Tag: Precinct

December 26 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Pence in town Friday  Wheaton resident and Republican fundraiser Lisa Wagner is organizing a lunch Friday in Chicago to be headlined by Vice President-elect Mike Pence. According to the email invitation sent by Wagner to a number of local Republicans, the host committee includes GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner, U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam of Wheaton and Illinois GOP Chair Tim Schneider of Bartlett. Tickets to the 11 a.m. Chicago Club event start at $2,700 per person and go as high as $33,400 per couple who sign up as co-chairs. The fundraiser supports the Republican National Committee. – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161226/news/161229341/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: 11 dead, 33 wounded in shootings so far Christmas weekend
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-christmas-weekend-shootings-violence-20161226-story.html
— Bow out, Auditor General Mautino: A top finance watchdog won’t turn over his own financial records – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-auditor-general-mautino-madigan-investigation-edit-1227-md-20161227-story.html
— As Obama’s nominees languish in GOP Senate, Trump to inherit more than 100 court vacancies – Philip Rucker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-court-vacancies-20161225-story.html
— Most common mistakes business owners make that lead to lawsuits – David Finkel  (DIERSEN: I should write an article about the lawsuits that I have filed.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20161226/281938837575715
— Ways to tame a toxic workplace – Kate L. Harrison  (DIERSEN: How toxic is/was your workplace?  GAO’s Chicago office was an especially toxic workplace while I worked there 1980-1997 a) because the agency was always downsizing and the office was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes, b) because the agency was always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females, and c) because the agency was always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to make way for the aforesaid by getting rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-ways-to-tame-a-toxic-workplace-20161219-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “The new American idiots — are you one of them?”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-the-new-american-idiots-are-you-one-of-them-20161222-story.html
— Resurrecting Chicago, block by block: Another 1,000 homes in 2017? Maybe more? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-land-bank-resurrecting-chicago-edit-jm-20161223-story.html
— Body cameras useful, but costly, police in Lake County say – Frank S. Abderholden
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-police-body-cameras-equipment-st-1226-20161223-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Performance-based bonuses at some Illinois school districts raise eyebrows – Diane Rado  (DIERSEN: In 1989, the Democrats who ran GAO imposed their extremely subjective “pay-for-performance” system to help the agency a) hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-teachers-holiday-bonuses-met-20161226-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Suburbs look to opt out of Cook County sick time, minimum wage laws – Kate Thayer
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-minimum-wage-paid-sick-time-opt-out-cook-county-met-20161218-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: 43 shot, 11 fatally, in Christmas weekend shootings in Chicago
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/15-shot-3-fatally-in-city-attacks-since-friday-evening/
— Rahm emails reveal secret golf course planning – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-rahm-emails-reveal-secret-golf-course-planning/
— A Rauner vs. Pritzker race could be awkward for Diana – Shia Kapos
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/a-rauner-vs-pritzker-race-could-be-awkward-or-diana/

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— The real Rauner – Rich Miller
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/guest/miller-the-real-rauner/article_199274e4-6258-52f4-8792-a5ae9b9a79fa.html
— 17 new Illinois laws for 2017 – Dan Petrella
http://qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/new-illinois-laws-for/article_bc8f6bf1-a408-56b5-a1f9-d88eaea42c26.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Madison County Deemed “Judicial Hellhole” Again – Cole Lauterbach
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=232631#.WGEEaBsrKM8

 

BGA
— U OF I RESEARCHERS OFFER SOBERING REALITY AND FIXES FOR ILLINOIS – Andy Shaw
http://www.bettergov.org/news/u-of-i-researchers-offer-sobering-reality-and-fixes-for-illinois

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— AFSCME ENDS 2016 THE WAY IT STARTED IT: COSTING TAXPAYERS MILLIONS – Mailee Smith
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/afscme-ends-2016-the-way-it-started-it-costing-taxpayers-millions/
— WHAT 2017 BRINGS THE ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY: LAME DUCK AND THE END OF MADIGAN’S SUPERMAJORITY – Heather Weiner
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/what-2017-brings-the-illinois-general-assembly-lame-duck-and-the-end-of-madigans-supermajority/

 

FOX NEWS
— Bryn Mawr student  Andi Moritz says she dropped out after ridicule for backing Trump  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps are extremely intolerant, nasty, rude, vicious, and even worse things. How many anti-Trumps are there in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois. Will those anti-Trumps succeed in getting rid of you?)
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/12/26/bryn-mawr-student-says-dropped-out-after-ridicule-for-backing-trump.html

 

TOWNHALL
— Our Fight Against Liberal Fascism Has Only Just Begun – Kurt Schlichter
http://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2016/12/26/sorry-but-our-fight-against-liberal-fascism-has-only-just-begun-n2263156

 

BREITBART
— Giuliani: Obama ‘Lackadaisical’ With Regards to Terrorism – TRENT BAKER
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/12/25/giuliani-obama-lackadaisical-in-regards-to-terrorism/

 

BLAZE
— Julian Assange mocks Hillary Clinton in new interview: She ‘destroyed herself’ – Chris Enloe  (DIERSEN: What did you do that destroyed yourself?  My critics/opponents could argue that I destroyed my federal career a) by avoiding the draft, b) by not becoming a Democrat, c) by not helping my superiors get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, d) by opposing political affiliation discrimination, e) by opposing reverse discrimination, f) by opposing age discrimination, g) by giving up trying to have children, h) by not adopting, i) by not becoming a foster parent, and j) by becoming an active member of a class action lawsuit that charged the federal government with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/25/julian-assange-mocks-hillary-clinton-in-new-interview-she-destroyed-herself/

 

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Trump has turned the enemy’s tactics against itself  Revisiting Rules for Radicals: A Trump Campaign Guide Book – Robert Klein Engler  (DIERSEN: Each and every one of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes ARE DISCIPLES OF SAUL ALINSKY.)
http://canadafreepress.com/article/revisiting-rules-for-radicals-a-trump-campaign-guide-book
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Can we say anything more about Donald Trump and his election campaign that has not already been said? Let’s look again at Saul Alinsky’s book RULES FOR RADICALS. Could it be that Trump used some of Alinsky’s ideas to win the election? RULES FOR RADICALS was first published in 1971. That’s almost 50 years ago. Here is a book dedicated to Lucifer. Remember him? Not the light bearer, but he who goes by another name: SATAN. Here is a book that supposedly influenced Barack Obama when he was a community organizer in Chicago. Here is also a book that influenced a young Hillary Clinton when she was growing up in Park Ridge, a suburb of Chicago. Perhaps the most important point Alinsky makes in the preface to his book is that the new radicals (1960s-70s) have to work within the system. Change happens by corroding the system from the inside out. Did Trump realize that and worked to change the Republican Party from the inside out? Consider what has happened in higher education since the 60s. The old radicals are now in the system. In fact, the radicals of the 60s ARE the system. They are the ones who now ought to be exposed and displaced. f we were to follow Alinsky’s advice, today, we would have to oppose the system, we would have to support Donald Trump who ran for president as an outsider. When discussing the relationship between means and ends in politics, Alinsky manages to turn self-aggrandizement into a virtue. Alinsky claims, “He who sacrifices the mass good for his personal conscience…doesn’t care enough for the people to be “‘corrupted’ for them.” Isn’t this a most profound insight into what motivates the Clintons and other Democrats in politics today? The Clintons (Obama, too) have persuaded the “people” that they are working for the good of the masses and their alleged personal corruption is the sacrifice they make for that end. Some Democrat politicians will lie and fornicate because in the end they believe their personal vices are unimportant because their politics will abolish poverty, bring about an end to racial discrimination, and install world peace. All of this is done in the light, while in the shadows we see they care little about the masses. Their true end is power and self-aggrandizement. Remember the old union song, “The working class can kiss my #, I’ve got the foreman’s job at last.” Be that as it may, is it possible to learn something from Alinsky, to out Alinsky, so that we may change our society for the better, instead of changing it for the better of politicians and elites? When it comes to tactics, Alinsky is at his practical best. Ironically, he offers advice for those who would today overthrow those who read and used his book, yesterday. Alinsky claims, “Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have.” Has this not been one of the underlying themes that moved the Trump campaign forward? Consider the attendance at a Trump rally compared to the attendance at a Clinton rally. Beyond that, consider how Trump’s campaign has applied Alinsky’s rule number three: “Whenever possible, go outside the experience of the enemy.” Among other things, the debates between Clinton and Trump offered a good example of going outside the experience of the enemy. When Trump makes the tweet that he will bring to sit in the audience one of the women of Bill Clinton had an extramarital affair with, he has gone outside the experience of the enemy. The Trump campaign is a classical example of going outside the experience of not only the Democrats, but the media and the chattering elites as well. The media calls Trump unpredictable and blustering. Instead, Trump is the new radical, using Alinksy against Alinsky. If Alinsky’s book has any relevance today, it is to establish the Trump campaign as the new radicals. By wining the election, Trump has undone the old undoers. Trump has turned the enemy’s tactics against itself.)

 

POLITICO
— Trump readies war room to defend Cabinet picks  With fights looming on Treasury, EPA and State, the team builds out a rapid response operation. – ANDREW RESTUCCIA and NANCY COOK
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-cabinet-picks-war-room-rapid-response-232940
— Trump’s sherpas  Experts guide the president-elect’s nominees through the Senate confirmation process. – ANDREW RESTUCCIA and NANCY COOK
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-cabinet-picks-nomination-sherpas-232941

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— As Obama accomplished policy goals, Dems flounder – LISA LERER  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who held/hold leadership positions in Republican organizations who worked/work against a) most, if not virtually all the planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform and b) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.postregister.com/articles/news-depth/2016/12/26/obama-accomplished-policy-goals-dems-flounder#

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Wielding Claims of ‘Fake News,’ Conservatives Take Aim at Mainstream Media – JEREMY W. PETERS
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/25/us/politics/fake-news-claims-conservatives-mainstream-media-.html
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: At Least 27 Shot, 7 Fatally, in Chicago Over Christmas Weekend – KATIE ROGERS
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/25/us/chicago-shootings-gun-violence.html
— For Fact-Checking Website Snopes, a Bigger Role Brings More Attacks – DAVID STREITFELD  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want me to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, but failing that, they want me to get their specific authorization before I include a) links to articles in the emails and b) make any kind of comment on those articles.  My critics/opponents demand that everyone serve as one of their operatives or as one of their dupes.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/25/technology/for-fact-checking-website-snopes-a-bigger-role-brings-more-attacks.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Women Are a National Security Issue – VALERIE M. HUDSON and DARA KAY COHEN  (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 woman in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a woman in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted women in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a woman in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a woman in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/26/opinion/womens-rights-are-a-national-security-issue.html
— Brands Start Planning for Unexpected Criticism by Trump – ZACH SCHONBRUN  (DIERSEN: Who do you expect criticism from?  I expect criticism from 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 and those who 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/25/business/media/advertising-brands-criticism-by-trump.html
— The Housing Crisis Lives On for Minorities – Editorial  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I got mortgages in 1972, 1974, and 1976 because I am White and b) that my wife and I got mortgages in 1978 and 1984 because we are White.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/26/opinion/the-housing-crisis-lives-on-for-minorities.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Carl Paladino, Knucklehead: Trump’s racist NY supporter – Editorial
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/carl-paladino-knucklehead-trump-racist-ny-supporter-article-1.2921982

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Some Donald Trump Nominees Face Stiff, and Costly, Confirmation Battles  Cabinet picks with vast holdings must work to get their books in line ahead of Senate hearings – REBECCA BALLHAUS
http://www.wsj.com/articles/some-donald-trump-nominees-face-stiff-and-costly-confirmation-battles-1482753602

 

BISMARCK TRIBUNE
— Diversity is a deceiving word – Thomas Sowell  (DIERSEN: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who 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://bismarcktribune.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/diversity-is-a-deceiving-word/article_0fe93cb6-ebc5-5343-8703-27c1b465a8e8.html

 

SKY VALLEY CHRONICLE
— Crony capitalism allows Rick Perry, a man with zero experience and expertise in the field, to become America’s Energy Secretary – Jim Hightower  (DIERSEN: Political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation a) allowed 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 $18,459 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) allowed my Democrat IRS superiors to not promote me beyond GS-12, to disallow my education deductions, and to disallowed my partial day per diem claims, and c) allow my Democrat Post Office superiors to force me resign in 1969 and to disallow my sick leave requests.)
http://www.skyvalleychronicle.com/FEATURE-NEWS/Rick-Perry-br-i-Crony-capitalism-allows-a-man-with-zero-experience-and-expertise-in-the-field-to-become-America-s-Energy-Secretary-i-2711094

 

LONG BEACH PRESS TELEGRAM
— Who made kids soft and Trump president? We did! – Tim Grobaty
http://www.presstelegram.com/general-news/20161225/who-made-kids-soft-and-trump-president-we-did

 

COMMUNITIES DIGITAL NEWS
— Post-election, Democrats still push a losing message – Michael Busler  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps continue to make it clear that they want to get rid of those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.commdiginews.com/business-2/post-election-democrats-still-push-a-losing-message-75752/

 

ALTERNET
— 6 Compelling Executive Actions Obama Has Taken That Are Targeted by Trump  Immigration, women’s rights, climate change, labor, gun control, nuclear treaties all imperiled. – Steven Rosenfeld
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/6-compelling-executive-actions-obama-has-taken-are-targeted-trump

 

SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Why Donald Trump won — and how Hillary Clinton lost: 13 theories explain the stunning election.” (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they 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.salon.com/2016/12/26/13-theories-on-why-trump-won-and-how-clinton-lost_partner/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “What populist revolution? So far Donald Trump is supercharging the failed Republican policies of the past.”
http://www.salon.com/2016/12/26/what-populist-revolution-so-far-donald-trump-is-supercharging-the-failed-republican-policies-of-the-past/

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Satire won’t rid us of Trump, but it will make us feel better.” Ever-increasingly, the Guardian makes it clear that it 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, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/26/satire-donald-trump-bigotry-prejudice-humour-escapism

 

DAILY MAIL
— Donald Trump will be able to fill more than 100 federal court positions when he takes office – almost DOUBLE the number Obama could after winning in 2008 – LIAM QUINN
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4065922/Donald-Trump-able-100-federal-court-vacancies.html

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Fewer Americans Use The Postal Service This Holiday Season  (DIERN HEADLINE: The Post Office hired me in 1966 for the Christmas rush because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/decemeber_2016/fewer_americans_use_the_postal_service_this_holiday_season

December 21 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A week after hitting Pritzker, Republicans go after Kennedy – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chris-kennedy-republican-video-met-story.html
— Amazon’s Aurora distribution center deal may be one of the last under EDGE program – Ally Marotti and Ray Long
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-amazon-aurora-jobs-1221-biz-20161220-story.html
— Under pressure, major retailers ditch on-call scheduling – Sarah Halzack  (DIERSEN: I was under on-call scheduling 1966-1969 while I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-retailers-on-call-scheduling-20161220-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who push pot push destruction.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-marijuana-rent-e19bc018-b705-11e6-939c-91749443c5e5-20161130-story.html
— Chicago-area home sales, prices record double-digit gains in November – Gail MarksJarvis
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-chicago-home-sales-jump-1222-biz-20161221-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Judge rules City Council violated Open Meetings Act – Sam Charles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/judge-rules-city-council-violated-open-meetings-act/
— Forget the furniture and do the job – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-forget-the-furniture-and-do-the-job/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps vow to bring down Trump.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/steinberg-hope-is-necessary-hope-is-a-hammer/
— Get ready for those ‘death panels’ – Joe Conason
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-get-ready-for-those-death-panels/

 

DAILY HERALD
— West Dundee raises property tax levy 14.5 percent – Lauren Rohr
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161221/news/161229798/
— Mark Kirk and the lofty goal of bipartisan moderation – Editorial  (DIERSEN: If you run as a Republican, the more planks in the Republican Party platform that you reject, the more that anti-Republicans glorify and praise you.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161220/discuss/161229910/

 

WBEZ
— CDC: Lake View In Top 1 Percent Nationally For Binge Drinking – Shannon Heffernan, Chris Hagan
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/chicagos-bingedrinking-capital/a7bef069-ff3f-4bba-bf83-ce4c7e890f22

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— 2018 governor campaign has already begun, and it’s ugly – Rich Miller
http://www.nwherald.com/2016/12/19/miller-2018-governor-campaign-has-already-begun-and-its-ugly/amzbdko/

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump John J. Dunphy says “Donald Trump, serial liar.”
https://thetelegraph.com/opinion/94064/dunphy-donald-trump-serial-liar

 

TIMES
— State’s school funding formula must change, senator says – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/state-s-school-funding-formula-must-change-senator-says/article_19ca9cee-cad4-529c-bb45-d5adfd6c37d3.html

 

WIBQ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s Deportation Plan Could Disrupt Agriculture.”
http://wibqam.com/news/articles/2016/dec/21/op-ed-trumps-deportation-plan-could-disrupt-agriculture/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Bird Flipping Mayor to face possible censure from Village Board – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/12/bird-flipping-mayor-to-face-possible-censure-from-village-board/

