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August 27 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Neighbors to hold rally after pro-Nazi graffiti found on Lincoln Square garage – Laura Podesta
http://abc7chicago.com/community-events/neighbors-to-hold-rally-after-pro-nazi-graffiti-found-on-lincoln-square-garage/2347045/

NBC5
— Governor Rauner Signs Bill Creating Muslim Advisory Council (DIERSEN: Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion. Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote Islam work against Trump and those who support Trump.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/governor-rauner-oks-creation-of-muslim-advisory-council-441824163.html

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot. If you push pot, you push destruction.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-medical-cannabis-illinois-pain-opioids-20170825-story.html

— What’s it take to be in the home equity elite? – Kenneth R. Harvey (DIERSEN: Have you paid your mortgage off? My wife and I did during the 1990s. Of course, that made my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates furious. They painted themselves as having financial problems, most commonly because they had children and/or because their spouse had little or no income.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-re-0827-kenneth-harney-20170822-story.html
— Why Americans are shunning new homes and opting to stay put, renovate instead – Gail MarksJarvis (DIERSEN: How much have spent renovating your home? Since we had our home built in 1984 at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton, my wife and I have spent lots of money renovating it. We have had the following replaced plus more: roof, garage doors, furnace and air conditioning, kitchen appliances, countertop, and flooring, carpeting, water heater, and deck flooring. We have had a deck and gazebo built, an underground sprinkler system installed and controller replaced, fencing installed and replaced, a car lift installed, garage flooring installed, the basement finished, a whole-house natural-gas backup electric generator installed, and a home security system installed. We have spent lots of money and I have spent lots of time making landscaping and lot drainage improvements.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-remodeling-booms-as-homeowners-wont-move-0827-biz-20170823-story.html
— Faced with substitute shortage, northwest suburban school districts focus on recruitment – Karen Ann Cullotta (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Post Office part-time 1966-1969, I was frequently called in to work because my coworkers had called in sick. Chrysler hired me in 1970 to work part-time because its assembly line workers frequently called in sick.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-zurich/news/ct-ahp-arlington-sub-shortage-tl-0831-20170825-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— School-funding deal still blurry, but who got what coming into focus – Tina Sfondeles and Lauren FitzPatrick
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/analysis-school-deal-still-blurry-but-who-got-what-coming-into-focus/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE IN THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Trump again uses immigrants as scapegoats – Linda Chavez (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are also anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.statesville.com/news/linda-chavez-column-build-relationships-not-walls/article_c34e4fec-8a57-11e7-8401-0bff02336f3d.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Turmoil? What turmoil? – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170826/statehouse-insider-turmoil-what-turmoil
— No reforms? What about those bill signings? – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, “reforms” in Illinois advance the Democrat Party platform and harm individuals, harm organizations, harm companies, and harm governments in Illinois that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasing, under Rauner and the Democrats, Illinois makes it clear that it wants to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)

http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170826/bernard-schoenburg-no-reforms-what-about-those-bill-signings

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Captain rattles his crew By hiring and firing key players in his administration, Gov. Bruce Rauner makes his goal of turning around Illinois that much harder. – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-08-27/captain-rattles-his-crew.html
— Springfield leaders finally play ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-08-27/jim-dey-springfield-leaders-finally-play-lets-make-deal.html

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— School funding: Don’t let leaders, lawmakers quit until he job is done – Editorial (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will lawmakers propose/impose a special tax on DINKs (dual income, no kids) to fund schools? I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn DINKs.)
http://www.qconline.com/editorials/editorial-don-t-let-leaders-lawmakers-quit-until-he-job/article_a2f5a80d-04fd-530c-956f-4cdf6ff6fb65.html
— Rauner OKs creation of Muslim advisory council – AP (DIERSEN: Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion. Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote Islam work against those who support Trump.)
http://www.qconline.com/news/illinois/rauner-oks-creation-of-muslim-advisory-council/article_2529d24e-8aae-11e7-9be6-03e1fa2e5bf2.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. Bruce Rauner has approved the creation of the Illinois Muslim American Advisory Council. The Republican signed the plan into law on Friday without offering comment. The council’s purpose is to advise the governor and legislators on policy issues affecting Muslim Americans and immigrants. It’ll be made up of 21 members, appointed by the governor and legislative leaders. The group is required to meet monthly and issue policy recommendations. Proponents say establishing the council sends a welcoming message to Muslims. Opponents question resources used on advisory councils. Former Gov. Pat Quinn had established a similar group by executive order in 2011, but the group disbanded when Rauner took office in 2015. Illinois has over 500,000 Muslims and more than 300 mosques.)

HERALD REVIEW
— Despite reforms, barriers remain for Macon County felons seeking jobs – TOM LISI (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers want to hire those who they see are the “wave of the future,” that is, those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://herald-review.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/despite-reforms-barriers-remain-for-macon-county-felons-seeking-jobs/article_f1119c2b-254b-5015-abcf-4ef44fe64708.html

RIVER CITIES’ READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who work against Rauner say “Job Numbers Not Looking Better on Rauner’s Watch.”
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/job-numbers-not-better

RANDOLPH COUNTY HERALD TRIBUNE
— Bicentennial countdown begins – Pete Spitler (DIERSEN: How long have your ancestors lived in Illinois? My ancestors have lived in Illinois since 1844. How long have you lived in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct? I have lived in Illinois since 1948, in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978, and in my precinct since 1984. What do you say those in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who continue to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being a newcomer?)
http://www.randolphcountyheraldtribune.com/news/20170826/bicentennial-countdown-begins

DAILY WIRE
— John Kasich Mulling Run With Democrat To Take Out Trump In 2020 – JOSEPH CURL (DIERSEN: If course, Kasich would promise to get rid of all Trump supporters, and especially 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.dailywire.com/news/20267/reprt-john-kasich-mulling-run-democrat-take-out-joseph-curl#

FOX NEWS
— ‘Civil Disobedience’ March From Charlottesville to DC Will Demand Trump’s Removal
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/08/27/civil-disobedience-march-charlottesville-dc-demand-trump-removal

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Hate-Filled, Liberal Sports Writer Stephen Douglas Can’t Even Wish a Trump Supporter a Wonderful Marriage – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/08/26/hate-filled-liberal-sports-writer-cant-even-wish-trump-supporter-wonderful-marriage/

AMERICAN THINKER
— DeBlasio Wants to Remove Christopher Columbus Statue – J. Marsolo
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/08/deblasio_wants_to_remove_christopher_columbus_statue.html

BREITBART
— Joe Arpaio Hits Back at John McCain, Declares After Pardon ‘I’m Not Going Away’ – AARON KLEIN
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/26/exclusive-joe-arpaio-hits-back-at-john-mccain-declares-after-pardon-im-not-going-away/

NEWSMAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans are overjoyed that “Paul Ryan Joins Other Republicans to Attack Trump’s Pardon.”
https://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Paul-Ryan-GOP-Trump-pardon/2017/08/26/id/809984/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans are overjoyed that “McCain leads criticism of Trump over Arpaio pardon.”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/26/john-mccain-leads-criticism-trump-over-arpaio-pard/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Memphis Theater Cancels ‘Gone With The Wind’ Screening for Being ‘Insensitive’ – David Rutz
http://freebeacon.com/culture/theater-cancels-gone-wind-screening-being-insensitive/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illinois education funding compromise in trouble, threatening school openings – Rick Moran
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/08/illinois_education_funding_compromise_in_trouble_threatening_school_openings.html
— Chicago carjackings: Arrests down as crime skyrockets – Thomas Lifson
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/08/chicago_carjackings_arrests_down_as_crime_skyrockets.html
— The Left Will Blame Trump for Hurricane Harvey – Daniel John Sobieski
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/08/left_will_blame_trump_for_hurricane_harvey.html
— The Real Reason the Democrats Want to Be Rid of Confederate Monuments – Patricia McCarthy
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/08/the_real_reason_the_democrats_want_to_be_rid_of_confederate_monuments.html
— Victory for left wing thuggery: Rallies in San Fran and Berkeley cancelled – Rick Moran
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/08/victory_for_left_wing_thuggery_rallies_in_san_fran_and_berkeley_cancelled.html

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Start Looking Forward – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: What do you see when you look forward? Sadly, I see ever-increasing efforts by members of the following groups to get rid of me: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/08/27/start-looking-forward/

THE HILL
— Threats of political violence rise in polarized Trump era – MELANIE ZANONA (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, members of Group A make it clear that they are going to get rid of members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors AND MEMBERS OF GROUP B ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/348014-threats-of-political-violence-rise-in-polarized-trump-era

ABC NEWS
— San Francisco claims victory after right-wing group shut out – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear a) that they want to abolish the First Amendment and b) that they want to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Of course, that encourages members of the aforesaid groups to buy more firearms and more ammunition for their self-defense.)
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/canceled-rally-stem-san-francisco-fears-49431602

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans are overjoyed that “Paul Ryan Becomes Highest Republican to Criticize Arpaio Pardon.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/26/us/politics/political-reaction-trump-pardon-arpaio.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-American Latinos Express Outrage After Trump Pardons Arpaio
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/25/us/joe-arpaio-pardon-latinos.html
— The Worst (and Best) Places to Be Gay in America – Frank Bruni (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that run America make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/25/opinion/sunday/worst-and-best-places-to-be-gay.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Pro-Trump group cancels San Francisco rally as hundreds of counterprotesters march on the streets.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/08/26/a-pro-trump-group-canceled-its-rally-but-san-francisco-prepared-for-violence-anyway/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Illinois governor vetoes bill to raise state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN: If you had earned $15/hour in today’s dollars when you were in high school, what you have done with the money? I worked part-time 1964-1966 for the minimum wage ($1.25/hour) while I was a 16 and 17 year old high school student. In today’s dollars in 1966, I earned $9.49/hour. (SEE: https://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/items/1966-united-states-minimum-wage) That job enabled me to earn and save enough money to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966 a) that I used to commute to jobs cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline during the summer of 1966 and delivering mail 1966-1967 and b) that I used to commute to classes at UIC from my parents’ home in Crete 1966-1967. In December of 1967, I sold it and used that money and money that I had earned and saved delivering mail to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442.)
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-illinois-minimum-wage-20170826-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump foes, questioning his mental fitness, want to oust him from office using the 25th Amendment” and asks “How would that work?”
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-25th-amendment-20170825-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Thousands of demonstrators turn out in San Francisco to denounce white supremacists.”
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sf-rally-20170826-story.html

USA TODAY
— Get your budget back in shape after splurging on vacation – Elizabeth Renter (DIERSEN: Vacations are expensive. Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor and his wife are not planning any kind of vacation. My $50,856/year pension is only 41% of the $122,991/year that I earned in 1997 in today’s dollars. Because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, we have at least $72,135 less each year or $6,011 less each month or $1,387 less each week or $198 less each day to spend on vacations I went on vacations in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977. My wife and I went on many vacations, typically four each year, 1978-1992 in connection with her business trips to luxury resorts all across America. Of course, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious about that.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2017/08/27/get-your-budget-back-shape-after-splurging-vacation/589999001/

JOURNAL STAR
— America becoming nation of victims – RUBEN NAVARRETTE JR. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, members of the following groups are demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://journalstar.com/opinion/columnists/ruben-navarrette-america-becoming-nation-of-victims/article_af8864c0-3ad3-5485-85a6-8b9b8cc561dc.html

MADISON
— Paul Ryan ‘does not agree’ with Arpaio pardon, spokesman says (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who sides with Ryan? ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/roundup/morning-briefing-paul-ryan-does-not-agree-with-arpaio-pardon/article_99a1b63e-8b29-11e7-bd57-df4292d622ce.html

NPR
— Texas Becoming A Magnet For Conservatives Fleeing Liberal States Like California – VANESSA ROMO (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in driving members of the following groups out of your precinct, out of your municipality, out of your township/ward, out of your county, and out of Illinois: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.npr.org/2017/08/27/546391430/texas-becoming-a-magnet-for-conservatives-fleeing-liberal-states-like-california

