Tag: POT

March 23 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Emanuel Campaign Releases Video Of Trump Calling McCarthy ‘Phenomenal Guy’ (DIERSEN: Do you want Trump’s support? What do you say to those who do not want Trump’s support?)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/22/rahm-emanuel-video-ga

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Roskam’s Democrat challenger. Will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes continue to blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for Roskam’s problems? Both Roskam and Hultgren endorsed me when I first ran for Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000. I arranged for an elephant to walk behind Roskam in Wheaton’s 2007 Independence Day parade.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-peter-roskam-sean-casten-il-6-20180323-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democrat asks if Roskam will challenge him to ‘walk in parades’ or ‘kiss babies’ It was a flip of the script when Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam called on newly minted Democratic challenger Sean Casten to debate him. In the typical back-and-forth over how many debates to have in a campaign, it’s usually the challenger who calls for a lot of them, and then tries to berate an incumbent or front-runner for dodging. This week, though, Roskam challenged Casten to a couple of broadcast debates and joint appearances before newspaper editorial boards, saying “our country faces great challenges, and I look forward to the opportunity to discuss the issues and offer solutions to solve those challenges.” Casten replied Thursday, asking for more debates and needling Roskam over declining to do in-person town hall meetings. “These types of candidate events are simply standard practice in any major campaign,” Casten said in a statement. “Next, I expect Roskam to ‘challenge’ me to shake hands with voters, walk in parades, and kiss babies.” Casten emerged from Tuesday’s seven-way primary in the northwestern and western suburban 6th Congressional District. His challenge to Roskam is expected to be a heated one because Democrat Hillary Clinton beat President Donald Trump there in 2016, even as Roskam won a sixth term by 18 points.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrats.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-underwood-democratic-primary-hultgren-st-0323-20180322-story.html
— Facebook users have been giving away their data for a decade. Is it too late to get our privacy back? – Ally Marotti (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website. It uses the information that it has against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-data-privacy-facebook-cambridge-analytica20180319-story.html
— Reps. Rush and Gutiérrez ordered to pay Treasury following congressional ethics probes – Elise Viebeck
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-gutierrez-rush-ethics-probes-20180322-story.html
— Few retired people expect to pay off their mortgages, survey finds – Michele Lerner (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes were beyond furious when my wife and I paid off our mortgage in the 1990s.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-retirees-mortgages-survey-20180322-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: Mayor Emanuel attacks rival Garry McCarthy in web video with Trump calling then-top cop ‘phenomenal guy’ – Bill Ruthhart (DIERSEN: Do you want Trump’s support? What do you say to those who do not want Trump’s support?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-garry-mccarthy-video-20180322-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Democrats promote Democrat marchers.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-chicago-march-for-our-lives-organizers-20180321-story.html
— Illinois must change or die. What’s your plan, Mr. Pritzker? – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs focus on driving out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-pritzker-governor-jobs-illinois-20180322-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— House ethics panel orders payments from Rush, Gutierrez – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/house-ethics-panel-orders-payments-from-rush-gutierrez/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Governor primary broke records, and there’s more to come – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180322/governor-primary-broke-records-and-theres-more-to-come
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180322/jeb-bush-to-speak-at-elmhurst-college-forum

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The cost of keeping public records from the public: almost $700k – JOHN CHASE
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180323/NEWS02/180329927

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Rauner says he has yet to speak to Ives after primary win – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: Rauner should offer to sign a “Contract with Illinois Republicans” in which a) he would agree to defend and advance all the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform, including its traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks and b) he would acknowledge that political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/03/23/rauner-says-he-has-yet-to-speak-to-ives-after-primary-win/a4u9d3m/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Rauner gives preview of new stump speech in visit to Urbana – Tom Kacich (DIERSEN: What about those who voted for Rauner in the primary who want him to dump voters 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.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-03-23/rauner-gives-preview-new-stump-speech-visit-urbana.html

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Even if he rallies his base, Gov. Bruce Rauner faces uphill general election campaign (DIERSEN: One could argue that Rauner’s base is pro-LGBTQ, pro-abortion, pro-mass/illegal immigration, anti-Illinois Republican Party platform, anti-traditional family, anti-Trump, anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/21/guest-view-even-if-he-rallies-his-base-gov-bruce-rauner-faces-uphill-general-election-campaign/anuhgbd/

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrats.
http://www.pantagraph.com/herald-review/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/elections/dems-see-new-hope-in-primary-results/article_5a610b65-d8b5-538b-941a-6d5abfa74a5c.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Rauner compares foes’ tactics to ‘mafia racket’ – AP
https://herald-review.com/news/local/state-and-regional/rauner-compares-foes-tactics-to-mafia-racket/article_3748fb0a-c69b-5952-9ef0-64150058c2a1.html

 

TIMES
— 16th Congressional District: Uphill battle expected for Democrats – David Giuliani (DIERSEN: What congressional district do you live in? Who do you want to represent you on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC)? Who do you want to be the next IRP chairman? Who do you want to represent you on the 2020 IRP Platform & Resolutions Committee? What weighted vote will your next representative on the IRP SCC have, that is, what percent of the approximate 700,000 Republican primary ballots cast statewide were cast in your congressional district?)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/uphill-battle-expected-for-democrats/article_d18ba0f6-3253-5725-ac4e-cd67fda70b58.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The combined votes in the Republican primary were 65,520, well more than the Democrats’ 41,663. According to the widely-cited Cook Political Report, the 16th District is rated as “solid Republican.” In an interview, John Jackson, a political science professor at Southern Illinois University, said Tuesday’s numbers in the 16th District are “unpromising” for Democrats. “Statewide, turnout favored Democrats by a two-to-one-margin,” Jackson said. He said the comparison with Pennsylvania’s 18th District may not be applicable. “The 18th was earlier a blue-collar bastion for Democrats and the district is more suburban,” Jackson said. “The 16th sounds like a fairly typical mostly rural district. It is mostly Republican.” Brian Gaines, a political science professor at the University of Illinois, said turnout in primary elections is not necessarily a good indicator of the outcomes of general elections, especially when primaries are months beforehand.)

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Money Matters In Race For Illinois Governor – JACLYN DRISCOLL (DIERSEN: If you had many millions of dollars to spend on politics, what would you spend that money on? Since 2000, my critics/opponents have spent many millions of dollars trying to get people a) to read their emails rather than read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) to visit their websites rather than visit www.gopillinois.com. So far, they have succeeded in ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, and my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership.)
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/money-matters-race-illinois-governor#stream/0

 

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rauner says that he does not support sanctuary cities or Illinois being a sanctuary state, but his actions contradict that.
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/rauner-i-do-not-support-sanctuary-cities-or-illinois-being-a-sanctuary-state-03-23-2018

 

WJBC
— ‘Welcoming city’ backers plan fast at Bloomington City Hall – Rebecca Brumfield (DIERSEN: Those who want welcoming cities are anti-Trump supporters, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-draft avoiders, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/03/22/welcoming-city-backers-plan-fast-at-bloomington-city-hall/

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who promotes mass/illegal immigration? ANSWER: 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.
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/37791270/immigration-awareness-week-kicks-off-at-siu

 

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Cook County GOP Chairman Sean M. Morrison Congratulates Bruce Rauner on Primary Election Victory, Calls for Unity
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2018/03/22/gop-chairman-morrison-applauds-rauner-victory/

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Morning Answer – Rep. Jeanne Ives drops by to discuss the primary results
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511368552-morning-answer-rep-jeanne-ives-drops-by-to-discuss-the-primary-results

 

CAPITOL FAX
— On Wednesday, Rauner traveled to Ives’ home turf for a campaign event at a manufacturing plant on the outskirts of DuPage and Kane counties. One plant worker said employees had been ordered to attend, and were made aware that they’d be part of campaign photos and videos. (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? How would you react if you were ordered to attend a Rauner event?)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/23/rauner-on-the-hustings/

 

GOPUSA
— Veto coming? Republicans’ $1.3 trillion ‘pass it to read it’ boondoggle
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=42074

 

BLAZE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote pot want to destroy America, destroy Illinois, destroy DuPage County, destroy Milton Township, destroy Glen Ellyn, destroy Wheaton, etc.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/22/legal-weed-gains-momentum-in-illinois-as-referendum-shows-strong-support

 

NEWSMAX
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Chicago Marijuana? 68% Say Yes in Nonbinding Referendum – Clyde Huges
https://www.newsmax.com/thewire/chicago-marijuana-recreation-referendum/2018/03/22/id/850094/

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Federal employees work for both Democrats and Republicans (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, almost all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. They focused on wasting the careers of and getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, and especially those who were White, male, and/or non-veteran 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.)
https://wtop.com/social-media/2018/03/federal-employees-work-for-both-democrats-and-republicans-even-kellyanne-conway/

 

CNBC
— Recent college grads are intensely competing for a $12,000-a-year job in Chicago — and it’s a good thing – Ravin Gandhi (DIERSEN: When you graduated from college, would you have competed for this? I would not have. When I graduated from college in 1970, I took the only job offer that got working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights and I filed an application for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/22/recent-college-grads-lining-up-for-12000-a-year-job-in-chicago.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Columbia College in Chicago to host ‘whiteness in decline’ lecture – Bradford Richardson (DIERSEN: What do you say to Whites a) who glorify and praise anti-Whites, b) who pander to anti-Whites, c) who serve as operatives or as dupes for anti-Whites, and/or d) who give money to anti-Whites? I should write a book about the aforesaid in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/22/college-hold-whiteness-decline-lecture/

 

BLAZE
— Tucker Carlson accuses Facebook of ‘ideological warfare’ – Carlos Garcia (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/22/tucker-carlson-accuses-facebook-of-ideological-warfare-heres-why

 

THE HILL
— Congress votes to expand deficit — and many in GOP are unhappy – NIV ELIS AND NAOMI JAGODA
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/379825-congress-votes-to-expand-deficit-and-many-in-gop-are-unhappy
— Progressive Dems bet that Dreamers with stick with them – RAFAEL BERNAL (DIERSEN: Of course, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups will stick with the Democrats: anti-Trump supporters, 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://thehill.com/latino/379844-progressive-dems-bet-that-dreamers-with-stick-with-them

 

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/young-activists-descend-washington-tomorrow-march-lives/story?id=53850670

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to White males a) who glorify and praise anti-Whites and anti-males, b) who pander to anti-Whites and to anti-males, c) who serve as operatives for or as dupes for anti-Whites and anti-males, and/or d) who give money to anti-Whites and to anti-males? I should write a book about the aforesaid in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/opinion/speaking-as-a-white-male.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Democrats Abandon Catholics If you value religious education or life’s sanctity, you’re not welcome in the party. – Cardinal Timothy Dolan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-democrats-abandon-catholics-1521761348
— Facebook’s investigation into outsiders’ handling of its users’ information will help identify and deter bad actors but won’t be able to uncover where all the data ended up and how it is being deployed – Deepa Seetharaman (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website. It deploys the information that it has against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, 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.wsj.com/articles/zuckerberg-says-facebook-probe-into-apps-wont-uncover-all-data-abuse-1521775456
— Next Worry for Facebook: Disenchanted Users – Kirsten Grind
https://www.wsj.com/articles/next-worry-for-facebook-disenchanted-users-1521717883
— Demand for American Sperm Is Skyrocketing in Brazil Explosive growth spurred by more wealthy single women and lesbian couples turning to U.S. donors The racial makeup of Brazil contrasts starkly with the country’s sperm imports from overwhelmingly white U.S. donors. – Samantha Pearson (DIERSEN: Given the success that Democrats have had in America demonizing, denigrating, and condemning heterosexual White males, one would expect that in America, the demand for sperm that is most likely to produce LGBTQ female minorities is skyrocketing.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-mixed-race-brazil-sperm-imports-from-u-s-whites-are-booming-1521711000
— How to Sell Your Home Without a Real-Estate Agent Selling a home without a real-estate agent could save thousands in commissions, but many owners don’t want the hassle – Robyn A. Friedman (DIERSEN: In 1984, when I was 35 years old, I sold 1017 East Harrison without a real estate agent.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-sell-your-home-without-a-real-estate-agent-1521640801
— The University of Denial Aggressive suppression of the truth is a central feature of American higher education. – Amy L. Wax
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-university-of-denial-1521760098

 

USA TODAY
— From ‘Little Marco’ to ‘Cryin’ Chuck,’ all hail Melania Trump’s cyberbullying campaign – Cheri Jacobus
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/03/22/melania-trump-cyberbullying-campaign-cold-comfort-donald-targets-column/445448002/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump marchers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/03/22/survivors-other-shootings-march-our-lives/404268002/

 

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ promoters focus on destroying individuals, destroying organizations, destroying companies, destroying governments, and destroying countries that do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/03/22/anti-lgbt-roundup-events-and-activities-32218

March 21 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who won the contested races that were on the Republican ballot in your precinct? Rauner/Sanguinetti, Harold, Grant, Mendrick, Eckhoff, and Zaruba won the races that were on the Republican ballot in my precinct.

