Tag: Precinct

February 20 Evening Edition

ABC7
— HUNDREDS GATHER AT ‘NOT MY PRESIDENT’S DAY’ PROTEST IN CHICAGO
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/hundreds-gather-at-not-my-presidents-day-protest-in-chicago/1763372/
— RACE FOR AURORA MAYOR HEATS UP – Charles Thomas
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/race-for-aurora-mayor-heats-up/1764273/
— 25 TAKE OATH OF CITIZENSHIP IN CHICAGO AS NEW TRAVEL BAN LOOMS – Leah Hope
http://abc7chicago.com/news/25-take-oath-of-citizenship-in-chicago-as-new-travel-ban-looms/1763652/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Hundreds protest Trump at Chicago ‘Not My President’ rally – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/236913833-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Immigration forums in Waukegan seek to inform, ease anxiety – Yadira Sanchez Olson and Emily K. Coleman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-waukegan-immigration-st-0221-20170220-story.html
— Everybody knows it’s Bruce Rauner’s fault – Charles Selle  (DIERSEN: For all the defeats that Republican candidates have suffered in Illinois since 2000 when I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  Some of them would come right and say that were it not for me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, George Ryan would still be the Governor of Illinois and Obama would never had been elected to the U.S. Senate, let alone U.S. President.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-rauner-blame-game-st-0221-20170220-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump supporters’ latest cause: Fighting for Ivanka’s perfume.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-ivanka-perfume-glanton-20170220-column.html
— Drobinski leaves Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office for private practice – Jim Newton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/crime/ct-lns-drobinski-goes-private-practice-st-0218-20170220-story.html
— Protesters rally against Trump on ‘Not My President’ day – Sam Roe
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-trump-rally-20170220-story.html
— Sanctuary movement: Houses of worship consider offering refuge to (ILLIGAL) immigrants – Manya Brachear Pashman  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “faith leaders” talk and act like they are paid operatives for the Democrat Party.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-sanctuary-churches-met-20170221-story.html
— Thousands of demonstrators across US say ‘Not My President’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-presidents-day-protest-us-20170220-story.html
— Now that Cuba is open, Americans aren’t going – Justin Bachman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-cuba-travel-20170220-story.html
— NFL union squawks its demands in Springfield – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-chicago-bears-nfl-nflpa-workers-compensation-football-illinois-edit-0220-md-20170217-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— More than 50K CPS students absent on A Day Without Immigrants  (DIERSEN: How many of those 50K are in America illegally?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/more-than-50k-cps-students-absent-on-a-day-without-immigrants/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps continue to blast Trump over his Sweden remark.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-presidents-day-more-sweden-fallout/
— Hispanic CPS schools’ budgets cut twice the rate of white ones – Lauren FitzPatrick
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/hispanic-cps-schools-budgets-cut-twice-the-rate-of-white-ones/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Trump’s tough talk won’t fix Chicago – Jesse Jackson:
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/jesse-jackson-trumps-tough-talk-wont-fix-chicago/
— New citizens urged to get involved to help undocumented – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use immigrants to get rid of Republicans.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/new-citizens-urged-to-get-involved-to-help-undocumented/
— Hundreds drawn to second straight day of anti-Trump Loop protests – Sam Charles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/second-straight-day-of-anti-trump-loop-protests-draws-hundreds/
— Faith leaders thank Trump, say ban has united their communities – Andrea Salcedo  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “faith leaders” talk and act like they are paid operatives for the Democrat Party.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/faith-leaders-thank-trump-say-ban-has-united-their-communities/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Lisle slate says it’s not behind proposal to merge towns – Rpbert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170220/news/170229895/
— Proft to address Schaumburg Township GOP Feb. 25
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170220/submitted/170229880/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— How a YouTube video about Sweden ignited the latest Trump furor  Swedish official decries inaccurate reporting – BRIAN STELTER
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/how-a-youtube-video-about-sweden-ignited-the-latest-trump-furor/660487823

 

WSIL TV
— Trump’s weekends in Florida include work and golf – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34544408/trumps-weekends-in-florida-include-work-and-golf

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Why are they protected and we’re not? – GAIL DONNELLY BADER, ALTON
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article133836684.html

 

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATORS ACROSS US SAY NOT MY PRESIDENT.”
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170220/AP/302209803

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— COD trustees look at ways to address budget shortfall  Options include dipping into college’s reserve fund, increasing tuition fees – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/02/10/cod-trustees-look-at-ways-to-address-budget-shortfall/ak5jnxa/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Illinois residents slammed by sales taxes
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511083745-illinois-residents-slammed-by-sales-taxes
— Illinois Opportunity Project co-founders: Term limits in Illinois not short-term solution
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511083872-illinois-opportunity-project-co-founders-term-limits-in-illinois-not-short-term-solution
— Smith cites skills, sustainability in bid for Winfield re-election – Carol Ostrow
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511079409-smith-cites-skills-sustainability-in-bid-for-winfield-re-election

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— GOP’s Stan Bonds tapped for Illinois central committee; county seeks election help – Carol Ostrow
http://willcountygazette.com/stories/511082467-gop-s-bonds-tapped-for-illinois-central-committee-county-seeks-election-help
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In order to work cooperatively with several state-level Republican organizations and alongside the Illinois Congressional Committee, a Campaign Support Committee was recently established with three leaders including Montgomery Trustee Stan Bonds. Representing a portion of Will County, Bonds was recently appointed to the position by Illinois Republican Chairman Tim Schneider. The committee is formulated to work in tandem with the House Republican Organization, Senate Republican Organization, the State Republican Central Committee and the Illinois Congressional Committee by synchronizing campaign strategies and resources. Additionally, the Illinois GOP recently organized an endeavor to take a survey of statewide Republican leaders, precinct committeemen and conservative grassroots leaders. Questions centered on how the Republican Party can make improvements in the way it facilitates the GOP’s mission throughout Illinois, and the answers have been collated into a PowerPoint presentation accessible online. Constituents can view the survey results online. Will County also recently announced that its election department has an extended need for Republican election judges in the townships of Custer, Wesley, Reed, Florence and Wilmington. Election judges are compensated for their time, as well as for training.)
— Dorr hopes to help fight for taxpayers, transparency as Naperville trustee – Vimbai Chikomo
http://willcountygazette.com/stories/511083450-dorr-hopes-to-help-fight-for-taxpayers-transparency-as-naperville-trustee

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Chicago’s ‘Window to the World’ looks out from Democrat-filled bubble
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511082697-chicago-s-window-to-the-world-looks-out-from-democrat-filled-bubble

 

CHICAGO READER
— Deportation fears, rumors are affecting businesses in Little Village – Kate Shepherd
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/02/20/deportation-fears-rumors-are-affecting-businesses-in-little-village-and-other-chicago-news

 

DEPAULIA
— DePaul Democrats advocate for universal healthcare – Brenden Moore  (DIERSEN: “Universal healthcare” is code for making Republicans pay for Democrats’ healthcare.)
http://depauliaonline.com/2017/02/20/depaul-democrats-advocate-universal-healthcare/

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
–New Trier schools paid nearly $90K for group to instruct teachers on ‘whiteness’  (DIERSEN: “White” is code for “Republican.”  Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats have shouted at minorities that Whites, that is, Republicans, have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that minorities have had, are having, and will have.)
http://northcooknews.com/stories/511083558-new-trier-h-s-paid-90k-for-group-to-instruct-teachers-on-understanding-whiteness
(FROM THE ARTICLE: New Trier High School District 203 paid $88,614 to a consultancy to teach its staff why “whiteness” causes black and Hispanic students to score lower on standardized tests. North Cook News reviewed district check registers from Jan. 2011 to Jun. 2016. The Pacific Educational Group (PEG) received taxpayer dollars as part of District 203’s “professional development” budget, conducting “diversity training” and holding “seminars” and “summits” with dozens of New Trier’s teachers. One of them, New Trier teacher Pat Savage-Williams, a lead organizer of the school’s mandatory White Guilt” Day, scheduled for Feb. 28, presented at a recent event in Austin, Texas. Including reimbursed travel expenses, attendance at these events has cost New Trier taxpayers many tens of thousands of dollars more. Savage-Williams is president of the Evanston Township High School Board and has actively promoted PEG in that district as well. PEG specializes in “white privilege” training for public school teachers and administrators. Its founder, Glenn Singleton, preaches that white teachers stop black and Hispanic students from achieving because they fail to understand their cultures.)

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Legal Newsline Recognizes Watchdog Reporting – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/02/legal-newsline-recognizes-watchdog-reporting/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— HUNDREDS PROTEST TRUMP IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO #NOTMYPRESIDENTDAY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/hundreds-protest-trump-in-downtown-chicago-notmypresidentday.html
— WILL COUNTY BOARD MEMBER STEVE BALICH UNDER SEIGE FROM LOCAL LEFTIST WOMEN’S GROUP
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/will-county-board-member-under-seige-from-local-leftist-group.html
— BLACK LEADER BABETTE HOLDER OUTRAGED ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS SEEK TAXPAYER FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/black-leader-outraged-illinois-lawmakers-seek-taxpayer-funding-for-abortions.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Hundreds protest Trump at Chicago ‘Not My President’ rally – AP
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/20/hundreds-protest-trump-at-chicago-not-my-president/
— Adam Kinzinger: Trump’s Sweden comment ‘an embarrassing moment’ –  David Sherfinski  (DIERSEN Anti-Trumps love Kinzinger.  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-Jewish, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/20/adam-kinzinger-donald-trump-sweden-comment-embarra/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Priebus: What Alternate Universe Are “Washington Gossip Rags” Living In? – Tim Hains
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/02/19/priebus_what_alternate_universe_are_washington_gossip_rags_living_in.html

 

GOPUSA
— London’s Muslim Mayor: ‘Cruel’ Trump should be denied state visit  (DIERSEN: How soon will Muslims succeed in conquering England?)
http://www.gopusa.com/londons-muslim-mayor-cruel-trump-should-be-denied-state-visit/
— Angela Merkel urges Europe to take MORE refugees as she says Islam ‘isn’t the source of terror’  (DIERSEN: Terrorists love Merkel.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20863

 

DAILY CALLER
— High-Tech Traitors Are Social Justice Warriors 1st, Businessmen 2nd – Ilana Mercer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/20/high-tech-traitors-are-social-justice-warriors-1st-businessmen-2nd/

 

BREITBART
— It’s Official! Donald Trump Speaking at CPAC – CHARLIE SPIERING
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/20/official-donald-trump-speaking-cpac/
— New York Times Warns Readers: Unhinged Leftist Hate ‘Helping Trump’
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/02/19/new-york-times-warns-readers-unhinged-leftist-hate-helping-trump/
— Democrats Invoke 25th Amendment, Question Trump’s Mental Health – ADELLE NAZARIAN
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/20/democrats-question-president-trumps-mental-health/
— DHS Authorizes Hiring 10K Immigration Officers – BOB PRICE
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/02/20/dhs-authorizes-hiring-10k-immigration-officers/
— Phoenix Refuses Sanctuary City Status – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/02/20/phoenix-refuses-sanctuary-city-status/

 

AMERICAN INTEREST
— GOP Goes After Tenure  (DIERSEN: Democrats run education in America. Ever-increasingly, those Democrats focus on cranking “good little Democrats” who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-Jewish, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.the-american-interest.com/2017/02/15/gop-goes-after-tenure/

 

THE HILL
— Milo Yiannopoulos disinvited from CPAC – MAX GREENWOOD
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/320358-milo-yiannopoulis-disinvited-from-cpac
— CNN’s Tapper blasts CPAC for Milo Yiannopoulos invite – MAX GREENWOOD
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/320345-tapper-blasts-cpac-for-inviting-milo-to-speak

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Board Member Slams Milo Yiannopoulos Invite To CPAC  “This isn’t about free speech. This is about basic decency.” – Igor Bobic
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/milo-yiannopoulos-cpac_us_58aaf234e4b037d17d2995ff

 

NBC NEWS
— America Gives Trump an Earful at ‘Not My President’s Day’ Rallies – TRYMAINE LEE, ANDREW RAFFERTY and CORKY SIEMASZKO
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/america-gives-trump-earful-not-my-president-s-day-rallies-n723371

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘I Am Ashamed’ vs. ‘Get Over It’: British Lawmakers Debate Trump Visit – STEVEN ERLANGER  (DIERSEN: How soon will Muslims succeed in conquering England?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/20/world/europe/britain-trump-state-visit.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— How bad will Trump’s mass deportations get? Here’s a big thing to watch for. How the Trump White House may be using fear to encourage “self-deportation.” – Greg Sargent  (DIERSEN: Treasonously, anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring other people to America illegally.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/02/20/how-bad-are-trumps-mass-deportations-going-to-get-heres-a-big-thing-to-watch-for/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— With Their Elevated Homicide Rates, Four Cities Stand Out  Chicago, Baltimore, Milwaukee and Memphis reach levels not seen since the 1990s – SCOTT CALVERT, SHIBANI MAHTANI and ZUSHA ELINSON
https://www.wsj.com/articles/with-their-rising-homicide-rates-four-cities-stand-out-1487592002

 

USA TODAY
— Trump’s friends wear red, not blue  (DIERSEN: Since 1978, all the new cars that I have bought have been red.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/02/20/donald-trump-retains-republican-suppoert-not-democrats/98158922/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Hundreds Protest Trump at Chicago ‘Not My President’ Rally  Several hundred people have gathered near Trump Tower in Chicago to protest President Donald Trump. – AP
http://www.usnews.com/news/illinois/articles/2017-02-20/hundreds-protest-trump-at-chicago-not-my-president-rally

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— CPAC Blasted for Milo Yiannopoulos Invite After Pedophilia Remarks Resurface – Margaret Hartmann
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/02/cpac-milo-yiannopoulos-pedophilia.html

 

FISCAL TIMES
— How Public Employee Pensions Make Income Inequality Worse – Marc Joffe  (DIERSEN: What would your superiors say that they did to fight income inequality?  My Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors would stress that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims.  My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.  My aforesaid Democrat superiors would stress that the aforesaid adverse actions that they took against me directly benefited their employees who were poor, and especially their poor employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2017/02/20/How-Public-Employee-Pensions-Make-Income-Inequality-Worse

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Civil service reform starts with performance – Jeff Neal  (DIERSEN: Measuring performance is extremely subjective. Starting in 1989, to punish me for becoming in 1988 an active member of a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, my Democrat GAO superiors used the subjectivity in their pay-for-performance (PFP) system to always rank me in the lower half of my coworkers for PFP purposes.  They were furious that I earned job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 and that I earned a job-related master’s degree in 1997.  During that time, my Democrat coworkers focused on helping my GAO superiors get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://federalnewsradio.com/commentary/2017/02/civil-service-reform-starts-with-performance/

 

INDEPENDENT
— Fox News anchor berates Donald Trump’s chief of staff: ‘You don’t get to tell us what to do’  The clash came after the president said the media was the ‘enemy of the American people’ – Andrew Buncombe  (DIERSEN: Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that they can tell you what to do?  I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout that they can tell me what to do.  They include past and present activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, Illinois, and America.)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fox-news-chris-wallace-donald-trump-media-enemy-reince-priebus-a7588961.html

 

DAILY MAIL
— VP Pence says he and Trump support a ‘free and independent press’ – but they’ll call the media out when reporters play ‘fast and loose with the facts’ – Francesca Chambers and Keith Griffith  (DIERSEN: The press is NOT free or independent.  The press acts like it is an arm of the Democrat Party.)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4243152/Pence-fr.html

February 19 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Trump Holds Campaign-Style Rally in Florida
http://www.nbcchicago.com/multimedia/Trump-Holds-Presidents-Day-Weekend-Rally-in-Florida-414188523.html
— Milo Yiannopoulos, Larry Wilmore Go Head-to-Head on ‘Maher’ – David Bauder
http://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/Milo-Yiannopoulos-Larry-Wilmore-Go-Head-to-Head-on-Maher-414174463.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “After a difficult first month, Trump returns to his comfort zone.”  What is your comfort zone?  Obviously, my comfort zone is putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-rally-florida-20170218-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Lawmakers say Trump’s words matter — and hurt the country’s standing abroad.”  Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps side with anti-Americans.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-lawmakers-trump-united-states-standing-abroad-20170218-story.html
— Schneider’s town hall meeting draws high-octane crowd – Lee V. Gaines  (DIERSEN: What if Republicans flooded Democrat town hall meetings with pro-Trumps like Democrats flood Republican town hall meetings with anti-Trumps?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/northbrook/news/ct-brad-schneider-town-hall-met-20170218-story.html
— Bill Maher lets Milo Yiannopoulos attack female comedians unchecked on HBO’s ‘Real Time’ – Daniel Holloway
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-bill-maher-milo-yiannopoulos-real-time-20170218-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote gender confusion.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/careers/ijustworkhere/ct-transgender-bathrooms-huppke-work-advice-0219-biz-20170217-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cheap attacks on Trump undermine progressive values – Thomas A. Foster
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-cheap-attacks-on-trump-undermine-progressive-values/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats run Chicago.  Never-the-less, ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for problems that Blacks have in Chicago.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/silencing-the-guns-a-racial-divide-at-heart-of-chicago-violence/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrats eye Rodney Davis, who expects the challenge – Bernard Schoenburg  (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps will advise Davis to go anti-Trump big time to get reelected.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170218/bernard-schoenburg-dems-eye-rodney-davis-who-expects-challenge
— Effort to privatize economic development questioned – BGA
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170218/effort-to-privatize-economic-development-questioned
— State budget impasse still hurting schools – Jason Nevel
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170218/state-budget-impasse-still-hurting-schools

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: BND wants to tax retirement income. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, as inflation is far higher than COLAs, the purchasing power of my Civil Service Retirement System pension and Social Security is eroded.)
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article133440444.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: And he said this: “we cannot tax people’s retirement incomes.”  We say this: “Why not?”  The feds tax retirement income. Illinois is one of only three states that do not. Instead of some lukewarm reforms and taxing everybody in the neighborhood of 5 percent, what about just closing the loophole that lets retirees escape paying state income taxes? That would put another $2 billion in state coffers and use retirement income to generate a partial fix for our $130 billion state pension deficit. Yes, we can hear the AARP screaming now about balancing the state budget on the backs of those with fixed incomes. True dat. But we could build in some protections for lower retirement incomes, say taxable after $35,000. Illinois has 350,000 people drawing pensions, and of that more than 14,000 are drawing public pensions of greater than $100,000 per year. How fair is it to ask the average Illinois family to pay an additional $745 in state income taxes when so many are paying zip? Letting retirement income escape state taxes is truly a loophole that lawmakers in 1983 giddily and popularly passed, sort of like the free bus rides for seniors regardless of income. Pain is coming in Illinois. Taxing retirees and selling the Thompson Center in Chicago are tiny splinters to be removed before amputations are necessary.)

