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June 14 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Recreational marijuana use a bad idea in Illinois
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-speak-out-st-0616-story.html
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot says no summer vacations for Chicago police brass, but one leader still took a trip – Gregory Pratt and Jeremy Gorner
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-no-police-brass-summer-vacations-20190614-story.html
— Marijuana dispensary rolls out its own credit card as weed industry works to go beyond cash-only sales – Ally Marotti
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-marijuana-credit-card-20190614-story.html
— Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot faces limited options to fill deep city budget hole – John Byrne and Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-lori-lightfoot-springfield-revenue-20190613-story.html
— SALT and the ‘Pritzker Tax’: One more reason for Illinois taxpayers to rebel – Editorial (DIERSEN: Trump should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-taxes-treasury-illinois-pritzker-20190616-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lori Lightfoot going on Stephen Colbert show, speaking at Democratic LGBTQ fundraiser In New York trip, mayor will debut on Colbert, mine the high-roller gay Democratic community and meet with former and present Mayors Bloomberg and de Blasio. – Fran Spielman and Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2019/6/14/18679120/lori-lightfoot-stephen-colbert-lgbtq-fundraising-new-york
— Take a stand for vigilance and untainted elections No one should try to gain political advantage by looking the other way when hostile powers try to undermine American independence by tilting our electoral playing field. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/14/18679382/trump-russians-election-integrity-politics
— Illinois is far from competitive with states that poach our college students In 2002, about 23 percent of high school students chose out-of-state colleges. By 2017, that was up to almost 50 percent. – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/6/14/18679522/illinois-higher-education-budget-universities

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County mayors pleased by what just came out of Springfield – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190614/dupage-county-mayors-pleased-by-what-just-came-out-of-springfield

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Who’s really in charge in Springfield? This giveaway to teachers unions is the strongest sign yet that the Democrats who control both houses of the General Assembly as well as the Governor’s Mansion work for them and no one else. – Editorial
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/whos-really-charge-springfield
— Here’s what Pritzker offered the state’s biggest union The details of a proposed eight-year contract with AFSCME finally leaked, and critics are charging that the Illinois governor gave his union allies too good of a deal. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/heres-what-pritzker-offered-states-biggest-union

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— No, Aaron Schock is not running for Congress right now – Chris Kaergard
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190614/no-aaron-schock-is-not-running-for-congress-right-now

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Legislators made statements about issues ahead of session. Did they follow through? – JOSEPH BUSTOS
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article231262058.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— First Santa, Now Drag Queens: Macy’s Celebrates “Pride” Month – Wendy Wilson
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/first-santa-now-drag-queens-macys-celebrates-pride-month/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— FORMER SOUTH SUBURBAN VILLAGE PRESIDENT ADMITS EMBEZZLING FUNDS TO GAMBLE AT JOLIET CASINOS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/06/former-south-suburban-village-president-admits-embezzling-funds-to-gamble-at-joliet-casinos.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Oberweis praises sponsors for making tax hike “happen,” then blasts opponent who voted for it
https://capitolfax.com/2019/06/14/congressional-candidate-praises-tax-hike-sponsors-for-their-work-blasts-opponent-who-voted-for-it/

GOPUSA
— 12 white male cops sue San Francisco for discrimination
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=71025

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Rep. Adam Kinzinger blames Iran for oil tanker attacks: ‘They’re lashing out, no doubt’ – Bailey Vogt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/14/adam-kinzinger-blames-iran-for-oil-tanker-attacks-/
— Feds to warn immigrants about welfare use USCIS chief says sponsors will pay back ‘every dollar’ immigrants use – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: What percent of illegals need/want welfare – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/14/feds-warn-immigrants-about-welfare-use/

DAILY CALLER
— SCOTUS FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES PROMPT CRITICISM OVER TRIPS, STOCK HOLDINGS – Kevin Daley
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/14/supreme-court-financial-disclosure/
— EMPLOYEES TURN THEIR BACKS ON AG SECRETARY IN SILENT PROTEST – Shelby Talcott
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/14/sonny-perdue-silent-protest-kansas-city/

BLAZE
— Florida GOP governor signs law banning sanctuary cities He said that this bill was in the interest of ‘public safety’ – Mike Ciandella
https://www.theblaze.com/news/florida-gop-governor-signs-law-banning-sanctuary-cities