— John Shimkus parties like it’s going out of style – John Kraft and Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/12/john-shimkus-parties-like-its-going-out-of-style/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Oops: GOP urges retiring Democrat to vote against Madigan
http://capitolfax.com/2016/12/21/oops-gop-urges-retiring-democrat-to-vote-against-madigan/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Louis Farrakhan delivers fear-Trump message  Nation of Islam leader: ‘My message to Mr. Trump: Push it real good’ – AP
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/21/farrakhan-sees-a-new-opening-for-black-separatist-/

 

GOPUSA
— ANTI-AMERICAN: Los Angeles county votes to provide lawyers for illegal aliens
http://www.gopusa.com/los-angeles-county-votes-to-provide-lawyers-for-illegal-aliens/

 

NEWSMAX
— Some Might Threaten Impeachment to Stop Trump Immigration Plans – Tom Tancredo
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsmax-Tv/tom-tancredo-immigraiton-donald-trump-impeachment/2016/12/20/id/764922/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— TRUMP’S FIRST 100 DAYS FOR BLACK AMERICA – Bishop Jackson
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/politics/trumps-first-100-days-for-black-america/
— INCLUSIVENESS AND DIVERSITY – Walter E. Williams  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government focused on promoting Inclusiveness and Diversity, that is, they focused on getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/inclusiveness-and-diversity/

 

BLAZE
— Rush Limbaugh: Obama plans to create ‘unrest’ every time Donald Trump makes a decision – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/21/rush-limbaugh-obama-plans-to-create-unrest-every-time-donald-trump-makes-a-decision/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Conservatism in the Era of Trump – TIM ALBERTA
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/443236/donald-trump-conservatism-right-wing-future

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump outlasted every ‘last chance’ from the media – EDDIE SCARRY
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-outlasted-every-last-chance-from-the-media/article/2610135

 

THE HILL
— Poll: Dems more likely to unfriend people due to political posts – JOE CONCHA
http://thehill.com/homenews/311047-poll-dems-more-likely-to-unfriend-people-due-to-political-posts
— Transition official: Take Trump symbolically, not literally – JENNIFER CALFAS
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/311222-trump-transition-official-dont-take-trump-literally-take-him

 

POLITIFACT
— Approaching retirement, half of workers 55-64 have ‘zero’ money ‘in the bank,’ Bernie Sanders says – Tom Kertscher  (DIERSEN: How much does your employer know about you?  Does your employer know what your spouse’s income is?  Does your employer know what your and your spouse’s combined net worth is?  If you become a federal employee, your employer will know the aforesaid plus much more.  In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors concluded that my wife and I had already saved more than enough for our retirement and that we could easily live on $69,707 less a year in today’s dollars (my $120,427 salary minus my $50,720 pension).)
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2016/dec/21/bernie-s/approaching-retirement-half-workers-55-64-have-zer/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to those who want the federal government, that is, the taxpayers, to help, this is, to give preference to those who fail/refuse to repay their student loans?  Why weren’t these loans cosigned by the parents?
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/21/opinion/to-boost-the-economy-help-students-first.html
— They Thought They Qualified for Student Loan Forgiveness. Years Later, the Government Changes Its Mind. – RON LIEBER  (DIERSEN: I spent almost 30 years in “public service” jobs.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/20/your-money/student-loans/they-thought-they-qualified-for-loan-forgiveness-years-later-the-answer-is-no.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hundreds of thousands of people with piles of federal student loan debt had not been too concerned because they were counting on a federal government program that would forgive those loans if they worked at least 10 years in a public service job. But what happens if the definition of “public service” seemed to change midway through that decade?)

 

LOSS ANGELES TIMES
— Americans who voted against Trump are feeling unprecedented dread and despair – David Horsey  (DIERSEN: How many voted against Trump in your precinct?  Of the 506 registered voters in my precinct, 211 voted for Clinton, 26 for Johnson, and 5 for Stein.  Only 137 voted for Trump.)
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-american-dread-20161220-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who push pot push destruction.
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-colorado-governor-marijuana-2016-story.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Newt Gingrich says Trump is done with ‘drain the swamp’ – Aaron Blake
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/21/newt-gingrich-says-trump-is-done-with-drain-the-swamp/
— Donald Trump’s doctor: ‘If something happens to him, then it happens to him’ – Aaron Blake
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/21/donald-trumps-doctor-if-something-happens-to-him-then-it-happens-to-him/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Liberals Oppose Ben Carson  Trump has tapped a nonpolitician to clean up a mess created by politicians and bureaucrats. – JASON L. RILEY
http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-liberals-oppose-ben-carson-1482276916

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR GRAPHIC: Split decision: Americans assess Obama’s legacy – Susan Page  (DIERSEN: From what I see, Obama focused on using the federal government to help those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/20/suffolk-poll-americans-assess-obama-legacy/95646610/
— 5 biggest retirement savings mistakes to avoid – Jeff Reeves  (DIERSEN: According to this article, “three out of five workers were unexpectedly forced into retirement earlier than planned.”  My Democrat GAO superiors forced me into retirement in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2016/12/21/5-biggest-retirement-savings-mistakes/93562116/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mistake #2: Overestimating wage-earning years  Saving for retirement is always hard, because it involves forgoing the instant gratification of current spending in exchange for accessing those funds at a distant date in the future. But while it’s natural to prioritize spending now and saving later, the sad reality is you may not have the opportunity down the road to save when you’d like to. For instance, a 2015 survey from Voya Financial that found three out of five workers were unexpectedly forced into retirement earlier than planned. Some workers “insist they will work until age 70, so their nest egg has more time to grow,” said Kimberly Foss, president of Empyrion Wealth Management in Roseville, Calif. “Trouble is, that’s not always possible.”)

 

INTELLIGENCER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump restocking the swamp he vowed to drain.”
http://www.theintell.com/opinion/guest/trump-restocking-the-swamp-he-vowed-to-drain/article_ae7434db-55c8-5e95-84aa-da52732e5777.html

 

ALTERNET
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you are a Republican, the older that you are, the more that Democrats call you a racist.
http://campaignwww.alternet.org/activism/are-younger-whites-less-racist-new-research-racial-attitudes-suggests-demographics-alone

 

SALON
— Donald Trump’s new D.C. hotel ranks really badly, according to luxury travel site  Trump’s hotel is the third-worst luxury spot of the year, according to Luxury Travel Intelligence – BRENDAN GAUTHIER
http://www.salon.com/2016/12/21/donald-trumps-new-d-c-hotel-ranks-really-badly-according-to-luxury-travel-site/

December 18 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “What to do about racial hate?”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/john-fountain-what-to-do-about-racial-hate/
— Trump cabinet choices in for a rude awakening  The greatest culture shock for Cabinet members who’ve never worked in government will be how little authority they have to make major changes. – Linda Chavez  (DIERSEN: Have you ever worked for the federal government?  I did for almost 30 years.  I worked for GAO for almost 18 years on audits of federal financial industry regulators for almost 9 years, on audits of IRS for 3 years, and on audits of many other federal agencies for almost 6 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $92,632-$120,427.  I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $77,899-$88,286.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/linda-chavez-trump-cabinet-choices-in-for-a-rude-awakening/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Driver education not necessary for high school graduation – Editorial  (DIERSEN: If I had not had a drivers license and a car, I would not have gotten the jobs that I did washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-editorial-driver-education-naperville-st-1218-20161216-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Another step toward streamlining DuPage County, elections board are building ‘new model for better government’ – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161217/discuss/161219067/
— Fair trade store to help trafficking victims, others launches in Wheaton – Jessica Cilella  (DIERSEN: The cost of living in Wheaton is extremely high in part because, unlike Naperville, much of the real estate in Wheaton is off the tax rolls.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161216/news/161219080/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pollino is the owner and founder of My Half of the Sky, a new retailer in downtown Wheaton that sells goods made by people in the U.S. and around the world who have been trafficked, overcome addiction, are rising out of extreme poverty or have faced other adversities. Her items include candles made by teen moms in Chicago, necklaces crafted by people transitioning out of homelessness in Los Angeles, jewelry made by women saved from trafficking in China, and crocheted products from Africa and Peru. The shop is in an 1800s house at 121 W. Wesley St. It opened on Black Friday and will be open Saturday, Dec. 17, as well as Thursday and Friday, Dec. 22 and 23, for holiday shopping. It then will close for a build-out to add a small coffee shop, meeting spaces and a fitness area to the building before reopening at the end of February. “We’re creating this space for people just to hang out, get some work done and do things we love to do, and then the money goes back into the cause,” Pollino said. “(Retail is) a hard business to be successful in and if we just did the retail products, it would probably not pay the bills. That’s where the coffee and everything else comes into the picture.” In addition, a Kickstarter campaign has been launched to raise money for My Half of the Sky to rent a kitchen space where refugees and other local women in need will be employed and make food for the coffee shop. Pollino said she has been planning the business for more than five years, doing extensive research about best practices for social enterprise. “Wheaton is a great community to start an enterprise like this because they care about social justice, they really do,” she said. Pollino said people who have their lives turned around often come to a standstill because they are lacking the education or skills necessary to get a job.)
— Activist Ron Allen remembered as soldier in fight against injustice – Kerry Lester  (DIERSREN: What do you fight for?  I fight for the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161217/news/161218993/
— Central American migrants await asylum in southern Mexico – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161217/news/312179967/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Sometimes it seems like the state is stuck in a movie plot – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20161217/statehouse-insider-sometimes-it-seems-like-state-is-stuck-in-movie-plot
— Speeding ticket numbers down, fatalities up on Illinois roads – John Reynolds
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20161217/speeding-ticket-numbers-down-fatalities-up-on-illinois-roads
— Prayer at county board raises church-state question – Bernard Schoenburg  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pray for?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pray a) that GOD would stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out, b) that GOD would stop everyone from reading those emails, and c) that GOD would “smite me down” so that Wheaton could have video gambling.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20161217/bernard-schoenburg-prayer-at-county-board-raises-church-state-question

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Madigan still king, but his crown is tarnished – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2016-12-18/jim-dey-madigan-still-king-his-crown-tarnished.html
— Heading to the courts  AFSCME’s best shot at overturning impasse decision is to win in appellate court. – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2016-12-18/heading-courts.html
— Sixth Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Dan Flannell will become the new “city administrator” in Sullivan for an initial salary of $92,500. But our cash-compensation calculation of Flannell’s five-year contract reveals a total taxpayer cost estimate of $786,939. – ADAM ANDRZEJEWSKI  (DIERSEN: When will someone write an article about my Democrat GAO superiors?  In 1997, they succeeded in a) forcing me to stop paying into the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and b) forcing the CSRS to pay me $50,720 a year in today’s dollars.  So far, the CSRS has paid me $976,360 in today’s dollars.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary/2016-12-18/guest-commentary-what-gives-sullivan.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Earlier this spring, at OpenTheBooks.com, we identified more than 50,000 Illinois public employees who make at least $100,000 per year. These “highly compensated” public servants cost Illinois taxpayers over $8 billion. We found Cook County animal-control officers making $105,000; suburban school administrators at $503,000; university doctors earning $1.3 million; and 72 small-town ‘managers’ out-earning every governor of all 50 states. This research helps explain why Illinois has a net outward migration of residents. In order to pay these exorbitant salaries, Illinois has burdensome property taxes that are driving people out of the state. Illinois also has the double dippers — 15,000 “retired” public employees who go back to work in government and acquire a second pension. There’s former Republican Gov. Jim Edgar, who took $2.25 million in salary from the University of Illinois between 2000-2013 while also receiving more than $2 million in pension from a two-term stint as governor. Former state Rep. Roger Eddy now makes $322,200 — $291,725 as executive director of Illinois Association of School Boards and $30,500 from his lawmaker’s pension. Public pay and pension envy in Illinois is real. The hard-working private sector doesn’t have benefits even remotely close to government workers. Last month, tipped by an article in this newspaper, we found another “highly compensated” double dipper.)

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Illinois electors split over system to select president – AP
http://www.nwherald.com/2016/12/17/illinois-electors-split-over-system-to-select-president/axy4684/

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Illinois prison population down 9 percent under Rauner – Dan Petrella
http://qctimes.com/news/local/government-and-politics/illinois-prison-population-down-percent-under-rauner/article_e48dc152-d04e-5c6b-80b2-40d8b5846be8.html
— Change is the only option in Illinois – Michael Frerichs
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/guest/guest-view-change-is-the-only-option-in-illinois/article_ecbd73fb-68cb-5b2b-a3b3-429dc8919d57.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Rauner should negotiate contract, not dictate it – Michael T. Carrigan
http://www.qconline.com/opinion/rauner-should-negotiate-contract-not-dictate-it/article_529288ff-1d52-503a-9822-609d6a0afa39.html
— A look back at folksy Jim Thompson, Illinois’ longest-serving governor – Tom Emery  (DIERSEN: Those who promote patronage promote Jim Thompson and promote Jim Edgar.)
http://www.qconline.com/news/illinois/a-look-back-at-folksy-jim-thompson-illinois-longest-serving/article_24b6833b-6702-58f2-8cff-2f8a37703a4b.html

 

PEORIA JORNAL STAR
— Sometimes it seems like the state is stuck in a movie plot – Doug Finke
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20161217/statehouse-insider-sometimes-it-seems-like-state-is-stuck-in-movie-plot

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Illinois budget impasse hits local people, institutions – Doug Wilson (DIERSEN: To what extent do those in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois rely on state spending?)
http://www.whig.com/20161217/illinois-budget-impasse-hits-local-people-institutions#

 

SOUTHERN
— The Trump Cabinet: Bonfire of the agencies – Charles Krauthammer  (DIERSEN: Will the Trump cabinet hire Charles Bowsher?  During the 1980s and 1990s, Bowsher had great success wasting the careers of and getting rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://thesouthern.com/news/opinion/editorial/krauthammer/krauthammer-the-trump-cabinet-bonfire-of-the-agencies/article_7d25cad4-1031-5f78-87df-2a9bd3603c23.html

 

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— Trump Could Create Long Term Majority – And Change Politics as We Know It – Jim Hoft
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/12/top-pollster-trump-create-long-term-majority-change-politics-know-video/

 

HOT AIR
— Democrats already accusing Trump of “treason” a month before he takes office – JAZZ SHAW
http://hotair.com/archives/2016/12/18/democrats-already-accusing-trump-of-treason-a-month-before-he-takes-office/

 

CNS NEWS
— Census Bureau: 4 Richest Counties in U.S. Are Suburbs of D.C. – Terence P. Jeffrey
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/census-bureau-4-richest-counties-us-are-suburbs-dc

 

CHRISTIAN TODAY
— 5 Surprising Truths About Nonchurchgoers – Czarina Ong  (DIERSEN: Virtually all of my nasty/disgusting/vicious critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes crow that they are a member of a church, crow that they attend church services, and crow that they give money to a church.  Should I write a book about them and their churches?  They paint themselves as being operatives or as dupes for their churches.  They harm their churches immensely.)
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/5.surprising.truths.about.nonchurchgoers/103090.htm
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What sets regular churchgoers and nonchurchgoers apart? Their differences aren’t all that stark, and they aren’t the antagonistic, argumentative bunch that some Christians peg them to be. “Because many church leaders and members have such misperceptions about them, churches often fail to reach them, or even attempt to reach them,” Thom Rainer, President and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources, wrote on his website, referring to Christians who do not go to church. LifeWay Research conducted a study on 2,000 of these unchurched Christians in partnership with Billy Graham Center for Evangelism in Wheaton. The “unchurched,” as defined, are people who have not attended worship service in the past six months. Rainer and his team discovered five surprising truths about the unchurched. First, most of them have some church background. “Contrary to some perceptions, the great majority of unchurched have a church background. Almost two-thirds of them (62 percent) went to church regularly as a child,” he said. Next, most unchurched quit church because they got out of the habit of going to church. A number of them left the church for negative reasons, but majority simply quit because they felt like quitting. Third, one-third of the unchurched actually have plans to return to church in the future. Rainer said this is good enough reason for the church to actively invite them and get them interested. Fourth, the unchurched are actually very open to gospel conversation. “Nearly half (47 percent) would interact freely in such a conversation. Another third (31 percent) would listen actively without participating,” shared Rainer. He said it’s time that Christians stop using the “poor excuse” that the unchurched aren’t really interested in gospel conversations, because in reality, it is the church members themselves who are not interested in initiating gospel conversations. Lastly, Rainer said if Christians invite the unchurched to attend worship services, they will definitely come. “Among the unchurched, 55 percent said they would attend church if invited by a family member. And 51 percent said they would attend church if invited by a friend or neighbor. These numbers are staggering. The opportunities are incredible.” Rainer said this is an incredible opportunity that the church must take, wondering just how many will even seize this God-given moment.)

