Tag: retirement

June 16 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Legislature presents Gov. Rauner with over 600 bills to sign – BGA
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/weekend-watch-legislature-presents-gov-rauner-with-over-600-bills-to-sign/3521255/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Obama’s silky lie and FBI bias in the Clinton investigation – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-james-comey-report-kass-0617-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children as cannon fodder. Laura Ingraham says “Criminals are separated from their children all the time.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-texas-shelter-immigrant-children-20180616-story.html
— For the biggest group of American workers, wages aren’t flat. They’re falling. – Jeff Stein and Andrew Van Dam (DIERSEN: Between 1966 and 1997, in today’s dollars, my salary increased from $15.85/hour to $60.25/hour. That would not have happened if I had not 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/business/ct-american-workers-wages-20180616-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For workers in “production and nonsupervisory” positions, the value of the average paycheck has actually declined in the past year. For those workers, average “real wages” – a measure of pay that takes inflation into account – fell from $22.62 in May 2017 to $22.59 in May 2018, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said.)
— Pack of stray dogs that attacked couple on Elgin trail a first for cops in at least 14 years, officers say – Mike Danahey
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-elgin-dog-reports-st-0617-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/working/parkland-students-head-to-naperville-first-stop-on-road-to-change-tour/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Republicans risking conservative backlash over immigration – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180616/news/306169960/
— Trump cites as a negotiating tool his policy of separating immigrant children from parents – Michael Scherer (DIERSEN: Laura Ingraham says “Criminals are separated from their children all the time.”)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180616/trump-cites-as-a-negotiating-tool-his-policy-of-separating-immigrant-children-from-parents
— Elon Musk has been missing deadlines since he was a kid – Peter Holley (DIERSEN: What if Musk had become a federal employee? For federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non/veteran, the deadline for getting promoted to GS-13 (currently $96,403) is age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) is age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) is age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) is age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid deadlines. But nevertheless, those who are anti-federal employee and/or anti-federal retiree use the aforesaid to viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn those who did not meet the aforesaid deadlines as being lazy, stupid, and even worse things.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180616/elon-musk-has-been-missing-deadlines-since-he-was-a-kid
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting students to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180616/west-suburban-students-support-gun-control-cause-at-parkland-students-town-hall

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner owns Sangamon farmland — with somebody – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180616/bernard-schoenburg-rauner-owns-sangamon-farmland—with-somebody
— Bipartisan work yields gun bills, fate rests with Rauner
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180616/bipartisan-work-yields-gun-bills-fate-rests-with-rauner
— Illinois second to Missouri again – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180616/statehouse-insider-illinois-second-to-missouri-again

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Retiring state senator James Clayborne gets unwelcomed parting gift from #MeToo victim – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article213094504.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois state Sen. James Clayborne’s plan to leave the statehouse and rely on his law license and connections to build a lucrative retirement may have just received a wrinkle. Or maybe a dose of karma. Clayborne is one of the lawmakers with a law license being targeted by Denise Rotheimer for failing to do anything about her sexual harassment complaint. Her recent complaint to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission includes Clayborne, state Senate President John Cullerton, House Speaker Michael Madigan and other law-license-holding lawmakers on the Legislative Ethics Commission.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting students to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.bnd.com/news/nation-world/national/article213323699.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Why Illinois counties are getting $13.2 million to safeguard your voting information from hackers – RYAN VOYLES
https://herald-review.com/news/local/why-illinois-counties-are-getting-million-to-safeguard-your-voting/article_1089b113-fac7-5079-9ef1-a721ab8ed79e.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Khouri to host meet-and-greet at Fiora’s on June 28 – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511457558-khouri-to-host-meet-and-greet-at-fiora-s-on-june-28
— Khouri calls for change in ‘Springfield’s toxic culture’ – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511457623-khouri-calls-for-change-in-springfield-s-toxic-culture

 

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— Trump supporter Sen. Sam McCann accuses Rauner of buying the Illinois GOP
https://realgopillinois.com/2018/06/15/mccann-slams-rauner-on-trump-buying-the-the-illinois-republican-party/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— David Clarke, former Milwaukee sheriff, keeps degree after fixing plagiarized thesis: Report – Andrew Blake (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) dismiss/belittle/badmouth the universities that I earned graduate degrees from – Loyola, DePaul, and IIT and b) hint/imply/argue/shout that the courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/16/david-clarke-former-milwaukee-sheriff-keeps-naval-/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Obama Presidential Center to cost Illinois taxpayers nearly $200 million – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/obama-presidential-center-to-cost-illinois-taxpayers-nearly-200-million

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— I Went to DC’s Gay Pride Parade. Here Are 9 Things I Saw. – Rachel del Guidice
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/06/11/i-went-to-dcs-gay-pride-parade-here-are-9-things-i-saw/

 

FOX NEWS
— ‘An Insult Below the Belt’: Herman Cain Slams FBI Staffer Who Called Trump Voters ‘Lazy’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/06/16/inspector-general-report-herman-cain-slams-fbi-staffer-who-called-trump-voters-lazy

 

THE HILL
— Ingraham defends migrant kid camps: ‘Criminals are separated from their children all the time’ – JOHN BOWDEN
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/392593-ingraham-defends-migrant-kid-camps-criminals-are-separated-from-their-children
— Congress faces rising pressure to fix tax law – NAOMI JAGODA (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/391731-congress-faces-rising-pressure-to-fix-tax-law
— Director Rob Reiner denounced Robert De Niro and other celebrities for their remarks against President Trump, saying it only helps the president. – TESS BONN
http://thehill.com/media/392574-rob-reiner-denounces-robert-de-niro-and-other-celebrities-for-anti-trump-remarks
— Anti-Trump Republicans better look out — voters might send you packing – LARRY HART (DIERSEN: What do you say to Republican candidates who plan on running as anti-Trumps to get elected/reelected? One could argue that instead, they should become Democrats.)
http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/392490-anti-trump-republicans-better-look-out-voters-might-send-you-packing

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— How Trump Came to Enforce a Practice of Separating Migrant Families – Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael D. Shear (DIERSEN: Laura Ingraham says “Criminals are separated from their children all the time.”)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/16/us/politics/family-separation-trump.html

 

ATLANTIC
— ‘Cult’ or Not, Trump’s Grasp on the Republican Party Is Stronger Than Ever- DAVID A. GRAHAM
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/cult-or-not-trumps-grasp-on-the-republican-party-is-stronger-than-ever/562991/

June 10 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— White House takes up fight against ‘back-stabbing’ Trudeau – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-g7-statement-justin-trudeau/
— Sex abuse scandal is latest CPS fiasco under Rahm Emanuel’s watch – Fran Spielman and Lauren FitzPatrick
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sex-abuse-scandal-cps-dirty-schools-strike-teachers-rahm-emanuel/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups promote LGBTQ activity: 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 for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-pride-2018-guide-celebrations-events-things-to-do/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Sooner or later, Democrats blame all gun violence on Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-all-31-ways-you-can-fight-gun-violence/
— Chicago’s potty-mouthed mayor was once a preschool teacher – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/chicago-mayor-rahm-emanuel-preschool-teacher-fact-check/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— European leaders are indignant and defiant over Trump’s G-7 statement, but they’re not surprised – Griff Witte and James McAuley
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-g7-summit-reaction-20180610-story.html
— Fox News host calls President Trump a dictator, then apologizes – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-fox-news-trump-dictator-20180610-story.html
— Waukegan partners with Lake County Coalition for Homeless in wake of PADS Lake County complaints – Emily K. Coleman (DIERSEN: Democrats blame homelessness on Republicans. In your municipality, which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries take the lead in attracting homeless people to your municipality? Democrats blame homelessness on Republicans.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-waukegan-pads-st-0611-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Seven shot at child’s birthday party in Aurora
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180610/seven-shot-at-childs-birthday-party-in-aurora

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Jim Day picks Pat Brady and Jim Thacker to talk about John Cox. Cox and I served together on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee. On July 5, 2003, Cox came with the other four announced candidates for U.S. Senate (Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan) to a picnic that I arranged in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct for voters in my precinct, in Jeanne Ive’s precinct to the east, and in Debra Olson’s precinct to the west. The 200 attendees included Randy Hultgren. We can forever ask ourselves, “What if Trump had endorsed Ives?”)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-06-10/jim-dey-perennial-illinois-office-seeker-finds-more-success-out-west.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Those who recall Cox’s political activities in Illinois have watched with amazement as he’s made his run in California. “He was one of those guys who was always kind of out there running,” said Chicago lawyer and former state GOP Chairman Pat Brady. Rockford political consultant Jim Thacker, who worked both for and against Cox, described him as a “self-made guy” who “always had the credentials and the smarts” to be a credible candidate. “The circumstances were never right for him,” Thacker said. “I didn’t know he had even moved to California. But he’s sure getting his 15 minutes of fame now.” Cox’s endless runs for public office here created an image as that of a political gadfly, someone not to be taken seriously by the news media or the political establishment.)