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Legislation could help Route 66 celebration – KEVIN BARLOW and DEREK BEIGH
http://herald-review.com/news/local/state-and-regional/legislation-could-help-route-celebration/article_05212915-2b7e-5c18-96ee-a9155c3e9bb0.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Possible Speed Limit Increase on Majority of Illinois Interstates – Matthew Witkos
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/possible-speed-limit-increase-on-majority-of-illinois-interstates

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps in Mexico.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/entertainment/and-in-this-corner-the-donald-trump-mexicans-love-to-hate/659879530
— Roommate wanted: No Trump supporters  Poster insists ad doesn’t discriminate – ALEXANDRA KING  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, anti-Trump companies, anti-Trump governments, and anti-Trump countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, non-poor people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/roommate-wanted-no-trump-supporters/659875159

 

NAPERVILLE CITY COUNCIL WATCHDOG
— Eight Naperville City Council Candidates For Four Open Seats
http://citycouncilwatchdog.com/2017/02/eight-naperville-city-council-candidates-four-open-seats

 

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— TWO BILLS FILED IN SPRINGFIELD AIM TO OFFER TAX RELIEF FOR SENIORS  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, as inflation is far higher than COLAs, the purchasing power of my Civil Service Retirement System pension and Social Security is eroded.)
http://www.positivelynaperville.com/2017/02/18/two-bills-filed-springfield-aim-offer-tax-relief-seniors/69982

 

FOX NEWS
— Melania Trump attacked for reciting ‘The Lord’s Prayer’ at campaign rally  (DIERSEN: Ever increasingly, anti-Trumps promote Islam.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/19/melania-trump-attacked-for-reciting-lords-prayer-at-campaign-rally.html
— ‘Not My President’s Day’: Anti-Trump Protests Set to Take Place Nationwide
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/02/19/not-my-presidents-day-rallies-take-place-nationwide
— Shia LaBeouf brings anti-Trump project to New Mexico
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/02/19/shia-labeouf-brings-anti-trump-project-to-new-mexico.html

 

BREITBART
— Reince Priebus: Press In ‘Alternate Universe,’ WH Team Gets Along ‘Great’ – Pam Key
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/02/19/reince-priebus-press-in-alternate-universe-wh-team-gets-along-great/
— Leftists and Establishment Conservatives Freak Out Over MILO CPAC Speech – BEN KEW
http://www.breitbart.com/milo/2017/02/18/leftists-and-establishment-conservatives-freak-out-over-milo-cpac-speech/

 

BLAZE
— Amid anti-Trump rallies scheduled for Mon., Dem leaders to activists: Cool it with impeachment talk – Sarah Lee
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/19/amid-anti-trump-rallies-scheduled-for-mon-dem-leaders-to-activists-cool-it-with-impeachment-talk/
— New poll suggests Democrats might want to change their anti-Trump strategy – Sara Gonzales (DIERSEN: What do anti-Trumps plan to do to harm Trump supporters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  Will anti-Trumps get anti-Trump mayors to be rude to Trump supporters at public events?  How well is that working in Wheaton?)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/19/new-poll-suggests-democrats-might-want-to-change-their-anti-trump-strategy/

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump: Market Rally Due to ‘Great Level of Confidence and Optimism’
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/StreetTalk/donald-trump-stock-market-rally-confidence/2017/02/16/id/773990/
— Anti-Trump Protest Planned for Monday in Atlanta – Solange Reyner
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/trump-presidents-day-donald-trump-atlanta/2017/02/18/id/774404/

 

NEWSWIRE
— Student Bullied by Latino Professor for Being a Trump Supporter  A Southern California student has been suspended for the whole semester after he filmed his Latino teacher’s anti-Trump lecture. – Boris Djuric
https://newswire.net/newsroom/news/00095281-student-bullied-by-latino-professor-for-being-a-trump-supporter.html

 

THE HILL
— Priebus defends Flynn: ‘He didn’t do anything wrong’ – BROOKE SEIPEL  (DIERSEN: Who comes to your defense?  The following have never come to my defense, are not coming to my defense, and will never come to my defense: those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and those that a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/320273-priebus-defends-flynn-he-didnt-do-anything-wrong

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump motorcade hit by 2×4, 5 students face charges
http://www.kristv.com/story/34540963/trump-motorcade-hit-by-2×4-5-students-face-charges

 

NBC NEW YORK
— ‘Not My President’s Day’: Thousands Plan Anti-Trump Rallies Across U.S.  Rallies are scheduled to take place in at least 25 cities across the country
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Not-My-Presidents-Day-Thousands-Plan-Anti-Trump-Rallies-Across-US-414176163.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: President Struggles to Fill Jobs When Total Loyalty Is a Must – PETER BAKER and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS  (DIERSEN: What are you loyal to?  I am loyal to the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township resolution against video gambling.  Those who reject some, most, or all of the aforesaid work against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/18/us/politics/trump-candidates-top-posts.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that a) do not put foreign countries ahead of America and b) do not put citizens of foreign countries against citizens of America.  Constructively, anti-Trumps have declared war against America and against its citizens.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/18/opinion/sunday/breaking-the-anti-immigrant-fever.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump Nicholas Kristof asks “How Can We Get Rid of Trump?”  The “we” that Kristof refers to are individuals, organization, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/18/opinion/sunday/how-can-we-get-rid-of-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote “resistance” against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, 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. “Resistance against” is code for “destruction of.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/realestate/home-politics-resistance.html
— How to Make Your Money Last as Long as You Do – MARK MILLER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/18/your-money/retiring-longevity-planning-social-security.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps argue against efforts to keep heroin out of America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/opinion/sunday/why-trumps-wall-wont-keep-out-heroin.html
— Want Melania Trump in the White House? Pay Her – Jennifer Weiner
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/18/opinion/sunday/want-melania-trump-in-the-white-house-pay-her.html
— The Risk of Unnamed Sources? Unconvinced Readers – Liz Spayd  (DIERSEN: Everything in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails is sourced.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/18/public-editor/the-risk-of-unnamed-sources-unconvinced-readers.html
— When It’s Time to Blow the Whistle – PETER VAN BUREN (DIERSEN: I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years.  As I saw more and more and more political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, I blew the whistle louder and louder and louder.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/18/opinion/sunday/when-its-time-to-blow-the-whistle.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE OF TRUMP: Trump’s ‘Winter White House’: A Peek at the Exclusive Members’ List at Mar-a Lago – NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, MAGGIE HABERMAN and ERIC LIPTON
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/18/us/mar-a-lago-trump-ethics-winter-white-house.html

 

INQUIRER
— Melania Trump prays, assails critics in Florida speech – Agence France-Presse
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/873041/melania-trump-prays-assails-critics-in-florida-speech

 

INQUISITR
— Melania Trump’s red dress has the internet buzzing, with pictures of the first lady’s outfit from a Florida rally going viral across social media.
http://www.inquisitr.com/3993950/melania-trumps-red-dress-pictures-from-florida-rally-have-the-internet-buzzing/

 

USA TODAY
— Trump draws 9,000 for campaign-like rally in Florida – Dave Berman and Caroline Glenn
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/18/trump-draws-9000-campaign-like-rally-florida/98116448/
— Middle schooler confessed to throwing block of wood at Trump’s motorcade, Palm Beach police say
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/19/palm-beach-florida-middle-schooler-wood-trump-motorcade/98125660/
— Democrats are fired up. Now what? – Heidi M Przybyla and Fredreka Schouten  (DIERSEN: What do anti-Trumps plan to do to harm Trump supporters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  Will anti-Trumps get anti-Trump mayors to be rude to Trump supporters at public events?  How well is that working in Wheaton?)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/16/democratic-party-chairs-struggle-harness-activism-burst/97978582/
— Corporations gave millions to Donald Trump inauguration – Fredreka Schouten and Christopher Schnaars
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/17/corporations-gave-millions-donald-trump-inauguration/98056554/

 

SEATTLE SPOKESMAN REVIEW
— Amid boycott of Ivanka Trump-branded products, her perfume is a bestseller on Amazon
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/feb/19/amid-boycott-of-ivanka-trump-branded-products-her-/

 

SEATTLE TIMES
— Inferiority complex might be keeping some American workers down – Jerry Large  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn American workers.)
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/inferiority-complex-might-be-keeping-some-american-workers-down/

 

DENVER POST
— “California is a nation, not a state”: A fringe movement wants a break from the U.S. – Katie Zezima  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the anti-Trumps in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois call for your municipality, your township/ward, your county, and Illinois to secede from the United States of America? Of course, if they succeed, they would immediately banish all individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/02/18/california-secession-ballot-signatures/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: About 15 people huddled in a luxury apartment building, munching on danishes as they plotted out their plan to have California secede from the United States. “I pledge allegiance, to the flag, of an independent California,” Geoff Lewis said as he stood in a glass-walled conference room adorned with California’s grizzly-bear flag and a sign reading “California is a nation, not a state.”)

 

PHILLY
— Trump’s agenda includes hitting back – hard – David Horowitz
http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20170219_Commentary__Trump_s_agenda_includes_hitting_back_-_hard.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Addresses Supporters at Rally in Florida
http://www.wsj.com/video/trump-addresses-supporters-at-rally-in-florida/23F3FBA3-91C9-4300-A8BA-DAE701301698.html
— OUTSTANDING: U.S. Proposal Considers Prosecuting Parents Helping Children Entering Country Illegally  Draft memo also indicates those trying to cross the border illegally could be returned to Mexico to await legal proceedings – LAURA MECKLER
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-proposal-considers-prosecuting-parents-helping-children-entering-country-illegally-1487471291

 

BLOOMBERG
— Lawmakers Lay Into Trump for Characterizing Media as `The Enemy’ – Ros Krasny and Patrick Donahue  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly the media acts like it has declared war on the following: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-18/mccain-says-free-press-is-key-to-democracy-in-response-to-trump

 

INSIDER BUSINESS
— Trump launches another blistering attack on media while he and chief of staff assault use of anonymous sources – Harrison Jacobs
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-media-campaign-rally-reince-priebus-sources-2017-2

 

FED SMITH
— Legislation Would Abolish the IRS – Ian Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/02/19/legislation-would-abolish-the-irs/

 

GUARDIAN
— John McCain on Trump: suppressing free press is ‘how dictators get started’ – Alan Yuhas (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents a) want to be dictators and b) suppress me and suppress my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  I should introduce my critics/opponents to McCain.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/19/john-mccain-on-trump-suppressing-free-press-is-how-dictators-get-started

February 18 Morning Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DHS weighed National Guard for immigration roundups – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/236413932-story

 

CBS2
— Expert: Possible Thompson Center Sale Is Small, Positive Sign – Nancy Harty
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/17/expert-possible-thompson-center-sale-is-small-positive-sign/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville’s links to presidents, from Buchanan to Bush – Suzanne Baker  (DIERSEN: Did you walk with Bush and Cheney in Naperville’s Labor Day parade in 2000?  I did.  Earlier that year, I asked Governor George Ryan and Senate President Pate Philip to invite Bush to walk in Wheaton’s 2000 Independence Day Parade.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-president-naperville-link-st-0219-20170217-story.html
(PICTURE CAPTION: President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney walk in the Last Fling Labor Day Parade in Naperville in 2000, before they were elected to their White House posts. It was while in Naperville that Bush made his much-reported comment about a New York Times reporter being a “major league a——.” FROM THE ARTICLE: As a presidential candidate, then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush marched in the Last Fling’s Labor Day Parade in 2000 after holding a rally at Naperville North High School. It was on the rally stage before the speech when the candidate, who was oblivious the microphones were live, pointed out a veteran political reporter to his running mate Dick Cheney and said, “There’s Adam Clymer, major-league a—— from The New York Times.”)
— U.S. presidents have made a few stops in Elgin – Mike Danahey  (DIERSEN: What municipality do you live in?  What does the mayor of your municipality think of Republicans?  What if the mayor of your municipality at his/her annual state of the city address in front of 150 dignitaries publicly insulted your municipality’s top Republican promoter not only once, but three times?  What if the mayor of your municipality increasingly talked and acted like he/she a) wanted to ban Republicans from all parades in your municipality and b) drive all Republican individuals, Republican organizations, and Republican companies out of your municipality?  One could compare and contrast Wheaton and Bolingbrook in this regard.  Since 2000, I have taken the lead in encouraging Republican candidates and elected officials to walk in Wheaton’s Independence Day parades.  This year will be the 12th year in a row that I have raised money from Republicans to sponsor entries in the parade.  I 2007, I raised $2,000 from Republicans to sponsor an elephant to walk behind Congressman Roskam in the parade; outstandingly, Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar contributed $500.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-elgin-presidents-st-0219-20170217-story.html
— Rauner’s pivot on Senate budget plan provides political breathing room – Rick Pearson, Monique Garcia and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-budget-speech-politics-met-20170219-story.html
— Lake County homelessness count breaks record – Luke Hammill  (DIERSEN: How many homeless people have the Democrats sent to Illinois, to your county, to your township/ward, and to your municipality during the last week, month, year, and decade?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-luke-hammill-county-lines-st-0220-20170217-story.html
— DuPage County board members ‘flabbergasted’ by schools ignoring free drug education – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-fentanyl-school-criticism-st-0219-20170217-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mendoza finds money for $32,000 used car for her office – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/mendoza-finds-money-for-32000-used-car-for-her-office/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Wheaton woman wins $250,000 in lottery – Steve Zalusky
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170217/news/170218872/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Urbana business development – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-02-17/toms-mailbag-feb-17-2017.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “With the primary election near, (Urbana Mayor Laurel) Prussing has been repeating that ‘In the last four years alone, we have added 115 new or expanded businesses throughout the city.’ That comes to fewer than three per month. Even so, is there any way to sort this out? For instance, how many of these ‘new businesses’ are video-gambling parlors, payday-loan storefronts, beer-and-cigarette outlets or pin-money enterprises operating from sewing rooms or garages in private homes? Also, is there a tally of how many larger-scale businesses, in that same time period, have shut down or moved to Champaign?” Better late than never: Today, we got a list from the city of Urbana of 127 businesses that have opened or expanded since 2013. The list also contains seven businesses that are “coming soon,” seven others that have moved and 19 that have closed. The new or expanded businesses include everything from a ballet studio and guitar repair shop to new restaurants and coffee shops. There’s also a medical-marijuana dispensary.)

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Trump CNN says “Trump goes back to what he loves: Campaign rallies  Trump to bask in admiration of supporters at rally.”
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-goes-back-to-what-he-loves-campaign-rallies/659699458
— Liberal group threatens to challenge Democrats with primary fights  New group demanding opposition to Trump agenda – GREGORY KRIEG
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/liberal-group-threatens-to-challenge-democrats-with-primary-fights/659563538

 

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Bustos, Delegation Demand Rauner Pay Domestic Violence Money – AP
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/bustos-delegation-demand-rauner-pay-domestic-violence-money-02-17-2017

 

HYDE PARK PATCH
— Corey Lewandowski: Trump Doesn’t Understand Global Impacts Of His Tweets  Former Trump campaign manager Lewandowki made the frank admission at an event closed to media and confronted by protestors. – Jonah Meadows  (DIERSEN: The more that you criticize Trump, the more that anti-Trumps love you.)
http://patch.com/illinois/hydepark/corey-lewandowski-trump-doesn-t-understand-global-impacts-his-tweets

 

CHICAGO NOW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “It’s time to speak up, Republican Congressmen, or shame on you.”
http://www.chicagonow.com/opinionated-woman/2017/02/its-time-to-speak-up-republican-congressmen-or-shame-on-you/

 

MCHENRY TIMES
— Miller embraces hiring of family in Algonquin Highway Commissioner race
http://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511081829-miller-embraces-hiring-of-family-in-algonquin-highway-commissioner-race

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois single-family home construction ten times lower than neighbors
https://ilnews.org/12199/illinois-single-family-home-construction-ten-times-lower-neighbors/

 

GOP
— Mainstream Media Accountability Survey
https://gop.com/mainstream-media-accountability-survey/

 

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— CPAC 2017 Tells Trump Supporters to Kiss Off – Loads Up Speaking List with #NeverTrumpers – Jim Hoft (DIERSEN: According to this article, “Face it Trump supporters – CPAC still hates you.”  Are you a Trump supporter?  I am. Who in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois hates you the most because you are a Trump supporter?)
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/02/cpac-2017-tells-trump-supporters-kiss-off-loads-speaking-list-nevertrumpers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) will kick off next week at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Washington DC. CPAC hid their speaker list for the past month and just started updating the list this past week. And just as we assumed — CPAC loaded the roster with committed #NeverTrumpers and ignored the grassroots supporters and websites that got Republican President Donald Trump Elected. It should really be no surprise. After all these “principled conservatives” planned a walk out protest last year for Donald Trump. Trump withdrew from the conference but the crowd did give big spender Paul Ryan a standing ovation. That’s CPAC! This year CPAC ignored many of the top Trump supporters who helped get him elected. These top election influencers will not be speaking at CPAC despite their work to get Trump elected. . .Instead the speaker list includes this committed #NeverTrumpers: . .Face it Trump supporters – CPAC still hates you.)