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Will Trump Voters Run Out of Patience on Immigration?
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/06/14/will-trump-voters-run-out-patience-on-immigration/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Steadfast Trump Fan, Never Wavered – Michael M. Grynbaum
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/14/business/media/sarah-sanders-trump.html
— The Case for Gay Reparation Other countries are taking steps to atone for their shameful past treatment of L.G.B.T. people. The United States should too. – Omar G. Encarnación
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/14/opinion/gay-reparation-stonewall.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Juneteenth celebrates end of slavery in the US – AP (DIERSEN: While all my ancestors immigrated before the Civil War, they always lived in northeast Illinois.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/ap-explains-juneteenth-celebrates-end-of-slavery-in-the-us/2019/06/14/c7342f4a-8ed9-11e9-b6f4-033356502dce_story.html
— Democratic contenders bash Fox News on Fox News – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/democratic-contenders-bash-fox-news-on-fox-news/2019/06/14/1c12dc44-8ee6-11e9-b6f4-033356502dce_story.html

June 5 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— Why Mexico must act
https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600daily/

ABC7
— Governor Pritzker signs Illinois budget, graduated income tax bills into law – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/pritzker-signs-illinois-budget-graduated-income-tax-bills-into-law/5333204/

NBC5
— Pritzker Signs State Budget, Graduated Income Tax Plan
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/pritzker-signs-state-budget-graduated-income-tax-plan-510865441.html

CBS2
— Pritzker Makes Good On Getting A Graduated Income Tax On The 2020 Ballot – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/06/05/pritzker-makes-good-on-getting-a-graduated-income-tax-on-the-2020-ballot/
— Pritzker Signs Illinois Budget, Income Tax Measure – AP
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/06/05/pritzker-to-sign-illinois-budget/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Pritzker signs state budget, including lawmaker pay raise – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/pritzker-to-sign-state-budget-including-lawmaker-pay-raise-1
— Trump supporter pops massive balloon depicting POTUS as baby at UK protests
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/trump-supporter-pops-massive-balloon-depicting-potus-as-baby-at-uk-protests

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Top Trump donors hitting Chicago; Cubs game on agenda Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts leads the fundraising drive to re-elect President Donald Trump. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/6/5/18654666/president-donald-trump-donors-hit-chicago-white-house-chief-staff-mulvaney-cubs-agenda
— Pritzker signs budget, income tax rates bill for his ‘fair tax’ plan — touts ‘new era of fiscal stability’ Pritzker signed the income tax measure, as well as three budget bills — the operating budget, the revenue for the spending and a budget implementation measure. And part of that spending plan includes a controversial measure: a cost-of-living $1,600 pay bump for lawmakers. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/5/18654114/pritzker-signs-budget-income-tax-rates-bill-fair-tax-graduated-fiscal-stability
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump tariffs on Mexico threaten Illinois prosperity.” Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters side with foreign countries against America.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/5/18653912/mexico-tariffs-illinois-imports-trade-war-editorial
— It doesn’t take quantum physics to understand Pritzker’s ‘Rebuild Illinois’ program, but just in case … I’m told state representatives were instructed to designate $2.5 million-$3 million worth of projects for their districts, while senators were allotted $5 million-$6 million, not to suggest everyone was treated equally. – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/6/5/18654619/capital-bill-pork-barrel-quantum-physics-pritzkers-rebuild-illinois-program-madigan
— Boston group sparks outrage with plans to host ‘Straight Pride’ parade June is Pride Month, historically a time to celebrate lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer history. – USA TODAY
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/5/18654064/straight-pride-parade-boston-june

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a $40 billion state budget into law. Here’s a look at what your tax dollars are buying.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-cb-illinois-budget-20190605-story.html
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs $40 billion state budget passed with bipartisan support – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-illinois-budget-pritzker-signed-law-20190605-story.html
— During pro-immigrant speech, Mayor Lori Lightfoot criticizes ICE, President Trump – Gregory Pratt (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage immigrants, and everyone else, to hate Republicans.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-lori-lightfoot-trump-ice-20190604-story.html
— Fact check: Trump said protests over his UK visit were ‘very, very small’ as thousands demonstrated nearby – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-fact-check-trump-london-protests-20190604-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Midwestern farmers and other victims of Trump’s tariffs.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-tariffs-mexico-midwest-usmca-20190606-story.html
— Illinois residents can expect to pay higher taxes when shopping Amazon and Etsy next year. Here’s why. – Ally Marotti
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-online-shopping-tax-illinois-20190605-story.html
— Look out, here comes the Straight Pride Parade! – Alexandra Petri
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-straight-pride-parade-satire-petri-20190605-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Car fee, tax would wipe out graduated tax plan’s savings for many in Illinois – Jake Griffin (DIERSEN: While I own seven vehicles, I drive them very little because I spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. Only one of the seven is over 25 years old. Six times $50 is $300.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190605/car-fee-tax-would-wipe-out-graduated-tax-plans-savings-for-many-in-illinois
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The average Illinois car owner would pay an extra $50 a year to register it and about $95 more annually to gas it up. The motor fuel tax hike would go into effect July 1, but the registration fee increase wouldn’t happen until the first of the year. Money generated by the increases would pay for road construction and other public works projects throughout the state, which Pritzker and other backers say are long overdue and will create jobs. The fees also include a 6% daily and 9% monthly tax on parking in garages and lots, a $1 increase in the per-pack cigarette tax to $2.98 and changes in the tax structure for online purchases.)
— Billionaire acquires former McDonald’s campus in Oak Brook – Richard Klicki
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190605/billionaire-acquires-former-mcdonalds-campus-in-oak-brook
— No state funds for Longmeadow Parkway leaves Lauzen fuming – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190605/no-state-funds-for-longmeadow-parkway-leaves-lauzen-fuming
— VERY SAD: Aurora celebrating second annual Pride Parade – Ann Piccininni
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190605/aurora-celebrating-second-annual-pride-parade
— West Chicago’s Railroad Days Parade moved up – Rosemary Mackey
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20190604/w-chicagos-railroad-days-parade-moved-up

