Tag: Republican

March 15 Morning Edition

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

 

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

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Attempt to override Rauner gun veto put off as assault weapons restrictions approved – Monique Garcia, Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-guns-20180314-story.html
— Illinois pushes ahead with gun curbs after Rauner veto – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-il-xgr–gun-legislation-20180314-story.html
— Pritzker called ‘liar,’ ‘fraud’ during final Democratic governor debate – Rick Pearson and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-democratic-governor-debate-pritzker-kennedy-biss-20180314-story.html
— New wage requirements will deliver ‘devastating blow’ to Southland development, mayors say – Ted Slowik (DIERSEN: What is the prevailing wage for those who have education, work experience, professional certifications, and professional licenses comparable to what you have? In today’s dollars, in 1997, when I was 49 years old, GAO paid me $125,325/year or $60.25/hour. I had almost 18 years of experience working for GAO and almost 9 years of experience working for IRS. I had earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-tax-incentives-opposition-st-0315-20180314-story.html#new_tab

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

March 14 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

March 13 Evening Edition

ABC NEWS
— Illinois governor vetoes bill to license gun stores – AP
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/illinois-governor-vetoes-bill-license-gun-stores-53725363

 

ABC7
— Gov. Rauner vetoes bill to license gun dealers – Craig Wall (DIERSEN: The power to license an activity is the power to manipulate, dominate, if not end, that activity. Of course, my critics/opponents want journalists to be licensed. Of course, if/when they succeed in doing that, they will grant the first license to Rich Miller and refuse to grant me a license. They will stress that I do not have a degree in journalism, that no one pays me for what I do, that my website and my emails do not contain any advertising, that no one pays to visit my website, that no one pays me to get my emails, that “conservative” and/or “Republican” leaders have treated me like I am not a journalist, for example, when they refuse to keep my email address on their press advisory and press release lists, etc. Will they require journalists like me who state that they are conservative and/or Republican to be approved by conservative and/or Republican leaders before they can use Facebook, publish websites, post things on websites, end out emails, etc.?)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/gov-rauner-vetoes-bill-to-license-gun-dealers/3210228/

 

NBC5
— Rauner Vetoes Gun Dealer Licensing Bill – Shelby Bremer
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rauner-to-veto-gun-dealer-licensing-act-476675013.html

 

CBS2
— Rauner Vetoes Gun Dealer Licensing Legislation
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/13/rauner-veto-gun-dealer-licensing/
— Rauner Guns Veto Sparks Tough Talk From Chicago’s Mayor Governor Rauner rejected the latest move to license gun dealers. That sparked tough talk from Chicago’s Mayor and Police Chief. Derrick Blakley has the story.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/category/spoken-word-wbbmtv/3826985-rauner-guns-veto-sparks-tough-talk-from-chicagos-mayor/
— Chicago Area Students Prepare For National Walkout (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run education in America use their students as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat Party.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/13/national-student-walkout/

 

WGN RADIO
— State Rep. Jeanne Ives makes her case for being the Republican candidate for governor – JEFF CARLIN
http://wgnradio.com/2018/03/13/state-rep-jeanne-ives-makes-her-case-for-being-the-republican-candidate-for-governor/

 

WLS AM
— Rauner vetoes gun dealer licensing bill – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/03/13/rauner-vetoes-gun-dealer-licensing-bill/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner vetoes gun store licensing bill, saying it would ‘do little to improve public safety’ – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-gun-licensing-20180313-story.html
— After Gov. Rauner’s veto of gun sellers bill, what comes next? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-rauner-veto-gun-shops-20180313-story.html
— How low can politicians go? Rauner’s attack ads show the way – Eric Zorn (DIERSEN: Who would Rauner and his supporters say that you are a lackey of? Who would Rauner and his supporters say that I am a lackey of? He who pays the piper calls the tunes. Would they say that I am a lackey of the Civil Service Retirement System?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-rauner-ives-lies-20180313-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Syndicated conservative columnist Scott Reeder wrote that Rauner’s central accusation, that Ives is a “lackey” of Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan, “is a lie, wrapped in a prevarication, enveloped with deception, packaged in falsehood and bound up with a fabrication.” Opinion editor Jim Slusher of the Daily Herald called that same claim “utterly laughable” and “perhaps the most ludicrous of the accusations being posited this campaign cycle.” “Hyperbole and exaggeration are commonplace in political ads, but this … struck us as not just over the top but over the moon,” wrote PolitiFact Illinois in an extended examination of the gobs of mud Rauner is hurling at Ives. They “turn credibility and rational argument inside out. That is why we give them our lowest possible credibility rating, Pants on Fire!” At issue here are three 30-second commercials that fall under Rauner’s rubric “Jeanne Ives: Madigan’s Favorite Republican.” Let’s unpack:)
— No good reason for Sen. Warren to avoid a DNA test – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-elizabeth-warren-cherokee-kass-0314-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner: Policy, not primary, triggered veto of gun dealer licensing measure – Tina Sfondeles and Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/despite-growing-pressure-gov-rauner-to-veto-gun-dealer-licensing-measure/
— Bruce Rauner, rattled by Ives, sides with the NRA against Illinois – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-bruce-rauner-rattled-by-ives-sides-with-the-nra-against-illinois/
— Pritzker tries to link Kennedy to gov; Kennedy sticks to family in dueling ads – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/pritzker-tries-to-link-kennedy-to-gov-kennedy-sticks-to-family-in-dueling-ads/
— GOP-linked Illinois Manufacturers Association helps ‘friends’ in Democratic County Board races – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/illinois-manufacturers-association-700000-super-pac-cook-county-board-primary-races-john-fritchey-robert-boykin/
— Chicago students march against gun violence — to the polls – Alexandra Arriaga (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run education in America use their students as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat Party.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-students-march-against-gun-violence-to-the-polls/
— Study: False stories travel 6x faster on Twitter and 3 whoppers led the way – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/study-false-stories-travel-6-times-faster-on-twitter-fake-news/
— Many schools endorse anti-gun walkout — and then there’s Northbrook . . . – Neil Steinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/many-schools-endorse-anti-gun-walkout-and-then-theres-northbrook/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Second lawsuit argues Dundee Township park president Frank J. Scarpelli Jr. committed fraud, breached duty – Harry Hitzeman
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180313/second-lawsuit-argues-dundee-township-park-president-committed-fraud-breached-duty

 

WTTW
— 2018 Governor’s Race Forum: Republican Jeanne Ives – Paul Caine
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/03/13/2018-governor-s-race-forum-republican-jeanne-ives

 

WBEZ
— Illinois Has Issues: Gov Candidates Talk Income And Property Taxes – Daniel Tucker
https://www.wbez.org/shows/morning-shift/illinois-has-issues-gov-candidates-talk-income-and-property-taxes/d0204bb3-d798-49ad-bf7c-6b1e6c5dabe7

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gov. Rauner vetoes gun store licensing bill – Brenden Moore
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180313/gov-rauner-vetoes-gun-store-licensing-bill