SALON
— Lansing, my hometown Confederate war Our Illinois public high school blithely flew the Confederate flag for years. Then demographics began to change – DAVID MASCIOTRA (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout about your hometown? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my hometown of Crete was full of German Lutherans who were White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things while I, my parents, my grandparents, my great grandparents, and my great great grandparents lived there. My grandfather and his father operated Crete’s only hardware store for almost 100 years. My grandfather fought the Germans in WWI.)
http://www.salon.com/2017/08/26/my-hometown-confederate-war/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 47% Say Media Is A Roadblock For Trump (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have always been a roadblock for them. They want to a) destroy those like me who support planks that they reject in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform b) destroy those like me who support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, c) destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, and/or d) destroy those like me who have sued them.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/august_2017/47_say_media_is_a_roadblock_for_trump

August 26 Evening Edition

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GOP LAWMAKERS CALL ON GOVERNOR TO VETO BILL PROTECTING NON-CITIZENS LIVING IN ILLINOIS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/gop-lawmakers-call-on-governor-to-veto-bill-protecting-non-citizens-living-in-illinois.html
— CABELLO: SB 31 SHOULD NOT BE SIGNED
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/cabello-sb-31-should-not-be-signed.html
— IL GOVERNOR AGREES TO MAKE IT EASIER TO ALLOW SEX CHANGES ON BIRTH CERTIFICATES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/il-governor-agrees-to-make-it-easier-to-allow-sex-changes-on-birth-certificates.html
— RAUNER VETOES STATEWIDE $15 MINIMUM WAGE BILL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/rauner-vetoes-statewide-15-minimum-wage-bill-.html
— PRO-LIFE GROUPS TO PROTEST PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S TRIVIA NIGHT AT CHICAGO’S REVOLUTION BREWING
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/pro-life-groups-to-protest-planned-parenthoods-trivia-night-at-chicagos-revolution-brewing.html

NBC5
— Rauner’s General Counsel Dennis Murashko Escorted From Office a Week Before Planned Exit: Reports – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: Have you been fired? In early 1971, after I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in August of 1970, my Firestone Store boss in Chicago Heights ordered me to clean the white walls on display tires that were hanging on the walls of the store showroom while the store was open. That prompted me to tell him that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. He immediately flew into a rage, fired me, and threw me out of the store. Then, Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS. That Firestone Store boss had not hired me — Firestone Stores regional office had hired me. In my opinion, that Firestone Store boss disapproved of many of my demographics including my religion and my national origin, but most of all, he disapproved that I had avoided the draft.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rauner-general-counsel-dennis-murashko-441813073.html
— Lawmakers to Debate School Funding Agreement Monday – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/education-reform-illinois-441779893.html

WGN TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, members of the following groups blame hate crimes on Trump: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://wgntv.com/2017/08/26/vigil-to-be-held-oak-park-church-after-vandalized-with-racial-slurs-swastikas/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Arpaio, 85, hints at run for office: ‘I’ve got a big political message to get out’ – Amy B. Wang
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-arpaio-politics-trump-pardon-20170826-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s pardon of controversial Arizona ex-sheriff Arpaio fits a pattern: A divider not a uniter.” Anti-Trumps want Trump to help them get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-arpaio-20170826-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “At 34 percent, Trump setting new records for low presidential approval.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-low-job-approval-20170825-story.html
— Rauner bill approvals include one making birth certificate changes easier for transgender people – Kim Geiger and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-bill-action-met-0826-20170825-story.html
— In Midwest Trump states, Sanders tries to push Democrats to the left on health care – David Weigel
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-sanders-midwest-health-care-20170826-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Primary buzz already growing amid Trump political struggles – AP (DIERSEN: Of course, primary challengers would viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn all Trump supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170826/news/308269954/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— If you want our money, CPS, then come clean – Editorial
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170826/ISSUE07/170829913/cps-finances-are-broken-and-taxpayers-deserve-answers

SAUK VALLEY
— No end in sight to video gambling With no power to control it locally, state or market will determine ceiling – PAM EGGEMEIER (DIERSEN: If you promote video gambling, you promote destruction.)
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/08/18/no-end-in-sight-to-video-gambling/aioonnu/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Governor OKs Illinois’ official pet, exercise and wildflower
http://www.bnd.com/latest-news/article169568312.html

ENEWS PARK FOREST
— Fast-Food Workers Wage Sit-In at Rauner’s Chicago Office Following Veto of $15/hour for 2.3 Million IL Workers
https://enewspf.com/2017/08/26/fast-food-workers-wage-sit-rauners-chicago-office-following-veto-15hour-2-3-million-il-workers/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Gorka says he, Bannon, others were ‘systematically undermined’ – SOPHIE TATUM (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the past and present lead underminers in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/gorka-says-he-bannon-others-were-systematically-undermined/799091978

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— McHenry County Administrator – Two step shuffle – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/08/mchenry-county-administrator-two-step-shuffle/

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Chicago radio hosts argue caricature of racism is not itself racism – Caitlin Nordahl
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511196606-chicago-radio-hosts-argue-caricature-of-racism-is-not-itself-racism

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Group launches website in war on Illinois property taxes – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511195487-group-launches-website-in-war-on-illinois-property-taxes
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Homeowners Defense Association (HDA) has launched a website to counter the damage it sees as being done to homeowners across the state by virtue of the runaway property tax system. “DefendHomeowners.com will seek to mobilize homeowners by making them aware of how the state’s tax system is impacting their home,” HDA Executive Director Heidi Holan told the DuPage Policy Journal. “We will be advocating for tax reform and making people aware of what they can do about the current system.” With Illinois residents paying some of the highest property taxes in the country, Holan argues that the situation has reached a crisis point. “High property taxes are the biggest driver of all the outmigration you’re seeing across the state,” she said. “We want the cap to be somewhere around 1 percent; right now it’s at about 2.3 percent, or more than twice as high as where the national average is.” Holan said homeowners can start fighting back by making themselves aware of what options they have and to understand what level of power they hold by banding together. In addition to free individualized property tax reports, HDA members will receive free region-by-region property tax analyses. Membership is free.)
— Analysis: Aurora home prices down 13 percent over past decade; Property tax rates fell to 5.09 percent
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511192006-analysis-aurora-home-prices-down-13-percent-over-past-decade-property-tax-rates-fell-to-5-09-percent

CAPITOL FAX
— More Friday veto dump reacts
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/26/more-friday-veto-dump-reacts/

DAILY CALLER
— Democrats Officially Label Trump Aides As White Nationalists – Alex Pfeiffer (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint themselves as being anti-American.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/26/democrats-officially-label-trump-aides-as-white-nationalists/

WORLD NET DAILY
— ‘WHITE SHAMING’ IS NEW RAGE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES It’s all about ‘deconstructing whiteness,’ the ‘construct of whiteness,’ the ‘ignorance of whiteness’
http://www.wnd.com/2017/08/white-shaming-is-new-rage-on-college-campuses/

THE HILL
— In the era of Trump, big government is winning – STUART SHAPIRO
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/the-administration/348109-in-the-era-of-trump-big-government-is-winning

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-White says “Trump Just Pardoned White Supremacy Americans of conscience must condemn this unpardonable act.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-just-pardoned-white-supremacy-and-it-is-an-unpardonable_us_59a1c793e4b0d0ef9f1c1473

MCCLATCHY DC NEWS
— Illinois governor rejects 2 employment-related measures – AP (DIERSEN: As everyone knows, private sector employers a) want cheap labor and b) viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn government employees as being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article169598602.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has vetoed a proposal limiting what employers screening job applicants can ask, including prior wage or salary history. Rauner rejected the plan Friday, saying he supports the effort but Illinois should follow Massachusetts’ lead, which prevents salary inquiries before the job offer, among other things. Supporters say the proposal would’ve addressed Illinois’ gender wage gap.)

DENVER POST
— RNC condemns white supremacy but makes no mention of Trump’s remarks – DAVID WEIGEL (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps will use this RNC resolution to viciously demonize, to viciously denigrate, and to viciously condemn Trump and all his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots and even worse things.)
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/08/25/republican-national-committee-condemns-white-supremacy-donald-trump/

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “TRUMP IMPEACHMENT IS MOST POPULAR SOLUTION AMONG AMERICANS.” (DIERSEN: What did you do during the Nixon impeachment process in 1974 (SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_process_against_Richard_Nixon)? I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS’s Collection Division in Chicago. They took their anger against Nixon out on me. Virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. My Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed the $5/day partial day per diem claims that I had filed (SEE: http://www.gao.gov/products/463866) and b) got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-impeachment-most-popular-solution-americans-655556

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Illinois Governor OKs Creation of Muslim Advisory Council – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under Rauner, individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are members of the following groups feel less and less and less welcome in Illinois: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-08-26/illinois-governor-oks-creation-of-muslim-advisory-council
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Proponents say establishing the council sends a welcoming message to Muslims.)

THE BEAST
— Trump’s Pardon of Joe Arpaio ‘Is a Presidential Endorsement of Racism,’ ACLU Says
http://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-pardon-of-joe-arpaio-is-a-presidential-endorsement-of-racism-aclu-says

August 23 Evening Edition

RESURRECTION PROJECT
— FAITH LEADERS APPLAUD REPORTS THAT GOVERNOR BRUCE RAUNER WILL SIGN TRUST ACT SB 31 ON MONDAY, AUGUST 28 TO PROTECT IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND STRENGTHEN PUBLIC SAFETY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “faith leaders” in Illinois act as operatives or as dupes for the anti-religious Illinois Democrat Party.)
http://mailchi.mp/resurrectionproject/174-faith-leaders-urge-governor-rauner-to-sign-trust-act-sb-62395

ABC7
— Mayors, superintendents push override of school funding veto – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/education/mayors-superintendents-push-override-of-school-funding-veto/2335987/
— Former CIA agent wants to buy Twitter to kick President Trump off – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/technology/former-cia-agent-wants-to-buy-twitter-to-kick-trump-off/2336246/

NBC5
— Lawmakers Make Progress in Debate Over School Funding Bill – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/lawmakers-make-progress-in-debate-over-school-funding-bill-441574703.html
— House Session Canceled as Talks Continue on School Funding – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-school-funding-441528953.html

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners and anti-Trumps continue to use school-funding political cartoon to dog Rauner.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/23/racially-charged-political-cartoon/

WLS AM
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
http://www.wlsam.com/news/virtually-no-one-thinks-trump-has-discouraged-white-supremacists/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Emanuel open to renaming Balbo Drive and removing monument – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Do you live and/or work in Chicago? What does Emanuel think of those who share your demographics? You should expect that the more of your demographics (political affiliation, religion, country that you are a citizen of, race, gender, sexual orientation, age, financial situation, gun ownership, national origin if you are a citizen of America, draft status, how long your ancestors have been in America, etc.) that he disapproves of, the sooner that he will use the power of his office to remove you.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/emanuel-open-to-renaming-balbo-drive-and-removing-monument/
— Emanuel uses gov’s response to cartoon to make case for veto override – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuel-uses-govs-response-to-cartoon-to-make-case-for-veto-override/
— Secret talks in Springfield no way to decide school funding – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-secret-talks-in-springfield-no-way-to-decide-school-funding/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Emanuel, suburban mayors press for Rauner override on school funding – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-gov-rauner-veto-override-met-20170823-story.html
— Illinois school funding talks to resume Thursday as lawmakers seek elusive compromise – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-school-funding-met-0824-20170823-story.html
— Neo-Nazis have rock bands, too – they’ve been around for decades – Travis M. Andrews
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-neo-nazi-rock-bands-20170823-story.html
— Protesters want Balbo monument in Chicago removed – Tony Briscoe (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics? How soon will protesters demand that those who share your demographics be removed. Protesters are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-balbo-monument-protest-chicago-0824-20170823-story.html
— Suspended VFW prize drawing highlights little-known laws governing raffles – Robert McCoppin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-raffle-laws-illinois-morris-vfw-met-20170823-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The woman who complained to state authorities about the raffle, anti-gambling activist Kathy Gilroy of Villa Park, said that existing tickets were sold illegally, and should be refunded. Gilroy said she didn’t object to nonprofit raffles when they held the only games in the area and were subject to limits on betting and frequency. But Illinois lawmakers have expanded gambling statewide for decades. They first allowed horse racing, then the lottery in 1974, followed by 10 casinos in 1990, and authorized video gaming in bars, restaurants and other locations 2009. As gambling has burgeoned, Gilroy has crusaded against it, believing it reflects an erosion of values. She speaks at local and state hearings and helped shut down numerous raffles. In 2005, she forced a foundation named for former Chicago Bears great Richard Dent to comply with the law to raffle off a $200,000 Bentley. Gilroy has claimed some victories, as some local governments have banned video gambling. Along the way, she’s been called every name in the book for interfering with good causes, but says the end doesn’t justify the means. Without the laws being enforced, she said, bettors have no way of knowing if their money is being stolen or misused. “I want the law to be followed, so everybody’s protected,” Gilroy said. “Doesn’t the law matter anymore?”)
— ESPN’s ‘sensitivity’ move shows need for stupidity training – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-robert-lee-john-kass-0824-20170823-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-immigrant-sanctuary-adalberto-church-met-0824-20170823-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A vicious anti-Trump says “Something is truly wrong with Donald Trump.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-speech-lies-20170823-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Trump/Rauner Durbin says “Rauner playing regional politics ‘beneath the dignity’ of the office.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-dick-durbin-city-club-met-0824-20170823-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Republican state Rep. Jeanne Ives of Wheaton will brief the Schaumburg Township Republican Organization on the latest news from Springfield at its monthly breakfast meeting from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 26 at Chandler’s Chophouse, 401 N. Roselle Road in Schaumburg.
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20170823/state-rep-ives-to-speak-in-schaumburg-aug-26
— Germany’s Merkel says “America first” attitude will hurt US – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Germany paints itself as being anti-American.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170823/news/308239948/
— Roskam: Trump should refocus ‘struggling’ agenda on health care, taxes – Jake Griffin (DIERSEN: The anti-Trump news media is eager to report criticisms of Trump.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170823/roskam-trump-should-refocus-struggling-agenda-on-health-care-taxes
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps report that Roskam said “Trump should put the Twitter account down.” The anti-Trump news media is eager to report criticisms of Trump.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170823/roskam-trump-should-put-the-twitter-account-down
— Volo Auto Museum adds Trump limo to collection – Russell Lissau
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170823/volo-auto-museum-adds-trump-limo-to-collection