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Former McDonald’s HQ sold to California hair-care mogul The billionaire co-founder of the Paul Mitchell hair-care brand has purchased the 80-acre site in Oak Brook, potentially setting it up for redevelopment. – DANNY ECKER
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/former-mcdonalds-hq-sold-california-hair-care-mogul

WTTW
— Illinois Has a New State Budget. Will It Help Fix Fiscal Woes? – Amanda Vinicky and Nicole Cardos
https://news.wttw.com/2019/06/05/illinois-has-new-state-budget-will-it-help-fix-fiscal-woes

NORTHWEST HERALD
— State Sen. Jim Oberweis announces Crystal Lake campaign office grand opening Oberweis plans to run for Lauren Underwood’s congressional seat – BRITTANY KEEPERMAN
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/06/05/state-sen-jim-oberweis-announces-crystal-lake-campaign-office-grand-opening/amgmfrg/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— How LGBT business owners boost chances to win big business contracts – Joyce M. Rosenberg
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/How-LGBT-owners-boost-chances-to-win-big-business-13938839.php

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— At Least One Newspaper Figures Out Democrats’ Tax Hikes Will Exceed Any (Temporary) Income Tax Savings from Dems’ Graduated Income Tax Amendment
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/06/05/at-least-one-newspaper-figures-out-democrats-tax-hikes-will-exceed-any-temporary-income-tax-savings-from-dems-graduated-income-tax-amendment/
— General Assembly Adds to Unfunded Teacher Pensions at Teacher’s Union Request
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/06/04/128164/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Sen. Warren praises Illinois’ abortion legislation – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512606877-sen-warren-praises-illinois-abortion-legislation

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Chris Kachiroubas spoke very highly of Frank Napolitano at his outstanding fundraiser Thursday evening, May 30, 2019, at Aurelio’s Ristorante in Winfield. The 40 attendees included Annette Corrigan, Christine Fenne, Heidi Holan, and David Olsen. Event sponsors included Greg Boltz, Kirk Dillard, Jay Fisher, Jim Oberweis, Evelyn Sanguinetti, and Judge Ann Celine Walsh. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IVES: AN UNDEMOCRATIC, UNBALANCED STATE BUDGET PASSED BY “THIEVES IN THE NIGHT”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/06/an-undemocratic-unbalanced-budget-passes-in-illinois-and-no-one-knows-the-details.html
— IL DEMS UNDERWOOD, CASTEN AND BUSTOS VOTE TO PROVIDE AMNESTY FOR GANG MEMBERS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/06/il-dems-underwood-casten-and-bustos-vote-to-provide-amnesty-to-gang-members.html
— THORNER/HULDAH: IT’S TRUE: THE BIBLE IS OUR CONSTITUTION’S FOUNDATION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/06/thornerhuldah-the-biblical-foundation-of-our-constitution.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Durkin says graduated tax will allow Dems to “pickpocket more money from Illinois families and businesses”
https://capitolfax.com/2019/06/05/durkin-says-graduated-tax-will-allow-dems-to-pickpocket-more-money-from-illinois-families-and-businesses/

FOX NEWS
— Sen. Tammy Duckworth says Trump Vietnam deferment should have been for ‘yellow streak’ down his back – Louis Casiano (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have punished me the most since 1966 for my getting four student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sen-tammy-duckworth-says-trump-vietnam-deferment-should-have-been-for-yellow-streak-down-his-back
— Americans consider ‘fake news’ a bigger problem than terrorism, climate change, illegal immigration: new survey – Liam Quinn (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/americans-fake-news-bigger-problem-terrorism-pew-survey