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Turnout for UI student elections doesn’t bode well for primary – Adalberto Toledo
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-03-12/turnout-ui-student-elections-doesnt-bode-well-primary.html

 

SOUTHERN
— Southern Illinois firearm retailers applaud governor’s veto of gun control measure – K. JANIS ESCH
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/southern-illinois-firearm-retailers-applaud-governor-s-veto-of-gun/article_9a0f34c6-d778-5e18-a1a5-1c2ebf580f43.html

 

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Gun shop owner pleased with Rauner’s veto – Keith Stewart
http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/gun-shop-owner-pleased-with-rauner-s-veto/article_5b375525-7b52-55c5-a4ba-6c7657a6c0e6.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County sheriff candidates address gun control, school security – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/03/12/dupage-county-sheriff-candidates-address-gun-control-school-security/a3try2g/


— Glen Ellyn village leaders vote to increase home-rule sales tax Increase to take effect July 1 – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/03/12/glen-ellyn-village-leaders-vote-to-increase-home-rule-sales-tax/a6gd9qr/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— A referendum will be put on next week’s ballot questioning if voters think the elected office of the Peoria County Auditor should be eliminated. (DIERSEN: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/peoria-county-board-proposing-referendum-on-next-weeks-primary-election-ballot/1035295715
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Currently there are no professional requirements to the county’s auditor. If this referendum passes, the Auditor will be appointed for 5 years by the board. Additionally if appointed the candidate must hold a number of credentials including a bachelor’s degree, professional certification (CPA, CGAP or CIA) and be a Peoria county resident. “The county board has got a draft ordinance that they would move to adopt if the referendum is successful and that has requirements for a selection process which they would appoint similar to how they appoint the supervisor assessments,” said county administrator Scott Sorrel.)
— San Diego’s Republican mayor says that San Diego police work to protect everyone regardless of immigration status, an apparent dig at Trump’s approach to immigration enforcement.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/the-latest-trump-says-ca-defiance-on-immigration-must-stop/1039057027

 

WJBD RADIO
— New Study Says Illinois Has Highest Overall Effective State and Local Tax Rate  Rate Is 38-Percent above the U.S. Average For The Median U.S. Household Income
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2018/03/13/new-study-says-illinois-has-highest-overall-effective-state-and-local-tax-rate-

 

WQAD
— Local republican Bill Bloom: Illinois gubernatorial primary getting too personal – JONATHAN KETZ
http://wqad.com/2018/03/13/local-republican-illinois-gubernatorial-primary-getting-too-personal/

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Dems Say They’ll Try To Override Rauner’s Veto On Gun Legislation
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/dems-say-theyll-try-override-rauners-veto-gun-legislation

 

DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION
— New Website to Access DuPage County Election Results
http://www.dupageco.org/Election/Election_Commission_News/2018/57075/

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Ives Makes Her Closing Argument to GOP Primary Voters with New TV Ads
https://mailchi.mp/850c8defc9ed/ives-makes-her-closing-argument-to-gop-primary-voters-with-new-tv-ads

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rauner Must Be Worried about His Polls – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/03/13/rauner-must-worried-polls/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois Towns Want More Independence From State – MARY HANSEN
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-towns-want-more-independence-state#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— With few options, local towns take loans, sell property to pay growing pension tab – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/with-few-options-local-towns-take-loans-sell-property-to/article_4596dcd8-23d9-11e8-85d8-2bace81f736f.html

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Wheaton-Warrenville CUSD200 – Laws? What Laws? – SCHOOL Districts using “Lease” to avoid the legal requirement for referendum to build new school. – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/03/cusd-200-laws-what-laws-school-districts-using-lease-to-avoid-the-legal-requirement-for-referendum-to-build-new-school/
— Governor Rauner named in OEIG Ethics complaint – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/03/governor-rauner-named-in-oeig-ethics-complaint/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— A Better Way to Respond to School Violence – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/a-better-way-to-respond-to-school-violence-2/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— What would a fall campaign look like between Jeanne Ives and Daniel Biss?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/13/question-of-the-day-2637/
— Rauner veto react
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/13/rauner-veto-react/
— Ives launches two new ads
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/13/ives-launches-two-new-ads/
— Edgar County Watchdogs files OEIG complaint
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/13/edgar-county-watchdogs-files-oeig-complaint/
— Rauner says he’s been an NRA member “for many years,” claims politics played no role in veto
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/13/rauner-says-hes-been-nra-member-for-many-years-says-politics-played-no-role-in-veto/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Vatican hires pro-gay law firm to shut down Catholic website critical of Pope Francis – Michael Hichborn
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/vatican-hires-pro-gay-law-firm-to-shut-down-catholic-website-critical-of-po

 

GOPUSA
— Hillary: Trump won ‘backwards’ voters who ‘didn’t like black people’ (DIERSEN: While 211 voted for Hillary in my precinct, only 137 voted for Trump. While 93 voted for Kasich in the primary, only 21 voted for Trump.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41289
— Apple protests highlight growing concerns about smartphone addiction
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41282

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— Hillary Reminds America Why She Lost In case we’d forgotten – Editorial
http://www.weeklystandard.com/editorial-hillary-reminds-america-why-she-lost/article/2011909

 

NEWSMAX
— Axios: Most Vulnerable House Republicans Rebuff Trump’s Help
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/vulnerable-gop-trump-campaign/2018/03/13/id/848332/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— WE DON’T NEED STRONGER GUN LAWS. WE NEED STRONGER COMMUNITIES. – Raynard Jackson
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/we-dont-need-stronger-gun-laws-we-need-stronger-communities/

 

BLAZE
— Hillary Clinton insults millions of Americans again — here’s what she said – Carlos Garcia (DIERSEN: What do Hillary supporters think of you? In my precinct, 211 voted for Hillary, that is about one in each residence on average.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/12/hillary-clinton-insults-millions-of-americans-again-heres-what-she-said
— Hillary trashes Middle Americans as racist and sexist, Glenn Beck calls her ‘tragically sad’
https://www.theblaze.com/video/hillary-trashes-middle-americans-as-racist-and-sexist-glenn-fires-back-that-is-not-who-we-are

 

BIZPAC REVIEW
— Hillary in India: Trump voters ‘didn’t like black people getting rights, don’t like women getting jobs’ – Samantha Chang (DIERSEN: While 211 voted for Hillary in my precinct, only 137 voted for Trump. While 93 voted for Kasich in the primary, only 21 voted for Trump.)
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/03/13/hillary-in-india-trump-voters-didnt-like-black-people-getting-rights-dont-like-women-getting-jobs-612928

 