 

CBS NEWS
— What’s to be done about fake news? – Editorial  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would want a) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee officers, b) the DuPage County Republican Central Committee officers, c) the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee members, d) the IRP officers, and e) the IRP National Committeewoman and National Committeeman to approve each and every article before I could include a link to those articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/whats-to-be-done-about-fake-news/

 

CNBC
— With water cannons and Southern belles, Trump ends ‘thank you’ tour – Reuters
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/18/with-water-cannons-and-southern-belles-trump-ends-thank-you-tour.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote citizens of foreign countries.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/17/world/americas/syrian-refugees-canada.html
— Preaching the Gospel of Diversity, but Not Following It – Liz Spayd  (DIERSEN: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoider, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/17/public-editor/new-york-times-diversity-liz-spayd-public-editor.html
— The New Suburbia: More Urban – MARCELLE SUSSMAN FISCHLER  (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates despised, if not hated suburbia.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/realestate/the-new-suburbia-more-urban.html
— White Resentment on the Night Shift at Walmart – TRACIE McMILLANDE  (DIERSEN: What if I had not earned a college degree? What if I had listened to those who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was not “college material?  What if I had NOT a) earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) earned a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/17/opinion/sunday/white-resentment-on-the-night-shift-at-walmart.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Much of it seemed to come from feeling they had been promised an easy path to the American dream, and had found only a dead end. They weren’t wrong. More than 90 percent of Americans born in 1940 earned more than their parents, but only 50 percent of those born in 1980 will, according to the Equality of Opportunity Project. And while the loss of wealth after the Great Recession was steepest for minority families, it was steep for whites, too. A report by the Social Science Research Council estimates that black families will have 40 percent less wealth by 2031 because of the Great Recession. It also estimates that white families will have 31 percent less. That is better. It is still bad. Nobody I worked with had the luxury of my aerial view. They had high school diplomas and uncertain futures, and no easy explanation for why the dream didn’t work out for them. If being white made life so much easier, the thinking seemed to go, why was it still so hard? The ready-made answers that are front and center in our culture — a rigged system, new workers taking jobs, corrupt politicians — are a big part of what put Donald J. Trump in office. At its ugliest, whites’ resentment is channeled along race lines, often toward groups that many white people believe compete against them for resources — or don’t deserve resources at all. Grappling with this idea of who deserves benefits is a longstanding, difficult conversation. But the anxiety over economic competition is easier to answer. Working-class whites aren’t losing out because other groups are taking limited resources. They, along with the minority workers who the Economic Policy Institute says constitute about 40 percent of the working class, are facing uncertainty because of structural economic change. That ranges from the decline of unions and manufacturing to the rise of an urban service economy. Collectively, this translates to lower wages for working people, while the fruits of economic growth accrue at the top.)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— A new poll shows an astonishing 52% of Republicans incorrectly think Trump won the popular vote – John Sides  (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who since 2000 have a) focused stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) focused on stopping everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/12/18/a-new-poll-shows-an-astonishing-52-of-republicans-think-trump-won-the-popular-vote/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Fakebook  The social-media site empowers a journalism cartel. – JAMES TARANTO
http://www.wsj.com/articles/fakebook-1481914459
— Poll Finds Americans Believe Trump Will Bring Change but Are Divided Over What Kind  Majority of those surveyed believe Donald Trump will change the way business is conducted in Washington – MICHAEL C. BENDER
http://www.wsj.com/articles/poll-finds-americans-believe-trump-will-bring-change-but-are-divided-over-what-kind-1482069601

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “CIA director: FBI and CIA find ‘strong consensus’ that Russian hacks were intended to help Trump win election.”
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-cia-director-fbi-and-cia-find-strong-1481920045-htmlstory.html
— At Alabama rally, Trump promises hope for the ‘forgotten men and women’ – David G. Savage  (DIERSEN: Who are the forgotten men and women in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois.  Who is responsible for not forgetting them?)
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-trump-promise-hope-for-the-forgotten-1482020798-htmlstory.html
— CHICAGO TRIBUNE ARTICLE TITLE: American Dream fades away – Melissa Etehad and Natalie Kitroeff
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-american-dream-study-20161208-story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s stock market rally won’t last forever.”
http://nypost.com/2016/12/17/experts-warn-trumps-stock-market-rally-wont-last-forever/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Donald Trump is Russia’s ‘Manchurian candidate’ as ‘Saturday Night Live’ debuts John Goodman as oil mogul Rex Tillerson – Nicole Hensley
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/donald-trump-russia-manchurian-candidate-snl-article-1.2914690

 

USA TODAY
— Critics trying to use Electoral College to de-legitimize Trump – David M Jackson  (DEIERSEN: In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who focuses on de-legitimizing those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/12/18/donald-trump-reince-priebus-electoral-college–russia-hacking/95582484/
— The Trump trolling rolls on as Baldwin returns to ‘SNL’ – Jayme Deerwester
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/12/17/alec-baldwin-trolling-trump-snl/95578822/
— Some big givers win big Trump roles – Fredreka Schouten and Christopher Schnaars
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/16/analysis-some-big-givers-win-big-trump-roles/95492428/

 

FORBES
— Side Hustle: A New Dance Or A Way Of Life For Millennials? – Neale Godfrey  (DIERSEN: I worked part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights while I worked full-time for IRS in the Loop in 1971 and for IRS in Harvey in 1972.)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/nealegodfrey/2016/12/18/side-hustle-for-millennials/#2c2b08153dd3

 

TUSCALOOSA NEWS
— In Alabama, Trump promises hope for ‘forgotten’  (DIERSEN: Who are the forgotten in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois.  Who is responsible for not forgetting them?)
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/news/20161217/in-alabama-trump-promises-hope-for-forgotten

 

HARVARD CRIMSION
— High School Students File for Amicus Status in Harvard Admissions Lawsuit – MICHAEL E. XIE  (DIERSEN: Have you and/or have your children personally benefited from Affirmative Action (AA), from Diversity, and/or from Inclusion? Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, and without question, those who have personally benefited from AA, from Diversity, and/or from Inclusion promote AA, Diversity, and/or Inclusion.  Who should pay the price of AA, Diversity, and/or Inclusion? Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, and without question it is those who 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.thecrimson.com/article/2016/12/18/hs-students-amici-status/

 

DAILY BEAST
— The Fix for Fake News: Outrage  The government doesn’t want to be involved. The big tech companies are reluctant at best. So what to do? – Ben Collins  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would want a) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee officers, b) the DuPage County Republican Central Committee officers, c) the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee members, d) the IRP officers, and e) the IRP National Committeewoman and National Committeeman to approve each and every article before I could include a link to those articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/12/18/the-fix-for-fake-news-outrage.html

 

DAILY KOS
— Dear Washington journalists: Access is dead. Get used to it – Kerry Eleveld  (DIERSEN: What do you say to “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. a) who do not want me know about their activities or events, b) who do not want me to promote their activities or events, c) who do not want me to attend their events, d) who do not want me to report on their events, and e) who pander to the Democrat news media?  The aforesaid talk and act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
http://m.dailykos.com/stories/1611475

 

SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs want to turn America into Mexico and into other third world countries.  That is a major reason why Trump won and Clinton lost.
http://www.salon.com/2016/12/18/latino-voters-will-reshape-american-politics-as-we-know-it-and-heres-the-proof/

 

PETITIONS TO CONGRESS
— Sign Petition To Congress On Trump’s Plan On Federal Employee Hiring Freeze  (DIERSEN: During virtually all the 18 years that worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency was under a hiring freeze and/or a promotion freeze.)
http://petitionstocongress.com/sign-petition-to-congress-on-trumps-plan-on-federal-employee-hiring-freeze/

 

GUARDIAN
— Saturday Night Live: Trump played as a pawn – Elise Czajkowski  (DIERSEN: Who are the pawns in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  Who are they pawns for?)
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/dec/18/saturday-night-live-trump-played-as-a-pawn-while-clinton-goes-all-love-actually

December 17 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Topic Of Putin Dominates Obama’s Last News Conference Of 2016 – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/12/16/topic-of-putin-dominates-obamas-last-news-conference-of-2016/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “How will Trump address heroin epidemic?”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-trump-heroin-policy-met-20161216-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “A lesson for Rick Perry: The Department of Energy doesn’t produce much energy.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-energy-perry-analysis-3081d95e-c3c4-11e6-8422-eac61c0ef74d-20161216-story.html
— If you have employer health insurance, an Obamacare repeal will affect you too – Lisa Schencker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-obamacare-repeal-worries-employees-1218-biz-20161214-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Facebook is going to alert you when a story may be fake – Hayley Tsukayama  (DIERSEN: Will Facebook alert you when an editorial is unethically made to look like a news article?  Will Facebook post those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that are on its blacklist?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161217/business/161219129/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURES: Tough choice for struggling Elgin VFW post: Time to sell building? – Elena Ferrarin (FROM THE ARTICLE: The installation of video gambling machines didn’t help much, Webb said.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161217/news/161219033/#autoplay
— West District candidate Joseph Leone withdraws from Wheaton City Council race – Jessica Cilella
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161216/news/161219073/
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Hard work, sportsmanship pays off for Ivy Leaguer Tiffany Chen from Naperville – Elena Ferrarin  (DIERSEN: Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, and without question, because I have always opposed race and gender based preference giving, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would use Chen to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being a complete failure.  They would stress that because I am a White male, I had tremendous advantages that Chen will never have. They would stress that because Chen is both a minority and a woman, she had to overcome tremendous discrimination from racists and from sexists.  They would stress that while Chen played tennis while she was in high school, I did yard work, delivered newspapers, and washed dishes.  They would stress that while Chen’s ACT score was a perfect 36, my ACT score was only 24.  They would stress that if I had applied to Ivy League universities, they never would have accepted me.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161217/news/161219044/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— A court-appointed monitor investigating patronage hiring at the Illinois Department of Transportation can also review hiring at other state agencies, a federal judge has ruled. – Doug Finke  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted a) patronage hiring, b) patronage retention, and c) patronage promotions.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20161216/idot-monitor-can-examine-other-state-agencies-judge-rules

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Groups Appeal To Rauner To Fight Obamacare Repeal
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/groups-appeal-to-rauner-to-fight-obamacare-repeal-12-17-2016

 

MIAMI COUNTY REPUBLIC
— Prison population down 9 percent under Rauner – Dan Petrella
http://www.republic-online.com/news/midwest_news/prison-population-down-percent-under-rauner/article_b6d556d9-5f2c-53aa-bf18-64a43975c7de.html

 

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Possible Consolidation for DuPage County Departments
http://www.nctv17.com/possible-consolidation-for-dupage-county-departments/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Michelle Bachmann on ‘The Cost of Liberty’ – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/ifi_news/michelle-bachmann-cost-liberty/

 

BLAZE
— Blue states that voted for Hillary Clinton share something in common: they’re dying – Sarah Lee  (DIERSEN: Did your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, and/or your county vote for Clinton?  To what extent is it dying, for example, how long do homes and other buildings that are for sale languish on the market?  When homes and other buildings sell, for how much are they sold below the asking price?  How many homes and other buildings are rented out because they cannot be sold?  How many homes and other buildings are empty?  How many residents are on government assistance?)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/17/blue-states-that-voted-for-hillary-clinton-share-something-in-common-theyre-dying/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Apparently the top 10 states that voted for Hillary Clinton over President-elect Donald Trump during the 2016 election have a very disturbing commonality: they’re dying. According to the Independent Journal Review, citing work by noted Washington Times columnist and economist Stephen Moore, those states are performing so poorly economically “people are clamoring to move out of them.” The states include Massachusetts, California, Maryland, New York, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont, Illinois and Hawaii. From IJR: According to economic expert Stephen Moore, writing in the Washington Times, the reasons Americans are fleeing these states are all driven by economics — namely, that they share the progressive values of “high taxes rates; high welfare benefits; heavy regulation; environmental extremism; high minimum wages.”)

 

GOPUSA
— Obama to Russia: We can do stuff to you  (DIERSEN: If my Democrat superiors in the federal government were forced to acknowledge adverse actions that they took against me, 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 $18,459 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, they disallowed my education deductions, and they 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.)
http://www.gopusa.com/obama-to-russia-we-can-do-stuff-to-you/

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump trolled for misspelling ‘unprecedented’ in tweet
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/17/trump-trolled-for-misspelling-unprecedented-in-tweet.html

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— The Kwanzaa Scam: A Fake Holiday Created by A Racist Con Man, Rapist And Torturer – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2016/12/16/kwanzaa-scam-fake-holiday-created-racist-con-man-rapist-torturer/

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Obama Uses His Last Press Conference of 2016 to Trash America’s Favorite Punching Bag: The Media – MAEGAN VAZQUEZ  (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those 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, and in Illinois who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems?)
http://ijr.com/2016/12/758281-obama-last-press-conference-2016-media/

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Be Grateful For What You Have – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not being thankful enough.  They hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, b) that I have always been privileged, c) that I never really earned what I have, and d) that I certainly do not disserve what I have.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2016/12/17/be-grateful-for-what-you-have/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Boomerang Boom: More Firms Tapping the Skills of the Recently Retired – CHRISTOPHER FARRELL  (DIERSEN: Are you retired?  What skills did you have when you retired?  I had almost 18 years experience working for GAO, the 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $92-632-$120,427.  That included almost 9 years auditing federal financial industry regulators, almost 6 years auditing many other federal agencies, and 3 years auditing IRS.  I had almost 9 years experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $77,899-$88,286.  I had master’s degrees in finance, accounting, and business.  I was a licensed CPA, Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Financial Services Auditor, and a Forensic Accountant.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/business/retirement/boomerang-boom-more-firms-tapping-the-skills-of-the-recently-retired.html
— TRAGIC: Japan, Looking for Money, Removes Ban on Casino Gambling – JONATHAN SOBLE and NEIL GOUGH
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/business/japan-legalize-casino-gambling.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/opinion/trumps-chinese-foreign-policy.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/nyregion/subway-election-therapy-wall-sticky-notes.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, Democrats encourage people to bring young people to America illegally.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/15/nyregion/once-accepted-soon-rejected-new-yorks-young-immigrants-uncertain-under-trump.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Can End the War on Cops  Stop treating police as racist and pushing lower hiring standards as a way to achieve ‘diversity.’ – HEATHER MAC DONALD
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-can-end-the-war-on-cops-1481931231

 

USA TODAY
— Army demotes ‘swinging general’ after investigation into affairs, lifestyle  Haight to retire as lieutenant colonel, lose $43,000 a year in pension – Tom Vanden Brook  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois are nasty.  They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old because I have always been “bad.”  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat GAO superiors and reject all the claims that I made in Diersen v. GAO.  SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/16/army-demotes-swinging-general-david-haight/95493058/

 

BOSTON HERALD
— Donald Trump thanks backers, slams inaccurate polls – Brian Dowling
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/2016/12/donald_trump_thanks_backers_slams_inaccurate_polls

 

INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY
— It’s Official: Clinton’s Popular Vote Win Came Entirely From California – JOHN MERLINE
http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/its-official-clintons-popular-vote-win-came-entirely-from-california/

 

DAILY BEAST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “As Electors Finally Meet, Donald Trump’s Moment of Truth Approaches  The post-Clinton Democratic Party may be the last institution standing that can hold the charlatan who’s about to become our next President to account.”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/12/17/as-electors-finally-meet-donald-trump-s-moment-of-truth-approaches.html

 

POSTAL TIMES
— Federal Employee Unions See Uptick in Membership Since Trump’s Election
http://www.postaltimes.com/postalnews/federal-employee-unions-see-uptick-membership-since-trumps-election/

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 820 South Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton – $876,800  Open House Today Saturday, December 17, 2016: 1-4 PM
http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/wheaton-il/1_fs/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448303_zpid/

December 15 Morning Edition

ABC7
— SCHOCK RELEASED ON BOND, POSTS PEORIA WAREHOUSE AS PERSONAL COLLATERAL – Chuck Goudie, Barb Markoff and Ross Weidner
http://abc7chicago.com/news/schock-released-on-bond-posts-peoria-warehouse-as-personal-collateral/1656746/

 

NBC5
— Ohio Governor OKs 20-Week Abortion Ban, Nixes Heartbeat Bill  Kasich acted on both proposals the same day they landed on his desk – Julie Carr Smyth
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Ohio-Governor-OKs-20-Week-Abortion-Ban-Nixes-Heartbeat-Bill–406361765.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Longshot campaign to dump Trump explores its merits – Mike Flannery
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/223750410-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Emanuel’s wish for 2017: Less violence – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-morning-spin-rahm-emanuel-2017-wish-story.html
— Politics and temptation: The Willie Cochran indictment – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-chicago-alderman-cochran-indicted-corruption-edit-1215-20161214-story.html
— Ellison calls for ‘3,007-county strategy’ in DNC chairman bid – David Weigel
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-keith-ellison-dnc-bid-20161214-story.html
— Aurora alderman convicted of theft not running for re-election to ‘give other people a chance’ – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-johnson-st-1215-20161214-story.html
— Illinois ranks 26th in the nation for health, foundation says – Lisa Schencker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-illinois-health-rankings-1215-biz-20161214-story.html
— Month after fare increase OK’d, Metra gives CEO a $28K raise – William Lee
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-metra-orseno-raise-1215-chicago-inc-20161215-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump’s cabinet a dream team for conservatives – S.E. Cupp
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/s-e-cupp-with-cabinet-picks-trump-pleases-right-wing/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Del Mar gets $20K appointment after exiting state Senate race – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161215/news/161219382/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Age of Trump is a golden opportunity for cities like Chicago – BRUCE KATZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161215/OPINION/161219951