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Expanded use of HIV prevention faces stigma, lack of awareness – Dean Olsen
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180609/expanded-use-of-hiv-prevention-faces-stigma-lack-of-awareness

 

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— Trump Campaign Launches Brilliant New Tool – DOUG IBENDAHL
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=14494

 

EVERGREEN PARK PATCH
— New D124 Principal Banned From Contact With Staff At Old Job A letter from an attorney for NSSD-112 also asked on-leave “principal on special assignment” Matt Eriksen to stay off district property. – Jonah Meadows
https://patch.com/illinois/evergreenpark/new-d124-principal-banned-contact-staff-old-job

 

BREITBART
— May 2018 the Third Consecutive Month of Record Background Checks – Awr Hawkins
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/10/may-2018-the-third-consecutive-month-of-record-background-checks/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There were 19 consecutive months of record background checks under Barack Obama. Those began in May 2015 and lasted through November 2016. They were driven by a non-stop assault on the Second Amendment, characterized by attempts to secure all-out bans on certain types of weapons and “high capacity” magazines, as well as efforts to implement universal background checks and other controls. Such fears largely vanished under the Trump administration and record levels of background checks faded. Then came the February 14, 2018, Parkland school shooting, which was immediately followed by leftist celebrities, student gun control activists, and the establishment media relentlessly pushing for all-out bans on certain types of weapons and “high capacity” magazines, as well as efforts to implement universal background checks and other controls. Now background checks for gun sales are surging, NRA membership is up to 6 million, and donations to gun rights’ groups are increasing.)

 

BLAZE
— Mayors across nation form coalition to support transgender anti-discrimination law – Teri Webster
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/10/mayors-across-nation-form-coalition-to-support-transgender-anti-discrimination-law

 

PJ MEDIA
— Illinois Counties Declare Themselves ‘Gun Sanctuaries’; Oregon Voters Could be Next – ROD KACKLEY
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/illinois-counties-declare-themselves-gun-sanctuaries-oregon-voters-could-be-next/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump vs. the Media – Timothy Philen
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/06/trump_vs_the_media.html

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— Will Stormy Daniels, Russia Collusion Claims Lower Evangelical Turnout in Midterms? Ralph Reed Answers – Samuel Smith
https://www.christianpost.com/news/will-stormy-daniels-russia-collusion-claims-lower-evangelical-turnout-midterms-ralph-reed-224803/

 

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Best Buy and EEOC Reach Agreement to Resolve Discrimination Charge (DIERSEN: How has EEOC impacted you? In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/best-buy-and-eeoc-reach-agreement-to-resolve-discrimination-charge

 

NEWSWEEK
— KRISHNAMOORTHI SIDES WITH DONALD TRUMP IN FEUD WITH JUSTIN TRUDEAU – WILLIAM MANSELL
http://www.newsweek.com/raja-krishnamoorthi-justin-trudeau-sides-donald-trump-trade-negotiation-968715

 

FED SMITH
— Pay Parity and a 2019 Pay Raise for Federal Employees – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/06/10/pay-parity-2019-pay-raise-federal-employees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The other potential factor is politics. Federal employee unions are often the public face and out in front on articulating arguments on behalf of federal employees. The unions are often supporting one political party (Democrats) over the other (Republicans). While Republicans are often thought of as the strong supporters for higher military spending, etc., there are no unions in front of the public spending time and money on behalf of one political party. That may be a conundrum for federal employees and their representatives. It can work out well, particularly for unions as an institution, when Democrats occupy the White House and one or both Houses of Congress. At other times, it can be a disadvantage if the federal workforce is perceived as a political force instead of a politically neutral, professional cadre of people supporting the current administration in power. We do not know, of course, what the final pay raise will be for military or civilian employees in 2019. If I were betting on the outcome, I would feel secure in assuming that whatever the percentage, it will be higher for military than for civilians.)

 

NEW STRAITS TIMES
— Can our retirement funds sustain our golden years? – Rajen Devadason (DIERSEN: Have you slashed your lifestyle expectations? Since 1997, when I was 49 years old, my income, and therefore, my lifestyle has been dramatically slashed. Since 1997, my Civil Service Retirement System pension has been only 41% of what my salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars, that is, only $51,864 instead of $125,325.)
https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/sunday-vibes/2018/06/378452/can-our-retirement-funds-sustain-our-golden-years
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Aspiring to improve Most of us, however, don’t wish to maintain our lifestyle. We aspire to improve it year by year! This desired escalation in lifestyle tacks on a few percentage points to the appropriate inflation rate for our lives every year. So by way of illustration, if our long run national inflation rate is 3.6 per cent a year, and your specific desired escalation of lifestyle is 2.4 per cent a year, then your annual personal inflation rate = 3.6 per cent + 2.4 per cent = 6 per cent. Then, using the Rule of 72, we find that you’ll need twice as much money in 12 years (= 72 / 6) to live the life you want in 2030. So, if you’re 25 years old and spending RM2,500 a month in 2018, it is straightforward to work out, using our Rule of 72, that in 12 years (age 37 in 2030), you’ll need RM5,000 a month. What is staggering to comprehend though is 12 years after that in 2042, you won’t be able to comfortably get by on RM5,000 + RM2,500 = RM7,500. No. You’ll need twice your needed amount at age 37 at age 49, which is RM5,000 x 2 = RM10,000 a month! Then at 61, you’ll want RM20,000, and so on. The longer you live, the more money you’ll need unless you choose (or more likely are forced) to slash your lifestyle expectations.)

June 4 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Gov. Rauner signs Illinois budget – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/gov-rauner-signs-illinois-budget/3559392/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner signs full state budget for the first time in his term – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-illinois-budget-20180604-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-medical-marijuana-opioids-illinois-lawmakers-20180604-story.html
— McDonald’s officially opens HQ in Chicago, leaving Oak Brook campus behind – Samantha Bomkamp
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-mcdonalds-headquarters-201800605-story.html
— Former state lawmaker Sandra Pihos pleads guilty to retail theft but claims charge was ‘misunderstanding’ – Matthew Walberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-state-lawmaker-retail-theft-guilty-pihos-20180604-story.html
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago has more underwater homes than any other U.S. metro area – Darcel Rockett
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-re-chicago-underwater-mortgages-20180603-story.html
— The Supreme Court’s unexpected wedding cake verdict – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-wedding-cake-supreme-court-20180604-story.html
— Meet the Illinois budget party pooper – Kristen McQueary
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mcqueary-pension-illinois-budget-rauner-0605-20180604-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner signs first budget as governor, thanks Madigan for ‘great team effort’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-signs-first-balanced-budget-since-taking-office-thanks-madigan/
— Trump says US farmers will be treated fairly in trade talks – AP (DIERSEN: When GAO started its massive downsizing in 1981, it assured its employees who were a) minority, b) female, c) veteran, and d) those who had made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40 that they would not be adversely impacted by the massive downsizing. Of course, that meant that only its employees who were White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made the aforesaid promotions would be adversely impacted.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-farmers-agriculture-trade-talks/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/voter-suppression-law-worse-than-russian-interference-in-our-elections/
— On the verge of big advances in political ethics in scandal-plagued Springfield – Madeleine Doubek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/michael-madigan-illinois-ethics-in-politics/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Prominent conservatives fight Indiana GOP platform changes – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180604/news/306049872/
— Libertarian governor candidate found in contempt of court – Lee Filas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180604/libertarian-governor-candidate-found-in-contempt-of-court
— Political strategist Jeffrey N. Ward charged with domestic battery – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180604/political-strategist-charged-with-domestic-battery
— Pihos banned from Von Maur after pleading guilty to retail theft – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180604/pihos-banned-from-von-maur-after-pleading-guilty-to-retail-theft

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO
— Rauner finally learns to make a deal – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180604/BLOGS02/180609961/rauner-finally-learns-to-make-a-deal
— Chicago’s Kemper doubling down on high-risk drivers – Steve Daniels (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, drivers who drink booze or smoke pot are very high-risk and should pay much higher premiums.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180601/ISSUE01/180539953/chicago-upstart-makes-a-big-play-for-the-drivers-allstate-and-state-farm-avoid

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Rep. Peter Roskam: Trump wrong on tariffs
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/06/04/rep-peter-roskam-trump-wrong-on-tariffs/a8o1j2n/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gov. Rauner signs ‘not perfect’ budget, lauds ‘team effort’ – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180604/gov-rauner-signs-not-perfect-budget-lauds-team-effort
— Durbin says he’d support move by Trump to commute Blagojevich’s sentence – John Wagner (DIERSEN: Would Durbin support Trump if Trump would commute my sentence? In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors forced to take their early retirement “offer.” Because of that, since 1997, in today’s dollars, my income has fallen $73,461/year or 59%. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $125,325/year, but my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $51,864/year. So far, in today’s dollars, since 1997, my income has fallen $1,524,316.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180604/durbin-says-hed-support-move-by-trump-to-commute-blagojevichs-sentence

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Area Educators See Possibilities In Teacher Minimum-Wage Bill – CHASE CAVANAUGH (DIERSEN: Are/were you accused of being overpaid? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 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://northernpublicradio.org/post/area-educators-see-possibilities-teacher-minimum-wage-bill
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He says that, in some areas, a new teacher with a master’s degree might earn only $27,000 per year. “If you look in the private sector or the nonprofit sector, workers with master’s degrees in the state, the average for them is an earning of about $103,000,” Montgomery said. “So that’s a massive gap here.”)