THE HILL
— Only 2 vulnerable House Republicans want Trump’s help with campaign: report – JOHN BOWDEN
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/378074-only-2-vulnerable-house-republicans-say-they-would-accept-trumps-help-with
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “We have not requested the president’s assistance and we don’t plan on requesting his assistance,” a spokesman for Illinois Rep. Pete Roskam (R) said.)
— VA chief under investigation for allegedly having staffer run errand with him at Home Depot: report – JACQUELINE THOMSEN (DIERSEN: In 1997, GAO was not unionized. In 1997, to force me to take their early retirement “offer,” they made it clear to me that if I did not take their “offer,” they would constructively if not literally demote me to GS-12, to GS-11, to GS-10, to GS-9, to GS-8, to GS-7, to GS-6, to GS-5, to GS-4, etc.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/378238-va-chief-had-security-staffer-shop-with-him-at-home-depot-bring

 

REUTERS
— New Jersey governor proposes tax hikes, legal marijuana in first budget – Hilary Russ
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-jersey-budget/new-jersey-governor-proposes-tax-hikes-legal-marijuana-in-first-budget-idUSKCN1GP2ND

 

WASHINGTON POST
— To attract GOP moderates, House immigration bill could become more generous for DACA recipients – Mike DeBonis (DIERSEN: “GOP moderates” work against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/03/13/to-attract-gop-moderates-house-immigration-bill-could-become-more-generous-for-daca-recipients/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Exhaustion of American Liberalism White guilt gave us a mock politics based on the pretense of moral authority. – Shelby Steele
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-exhaustion-of-american-liberalism-1488751826

 

WASHINGTONIAN
— 10 Ways to Lose a Job in the Trump Administration, Ranked – AMANDA WHITING
https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/03/13/10-ways-to-lose-a-job-in-trump-administration-ranked/

 

NEW YORKER
— Rex Tillerson Gets Fired the Day After He Criticized Russia – John Cassidy (DIERSEN: In 1997, when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer,” they acted like my Black subordinate had threatened to quit if GAO did not get rid of me. My Democrat GAO superiors gave him my preferred corner office.)
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/rex-tillerson-gets-fired-the-day-after-he-criticized-russia

March 11 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

March 11 Morning Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

March 7 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

March 3 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois Budget Process – BGA
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/weekend-watch-ill-budget-process/3165097/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ad war tells plenty in race for governor – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/ad-war-tells-plenty-in-race-for-governor/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘We haven’t bottomed out’: Growing anxiety in White House as Trump shocks and rages – Philip Rucker, Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-white-house-dark-mood-20180303-story.html
— One chef’s social experiment: Charge minorities $12, white people $30 – Maura Judkis (DIERSEN: Who should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion? According to the Democrats, the more of the following that you are, the more that you should pay: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, non-veteran, draft avoider, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-chef-social-experiment-racial-wealth-disparity-20180303-story.html
— Activists urge Bezos to choose LGBT-friendly state for new headquarters – Jonathan O’Connell (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity are taking over everything. Soon, if not already, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, you will barred from a) getting an education, b) getting a job, c) joining organizations, d) buying things, e) owning things, f) getting elected to any government or political office, g) etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-amazon-hq2-headquarters-lgbt-friendly-state-20180302-story.html
— The ballot mess in Cook County – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-ballot-assessor-berrios-raila-20180302-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Endorsement: Harold for Illinois attorney general in Republican primary
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180303/endorsement-harold-for-illinois-attorney-general-in-republican-primary
— Community colleges combat hunger through campus food pantries – Madhu Krishnamurthy (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from to pay for your college expenses? My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete a) 1966-1968 while I was a student at UIC, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969. The money to pay for tuition, books, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and room and board at NIU 1969-1970 (three semesters at University Plaza Dormitory (https://www.uplaza.com/) and then a summer session at Lincolnshire West Apartments (http://www.lincolnshirewest-apts.com/ ) came from my part-time Park Forest Post Office job 1966-1969 that paid $15.85-$16.91 an hour in today’s dollars and my part-time jobs working on a Chrysler automobile assembly line in Belvidere (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belvidere_Assembly_Plant) and as a security guard at the University Plaza Dormitory in 1970. The aforesaid enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU in August of 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180303/community-colleges-combat-hunger-through-campus-food-pantries
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hunger for knowledge may be not be the only pang some college students feel. Students nationwide face a tough choice among paying for books and tuition, rent and buying food.)
— GOP 10th congressional district candidate’s ad contains inaccuracies about an opponent – Russell Lissau
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180303/gop-congressional-candidates-ad-contains-inaccuracies-about-an-opponent
— Gun control gains strong support from 6th District Democratic candidates – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180303/gun-control-gains-strong-support-from-6th-district-democratic-candidates–

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner lucks out on gun bill timing – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180303/statehouse-insider-rauner-lucks-out-on-gun-bill-timing

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Wheaton College celebrates life of Billy Graham – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/03/03/wheaton-college-celebrates-life-of-billy-graham/dtmhz61/

 

WJBD RADIO & HERALD & REVIEW
— Ives’ Challenge Forces Rauner to Keep Eyes on GOP Primary Ives Maintains Governor Has ‘Betrayed’ the GOP Platform – AP
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2018/03/03/ives-challenge-forces-rauner-to-keep-eyes-on-gop-primary
http://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/ives-challenge-forces-rauner-to-keep-eyes-on-gop-primary/article_2346cb73-7a42-5890-9bb0-43323ee67982.html

 

THE X RADIO
— Rauner, Ives Both Expected Sunday at Lincoln Day Dinner – Greg Sapp
http://www.thexradio.com/news/78-local-news/32685-rauner-ives-both-expected-sunday-at-lincoln-day-dinner

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Jack Franks Wanted to Have Cal Skinner Arrested
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/03/03/jack-franks-wanted-cal-skinner-arrested/
— Pop-Up Committee Reminiscent of Committee that Attacked Steve Reick Mails
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/03/03/pop-committee-reminiscent-committee-attacked-steve-reick-mails/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Candidates get more strident, mistake-prone as election day nears
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/03/candidates-get-more-strident-mistake-prone-as-election-day-nears/

 

BREITBART
— Durbin Says Americans’ Homeland Must Be a ‘Nation of Immigrants’ – Forever – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, Democrats make it clear that they are anti-American, anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/03/durbin-says-americans-homeland-must-be-a-nation-of-immigrants-forever/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But if America must be “a nation of immigrants,” then Americans and their children are not allowed to have a normal nation of assimilated citizens or even normal pocketbook politics, said John Fonte, director of Center for American Common Culture at the D.C.-based Hudson Institute. In a nation of immigrants — legal and illegal — politics is all about enforced “Diversity” where a central elite treats people as members of competing identity groups and then balances each group against the others to achieve desired results, such as a desired percentage of women serving as fighter pilots in the U.S. Navy, Fonte said. In contrast, people in a nation of citizens — both native-borns and assimilated immigrants — are free to participate in the “normal give-and-take of bread-and-butter politics,” in local, state and federal levels, he said.)