 

In DuPage County, Rauner/Sanguinetti got 33,157 (48%) votes and Ives/Morthland got 35,965 (52%) votes; Harold got 35,046 (55%) votes and Grasso got 28,950 (45%) votes; Mendrick got 39,198 (60%) votes and Bibbiano got 25,748 (40%) votes; and the DuPage County Election Commission consolidation question got 76,887 (56%) Yes votes and 59,256 (44%) no votes.

 

To defeat the Democrats on November 6, 2018, a) I urge all the candidates who won to seek the support of those candidates who lost and b) I urge all those candidates who lost to offer their support for the candidates who won. The winning and losing candidates should stress what they agree on. I urge the Illinois Republican Party and all the Republican county, township, and ward party organizations to schedule unity events ASAP. If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would be hosting a unity event.

 

In my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton, 203 (40%) of its 504 registered voters voted. About half of my precinct was in Ives’ precinct before the 2015 gerrymandering. In the contested Republican races, 64 (61%) voted for Ives and 41 (39%) voted for Rauner; 60 (66%) voted for Harold and 31 (34%) voted for Grasso; 74 (77%) voted for Grant, 16 (17%) voted for Minor and 6 (6%) voted for Byrne; 55 (58%) voted for Mendrick and 40 (42%) voted for Bibbiano; 49 (30%) voted for Tatro, 40 (25%) voted for Eckhoff, 32 (20%) voted for Zaruba, 24 (15%) voted for Chinchilla, 14 (9%) voted for McGowen, and 4 (2%) voted for Almiron. 77 voted for me.

 

Sooner or later, if not already, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will hint/imply/argue/shout at the aforesaid candidates that they got far fewer votes in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois BECAUSE OF ME AND BECAUSE OF MY GOPUSA ILLINOIS EMAILS. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

POLITICO
— Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner is in big trouble in November – NATASHA KORECKI (DIERSEN: Obviously, Rauner has been erroneously listening to those who say that there are only a very few voters in Illinois who support the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/21/illinois-rauner-pritzker-elections-476748

 

ABC7
— Illinois Primary 2018: Bruce Rauner wins tight race against Jeanne Ives for GOP nomination – Ravi Baichwal and Rob Elgas
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/bruce-rauner-wins-tight-race-against-jeanne-ives-for-gop-nomination/3239443/

 

NBC5
— Voting Machine Issue in DuPage County Snarls Illinois Primary Vote Count
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Voting-Machine-Issue-in-DuPage-County-Snarls-Illinois-Primary-Vote-Count-477468203.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Campaign between Rauner, Pritzker expected to be expensive, brutal and long – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-jb-pritzker-illinois-governor-race-20180320-story.html

— 10 things to know about Tuesday’s primary election results
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-primary-morning-spin-20180321-story.html

— Estimates of voter turnout in Chicago, Cook County ‘disappointing,’ official says – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-voter-turnout-20180320-story.html
— Rauner, Pritzker and ‘whatever it takes’ – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-election-rauner-pritzker-illinois-20180320-story.html
— Leader not ready to claim victory in tight 3-way Republican race in 10th Congressional District – Karen Berkowitz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/highland-park/news/ct-hpn-10th-district-republican-primary-results-tl-0329-20180320-story.html
— DuPage County election results delayed for hours by ‘technical difficulties’
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-dupage-election-mess-st-0321-20180320-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner declares victory, Ives admits her revolt ‘fell just a bit short’ – Mitchell Armentrout and Sam Charles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/ives-gives-rauner-run-for-his-money-in-republican-gov-race/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County has trouble counting ballots after problems with voting machines – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180320/dupage-county-has-trouble-counting-ballots-after-problems-with-voting-machines
— Rauner, Pritzker set for big money showdown – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180320/rauner-pritzker-set-for-big-money-showdown-
— Four DuPage County townships (Bloomingdale, Wayne, Milton and York) want to keep extra patrols – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180320/four-dupage-county-townships-want-to-keep-extra-patrols
— Khouri wins GOP nod in 49th House District – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180320/khouri-wins-gop-nod-in-49th-house-district
— Grant victorious in House Dist. 42 after Burt Minor controversy – Burt Constable
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180320/grant-victorious-in-house-dist-42-after-burt-minor-controversy
— Downers Grove scientist Casten beats Mazeski in congressional challenge to Roskam – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180320/casten-beats-mazeski-in-congressional-challenge-to-roskam
— Underwood coasts in Democratic primary for 14th Congressional District – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180320/underwood-coasts-in-democratic-primary-for-14th-congressional-district
— Two incumbents breeze to GOP primary win DuPage District 6 – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180320/two-incumbents-breeze-to-gop-primary-win-dupage-district-6-

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gov. Rauner ekes out victory over Jeanne Ives – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180320/gov-rauner-ekes-out-victory-over-jeanne-ives
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Voters support recreational pot use in Chicago
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180321/voters-support-recreational-pot-use-in-chicago

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— State Rep. Jeanne Ives concedes to Rauner in Republican gubernatorial primary – ERIC SCHELKOPF (DIERSEN: The many attendees included Biggins, Berner, Carlson, Cleveland, Dangelo, Falbo, Holan, Holder, Johnson, Lollino, Morthland, Morrison, Napolitano, Proft, Ryan, Shaw, Smith, Vician, and Wehling.)
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/03/20/state-rep-jeanne-ives-concedes-to-rauner-in-republican-gubernatorial-primary/a1ehb6j/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Even though state Rep. Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton, fell short in her bid to topple Gov. Bruce Rauner in the Republican primary, she told her supporters they had plenty of reasons to be proud. “It is still one of the most historic nights ever in the state of Illinois,” Ives said, in addressing her supporters gathered March 20 at Abbington Distinctive Banquets in Glen Ellyn. “You know and I know that Bruce Rauner had to be challenged in this election… A popular revolt against the political ruling class fell just a bit short.” “What you should know was that this campaign was started on faith,” Ives said. “We had no money. We had no team. We had a lot of grassroots supporters who knew that we needed to stand up once and for all against people that did not adhere to our policies and our party’s platform. And that’s what we did. We stood up tonight. We stood up every day for the last four and a half months, and we finished this campaign strong. We proved that the grassroots cannot be taken advantage of.” Ives sparked controversy with a campaign ad against Rauner addressing issues such as gender identity, abortion and immigration. However, she defended the ad. “What the commercial that is generating the expected hysteria from the expected quarters attempted to do – admittedly, provocatively – was to properly and truthfully characterize the extreme issue positions Rauner took and their implications,” Ives previously said in a speech at a City Club of Chicago luncheon. “The commercial does not attack people. It tackles issues by truthfully illustrating the constituencies Rauner has chosen to serve to the exclusion of others.”)
— Mendrick defeats Bibbiano in DuPage County sheriff’s race
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/03/21/mendrick-defeats-bibbiano-in-dupage-county-sheriffs-race/aiasajg/

 

TIMES
— Kinzinger wins in landslide – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/kinzinger-wins-in-landslide/article_f225cc64-8183-557b-b962-e93178e89def.html

 

WJBD RADIO
— Jason Plummer Wins Republican Nomination for 54th State Senate Plummer Bests Three Other Candidates to Win the Nomination. Right Now There Is No Democratic Candidate.
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2018/03/20/jason-plummer-wins-republican-nomination-for-54th-state-senate-

 

WHEATON PATCH
— Amy Grant Wins GOP Nomination For IL State House, 42nd District Grant defeated Burt Minor and Ryan Byrne to win the Republican nomination Tuesday night. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/amy-grant-wins-gop-nomination-il-state-house-42nd-district

 

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot promoters promote pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/legalize-weed-chicago-voters-tell/Content?oid=43674890
— The next governor of Illinois: A superrich white guy – Ryan Smith
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/03/20/the-next-governor-of-illinois-a-super-rich-white-guy

 

WIRE POINTS
— Math: The Biggest Loser in Illinois Election – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/math-the-biggest-loser-in-illinois-election-wirepoints-original/

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— House minority leader fends off challenge from Mickey Straub – Glenn Minnis
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511366802-house-minority-leader-fends-off-challenge-from-mickey-straub

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Ives Carries McHenry County – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/03/21/ives-carries-mchenry-county/

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Lack of transparency catching up with Rauner – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511365444-lack-of-transparency-catching-up-with-rauner
— Watchdogs: Gov Rauner hiding truths from taxpayers once more disclosing public records of attorneys
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511366178-watchdogs-gov-rauner-hiding-truths-from-taxpayers-once-more-disclosing-public-records-of-attorneys

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IN NOVEMBER, THE BILLIONAIRE BATTLE: DEMOCRAT JB PRITZKER VERSUS GOPER BRUCE RAUNER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/in-november-the-billionaire-battle-democrat-jb-pritzker-versus-goper-bruce-rauner.html
— RHOADS: GOD BLESS JEANNE IVES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/god-bless-jeanne-ives.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DGA trolls Rauner for not calling Ives, but Ives doesn’t want to talk to him (DIERSEN: To this day, those who supported Jim Ryan in the 2002 Republican gubernatorial primary election blame those who supported Pat O’Malley in that primary election for Ryan’s defeat in the general election. They especially blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/21/dga-trolls-rauner-for-not-calling-ives-but-ives-doesnt-want-to-talk-to-him/
— DGA also launches a new online ad
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/21/dga-also-launches-a-new-online-ad/
— Pritzker fires back with his own online ad
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/21/pritzker-fires-back-with-his-own-online-ad/
— Republicans react to primary wins
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/21/republicans-react-to-primary-wins/
— ICPR: Rauner raised most per vote by far
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/21/icpr-rauner-raised-most-per-vote-by-far/
— Casten will face Roskam
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/21/casten-will-face-roskam/
— New Rauner ad uses Biss and Kennedy against Pritzker
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/21/new-rauner-ad-uses-biss-and-kennedy-against-pritzker/