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The real cost of illegal immigration, and it’s not avocados Americans pay $200 billion annually in illegal immigration costs – Kelly Sadler
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/5/the-real-cost-of-illegal-immigration-and-its-not-a/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Biden Flips, Supports Hyde Amendment Again – Nic Rowan
https://freebeacon.com/politics/biden-flips-supports-hyde-amendment-again/
— Conservatives: Amnesty Bill Fails to Address Crisis Lawmakers react to passage of ‘American Dream and Promise Act’ – Charles Fain Lehman
https://freebeacon.com/issues/conservatives-amnesty-bill-fails-to-address-crisis/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Christian Case for Punishment – EVE TUSHNET (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes punish me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-christian-case-for-punishment/

BREITBART
— CNN Poll: Majority of Americans Predict Trump Will Win Second Term – JOSHUA CAPLAN
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/06/05/cnn-poll-majority-of-americans-predict-trump-will-win-second-term/
— Graham on Tariffs: ‘Trump Is Not the Problem — Mexico Is the Problem’ – Jeff Poor
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/06/05/graham-on-tariffs-trump-is-not-the-problem-mexico-is-the-problem/
— Migrant Apprehensions at Border Hit 144K in May, Says CBP – Bob Price
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/06/05/migrant-apprehensions-at-border-hit-144k-in-may-says-cbp/
— Rap Sheet: 76 Acts of Violence and Harassment Against Conservatives on Campus – ALANA MASTRANGELO
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/06/05/rap-sheet-76-acts-of-violence-and-harassment-against-conservatives-on-campus/

BLAZE
— David Horowitz reveals the left’s ‘Dark Agenda’ to destroy Christianity in America America’s heritage is under attack
https://www.theblaze.com/glenn-tv/david-horowitz-uncovers-the-lefts-dark-agenda-to-destroy-christianity-in-america

NEWS BUSTERS
— Furious Celebs Want Trump Impeached, Assaulted and Tortured to Death – Geoffrey Dickens
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/geoffrey-dickens/2019/06/05/furious-celebs-want-trump-impeached-assaulted-and-tortured

NEWSMAX
— Kinzinger: Trump Tough Talk Returns US to Position of Strength – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/kinzinger/2019/06/05/id/919085/
— Trump: ‘Not Nearly Enough’ Progress in Talks With Mexico –
https://www.newsmax.com/headline/trump-tariffs-mexican-imports/2019/06/05/id/919099/

TOWNHALL
— Democrats (Again) Side With Criminal Illegal Aliens in Amnesty Bill – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/06/05/the-democrats-daca-bill-is-full-of-loopholes-for-criminals-n2547479

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Mexico Is an Asylum Free-Rider – MARK KRIKORIAN
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/06/mexico-asylum-policy-hypocrisy/

HUFFINGTON POST
— Senator Tammy Duckworth Says Trump Has A ‘Yellow Streak Down His Back’ The military veteran called out the president for what he said to Piers Morgan about not serving in the Vietnam War. – David Moye (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have punished me the most since 1966 for my getting four student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971.)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tammy-duckworth-donald-trump-vietnam-war_n_5cf816c0e4b0e63eda94bb3d

CBS NEWS
— Trump says he “would’ve been honored” to serve in Vietnam War (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have punished me the most since 1966 for my getting four student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-honored-serve-vietnam-war-us-military-medical-deferment-bone-spurs-piers-morgan/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mr. Trump’s medical deferment from the draft came up repeatedly during his campaign for the White House in 2015 and 2016, and has resurfaced as a talking point among his Democratic challengers ahead of the coming election in 2020. South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg accused President Trump last month of using his “privileged status to fake a disability” to dodge the draft during the Vietnam War. “This is somebody, who I think it is fairly obvious to most of us, took advantage of the fact that he was a child of multimillionaire in order to pretend to be disabled so that somebody could go to war in his place,” Buttigieg said of Mr. Trump. During the presidential campaign in July 2015, the Trump campaign said Mr. Trump had a “medical deferment for bone spurs on both heels of his feet.” The statement also said that Mr. Trump entered the military draft lottery and had received number 356 out of 365. “When the draft occurred, they never got near his number, and he was therefore exempt from serving in the military,” the Trump campaign said in a statement at the time. “Although he was not a fan of the Vietnam War, yet another disaster for our country, had his draft number been selected he would have proudly served and he is tremendously grateful to all those who did.” In a C-SPAN interview in October 2017, the late Sen. John McCain took a swipe at Mr. Trump over the deferment, saying it was “wrong” for him to have claimed to have bone spurs to avoid military service.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Says No Deal With Mexico Reached as Border Arrests Surge
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/us/politics/mexico-tariffs.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans promote anti-Americans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/opinion/tariffs-mexico-trade.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: White-haters crow about their success in getting rid of Whites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/opinion/white-supremacy-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Arrests along Mexico border surged again in May, blowing past ‘breaking point’ – Nick Miroff
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/arrests-along-mexico-border-surged-again-in-may-blowing-past-breaking-point/2019/06/05/6d21585e-87a7-11e9-a491-25df61c78dc4_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Trump says bolstering military’s budget makes up for his draft deferment – Mark Moore (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have punished me the most since 1966 for my getting four student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971.)
https://nypost.com/2019/06/05/trump-says-bolstering-militarys-budget-makes-up-for-his-draft-deferment/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Venezuela, now a top source of U.S. asylum claims, poses a challenge for Trump – MOLLY O’TOOLE
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-venezuela-asylum-immigration-20190605-story.html