 

DNA INFO
— It’s Official — Logan Is Getting LGBTQ-Friendly Affordable Housing Complex – Mina Bloom and Heather Cherone
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161214/logan-square/lgtbq-friendly-affordable-housing-complex-logan-square-alderman-moreno

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner: We’ll meet again when Democrats get serious – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20161214/rauner-well-meet-again-when-democrats-get-serious
— Andy Manar in the mix for governor in 2018 – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20161214/bernard-schoenburg-andy-manar-in-mix-for-governor-in-2018
— Worries about ‘lockbox’ amendment effects coming true – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20161214/our-view-worries-about-lockbox-amendment-effects-coming-true

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Illinois lawmakers should do their jobs, not sue – Editorial
http://www.nwherald.com/2016/12/13/our-view-illinois-lawmakers-should-do-their-jobs-not-sue/awzursw/

 

JOURNAL COURIER
— Judge right not to stifle speech in Schock case – Editorial  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes focus on stifling speech that they do not like.)
http://myjournalcourier.com/news/103574/editorial-judge-right-not-to-stifle-speech-in-schock-case

 

TIMES
— Time to stop supporting Illinois Lottery games – Editorial
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/editorial/our-view-time-to-stop-supporting-illinois-lottery-games/article_0bc3e73a-0ebe-5401-b02d-0b7516327516.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Ivanka Trump to have East Wing office  Trump daughter may take some first lady duties – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/sources-ivanka-trump-to-have-east-wing-office/620224549
— Search for Trump press secretary, communications director heating up  Sean Spicer is a 6-year veteran of RNC – Dylan Byers and Jim Acosta
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/search-for-trump-press-secretary-communications-director-heating-up/620077071

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Blame Game Over Budget Negotiations Continue – Jordan Abudayyeh  (DIERSEN: Who/what is blamed for the problems in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county?  Who does the blaming?)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/blame-game-over-budget-negotiations-continue
— Low-Income Students Struggling Behind Wealthier Peers – Esther Kwon  (DIERSEN: Are/were your parents wealthy?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that my parents were very wealthy, and because of that, I got into the upper 20% of my high school class, I got a 24 on the ACT, UIC accepted me, NIU accepted me, and I a) earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) earned a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/low-income-students-struggling-behind-wealthier-peers

 

WJBD
— Trump’s Children Playing Prominent Role in Transition
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2016/12/14/trumps-children-playing-prominent-role-in-transition

 

ALL ACCESS
— Dan Proft Inks Renewal With WIND-A (AM 560 The Answer)/Chicago
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/160782/dan-proft-inks-renewal-with-wind-a-am-560-the-answ

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— California College Instructor Caught in the Act of Being a Leftist – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/california-college-instructor-caught-act-leftist/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Liberal Media Invented ‘Fake News’ LONG Before the Conservative Media Was Born – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2016/12/14/liberal-media-invented-fake-news-long-conservative-media-born/

 

RED STATE
— A Tale Of Two Governors: Massive Cronyism And Other Terrible Policy – Seton Motley
http://www.redstate.com/setonmotley/2016/12/14/tale-two-governors-massive-cronyism-terrible-policy/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Celeb Video Urges Republican Electors to Vote Anyone but Trump – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/video/celeb-video-urges-republican-electors-to-vote-anyone-but-trump/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— TRUMP’S VICTORY: EVEN CHARLIE ‘RACE CARD’ RANGEL DOESN’T BLAME ‘WHITELASH’ – Larry Elder
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/trumps-victory-even-charlie-race-card-rangel-doesnt-blame-whitelash/

 

BREITBART
— CNN’s Fake News Gets Trump-Hating Politico Reporter Fired – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/12/14/rumor-started-denied-ivanaka-trump-get-white-house-office-now-used-michelle-obama/

 

DAILY CALLER
— DC Public Schools Spokeswoman Wants To ‘Get Rid Of’ All White Men – Blake Neff
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/14/dc-public-schools-spokeswoman-wants-to-get-rid-of-all-white-men/
— Student Launches ‘Safewalk’ Program Due To Perceived Danger Of Post-Trump Election World – Alex Pfeiffer
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/15/student-launches-safewalk-program-due-to-perceived-danger-of-post-trump-election-world/

 

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— How the Democrat Media Lost Its Mojo  So much screeching — and now no one can bother to listen. – JUDAH FRIEDMAN
https://spectator.org/how-the-democrat-press-lost-its-mojo/

 

THE HILL
— Trump defends business, slams media and White House in series of tweets – REBECCA SAVRANSKY
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/310523-trump-defends-business-slams-media-and-white-house-in-series-of-tweets

 

POLITICO
— Center for American Progress focuses on anti-Trump efforts – GABRIEL DEBENEDETTI  (DIERSEN: Who is leading anti-Trump efforts in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  What will they do to harm/destroy/get rid of Trump supporters?  What should Trump supporters do to defend themselves?)
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/center-american-progress-tanden-trump-232667

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Ku Klux Klan Says They’re Not White Supremacists – Jay Reeves
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/12/12/kkk-white-supremacist_n_13581992.html

 

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “U.S. celebrities urge Electoral College to vote against President-elect.”
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-15/celebrities-urge-electoral-college-to-dump-trump/8124722

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Twitter Has the Right to Suspend Donald Trump. But It Shouldn’t. – Farhad Manjoo
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/technology/twitter-has-the-right-to-suspend-donald-trump-but-it-shouldnt.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Why G.O.P. Electoral College Members Can Vote Against Trump.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/15/opinion/why-gop-electoral-college-members-can-vote-against-trump.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Report ranks best and worst agencies for federal employees – Joe Davidson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/12/15/report-ranks-best-and-worst-agencies-for-federal-employees/

 

USA TODAY
— Forget those mean tweets, tech friends. Trump’s just here to help
http://www.usatoday.com/story/nletter/short-list/2016/12/14/short-list-wednesday-newsletter/95416966/
— Secret Service is one of the worst spots to work in the government – Eliza Collins
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/12/15/secret-service/95432880/
— Sophisticated drug cartel tunnel from San Diego to Mexico found – John Bacon
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/12/14/sophisticated-drug-cartel-tunnel-linking-san-diego-mexico-found/95422628/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Muslim college student made up Trump supporter subway attack story to avoid punishment for missing curfew
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/muslim-woman-reported-trump-supporter-attack-made-story-article-1.2910944

 

MIAMI HERALD
— Confirmation won’t be Tillerson’s toughest fight. He pushed Boy Scouts to accept gays. – ALEX DAUGHERTY
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article120885213.html

 

BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS JOURNAL
— U.S. Steel to reopen part of Illinois plant
http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2016/12/14/u-s-steel-to-reopen-part-of-illinois-plant.html

 

BAY AREA REPORTER
— Trump picks concern global LGBT groups – Heather Cassell
http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=72177

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Many Democratic Excuses for Defeat  The Electoral College, white supremacy, Jim Comey, anything but facing up to reality. – Karl Rove
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-many-democratic-excuses-for-defeat-1481759539
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote immigration because immigrants vote overwhelmingly for Democrats.  RINOs promote immigration because they want cheap labor.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-dreamer-opportunity-1481762530

 

FORTUNE
— Some U.S. Companies Are Already Calling Off Plans to Move to Mexico
http://fortune.com/2016/12/15/donald-trump-offshore-jobs-companies/

 

FED SMITH
— What are the Best Agencies to Work for in Government? – Ian Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2016/12/15/what-are-the-best-agencies-to-work-for-in-government/

 

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— After election debacle, Democrats debate identity politics – Niles Niemuth  (DIERSEN: To be a Democrat or to be a RINO is to hint/imply/argue/shout that you 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.)
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/12/15/iden-d15.html

 

COMMUNIST PARTY USA
— Standing together in protest: Unity will Trump hate – John Bachtell  (DIERSEN: Communists have much in common with those who 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.cpusa.org/article/standing-together-in-protest-unity-will-trump-hate/

December 14 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Top Human Services official vows increased transparency, oversight of group homes – Michael J. Berens
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-group-home-hearing-met-20161213-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois group homes for adults with disabilities will face tougher licensing standards and enforcement and they will be graded for the first time on quality and safety, a top official for the Illinois Department of Human Services vowed to state legislators Tuesday. Secretary James Dimas told Senate and House lawmakers that his department has launched more than a dozen reform measures to heighten enforcement of 3,000 group homes statewide and increase public transparency involving the care of 12,000 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. He spoke at a bipartisan Senate and House hearing convened in response to a Chicago Tribune investigation, “Suffering in Secret,” which exposed how Illinois has steered thousands of the state’s poorest and most vulnerable residents with disabilities into a network of state-funded group homes, then routinely obscured evidence of harm from the public. One of the most sweeping reforms outlined by Dimas would provide limited public access to previously sealed investigative files. The department is working with the Illinois attorney general’s office to provide group home addresses and full enforcement histories to families and guardians.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “New York should seize Trump Tower.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-tower-eminent-domain-perspec-1214-20161213-story.html
— Lawsuit: Men treated unfairly in college sex assault cases – DAVID PITT
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–campus-sexual-assault-male-discrimination-20161213-story.html
— Falsifying student records still a problem at CPS, inspector general finds – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-cps-inspector-general-report-met-20161214-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH THREE COLOR PICTURES IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville walkers celebrate diversity – Gary Gibula  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to promote diversity, that is, to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-unity-walk-naperville-st-1214-20161213-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s national security adviser shared secrets without permission.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-michael-flynn-shared-secrets-donald-trump-20161214-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CPS IG: Rich parents can still game selective-enrollment system  Eighteen students were caught trying to get into selective schools using sham addresses in Chicago to give them an advantage. – Lauren FitzPatrick  (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my parents as being filthy rich and even worse things because they sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/cps-ig-rich-parents-can-still-game-elective-enrollment-admission/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Departing lawmakers lament loss of independence, spike in money in Illinois politics – Kerry Lester  (DIERSEN: In Illinois, if you get elected as a Republican, you commit yourself to defending and advancing the Illinois Republican Party platform.  In Illinois, if you get elected as a Democrat, you commit yourself to defending and advancing the Illinois Democrat Party platform.  If you reject the aforesaid platforms, you should run as an Independent.  Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161214/news/161219521/
— FRONT TOP OF FOLD WITH TABLE: How much tax revenue is subsidizing park district programs? – Jake Griffin  (DIERSEN: What park district programs do you use?  I use none.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161214/news/161219524/
— Why fake news is dangerous – Lee Hamilton  (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, any news that they disapprove of is fake.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161214/discuss/161219710/
— If Trump won’t probe Russia, Congress must – Editorial  (DIERSEN: From what I see, Russians have a much higher opinion of members of the following groups than Democrats do: 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.dailyherald.com/article/20161213/discuss/161219577/

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Durbin seeks to protect immigrants under threat of deportation  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs put those who are in America illegally ahead of citizens of America.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article120776793.html

 

JOURNAL COURIER
— Governor: Legal fight costing state $3M daily
http://myjournalcourier.com/news/103528/governor-legal-fight-costing-state-3m-daily

 

WQAD
— Local Democrat electors head to Springfield to cast their votes for Hillary Clinton – JESYKA DERETA
http://wqad.com/2016/12/13/local-democrat-electors-head-to-springfield-to-cast-their-votes-for-hillary-clinton/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rauner Advocates Turnaround Agenda Via Social Media – Jordan Abudayyeh
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/rauner-advocates-turnaround-agenda-via-social-media

 

FOX MILWAUKEE
— “We’re going to keep winning:” President-elect Trump stops in West Allis; part of ‘Thank You Tour’ – THEO KEITH, BRITTANY SHANNON
http://fox6now.com/2016/12/13/west-allis-to-host-stop-for-president-elect-trumps-thank-you-tour/

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Fear of Trump pledges lingers at Our Lady of Guadalupe feast – AP  (DIERSEN: Who fears Trump in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  What laws are they breaking?)
http://www.qconline.com/news/illinois/fear-of-trump-pledges-lingers-at-our-lady-of-guadalupe/article_6dae9bb2-c146-11e6-87ee-1b24db17abde.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— RNC adviser: Trump ups intel briefings to three times a week  Briefing is a summary of intelligence reports – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/rnc-adviser-trump-ups-intel-briefings-to-three-times-a-week/619107557

 

SOUTHERN
— Rauner sticks to talking points in Facebook budget chat – DAN PETRELLA
http://thesouthern.com/rauner-sticks-to-talking-points-in-facebook-budget-chat/article_05c0d4d0-ddef-5668-bd21-928adde2c93e.html

 

ATCHISON GLOBE NOW
— Rauner lays blame in Facebook session – Dan Petrella
http://www.atchisonglobenow.com/news/national/rauner-lays-blame-in-facebook-session/article_76a3bfb7-8390-5149-b38a-6e2a5c2511e0.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County proposes merger of clerk, Election Commission – NATHAN LURZ
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2016/12/13/dupage-county-proposes-merger-of-clerk-election-commission/ap5lpm9/

 

DOWNERS GROVE PATCH
— DuPage County Board Officially Proposes Merger Between Clerk’s Office, Election Commission  The proposal is available for public viewing online, and residents are encouraged to leave comments and concerns. – Anicka Slachta
http://patch.com/illinois/downersgrove/dupage-county-board-officially-proposes-merger-between-clerks-office-election

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Ohio Protects Unborn At 20 Weeks, But Heartbeat Bill Vetoed – Chris Iverson
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/ohio-protects-unborn-20-weeks-heartbeat-bill-vetoed/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— LESS, NOT MORE, GOVERNMENT WILL HELP LABOR – Star Parker (DIERSEN: In 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.  That directly resulted in my becoming an IRS employee.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/less-not-more-government-will-help-labor/

 

BLAZE
— America might stay afloat if we run the country like a business, not a fraudulent charity – Tomi Lahren
http://www.theblaze.com/video/america-might-stay-afloat-if-we-run-the-country-like-a-business-not-a-fraudulent-charity/

 

BREITBART
— Obama Spent $100 Million to Transport Foreign Migrants to Their U.S. Destinations – KATIE MCHUGH
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/12/12/agency-spends-100-million-transporting-migants/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— UNION BOSSES BACK MUSLIM FOR DNC CHAIR – Kent Kellar (DIERSEN: Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2016/12/13/union-bosses-back-muslim-for-dnc-chair/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Immigration deal gets new life after Trump remarks – AL WEAVER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs put those who are in America illegally ahead of citizens of America.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/immigration-deal-gets-new-life-after-trump-remarks/article/2609594

 

THE HILL
— Democrats concerned Trump trying to ‘target’ Energy Dept. employees – DEVIN HENRY  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, federal employees who were Republican were always targeted, and especially those who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/310344-democrats-warn-trump-on-energy-department-letter

 

ROLL CALL
— Trump Swats Off Crowd Booing Ryan: ‘I’ve Come to Appreciate Him’  Wisconsin rally marks pair’s first public appearance – Lindsey McPherson
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/trump-swats-off-crowd-booing-ryan-ive-come-appreciate

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Divisions deepen inside Trump Tower ‘The transition has taken a decidedly nasty and more vitriolic turn,’ one aide says.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/donald-trump-divisions-tower-232607

 

REUTERS
— Google extends conservative outreach as Trump calls tech meeting – Julia Love and Ginger Gibson
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-google-idUSKBN1430G6
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Alphabet’s Google is racing to hire more conservatives for its lobbying and policy arm, trying to get a foothold in President-elect Donald Trump’s Washington after enjoying a uniquely close relationship with the administration of President Barack Obama.  In the weeks since the Nov. 8 election, Google has ramped up efforts to hire Republican lobbying firms and in-house lobbyists to change the composition of its Washington office, according to three lobbyists with knowledge of the matter. The company also posted an advertisement for a manager for conservative outreach and public policy partnership, seeking a “liaison to conservative, libertarian and free market groups.” While the position is not new, it gives Google a chance to make a hire that reflects the new political climate. Conservatives already are represented in the office. A Google spokeswoman declined to comment on the record for this article.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Buck Up, Democrats, and Fight Like Republicans.”  After Trump won the nomination, which Republicans fought the hardest for Trump in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/opinion/buck-up-democrats-and-fight-like-republicans.html
— Where Were Trump’s Votes? Where the Jobs Weren’t – Eduardo Porter  (DIERSEN: Based in this, there must be plenty of jobs in the counties that Trump lost in Illinois.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/business/economy/jobs-economy-voters.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Fingers Wag in Britain Over Leader’s $1,250 Pants – DAN BILEFSKY
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/world/europe/theresa-may-trousers-uk.html
— TRAGIC: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Marijuana Proposals Issued in Canada – Brian Austin
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/world/americas/canada-recreational-marijuana-pot.html