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— GOP Voters Almost Sent Illinois’ Sitting Governor Packing Bruce Rauner edged out a primary challenger on Tuesday, and his re-election chances don’t look great. – DAVID BYLER
http://www.weeklystandard.com/gop-voters-almost-sent-illinois-sitting-governor-packing/article/2012019

 

BREITBART
— Jeanne Ives Concedes Stunningly Close Illinois Primary Race to Bruce Rauner – JOEL B. POLLAK2
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/20/jeanne-ives-bruce-rauner-illinois-primary/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Pro-abortion Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner defeats pro-life challenger in GOP primary – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-abortion-illinois-gov-bruce-rauner-defeats-pro-life-challenger-in-gop

 

GOPUSA
— Conservative students find it harder to speak out (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in Illinois that dominate Republican individuals, Republican organizations, Republican companies, and Republican governments in Illinois DO NOT WANT ANYONE to speak out in favor of the traditional family, right to life, immigration, or any of the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://www.gopusa.com/conservative-students-find-it-harder-to-speak-out/
— In Connecticut, even kindergartners were used to advance gun control
http://www.gopusa.com/in-connecticut-even-kindergartners-were-used-to-advance-gun-control/

 

THE HILL
— Anti-abortion Democrat Dan Lipinski wins primary fight – LISA HAGEN AND BEN KAMISAR
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/379400-anti-abortion-dem-hangs-on-in-primary-fight
— Illinois governor narrowly survives tight primary – REID WILSON
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/379440-illinois-governor-narrowly-survives-tight-primary

 

POLITICO
— Breitbart’s readership plunges The onetime voice of the pro-Trump alt right struggles to find a niche without its driving force, Steve Bannon. – JASON SCHWARTZ (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all the defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000. QUESTION: Who do they want to replace me with? ANSWER: Obviously, with someone who they can manipulate/dominate.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/20/breitbart-readership-plunge-steve-bannon-474801

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Illinois Republican governor narrowly defeats pro-Trump primary challenger – Amber Phillips
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/03/20/illinois-republican-governor-narrowly-defeats-pro-trump-primary-challenger/
— Trump’s reelection campaign calls for adding citizenship question to 2020 census amid criticism that he is politicizing the count – Tara Bahrampour
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/trump-campaign-calls-for-adding-citizenship-question-to-2020-census-amid-accusations-that-the-president-is-politicizing-the-annual-count/2018/03/20/dd5929fe-2c62-11e8-b0b0-f706877db618_story.html

 

FORBES
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Cook County Voters Approve Marijuana Legalization Ballot Measure – Tom Angell (DIERSEN: If you smoke pot, if you want to smoke pot, and/or if you want others to smoke pot, you shout you have serious mental problems.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/2018/03/20/illinois-voters-approve-marijuana-legalization-ballot-measure/#6010934f7951

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Incumbents and Big Spenders Win Illinois Primary – But Only by a Hair – Ed Kilgore
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/incumbents-and-big-spenders-win-illinois-primary-by-a-hair.html

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Trump’s Federal Workforce Goals: Streamline Firing, Automate Jobs – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats would use any streamlined firing to fire their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/03/trumps-federal-workforce-goals-streamline-firing-automate-jobs/146809/

 

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION
— Rauner Dismissed Ives as “Fringe” – Now He’s Battling for His Political Career (DIERSEN: Who dismisses you as being “fringe?” Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs dismiss me as being “fringe.”)
https://democraticgovernors.org/news/rauner-dismissed-ives-as-fringe-now-hes-battling-for-his-political-career/

March 15 Evening Edition

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Conservative Jeanne Ives Gains Ground on Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner in Primary Race – MAIREAD MCARDLE
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/bruce-rauner-primary-challenger-gains-ground/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rauner has alienated the Republican base by taking moderate positions in deep-blue Illinois, signing sanctuary-state legislation and bills that allocated taxpayer funding for abortion. He is currently polling at 42 percent to Ives’s 35 percent, according to an internal poll released yesterday by Ogden & Fry.)

 

POLITICO
— Democrats meddle in Illinois GOP primary The Democratic Governors Association is running an ad calling Gov. Bruce Rauner’s primary challenger, Jeanne Ives, ‘too conservative’ for the state. – NATASHA KORECKI and DANIEL STRAUSS (DIERSEN: Who calls you “too conservative?” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am “too conservative” a) because I support all the planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform and b) because I support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/15/illinois-rauner-jeanne-ives-primary-democratic-ad-419484

 

ABC7
— Primary race for governor heads into home stretch – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/primary-race-for-governor-heads-into-home-stretch/3221128/

 

NBC5
— GOP Watches Vote Count in Pa. House Race, Seeks Complaints Election officials in the four counties in the Pittsburgh-area district had identified about 400 uncounted provisional, military and overseas ballots by Thursday – Marc Levy
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Pennsylvania-House-Race-Lamb-Saccone-476937843.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Flawed assessments under Assessor Berrios caused $2 billion shift in Chicago property taxes, study finds – Jason Grotto
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/taxdivide/ct-met-property-tax-shift-berrios-cook-county-20180314-story.html
— University of Chicago study on tax assessments from 2011 to 2015
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/taxdivide/ct-university-of-chicago-study-property-taxes-20180315-htmlstory.html
— Even with $1 billion upgrade, Deep Tunnel swamped by winter storm as streets and basements flooded – Michael Hawthorne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-deep-tunnel-swamped-20180307-story.html
— Queer black Chicagoans talk about isolation, lack of safe spaces where they can explore identity – Sadé Carpenter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-dating-black-and-queer-20180217-story.html
— The Irish were the original bad hombres – Ruben Navarrette Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-irish-bad-hombres-immigrants-navarrette-0316-20180315-story.html
— Pot tourists can smoke it where they buy it in San Francisco – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–marijuana-smoking-lounges-20180315-story.html
— Will your teen activist grow up to be a liberal? Maybe. – Cindy Dampier
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/sc-fam-teen-activists-0327-story.html
— DuPage judge still not back on bench following acquittal in gun incident – Clifford Ward
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/wheaton-glen-ellyn/news/ct-met-dupage-judge-20180315-story.html
— OUTSTANDING: Aurora sets limit on video gambling terminals – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-video-gambling-st-0316-20180315-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Who should pay the price of Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion? According to individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of Group A, those who are members of Group B should pay the price of AA, Diversity, and Inclusion. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/lookingglass-theatre-plantation-kevin-douglas-natalie-moore/
— Kennedy, Biss spar over who should drop out of race, Pritzker drops from sight – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/kennedy-urges-pritzker-to-drop-out-pritzker-campaign-responds-with-eye-roll/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County judge returning to work after acquittal in gun incident – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180315/dupage-county-judge-returning-to-work-after-acquittal-in-gun-incident
— Echoes of Al Capone heard in today’s gun-control debate – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180315/echoes-of-al-capone-heard-in-todays-gun-control-debate
— Kane County judge hopefuls diverge on top needs and priorities – Harry Hitzeman
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180315/kane-county-judge-hopefuls-diverge-on-top-needs-and-priorities
— 11th GOP hopefuls differ on future of ‘Dreamers’ – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180315/11th-gop-hopefuls-differ-on-future-of-dreamers

 

WTTW
— VIDEO: Governor’s Race Forum: Republican Jeanne Ives
http://video.wttw.com/video/3010371670/

 

WBEZ
— Rauner: Replace Legionnaires’-Stricken VA Home With New ‘Ultra-Modern’ Facility – Dave McKinney
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/rauner-replace-legionnairesstricken-va-home-with-new-ultramodern-facility/9b5e1bb3-c505-4341-b6d5-093438d11580

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— McCann says Rauner threatened to ‘destroy’ him in 2015 over vote – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180315/mccann-says-rauner-threatened-to-destroy-him-in-2015-over-vote

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Ives asks Savoy rally attendees if they’re ‘ready to turn state upside down’ – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-03-15/ives-asks-savoy-rally-attendees-if-theyre-ready-turn-state-upside-down.html

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Tea Party PAC backs Republican challenger James Marter in 16th District
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/03/15/tea-party-pac-backs-republican-challenger-in-16th-district/a7907ep/

 

MORTON COURIER
— Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti visits with Courier writer to discuss key issues – ADAM LARCK
http://www.courierpapers.com/morton_courier/article_f49e2a3a-27b5-11e8-a145-c34acfba2d45.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County judge acquitted in reckless conduct case assigned to administrative duties Patrick O’Shea allegedly discharged gun last fall in Wheaton apartment – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/03/15/dupage-county-judge-acquitted-in-reckless-conduct-case-assigned-to-administrative-duties/ax23kuk/

 

WJBD RADIO
— Pritzker Denies Offshore Accounts Voided Taxes – AP (DIERSEN: If I sought a government or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would hint/imply/argue/shout that I improperly avoided federal taxes and that I took advantage of loopholes. They would stress a) that I deducted what I paid for tuition and books to take graduate business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, graduate accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, and graduate finance courses at IIT 1992-1997, b) that I deducted what paid for mortgage interest until the 1990s and real estate taxes and state income tax every year since 1972, and c) that I have itemized every year since 1972.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2018/03/15/pritzker-denies-offshore-accounts-voided-taxes

 

WLS AM
— Rauner: Teachers should not be armed – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/03/14/rauner-teachers-should-not-be-armed/

 

WSIL TV
— Illinois candidates at all levels rake in campaign cash – Brandon Richard
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/37726019/illinois-candidates-at-all-levels-rake-in-campaign-cash

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Ives Response to DGA Ads On policy, Rauner and the DGA are two sides of the same counterfeit bill.
https://mailchi.mp/cb7ed0b5c072/ives-response-to-dga-ads-rauner-and-the-dga-are-two-sides-of-the-same-counterfeit-bill
— Ives Closes, Rauner Hides No Show for Chicago Tonight; Tribune’s Kass Opines
https://mailchi.mp/22da54095586/ives-closes-rauner-hides

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— “This Isn’t Smoke. This Is Fire.” Ives to Call for Action on Inspector General Complaint Against Rauner
https://mailchi.mp/0d3d2d00ec9b/this-isnt-smoke-this-is-fire

 

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— Did Rauner staff do political work on taxpayer dime?
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-did-rauner-staff-do-political-work-on-taxpayer-dime/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— New DGA ads bash Jeanne Ives, Bruce Rauner
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/15/new-dga-ad-bashes-jeanne-ives/
— Report: Regressive property tax adjustments made poor pay more, rich pay less
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/15/report-regressive-property-tax-adjustments-made-poor-pay-more-rich-pay-less/
— Fact-checking Kennedy on retirement income tax and legalizing marijuana
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/15/fact-checking-kennedy-on-retirement-income-tax-and-legalizing-marijuana/
— Rauner said he didn’t know what “pants on fire” meant
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/15/rauner-said-he-didnt-know-what-pants-on-fire-meant/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— CHICAGO GOP TO FILE LAWSUIT OVER STUDENT WALKOUT Accuse public schools of ‘political indoctrination, pure and simple’
http://www.wnd.com/2018/03/chicago-gop-to-file-lawsuit-over-student-walkout/

 

BLAZE
— California appoints illegal alien to state government post – Sarah Taylor
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/15/california-appoints-illegal-alien-to-state-government-post

 