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump cancels Eagles visit due to anthem – JILL COLVIN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/sports/nfl/trump-cancels-eagles-visit-due-to-anthem/1218494961

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Rauner Signs Budget, Keeps Criticizing Taxes – BRIAN MACKEY
http://nprillinois.org/post/rauner-signs-budget-keeps-criticizing-taxes#stream/0

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Will Rauner v. Pritzker election ask, “Do you want higher or lower taxes”? – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/06/is-rauner-v-pritzker-main-issue-higher-or-lower-taxes-berkowitz-wkolber-cable-web/

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Population falling, but Illinois government leaders agree to spend, borrow more this year
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511445297-population-falling-but-illinois-government-leaders-agree-to-spend-borrow-more-this-year

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Algonquin Township Board & Clerk – “Budget Busters” – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/06/algonquin-township-board-clerk-budget-busters/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rauner signs budget, critics raise concerns about accounting gimmicks – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-signs-budget-critics-raise-concerns-about-accounting-gimmicks/article_ae910620-681a-11e8-aa31-0f79ed78c5a3.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— PRITZKER REACTS TO SUPREME COURT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RULING: “I WILL FIGHT DISCRIMINATION”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/pritzker-reacts-to-supreme-court-religious-freedom-ruling-i-will-fight-discrimination-.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner going up on TV tomorrow
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/04/rauner-going-up-on-tv-tomorrow/
— Durkin overcame numerous obstacles and got things done
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/04/durkin-overcame-numerous-obstacles-and-got-things-done/

 

NEWSMAX
— GOP’s John Cox Edges Closer to Ballot Spot in Calif. Governor Race – Jason Devaney
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/california-governors-race-john-cox-attracting/2018/06/04/id/864135/

 

FED SMITH
— Poll: Majority of Americans Think It’s Too Difficult to Fire Poor Performing Federal Employees – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, my Democrat superiors in the federal government took the following adverse actions against me because I was a “poor performing federal employee” and even worse things, and NOT because of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, or age discrimination: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, 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. 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. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. Needless-to-say, I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/06/04/poll-majority-americans-think-difficult-fire-poor-performing-federal-employees/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Federal employee volunteer hours can now go toward Combined Federal Campaign – Eric White (DIERSEN: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, I spent many “volunteer hours” earning 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 and b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30 and 32.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/federal-newscast/2018/06/federal-employee-volunteer-hours-can-now-go-toward-combined-federal-campaign/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Office of Personnel Management has offered new guidance to help employees convert their volunteer hours to credit for the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). The CFC will monetize volunteer hours and count them toward campaign results. But it will report them separately from financial contributions. Federal employees should use the CFC online pledging system to track volunteer hours.)

June 3 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Latest $25 million check pushes Pritzker’s total self-funding past $100 million – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-campaign-cash-20180603-story.html
— Giuliani calls it ‘unthinkable’ that Trump would pardon himself – Joel Achenbach and Ashley Parker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-giuliani-trump-subpoena-russia-probe-20180603-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti- Trumps say “Trump is making life harder for the poor.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-united-nations-poor-people-20180603-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bruce Rauner has attached himself to the Cubs — does he know the issues? – Rick Morrissey
https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/chicago-cubs-yu-darvish-jason-heyward-joe-maddon-theo-epstein/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/irish-pro-choice-landslide-should-resonate-in-the-supposed-land-of-the-free/
— Getting illegal guns under our lax laws is a simple handshake deal – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/northwestern-university-study-illegal-guns-handshake-gun-violence/
— Supreme Court Janus v. AFSCME decision: Most important labor case in a decade – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/supreme-court-janus-v-afscme-decision-most-important-labor-case-in-a-decade/

 

DAILY HERALD
— End of an era? Tea party class of House Republicans fades – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180603/news/306039967/
— DuPage County moving closer to dissolving Lombard-area water agency – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180603/dupage-county-moving-closer-to-dissolving-lombard-area-water-agency

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump to host Muslims at White House for Ramadan
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/trump-to-host-muslims-at-white-house-for-ramadan-according-to-report

 

WGN TV
— Politicians show support for LGBTQ community as Pride Month kicks off – SEAN LEWIS (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes focus on getting rid of those like me who support the traditional family plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://wgntv.com/2018/06/03/politicians-show-support-for-lgbtq-community-as-pride-month-kicks-off/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The month of LGBTQ pride kicked off with a Sunday brunch, where alongside the food, politics was being served up as the main course. Among the many politicians making an appearance at the Equality Illinois event was Gov. Bruce Rauner and democratic candidate J.B. Pritzker.)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Latest $25 million check pushes Pritzker’s total self-funding past $100 million – Rick Pearson
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180603/latest-25-million-check-pushes-pritzkers-total-self-funding-past-100-million

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://nprillinois.org/post/rise-legal-weed-drug-education-moves-dont-delay#stream/0

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Billionaires/ Salary Caps/ Political Candidates – Bob Angone
http://www.chicagonow.com/just-sayin/2018/06/billionaires-salary-caps-political-candidates/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Obama put diversity over safety at FAA – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2018/06/03/obama-put-diversity-over-safety-at-faa

 

BLAZE
— Associated Press declares Republican ‘Tea Party’ era has faded away — but is it gone for good? – Teri Webster
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/03/associated-press-declares-republican-tea-party-era-has-faded-away-but-is-it-gone-for-good

 

BREITBART
— Chain Migration from DACA Amnesty Could Import Foreign Population Twice the Size of Los Angeles – John Binder
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/03/chain-migration-daca-amnesty/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Moderate Republican: We have the votes to force immigration bills to House floor – Naomi Lim
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/moderate-republican-we-have-the-votes-to-force-immigration-bills-to-house-floor

 

PJ MEDIA
— If 13-Time Loser Can Lose Once More, He Could Be California’s Next GOP Governor – ROD KACKLEY (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes could call me a 22-time loser. 5 times 1975-1979 IRS did not promote me to GS-13; 6 times 1980-1985 GAO did not promote me to GS-13; and 11 times 1987-1997 GAO did not promote me to GS-14. In 1997, the Democrats who ran GAO forced me to take their early retirement “offer.”)
https://pjmedia.com/election/if-13-time-loser-can-lose-once-more-he-could-be-californias-next-gop-governor/

 

THE HILL
— Bernie Sanders: Disney needs ‘moral defense’ for having hungry workers while making billions – LUIS SANCHEZ –
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/390430-bernie-sanders-disney-needs-moral-defense-for-having-hungry-workers-while
— Maybe it’s time to revisit the debate on limiting presidential pardon powers – JAMES GAGLIANO (DIERSEN: Blagojevich’s attorney, Lauren Kaeseberg, said her client’s sentence was too harsh. Was my sentence too harsh? How many federal employees have been forced to retire when they were 49 years old?)
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/390448-maybe-its-time-to-revisit-the-debate-on-limiting-presidential-pardon

 

FORBES
— You Should Be Contributing At Least 20% To Your 401k – Robert C. Lawton (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that I had to contribute only 7% to the Civil Service Retirement System.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertlawton/2018/06/03/you-should-be-contributing-at-least-20-to-your-401k/#1969d3e53198

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Equality Illinois brunch ushers in Pride Month – Matt Simonette (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes focus on getting rid of those like me who support the traditional family plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Equality-Illinois-brunch-ushers-in-Pride-Month/63066.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Victory Fund CEO and former Houston Mayor Annise Parker, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner were among those on hand June 3 as the LGBT advocacy Equality Illinois kicked off June with its annual Pride Brunch at Venue West, 221 N. Paulina St. . .Rauner was introduced by his wife Diana, and noted that he had signed all bills that had come before him advancing LGBT equality; he also mentioned that his first act as a justice of the peace after becoming governor was officiating at the same-sex wedding of one of his staff. “These issues are not partisan issues,” Rauner said. “They are people issues.”)