 

THE HILL
— Corporate America throws weight behind gun controls – MELANIE ZANONA (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “corporate America” paints itself as being anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/376517-corporate-america-throws-weight-behind-gun-controls

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Ives’ Challenge Forces Rauner to Keep Eyes on GOP Primary The insurgent primary campaign of Republican state Rep. Jeanne Ives against GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner signals the right’s weariness of a governor they say is all talk. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-03-03/ives-challenge-forces-rauner-to-keep-eyes-on-gop-primary

March 2 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Polling Shows Rauner’s in Big Trouble
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/WEB-take-5-rauner-biss-pritzker-kennedy-475700713.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Is your Will County Board member showing up to meetings? A closer look at board attendance – Susan DeMar Lafferty (DIERSEN: Who discourages you from attending monthly meetings and fundraisers of organizations that you are a member of? Since 1999, I have had the best record by far for attending Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) monthly meetings and fundraisers. I should write a book about past and present MTRCC officers, members, and others who have worked the hardest since 1999 to discourage me from attending MTRCC monthly meetings and fundraisers.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-will-county-attendance-st-0225-20180228-story.html
— Millennials, please fill the void in Washington — apply for a government job – Daniel W. Drezner (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Potential federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should be advised a) that their career will be wasted and they will be gotten rid of if they do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40 and b) that extremely few make the aforesaid deadlines.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-serve-millennials-jobs-white-house-trump-opportunity-0302-20180301-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rex Tillerson’s incompetent management of Foggy Bottom and the Trump White House’s disdain for anything smacking of policy expertise has led to an exodus of trained personnel. “The State Department’s civilian workforce shrunk more than 6 percent overall during the initial eight months of the Trump administration, but that figure masks significantly higher departure rates in critical areas of the country’s diplomatic apparatus,” the daily Government Executive reported Feb. 9. Daniel Byman wrote about this recently in The New York Times, stressing the theme of public service: “Much of government is invisible to most Americans, but it is still vital. America needs people to devise a policy toward Brazil, prosecute drug dealers, buy weapons for the Army and administer Social Security, among many other tasks that are not glamorous but make a tangible difference in the lives of many Americans. … “Young people in particular should serve. Most would begin with minor duties, with many buffers between them and the president. Even if they disagree with Mr. Trump’s policies, they need to learn the craft of government and will serve important roles in future administrations. Their value will come in 10 or 20 years when, as seasoned professionals themselves, they counsel presidents and implement their policies more effectively. If they don’t serve, over time our government will become hollow.” Byman is completely correct, but let me offer a slightly different and more careerist reason to join the government during the Age of Trump: You would be buying low. Let’s be clear: No one wants to serve in this administration right now.)
— 59th District Illinois House seat: Illinois House GOP candidate agrees to remove opponent from lawsuit over mailers linking him to Michael Madigan – Yadira Sanchez Olson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-candidate-defamation-suit-st-0303-20180302-story.html
— Trade unions seek drug-free candidates for six-figure construction jobs – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-apprenticeship-expo-st-0304-20180302-story.html
— North Shore GOP congressional candidates split on Trump, gun control – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-10th-congressional-primary-02-14-2018-story.html
— Mr. Madigan, where’s the independent investigation? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-madigan-harassment-investigation-springfield-20180301-story.html
— DuPage County judge Patrick O’Shea who fired gun in his home is acquitted of misdemeanor charge – Clifford Ward
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/wheaton-glen-ellyn/news/ct-met-dupage-judge-on-trial-20180302-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— POLL: Should Gov. Bruce Rauner sign gun control legislation? – Alice Bazerghi
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/poll-should-gov-bruce-rauner-sign-gun-control-legislation/
— Politics will dictate Rauner’s decision on gun bills – Laura Washington
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/politics-will-dictate-rauners-decision-on-gun-bills/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Bipartisan effort pushing to legalize recreational marijuana – Jake Griffin (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180302/bipartisan-effort-pushing-to-legalize-recreational-marijuana
— DuPage judge Patrick O’Shea acquitted of reckless conduct charges in gun case – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180302/dupage-judge-acquitted-of-reckless-conduct-charges-in-gun-case
— Mourners gather at Wheaton college for Billy Graham service – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180301/mourners-gather-at-wheaton-college-for-billy-graham-service
— Study: DuPage County Board members largely agree with Cronin – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180302/study-dupage-county-board-members-largely-agree-with-cronin

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County Judge Patrick O’Shea found not guilty of reckless conduct O’Shea allegedly discharged gun last fall in Wheaton apartment – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/03/02/dupage-county-judge-patrick-oshea-found-not-guilty-of-reckless-conduct/ao2llip/

 

SOUTHERN
— Simon Poll shows Rauner’s job approval percentage lower than Trump
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/simon-poll-shows-rauner-s-job-approval-percentage-lower-than/article_3e392b04-7dc8-522d-b508-67a6f25c5f58.html

 

BUREAU COUNTY REPUBLICAN NEWS
— Student: Princeton High School resisted Gay-Straight Alliance club Administration stalled half a year, Brown tells board – Goldie Rapp
http://www.bcrnews.com/2018/03/01/student-phs-resisted-gay-straight-alliance-club/aaawrlz/

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Ives uses Madigan to hit back at Rauner – Ed Tibbetts
http://qctimes.com/news/local/government-and-politics/ives-uses-madigan-to-hit-back-at-rauner/article_58dc0f8c-c4ec-5907-9553-f36fe1c83348.html

 

WQAD
— Ives ready for revolt against Gov. Rauner in Illinois Primary – JOHN DAVID
http://wqad.com/2018/03/02/ives-ready-for-revolt-against-gov-rauner-in-illinois-primary/

 

WVIK
— Ives Says She’s the “Real Republican” – HERB TRIX (DIERSEN: The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you defend and advance, the more Republican that you are. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
http://wvik.org/post/ives-says-shes-real-republican#stream/0

 

WIREPOINTS
— Chicago Treasurer Wants To Play Social Justice Warrior With $7 Billion Of Taxpayer Money – Mark Glennon (DIERSEN: Those who promote “social justice” are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wirepoints.com/chicago-treasurer-wants-to-play-social-justice-warrior-with-7-billion-of-taxpayer-money-wirepoints-original/

 

DUPAGE COUNTY JOURNAL
— DuPage County voters to decide property tax hikes, candidates for five House seats on March 20 – Karen Kidd
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511353947-dupage-county-voters-to-decide-property-tax-hikes-candidates-for-five-house-seats-on-march-20

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Lake County voters to decide on tax-or-borrow questions, and Republican state and national House candidates – Karen Kidd
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511353933-lake-county-voters-to-decide-on-tax-or-borrow-questions-and-state-and-national-house-seats

 

METRO EAST SUN
— Madison County voters to decide on General Assembly candidates and 1 percent sales tax hike in election – Karen Kidd
https://metroeastsun.com/stories/511353912-madison-county-voters-to-decide-on-general-assembly-candidates-and-1-percent-sales-tax-hike-in-election

