RACIST: Growing pot industry offers breaks to entice minorities – AP  (DIERSEN: If you want to destroy a demographic, you push pot on that demographic.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170531/news/305319975/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Where rising assessments are boosting property tax bills most – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170531/where-rising-assessments-are-boosting-property-tax-bills-most
— Kane may resort to layoffs to address midyear budget deficit – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170531/kane-may-resort-to-layoffs-to-address-midyear-budget-deficit
— Local TV news continues sharp drop in ratings – Robert Feder
http://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20170530/feder-local-tv-news-continues-sharp-drop-in-ratings
— The value of independent thinking in Springfield – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170530/editorial-the-value-of-independent-thinking-in-springfield
— While other controversies rage, work on border wall moves forward – Byron York
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170531/while-other-controversies-rage-work-on-border-wall-moves-forward

 

WTTW
— Protesters Demand Budget as Legislators Edge Closer to Adjourning – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/05/30/protesters-demand-budget-legislators-edge-closer-adjourning

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Budget issue tests House Dems – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-05-31/budget-issue-tests-house-dems.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— House Dem On Budget: ‘We Can’t Do It On Our Own’ – BRIAN MACKEY
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/house-dem-budget-we-cant-do-it-our-own#stream/0

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans want Rauner to “sign smart voter registration bill.”
http://www.qconline.com/editorials/editorial-gov-rauner-sign-smart-voter-registraton-bill/article_e7eb1984-a5bb-5a46-bc3c-37d305b51ae9.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives argues wage theft bill would put business owners behind bars – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511121775-ives-argues-wage-theft-bill-would-put-business-owners-behind-bars
— Ives works to defeat bill allowing noncitizens to become Illinois pharmacists – Giovanni Whaley
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511119274-ives-works-to-defeat-bill-allowing-noncitizens-to-become-illinois-pharmacists
— Ives wants Chicago as testing ground before raising minimum wage statewide – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511121797-ives-wants-chicago-as-testing-ground-before-raising-minimum-wage-statewide

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Illinois: Saturated in Vice – Benjamin Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/05/illinois-saturated-in-vice/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Political Bias or Sloppiness? – Gary Krasner
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/05/30/political-bias-sloppiness/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On CNN’s State of the Union, with Dana Bash, on May 28, 2017, the topic of Sanctuary Cities was discussed with Sanctuary City Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago. The definition of a “sanctuary city” is one which allows illegal aliens to reside within its jurisdiction, flouting state and federal immigration laws. And the operative word is “illegal.” But, the word “immigration” was spoken 8 times, without the prefix “illegal”. “Immigrant” was used spoken 4 times, with the prefix “illegal” zero times, but “undocumented” used only once.)

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Keeping Your Anger in Check – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: So far, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have failed in their efforts to make me angry.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/05/31/keeping-anger-check/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— LIBERAL UNIVERSITIES INDOCTRINATE STUDENTS BEFORE THEY EVEN ARRIVE FOR THE FALL SEMESTER – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/05/30/study-liberal-universities-indoctrinate-students-before-they-even-arrive-for-the-fall-semester/

 

FEDERALIST
— Illinois Purges Social Workers And Foster Families Who Don’t ‘Facilitate’ Transgenderism  Illinois’s child welfare agency has proclaimed staff must ‘affirm’ gender ideology and ‘facilitate’ LGBT identities for kids—or be fired. – Mary Hasson
https://thefederalist.com/2017/05/30/illinois-purges-social-workers-foster-families-dont-facilitate-transgenderism/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— TRUMP BUDGET FIXES OUR BROKEN CULTURE – Star Parker
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/trump-budget-fixes-our-broken-culture/
— FREE TRADE MUST BE FAIR TO AMERICAN WORKERS – Ken Blackwell
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/free-trade-must-be-fair-to-american-workers/

 

THE HILL
— Trump’s impatience with GOP grows – ALEXANDER BOLTON
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/335715-trumps-impatience-with-gop-grows
— Trump faces shrinking talent pool for new hires – JONATHAN EASLEY AND JORDAN FABIAN  (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/335711-trump-faces-shrinking-talent-pool-for-new-hires