June 2 Evening Edition

DAILY HERALD
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Indiana Republicans could remove language from the state party’s platform that calls for marriage between a man and a woman. – AP (DIERSEN: I have asked Bob Grogan, my representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC), to appoint me to the 2020 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee like IRP SCC member Ron Smith did in 2008.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180602/news/306029935/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The language was added when Vice President Mike Pence was governor. But it is omitted from the latest draft of Indiana Republican Party’s platform. Delegates will be able to vote on the platform when they meet in Evansville next weekend. GOP Chairman Kyle Hupfer tells the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette that the new draft is a “compromise” that includes language that is inclusive. He says the party’s goal was “to try not to offend anyone.” Not everyone is happy with the proposed change. Micah Clark, executive director of the socially conservative American Family Association of Indiana, called it a “weak statement” that was “pure mush.”)
— 14th District candidates back green energy but far apart on climate change – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180602/14th-district-candidates-back-green-energy-but-far-apart-on-climate-change
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180602/news/306029939/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— A GENERATION OF COLLEGE GRADS BURIED IN STUDENT LOAN DEBT – Rachel Hinton and Ashlee Rezin
https://chicago.suntimes.com/feature/a-generation-of-college-students-buried-in-debt/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you reject, the more that anti-Republicans glorify you and praise you.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pushed-by-voters-gop-moderates-rebel-on-immigration/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans promote the ERA.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/illinois-signs-era-better-late-than-never-legislature-america-women-equal-rights/
— Chicago firefighter charged after daughter posts Snapchat photo holding rifle – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-firefighter-charged-after-daughter-posts-snapchat-photo-holding-rifle/

 

CBS2
— President Trump’s Weekly Address; Democrats’ Weekly Address
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/02/president-trump-weekly-address-democrats-weekly-address-12/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Budget highlighted eventful, mostly peaceful session – Brenden Moore, Doug Finke, Maximilian Kwiatkowski
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180602/budget-highlighted-eventful-mostly-peaceful-session

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— School leaders worry about cost of mandated pay raises for teachers – JULIA EVELSIZER (DIERSEN: How strongly has society disrespected the jobs that you have held? The more that society disrespects a job, the more money that those who take those jobs should be paid. I should write a book about those who disrespect auditors, tax collectors, gasoline pumpers, salesmen, security guards, assembly line workers, mailmen, slag chippers, golf shoe cleaners, dish washers, paperboys, lawn mowers, etc.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/education/school-leaders-worry-about-cost-of-mandated-pay-raises-for/article_9dd2d29e-d163-5349-a957-2b6b317edea0.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gradert said teachers enter the field because of a passion for education, but are burdened with the task of offering social and emotional support to students while facing disrespect from society.)

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Toto, are we in Illinois? – Doug Finke
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180602/statehouse-insider-toto-are-we-in-illinois

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Don’t bet that gambling can save Illinois Sports betting could become latest way to gamble here – Jim Nowlan
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/05/30/dont-bet-that-gambling-can-save-illinois/a1wtc6/

 

NRA ILLINOIS
— Registration & Firearm Surrender Bills Go to Governor Rauner’s Desk
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20180602/illinois-registration-firearm-surrender-bills-go-to-governor-rauners-desk

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Illinois’ balanced budget? The joke’s on us – Dennis Byrne
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2018/06/illinois-balanced-budget-the-jokes-on-us/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Armed member of ‘Pfleger’s security’ arrested outside his church – W.J. Kennedy
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511437418-armed-member-of-pfleger-s-security-arrested-outside-his-church

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Former Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Bob Miller Took Fifth Amendment
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/02/bob-miller-took-fifth-amendment/
— Hultgren Re-Announces Break with Trump on Tariffs
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/02/hultgren-re-announces-break-trump-tariffs/
— Skillicorn Reflects on Legislation Session
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/02/skillicorn-reflects-legislation-session/
— State Rep. Peter Breen Draws Protest from NYC Planned Parenthood
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/02/state-rep-peter-breen-draws-protest-nyc-planned-parentlhood/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— GOP House reps give their nod to pension limitations – Angela Underwood (DIERSEN: Who wants to limit your pension? Since 1966, my Democrat critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have wanted to limit my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension. According to them, only Democrats should get CSRS pensions. They are overjoyed a) that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and did not promote me beyond GS-13, b) that my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, and c) that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511437304-gop-house-reps-give-their-nod-to-pension-limitations

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Affirmative action in the control tower – Willie Shields (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Affirmative Action at GAO, at IRS, and at the Post Office.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/06/affirmative_action_in_the_control_tower.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I don’t fly. When folks ask me why, the short answer is that I know too much: I’m a former FAA air traffic controller. It’s been recently reported that the FAA is now actively recruiting new trainees to work in the towers and control rooms directing airplanes and that the criteria they now utilize to screen applicants is a curiously absurd “biographical questionnaire.” Jason L. Riley in the Wall Street Journal: “A recently completed six-month investigation by Fox Business Network found that the Federal Aviation Administration has quietly moved away from merit-based hiring criteria in order to increase the number of women and minorities who staff airport control towers. The changes come despite the fact that the FAA’s own internal reports describe the evidence for changing the hiring process as “weak.” Until 2013, the FAA gave hiring preference to controller applicants who earned a degree from one of its Collegiate Training Initiative schools and scored high enough on an eight-hour screening test called the Air Traffic Selection and Training exam, or AT-SAT, which measures cognitive skills. The Obama administration, however, determined that the process excluded too many from minority groups. In May 2013, the FAA’s civil rights administrator issued “barrier analyses” of the agency’s employment procedures, which recommended “revising how the AT-SAT is used in establishing best-qualified lists.” By the start of last year, the FAA was using a biographical questionnaire (BQ) to initially vet potential hires. The questions – “How many sports did you play in high school?”, “What has been the major cause of your failures?” – seem designed to elicit stories of personal disadvantage or family hardship rather than determine success on the job.” I can tell you with absolute certainty that the FAA Air Traffic Control Division has been down with the affirmative action program for a long time. The PATCO controllers’ strike during the summer of 1981 seemingly gave the “fire whitey” gang the opening they craved. There was one problem. The air traffic system needed to get back up and running smoothly, and especially safely, so that Ronald Reagan’s mass firing would look reasonable. So they quickly hired aviation-experienced people, including pilots and experienced military air traffic controllers. I was one of them. Granted, some of these well qualified new guys were black, but no one would look upon this new controller work force and call it a model of so-called diversity. The big push for hiring other than pale males would have to wait. Safety first, as it were. A few things happened in the next few years. First, the FAA stopped reporting aviation incidents, including near mid-air collisions and runway incursions. When safety incidents are under-reported or deceitfully downgraded, the system starts to look like perfection, and the FAA will gladly report, as it frequently does, that it is “The Safest System In The World.” These people want the flying public to skate out onto the ice, even as they are lying about how thin the ice is, and while we are at it, how warm it is today.)

 

MERCURY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The less that you do to promote illegal immigration, the more that those who promote illegal immigration demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/06/02/navarrette-gop-treatment-of-immigrants-is-really-bad-almost-as-bad-as-democrats/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Gavin Newsom and Antonio Villaraigosa Face the Past in California Race – Adam Nagourney, Sydney Ember and Alexander Burns (DIERSEN: What is in your past? Have you ever been charged with misconduct? I have not. But nevertheless, because the federal government forced me to retire and it took other adverse actions against me, because of my demographics, and because I am no longer 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, etc., my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I must be a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/02/us/politics/gavin-newsom-antonio-villaraigosa-california.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: And the leading contenders to win on Tuesday are particularly burdened by political and personal baggage that offer another contrast with Mr. Brown as he prepares to retire to his ranch. Two of the Democrats — Mr. Villaraigosa and Gavin Newsom, the lieutenant governor — were involved in high-profile affairs while they were in public office in the mid-2000s, episodes that have been raised against them during a candidate debate and in a handful of advertisements at a time of heightened awareness of sexual misconduct.)

May 30 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lawmakers set to pass budget Republicans — with Rauner’s OK — call ‘balanced’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lawmakers-poised-to-pass-budget-that-even-gov-rauner-calls-balanced/
— Appellate court in Chicago won’t throw out ex-Rep. Aaron Schock’s indictment – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/appellate-court-in-chicago-wont-throw-out-ex-rep-aaron-schocks-indictment/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats shout at young people and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/more-young-people-say-politicians-care-what-they-think-poll/
— Illinois House sends governor bill raising teacher salaries – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/illinois-house-sends-governor-bill-raising-teacher-salaries/
— Lawmakers OK graduate research assistant unions – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/lawmakers-ok-graduate-research-assistant-unions/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Appeals court refuses to toss Aaron Schock charges – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-aaron-schock-ruling-20180530-story.html
— Roseanne Barr blames Ambien for tweet, drug maker says ‘racism is not a known side effect’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-roseanne-barr-racist-tweet-20180530-story.html
— ‘Two Evanstons’: As Starbucks workers get sensitivity training, city looks at local racial divide – Brian L. Cox
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/news/ct-met-evanston-racial-bias-talk-20180530-story.html
— Trump Tower sign invisible in marketing brochure — and the web takes notice – Tessa Weinberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-trump-tower-sign-missing-20180530-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump uses Barr to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump supporters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-roseanne-abc-jarrett-trump-0531-20180530-story.html
— Tom Cullerton passes measure to increase budget transparency
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glen-ellyn/community/chi-ugc-article-tom-cullerton-passes-measure-to-increase-budg-2018-05-30-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Festivals: Taste of Wheaton, Rose Festival, cruise nights, beer fests & more (DIERSEN: Please visit the Milton Township Republican Central Committee booth at the Taste of Wheaton Saturday, June 2.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20180530/festivals-taste-of-wheaton-rose-festival-cruise-nights-beer-fests–more