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Ives May Have Found Tool to Beat Rauner – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/03/02/ives-may-found-tool-beat-rauner/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois House inches closer to passing official revenue estimate for first time in years – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-house-inches-closer-to-passing-official-revenue-estimate-for/article_7f501332-1d89-11e8-b5fb-874632354524.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MCHENRY COUNTY REALTORS FACE DAUNTING TASK – SELLING HOMES WITH SKY-HIGH PROPERTY TAX BILLS – Amanda McDonald
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/mchenry-county-realtors-face-daunting-task-selling-homes-with-sky-high-property-tax-bills/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Candidate Burt Minor’s Answers to Pro-Family Questions Raises Concerns – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/03/candidate-burt-minors-answers-to-pro-family-questions-raises-concerns/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ARE YOU A REPUBLICAN … REALLY A REPUBLICAN? (DIERSEN: The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you defend and advance, the more Republican that you are. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/op-ed-response-are-you-a-republican-really-a-republican-.html
— NRA SAYS ILLINOIS GUN BILLS WILL “DRIVE LOCAL GUN STORES OUT OF BUSINESS”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/nra-says-illinois-gun-bills-will-drive-local-gun-stores-out-of-business-.html
— LIFE ADVOCATES DECRY PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S DECEPTIVE TACTICS, PLAN PROTEST SATURDAY IN FLOSSMOOR
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/life-advocates-decry-planned-parenthoods-deceptive-tactics-plan-protest-saturday-in-flossmoor-.html
— ILLINOIS’ FINANCIAL STABILITY RANKS LAST IN US NEWS “BEST STATES” STUDY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/illinois-financial-stability-ranks-last-in-us-news-best-states-study.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Poll: Trump’s disapproval 62%, Rauner’s 63%, Madigan’s 68%
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/02/poll-trumps-disapproval-62-rauners-63-madigans-68/

 

GOPUSA
— John Kasich’s endorsement equivalent to ‘fatal disease’ on campaign trail (DIERSEN: Not that my endorsement means anything, but I should still write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have worked the hardest to make my endorsement a “fatal disease.” Most of them are past and present officers and members of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40408
— France cracks down on Islamic radicalization in schools, prisons, online
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40517

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Bishop Paprocki: ‘Shameful’ that Georgetown honored pro-abortion Catholic senator – Claire Chretien
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/bishop-explains-why-hes-barring-pro-abortion-senator-from-communion-its-an

 

ROLL CALL
— Federal Employees Hit Hard by Trump’s Budget, Key GOP Senator Says Pay freeze and other cost-cutters ‘hurts’ appeal of working for government, Lankford says – Griffin Connolly
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/federal-employees-hit-hard-trumps-budget-key-gop-senator-says

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Time to protect public workers from unions’ coercion – Marc A. Thiessen
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/time-to-protect-public-workers-from-unions-coercion/2018/03/01/8651a16a-1d74-11e8-9de1-147dd2df3829_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Bruce Rauner vs. the Illinois ‘Mafia’ The outsider governor recounts his battles with the political machine and explains why he thinks a second term would be ‘transformative.’ – James Taranto
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bruce-rauner-vs-the-illinois-mafia-1520030669
— Stranger Than Science Fiction: The Future for Digital Dictatorships Democracy can be doctored, but that doesn’t mean tech-savvy autocrats have it easy – Li Yuan (DIERSEN: If my critics/opponents step up their efforts to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, I hope that you will come to my defense. If more had come to my defense in the past, I might very well still be a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/stranger-than-science-fiction-the-future-for-digital-dictatorships-1519900866
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While Americans and Europeans debate whether the internet and social media are undermining democracy, a big question for many Chinese is whether cutting-edge technology strengthens autocratic rule. China’s government is embracing technologies to monitor its population. A national plan to develop artificial intelligence highlights its “irreplaceable role in effectively maintaining social stability.” Surveillance cameras with facial recognition, policing platforms that crunch big data and the monitoring of smartphones and social media are being deployed. To some Chinese, it seems their movements, habits and thoughts can be tracked by a government with unchecked power. So is a digital dictatorship all powerful?)
— Princeton, Others Aim to Accept More Low-Income Students Program backed by Bloomberg Philanthropies wants to add 50,000 low- and moderate-income students to elite schools – Melissa Korn (DIERSEN: Do you have a degree from an Ivy League university? I do not. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed that none of my four college degrees are from Ivy League universities. Some of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes go further and badmouth the universities that I have degrees from – NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/princeton-others-aim-to-accept-more-low-income-students-1519900203

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Congressman wants name of every non-essential employee – Eric White (DIERSEN: Are you essential? Since 1966, and especially since 1997, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being non-essential.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/federal-newscast/2018/03/congressman-wants-name-of-every-non-essential-employee/

 

February 28 Evening Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Burt Minor now says he’s in race until the end – Burt Constable
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180228/burt-minor-now-says-hes-in-race-until-the-end
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Whoever wins in the primary, this controversy has damaged the Republican’s chances in November, Minor said. “It will be tough for anyone to win,” Minor said. “The Republican Party is destroying itself.”)
— Budget stalemate could mean Palatine Township shutdown Friday – Bob Susnjara
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180228/budget-stalemate-could-mean-palatine-township-shutdown-friday
— Illinois House OKs state gun-dealer licensing
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180228/the-latest-illinois-house-oks-state-gun-dealer-licensing
— DuPage could cut costs by using court security officers – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180228/dupage-could-cut-costs-by-using-court-security-officers
— Wheaton College to hold Friday service for Billy Graham – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180228/wheaton-college-to-hold-friday-service-for-billy-graham
— Lisle woman Rafath Waheed accused of forging petitions for COD board seat – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180228/lisle-woman-accused-of-forging-petitions-for-cod-board-seat

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— SIU poll: Republican Gov. Rauner, Democratic candidate Pritzker lead governor races – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-governor-race-poll-20180228-story.html
— School officials who assess online threats face tough calls – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-moraine-valley-threat-st-0228-20180227-story.html
— Chicago treasurer: Use city’s investment portfolio to fight climate change, promote social progress – Michael Hawthorne (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats want to use Chicago’s investment portfolio to drive individuals, organizations, and companies out of Chicago that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-chicago-social-climate-investing-20180227-story.html
— Bruce Rauner’s disease – Scott Stantis
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/stantis/ct-bruce-pauner-s-disease-20180228-story.html
— Prompted by public outcry, Arlington Heights urges state to pass more gun control measures – Karen Ann Cullotta
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/arlington-heights/news/ct-ahp-arlington-gun-control-letter-to-springfield-tl-0308-20180228-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children as cannon fodder.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-guns-rauner-cupich-20180228-story.html
— Is Trump’s claim to bravery the way to voters’ hearts? – Paul Sassone
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-ppn-column-sassone-tl-0308-20180228-story.html
— With prosecution on shaky ground, Schock’s lawyers argue vague rules led to corruption charges – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-aaron-schock-prosecution-problems-20180228-story.html
— Pay the bagman $10,000 to work for Dorothy Brown? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-dorothy-brown-clerk-corruption-20180228-story.html
— State lawmakers’ sexual harassment prevention proposals keep oversight in leaders’ hands – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-springfield-sexual-harassment-proposal-20180228-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘Going rate’ for job in Dorothy Brown’s office? $10K, records allege – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/job-buying-10000-cook-county-clerk-court-dorothy-brown/