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— As Trump Weighs Shake-Up, He Faces Recruiting Challenge – PETER BAKER and MAGGIE HABERMAN  (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/us/politics/trump-dubke-white-house-staff-changes.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats have no problem with poor people using illegal drugs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/opinion/scott-walker-drug-test-medicaid.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Trump to personally take over his battles with the press – Marisa Schultz and Bob Fredericks
http://nypost.com/2017/05/31/trump-to-personally-take-over-his-battles-with-the-press/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE HEADLINE: Just one drink can harm – Sumathi Reddy
https://www.wsj.com/articles/just-one-drink-raises-the-risk-of-breast-cancer-1496055603

 

BLOOMBERG
— Illinois Budget Crisis Is About to Get Even Harder to Resolve – Elizabeth Campbell
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-31/illinois-budget-crisis-is-about-to-get-even-harder-to-resolve

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— D.C.-Area Lawmakers Vow to Fight Proposed Federal Retirement Benefit Cuts  Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock, Va., said: “We cannot balance the federal budget on the backs of our federal workers.” – Erich Wagner
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2017/05/dc-area-lawmakers-vow-fight-proposed-federal-retirement-benefit-cuts/138266/

 

BENZINGA
— Civil Servants Push Back At Trump, GOP Characterizations Of Career Feds As Lazy, Entitled Sloths Nursed On Taxpayer Dollars – Mark Fritz
https://www.benzinga.com/markets/futures/17/05/9524780/civil-servants-push-back-at-trump-gop-characterizations-of-career-feds
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The GOP-controlled Congress and President Donald Trump have hammered away at what they characterize as slackers with too many benefits and too much time on their hands, and, frankly, civil servants are sick of it. “Contrary to what you may have heard in a recent congressional hearing, my members are barely holding on to a middle-class standard of living,” Pam Sturm, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents 822 IRS workers in St. Louis, said in a statement. “They struggle to pay for housing, utilities, rising health-care costs, tuition and care for children or elderly parents,” Sturm said. She said 65 percent of her members are Grade 5 to Grade 8, which means their starting salary is $33,000. The highest salary for Grade 8 employees is $58,962.)

 

ALTERNET
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans say “Endangered GOP Lawmaker Darrell Issa Hides out on Roof While Avoiding Angry Constituents. Instead of engaging with constituents, Issa cowers and lashes out at reporters.”
http://www.alternet.org/right-wing/darrell-issa-hides-out-roof-while-avoiding-angry-constituents

May 30 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Are video games addictive like drugs, gambling? Some who’ve struggled say yes – John Keilman  (DIERSEN: The more that you oppose vices like I do, the harder that those who promote vices work against you.  Those who promote vices in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois work especially hard against me.  Republicans oppose the promotion of vices.  Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs promote vices.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-video-game-addiction-met-20170529-story.html
— Illinois House approves Chicago gun bill, immigrant protections – Monique Garcia, Haley BeMiller and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-met-0530-20170529-story.html
— Joliet DCFS investigators competed for $100 gift cards given for closing most cases – David Jackson, Gary Marx and Duaa Eldeib  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors and supervisors acted like Democrat politicians had promised them bonuses and promotions a) for hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) for getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-dcfs-contest-met-20170526-story.html
— At these prices an MBA is not all it should be – Kim Gittleson  (DIERSEN: When did you earn your MBA and from what university?  I earned my MBA from Loyola in 1976.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who do not have an MBA degree have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned the value of MBA degrees.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have an MBA degree from an Ivy League university have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned the value of MBA degrees from non-Ivy League universities.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-mba-business-degree-expensive-overpriced-20170530-story.html
— Singed by census report, Emanuel turns to U-Haul – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-morning-spin-tuesday-edition-20170526-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Portland mayor aims to cancel Trump free-speech rally, fears ‘hatred’ – AP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to abolish the First Amendment, that is, to abolish Trump supporters.  Will anti-Trumps succeed in a) banning Trump supporters from asking questions at Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC) events, b) banning Trump supporters from attending WCC events, and/or c) banning Trump supporters from being a member of WCC?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-condemns-fatal-stabbing-of-good-samaritans-in-portland/
— House Dems struggle to find consensus on tax hike as clock ticks – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/house-dems-struggle-to-find-consensus-on-tax-hike-as-clock-ticks/
— Tiger Woods blames medications for his arrest on DUI charge – Doug Ferguson
http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/tiger-woods-charged-with-dui-after-arrest/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF MCSWEENEY AND DRURY: What happens when two suburban lawmakers defy Rauner, Madigan – Kerry Lester (DIERSEN: Who do you defy?  I defy Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) leaders who are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs a) when I promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the IRP platform and in the Republican Party platform and b) when I promote the MTRCC resolution against video gambling.  What has happened to me?  I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the MTRCC webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, or an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170530/what-happens-when-two-suburban-lawmakers-defy-rauner-madigan
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But going it alone is not without costs, big or small. When engraved clocks by Irish-American designer Simon-Pearce were handed out to the rest of the Democratic caucus earlier this year, Drury didn’t get one. . .Subsequently, Drury was removed from his spot on the judiciary committee. Most bills Drury has sponsored this session have landed in a sort of legislative purgatory — the rules committee — and would emerge only if Madigan and Democratic leaders allowed it, something Drury has pointed out in news releases. . .Drury says he gets praise back home in his North suburban district, but at the Capitol, he’s ostracized and spends much of his free time on his own. During Democratic caucus meetings, he appears sullen and withdrawn and often leaves the party sessions early when Democrats begin discussing upcoming votes on important bills. . .McSweeney rarely attends caucus meetings at all. “The governor doesn’t need to tell me what to do. And that’s what the Republican caucus is, getting marching orders from the governor’s office,” said McSweeney, an investment specialist. Instead, McSweeney spends his time trying to drum up votes for the bills he hopes to pass and dining with Democratic lawmakers and close confidants of Madigan. He’s made a habit of inviting members of the black caucus, including Democratic state Rep. Christian Mitchell of Chicago, to town hall meetings in his Northwest suburban district. Unlike Drury’s experience, where many of his bills have died in committee, McSweeney said he hasn’t been retaliated upon by the GOP, and his bills — which also depend on Democratic leaders calling them for a vote — have tended to pass by wide, bipartisan margins. . .Both Drury and McSweeney have the financial wherewithal and the help of wealthy friends to fund their campaigns without depending on party leaders for donations. Neither received more than $1,500 from party sources in the last election cycle, Illinois State Board of Elections records show.)
— FRONT PAGE: Bill to stop cop pension double dipping, based on Naperville case, passes – Chacour Koop  (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would shout that I get both a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension ($50,856/year) and Social Security ($2,028/year). In my defense, my Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a CSRS pension.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170529/bill-to-stop-cop-pension-double-dipping-based-on-naperville-case-passes
— Preservationists scrambling to raise money to save Wheaton mansion – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170529/preservationists-scrambling-to-raise-money-to-save-wheaton-mansion