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Senator Ted Cruz Wants to Revoke Citizenship of Americans Who Turn to Terrorism — Why Aren’t We Already Doing This? – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/02/17/senator-ted-cruz-wants-revoke-citizenship-americans-turn-terrorism-arent-already/

 

GOPUSA
— Democrats, pundits mull ways to remove Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/dems-pundits-mull-ways-to-remove-trump/
— McCain in Germany: ‘Consider whether the West will survive’ (DIERSEN: Those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not want the West to survive are anti-Trump.)
http://www.gopusa.com/mccain-in-germany-consider-whether-the-west-will-survive/
— Wisconsin Students Demand Free Tuition for Blacks
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20829
— Sanctuary city pushes school district to support immigrant families  (DIERSEN: Democrats always promote dependency on government and dependency on charity.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20853
— Obama leads troops from ‘shadow White House’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20794
— The Left’s All-Out War on Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20810

 

FOX NEWS
— F-15s scramble to intercept unresponsive aircraft over restricted airspace over West Palm Beach
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/02/18/f-15s-scramble-to-intercept-unresponsive-plane-over-restricted-airspace-over-west-palm-beach.html
— McCain in Germany says Trump administration in ‘disarray’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the anti-Trump McCain makes it clear that he sides with America’s enemies against Trump.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/18/mccain-in-germany-says-trump-administration-in-disarray.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— Libertarians And President Trump – Bruce Majors  (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between the Libertarian Party platform and the Republican Party platform.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/17/libertarians-and-president-trump/

 

POLITICO
— Trump’s ‘sanctuaries’ crackdown imperils transportation projects  Millions of dollars could be at stake for improvements — all because ‘sanctuary cities’ refuse to cooperate with federal immigration officials. – TANYA SNYDER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are anti-American.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-sanctuary-cities-crackdown-transportation-projects-235158

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Who Is Vetting The People At Mar-A-Lago? Democrats Want To Know.  Club members, guests and at least 64 foreign workers have unprecedented access to the president. – Paul Blumenthal
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-mar-a-lago_us_58a7577de4b045cd34c17d40
— Trump Vineyard Requests Visas For Still More Foreign Workers  America First doesn’t apply to Trump wines. – Mary Papenfuss  (DIERSEN: Have you held bad jobs that many, most, if not virtually all citizens of American refuse to take?  I have.  I a) did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964, b) washed dishes and delivered newspapers 1964-1966, c) cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, d) delivered mail 1966-1969, e) worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970, f) sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, g) pumped gasoline 1971-1972, h) collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and i) audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-vineyard-requests-visas-for-still-more-foreign-workers_us_58a7c90ee4b07602ad54f1e1

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump calls media ‘enemy of the American people’
http://www.wkow.com/story/34530479/the-latest-trump-calls-media-enemy-of-the-american-people
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump exchange with black journalist sparks outrage.”
http://www.wxow.com/story/34535784/trump-exchange-with-black-journalist-sparks-outrage
— LGBT employees ask Education Secretary to keep protections  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs get rid of you.)
http://www.kmov.com/story/34535380/lgbt-employees-ask-education-secretary-to-keep-protections
— VERY SAD: Dog walkers will be more in demand than teachers in aging U.S.  Health-care expenditures are expected to surge as the number of Americans ages 70 to 84 spikes by 50 percent.
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/02/17/dog-walkers-demand-aging-us/

 

AOL
— DIERSEWN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Left-wing website under fire after saying Trump may have STD.”
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/02/18/left-wing-website-under-fire-after-saying-trump-may-have-std/21716519/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: A Newsroom Risk In the Trump Era: Self-Censorship – Jim Rutenberg  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should pander to those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in America, and in the world who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/business/media/trump-era-media-censorship.html
— Sun, Sand and Influence: For Mar-a-Lago Members, Proximity Is Power – NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, MAGGIE HABERMAN and ERIC LIPTON  (DIERSEN: How close do you live to those run your municipality, your township/ward, your county, Illinois, and America? How much influence does your proximity give you?  When bad things happen to me politically, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout not only that I must not have any influence with the following Republicans who live nearby, but that they must want to get rid of me: Roskam, Sanguinnetti, Ives, Zaruba, Jorgensen, Bucholz, Henry, Birkett, Brennan, Eckhoff, Grant, Elliott, Larsen, Whelan, Gresk, Fitch, Rutledge, Saline, Suess, Scalzo, Heidorn, Hinkle, Levan, Muehlfelt, Falbo, Natwani, Molitor, and Keller.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/18/us/mar-a-lago-trump-ethics-winter-white-house.html
— DIERSEN HEDALINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) glorify and praise refugees and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not glorify and praise refugees.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/your-money/how-to-help-refugees-in-us.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/opinion/when-lies-overruled-rights.html
— A Young Reporter Makes a Soft Query and Pleases an Upset President – MARC SANTORA (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the questions that I have asked Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, and in America in my roles as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, and an American Association of Political Consults Midwest Chapter board member.  Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs do not like my questions.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/nyregion/unf-news-kyle-mazza.html
— Trump’s Approval Ratings Are Down. How Much Does It Mean? – Nate Cohn  (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in driving Trump’s approval ratings down in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?  I should write a book about the aforesaid.  They would love it.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/upshot/trump-is-down-to-38-approval-how-much-does-it-mean.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: FRONTPAGE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Aides Struggle to Reassure Worried Allies.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/world/europe/trump-europe.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump News Conference Provokes Anxiety, Humor and Shrugs Around World.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/world/trump-news-conference-provokes-anxiety-humor-and-shrugs-around-world.html
— Trump’s Inroads in Union Ranks Have Labor Leaders Scrambling – NOAM SCHEIBER, MAGGIE HABERMAN and GLENN THRUSH  (DIERSEN: I was a union member for almost 12 years.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/business/economy/trump-labor-unions.html
— Mexican Consulates Flooded With Fearful Immigrants – JENNIFER MEDINA (DIERSEN: How many citizens of Mexico live/work illegally in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/us/mexican-consulates-flooded-with-fearful-immigrants.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns patriotism and especially Independence Day Parades?  ANSWER: Those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/world/europe/germany-far-right-politics-afd.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The big mistake some anti-Trump protesters could be making – Robb Willer and Matthew Feinberg  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps paint themselves as being anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/02/18/the-big-mistake-some-anti-trump-protesters-could-be-making/
— Time for an updated view on the number of government employees – L. Michael Kaas, Arlington  (DIERSEN: How many past and present federal, state, county, township/ward, municipal, etc, government employees live in America, Illinois, your county, your township/ward, your municipality, and your precinct?  I was a federal employee for almost 30 years.  I have been a federal retiree for more than 19 years.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/time-for-an-updated-view-on-the-number-of-government-employees/2017/02/17/89329994-f326-11e6-9fb1-2d8f3fc9c0ed_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— It’s Racial Indoctrination Day at an Upscale Chicagoland School  As administrators foist ‘social justice’ on 4,000 suburban students, parents plead for balance. – PETER BERKOWITZ (FROM THE ARTICLE: Instead of teaching, the school’s aim seems to be hammering home to students that racism plagues America and will persist until white people admit their unjust privilege, renounce their unearned power, and make amends for the entrenched oppression from which they continue to profit handsomely.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-racial-indoctrination-day-at-an-upscale-chicagoland-school-1487375679
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What passes for education at many American public schools is too often closer to indoctrination. Consider the seminar day that New Trier High School, in Winnetka, Ill., on Chicago’s affluent North Shore, is planning for Feb. 28. The title for the all-school seminar is “Understanding Today’s Struggle for Racial Civil Rights.” That very term, “racial civil rights,” is misleading, since civil rights protect Americans’ freedoms regardless of their race. Judging from the roster of scheduled events, the seminar might be more accurately titled “Inculcating a Progressive View of Social Justice.” Here are a few of the offerings scheduled for presentation to New Trier’s roughly 4,000 students: “SPENT: A Simulation to See How Long You Can Survive on Minimum Wage”—which touches on race at best tangentially. “Developing a Positive, Accountable White Activism for Racial Civil Rights”—which promotes a divisive view of race as a primordial fact, the essence of identity, a bright line between oppressed and oppressor. “One Person One Vote: Can the Voting Rights Act Be Saved?”—which absurdly suggests that the Voting Rights Act is at risk of being repealed. There are plenty of sessions on the connections that music, art and culture have with civil rights. Very little programming, however, is devoted to actually explaining to students what civil rights are and what their place is in this country’s political tradition. Yet the continuing quest to fulfill America’s founding promise is unintelligible without a grasp of how civil rights are grounded in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Or without an understanding of the often-heroic struggle for civil rights over the course of American history—the abolition movement, the Civil War, the great Reconstruction constitutional amendments, the grievous setback of Jim Crow, the modern civil-rights movement, the landmark Supreme Court cases like Brown v. Board of Education. Instead of teaching, the school’s aim seems to be hammering home to students that racism plagues America and will persist until white people admit their unjust privilege, renounce their unearned power, and make amends for the entrenched oppression from which they continue to profit handsomely. This despite the school board’s written policy to provide a “balanced view” on “controversial issues,” and the seminar’s stated purpose “not to promote the philosophy of one political party or another.” On Monday a group of concerned New Trier parents will make a final attempt to persuade the school board to alter the seminar’s programming to include a diversity of views about race and rights in America. The parents have proposed, for example, inviting black conservative intellectuals—such as my Hoover Institution colleague Shelby Steele and this newspaper’s Jason Riley—or people like Pastor Corey Brooks, the director of Project Hood, which seeks to end violence and build communities on Chicago’s South Side. So far, these efforts have been met with stonewalling and vitriol. On Feb. 6, a group of recent New Trier graduates—some of whom helped plan the seminar day—published an open letter to explain why the parents’ proposals are unreasonable and immoral. The letter opens with a long quotation from Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 masterpiece, “Letter From a Birmingham Jail.” The implicit message is that the New Trier parents are comparable to the “white moderate” King reproaches for preferring order to justice. King’s admonition to the comfortable—to imagine themselves in the place of the persecuted and downtrodden—is a timeless message, but inapt for the situation. New Trier failed to teach the letter writers the distinction between political activism and education. The seminar day presupposes that the pervasiveness and potency of racism in America are facts beyond dispute, rather than hypotheses to be critically examined. That’s why the letter writers dismiss the parents’ desire for a multiplicity of views as an effort “to distract the conversation.” Let’s hope that the concerned New Trier parents succeed Monday in teaching the New Trier school board about education’s proper purpose. If not, maybe the best thing might be for more families to follow the parent group’s advice: “Excuse your child for the day, and encourage him or her to volunteer”—perhaps with Corey Brooks and Project Hood.)
— The Death of the All-American Town  Brian Alexander’s “Glass House: The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town” documents a single town in our fractured country. It is a devastating portrait. – ROGER LOWENSTEIN
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-death-of-the-all-american-town-1487364666
— When America Opened Its Doors  For the founders, refugees were ideal citizens: They’d fled tyranny and would be a bulwark against it. Kathleen DuVal reviews “American Sanctuary: Mutiny, Martyrdom, and National Identity in the Age of Revolution” by A. Roger Ekirch. – KATHLEEN DUVAL (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to make immigrants anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-america-opened-its-doors-1487366014

 

SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
— Workplace immigration enforcement could come roaring back under Trump – Kate Morrissey  (DIERSEN: If you are employed, is your employer anti-Trump?  If it is, how strongly does your employer favor citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America?  That is, how anti-American is your employer?)
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/immigration/sd-me-worksite-enforcement-20170217-story.html

 

FOX SALT LAKE CITY
— Trump softens stance, suggests he may not deport so-called Dreamers – TAMARA VAIFANUA  (DIERSEN: Reports like this encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
http://fox13now.com/2017/02/17/president-trump-softens-stance-suggests-he-may-not-deport-so-called-dreamers/

 

LIBERTY CONSERVATIVE
— Fearing Possible Walkout, Sen. Rand Paul No-Shows Students For Liberty Conference – Shane Trejo  (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between the Libertarian Party platform and the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.thelibertyconservative.com/fearing-possible-walkout-sen-rand-paul-no-shows-students-liberty-conference/

 

MARKET WATCH
— Here is how much you need to save for retirement  You should have 10 times your salary saved by the age of 67 – Anora Mahmudova
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/here-is-how-much-you-need-to-save-for-retirement-2017-02-18

 

INDEPENDENT
— Sales of Ivanka Trump’s perfume surge reaching top spot in Amazon Best Sellers  The sales increase comes despite a campaign to encourage shoppers to boycott products linked to the US President and his family – Shehab Khan
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ivanka-trump-perfume-top-spot-amazon-best-sellers-nordstrom-a7586911.html
— Secret service investigate after Donald Trump’s motorcade ‘hit by rock’  The US leader was traveling to his Mar a Lago resort in Florida – Chloe Farand
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-latest-secret-services-motorcade-limosine-hit-object-rock-florida-a7586876.html

 

DAILY MAIL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Look, I can’t be all bad! Grandpa Trump parades Ivanka’s children on the South Lawn as he leaves the White House after a tumultuous week.”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4235330/Trump-spends-time-Ivanka-s-kids-Arabella-Joseph.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “God bless Boeing! Trump gives plane firm massive free commercial at roll-out of its new Dreamliner – and points at Air Force one and says: ‘What can look so beautiful at 30? An airplane'”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4235832/Trump-gives-Boeing-free-advertising-787-rollout.html

 

BBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the anti-Trump BBC makes it clear that it sides with America’s enemies against Trump.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39015559

 

GUARDIAN
— McCain attacks Trump administration and inability to ‘separate truth from lies’  Republican senator uses Munich speech to reflect on ‘disarray’ in Trump White House, saying president contradicts himself (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the anti-Trump McCain makes it clear that he sides with America’s enemies against Trump.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/18/john-mccain-savages-donald-trump-administration-inability-separate-truth-from-lies

 

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Trump IBT says “Donald Trump Media Bias: President Uses Twitter, ‘Mainstream Media Accountability Survey’ To Slam The Press, And It Could Backfire.”
http://www.ibtimes.com/donald-trump-media-bias-president-uses-twitter-mainstream-media-accountability-survey-2494285

 

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Fake news isn’t a Trump neologism — Hitler called it Lügenpresse.”
http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/02/fake-news-isnt-trump-neologism-hitler-called-lugenpresse/

February 16 Morning Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote “a day without immigrants.” How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
http://abc7chicago.com/news/rick-bayless-will-close-chicago-restaurants-for-thursday-immigrant-action/1756980/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— AG Madigan, Rauner set for court clash on state worker pay Thursday – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-lisa-madigan-state-worker-paycheck-lawsuit-20170215-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump is showing reluctance to take responsibility for White House chaos.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-flynn-white-house-chaos-20170215-story.html
— A restive, active and aggressive base is a gift — and a challenge — for Democrats – David Weigel, Karen Tumulty  (DIERSEN: In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who takes the lead in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?  I should write a book about the aforesaid leaders in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-democrats-base-activism-movement-20170211-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Time to come around for Illinois, Mike – Editorial  (DIERSEN: “Time to come around for Illinois” is code for increasing taxes on Republicans.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-time-to-come-around-for-illinois-mike/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Bill would create financial watch list for towns – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170215/news/170219206/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Wheaton Warrenville District 200 to host forums on $132.5 million referendum – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170216/news/170219177/

 

WTTW
— Rauner Lays Out Budget Plan; Democrats Not Impressed – Amanda Vinicky  (DIERSEN: Democrats want a plan that will drive out of Illinois all the individuals, organizations, and companies that support Trump and/or are Protestant, conservative, 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://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/02/15/rauner-lays-out-budget-plan-democrats-not-impressed

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Lawmakers need to agree on more than the need to work together – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170215/our-view-lawmakers-need-to-agree-on-more-than-need-to-work-together

 

TIMES
— A look at how Illinois’ budget fight has affected residents – AP
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/a-look-at-how-illinois-budget-fight-has-affected-residents/article_f5bf0980-d1ed-5ee9-ba68-100bdeb2848d.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— For Illinois Democrats, politics a family affair – Scott Reeder
http://www.qconline.com/opinion/for-illinois-democrats-politics-a-family-affair/article_fa45ad5c-04e1-54c2-a09a-a9505c959e60.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Property Tax Freeze ‘Non-Starter’ in IL Gov’s Budget – TONY ARNOLD
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/property-tax-freeze-non-starter-il-govs-budget#stream/0

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump haters in Peoria promote female Trump haters in Peoria.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/moving-ahead-after-the-womens-rally/657236480

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “A crush of crises all but buries the young Trump White House.”
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34516422/a-crush-of-crises-all-but-buries-the-young-trump-white-house

 

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “No one in Illinois moves forward until budget impasse is done.”
http://thesouthern.com/news/opinion/editorial/quick/quick-no-one-in-illinois-moves-forward-until-budget-impasse/article_085f65b9-947d-5269-b7b8-9f76143323a4.html

 

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— TRUMP NOMINEE HAS DECRIED MEDICAID FOR FOSTERING DEPENDENCY – AP  (DIERSEN: Democrats promote a) dependency on government and b) dependency on charities because overwhelmingly, those who depend on government or charities vote for Democrats.)
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170216/AP/302169957
— ‘DAY WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS’ PROTESTS BEING HELD ACROSS U.S. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to make immigrants hate individuals, hate organizations, hate companies, hate governments, and hate countries that support Trump and/or are Protestant, conservative, 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.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170216/AP/302169973

 

WEST SUBURBAN JOURNAL
— State Rep. Chris Welch crafts bill to give immigrants safe zones in Illinois – Mike Sandrolini (DIERSEN: Constructively, Welch has declared war on the United State of America.)
http://westsuburbanjournal.com/welch-crafts-bill-to-give-immigrants-safe-zones-in-illinois/

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Rauner’s 2018 Re-election theme in his budget speech: winning the middle with pale pastels – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/02/gov-rauners-2018-re-election-theme-in-his-budget-speech-winning-the-middle-with-pale-pastels/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Hypocrisy of Leftists on Religious Tolerance – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/hypocrisy-of-leftists-on-religious-tolerance/

 

FOX NEWS
— Piers Morgan: Media’s Attempt to Delegitimize Trump Is ‘Un-American’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/02/15/piers-morgan-attacks-trump-presidency-are-un-american
— Pence Kept in the Dark?  (DIERSEN: Who keeps you in the dark?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do everything that they can to keep me in the dark.  Should I write a book about them?)
http://nation.foxnews.com/2017/02/15/pence-kept-dark-trump-reportedly-knew-about-flynns-russian-calls-kept-info-vp

 

DAILY CALLER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: GAO sides with Democrats who oppose the Wall.  In 1980, I was one of last Republicans that GAO hired.  In 1997, I was one of the last Republicans that GAO got rid of.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/15/top-us-auditor-gives-one-word-answer-on-border-wall-and-trump-wont-like-it-one-bit/

 

BREITBART
— The Left’s Alinsky Plan to Destroy the Trump Administration – JOEL B. POLLAK
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/14/lefts-alinsky-plan-destroy-trump-administration/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— SCHOOLTEACHERS FIRED FOR PRO-TRUMP REMARKS  Even comments made off campus are now grounds for termination – LEO HOHMANN
http://www.wnd.com/2017/02/schoolteachers-fired-for-pro-trump-remarks/

 

TOWNHALL
— Dear Reince: Do Not Fail President Trump – Kurt  Schlichter
http://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2017/02/16/dear-reince-do-not-fail-president-trump-n2286072

 

NEWSMAX
— DC Restaurants to Partake in Thursday’s #ADayWithoutImmigrants Protest –  Jason Devaney  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/washington-dc-restaurants-day-without/2017/02/15/id/773902/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— JOHN F. KENNEDY: WHAT WOULD HE THINK OF HIS PARTY? – Larry Elder
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/uncategorized/john-f-kennedy-what-would-he-think-of-his-party/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— HISPANICS BACK TRUMP ON SANCTUARY CITIES
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/02/15/hispanics-back-trump-on-sanctuary-cities/

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Do What God’s Called You to Do – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: My churchgoing critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois talk and act they are called by God to get rid of me and to get rid of those who share my demographics.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/02/16/do-what-gods-called-you-to-do/

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Psychiatrist: Calling Donald Trump Mentally Ill Is An Insult To The Mentally Ill  “He may be a world-class narcissist, but this doesn’t make him mentally ill.” – Ed Mazza
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/psychiatrist-donald-trump-not-mentally-ill_us_58a512a1e4b045cd34be9702