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois really is in the hunt for Toyota plant, Illinois Chamber of Commerce chief says – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run Illinois could stress that Illinois is full of potential employees who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170823/BLOGS02/170829958/illinois-really-in-hunt-for-toyota-plant-chamber-chief-says
— Emanuel wants override, not compromise, on school funding bill – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170823/BLOGS02/170829956/emanuel-wants-override-not-compromise-on-school-funding-bill

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Mike Murphy interested in 99th House seat – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170823/bernard-schoenburg-mike-murphy-interested-in-99th-house-seat

TIMES
— OUTSTANDING: La Salle limits downtown gambling parlors – Dan Churney
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/la-salle-limits-downtown-gambling-parlors/article_d65d9bba-bc0b-56df-a8a9-3f4925a75a6d.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the news media acts like it exists to harm Trump and to harm Trump’s supporters.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-berates-sick-news-media-in-fresh-tirade/796343102
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Think President Trump couldn’t ratchet up his attacks on the news media any more than he already has? Think again. At a rally in Phoenix on Tuesday, the President called journalists “liars” and “sick people” who are fomenting “division” in the country and “trying to take away our history and our heritage.” And he repeatedly portrayed the news media as an enemy of the American people, recalling his claims to that effect from February. “I really think they don’t like our country. I really believe that,” Trump said. Afterward, several prominent members of the media said the President’s anti-press rhetoric was downright dangerous, because it could lead individuals to try to harm journalists. While the President complaints about “fake news” on an almost daily basis, Tuesday seemed especially severe.)

LOUIS TODAY
— While we were preoccupied with the eclipse, the city was tearing up Confederate Drive in Forest Park – Celeste Bott (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? How soon will the anti-Trumps in your municipality tear up those in your municipality who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/while-we-were-preoccupied-with-the-eclipse-the-city-was/article_e75647e9-8722-51c2-8273-4769cbb08a15.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you oppose SB31, anti-Trumps demonize you, denigrate you , and condemn you as being “on the far right.”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/23/pressure-builds-on-rauner-as-trump-supporting-sheriff-tries-to-calm-nerves-on-the-far-right/
— Rauner called out on debt transparency veto
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/23/rauner-called-out-on-debt-transparency-veto/
— Emanuel connects cartoon response to SB1 veto
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/23/emanuel-connects-cartoon-response-to-sb1-veto/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Wealthy Southern Poverty Law rakes in Hollywood, Silicon Valley cash after Charlottesville Gifts pour in despite criticism over SPLC’s focus on fundraising, hate-group labeling – Valerie Richardson (DIERSEN: Give money to the Southern Poverty Law Center if you want to shout that you are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/23/wealthy-southern-poverty-law-rakes-hollywood-silic/

ONE NEWS NOW
— If children are sponges, the Left is a flood – Bob Kellogg, Billy Davis (DIERSEN: Democrats run public education in America. If you send your children to a public school, they will come home anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.onenewsnow.com/education/2017/08/23/if-children-are-sponges-the-left-is-a-flood

DAILY CALLER
— Aides Urge Trump To Make Deal On ‘Dreamer’ Amnesty – Will Racke (DIERSEN: What percent of Trump’s aids are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/22/aides-urge-trump-to-make-deal-on-dreamer-amnesty/

FOX NEWS
— ‘Fox & Friends’ celebrate the Corvette
http://video.foxnews.com/v/5549192124001/?#sp=show-clips

GOPUSA
— Chaos: Charlottesville City Council Votes to Cover Up Statues (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? How soon will the anti-Trumps in your municipality vote to cover those in your municipality who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=29114

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— CNN AND THE SPLC – Daniel Greenfield
http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/267668/cnn-and-splc-daniel-greenfield
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Southern Poverty Law Center’s hate map is one of the longest running malicious jokes on the internet. And by running its smears against the Freedom Center, CNN has gone full fake news. What other list of hate groups can boast that it actually caused a terrorist attack? The SPLC’s hate map can. Floyd Lee Corkins admitted that he chose his target for the Family Research Center shooting spree by using the SPLC’s map. What other list of hate groups added a target of an ISIS terror attack after the attack. Only the SPLC’s hate map. The SPLC announced it was adding Bosch Fawstin, award-winning ex-Muslim cartoonist and longtime illustrator at Front Page Magazine, after the Garland cartoon contest that he won was targeted by ISIS in its first attack in America. What other list of hate groups featured a sign outside a bar as one of its groups.)

BREITBART
— Cartel Gunmen Kill 10th Mexican Journalist in 6 Months – ILDEFONSO ORTIZ AND BRANDON DARBY
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/08/23/cartel-gunmen-kill-10th-mexican-journalist-6-months/

BLAZE
— George Clooney and his wife donate $1 million to the Souther Poverty Law Center, a group targeting conservatives – Carlos Garcia (DIERSEN: Give money to the Southern Poverty Law Center if you want to shout that you are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/08/22/george-clooney-and-his-wife-donate-1-million-to-group-targeting-conservatives/
— MSNBC pokes fun at ESPN for removing announcer named Robert Lee from UVA game – Kate Scanlon
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/08/23/i-kid-you-not-msnbc-pokes-fun-at-espn-for-removing-announcer-named-robert-lee-from-uva-game/
— ESPN has proven that the campaign to erase our history is driven by mass hysteria – Matt Walsh (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the anti-Trumps banish everyone whose name contains “Lee” from your municipality, from your township/ward, from your county, from Illinois, from America, and from the world?)
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/matt-walsh-espn-has-proven-that-the-campaign-to-erase-our-history-is-driven-by-mass-hysteria/

DAILY CALLER
— Berkeley College Republicans Slapped With $15,000 Fine To Host Ben Shapiro – Rob Shimshock
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/23/berkeley-college-republicans-slapped-with-15000-fine-to-host-ben-shapiro/

THE HILL
— Media lets loose its fury after Trump attacks – JONATHAN EASLEY
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/347710-media-lets-loose-its-fury-after-trump-attacks
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Acrimony rises within GOP ahead of difficult September.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/347640-acrimony-rises-within-gop-ahead-of-difficult-september

HUFFINGTON POST
— Anti-Trumps say “Democrats Nix Idea Of Trading Dreamers’ Protections For Border Wall, More Deportations. Top administration officials are reportedly pushing for a deal that would help young undocumented immigrants — by hurting their parents and community.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-house-daca-dreamers_us_599c6eade4b06a788a2c3b72

WASHINGTON POST
— George and Amal Clooney putting their money where their mouth is – Sarah Polus (DIERSEN: Give money to the Southern Poverty Law Center if you want to shout that you are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2017/08/23/george-and-amal-clooney-putting-their-money-where-their-mouth-is/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— White House Sets Rules for Military Transgender Ban Guidelines expected to direct Pentagon to stop admitting transgender people, gives Mattis power to remove those serving – Gordon Lubold
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-sets-rules-for-military-transgender-ban-1503534757

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “What Makes People Join Hate Groups?”
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-08-23/what-makes-people-join-hate-groups-studies-say-childhood-torment-social-isolation

VARIETY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “CEOs, Media Chiefs Aghast Over Trump’s Reluctance to Denounce Neo-Nazi Violence.” Are you a Trump supporter? How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois threaten you with violence if you fail/refuse to denounce Trump?)
http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/trump-president-charlottesville-1202535835/

July 19 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democratic group airs TV ads attacking Rauner on school funding bill – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-school-funding-ad-20170719-story.html
— Rahm, enjoy your ‘vacation’ from Chicago – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-rahm-emanuel-europe-0719-20170718-column.html
— Liberal America has a political violence problem – Albert Eisenberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-liberals-antifa-violence-20170718-story.html
— In defense of bureaucracy to protect the little people – Ron Grossman (DIERSEN: Who/what has protected you? For me, it has been federal civil service protections. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-trump-west-bureaucracy-grossman-20170712-story.html
— Armed men hold up Naperville restaurant, police say
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/crime/ct-nvs-naperville-armed-robbery-st-0721-20170719-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING: Grocery store’s video gambling opens new wagering frontier in suburbs – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170719/grocery-stores-video-gambling-opens-new-wagering-frontier-in-suburbs
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING: Bella’s to combine restaurant, wine market, gambling in Wheeling
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170719/bellas-to-combine-restaurant-wine-market-gambling-in-wheeling
— Investigation continues into controversial photo of Barrington High students – Bob Susnjara
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170718/investigation-continues-into-controversial-photo-of-barrington-high-students
— Armed men rob person outside Naperville restaurant – Lee Filas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170719/armed-men-rob-person-outside-naperville-restaurant

WTTW
— What Does It Cost to Run for Governor in Illinois? – Amanda Vinicky (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What does it cost to be eligible to be hired by the federal government at the GS-7 level, currently $44,853? ANSWER: The cost to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree. QUESTION: What does it cost to be eligible to be hired by the federal government at the GS-9 level, currently $54,864? ANSWER: The cost to earn a job-related master’s degree.)
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/07/18/what-does-it-cost-run-governor-illinois

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield Park Board should reject video gambling at Sliders stadium – Anita Bedell, Executive Director of the Illinois Church Action on Alcohol & Addiction Problems
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170717/letter-springfield-park-board-should-reject-video-gambling-at-sliders-stadium

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— To the incumbents go the campaign spoils – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-07-19/tom-kacich-incumbents-go-campaign-spoils.html
— Vermilion board chairman Mike Marron ‘ready for the challenge’ of Hays’ seat – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-07-19/vermilion-board-chairman-ready-challenge-hays-seat.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Here comes your bailout for the financially-mismanaged Chicago Public Schools – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article161723983.html

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Illinois ending most paper professional license renewals (DIERSEN: I became a licensed CPA in 1981.)
http://www.qconline.com/business/illinois-ending-most-paper-professional-license-renewals/article_9fbef8d7-f471-5068-876a-4fd5c6bcd205.html#new_tab

SUBURBAN LIFE
— OUTSTANDING: Joliet denies license for cafe gambling on Larkin Avenue – BOB OKON
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/07/18/joliet-denies-license-for-cafe-gambling-on-larkin-avenue/abb5eda/
— Wheaton City Council approves final plans for Loretto Club housing development – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/07/18/wheaton-city-council-approves-final-plans-for-loretto-club-housing-development/acl7amf/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Protesters “drop dead” in rally against AHCA – Esther Kwon (DIERSEN: Protesters want a) Republicans to pay for health care for Democrats and b) those who have more money to pay for health care for those who have less money.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/protesters-drop-dead-in-rally-against-ahca

WJBD RADIO
— Trump’s election commission holds first meeting amid pushback (DIERSEN: Democrats pushback at any and all efforts to stop voter fraud.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2017/07/19/trumps-election-commission-holds-first-meeting-amid-pushback