 

ABC7
— Illinois lawmakers pass several new gun safety measures – Diane Pathieu and Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-lawmakers-pass-several-new-gun-safety-measures/3152688/

 

NBC5
— Illinois House Adjourns Without Vote on ‘Paul Bauer Act’
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-house-adjourns-without-vote-on-paul-bauer-act-475469173.html
— Illinois House Passes Ban on Bump Stocks, Licensing Requirements for Dealers – Sandra Torres
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/cupich-springfield-gun-control-legislation-475388353.html

 

CBS2
— Illinois House Passes Several New Gun Safety Measures
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/02/28/illinois-new-gun-safety-measures/
— Growing Signs That Aaron Schock Prosecution On Shaky Ground
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/02/28/aaron-schock-prosecution-on-shaky-ground/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois House debates guns, passes ban on bump stocks – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-house-debates-guns-passes-ban-on-bump-stocks

 

WGN TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrat 6th Congressional District candidates.
http://wgntv.com/2018/02/28/7-democrats-vie-to-topple-republican-roskam-in-6th-congressional-district/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago has widest racial gap in homeownership – DENNIS RODKIN (DIERSEN: Government should encourage marriage and homeownership.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180228/CRED0701/180229880/chicago-has-widest-racial-gap-in-homeownership

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gun-dealer licensing heads to Gov. Rauner’s desk – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180228/gun-dealer-licensing-heads-to-gov-rauners-desk

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Madigan’s under fire, but he’s not sweating much – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-02-28/jim-dey-madigans-under-fire-hes-not-sweating-much.html
— For the Republicans: Erika Harold – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-02-28/editorial-the-republicans-erika-harold.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Students at Downers Grove South High School are planning to participate in the Enough: National Student Walkout on March 14.
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/02/27/downers-grove-south-students-organizing-walkout/a1337yf/

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Emails show state worked to shape coverage of Legionnaires’ outbreak – AP
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/emails-show-state-worked-to-shape-coverage-of-legionnaires-outbreak/article_8a3397e9-ab00-5ca5-9d1a-322fce76c152.html

 

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Illinois General Assembly approves Medicaid funding plan – AP
http://jg-tc.com/herald-review/news/state-and-regional/illinois-general-assembly-approves-medicaid-funding-plan/article_1ee29354-1e34-5629-a8b4-7f9996c87881.html

 

PAXTON RECORD
— OUTSTANDING: Illinois governor: If recreational marijuana bill passes, I’d veto it – Will Brumleve
http://www.paxtonrecord.net/news/politics-and-government/2018-02-28/illinois-governor-if-recreational-marijuana-bill-passes-id-v

 

SOUTHERN
— Simon Poll: Rauner, Pritzker lead primary polls; Rauner trails both Pritzker and Biss
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/simon-poll-rauner-pritzker-lead-primary-polls-rauner-trails-both/article_ec9e0b38-76af-5eac-aab0-f2a72306799f.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the most recent statewide version of the Simon Poll, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner leads challenger Jeanne Ives, a state representative from Wheaton, in the Republican Primary, by 20 points, 51 percent to 31 percent, according to a news release from the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University. . .In the Republican primary for Attorney General, Harvard Law graduate and Champaign-Urbana attorney Erika Harold, well-known in Republican political circles, leads the lesser-known Gary Grasso, a DuPage County board member, 18 percent to 14 percent, with almost two-thirds (65 percent) undecided.)

 

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Republican candidate for governor Jeanne Ives – Rachel Droze
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/election-2018-republican-candidate-for-governor-jeanne-ives-02-28-2018

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— What’s the Future for Chicago in a Mess of a State? Illinois is bleeding residents, and changes to federal tax policy could make that even worse—particularly in wealthier suburbs like Oak Park, which could see a big drop in home values. Meanwhile, Chicago is adding jobs and downtown residents. Can this continue? UIC government expert David Merriman weighs in. – SAM CHOLKE
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/February-2018/Whats-the-Future-For-Chicago-In-a-Mess-of-a-State/

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Ives Response to WBEZ Report About Rauner Administration Emails Regarding Legionnaires Outbreak
https://ivesforillinois.com/ives-response-to-wbez-report-about-rauner-administration-emails-regarding-legionnaires-outbreak/
— Ives Campaign Releases New Book Detailing Rauner’s Betrayals Authored by Chicago GOP Chairman with a Foreword by State Rep. Tom Morrison
https://mailchi.mp/dcb83b79314a/ives-campaign-releases-new-book-detailing-rauners-betrayals
— I Wanted Scott Walker, I Ended Up With Bruce Rauner aka “Pat Quinn-Lite”
https://mailchi.mp/e5e404b72966/icymi-i-wanted-scott-walker-i-ended-up-with-bruce-rauner-aka-pat-quinn-lite

 

WIRE POINTS
— Pay hikes in Maine Township? How about consolidation instead – Ted Dabrowski
http://www.wirepoints.com/pay-hikes-in-maine-township-how-about-consolidation-instead-wirepoints-original/

 

LAKE COUNTY NEWS GAZETTE
— Sukovic says he’s a victim of a House Republication Organization smear campaign – W.J. Kennedy
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511353119-sukovic-says-he-s-a-victim-of-a-house-republication-organization-smear-campaign

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Retirement income tax could boost IL bucks, but also spawn court challenges, exodus of retirees
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511332992-retirement-income-tax-could-boost-il-bucks-but-also-spawn-court-challenges-exodus-of-retirees

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Half of Illinois Board of Higher Education’s $3.4 billion funding request is meant for pensions – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/schools/half-of-illinois-board-of-higher-education-s-billion-funding/article_efee1fe0-1b35-11e8-9dd8-5b69db15bf59.html

 