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois budget deal seems set—but votes await – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180530/BLOGS02/180539983/illinois-budget-deal-seems-set-but-votes-await
— Wall Street watching as state staggers toward budget – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180529/BLOGS02/180529892/wall-street-watching-as-state-staggers-toward-budget
— Chicago attracting more young, well-off residents – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: When did you start earning $100,000-a-year in to today’s dollars? I did in 1988 when I was 40 years old. By then, I had worked for GAO for almost 9 years, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180530/BLOGS02/180539986/chicago-attracting-more-young-well-off-residents
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If you think you’ve been seeing a lot more bright young people living in Chicago lately, you have. Between 2010 and 2016, the city of Chicago gained more households in a key category—total income of more than $100,000 with the head of household under age 45—than any city in the country except for far larger New York, according to newly analyzed U.S. Census Bureau data. Specifically, the number of such households here grew from just under 105,000 to an estimated 131,000, according to the American Community Survey data. That increase of 26,000 led Houston (24,000), San Francisco (23,000), Washington, D.C. (19,000) and Los Angeles (16,000). And while on a percentage basis that demographic grew faster in San Francisco than in Chicago (57 percent versus 27 percent), the Windy City outpaced cities such as Houston and L.A. and tied red-hot Denver.)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois Senate OKs temporarily taking guns from dangerous people – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180530/illinois-senate-oks-temporarily-taking-guns-from-dangerous-people

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— State Lawmakers Approve Gun Restraining Orders – SAM DUNKLAU
http://nprillinois.org/post/state-lawmakers-approve-gun-restraining-orders#stream/0

 

WAND TV
— Teacher salary bill passes House, moves to governor (DIERSEN: What if schools were like the federal government? What if schools got rid of their non-veteran White male teachers 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.wandtv.com/story/38306098/new-bill-would-raise-minimum-teacher-salary

 

WHEATON PATCH
— Why DuPage County Jail Is Giving Tablets To Inmates The sheriff hopes the project will help inmates pass time and learn new things while incarcerated. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/why-dupage-county-jail-giving-tablets-inmates

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Five DuPage House Republicans (Durkin, Breen, Olsen, Winger, and Bellock) join Democrats to back local gun store ban
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511435266-five-dupage-house-republicans-join-democrats-to-back-local-gun-store-ban

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— 72-Hour Waiting Period Bill Passed – Roll Calls
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/30/72-hour-waiting-period-bill-passed-roll-calls/
— McConnaughay Bill Allows Police Nationwide Ongoing, Real-Time Notifications about Perp’s Run-ins with Police
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/30/mcconnaughay-bill-allows-police-nationwide-ongoing-real-time-notifications-perps-run-ins-police/
— Lakewood President Paul Serwatka Accomplished What He Promised
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/30/lakewood-president-paul-serwatka-accomplished-promised/
— Ex-Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Bob Miller’s Wife Anna May Miller’s Time Card
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/30/anna-may-millers-time-card/
— View of Budget from Illinois Environmental Council
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/30/view-budget-illinois-environmental-council/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ABORTION LOBBY ATTACKS PROLIFE LAWMAKERS’ EFFORT TO STOP TAXPAYER FUNDING OF ABORTIONS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/abortion-lobby-attacks-prolife-lawmakers-effort-to-stop-taxpayer-funding-of-abortions.html
— GROWING NUMBER OF ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS JOIN GUN CONTROL EFFORTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/growing-number-of-illinois-republican-lawmakers-join-gun-control-efforts.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives to attend tomorrow’s press conference about “leading lawmaker” who is “longtime abuser”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/30/ives-to-attend-tomorrows-press-conference-about-leading-lawmaker-who-is-longtime-abuser/
— Rep. Allen Skillicorn, R-West Dundee, cites “Red Dawn” as reason to oppose gun dealer licensing bill
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/30/legislator-cites-red-dawn-as-reason-to-oppose-gun-dealer-licensing-bill/
— Rauner considers budget deal “balanced”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/30/report-rauner-considers-budget-deal-balanced/

FOX NEWS
— ‘Ingraham Angle’ Highlights Passages From Starbucks’ Racial Bias Handbook
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/05/30/ingraham-angle-highlights-passages-starbucks-racial-bias-handbook
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Laura Ingraham highlighted some of the passages in the racial bias handbook handed out to employees in the training sessions. She said a Starbucks employee she spoke to on Tuesday pointed out that several black and Hispanic workers were “laughing through the book.” The book lays out so-called “Ground Rules,” including “honor[ing] other people’s truth.” Another section of the manual asked employees to recall when they first noticed their racial identity. Another asked employees about going “to work with your natural hair.” Fox News contributor Gianno Caldwell said the training sessions are all about protecting Starbucks’ bottom line, since some African-Americans vowed to boycott Starbucks after the April arrests. Democratic strategist Michael Starr Hopkins said he appreciates what the company did, arguing “far too often in this country we’re afraid to talk about race.”)
— Weak parties = More partisanship – Chris Stirewalt |
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/30/weak-parties-more-partisanship.html

 

BREITBART
— Kevin McCarthy: GOP ‘Very Close’ to Immigration Deal – Neil Munro
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/05/30/gop-mccarthy-very-close-immigration-deal/
— Michaela Angela Davis: All Trump Voters Are Racist – Pam Key
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/05/30/michaela-angela-davis/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Marijuana: Big Tobacco 2.0 – J. J. MCCULLOUGH
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/marijuana-like-big-tobacco-predatory-industry/

 

THE HILL
— Trump accuses ABC of double standard on ‘Roseanne’ cancellation – JORDAN FABIAN
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/389887-trump-hits-abc-for-double-standard-on-roseanne-cancellation

 

CNBC
— Silicon Valley is stumped: Even A.I. cannot always remove bias from hiring AI software to eliminate the prejudice of human hiring managers has produced encouraging early results at corporations. But tech executives with experience at Google, Microsoft and Facebook say the algorithmic revolution in hiring is moving too fast. Algorithm auditing firms want to see the code; public policy experts want to press governments to force the algorithms into the open before it’s too late, they say. – Eric Rosenbaum (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers talk and/or act like they only want to hire, retain, and promote those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/30/silicon-valley-is-stumped-even-a-i-cannot-remove-bias-from-hiring.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Federal Reserve votes to ease rule aimed at preventing big banks from making risky financial bets – Renae Merle
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/05/30/wall-street-is-about-to-snag-one-of-its-biggest-victories-of-the-trump-era/
— Walmart to offer employees a college education for $1 a day – Abha Bhattarai (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction. To keep their jobs and to get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/05/30/walmart-to-offer-employees-a-college-education-for-1-a-day/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Walmart, the country’s largest private employer, announced Wednesday that it will pay for its workers to go back to school — as long as they get degrees in business or supply-chain management. The retailer is partnering with three universities to offer associate’s and bachelor’s degrees to 1.4 million part-time, full-time and salaried Walmart and Sam’s Club employees — a pitch to improve employee retention rates and engagement at work, while also drawing new workers. Walmart will cover the costs of tuition, books and fees, while employees will be required to pay $1 a day for the duration of their studies. “We know there [are] a lot of benefits from a business perspective,” Drew Holler, vice president of people innovation for Walmart U.S., said on a call with reporters. “We know we’re going to see an influx of applications.” Degrees will be offered by the University of Florida in Gainesville, Brandman University in Irvine, Calif., and Bellevue University in Bellevue, Neb., all nonprofit institutions with online programs for working adults. Rachel Carlson, chief executive of Guild Education, a Denver-based company that will oversee the program, pointed out that the program allows employees to earn a degree without amassing college debt.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Is Trump Saving the Blue States? Tax reform #andGorsuch could rescue even Illinois and New Jersey. – James Freeman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-trump-saving-the-blue-states-1527715587

 

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— Trump Moves to Curb Federal Employee Labor Protections – KALENA THOMHAVE (DIERSEN: Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://prospect.org/article/trump-moves-curb-federal-employee-labor-protections

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— The Illinois House has approved a 72-hour waiting period for delivery of all guns after purchase.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-05-30/the-latest-house-approves-expanded-72-hour-wait-for-guns
— What Happens if We All Run Out of Money for Retirement? Start saving now to stay prepared for a looming retirement crisis. – Geoff Williams (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who rather than saving for their retirement, purposely plan on going on welfare when they get old?)
https://money.usnews.com/money/retirement/articles/2018-05-30/what-happens-if-we-all-run-out-of-money-for-retirement

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— The White House Is Not Complying With Inquiries From Government’s Top Watchdog GAO – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997.)
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2018/05/white-house-not-complying-inquiries-governments-top-watchdog/148602/

