August 22 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Candidates in Illinois 6th District meet with Tribune editorial board – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/candidates-in-illinois-6th-district-meet-with-tribune-editorial-board/4032838/
— DNC says it thwarted hacking attempt on its voter database
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/dnc-says-it-thwarted-hacking-attempt-on-its-voter-database/4030993/

 

WBBM 780
— Rep. Roskam, Challenger Casten Debate Trump, Taxes
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/rep-roskam-challenger-casten-debate-trump-taxes

 

WLS AM
— Roskam, Casten spar over immigration, President Trump – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/08/22/roskam-casten-spar-over-immigration-president-trump/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Jim Edgar wants Rauner to sign bills a) that encourage people to come to America illegally, b) that encourage people to stay in America illegally, and c) that encourage people to bring other people to America illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/rauner-immigration-bills-jim-edgar/
— Days from mandatory retirement age, fire commissioner loses bid to stay on job – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mandatory-retirement-age-fire-commissioner-jose-santiago-shown-the-door-rahm-emanuel/
— Amid skepticism, aldermen to be briefed on $10 billion pension borrowing plan – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chief-financial-officer-brief-aldermen-10-billion-pension-bond-borrowing-plan-taxes/
— CPS reviewing Bronzeville principal’s barring kids from dressing ‘provocatively’ – Lauren FitzPatrick
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-public-schools-cps-investigating-king-high-school-dress-code-barring-dressing-provocatively-sexual-abuse/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Politicians target immigration law after arrest in Mollie Tibbetts’ murder.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/cristhian-bahena-rivera-mollie-tibbetts-kidnapping-murder-immigration-donald-trump-iowa/
— #MeToo movement must condemn sexual abuse, no matter who’s involved – S. E. Cupp
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/metoo-movement-asia-argento-sexual-assault-actor-se-cupp/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump puts the coal industry ahead of your health.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/trump-environmental-regulations-coal-industry-illinois/
— OUTRAGEOUS: Deal him in: Decades later, ‘Gov. No-No’ now says ‘yes, yes’ to Chicago casino – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/former-gov-jim-edgar-supports-chicago-casino-racetracks/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam says Trump isn’t Abe Lincoln, Sean Casten calls president a ‘walking disaster’ – Patrick M. O’Connell, Mike Riopell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-peter-roskam-sean-casten-il6-tribune-20180821-story.html
— Mexican man charged in slaying of Mollie Tibbetts slaying worked under fake name – AP (DIERSEN: One should expect that all illegals use fake names.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-mollie-tibbetts-murder-20180822-story.html
— Mayoral hopeful did not break state law by giving out thousands in cash, checks: hearing officer – Gregory Pratt
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-willie-wilson-cash-giveaway-election-law-ruling-20180822-story.html
— Protest organizers announce route for planned Kennedy Expressway shutdown – Elvia Malagon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-protest-kennedy-airport-shutdown-20180822-story.html
— CPS board votes to bar communication between students, teachers on personal devices – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-schools-teacher-student-social-media-vote-20180822-story.html
— Wilmette mom investigated for letting 8-year-old walk dog around the block. ‘For something like this to happen to me, there’s something really wrong.’ – Kate Thayer (DIERSEN: How soon will anti-Trumps call 911 when they see someone delivering Republican campaign literature door-to-door? In your municipality, if the aforesaid happened, who would your mayor side with?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-leaving-kids-alone-moms-shamed-20180820-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Politicians target immigration law after arrest in Iowa case.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180822/politicians-target-immigration-law-after-arrest-in-iowa-case
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “What Cohen’s plea and Manafort’s verdict mean for Trump.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180822/qampa-what-cohens-plea-and-manaforts-verdict-mean-for-trump
— Cook GOP chairman Sean Morrison to speak in Schaumburg Aug. 25
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180822/cook-gop-chairman-to-speak-in-schaumburg-aug-25

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Lock him up! Illinois GOP in trouble as Trump woes multiply. A president who promised to drain the Washington swamp seems to have filled it with his own alligators as Mueller zeroes in. That means trouble for local Republicans.”
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/lock-him-illinois-gop-trouble-trump-woes-multiply

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Davis should address questions about former aide – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-08-22/editorial-davis-should-address-questions-about-former-aide.html

 

WIREPOINTS
— BGA’s Fact-Check Corrupts The Terms ‘Fact-Check’ And ‘Corrupt’ – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/bgas-fact-check-corrupts-the-terms-fact-check-and-corrupt/

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Williamson County commissioner expects political retaliation after gun referendum fails to get on ballot – Karen Kidd
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511535675-williamson-county-commissioner-expects-political-retaliation-after-gun-referendum-fails-to-get-on-ballot

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Andrew Gasser Loses Suit to Void Local 150 Contract Signed by Predecessor Bob Miller after GOP Primary Election Loss
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/22/algonquin-township-road-commissioner-andrew-gasser-loses-suit-void-local-150-contract-signed-predecessor-bob-miller/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— No More Tax Dollars for the Planned Parenthood Chop Shop – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/no-more-tax-dollars-for-the-planned-parenthood-chop-shop/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TIBBETTS’ FAMILY GRIEF PREVENTABLE, IMMIGRATION GROUP SAYS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/tibbetts-family-grief-preventable-immigration-group-says.html
— THORNER/O’NEIL: DISASTROUS PITFALLS OF A POROUS SOUTHERN BORDER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/thorneroneil-disastrous-pitfalls-of-a-porous-southern-border.html
— MOTORCYCLE ENTHUSIASTS ENDORSE RAUNER, SCOLD CRITICS FOR MOCKING GUV’S RIDING GEAR
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/illinois-abate-endorses-rauner.html
— NFIB RANKS ILLINOIS WITH HIGH GRADES ON LATEST SCORECARD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/nfib-scores-illinois-legislature.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— ABATE president takes offense at Pritzker ad
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/22/abate-president-takes-offense-at-pritzker-ad/

 

FOX NEWS
— Farm that hired Cristhian Rivera, Mollie Tibbetts’ suspected killer, did not use E-Verify system, official says – Lucia Suarez Sang (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, all employers should be required to use E-Verify.)
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/22/mollie-tibbetts-murder-suspect-illegal-immigrant-cristhian-rivera-allegedly-passed-e-verify-system.html

 

BREITBART
— Ann Coulter: Trump Represents What Liberals ‘Hate About America, Which Is Americans’ – John Binder (DIERSEN: What demographics do you share with Trump? Trump and I are both Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, married, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and draft avoiders. He is a federal employee now and I was one for almost 30 years.)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/08/22/exclusive-ann-coulter-trump-represents-what-liberals-hate-about-america-which-is-americans/

 

GOPUSA
— America is Venezuela with Democrats in charge
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=53011
— Crash: Mexican national uses knife to commandeer Greyhound bus
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=52975
— San Francisco: Straws Banned, Needles Free!
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=52893
— Donald Trump rips ESPN for not televising national anthem at NFL games
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=53054

 

DAILY CALLER
— NEW YORK TIMES DELETES IMMIGRATION STATUS OF MOLLIE TIBBETTS’S KILLER FROM HEADLINE – Joe Simonson
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/22/new-york-times-mollie-tibbetts-headline/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Politicians Who Killed Mollie Tibbetts – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/28595

 

CBS NEWS
— Man charged in Mollie Tibbetts death didn’t go through E-Verify – IRINA IVANOVA (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, all employers should be required to use E-Verify.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/farm-worker-charged-in-mollie-tibbetts-death-didnt-go-through-e-verify/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Food Stamp Farce State evasions show the need for new work requirements. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-food-stamp-farce-1534979697

 

NASDAQ
— McDonald’s Sets Global Goal to Reduce Barriers to Employment for Two Million Youth; Invests $2 Million in Chicago’s Workforce (DIERSEN: What did you do to overcome barriers to employment? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/mcdonalds-sets-global-goal-to-reduce-barriers-to-employment-for-two-million-youth-invests-2-millio-20180822-00568

August 19 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Helene Miller Walsh, wife of former U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh, replaces state rep accused of sharing ex’s nude pics – Mike Riopell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-nick-sauer-republicans-walsh-20180818-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Now, Walsh faces the potentially difficult task of building a campaign in the short few months before the election. She will run against Mary Edly-Allen, a teacher from Libertyville, in the race to represent a central and southern Lake County district in the state legislature. Lake County Republican Party Chairman Mark Shaw said he voted for Walsh because he thinks she will be a good lawmaker and able to set up a campaign in a hurry. “I know how tenacious she can be and how hard a worker she can be,” Shaw said. Shaw said Walsh was picked from about 20 contenders to replace Sauer.)
— Top 10 best back-to-school cars – Robert Duffer (DIERSEN: Duffer recommends a 2018 Honda CR-V (TSP) for business majors. What did you drive while you were earning your bachelor’s degree? While I attended UIC during 1966 and 1967, I drove a 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint. While I attended UIC during 1968, I drove a 1968 Oldsmobile 442. While I attended NIU during 1969 and 1970, I drove a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. I bought the Pontiac with money that earned washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights during 1964, 1965, and 1966. I bought the Oldsmobile and the Dodge with money that earned delivering mail for the Park Forest Post Office during 1966, 1967, and 1968.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/new/ct-best-2018-cars-for-grads-20180607-photogallery.html
— What would Jesus do? Clean house in the Catholic Church – Megan McArdle
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-catholic-pennsylvania-grand-jury-jesus-0819-20180816-story.html
— Can you record your boss at work without him or her knowing? – Jena McGregor (DIERSEN: During August and September of 1997, if I had recorded the threats that my Democrat GAO superiors made to me to force me to take their early retirement “offer,” a) my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial would not have been denied and b) the jury would have ruled in my favor.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-record-boss-at-work-20180815-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that the press is “free,” but the press acts like it is an operative or a dupe for the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green parties.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-enemy-of-the-people-st-0816-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Plenty of danger for Dems if they win House and impeach Trump – Laura Washington
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/president-donald-trump-democrats-house-impeachment-2020-election-laura-washington/
— Good journalism depends on savvy consumers – Georgie Anne Geyer (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes dismiss, belittle, badmouth, demonize, denigrate, condemn, and slander those who read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails as being stupid, lazy, White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Should I sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20180819/281908773990529

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF HELEN MILLER WALSH: Helene Miller Walsh was sworn in as Republican state representative Saturday by Lake County Circuit Judge Christopher Stride to fill the remainder of Nick Sauer’s term in House District 51. – Bob Susnjara
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180818/ex-congressmans-wife-appointed-to-seat-of-legislator-who-resigned-amid-sex-scandal
— CEO pay jumps to $19M annually, as fears mount over the wealthy pocketing gains – Jeff Stein and Jena McGregor (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who say nothing about the CEO-worker pay ratio, but who viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn government employees and government retirees as being over-compensated?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180819/ceo-pay-jumps-to-19m-annually-as-fears-mount-over-the-wealthy-pocketing-gains
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The top executives of America’s biggest companies saw their average annual pay surge to $18.9 million in 2017, according to a report released Thursday, fueling concerns about the gulf between the nation’s richest and everyone else. The dramatic 18 percent jump in chief executive pay came as wages for American workers remained essentially flat, pushing the gap between executive compensation and employee pay to its highest point in about a decade. The rise in executive pay shown in the report by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, is driven largely by the big increases in the stock market over the past year. The bulk of CEO compensation is made up of stock grants or stock options, which can lead to substantial paydays for CEOs when companies perform well in the market. The Standard & Poor’s stock market index jumped 14.5 percent in value from 2016 to 2017 when adjusting for inflation, EPI said. From 2009 to 2017, average pay for the nation’s CEOs jumped by $7.8 million, or by 72 percent, according to the report. Over that period, the average wages and benefits for a typical American worker rose from $53,400 to $54,600, or by about 2 percent, the report said. “It speaks to the degree the economic recovery is unbalanced,” said Larry Mishel, an economist who has tracked the CEO-worker pay ratio for two decades and co-authored the report with Jessica Schieder.)
— There’s much at stake for the public in journalism’s success – Georgie Anne Geyer (DIERSEN: To make GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails more successful, I am extremely reluctant to take advice from anyone, because of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes work extremely hard to get everyone to give me bad advice.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180819/theres-much-at-stake-for-the-public-in-journalisms-success
— We take offense at Trump’s false insult – Editorial (DIERSEN: The hardcopy title of this editorial is “Servant of the people Ultimately, any newspaper’s job is to make the world a little better place.” But anyone who looks at what the mainstream news media does sees that it focuses on defending and advancing the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180818/editorial-we-take-offense-at-trumps-false-insult

 

ABC7
— 3 men shot near Seward Park on Near North Side during back-to-school peace party – Will Jones
https://abc7chicago.com/3-men-shot-near-seward-park-during-back-to-school-peace-party/3994564/

 

CBS2
— Undaunted In Face Of Shootings, Englewood Residents March In Back To School Parade – Audrina Bigos
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/18/englewood-shootings-back-to-school-parade/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— 3 men shot in Old Town
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/3-men-shot-in-old-town

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL
— Ag policy forum featured only Republicans – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180818/bernard-schoenburg-ag-policy-forum-featured-only-republicans

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Traditional family model is strongest – Gary Bussmann, Bloomington (DIERSEN: Are you the product of a traditional family. I am. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that I had an unfair advantage in life because I was a product of a traditional family and b) that my being a product of a traditional family was just one more reason why I should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, in addition to my being a healthy non-veteran Republican White male whose ancestors had been in America since 1844.)
https://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/letters/traditional-family-model-is-strongest/article_d50351c0-6f8d-5dfb-ad5f-e725c23d9f80.html

 

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— A woman called police on a man who was getting into his own car (a 2016 Ford Mustang) in Milwaukee – Lainey Seyler
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2018/08/17/woman-called-police-man-who-getting-into-his-own-car-milwaukee/1021846002/

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Helene Walsh selected to succeed Sauer in Illinois House
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511536781-helene-walsh-selected-to-succeed-sauer-in-illinois-house

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says he won’t allow social media companies to censor conservatives They are ‘totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices’ says the president – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/18/donald-trump-says-he-wont-allow-social-media-compa/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Twitter CEO denies company censors content based on ideology – Robert King
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/twitter-ceo-denies-company-censors-content-based-on-ideology

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— TRUMP TWEET STORM AGAINST ‘SPEECH CODE CARTEL’ ‘Social Media is totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices’
https://www.wnd.com/2018/08/trump-tweet-storm-against-speech-code-cartel/

 

TOWNHALL
— Trump Slams Social Media Censorship As Big Tech Silences PragerU, Other Conservatives – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2018/08/18/trump-calls-out-social-media-censorship-as-big-tech-silences-prageru-other-conse-n2510989

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Trump Slams Social Media Censorship of Conservatives; Files Discrimination Complaint Against Facebook – Selwyn Duke (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website.)
https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/computers/item/29814-trump-slams-social-media-censorship-of-conservatives-files-discrimination-complaint-against-facebook
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Social Media is totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices,” and “the Trump Administration … won’t let that happen.” So wrote President Trump on Twitter Saturday, in a shot across the bow of increasingly Orwellian social-media companies. This comes on the heels of a Friday discrimination complaint the administration filed against Facebook alleging that “the way the company targets ads can be used to screen out people based on race, sex or other protected categories,” reports the Washington Times. While the latter complaint doesn’t relate to the censorship issue, it perhaps does signal the Trump administration’s determination to deal with social-media sleight-of-hand. As for its substance, the Times explains: The complaint goes to the heart of Facebook’s business model, which depends on being able to offer advertisers micro-targeting. “Facebook mines extensive user data and classifies its users based on protected characteristics. Facebook’s ad targeting tools then invite advertisers to express unlawful preferences by suggesting discriminatory options,” the Housing and Urban Development Department said in the complaint. Among those options are physical disabilities, parents with children and even religious practices — advertisers are allowed to show their ads only to people Facebook deems interested in “Jesus” or the “Christian Church,” for example.)