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— President Trump to nominate Caterpillar board member as Russian ambassador Huntsman served as ambassador to China from 2009 to 2011 – Pierce Roberson
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/president-trump-to-nominate-caterpillar-board-member-as-russian-ambassador/768670776
— Letting Obamacare fail ‘cynical, sinister,’ Booker says Democrats not invited to participate (DIERSEN: The Democrats’ wasting of my federal career and their forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” was “cynical, sinister.” If I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, and/or a veteran, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. While I worked for the federal government, extremely few of my coworkers earned job-related master’s degrees, job-related professional certifications, or job-related professional licenses. 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 32.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/letting-obamacare-fail-cynical-sinister-booker-says/768781203

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— How Much Money Could Chicago Save By Reducing Violence? Substantial anti-violence programs aren’t cheap, but neither is violence. – WHET MOSER
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/July-2017/How-Much-Money-Could-Chicago-Save-By-Reducing-Violence/

CHICAGO NOW
— Is 10th CD R Primary Doug Bennett running against an Independent? Jeff – Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/07/is-10th-cd-r-primary-doug-bennett-running-against-an-independent-berkowitz-wbennett-cableweb/

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— Illinois budget post-mortem: What remains, what made it, what didn’t … – BGA
https://rebootillinois.com/2017/07/18/illinois-budget-post-mortem-bga/

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Rauner pays new staff lucrative salaries “All of us owe them a debt of gratitude.” – Mark Maxwell (DIERSEN: Are/were you accused of being overpaid? 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 32.)
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/rauner-pays-new-staff-lucrative-salaries/768887237
— Rauner opposes Trumpcare after it stalls Obamacare repeal dies in Senate – Mark Maxwell
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/rauner-opposes-trumpcare-after-it-stalls/768884783

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— McCaleb: After two wins, Madigan plays political game with school funding – Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/mccaleb-after-two-wins-madigan-plays-political-game-with-school/article_a8e255f6-6c0a-11e7-a843-83ccd44bf811.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— HB 1785: “They’re as Good at Math as They are at Biology” – Ralph Rivera and John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/spotlight-049/
— Donald Trump’s Pro-Family Remarks in Poland Should Leave Conservatives Optimistic – Joshua Denton
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/07/donald-trumps-pro-family-remarks-in-poland-should-leave-conservatives-optimistic/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— New Survey Shows We Are Approaching a Post-Christian America – Joshua Denton (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want America to be anti-Christian.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/faith/new-survey-shows-approaching-post-christian-america/

CAPITOL FAX
— They’re back!
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/19/theyre-back/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The last press release I received from the Illinois Republican Party on state issues was July 7th, the Friday before the Monday Rauner purge began… On Monday, the Chicago Machine tipped its hand on SB1. After months claiming that SB1 was about fixing the school funding formula, Chicago Public Schools started making the unsubstantiated argument that an amendatory veto of the bill to remove the Chicago bailout would change the “fundamental purpose” of the legislation. It’s a clear admission by the Chicago Machine that the “fundamental purpose” of SB1 is a Chicago pension bailout, and not school funding reform. It’s time Madigan Democrats in the General Assembly either send SB1 to Governor Rauner for an amendatory veto to remove the Chicago bailout, or pass true bipartisan school funding reform that excludes a multi-hundred million dollar bailout of Chicago at the expense of schools across the state. Otherwise, this is just another case of Mike Madigan and his machine holding Illinois hostage for his Chicago agenda.)
— “You’re paying folks too much” (DIERSEN: 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 32.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/19/youre-paying-folks-too-much/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner says “The Rauner couple’s unhealthy obsession with media and messaging.”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/18/the-rauner-couples-%e2%80%9cunhealthy-obsession-with-media-and-messaging%e2%80%9d/

GOPUSA
— Liberal Values Are Bankrupting Us – Star Parker
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27354

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Archbishop rips Vatican-approved magazine’s ‘ignorant’ attack on pro-Trump Catholics – Claire Chretien
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archbishop-chaput-rips-vatican-approved-magazines-willfully-ignorant-attack
— Same-sex ‘marriage’: Religious right was right all along – Charles LiMandri
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/same-sex-marriage-religiousright-was-right-all-along

DAILY CALLER
— Ending DACA Puts America First – Scott Greer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/18/ending-daca-puts-america-first/

NEWSMAX
— Target’s Chief Sounds Alarm on Pullback by Hispanic Shoppers – Jonathan Weiss (DIERSEN: Are you shopping less, and if so, since when and why? I have been shopping less since 1997 when my income dropped $72,135/year or 59% because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.” Instead of a $122,991 GS-13 Step 10 salary, I have a $50,856 pension.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/Economy/target-hispanics-shopping-shoppers/2017/07/19/id/802498/
— GOP Becoming Party of Bad Faith – Rich Lowry
http://www.newsmax.com/RichLowry/obamacare-repeal-republican-senate/2017/07/18/id/802332/

BREITBART
— Liberal Republican Senators to Block Defunding Planned Parenthood in Obamacare Repeal – DR. SUSAN BERRY
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/19/2015-clean-obamacare-repeal-bill-defunded-planned-parenthood-one-year/

WORLD NET DAILY
— DIRTY 2 DOZEN GOP REPS BOW TO ‘TRANS’ DEMANDS Linda Harvey asks, should taxpayers pay for soldiers’ artificial genitals? – LINDA HARVEY
http://www.wnd.com/2017/07/dirty-2-dozen-gop-reps-bow-to-trans-demands/

THE HILL
— ICE chief praises Trump, plans to send more agents to sanctuary cities – JOSH DELK
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/342580-ice-director-trump-has-taken-the-handcuffs-off-law-enforcement
— GOP forms circular firing squad – NIALL STANAGE
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/342630-the-memo-gop-forms-circular-firing-squad

POLITICO
— COST OF RAUNER’S NEW HIRES – Natasha Korecki
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/07/19/politico-illinois-playbook-rahm-in-milan-while-rome-is-burning-hastert-already-out-of-prison-cost-of-rauner-new-hires-221398
(FROM THE ARTICLE: We asked the governor’s office what the new staff members — most of whom hail from the Illinois Policy Institute — were paid. Here are salaries for six staffers Rauner hired since last week: Kristina Rasmussen — Chief of Staff — $170,000; Diana Rickert – Deputy Chief of Staff of Communications – $165,000; Laurel Patrick – Communications Director – $120,000; Michael Lucci -Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy – $140,000; Brittany Carl – Communications Specialist – $45,000; Meghan Keenan – Communications Specialist – $45,000)

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Voter Purges Are Coming – VANITA GUPTA (DIERSEN: Are you a precinct committeeman/captain? How much deadwood is there in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/opinion/donald-trump-voting-rights-purge.html
— The Top Jobs in Trump’s Administration Are Mostly Vacant: Who’s to Blame? – KAREN YOURISH and GREGOR AISCH (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/17/us/politics/trump-appointments.html

USA TODAY
— Still looking for a raise? The fight for a higher minimum wage to continue in 2018 – Charisse Jones and Kellie Ell
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/07/14/states-and-cities-do-what-federal-government-wont-raise-minimum-wage/443111001/
— Women are talking and these companies make them happiest – N’dea Yancey-Bragg (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates had told them that my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates WHO WERE WOMEN would be much happier if the federal government got rid of its employees who were men, and especially those who were Republican, White, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/07/17/women-talking-and-these-companies-make-them-happiest/479719001/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 2-year-old start-up just released its 2017 rankings of the best companies where women are happiest. Companies with the top rankings: Boston Consulting Group, Dell, Accenture, PepsiCo, General Electric, Salesforce, Deloitte, PwC, Vanguard Group, Apple, American Express, Kaiser Permanente, Thomson, Reuters.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Balancing Religion and the Office. – Francesca Fontana (DIERSEN: What religion are you? I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL). While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years in 3 different agencies, I do not recall any of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, or subordinates being MSLs. Most, if virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes disapprove of MSLs, if not despise MSLs, if not hate MSLs. They hint/imply/argue/shout that MSLs are “too conservative.”)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-religion-at-work-still-taboo-not-everywhere-1500386401

BLOOMBERG
— Chicago’s Graduation Policy Doesn’t Make the Grade Requiring students to have a formal plan after high school could put more of them at risk. (DIERSEN: What was your plan when you were in high school?)
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-07-18/chicago-s-graduation-policy-doesn-t-make-the-grade

FED SMITH
— House Budget Committee Targets Federal Employee Pensions – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years (1966-1969 and 1971-1997) and I have been a retired federal employee for almost 20 years. Ever-increasingly, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems and those who paint themselves as being advocates for the aforesaid promote hatred of federal employees and hatred of retired federal employees. If someone promoted hatred of you, what would you do about it? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/07/19/house-budget-committee-targets-federal-employee-pensions/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For retired federal employees under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), COLAs would be reduced by 0.5%.)

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 426 West Elm Street, Wheaton – $329,900
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/1_fs/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447952_zpid/

July 14 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Des Plaines River still rising; Rauner to tour Lake County flood damage – Jessica D’Onofrio and Diane Pathieu
http://abc7chicago.com/weather/des-plaines-river-still-rising;-rauner-to-tour-lake-county-flood-damage/2216321/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Emanuel heads to London, Berlin, Milan to promote Chicago – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-morning-spin-friday-edition-20170713-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Base’s loyalty could give Trump last laugh – Roger Simon (DIERSEN: What are you loyal to? I am loyal to the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, and to the extent that they defend and advance the aforesaid, I am loyal to Republican activists, Republican candidates, Republican elected officials, Republican party leaders, Republican major donors, Republican political consultants, Republican etc. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/simon-trumps-grand-presidential-performance/

DAILY HERALD
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: New Sun-Times owners: Coverage won’t be changing – Robert Feder (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, newspapers, television stations, radio stations, websites, etc. act as arms of the Democrat Party. They promote the Democrat Party platform and activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who can and will defend and advance the Democrat Party platform.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170713/new-chicago-sun-times-owners-unions-investors-wont-interfere-with-coverage
— Inaugural class of STEM Scholars honored at graduation – U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (DIERSEN: When you were in high school and in college, were you ever honored for anything? I was not. To have money to buy cars to get to work and school and to graduate from college debt-free a) while I was in high school, I did yard work, delivered newspapers, and washed dishes; b) during the summer between high school and college, I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline; and c) while I was in college, I delivered mail, worked on an automobile assemble line, and worked as a security guard. If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would use the aforesaid against me.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20170713/inaugural-class-of-stem-scholars-honored-at-graduation
— Glendale Heights-based home health agency owners accused of Medicare fraud – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170713/glendale-heights-based-home-health-agency-owners-accused-of-medicare-fraud
— Trump caught on tape complimenting Macron’s wife’s body – AP (DIERSEN: Are you in great shape? I am not. I need to lose 50 pounds. Every hour that I might spend exercising would mean at least six fewer articles in the next GOPUSA ILLINOIS email.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170714/news/307149948/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners ask “Has Bruce Rauner lost it?”
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170714/ISSUE05/170719913

DNA INFO
— 600 Immigrants Helped By City Defense Fund Set Up After Trump’s Election – Heather Cherone (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps do everything that they can to make immigrants anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170713/pilsen/600-immigrants-helped-by-city-defense-fund-set-up-after-trumps-election

SPRINGFIELD STATE JORNAL REGISTER
— Springfield aldermen experience highs, lows of social media – Mary Hansen
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170713/springfield-aldermen-experience-highs-lows-of-social-media

TIMES
— State Rep. Jerry Long, R-Streator, Libertarians have common ground – David Giuliani (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between the Libertarian Party platform and the Republican Party platform. Libertarian plants in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc. have always worked very hard against me.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/long-libertarians-have-common-ground/article_294ae889-40a8-50cb-97d6-8b5cc3640e9c.html
— Illinois attorney general issues sex-crimes response guide (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/illinois-attorney-general-issues-sex-crimes-response-guide/article_45f39210-05d9-53fa-a6fb-930618773cb6.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Bush, Clinton stress value of humility in Oval Office Ex-presidents never mentioned Trump (DIERSEN: Who want you to be humble? My critics/opponents want me and everyone else to be humble. My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois and they use their clout to viciously destroy individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are not humble.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/bush-clinton-stress-value-of-humility-in-oval-office/765066592

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, those in Illinois who are members of the following groups rely on “social services:” anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/jb-pritzker-highlights-social-services-tazewell-county#stream/0