May 28 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville Memorial Day Parade canceled due to heat; Memorial Day ceremony time changed to 11 a.m. – David Sharos
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-dupage-memorial-day-advance-st-0525-story.html
— A focal point in governor’s race, Quincy veterans home now part of budget talks – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-quincy-veterans-illinois-budget-20180525-story.html
— A simple strategy to spend safely in retirement – Eleanor Laise (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, everyone should plan for long-term healthcare. Live-in healthcare provides, assisted living facilities, nursing homes cost $200-$300 a day, and that cost is only going to increase. 10 years at $250 a day is $912,500. 15 years at $250 a day is $1,368,750. 20 years at $250 a day is $1,825,000.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180528/281964608392614
— The importance of core values 5 ways to make sure employees take company culture seriously – Robert Glazer (DIERSEN: The most important core value in the federal government is to a) hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) make way for them by getting rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who 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. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes support/promote the aforesaid core value.)
— These days conservatives can’t be ‘feminists’ – Heather Wilhelm
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-wilhelm-conservatives-feminists-jessica-valenti-heather-wilhelm-feminism-0527-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump supporters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/sns-201805250007–tms–lpittsctnwl-a20180527-20180527-column.html
— Conservatives need to argue about ideas, not about Trump – Jonah Goldberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-goldberg-conservatives-trump-ideas-reagan-0528-20180524-story.html
— Veterans, discharged and jobless, seek hiring-rules changes – AP (DIERSEN: Have you gotten a “less-than-honorable discharge?” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) stress that I received “less-than-honorable discharges” from TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC), GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, and Post Office and b) blame me, and me alone, for the aforesaid discharges. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stand with those who dominate TAPROOT, WCC, MTRCC, ICRC, AAPC, GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, and Post Office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–veterans-job-discrimination-20180525-story.html
— “On eve of holiday, president rages on Twitter” – Noah Bierman
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180528/281689730485670
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, to watch sports is to watch protesters. If you do not want to watch protesters, do not watch sports.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-memorial-day-flag-20180525-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, to watch sports is to watch protesters. If you do not want to watch protesters, do not watch sports.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/salute-flag-forced-displays-nfl-players-kneel-protest-trump/
— Chicago journalism still isn’t diverse enough – Evan F. Moore (DIERSEN: What percent of Chicago journalists are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/chicago-journalism-still-isnt-diverse-enough-gen-z-is-watching/

 

DAILY HERALD
— The best career advice from this year’s graduation speeches – Jena McGregor (DIERSEN: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, if you had taken it, what career advice would have benefited your career? If I had taken the following career advice, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old: a) be a Democrat, b) paint yourself as being a yes-man and be a yes-man, and c) help your superiors 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.dailyherald.com/business/20180527/the-best-career-advice-from-this-years-graduation-speeches

 

DAILY CALLER
— Louis Farrakhan Issues Sunday Call For An End To White Men – Virginia Kruta (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who agrees with Farraknan? ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/27/louis-farrakhan-end-white-men/

 

BREITBART
— GOP Sen Lankford: Bipartisan Group ‘Meeting Quietly’ on DACA — DREAMer Path to Citizenship, Partial Wall Possibilities – Jeff Poor (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about Trump supporters who want Trump to dump planks in the Republican Party platform? Should I write a book about Rauner supporters who want Rauner to dump planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform? Should I write a book about Trump and Rauner supporters who want to dump me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails because I support those planks? )
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/05/27/gop-sen-lankford-bipartisan-group-quietly-meeting-on-daca-dreamer-path-to-citizenship-partial-wall-possibilities/

 

BLAZE
— David Hogg bullied Publix into submission. Now the free market has responded in a powerful way. – Chris Enloe (DIERSEN: What do you say to Republicans who let anti-Republicans bully them into submission?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/05/27/david-hogg-bullied-publix-into-submission-now-the-free-market-has-responded-in-a-powerful-way

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— TRUMP’S CANDOR, ANIMALS AND MS-13 What the Left’s feigned anger about our president’s honesty really reveals. – Michael Cutler (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who glorify and praise illegals, but who demonize, denigrate, and condemn 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?)
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/270270/trumps-candor-animals-and-ms-13-michael-cutler

 

THE HILL
— GOP leaders scramble to contain immigration rebellion – MIKE LILLIS (DIERSEN: What do you say to Trump supporters who want Trump to get reelected by dumping the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and/or other planks in the Republican Party platform? What do you say to Rauner supporters who want Rauner to get reelected by completely dumping the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and/or other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform? Needless-to say, those Trump and Rauner supporters ARE EXTREMELY CRITICAL OF ME AND EXTREMELY CRITICAL OF MY GOPUSA ILLINOIS EMAILS.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/389452-gop-leaders-scramble-to-contain-immigration-rebellion

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-White demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Whites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/27/opinion/jim-crow-north.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/27/opinion/the-weasel-of-oz.html

 

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— President Trump signs executive orders attacking federal employees – Nick Barrickman (DIERSEN: Assessing job performance is extremely subjective. Of course, since 1966, my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took adverse actions against me because I am a “poor-performing employee.” In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/05/28/fede-m28.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders Friday making it easier for federal agencies to discipline and fire employees. The unilateral moves follow the president’s vows during the 2016 election to “reduce the federal workforce through attrition” and otherwise shrink the number of government employees to their lowest level in decades. The orders will give federal managers the power to fire workers alleged to be “struggling” in their performance after “improvement periods” lasting up to a single month. Previously, workers in such a status were given from 60 to 120 days to improve, depending on the agency. The orders will likewise force government unions to negotiate labor contracts with departments at a faster rate, tie layoffs to performance instead of seniority, charge unions rent for using federal office space, and limit the amount of official time an employee can spend attending to union-related affairs. “These executive orders make it easier for agencies to remove poor-performing employees and ensure that taxpayer dollars are more efficiently used,” stated White House Director of the Domestic Policy Council Andrew Bremberg. Far from the bureaucratic behemoth that conservatives have painted it as, civilian employment within the federal workforce, numbering 2.7 million, has dropped to levels lower than during the 1960s as a result of multiple bipartisan cutbacks over the past quarter century.)

May 24 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker sets three debates in governor’s race, Rauner camp says no agreement – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rauner-pritzker-agree-to-3-debates-in-governors-race/
— Bug out, Gov, and let the voters decide who runs the Water District – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/bruce-rauner-cam-davis-bug-out-gov-let-voters-decide-who-runs-water-district/
— Facebook to label election-related ‘issue ads’ in US – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/facebook-labels-election-related-issue-ads/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats always promote abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/donald-trump-abortion-women-reproductive-rights-gag-rule-health-editorial/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote a Democrat candidate.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-lauren-underwood-dnc-pritzker-st-0525-story.html
— There’s no bravery in Rep. Cassidy’s quitting her side job with Dart – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-cassidy-madigan-dart-0525-20180524-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote anti-Americanism.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-anthem-nfl-protest-patriotism-20180524-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Tollway releases secret committee minutes – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180524/tollway-releases-secret-committee-minutes
— Senator Laura Murphy seeks more ‘sunshine’ on tollway contracts – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180524/senator-seeks-more-sunshine-on-tollway-contracts
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote illegals.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180524/immigration-activists-ice-action-is-damaging-the-suburbs
— Census estimates: Naperville now Illinois’ fourth-largest city – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180524/census-estimates-naperville-now-illinois-fourth-largest-city
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180524/news/305249859/
— Wheaton Memorial Day parade, cemetery service honors fallen troops – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180524/wheaton-memorial-day-parade-cemetery-service-honors-fallen-troops

 

NBC5
— Pritzker Announces Debate Schedule – Without Rauner’s Confirmation The schedule includes two Chicago-area events and one in central Illinois – Mary Ann Ahern and Shelby Bremer
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/pritzker-rauner-debate-schedule-483603051.html
— Chicago City Council Latino Caucus Votes to Expel Ald. Ramirez-Rosa The caucus will “reconsider” his removal at their next meeting, the chairman confirmed – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: When have you been in the minority? While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I was almost always in the minority because I was a) Republican, b) non-veteran, c) Protestant, d) German American, e) someone whose ancestors had been in America for a long time, and/or f) someone who had job-related master’s degrees, professional certifications, and a professional license.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/carlos-ramirez-rosa-expelled-chicago-latino-caucus-483608571.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “It is unfortunate that a majority of my Latino Caucus colleagues would vote to expel me, their only gay millennial member, on the same day I take a bold stand on police violence that disproportionately impacts our Black and Latino neighborhoods,” Ramirez-Rosa’s statement reads, adding that he had “worked diligently to craft a progressive agenda for the Latino Caucus” and “repeatedly sought the support of the Caucus for measures that will expand protections for undocumented immigrants, and address displacement and gentrification in our communities.” “There was no due process, not all Caucus members were present, and no prior notice that this item would be taken up today was provided,” he continued.)

 

CBS2
— Lawmaker Kelly Cassidy Charging Retaliation Wants Complaint System Changes
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/05/24/kelly-cassidy-speaker-madigan-ethics-complaint-system/

 

WGN TV
— Chicago-area residents share experiences of everyday racism – GAYNOR HALL AND PAM GRIMES (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, all racists are Republican.)
http://wgntv.com/2018/05/23/everyday-racism/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Roskam and Hultgren torn in immigration fight – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: John Rowe and others who want to destroy the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) want Roskam and Hultgren to dump the immigration plank in the IRP platform and dump all those who support that plank.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180524/BLOGS02/180529930/chicago-area-gop-congressmen-torn-in-immigration-fight – Greg Hinz
— Pritzker may skip Tribune editorial board – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180524/BLOGS02/180529934/pritzker-may-skip-tribune-editorial-board

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— House OKs bill to pay $63M in back wages owed to 24,000 workers – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180524/house-oks-bill-to-pay-63m-in-back-wages-owed-to-24000-workers
— Bill to give Sangamon County first dibs on state jobs passes Senate – Brenden Moore
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180524/bill-to-give-sangamon-county-first-dibs-on-state-jobs-passes-senate

 

TIMES
— Former state rep’s wife facing battery charge – Dan Churney
http://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/05/23/former-state-reps-wife-facing-battery-charge/akocyac/

 

CHICAGO READER
— Hundreds of Illinois prisoners languish behind bars waiting for Dorothy Brown to do her job – Maya Dukmasova
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/james-allen-dorothy-brown-cook-county-daley/Content?oid=48714666