BREITBART
— Western Journal: Facebook’s Algorithm Change Disproportionately Hits Conservative Sites – ALLUM BOKHARI
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/03/15/western-journal-facebooks-algorithm-change-disproportionately-hits-conservative-sites/
— Food Stamp Enrollment Drops by More than 1.3 Million Since Trump’s Inauguration – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/15/food-stamp-enrollment-drops-1-3-million-since-trumps-inauguration/
— CNN Exploits Holocaust, Suggests ICE Agents are Nazis – JOEL B. POLLAK (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the more likely that anti-Trumps will hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a Nazi: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/03/15/cnn-exploits-holocaust-suggests-ice-agents-nazis/

 

USA TODAY
— Illinois Democrats wage brutal, pricey primary fight in governor’s race – Aamer Madhani
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/03/15/illinois-democrats-primary-governors-pritzker-kennedy-biss/428258002/

 

U.S. NEW & WORLD REPORT
— Illinois Loses Out as Companies Move Out Budget woes and political chaos have businesses and workers fleeing Illinois. – Anna Marie Tomczyk
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2018-03-15/companies-want-out-of-illinois

March 15 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) held an outstanding meeting Wednesday evening, March 14, 2018, at the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall. MTRCC Committeemen voted to recommend John Monino to fill the Marty Kelly Milton Township Trustee vacancy. Attendees included Almiron, Berlin, Carlson, Caruso, Cherry, Chinchilla, Cooper, Crane, Dangelo, Eckhoff, Elliott, Falbo, Fawell, Fitch, Galvin, Grant, Heidorn, Hinkle, Jacobsen, Keller, Kinzler, A. & C. LeVan, Lofgren, Lollino, MacKay, McGowen, Menna, Minor, Monino, Muehlfelt, B. Murphy, Nathwani, Prater, Rash, Romano, Ryan, Shaw, Slinger, Tatro, Wehling, Wiley, C & J. Zaruba, and Zay. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

WGN RADIO
— Will it be difficult for Republicans to back Governor Rauner if he defeats Jeanne Ives? – PETER ZIMMERMAN
http://wgnradio.com/2018/03/14/will-it-be-difficult-for-republicans-to-back-governor-rauner-if-he-defeats-jeanne-ives/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Attempt to override Rauner gun veto put off as assault weapons restrictions approved – Monique Garcia, Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-guns-20180314-story.html
— Illinois pushes ahead with gun curbs after Rauner veto – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-il-xgr–gun-legislation-20180314-story.html
— Pritzker called ‘liar,’ ‘fraud’ during final Democratic governor debate – Rick Pearson and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-democratic-governor-debate-pritzker-kennedy-biss-20180314-story.html
— New wage requirements will deliver ‘devastating blow’ to Southland development, mayors say – Ted Slowik (DIERSEN: What is the prevailing wage for those who have education, work experience, professional certifications, and professional licenses comparable to what you have? In today’s dollars, in 1997, when I was 49 years old, GAO paid me $125,325/year or $60.25/hour. I had almost 18 years of experience working for GAO and almost 9 years of experience working for IRS. I had 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.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-tax-incentives-opposition-st-0315-20180314-story.html#new_tab

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame “politicians” for gun violence.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/chicago-79-dead-guns-2018-politicians-rauner-enough/
— Judge duns U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush for delinquent loan, taps his congressional pay – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/judge-duns-u-s-rep-bobby-rush-for-delinquent-loan-taps-his-congressional-pay/
— Candidates change, but political tactics remain the same – Mary Mitchell
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/candidates-change-but-political-tactics-remain-the-same/
— Students gather at City Hall, condemn school closings as acts of violence – Julie Whitehair
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/students-gather-at-city-hall-condemn-school-closings-as-acts-of-violence/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Ex-Lake County coroner Thomas Rudd pleads guilty to disregarding election law – Lee Filas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180314/ex-lake-county-coroner-pleads-guilty-to-disregarding-election-law
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: San Francisco one of few US cities with marijuana lounges – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180315/news/303159990/
— Mendrick: Unquestioned integrity for DuPage sheriff – John Millner, Elmhurst
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180315/unquestioned-integrity-for-dupage-sheriff
— At last, public knows of deception in Lisle merger drive – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180314/editorial-at-last-public-knows-of-deception-in-lisle-merger-drive

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— These Chicago suburbs are seeing white flight – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180314/CRED0701/180319958/chicago-suburbs-seeing-white-flight
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 24 census tracts mostly clustered in the southern end of Cook County, around places like Lynwood, Matteson and Homewood, the share of the white population declined at least one-quarter during that decade. The raw number of the decline had to be at least 100 people to be counted in Kye’s study. While data for other suburban Chicago counties are not reported in Kye’s paper, he dug into the data at Crain’s request and found seven census tracts in northeastern Will County, around Bolingbrook and Romeoville, and three scattered tracts in DuPage County that met his study’s criteria. There were none in Lake, Kane or McHenry counties, Kye said.)
— A startup for you debt-burdened millennials – ARI BENDERSKY (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from to pay for your college expenses? My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete a) 1966-1968 while I was a student at UIC, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969. The money to pay for tuition, books, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and room and board at NIU 1969-1970 (three semesters at University Plaza Dormitory (https://www.uplaza.com/) and then a summer session at Lincolnshire West Apartments (http://www.lincolnshirewest-apts.com/ ) came from my part-time Park Forest Post Office job 1966-1969 that paid $15.85-$16.91 an hour in today’s dollars and my part-time jobs working on a Chrysler automobile assembly line in Belvidere (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belvidere_Assembly_Plant) and as a security guard at the University Plaza Dormitory in 1970. The aforesaid enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU in August of 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180315/ISSUE01/180319983
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There was a time when job seekers weighed benefits like medical coverage, retirement accounts and in-office kegerators before accepting an offer. Today, with tens of millions of Americans weighed down by student loan debt, applicants also are judging would-be employers by whether they’ll chip in on those college bill payments. Chicago’s Peanut Butter is there to help companies offer that perk. In 2014, while working as senior director of business development at Sears Holdings, David Aronson, 36, read something that startled him: Most people in their 20s and 30s weren’t making maximum contributions to their 401(k) accounts because their student loan payments – a 2015 college graduate left school owing $34,000 on average – sucked away too much of their disposable income.)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois Senate passes gun bills, participates in walk out – Brenden Moore and Maximilian Kwiatkowski
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180314/illinois-senate-passes-gun-bills-participates-in-walk-out

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Crystal Lake gun range sees overwhelming response to concealed carry lessons for teachers On Target plans to host course exclusively for school employees – KATIE SMITH
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/14/crystal-lake-gun-range-sees-overwhelming-response-to-concealed-carry-lessons-for-teachers/a43e0bh/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting students to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/12/mchenry-county-students-join-nationwide-walkout-in-protest-of-gun-violence/aow1yvx/
— McHenry County facing shortage of homes for less than $200K Current market has far more buyers than sellers – MIKE MALLORY
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/13/mchenry-county-facing-shortage-of-homes-for-less-than-200k/auy39py/

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Special election rebuff builds Trump’s losing streak.”
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/special-election-rebuff-builds-trump-s-losing-streak/article_40181c06-de2e-5ffc-9875-fc186b1731ee.html

 

BELLEVIEW NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Candidates want downstate votes. Have they paid enough attention to Southern Illinoisans? – JOSEPH BUSTOS
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article204683134.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Rauner’s big lie about Ives – SCOTT REEDER
http://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/rauner-s-big-lie-about-ives/article_2079139f-1ed6-5ca3-94d4-40efec964ea6.html
— Negative ads justified, let voters decide truth – HOHN DONALD O’SHEA
http://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/negative-ads-justified-let-voters-decide-truth/article_fc5fcfff-1543-5185-856e-4087e0c49b26.html

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Preliminary OK given for video gambling to continue in St. Charles Final vote for reauthorization expected to take place March 19 – MARTHA QUETSCH (DIERSEN: If you promote video gambling, you promote destruction.)
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2018/03/12/preliminary-ok-given-for-video-gambling-to-continue-in-st-charles/aijc9xb/

 

TIMES
— First, let’s kill all the political consultants – Jim Nowlan
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/editorial/state-affairs-first-let-s-kill-all-the-political-consultants/article_dce78a99-d5ee-5d54-bd6b-feb9a21a311f.html

 

WSIL TV
— Jeanne Ives campaigns in Marion, calls out Rauner – Brandon Richard
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/37727839/jeanne-ives-campaigns-in-marion-calls-out-rauner

 

WJBD
— Gun Curbs Get Illinois Senate OK, Wait-Period Plan to Rauner Senate Approves Ban on Bump Stops and Age Limit to Own Assault-Style Weapons – AP
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2018/03/14/gun-curbs-get-illinois-senate-ok-waitperiod-plan-to-rauner

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot promoters promote pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://nprillinois.org/post/money-and-legal-weed-debate-illinois#stream/0

 

PRO PUBLICA ILLINOIS
— How Do We Keep Bias Out of Stories? We stick with the facts, and several editors read every story. – Jason Grotto (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, and Greens dominate the news media in America, in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, in Wheaton, in etc. For those Democrats, Libertarians, and Greens, something is news only if it can be a) spun to promote the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, or the Green Party platform or b) spun to badmouth the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.propublica.org/article/ask-ppil-on-bias-in-journalism#new_tab

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Chapter Eight: Money Can’t Buy You Love
https://mailchi.mp/c7353e59a004/rauner-record-revealed-money-cant-buy-you-love

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Sunshine Week…….except in the Office of Illinois Governor Rauner – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/03/sunshine-week-except-in-the-office-of-illinois-governor-rauner/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump pushes again for ‘Phase Two’ of tax cuts – Dave Boyer and S.A. Miller (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, the $10,000 SALT cap should be increased to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/14/trump-pushes-again-phase-two-tax-cuts/

 

NEWSMAX
— Lamb’s Win Points to GOP Losing 60 House Seats, Senate Control – John Gizzi
https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/conor-lamb-gop-house-senate/2018/03/14/id/848686/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Now Inclusion Means Exclusion – KYLE SMITH
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/college-students-value-inclusion-over-free-speech-poll/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— FACEBOOK’S WAR ON ‘CONSERVATIVE’ SITES Joseph Farah on how ‘politically motivated gatekeeper’ manipulates users
http://www.wnd.com/2018/03/facebooks-war-on-conservative-sites/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It is true that what I call “independent media” are facing monumental obstacles intentionally placed in their way by companies like Facebook. But Facebook is hardly alone in this regard. Another big player in the war on independent media is Google. This one has had a more dramatically negative impact on WND. You might not know it, but back in the day when Google gave preference to the most viewed breaking news stories on the internet, WND fared very well. But Google changed its algorithms, too. Today, the Google News page, which regularly featured WND content years ago, is devoid of any. In fact, WND is not even viewed as a legitimate news content provider. Why? It might have something to do with the gatekeepers Google has partnered with to define news. One of them is the Southern Poverty Law Center, a far left-wing money machine that is not southern, doesn’t fight poverty but increases it, scarcely practices law and doesn’t respect it, and an outfit about which the word “center” should never be associated in any way. The SPLC considers me a racist and a hate-monger in its annual reports and regards WND, my creation, no more charitably. When I launched WND, then known as WorldNetDaily, more than 20 years ago, the idea was to use this new level playing field with a low barrier to entry to reinvigorate the American press by returning it to what it was intended to be – an important check on government power and overreach, waste, fraud, abuse and corruption in high places. It worked initially. WND was propelled by audiences to become one of the very top-ranked news sites in the world. That was before Google took over pre-eminence among search engines. Since then, Google has made it a mission to ensure any search traffic that goes our way is an accident. I’m not exaggerating. Google news alerts typically don’t even recognize WND stories until 24 hours after they break. The point here is simple. Is the world better off with more diversity of opinion, more reporting from different viewpoints? Facebook doesn’t think so. Google doesn’t think so. And this Digital Cartel has made part of its mission the stamping out of all meaningful ideological diversity in online media.)
— CONFIRMED: FACEBOOK’S ALGORITHM HURTING CONSERVATIVES But recent change boosting liberal sites
http://www.wnd.com/2018/03/confirmed-facebooks-algorithm-hurting-conservatives/