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— PRAGERU’S CENSORSHIP AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/271070/pragerus-censorship-and-first-amendment-daniel-greenfield

 

BREITBART
— Donald Trump Condemns Social Media Companies for Biased Censorship – Charlie Spiering
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/18/donald-trump-condemns-social-media-companies-for-biased-censorship/
— Trump’s Anti-Censorship Tweets Just Reminded Us Why He Is the Greatest – James Delingpole
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/19/delingpole-trumps-anti-censorship-tweets-just-reminded-us-why-he-is-the-greatest/

 

BLAZE
— PragerU claims it is being ‘heavily censored’ by Facebook — and they have evidence to prove it – Chris Enloe (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/08/18/prageru-claims-it-is-being-heavily-censored-by-facebook-and-they-have-evidence-to-prove-it

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Trump Tells Social Media Giants to Lay Off Conservatives: ‘There Is Nothing So Fake as MSNBC, CNN’ – SAM DORMAN
https://ijr.com/2018/08/1117114-trump-social-media-giants-conservatives/

 

POLITICO
— ‘We won’t let that happen:’ Trump alleges social media censorship of conservatives
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/18/trump-social-media-censorship-conservatives-twitter-facebook-787899

 

NBC NEWS
— Trump echoes conservative claims that social media companies censor conservatives – Jason Abbruzzese
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/trump-echoes-conservative-claims-social-media-companies-censor-conservatives-n901876

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Accuses Social Media Firms of Discrimination Against Conservatives – Emily Cochrane
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/us/politics/trump-social-media-conservatives.html
— White Doctor Arrested at Orlando Airport Complains of Being Treated Like a ‘Black Person’ – Mihir Zaveri
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/us/dr-jeffrey-epstein-like-a-black-person.html
— How to Get the Most Out of College They’re privileged, pivotal years. Navigate them with as much care as you did the path that got you there. – Frank Bruni (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that while I attended UIC 1966-1968 and NIU in 1970, I earned full-time Civil Service credit while I worked only part-time for the Park Forest Post Office.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/opinion/college-students.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Tax Cut Unlocks Millions for a Republican Election Blitz – Jim Tankersley and Michael Tackett
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/us/politics/tax-cuts-republicans-donors.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The Slippery Slope of Complicity A wannabe Mussolini and his party of apparatchiks.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/opinion/the-slippery-slope-of-complicity.html
— You’re Ready to Quit. How Much Notice Do You Owe? – Rob Walker (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Why did I accept IRS’s job offer in 1971 when I was 22 years old? ANSWER: I was unemployed and seeking a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother. I was unemployed because Firestone Stores had fired me for accepting a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/business/quitting-your-job.html
— How America’s Jews Learned to Be Liberal – Steven R. Weisman (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, many of my superiors and supervisors were Jewish. To turn them against me, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates stressed to them that I was a) conservative, b) baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, and c) 100% German national origin.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/opinion/american-jews-israel-liberals.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Men vs. Women, and the Rules of Debate – Ginia Bellafante
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/nyregion/men-women-candidates-debates.html
— How “Crazy Rich” Asians Have Led to the Largest Income Gap in the U.S. – ADEEL HASSAN and AUDREY CARLSEN
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/17/us/asian-income-inequality.html

 

BOSTON HERALD
— Trump slams social media over efforts to silence conservatives – Joe Dwinell
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/2018/08/trump_slams_social_media_over_efforts_to_silence_conservatives

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Slams Social-Media Companies for ‘Censorship’ of the Right President alleges bias against conservative voices on popular platforms – Rebecca Ballhaus
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-slams-social-media-companies-for-censorship-of-the-right-1534609973

 

NERD WALLET
— How to Stretch Your Spending Money in College – ANNA HELHOSKI (DIERSEN: What did you do with the money that you earned while you were earning your bachelor’s degree? I spent the money that I earned on tuition, books, two new cars, and room and board at NIU for three semesters and a summer session. I graduated debt-free from NIU in August of 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/loans/student-loans/college-student-budget/

 

NEWSWEEK
— TRUMP ACCUSES SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES OF CENSORING CONSERVATIVES – TOM PORTER
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-accuses-social-media-companies-censoring-conservatives-1079143


— TWITTER IS LEFT-LEANING BUT DOES NOT CENSOR BASED ON POLITICS: JACK DORSEY – JASON MURDOCK
https://www.newsweek.com/twitter-left-leaning-admits-boss-jack-dorsey-1079559

 

THE WEEK
— Social media is censoring Republicans, Trump claims on social media
http://theweek.com/speedreads/791098/social-media-censoring-republicans-trump-claims-social-media

 

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
— President Trump Claims Social Media Companies Censor Conservatives
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/president-trump-claims-social-media-companies-censor-conservatives-1135815

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Transferring between federal agencies – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

(THE ARTICLE: In 1980, when I was 31 years old, I took a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO – a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 (currently $91,880) to GS-9 Step 10 (currently $72,677). According to the Office of Personnel Management, 77% of current federal employees have worked for only one agency, 15% have worked for two agencies, and only 8% have worked for three or more agencies. I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, for IRS 1971-1980, and for GAO 1980-1997. I should write a book about transferring between federal agencies.

 

GAO audits IRS. In 1980, when I was 31 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates vehemently opposed my transferring from IRS to GAO. Instead of my taking a $19,203/year (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars, they wanted me to transfer in as an intern and take a $58,902/year (64%) pay cut in today’s dollars (a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-4 Step 1). To justify that, they viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned a) the knowledge of IRS that I had gained by working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880; b) my having passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979; c) my having almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul; d) my having earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976; and e) the fact that much of what GAO Analysts do is similar to what IRS Revenue Officers do.

 

They hinted/implied/argued that IRS should NOT have a) hired me in 1971, b) promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, or c) let me work there for almost 9 years. They hinted/implied/argued that the Post Office should NOT have a) hired me in 1966 or b) let me work there for almost 3 years. They were disgusted, outraged, and beyond furious that I transferred in with almost 12 years of federal seniority, 30 unused vacation days, and more than 100 unused sick days. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that legislative branch employees were far superior to executive branch employees. They stressed that I had been a union member while I worked for the Post Office and for IRS and that I had filed grievances.

 

To turn everyone at GAO against me, they stressed to GAO employees a) who were Democrats, that I was a Republican, b) who were liberal or moderate, that I was conservative, c) who were non-Protestant, that I was a Missouri Synod Lutheran, d) who had less money than my wife and I had, that my wife and I had more money than they did, e) who were non-German American, that I was 100% German American, f) who had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, that my ancestors had been in America since 1844, and g) who were veterans, that I was a draft avoider. They would not have done any of the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.

 

Have you worked in toxic workplaces? Soon after I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, I learned how toxic its Chicago office was for those who shared my demographics. Nevertheless, I counted on the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer a) to protect me from political affiliation discrimination, from reverse discrimination, and from age discrimination, b) to get me assigned to audits of IRS, c) to get me promoted to GS-11 Step 10 (currently $87,933), to GS-12 Step 5 (currently $91,880), to GS-13 Step 1 (currently $96,403), etc. However, ever-increasingly, the Democrats who ran the office did everything that they could to get rid of him. Nevertheless, in 1986, he succeeded a) in getting me assigned to audits of IRS and b) in promoting me to GS-13 Step 1 (currently $96,403). However, the Democrats succeeded a) in getting rid of him in 1987, b) in throwing me off audits of IRS in 1989, c) in keeping me off audits of IRS for the rest of my GAO career, d) in giving me unfair performance expectations and unfair performance appraisals, e) in always ranking me the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and f) in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)

August 9 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Milton Township Republican Central Committee held an outstanding meeting Wednesday evening, August 8, 2018, at the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall. The many speakers included Peter Roskam, Mike Connelly, Amy Grant, and Jay Kinzler. Meeting attendees included Almiron, Barbier, Bucholz, Carlson, Caruso, Cherry, Cooper, Crane, Dangelo, Demos, Eckhoff, Falbo, Fitch, Fitzpatrick, Henry, Hinds, Holder, Keller, Kmiecik, LeVan, Lewis, Lofgren, McGowen, Menna, Monino, Muehlfelt, B. Murphy, Nathwani, Pacilli, Rash, Ryan, Shaw, Tatro, Thomas, Walsh, Whelan, Wilson, and C. & J. Zaruba. Those at the meeting who helped sponsor Wheaton’s 2018 Independence Day parade were Peter Roskam, Amy Grant, Henry, Hinds, Keller, Monino, Whelan, and Wilson. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Roskam releases new ad
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-thursday-20180808-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam released an ad Wednesday questioning his 6th Congressional District Democratic opponent Sean Casten’s business background. Among other things, a narrator in the 30-second ad says Casten “brags about his business credentials” but “inherited millions and worked for his family’s business.” The ad also references a 2015 business-related lawsuit filed in Delaware that Casten was involved in. The ad says that if he’s elected Casten would “make things worse.” Casten’s campaign released a statement saying the lawsuit referenced in the ad was related to “an attempted hostile takeover” that was “amicably resolved.” Casten’s campaign manager Greg Bales said Roskam “wants to muddy up Sean’s record as a successful green-energy entrepreneur because it contrasts so sharply with his own record of rubber-stamp partisanship.” Roskam, of Wheaton, is a veteran of state and national politics seeking a sixth term in Congress. Casten is a clean-energy entrepreneur from Downers Grove and political newcomer who emerged from a crowded Democratic primary field in March.)
— Illinois Republicans disown GOP congressional candidate over conspiracy theories – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-thursday-20180808-story.html
— Dolton mayor presses charges against trustee for allegedly stealing election petitions – Zak Koeske
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-dolton-trustee-arrested-st-0809-story.html
— Chicago and railroad police use of ‘bait truck,’ caught on viral video, is criticized by alderman, ACLU – Jeremy Gorner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-bait-truck-controversy-20180808-story.html
— Why politics has become so acrimonious – Jim Oberweis
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/wheaton/community/chi-ugc-article-why-politics-has-become-so-acrimonious-1-2018-08-08-story.html
— Nearly 33,000 juveniles arrested over last two decades labeled as gang members by Chicago police – Annie Sweeney and Paige Fry
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-police-gang-database-juveniles-20180725-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 4 killed, 7 wounded in Wednesday shootings
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/4-killed-7-wounded-in-wednesday-shootings/
— Don’t ignore role drug trafficking plays in fueling Chicago street violence – Mary Mitchell
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/dont-ignore-drug-trafficking-fueling-violence-bobby-rush-james-gierach/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s trade war comes rolling down over Illinois.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/trade-war-tariffs-illinois-china-donald-trump-administration/
— The glass ceiling holds for women in corporate America – Editorial (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors would argue that there is no ceiling for women or for minorities at GAO. My Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they get rid of their employees who are male and/or White who they do not promote to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/gender-bias-women-ceo-glass-ceiling-indra-nooyi-irene-rosenfeld-denise-morrison/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want Rauner to sign the Immigration Safe Zones Act which “would require the Illinois attorney general to develop policies to limit the power of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to make arrests at courthouses, hospitals, libraries and schools.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180809/constable-why-suburban-schools-back-immigration-safe-zones-
— Protesters swarm pro-Trump organization’s leaders at a restaurant – Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180808/protesters-swarm-pro-trump-organizations-leaders-at-a-restaurant
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens are outspoken leaders of the pro-Trump organization Turning Point USA. Kirk, the founder, has been called a conservative provocateur with the ear of the president. Owens, the spokeswoman, has received tweet-based praise from Kanye West — and together Kirk, who is a Wheeling High School alumnus, and Owens say they are “culture warriors” trying “to save Western Civilization” from liberals. But on Monday morning, they were hungry diners who showed up at Philadelphia’s Green Eggs Cafe in Midtown before it opened and managed to nab a window seat.)
— Casten hits trail discussing issues like health care, labor policy, climate change – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180808/casten-hits-trail-discussing-issues-like-health-care-labor-policy-climate-change

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump pick’s tight Ohio race signals pain ahead for GOP—in Illinois and beyond The voting patterns in some Republican-held districts—including those of Peter Roskam of Illinois.”
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/trump-picks-tight-ohio-race-signals-pain-ahead-gop-illinois-and-beyond

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Sangamon County Democrats get ‘blue wave’ funds – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180808/bernard-schoenburg-sangamon-county-democrats-get-blue-wave-funds
— LaHood foe loses OK for event inside Menard courthouse – Phil Luciano
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180808/luciano-lahood-foe-loses-ok-for-event-inside-menard-courthouse
— Human trafficking ‘happens here locally,’ Rep. LaHood says – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180808/human-trafficking-happens-here-locally-rep-lahood-says