JOURNAL COURIER
— Tax hike is really a pay cut – Jay Jamison
http://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/111627/commentary-tax-hike-is-really-a-pay-cut

CHICAGO READER
— Springfield’s ongoing feuding with CPS could stop funding for other Illinois schools if a deal isn’t reached soon, and other Chicago news – Kate Shepherd
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/07/14/springfields-ongoing-feuding-with-cps-could-stop-funding-for-other-illinois-schools-if-a-deal-isnt-reached-soon-and-other-chicago-news

CHICAGOIST
— ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Dressed Demonstrators Urge Rauner To Sign HB40
http://chicagoist.com/2017/07/13/handmaids_tale_dressed_demonstrator.php

CHICAGO DAILY OBSERVER
— ‘Madigan Tax Increase’ a Big Boost for Rauner for Governor – RAY LONG
http://www.cdobs.com/archive/featured/madigan-tax-increase-a-big-boost-for-rauner-for-governor/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Southern Illinois Congressman Mike Bost pushes HUD Secretary on Cairo housing ‘corruption’ – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/southern-illinois-congressman-pushes-hud-secretary-on-cairo-housing-corruption/article_17f8766e-6819-11e7-af3b-fb89fbb7c21c.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ALL FIVE DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR SUPPORT MADIGAN TAX HIKE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/all-five-democrats-running-for-governor-support-madigan-tax-hike.html
— THORNER & INGOLD: TWITTER USERS CLAIM TRUMP VIOLATED THEIR 1ST AMENDMENT RIGHTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/thorner-ingold-twitter-users-claim-1st-amendment-rights-violated.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Legislators want Rauner to declare emergency and call out National Guard
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/14/legislators-want-rauner-to-declare-emergency-and-call-out-national-guard/

GOPUSA
— Trump: US not ready for comprehensive immigration reform (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants who will vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants who will work for less money.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27141
— Russia Baiters and Putin Haters – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.gopusa.com/russia-baiters-and-putin-haters/
— Bronx teen blared ‘F— tha Police’ from apartment window during slain officer’s funeral
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27132
— Two Democrats put their ignorance on full display with article of impeachment
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27138

WASHINGTOIN TIMES
— Feminist geographers encourage colleagues not to cite research of white men – Bradford Richardson
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/13/feminist-geographers-dont-cite-research-white-men/

THE BLAZE
— Jesse Jackson: Hillary Clinton really ‘won the election’ against Trump — but ‘it was stolen’ – Dave Urbanski
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/13/jesse-jackson-hillary-clinton-really-won-the-election-against-trump-but-it-was-stolen/
— Bernie Sanders’ Democratic challenger isn’t buying his ‘Robin Hood shtick’ – Brandon Morse (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who paint themselves as being Robin Hood? They have always painted me as being undeservedly filthy rich.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/13/bernie-sanders-democratic-challenger-isnt-buying-his-robin-hood-shtick/

DAILY CALLER
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Trump Admin Continues Obama-Era Tradition Of Giving Millions To Soros-Linked Groups – Alex Pfeiffer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/13/trump-admin-continues-obama-era-tradition-of-giving-millions-to-soros-linked-groups/
— Dan Rather Resurrects Disgraced Career As Trump Critic – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/13/dan-rather-resurrects-disgraced-career-as-trump-critic/

NEWSMAX
— Rising Student Debt Blocks Millennials From Home Ownership (DIERSEN: How old were you when you first bought real estate? I bought a new town home when I was 24. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being someone who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, who has always been privileged, and who would never had been able to do that if he had not avoided the draft and if had not been an overpaid federal employee.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/StreetTalk/student-education-debt-housing/2017/07/13/id/801518/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump, in France, Tells Brigitte Macron, ‘You’re in Such Good Shape’ – LIAM STACK (DIERSEN: Are you in great shape? I am not. I need to lose 50 pounds. Every hour that I might spend exercising would mean at least six fewer articles in the next GOPUSA ILLINOIS email.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/13/world/europe/trump-france-brigitte-macron.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Ivanka Inc. The first daughter talks about improving the lives of working women. Her father urges companies to “buy American.” But her fashion line’s practices collide with those principles – and are out of step with industry trends. – Matea Gold, Drew Harwell, Maher Sattar and Simon Denyer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/politics/ivanka-trump-overseas/

USA TODAY
— Trump calls Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with Russian lawyer ‘opposition research’ – David Jackson and Fredreka Schouten (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use against you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) stress to those who are anti-Trump that I am a Trump supporter, b) stress to those who are anti-Protestant that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, c) stress to those who are anti-conservative that I am conservative, d) stress to those who are anti-Republican that I am Republican, e) stress to those who are anti-American that I am American, f) stress to those who are anti-White that I am White, g) stress to those who are anti-male that I am a male, h) stress to those who are anti-older people that I am 68 years old, i) stress to those who have less money than I have that I have more money than they have, j) stress to those who have more money than I have that I have less money than they have, k) stress to those who are anti-gun owners that I am a gun owner, l) stress to those who anti-German Americans that I am 100% German national origin, m) stress to anti-draft avoiders that I am a draft avoider, n) stress to those who are anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors that my ancestors have been in America since 1844, o) stress to those who are not married that I have been married since 1978, p) stress to those who have children that my wife and I gave up trying to have children, that we did not adopt, and that we did not become foster parents, q) stress to those who own dogs that I have never owned a dog, r) stress to those who hate American-nameplate cars that I have only owned American-nameplate cars, s) stress to those who are anti-union that I was a union member for almost 12 years, t) stress to those who hate federal employees that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, u) stress to those who hate federal retirees that I have been a federal retiree for almost 20 years, v) stress to those who promote vices including booze, gambling, and pot, that I oppose promotion of vice, and w) stress to those who are anti-etc. that I am etc.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/07/13/donald-trump/475459001/

BLOOMBERG
— Illinois Budget That Saved It From Brink May Add to Pension Debt – Elizabeth Campbell
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-14/illinois-budget-that-saved-it-from-brink-may-add-to-pension-debt

EVANSVILLE COURIER PRESS
— GOP strips Musgraves from party role for Dem donation – Zach Evans
http://www.courierpress.com/story/news/local/2017/07/11/gop-strips-musgraves-party-role-dem-donation/103600992/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A $500 political donation to a Democrat from almost two years ago led to the removal of Cheryl Musgrave and her husband from their roles within the Vanderburgh County Republican Party. The move is one of several political moves against Republican Vanderburgh County Commissioner Musgrave by local Republican Chairman Wayne Parke in recent years. Robert Musgrave, her husband, is listed on campaign finance documents as having donated $500 to the Gail Riecken mayoral campaign in August 2015. Robert Musgrave is an elected Republican precinct committeemen. Riecken is a Democrat who unsuccessfully challenged Republican Mayor Lloyd Winnecke in 2015. Indiana Republican Party rules prohibit ranking Republicans from donating outside the party.)

HERALD AND NEWS
— On Religion: Trump meets the ‘worship wars’ in flashy D.C. rites – Terry Mattingly (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would shout that I am a religious hypocrite because I am not a member of any church, because I do not attend church services, and because I do not give money to a church. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or they a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://www.heraldandnews.com/news/local_news/faith/on-religion-trump-meets-the-worship-wars-in-flashy-d/article_cbf50d48-c6dd-5183-9a05-5e6b23f2d7dd.html

AUGUSTINE
— DeSantis taking on federal pensions – Editorial (DIERSEN: What does DeSantis say about my Democrat GAO superiors constructively having me on reduced pay administrative leave since 1997? Since 1997, they have had the Civil Service Retirement System pay me $1,008,644 in today’s dollars (238 months X $4,238) to “sit a home.” My critics/opponents, their operatives and their dupes side with my Democrat GAO superiors.)
http://staugustine.com/opinion/2017-07-14/desantis-taking-federal-pensions

ABC ACTION NEWS
— Florida voters asking to be removed from voter rolls Federal commission delaying request for voter info – Jessica Rodriguez, Adam Winer
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/florida-voters-asking-to-be-removed-from-voter-rolls

VOICE OF AMERICA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Work of Trump’s Voter Fraud Panel Inflames Partisan Divide.”
https://www.voanews.com/a/work-of-trump-voter-fraud-panel-inflames-paritsan-divide/3942978.html

FEDERAL TIMES
— OPM offers new rules on paid leave – Rachael Kalinyak (DIERSEN: Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors have had me on reduced pay administrative leave since 1997. Since 1997, they have had the Civil Service Retirement System pay me $1,008,644 in today’s dollars (238 months X $4,238) to “sit a home.” My critics/opponents, their operatives and their dupes side with my Democrat GAO superiors.)
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/opm-offers-new-rules-on-paid-leave
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rather than using administrative leave as an all-encompassing category, the three new statutory sections divide administrative leave, investigative and notice leave, and weather and safety leave while providing requirements on each in three new subparts.)

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— OPM to Implement Leave Changes for Agencies – Erich Wagner (DIERSEN: Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors have had me on reduced pay administrative leave since 1997. Since 1997, they have had the Civil Service Retirement System pay me $1,008,644 in today’s dollars (238 months X $4,238) to “sit a home.” My critics/opponents, their operatives and their dupes side with my Democrat GAO superiors.)
http://www.govexec.com/management/2017/07/opm-implement-leave-changes-agencies/139426/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Officials with the Office of Personnel Management have drafted new rules that aim to limit the use of paid administrative leave while an employee is under investigation for misconduct.)

SOCIALIST WORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Socialists do everything that they can to make immigrants anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
https://socialistworker.org/2017/07/14/a-stealth-legislative-assault-on-immigrants

July 13 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Gas tax hike hidden in Illinois budget – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/gas-tax-hike-hidden-in-illinois-budget-/2210298/

NBC5
— Governor Rauner Has Yet to Visit Flood-Affected Areas in Illinois – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: When disasters occur in a county, should county officials visit? When disasters occur in a township/ward, should township/ward officials visit? When disasters occur in a municipality, should municipal officials visit? When disasters occur in a precinct, should precinct committeemen/captains visit?)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/governor-bruce-rauner-yet-to-issue-statement-visit-flooded-areas-in-illinois-434362013.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois’ strategy for digging out of debt: taking on more – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/267761318-story

CHGICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois’ strategy for digging out of debt: Borrowing more money – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-strategy-for-digging-out-of-debt-taking-on-more/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps blast Trump’s supporters.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/steinberg-trump-isnt-the-problem-the-problem-is-people-support-him/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you do anything other than promote Islam, anti-Trumps blast you.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-a-palos-township-trustees-shameful-facebook-posts/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for all the problems that the poor have.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-close-the-huge-school-funding-gap-that-holds-back-poor-kids/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Is nothing about your life private? – Cory Franklin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-big-data-privacy-google-perspec-0713-jm-20171012-story.html
— Homeland Security chief has doubts about legality of DACA immigration program – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-legal-immigration-program-20170712-story.html
— Illinois income tax hike: 6 tips to manage or minimize how much you’ll pay – Gail MarksJarvis
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-illinois-income-tax-hike-marksjarvis-column-0716-biz-20170713-column.html
— A few candid thoughts for Illinois’ radical governor – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-bruce-rauner-radical-zorn-perspec-0714-md-20170713-column.html
— Will Illinois schools open this fall? Stop stalling, lawmakers – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-schools-illinois-rauner-legislature-edit-jm-20170713-story.html
— Shoplifting at Chicago grocers drops after change in food stamp program – Sahil Chinoy
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-chicago-shoplifting-snap-change-20170713-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— How do politicians collect opposition research? – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170713/news/307139981/
— OUTRAGEOUS: House rejects transgender ban measure for troops – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170713/news/307139836/

CRAINS’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago newspapers keep their left-right balance – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Both the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune reject many planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170713/BLOGS02/170719921/chicago-tribune-sun-times-maintain-political-divide
— Surprise hit to local agencies tucked into the budget – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170713/BLOGS02/170719919/surprise-hit-to-local-agencies-tucked-into-the-budget

SANGAMON SUN
— GOP ad series takes aim at Madigan’s reign, IIlinois’ troubles – Matt Smith
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511147239-gop-ad-series-takes-aim-at-madigan-s-reign-iilinois-troubles

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Standoff Continues In Funding Formula For Public Schools – DUSTY RHODES
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/standoff-continues-funding-formula-public-schools