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— The Illinois Taxes No One Wants to Talk About J.B. Pritzker is running on a progressive income tax, which would require changing the state constitution. Expanding service taxes and taxing retirement income wouldn’t be so much work—but no one’s interested in doing it. – HANNAH MEISEL
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/May-2018/illinois-retirement-service-progressive-tax/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino’s wife arrested for Battery – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/05/illinois-auditor-general-frank-mautinos-wife-arrested-for-battery/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Stop Illinois Funding of Abortion – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/stop-illinois-funding-of-abortion/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Uihlein says Ives “proved that people are hungry for change”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/24/uihlein-says-ives-proved-that-people-are-hungry-for-change/
— The debate over debates begins
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/24/the-debate-over-debates-begins/
— Catholic Conference, other pro-life groups issue budget vote warning
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/24/catholic-conference-other-pro-life-groups-issue-budget-vote-warning/
— Will Pritzker stiff the Tribune editorial board?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/24/will-pritzker-stiff-the-tribune-editorial-board/

 

GOPUSA
— ‘Journalist’ Suggests Traffic Fines Should Be Ignored for Poor Blacks
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=46464

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Outside the Box How Wisconsin entrepreneur Richard Uihlein is shaking up conservative politics – JOHN J. MILLER
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2018/06/11/richard-uihlein-trump-republican-donor-shakes-up-politics/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— About that CEO pay… – Jack Hellner (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/05/about_that_ceo_pay.html


VANITY FAIR
— TRUMP SUGGESTS KNEELING N.F.L. PLAYERS SHOULD BE DEPORTED The president floats a new immigration policy. – BESS LEVIN
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/05/trump-suggests-kneeling-nfl-players-should-be-deported

May 22 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Milton Township Assessor Chris LeVan held an outstanding fundraiser Tuesday evening, May 22, 2018, at the Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton. The 50+ attendees included Berlin, Boltz, Bucholz, Cherry, Eckhoff, Falbo, Grant, Hinds, Jensen, Kain, Keller, Kleeman, A. LeVan, Lofgren, McGowen, Mendrick, Monino, Nathwani, C. Smith, Valle, Wilkins, Wilson, and C. Zaruba. Event sponsors included Demos, Jensen, Marquardt, Muehlfelt, Nybo, and Zay. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bill allowing DuPage to get rid of election commission waiting for gov’s OK – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-dupage-election-commission-bill-st-0523-story.html
— OUTRAGEOUS: GOP lawmakers have gone quiet on E-Verify – Tracy Jan (DIERSEN: RINOs want cheap labor. RINOs pander to and want to curry favor with those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-e-verify-illegal-immigration-check-20180522-story.html
— Madigan denies retaliating against Democratic lawmaker, asks for watchdog investigation – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-michael-madigan-kelly-cassidy-20180522-story.html
— Markham requires city workers to sign nondisclosure agreements – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-slowik-markham-nondisclosure-policy-st-0523-story.html
— Specialty court for first-time opioid offenders planned in DuPage as ‘crisis reaches beyond what many people realize’ – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-dupage-opioid-task-force-funding-st-0523-story.html
— Curran: DuPage elections initiative to improve government efficiency, save taxpayer dollars sent to Governor
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/burr-ridge/community/chi-ugc-article-curran-dupage-elections-initiative-to-improv-2018-05-22-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— VIDEO: Pat Brady vs. Dan Proft: Two GOP heavyweights battle over future of party in Illinois
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/watch-live-two-gop-heavyweights-battle-over-future-of-party-in-illinois/
— Madigan to Cassidy: ‘No idea why you feel’ I’m retaliating against you – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mike-madigan-denies-retaliation-kelly-cassidy-calls-effort-discredit-her/
— What to do when just 3 Americans have as much wealth as 50 % of the country – Jesse Jackson (DIERSEN: Who paints you as having too much money? I should write a book about those who, since 1966 when I was 17 years old, have painted me as having too much money.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/what-to-do-when-just-3-americans-have-as-much-wealth-as-50-of-the-country/
— What if millions of parents pulled their kids out of school to force better gun laws? – Peter Cunningham
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/what-if-millions-of-parents-pulled-their-kids-out-of-school-to-force-better-gun-laws/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/pot-topics-pritzkers-plan-to-legalize-pot-could-benefit-relatives/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage develops plan to spend $100,000 to respond to opioid crisis – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180522/dupage-develops-plan-to-spend-100000-to-respond-to-opioid-crisis
— McDonald’s workers file sex harassment claims in nine cities – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180522/mcdonalds-workers-file-sex-harassment-claims-in-nine-cities

 

NBC5
— Madigan Pens Letter Responding to Lawmaker’s Claims of Retaliation “I have no idea why you feel that I am somehow retaliating against you as a result of your criticisms,” the hand-delivered note read in part – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: Have you ever been retaliated against? If in 1988, when I was 40 years old, if I had not became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and if I had not complained about such discrimination before that, my Democrat GAO superiors would a) not have forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) not have given me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) not have always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) not have failed/refused to promote me beyond GS-13, e) not have gotten rid of my mentor in 1987, f) not have kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and g) not have forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/madigan-letter-to-kelly-cassidy-483345641.html

 

CBS2
— Speaker Madigan Calls For Probe Into Allegations Made By Lawmaker Kelly Cassidy
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/05/22/madigan-inspector-general-sex-harassment/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— New version of Trump tax-cap workaround goes to lawmakers – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180522/BLOGS02/180529972/new-version-of-trump-tax-cap-workaround-goes-to-lawmakers

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Pritzker giving, raising funds for ‘blue wave’ – BERNARD SCHOENBURG
http://www.pantagraph.com/herald-review/news/state-and-regional/pritzker-giving-raising-funds-for-blue-wave/article_57302d63-4730-577b-845c-88d82eaeac82.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The GOP money was also to be used to offer “unprecedented support to local GOP organizations by providing innovative grassroots tools, enhanced digital and data integration, and targeted support for local Republican candidates in an effort to defeat Democrats at every level who empower their party leader, Mike Madigan.” GOP spokesman Aaron DeGroot has said that the application process for grants was open to all 102 county Republican organizations in the state. “All contributions were made with no strings attached,” DeGroot has said. “They have total discretion over the use of the funds.” Fred Floreth of Springfield, a member of the Republican State Central Committee from 13th Congressional District, said as of Monday, $75,000 total has been distributed to GOP central committees in 11 of the 14 counties that have territory in the 13th. That includes $10,000 to the Sangamon County GOP, and $5,000 each to the Christian, Montgomery and Macoupin County Republican organizations. “I think anything that engages the local parties on either side is good for the process,” Floreth said.)

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Not a pretty picture as legislative rancor spills into court – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-05-22/jim-dey-not-pretty-picture-legislative-rancor-spills-court.html

 

JOURNAL COURIER
— McCann denied temporary restraining order – Nick Draper
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/McCann-denied-temporary-restraining-order-12933768.php

 

WSIL TV
— Educators debate school funding with lawmakers – Joe Ragusa
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/38253421/educators-debate-school-funding-with-lawmakers

 

CHICAGO READER
— Transit boards overwhelmingly male, whiter than ridership The Metra, RTA and Pace boards look more like the members of a country club than riders on a typical bus or rail car. – John Greenfield
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/are-the-boards-making-decisions-about-transit-as-diverse-as-the/Content

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— County Board Members Use Letter Against Township Abolition by Referendum Bill to Try to Scuttle Bill
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/22/county-board-members-use-letter-township-abolition-referendum-bill-try-scuttle-bill/
— $500 Retirement Party Bob Miller Paid Out of Taxpayer Funds
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/22/500-retirement-party-bob-miller-taxpayer-funds/
— Should SIU Money Follow Students?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/21/money-follow-students/

 

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Illinois GOP needs to re-establish itself, Bailey says – Glenn Minnis
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/511424347-illinois-gop-needs-to-re-establish-itself-bailey-says
— Winchester received 100 percent of the vote in Hamilton County, affidavit states – Karen Kidd
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/511425089-winchester-received-100-percent-of-the-vote-in-hamilton-county-affidavit-states

 

BGA
— Vallas, Emanuel Point Fingers Over Chicago Teacher Pension Freefall In just a few decades, the bottom line at the retirement fund for Chicago teachers sunk from healthy to sickly. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a possible re-election rival, former schools CEO Paul Vallas, are now trading shots over which of them is to blame. – Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
https://www.bettergov.org/news/vallas-emanuel-point-fingers-over-chicago-teacher-pension-freefall

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Appellate Court orders Illinois Auditor General Mautino back to Elections Board for hearing on alleged illegal campaign payments – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/05/breaking-news-appellate-court-orders-illinois-auditor-general-mautino-back-to-elections-board-for-hearing-on-alleged-illegal-campaign-payments/
— DuPage Airport Authority Commissioner resigned from West Chicago Commission – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/05/dupage-airport-authority-commissioner-resigned-from-west-chicago-commission/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— VIDEO: Pat Brady vs. Dan Proft
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/22/pat-brady-vs-dan-proft-lets-get-ready-to-rumble/
— Madigan denies Cassidy allegations
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/22/madigan-denies-cassidy-allegations/
— WIU looking at drastic enrollment declines as deficit spending increases
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/22/wiu-looking-at-drastic-enrollment-declines-deficit-spending-increases/