 

USA TODAY
— Trump Cabinet picks face extreme vetting ahead of confirmation – Donovan Slack (DIERSEN: Many millions do not seek federal jobs because they know that they cannot pass a background investigation.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/13/trump-cabinet-vetting-process/95375442/
— Trump returns to Wisconsin to celebrate victory – Mary Spicuzza and Meg Jones
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/13/trump-returns-wisconsin-celebrate-victory/95409546/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— GE Engineers More Ways for Women to Get Ahead – JOANN S. LUBLIN  (DIERSEN: The main thing that GAO did during the 1980s and 1990s to retain and promote its employees who were female was to waste the careers of and to get rid of its employees who were male, and especially its male employees who were Republican, White, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/to-promote-more-women-ge-has-opened-new-career-paths-1481641200
— Closing the Developmental Gap Between Boys and Girls – Sue Shellenbarger
http://www.wsj.com/video/closing-the-developmental-gap-between-boys-and-girls/5622A18D-91F5-46B6-8524-E7BF95BE65F0.html
— What Parents of Early-Teen Boys Need to Know  New research shows where boys lag behind girls in early adolescence; help to bridge the language gap – Sue Shellenbarger
http://www.wsj.com/articles/what-parents-of-early-teen-boys-need-to-know-1481641204

 

BLOOMBERG
— IBM Lays Out Plans to Hire 25,000 in U.S. Ahead of Trump Meeting – Jing Cao  (DIERSEN: Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, and without question, Democrats insist that all 25,000 will be Democrats, minorities, females, young, and/or illegals.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-13/ibm-lays-out-plans-to-hire-25-000-in-u-s-ahead-of-trump-meeting

 

BUSINESS ADVISOR
— GAO Audits EPA’s Management of Superfund Sites – Elizabeth Hafey  (DIERSEN: My father worked in a superfund site for 28 years, that is, he worked for Stauffer Chemical Company in Chicago Heights 1941-1969.)
http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/gao-audits-epa-s-management-of-62313/

 

TEXAS TRIBUNE
— When asked, won’t tell: top three officials duck specifics on illegal hiring  The state’s top elected officials are happy to go on about border security, but they get tongue tied if the conversation turns to cracking down on employers of undocumented immigrants. – JAY ROOT
https://www.texastribune.org/2016/12/14/dont-ask-your-leaders-about-immigrants-workplace/

 

TIME MAGAZINE
— Russia Is Happy With Donald Trump’s Choice of Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State – Kate Samuelson  (DIERSEN: From what I see, Russians have a much higher opinion of members of the following groups than Democrats do: 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://time.com/4598968/russia-kremlin-rex-tillerson-donald-trump/

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Obama thanks federal employees one last time before leaving office – Aaron Boyd  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would say that I should a) thank Post Office employees for hiring me in 1966 and for letting me work there until 1969, b) thank IRS employees for hiring me in 1971 and for promoting me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, and c) thank GAO employees for hiring me in 1980, for promoting me in 1986, and for letting me work there until 1997.)
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/obama-thanks-feds-one-last-time-before-leaving-office

December 13 Evening Edition

ABC7
— KANYE WEST MEETS WITH DONALD TRUMP, DISCUSSES ‘VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO’ – Charles Thomas
http://abc7chicago.com/entertainment/kanye-west-meets-with-donald-trump-in-new-york/1653833/

 

NBC5
— Rauner on Facebook Live: Madigan, Dems Trying to ‘Create a Crisis’ – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/rauner-madigan-dems-trying-to-create-a-crisis-406337165.html
— Chicago Homeless Shelter Threatens Closure Ahead of Holidays, Advocates Blame Budget Impasse  The group, which consists of homeless residents, community organizers and clergy, claimed the state’s inability to come up with $100,000 to fund the North Side Housing & Supportive Services shelter is directly tied to the state’s ongoing budget stalemate. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/uptown-homeless-shelter-close-406130175.html
— Mayor Emanuel Welcomes 100 New Chicago Police Recruits  “Being a police officer is more than a job,” Mayor Emanuel said in a statement. “It is more than a career. It is a calling.” – Tom Schuba  (DIERSEN: In June of 1971, when I was 22 years old, as a newly hired GS-7 (currently $43,915) Revenue Officer, I and 20 others started a 6-month IRS training program in downtown Chicago.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Mayor-Emanuel-Welcomes-100-New-CPD-Recruits-406314865.html
— Illinois GOP Robocall Links J.B. Pritzker to Blagojevich – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-gop-robocall-links-pritzker-to-blagojevich-406391765.html

 

CBS2
— Trump Supporters Flock To Wisconsin To See President-Elect – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/12/13/trump-supporters-flock-to-wisconsin-to-see-president-elect/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— From ‘oops’ to DOE chief; Rick Perry is Trump’s pick for Energy
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/223404883-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DuPage Election Commission could be merged with clerk’s office by end of 2017 – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-election-merger-proposal-st-1214-20161213-story.html
— Rauner’s GOP launches 2018 governor’s race with robocalls attacking Democrat Pritzker – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-jb-pritzker-met-1215-20161213-story.html
— For Trump transition, Rahm Emanuel to attend chiefs of staff meeting – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-chiefs-of-staff-meeting-met-20161213-story.html
— Judge demands group home business hand over residents, cites risk of ‘injury’ – Patricia Callahan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-group-home-attorney-general-met-20161213-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Citing the possibility of “irreparable injury,” a Cook County judge Tuesday gave a troubled group home business four hours to turn over 18 adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities so they could be moved to safer homes. The decision ended a standoff between Disability Services of Illinois and the state’s Department of Human Services, which had revoked the license of the group home network last month and sought to transfer its residents to new facilities. Disability Services, however, was obstructing caseworkers from doing their jobs, according to the state. Judge Kathleen Pantle gave the business a 4 p.m. deadline Tuesday. At 5 p.m., Disability Services dropped off five residents but not the others, a Human Services spokeswoman said, and Illinois State Police were helping the department locate the remaining 13 people Tuesday night. At Tuesday’s hearing, Pantle said she was especially troubled by affidavits from caseworkers and a state doctor that alleged some Disability Services residents already moved hadn’t been getting their medicines and one was malnourished. In addition, the affidavits alleged that some residents who remained in the homes had no blankets or comforters despite the plunging temperatures. “I can’t have residents living in an unlicensed facility where they’re not getting care, where they’re not getting medication,” Pantle said. She ordered Disability Services to pack warm clothing and at least a 24-hour supply of medications. Said Pantle, “Their care and safety is the most important thing.” The Tribune’s “Suffering in Secret” investigation exposed injuries and deaths linked to neglect at group homes, including one run by Disability Services, which until earlier this year went by the name Southwest Disabilities Services & Supports.)
— Energy Department rejects Trump’s request to name climate change workers, who remain worried – Joe Davidson  (DIERSEN: What if Trump asked all the federal agencies to name their employees who focused on wasting the careers of and getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, that is, what if Trump asked all the federal agencies to name their employees who focused on promoting Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-energy-department-climate-change-request-20161213-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The founders provided a solution to Trump: impeachment.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-electoral-college-hamilton-founders-impeach-perspec-1114-md-20161213-story.html
— What has Obama really accomplished as president? – Victor Davis Hanson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-obama-broken-promises-failures-20161212-story.html
— Why one alderman voted against Emanuel’s immigrant legal fund – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-immigration-met-1214-20161213-story.html
— Rauner’s property tax, term limit demands for budget make no sense – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-rauner-budget-st-1214-20161213-story.html
— Hart to lead Will County Forest Preserves – Susan DeMar Lafferty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-will-forest-board-reorganizes-st-1213-20161213-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— GOP uses Blago tapes to blast possible Dem gov candidate Pritzker – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/gop-uses-blago-tapes-to-blast-possible-dem-gov-candidate-pritzker/
— Emanuel’s $1.3M Legal Defense Funds sails through — with a caveat – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.  That is a major reason why Democrat Clinton lost and why Republican Trump won.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/emanuels-1-3m-legal-defense-funds-sails-through-with-a-caveat/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s newly expanded plan to create a $1.3 million Legal Protection Fund to assist immigrants threatened with deportation sailed through a City Council committee Tuesday, but not before African-American aldermen demanded a piece of the pie. South Side Ald. Pat Dowell (3rd), chairman of the City Council’s Committee on Human Relations, said she’s all for the idea of assisting immigrants living in anxiety and threatened with deportation after the election of Donald Trump.)
— Latino Caucus foundation spent big to raise little – Dan Mihalopoulos
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mihalopoulos-latino-caucus-foundation-spent-big-to-raise-little/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage unveils plan to merge election commission, clerk’s office – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161213/news/161219627/
— Lauzen gets his way on new leadership appointments – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161213/news/161219561/
— Escort: East Dundee murder suspect paid her $450 an hour – Harry Hitzeman  (DIERSEN: What should be said to my critics/opponents, to their operatives, and to their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who hint/imply/argue/shout that what I do for you as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor is worthless because I am not paid anything for what I do?  One could ask the operatives and the dupes how much an hour are my critics/opponents are paying them to harass me.  Is it more than $15 an hour?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161213/news/161219606/
— Transgender debate likely to play role in District 211 race – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161213/news/161219564/
— Tollway spat with Canadian Pacific heats up over land for O’Hare bypass – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161213/news/161219563/

 

WTTW
— State Lawmakers Sue for Paychecks – Nick Blumberg
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2016/12/13/state-lawmakers-sue-paychecks

 

WJBD
— British Man Sentenced In Trump Assassination Plot – ABC Radio
http://www.wjbdradio.com/national-news/2016/12/13/british-man-sentenced-in-trump-assassination-plot

 

WAND
— Judge tells home to turn over disabled residents – AP
http://www.wandtv.com/story/34045511/the-latest-judge-tells-home-to-turn-over-disabled-residents

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Edgar: Lack Of Budget Causing Damage Worse Than Blagojevich – AMANDA VINICKY
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/edgar-lack-budget-causing-damage-worse-blagojevich#stream/0

 

WSIL TV
— Canadian government moves toward legalizing recreational pot – AP  (DIERSEN: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like they smoke pot or like they want to smoke pot legally.  Will they move to Canada?)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34040537/canadian-government-moves-toward-legalizing-recreational-pot

 

CHICAGOIST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners say “Rauner Trots Out Turnaround Agenda Again On Facebook Live Today.”
http://chicagoist.com/2016/12/13/rauner_trots_out_turnaround_agenda.php

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Pastor Corey Brooks touts Rauner’s economic-reform agenda to curb gun violence, create jobs
http://ilnews.org/11327/pastor-touts-rauners-economic-reform-agenda-curb-gun-violence-create-jobs/

 

DUPAGE COUNTY
— Chairman Proposes Merger of DuPage Election Commission and County Clerk’s Office
http://www.dupageco.org/Content.aspx?id=54017

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Oppo dump! ILGOP goes off on Pritzker for second time in a day
http://capitolfax.com/2016/12/13/oppo-dump-ilgop-goes-off-on-pritzker-for-second-time-in-a-day/
— Pritzker camp responds *** GOP targets JB Pritzker over Blagojevich tapes
http://capitolfax.com/2016/12/13/gop-targets-jb-pritzker-over-blagojevich-tapes/
— Abortion bills could see light of day soon  (DIERSEN: For non-Republicans, promoting abortion is one of their top priorities.)
http://capitolfax.com/2016/12/13/abortion-bills-could-see-light-of-day-soon/
— Sente, Fine and Mussman added to GOP enemies list  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have millions if not billions of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. on their enemies lists.  My critics/opponents blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
http://capitolfax.com/2016/12/13/sente-fine-and-mussman-added-to-gop-enemies-list/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Congress moves to strengthen authority of inspectors general – Andrea Noble
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/13/congress-moves-to-strengthen-authority-of-inspecto/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The act also would require the Government Accountability Office to examine the problem of long-vacant inspector general positions — though there likely will be two fewer open posts to scrutinize. The Senate on Saturday confirmed the nomination of Peggy E. Gustafson as the Department of Commerce inspector general and Jay Neal Lerner as Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation inspector general. Both positions still require a presidential commission to become official, but action by the Senate closes the loop on two long-open watchdog posts. The approval of the two pending nominations will leave vacant nine of 36 inspector general positions that require presidential nomination, said Mr. Horowitz. Vacancies currently span more than 2,800 days for the Department of Interior position to close to 200 days for the National Security Agency, according to the Project on Government Oversight. The act requires that the GAO study the impact of long-term vacancies on inspector general positions, and to brief congressional committees on findings within nine months.)

 

PUBLIUS FORM
— Lying Leftists Organize Anti-Breitbart Blacklist to Scare Advertisers… And So Far It’s Working – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2016/12/13/lying-leftists-organize-anti-breitbart-blacklist-scare-advertisers-far-woking/

 

GOPUSA
— In One Detroit Precinct 52 Ballots Yielded 307 Votes
http://www.gopusa.com/in-one-detroit-precinct-52-ballots-yielded-307-votes/
— Federal Judge Rules Electors Must Vote for Statewide Winner in Presidential Election
http://www.gopusa.com/federal-judge-rules-electors-must-vote-for-statewide-winner-in-presidential-election/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Trump’s Administration Is More Conservative Than Reagan’s – Richard A Viguerie
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/24696

 

BLAZE
— Tony Perkins: Trump’s secretary of state pick ‘should be particularly alarming to conservatives’ – Jon Street
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/13/tony-perkins-trumps-secretary-of-state-pick-should-be-particularly-alarming-to-conservatives/
— Fox’s Tucker Carlson: Silencing ‘fake news’ is ‘purely authoritarian’ – Leigh Munsil  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would say that anything in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that they disapprove of is “fake news.”)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/13/foxs-tucker-carlson-silencing-fake-news-is-purely-authoritarian/

 

COLLEGE FIX
— Washington State professors denounce ‘discourses of free speech’ – JENNIFER KABBANY
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/30331/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— America as Animal Farm — Again – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/442989/trumps-america-george-orwells-animal-farm-new-commandments

 

THE HILL
— Electoral College voters under intense pressure – JONATHAN EASLEY AND BEN KAMISAR
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/310287-electoral-college-voters-under-intense-pressure

 

POLITICO
— Donald Trump’s Real Threat to the Press  Worry about the Espionage Act, not libel laws. – PETER STERNE
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/11/donald-trumps-real-threat-to-the-press-214517

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn “Real America.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/real-america-is-its-own-bubble/2016/12/12/e8ba60c2-c09f-11e6-b527-949c5893595e_story.html
— Aaron Schock once turned to Jesus. Now he faces federal charges of political corruption. – Daniel Silliman
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/12/13/aaron-schock-once-turned-to-jesus-now-he-faces-federal-charges-of-political-corruption/
— He was minutes from retirement. But first, he blasted his bosses in a company-wide email. – Peter Holley
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2016/12/12/he-was-minutes-from-retirement-but-first-he-blasted-his-bosses-in-a-company-wide-email/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I really didn’t want to retire yet,” he wrote. “I like my job. The first 30 years were great but the last 5 years are terrible. (10 years as a toll collector, during which I served a few years as a union officer, 25 years in management).”  Asked in the questionnaire what the most upsetting part of the job was, Stuban unloaded. “The phoneyness,” he wrote. “Giving us classes where we are being told we are not political,” he wrote. “That’s bulls – – – . Jobs/Promotions are filled by the politicians, it’s who you know, not what you know. Positions created for people who are not qualified. Hiring people off the street when we have qualified [personnel] in our ranks.” Stuban also claimed that commission employees “have no morale” and that executive-level management is “out of touch with the average employees” and “only looking out for themselves.” “Everything is a state secret, no input is asked from the until after decisions are made,” he added. “Employees are kept in the dark.” The message was not well received by Sean Logan, chairman of the Turnpike Commission. Logan, a former Pennsylvania state senator, decided to fire back at the outgoing employee and also hit the reply-all button, writing: “Mr. Stuban . . . I don’t believe we ever met, and after reading your Exit Questionnaire, I am grateful that we didn’t.” He added that the commission “couldn’t be to [sic] bad of a place considering you stayed for 35 years. Best of luck in your retirement.” Stuban told the Daily News that he found out about Logan’s reply from his former colleagues. “He did miss the point,” Stuban said. “If it was an effective company and someone told you there are problems and no morale, you don’t have to believe me, but maybe someone should check into it.” “They hire a lot of people that are dumb as rocks,” he added.)