ILLINOIS HOME PAGE
— Some say IDOT layoffs suspicious – Emilee Fannon (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who hired me in 1980, who got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who promoted me in 1986. While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the employees who GAO got rid of were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/capitol-news/some-say-idot-layoffs-suspicious/764842384

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner staff hirings prompt new “Trumpcare” questions
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/13/rauner-staff-hirings-prompt-new-trumpcare-questions/
— Pritzker campaign mocks Rauner over new hires (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who hired me in 1980, who got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who promoted me in 1986.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/13/pritzker-campaign-mocks-rauner-over-new-hires/
— Where’s Rauner during unprecedented Lake County flooding? (DIERSEN: When disasters occur in a county, should county officials visit? When disasters occur in a township/ward, should township/ward officials visit? When disasters occur in a municipality, should municipal officials visit? When disasters occur in a precinct, should precinct committeemen/captains visit?)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/13/wheres-rauner-during-unprecedented-lake-county-flooding/
— Leader Brady wants to use coming school funding crisis as “leverage” on “reforms”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/13/leader-brady-wants-to-use-coming-school-funding-crisis-as-leverage-on-reforms/
— More firing/hiring fallout for Rauner
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/13/more-firinghiring-fallout-for-rauner/

GOPUSA
— Elected Democrat threatens Trump in Facebook rant
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27083
— Another voting red flag
http://www.gopusa.com/another-voting-red-flag/

DAILY CALLER
— Shortage Of Foreign Labor Forces Maine Businesses To Hire Local Workers – Will Racke (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/13/shortage-of-foreign-labor-forces-maine-businesses-to-hire-local-workers/

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— A HORRIFYING EXAMPLE OF GOVERNMENT HANDOUTS AND PERVERSE INCENTIVES – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/07/13/a-horrifying-example-of-government-handouts-and-perverse-incentives/

POLITICO
— House to vote on controversial study of Islam – RACHAEL BADE and JOHN BRESNAHAN (DIERSEN: Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion. There are many tremendous conflicts between Islam and the Constitution.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/13/house-vote-study-of-islam-240537

WASHINGTON POST
— AP-NORC Poll: Three-quarters in US say they lack political influence – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ap-norc-poll-three-quarters-in-us-say-they-lack-influence/2017/07/13/07c39c4c-67a1-11e7-94ab-5b1f0ff459df_story.html

USA TODAY
FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE AND GRAPHIC: In Trump country, Russia scandal doesn’t resonate, Dave Boucher
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/07/13/trump-country-russia-scandal/474789001/

BOSTON HERALD
— FBI nominee Wray asserts loyalty to Constitution, not president – Kimberly Atkins (DIERSEN: I am loyal to the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/kimberly_atkins/2017/07/atkins_fbi_nominee_wray_asserts_loyalty_to_constitution_not

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— John Cox wants to govern a California with 12k legislators – Joe Garofoli
http://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/John-Cox-wants-to-be-govern-a-California-with-12k-11286678.php

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Flood insurance plan would shift burden to riskiest properties – Dylan Baddour (DIERSEN: How susceptible is your property to flooding?)
http://www.chron.com/business/article/Flood-insurance-plan-would-shift-burden-to-11287636.php

NEWSDAY
— What will it take for Trump backers to pull their support? – Lane Filler
http://www.newsday.com/opinion/columnists/lane-filler/what-will-it-take-for-trump-backers-to-pull-their-support-1.13794927

INSURANCE JOURNAL
— More Senior Citizens Working Past Retirement Age – Ben Steverman
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2017/07/11/457194.htm

FCW
— Workforce antidiscrimination bill sails through House – Chase Gunter (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were required to promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, they were required to discriminate against, that is, to punish federal employees like me who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://fcw.com/articles/2017/07/13/workforce-discrimination-bill.aspx

FED SMITH
— $22 Million Dollar Retired Federal Employee – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/07/13/successful-federal-employee-stock-investor/

July 4 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— JULY 4, 2016 FLASHBACK: Republicans who participated in Wheaton’s outstanding Independence Day Parade this morning included: U.S. Senator Mark Kirk; Governor Bruce Rauner, First Lady Diana Rauner, and Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti; State Senator Mike Connelly and State Representative Jeanne Ives; State Representative Peter Breen; DuPage County Board candidate Tim Elliott, DuPage County Board members Grant Eckhoff and Amy Grant, and DuPage County Forest Preserve Commissioner Tim Whelan; and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee. Please thank those who helped promote/sponsor the parade and the fireworks yesterday evening: Bob Berlin, Peter Breen, Liam Brennan, Fred Bucholz, Mike Connelly, Tim Elliott, Amy Grant, Gwen Henry, Jeanne Ives, Richard Jorgensen, Chris Kachiroubas, Mark Kirk, Brian Krajewski, Bob Lyon, Deanne Mazzochi, James Mendrick, Chris Nybo, Peter Roskam, Darlene Ruscitti, Phil Suess, Tim Whelan, and Jim Zay. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

NBC5
— Christie Beach Day Blasted as ‘Disgraceful’ During Shutdown But after coming to an agreement with his legislature late Monday, Christie signed the state’s new $34.7 billion budget deal, allowing for the reopening of the nonessential state services in time for the July 4 holiday – Michael Catalini
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/State-Beaches-Closed-to-Everyone-but-Gov-Chris-Christie-Family-Report-432179463.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Stolen FBI vehicle containing several firearms found on Near West Side
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/265469459-story

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Senate Dems to try to go it alone on budget, tax votes – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/despite-veto-threat-credit-agency-calls-budget-progress-concrete/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Emanuel didn’t seek comparison to Mussolini in NYT op-ed – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-rahm-trains-mussolini-0704-chicago-inc-20170703-story.html
— N.Y. Daily News slams Emanuel over ‘dumb’ boast about transit
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-rahm-emanuel-daily-news-20170703-story.html
— From ‘Bridgegate’ to ‘Beachgate’: How Chris Christie’s hubris hobbled his political career – Robert Costa
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-chris-christie-beach-20170703-story.html
— Celebrate the America we are trying to be – Clarence Page (DIERSEN: What do members of the following groups want America to be: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-fourth-july-frederick-douglass-page-perspec-0704-jm-20170703-story.html
— We the people have a democracy to celebrate – William Choslovsky (DIERSEN: Members of Group A want to use democracy to get rid of members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. Members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-government-democracy-america-freedom-perspec-0704-md-20170703-story.html
— 2 Chicago-area buglers play in prestigious Army band corps – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-army-fife-and-drum-illinoisans-met-0705-20170703-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Credit rating agencies to Illinois lawmakers: Take the budget deal – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170703/credit-rating-agencies-to-illinois-lawmakers-take-the-budget-deal
— Images: Monday Holiday Festivals and Fireworks – Patrick Kunzer (DIERSEN: Volunteers at the DuPage Republicans booth at the Wheaton fireworks included Flo Dangelo, Marty Keller, Paula McGowen, Janet Shaw, and Tim Whelan. Republican participants in the Warrenville Independence Day parade included Janice Anderson, James Mendrick, Birt Minor, Al Murphy, Peter Roskam, and Dave Tornga.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170703/images-monday-holiday-festivals-and-fireworks

WTTW
— Senate to Call Fourth of July Budget, Tax Vote – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/07/03/senate-call-fourth-july-budget-tax-vote

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Layoffs begin as state road construction shuts down – Tim Landis
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170703/layoffs-begin-as-state-road-construction-shuts-down
— July 4 perfect time to step back and remember what unites us – Editorial (DIERSEN: Members of Group A want to use democracy to get rid of members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. Members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170703/our-view-july-4-perfect-time-to-step-back-and-remember-what-unites-us

NORTHWEST HERALD
— State Rep. Steven Andersson defends vote for 32-percent state income tax increase – KEVIN P. CRAVER
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/07/03/local-representative-defends-vote-for-32-percent-state-income-tax-increase/agm6p3c/

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— GOP lawmakers defend ‘yes’ vote on income tax rate increase – KEVIN P. CRAVER
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2017/07/03/gop-lawmakers-defend-yes-vote-on-income-tax-rate-increase/a51s18j/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Budget could go to Governor’s desk by Tuesday – Esther Kwon and Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/budget-could-go-to-governors-desk-by-tuesday

WSIL TV
— What happens if Governor Rauner vetoes the budget bill? – Roni LeForge
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35805123/what-happens-if-governor-rauner-vetoes-the-budget-bill
— Christie feels the heat politically after a day at the beach – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35805650/christie-feels-the-heat-politically-after-a-day-at-the-beach

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Dem proposes panel to remove President if unfit to lead Panel would be mostly physicians, psychiatrists
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/dem-proposes-panel-to-remove-president-if-unfit-to-lead/757201376

LOUIS TODAY
— Illinoisans pay, either way – Editorial
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20170703/editorial-illinoisans-pay-either-way

CHICAGO NOW
— Causes & cures of income inequality: Chicago School Economics made lively by UChicago’s Kevin Murphy – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/07/causes-cures-of-income-equality-chicago-school-economics-made-lively-by-uchicagos-kevin-murphy-cableweb/

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Wheeler, McSweeney, Sauer, Jesiel vote against tax hike
http://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511143303-wheeler-mcsweeney-sauer-jesiel-vote-against-tax-hike

SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Randolph County GOP platform aligns with national Republican stance
http://swillinoisnews.com/stories/511143304-randolph-county-gop-platform-aligns-with-national-republican-stance

SANGAMON SUN
— Rauner, Schneider say Madigan broke good faith with tax hike measure – Caitlin Nordahl
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511143199-rauner-schneider-say-madigan-broke-good-faith-with-tax-hike-measure

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Business leaders decry tax hike with no reforms – Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/business-leaders-decry-tax-hike-with-no-reforms/article_9f3afea4-6025-11e7-aafa-d322a669e00e.html
— GOP lawmakers: Tax hike part of Madigan hoodwink – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/gop-lawmakers-tax-hike-part-of-madigan-hoodwink/article_bac65630-601d-11e7-b4e3-230927ab17c6.html

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois Dems take another leap into the economic abyss – Tom Rogan
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/illinois-dems-take-another-leap-into-the-economic-abyss/article/2627713

WASHINGTON TIMES
— July Fourth poll: 95% of Trump voters say they are patriotic – Jennifer Harper
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/3/inside-the-beltway-yes-presidential-critics-still-/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Despite the din of partisan discord — much of it induced by the news media — Americans still say they’re patriotic on this Independence Day. Star-spangled sentiment lingers: 79 percent of the public would describe themselves as patriotic; 92 percent of Republicans and 80 percent of Democrats agree, along with 95 percent of those who voted for President Trump, and 78 percent of those who voted for Hillary Clinton. So says a wide-ranging Economist/YouGov poll conducted during the last week of June. The Republican Party has a little edge here. The poll found that while 46 percent of Americans overall say that both major political parties are “patriotic,” 33 percent cited the GOP and 21 percent the Democratic Party. But what constitutes patriotism? Sixty-nine percent of Americans overall said that someone could criticize Mr. Trump and still be considered patriotic; 61 percent of Republicans and 73 percent of Democrats agree with that. Another 68 percent also said that one could criticize former President Barack Obama and still be considered a patriot as well; 75 percent of Republicans and 65 percent of Democrats agree. The public is not so cordial toward people who burn the American flag or refuse to pay their taxes, however. Those acts are among those that garnered much less support as demonstrations of patriotism; just 21 percent would call a flag-burner patriotic. See the Poll du Jour at column’s end for more numbers.)