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans say “Mexico has tried to keep Trump happy and stop migrants, it hasn’t worked.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/05/trump-threatens-mexico-mexicans-struggle-stop-migrants/1328143001/

BLOOMBERG
— Democrats to Tackle SALT Cap Despite Optics of Helping the Rich – Laura Davison
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-05/democrats-look-to-put-salt-deduction-on-trial-this-summer

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters OK Tariffs to Push Mexico on Drugs, Illegal Immigration
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/mexico/voters_ok_tariffs_to_push_mexico_on_drugs_illegal_immigration

May 1 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Illinois Senate OKs Graduated Income Tax Rates The change wouldn’t take effect until 2021, and only would do so if approved by voters
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-senate-oks-graduated-tax-rates-509333001.html

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Senate moves Gov. Pritzker’s graduated income tax plan forward; measure now goes to the House – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-pritzker-graduated-tax-illinois-senate-20190501-story.html
— Slow the push for legal pot – Rep. Marty Moylan, D-Des Plaines
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-vp-voice-letters-050219-story.html
— State workers seek to recoup ‘fair share’ union fees in proposed class-action lawsuit – Hannah Leone
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-fair-share-lawsuit-20190501-story.html
— Ken Griffin, Illinois’ richest man, sticking with Chicago despite ‘corruption, cronyism and crime’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-ken-griffin-billionaire-interview-illinois-problems-20190501-story.html
— State legislator from Chicago facing DUI charge in Springfield – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-state-rep-kambium-buckner-dui-20190501-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘Stairway to Heaven’ longer than Senate debate before historic tax vote – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/state-senate-passes-graduated-income-tax-package-house-fight-looms/

DAILY HERALD
— Spat between Lauzen, McMahon may delay Kane County employee raises – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190501/spat-between-lauzen-mcmahon-may-delay-kane-county-employee-raises
— DuPage economy touted at annual business outlook forum – DuPage economy touted at annual business outlook forum – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190501/dupage-economy-touted-at-annual-business-outlook-forum-

NORTHWEST HERALD
— U.S. Rep. Sean Casten talks to St. Charles Chamber members about first 100 days in office – ERIC SCHELKOPF
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/04/30/u-s-rep-sean-casten-talks-to-st-charles-chamber-members-about-first-100-days-in-office/au0q9hj/

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE
— Students and community members speak out against Jeanne Ives at monthly board meeting – Alison Pfaff
https://codcourier.org/11614/news/students-and-community-members-speak-out-against-jeanne-ives-at-monthly-board-meeting/
— The Marginalization of Latinos in the Trump Era – Karla Villegas Pineda
https://codcourier.org/11570/opinion/the-marginalization-of-latinos-in-the-trump-era/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Senate Dems Pass Income Tax Hike Constitutional Amendment with Roll Call
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/05/01/senate-dems-pass-income-tax-hike-constitutional-amendment/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— REP. SKILLICORN: WHO’LL STOP THE RAIN TAX?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/rep-skillicorn-wholl-stop-the-rain-tax.html
— THORNER: HISTORIAN LARRY SCHWEIKART’S NEW BIO OF REAGAN RECEIVES HIGH PRAISE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/thorner-historian-larry-schweikarts-new-bio-of-reagan-receives-high-praise.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Republicans go on the attack against Pritzker over probe
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/01/republicans-go-on-the-attack-against-pritzker-over-probe/
— Illinois’ richest person says he’ll stay put and “fight”
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/01/illinois-richest-person-says-hell-stay-put-and-fight/
— Constitutional amendment clears Senate
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/01/constitutional-amendment-clears-senate/
— ILGOP stirs up remap questions
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/01/ilgop-stirs-up-remap-questions/

FOX NEWS
— Mexico is becoming the world’s backdoor into America (and Congress is AWOL) – James Jay Carafano
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/james-carafano-mexico-the-worlds-backdoor-into-america