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— Illinois Policy Institute caught retweeting Rauner’s Janus case praise
https://realgopillinois.com/2018/02/28/illinois-policy-institute-caught-retweeting-rauners-janus-praise/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Police Chief Issues a Warning on Legalized Marijuana – Monte Larrick
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/police-chief-issues-warning-legalized-marijuana/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS HOUSE VOTES TO RAISE SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARM PURCHASES TO 21
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/illinois-house-votes-to-raise-semi-automatic-firearm-purchases-to-21.html
— BUMP STOCK BAN PASSES ILLINOIS HOUSE WITH HELP OF SEVERAL GOP HOUSE MEMBERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/bump-stock-ban-passes-illinois-house-with-help-of-several-gop-house-members.html
— CHICAGO’S NEW CITY KEY COULD BE USED FOR NON-CITIZENS’ VOTER REGISTRATION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/chicagos-new-city-key-could-be-used-for-non-citizens-voter-registration.html
— NEW POLL SHOWS RAUNER, PRITZKER AHEAD IN PRIMARIES; RAUNER LOSING TO DEM IN GENERAL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/new-poll-shows-rauner-pritzker-ahead-in-primaries-rauner-losing-to-any-dem-in-general.html
— CHICAGO CARDINAL JOINS ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS’ GUN CONTROL EFFORT (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use religious leaders as their operatives or as their dupes.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/chicago-cardinal-joins-illinois-gun-control-effort-.html
— MOMS DEMAND MORE REGULATIONS ON ILLINOIS GUN DEALERS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use moms as their operatives or as their dupes.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/moms-demand-more-regulations-on-illinois-gun-dealers.html
— IR CONTRIBUTOR MARK WEYERMULLER FEATURED BY ILLINOIS CHANNEL AT CPAC
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/ir-contributor-mark-weyermuller-featured-by-illinois-channel-at-cpac.html
— WIREPOINTS – RAUNER’S FAILED RECORD: THE BEST CASE FOR A REFORM AGENDA IN ILLINOIS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/wirepoints-rauners-failed-record-the-best-case-for-a-reform-agenda-in-illinois.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Daily Herald withdraws endorsement of Burt Minor
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/28/daily-herald-withdraws-endorsement-of-burt-minor/
— Poll: Rauner leads Ives by 20, Pritzker ahead of Biss by 10, Pritzker & Biss both have big leads over Rauner
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/28/poll-rauner-leads-ives-by-20-pritzker-ahead-of-biss-by-10-pritzker-biss-both-have-big-leads-over-rauner/
— Ives campaign releases book about Rauner
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/28/ives-campaign-releases-book-about-rauner/

 

GOPUSA
— United Airlines severs ties with NRA, continues to contribute to Planned Parenthood
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40404
— ICE chief says Oakland mayor’s warning helped criminal aliens escape raid
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40406

 

THE HILL
— Exiting Trump officials get tepid response on job market – MEGAN R. WILSON (DIERSEN: I certainly got a “tepid responses on job market” after my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Previously, they had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Previously, my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. Previously, my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/375926-exiting-trump-officials-get-tepid-response-on-job-market

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Stuns Lawmakers With Seeming Embrace of Gun Control Measures – Michael D. Shear
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/us/politics/trump-gun-control.html

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Wayne LaPierre Has Made a Fortune as CEO of the NRA. Here’s What We Know About His Money – BRAD TUTTLE
http://time.com/money/5178193/wayne-lapierre-net-worth-nra-money-salary/

 

FED WEEK
— OPM Promises ‘Engagement’ on Pay for Performance Plan (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats use pay-for-performance a) to retain their employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger and b) to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/opm-promises-engagement-pay-performance-plan/

February 27 Evening Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Full video of candidate Burt Minor deny homosexual, racial slur allegations
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180227/watch-full-video-of-candidate-deny-homosexual-racial-slur-allegations
— Endorsement: Rescinding our support for Minor candidacy
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180227/endorsement-rescinding-our-support-for-minor-candidacy
— Endorsement: For House District 46, GOP primary, Orozco
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180223/endorsement-for-house-district-46-gop-primary-orozco
— Tollway chief talks more tolls and Route 53 extension – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180226/tollway-chief-talks-more-tolls-and-route-53-extension
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN THE DAILY HERALD: ARTICLE TITLE: Trump: I’d have gone in – Mike DeBonis and Anne Gearan (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps will stress that Trump sought and obtained four draft deferments like I did.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2018/02/26/trump-says-would-have-rushed-unarmed-stop-school-shooter/2qbzawplaQwzOTni7q8BqO/story.html
— Colbert to Trump: ‘What are you going to do, run in there and stab them with your bone spurs?’ – Travis M. Andrews (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps will stress that Trump sought and obtained four draft deferments like I did.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180227/colbert-to-trump-what-are-you-going-to-do-run-in-there-and-stab-them-with-your-bone-spurs
— DuPage could take position on gun control proposals – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: The Illinois Republican Party platform has a Second Amendment plank. If you got elected as a Republican in Illinois, you obligated yourself to defend and to advance that plank.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180227/dupage-could-take-position-on-gun-control-proposals
— Erika Harold, Bill Brady to meet with Palatine GOP March 3rd
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180227/harold-brady-to-meet-with-palatine-gop

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bill Brady and Erika Harold to speak at Palatine Township Republican Organization monthly meeting March 3rd
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/arlington-heights/community/chi-ugc-article-brady-and-harold-to-speak-at-republican-month-2018-02-26-story.html
— Supreme Court case threatens Democratic bosses’ use of union muscle – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-supreme-court-unions-kass-0228-story.html
— Diana Rauner calls governor’s mansion mess a ‘metaphor’ for state government, announces July reopening – Elvia Malagon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-met-rauner-governor-mansion-renovations-20180227-story.html
— Madigan releases list of 9 misconduct complaints, but number could be higher – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-speaker-madigan-illinois-house-sexual-harassment-complaints-20180227-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs want to abolish the Second Amendment.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-nra-boycott-fedex-apple-amazon-0228-20180227-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Kennedy seeks independent harassment probes — and so do Madigan’s appointees – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/kennedy-seeks-independent-harassment-probes-and-so-do-madigans-appointees/
— ‘Paul Bauer Act’ would ban most sales of body armor, high-capacity gun magazines
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/paul-bauer-act-would-ban-most-sales-of-body-armor-high-capacity-gun-magazines/

 

ABC7 NEWS
— Nybo pushes to close loophole preventing police from carrying epinephrine injectors – Megan Hickey
http://abc7chicago.com/health/lawmaker-pushes-to-close-loophole-preventing-police-from-carrying-epinephrine-injectors/3144497/

 

NBC5
— Rauner Meets With Trump, Sits in On Supreme Court Hearing in DC – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/bruce-rauner-donald-trump-washington-dc-475228783.html

 

CBS2
— Madigan Reveals List Of 9 Sexual Harassment Complaints – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/02/27/madigan-reveals-list-of-9-sexual-harassment-complaints/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Chicago mayor wants state gun control, including bill named for slain officer – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180226/chicago-mayor-wants-state-gun-control-including-bill-named-for-slain-officer

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives demonize, denigrate, and condemn conservatives.
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180226/ej-dionne-its-not-conservatism-its-extremism

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Rauner-Madigan rivalry takes its toll on state lawmakers – AP
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180226/rauner-madigan-rivalry-takes-its-toll-on-state-lawmakers

HERALD & REVIEW & JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Rauner letter says ‘extremely troubling’ comments led to Clough’s ouster from state board – DAVE FOPAY (DIERSEN: Should the Illinois Republican Party develop a) a list of forbidden words that Republicans (especially old White male Republicans who support Trump) should not speak or write in any kind of context and b) a schedule of punishments for speaking or writing those words?)
http://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/rauner-letter-extremely-troubling-comments-led-to-charleston-man-s/article_b0aa1533-5d73-59c5-8858-b70671c35354.html
http://jg-tc.com/news/local/rauner-letter-says-extremely-troubling-comments-led-to-clough-s/article_57bd9e58-b647-5a5e-9fdc-c557e3903929.html