 

NEW YORK POST
— Trump is inheriting a world that’s gone to hell – Benny Avni
http://nypost.com/2016/12/13/trump-is-inheriting-a-world-thats-gone-to-hell/

 

DES MOINES REGISTER
— Trump could prompt nightmare for ‘DREAMers’ – Editorial
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/editorials/2016/12/13/editorial-trump-could-prompt-nightmare-dreamers/95350462/

 

FORTUNE
— When Donald Trump Hate-Tweeted Lockheed Martin, Hedge Funds Were Ready – Jen Wieczner
http://fortune.com/2016/12/13/donald-trump-twitter-lockheed-martin-stock-dump/

 

NATIONAL
— Personal success trumps political experience in cabinet of generals and billionaires – Rob Crilly
http://www.thenational.ae/world/americas/personal-success-trumps-political-experience-in-cabinet-of-generals-and-billionaires

 

ROLLING STONE
— Barack Obama Reveals Why He Won’t ‘Vanish’ During Trump Presidency – Sarah Grant
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/obama-reveals-why-he-wont-vanish-during-trump-presidency-w455542

 

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
— Google Still Fuels Fake-News Websites Through Its Complex Web – Ross Benes
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/google-still-fuels-fake-news-websites-through-its-complex-web/

 

FCW
— White House honors federal workforce – Chase Gunter
https://fcw.com/articles/2016/12/13/white-house-workforce-gunter.aspx

 

FED SMITH
— Will Federal Employees Receive an Extra Day Off at Christmas? – Ralph R. Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2016/12/13/will-federal-employees-receive-an-extra-day-off-at-christmas/
— Calculating Your 2017 GS Salary With Pay Calculator for Federal Employees – Ralph R. Smith  (DIERSEN: When my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, GAO paid me at the GS-13 Step 10 rate.  For 2017, the GS-13 Step 10 rate for the Chicago area is $122,999 a year.  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.fedsmith.com/2016/12/13/calculating-your-2017-gs-salary-with-pay-calculator-for-federal-employees/

December 12 Evening Edition

ABC7
— AARON SCHOCK PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO 24-COUNT INDICTMENT
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/aaron-schock-pleads-not-guilty-to-24-count-indictment/1652693/
— TOP GOP LEADERS BACK CONGRESSIONAL PROBES OF RUSSIA HACKING – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/top-gop-leaders-back-congressional-probes-of-russia-hacking/1652144/

 

NBC5
— Trump, Pence to Headline ‘Thank You’ Rally in Wisconsin Tuesday  Trump won Wisconsin by roughly 22,000 votes in November, becoming the first Republican to win the state since 1984. – Tom Schuba  (DIERSEN: Who in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois would Trump and Pence thank for his election?  What did they do to help elect Trump and Pence?)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Trump-Pence-to-Headline-Thank-You-Rally-in-West-Allis-406076375.html
— Illinois Budget Fight Leaves Universities in Lurch Again
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Illinois-Budget-Fight-Leaves-Universities-in-Lurch-Again-406053965.html

 

CBS2
— Black Leaders Who Support Gov. Rauner Get Some Pushback In Return  (DIERSEN: What do you get the most pushback for supporting?  For me, it is a) for my supporting the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform and b) for my supporting the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/12/12/black-leaders-who-support-gov-rauner-get-some-pushback-in-return/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Jesse Jackson Jr. files for divorce from his wife Sandi
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/223260345-story

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump delays announcement on business empire – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-delays-announcement-on-business-empire/
— Former Rep. Aaron Schock pleads not guilty to corruption charges – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/former-rep-aaron-schock-in-court-today-for-arraignment/
— Brace for return of culture wars to Illinois – MADELEINE DOUBEK  (DIERSEN: For Democrats, promoting abortion, mass/illegal immigration, and LGBTQ activity are their top priorities.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/doubek-culture-wars-may-return-to-illinois/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Political debate in Illinois for the past few years primarily has been about debt, budgets and unions, but we could be returning to a time of culture wars with abortion, immigration and marriage equality back in the spotlight with the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.)
— Jesse Jackson Jr. files for divorce from wife Sandi – Mitchell Armentrout
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/jesse-jackson-jr-files-for-divorce-from-wife-sandi/amp/
— Aldermen lift ban on menthol cigarette sales near grade schools – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/black-caucus-chairman-advocates-lower-cigarette-tax/
— Majority Leader Mitch McConnell: Senate to probe reports of Russia hacking – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/top-gop-leader-senate-to-probe-reports-of-russia-hacking/
— Obama’s post-presidential perks – Lynn Sweet  (DIERSEN: What are/will be your post-employment perks?  For my having worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, mine are a Civil Service Retirement System pension (currently $50,720) and subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance (currently $16,854).)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/obamas-post-presidential-office-to-be-in-washington-d-c/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Barack Obama will open an office in Washington, D.C., after he leaves the White House on Jan. 20, and the Chicago-based Obama Foundation is considering opening a branch office here, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. “As a former president, President Obama will have office space in Washington, D.C., when he leaves office,” said Amy Brundage, an Obama spokeswoman, referring to the official office funded by taxpayers for former presidents. The federal government covers the costs of offices and a small staff for former presidents, plus a pension and other compensation for travel, an acknowledgement of the role — albeit not official — former presidents serve after they are no longer in office. For example, according to the General Services Administration, in FY2015, former President George W. Bush received $796,000 to cover health benefits, travel costs, office space, telephone costs, postage, printing costs, other services, supplies and materials, and equipment. “This was the highest amount of any former President for that year,” the Congressional Research Service noted in a March 2016 report covering the federal benefits provided to former presidents and their widows. As a former president, Obama will receive a $205,700 annual pension — and that’s after just eight years on the job. The pension is paid monthly with eligibility beginning at noon on Jan. 20, after President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office. Obama will get his pension check monthly. The Obama family is remaining in Washington after they move out of the White House, renting a home in the Kalorama neighborhood here. The family is staying in Washington until Sasha, 15, a sophomore at the private Sidwell Friends school here, graduates from high school. So while Obama and first lady Michelle are locating their Obama Center, a library and museum complex, in Jackson Park on Chicago’s South Side, Obama’s taxpayer funded office, for now at least, will also remain in Washington. The Washington Post reported that Obama is renting space in a building owned by an environmental group, the World Wildlife Fund, at 1250 24th St. NW, not far from the Kalorama residence. Former presidents have no rules binding them when it comes to locating their taxpayer-funded offices. The General Services Administration is authorized to write rent checks for space anywhere in the U.S. The location does not have to be connected to the presidential library or foundation headquarters.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republicans can’t easily dismantle the welfare state – Julian Zelizer, Eric Patashnik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-republicans-cut-welfare-social-security-20161212-story.html
— What Trump, Congress can do for Illinois in 2017 – Diana Sroka Rickert
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-illinois-trump-congress-vouchers-pensions-rickert-perspec-1213-jm-20161212-story.html
— State budget woes could hurt Illinois’ chances for Trump capital funds: Quigley – Mary Wisniewski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-quigley-transportation-state-budget-trump-1213-chicago-inc-20161212-story.html
— Ex-Rep. Aaron Schock pleads not guilty to federal charges – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-aaron-schock-arraigned-met-1213-20161212-story.html
— Wall Street’s old, unwanted bond salesmen find a home in Chicago – Bloomberg  (DIERSEN: What is your position on age discrimination? Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination.  Many of them focus on getting rid of older people like me, and especially older people like me who are White, male, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-chicago-bond-salesmen-20161209-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Arthur Main learned the hard way that Wall Street is a young person’s game. After a quarter-century at Morgan Stanley, Main — like countless old-school types who came of age in the ’80s — was kicked to the curb as banks turn to youth and technology in the face of tighter regulation and lower profits. And so, at 54, he’s working at one of the last stops in high finance: a small West Loop firm called TJM Institutional Services. He considers himself lucky. “Being my age is a hindrance for a lot of people,” says Main, keeping his eyes fixed on charts and chat boxes arrayed across his computer screens. “They don’t continue to learn, they don’t embrace technology, they try to fit that square peg in the round hole, and their skill set doesn’t apply anymore.”)
— Stress: The thing that’s killing poor Americans – Peter R. Orszag  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes focus on promoting stress.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-poor-americans-death-stress-20161212-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Stress, I’ve long suspected, may explain why lifespans have been lengthening for high-income Americans but have remained the same or even shortened for low-income and middle-income people. A new analysis from the Hamilton Project released Monday adds important evidence: Biomarkers of stress have risen much more rapidly for low-income people than for high-income ones. The most recent national data show that life expectancy declined in 2015. Although these statistics are not broken down by income, it’s a good bet that the greatest declines were concentrated among lower- and middle-income people, because for decades gaps in life expectancy by income have been widening — as a National Academy of Sciences panel I co-chaired documented. Our panel was unable to explain why this has been happening, however. A sharper decline in smoking among high-income people is one partial explanation, but this and other identifiable factors can’t account for most of the growing longevity gap. And so I’ve come to suspect that the hidden factor is stress: As income inequality has increased, life has become substantially more stressful for low- and moderate-income families than it is for high-income families, and prolonged exposure to such stress is literally killing people.)
— Emanuel backs move to weaken flavored tobacco sale rules – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-city-council-flavored-cigarettes-sales-met-20161212-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Why did Russia want Trump to win?”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-russia-hackers-cia-20161212-story.html
— Third candidate joins race for Dundee Township Highway chief – Erin Sauder
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-dundee-township-highway-filing-st-1213-2-20161212-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Dispute over Russia reflects growing Republican resistance to Trump.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-republican-resistance-20161212-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Naperville budget to give $200,000 back to taxpayers – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161212/news/161219718/
— Mayoral races shaping up for Northwest suburbs – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161212/news/161219747/

 

CHICAGO BUSINESS JOURNAL
— As Trump takes aim at unions, labor’s clout sags in Illinois – I-Chun Chen
http://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2016/12/12/as-trump-takes-aim-at-unions-labors-clout-sags-in.html

 

WTTW
— Illinois Lawmakers Look to Expand, Protect Abortion Rights – Paris Schutz
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2016/12/12/illinois-lawmakers-look-expand-protect-abortion-rights

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Rauner Optimistic for Budget – TONY ARNOLD
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/rauner-optimistic-budget#stream/0

 

JOURNAL TOPICS
— Schiller Park Mayor Running With New Slate Of Candidates
http://www.journal-topics.com/news/article_78139222-c0d0-11e6-be0c-e3364173ed01.html

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Now it’s Gov. Rauner who axes meeting – Doug Finke
http://www.saukvalley.com/2016/12/12/statehouse-insider-now-its-gov-rauner-who-axes-meeting/ch91b5j/

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — After Trump’s win, China and Mexico move to deepen ties – Reuters (DIERSEN: Anti-Americans pander to China and to Mexico.)
    http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/after-trump-s-win-china-and-mexico-move-to-deepen/article_84525a1a-2272-578c-a83d-5e2467e49b5d.html

 

CHICAGO MAROON
— Is University of Chicago a ‘Sanctuary Campus’? Spokesperson Steps Around Phrase – Jamie Ehrlich  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.  Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.  That is treason.)
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2016/12/12/uchicago-sanctuary-campus-spokesperson-steps-aroun/

 

CITIZEN KELLY
— Citizen Kelly on FM 97.1 Radio: We will Get Stephen Colbert Off the Air
http://www.citizenkelly.com/citizen-kelly-on-fm-97-1-radio-we-will-get-stephen-colbert-off-the-air/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Chicago Tribune Reports on Illinois Lottery Corruption – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/gambling/chicago-tribune-illinois-lottery-jackpots-suppressed/

 

FOX NEWS
— Sore loser Obama turns to Russian hacking to delegitimize Trump’s triumph – Liz Peek  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do to delegitimize you?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that no one pays me for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor.  They also stress that I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, that I am no longer a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, that I am no longer the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, that I am no longer an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, that I am no longer an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest chapter board member, and that I am no longer a GAO employee.)
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/12/12/sore-loser-obama-turns-to-russian-hacking-to-delegitimize-trumps-triumph.html

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— ANGRY WOMEN HOLD ANTI-TRUMP STRIKE IN 18 CITIES – BUT NOBODY NOTICES  ‘Is this like the falling tree no one is around to hear in the forest?’ – CHELSEA SCHILLING
http://www.wnd.com/2016/12/angry-women-hold-anti-trump-strike-in-18-cities-but-nobody-notices/

 

GOPUSA
— Confederate flag-themed clothing sparks backlash, student ejections at Pa. high school
http://www.gopusa.com/confederate-flag-themed-clothing-sparks-backlash-student-ejections-at-pa-high-school/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Why I’m Filing An FEC Complaint Against CNN (And So Should Trump) – William J. Kelly
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/12/why-im-filing-an-fec-complaint-against-cnn-and-so-should-trump/
— Former Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock Pleads Not Guilty – Juliegrace Brufke
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/12/former-illinois-rep-aaron-schock-pleads-not-guilty/
— Carly Fiorina Was Just Seen Entering Trump Tower With Kellyanne Conway – Kaitlan Collins
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/12/carly-fiorina-was-just-seen-entering-trump-tower-with-kellyanne-conway/

 

BREITBART
— Washington State University Demand $2,000 Security Fee, But Won’t Protect MILO – BEN KEW
http://www.breitbart.com/milo/2016/12/12/washington-state-university-slap-2000-security-fees-milo-talk/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Can’t Wait to Sell Out His Base.”
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/12/12/trump_cant_wait_to_sell_out_his_base_132544.html
— If Nothing Is True, Then Everything Can Be False – Ruth Marcus  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that only what they say is true and that everything that others say is false.)
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/12/12/if_nothing_is_true_then_everything_can_be_false_132546.html

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— Education Dept’s Overreaching Office of Civil Rights Fears the End Is Near  Federal employees celebrate, mourn OCR’s legacy. – ALICE B. LLOYD
http://www.weeklystandard.com/education-depts-overreaching-office-of-civil-rights-fears-the-end-is-near/article/2005782

 

POLITICO
— Former Rep. Aaron Schock pleads not guilty in corruption case – HEATHER CAYGLE
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/aaron-schock-not-guilty-corruption-232522

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump revels in fake news and phony claims.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2016/12/12/trump-revels-in-fake-news-and-phony-claims/
— Obama’s 2.1% pay raise for federal employees praised by unions, local Hill members – Joe Davidson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/12/12/obamas-pay-raise-for-feds-praised-by-unions-local-hill-members/

 

COSMOPOLITAN
— President Obama Could Have Done More to Remind America That Black Lives Matter  As proud as I am of the president, I also believe he should have insisted on more for black citizens of this country. – Brittney Cooper  (DIERSEN: Cooper would say a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a8474199/barack-obama-black-lives-matter-racial-justice/

December 6 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Milton Township Incumbents Win Republican Caucus – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com
(THE ARTICLE: The eight Milton Township incumbents: Supervisor Chris Heidorn, Assessor Chris LeVan, Highway Commissioner Gary Muehlfelt, Clerk Gail Hinkle, and Trustees Sal Falbo, Martin Keller, David Molitor, and Nick Nathwani, won the Milton Township Caucus Tuesday evening, December 6, 2016, at the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall.  The candidates were unopposed and the vote was unanimous.  The 108+ attendees included Almiron, Bohn, Bucholz, Carlson, Caruso, Cherry, Dangelo, Demos, Eckhoff, Elliott, Formento, Grant, Holan, Holder, Ives, Lofgren, Krzyzewski, Larsen, LeVan, Marquardt, McGowen, McNeily, Menna, Rash, Rathje, Ryan, Slinger, Thomas, Wehling, and Zaruba.)