DAILY CALLER
— Sen. Warren’s Challenger Sends Her DNA Test – Amber Athey (DIERSEN: What is your national origin? During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/03/sen-warrens-challenger-sends-her-dna-test/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Poland 1st: Why Trump visits ex-communist nation before UK – VANESSA GERA (DIERSEN: The more pro-America that a country is, the more that anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn that country.)
http://www.njherald.com/article/20170702/AP/307029905#

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans oppose Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/03/world/middleeast/iran-trump-cartoon-contest.html
— Happy Fourth of July! Show Us Your Papers – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/03/opinion/voter-fraud-data-kris-kobach.html?ref=opinion
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps in California crow over their success in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/03/us/politics/california-trump-visit.html
— A Backlash Builds Against Sexual Harassment in Silicon Valley – KATIE BENNER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/03/technology/silicon-valley-sexual-harassment.html

WASHINGTON POST
— CHICAGO TRIBUNE ARTICLE TITLE: More than 2 billion now using Facebook Likes and shares are becoming our common language – Christopher Ingraham (DIERSEN: Since 2004, I have used GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to share more than 274,400 articles. Ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes how many articles have they shared since 2004.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/30/if-facebook-were-a-religion-it-would-be-the-second-largest-in-the-world/

NEW YORK POST
— Why the media has broken down in the age of Trump – Michael Goodwin
http://nypost.com/2017/07/01/why-the-media-has-broken-down-in-the-age-of-trump/

July 3 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Senate vote on budget slated for Tuesday; House Speaker vows override of governor’s veto – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/state-budget-bill-in-doubt-as-talks-appear-to-break-down/2176823/

NBC5
— Lawmakers Return to Springfield as Senate Prepares to Vote on Tax Hike According to one preliminary estimate, an average family with a combined income of $100,000 a year would pay about $1,100 more annually. – Susan Carlson and Charlie Wojciechowski
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/lawmakers-return-springfield-senate-tax-hike-432281653.html

CBS2
— State Working Towards Budget Rauner Vows To Veto
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/07/03/state-working-towards-budget-rauner-vows-to-veto/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Credit houses send Illinois positive financial signals – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/265526736-story

WLS AM
— State Rep Chad Hays (R-Catlin) Calling It Quits Over Madigan – Rauner Feud – Nick Gale
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/07/03/state-rep-calling-it-quits-over-madigan-rauner-feud/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— No vote Monday; Senate to take up budget bills on Tuesday – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/despite-veto-threat-credit-agency-calls-budget-progress-concrete/
— No request yet from Trump election fraud commission: state – Stefano Esposito
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/no-request-yet-from-trump-election-fraud-commission-state/
— Don’t give private info about Illinois voters to Trump commission – Editorial (DIERSEN: How many of those registered to vote in Illinois are also registered to vote in other states?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/dont-give-private-info-about-illinois-voters-to-trump-commission/
— 20 years of political failure in Illinois – Phil Kadner
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/20-years-of-political-failure-in-illinois/
— Brave the fireworks and pass a state budget Tuesday – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/brave-the-fireworks-and-pass-a-state-budget-tuesday/
— Living free though not always feeling welcomed on the Fourth of July – Marlen Garcia (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps do not want members of the following groups to feel welcome in America: Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/living-free-though-not-always-feeling-welcomed-on-the-fourth-of-july/
— Donald Trump, America’s professional wrestler in chief – EDITORIAL
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/donald-trump-americas-pro-wrestler-in-chief/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— After tax hike and budget votes, Illinois avoids credit downgrade to junk for now – Monique Garcia and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-budget-met-0704-20170703-story.html
— Lip service in the Illinois House: Ten Dems vote to spend, but not to tax — contradicting years of party rhetoric – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-rauner-budget-madigan-taxes-edit-0704-jm-20170703-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Why suburban lawmakers broke ranks on budget, tax hike votes – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170703/why-suburban-lawmakers-broke-ranks-on-budget-tax-hike-votes

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Credit houses send positive signals; Senate votes Tuesday – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170703/credit-houses-send-positive-signals-senate-votes-tuesday

WGN RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps, anti-Rauners, and anti-Republicans promote Pat Brady.
http://wgnradio.com/2017/07/03/will-illinois-ever-settle-on-a-budget-the-latest-with-pat-brady/

WTTW
— GOP Joins Democrats to Approve Tax Hike in Madigan’s House – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/07/03/gop-joins-democrats-approve-tax-hike-madigan-s-house

WJBC
— Sen. Brady: Budget bill a last-minute ‘stunt’ – Eric Stock
http://www.wjbc.com/2017/07/03/sen-brady-budget-bill-a-last-minute-stunt/

WSIL TV
— GOP voters blame Congress, not Trump, for lack of progress – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35804248/gop-voters-blame-congress-not-trump-for-lack-of-progress
— Trump White House still lacks a website for Spanish speakers – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps want government to give preference to those who speak Spanish, that is, to discriminate against those who speak only English.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35805320/trump-white-house-still-lacks-a-website-for-spanish-speakers

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Poll: Majority of Americans say civility has declined since Trump elected Poll surveyed 1,205 adults June 21-25 – EUGENE SCOTT
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/poll-majority-of-americans-say-civility-has-declined-since-trump-elected/756701173

LOUIS TODAY
— With junk status looming, Gov. Bruce Rauner holds key to financial recovery – Editorial
http://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-with-junk-status-looming-gov-bruce-rauner-holds-key/article_f8826a79-04bc-5da6-a49c-2c413e10049e.html

WIRE POINTS
— Who Knows What’s In the $36 Billion Spending Plan Illinois House Just Passed? – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/who-knows-whats-in-the-36-billion-spending-plan-illinois-house-just-passed-wirepoints-original/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives argues Illinois needs jobs, not tax hike that hurts hard workers – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511143224-ives-argues-illinois-needs-jobs-not-tax-hike-that-hurts-hard-workers
— Breen calls tax hike part of a blackmail budget – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511142856-breen-calls-tax-hike-part-of-a-blackmail-budget
— Willowbrook mayor Frank Trilla among possible replacements for Radogno’s Senate seat – Michael McGrady
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511141662-willowbrook-mayor-among-possible-replacements-for-radogno-s-senate-seat
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to Chicago City Wire, Trilla, along with DuPage County Board members John Curran and Gary Grasso, could possibly be selected by a local Republican Party committee to fill the unexpired term of Radogno, who announced her resignation June 29.)

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Durkin laments loss of compromise as House passes 33 percent tax hike – Hoang Tran
http://willcountygazette.com/stories/511142854-durkin-laments-loss-of-compromise-as-house-passes-33-percent-tax-hike

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— MCSWEENEY FILES BILL TO REPEAL MADIGAN TAX HIKE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/mcsweeney-files-bill-to-repeal-madigan-tax-hike.html
— DEMOCRAT TWEET SHOWS WHAT ILLINOIS IS UP AGAINST IN BALANCING A BUDGET
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/democrat-tweet-shows-what-illinois-is-up-against-in-balancing-a-budget.html
— REP. UNES: EXTREMISTS ON BOTH SIDES DON’T ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT BUDGET
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/rep-unes-extremists-on-both-sides-dont-always-tell-the-truth-about-budget.html
— MCDERMED: WE CAN’T ASK FOR MORE FROM ILLINOIS TAXPAYERS WITH NOTHING IN RETURN
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/mcdermed-we-cant-ask-for-more-from-illinois-taxpayers-with-nothing-in-return.html

NEWSMAX
— Huckabee: Media ‘Hates Trump More Than They Love America’ – Sandy Fitzgerald
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/huckabee-media-trump/2017/07/03/id/799487/

FOX NEWS INSIDER
— GOP Senate Candidate Challenges Elizabeth Warren to DNA Ancestry Test (DIERSEN: What is your national origin? During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britan, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/07/03/elizabeth-warren-challenger-va-shiva-ayyadurai-sends-dna-kit-test-indian-ancestry

NEW YORK TIMES
— Caught in Budget Tugs of War, States Teeter on the Brink – JESS BIDGOOD, JULIE BOSMAN and ALEXANDER BURNS
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/03/us/budget-state-shutdown-taxes.html

WASHINGTON POST
— 2 positive credit agency notices for Illinois – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/the-latest-illinois-house-votes-to-raise-taxes/2017/07/02/bb3f9750-5f89-11e7-80a2-8c226031ac3f_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Weed, weed, everywhere, but not a spliff to smoke – C. Moon Reed
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-reed-pot-vegas-20170630-story.html

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “SUPPORT FOR DONALD TRUMP’S IMPEACHMENT IS WAY HIGHER THAN HIS LATEST APPROVAL RATING.”
http://www.newsweek.com/support-donald-trumps-impeachment-higher-latest-approval-rating-631212

NBC 29
— TRAGIC: Marijuana sales in Nevada exceed stores’ expectations – AP
http://www.nbc29.com/story/35805902/marijuana-sales-in-nevada-exceed-stores-expectations

WTVR
— Losing millions of dollars, Colonial Williamsburg makes ‘difficult decisions’ – SCOTT WISE (DIERSEN: Sadly, members of the following groups are not interested in Williamsburg, have no use for Williamsburg, despise Williamsburg, or hate Williamsburg: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://wtvr.com/2017/06/29/colonial-williamsburg-cuts/

THE ATLANTIC
— Trump’s Celebration of an Exclusionary Vision of Freedom The president appeared at the Kennedy Center with Robert Jeffress—an evangelical leader with whom he’s bound by a shared antipathy to Muslims. – PETER BEINART (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between Islam and the U.S. Constitution. Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/trumps-celebration-of-an-exclusionary-vision-of-freedom/532575/

July 2 Morning Edition

WGN TV
— Madigan changes course, will hold vote on tax plan Sunday – JORDAN MUCK AND TAHMAN BRADLEY
http://wgntv.com/2017/07/01/no-weekend-budget-votes-madigan-says-as-states-new-fiscal-year-begins/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois police: We won’t be getting body cams, because we don’t have the money – AP (DIERSEN: Should everyone involved in government, in politics, in the news media, in etc. wear body cams to better document a) what they say and do and b) what others say and do?)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/265269464-story

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 21 people shot, 2 fatally, in city shootings – Elvia Malagon, Peter Nickeas and Deanese Williams-Harris
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-july-4-weekend-shootings-violence-20170701-story.html
— Halfway through 2017, violence remains stubbornly high in Chicago – Jeremy Gorner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-violence-first-six-months-met-20170630-story.html
— America, be nice to each other – Editorial (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who are the most unfriendly, unfair, nitpicking, backstabbing, ankle-biting, destructive, disrespectful, deceitful, judgmental, manipulative, domineering, condescending, scapegoating, bombastic, rude, mean, nasty, cruel, vicious, hateful, threatening, and even worse things. Virtually all of the aforesaid are churchgoers a) who bring disgrace to their church and to all the organizations that they are a member of and b) who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/opinion/ct-abn-editorial-st-0702-20170630-story.html
— Made in America: Jeep, Ford, Honda models rank as the biggest domestic drivers of the auto industry – Kelsey Mays (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) hate vehicles made by General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, b) hate those who own/owned vehicles made by General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler, and c) hate unions and past, present, and future union members. I was a union member for almost 12 years. I worked for Chrysler for a short time in 1970. I own a 1972 Chevy Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS, 2005 Chevy Corvette, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, and 2016 Ford Mustang. I have owned a 1958 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, 1969 Dodge Charger SE, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1978 Chevy Chevette, 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, 1990 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1993 Ford Thunderbird, and 1997 Chevy Cavalier.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/sc-autocover-most-american-made-cars-20170628-story.html
— GOP bill would let churches endorse political candidates – AP (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, churches act as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat Party.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–congress-religion-20170630-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s tweets raise questions about his mental state.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/sns-201706301616–tms–poltodayctnyq-a20170702-20170702-column.html
— Trump: States are ‘trying to hide’ things from voter fraud panel. Here’s what they say – Philip Bump and Christopher Ingraham
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-states-voter-fraud-panel-20170701-story.html
— A conservative California minister supported Trump. Now, he’s getting deported. – Kate Morrissey (DIERSEN: Conservatives respect the rule of law. A conservative would never come to country illegally, stay in a country illegally, or bring others to a country illegally.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-minister-supported-trump-now-getting-deported-20170701-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Madigan: Revenue vote now set for today – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170701/madigan-revenue-vote-now-set-for-today
— Glen Ellyn celebrates Fourth all day – Ann Piccininni
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170702/glen-ellyn-celebrates-fourth-all-day

WTTW
— Mixed Signals, Finger-Pointing as Illinois Begins 3rd Year Without Budget – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/07/01/mixed-signals-finger-pointing-illinois-begins-3rd-year-without-budget

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Madigan: Revenue vote now set for Sunday afternoon – AP
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/government-and-politics/madigan-revenue-vote-now-set-for-sunday-afternoon/article_27ae73a7-3455-5afc-8bcc-9594bc771f5b.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Madigan says tax increase will get a vote Sunday – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170701/madigan-says-tax-increase-will-get-vote-sunday
— Keep the momentum going on state budget – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170701/our-view-keep-momentum-going-on-state-budget

QUAD CITY TIMES
— State of Failure – Editorial
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/editorial-state-of-failure/article_91102741-e5a9-5cfe-a78c-5c52a85558d3.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Davis remains fairly solid in most of 13th District – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-07-02/tom-kacich-davis-remains-fairly-solid-most-13th-district.html