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Older Judges and Vacant  Seats Give Trump Huge Powerto Shape American Courts – JOSH KATZ  (DIERSEN: According to the hardcopy version of this article, less than half of federal judges are White men.  Of course, those who are anti-White and/or anti-men are overjoyed about that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/14/upshot/trump-poised-to-transform-american-courts.html
— Trump Voters Show President They Can Complain on Twitter, Too – KATIE ROGERS
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/us/politics/trump-voters-show-president-they-can-complain-on-twitter-too.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Campaign Over, President Trump Will Hold a (What Else?) Campaign Rally.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/us/politics/campaign-over-president-trump-will-hold-a-what-else-campaign-rally.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What groups are you a member of?  Democrats call them hate groups unless they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/us/hate-groups-increase-usa.html

 

USA TODAY
— Businesses across U.S. close for ‘Day Without Immigrants’ – Doug Stanglin (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/02/16/a-day-without-immigrants-strike/97965460/
— Magic Leap sued for sex discrimination by woman hired to increase diversity – Mike Snider  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger than me wanted much greater efforts to get rid of employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or older.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/02/15/magic-leap-sued-sex-discrimination-woman-hired-increase-diversity/97939588/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn America and its citizens.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/02/15/george-takei-how-america-first-puts-many-us-last-japanese-internment/97919708/

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— Pence out of the loop – Teresa Hanafin  (DIERSEN: If you are a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain in Illinois, one way to see how far out of the loop that you are is to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. The more things that you learn of by reading the emails that Republican township/ward, county, and state party leaders should have told you, the more that those leaders have you out of their loop.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/02/15/fast-forward-more-trump-russian-stuff-pence-out-loop-and-immigrant-wins-westminster/QQHqJZK4BR5to1QnbgOKKO/story.html

 

DENVER POST
— Pence remains above the fray, but is he outside the inner circle? – Robert Costa and Ashley Parker  (DIERSEN: If you are a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain in Illinois, one way to see how far out of the inner circle that you are is to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  The more things that you learn of by reading the emails that Republican township/ward, county, and state party leaders should have told you, the more that those leaders have you out of their inner circle.)
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/02/14/pence-standing-flynn-russia-leaks/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Businesses to Close Amid One-Day Strike by Immigrants Against Trump  ‘A Day Without Immigrants’ calls on foreign-born workers to stay home to demonstrate their impact on economy – MIRIAM JORDAN and CHARLES PASSY  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/businesses-plan-one-day-strike-against-trumps-immigration-policies-1487201302
— Don’t Believe the Progressive Hype  Trump’s missteps have energized the left, but tea-party comparisons are overwrought. – KARL ROVE
https://www.wsj.com/articles/dont-believe-the-progressive-hype-1487203070
— Liberals Matriculate at Calhoun College  In the Trump era, progressives are now most likely to secede. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/liberals-matriculate-at-calhoun-college-1487204348
— China: A Modern Babel  “I speak Chinese” is a statement with little meaning: Linguists have identified seven mutually incomprehensible Chinese languages. Peter Neville-Hadley reviews “A Billion Voices” by David Moser. – Richard Vedder
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-a-modern-babel-1487202893

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Students, Faculty Protest Ex-Trump Campaign Manager’s Visit  Dozens of demonstrators gathered at the University of Chicago to protest the appearance by Corey Lewandowski, President Donald Trump’s ex-campaign manager. – AP
http://www.usnews.com/news/illinois/articles/2017-02-15/students-faculty-oppose-ex-trump-campaign-managers-visit

 

COLLEGIATE TIMES
— Federal hiring freeze may discourage upcoming graduates – Alex Mazarr  (DIERSEN: Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, a) the longer that you are a federal employee, the less likely that private sector employers will hire you, b) your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 ($94,610) by age 25, GS-14 ($111,801) by age 30, GS-15 ($131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($161,900) by age 40, c) you will be expected to help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and d) virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees.)
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/opinion/federal-hiring-freeze-may-discourage-upcoming-graduates/article_d122faca-f3c9-11e6-aedf-b7820fe5e678.html

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Just Took a Shot at Another Major Company – H&R Block – Ian Salisbury
http://time.com/money/4672031/hrblock-trump-tax-reform/

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Donald Trump isn’t mad – he’s the arrogant boss we’ve all seen before.”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/16/donald-trump-us-president

 

SOCIALIST WORKER
— Trump’s “voter fraud” fraud won’t silence us  In classic authoritarian fashion, the Trump administration is using the “big lie” as a pretext for carrying out an assault on immigrant communities, explains Eric Ruder.
https://socialistworker.org/2017/02/16/trumps-voter-fraud-fraud-wont-silence-us

February 13 Evening Edition

ABC7
— PILSEN PROTESTERS SAY 25TH WARD SCHOOLS HIT HARD BY $46M CPS BUDGET FREEZE – Tanja Babich
http://abc7chicago.com/education/pilsen-protesters-say-25th-ward-schools-hit-hard-by-$46m-cps-budget-freeze/1752330/

 

NBC5
— 2 Chicago Suburbs Named Among Top 10 Safest Cities in US for 2017
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/safest-cities-in-america-2017-413579093.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Lake in The Hills in Chicago’s northwest suburbs came in the No. 7 spot, with west suburban Bartlett ranking as the No. 9 safest city in the country, according to Neighborhood Scout. Bartlett reported only 26 violent crimes last year, which is 90 percent less than most cities in the U.S., according to the study’s data. A total of 219 crimes were reported in the city for 2016, Neighborhood Scout’s report shows, with 193 of them being non-violent and property related crimes. Crime rates were even lower for Lake in The Hills, according to Neighborhood Scout’s research, with a total of 148 crimes reported during the course of the year. Only 19 of those crimes were violent in nature, the report showed. Buffalo Grove (No. 12), Wheaton (No. 32), Hanover Park (No. 37), Huntley (No. 43), Hoffman Estates (No. 46) and Arlington Heights (No. 49) all also made the top 50.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Let loathsome Lewandowski speak at U of C – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-let-loathsome-lewandowski-speak-at-u-of-c/
— Emanuel at White House for meetings with Kushner, other top aides Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuel-in-washington-for-meetings-on-crime-infrastructure/
— Rauner: ‘Looking forward’ to meeting with Chance the Rapper – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/chance-the-rapper-to-rauner-love-to-have-meeting/
— Voters await economic revival in a part of pro-Trump America (Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin) – Claire Galofaro
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/voters-await-economic-revival-in-a-part-of-pro-trump-america/
— In Immigration Court, few criminals, far more minor offenders – Dan Mihalopoulos and Mick Dumke
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/in-immigration-court-few-criminals-far-more-minor-offenders/
— CPS holds more budget hearings, still needs another $111 million – Lauren FitzPatrick
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cps-holds-more-budget-hearings-still-needs-another-111-million/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote abortion.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/doubek-she-chose-an-abortion-so-she-could-be-a-mother-today/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville Ribfest organizers: Toby Keith tickets selling fast – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-toby-keith-sales-naperville-st-0215-20170213-story.html
— Thousands protest Milwaukee County sheriff’s immigration crackdown  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps side with foreign countries against America.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-milwaukee-immigration-protest-20170213-story.html
— How Illinois pols enable failure at Chicago State – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-chicago-state-csu-rauner-vallas-reform-edit-0214-jm-20170213-story.html
— Wake up, Bruce Rauner. Bring back Illinois. – Diana Sroka Rickert
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-bruce-rauner-failure-budget-address-perspec-0214-20170213-story.html
— Candidate says lawsuit prompting him to quit District 181 race – Chuck Fieldman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/burr-ridge/news/ct-dhd-d181-clarin-withdraws-tl-0216-20170213-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Sears steps back from reports it’s dropping Trump-branded items
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170213/business/170219652/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois lawmakers pitch automatic voter registration again – AP
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170213/NEWS02/170219967/illinois-lawmakers-pitch-automatic-voter-registration-again

 

TIMES
— Kinzinger denounces ‘fake news’ – David Giuliani  (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are full of fake news. According to them, all news is fake unless they publish it.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/kinzinger-denounces-fake-news/article_2d50a18c-5f12-5cee-88f2-b6e01bd8c1e9.html

 

WTTW
— Parents, Teachers Call on CPS to Take Budget Matters Into Its Own Hands – Matt Masterson
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/02/13/parents-teachers-call-cps-take-budget-matters-its-own-hands

 

WBEZ
— Chicago Parents Blame Gov. Bruce Rauner For CPS Budget Cuts – Sarah Karp
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/chicago-parents-blame-gov-bruce-rauner-for-cps-budget-cuts/cd7ed7d2-3e41-4d24-9afa-95595414eb4d

 

WSIU
— The Abortion Issue Is Receiving More Attention In The Illinois General Assembly
http://news.wsiu.org/post/abortion-issue-receiving-more-attention-illinois-general-assembly#stream/0

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— It’s time for Bruce Rauner to do the governor’s job – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article132468519.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Northwestern University and the University of Chicago side with foreign countries against America.
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/northwestern-chicago-join-schools-opposed-to-travel-ban/article_284372d8-6436-539b-a717-e2ed59a42e6a.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— How does Madigan dodge darts of candidate’s criticism? – Editorial
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20170213/editorial-how-does-madigan-dodge-darts-of-candidates-criticism

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Analyst Says Budget Crisis Leaves Illinois Vulnerable – BRIAN MACKEY
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/analyst-says-budget-crisis-leaves-illinois-vulnerable#stream/0

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Madigan camp downplays severity of business exodus from state – Chandra Lye
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511060619-madigan-camp-downplays-severity-of-business-exodus-from-state
— Winfield GOP candidate Smith scores approval from county health board leader – Carol Ostrow
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511081347-winfield-gop-candidate-smith-scores-approval-from-county-health-board-leader

 

MCHENRY TIMES
— Skillicorn, Ives preparing state budget counterproposal with no tax hike – Karen Kidd
http://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511078439-skillicorn-ives-preparing-state-budget-counterproposal-with-no-tax-hike

 

CHICAGO AUTO SHOW
— The 2017 Chicago Auto Show Now Open To The Public
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2017/02/13/346524-2017-chicago-auto-show-now-open-to-public.html
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: The 2017 Chicago Auto Show is officially underway. The 109th edition of the largest automotive exhibition in North America is officially open to the public through Monday, Feb. 20, 2017 at McCormick Place. Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle joined 2017 Chicago Auto Show Chairman Mike McGrath and General Manager Dave Sloan on stage to cut the ribbon to open the show.)

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— EMPLOYERS IN DUPAGE AND COOK COUNTIES REPORTED 429 LAYOFFS IN JANUARY  Numbers from the January 2017 Illinois WARN report show most of the mass layoffs were in the service industry. – Brendan Bakala  (DIERSEN: How many of those 429 are Trump supporters?)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/employers-in-dupage-and-cook-counties-reported-429-layoffs-in-january/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOISANS EXPERIENCING SECOND-WORST INCOME GROWTH IN THE NATION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/report-illinoisans-experiencing-second-worst-income-growth-in-the-nation.html

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— SINGER ROCKETS TO NO. 1, SALES JUMP 18 MILLION PERCENT WITH PRO-TRUMP DRESS  But death threats also stream in: ‘Attack! Kill her!’ – JOE KOVACS
http://www.wnd.com/2017/02/dress-for-success-singers-sales-rocket-with-trump-gown/

 

THE BLAZE
— Apparently, unborn babies are only human when they belong to Beyonce – Matt Walsh
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/matt-walsh-apparently-unborn-babies-are-only-human-when-they-belong-to-beyonce/

 

GOPUSA
— Liberals Pitch Hissy Fit Over Pro-Trump GRAMMY Dress
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20634
— Deeply Offensive? Flyers at Penn State call for reporting presence of illegal aliens
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20586
— Translating what Democrats say
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20561
— Death To America Protests Spread From Berkley To Tehran
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20617

 

DAILY CALLER
— Nigel Farage: Most People Coming To U.S. Aren’t Refugees, They’re ‘Economic Migrants’ – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/13/nigel-farage-most-people-coming-to-u-s-arent-refugees-theyre-economic-migrants-video/
— Kellyanne Conway: Mike Flynn Enjoys ‘The Full Confidence Of The President’ – Kaitlan Collins  (DIERSEN: My nasty/troubled/failed/vicious critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like they have “the full confidence” of those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/13/kellyanne-conway-mike-flynn-enjoys-the-full-confidence-of-the-president/
— D’Souza: ‘America Is A Nation Of Immigrants’ But Not ‘A Nation Of Refugees’ – Christian Datoc
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/13/dsouza-america-is-a-nation-of-immigrants-but-not-a-nation-of-refugees-video/
— Black Lives Matter Leader: White People Are Sub-Human – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/13/black-lives-matter-leader-white-people-are-sub-human/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— KRISTOL: WHITE WORKING CLASS ‘DECADENT, LAZY, SPOILED,’ SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH ‘NEW AMERICANS’ – Kent Kellar  (DIERSEN: Are/were you a member of the White working class?  I was 1964-1997.  In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 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 33.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/02/13/kristol-white-working-class-decadent-lazy-spoiled-should-be-replaced-with-new-americans/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Schumer: Trump’s populist rhetoric belies his ‘hard-right agenda’ – SUSAN CRABTREE
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/schumer-trumps-populist-rhetoric-belies-his-hard-right-agenda/article/2614663

 

CATHOLIC VOTE
— CatholicVote.org Warns Rauner: Support for Abortion Funding Will Sink Re-Election
https://www.yahoo.com/news/catholic-group-warns-rauner-support-abortion-funding-sink-200600759.html

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Help the Poor Move – KEVIN D. WILLIAMSON
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444841/help-poor-relocate-find-better-jobs-opportunity

 

AOL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “President Trump’s golf course diplomacy raises ethical questions.”
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/02/13/president-trumps-golf-course-diplomacy-raises-ethical-questions/21713026/

 

THE HILL
— Webb: Democratic Party has moved ‘very far to the left’ – REBECCA SAVRANSKY  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to say that you are a Democrat is to say that you are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than your ancestors.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/319131-webb-dem-party-has-moved-very-far-to-the-left

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Top Wall Street Journal Editor Defends Trump Coverage – SYDNEY EMBER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/13/business/media/wall-street-journal-wsj2020.html
— Trump Friend Suggests Reince Priebus Is in Over His Head – MICHAEL D. SHEAR  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have always been in over my head.  They are furious that I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 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 33.  They are especially furious that I passed the CPA and the Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/12/us/politics/reince-priebus-donald-trump-christopher-ruddy.html

 

THE DAILY BEAST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “To Bork or Not to Bork?” and say “The Old Fight That Shows Democrats Why, and How, to Stop Gorsuch  Trump, like Reagan, squandered his chance to offer a unifying pick to satisfy his most conservative supporters.”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/13/to-bork-or-not-to-bork-the-old-fight-that-shows-democrats-why-and-how-to-stop-gorsuch.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Millennials Are Less Mobile Than Young People Have Been in Decades  The trend underscores a pattern across all demographic groups, which has ramifications for housing and job markets – LAURA KUSISTO  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton continue to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being a newcomer a) because I have lived in Wheaton only since 1978, b) because I have never attended any schools in Wheaton, c) because I have never been a member of any church in Wheaton, and d) because I have never raised any children in Wheaton.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/millennials-are-less-mobile-than-young-people-have-been-in-decades-1487017646

 

FORTUNE
— This Is the 420-Foot Yacht Donald Trump Wanted—Before He Filed for Bankruptcy – Geoffrey Smith
http://fortune.com/2017/02/13/donald-trump-bankruptcy-yacht/

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Politics Is Killing Workplace Productivity – Martha C. White  (DIERSEN: From what I see, employers are overwhelmingly anti-Trump. How soon, if not already, will they a) stop hiring those who are not anti-Trump and b) get rid of their employees who are not anti-Trump?)
http://time.com/money/4666057/politics-workplace-productivity/

 

NEW YORKER
— DEVOS SAYS TRUMP’S FORTY-PER-CENT APPROVAL RATING MEANS MORE THAN HALF OF COUNTRY SUPPORTS HIM – Andy Borowitz
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/devos-says-trumps-forty-per-cent-approval-rating-means-more-than-half-of-country-supports-him

 

ALJAZEERA
— Six journalists arrested over ‘false news’ on mutiny  Journalist and media owners held for ‘spreading false information’ about a mutiny by security forces, officials say.  (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would love to get me arrested for what I do for you as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor.)
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/02/journalists-arrested-false-news-mutiny-170213035829283.html

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you use to communicate and who is your target audience (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_audience)?  Since 2000, I have used GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to communicate.  My target audience includes all Illinois Republicans, but especially Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants. Elected officials include Congressman Roskam and all the other Republican Congressmen, Governor Rauner, Lt. Governor Sanguinetti, Republican Senate Leader Radogno, Republican House Leader Durkin, all the Republican Senators and Representatives, Republican county officials, Republican township and Chicago ward officials, and Republican municipal officials. Party leaders include Illinois Republican Party (IRP) National Committeeman Porter, IRP National Committeewoman DeMonte, IRP Chairman Schneider, the other IRP officers, the IRP State Central Committee members and their Deputies, the county party chairmen, the township and Chicago ward party chairmen, and all the precinct committeemen and captains. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

February 11 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Anti-Abortion Rights Protests Target Planned Parenthood, Are Met With Counterprotests – ABC News
https://abc7chicago.com/news/anti-abortion-rights-protests-target-planned-parenthood-are-met-with-counterprotests/1750175/
— MEXICAN MAYORS MEET WITH EMANUEL – Charles Thomas  (DIERSEN: Did Emanuel ask them a) to stop sending Mexican citizens to America illegally, c) to recall Mexican citizens who are in America illegally, and c) to stop sending mountains of illegal drugs to America illegally?)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/mexican-mayors-meet-with-emanuel/1748775/

 

CBS2
— People Rally For Unity Near Trump Tower In Chicago – Mike Krauser  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Unity against what?  ANSWER: Against Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/11/people-rally-for-unity-outside-trump-tower/
— Anti-Abortion Activists Pray Outside Chicago Planned Parenthood – Mike Krauser
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/11/anti-abortion-activists-pray-outside-chicago-planned-parenthood/
— Rauner, Emanuel And Other Dignitaries Cut The Ribbon Of The 109th Chicago Auto Show  (DIERSEN: Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like they a) hate unions, b) hate past and present union members, c) hate cars, and especially cars made by General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler, and d) hate those who own/owned cars made by General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler.  I was a union member for almost 12 years.  I have owned cars made by General Motors, Ford, and/or Chrysler since 1964.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/11/rauner-emanuel-and-other-dignitaries-cut-the-ribbon-of-the-109th-chicago-auto-show/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rauner, Rahm visit auto show’s opening day – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/235199957-story

 