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County sheriff maintains his office was never in violation of Trust Act
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/02/22/mchenry-county-sheriff-maintains-his-office-was-never-in-violation-of-trust-act/a5qp3uc/

 

DAILY ILLINI
— Governor Bruce Rauner has failed as governor – AUSTIN STADELMAN
https://dailyillini.com/opinions/2018/02/27/governor-bruce-rauner-failed-governor/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives says everyone has had enough of Madigan – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511351077-ives-says-everyone-has-had-enough-of-madigan

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— ‘Public should control process:’ Anti-gerrymandering amendment filed in Springfield – Jonathan Bilyk (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton?)
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511352154-public-should-control-process-anti-gerrymandering-amendment-filed-in-springfield

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DuPage County District 4 Board candidate Ron Almiron held an outstanding fundraiser Monday evening, February 26, 2018 at Warren’s Ale House in Wheaton. The many attendees included Barbier, Cherry, Elliott, Gribauskas, Kipfer, Kmiecik, and McGowen. – Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Illinois Review (DENNIS LACOMB and FRAN EATON) Endorses Ives for Governor (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout a) that no candidate should want my endorsement, b) that no one respects what I have done as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 or as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, and c) that no one respects what I did as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, GAO employee 1980-1997, IRS employee 1971-1980, etc.)
https://mailchi.mp/a72b8b860b5e/conservative-news-outlet-endorses-ives-for-governor
(FROM THE POSTING: “Illinois Review is a respected conservative news outlet and opinion journal,” said Jeanne Ives. “Their endorsement carries more weight with conservative families than those of the leftist Chicago and Springfield big government news outlets who’ve generally served as partners and propaganda ministers for the Illinois Political Ruling Class. I’m honored Illinois Review thought my candidacy was important enough to make this unprecedented endorsement.”)

 

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— Rauner once again rated country’s most vulnerable governor
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-rauner-once-again-rated-countrys-most-vulnerable-governor/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Wait Till You See What LGBTQQAP Activists Have Planned for Illinois Schools – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/wait-till-see-lgbtqqap-activists-planned-il-schools/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Abortion is Expanding in Illinois
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/illinois-family-spotlight-083/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rep. Ives lashes out at Leader Durkin
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/27/rep-ives-lashes-out-at-leader-durkin/
— Political fingers point over sexual harassment issues
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/27/political-fingers-point-over-sexual-harassment-issues/
— Madigan’s office releases internal harassment investigation results
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/27/madigans-office-releases-internal-investigation-results/

 

GOPUSA
— Ryan: We shouldn’t be banning guns for law abiding citizens
http://www.gopusa.com/ryan-we-shouldnt-be-banning-guns-for-law-abiding-citizens/

 

TOWNHALL
— The Latest Gun Control Bill Is Pretty Much A Total Ban On Firearms – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/02/27/house-introduces-gun-ban-legislation-n2454670

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DACA program still active after Supreme Court declines to speed appeal Dreamers can apply for renewal, but no new applications allowed – Stephen Dinan and S.A. Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/26/supreme-court-declines-speed-daca-appeal/
— Obama not planning to attend Billy Graham memorial – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/26/obama-not-attending-billy-graham-memorial/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— I wanted Scott Walker, I ended up with Bruce Rauner – Matt Lamb
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/i-wanted-scott-walker-i-ended-up-with-bruce-rauner/article/2650213

 

DAILY CALLER
— Border Security Is Important For Immigration But Workplace Enforcement Is YUGE – Stewart Lawrence
http://dailycaller.com/2018/02/27/border-security-is-important-for-immigration-but-workplace-enforcement-is-yuge/
— Why Is CNN’s Approval Rating For Trump 15 Points Lower Than Rasmussen’s? – Robert Donachie (DIERSEN: During my last 7 years at GAO, I worked on audits that involved major surveys. Two of the GAO reports that I worked on are at http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/154342.pdf(FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES: Actions Needed to Protect the Financial System) and at http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/156011.pdf (OTC DERIVATIVES: Additional Oversight Could Reduce Costly Sales Practice Disputes).
http://dailycaller.com/2018/02/26/cnn-skewing-polling-data/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— CPAC Is Transitioning – Amy Contrada
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/02/cpac_is_transitioning.html

 

THE HILL
— GOP focuses on law enforcement mistakes — not new gun laws – MELANIE ZANONA AND SCOTT WONG
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/375802-gop-focuses-on-law-enforcement-mistakes-not-new-gun-laws

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Says He Would Have Rushed in Unarmed to Stop School Shooting – Michael D. Shear (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, to counter this claim, anti-Trumps will stress that Trump sought and obtained four draft deferments like I did.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/26/us/politics/trump-school-shooter-florida.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “Can Donald Trump be indicted while serving as president?”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/02/27/can-donald-trump-be-indicted-while-serving-as-president/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Amazon Acquires Ring, Maker of Video Doorbells Front-door monitoring device plays to buyer’s ambitions in home-security business – Laura Stevens and Douglas MacMillan (DIERSEN: I use Ring products.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-acquires-ring-maker-of-video-doorbells-1519768639

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— FedEx Says It Will Keep NRA Member Discount Despite Calls for Boycott – ARIC JENKINS
http://time.com/money/5176762/fedex-nra-discount-business-ties/
— Apple, Amazon and More Companies Facing Boycotts Over Ties to the NRA – BRAD TUTTLE (DIERSEN: Republicans should boycott those who call for boycotts of NRA.)
http://time.com/money/5176783/nra-boycott-fedex-amazon-apple-gun-control-youtube/

 

NEWSWEEK
— BEYOND DISGUSTING: WHO IS BENJAMIN THOMAS WOLF? FORMER FBI AGENT SMOKES WEED IN ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN AD – BENJAMIN FEARNOW
http://www.newsweek.com/benjamin-thomas-wolf-illinois-cannabis-marijuana-5th-congressional-district-822797

 

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Democrat Party crows over its success in getting Catholics to serve as its operatives and dupes.
http://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2018/dozens-of-catholics-arrested-as-they-call-on-congress-to-help-dreamers.cfm

 

VANITY FAIR
— “WE ALL WEAR ALL BLACK EVERY DAY”: INSIDE WALL STREET’S COMPLEX, SHAMEFUL, AND OFTEN CONFIDENTIAL BATTLE WITH #METOO Wall Street may not have its own Harvey Weinstein to contend with, but the #MeToo movement has forced the industry to address its own history, practices, and culture in uneven, and sometimes shameful, ways. – BETHANY MCLEAN
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/02/inside-wall-street-complex-shameful-and-often-confidential-battle-with-metoo