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— First weeks of semester critical in combating sexual misconduct – Julie Wurth
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-08-09/ui-report-first-weeks-semester-critical-combating-sexual-misconduct.html

 

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Ben Carson declared mission accomplished in East St. Louis — where public housing is still a disaster.”
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/ben-carson-declared-mission-accomplished-in-east-st-louis-where/article_6e25f25c-9446-59c4-81b7-ce1433a30d6c.html

 

STATELINE
— Lawmakers aim to put gun control question on November ballot
https://www.mystateline.com/news/lawmakers-aim-to-put-gun-control-question-on-november-ballot/1355099789

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Wheaton City Council members announce runs for mayor – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/08/09/wheaton-city-council-members-announce-runs-for-mayor/asdxrhn/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote hatred of Trump and his supporters.
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/american-hate-profiles-survivors-also-brings-hope#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps shout at women and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/its-official-record-number-women-nominated-house-seats-2018#stream/0

 

MCHENRY TIMES
— Skillicorn offers constituents free gun safety training class – Kasey Schefflin-Emrich
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511523448-skillicorn-offers-constituents-free-gun-safety-training-class

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Algonquin Township – The Circus Tent is getting bigger – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/08/algonquin-township-the-circus-tent-is-getting-bigger/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Ivanka Trump hears about workforce development in Illinois – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/ivanka-trump-hears-about-workforce-development-in-illinois/article_ddea915c-9b46-11e8-8957-77841d184539.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Help for Journalists Interviewing “Progressive” Candidates – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/08/help-for-journalists-in-interviewing-progressive-candidates-for-office/

 

AMMO LAND
— Three Great Pro-Gun Resolutions for Your Town Council To Copy – Tred Law
https://www.ammoland.com/2018/08/three-great-pro-gun-resolutions-for-your-town-council-to-copy/

 

GOPUSA
— More than 700,000 foreigners overstayed visas last year
http://www.gopusa.com/more-than-700000-foreigners-overstayed-visas-last-year/
— ICE employee ousted for using job to campaign for Hillary Clinton
http://www.gopusa.com/ice-employee-ousted-for-using-job-to-campaign-for-hillary-clinton/

 

BLAZE
— TX-Sen: Ted Cruz asks President Trump to campaign for him as polls narrow in Texas race – Jana Pruet
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/08/08/tx-sen-ted-cruz-asks-president-trump-to-campaign-for-him-as-polls-narrow-in-texas-race
— Chicago residents angrily confront cops for ‘baiting’ kids to steal with truck full of shoes – Aaron Colen
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/08/08/chicago-residents-angrily-confront-cops-for-baiting-kids-to-steal-with-truck-full-of-shoes

 

BREITBART
— Nancy Pelosi: Voting for Democrats Gives ‘Leverage’ to Illegal Aliens – Robert Kraychik
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/08/nancy-pelosi-leverage-illegal-aliens/
— July Arrests of Migrant Families at Border Up 173 Percent over 2017 – Bob Price
https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/08/08/july-arrests-of-migrant-families-at-border-up-173-percent-over-2017/
— U.S. Cities with Massive Foreign Populations Went Strongest for Hillary Clinton in 2016 – John Binder (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants overwhelmingly vote for Democrats. Democrats shout at immigrants and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Democrats count on immigrants to help them get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/08/u-s-cities-with-massive-foreign-populations-went-strongest-for-hillary-clinton-in-2016/

 

DAILY CALLER
— TWITTER PLANS ‘HATE SPEECH’ CRACKDOWN AFTER BACKLASH FROM UPSET EMPLOYEES – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: What percent of Twitter employees are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/08/twitter-jack-dorsey-hate-speech-policy/

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Congressional Republicans are giving voters NO reason to turn out – Daniel Horowitz
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/congressional-republicans-are-giving-voters-no-reason-to-turn-out/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Meet America’s Elite Farm Subsidy Club – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/08/08/meet_americas_elite_farm_subsidy_club_137745.html

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Anti-Semitism Soars on U.S. College Campuses Anti-Israel activists fostering hatred of Jewish students – Adam Kredo
https://freebeacon.com/issues/anti-semitism-soars-u-s-college-campuses/
— Gun-Rights Activists Who Posted Gun Files Say Facebook, Amazon Have Censored Their Site CodeIsFreeSpeech.com apparently banned from Facebook and Amazon’s web hosting service – Stephen Gutowski
https://freebeacon.com/issues/gun-rights-activists-posted-gun-files-say-facebook-amazon-censored-site/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The ‘Blue Wave’ May Be Receding Tuesday’s elections show that the GOP has a fighting chance to keep the House. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-blue-wave-may-be-receding-1533768045
— The ‘Red Wave’ Illusion Evidence builds of major GOP losses in November. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-red-wave-illusion-1533767358
— Chicago’s Violence and Its Leadership Deficit Residents don’t trust the police, whose morale is poor. And Mayor Rahm Emanuel has no plan. – Gary MacDougal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chicagos-violence-and-its-leadership-deficit-1533767969
Months of U.S. Strikes Have Failed to Curtail Taliban Opium Trade
— The effort to put pressure on the insurgency in Afghanistan hasn’t crippled a major source of the group’s revenue Poppy production hit record highs last year in Afghanistan, where they are the country’s largest cash crop. – Dion Nissenbaum
https://www.wsj.com/articles/taliban-drug-trade-persists-despite-u-s-strikes-1533726120

 

USA TODAY
— Ford Mustang hits exclusive 10-million mark, sports car record – Phoebe Wall Howard
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2018/08/08/ford-mustang/932802002/
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/money/business/2018/08/08/ford-celebrates-making-10-millionth-mustang/37369505/

 

JD SUPRA
— Age Discrimination In The Workplace – Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/age-discrimination-in-the-workplace-42245/

 

NEXT AVENUE
— Age Discrimination by Employers Is Common, AARP Survey Says Here’s who has seen or experienced it and how it happens – Peter Gosselin
https://www.nextavenue.org/age-discrimination-employers-aarp-survey/

 

INDY 100
— The most common ancestries in every U.S. state – Andy Kiersz, Myelle Lansat (DIERSEN: What percent of the elected officials in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county are German-American?)
https://www.indy100.com/article/us-ancestry-most-common-each-state-country-immigration-8482861
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois: Most common self-reported ancestry: German Second most-common ancestry: African-American Third most-common ancestry: Mexican)

 

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Chicago has no shortage of values.” The Democrats who run Chicago promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things.
http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/chicago-has-no-shortage-of-values-what-it-lacks-are-resources/

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Women’s March Chicago Returns to Grant Park Oct. 13
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Womens-March-Chicago-Returns-to-Grant-Park-Oct-13/63754.html

August 6 Evening Edition

ABC7
— 66 shot, 12 fatally, in Chicago weekend shootings – Jessica D’Onofrio, Leah Hope, Sarah Schulte and Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/66-shot-12-fatally-in-chicago-weekend-shootings/3892234/

 

NBC5
— Rudy Giuliani Tweets Support for ‘Jerry’ McCarthy, Garry McCarthy Fires Back “Let’s get on board for Jerry McCarthy,” a tweet read
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rudy-giuliani-chicago-garry-mccarthy-violence-490158381.html
— Teen Who Died After Being Found Unresponsive at Lollapalooza Worked at Car Wash All Summer to Save for Ticket Evan Kitzmiller, 16, loved live music and was enjoying his final summer outing before he was set to return to school – Sandra Torres (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always decried the fact that I used all the money that I earned 1962-1970 a) to buy a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968; b) to pay for tuition and books at UIC 1966-1968 and NIU 1969-1970; and c) to pay for room and board at NIU in 1969 and 1970.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/lollapalooza-teen-found-dead-evan-kitz-miller-490159911.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Poll: 50 percent of voters approve of Trump
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/poll-50-percent-of-voters-approve-of-trump
— Rosie O’Donnell, Broadway performers protest outside White House – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/rosie-o-donnell-broadway-performers-to-protest-outside-white-house

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rick Lesser Slated as Candidate for Illinois State Representative – Bill Pohlman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/highland-park/community/chi-ugc-article-rick-lesser-slated-as-candidate-for-illinois-2018-08-06-story.html
— Term limits unneeded when there’s dumb and dumber – Charles Selle (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want term limits. They stress how much better off the following are with me not holding any kind of leadership role: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-nick-sauer-st-0807-story.html
— Chicago’s great shame, Chicago’s crisis: Blood on the streets – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-violence-chicago-gangs-police-20180806-story.html
— How do you love a city as violent and broken as Chicago? – Heidi Stevens
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-monday-defending-a-violent-chicago-0806-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— How an ordinary homeowner Kelly Cosgriff forced reform upon Roscoe Township government – Madeleine Doubek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/roscoe-township-kelly-cosgriff-government-ethics-double-dipping/
— Chicago’s most violent weekend this year prompts plea for help from mayor, cops – Mitch Dudek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rahm-emanuel-eddie-johnson-accountability-weekend-violence-murder-shootings/
— Quinn files 86,481 signatures backing mayoral term limits referendum – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pat-quinn-file-85000-signatures-mayoral-term-limits-referendum-1019-mayoral-election-rahm-emanuel/
— Keeping politicians honest: Sun-Times, BGA strike deal to fact-check claims
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/politifact-sun-times-better-government-association-exclusive-deal-fact-check-illinois-politician-claims-elections/
— ‘Slot-style games’ make a mockery of Illinois’ video poker law – Dan Mihalopoulos
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/slot-style-games-make-a-mockery-of-illinois-video-poker-law/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Attack on LeBron shows Trump wants to use fear, divisiveness to win elections.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/lebron-james-donald-trump-november-elections-fear-divisiveness/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Lawlor’s campaign violation fines could keep him off ballot – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180806/lawlors-campaign-violation-fines-could-keep-him-off-ballot
— Giuliani blames Democrats for Chicago crime after 63 shot over the weekend – Kyle Swenson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180806/giuliani-blames-democrats-for-chicago-crime-after-63-shot-over-the-weekend
— How internships are benefiting College of DuPage students (DIERSEN: Did you benefit from internships? I did not.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180806/how-internships-are-benefiting-college-of-dupage-students

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Ex-workers sue to get IDOT jobs back – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 when Elmer B. Staats was the Comptroller General, but in 1981, Charles A. Bowsher became Comptroller General. Bowsher came from Arthur Andersen and believed in “up or out” for employees who were White, male, and/or non-veteran, but NOT for employees who were minority, female, and/or veteran. Under Bowsher, GAO did everything it could to get rid of its employees like me a) who were White, male, and/or non-veteran and b) who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. Beyond overwhelmingly, GAO’s employees who were Republican like me were White, male, and/or non-veteran and had NOT made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180806/ex-workers-sue-to-get-idot-jobs-back

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Hey, Pritzker and Rauner: You know there’s an election in November, right? – Editorial
https://herald-review.com/opinion/editorial/our-view-hey-pritzker-and-rauner-you-know-there-s/article_151ed647-3522-549a-8ecc-1efec6c70b8b.html

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Hultgren to host town hall meetings throughout 14th Congressional District
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/08/02/hultgren-to-host-town-hall-meetings-throughout-14th-congressional-district/ayuddkv/

 

WJBC
— GOP attorney general hopeful stays out of local immigration debate – Howard Packowitz (DIERSEN: In Illinois, Republicans want Republican elected officials to defend and advance the immigration plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/08/06/gop-attorney-general-hopeful-stays-out-of-local-immigration-debate/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— IDOT ‘Staff Assistants’ Sue To Get Jobs Back – BRIAN MACKEY (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 when Elmer B. Staats was the Comptroller General, but in 1981, Charles A. Bowsher became Comptroller General. Bowsher came from Arthur Andersen and believed in “up or out” for employees who were White, male, and/or non-veteran, but NOT for employees who were minority, female, and/or veteran. Under Bowsher, GAO did everything it could to get rid of its employees like me a) who were White, male, and/or non-veteran and b) who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. Beyond overwhelmingly, GAO’s employees who were Republican like me were White, male, and/or non-veteran and had NOT made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/idot-staff-assistants-sue-get-jobs-back#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2016, Rauner issued a press release saying his administration had ended a “patronage hiring scandal” at the Illinois Department of Transportation. At issue were hundreds of people who’d gotten so-called staff assistant jobs under former governors Rod Blagojevich and Pat Quinn. These were political hires into jobs that should have been protected from that sort of thing. Attorney Don Craven says the eight workers suing Rauner eventually made their way into non-political jobs, but that didn’t save them. He says their firing was political. “This allegation is that these people were fired by IDOT because they’re Democrats and they refused to become affiliated with the Rauner administration,” Craven says. “That’s precisely what the first amendment says you can’t do — you can’t fire people because of their political affiliation.” The lawsuit is seeking to get the employees reinstated — with seniority, back pay and benefits. Asked for comment, the Rauner administration did not directly address the allegations in the lawsuit. Spokeswoman Patty Schuh says the administration has been “working hand-in-hand with the [Office of the Executive Inspector General’s] hiring monitoring unit and the court-appointed special master to clean up the corrupt political system created by previous governors.”)