 

NBC5
— Aurora Named Best City for Living the American Dream
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Chicago-Suburb-Named-Best-City-for-Living-the-American-Dream-425180184.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois House full of action but no budget choice debate – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/257700814-story

 

WTTW
— Illinois Still Has No Budget (But a Bunch of Other Bill In the Works) – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/05/29/illinois-still-has-no-budget-bunch-other-bill-works

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— House approves college grant program for ‘B’ students; GOP says it’s unaffordable – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170529/house-approves-college-grant-program-for-b-students-gop-says-its-unaffordable
— House votes to slow down expansion of Medicaid managed care – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170529/house-votes-to-slow-down-expansion-of-medicaid-managed-care

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— David W. Cook Testing his faith in state government, again – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-05-30/jim-dey-testing-his-faith-state-government-again.html

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Three Kinds Of Taxes Divide Illinois House Democrats – BRIAN MACKEY
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/three-kinds-taxes-divide-illinois-house-democrats

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— TRAGIC: 5 dead, 44 injured in Chicago shootings over holiday weekend – AP
http://www.bnd.com/news/nation-world/national/article153308804.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Dispute Over Taxes In Springfield – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=245074#.WS13CRFSRZI
— IL Congress Tax Debate Continues – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=245108#.WS13zhFSRZI

 

CHICAGO READER
— DISGUSTING: Most Democratic gubernatorial candidates favor some form of legal weed in Illinois – Lee V. Gaines  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois.)
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/05/30/most-democratic-gubernatorial-candidates-favor-some-form-of-legal-weed-in-illinois

 

WILL COUNTY NEWS
— Rauner hands tied by Democrats that Control Illinois for over 30 years/ Corruption, assault on our wallets – Steve Balich
http://willcountynews.com/2017/05/29/rauner-hands-tied-by-democrats-that-control-illinois-for-over-30-years-corruption-assault-on-our-wallets/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Madigan’s House Blocks Rauner Human Rights Agencies Reorganization – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/05/29/madigans-house-blocks-rauner-human-rights-agencies-reorganization/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— After heated debate, House passes bill that could add $400 million in student grant spending – Greg Bishop  (DIERSEN: The fact that I did not get any grants to pay for my college expenses has always been used by my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes to paint me as someone who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and who has always been privileged.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/after-heated-debate-house-passes-bill-that-could-add-million/article_2512e268-44a5-11e7-9d76-abea563ea841.html