RIVER CITY READER
— Leadership Change Could Mean a New Dynamic in Senate – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: What does Bill Brady think of you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always shouted at Brady that I have caused all of his problems, that I am causing all of his problems, and that I will continue to cause all of his problems until I am gotten rid of. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes especially blame me for Brady’s a) losing the 2006 Republican gubernatorial primary, b) losing the 2010 gubernatorial election, and c) losing the 2014 Republican gubernatorial primary.)
http://www.rcreader.com/commentary/leadership-change-could-mean-new-dynamic

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump defends social media use after controversial tweets Trump defended his use of Twitter – PAUL LEBLANC
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-defends-social-media-use-after-controversial-tweets/755850491
— Defiant Trump resumes attacks on ‘Morning Joe’ hosts, despite bipartisan criticism – POTUS says hosts are ‘crazy,’ ‘dumb as a rock’ – DEENA ZARU
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/defiant-trump-resumes-attacks-on-morning-joe-hosts-despite-bipartisan-criticism/755570421

NEWSMAX
— Junk Status Looms for Obama’s Home State?
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/Economy/Illinois-junk-debt-budget/2017/07/01/id/799357/

DAILY CALLER
— Woman Rips Confederate Flag Off Man’s Truck, Hits Him With Car – Justin Caruso
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/25/woman-rips-confederate-flag-off-mans-truck-hits-him-with-car/

BREITBART
— Orange County Ends 23-Year Bankruptcy as Illinois, Connecticut and Maine Default – CHRISS W. STREET
http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/07/01/oc-ends-23-year-bankruptcy-illinois-connecticut-maine-default/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— As California Begins Confiscation, a Lone Judge Defends the Second Amendment – DAVID FRENCH
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/449154/californias-high-capacity-magazine-confiscation-halted-judge-second-amendment

NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘I’m President and They’re Not’: Trump Attacks Media at Faith Rally – MICHAEL D. SHEAR
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/01/us/politics/trump-tweets-stoke-voter-fraud-claim-and-attack-news-media.html
— Trump Administration Targets Parents in New Immigration Crackdown – CAITLIN DICKERSON (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn me, my parents, my grandparents, my great grandparents, and the rest of my ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/01/us/trump-arrest-undocumented-immigrants.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Political Hobbyists Are Ruing the Country – Eitan Hersh (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who a) claim to be political experts, b) crow that they have never read a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email and never will, and c) demonize, denigrate, and condemn me, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and those who read them?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/29/opinion/sunday/the-problem-with-participatory-democracy-is-the-participants.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Why It’s Good to Forget — ULRICH BOSER (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do not want me to forget their success in harming me, and I have not forgotten.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/30/opinion/sunday/forgot-where-you-parked-good.html
— Save Free Speech From Trolls – Lindy West (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and b) who since 2000 have focused their lives on stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and stopping everyone from reading those emails.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/01/opinion/sunday/save-free-speech-from-trolls.html

WASHINGTON POST
— With health bill looming, senators aren’t rushing into the July Fourth spotlight – Paul Kane
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/with-health-bill-looming-senators-arent-rushing-into-the-july-fourth-spotlight/2017/07/01/5e86982c-5ddd-11e7-9fc6-c7ef4bc58d13_story.html
— The U.S. fertility rate just hit a historic low. Why some demographers are freaking out. – Ariana Eunjung Cha (DIERSEN: Democrats run education in America. Ever-increasingly, those Democrats focus on cranking out “good little Democrats.” I am not a Democrat because my outstanding parents had enough money to a) have me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) in 1948, b) send me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, c) send me to Hope Lutheran Grade School 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod, and d) have me confirmed as a MSL in 1962.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/06/30/the-u-s-fertility-rate-just-hit-a-historic-low-why-some-demographers-are-freaking-out/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— As new fiscal year dawns, hope for Illinois budget dims – Reuters
http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/news/national/new-fiscal-year-dawns-hope-illinois-budget-dims-article-1.3294766

NEW YORK POST
— Why the generation after millennials will vote Republican – Salena Zito
http://nypost.com/2017/07/01/why-the-next-generation-after-millennials-will-vote-republican/

FORBES
— Trump’s Leaner White House Payroll Projected To Save Taxpayers $22 Million – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2017/07/02/trumps-leaner-white-house-payroll-projected-to-save-taxpayers-22-million/#40336a1057e6

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY
— Republicans Are A Big-Government Party, Too – Mona Charen
http://www.investors.com/politics/columnists/mona-charen-republicans-are-a-big-government-party-too/

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Invokes Patriotism and Unity After Day of Twitter Outbursts – Margaret Talev
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-02/trump-invokes-patriotism-unity-after-day-of-twitter-outbursts

June 25 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I urge everyone to watch Wheaton’s fireworks Monday evening, July 3, and watch Wheaton’s Independence Day parade on July 4. For event details, visit https://wheatonparkdistrict.com/events/july4/. So far, Peter Roskam for U.S. Congress; Jeanne Ives for Illinois House and Mike Connelly for Illinois Senate; Peter Breen for Illinois House; Bob Berlin for DuPage State’s Attorney; Grant Eckhoff, Tim Elliott, Amy Grant, and Tim Whelan for DuPage District 4; James Mendrick for DuPage Sheriff; Karen Wilson for DuPage Judge; and Milton Township Republican Central Committee have entries. This year, for the 12th year in a row, “DuPage Republicans” will help sponsor the parade. They will be one of the two $2,500 “Star” sponsors and again sponsor the Wheaton high school bands and the Tunes of Glory Pipes and Drums parade entries and again have a booth at the July 3 fireworks. Outstandingly, again this year Tim Whelan will coordinate Republican use of the booth at the fireworks. This year again, I have delivered flyers to the residences and businesses on the parade route. The flyers list the Republican entries in the parade and the Republicans who helped sponsor entries. Outstandingly, the flyers were printed courtesy of Alpha Graphics. This year, outstandingly, Roger Claar is a $500 contributor, Chris Nybo is a $250 contributor, Phil Suess is a $150 contributor, and Bob Berlin, Peter Breen, Mike Connelly, Grant Eckhoff, Tim Elliott, Amy Grant, Gwen Henry, Paul Hinds, Jeanne Ives, Marty Keller, Deanne Mazzochi, Paula McGowen, James Mendrick, Peter Roskam, Darlene Ruscitti, and Tim Whelan are $100 contributors. Please plan on watching the 22-minute fireworks Monday evening July 3 at Graf Park, and stopping by the DuPage Republicans booth. Please plan on watching the parade on Tuesday morning July 4 or walking in the parade with one of the Republican entries. If you want to walk with one of the Republican entries, I suggest being at the staging area at Fifth Third Bank on north Main Street at 9:00 AM. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

NBC5
— Madigan, Durkin Issue Statements on Budget Stalemate – James Neveau
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/madigan-durkin-issue-statements-on-continued-illinois-budget-stalemate-430606223.html

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pence stops in Chicago to meet with top Republicans – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-vice-president-visits-chicago-for-republican-national-comittee-retreat-20170624-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote electric cars promote electric cars.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/fuelefficient/sc-autocover-0622-plug-in-cars-future-20170621-story.html
— Koch chief calls health care bill ‘immoral’ for not being conservative enough – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-koch-senate-health-care-bill-20170624-story.html

— Elusive goal? State wants 90% of students proficient in reading, math by 2032 – Diane Rado
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-illinois-student-achievement-goals-met-20170626-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURES AND GRAPHIC: Minimum wage, sick leave opt-outs leave patchwork in Cook County – Christopher Placek
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170624/minimum-wage-sick-leave-opt-outs-leave-patchwork-in-cook-county
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats should acknowledge that they dominate not only the news media, but also government, the military, business, unions, education, entertainment, religion, sports, and just about everything else.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170624/editorial-the-polarization-of-cable-news
— Ugly left disrupted anti-Sharia rally – Sara Schmidt
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170623/ugly-left-disrupted-anti-sharia-rally
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Democrat want Blacks to shun Republicans.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170625/a-good-reason-for-blacks-to-shun-gop

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois on the precipice of disaster of unknown proportions – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170624/our-view-illinois-on-precipice-of-disaster-of-unknown-proportions
— Rauner talks of being happy, energized during impasse – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: Who wants you to be unhappy and demotivated? I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who want me to be unhappy and demotivated. They want to a) stop me from promoting the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee Resolution against video gambling, b) stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out, c) stop me from raising money from Republicans to help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades, and d) get me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170624/bernard-schoenburg-rauner-talks-of-being-happy-energized-during-impasse

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Unity speech brought out the partisanship – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: Democrats use everything to bring out partisanship.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170624/statehouse-insider-unity-speech-brought-out-partisanship

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Lawmakers Prepare to Oppose “Trumpcare” – Benjamin Yount (DIERSEN: It would great if lawmakers would oppose patronage, oppose political affiliation discrimination, oppose reverse discrimination, oppose age discrimination, and oppose retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid.)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=246998#.WU93kxFSRZI

RIVER CITY READER
— Governor Finally Manages to Bypass the Media – Rich Miller
http://www.rcreader.com/commentary/governor-manages-to-bypass-media

HERALD & REVIEW
— Gambling funds no permanent fix – Editorial
http://herald-review.com/opinion/editorial/our-view-gambling-funds-no-permanent-fix/article_242ce4b7-16bb-5609-9957-0e43a4a18c92.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— TRAGIC: Bloomington keeps top 10 slot in video gaming – Maria Nagle
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/bloomington-keeps-top-slot-in-video-gaming/article_5b2fc832-a75e-56ac-96e6-67d02b155074.html
— 5 years in, video gaming ringing up huge numbers – Ryan Voyles
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/years-in-video-gaming-ringing-up-huge-numbers/article_478ee5bb-84b0-5313-b339-c898c51ca08b.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Calling on Rauner to negotiate on the budget – JERRY COSTELLO II
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article158117764.html

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Rockford casino? We’ll believe it when we bet in it – Editorial (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice.)
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20170624/our-view-rockford-casino-well-believe-it-when-we-bet-in-it
— Kinzinger, Bustos call for toned down rhetocic – Chuck Sweeny
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20170624/chuck-sweeny-kinzinger-bustos-call-for-toned-down-rhetocic

THE SOUTHERN
— Four U.S. House members (including Mike Bost) seek records related to alleged corruption of ACHA officials in Cairo – MOLLY PARKER
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/four-u-s-house-members-seek-records-related-to-alleged/article_a6b5cb1e-955a-5e9a-ae7a-0197830912d6.html

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— School funding reform tops Day 4 of special session; Madigan calls for leaders’ meeting – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/school-funding-reform-tops-day-of-special-session-madigan-calls/article_3bb1d1c2-5928-11e7-830b-c7b546b5c01c.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The Banana Republic of Illinois Its ‘tax and spend’ policy is causing residents to flee, with their pensions – Stephen Moore
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/24/illinois-fiscal-policy-must-be-revised/

THE BLAZE
— New York: This state’s health care bill could make it the nation’s go-to destination for illegal immigrants – Justin Haskins
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/24/this-states-health-care-bill-could-make-it-the-nations-go-to-destination-for-illegal-immigrants/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Koch brothers are coming after bad federal workers – Pete Kasperowicz (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, they have always painted me as being a bad federal worker. Were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-koch-brothers-are-coming-after-bad-federal-workers/article/2627016

NEW YORK TIMES
— How The Times Gave ‘Gay’ Its Own Voice (Again) – DAVID W. DUNLAP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity are succeeding in destroying individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that DO NOT promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/19/us/gay-pride-lgbtq-new-york-times.html
— Gay Pride’s Choice: March in Protest or Dance Worries Away – KIM SEVERSON (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity are succeeding in destroying individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that DO NOT promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/19/us/gay-pride-lgbtq-protest-or-party.html
— Men Don’t Want to Be Nurses. Their Wives Agree. – SUSAN CHIRA (DIERSEN: Women did not want the bad jobs that I had. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. Consequently, it was extremely difficult for my superiors to hire and retain women for the jobs that I had. Consequently, my superiors always gave women lots of preference.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/24/opinion/sunday/men-dont-want-to-be-nurses-their-wives-agree.html
— Should I Help an Unjustly Fired Co-Worker? – Kwame Anthony Appiah (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the manager who hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors made it very clear that they would destroy anyone who might help me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/21/magazine/should-i-help-an-unjustly-fired-co-worker.html