 

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump/Rauner says “Donald Trump is Bruce Rauner’s useful idiot—and vice versa.”
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/08/06/donald-trump-is-bruce-rauners-useful-idiot-and-vice-versa

 

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Blame the Democrats for Chicago racism
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-blame-the-democrats-for-chicago-racism

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rahm: “This is not Chicago.”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/06/rahm-not-chicago/
— Replacing State Rep. Nick Sauer
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/06/replacing-state-rep-nick-sauer/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Rahm pitches scheme to stick his, your grandchildren with massive pension tab – Glenn Minnis
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511519543-rahm-pitches-scheme-to-stick-his-your-grandchildren-with-massive-pension-tab

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Maine West Principal Haugan paid in $358K to teachers pension fund, could collect $7.1 million in retirement (DIERSEN: In 1966-1997 dollars, I paid $70,932 into the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). So far, in today’s dollars, CSRS has paid me $1,084,822 ($4,322 X 251 months). If I was still working for GAO, CSRS would not have paid me anything, and in today’s dollars, I would have paid $183,497 ($731 X 251 months) into the CSRS. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat GAO superiors who forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511512555-maine-west-principal-haugan-paid-in-358k-to-teachers-pension-fund-could-collect-7-1-million-in-retirement

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— 17 IN MCHENRY COUNTY COMPLETE FREE CONCEAL CARRY CLASSES OFFERED BY STATE REP
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/17-in-mchenry-county-complete-free-conceal-carry-classes-offered-by-state-rep-.html
— PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ARE STARTING TO ASSERT THEIR RIGHTS UNDER JANUS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/public-employees-are-starting-to-assert-their-rights-under-janus.html
— LAKE BLUFF REPUBLICAN RICK LESSER STEPS UP TO FILL VOID IN 58TH HOUSE RACE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/lake-bluff-republican-steps-up-to-fill-void-in-58th-house-race.html
— GOP HOUSE CANDIDATE TO RAISE FUNDS WITH COACH DITKA THURSDAY NIGHT IN CHICAGO
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/gop-house-candidate-to-raise-funds-with-coach-ditka-thursday-night-in-chicago.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Ivanka Trump to visit Godfrey with Rodney Davis
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/06/ivanka-trump-to-visit-godfrey-with-rodney-davis/
— Christie throws Rauner under the bus
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/06/christie-throws-rauner-under-the-bus/
— When views supposedly matter, and when they supposedly don’t
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/06/when-views-supposedly-matter-and-when-they-supposedly-dont/
— Fired employees claim First Amendment violations (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 when Elmer B. Staats was the Comptroller General, but in 1981, Charles A. Bowsher became Comptroller General. Bowsher came from Arthur Andersen and believed in “up or out” for employees who were White, male, and/or non-veteran, but NOT for employees who were minority, female, and/or veteran. Under Bowsher, GAO did everything it could to get rid of its employees like me a) who were White, male, and/or non-veteran and b) who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. Beyond overwhelmingly, GAO’s employees who were Republican like me were White, male, and/or non-veteran and had NOT made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/06/fired-employees-claim-first-amendment-violations/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Defendant Rauner made comments that expressed his political animus to those individuals who supported Democrats or public-sector unions. Some of those comments were directed at some plaintiffs. […] The real reason for the termination of these Plaintiffs was that they were employed by the prior administration (under then Governor Patrick Quinn who was a member of the Democratic Party) or that they refused to become affiliated with the Rauner Administration. * Pretext… Despite the long-standing policy of IDOT to review and update job descriptions of employees, at no time after their reassignments did supervisory personnel, or personnel in the Bureau of Personnel verify the accuracy of Plaintiffs’ job descriptions or update the job descriptions to more accurately reflect the work being assigned to each Plaintiff. Defendants then used the job descriptions, which were intentionally allowed to become outdated as the pretense to terminate the employment of these Plaintiffs.)
— Republicans using gun referendums in apparent bid to gin up turnout
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/06/republicans-using-gun-referendums-in-apparent-bid-to-gin-up-turnout/

 

BREITBART
— Midterm Meddling: Facebook Blocks Republican Candidate’s Ad (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with Facebook.)
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/08/06/facebook-blocks-congressional-candidate-elizabeth-hengs-video-ad-about-communist-crimes/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Facebook has censored political ads before. The platform blocked an ad from Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), leading her to testify in front of Congress about censorship. On the other hand, the platform has faced legal problems in Washington for discriminatory ads, such as excluding older job applicants from seeing help wanted ads.)
— InfoWars Ban: CNN, Democrats Successfully Lobby Big Tech to Censor Their Critics – Allum Bokhari (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want me to censure their critics/opponents, but I refuse to do that.)
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/08/06/infowars-ban-cnn-democrats-successfully-lobby-big-tech-to-censor-their-critics/
— Karl Rove: Trump Using Stalin Phrase ‘Enemy of the People’ Is ‘Not Helpful’ – Pam Key
https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/08/06/karl-rove-trump-using-stalin-phrase-enemy-of-the-people-is-not-helpful/

 

FOX NEWS
— Statue of Liberty Climber Spews Anti-America Chant Outside Manhattan Court (DIERSEN: What do her supporters have to say about this?)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/08/04/statue-liberty-climber-spews-anti-america-chant-outside-manhattan-court

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GAO: scolds Customs and Border Protection over border wall prototype evaluation – Naomi Lim (DIERSEN: GAO is run by Democrats.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/government-accountability-watchdog-scolds-cbp-over-border-wall-prototype-evaluation

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Elizabeth Warren: Our Justice System Is ‘Racist, All the Way, Front to Back.’ – JIM GERAGHTY (DIERSEN: I was denied my 7th Amendment right to jury trial in Diersen v. GAO because the judges in case favor political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. But even if they did not favor the aforesaid, they would have denied me my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial because they believed that because of my terrible demographics, no jury would rule in my favor. I am White, male, old (born in 1948), Republican, conservative, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), non-poor, gun owner, draft avoider, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, federal employee for almost 30 years, union member for almost 12 years, childless, etc.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/elizabeth-warren-our-justice-system-is-racist-all-the-way-front-to-back/

 

CNBC NEWS
— GAO: Trump’s border wall could run overtime, over budget and perform below expectations (DIERSEN: GAO is run by Democrats.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/06/dhs-is-pushing-for-a-border-wall-without-key-information-report-says.html

 

CBS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Giuliani slams Rahm Emanuel, makes false claim about number of murders in Chicago.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/giuliani-slams-rahm-emanuel-makes-false-claim-about-number-of-murders-in-chicago/
— GAO questions whether border wall is worth the cost – KATHRYN WATSON (DIERSEN: GAO is run by Democrats.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-watchdog-questions-whether-border-wall-is-worth-the-cost/
— Helping employees repay student debt: A new perk? – JONATHAN BERR (DIERSEN: If you graduated debt-free, what helped you do that? For me, it was a) my outstanding parents who provided me with room and board while I completed courses at UIC 1966-1968 and worked for the Park Forest Post Office weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969 and the summer of 1969 and b) the money that I earned and saved working for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 and for Chrysler and University Plaza Dormitory in 1970. I graduated debt-free from NIU in August of 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/helping-employees-repay-student-debt-a-new-perk/

 

NBC NEWS
— GAO warns Trump’s wall may bust the budget, face delays, won’t work as planned The GAO study found that the Department of Homeland Security has not done the necessary cost estimates to develop future budget requests. – Adam Edelman and Geoff Bennett (DIERSEN: GAO is run by Democrats.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/gov-t-report-warns-trump-s-wall-may-bust-budget-n898066

 

WASHINGTON POST
— GAO: Border wall may cost more, take longer – AP (DIERSEN: GAO is run by Democrats.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/congress-watchdog-border-wall-may-cost-more-take-longer/2018/08/06/3d3bdc28-99bd-11e8-a8d8-9b4c13286d6b_story.html

 

BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS
— Corvette plant may be ‘insulated’ from tariff impact – DON SERGENT
https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/analyst-corvette-plant-may-be-insulated-from-tariff-impact/article_6b570adb-8d5e-5d66-813a-e51101cee9cf.html

 

GO SAN ANGELO
— We need subscribers to ensure the future of local news – Jen Killin-Guadarrama (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are free. My envy-filled critics/opponents are beyond furious that I can afford to spend 10+ hours each and every day and thousands of dollars each and every year to put the emails together and to send them out free each and every morning and each and every evening.)
https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/money/business/2018/08/02/subscribers-key-keeping-journalism-alive/889951002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hello. We’ve probably never met, but we think it’s safe to assume you’re the kind of person who wouldn’t walk into a convenience store and take a newspaper without paying for it. Asking for unlimited, free access to our website is the online equivalent of stealing a paper from the store. We can’t stay in business if we give our product away for free. We’ve had a paywall on our site for more than five years, but until recently, if you were coming to an article from social media, our content was free to view. Today, if a reader accesses more than 10 stories in a 30-day period, we will ask them to subscribe to continue reading our work, regardless of which source they use to find our journalism. Many people hit that limit early in the month. The change is long overdue and should have been made years ago. At the Standard-Times, we employ more than 25 people, 11 of them journalists who live in and love San Angelo. This doesn’t include the contract delivery personnel who deliver the print edition each day. These people work hard to bring important news to our audience. This award-winning staff keeps readers updated about events in town, attends countless public meetings and spends nights and weekends bringing you up-to-the-minute sports content. They request public records (and often fight for them) so you know what’s happening in your government. They report on breaking news so you know how you can keep yourself and your family safe. Salaries, newsprint, computers, pens, notebooks, smartphones and other reporting tools aren’t free. We spend thousands of dollars annually on criminal court documents alone. That’s on top of hundreds we spent on arrest documents, open records requests and other measures to hold government agencies accountable to the public.)

 

QUARTZ
— Half of American households are still poorer than they were before the Great Recession – Dan Kopf
https://qz.com/1348882/us-household-wealth-for-the-bottom-50-is-half-of-what-it-was-in-2007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When it comes to wealth, the poorest American households are much worse off than they were in 2007. In fact, they are no better, in terms of wealth, than they were in 1971. . .In contrast, the average household in the bottom 50% had about half as much wealth in 2016 as they did in 2007. Poorer households typically invest in homes and other physical assets, and put little to no money in stocks. As a result, they have not participated in the post-recession wealth recovery.)

 

ATLANTIC
— The Utility of White-Bashing It’s a rhetoric that serves a purpose—which is why it’s not likely to disappear. – REIHAN SALAM
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/08/the-utility-of-white-bashing/566846/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— GAO: Taxpayers at Risk of Overpaying for an Ineffective Border Wall – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: GAO is run by Democrats.)
https://www.govexec.com/management/2018/08/taxpayers-risk-overpaying-ineffective-border-wall/150309/

 

QUEERTY
— More bad news for revenge pornographer/disgraced GOP state Rep. Nick Sauer – Graham Gremore
https://www.queerty.com/bad-news-revenge-pornographer-disgraced-gop-state-rep-nick-sauer-20180806

August 5 Morning Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump holds rally in Ohio ahead of special election, blasts LeBron and Pelosi
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-holds-rally-in-ohio-ahead-of-special-election-blasts-lebron-and-pelosi

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say: “Trump at a precarious moment in his presidency: Privately brooding and publicly roaring.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-mood-analysis-20180804-story.html
— In Ohio rally, Trump casts midterm elections as a personal referendum – AP (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps tell voters that if you do not like Trump, vote for all the Democrats on the ballot.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-midterms-ohio-speech-20180804-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Indiana steel mill emits 18,000 pounds of lead a year. Is it blowing toward Chicago? – Michael Hawthorne (DIERSEN: I remember seeing lots of air pollution while I lived at 1286 Wood Street in Crete 1954-1972 whenever the wind came from the northeast.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-burns-harbor-steel-mill-lead-pollution-20180723-story.html
— School shootings: Should parents be charged for failing to lock up guns used by their kids? – John Woodrow Cox and Steven Rich
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/parenting/ct-school-shootings-parenting-20180804-story.html
— Army enlists waivers to fill ranks – AP (DIERSEN: In 1966, when I was 18, I was 1-A for the draft notwithstanding the following: a) my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, b) I had partial red/green color blindness, and c) I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180805/281947428667544
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Protesters promote protesters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-lake-shore-drive-protest-chicago-violence-huppke-20180802-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois needs real reform to cut taxes, control spending – David McSweeney
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180805/illinois-needs-real-reform-to-cut-taxes-control-spending
— Michael Jordan defends LeBron James against Trump’s tweet on his intelligence – AP (DIERSEN: If someone blasted you, who would come to your defense? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress those who did NOT come to my defense when they blasted me at Milton Township Republican Central Committee meetings, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois meetings, Illinois Center Right Coalition meetings, etc. meetings.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20180804/michael-jordan-defends-lebron-james-against-trumps-tweet-on-his-intelligence

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Proft uses internet to slant coverage – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: Everyone knows that the mainstream news media in Illinois promotes the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and the Green Party platform. If news cannot be spun to promote the aforesaid platforms, it is downplayed, if not censured.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-08-05/capitol-fax-proft-uses-internet-slant-coverage.html
— Unfunded mandates flow both ways in Illinois – Scott Reeder
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-08-05/scott-reeder-unfunded-mandates-flow-both-ways-illinois.html
— Lincoln the unique communicator – STEVE TARTER
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary/2018-08-05/illinois-bicentennial-lincoln-the-unique-communicator.html
— Turnover plaguing Champaign County Board – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-08-05/tom-kacich-turnover-plaguing-champaign-county-board.html

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Politics at the McHenry County Fair (DIERSEN: How anti-religious, anti-conservative, and anti-Republican are the people who run your county fairgrounds?)
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2015/05/21/press-release-on-county-fair-discrimination-against-pro-life-groups/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: McHenry County Fair Segregates and Isolates Religious Groups in New “Religious Ghetto” Thomas More Society Protests Discrimination Against Religious and Pro-Life Exhibitors)

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Khouri calls for increased transparency, ‘new ideas’ for property taxes – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511510485-khouri-calls-for-increased-transparency-new-ideas-for-property-taxes
— How much has Community High School District 99 overspent over the past 10 years?
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511500014-how-much-has-chsd-99-overspent-over-the-past-10-years

 

NEW AMERICAN
— The Communists Behind the “Abolish ICE,” “Occupy ICE” Agitation – William F. Jasper (DIERSEN: How successful have communists been in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois in promoting hatred against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/29709-the-communists-behind-the-abolish-ice-occupy-ice-agitation
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Who’s leading the “Abolish ICE,” “No Borders” agitation? Don’t expect the establishment media to mention that it’s the Revolutionary Communist Party, Communist Party USA, Workers World Party, Democratic Socialists of America, Antifa anarcho-communists, the National Lawyers Guild, and the American Civil Liberties Union.)