AMERICAN THINKER
— Caravaners clear out after Mexican police raid – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/caravaners_clear_out_after_mexican_police_raid.html

BREITBART
— DHS Releases 8.2K Illegal Aliens into U.S. in a Week, 1.2K Released Every Day – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/01/dhs-releases-8-2k-illegal-aliens-into-u-s-in-a-week-1-2k-released-every-day/
— Ilhan Omar: ‘This Is Not Going to Be the Country of White People’ – Penny Starr
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/30/omar-at-hands-off-ilhan-rally-trump-gop-created-monsters-terrorizing-jews-and-muslims/

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— How weak urban cooperation with ICE exposes rural areas to criminal aliens – Daniel Horowitz
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/weak-urban-cooperation-ice-exposes-rural-areas-criminal-aliens/
— Fewer than 10% of ‘unaccompanied’ teens sponsored by legal immigrants – Daniel Horowitz
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/fewer-10-unaccompanied-teens-sponsored-legal-immigrants/

CNS NEWS
— Bernie Sanders: Pres. Trump ‘Is a Pathological Liar; He’s a Racist, a Sexist, a Homophobe, a Xenophobe’ – Craig Bannister
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/bernie-sanders-pres-trump-pathological-liar-hes-racist-sexist-homophobe

DAILY CALLER
— NYT EDITORIAL BLAMES TRUMP FOR PAPER’S DECISION TO PUBLISH ANTI-SEMITIC CARTOON – Rachel Stoltzfoos
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/01/nyt-editorial-board-trump-anti-semitic-cartoon/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Where Race Relations Stand in 2019 – Deana Bass Williams
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/05/01/where-race-relations-stand-in-2019/

TOWNHALL
— Stephen Moore’s Economic Policies Help Women – Carol Davis
https://townhall.com/columnists/caroldavis/2019/05/01/stephen-moores-economic-policies-help-women-n2545685
— Illinois State Rep Reportedly Suggests This Callous Solution to Abortion – Brianna Heldt
https://townhall.com/tipsheet//briannaheldt/2019/05/01/illinois-state-rep-reportedly-makes-callous-comment-about-abortion-n2545719

PJ MEDIA
— What Is to Be Done for a Nation that Secedes from the Principles of Its Founding? – DAVID SOLWAY
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/is-the-nation-seceding-from-the-principles-of-its-founding/

WASHINGTON POST
— White House asks Congress for additional $4.5 billion in emergency border spending, on top of billions already requested
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2019/05/01/white-house-asks-congress-for-additional-4-5-billion-in-emergency-border-spending-on-top-of-billions-already-requested/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage foreign countries a) to illegally send their citizens illegally to America illegally and b) to illegally keep their citizens illegally in America illegally. Ever-increasingly, it is clear that Democrats have declared war on America. How soon will Democrats again fire shots at Fort Sumter?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/05/01/asylum-seekers-leave-everything-behind-theres-no-way-they-can-pay-trumps-fee/

BOSTON GLOBE
— For sale in the pot industry: political influence
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/marijuana/2019/05/01/for-sale-pot-industry-political-influence/k9XBoEQD8ElWixzdVNeSWN/story.html

NEWSWEEK
— ILHAN OMAR SAYS CONSERVATIVES ‘HELPED FEED’ MONSTERS ‘CAUSING DEVASTATION’ IN MOSQUES AND SYNAGOGUES – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/ilhan-omar-democracy-now-anti-semitic-conservatives-feed-monsters-1411958

FORBES
— Hispanics And Latinos In The United States: We Never Had It So Good – Alejandro Chafuen
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alejandrochafuen/2019/05/01/hispanics-and-latinos-in-the-united-states-we-never-had-it-so-good/#dd9825f44375

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— GAO: IRS’s private collectors recovered less than 2 percent of over $5 billion in debts. – Michael Cohn
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/private-tax-debt-collectors-collecting-less-than-2-of-debts-says-gao

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 1020 South Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton – $1,075,000
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1020-S-Wheaton-Ave-Wheaton-IL-60189/4448323_zpid/
— FOR SALE: 905 Warrenville Road, Wheaton – $479,900
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447908_zpid/

April 1 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Jussie Smollett case leads to protests for, against Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx – Diane Pathieu and Leah Hope
https://abc7chicago.com/jussie-smollett-case-leads-to-protests-for-against-kim-foxx/5228404/

NBC5
— Aurora Ministry Housing ‘Ripper Crew’ Member ‘Very Confident’ He Isn’t a Threat “Wayside Cross Ministries did not seek out Thomas Kokoraleis upon his release from prison. He came to us seeking our help.” – Christian Farr
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/thomas-kokoraleis-ripper-crew-aurora-wayside-cross-ministries-507963241.html