 

LOS ANGLES TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF LAMB IN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Tax-cut law may not lift GOP up this fall – Chathleen Decker (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, the Republicans should raise the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://www.courier-tribune.com/news/20180314/what-does-loss-in-special-election-mean-for-gop-tax-message

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— White Men Challenge Workplace Diversity Efforts Several recent legal cases have implications for recruiting in the tech industry as it faces continued scrutiny over lack of diversity – Lauren Weber (DIERSEN: Will the tech industry bring in Charles Bowsher? During the 1980s and 1990s, Bowsher had great success in promoting diversity at GAO, that is, he had great success in wasting the careers of and getting rid of GAO employees like me who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who failed to make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-men-challenge-workplace-diversity-efforts-1521036001
— Trump Floats Idea on Extending Dreamer Protections GOP aides say DACA extension could be tied to border-wall funding – Kristina Peterson and Laura Meckler
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-floats-idea-on-extending-dreamer-protections-1521054232

 

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Happiest country on Earth is Finland – Jane Onyanga-Omara (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am not happy enough. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should be happy that they have not harmed me more than they already have. If you were me, how would you deal with my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/03/14/worlds-happiest-country-finland/419674002/

March 14 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— ‘Coerced’ student walkout in Chicago is ‘political indoctrination:’ GOP Chicago chair – Matt Finn
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/14/coerced-student-walkout-in-chicago-is-political-indoctrination-gop-chair.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Chicago Republican Party has filed a complaint with Chicago Public Schools and is considering suing over an anti-gun violence student walkout Wednesday morning it calls “political” and an “indoctrination.” Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson has publicly given her approval and support for the district-wide walkout, which a Chicago GOP Chairman says has turned into an administration-organized event not a “student walkout.” Chris Cleveland, chairman of the Chicago GOP, pointed to an email sent by an elementary school principal that gave parents of young students instructions on the walkout and the option of making posters. Students across the country were holding a walkout on Wednesday to protest gun violence and to call for gun control measures on the one-month anniversary of the Parkland school shooting that left 17 people dead. The GOP chairman said the school district seemed to be coercing students to take part in the demonstrations. “It’s appalling that 10 to 14 year old kids would be coerced, by their teachers, to participate in a political demonstration,” Cleveland wrote in a statement. “A 10-year-old kid isn’t going to have an informed opinion on these political matters, and shouldn’t be expected to have the fortitude to hold a different opinion from everyone else in his or her classroom. This is political indoctrination, pure and simple.” CPS Inspector General Nicholas Schuler told Fox News the district received the complaint and is evaluating it. The Chicago Public Schools and the CEO’s office have not returned calls from Fox News seeking comment. Last year, more than 650 people were murdered in Chicago. In 2016, nearly 800 were killed, many of whom were teens, some under the age of 12. A CPS spokesperson said they could not recall a district condoned walkout for the city’s own gun violence and homicide rate.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting students to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/chicago-area-students-to-join-national-anti-gun-violence-walkout

 

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting students to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/students-across-chicago-area-walk-out-of-class-wednesday-to-protest-gun-violence/3214390/

 

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting students to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/watch-chicago-area-students-join-national-anti-violence-walkout-476829743.html

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting students to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/14/national-school-walkout-chicago-area-protests/
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/14/hinsdale-school-walkout/
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/14/catholic-schools-national-walkout/
— Illinois Senate Approves New Gun Control Measures; Wait Period Bill Sent To Rauner
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/14/illinois-senate-gun-control-bills/

 

WLS AM
— Ives on Rauner gun veto: “We have put him in a box.” – John Dempsey
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/03/14/ives-on-rauner-gun-veto-we-have-put-him-in-a-box/

 

WBEZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting students to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://www.wbez.org/shows/morning-shift/a-chicagoland-student-walkout-leader-speaks-out/21cf128f-a84a-4d81-a684-5f2b7cf48822

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner as ‘Sir Robin’ bravely runs away, away from Jeanne Ives. – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-bruce-rauner-jeanne-ives-kass-0315-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting students to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-school-walkouts-gun-reform-20180313-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/park-ridge/news/ct-oak-regional-daytime-walkout-tl-0314-20180314-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-zurich/news/ct-bcr-school-walkout-guns-online-tl-0314-20180314-story.html
— Dog owner says United disregarded her pet’s barks for help before it died in overhead bin – Terence Cullen (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, as I sit at my computer in the family room of my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out, I hear “barks for help” from dogs in my neighborhood. What should I do about it?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-united-dog-dies-overhead-bin-20180314-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s wall is performance art, not border security.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-perspec-chapman-trump-wall-mexico-immigration-20180314-story.html
— Nybo-sponsored bump stock ban passes Senate
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmhurst/community/chi-ugc-article-nybo-sponsored-bump-stock-ban-passes-senate-2018-03-14-story.html
— Sen. Oberweis: Senate passes gun-control legislation
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/wheaton/community/chi-ugc-article-sen-oberweis-senate-passes-gun-control-legi-2-2018-03-14-story.html
— Voters to decide fate of Aurora Election Commission – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/ct-abn-aurora-commission-st-0315-20180313-story.html
— DuPage ranked No. 1 healthiest county in Illinois – Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-healthiest-county-in-illinois-st-0316-20180314-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting students to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/chicago-area-students-join-national-effort-walk-out-to-protest-gun-violence/
— The path to politics for Matthew Foldi, 21, Chicago’s 5th Ward GOP committeeman – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: If I had been active in Republican politics while I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics while I attended UIC 1966-1968 and NIU 1969-1970, IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics while I attended Loyola 1972-1976 and DePaul 1976-1980, GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/the-path-to-politics-for-matthew-foldi-21-chicagos-5th-ward-gop-committeeman/
— Six ways Millennials will clean up the mess Baby Boomers have made – Robert Reich (DIERSEN: Are you a baby boomer like I am? What do you get blamed for?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/six-way-millennials-will-clean-up-the-mess-baby-boomers-have-made/
— How to get more Americans to volunteer – Rebecca Nesbit (DIERSEN: What volunteer work do you do? I spend 10+ hours each and every day filling the conservative and Republican news and commentary gap in Illinois.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/how-to-get-more-americans-to-volunteer/
— Cook County judge to Rauner administration: hand over raise to home caregivers – Mitch Dudek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cook-county-judge-to-rauner-administration-hand-over-raise-to-home-caregivers/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage to debut new election results system – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180314/dupage-to-debut-new-election-results-system
— OUTSTANDING: Some students counter-protested or stayed in class during school marches – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180314/some-students-counter-protested-or-stayed-in-class-during-school-marches-
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting students to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180314/we-are-young-and-we-are-strong-suburban-students-join-nationwide-walkout-against-gun-violence
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180314/elementary-junior-high-students-also-walk-out-to-support-gun-safety
— $85,000 severance for Libertyville village administrator on job since 2016 – Mick Zawislak (DIERSEN: In 1993, when I was 45 years old, and when I had worked for GAO for only 13 years and 7 months, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious that I was eligible for GAO’s $25,000 early retirement buyout offer because the 8 years and 7 months that I had worked for IRS and the 2 years and 10 months that I had worked part-time for the Post Office counted toward my federal seniority.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180314/85000-severance-for-libertyville-village-administrator-on-job-since-2016
— S&P upgrades College of DuPage bond rating
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180314/sp-upgrades-college-of-dupage-bond-rating

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County referendum seeks voter support for election commission, clerk merger – BOB RAKOW
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/03/13/dupage-county-referendum-seeks-voter-support-for-election-commission-clerk-merger/atgt69y/
— Glen Ellyn approves changes in McKee House lease agreement – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/03/14/glen-ellyn-approves-changes-in-mckee-house-lease-agreement/atkztdh/

 

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— U.S. Sen. James Langford (R-OK) Delivers Message Of Self Reliance, Pushing Back Hundreds Gather For Republican Lincoln Day Dinner In Niles – Tom Robb
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/us-sen-delivers-message-of-self-reliance-pushing-back/

 

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot promoters promote pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://www.newstrib.com/opinion/column-the-illinois-governor-s-race-and-marijuana/article_64092d1c-27b0-11e8-8322-27967834f79e.html

 

CHICAGO READER
— Right-wing Twitter propaganda bots pumping up Jeanne Ives campaign for governor, study finds – Ryan Smith
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/03/14/right-wing-twitter-propaganda-bots-pumping-up-jeanne-ives-campaign-for-governor-study-finds

 

BGA
— JUDGE ISSUES ORDER TO GARNISH BOBBY RUSH’S CONGRESSIONAL PAY – John Chase
https://www.bettergov.org/news/judge-issues-order-to-garnish-bobby-rushs-congressional-pay

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Ives Response to CPS Walkouts: Public Resources Shouldn’t Be Used for Politics
https://mailchi.mp/e0f1abe2c1da/ives-response-to-cps-walkout-public-resources-shouldnt-be-used-for-politics

 

TONIA KHOURI
— Democrats trying to buy 49th House seat with $127,500
https://toniakhouri.com/latest-news/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives calls Madigan-Drury feud a disservice to voters – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511360230-ives-calls-madigan-drury-feud-a-disservice-to-voters

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IVES FEATURED SOLO ON CHICAGO TONIGHT WHEN RAUNER BOWS OUT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/ives-featured-solo-on-chicago-tonight-when-rauner-bows-out.html
— WHERE’S WEYERMULLER? REPORTING ON NEW TRIER HIGH SCHOOL’S #NATIONALWALKOUTDAY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/wheres-weyermuller-reporting-on-new-trier-high-schools-nationalwalkoutday.html
— CRYSTAL LAKE GUN CLUB OFFERS FREE CONCEALED CARRY CLASSES FOR TEACHERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/crystal-lake-gun-club-offers-free-concealed-carry-classes-for-teachers.html
— IL SENATE CELEBRATES #NATIONALWALKOUTDAY BY PASSING MEASURE RAISING SEMI-AUTOMATIC PURCHASE AGE TO 21
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/il-senate-celebrates-nationalwalkout-day-by-passing-measure-raising-semi-automatic-purchase-age-to-2.html
— IL SENATE PASSED MEASURE ADDING “POISON PILL” TO BUMP STOCK BAN, 37-16-3
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/il-senate-could-add-poison-pill-to-bump-stock-ban.html
— RAUNER VETOES GUN DEALER LICENSING BILL; GUN CONTROL ACTIVISTS PREPARE TO OVERRIDE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/rauner-vetos-gun-dealer-licenshing-bill-gun-control-activists-prepare-to-override-.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Governor says he’s spending “a hundred percent” of his time focused on Madigan and Pritzker
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/14/governor-says-hes-spending-a-hundred-percent-of-his-time-focused-on-madigan-and-pritzker/
— Veto override showdown postponed until April
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/14/veto-override-showdown-postponed-until-april/
— Kennedy shifts yet again on marijuana
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/14/kennedy-shifts-yet-again-on-marijuana/

 

WHITE HOUSE
— What to know about sanctuary cities
https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600daily/

 