 

ABC7
— STATE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS MEET AGAIN BUT STILL NO BUDGET DEAL – Charles Thomas
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/state-legislative-leaders-meet-again-but-still-no-budget-deal/1642833/
— VERY SAD: CITY WORKERS TAKE DOWN HONORARY TRUMP STREET SIGNS
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/city-workers-take-down-honorary-trump-street-signs/1643145/

 

NBC5
— Emanuel Urges Rauner to Support Chicago as Sanctuary City  Emanuel’s resolution urges Rauner to issue a statement of “support for cities that welcome our undocumented family members and neighbors and condemn any effort to strip the city of Chicago of federal funding.” – Tom Schuba  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats put foreign countries and their citizens ahead of America and its citizens. That is the main reason why Democrat Clinton lost and Republican Trump won.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Emanuel-Urges-Rauner-to-Support-Chicago-Sanctuary-City-405037015.html
— VERY SAD: City Workers Take Down Honorary Trump Street Signs
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-trump-street-signs-taken-down-405112055.html
— Prosecutors Seek Gag Order in Case Against Aaron Schock – Phil Rogers
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/aaron-schock-prosecutors-seek-gag-order-405041225.html

 

WLS AM
— Kinzinger now praises Trump after criticizing him during campaign. – John Dempsey
http://www.wlsam.com/2016/12/06/gop-congressman-now-praises-trump-after-criticizing-him-during-campaign/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner and Trump ally Aaron Del Mar sails into port job – Dan Mihalopoulos
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mihalopoulos-rauner-and-trump-ally-sails-into-port-job/
— VERY SAD: City workers take down honorary Trump street signs – Mitchell Armentrout
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/city-takes-down-honorary-trump-street-signs/amp/
— Madigan: Rauner out to help ‘wealthy friends and corporations’ – Tina Sfondeles  (DIERSEN: What evil motives do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that you have?  They charge me with a) promoting the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Parry platform and b) promoting the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/madigan-rauner-out-to-help-wealthy-friends-and-corporations/
— Term limits might be the answer, after all – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-term-limits-might-be-the-answer-after-all/
— Emanuel takes yet another step to reassure anxious immigrants – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats put foreign countries and their citizens ahead of America and its citizens. That is the main reason why Democrat Clinton lost and Republican Trump won.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/emanuel-takes-yet-another-step-to-reassure-anxious-immigrants/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Carrier union leader says Trump’s big deal is a lie – Danielle Paquette
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-trump-carrier-deal-20161206-story.html
— VERY SAD: Chicago removes remaining Donald Trump street signs
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-donald-trump-chicago-street-signs-removed-met-1207-20161206-story.html
— Caterpillar CEO likes Trump’s business focus, but not anti-trade ‘rhetoric’ – Gail MarksJarvis
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-caterpillar-ceo-worries-trump-trade-1207-20161206-story.html
— Trump’s tough tweet goal: Rattle Boeing – Robert Reed
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-trump-boeing-tweet-robert-reed-1206-biz-20161206-column.html
— Springfield trial hardly a stretch for ex-Rep. Schock, prosecutors say – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-aaron-schock-extensive-travel-met-1206-20161206-story.html
— Government’s response to Aaron Schock’s motion for change of venue
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-aaron-schock-change-of-venue-response-20161206-htmlstory.html
— Is Illinois really red or blue? – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-illinois-election-results-red-blue-rauner-zorn-perspec-1207-jm-20161206-column.html
— Rauner, Madigan now can’t even agree on how to negotiate – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-mike-madigan-illinois-budget-met-1207-20161207-story.html
— There’s little doubt that Rauner was likely to veto funding proposal – Rich Miller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-miller-column-st-1207-20161206-story.html
— Two days in January. One first step toward fixing Illinois. – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-illinois-pensions-rauner-cullerton-madigan-edit-1207-20161206-story.html
— Parents of 2 girls expelled over racist texts sue Marist High School – Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-marist-student-lawsuit-20161206-story.html
— Discrimination suit alleges black temp workers passed over for Hispanics – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-discrimination-temporary-staffing-1207-biz-20161206-story.html
— Have Chicago politicians gone ‘fetal’? – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-chicago-violence-kass-1207-20161206-column.html
— Republicans are going to let Trump do whatever he wants – Paul Waldman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-republicans-oversight-conflicts-of-interest-20161206-story.html
— Emanuel’s latest immigration move: A task force to come up with a website – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-emanuel-immigration-task-force-met-20161206-story.html
— Naperville City Council approves $441.47 million spending plan – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-budget-2017-st-1207-20161206-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois budget still elusive as leaders lash out – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161206/news/312069814/
— Delay in Kane County meeting minutes draws another rebuke by state’s attorney – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161206/news/161209251/

 

WGN RADIO
— Rep. Kinzinger: After an election that “felt like a war” Democrats and Republicans “need to come together” – JEFF CARLIN (DIERSEN: Whenever Democrats and Republicans “come together,” Republicans lose.  Republicans are counting on Trump to stop that.)
http://wgnradio.com/2016/12/05/rep-kinzinger-after-an-election-that-felt-like-a-war-democrats-and-republicans-need-to-come-together/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump jabs Boeing on Air Force One deal
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161206/NEWS07/161209919/trump-jabs-boeing-on-air-force-one-deal
— Hard to keep track of all the rate hikes: ComEd wins one for 2017 – STEVE DANIELS
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161206/NEWS11/161209898/hard-to-keep-track-of-all-the-rate-hikes-comed-wins-one-for-2017

 

WTTW
— Rauner to Sign Controversial Energy Bill as Debate Rages On – Paul Caine
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2016/12/06/rauner-sign-controversial-energy-bill-debate-rages

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Prosecutors: Don’t move Aaron Schock trial out of Springfield – Andy Kravetz
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20161206/prosecutors-dont-move-aaron-schock-trial-out-of-springfield

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois lawmakers prove whose interests matter most: Theirs – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article119047923.html

 

FOX NEW ILLINOIS
— Urbana City Council Holds First Meeting On Becoming A Sanctuary City – EM NGUYEN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats put foreign countries and their citizens ahead of America and its citizens. That is the main reason why Democrat Clinton lost and Republican Trump won.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/urbana-city-council-holds-first-meeting-on-becoming-a-sanctuary-city

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Doubling down on failure – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2016-12-06/doubling-down-failure.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Take redistricting out of legislative hands – STEVE CHAPMAN
http://herald-review.com/news/opinion/editorial/steve-chapman-take-redistricting-out-of-legislative-hands/article_c3a99497-bc17-5b50-b35b-624d283c88cf.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Wheaton officials voice concerns about proposed facility for new, expectant single mothers  Facility proposed for former Wheaton Inn – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2016/12/06/wheaton-officials-voice-concerns-about-proposed-facility-for-new-expectant-single-mothers/ah07kpi/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Greg Dose, attorney for the applicant, said the facility would not be considered a day-care facility and therefore would not have to be licensed by the state. “This is their own residence,” Dose said. “They are not taking their child to another location.” That drew concerns from councilwoman Suzanne Fitch, who said she thought the facility would provide child care so mothers could attend college classes. As proposed, they would have to be enrolled in college to participate in the program. Mayor Michael Gresk also voiced concerns about who would be watching the infants. “To the casual observer, it would appear that if you are going to have 8, 10, 12 kids and you are going to have mothers going to classes during the course of the day, somebody’s got to watch the infants and perhaps toddlers along the way also,” Gresk said. Dose said he thought some of the women would do the babysitting while others attended college classes, but he was not sure of the arrangement. Florczak-Seeman was not able to attend the Dec. 5 meeting. Councilman Thor Saline also noted that floor plans for the facility show only 10 beds, although the facility could serve as many as 12 women. “Did I miss something, or will the plans change?” he asked. In response, Dose said he wasn’t sure. This would be the company’s first facility, which will be called The Butterfly Garden…A Place for Healing and Transformation.)

 

WHEATON PATCH
— Neo-Nazi Group Hangs Hitler, Swastika Posters on University of Chicago Campus  The school is working with university police to investigate the matter. – Joe Vince  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who give anti-Trumps ammunition?)
http://patch.com/illinois/hydepark/neo-nazi-group-hangs-hitler-swastika-posters-u-chicago-campus

 

BEVERLY PATCH
— Marist Sued Over Expulsion of Girls Involved in Racist Text Message  Parents of two students claim their daughters were used as scapegoats for the school to respond to media pressure. – Tim Moran
http://patch.com/illinois/beverly-mtgreenwood/marist-sued-over-expulsion-girls-involved-racist-text-message

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Can the Governor and Speaker reach a Grand Bargain today? Will Rauner and Madigan both wear the Jacket for a tax increase? – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2016/12/can-the-governor-and-speaker-reach-a-grand-bargain-today-will-rauner-and-madigan-both-wear-the-jacket-for-a-tax-increase/
— Berkowitz goes 1 on 2 with Speaker Madigan/Rep. Greg Harris and w/R Leaders Radogno and Durkin: IL State Budget impasse – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2016/12/berkowitz-goes-1-on-2-with-speaker-madiganrep-greg-harris-and-wr-leaders-radogno-and-durkin-il-state-budget-impasse/
— One on One w/ Speaker Madigan on Saturday’s Governor-Legislative Leaders’ “Budget” meeting – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2016/12/berkowitz-one-on-one-w-speaker-madigan-on-saturdays-governor-legislative-leaders-meeting/

 

STATE REPRESENTATIVE JEANNE IVES
— SB 2814 – An Overhaul of Illinois Energy Policy and a Bailout for Largest Nuclear Power Company in the U.S.
http://www.jeanneives.org/2016/12/sb-2814-overhaul-of-illinois-energy.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WILL RAUNER JOIN EMANUEL IN DEFYING TRUMP’S PLAN TO END SANCTUARY CITIES?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/12/will-rauner-join-emanuel-in-defying-trumps-plan-to-end-sanctuary-cities-.html
— REP. IVES: IL REWRITES ENERGY POLICY AND BAILS OUT BIGGEST US NUCLEAR POWER COMPANY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/12/rep-ives-il-rewrites-energy-policy-and-bails-out-us-biggest-nuclear-power-company.html
— DURBIN WORKING ON BILL TO GRANT LEGAL STATUS TO DACA IMMIGRANTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/12/durbin-working-on-bill-to-grant-legal-status-to-daca-immigrants.html

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump’s Favorability Surges One Month After Election
http://nation.foxnews.com/2016/12/06/trumps-favorability-surges-one-month-after-election

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— EXELON: GUILTY OF CRONYISM ACROSS STATE LINES – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2016/12/06/exelon-guilty-of-cronyism-across-state-lines/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— SENATOR SESSIONS ISN’T A RACIST, HIS LEFT-WING ACCUSERS ARE.  They’re coming for Sessions – Daniel Greenfield
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/265054/senator-sessions-isnt-racist-his-left-wing-daniel-greenfield

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— OUTSTANDING: University of Illinois says no to sanctuary status for immigrants – AP
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/6/petition-calls-on-u-of-illinois-to-be-an-immigrant/
— Illinois budget still elusive as leaders lash out – AP
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/6/illinois-budget-still-elusive-as-leaders-lash-out/

 

FEDERALIST
— 5 Messages From Trump Country For Coastal Elites  It’s been disappointing to hear and read depictions of what life is supposedly like in the ‘Rust Belt’ and what kind of people purportedly live and work here. – Michael Koolidge
http://thefederalist.com/2016/12/06/5-messages-trump-country-coastal-elites/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Black Activists Launch Monthly Fee System For Whites To Pay Blacks – Alex Pfeiffer
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/05/black-activists-launch-monthly-fee-system-for-whites-to-pay-blacks/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Liberal black activists have launched a monthly “subscription box” designed for white people “to not only financially support Black femme freedom fighters, but also complete measurable tasks in the fight against white supremacy.”  The subscription service is called Safety Pin Box and was launched last week. Wearing a safety pin has recently become a symbol within the liberal community for one to show solidarity with minorities. The group is headed by Leslie Mac and Marissa Jenae Johnson. Johnson is one of the Black Lives Matter protesters who interrupted Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders during a speech in Seattle last year. There are four different types of subscriptions offered by the group. The “e-ally box” is $25 a month and is “an electronic form of solidarity.” It comes with “exclusive ‘calls to action’ when urgent ally services are needed in times of crisis.” Ally is a term used by Black Lives Matter activists to describe white comrades.)
— Earnest Forced To Cite First Amendment FOUR TIMES, As Press Corps Insists White House Censor News – Rachel Stoltzfoos
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/06/earnest-forced-to-cite-first-amendment-four-times-as-press-corps-insists-white-house-censor-news/
— Half Of Detroit Could Be Ineligible For Election Recount Due To Discrepancies – TED GOODMAN
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/05/half-of-detroit-could-be-ineligible-for-election-recount/

 

NEWSMAX
— Liberal Media Matters Moves Away From Fox, Targets Breitbart, Alt-Right – Jason Devaney
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/media-matters-targets-breitbart-alt-right/2016/12/06/id/762456/
— Trump Wants to Cancel Boeing’s $4B New Air Force One Order: Costs ‘Out of Control’
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Trump-Tweets-Cancel-Order/2016/12/06/id/762419/

 

LIFEZETTE
— Trump Carrier Deal Weathers Bogus ‘Crony Capitalism’ Charges  Incentives are a commonplace, key tool for states to compete in the free market economy
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/trump-carrier-deal-weathers-bogus-crony-capitalism-charges/

 

GOPUSA
— Michigan: Mismatched numbers means precincts can’t be recounted
http://www.gopusa.com/mismatched-numbers-means-precincts-cant-be-recounted/
— Land of the Jerks and Home of the Obnoxious
http://www.gopusa.com/land-of-the-jerks-and-home-of-the-obnoxious/
— Employment distress worse among black residents in Chicago
http://www.gopusa.com/employment-distress-worse-among-black-residents-in-chicago/

 

FOX NEWS INSIDER
— Texas GOP Elector Won’t Vote for Trump, Proposes Kasich as Alternative
http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/12/06/tx-elector-wont-vote-trump-urges-others-unify-around-john-kasich
— LeBron, Cavs Teammates Refuse to Stay at Trump SoHo Hotel
http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/12/06/lebron-james-some-teammates-refuse-stay-trumps-nyc-hotel

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Twin Pillars of Progressive Prejudice  Universities and the media: arrogant, ignorant, and ripe for reform – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/442777/biased-media-left-wing-colleges-ripe-reform-trump

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Nancy Pelosi Is Pretty Upset That Trump Tapped ‘Disturbingly Unqualified’ Ben Carson to Head HUD – MIKE MILLER
http://ijr.com/wildfire/2016/12/749722-nancy-pelosi-is-pretty-upset-that-trump-tapped-disturbingly-unqualified-ben-carson-to-head-hud/
— People Want Trump to Pay for His Own Security, But Joe Biden’s Double Security Detail Didn’t Stir Outrage – JENNI FINK
http://ijr.com/2016/12/749974-people-want-trump-to-pay-for-his-own-security-but-joe-bidens-double-security-detail-didnt-stir-outrage/

 

THE HILL
— House rejects GOP rep Jim Jordan’s push for vote on impeaching IRS head – NAOMI JAGODA
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/309089-gop-rep-moves-for-vote-on-impeaching-irs-head
— White House: New Air Force One will benefit future presidents – JORDAN FABIAN
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/309028-white-house-new-air-force-one-will-benefit-future-presidents

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— The Last Line Of Defense: Federal Bureaucrats Wait Nervously For Donald Trump  “I would take George W. Bush any day over this. I would take him in a heartbeat. Right now.” – Jessica Schulberg and Amanda Terkel
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/federal-bureaucrats-trump_us_5846d516e4b02f60b024d483

 

POLITICO
— Federal prosecutor seeks gag order in Schock case – JOHN BRESNAHAN and ANNA PALMER
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/aaron-schock-trial-gag-order-232254

 

ABC NEWS
— OUTSTANDING: University of Illinois Won’t Be Designated ‘Sanctuary’ for Immigrants – AP
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/illinois-designated-sanctuary-immigrants-44019827

 

NBC NEWS
— Trump Threatens to Cancel Air Force One Order, Boeing Stock Slips – LIZ JOHNSTONE and COURTNEY KUBE
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-threatens-cancel-air-force-one-order-boeing-stock-slips-n692511

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Did Donald Trump tank Boeing’s stock because he was mad about a news article?”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/06/did-donald-trump-tank-boeings-stock-because-he-was-mad-about-a-news-article/
— Pentagon buries evidence of $125 billion in bureaucratic waste – Craig Whitlock and Bob Woodward
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/pentagon-buries-evidence-of-125-billion-in-bureaucratic-waste/2016/12/05/e0668c76-9af6-11e6-a0ed-ab0774c1eaa5_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Donald Trump Invites Tech Leaders to a Meeting  ‘Technology roundtable’ to be held on Dec. 14 in New York – ROLFE WINKLER
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-invites-tech-leaders-to-a-meeting-1481048520
— Donald Trump Faces Pressure on How to Handle Young Immigrants  Democrats and some Republicans push to keep protections for those who came to U.S. as children –  LAURA MECKLER and KRISTINA PETERSON  (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use children as cannon fodder.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trumps-first-immigration-test-whether-to-deport-those-who-arrived-as-children-1481048911

 

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump the Union-Busting Employer Will Now Dictate Nation’s Labor Policy.”
http://prospect.org/article/trump-union-busting-employer-will-now-dictate-nation-labor-policy

 

JDSUPRA BUSINESS ADVISOR
— EEOC Issues Updated Guidance to Curb National Origin Discrimination – Evelin Bailey
http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/eeoc-issues-updated-guidance-to-curb-42854/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most GOP Voters Want a Border Wall in Trump’s First Year
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/december_2016/most_gop_voters_want_a_border_wall_in_trump_s_first_year
— More Voters Think Regulation Good for Big Businesses, Bad for Small Ones
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/general_business/november_2016/more_voters_think_regulation_good_for_big_businesses_bad_for_small_ones

 

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
— Facebook is Asking Users to Judge the Truthfulness of News Headlines – Adi Robertson  (DIERSEN: What experience do Facebook users have to judge truthfulness?  The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948 including what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years — Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/facebook-is-asking-users-to-judge-the-truthfulness-of-news-headlines/