CBS2
— Foxx Controversy Takes Center Stage Prior To Election Day – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/04/01/kim-foxx-protests-election-day/
— Hoffman Estates Voter Says She Was Misled By Republican Questionnaire
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/04/01/republican-surveys-mail/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Dueling rallies support and slam Kim Foxx – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/dueling-rallies-support-and-slam-kim-foxx
— Official: Trump team overruled 25 security clearance denials – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/official-trump-team-overruled-25-security-clearance-denials

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Thousands voting early ahead of Tuesday’s election, but turnout doesn’t match past totals – Elvia Malagon
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/elections/ct-met-chicago-early-voting-april-election-20190401-story.html
— Dueling protests Monday in response to Kim Foxx and Jussie Smollett – Javonte Anderson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-kim-foxx-police-dueling-protests-20190401-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Police union, activists face-off over Kim Foxx, Jussie Smollett – Stefano Esposito and Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-downtown-chicago-protests/
— McDonald’s surrenders as $15 hourly minimum wage gains steam – Christine Owens
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/mcdonalds-minimum-wage-15-christine-owens/

DAILY HERALD
— ‘Mandated to love our neighbors’: Why Wayside Cross accepted ‘Ripper Crew’ killer as resident – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190401/mandated-to-love-our-neighbors-why-wayside-cross-accepted-ripper-crew-killer-as-resident

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— (Former) Milton Township trustee Keller unclear about where COD board candidate Dunne stands on issues – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512359019-milton-township-trustee-keller-unclear-about-where-cod-board-candidate-dunne-stands-on-issues

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Some Republicans offer ideas to reduce state spending in response to challenge – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/some-republicans-offer-ideas-to-reduce-state-spending-in-response/article_aaf5826e-54a7-11e9-81ad-df286070d9ab.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS CONSIDER RESOLUTION BANNING CERTAIN FREE SPEECH
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/04/illinois-lawmakers-introduce-resolution-to-ban-free-speech-.html

— THORNER: VP PENCE ENCOURAGES CHICAGO AREA CONSERVATIVES FRIDAY NIGHT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/04/thorner-vp-pence-encourages-chicago-area-conservatives-friday-night.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Another “separatism-themed” rally held in Decatur
https://capitolfax.com/2019/04/01/another-separatism-themed-rally-held-in-decatur/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DHS to redeploy up to 2,000 officers to border crisis – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/1/dhs-redeploy-2000-officers-border-crisis/

BREITBART
— Luis Gutierrez: ‘There Should Be Welcoming Centers All Across America’ for Migrants – Tony Lee
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/01/luis-gutierrez-there-should-be-welcoming-centers-all-across-america-for-migrants/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Pope blames illegal migration to capitalist countries … on capitalism – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/04/pope_blames_illegal_migration_to_capitalist_countries__on_capitalism.html

NEWSMAX
— Protect the American Economy by Securing the Border – Wayne Allyn Root
https://www.newsmax.com/wayneallynroot/border-socialism-economy/2019/04/01/id/909634/

TOWNHALL
— DHS Secretary Relocates Hundreds of Border Agents to Deal With Ongoing Illegal Immigration Crisis – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/04/01/dhs-secretary-relocates-hundreds-of-border-agents-to-deal-with-ongoing-illegal-immigration-crisis-n2544091

DAILY CALLER
— KIRSTJEN NIELSEN: CRISIS AT THE BORDER IS GETTING WORSE BY THE DAY – Jason Hopkins
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/01/nielsen-border-crisis-worse/
— CBS NEWS PAINTS COYOTES AS HUMANITARIANS: BORDER SMUGGLERS ARE ‘HELPING MIGRANTS SURVIVE’ – Amber Athey
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/01/cbs-news-coyotes-helping-migrants/

PJ MEDIA
— The NAACP’s Horrifying Cowardice on Jussie Smollett – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/the-naacps-horrifying-cowardice-on-jussie-smollett/

THE HILL
— Congress must act to stop mass migration of illegal aliens – BUCK SEXTON
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/436707-congress-must-act-to-stop-mass-migration-of-illegal-aliens

POLITICO
— Trump calls Census ‘meaningless’ without citizenship question – KATIE GALIOTO
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/01/trump-census-citizenship-1246499

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nbcnews.com/card/most-americans-are-ok-gay-presidential-candidate-s-big-shift-n989541

WASHINGTON POST
— Americans have their minds made up about Trump. Nothing is going to change that. – Charles Lane (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/americans-have-their-minds-made-up-about-trump-nothing-is-going-to-change-that/2019/04/01/ec0ed05c-5498-11e9-8ef3-fbd41a2ce4d5_story.html