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— It’s LeBron James, not Donald Trump, who’s using sports to divide us – Tom Joyce (DIERSEN: Who are the most divisive people in your precinct, in your municipality, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about the most divisive people in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They focus on turning everyone against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. They stress that I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (almost 70), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, union member for almost 12 years, federal employee for almost 30 years, federal retiree for almost 21 years, American nameplate car owner, childless, pet-less, Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, etc.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/its-lebron-james-not-donald-trump-whos-using-sports-to-divide-us

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Twitter’s Statement About How They Don’t Shadow Ban Kinda Sounds Like They Shadow Ban – Alex Griswold (DIERSEN: Who wants to ban you? The following want to ban me: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://freebeacon.com/blog/twitters-statement-dont-shadow-ban-kinda-sounds-like-shadow-ban/
— Democrats Expand Push to Blacklist Businesses Working on Trump’s Border Wall Municipalities punishing businesses bidding on border wall – Susan Crabtree (DIERSEN: Should I publish a list of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. that blacklist me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? The aforesaid 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://freebeacon.com/issues/dems-expand-push-blacklist-businesses-working-trumps-border-wall/

 

THE HILL
— JULY 24, 2018 FLASHBACK: I’m an immigrant and I find open borders troubling – JASON D. HILL
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/398366-im-an-immigrant-and-i-find-open-borders-troubling
— JULY 24, 2018 FLASHBACK: House GOP’s August strategy: Americans ‘Better Off Now’ – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/398690-house-gops-august-strategy-americans-better-off-now
— JULY 24, 2018 FLASHBACK: GOP chairman outlines plan for phase two of tax cuts – NAOMI JAGODA (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/398596-gop-chairman-outlines-plan-for-tax-cuts-20
— JULY 25, 2018 FLASHBACK: Requiem for the Republican Party – FORMER REP. STEVE ISRAEL (D-N.Y.)
http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/398747-requiem-for-the-republican-party

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps about their success in making people, organizations, companies, governments, and countries anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/04/opinion/sunday/abolish-ice-ocasio-cortez-democrats.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: You do not have the right to a fair workplace – Rob Walker (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/2018/08/03/business/sue-unfair-employer.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Data on mothers reveal schisms across America Education a top gauge – QUOCTRUNG BUI and CLAIRE CAIN MILLER (DIERSEN: How much education did your mother have? My outstanding mother was raised on a farm and never attended high school.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/04/upshot/up-birth-age-gap.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/04/opinion/sunday/census-immigration-vanita-gupta.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— GOP candidate for California governor John Cox shares his tax returns — partially – PHIL WILLON
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-california-governor-john-cox-taxes-20180804-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Unions Take a Hit After Supreme Court Ruling States are ordered to stop collecting millions of dollars in fees from public workers – Kris Maher
https://www.wsj.com/articles/unions-take-a-hit-after-supreme-court-ruling-1533466800

 

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— Fights break out between groups of demonstrators at rally – AP
https://www.ajc.com/news/fights-break-out-between-groups-demonstrators-rally/tOrBIghutNEZ6WHn2N9AGL/

 

DAILY COMMERCIAL
— FBI hatred for candidate Trump practically beyond belief – Russ Sloan (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who talk and act like they hate Republicans, but nevertheless, they cast Republican primary ballots? How many crossover voters, that is, voters who cast Republican primary ballots, but vote for Democrats in general elections, that is, voters who are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plats, or RINOs, are there in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America? I believe there are about 30 in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton and they are well-organized. Of course, they do not display yard signs for Republican candidates in general elections. Far too many of them treat me very rudely.)
http://www.dailycommercial.com/news/20180805/from-right-fbi-hatred-for-candidate-trump-practically-beyond-belief

 

WABE
— An Atlanta Home’s 60-Year Journey To Vacancy And Disrepair – STEPHANNIE STOKES (DIERSEN: I should write a book about 1286 Wood Street in Crete, its neighborhood, and Crete. I lived in that house 1954-1972. My brother continues to live in it. My grandfather on my father’s side had it built in 1926 on land that his grandfather bought in 1864.)
https://www.wabe.org/atlanta-homes-vacancy/

 

FORTUNE
— Trump Attacks LeBron James in Tweet Ahead of Crucial Ohio Election – DAVID Z. MORRIS (DIERSEN: Are you a “private citizen?” According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, a) I am NOT a “private citizen” and b) I am a “public figure.” They stress that I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. They stress that I was a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, GAO employee 1980-1997, IRS employee 1971-1980, etc. They hint/imply/argue/shout that because I am a “public figure,” they can defame, libel, and slander me because I “cannot succeed in a lawsuit on incorrect harmful statements in the United States unless there is proof that the writer or publisher acted with actual malice by knowing the falsity or by reckless disregard for the truth. The legal burden of proof in defamation actions is thus higher in the case of a public figure than in the case of an ordinary person.” SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_figure Do you agree with my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes that I am a “public figure?”)
http://fortune.com/2018/08/04/trump-lebron-james-tweet/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Responses to the President’s comments have been harsh and swift, crossing party lines. Joe Walsh, a talk show host and former Republican Congressman, said Trump’s comment revealed “what a small man he is.” Joe Walsh: “It’s got nothing to do with what you think about Lebron James. The President of the United States had nothing better to do late on a Friday night than grab his phone and call a private citizen “dumb” in a tweet. The leader of the free world did that. What a small man he is.)

 

QUEERTY
— Rep. Nick Sauer isn’t the only Republican dealing with a raunchy sex scandal at the moment – Graham Gremore (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who bring disgrace to the Republican Party? What do you say to those who promote those who bring disgrace to the Republican Party?)
https://www.queerty.com/rep-nick-sauer-isnt-republican-dealing-raunchy-sex-scandal-moment-20180803

July 28 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Donald Trump’s Chicago: President’s web of connections come into the spotlight – Robert Herguth and Tim Novak
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/president-donald-trump-chicago-connections-spotlighted-paul-manafort-trial-special-counsel-robert-mueller/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use illegals to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/illinois-democrats-trump-administration-migrants-immigration-reunite-separated/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/border-facilities-evaluated-court-appointed-monitor/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/immigrant-families-remain-separated-border-detention/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/philadelphia-limits-cooperation-ice-immigration-arrest-database/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with epileptic drugs to push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/uk-oks-medical-pot-after-outcry-over-epileptic-child/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/slavery-maafa-400-years-jamestown-virginia-middle-passage/
— Unions seek end to Trump executive orders on federal employee work rules – Mitch Dudek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/unions-seek-end-trump-executive-orders-on-federal-employee-work-rules/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump tariffs could have big impact on Naperville’s $1.2 billion auto sales industry, chamber exec says – Linda Girardi (DIERSEN: How big is the auto sales industry in your municipality?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-tariffs-naperville-car-sales-tariffs-st-0729-story.html
– Illinois governor’s race so far – Scott Stantis
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/stantis/ct-illinois-governor-s-race-so-far-20180727-story.html
— Berrios and Kaegi: What a new assessor can and can’t fix – Editorial (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who since the 1980s have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton is under-assessed. They talk and/or act like they want to curry favor with, or are operatives or dupes for, the home’s builder, Wheaton, Milton Township, and/or DuPage County.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-fritz-kaegi-berrios-taxes-20180724-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrats.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmwood-park/news/ct-elm-elmwood-park-town-hall-tl-0726-story.html
— On trade policy, Trump is turning GOP orthodoxy on its head – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-trade-policy-gop-20180727-story.html
— Willie Wilson doubles down, announces Wednesday $$ giveaway – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-chicago-mayoral-race-willie-wilson-kass-20180727-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans promote Arthur Jones.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-art-jones-nazi-congress-st-0729-story.html
— Tom Cullerton tours Addison Township Food Pantry with Reboletti and DuPage County Board Members (DIERSEN: Do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that you do not do enough to help the poor? I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I do not do enough to help the poor.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glen-ellyn/community/chi-ugc-article-tom-cullerton-tours-addison-township-food-pan-2018-07-27-story.html
— DuPage County is seeking election judges for the upcoming November general election and the 2019 elections.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-digest-st-0729-story.html
— Tom Cullerton helps kick off DuPage County Fair (DIERSEN: Because of the DuPage County Fair Association, beyond outrageously, Pioneer Valley Sportsman’s Association gun shows will no longer be held at the DuPage County Fairgrounds. SEE: https://www.guns.com/2018/07/24/historic-gun-show-homeless-after-new-firearm-policy-at-fairgrounds/)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmhurst/community/chi-ugc-article-tom-cullerton-helps-kick-off-dupage-county-fa-2018-07-27-story.html
— Save for tomorrow! – Editorial (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, 7% of my salary went into the Civil Service Retirement System. Further, my wife and I always contributed the maximums allowed into retirement savings accounts. Further, my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents. My Democrat GAO superiors used the aforesaid to paint my wife and I as being undeserving filthy rich DINKs (dual income, no kids) and to justify a) their forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) giving me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) not promoting me beyond GS-13, e) getting rid of my mentor in 1987, f) keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and g) forcing me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-retirement-savings-frerichs-illinois-20180711-story.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— U.S. loses bid to have sanctuary city lawsuit tossed out – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/us-loses-bid-to-have-sanctuary-city-lawsuit-tossed-out-1
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use illegals to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-lawmakers-blast-trump-on-immigrant-family-reunification-efforts

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Illinois farmers discuss $12 billion relief plan – Graham Milldrum
https://herald-review.com/business/illinois-farmers-discuss-billion-relief-plan/article_36852821-7c7a-56c4-baa8-1625722f45ed.html

 

BLOOMINGTON GOLD
— Democrats losing Metro East bastion – Rich Miller
https://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/miller-democrats-losing-metro-east-bastion/article_291efdf0-2cf9-5a18-b51e-d7e4a8b49dea.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Businesses bear streetscape work in downtown Wheaton – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/07/25/businesses-bear-streetscape-work-in-downtown-wheaton/dmo1pwk/

 

BOLINGBROOK PATCH
— 2 DuPage Trustees Issue Statement On Racism Allegations The joint statement is from elected officials Ken Burgess and Maripat Oliver. – John Ferak
https://patch.com/illinois/bolingbrook/2-dupage-trustees-issue-statement-racism-allegations

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Republican Party officials boycott Cook County meeting over proposed bylaw change – W.J. Kennedy
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511502563-republican-party-officials-boycott-cook-county-meeting-over-proposed-bylaw-change

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Willie Wilson says he voted for Trump and Rauner (DIERSEN: I should write a book about RINO candidates who have talked and/or acted like they do NOT want me to a) help elect them or b) tell anyone that I voted for them. 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, and/or c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/27/willie-wilson-says-he-voted-for-trump-and-rauner/

 

GOPUSA
— San Francisco wants to force employee cafeterias to close (DIERSEN: While I was a federal employee and worked for IRS and GAO in the Loop in 1971 and 1973-1997, to save money, I frequently ate lunch at federal cafeterias.)
http://www.gopusa.com/sf-wants-to-force-employee-cafeterias-to-close/

 

BROOKVILLE TIMES
— Editors, CEOs warned against relying on SPLC leftists – Caroline Biscotti
https://brookvilletimes.com/editors-ceos-warned-against-relying-on-splc-leftists/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Says He’ll Stump for Vulnerable Republicans ‘Six or Seven Days a Week’ – Julie Hirschfeld Davis
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/us/politics/donald-trump-campaign-midterms.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Need Fuels Trucking’s Diversity Push – Catie Edmondson (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/2018/07/28/us/politics/trump-truck-driver-shortage.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: At Prayer Breakfast, Guests Seek Access to a Different Higher Power – Kenneth P. Vogel and Elizabeth Dias (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress to those who state that they are religious a) that I am not a member of any church, b) that I do not attend church services, and c) that I do not give money to any church. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) stress to those who are not Missouri Synod Lutherans (MSL) that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a MSL and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn MSLs as being “too conservative” and even worse things.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/us/politics/national-prayer-breakfast.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Venting about press, Trump has repeatedly sought to ban reporters over questions – Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey and Ashley Parker (DIERSEN: Since 2005, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have viciously used against me what happened with GOPUSA, Talon News, and White House Correspondent Jeff Gannon. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_News They paint me as being a clone of Jeff Gannon. Ever since I became a GOPUSA reporter in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I ask bad questions, and that because of that, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. should a) stop me from learning about their events and other activities, b) stop me from promoting their events and other activities, c) stop me from attending their events, and d) stop me from reporting on their events and other activities.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/venting-about-press-trump-has-repeatedly-sought-to-ban-reporters-over-questions/2018/07/27/0e73a068-91a9-11e8-8322-b5482bf5e0f5_story.html
— ‘Not remotely plausible’: Harvard disputes claims of admissions bias – Nick Anderson (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2018/07/27/not-remotely-plausible-harvard-disputes-claims-of-admissions-bias/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Harvard Says Ignoring Race in Admissions Would Hurt School’s Diversity, Academic Excellence School argues in new court filing that plaintiffs’ analysis of admissions data is ‘fundamentally’ flawed – Melissa Korn (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/harvard-says-ignoring-race-in-admissions-would-hurt-schools-diversity-academic-excellence-1532699222

 

SAN FRANCISCO GATE
— EPA tried to discredit retirees after The Post published their criticisms – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to discredit me. They would love it.)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/EPA-tried-to-discredit-retirees-after-The-Post-13110308.php

 

USA TODAY
— JUNE 21, 2018 FLASHBACK: Norman King becomes the first college graduate of this small indigenous tribe – Haley Robinson (DIERSEN: In 1970 when I was 21 years old, I became the first of my ancestors to earn a college degree. Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sponsor-story/safeguard/2018/06/21/norman-king-becomes-first-college-graduate-small-indigenous-tribe/721226002/
— 29 most expensive tourist destinations in the USA – Charlene Oldham (DIERSEN: Between 1978 and 1992, my wife and I visited virtually all of these destinations. She worked for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/u/u-s-league-of-savings-institutions.asp) which had quarterly meetings at luxury destinations across America which she attended as its Corporate Secretary. I routinely accompanied her on those trips. Often, after the meetings were over, we visited nearby national parks. Further, I went on vacations with a coworker to Hawaii, Mexico, Bahamas, and Jamaica while I worked for IRS 1973-1976. Needless-to-say, my envy-filled IRS and GAO Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious. Overwhelmingly, their spouses had little or no income.) https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/america/2018/03/27/29-most-expensive-tourist-destinations-usa/460280002/

 

FORBES
— Congress And Trump Are Spending Money And Cutting Taxes Like There Is No Tomorrow – Howard Gleckman – Howard Gleckman
https://www.forbes.com/sites/howardgleckman/2018/07/26/congress-and-trump-are-spending-money-and-cutting-taxes-like-there-is-no-tomorrow/

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s war against the news media is rooted in some of his deepest fears.”
https://www.businessinsider.com/why-trump-hates-media-news-reporters-white-house-press-corps-2018-7

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “TRUMP IS LOSING HILLARY HATERS AND THAT COULD COST REPUBLICANS THE HOUSE IN MIDTERMS.”
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-hillary-haters-midterms-republicans-1046012

 

U.S. SENATOR MARK WARNER (D, VA)
— On Senate Floor, Sen. Warner Speaks Out For the Federal Workforce (DIERSEN: Aside from me, how many retired federal employees do you know?)
https://www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2018/7/on-senate-floor-sen-warner-speaks-out-for-the-federal-workforce
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate in support of the federal workforce, which has been subjected to unprecedented attacks under the Trump Administration. “The way our federal government treats its workforce, the way we manage and invest in the human capital of our federal government is not some kind of parochial issue. This is an issue that impacts all American who pay their taxes, follow the laws, and expect their federal government to work for them, and to work well,” Sen. Warner said on the Senate floor. “That’s why, Mr. President, I also rise with great concern about the recent efforts by this Administration to scapegoat and undermine the work of our public servants. It started with the hiring freezes that threw a wrench into the day-to-day operations of nearly every federal agency — with no apparent benefit to the taxpayers. It continued with executive orders undermining workplace protections for federal workers and their ability to organize as part of a union. And it culminated last month, with the Trump Administration’s plan to freeze federal employee pay and cut retirement benefits for 2.6 million federal retirees and survivors. This is the thanks our federal employees get for their service!” On May 4, OPM Director Jeff Pon outlined an Administration plan to freeze federal employee pay and cut retirement benefits for 2.6 million federal retirees and survivors. On May 25, President Trump signed three Executive Orders that would roll back protections for our federal workforce by making it easier to fire federal employees, restricting time employees can be compensated for union work and directing agencies to negotiate tougher union contracts. Today is the first day of oral arguments in a lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the executive orders.)