December 6 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County elected officials sworn in – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: Attendees at this outstanding event included Birkett, Breen, Cassioppi, Coladipietro, Connelly, Creswel, Cronin, Curran, Czernek, Dabrowski, Eckhoff, Fichtner, Fitzpatrick, Fullerton, Henry, Hinds, Ives, Jorgensen, Keller, Khouri, LeVan, Lofgren, Lowe, Marchese, McCluskey, McGowen, Mendrick, Minor, Muehlfelt, Schroeder, Sutter, and Wiley.  If you live in DuPage County, how many registered voters are in your precinct, how many voted, and how many votes did the Republican candidates get?  My Milton Township Precinct 9 has 506 registered voters.  393 voted and Trump/Pence* got 137 votes, Kirk* got 201 votes, Munger* got 213 votes, Roskam got 231* votes, Ives got 237 votes*, Berlin got 283 votes, Kachiroubas* got 224 votes, Grogan* got 220 votes, Jorgensen got 296 votes, Bucholz got 239* votes, Grant got 281 votes, Elliott* got 226 votes, Whelan* got 226 votes, Telander got 280 votes, Fullerton got 275 votes, Brennan* got 211 votes, Wheaton** got 284 votes, Popejoy** got 252 votes, Guerin** got 249 votes, Mallen** got 255 votes, and Sutter** got 253 votes.  * = contested  ** = judge retention)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161205/news/161209356/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Monday night, Chaplin began a 2-year term by being sworn in along with fellow board members and countywide elected officials. Other sitting representatives who started new terms on the 18-member county board are Don Puchalski, Sam Tornatore, Sean Noonan, Gary Grasso, Brian Krajewski, Amy Grant, James Healy, Robert Larsen and Jim Zay. Two new county board members — Tim Elliott of Glen Ellyn and Janice Anderson of Naperville — also were sworn in during the inauguration event in Wheaton. Both are Republicans. Anderson, a former Naperville Township trustee, last month defeated Democratic incumbent Tony Michelassi. She will serve a 2-year term representing District 5. The countywide elected officials who took the oath of office Monday were State’s Attorney Robert Berlin, Recorder Fred Bucholz, County Auditor Bob Grogan, Coroner Richard Jorgensen, and Circuit Court Clerk Chris Kachiroubas. County board Chairman Dan Cronin said during the event that he’s “energized” by the what the county has achieved and the challenges it faces.)
— Immigrants urged to learn their rights, stay involved – Russell Lissau
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161205/news/161209365/
— Franks sworn in as McHenry County’s first chairman elected by voters – Lauren Rohr
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161205/news/161209423/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE AND TABLE: Why schools won’t test water for lead – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161206/news/161209344/
— Dist. 303 shows reasonable vigilance on spending limits – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161206/discuss/161209337/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner’s Republicans add four more Democrats to ‘Boss Madigan’ list – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-republicans-boss-madigan-20161205-story.html
— Chicago faces political power outage as Trump succeeds Obama – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-chicago-9ed11294-bba9-11e6-ae79-bec72d34f8c9-20161206-story.html

 

WTTW
— Springfield Standoff: Lawmakers Yingling and McSweeney Weigh In on Budget Stalemate – Alexandra Silets
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2016/12/05/springfield-standoff-lawmakers-weigh-budget-stalemate

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Business leaders uncertain on immigration reform during Trump presidency – Matt Buedel  (DIERSEN: Are you employed?  If so, what percent of your superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates are illegal?)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20161205/business-leaders-uncertain-on-immigration-reform-during-trump-presidency

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Nine face corruption charges, including East St. Louis councilwoman, Board of Review member – GEORGE PAWLACZYK AND BETH HUNDSDORFER
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article118959858.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Worker Comp ‘reform’ sticks it to taxpayers – Christopher T. Hurley
http://www.qconline.com/opinion/worker-comp-reform-sticks-it-to-taxpayers/article_3481e2ea-c5e2-547d-9c25-8413dfd15b7f.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps stress Carson’s lack of housing experience.  All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, GAO assigned staff to audits of IRS who had little or no knowledge of IRS.  When I transferred from IRS to GAO, I brought with me almost 9 years of experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 level, currently $77,899-$88,286.  Outrageously wastefully, GAO assigned me to audits of IRS for only 3 years 1986-1988.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/pundit-compares-carson-to-wutang-clans-ghostface-killah/615991041
— Trump and China on collision course  President-elect lashes out on Twitter over weekend – Stephen Collinson
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-and-china-on-collision-course

 

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— DISTRICT 5 DUPAGE COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS SWORN IN  (DIERSEN: Attendees at this outstanding event included Birkett, Breen, Cassioppi, Coladipietro, Connelly, Creswel, Cronin, Curran, Czernek, Dabrowski, Eckhoff, Fichtner, Fitzpatrick, Fullerton, Henry, Hinds, Ives, Jorgensen, Keller, Khouri, LeVan, Lofgren, Lowe, Marchese, McCluskey, McGowen, Mendrick, Minor, Muehlfelt, Schroeder, Sutter, and Wiley.)
http://www.positivelynaperville.com/2016/12/05/district-5-dupage-county-board-members-sworn/68078

 

STATE OF ILLINOIS
— Illinois Student Assistance Commission Announces 2017-18 Illinois State Scholars  More Than 19,300 high school students recognized for outstanding academic achievement  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty.  If you seek a government office or a political office, sooner or later, if you were not at the top of your high school class, your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will stress that.  I only just barely made it into the top 20% of my high school class and my ACT was only 24.)
http://www3.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=1&RecNum=13918

 

NEWSMAX
— Biden: I’m Going to Run for President in 2020 – Solange Reyner  (DIERSEN: What is your position on age discrimination?  Biden is 74 years old.  How old are you?  I am 68 years old.  My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates started to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being old in 1973 when I was 25 because I had failed to make GS-13 (currently $92,632).  I did not make GS-12 (currently $77,899) until 1974 and I did not make GS-13 until I was 38 in 1986.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Joe-Biden-2020-presidential-election/2016/12/05/id/762327/

 

BREITBART
— GOP Leadership to Delay Donald Trump’s Election-Winning Priorities – NEIL MUNRO5
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/12/05/gop-leadership-to-postpone-debate-on-donald-trumps-election-winning-priorities/

 

THE BLAZE
— Federal judge orders recount in Michigan, placing Electoral College votes at risk – Leon Wolf
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/05/federal-judge-orders-recount-in-michigan-placing-electoral-college-votes-at-risk/
— Here’s how much the Obama family has spent on vacations over the last eight years – Tre Goins-Phillips
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/05/heres-how-much-the-obama-family-has-spent-on-vacations-over-the-last-eight-years/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Feds Refuse To Divulge Records Of Assaults On Orphaned Immigrant Children In Their Care – Richard Pollock
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/05/exclusive-feds-refuse-to-divulge-records-of-assaults-on-orphaned-immigrant-children-in-their-care/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Snowflake Millennials Butthurt Over New TV Show Portraying Them as Snowflakes – MICHAEL WALSH
https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2016/12/04/snowflake-millennials-butthurt-over-new-tv-show-portraying-them-as-snowflakes/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Krauthammer: If Border Were Secure “National Consensus” Would Be To Legalize Illegals For “Last Time,” Be “Generous” – Ian Schwartz (DIERSEN: Borders will never be secure, so no legalization ever.  Democrats and RINOs will always encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/12/05/krauthammer_if_border_were_secure_national_consensus_would_be_to_legalize_illegals_for_last_time_be_generous.html

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Presidential election was major setback for cultural Marxism’s hegemony – VICTOR GAETAN
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/presidential-election-was-major-setback-for-cultural-marxisms-hegemony/article/2608933
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Post-election protests continued in recent days in Chicago, Portland, and Omaha. Black Friday was displaced in Seattle by a Black Lives Matter protest of about 1,000 people combining police brutality and anti-Trump themes. But voters soundly rejected left-wing strategies of disruption when they dismissed Hillary Clinton, who aligned herself with the BLM movement, heavily financed by George Soros. Her loss was a major setback for cultural Marxism and its contemporary manifestations, a pernicious ideology that deserves to be squarely acknowledged in order to permanently eject it from America’s public square. The Black Lives Matter movement was born in 2013, “rooted in the labor and love of queer Black women” as founder Alicia Garza explains. Two years later, it had morphed into a sprawling, chaotic indictment of police brutality, indifferent to facts (twice as many whites were killed by police in 2015 than blacks, for example) and directly linked to revenge killings of innocent officers.)

 

THE HILL
— Trump allies warn: No compromise on immigration – JONATHAN SWAN
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/308905-trump-allies-warn-no-compromise-on-immigration
— Huckabee: Is Pelosi ‘racist or just dumb?’ – REBECCA SAVRANSKY –
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/308813-huckabee-asks-if-pelosi-is-racist-or-just-dumb

 

POLITICO
— Biden: ‘I’m not committing to not running’ in 2020 – REBECCA MORIN
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/joe-biden-2020-232234

 

CNN
— Former Trump adviser on Taiwan call: ‘If China doesn’t like it, screw ’em’ – Nathan McDermott (DIERSEN: What do your former advisors say?)
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/05/politics/kfile-stephen-moore-taiwan-call/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Why Electors Should Reject Trump.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/opinion/why-i-will-not-cast-my-electoral-vote-for-donald-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump ask “Why Does Donald Trump Lie About Voter Fraud?”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/opinion/why-does-donald-trump-lie-about-voter-fraud.html
— How Ben Carson Could Undo a Desegregation Effort – Emily Badger
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/upshot/how-ben-carson-at-housing-could-undo-a-desegregation-effort.html
— New York Asks U.S. to Pay Trump Security Costs; Puts First Bill at $35 Million – J. DAVID GOODMAN
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/nyregion/new-york-reimburse-trump-security-costs.html
— Both Feeling Threatened, American Muslims and Jews Join Hands – LAURIE GOODSTEIN  (DIERSEN: Democrats run America.  Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/us/muslim-jewish-alliance-after-trump.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Defamation Suit Over a Shared Facebook Post Is a Test of Press Freedom in Bhutan – KAI SCHULTZ  (DIERSEN: What do you share?  Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, and without question, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do not want me share anything unless it promotes them and/or it is critical of the millions if not billions of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that are on their blacklists.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/world/asia/bhutan-press-freedom.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: House G.O.P. Signals Break With Trump Over Tariff Threat – JENNIFER STEINHAUER
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/us/politics/house-republicans-trade-trump.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— VERY SAD: Trump’s election stole my desire to look for a partner – Stephanie Land
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soloish/wp/2016/12/05/trumps-election-stole-my-desire-to-look-for-a-partner/

 

NEW YORK POST
— Report buried Trump-related ‘hate crimes’ against white kids – Paul Sperry
http://nypost.com/2016/12/05/report-buried-trump-related-hate-crimes-against-white-kids/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOILD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Donald Trump’s Message Sparks Anger in China.”  Anti-Trumps side with China against America.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trumps-message-sparks-anger-in-china-1480989202

 

DETROIT NEWS
— Student loans burden taxpayers – Editorial
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/editorials/2016/12/05/student-loans/95028852/

 

PHILLY
— Crack down on sanctuary cities – Hans Von Spakovsky
http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20161206_Commentary__Crack_down_on_sanctuary_cities.html

 

SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
— ‘Boomer Hottie’ Brooker invites all to the Age March – Leslie Katz  (DIERSEN: What is your position on age discrimination?  Biden is 74 years old.  How old are you?  I am 68 years old.  My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates started to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being old in 1973 when I was 25 because I had failed to make GS-13 (currently $92,632).  I did not make GS-12 (currently $77,899) until 1974 and I did not make GS-13 until I was 38 in 1986.)
http://www.sfexaminer.com/scoop-boomer-hottie-brooker-invites-age-march/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One night many years ago, Barbara Rose Brooker had a dream — kind of like Martin Luther King Jr.  She was marching, wearing her Joan Crawford-ankle strap platform shoes, and imagining a world where people aren’t judged by their age. About nine months later, she organized the first Age March, a grassroots event in 2010 that brought some 200 participants of all ages to Fort Mason in The City. The 80-year-old San Francisco writer, painter and teacher is eager to talk about the third Age March, which starts at noon Sunday, Dec. 4 at Gough and Union streets, and ends at Union and Fillmore. “We’re going to celebrate age pride and our real ages and fight to end age discrimination,” says Brooker, noting that the issue affects so many aspects of life, from dating to housing to jobs. Brooker, a longtime anti-ageism activist, has experience with such discrimination. She says she’s applied for jobs she’s clearly qualified for, more or less been hired on the phone, then turned away after meeting the prospective employer in person. The author of “The Viagra Diaries,” who coined the phrase “Boomer Hottie” and appeared with Sharon Osbourne on TV, also has been rejected by Hollywood. HBO was slated to make a movie based on “Viagra” with Goldie Hawn, but canned the project after “Sex and the City’s” Darren Star wrote a bad script, Brooker says (and changed the main character’s age from 70 to 51). Brooker, who writes a column called “Boomer In The City” in J, the Bay Area’s Jewish news weekly, says she often meets people, even 25- and 35-year olds in the tech industry, who experience ageism in the workplace. Still, she remains hopeful. “Before I leave this planet, I want this movement to go global,” she says, adding that she has no money and is seeking corporate and governmental support and funding. She says, “Dianne [Feinstein] and Nancy [Pelosi] would love this!” Festivities on Sunday include the rollicking New Orleans’ style Bird Polk St. Second Line Brass Band, which is leading the march, and brief comments from Kaushik Roy of Shanti Project and Mary Eileen Williams, host of radio’s “The Feisty Side of Fifty.” By the way, everything is free, and people of all ages and persuasions are heartily invited to join the fun. Brooker is pleased, too, to report that the San Francisco Police Department waived fees for the event, and is providing a motorcycle lead.)

 

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— Teachers’ lawsuit claims Atlanta tries to push older ones out (DIERSEN: Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 ($92,632) by age 25, GS-14 ($109,463) by age 30, GS-15 ($128,759) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($160,300) by age 40.)
http://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/teachers-lawsuit-claims-atlanta-tries-push-older-ones-out/47iPuj3dS5rpVi7Jm5BvyM/

 

TEXAS TRIBUNE
— If we hire them, they will come: The demand side of border security  A fundamental truth underlies the nation’s collective failure to stop illegal immigration and smuggling over the southern border: The United States demands the cheap labor and drugs. – JAY ROOT, JOLIE MCCULLOUGH AND JULIÁN AGUILAR  (DIERSEN: How guilty are those in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, that is, how great is the demand for “cheap labor and drugs” in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.texastribune.org/2016/12/06/demand-side-border-policy/
— Demand for undocumented labor, drugs rampant across country  Although the Texas Legislature spent nearly $800 million on a border security apparatus, the demand for cheap labor and illegal drugs continues to spread. – ALEX SAMUELS (DIERSEN: How guilty are those in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, that is, how great is the demand for “cheap labor and drugs” in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.texastribune.org/2016/12/06/the-brief/

 

GUARDIAN
— Portland to vote on taxing companies if CEO earns 100 times more than staff  City official proposing the tax, considered the first of its kind, says income inequality is among society’s greatest challenges: ‘It’s absolutely frightening’ – Nicky Woolf  (DIERSEN: In 1997 in today’s dollars, GAO paid me $120,427.  The federal government pays Obama only $400,000, that is, only 3.3 times what GAO paid me.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/05/portland-ceo-salary-tax-vote-wealth-inequality

 

BLOOMBERG
— Chicago Faces Political Power Outage as Trump Succeeds Obama – John McCormick
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-12-06/chicago-faces-political-power-outage-as-trump-succeeds-obama
— Ex-Citigroup Executive Graham Said to Sue for Age Discrimination – Patrick Gower and Ambereen Choudhury
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-30/gilles-graham-said-to-sue-citigroup-for-age-discrimination

 

BEAST
— Biden Says He’s Running in 2020
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/12/05/biden-says-he-s-running-in-2020.html

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— A pensions time bomb spells disaster for the US economy  (DIERSEN: What is your position on age discrimination?  Biden is 74 years old. How old are you?  I am 68 years old.  My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates started to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being old in 1973 when I was 25 because I had failed to make GS-13 (currently $92,632).  I did not make GS-12 (currently $77,899) until 1974 and I did not make GS-13 until I was 38 in 1986.)
http://www.businessinsider.com/a-pensions-time-bomb-spells-disaster-for-the-us-economy-2016-12

 

BNA
— PREPARING FOR MILLENNIAL LEADERSHIP IN A BABY BOOMER WORLD – Genevieve Douglas  (DIERSEN: What is your position on age discrimination?  Biden is 74 years old. How old are you?  I am 68 years old.  My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates started to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being old in 1973 when I was 25 because I had failed to make GS-13 (currently $92,632).  I did not make GS-12 (currently $77,899) until 1974 and I did not make GS-13 until I was 38 in 1986.)
https://www.bna.com/preparing-millennial-leadership-b73014448098/
— Caterpillar Hit With Age Bias Suit Over Facebook Firing – Kevin McGowan
https://www.bna.com/caterpillar-hit-age-n73014447791/

 

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— New Call for Student Debt Relief Before Obama Leaves – Andrew Kreighbaum
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2016/12/06/new-call-debt-relief-obama-leaves

 

COSMOPOLITAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Donald Trump Lies About Illegal Voting, Then Calls Election Fair in Recount Filing And Republican leadership is not correcting him.”  Illegals would vote for Clinton, not for Trump.
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a8466543/donald-trump-illegal-voting-recount/