 

GOPUSA
— Student activists want Texas governor to hold adults accountable for securing their guns (DIERSEN: What about holding adults accountable for securing their pot?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=46366
— Evergreen College students back at it with ‘No White People’ day (DIERSEN: What do you say to Whites who want curry favor with anti-Whites? What do you say to Whites who pander to anti-Whites?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=46279
— Bill de Blasio tells NYPD to stop marijuana arrests (DIERSEN: How much money do pot pushers give de Blasio?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=46434

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Peter Roskam’s Democratic challenger thinks lowering taxes on the wealthy is a good thing – Siraj Hashmi
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/peter-roskams-democratic-challenger-thinks-lowering-taxes-on-the-wealthy-is-a-good-thing

 

WASHINGTON POST
— TRAGIC: Trump is ‘very weak’ on E-Verify – Tracy Jan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-is-very-weak-on-this-one-popular-way-to-curb-illegal-immigration/2018/05/22/adf5f85e-399b-11e8-acd5-35eac230e514_story.html

 

FORBES
— 43% Of Millennials Plan To Quit Their Job Within 2 Years – Zack Friedman
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2018/05/22/millennials-quit-job/#1b36f87357f1

May 20 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump says he will call for Justice Department to probe whether FBI surveilled his campaign for ‘political purposes’- Matt Zapotosky, David Nakamura and Robert Costa
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-fbi-spy-20180520-story.html
— Oliver North, incoming NRA chief, blames school shootings on ‘culture of violence’ – Frances Stead Sellers and Michael Scherer
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-texas-school-shooting-nra-20180520-story.html
— Texas shooting suspect’s choice of guns complicates debate over assault rifles – Callum Borchers
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-texas-school-shooting-gun-debate-20180520-story.html
— ‘World’s most expensive Witch Hunt’: Trump lashes out at New York Times, Democrats – David Nakamura
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-witch-hunt-20180520-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Let Illinois towns pass assault weapons bans – Mayor Nancy Rotering, Highland Park (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if not already, those who ban assault weapons will ban 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://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/illinois-bills-assault-weapons-ban-highland-park-mayor-nancy-rotering/
— Illinois condemns motorcyclists to death by leaving helmets off safety tip page – Neil Steinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/illinois-condemns-motorcyclists-to-death-by-leaving-helmets-off-safety-tip-page/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Comprehensive gun bill would make our schools, cities safer – Gov. Bruce Rauner
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180520/gov-bruce-rauner-comprehensive-gun-bill-would-make-our-schools-cities-safer

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Kane County Board chairman: People leaving state to avoid high taxes ‘Harder and harder to live within our means’ – CHRIS WALKER (DIERSEN: Have you lived within your means? My wife and I have always done that. Since 1997, my income has been 59% less, that is, it has been only $51,864 instead of $125,325 in today’s dollars because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.” We spend far less on immediate pleasures than others who share our demographics.)
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2018/05/18/kane-county-board-chairman-people-leaving-state-to-avoid-high-taxes/a9k42ld/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Property tax levels [are] one of the biggest problems that we’re dealing with in Illinois,” he said. “People are moving away from Illinois. Literally 30,000 people moved out [last year].” Recalling his early years in public service, Lauzen said he’d hear from disgruntled homeowners. Now those homeowners aren’t calling him, but are leaving the state for good. “It usually was the seniors, the older folks, who used to call,” he said. “The older men would call up and they’d holler at you and the older ladies, they’d call and cried about the property tax burden. And they’re living on fixed incomes and it was a huge problem. “These days, I think many of us are finding that they don’t call anymore. It’s almost like they’ve given up and they just move so that’s a terrible thing.” Lauzen explained that change is long overdue and one of the ways to do that is to stop taxing people out of their homes. He believes he’s made a lot of progress during the past seven years. “Before I had the privilege to serve as chairman, we had a 50 percent increase in the property taxes to support the county,” he said. “In the last seven years it’s leveled out at zero increase.” That includes having to insert into the base the new construction while excluding a cost of living increase. “I’m very proud of holding the line,” he said. “But it is naturally getting harder and harder to live within our means without asking people for more.” Lauzen said that the public often complains about the spending, but that he’s doing his part to help reduce debt. “[The public] says that all you guys and ladies do is borrow and spend,” he said. “We’ve paid off approximately 65 percent of the debt in the last six to seven years.” Lauzen closed his presentation by sharing a slide of three beliefs that he referred to as “Truly Dumb Ideas.” He said that he hopes no one who attended the luncheon ever allows any of them to see the light of day. It includes combining all local pensions into one, increasing property taxes by 1 percent of the home value to pay off the state’s pensions unfunded liabilities and running the government like a business. Mark Pietrowski, DeKalb County chairman, and Scott Gryder, Kendall County chairman, also made presentations during the luncheon.)

 

HOT AIR
— House GOP Gearing Up To Oust Ryan As Speaker — With Trump’s Support?
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/05/20/house-gop-gearing-oust-ryan-speaker-trumps-support/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— No DACA unless border wall built, amnesty slashed – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/national-security/2018/05/20/no-daca-unless-border-wall-built-amnesty-slashed

 

DAILY CALLER
— Sorry Conservatives: You Don’t Have Free Speech On Facebook Or Twitter – Carl Szabo
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/15/sorry-conservatives-no-social-media-free-speech/
— Alan Dershowitz: FBI Full Of ‘Republicans Who Hated Trump’ – Justin Caruso (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who hated Republicans the most. Republican haters at GAO forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, 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. Republican haters at 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. Republican haters at the Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. Many of the aforesaid were also anti-draft avoiders, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/20/alan-dershowitz-mueller-hate-trump/

 

THE HILL
— Activist praised by Trump once ran online publication that mocked him: report – LUIS SANCHEZ
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/387883-conservative-activist-praised-by-trump-once-ran-online-publication

 

NBC NEWS
— Two counties tell the tale of a growing education gap The increasing importance of education on income, lifestyle and opportunity are on display in Pennsylvania. – Dante Chinni (DIERSEN: How did education benefit you? If I had not earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 when I was 21 years old, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970, Oldsmobile would not have offered me a job in 1971, and IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had not been taking job-related graduate courses, IRS might not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. If I had not earned a job-related master’s degree in 1976 and if I had not earned a job-related professional certification in 1979, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. If I had not earned a job-related master’s degree in 1980; not earned job-related professional certifications in 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997; and not earned a job-related professional license in 1981 a) GAO might not have promoted me in 1986 and b) GAO might have gotten rid of me sooner than it did.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/two-counties-tell-tale-growing-education-gap-n875331
— Bernie Sanders: Establishment Dems ‘don’t generate excitement’
https://www.nbcnews.com/card/bernie-sanders-establishment-dems-don-t-generate-excitement-n875806

 

WASHINGTON POST
— We should have the freedom to gamble more but the good sense to gamble less – Norman Chad (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice. Individuals, organizations including religions, companies, governments, and countries should discourage vice.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/we-should-have-the-freedom-to-gamble-more-but-the-good-sense-to-gamble-less/2018/05/20/5267482e-5afe-11e8-8836-a4a123c359ab_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Which Jobs Are Workers Most Willing to Move For? These Ones High-tech jobs in San Francisco and New York are most likely to attract out-of-town applicants, a new study finds – Eric Morath (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, no one would move for the bad jobs that I had. I did yard work and delivered newspapers in Crete 1962-1964; washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes in Flossmoor, chipped slag in South Chicago Heights, and pumped gasoline in South Chicago Heights in 1966; delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line in Belvidere and as a security guard in DeKalb 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances in Chicago Heights 1970-1971; pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes in Harvey, Joliet, and Chicago 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies in Chicago 1980-1997.)
https://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2018/05/18/which-jobs-are-workers-most-willing-to-move-for-these-ones/

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A White-hater says WHITE SUPREMACY ON ITS ‘LAST BREATH’ AFTER ROYAL WEDDING.
http://www.newsweek.com/royal-wedding-al-sharpton-white-supremacy-935582

 

SUN JOURNAL
— The story behind the Kent State graduate and her rifle – Washington Post
http://www.sunjournal.com/the-story-behind-the-kent-state-graduate-and-her-rifle/

 

LANCASTER ONLINE
— Shaming citizens into voting by disseminating their voter histories may be effective, but it’s unseemly – Editorial
https://lancasteronline.com/opinion/editorials/shaming-citizens-into-voting-by-disseminating-their-voter-histories-may/article_fca35bba-5884-11e8-9234-cb94e07b4041.html

 

TWIN CITIES PIONEER PRESS
— How to retire a millionaire, and is that really enough? – BRUCE HELMER AND PEG WEBB
https://www.twincities.com/2018/05/19/your-money-how-to-retire-a-millionaire-and-is-that-really-enough/

 

MEDIA FILE
— The True Deplorables – Matt Gioia (DIERSEN: Of course, according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, anyone who reads GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails is a deplorable.)
http://www.mediafiledc.com/the-true-deplorables/