NBC5
— What Is a ‘Sanctuary City’?  Trump’s threat to cut off federal funding for sanctuary cities could cost their taxpayers millions – Suzanne Ciechalski
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Sanctuary-Cities-Explained-Immigration-413206773.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner dodges on sanctuary state issue – Kim Geiger and Bill Ruthhart  (DIERSEN: In Illinois, if you are elected to or appointed to a government office or a political office as a Republican, you obligate yourself to defend and to advance the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rauner-illinois-immigration-sanctuary-met-20170210-story.html
— New Trier defends planned civil rights program despite parents’ criticism of liberal bias – Kathy Routliffe
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/winnetka/news/ct-wtk-new-trier-opposition-tl-0216-20170210-story.html
— Trump administration signals change in policy for transgender students – Sandhya Somashekhar and Moriah Balingit
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-transgender-students-20170211-story.html
— Lincoln-Way student claims swimsuit discrimination – Susan DeMar Lafferty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-lincoln-way-discrimination-lawsuit-st-0201-20170206-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Jews to promote Islam.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-jewish-muslim-fathers-dinner-met-20170210-story.html
— Why does the United States still let 12-year-olds get married? – Fraidy Reiss
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-child-marriage-united-states-20170211-story.html
— Immigrant community on high alert, fearing Trump’s ‘deportation force’ – Janell Ross, Aaron C. Davis, Joel Achenbach
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-immigrants-trump-deportation-force-20170211-story.html
— Anti-abortion activists and Planned Parenthood counter-protesters rally around U.S. – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-planned-parenthood-protests-20170211-story.html
— Gary airport used to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally – Javonte Anderson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/news/ct-ptb-immigrants-deported-st-0211-20170210-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Emanuel, Mexican mayors stress leadership on local level – Sam Charles (DIERSEN: Did Emanuel ask them a) to stop sending Mexican citizens to America illegally, c) to recall Mexican citizens who are in America illegally, and c) to stop sending mountains of illegal drugs to America illegally?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuel-mexican-mayors-stress-leadership-on-local-level/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: New homeless shelter for young people aims to fill gap – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-new-homeless-shelter-for-young-people-aims-to-fill-gap/
— Trump Saturday Twitter: ‘Legal system is broken’ – Lynn Sweet  (DIERSEN: What about summary judgment abuse in civil lawsuits, that is, what about Seventh Amendment abuse in civil lawsuits?  From what I see, most if not virtually all plaintiffs in civil lawsuits are improperly denied their Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-saturday-twitter-legal-system-is-broken/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Incumbent: Republicans making nonpartisan District 15 race political – Doug T. Graham
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170210/news/170219966/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— For Illinois, there’s only one way out of ‘fiscal quicksand’ – Editorial
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170210/ISSUE07/170219974/for-illinois-theres-only-one-way-out-of-fiscal-quicksand

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Spending Limits and Higher Taxes Needed to Restore Finances – BRIAN MACKEY
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/spending-limits-and-higher-taxes-needed-restore-finances#stream/0

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— More Democratic activists emerge, but Republicans likely to retain power in 2018 – AP
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20170211/more-democratic-activists-emerge-but-republicans-likely-to-retain-power-in-2018
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauner Chris Kennedy says “Rauner’s Turnaround agenda is phantom fantasy.”
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20170211/chuck-sweeny-chicago-businessman-chris-kennedy-says-rauners-turnaround-agenda-is-phantom-fantasy

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOUNAL
— Sick pay perk piles on more pension debt – Eric Kohn  (DIERSEN: My Civil Service Retirement System pension is slightly higher because of this “perk.”  Virtually all of my Democrat coworkers and subordinates in the federal government used far more sick days than I did.  They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I used far fewer sick days than they did a) because I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, b) because I have always been privileged, c) because I avoided the draft, and d) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/editorials/sick-pay-perk-piles-on-more-pension-debt/article_cc569d8a-171b-5b15-86a1-f883e728d8aa.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Teachers in Illinois can roll two years worth of sick days into their total tenure of service to the state. This additional two years of service tacked on to the end of their career allows them to retire with an even bigger pension. More than 73,000 teachers have taken advantage of this sick-leave perk as of 2015. That will cost taxpayers $3.39 billion throughout the next 30 years. Perks such as this drive up spending and are a burden to taxpayers – and they’re ripe for reform. But instead of tackling spending reform, Illinois state senators are considering a budget proposal with multibillion-dollar tax hikes.)

 

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— DOZENS PROTEST OUTSIDE A CHICAGO PLANNED PARENTHOOD CLINIC
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170211/AP/302119842
— CHICAGO’S IMMIGRATION COURT IS AMONG NATION’S BUSIEST – AP
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170211/AP/302119768

 

SOUTHERN
— Illinois Comptroller: Impasse creates havoc for those in crisis – K. JANIS ESCH  (DIERSEN: Democrats always shout at those in crisis that Republicans caused their crisis.)
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/illinois-comptroller-impasse-creates-havoc-for-those-in-crisis/article_d2e489ac-040a-5b72-ada9-6aee34462769.html

 

SENATOR RAOUL
— Governor Rauner should take Roosevelt’s advice and enter the arena  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They have never entered the arena against me.  They have always had their disgusting operatives and their disgusting dupes enter the arena against me.)
http://www.senatorraoul.com/index.php/8-frontpage/94-governor-rauner-should-take-roosevelt-s-advice-and-enter-the-arena

 

CHICAGO NOW
— All that who ha over Chicago’s murders is just a plot to embarrass Obama – John Byrne
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2017/02/all-that-who-ha-over-chicagos-murders-is-just-a-plot-to-embarrass-obama/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Democrats, You MUST Become The Party Of NO!!!”
http://www.chicagonow.com/recesses-mind/2017/02/democrats-you-must-become-the-party-of-no/

 

GOPUSA
— California Moves Further Left; Sacramento Ignores Citizens, Promotes Illegal Immigration (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will California secede and become part of Mexico?  What will Mexico do with those in California who are not already citizens of Mexico?)
http://www.gopusa.com/california-moves-further-left-sacramento-ignores-citizens-promotes-illegal-immigration/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Court Ruling Against Trump’s Executive Order Shows the Worst of Judicial Activism – Hans von Spakovsky
http://dailysignal.com/2017/02/10/court-ruling-against-trumps-executive-order-shows-the-worst-of-judicial-activism/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— TRUMP SUPPORTERS WARNED IT’S TIME FOR SELF-DEFENSE  ‘The left now feels violence against the right is both effective and morally justified’
http://www.wnd.com/2017/02/trump-supporters-warned-its-time-for-self-defense/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Why People Are Leaving Blue States in Droves – John York
http://dailysignal.com/2017/02/07/why-people-are-leaving-blue-states-in-droves/

 

BREITBART
— The Spirit of America: Conservative Grassroots Leaders Plan Massive Pro-Trump Demonstrations Nationwide – MATTHEW BOYLE
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/08/exclusive-spirit-america-conservative-grassroots-leaders-plan-massive-pro-trump-demonstrations-nationwide/

 

BLAZE
— ‘So dangerous’: Trump blasts ‘broken’ court system over report that refugees are streaming into U.S. – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/11/so-dangerous-trump-blasts-broken-court-system-over-report-that-refugees-are-streaming-into-us/
— Influential Mexicans urge illegals in U.S. targeted for deportation: Jam the courts to fight Trump – Sarah Lee
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/11/influential-mexicans-urge-illegals-in-u-s-targeted-for-deportation-jam-the-courts-to-fight-trump/
— 72 people from Trump’s list of Muslim countries have been convicted of terrorism since 9/11 – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/11/report-72-people-from-trumps-list-of-muslim-countries-have-been-convicted-of-terrorism-since-911/

 

PJ MEDIA
— What to Do About George Soros – DAVID SOLWAY
https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/02/09/what-to-do-about-george-soros/

 

RENEW AMERICA
— Ivanka Trump promotes gay and transgender rights – Cliff Kincaid
http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/kincaid/170211

 

THE HILL
— Republicans dismiss growing protests at home – JONATHAN EASLEY AND CRISTINA MARCOS  (DIERSEN: In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who takes the lead in promoting hatred against those who voted for Trump?)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/319037-republicans-dismiss-growing-protests-at-home
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As Republican lawmakers face rising anger from constituents at town-hall events across the country, they’re dismissing the protests as coming from a “small but vocal minority” backed by big-money liberal interests.)
— Trump-McCain feud takes new turn – BEN KAMISAR AND REBECCA KHEEL  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs are nasty.  Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that you are a failure?  I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a failure and who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.  They include activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.  The aforesaid have worked harder against me than they have ever worked against any Democrat, any Libertarian, or any Green.)
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/318967-trump-mccain-feud-takes-new-turn
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Donald Trump and John McCain wrote a new chapter in their long feud this week, when the president ripped the Arizona GOP senator for emboldening the enemy by calling last month’s U.S. raid in Yemen a failure. The nasty jousting between a Republican president and senator was both unusual and predictable.)

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Hardee’s And Carl’s Jr. Got Caught In An Immigration Audit Under Trump’s Labor Nominee  Before Andy Puzder adopted Trump’s hard line on immigration, his chains’ restaurants had to cut loose more than 1,000 undocumented workers. – Dave Jamieson
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/carls-jr-immigration-audit-andy-puzder_us_589e34c7e4b0ab2d2b153d15

 

CNN
— Democrats, advocates question ICE enforcement raids after hundreds of arrests – Tal Kopan
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/10/politics/democrats-question-ice-enforcement-raids/

 

REUTERS
— Protesters face off as U.S. abortion debate heats up – Lacey Johnson and Rich McKay
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-abortion-idUSKBN15Q0AS

 

AOL NEWS
— Hundreds of (ILLEGAL) immigrants arrested in ‘routine’ U.S. enforcement surge – Reuters
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/02/11/hundreds-of-immigrants-arrested-in-routine-u-s-enforcement-su/21711893/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘A Sense of Dread’ for Civil Servants Shaken by Trump Transition – MICHAEL D. SHEAR and ERIC LICHTBLAU  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. If I was still working for the federal government, because I have always been a Republican, my Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates would have killed me by now, figuratively, if not literally.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/11/us/politics/a-sense-of-dread-for-civil-servants-shaken-by-trump-transition.html
(FROM THE ARTCILE: Across the vast federal bureaucracy, Donald J. Trump’s arrival in the White House has spread anxiety, frustration, fear and resistance among many of the two million nonpolitical civil servants who say they work for the public, not a particular president. At the Environmental Protection Agency, a group of scientists strategized this past week about how to slow-walk President Trump’s environmental orders without being fired. At the Treasury Department, civil servants are quietly gathering information about whistle-blower protections as they polish their résumés. At the United States Digital Service — the youthful cadre of employees who left jobs at Google, Facebook or Microsoft to join the Obama administration — workers are debating how to stop Mr. Trump should he want to use the databases they made more efficient to target specific immigrant groups.)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINNE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s two-year presidency.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-two-year-presidency/2017/02/10/32c2e4ce-efd9-11e6-9973-c5efb7ccfb0d_story.html
— Federal agents conduct immigration enforcement raids in at least six states – Lisa Rein, Abigail Hauslohner and Sandhya Somashekhar
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/federal-agents-conduct-sweeping-immigration-enforcement-raids-in-at-least-6-states/2017/02/10/4b9f443a-efc8-11e6-b4ff-ac2cf509efe5_story.html
— Stephen Miller: A key engineer for Trump’s ‘America first’ agenda – Rosalind S. Helderman
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/stephen-miller-a-key-engineer-for-trumps-america-first-agenda/2017/02/11/a70cb3f0-e809-11e6-bf6f-301b6b443624_story.html

 

AUSTIN AMERICAN STATEMAN
— Worst protests since 1960s spur states to pursue crackdown – Elise Young and Janan Hanna
http://www.mystatesman.com/news/worst-protests-since-1960s-spur-states-pursue-crackdown/ACu7RbEJCm36pJ7zF7bRML/

 

BARRONS
— Pensions Losing Ground Despite Big Trump Rally  Higher stock prices and bond yields aren’t narrowing the gap between retirement plan assets and liabilities. – RANDALL W. FORSYTH
http://www.barrons.com/articles/pensions-losing-ground-despite-big-trump-rally-1486662336

 

BLOOMBERG
— Watch What Indexing Does for Public Pensions – Marc Levine
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-02-10/watch-what-indexing-does-for-public-pensions
— Are Young Americans Ashamed of Their Debt?  Two of five millennials would rather tell a potential partner about their STDs than their debt, a survey finds. – Suzanne Woolley  (DIERSEN: When you were young, what debts did you have?  In 1971, when I was 23, I took out a car loan to buy a new 1972 Corvette, but I paid that loan off quickly. In 1972, when I was 24, I took out a mortgage to buy a new town home in University Park. In 1974, when I was 25, I took out a mortgage to buy a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago.  In 1976, when I was 27, I traded in that studio condo to the building’s developer and took out a mortgage to buy a one bedroom condo in the building.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-07/40-of-millennials-prefer-to-tell-a-date-about-an-std-than-debt

 

FORBES
— Trump Could Tell Abe: Without Immigrants, Japan Will Lose 44 Million People By Century’s End – Stuart Anderson  (DIERSEN: In America, anti-Trumps promote abortion.)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2017/02/11/trump-could-tell-abe-without-immigrants-japan-will-lose-44-million-people-by-centurys-end/#2107d1042ffe

 

SLATE
— Trump Sticks Press in Basement With Blacked Out Windows While He Golfs – Elliot Hannon
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/02/11/trump_golfs_with_japan_s_abe_press_in_basement_with_blacked_out_windows.html

February 11 Morning Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rauner opposed to Trump sending in National Guard into Chicago – Mike Flannery
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/235146405-story

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner’s Chicago violence plan — more state police – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-exclusive-rauners-chicago-violence-plan-more-state-police/
— Civic Federation plan mirrors some of Senate ‘grand bargain’ – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/civic-federation-plan-mirrors-some-of-senate-grand-bargain/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Why ISIS and Iran’s mullahs love Trump.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/lyons-why-isis-and-irans-mullahs-love-trump/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow that “Swarming crowds and hostile questions are the new normal at GOP town halls.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-gop-town-halls-20170210-story.html
— Partisan fears emerge as DuPage County election commission merger moves forward – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-election-commission-merger-opposition-st-0212-20170210-story.html
— Illinois has the wrong legislature – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-illinois-budget-cullerton-radogno-rauner-madigan-edit-0212-20170210-story.html
— Plans for intermodal terminal in Crete draw a crowd – Mike Nolan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-crete-intermodal-st-0212-20170210-story.html
— Kellyanne Conway expands White House influence by hiring her own chief of staff – Philip Rucker, Ashley Parker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-kellyanne-conway-hires-chief-of-staff-20170210-story.html
— Elect Lake County Board chair sooner than later – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-editorial-county-board-chair-st-0211-20170210-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow that “Roughly 1/4 of refugees in Aurora from countries targeted by Trump ban.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-refugee-st-0212-20170210-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow that “evangelical leaders” talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-refugee-st-0210-20170210-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote Islam.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-coffee-cake-islam-naperville-st-0212-20170210-story.html
— Don’t look for a political message in Ribfest lineup – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps show that they are full of hate.  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-editorial-ribfest-trump-st-0212-20170210-story.html
— Support Naperville Township Team for Lower Taxes slate – Roy Ozols, Naperville
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-voice-letters-opinion-st-0212-20170210-story.html
— Trump says he’s considering writing ‘brand new’ executive order on immigration – Matt Zapotosky, Philip Rucker, Rachel Weiner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-immigration-order-rewrite-20170210-story.html
— ‘Targeted’ immigration operations in Chicago are ‘routine,’ not part of Trump crackdown: officials
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-immigration-officials-national-enforcement-operation-is-routine-not-part-of-trump-crackdown-20170210-story.html
— Mexican mayors visiting Chicago send defiant message to Trump – Robert Channick (DIERSEN: Constructively, Mexico has always been at war against America.  Mexico’s acts of war include a) sending many millions of its citizens into America illegally, b) keeping many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and c) sending many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-mayor-mexico-city-chicago-trade-immigration-0211-biz-20170209-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Having a plan beats no plan, Illinois – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170210/OPINION/170219976/having-a-plan-beats-no-plan-illinois

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Governor candidate Chris Kennedy slams Bruce Rauner, talks up Peoria’s potential – Chris Kaergard
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170210/governor-candidate-chris-kennedy-slams-bruce-rauner-talks-up-peorias-potential

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Trump’s Florida estate stirs protests, spurs ethics debate – AP
http://www.whig.com/article/20170211/AP/302119923#

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois lawmakers pitch automatic voter registration again – AP  (DIERSEN: What percent of illegals use “automatic voter registration?”)
http://www.bnd.com/latest-news/article132037509.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Steve Vogel says “What Rauner could, should say next week.”
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/opinion/columns/vogel-what-rauner-could-should-say-next-week/article_3c5bfa75-c7b1-5738-91af-3268388363dd.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— More cameras, police will watch downtown bar crowd this weekend – Mary Hansen (DIERSEN: How problematic is the “bar crowd” in your municipality?  Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and dupes are heavy drinkers or want to be heavy drinkers.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170210/more-cameras-police-will-watch-downtown-bar-crowd-this-weekend
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The stepped-up patrol is in response to recent fights near late-night bars. “Hopefully, it’ll serve as a deterrent to any devious behavior and capture any issues there might be,” said Chief Kenny Winslow. The bars came under scrutiny after a video of a fight New Year’s Eve surfaced on social media and was aired on local television news. Police also reported a stabbing that took place downtown in the early morning hours last weekend. Bar owners, police and city officials have been discussing ways to address the issues, including adding more patrol officers and upgrading the city’s surveillance camera system.)