 

VOICE OF AMERICA
— In Rural Illinois, Trump Supporters Distrust News Media
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/in-rural-illinois-trump-supporter-distrust-news-media/3875197.html

 

GOPUSA
— TREASOINOUS: Lansing Episcopalians to hide illegal aliens with deportation orders from ICE
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25006

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— 98 percent of Republican military veterans approve of Trump: Poll – Jennifer Harper
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/29/98-percent-of-republican-military-veterans-approve/

 

FRONT PAGE MAGAZINE
— THE CIVIL WAR IS HERE  The left doesn’t want to secede. It wants to rule. – Daniel Greenfield
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/266197/civil-war-here-daniel-greenfield#.WSxiqxvW1Ud.facebook

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— WHY DEMOCRATS WANT YOU TO FORGET THE CONFEDERACY  Joseph Farah spills dirty little secret behind left’s assault on statues, flags, memorials
http://www.wnd.com/2017/05/why-democrats-want-you-to-forget-the-confederacy/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Democrats Attack Texas Republican After He Calls ICE On Illegal Protesters – Justin Caruso
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/29/confrontation-occurs-between-texas-reps-after-republican-calls-ice-on-illegal-protesters/

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-American cities join call for impeachment.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/29/trump-impeachment-cities-238912

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with three big color pictures unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps promote mass immigration.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/29/business/economy/storm-lake-iowa-immigrant-workers.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: G.O.P. Conundrum: Run With or Against Trump? – Jeremy W. Peters  (DIERSEN: Are the Republicans who represent your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, your county, and Illinois ruing with or against Trump.  Needless-to-say, those who are running against Trump should immediately resign.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/29/us/politics/republicans-georgia.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Can the President Be Indicted?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/29/us/politics/a-constitutional-puzzle-can-the-president-be-indicted.html
— Gerrymandering: When Politicians Pick Their Voters – Editorial (DIERSEN: Which politicians would NOT pick you?  Politicians who are members of the following groups would NOT pick me: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/opinion/gerrymandering-supreme-court.html?ref=opinion

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Since the 1960s, the federal government’s top priority has been to hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females. Trumps says the federal government will pull back from that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-administration-plans-to-minimize-civil-rights-efforts-in-agencies/2017/05/29/922fc1b2-39a7-11e7-a058-ddbb23c75d82_story.html

 

USA TODAY
— Here’s what you need to land America’s best jobs – Marco della Cava and Eli Blumenthal  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned the jobs that I had 1962-1997 as being both “bad” and “overpaid.” I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/05/30/heres-what-you-need-land-americas-best-jobs/101730006/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Civil Discourse in Decline: Where Does It End?  The shift away from politeness, decorum and respect is real—and its consequences visible every day – Gerald F. Seib  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the most argumentative, nasty, condescending, bombastic, obnoxious, rude, vicious, threatening, etc. people in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.  They would love it.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/civil-discourse-in-decline-where-does-it-end-1496071276
— The Fourth Circuit Joins the ‘Resistance’  Taking a stand against Trump, the judges are also defying Supreme Court precedent. – David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey  (DIERSEN: What victories have members of the resistance claimed so far in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-fourth-circuit-joins-the-resistance-1496071859
— About the ‘Gutting the Safety Net’  Runaway disability payments invite fraud and punish work. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/about-the-gutting-the-safety-net-1496096189

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— GAO says federal employee salaries should be based on performance, not seniority – Tony Ware  (DIERSEN: Since the 1960s, the federal government’s top priority has been to hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.  In 1989, to help GAO hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females, the Democrats who ran GAO implemented their pay-for-performance system. They used the massive subjectivity and flexibility in that system a) to hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to get rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/gao-says-feds-salaries-should-be-based-on-performance-not-seniority

 

FED WEEK
— Federal Career Transitions  (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS.  Needless-to-say, in 1980, my taking an $18,847 (21%) pay cut (from GS-12 Step 5, currently $90,173, down to GS-9 Step 10, currently $71,326, to transfer from IRS to GAO was a big career transition. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonized, denigrated, and condemned my transfer. They viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned the job skills and the knowledge of IRS that I had acquired by working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173.  They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.fedweek.com/store/complete-guide-federal-career-transitions/