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— EPA Press Staff Under Pruitt Sought to Discredit Departing Career Staff – Charles S. Clark (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to discredit me. They would love it.)
https://www.govexec.com/management/2018/07/epa-press-staff-under-pruitt-sought-discredit-departing-career-staff/150088/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use illegals to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2018/07/probes-pile-trump-administration-says-its-reunified-all-eligible-immigrant-families/150099/
— In 4-Hour Hearing, Judge Suggests Executive Orders Ignore Half of Labor Statute – Erich Wagner
https://www.govexec.com/management/2018/07/4-hour-hearing-judge-suggests-executive-orders-ignore-one-side-labor-statute/150080/

 

WORKER’S WORLD
— Federal workers mobilize against Trump’s union busting – Sue Davis
https://www.workers.org/2018/07/27/federal-workers-mobilize-against-trumps-union-busting/

July 26 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump talks tariffs at reopened downstate steel plant
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-talks-tariffs-in-granite-city-illinois/3827133/
— Rauner skips Trump’s first presidential visit to Illinois – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/rauner-skips-trumps-first-presidential-visit-to-illinois/3829187/
— Yacht owned by DeVos family vandalized
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/yacht-owned-by-devos-family-vandalized/3828722/

 

NBC5
— Trump Hails Illinois Steel Mill as Economic Success Story – Jill Colvin
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/trump-touts-trade-win-in-illinois-steel-town-as-others-lose-489209931.html

CBS2

— Twitter: It Doesn’t ‘Shadow Ban’ After Trump Tweet
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07/26/twitter-it-doesnt-shadow-ban-after-trump-tweet/

— Lawmakers Question Possible Tollway Contract Conflicts
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07/26/lawmakers-question-possible-tollway-contract-conflicts/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump hails Illinois steel mill as an economic success story – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/trump-touts-trade-win-in-illinois-steel-town

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— In first Illinois trip, Trump touts Downstate steel mill, blasts trade policy – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/donald-trump-trade-policy-steel-granite-city-illinois/
— Trump laments decades of US trade policy at downstate steel plant – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/donald-trump-trade-policy-steel-granite-city-illinois/
— Rauner not formally invited to Trump event — but ‘couldn’t be there anyway’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/rauner-distance-president-trump-rockford-granite-city-peoria/
— Rauner’s schedule keeps his distance from Trump as president visits state – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/rauner-distance-president-trump-rockford-granite-city-peoria/
— Twitter finds itself a target of a Trump tweet – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/twitter-shadow-banning-donald-trump/
— Unions seek end to Trump executive orders on federal employee work rules – Mitch Dudek (DIERSEN: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee. Because GAO was not unionized, my Democrat GAO superiors were able to force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, to give me unfair performance expectations and appraisals (especially in 1989), to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, to not promote me beyond GS-13, to get rid of my mentor in 1987, to keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and to force me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/unions-seek-end-trump-executive-orders-on-federal-employee-work-rules/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On May 25, Trump signed the orders that included provisions that make it easier to fire federal employees; prohibit an employee’s ability to file a grievance over a poor performance rating; lessen the time union representatives will be able to act on a member’s behalf during work hours, and set time limits for labor negotiations. In addition, performance would become a more important factor than seniority when it comes to layoffs. . .Bob Reiter, head of the Chicago Federation of Labor, said the orders — especially limiting the interactions of union members during work hours — show the hypocrisy of the president. “You can’t say you’re for the American worker, it’s a complete joke. To use President Trump’s words: Sad,” Reiter said Wednesday at a news conference held at the CFL’s downtown office. National Treasury Employees Union attorney Michael J. McAuley said what many people may not know about the federal unions is that no one is forced to join and that federal unions don’t bargain over pay, retirement or health insurance benefits, which are all decided by Congress. Federal unions handle mostly working conditions and due process related issues. What the executive orders are really about, according to McAuley: “They want to take the unions and decrease their powers significantly so our membership is intimidated and afraid and finds us irrelevant so that when it comes time to go to the polls … we don’t have the ability to deliver our membership’s votes,” he said.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise a) those who come to America illegally, b) those who stay in America illegally, and c) those who bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-immigration-stay-of-removal-20180724-story.html
— In search of workers, businesses turn to an underused labor pool: People with disabilities – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz and Hailey Mensik (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997 in its Chicago office, at one time or another, my Democrat superiors assigned me to supervise all of their disabled employees. All the employees who they assigned me to supervise were Democrat, minority, female, disabled, veteran, and/or employees who they wanted to get rid of. They made it clear to all my subordinates that they wanted to get rid of me
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-disability-employment-20180723-story.html
— It’s the spoiled children of America who are drawn to socialism – Cal Thomas (DIERSEN: Did your parents have lots of money and did they use that money to spoil you? My outstanding parents did not have lots of money and they did not spoil me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-thomas-socialism-spoiled-children-0727-20180726-story.html
— The glut of low-brow gubernatorial TV ads – David Greising
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-greising-rauner-pritzker-porcelain-prince-toilet-tv-ads-0727-story.html
— Trump touts ‘great victory’ at Downstate steel plant in first visit to Illinois since taking office – Monique Garcia

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-donald-trump-granite-city-20180726-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Opioid pushers are overjoyed that “Overdose antidote training expands to public as opioid epidemic continues.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-dupage-narcan-training-public-st-0726-story.html
— OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Plan to allow bets on ‘historical’ races at horse tracks moves ahead despite legal questions – Robert McCoppin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-historical-horse-racing-illinois-20180726-story.html
— ABUSED BY STUDENTS, FAILED BY ADULTS Chicago children sexually attacked by peers at school amid lax supervision – Gary Marx, Jennifer Smith Richards, David Jackson and Juan Perez Jr.
http://graphics.chicagotribune.com/chicago-public-schools-sexual-abuse/student-offenders/
— Betsy DeVos’ $40 million yacht untied from moorings and set adrift, causing damage – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-devos-yacht-20180726-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Tariffs, taxes and Trump questions converge at Rauner’s Itasca campaign stop – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180726/tariffs-taxes-and-trump-questions-converge-at-rauners-itasca-campaign-stop
— Tollway promises new transparency policies amid CEO/board member blowup – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180726/tollway-promises-new-transparency-policies-amid-ceoboard-member-blowup
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump touts trade win in Illinois steel town as others lose.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180726/trump-touts-trade-win-in-illinois-steel-town-as-others-lose

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Here’s what Chicago’s higher minimum wage really did – ROBERT RIVKIN AND ROSA ESCARENO
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180726/ISSUE07/180729930/heres-what-chicagos-higher-minimum-wage-really-did
— One reason so few houses are on the market When they sell their homes, Chicagoans reap some of the smallest gains among sellers in the 20 largest U.S. cities, according to a new report. – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180726/CRED0701/180729928/one-reason-so-few-houses-are-on-the-market

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— ‘He saved the steel mill’: Trump visiting Granite City to promote ‘American industry’ – JOSEPH BUSTOS (DIERSEN: While I lived with my parents at 1286 Wood Street in Crete 1954-1972, steelworkers lived in two of the homes across the street.)
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article215367640.html

 

GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— Protesters To Rally Against Roskam Outside Debate More than 1,000 people are expected to protest Roskam outside the debate, organizers said. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/protesters-plan-rally-against-roskam-outside-debate

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Cook Political Report rates governor race as ‘Lean Democrat’ – Kasey Schefflin-Emrich
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511495968-cook-political-report-rates-governor-race-as-lean-democrat

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Khouri commends turnout for GOP rally, reminds voters what is at stake – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511496412-khouri-commends-turnout-for-gop-rally-reminds-voters-what-is-at-stake

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Illinois – Governor approves two versions of same law – Illinois Congressman request briefing from US Attorney General & DHS – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/07/illinois-governor-approves-two-versions-of-same-law-illinois-congressman-request-briefing-from-us-attorney-general-dhs/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner pushes petition against abolishing ICE
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/26/rauner-pushes-petition-against-abolishing-ice/
— Rauner skirts Trump questions in Peoria
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/26/rauner-skirts-trump-questions-in-peoria/
— Trump and Rauner visits: Things are a bit tense today, apparently
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/26/things-are-a-bit-tense-today-apparently/
— Tollway chairman Robert Schillerstrom forms new committee after Senate hearings
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/26/tollway-chairman-forms-new-committee-after-senate-hearings/

 

DAILY CALLER
— REPUBLICANS PUSH MASSIVE FOREIGN WORKER VISA EXPANSION IN DHS SPENDING BILL – Will Racke (DIERSEN: The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, 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. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/26/republicans-foreign-worker-visa-dhs-spending-bill/

 

CBS NEWS
— Trump to steelworkers: “If you don’t have steel, you don’t have a country”— live updates (DIERSEN: While I lived with my parents at 1286 Wood Street in Crete 1954-1972, steelworkers lived in two of the homes across the street.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-in-granite-city-illinois-steel-factory-live-stream-today-live-updates/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Mueller Examining Trump’s Tweets in Wide-Ranging Obstruction Inquiry – Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails obstruct Republican victories in Illinois. They do not want the emails to include links to articles that defend/promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and/or other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/us/politics/trump-tweets-mueller-obstruction.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump uses taxpayer-funded trip to campaign for GOP candidates.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-uses-taxpayer-funded-trip-to-campaign-for-gop-candidates/2018/07/26/5a1a2d3a-9121-11e8-9b0d-749fb254bc3d_story.html
— Facebook loses more than $100 billion in value — the biggest drop in Wall Street history — as privacy concerns finally take a toll – Craig Timberg and Elizabeth Dwoskin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/07/26/how-years-privacy-controversies-finally-caught-up-with-facebook/

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— A Lot of Governor Seats Are Up for Grabs in November — and Democrats Could Make Big Gains – Ed Kilgore
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/07/brauner-most-conspicuous-of-governors-struggling-in-2018.html

(FROM THE ARTICLE: The man in most dire straits at present is Illinois Republican governor Bruce Rauner, whose second-quarter approval ratio is 27/60 — third-worst in the country, behind term-limited Republican Mary Fallin of Oklahoma and retiring Democrat Dan Malloy of Connecticut. Rauner’s popularity has not improved a whit since his very narrow March primary win over little-known conservative legislator Jeanne Ives. And his fabulous wealth won’t save him against his even more fabulously wealthy Democratic opponent, J.B. Pritzker (who outspent the incumbent by a $20.1 million to $7.8 million margin in the second quarter). Aside from his poor numbers (in both approval ratings and horse-race polls), Rauner must also deal with a minor-party conservative candidate sure to deny him some votes, particularly given his rare-for-a-Republican pro-choice stance.)