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Springfield Welcomes 61 New U.S. Citizens – Matthew Witkos  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at new U.S. citizens that Republicans have caused all the problems that new U.S. citizens have had, that Republicans are causing all the problems that new U.S. are having, and that Republicans will forever cause all the problems that new U.S. citizens will have.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/springfield-welcomes-61-new-us-citizens-02-11-2017

 

WQAD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners promote Kennedy.
http://wqad.com/2017/02/10/chris-kennedy-says-hes-ready-to-take-on-rauner-in-illinois-governors-race/

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners promote Kennedy.
http://www.qconline.com/news/local/governor-candidate-kennedy-blasts-rauner/article_a4262ff9-0abb-5eef-a310-172a62db9f0a.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Rauner Brings in Mediator to Help Strike a Deal – TONY ARNOLD
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/rauner-brings-mediator-help-strike-deal#stream/0

 

JOURNAL TOPICS
— Roskam Responds To Critics Who Claim He Dodges Town Halls  Next Campaign ‘Tele-Town Hall’ Feb. 13; ‘All Are Welcome’ – TOM ROBB
http://www.journal-topics.com/news/article_4faf480e-efd2-11e6-a502-db8f62d0c329.html

 

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— BGA: Elected leaders averse to watchdog group oversight  (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 level, currently $94,610-$122,991.)
http://seillinoisnews.com/stories/511081396-bga-elected-leaders-averse-to-watchdog-group-oversight

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Will Illinois Republican Politicians Lead or Raise Taxes? – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/02/will-illinois-republican-politicians-lead-or-raise-taxes/

 

DAILY CALLER
— There Are Still 117 Court Vacancies To Be Filled By Trump – GAGE COHEN
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/10/there-are-still-117-court-vacancies-to-be-filled-by-trump/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— TEACHER: ‘THE ONLY GOOD TRUMP SUPPORTER IS A DEAD TRUMP SUPPORTER’  Facebook post: ‘Not until the 1st shot is fired will the recovery begin’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps show that they are full of hate.  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wnd.com/2017/02/teacher-the-only-good-trump-supporter-is-a-dead-trump-supporter/

 

JP MEDIA
— He’s Back: Bob Creamer Community Organizing Angry Protests in Illinois – DEBRA HEINE
https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/02/10/hes-back-bob-creamer-community-organizing-angry-protests-in-illinois/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— Networks Swoon Over GOP ‘Feeling the Wrath’ of Liberal Town Hall Protesters – Curtis Houck
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2017/02/10/networks-swoon-over-gop-feeling-wrath-liberal-town-hall-protesters

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— A Federalist Solution to the Federal Bureaucracy – Fred Gentry  (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 d) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/02/a_federalist_solution_to_the_federal_bureaucracy.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The federal bureaucracy was created by Congress and is managed by the executive branch. The structure of the bureaucracy was intended to make it difficult for employees to be fired for political reasons. The Civil Service is comprised for the most part of men and women who perform their daily duties admirably and with distinction. Sadly, the result of Obama’s politicized and weaponized bureaucracy has been a fundamental lack of trust in government by average citizens. The very worst federal employees are shielded from the consequences of their incompetence, indolence, and outright corruption by recalcitrant administrators and union lawyers. Personal accountability appears to have taken a permanent vacation. Indeed, the power of the civil service grows every time an unfireable federal employee thumbs his nose at the rules that govern the private sector. Throughout history no attempt by any president to rein in this bureaucracy has been able to do more than slow its growth; simply put, there is no elected official in Washington DC capable of bringing Leviathan to heel.)

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Bring your rump’ to Chicago, Bobby Rush tells Trump – ANNA GIARITELLI (DIERSEN: It may come out that Rush succeeded in getting my Democrat GAO superiors to force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old so that my Black Democrat subordinate could have my job and have my preferred corner office.  Jim Thompson, Jim Edgar, and their supporters would have no problem with that because they all promote patronage.  SEE: http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/bring-your-rump-to-chicago-bobby-rush-tells-trump/article/2614569
— Democrats skeptical over Trump review of ‘Gang of Eight’ immigration – AL WEAVER
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/democrats-skeptical-over-trump-review-of-gang-of-eight-immigration/article/2614489
— Federal agencies weigh how to satisfy Trump’s demand for ‘extreme vetting’ – GABBY MORRONGIELLO
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/federal-agencies-weigh-how-to-satisfy-trumps-demand-for-extreme-vetting/article/2614404

 

THE HILL
— Trump: I won’t allow immigration to be ‘turned against us’ – MARK HENSCH  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps side with foreign countries and with their citizens AGAINST America and AGAINST its citizens.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/319064-trump-immigration-cant-be-turned-against-us
— Trump line of home items removed from Kmart, Sears – BROOKE SEIPEL  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that not only say that members of the following groups are NOT WANTED, but that they should GO TO HELL: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/319068-trump-line-of-home-items-removed-from-k-mart-sears-report
— Trump taunts Dems for letting ‘Pocahontas’ Warren become ‘face of your party’ – BROOKE SEIPEL (DIERSEN: In your precinct, your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain is the face of the Republican Party.  In your township/ward, the officers of your Republican township/ward party organization are the face of the Republican Party.  In your county, the officers of your Republican county party organization are the face of the Republican Party. In your congressional district, your Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee member is the face of the Republican Party. In Illinois, the IRP officers are the face of the Republican Party.  The aforesaid are obligated a) to defend and advance the IRP platform and b) to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance the IRP platform.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/319060-trump-taunts-dems-for-letting-pocahontas-warren-become-face-of

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Reports of Raids Have (ILLEGALS) Bracing for Enforcement Surge – NICHOLAS KULISH, CAITLIN DICKERSON and LIZ ROBBINS
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/us/immigration-raids-enforcement.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow at their success in filling Republican events with anti-Trumps.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/opinion/help-my-constituents-are-after-me.html
— Shopping Becomes a Political Act in the Trump Era – JULIE CRESWELL and RACHEL ABRAMSF  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say not only that members of the following groups are NOT WANTED, but that they should GO TO HELL: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/business/nordstrom-trump.html
— Campus Politics in the Age of Trump – Brittany Bronson  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump colleges post signs that not only say that members of the following groups are NOT WANTED, but that they should GO TO HELL: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/opinion/campus-politics-in-the-age-of-trump.html
— African Nations Increasingly Silence Internet to Stem Protests – DIONNE SEARCEY and FRANCOIS ESSOMBA  (DIERSEN: Who wants to silence you?  Those who want to silence me are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or they a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/world/africa/african-nations-increasingly-silence-internet-to-stem-protests.html
— Illegal Voting Gets Texas Woman 8 Years in Prison, and Certain Deportation – MICHAEL WINES
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/us/illegal-voting-gets-texas-woman-8-years-in-prison-and-certain-deportation.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Conservative evangelicals leaders join letter denouncing Trump’s order on refugees – Sarah Pulliam Bailey  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/02/08/conservative-evangelicals-join-letter-denouncing-trumps-order-on-refugees/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners promote Kennedy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/10/a-kennedy-is-running-for-governor-in-illinois-does-that-mean-the-kennedys-are-back/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump has been sued more than 60 times since becoming president: A partial survey – Matt Pearce  (DIERSEN: Have you filed lawsuits?  I have.  You should know that with only the rarest of exceptions, defendants in lawsuits spend the rest of their lives trying to destroy those who sued them.  I should write a book about the individuals, companies, and governments that I have sued and their continuing efforts to destroy me.  They would love it.)
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-trump-lawsuits-20170210-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow at their success in filling town hall meetings with anti-Trumps.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/angry-crowds-rule-at-republicans-town-halls-1486716269
— Mexicans Vow to Fight Trump by Jamming U.S. Courts  Group says it will urge compatriots targeted for extradition to fight in court; government allocates funds – JOSÉ DE CÓRDOBA and SANTIAGO PEREZ  (DIERSEN: Constructively, Mexico has always been at war against America.  Mexico’s acts of war include a) sending many millions of its citizens into America illegally, b) keeping many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and c) sending many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexicans-vow-to-fight-trump-by-jamming-u-s-courts-1486768500

 

NEW YORK POST
— Trump calls US legal system ‘broken’ and ‘dangerous’ – Kathianne Boniello  (DIERSEN: What about summary judgment abuse in civil lawsuits, that is, what about Seventh Amendment abuse in civil lawsuits?  From what I see, most if not virtually all plaintiffs in civil lawsuits are improperly denied their Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial.)
http://nypost.com/2017/02/11/trump-calls-us-legal-system-broken-and-dangerous/

 

WDAZ
– (ILLEGAL) Immigrants cross border to Canada following Trump’s travel ban – Scott Cook
http://www.wdaz.com/news/north-dakota/4216332-immigrants-cross-border-canada-following-trumps-travel-ban

 

THE NEW YORKER
— FOOTBALL AND POLITICS – Samuel G. Freedman
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/football-and-politics

 

THE ATLANTIC
— Red State, Blue City  The United States is coming to resemble two countries, one rural and one urban. What happens when they go to war? – Stephan Schmitz  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who hate Protestants, hate conservatives, an/or hate Republicans, but who hypocritically move into or hypocritically stay in Protestant, conservative, and/or Republican areas to hypocritically take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Protestants, conservatives, and/or Republicans have created?)
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/03/red-state-blue-city/513857/
— Can Megyn Kelly Escape Her Past?  Fox News’s former star has downplayed her full role in an ugly election. – CAITLIN FLANAGAN
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/03/can-megyn-kelly-escape-her-past/513842/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— White House Floats Federal Employee Pay Reform, Privatization in Name of Innovation – Eric Katz Februar  (DIERSEN: I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents have always viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 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 33. Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2017/02/calling-government-innovation-white-house-floats-pay-reform-privatization/135341/

February 10 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Rauner Slams AG Madigan, Pushes Plan to Pay State Workers  “As you know, Attorney General Madigan is going into court asking a judge to end state employee pay,” Rauner said. “The Attorney General now believes the state should be shut down until a budget is passed. We do not agree.” – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Rauner-Criticizes-Madigans-Push-to-Halt-Employee-Pay-413327693.html

 

ABC7
— 108 ARRESTED IN ILLINOIS IN SEX STING; 752 ARRESTED ACROSS US
http://abc7chicago.com/news/108-arrested-in-illinois-in-sex-sting;-752-arrested-across-us/1746351/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— New Trier H.S. swings too far left on civil rights – Mona Charen
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/mona-charen-new-trier-h-s-swings-too-far-left-on-civil-rights/
— ALL OF THE FROMT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with any individual, with any organization, with any company, with any government, and with any country that is anti-Trump.  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-draft avoiders, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sweet-court-ruling-on-travel-ban-a-civics-lesson-for-trump/
— Hollywood celebs’ textbook hypocrisy  Then let’s ask ourselves why Hollywood celebrities spend hardly any time hammering the failing schools in their own backyards. – S.E. Cupp
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/s-e-cupp-hollywood-celebs-textbook-hypocrisy/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Civic Federation calls for 40 percent hike in state income tax rate – Monique Garcia  (DIERSEN: If you ask anti-Trumps in Illinois who can and who should pay more taxes, they will say those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  The Civic Federation calls for “eliminating Illinois’ tax exemption on retirement income.”  Of course, operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents favor this because I get a $50,856 Civil Service Retirement System pension, $17,288 federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy, and $2,028 Social Security.  Virtually all the operatives and all the dupes for my critics/opponents are filled with envy, have severe financial, health, and/or other problems, are not earning credits toward any pension, are not receiving any pension, and/or have saved little or nothing for their retirement.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-civic-federation-tax-hike-met-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A nonpartisan budget watchdog group is calling for dramatic action to get the state’s budget back on track, saying Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrats are out of easy choices and need to consider raising taxes, among other things. A five-year plan to be released Friday by the Civic Federation calls for a strict spending limit that caps growth at 1.7 percent a year, hiking the personal income tax rate from 3.75 percent to 5.25 percent, eliminating Illinois’ tax exemption on retirement income and lowering the sales tax rate from 6.25 percent to 5.5 percent but expanding it to apply to more services. The group also calls for the elimination of numerous tax breaks that benefit businesses, saying they “do not provide sufficient public value to justify their cost,” and the consolidation of local units of government. Other suggestions include borrowing billions of dollars to help pay down the state’s massive pile of unpaid bills and creating a rainy day fund to better deal with future cash crises. The sweeping agenda will be a tough sell at the Capitol, where a massive budget proposal with similar tax changes stalled in the Senate this week. But it underlines what Democrats and Republicans alike have acknowledged: The longer the budget impasse continues, the more difficult the solutions could become.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Failure to pivot: President Trump so far no different than impulsive campaigner.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-candidate-trump-president-trump-20170209-story.html
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Illinois lags in new study that ranks states by residents’ well-being – Robert Channick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-illinois-lags-resident-well-being-0210-biz-20170209-story.html
— While politicians bicker, Illinois’ poorest schools slip further behind – Steven Fouts
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-school-funding-formula-illinois-cps-perspec-0210-jm-20170209-story.html
— No, the future is not female – Heather Wilhelm  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote sexism.  Anti-Trumps want women to hate men.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-feminists-future-is-not-female-perspec-0210-20170209-story.html
— Northwestern students, faculty march in Evanston against immigration ban – Genevieve Bookwalter  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “students” and “faculty” talk and act like they mindless operatives or mindless dupes for the Democrat Party.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/news/ct-evr-northwestern-immigration-protest-tl-0209-20170209-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Safe suburbs – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas  (DIERSEN: Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout a) that people who have financial and other problems are more likely to commit crime and b) that Republicans cause all the financial and other problems that people have.  Wheaton’s relatively low crime rate is especially significant given ever-increasing efforts by Democrats to bring people into Wheaton who have financial and other problems.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170210/news/170219964/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Say what you will about the winter weather, road congestion and state politics, but at least the suburbs are among the safest places in America, according to the website www.Neighborhoodscout.com. The site’s annual list of the country’s 100 safest cities (with populations of more than 25,000) includes three suburbs in the top 12 and 18 among the top 100. The highest ranking are Lake in the Hills at 7, Bartlett at 9 and Buffalo Grove at 12. Others ranking highly include Wheaton (32), Hanover Park (37), Huntley (43), Hoffman Estates (46), Arlington Heights (49) and Palatine (51). The site says it compiles its list by crunching data on criminal offenses from more 18,000 law enforcement agencies nationwide.)

 

WLS AM
— State Launches Program To Help Minority Businesses – Nick Gale  (DIERSEN: Even though Democrats run Illinois, Democrats blame Republicans for all problems that minority businesses have had, are having, and will have.)
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/02/09/state-launches-program-to-help-minority-businesses/

 

WTTW
— Republican-Led Congress Hopes for Sweeping Change – Alexandra Silets
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/02/09/republican-led-congress-hopes-sweeping-change

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Yes, small business owners can do something about Chicago’s violence problem – RICHARD MEYERS  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, and/or a poor veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170210/OPINION/170219998
(FROM THE ARTICLE: RECONSIDER YOUR HIRING FRAMEWORK  Small businesses are collectively the largest employer in the Chicago market, yet there is one often overlooked area where they can make a difference: hiring. Here, it is worthwhile to pay attention to the facts, as they differ from intuition. According to a 2015 report from the mayor’s office, once a youth in our city has been detained by the Department of Juvenile Justice, there is an 80 percent chance he or she will return to custody within three years. Understandably, small business owners already face enough challenges in trying to succeed, so they therefore can’t take big risks on employees. But, the data shows, hiring former offenders is not the risk many think it is. The American Job Center network, established by the US Department of Labor and the Department of Education, identifies formerly incarcerated youth who are ready to work, have been prescreened, and have received skill and educational assessments, as well as job readiness, soft skills, and vocational training. By giving former offenders employment opportunities, small businesses can offer them a much better alternative to returning to crime. And according to a study by Florida State University, access to steady jobs can substantially reduce recidivism outcomes. Numerous Fortune 500 corporations, including Apple, AT&T, General Electric, and Kmart, and even the U.S. military, have already paved the way and are hiring these individuals who consistently face significant barriers to employment. Now is the time for small business owners to consider this framework as well.)

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illinois Democrats promote abortion.
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/state/2017-02-09/illinois-house-panel-backs-abortion-protection.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gov. Rauner saddened by, but understands Caterpillar move – Nick Vlahos
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170209/gov-rauner-saddened-by-but-understands-caterpillar-move
— Springfield officials repealing anti-panhandling ordinance – Mary Hansen (DIERSEN: How many panhandlers will the Democrats send into your county, into your township/ward, into your municipality, and into your precinct?)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170209/springfield-officials-repealing-anti-panhandling-ordinance

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— State Legislators: Rauner Should Propose School Funding Plan – AP  (DIERSEN: Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes.)
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/state-legislators-rauner-should-propose-school-funding-plan#stream/0

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Travel ban remains sticking point in Trump calls with U.S. allies – KEVIN LIPTAK (DIERSEN: To some extent, all foreign countries want America to be the “dumping ground” for all the people in the world who have problems.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/travel-ban-remains-sticking-point-in-trump-calls-with-us-allies/654321465

 

WSIL TV
— Trump calls ruling on travel ban a ‘political decision’ – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34471593/trump-calls-ruling-on-travel-ban-a-political-decision
— Iranians celebrate 1979 revolution with rallies – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn America and its citizens as being racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34473101/iranians-celebrate-1979-revolution-with-rallies

 

WAND TV
— Iranians celebrate 1979 revolution with rallies (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn America and its citizens as being racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.wandtv.com/story/34473101/iranians-celebrate-1979-revolution-with-rallies

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Lawmakers, keep ‘Fight for $15’ going  (DIERSEN: If they win that fight, will they fight for a) $25 for jobs that require a high school diploma, b) $35 for jobs that a require a bachelor’s degree, c) $45 for jobs that require a master’s degree, d) $55 for jobs that require a professional certification, and e) $65 for jobs that require a professional license?)
http://herald-review.com/blogs/letters/lawmakers-keep-fight-for-going/article_c53afd59-c82b-5a37-a1d1-549980674b30.html

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Pension payments likely to continue even in case of Illinois government shutdown – John Breslin  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have made it very clear that they would be overjoyed if they could cut if not end a) my Civil Service Retirement System pension, b) my federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy, and c) my Social Security.  Virtually all the operatives and the dupes for my critics/opponents are filled with envy and have severe financial problems.)
http://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511079798-pension-payments-likely-to-continue-even-in-case-of-illinois-government-shutdown

 

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— Kane County Sheriff Don Kramer is hosting “Race Forward,” an important dialogue on race relations and law enforcement, at a Feb. 22 forum in Aurora.  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing Democrats shout that all Whites are vicious racists who should be gotten rid of and especially those Whites who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  How soon, if not already, will Democrats formally call for minorities to declare war against members of the aforesaid groups?)
http://kanecountyconnects.com/2017/02/sheriff-hosts-important-race-relations-forum-feb-22-in-aurora/

 

SANGAMON SUN
— State records reveal voter fraud in Illinois
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511081039-state-records-reveal-voter-fraud-in-illinois

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Will Illinois Pro-Life Citizens Stay Silent? – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/will-illinois-pro-life-citizens-respond/

 

GOPUSA
— Political opponents target Kellyanne with ethics complaint  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat “political opponents” constantly targeted me with all kinds of complaints. They succeeded in getting a) my Democrat GAO superiors to force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, to not promote me beyond GS-13, to keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and to force me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) my Democrat IRS superiors to not promote me beyond GS-12, to disallow my education deductions, and to disallow my partial day per diem claims, and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors to force me resign in 1969 and to disallow my sick leave requests.)
http://www.gopusa.com/political-opponents-target-kellyanne-with-ethics-complaint/
— Trump Must Break Judicial Power – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20508

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Left, not Trump supporters, violent – MARIANNE GASIECKI  (DIERSEN: Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have increasingly promoted, threatened, and committed violence to advance their party’s platform which is anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/9/letter-to-the-editor-left-not-trump-supporters-vio/
(FROM THE LETTER: Over the past year the media has incessantly promoted the idea that conservatives (and more specifically “Trump supporters”) have been inciting violence and hate across the country. The truth is precisely the opposite. Examining the violent crimes that have taken place in the past year reveals that the Democratic Party is responsible for inciting the violence, and that this pattern of oppression through violence is repeated throughout history as far back as the Civil War. According to the FBI, in 2015 violent crimes were up from 2014 by 3.9 percent, and the murder rate spiked by 10.8 percent. This trend was particularly visible in Chicago, Baltimore, and Washington, cities heavily dominated by Democratic legislatures and strict gun-control laws. These three cities account for more than half of the increase, and the trend continued into 2016. Recall the Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011. These protests were riddled with rape, drugs, public defecation, the desecration of war memorials and the destruction of public and private properties. The Occupy movement supported communist leaders in Chicago and was endorsed by the American Nazi Party and President Obama, who stated, “We are on their side.” The House Democrats, led by Nancy Pelosi, sent out an email urging leaders to sign a petition supporting the growing movement. Violence was also on display in the Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore riots, which had the support of Baltimore’s Democratic mayor. But let’s go back even further. The Civil War represented a battle between the pro-slavery Democrats and the anti-slavery Republicans. Southern Democrats so desperately clung to slavery that they fired the first shot near Fort Sumter, choosing war over equal treatment of their fellow man. Following the war, Southern Democrats founded the Ku Klux Klan. To say that every Democrat supports this pattern of violence would be unfair, I know many that are wonderful people. But why would someone choose a party that has been historically oppressive, rather than the party that has promoted liberty and equality through personal responsibility and appropriate legislation?)