BLAZE
— Mexican immigrants say wall might slow them down but won’t stop them from crossing illegally – Jana J. Pruet
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/14/mexican-immigrants-say-wall-might-slow-them-down-but-wont-stop-them-from-crossing-illegally

 

GOPUSA
— Sanctuary cities enriching cartels, Trump administration says
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41387
— Restaurant charged white customers more to combat ‘racial wealth disparity’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41297

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting students to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/14/us/student-walkouts-latest/index.html

 

UPI
— Illinois Senate approves age restrictions for some gun purchases – Daniel Uria
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/03/14/Illinois-Senate-approves-age-restrictions-for-some-gun-purchases/4191521060874/

 

NEW YORK POST
— Dem operatives fume after Hillary disses Trump voters – Bob Fredericks
https://nypost.com/2018/03/14/dem-operatives-fume-after-hillary-disses-trump-voters/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Navy Medics Get Prepared for Combat—With Tour of Duty in Chicago Shootings have been falling in city, but Cook County Hospital still offers rare training experience – Shibani Mahtani
https://www.wsj.com/articles/navy-medics-get-prepared-for-combatwith-tour-of-duty-in-chicago-1521028800

 

FOX 29
— Marijuana tax provides scholarships to 600 students (DIERSEN: Al Capone gave lots of money to charities.)
http://www.fox29.com/news/marijuana-tax-provides-scholarships-to-600-students

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Facebook Bans U.K. Far-Right Group Once Retweeted by Trump – Giles Turner (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) paint me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails as being “far-right” and b) want Facebook, Google, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Glen Ellyn, Wheaton, etc. to ban me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/facebook-bans-u-k-far-right-group-once-retweeted-by-trump/

March 12 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Jeanne Ives takes last punches against Gov. Rauner ahead of primary election – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/jeanne-ives-takes-last-punches-against-gov-rauner-ahead-of-primary-election/3206967/
— Erika Harold speaks out about controversial gay foster parenting comment – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/erika-harold-speaks-out-about-controversial-gay-foster-parenting-comment/3206793/

 

NBC5
— Chicago Leaders Call on Rauner to Sign Gun Dealer Licensing Act – Sandra Torres and Kye Martin
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rahm-emanuel-eddie-johnson-gun-dealer-licensing-act-rauner-476530283.html

 

CBS2
— Emanuel: Rauner ‘Can Run, But He Cannot Hide’ On Gun Dealer Licensing “This is not a time for hemming and hawing. It’s not a time to sleep on it. This has been in the works for 15 years. Yes or no? Licensing gun shops or not?” the mayor said.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/12/rahm-emanuel-bruce-rauner-gun-dealer-licensing/
— Will Rauner Move Forward With Gun Legislation? CBS 2’s Derrick Blakley takes a look at pending gun legislation, and the Governor’s response.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/category/spoken-word-wbbmtv/3826217-will-rauner-move-forward-with-gun-legislation/

 

WGN TV
— Rauner faces Republican challenger Ives in primary – TAHMAN BRADLEY
http://wgntv.com/2018/03/12/gov-rauner-faces-republican-challenger-ives-in-primary/

 

WLS
— Emanuel pressures Rauner to sign gun dealer licensing bill – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/03/12/emanuel-pressures-rauner-to-sign-gun-dealer-licensing-bill/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner wants to ban bump stocks, doesn’t commit on gun retailer licensing – Kim Geiger, John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-guns-20180312-story.html
— Newman trying to turn progressive energy into votes against the Lipinski brand – John Byrne and Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-dan-lipinski-marie-newman-congress-20180312-story.html
— Stormy Daniels offers to pay Trump $130,000 to end secret agreement that bought her silence – Beth Reinhard
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-stormy-daniels-trump-20180312-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner repeatedly dodges questions on signing gun control bill – Mitch Dudek and Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/gov-rauner-repeatedly-dodges-questions-on-signing-gun-control-bill/
— Cook County Board 11th District Republican candidate: Carl Segvich
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/carl-segvich-gop-candidate-cook-county-commissioner-11th-district-2018-primary/
— Family becomes fodder in Dem gov race as Kennedy questions Pritzker’s upbringing – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/family-becomes-fodder-in-dem-gov-race-as-kennedy-questions-pritzkers-upbringing/
— It’s time to draw the line on gerrymandered political districts in Illinois – Madeleine Doubek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/put-an-end-to-gerrymandered-political-districts-in-illinois/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Parents of special needs U-46 graduates organizing own prom – Madhu Krishnamurthy
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180312/parents-of-special-needs-u-46-graduates-organizing-own-prom

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Gov. Rauner mum on gun-control measures – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180312/BLOGS02/180319992/gov-bruce-rauner-wont-say-if-he-will-sign-illinois-gun-control-bill
— State Street retailers bet armed guards will make a safer strip. But there are risks. – STEVE DANIELS
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180309/ISSUE01/180309854/state-street-retailers-bet-armed-guards-will-make-a-safer-strip-but
— Berrios dumped by much of Democratic machine – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180312/BLOGS02/180319990/berrios-dumped-by-much-of-democratic-machine

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County Board candidate downplays political scrutiny as ‘fiction’ Grand jury testimony against Orville Brettman says otherwise – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/12/mchenry-county-board-candidate-downplays-political-scrutiny-as-fiction/aramk8r/

 

STATE LINE
— Illinois Lottery to Help Find Cure for Multiple Sclerosis (DIERSEN: Are you a warrior, and if so, for what, and for how long? I became a warrior against reverse discrimination in 1971 when I was 22 years old when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member of a class action lawsuit that charged my employer GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. In 1998, my attorney Walter T. Charlton filed Diersen v. GAO in Washington, DC SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/ In 1998, I became a director and the treasurer for Adversity.Net SEE: http://www.adversity.net/)
http://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-lottery-to-help-find-cure-for-multiple-sclerosis/1034042749
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I became an MS warrior in 2007,” said Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti, who suffers from MS. “With the help of my neurologist and my family, I have been fortunate not to let MS define me.”)

 

WJBD
— Trump not retreating on gun control: White House
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2018/03/12/trump-not-retreating-on-gun-control-white-house

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— New Trier GOP disses Gov. Rauner, issues “no endorsement”
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511360472-new-trier-gop-disses-gov-rauner-issues-no-endorsement

 

FAMILY PAC
— ENDORSEMENTS
https://mailchi.mp/026a6c85a94d/family-pac-endorsements

 

FAMILY PAC FEDERAL
— ENDORSEMENTS
https://mailchi.mp/1aa4d6d5b029/family-pac-federal-endorsements

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Chapter Seven: Arrogance
https://mailchi.mp/400cbe57a4a3/rauner-record-revealed-arrogance

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— IL Rising An Inside Look At Diana Rauner’s Political Influence
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511360598-il-rising-an-inside-look-at-diana-rauner-s-political-influence

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner expresses support for Erika Harold, but dodges most questions
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/12/rauner-expresses-support-for-erika-harold-but-dodges-most-questions/
— Today’s dodge word: “Comprehensive”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/12/todays-dodge-word-comprehensive/
— Trover looks back and warns: A big lead can evaporate quickly
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/12/trover-looks-back-and-warns-a-big-lead-can-evaporate-quickly/
— The Circular Firing Squad sometimes encircles itself
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/12/the-circular-firing-squad-sometimes-encircles-itself/
— Rauner mailer says he’s “tall enough to stand up to Madigan”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/12/rauner-mailer-says-hes-tall-enough-to-stand-up-to-madigan/
— Kennedy’s “Florida tax” idea
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/12/kennedys-florida-tax-idea/
— Kennedy again goes after Pritzker’s family upbringing
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/12/kennedy-again-goes-after-pritzkers-family-upbringing/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— ILLEGALS CHARGED FOR VOTING IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Felony for ‘misrepresenting citizenship’ – ART MOORE
http://www.wnd.com/2018/03/illegals-charged-for-voting-in-presidential-election/
— TRUMP CHANGES MIND ABOUT RAISING AGE LIMIT ON GUNS Pushes forward with arming teachers, improve background checks (DIERSEN: Of those who commit gun violence, what are their most common demographics in terms of age, race, gender, national origin, income, net worth, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, religion, education, citizenship, military status, length of time they have been in America, length of time their ancestors have been in America, etc.?)
http://www.wnd.com/2018/03/trump-changes-mind-about-raising-age-limit-on-guns/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Trump is pushing forward with a plan to arm teachers and improve background checks for gun purchases, but has retreated from his promise to raise the age limit to buy certain kinds of weapons, a move many see as caving to the National Rifle Assn. Trump wrote on Twitter on Monday that there is “not much political support (to put it mildly)” for raising the age limit from 18 to 21 to purchase powerful rifles like the one used to kill 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., last month.)

 

BEARING ARMS
— Illinois Bill Requires Lawful Gun Owners To Transfer, Turn In Firearms – Tom Knighton (DIERSEN: Anyone who supports this is not a Republican.)
https://bearingarms.com/tom-k/2018/03/12/illinois-bill-requires-lawful-gun-owners-transfer-turn-firearms/

 

TOWNHALL
— Obama Gatekeeper Valerie Jarrett: Louis Farrahkan and the Koch Brothers Are the Same Thing – Katie Pavlich (DIERSEN: It would be interesting to learn who my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes equate me with.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/03/12/farrakhans-latest-defender-obama-gatekeeper-valerie-jarrett-n2459434

 

BLAZE
— City of Baltimore to spend taxpayer money on lawyers for illegal immigrants – Mike Ciandella (DIERSEN: Anyone who supports this is not a Republican. Foreign countries are responsible for their citizens.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/12/city-of-baltimore-to-spend-taxpayer-money-on-lawyers-for-illegal-immigrants

 

GOPUSA
— Rally: Media bashing Trump upsets establishment sycophants (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who say that they are conservative and/or Republican, but a) who glorify and praise, pander to, serve as operatives or dupes for, and/or give money to Rich Miller and the rest of the Democrat news media and b) who demonize, denigrate, and condemn me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.gopusa.com/media-bashing-trump-upsets-establishment-sycophants/
— Suspect in deadly crash bonds out of jail as sheriff’s dept. refuses to honor ICE detainer
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41209
— California Has Become a Disgraceful State
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41252

 

THE HILL
— Howard Dean: Trump’s Cabinet full of ‘incompetent doofuses’ – BRETT SAMUELS (DIERSEN: What if Trump offered Dean a job?)
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/377950-howard-dean-trumps-cabinet-full-of-incompetent-doofuses
— Proposed U.S. Journalist Protection Act has more drawbacks than benefits – ALEXANDRA ELLERBECK (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. a) who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am NOT a journalist when it serves their purposes and b) who hint/imply/argue/shout that I AM a journalist when it serves their purposes. When they hint/imply/argue/shout that I am NOT a journalist, they stress that I do not have a degree in journalism, that I am not employed by the Democrat news media in Illinois, that no one pays me for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, that neither GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails nor www.gopillinois.com contain any advertising, that no one pays to receive GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and that no one pays to visit www.gopillinois.com. In my defense, I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, and much of what GAO Analysts do is very similar to what journalists do. Further, I have served as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, and what GOPUSA state editors do, is what journalists do.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/judicial/376948-proposed-us-journalist-protection-act-has-more-drawbacks-than
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The bill has bigger drawbacks. Any law to protect journalists as a special class needs to define who is a journalist, and this leaves an opening for the government to start making judgement calls about who is not a journalist. While the definition adopted in the bill is fairly broad, and would encompass freelancers and all kinds of media, there are still concerns about defining who is and who is not a reporter. This is especially true because 31 of the 44 attacks documented on the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker occurred during protests. As more livestreamers and citizen journalists show up at protests, it can be tricky, even for press freedom groups, to determine who to count as a journalist. The government is often far more conservative. In December, federal prosecutors tried photojournalist and livestreamer Alexei Wood on chargers of riot, conspiracy, and destruction of property. Even though Wood’s video footage from the day shows that he took no part in any vandalism, the prosecution tried to make the entire case about whether he was a journalist or not. The definitional issue exists with other legislation to protect reporters. A shield bill, for instance, would also require the government to define journalists. This was one of the major areas of debate in 2013 when there was serious energy to put in place a bill protecting journalists from federal subpoenas that would require them to divulge their sources. In the end legislation is always about weighing the costs versus the benefits. In the context of an attorney general who claims to have 27 open leak investigations and wants to make it easier to subpoena reporters, a shield law would at least have immediate concrete benefits to weigh against potential drawbacks. The Journalist Protection Act is an effort in the right direction, and there is an argument that it could serve as a useful global model. The diagnosis of increased hostility bleeding into physical threats is spot on, given what we’ve seen in the data. However, Swalwell’s proposed legislation would not offer journalists any material benefit, even as it would allow the federal government to define who is and who is not a journalist. In the current climate, that may not be a worthwhile tradeoff.)