July 25 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Illinois Soybean Farmer Calls Trump’s $12 Billion Aid Plan A ‘Pacifier’
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/3905696-illinois-soybean-farmer-calls-trumps-12-billion-aid-plan-a-pacifier/

— IL Tollway Denies Giving Contracts To Political Connections – AP
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07/25/il-tollway-contracts/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump star on Hollywood Walk of Fame destroyed again
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-star-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame-destroyed-again

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gov. Bruce Rauner’s signature will be added to a letter sent by the majority of the country’s Republican governors in support of Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court nomination — despite the governor’s name being noticeably missing from the letter Wednesday morning. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-governor-bruce-rauner-no-sign-letter-support-brett-kavanaugh-trump-supreme-court-nominee/
— Rauner one of four GOP govs who didn’t sign letter pushing Kavanaugh nomination – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-governor-bruce-rauner-no-sign-letter-support-brett-kavanaugh-trump-supreme-court-nominee/
— Rauner cuts off money flow to Wilson after weekend cash handout flap – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-ends-money-flow-wilson-church-cash-handout-flap/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers crow about their success in pushing pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/new-jersey-gurbir-grewal-phil-murphy-steve-fulop-quietly-decriminalizes-weed-marijuana-cannabis-pot/
— European Union to buy ‘a lot of soybeans’ – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/trade-tariffs-european-union-united-states-donald-trump/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-conservative says “Conservatism is in danger if Trump’s cult takes over the GOP.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/conservatism-trump-cult-gop-republican-party-gop-democracy/
— How the Great Migration to Chicago became the Great Black Exodus – Alden Loury
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/great-black-exodus-migration/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump buys off soybean farmers (we’ve got the transcript!) – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-farmers-trump-tariff-soybeans-20180725-story.html
— COD Prepares Non-Native English Speakers for Educational and Career Success
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glen-ellyn/community/chi-ugc-article-cod-prepares-non-native-english-speakers-for-2018-07-25-story.html
— College of DuPage Writing Students Help Battle Illiteracy, Hone Skills Through Literacy DuPage Partnership
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glen-ellyn/community/chi-ugc-article-college-of-dupage-writing-students-help-battl-2018-07-25-story.html
— Newsprint tariffs are Trump’s revenge on hostile press – Charles Selle
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-trump-tariffs-newsprint-st-0726-story.html
— Lake County Sheriff Curran under fire for comments to radio host Amy Jacobson: She has “awesome skin” – Frank Abderholden
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-react-to-curran-radio-remarks-st-0726-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump supporters will regret his trade war.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-trump-trade-farmers-auto-0726-20180725-story.html
— Alderman’s plan would force Police Department to curtail gang database and inform people who are listed in it – John Byrne (DIERSEN: What lists do your critics/opponents have you on? My critics/opponents have me on their lists of a) people who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party and Republican Party platforms; b) people who support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling; and c) people who oppose pot, people who are draft avoiders, former union members, federal retirees, Trump supporters, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owners, 100% German Americans, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, childless, pet-less, American nameplate car owns, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-munoz-gang-database-ordinance-20180725-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Western Kane County Republicans to host barbecue Aug. 5
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180725/western-kane-county-republicans-to-host-barbecue-aug-5

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner doesn’t sign GOP governors’ letter supporting Trump’s Supreme Court pick – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180725/rauner-doesnt-sign-gop-governors-letter-supporting-trumps-supreme-court-pick

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Tollway officials defend awarding of contracts – AP
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/2018-07-25/tollway-officials-defend-awarding-contracts.html
— Pols don’t like office mergers – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-07-25/editorial-pols-dont-office-mergers.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— U.S. Rep. Davis to be with President Trump during Illinois visit Thursday – RYAN VOYLES
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/u-s-rep-davis-to-be-with-president-trump-during/article_6dbc6e1f-87b3-5352-87fd-7151393ca16f.html

 

DUPAGE COUNTY
— DuPage County Launches Annual Budget Survey, Seeks Input on County Spending
http://www.dupageco.org/Content.aspx?id=57845

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— State Board of Elections – Laws ignored – Public trust continues to erode – Are we at risk? – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/07/state-board-of-elections-laws-ignored-public-trust-continues-to-erode-are-we-at-risk/

 

ILLINOIS STATE RIFLE ASSOCIATION
— FROM EMAIL TO ISRA MEMBERS IN DUPAGE COUNTY: Dear DuPage County Member, Almost 80 counties in Illinois are considering or have passed “gun sanctuary” resolutions. These resolutions, while not binding, send a message to the politicians and legislature in Springfield that law abiding gun owners have had enough of unwanted attacks against us and the Second Amendment. The ISRA understands that the DuPage county board is considering a resolution in support of the Second Amendment. We are encouraging our members to ask their local county board members to vote in favor of passing this resolution. (DIERSEN: I live in District 4. My representatives on the DuPage County Board are Grant Eckhoff, Tim Elliott, and Amy Grant.)
http://www.isra.org/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Kinzler wants to renegotiate, reform pension benefits – Carrie Bradon
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511496909-kinzler-wants-to-renegotiate-reform-pension-benefits
— Oberweis objects to free money giveaway via universal basic income – Angela Underwood
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511494688-oberweis-objects-to-free-money-giveaway-via-universal-basic-income

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— 2018 Property Tax Report: Zion, Volo, Hainesville, Grayslake pay effective property tax rates of 4 percent (DIERSEN: From what I see, my brother and I are paying 10 percent on 1286 Wood Street in Crete.)
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511496936-2018-property-tax-report-zion-volo-hainesville-grayslake-pay-effective-property-tax-rates-of-4-percent

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— STATE REP BATINICK RESPONDS TO FRIENDLY FIRE ON PROPOSED PENSION SOLUTION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/state-rep-batinick-responds-to-friendly-fire-on-proposed-pension-solution-.html
— “REPUBLICAN” RAUNER REFUSES TO BACK TRUMP’S SUPREME COURT PICK
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/republican-rauner-refuses-to-back-trumps-supreme-court-pick.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner the most unpopular governor facing reelection
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/25/morning-consult-rauner-the-most-unpopular-governor-facing-reelection/
— Rauner adding his signature***Rauner didn’t sign governors’ pro-Kavanaugh letter even though he supports the guy
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/25/rauner-didnt-sign-governors-pro-kavanaugh-letter-even-though-he-supports-the-guy/
— The tax hike made a huge difference
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/25/the-tax-hike-made-a-huge-difference/

 

MARIJUANA REPORT
— How Cannabis and Cannabis-Based Drugs Harm Your Brain
https://mailchi.mp/nationalfamilies/how-cannabis-cannabis-based-drugs-harm-your-brainmost-in-us-think-cannabis-has-health-benefits-despite-lack-of-data-more-1930705

 

DAILY CALLER
— HOUSE DEMOCRATS LEAD REPUBLICANS BY A LARGE MARGIN – Robert Donachie
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/25/house-democrats-republicans-large-margin/

 

FOX NEWS
— Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh supported by most GOP governors in letter: A look at who didn’t sign it – Kaitlyn Schallhorn
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/25/supreme-court-pick-brett-kavanaugh-supported-by-most-gop-governors-in-letter-look-at-who-didnt-sign-it.html

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Although he didn’t sign the letter, Rauner did say he supported Kavanaugh earlier this month. “I believe he is highly experienced, well-qualified for the position, and I hope that his nomination is voted on and approved expeditiously,” Rauner said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.)

July 19 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Illinois Governor’s Race Spending Could Have a Negative Impact  The winner of the potentially record-setting contest could face political fallout – Carol Marin and Don Moseley
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-governors-race-spending-could-have-a-negative-impact-488594911.html

 

CBS2
— Watchdog Report Urges EPA To Heighten Oversight In Wake Of Flint Water Crisis
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07/19/watchdog-report-epa-flint-water-crisis/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gov. Rauner’s DC allergy successfully treated: Here for award, Trump tariff talk – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gov-rauner-allergy-treated-award-trump-tariff-talk/
— Aldermen demand inspections of facilities holding immigrant children – Michael Sneed
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/aldermen-inspections-immigrant-children/
— We spin American tales of uplift that celebrate the very privileged – Natalie Y. Moore
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/kylie-jenner-kardashian-clan-celebrating-weathy/

 

DAILY HERALD
— State Sen. Karen McConnaughay plans to work in private sector after leaving office – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180719/state-legislator-plans-to-work-in-private-sector-after-leaving-office

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The hottest suburban housing markets in the first half – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180719/CRED0701/180719858/the-hottest-suburban-housing-markets-in-the-first-half
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Here, in alphabetical order, are the 31 suburbs where more homes sold, at higher prices and faster, in the first half of 2018 than in the same period last year. In all cases, the number of home sales was 25 or more in both first-half 2017 and first-half 2018. Antioch, Bartlett, Brookfield, Buffalo Grove, Darien, Dolton, Elk Grove Village, Evergreen Park, Harvey, Hoffman Estates, Indian Head Park, Maywood, Midlothian, Morton Grove, North Chicago, Northfield, Oak Lawn, Orland Park, Palos Heights, Palos Hills, Schiller Park, Tinley Park, Volo, West Chicago, Western Springs, Westmont, Willow Springs, Wilmette, Winthrop Harbor, Wood Dale and Woodridge.)

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Pence defends Trump during visit to region, is met by protesters at Bost fundraiser – KELSEY LANDIS AND ROBYN KIRSCH
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article215156160.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Gov. Rauner receives Fletcher Award
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/gov-rauner-receives-fletcher-award

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— GAO: VA Whistleblowers 10 Times More Likely Than Peers To Receive Disciplinary Action – ERIC WESTERVELT
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/19/630511652/va-whistleblowers-10-times-more-likely-than-peers-to-receive-disciplinary-action

 

CHICAGO READER
— Is a Puerto Rican native running for Chicago alderman the next Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez is a working-class Latina with Puerto Rican roots running as a democratic socialist. Sound familiar? – Ryan Smith
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/is-a-puerto-rican-immigrant-running-for-chicago-alderman-the-next-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/Content
— Blindspotting and Sorry to Bother You expose the class tensions often obscured by race Two of the year’s best movies come rocketing out of Oakland, California. – J.R. Jones (DIERSEN: What class were you born into? Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant, almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, did not buy a new car until he was 45 and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy, and died suddenly of heart failure when he was 47. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/blindspotting-sorry-to-bother-you-boots-riley/Content

 

DUPAGE COUNTY
— DuPage County Wins Distinguished Budget Award
http://dupageco.org/Content.aspx?id=57795

 

WILLIAM J. KELLY
— YouTube censors conservative reporter Citizen Kelly
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/youtube-censors-conservative-radio-host-citizen-kelly

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives blasts gun control measures, calls for veto on ‘gun shop’ bill – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511490223-ives-blasts-gun-control-measures-calls-for-veto-on-gun-shop-bill
— Khouri calls for lower property taxes on visit to Winfield, Wayne – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511490015-khouri-calls-for-lower-property-taxes-on-visit-to-winfield-wayne

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Sabato moves Illinois governor’s race to “Likely Democratic”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/19/sabato-moves-illinois-governors-race-to-likely-democratic/
— AFSCME claims for every worker who dropped fair share, 10 have become full members (DIERSEN: GAO unionized in 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee. If GAO had been unionized since 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors might very well have NOT been able a) to force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) to give me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) to delay my promotion to GS-13 and to not promote me beyond GS-13, e) to get rid of my mentor in 1987, f) to keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and g) to force me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/19/afscme-claims-for-every-worker-who-dropped-fair-share-10-have-become-full-members/
— Rauner launches another anti-Madigan TV ad
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/19/rauner-launches-another-anti-madigan-tv-ad/
— Despite Rauner praise, Illinois hasn’t sent any data to Crosscheck since last year
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/19/despite-rauner-praise-illinois-hasnt-sent-any-data-to-crosscheck-since-last-year/
— There are upsides to having your own billionaire
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/19/there-are-upsides-to-having-your-own-billionaire/
— Because… Rauner and Trump!
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/19/because-rauner-and-trump/
— Because… Madigan!
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/19/because-madigan-51/
— The new gilded age
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/19/the-new-guilded-age/
— More government, education jobs drive up payroll numbers
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/19/more-government-education-jobs-drive-up-payroll-numbers/

 

WHITE HOUSE
— White House to make new vocational education push to help ‘forgotten men and women’ (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying Jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/07/white_house_to_form_new_vocati.html

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— America’s largest teachers union is run by radical, pro-gay extremists. Here’s proof – Linda Harvey
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/a-ray-of-hope-for-public-education

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— THE LEFT’S EMBARRASSING PLEA FOR OPEN BORDERS The real facts immigration anarchists try to hide from the public. – Michael Cutler
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/270771/lefts-embarrassing-plea-open-borders-michael-cutler

 

GOPUSA
— UNACCEPTABLE: Non-citizens register to vote in San Francisco school elections
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=50582
— ‘Stop Oregon Sanctuaries’ initiative qualifies for November ballot
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=50494
— Gun Control: Obama’s education chief urges school boycotts
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=50584

 

DAILY CALLER
— GALLUP: IMMIGRATION IS THE TOP ISSUE FOR VOTERS HEADING INTO MIDTERM ELECTIONS – Will Racke
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/19/gallup-immigration-voters-midterms/
— OBAMA ATTACKS WEALTHY FOR BIG HOUSES BEFORE RETURNING TO HIS $8 MILLION MANSION – Benny Johnson
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/19/obama-house-rich/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Firing a Bad Federal Employee May Get a Little Easier – John York (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took adverse actions against me BECAUSE I was a BAD employee and a) NOT because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and b) NOT because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40 years old in 1988. They dismiss the fact that I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. They dismiss the fact that IRS promoted me to GS-12 (currently $81,071/year) in 1974 and GAO promoted me to GS-13 (currently $96,403/year) in 1986.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/07/19/firing-a-bad-federal-employee-may-get-a-little-easier/

 

THE HILL
— Trump’s Florida golf club requests additional foreign workers for kitchen – EMILY BIRNBAUM (DIERSEN: Have you worked in a kitchen? I did 1964-1966. I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights while I was a junior and a senior at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966 and the summer in between. From what I see, absolutely none of my critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes would have taken such a bad job. Back then, I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease). My eyesight has never been correctable to 20/20. I have always had partial red/green color blindness.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/397786-trumps-florida-golf-club-requests-additional-foreign-workers-for

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Donald Trump Says He’s ‘Not Happy’ About Federal Reserve Interest-Rate Increases Comments break with tradition that presidents refrain from commenting on monetary policy – Nick Timiraos (DIERSEN: Generally, a) lower interest rates help barrowers who are generally younger and b) higher interest rates help savers who are generally older.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-says-not-happy-about-federal-reserve-interest-rate-increases-1532020248

 

FED SMITH
— MERIT Act Advances in House – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will use this to hint/imply/argue/shout that if the MERIT act had been in effect, 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.fedsmith.com/2018/07/18/merit-act-advances-house/
— House moves forward on federal employees-restricting bills – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will use this to hint/imply/argue/shout that if the MERIT act had been in effect, 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.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2018/07/19/house-moves-forward-on-feds-restricting-bills/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The second bill, the Modern Employment Reform, Improvement and Transformation (MERIT) Act, would reduce the advance notice that an agency must provide to an employee it intends to discipline or remove from 30 days to 15 days. Employees then have, at maximum, seven days to answer to the proposed action against them. “The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 created a special authority to remove or demote poor performers. However, the GAO found that removing a poor performer under this special authority, which requires a performance improvement plan, can take six months to a year, and sometimes significantly longer. This does not reflect the significant time during an appeal, should things not proceed during the performance improvement plan,” said Rep. Paul Mitchell, R-Mich. “This bill repeals that special authority.” Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., characterized the bill as an attack on federal employees and their due process rights. “The provisions of H.R. 559 would allow broad congressional edict to micromanage agency personnel procedures and limit the ability of the federal workforce to seek justice when treated unfairly by management. The bill does not afford federal workers accused of performance or disciplinary issues adequate time to mount a credible defense and blurs the procedural line between performance-based and disciplinary actions,” the AFGE letter said. The bill passed on a vote of 19 to 11.)