 

CNS NEWS
— ‘Disgrace to the Black Race’: Sen. Tim Scott Illustrates How Liberals Show Tolerance – Susan Jones
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/disgrace-black-race-sen-tim-scott-illustrates-how-liberals-show-tolerance

 

BLAZE
— Netflix debuts trailer for ‘Dear White People’ and receives huge backlash – Brandon Morse (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Blacks as their operatives and as their dupes to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Republicans as being racists.  Democrats see Blacks as being their useful idiots.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/09/netflix-debuts-trailer-for-dear-white-people-and-receives-huge-backlash/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The trailer itself begins with the main character Logan Browning sitting in a DJ booth telling white people what Halloween costumes are, and aren’t appropriate. The voiceover continues as footage of stereotypical white fraternity and sorority students are shown. In between that, the words “America needs a voice of reason” appear. After this, footage of black students are seen storming into a house party where white students are supposedly cultural appropriating black culture, and chase them out as they destroy speakers.)

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— BEWARE THE BIG MISTAKE – Kent Kellar  (DIERSEN: Did I make “big mistakes” when I a) did not become a Democrat when I was in grade school and remained a Democrat in recognition of the fact that Democrats have always dominated northeast Illinois, b) took a job washing dishes when I was 16 and held that job for 18 months, c) took jobs cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline when I was 17, d) took a job delivering mail when I was 18 and held that job for almost 3 years, e) obtained and held student draft deferments when I was 18, 19, 20, and 21, f) obtained and held a financial hardship draft deferment when I was 21 and 22, g) became an IRS Revenue Officer when I was 22 and held that job for almost 9 years, h) became a GAO Analyst when I was 31 and held that job for almost 18 years, i) gave up trying to have children, not adopting, and not becoming a foster parent, j) failed to paint myself as being a yes-man, an operative, or a dupe for whoever has the most clout, k) etc.?)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/02/09/beware-the-big-mistake/

 

REAL CLEAR POLICS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump has appointed too many advisors and that the federal government is paying them too much. My critics/opponents have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 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 33.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/02/10/trump_pays_top_west_wing_advisers_180000_133048.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Roommates Wanted. Trump Supporters Need Not Apply. – KATIE ROGERS  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that not only say that members of the following groups are not wanted, but that they should “GO TO HELL,” Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  How should members of the aforesaid groups react?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/us/politics/roommates-trump-supporters.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Staying true to yourself in the age of Trump: A how-to guide for federal employees – Maria J. Stephan  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. If I had been a Democrat, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old notwithstanding the fact that I am White, male, and a non-veteran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2017/02/10/staying-true-to-yourself-in-the-age-of-trump-a-how-to-guide-for-federal-employees/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Polarizing HHS nominee Tom Price confirmed by Senate on party-line vote.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/polarizing-hhs-nominee-nears-confirmation-vote-in-the-senate/2017/02/09/a1a81858-eeff-11e6-9662-6eedf1627882_story.html
— Federal managers say Trump’s hiring freeze hurts government – Joe Davidson  (DIERSEN: Democrats run GAO.  During almost all the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency was under Republican mandated hiring freezes and/or promotion freezes.  My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious about that.  They took their anger out on me, one of the few remaining Republicans that the agency employed.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/10/federal-managers-say-trumps-hiring-freeze-hurts-government/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Democrats find their voice in the protests against President Trump.”
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-democrats-analysis-20170205-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Retailers Are Caught in Political Fights Over Trump  Social media groups fuel protests as divided nation endorses some brands and boycotts others – SUZANNE KAPNER and  SARA GERMANO  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump retailers post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/retailers-are-caught-in-political-fights-over-trump-1486685345
— You May Be in a Risky Business if Regulators Find It Distasteful  Obama’s FDIC targeted payday lenders, among others, due to ‘personal moral judgments.’ – CHARLES W. CALOMIRIS  (DIERSEN: What do you do?  I send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  Who finds that what you do is distasteful? The following find what I do to be distasteful: those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-may-be-in-a-risky-business-if-regulators-find-it-distasteful-1486686512
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trade-punishment-for-trump-voters-1486686758

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page editorial with photos of Bannon and Sessions unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps promote Islam.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/02/09/how-some-trump-advisors-see-islam-their-own-words/97662862/
— More and more Americans are renouncing their U.S. citizenship — here’s why – Herb Jackson  (DIERSEN: What do say to those who put making more money ahead of everything else?  My critics/operatives, their operatives, and their dupes put making more money ahead of just about everything else.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/09/more-and-more-americans-renouncing-their-us-citizenship-heres-why/97697158/
— Being black in tech can cost you $10k a year – Jessica Guynn  (DIERSEN: If Diersen v. GAO had gone to trial, I would have shown the jury many examples in which my Democrat GAO superiors paid my coworkers and subordinates who were minority, female, and/or younger than me and who had less job-related work experience, less job-related education, and/or fewer professional certifications and licenses than I had HIGHER SALARIES THAN GAO PAID ME.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/02/09/being-black-tech-can-cost-you-10k-year/97695196/

February 9 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Senators question Todd Ricketts’ campaign fundraising ahead of confirmation hearing – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-todd-ricketts-donald-trump-senate-confirmation-story.html
— California goes Confederate – Victor Davis Hanson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-california-secession-calexit-trump-20170209-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens, that is, ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-syria-immigrant-trump-muslim-ban-perspec-0209-jm-20170208-story.html
— Sen. Rand Paul’s war with the neocons – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-rand-paul-kass-0209-20170208-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— No way around it. Trump represents all of us – Phil Kadner  (DIERSEN: Members of the following groups say that Trump does not represent them: anti-Trumps, anti-Protestants, anti-conservatives, anti-Republicans, anti-Americans, anti-Whites, anti-males, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/kadner-no-way-around-it-trump-represents-all-of-us/
— Johnson identifies ‘nominators’ of 40 sergeants promoted on merit – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government got rid of those who successfully nominated me to be promoted in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1986.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/johnson-identifies-nominators-of-40-sergeants-promoted-on-merit/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Without budget, Illinois can’t fill gaps feds may create – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Just kidding, but not completely.  Will the Democrats who run Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago ask foreign countries, and especially Mexico, to bail out Illinois?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170209/discuss/170208893/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a news article, Democrats promote Syria and its citizens.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170209/news/170208900/

 

WTTW
— Illinois Budget: ‘Grand Bargain’ or Bust? – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/02/08/illinois-budget-grand-bargain-or-bust

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Lewandowski: Trump tapped anger, understood the people – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170208/lewandowski-trump-tapped-anger-understood-people

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Former Trump Campaign Manager Makes Stop In Springfield – Esther Kwon
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/former-trump-campaign-manager-makes-stop-in-springfield

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s assertions echo site filled with tales of dark plots.”
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34457872/trumps-assertions-echo-site-filled-with-tales-of-dark-plots

 

DAILY NORTH SHORE
— High School Insider: New Trier Parents Challenge Seminar – Maggie Curry
https://jwcdaily.com/2017/02/08/high-school-insider-new-trier-parents-challenge-agenda-of-race-seminar/

 

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2017/02/09/city/illinois-democrats-seek-to-protect-abortion-access/

 

CHICAGO INNO
— Facebook Will Boost Chicago Presence in 2017  The social media giant is hiring for 30 new roles, citing Chicago’s talent pipeline and attractiveness to new candidates – Karis Hustad  (DIERSEN: What percent of these 30 new hires will be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors – 98%, 99%, 100%)
http://chicagoinno.streetwise.co/2017/02/08/facebook-will-boost-chicago-presence-in-2017/

 

CHICAGO NOW
— The Cullerton-Radogno Grand Bargain IL Budget/Reforms not even close to done? – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/02/the-cullerton-radogno-grand-bargain-il-budgetreforms-not-even-close-to-done/

 

SAGAMON SUN
— Illinois voter data analysis finds voters registered two, three, even four times
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511080504-illinois-voter-data-analysis-finds-almost-25-000-voters-registered-twice

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS LAST IN JOBS GROWTH, FIRST IN MANUFACTURING LOSSES IN 2016 – Michael Lucci
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-last-in-jobs-growth-first-in-manufacturing-losses-in-2016/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner takes his anti-Madigan message to state workers, threatens to veto payroll bill
http://capitolfax.com/2017/02/09/rauner-takes-his-anti-madigan-message-to-state-workers/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illinois Democrats and RINOs “get behind” an anti-male agenda.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/8/the-latest-illinois-lawmakers-get-behind-pro-women/

 

FOX NEWS
— Phony Native American Liz Warren leads Dems twisted anti-Trump charge – Sean Hannity
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/02/09/sean-hannity-phony-native-american-liz-warren-leads-dems-twisted-anti-trump-charge.html

 

GOPUSA
— Get out of the big cities to find Trump supporters
http://www.gopusa.com/get-out-of-the-big-cities-to-find-trump-supporters/
— Leftists are Fake Feminists
http://www.gopusa.com/leftists-are-fake-feminists/
— Leftists turning blind eye to jihadists
http://www.gopusa.com/leftists-turning-blind-eye-to-jihadists/
— Protesters Try to Prevent Deportation of Woman Convicted of Identity Theft  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps put foreign criminals ahead of Americans.)
http://www.gopusa.com/protesters-try-to-prevent-deportation-of-woman-convicted-of-identity-theft/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— 15 Anti-Trump Fake News Stories: To Destroy Trump the Media Now Leads With Fake News Every Day – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/02/08/15-anti-trump-fake-news-stories-destroy-trump-media-now-leads-fake-news-every-day/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Bill Kristol Says ‘Lazy’ White Working Class Should Be Replaced By ‘New Americans’ – Alex Pfeiffer  (DIERSEN: Do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and/or their dupes say that you are lazy? In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 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 33.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/08/bill-kristol-says-lazy-white-working-class-should-be-replaced-by-new-americans/
— Leftists Likely To Boycott This Company For Praising Donald Trump – JACK KOCSIS  (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if not already, if you support Trump, anti-Trump individuals, anti-Trump organizations, anti-Trump companies, anti-Trump governments, and anti-Trump countries will boycott you. I should write a book about anti-Trump individuals, anti-Trump organizations, anti-Trump companies, and anti-Trump governments in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois that boycott me.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/08/under-armour-trump/

 

NEWSMAX
— Ted Cruz Slams Democrats: ‘Filled With Rage and Fury’ – Todd Beamon
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsmax-Tv/Democrats-Senate-election-American/2017/02/08/id/772683/

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— The Measure of Your Generosity – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: To give themselves standing to demonize, denigrate, and condemn me and others who share my demographics, my disgusting critic/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint themselves as being very generous and they crow that they are a member of a church, that they attend church services, and/or that they give money to a church.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/02/09/the-measure-of-your-generosity/

 

BLAZE
— As more retailers drop Ivanka’s clothing line, President Trump slaps back on Twitter – Sarah Lee  (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if not already, if you support Trump, anti-Trump individuals, anti-Trump organizations, anti-Trump companies, anti-Trump governments, and anti-Trump countries will drop you. I should write a book about anti-Trump individuals, anti-Trump organizations, anti-Trump companies, and anti-Trump governments in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois that have dropped me.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/08/as-more-retailers-drop-ivankas-clothing-line-president-trump-slaps-back-on-twitter/
— T.J. Maxx and Marshalls instruct employees to toss out signs for Ivanka Trump products – Brandon Morse
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/08/t-j-maxx-and-marshalls-instruct-employees-to-toss-out-signs-for-ivanka-trump-products/
— Tim Scott reads bigoted insults tweeted to him for supporting Sessions nomination – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/08/tim-scott-reads-bigoted-insults-tweeted-to-him-for-supporting-sessions-nomination/

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” act as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat Party.  Democrats view these “religious leaders” as being “useful idiots.”)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/08/politics/evangelicals-ad-trump/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote Islam.  If they succeed in getting rid of Trump, will they force everyone in the world to be a Muslim?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/09/opinion/all-of-islam-isnt-the-enemy.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: CNN Journalist Braces for Backlash After Clash With Trump Adviser – Daniel Victor (DIERSEN: As your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, I am always bracing for backlashes because each and every GOPUSA ILLINOIS email that I send out contains at least one link to an article that my critics/opponents disapprove of.  My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn. in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. It seems to me that they attend church services solely to ask GOD to smite me down.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/business/media/jake-tapper-kellyanne-conway.html
— A Low-Tech Guide to Becoming More Politically Active – BRIAN X. CHEN  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents do NOT want you to “stay educated.” They want you to rely on them and only on them for all information.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/technology/personaltech/a-low-tech-guide-to-becoming-more-politically-active.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Stay Educated  The first challenge to getting more politically active is filtering out the torrent of political news to understand what you should care about. One high-level approach is to read the executive orders posted on the White House website. Beyond that, following your members of Congress is an important way to get deeper information, says Indivisible, an activism guide published by former congressional staff members. These are the people who introduce legislation, so keeping up with them is crucial if you want to be more politically active. After identifying your members of Congress, visit their websites and sign up to receive their newsletters and invitations to local events. You can create Google News alerts on certain lawmakers to keep up with their actions. Another approach is following the legislation you care about. Mr. Tauberer’s tool, GovTrack.us, lets you share your location, select an issue and view the bills that have been introduced. For example, Senator Dianne Feinstein of California introduced a bill to nullify the effect of the executive order on immigration. The site says there is a 7 percent chance of the bill being enacted. You could then contact Ms. Feinstein’s office to say you support or oppose her bill.)
— Federal Workers Get Guidance for Discussing the Politics of Trump – CHARLIE SAVAGE and JONATHAN WEISMAN  (DIERSEN: If I was still working for GAO, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would have killed me by now figuratively if not literally.  They would blame me for Trump’s election just like anti-Trumps blame me for Trump’s election in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/09/us/politics/donald-trump-administration.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With the president already running for re-election, federal workers get guidance on office politics  The day President Trump took the oath of office, he filed paperwork to declare his candidacy for re-election, not so much because he was overeager but because money was still flowing into his campaign coffers, and any funds raised over $5,000 in 2017 would have had to be returned unless Mr. Trump registered as a candidate. And we know the president doesn’t like refunds. So what’s a federal employee to do with a boss who was technically running for office the day he stepped into the Oval Office? The Office of Special Counsel has answers. It has told federal employees that they may not express a view about whether Mr. Trump should be re-elected or defeated in 2020 while on duty or in the workplace, but it assured them that they were otherwise free to express support or disapproval about Mr. Trump and his policies. A new guidance document (https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3457194-2017-Hatch-Act-Trump-Guidance.html) was issued on Tuesday after the office said that it had received numerous inquiries about the impact of Mr. Trump’s filing for re-election. In contrast, former President Barack Obama filed such paperwork more than two years after his inauguration. The office — an independent agency that watchdogs civil-service protections — said that with the exception of expressly advocating Mr. Trump’s success or failure in the 2020 election, federal employees were still pretty free. “Because the 2020 election is still more than three years away, at this time not all expressions of support or opposition to President Trump constitute political activity for purposes of the Hatch Act,” which prohibits federal employees from politicking, it said. The office also developed a new answer to its list of frequently asked question (https://osc.gov/Pages/HatchAct-FAQs.aspx) that spells out with greater detail the scope and limits of federal employees’ right to express their views while they are at work or on duty. The new answer distinguished between expressing a view about current events, policy issues and matters of public interest — which federal employees are always free to do — and political activity, meaning advocating the success or failure of a particular political candidate or party.)
— TRAGIC: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Almost Half of Young Adults Get Rent Help From Parents – Quoctrung Bui (DIERSEN: Did your parents help pay your rent after you graduated from college?  My parents did not.  My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 years old.  I graduated from NIU in 1970 when I was 21 years old. After I graduated, I lived with my mother and brother in Crete and helped pay the bills until September of 1972 when I bought a new town home in University Park.  When I bought the town home, I worked as a GS-9 (currently $54,864) IRS Revenue Officer in Harvey and I worked part-time at the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/09/opinion/all-of-islam-isnt-the-enemy.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Steve Bannon is still making money from ‘Seinfeld’ reruns – Victoria Craw  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would say that I am still getting money from the federal government even though my last day of work there was September 30, 1997.)
http://nypost.com/2017/02/08/steve-bannon-is-still-making-money-from-seinfeld-reruns/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial unethically made to look like a news article, members of the following groups promote Mexico over America: those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rexnord-plows-ahead-with-mexico-plans-despite-trumps-pressure-1486555201
— Even Donald Trump Can’t Save Twitter  If Twitter can’t materially benefit from a phenomenon like Trump, it probably won’t from anything else either – STEVEN RUSSOLILLO
https://www.wsj.com/articles/even-donald-trump-cant-save-twitter-1486585567
— Who’s Afraid of Student Journalists?  The American Association of University Professors likens reporting on campus to ‘witch hunts.’ – JOHN J. MILLER (DIERSEN: Those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, DuPage County, and in Illinois who are terrified of the GOPUSA Illinois Editor are publicly rude to him.  Should I write a book about the aforesaid disgusting losers and their rudeness?  They want me to take my shoes off and throw them at them.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/whos-afraid-of-student-journalists-1486597340
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Canada Puts Stock in Immigrants – DAVID GEORGE-COSH and PAUL VIEIRA  (DIERSEN: What percent of “immigrants” go to Canada because it is easier to get into America illegally from there?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/canadas-population-hits-35-million-1486576956

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trump employers make it clear a) that they will only hire those who are anti-Trump and b) that they will get rid of all their current employees who are not anti-Trump.
http://time.com/money/4658376/refugee-jobs-ban-trump-starbucks-chobani/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps call for “All The Companies Still Carrying Ivanka Trump’s Products” to stop carrying the products.  How should Trump react?
http://time.com/money/4663700/companies-selling-ivanka-trump/