 

PROPUBLICA
— The Trump Administration’s Campaign to Weaken Civil Service Ramps Up at the VA Firings surged at the Veterans Affairs Department last year in the wake of a new law. Now the president wants to replicate that legislation across the federal government. – Isaac Arnsdorf (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-the-trump-administration-campaign-to-weaken-civil-service-ramps-up

 

POLITICO
— Trump’s VA Is Purging Civil Servants A bipartisan law was supposed to make it easier to fire bad actors at the Department of Veterans Affairs. But it’s targeting the wrong people. – ISAAC ARNSDORF (DIERSEN: I should write a book about GAO’s success during the 1980s and 1990s in purging its non-veteran White male employees who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/03/12/trump-is-trying-to-fix-the-vabut-its-backfiring-217348

WASHINGTON POST
— Pundit Mona Charen blew up CPAC. Even she was stunned by the vitriol that ensued. – Manuel Roig-Franzia
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/pundit-mona-charen-blew-up-cpac-even-she-was-stunned-by-the-vitriol-that-ensued/2018/03/12/e85f6150-1db3-11e8-ae5a-16e60e4605f3_story.html

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— House Democratic Leaders Rally to Defend Their Illinois Heretic – Ed Kilgore
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/house-democratic-leaders-rally-to-defend-a-chicago-heretic.html

 

POT PUSHERS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/medical-cannabis-101-tickets-43673966008

March 11 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

— Elizabeth Warren rejects DNA test to settle Native American heritage claim    Elizabeth Warren seeks to neutralize ‘Pocahontas’ barbs – AP (DIERSEN: Many, if not most of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-German-American. What if from the beginning I had pretended to be Swedish-American? While all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, according to DNA Ancestry at https://www.ancestry.com/dna/  my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-elizabeth-warren-native-american-heritage-20180311-story.html
— For workers at bakery targeted in immigration raid, hope and uncertainty after Hostess acquisition – Greg Trotter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-hostess-cloverhill-aryzta-bakery-20180223-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A community petition with more than 200 signatures — circulated by Black Workers Matter, Communities United and the Coalition Against Segregation of Employees — is calling on Hostess to “work with us to address the issues we have been raising.” More specifically, the petition asks Hostess to end racial discrimination in hiring and treatment at the plant, provide better training and supervision, and offer optional — not mandatory — overtime, among other requests. Under Aryzta, Cloverhill bakery used a “segregationist employment model” that hired immigrant workers through temporary work agencies and paid them lower wages as a way of repressing wages for all workers — a divide-and-conquer strategy that’s common in Chicago industry, said Dan Giloth, project manager for the Coalition Against Segregation of Employees.)
— Judgment calls: Who really needs a painkiller? – Jonathan Reisman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-patients-doctors-painkillers-er-opioids-pain-0311-story.html
— How do we handle the facts-challenged among us? – Leonard Pitts (DIERSEN: What are your fact checking qualifications? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-pitts-facts-fake-news-0312-20180309-story.html
— Job, salary prospects improving for UI graduates – AP (DIERSEN: In today’s dollars, after you earned your bachelor’s degree, what was your salary? I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. In 1971, after I had worked for Firestone Stores for 7 months, IRS hired me at the GS-7 level, currently $45,703 a year. IRS promoted me a) to GS-9 (currently $55,905/year) in 1972, b) to GS-11 (currently $67,638/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 (currently $81,071/year) in 1974.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/business/article204587049.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to the study, about 62 percent had found jobs and 27 percent enrolled in graduate school or continuing education. Seven percent were still looking for work. The overall placement rate is up from 88 percent for 2015-16 and 84 percent 2014-15. The study also shows the average salary rose from $55,390 in 2014-15 to $59,494 in 2016-17.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Calls to denounce Farrakhan are yesterday’s news in Chicago – Neil Steinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/calls-to-denounce-farrakhan-are-yesterdays-news-in-chicago/
— Candidates go green for South Side Irish Parade – Mitch Dudek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/candidates-go-green-for-south-side-irish-parade/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Today I’m McIves,” State Rep. Jeanne Ives, 42nd District, a Republican candidate for governor, said while waving to paradegoers along the Western Avenue route through the Beverly neighborhood. “I’m Jeannie Colleen Margaret Mary McIves,” she joked, tailoring her name for the occasion with a laugh. Every other day her roots are 100 percent German. Her opponent, Republican primary opponent, Gov. Bruce Rauner, did not attend.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois governor candidates at odds on marijuana use – AP (DIERSEN: If you want to destroy a country, a state, a county, a township/ward, a municipality, or a precinct, you legalize pot there.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180311/news/303119951/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Both Republican primary candidates are staunchly against the move. Gov. Bruce Rauner says it would be “a mistake” and says there is a “massive human experiment going on” in states where marijuana is legal.)

 

ABC7
— 8-day-old baby mauled to death by family’s wolf hybrid dog
http://abc7chicago.com/newborn-baby-mauled-to-death-by-familys-wolf-hybrid-dog/3202434/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I think it’s reckless to have a child that small in a room with any type of animal, but like I said, that’s something that will be determined by the commonwealth,” Lee County Sheriff Gary Parsons said.)

 

NBC5
— Illinois Governor Candidates at Odds on Marijuana Use Nine states and Washington, D.C, have already legalized recreational marijuana
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-governor-candidates-at-odds-on-marijuana-use-476487533.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the other side, the two GOP primary candidates have opposed legalization and raised questions on the future of Illinois’ medical marijuana pilot program, which is set to expire in 2020. Gov. Bruce Rauner implemented the pilot program in 2015, but he has recently fought in court attempts to expand the list of qualifying conditions. He is against legalization for recreational purposes. His primary competitor, Rep. Jeanne Ives, has consistently railed against any type of legalization.)

 

WGN RADIO
— Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 03/11/18: Bruce Rauner going quiet on guns. – CURTIS KOCH
http://wgnradio.com/2018/03/11/walter-jacobsons-perspective-03-11-18-bruce-rauner-going-quiet-on-guns/

 

CLTV
— Pride and election season on display at South Side Irish Parade
http://cltv.com/2018/03/11/pride-and-election-season-on-display-at-south-side-irish-parade/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican candidate for governor Jeanne Ives also marched with a message. “It’s time to be honest with people. That’s it. Honesty, we’re going to be honest,” Ives said.)

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Mixed signals on Kilgore’s employment at UI – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-03-11/jim-dey-mixed-signals-kilgores-employment-ui.html

 

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— Illinois governor candidates at odds on marijuana use – AP (DIERSEN: If you want to destroy a country, a state, a county, a township/ward, a municipality, or a precinct, you legalize pot there.)
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/crime/article/Illinois-governor-candidates-at-odds-on-marijuana-12744652.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the other side, the two GOP primary candidates have opposed legalization and raised questions on the future of Illinois’ medical marijuana pilot program, which is set to expire in 2020. Gov. Bruce Rauner implemented the pilot program in 2015, but he has recently fought in court attempts to expand the list of qualifying conditions. He is against legalization for recreational purposes. His primary competitor, Rep. Jeanne Ives, has consistently railed against any type of legalization.)

 

WAND
— Pot legalization debated before primary (DIERSEN: If you want to destroy a country, a state, a county, a township/ward, a municipality, or a precinct, you legalize pot there.)
http://www.wandtv.com/story/37698378/pot-legalization-debated-before-primary
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Both Republican candidates say they completely oppose legalization. Rauner is on record saying it would be “a mistake” to make that move, adding stats that already legalized marijuana have a “massive human experiment going on”.)

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Latest First Lady Emails: Rauner Supported Obamacare But Didn’t Want to Appear to Be. Enter Diana Rauner and the Political Consultants Prompts question: Were state officials being illegally directed by political operatives?
https://mailchi.mp/bd8a395faa7e/latest-first-lady-emails-rauner-supported-obamacare-but-didnt-want-to-appear-to-be-enter-diana-rauner-and-the-political-consultants

 

MENDRICK FOR SHERIFF
— James Mendrick DuPage Sheriff Candidate on Fox Chicago News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUC7sZ1K1X0

 

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS GLEN ELLYN
— VIDEO: LWVGE Candidate Forum March 10, 2018 // DuPage County Sheriff (R) (DIERSEN: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would be hosting candidate debates for a) Rauner v. Ives, b) Sanguinetti v. Morthland, c) Harold v. Grasso, d) Stella v. Vlakancic, e) Minor v. Grant v. Byrne, f) Kinzler v. Orozco, g) Zito v. Khouri, h) Mendrick v. Bibbiano, i) Tornatore v. DeMichele v. Gavanes, j) Hart v. Abbott v. Tully, k) McGowen v. Almiron v. Eckhoff v. Zaruba v. Tatro v. Chinchilla, l) Wiley v. Zay v. McQuade, m) Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee candidates, n) etc.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlffPYkhjIY

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Sunday Jeanne Ives roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/11/sunday-jeanne-ives-roundup/
— Kennedy blasts Pritzker for “buying off” black politicians
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/11/kennedy-blasts-pritzker-for-buying-off-black-politicians/

 

TOWNHALL
— ‘Literally No One’ Invited You: Betsy DeVos Apparently Not Welcome By Parkland Students – Cortney O’Brien (DIERSEN: Where are you not welcome? Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries consider you to be not welcome? Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors consider me to be not welcome.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/03/07/devos-shows-up-for-discussions-at-marjory-stoneman-douglas-high-school-gets-disrespected-n2458600
— Jeff Flake States the Obvious: ‘I Couldn’t Be Re-elected in My Party Right Now’ – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2018/03/11/jeff-flake-states-the-obvious-i-couldnt-be-reelected-in-my-party-right-now-n2459772

 

BREITBART
— Luis Gutierrez: Immigrants Who Look Like ‘King of Wakanda’ Not Welcome in Trump’s America – TONY LEE (DIERSEN: Where are you not welcome? Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries consider you to be not welcome? Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors consider me to be not welcome.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/07/luis-gutierrez-immigrants-look-like-king-wakanda-not-welcome-trumps-america/

 

INSIDE SOURCES
— Turning Away GOP Customers in New Hampshire May Not Be Smart, But It’s Not Illegal – Michael Graham (DIERSEN: Who turns you away? As more and more and more individuals, organizations, businesses, governments, etc. become more and more and 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors, they will turn away those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.insidesources.com/turning-away-gop-customers-nh-may-not-smart-not-illegal/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When the Used Apple Store of Derry, NH announced that Republican customers would be turned away—for being “evil” — it wasn’t doing anything illegal. Or, it turns out, all that unusual. The Trump era has inspired a spate of stories about businesses large and small refusing service to Republicans and/or Trump supporters: Tech companies who’ve announced they will “will no longer do business with any person that is a registered Republican or supports Donald Trump;” fast food restaurants where Trump fans go unserved. At a Mexican restaurant in upstate New York, not only was a couple wearing Trump gear refused service, the owner followed them out shouting “We don’t serve Trump supporters here. Get out of here and never come back.’ ” So perhaps New Hampshire residents who need their MacBooks repaired should count themselves lucky to get off with just a rude Facebook post. “We say ‘no thank you’ to any Republican. If you affiliate with the Republican Party you are not welcome into our store,” the store posted on its page. “You have an uptight, closed energy, negative aura to you… almost evil, and to be honest, usually evil.” Perhaps, but they also make up a (slim) majority of the voters registered by party in New Hampshire, not to mention their local customer base. Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in Derry 58-42 percent (Trump lost statewide by less than 3,000 votes). So why do it?)