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— GAO: VA Is Letting Senior Officials Off the Hook While Disproportionately Punishing Whistleblowers – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: I blew the whistle on political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation while I worked for GAO 1980-1997, for IRS 1971-1980, and for the Post Office 1966-1969. To punish me, a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.govexec.com/management/2018/07/va-letting-senior-officials-hook-while-disproportionately-punishing-whistleblowers-audit-finds/149897/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Congress has for years worked to reform the disciplinary process at VA, with President Trump last year signing into law new procedures that expedite firings and make it easier for the department to prove its case. Those changes may not have taken into account internal failings within VA, the Government Accountability Office found, as it consistently fails to document evidence against employees and notify them of their rights. Additionally, while last year’s Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act sought to protect employees who attempted to shine a light on shortcomings within the agency, GAO found whistleblowers were far more likely to face adverse actions after reporting misconduct. One in 10 employees who brought issues before the Office of Special Counsel were slapped with discipline that same year, compared to one out of 100 VA employees overall.)

 

SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump a) says “Trump-regret syndrome is spreading among Republicans after Helsinki” and asks “How far will it go?” and says “Many Republicans are turning their backs on Trump after the Helsinki disgrace.” and asks “Will they come crawling back?”
https://www.salon.com/2018/07/18/trump-regret-syndrome-is-spreading-among-republicans-after-helsinki-how-far-will-it-go/

July 19 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mexicans mob ‘AMLO’ HQ seeking help for matters big or small – AP (DIERSEN: Democrats always a) promote dependency on government and charity, b) discourage individual responsibility, c) blame all problems on Republicans, d) hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things, and e) promise to use government to give preference to those who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, non-rich, and/or veteran who have any kind of financial problem, health problem, or other problems.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-lt–mexico-beseeching-amlo-20180717-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “President Trump’s diagnosis for critics: Trump Derangement Syndrome.” Have you considered writing a book about your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes? I have. Notwithstanding the fact that they have infinitely more religious, government, political, and/or financial clout than I have ever had, the aforesaid blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. The aforesaid are scapegoaters supreme.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-tds-trump-derangement-syndrome-20180718-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “To my Republican friends: It’s time to let Trump go.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-glanton-column-letter-to-republicans-20180718-story.html
— Chance the Rapper announces purchase of Chicagoist website on newly-released song (DIERSEN: Which websites do you want to purchase?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-chance-the-rapper-releases-new-tracks-20180718-story.html
— The end of the resume? Hiring is in the midst of a technological revolution with algorithms, chatbots – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN How did you get your jobs? To get my Post Office job in 1966, I passed the Post Office’s employment test in 1966, applied for a job in 1966, earned a high school diploma in 1966, and met the job’s many other requirements. To get my IRS job in 1971, I passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, applied for a job in 1970, earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, and met the job’s many other requirements. To get my GAO job in 1980, I earned a job-related master’s degree in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, applied for a job in 1979, suffered a $19,203/year (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, and met the job’s many other requirements. 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.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-artificial-intelligence-hiring-20180719-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The usual suck-ups — Pence, Hannity, Dobbs — stand by their man, Trump.” (DIERSEN: Who stands by you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress those activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who have not stood by me. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, Post Office employee, etc.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/president-donald-trump-vladimir-putin-helsinki-mike-pence-sean-hannity-lou-dobbs-fox-news-cupp/
— Oprah Winfrey gives at least $1 million to Obama Foundation – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/oprah-winfrey-gives-at-least-1-million-to-obama-foundation/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Chance the Rapper to relaunch Chicagoist – Robert Feder
http://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20180719/feder-chance-the-rapper-to-relaunch-chicagoist

 

NORTHWEST HERALD & TIMES
— Rauner campaigns to raise support for term limits Asks public to vote for anyone other than Madigan – Brent Bader (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who want term limits. They stress how much better off without me the following are: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee website, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/07/18/rauner-campaigns-to-raise-support-for-term-limits/a8ogn2h/
http://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/07/18/rauner-visits-ottawa-to-raise-support-for-term-limits/arpfdi4/

 

STATELINE
— How Rauner, Pritzker pension plans compare Ballooning pension obligation threatens to further drown state in debt – Mark Maxwell (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are not getting a pension and are not earning credits toward a pension. I earned credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension 1966-1969 while I worked for the Post Office, 1971-1980 while I worked for IRS, and 1980-1997 while I worked for GAO. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) never tried to get a job that provided pension benefits and/or b) failed/refused to qualify themselves to get a job that provided pension benefits. Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/how-rauner-pritzker-pension-plans-compare/1310714375

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Election hacking leaves Illinois voters uneasy – Rachel Droze
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/election-hacking-leaves-illinois-voters-uneasy-07-18-2018

 

FOX ST. LOUIS
— Rauner: President should blame Russians for hacking – AP (DIERSEN: Who wants others to blame you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, and everyone else SHOULD BLAME ME AND MY GOPUSA ILLINOIS EMAILS FOR ALL OF THEIR PROBLEMS, FOR ALL OF YOUR PROBLEMS, FOR ALL OF MY PROBLEMS, AND FOR ALL OF EVERYONE’S PROBLEMS.)
https://fox2now.com/2018/07/17/rauner-president-should-blame-russians-for-hacking/

 

WVIK
— Money Machines: Billionaires Rain Cash — With Strings Attached? – KATIE BUCK (DIERSEN: What if you were running for a government office and you needed money, sign locations, etc. What if someone who had lots of money, sign locations, etc. said to you that they would give you lots of money, sign locations, etc. IF YOU GOT RID OF DIERSEN? Would you come to my defense? Would you promise to do everything that you could to get rid of me? Would you treat me like I “owe you” because you have not gotten rid of me?  What would you do?)
http://wvik.org/post/money-machines-billionaires-rain-cash-strings-attached#stream/0

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Dark Money Groups Get A Little Darker, Thanks To IRS – PETER OVERBY (DIERSEN: If you give money to organizations that promote conservative principles, you should expect that anti-conservatives will use that against you.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/dark-money-groups-get-little-darker-thanks-irs#stream/0

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Democrats crow that “Illinois Gun Violence Prevention Political Action Committee” and “Giffords” have endorsed Nybo, Rooney, Curran, and Breen.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/07/19/4-republicans-get-nod-on-gun-safety-chance-the-rapper-raps-rahm-chico-and-the-mayors-race-288068

 

RUSS STEWART
— RAUNER IS A GONER IN ILLINOIS GOVERNOR RACE
http://www.russstewart.com/articles/2018/07-18-2018.html

WIRE POINTS
— City, Chicago Public School finances “improve,” just in time for elections – Ted Dabrowski
http://www.wirepoints.com/chicago-public-school-finances-improve-just-in-time-for-elections/

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Federal lawsuit: Cook Co. makes it too difficult to appeal big tax bills; state law only enables – Scott Holland (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) my appeals, during the 1980s and early 1990s, of the assessed valuations of 915 Cove Court in Wheaton and b) those who had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County, their operatives, and their dupes who opposed my appeals.)
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511490987-federal-lawsuit-cook-co-makes-it-too-difficult-to-appeal-big-tax-bills-state-law-only-enables

 

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Windhorst signs ‘People’s Pledge,’ calls for term limits – Glenn Minnis
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/511490094-windhorst-signs-people-s-pledge-calls-for-term-limits

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— DuPage Township gives away $459,812.00 of your tax dollars – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/07/dupage-township-gives-away-459812-00-of-your-tax-dollars/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Vast majority of Illinois Medicaid expansion recipients aren’t working – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/health/vast-majority-of-illinois-medicaid-expansion-recipients-aren-t-working/article_d672f56c-89f9-11e8-82fb-77bda2ec6c1a.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Seven of 10 able-bodied recipients of taxpayer-funded healthcare in Illinois say they don’t have jobs. A new report from the Foundation for Government Accountability, a nonpartisan public policy organization, said work requirements similar to those placed on other federal aid programs should be implemented for Medicaid recipients. As of February, more than 400,000 out of the 580,000 Medicaid expansion enrollees in Illinois have no earned income, according to data received from the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services.)

 

DAILY CALLER
— FACEBOOK SPONSORING FAR-LEFT CONFERENCE WHERE SOCIALIST OCASIO-CORTEZ WILL KEYNOTE – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: What percent of Facebook employees are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/18/facebook-sponsoring-netroots-nation/

 

HOT AIR
— Poll: Majority wants SCOTUS term limits – ED MORRISSEY (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who want term limits. They stress how much better off without me the following are: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee website, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc.)
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/07/18/poll-majority-wants-scotus-term-limits-political-demos/

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Controversial PETA Ad Starring Natalie Portman Invokes Holocaust to Slam Present-Day Treatment of Animals – MADISON DIBBLE (DIERSEN: I should write a book about dog abusers.)
https://ijr.com/2018/07/1110340-natalie-portman-peta-holocaust/

 

CNN
— House Democrats pick new slogan ahead of midterms: ‘For the people’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to get rid of people who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/38678902/house-democrats-pick-new-slogan-ahead-of-midterms-for-the-people

 

NBC NEWS
— Six states and NYC sue Trump admin over requiring ‘sanctuary cities’ to work with feds Lawsuits were filed in Manhattan federal court on behalf of New York state and city, Connecticut, New Jersey, Washington, Massachusetts and Virginia. – AP
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/six-states-nyc-sue-trump-admin-over-requiring-sanctuary-cities-n892596

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Government Medical Experts Say Detaining Migrant Families Poses High Risk of Harm.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/18/us/migrant-children-family-detention-doctors.html
— Reporters, Facing a Hostile White House, Try a New Tactic: Solidarity – Michael M. Grynbaum
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/18/business/media/white-house-reporters-hallie-jackson.html
— Consumer Bureau Nominee Could Face ‘Bumpy Ride’ Over Lack of Experience – Alan Rappeport (DIERSEN: What work experience do you have? I should write a book about those who have dismissed, belittled, badmouthed, demonized, denigrated, condemned, and/or wasted my work experience. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/18/us/politics/consumer-bureau-kathleen-kraninger.html
— Facebook to Remove Misinformation That Leads to Violence – Sheera Frenkel
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/18/technology/facebook-to-remove-misinformation-that-leads-to-violence.html
— Why Real Wages Still Aren’t Rising – Jared Bernstein (DIERSEN: My GS-7 Step 1 IRS salary in 1971 was $8,582. Today, GS-7 Step 1 salary is $45,703. My GS-12 Step 4 IRS salary in 1978 was $24,070. Today, GS-12 Step 4 salary is $89,178. My GS-13 Step 10 GAO salary in 1997 was $72,460. Today, GS-13 Step 10 salary is $125,325.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/18/opinion/wage-stagnation-unemployment-economic-growth.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Fans, Acknowledge His Failings The president has pursued bad trade policies and fouled relations with allies. His supporters are silent. – F.H. Buckley (DIERSEN: Who stresses your “failings?” I should write a book about those who stress my “failings.” They blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-fans-acknowledge-his-failings-1531952749
— Facebook to Start Taking Down Posts That Could Lead to Violence Social-media platform’s move is a response to attacks on individuals in Sri Lanka and Myanmar – Deepa Seetharaman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-to-start-taking-down-posts-that-could-lead-to-violence-1531961913
— Baby Boomers Get More Selective About Friends – Clare Ansberry (DIERSEN: Who does NOT want to be one of your friends? The following people do NOT want to be one of my friends: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor-people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-union, anti-federal employee, anti-federal retiree, anti-American nameplate car owners, anti-DINKs, anti-pet-less people, anti-those who they cannot manipulate/dominate, anti-etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/baby-boomers-get-more-selective-about-friends-1531918772
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: House Panel Passes Tax Break for Gym Memberships, Exercise Classes Critics say bill would benefit wealthy, wouldn’t affect population’s health – Richard Rubin (DIERSEN: Instead of spending money on gym memberships or exercise classes, I mow the lawn, trim the bushes, mulch the leaves, shovel the snow, etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/house-panel-passes-tax-break-for-gym-memberships-exercise-classes-1531411576
— Slowdown in Home Sales Spreads to Brooklyn and Queens Brokers say weakness reflects buyer caution about the potential impact of federal tax laws – Josh Barbanel (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/slowdown-in-home-sales-spreads-to-brooklyn-and-queens-1531368061
— FRONT PAGE: What Saudi Women Drivers Want: Muscle Cars – Margherita Stancati
https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-women-dont-just-want-to-drive-they-want-400-horsepower-1531923787
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When officials at Ford Motor Co. heard that Ms. Nasief, who is known for having participated in the campaign for women’s right to drive, wanted a Mustang, the manufacturer offered to give her one. She asked for the powerful performance car in yellow and black, the colors of her local soccer team, Al-Ittihad, of which she is a die-hard fan. Since it was delivered July 9, she has been driving the Mustang almost nonstop. She zooms down Jeddah’s palm-lined avenues. often with the top down despite sweltering heat, giving rides to various groups of her 16 grandchildren. “I love this car because of its roar,” said Ms. Nasief. “Everybody is staring at me because I’m a woman in a sports car. But why not? We are even better drivers than the men, to be honest.” Ms. Nasief keeps one hand on the steering wheel and the other on the horn, blasting male drivers who fail to use turn signals or who talk on a cellphone while behind the wheel, both common sins on Saudi roads. “If I see them behave badly, I go ‘beep beep!’” she said. “We’ll teach them how to drive.”)
— Keep Politics Out of the Boardroom Reforms intended to give a voice to small shareholders have instead let social activists hijack proxy votes. – Phil Gramm and Mike Solon (DIERSEN: Activists want to make businesses more anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/keep-politics-out-of-the-boardroom-1531952912

 

FORBES
— States Sue IRS, Treasury To Strike Down SALT Cap Under New Tax Law – Kelly Phillips (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2018/07/17/states-sue-irs-treasury-to-strike-down-salt-cap-under-new-tax-law/#34a84fc75303

 

STARS & STRIPES
— FROM THE ARTICLE: “The Senate seems to take a more aggressive stance than the House NDAA proposal on issues such as reforming the “up or out” military promotion system.” Overwhelmingly, “up or out” promotion systems are imposed only on those who are Republican, White, and/or male. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that a) I did not make GS-12 (currently $81,071) until I was 25 in 1974, that I did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) until I was 38 in 1986, and c) that I never made GS-14 (currently $113,920).)
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/house-senate-push-measures-to-fund-defense-plan-forward-boost-military-pay-1.535221