 

CAMPAIGNS & ELECTIONS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Democrat Party organizes anti-Trumps.
https://www.campaignsandelections.com/campaign-insider/the-trump-opposition-self-organizes

 

FED SMITH
— There are better ways to enact changes to the federal civil service laws than vilifying federal employees – Wayne Coleman  (DIERSEN: Who vilifies you?  The following vilify me, and I take it as a badge of honor: those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/02/08/some-thoughts-for-the-new-president-and-congress-regarding-federal-employment/

 

ALJAZEERA
— More Americans joining socialist groups under Trump  Socialist groups see huge spike in membership as they join protests against US President Donald Trump. – Patrick Strickland  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps a) promote dependency on government and b) reject individual responsibility.)
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/02/americans-joining-socialist-groups-trump-170205083615002.html

February 7 Evening Edition

WGN TV & CLTV
— All CPS students sent home with letter accusing Gov. Rauner of ‘cheating’ kids
http://wgntv.com/2017/02/07/all-cps-students-sent-home-with-letter-accusing-gov-rauner-of-cheating-kids/
http://cltv.com/2017/02/07/all-cps-students-sent-home-with-letter-accusing-gov-rauner-of-cheating-kids/

 

CBS2
— 4th Ward Incumbent Has Emanuel’s Backing, But Is That Good? – Dorothy Tucker
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/07/4th-ward-incumbent-has-emanuels-backing-but-is-that-good/

 

NBC5
— Here’s How Illinois Senators Voted on Betsy Devos’ Confirmation – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/heres-how-illinois-senators-voted-on-betsy-devos-confirmation-413070883.html
— Emanuel: Democrats Should ‘Take a Chill Pill’ Following Election Losses – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/emanuel-dems-should-take-a-chill-pill-following-election-losses-413060013.html
— Trump Compares Chicago to War-Torn Middle Eastern Country  During the meeting, Trump claimed the country’s murder rate is the highest it’s been in nearly 50 years, pointing to the ongoing crisis in Chicago. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Trump-Chicagos-Become-So-Sad-413051763.html
— CTU Calls DeVos a ‘Nightmare’ Following Senate Confirmation  “Choosing Betsy DeVos to lead the Department of Education was one of the first in what will surely be a series of horrific decisions made by the Trump administration,” a statement from the CTU said. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/CTU-Calls-DeVos-a-Nightmare-Following-Senate-Confirmation-413098573.html

 

ABC7
— TRUMP’S PICK FOR LABOR SECRETARY HIRED UNDOCUMENTED WORKER – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trumps-pick-for-labor-secretary-hired-undocumented-worker/1741695/
— WHITE HOUSE RELEASES LIST OF ‘UNDER-REPORTED TERRORIST ATTACKS’ – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/white-house-releases-list-of-under-reported-terrorist-attacks/1741074/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump again calls out Chicago on violence and repeats debunked murder rate claim.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-donald-trump-chicago-crime-20170207-story.html
— City Hall’s CPS blame game: Why isn’t Claypool pounding on his fellow Democrats to fix their fiasco? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-rauner-claypool-chicago-public-schools-budget-edit-0208-20170207-story.html
— Northwestern University investigates reports of sex assaults, drugging at frats – Stacy St. Clair and Gregory Pratt
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-northwestern-date-rape-alert-fraternity-20170207-story.html
— Melania Trump’s lawyers cite ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ opportunity for first lady to boost her personal brand
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-melania-trump-lawsuit-20170207-story.html
— Dueling letters draw CPS parents into battle over funding – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-bruce-rauner-chicago-school-budget-met-20170207-story.html
— Rahm Emanuel is wrong — Dems need adrenaline, not a ‘chill pill,’ to beat Trump’s GOP – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-rahm-emanuel-democrats-chill-pill-wrong-perspec-0208-jm-20170207-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s obsession with (his own) fake news”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-trump-lies-fake-news-kellyanne-conway-perspec-20170207-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Let’s all hope the Boy President has a soul.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-boy-president-garrison-keillor-20170207-story.html
— Is Trump the new Teddy Roosevelt? – Evan Fazio
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-teddy-roosevelt-trump-comparison-perspec-0208-md-20170207-story.html
— Illinois Senate looking at higher sales tax on food, drugs – Monique Garcia and Haley BeMiller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-senate-budget-taxes-met-0208-20170207-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump hits Chicago again: Worse than some places in Middle East – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-hits-chicago-again-worse-than-some-places-in-middle-east/
— Pence breaks tie, Trump’s ed secretary DeVos confirmed – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/senate-set-to-ok-trumps-ed-secretary-devos-by-narrowest-margin/amp/
— Rauner’s schools chief tells parents CPS created its own mess – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauners-schools-chief-tells-parents-cps-created-its-own-mess/amp/
— Conway says Trump wants to talk to Rahm about crime help – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-conway-says-trump-wants-to-talk-to-rahm-about-crime-help/amp/
— ‘Nerves are raw’ on NU campus after drugging, sex-assault reports – Andy Grimm, Stefano Esposito and Sam Charles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/nerves-are-raw-on-nu-campus-after-drugging-sex-assault-reports/
— Ald. Santiago ‘feels violated’ after home burglary, hate mail – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ald-santiago-feels-violated-after-home-burglary-hate-mail/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage sheriff to seek federal grant for body cameras – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170207/news/170209103/
— Dan Proft addresses Wheeling Township GOP on Saturday
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170207/news/170209086/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How much does Illinois depend on Mexico trade? – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the Democrats who run Illinois ask Mexico to bail out Illinois, that is, to give Illinois many billions of dollars?  For that money, how soon, if not already, will the Democrats who run Illinois promise to get rid the remaining individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, 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 that are still in Illinois?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170207/BLOGS02/170209871/how-much-does-illinois-depend-on-mexico-trade

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Uptown rally protests Trump agenda, Davis’ support – Derek Beigh
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/uptown-rally-protests-trump-agenda-davis-support/article_44244fde-746d-5674-ac70-f6e3aa682284.html

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote those who are anti-Trunp.
http://qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/syrian-man-leads-pledge-of-allegiance-at-citizenship-event/article_f7c91359-3e7c-5ed1-bdf1-6af0d24abe6a.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— House GOP leaders want more security at town halls  Call comes after unruly Obamacare protests – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/house-gop-leaders-want-more-security-at-town-halls/651881343
— Homeland chief: ‘Thousands’ of Syrian fighters could reach U.S.  John Kelly has defended the ban – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/homeland-chief-i-should-have-delayed-order-on-immigration/651638855

 

WSIL TV
— As Trump fears fraud, GOP votes to kill federal election assistance commission – AP  (DIERSEN: According to official DuPage County Election Commission records, there were 506 registered voters in my Milton Township Precinct 9 for the November 8, 2016 general election, 393 voted, and Trump got only 137 votes, even though 187 of those who voted were Republicans. For the March 15, 2016 primary election, 182 cast Republican ballots and 93 voted for Kasich, 49 for Cruz, 21 for Trump, and 15 for Rubio.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34448139/as-trump-fears-fraud-gop-votes-to-kill-election-commission

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
– Class-action suit in St. Clair County alleges scratch-off lottery rigged – CASEY BISCHEL AND BRIAN BRUEGGEMAN
http://wgntv.com/2017/02/07/all-cps-students-sent-home-with-letter-accusing-gov-rauner-of-cheating-kids/

 

STATELINE
— TREASONOUS: Proposed Bill Would Make Illinois a ‘Sanctuary State’ for Illegal Immigrants  Legislation would create ‘Safe Zones’ for at various facilities statewide
http://www.mystateline.com/news/proposed-bill-would-make-illinois-a-sanctuary-state-for-illegal-immigrants/651651973

 

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump inching towards the Blago blueprint.”
http://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/columnists/christian-schneider/2017/02/07/schneider-trump-inching-towards-blago-blueprint/97595758/

 

CHICAGO NOW
— IL Chamber’s Masich discusses the Cullerton-Radogno Grand Bargain – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/02/il-chambers-masich-discusses-the-cullerton-radogno-grand-bargain-part-i/

 

DNA INFO
— Rauner Fires Back At CPS Cuts, Calling Them ‘Curiously Timed, Unfortunate’ – Heather Cherone
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170207/hermosa/rauner-fires-back-at-cps-cuts-calling-them-curiously-timed-unfortunate

 

WILMETTE PATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Wilmette Protest: Demonstrators Brave Freezing Cold to Oppose Pres. Donald Trump  North Shore residents gathered Saturday to protest against Trump’s policies on immigration, refugees and other issues.”
http://patch.com/illinois/wilmette/wilmette-demonstrators-brave-freezing-cold-oppose-pres-donald-trump

 

UIC NEWS CENTER
— Lincoln Laureate aspires to help others – Tim Goldrick (DIERSEN: What did you do when you were a full-time college student?  Instead of helping others, I selfishly worked part-time during the school years and I selfishly worked full-time during the summers.  Instead of using the money that I earned to help others, I selfishly bought two new cars (1968 Oldsmobile 442 and 1969 Dodge Charger SE) and I selfishly paid for all my college expenses at UIC and at NIU. Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty. If I sought a government office or a political office, by critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would use the aforesaid against me.)
https://news.uic.edu/lincoln-laureate-aspires-to-help-others
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rafid Rahman had a simple objective when he began classes at UIC four years ago. He just wanted to help others.
“One thing my parents have always told me is, ‘Wherever you go, at any stage of your life, you can always give back,’” said Rahman, a senior in anthropology and biology. “Even if it is really small, there’s something you can do to help your community. So I really wanted that to be the focus of any club I joined.” Fast-forward seven semesters, and the Springfield native is being honored for his strong commitment to service with the Lincoln Laureate, an award given to a senior at each undergraduate institution in Illinois. “I’m super honored,” he said. “I can’t say that enough. So many people that I know here have done great things and made UIC such a great campus, and I don’t think this campus would be the same without any of them. To be recognized out of those people and be the sole winner of this award, I’m truly honored.” In total, 56 students across the state named Lincoln Laureates, which takes into account public service and academics. Gov. Bruce Rauner joined the Lincoln Academy of Illinois in recognizing the students at the Old State Capitol Nov. 12. Rauner presented the students with a certificate of merit, a medal of Lincoln and a $1,000 check from the Lincoln Academy.)

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Illinois may be heading for recession, think tank reports – Tabitha Fleming
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511075885-illinois-may-be-heading-for-recession-think-tank-reports

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Choose Life: Defund Abortion-Centric Planned Parenthood – Tami Jackson
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/choose-life-defund-abortion-centric-planned-parenthood/

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Two Minute Warning: “Republican” Minority Leader Radogno Looking Out For Herself Not You – Pat Hughes
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/two-minute-warning-republican-minority-leader-radogno-looking-out-for-herself-not-you

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER: NEW TRIER HIGH SCHOOL TO HOST ONE-SIDED RACE SEMINAR
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/thorner-new-trier-high-school-to-host-one-sided-race-seminar.html
— DEVOS CONFIRMED AS SECRETARY OF EDUCATION, PENCE BREAKS TIE VOTE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/devos-confirmed-as-secretary-of-education.html
— IL GOP BLASTS EMANUEL FOR CHICAGO SCHOOL BUDGET CUTS?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/il-gop-blasts-emanuel-for-chicago-school-budget-cuts.html
— AGAIN, GUTIERREZ COMPLAINS ABOUT TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S IMMIGRATION POLICY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/again-gutierrez-complains-about-trump-administrations-immigration-policy.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Proft says his donors want GOPs like Radogno who are negotiating “surrender” with Dems “removed from the battlefield”
http://capitolfax.com/2017/02/07/proft-says-his-donors-want-gops-like-radogno-who-are-negotiating-surrender-with-dems-removed-from-the-battlefield/
— ILGOP lashes out at Emanuel
http://capitolfax.com/2017/02/07/ilgop-lashes-out-at-emanuel/
— Poll of Illinois Republicans finds support for unions  (DIERSEN: Virtually all my Republican critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are vehemently anti-union.  I was a union member for almost 12 years.)
http://capitolfax.com/2017/02/07/poll-of-illinois-republicans-finds-support-for-unions/
— Emanuel on deal-making and dealing with Trump
http://capitolfax.com/2017/02/07/emanuel-on-deal-making-and-dealing-with-trump/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Liberal Illogic: A Fetus Isn’t Human… Unless It’s a ‘Transgender’ Fetus – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/02/06/liberal-illogic-fetus-isnt-human-unless-transgender-fetus/

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— The looming fight over legal immigration – Chris Stirewalt
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/07/looming-fight-over-legal-immigration.html
— DeVos foes now claiming her policies could ‘kill children,’ ruin public schools
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/07/devos-foes-now-claiming-her-policies-could-kill-children-ruin-public-schools.html

 

NEWSMAX
— OUTSTANDING: Texas Gov. Abbott Cracks Down on Sanctuary Cities, Withholds State Funds – Jason Devaney  (DIERSEN: When will Rauner crack down on the sanctuary cities in Illinois?)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsmax-Tv/greg-abbott-sanctuary-cities-withholds-texas/2017/02/07/id/772461/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Rattled By SNL Sketch, Spicer Played By Woman.”
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/sean-spicer-snl-skit-trump/2017/02/06/id/772285/
— Congressional GOP Confronted by Protesters in Their Hometowns – Jeffrey Rodack
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/protests-Republicans-congress-GOP/2017/02/07/id/772397/

 

THE BLAZE
— Chicago public schools send kids home with ‘political propaganda’ against Trump, GOP – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/07/chicago-public-schools-send-kids-home-with-political-propaganda-against-trump-gop/
— Trump immigrant-ban protesters asked if they’d let refugees live with them. Here’s how they respond. – Dave Urbanski
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/07/trump-immigrant-ban-protesters-asked-if-theyd-let-refugees-live-with-them-heres-how-they-respond/

 

DAILY CALLER
— In Their Own Words: Anti-Trump ‘Resistance’ Leaders Say They Want To Make America ‘Ungovernable’ – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/06/in-their-own-words-anti-trump-resistance-leaders-say-they-want-to-make-america-ungovernable/
— White House Releases List Of Terror Attacks It Considers Underreported By The Media – Kaitlan Collins
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/06/the-78-terror-attacks-the-white-house-believes-the-dishonest-media-underreported/
— Hillary Clinton Declares: ‘The Future Is Female’ – Chuck Ross
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/06/hillary-clinton-declares-the-future-is-female-video/
— Trump Says White House Leaks Coming From Obama Admin Holdovers – KERRY PICKET
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/06/trump-says-white-house-leaks-coming-from-obama-admin-holdovers/
— UC Berkeley Rioter Identified As University Staff Member – Justin Caruso
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/06/uc-berkeley-rioter-identified-as-university-staff-member/
— New Poll Shows Most Americans Support President Trump’s Immigration Ban – Kaitlan Collins
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/07/new-poll-shows-most-americans-support-president-trumps-immigration-ban/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— TRUMP PROVEN RIGHT: MEDIA SPINNING TERROR STORIES – LEO HOHMANN
http://www.wnd.com/2017/02/trump-proven-right-media-spinning-terror-stories/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— A Super Bowl ad offends against the truth. – Dennis Prager
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444672/super-bowl-audi-ad-mendacious

 

POLITICO
— Trump meets with sheriffs who back his border plans – MATTHEW NUSSBAUM
http://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2017/02/trump-meets-sheriffs-white-house-234735

 

THE HILL
— Trump says he sleeps 4-5 hours a night – REBECCA SAVRANSKY
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/318428-trump-says-he-sleeps-4-5-hours-a-night
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump regrets hiring Spicer, blames Priebus.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/318385-report-trump-regrets-hiring-spicer-blames-priebus
— Republican lawmakers face rising anger at town halls – JONATHAN EASLEY
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/318175-republican-lawmakers-face-rising-anger-at-town-halls

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Government By Outburst.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/government-by-outburst_us_58991b3be4b061551b3e02ae

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “White House ramping up search for communications director after Spicer’s rocky start.”
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/07/politics/sean-spicer-white-house-communications/
— GOP senators aim to cut legal immigration by half – Ashley Killough  (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants who will vote for Democrats.  RINOs want immigrants who will work for less money.)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/07/politics/cotton-perdue-immigration-bill/
— In 2012 interviews, Steve Bannon compared protesters on the left to the Nazi Brownshirts – Andrew Kaczynski
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/07/politics/kfile-steve-bannon-brownshirts/

 

NEW YORK POST
— My 22-year marriage didn’t survive Trump’s election – Yaron Steinbuch  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote hatred against Trump and against his supporters.)
http://nypost.com/2017/02/07/my-22-year-marriage-didnt-survive-trumps-election/

 

OMAHA WORLD HERALD
— Creighton OKs Turning Point USA campus chapter that put English professor on ‘Watchlist’ – Rick Ruggles
http://www.omaha.com/news/education/creighton-oks-campus-chapter-of-conservative-group-that-put-english/article_45cced2e-011d-5ed7-8f63-78c7b200114e.html

 

BLOOMBERG
— Illinois Faces Further Downgrades If Budget Deal Not Reached – Eric Englert
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-02-07/illinois-faces-further-downgrades-if-budget-deal-proves-elusive

 

FORBES
— Why Trump Will Let China’s Smart Elite Invest In The U.S. – Ralph Jennings
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ralphjennings/2017/02/07/trump-is-open-to-investment-from-chinas-smart-elite/#1c9208c75fcb

 

BUREAU OF NATIONAL AFFAIRS
— Roskam Urges Fast Tax Overhaul As Border Debate Continues – Kaustuv Basu and Aaron E. Lorenzo
https://www.bna.com/rep-roskam-urges-n57982083438/?mc_cid=16c26d9504&mc_eid=2161c2039e

 

FED SMITH
— First Agency Up for Elimination: Election Assistance Commission – Ralph R. Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/02/07/first-agency-up-for-elimination-election-assistance-commission/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Average January retirement surge falls short of alarmist predictions – David Thornton  (DIERSEN: Democrats continue to run the federal government and federal employees know it.  Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.)
http://federalnewsradio.com/retirement/2017/02/average-january-retirement-surge-falls-short-alarmist-predictions/

 

FEDWEEK
— Retirement No Longer a Certain Thing
http://www.fedweek.com/publishers-perspective/retirement-no-longer-certain-thing/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Democrats Think Muslims Worse Off Here Than Christians Are In Muslim World
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/february_2017/democrats_think_muslims_worse_off_here_than_christians_are_in_muslim_world

 

BBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the less that individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries promote Islam, the more that they are demonized, denigrated, and condemned by anti-Trump individuals, anti-Trump organizations, anti-Trump companies, anti-Trump governments, and anti-Trump countries.)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38886496

 

SPUTNIK NEWS
— More than two million young Americans between the ages of 12 and 17 use illicit drugs, the Government Accountability Office noted in a new report.
https://sputniknews.com/us/201702081050449197-usa-adolescents-illicit-drugs/