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump to enter enemy territory, but will California ‘resistance’ rise up or stay home? – CINDY CARCAMO and RUBEN VIVES (DIERSEN: Where are you considered to be the enemy? Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries consider you to be their enemy? Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors consider me to be their enemy.)
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-immigrant-rights-activist-prepare-for-trump-visit-20180311-story.html

March 11 Morning Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

March 7 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Former DuPage County Recorder of Deeds Rick Carney spoke very highly of DuPage County Board District 4 candidate Chris Zaruba at his outstanding fundraiser Wednesday evening, March 7, 2018, at the Ivy Restaurant in Wheaton. The 40+ attendees included Bibbiano, Bucholz, Cherry, DiCianni, Fitch, the Jorgensens, Kleeman, Lofgren, Loveless, MacKay, Scalzo, Wilson, and John Zaruba. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

ABC7
— Mayor Emanuel calls out Gov. Rauner on gun control bill – Jessica D’Onofrio
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/mayor-emanuel-calls-out-gov-rauner-on-gun-control-bill/3185881/

 

NBC5
— Despite Letter From Chicago Aldermen, Rauner Won’t Say If He’ll Sign Gun Dealer Licensing Bill – Brendan Pedersen and Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rauner-emanuel-letter-gun-dealer-licensing-bill-illinois-476152003.html

 

CBS2
— Emanuel Hands Rauner Letter Urging Governor To Sign Gun Licensing Bill Mayor Rahm Emanuel personally delivered a letter to Gov. Bruce Rauner on Wednesday, urging him to sign legislation requiring gun dealers in Illinois to obtain state licenses.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/category/spoken-word-wbbmtv/3823278-emanuel-hands-rauner-letter-urging-governor-to-sign-gun-licensing-bill/
— Emanuel Hands Rauner Letter Urging Governor To Sign Gun Licensing Bill; ‘Where Does He Stand?’
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/07/emanuel-rauner-gun-licensing-legislation/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois House takes up ban on public sex-harassment payouts – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-house-takes-up-ban-on-public-sex-harassment-payouts

 

WGN TV
— Emanuel leaves Rauner letter at news conference urging him to sign gun control bill – JULIAN CREWS
http://wgntv.com/2018/03/07/emanuel-leaves-rauner-letter-at-news-conference-urging-him-to-sign-gun-control-bill/

 

WLS AM
— Audit reveals budget office goof costing state $2.5M – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/03/07/audit-reveals-budget-office-goof-costing-state-2-5m/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rahm keeps pushing Rauner on gun bill — in person, this time – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/rahm-keeps-pushing-rauner-on-gun-bill-in-person-this-time/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-males promote anti-males.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/women-say-metoo-will-be-heard-at-polling-place-too/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote voter fraud say: The epic overreaction of Rep. Jeanne Ives and Ald. Anthony Napolitano
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/jeanne-ives-alderman-anthony-napolitano-slam-citykey-id-cards-immigrants/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Jeanne Ives on Rahm Emanuel’s CityKey ID plan for voter registration: ‘Pandering is what these policies are all about’ – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-jeanne-ives-rahm-emanuel-immigration-kass-0308-story.html
— Rauner doesn’t say whether he’ll sign bill to license gun stores – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-emanuel-guns-20180307-story.html
— Trump’s best-and-brightest problem – Timothy L. O’Brien
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-exit-trump-scaramucci-gorka-manafort-lewandowski-ivanka-nunberg-0208-story.html
— ‘Cannabis candidate’ for Congress touts service as an FBI agent. He wasn’t an FBI agent. – Gregory Pratt
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-5th-congressional-district-benjamin-wolf-20180305-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Why Naperville decided to raise sales tax instead of property taxes – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180307/why-naperville-decided-to-raise-sales-tax-instead-of-property-taxes
— St. Patrick’s parade set to march through Elmhurst – Ann Piccininni
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180307/st-patricks-parade-set-to-march-through-elmhurst
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrat 6th Congressional District candidates.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180307/how-6th-district-dems-would-combat-sexual-harassment
— Who was behind failed push to merge Naperville, Lisle, Warrenville, Woodridge? – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180307/who-was-behind-failed-push-to-merge-naperville-lisle-warrenville-woodridge
— Former Lisle mayor: ‘The truth has been told’ on merger efforts – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180307/former-lisle-mayor-the-truth-has-been-told-on-merger-efforts
— 5 St. Patrick’s Day parades this weekend to start your celebration early – Scott Morgan
http://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20180307/5-st-patricks-day-parades-this-weekend-to-start-your-celebration-early
— Bill limiting state promotional spending moves forward – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180307/bill-limiting-state-promotional-spending-moves-forward-

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Berrios firm’s lobbying client gets big tax break from his assessor’s office – BGA
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180307/NEWS02/180309921/berrios-firms-lobbying-client-gets-big-tax-break-from-his-assessors

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Ban on public sex-harassment payouts moves to House floor – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180307/ban-on-public-sex-harassment-payouts-moves-to-house-floor

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Granite City blast furnace to restart; 500 workers to be called back – KALEY JOHNSON
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article203875264.html

 

WQAD
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS: New plan could allow some Illinois students to use medical pot
http://wqad.com/2018/03/07/new-plan-could-allow-some-illinois-students-to-use-medical-pot/

 

WSIU
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot promoters promote pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://news.wsiu.org/post/simon-poll-illinois-voters-recreational-marijuana-and-local-leaders#stream/0

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Email Shows: Bruce Rauner’s Not in Charge, The First Lady Is
https://mailchi.mp/d65509454f91/email-shows-bruce-rauners-not-in-charge-the-first-lady-is
— Chapter Five: Sanctuary State and Your New Neighbors
https://mailchi.mp/71db350750fd/rauner-record-revealed-sanctuary-state-and-your-new-neighbors

 

REPUBLICANS FOR MORALITY
— DuPage County Sheriff John Zaruba Broke Off Cooperation with ICE One Day After Leftist, Pro-Illegal Immigration Protest – Peter LaBarbera
https://republicansformorality.com/2018/03/07/breaking-dupage-county-sheriff-john-zaruba-broke-off-cooperation-with-ice-one-day-after-leftist-pro-illegal-immigration-protest/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Transparency group finds pay spiking practices continue to cost taxpayers in Illinois – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/schools/transparency-group-finds-pay-spiking-practices-continue-to-cost-taxpayers/article_28efb9d0-217f-11e8-9d3d-5fc9928c65cf.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GUN RIGHTS ADVOCATES, GET READY. GOV RAUNER IS ABOUT TO BETRAY YOU, TOO.
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/gun-rights-advocates-get-ready-gov-rauner-is-about-to-betray-you-too-.html
— RAUNER CAMPAIGN FUNDS NON-PARTISAN, PRO-ABORTION WOMEN’S GROUP WEBSITE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/rauner-campaign-funds-non-partisan-pro-abortion-womens-group-website.html
— NEED A COOK COUNTY PROPERTY TAX BREAK? HIRE JOE BERRIOS TO BE YOUR LOBBYIST
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/need-a-cook-county-property-tax-break-hire-joe-berrios-to-be-your-lobbyist.html
— SESSIONS PROMISES TO ENFORCE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS IN CALIFORNIA. COULD ILLINOIS BE NEXT?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/sessions-promises-to-enforce-federal-immigration-laws-in-california-could-illinois-be-next.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Duckworth, Durbin say “vague assurances” from Rauner on Quincy veterans’ home are “quite simply inexcusable”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/07/duckworth-durbin-say-vague-assurances-from-rauner-on-quincy-veterans-home-are-quite-simply-inexcusable/
— Attack on Mrs. Rauner falls flat as she appears to gear up for campaign
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/07/attack-on-mrs-rauner-falls-flat-as-she-appears-to-gear-up-for-campaign/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Rep. Peter Roskam imagines a world without Trump Twitter: ‘What a glorious thing!’ – Philip Wegmann
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/rep-peter-roskam-imagines-a-world-without-trump-twitter-what-a-glorious-thing/article/2650927

 

GOPUSA
— It’s almost nasty: Democrats unload on Republicans who sleep in their offices
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40955
— Dems flood Texas primary as Cruz, Abbott rout (DIERSEN: So far, how many Republican and Democrat primary ballots have been cast in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40948

 

BREITBART
— New York Times: New Foils for the Right – Google and Facebook – LUCAS NOLAN
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/03/07/new-york-times-new-foils-for-the-right-google-and-facebook/

 

THE HILL
— Sessions to California: ‘There is no secession’ – BRETT SAMUELS
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/377182-sessions-to-california-there-is-no-secession

 

POLITICO
— ‘Cannabis candidate’ accused of abusing women and resume inflation National spotlight unearths Illinois Democrat Benjamin Thomas Wolf’s troubled past. – NATASHA KORECKI
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/07/ben-wolf-illinois-congress-candidate-444371

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump is supercharging the celebrification of politics – James Hohmann
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2018/03/07/daily-202-trump-is-supercharging-the-celebrification-of-politics/5a9f487a30fb047655a06b3a/

 

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— How Donald Trump Broke Conservatism – ADELE M. STAN
http://prospect.org/article/how-donald-trump-broke-conservatism

March 5 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ives, Napolitano join forces to oppose using municipal ID for voter registration – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/ives-napolitano-join-forces-to-oppose-using-municipal-id-for-voter-registration/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use religious leaders to promote the immigration plank in the Democrat Party platform. If there had been as many legal and illegal immigrants in America when I was young are there are now, they would have gotten the bad jobs that I got. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. Overwhelmingly, my current critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes make it clear that they would never have stooped to take the bad jobs that I took.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/on-immigration-policy-stand-up-for-lincolns-principles/
— Tense moments at Legionnaires’ disease hearing – Mitch Dudek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/tense-moments-at-legionnaires-disease-hearing/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats have “Dreamers, activists call for immigration reform on DACA expiration date.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/dreamers-activists-call-for-immigration-reform-on-daca-expiration-date/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats always want more gun laws. Republicans want existing gun laws to be enforced.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/its-common-sense-governor-bruce-rauner-illinois-sign-the-gun-bill/

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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