FORBES
— Investors Shrug As Government Sues Facebook For Housing Discrimination – Peter Cohan
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2019/04/01/investors-shrug-as-government-sues-facebook-for-housing-discrimination/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Is your agency as good as when you first started? – Mike Causey (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the amount of work experience that its employees had on average went down and down and down as the agency got rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and had not made GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2019/04/is-your-agency-as-good-as-when-you-first-started/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “White House Insists That Trump Really Is Dumb Enough to Close the Border.”
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/04/trump-migrant-crisis-white-house-insists-trump-is-crazy-enough-to-close-border-stop-aid-central-america.html

ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: White-haters promote hatred of Whites. America-haters promote hatred of America.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/04/white-terrorists-help-other-people-deny-their-prejudice/586198/

March 23 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats say “67% of Americans want stricter gun laws.”
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/poll-67-of-americans-want-stricter-gun-laws

NBC5
— Activists See Election as Opportunity to Mobilize Supporters – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Activists-See-Mayoral-Race-Opportunity-to-Mobilize-Supporters-507551241.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump to nominate conservative Stephen Moore for Fed board – AP (DIERSEN: Moore will speak at the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall Thursday evening, April 18, at an event hosted by the Illinois Conservative Union and Freedom Works.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-stephen-moore-federal-reserve/
— A message from the I-80 bridge — get out the repair tools, Illinois – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/i-80-bridge-des-plaines-river-caution-infrastructure/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. Pritzker’s pro-family thrust, ironically, could worsen inequality – Bruce Fuller
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-paid-leave-illinois-pritzker-inequality-20190320-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers crow about their success in pushing pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–poll-marijuana-20190319-story.html
— Rep. Steve King got doused with glass of water at an Iowa restaurant. Police say it was political. – Katie Mettler
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-steve-king-water-restaurant-20190323-story.html
— Trump: Social media sites discriminate against conservatives – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–trump-social-media-20190319-story.html
— Trump to nominate conservative Stephen Moore for Fed board – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–federal-reserve-trump-20190322-story.html
— Serious flaws in college admissions revealed in bribery case – Gerald Bradshaw
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/news/ct-ptb-bradshaw-column-st-0324-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Lake Zurich village board candidate was fired from police department job – Doug T. Graham (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. If you ran for a government office or a political office, what would your critics/opponents stress about you? Mine would stress that GAO forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. They would stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member, or American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member. They would stress that they almost succeeded in getting ICRC to censor me and that they defeated my bid to serve as MTRCC Treasurer.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190323/documents-lake-zurich-village-board-candidate-was-fired-from-police-department-job

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker’s daily schedule includes recommended attire – AP
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190323/pritzkers-daily-schedule-includes-recommended-attire

GOPUSA
— Ocasio-Cortez blames uptick in death threats on ‘right-wing media,’ feels safest at home in Bronx (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter? How safe do you feel? In theory, Trump supporters should feel safer in precincts, in municipalities, in townships/wards, in counties, and in states the more voted that Trump got than Clinton got in 2016. In my precinct, a) Trump got only 137 votes in the 2016 general election while Clinton got 211 and b) Trump got only 21 votes in the 2016 Republican primary while Kasich got 93. Further, another indicator is how strongly those who represent you in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in your state support Trump.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=66913
— Illegal alien accused of four murders in Nevada said he needed money to buy meth
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=66908

BREITBART
— Dem Rep. Underwood: We’ll Keep Moving Legislation ‘To Reverse and Block the Republican Sabotage of Affordable Health Care’ – Ian Hanchett
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/03/23/dem-rep-underwood-well-keep-moving-legislation-to-reverse-and-block-the-republican-sabotage-of-affordable-health-care/
— HUD Official Lives in Foul NYC Public Housing; Accuses Mayor de Blasio of Putting Politics Before People – Penny Starr
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/22/hud-official-lives-foul-nyc-public-housing-accuses-mayor-de-blasio-putting-politics-before-people/

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Donald Trump Just Picked A Laughingstock For A Huge Federal Reserve Job. Stephen Moore is a joke in the economics profession.” Moore will speak at the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall Thursday evening, April 18, at an event hosted by the Illinois Conservative Union and Freedom Works.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stephen-moore-federal-reserve-trump_n_5c953977e4b01ebeef0f13e8
— The Death Of ‘Badass’ Kellyanne Conway’s CNN profile proved the word means nothing. – Claire Fallon
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kellyanne-conway-badass-cnn_n_5c954945e4b0a6329e167f3f

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Louisiana GOP warns governor candidates against infighting – MELINDA DESLATTE
https://www.ktbs.com/news/arklatex-politics/louisiana-gop-warns-governor-candidates-against-infighting/article_bfbf126c-a38f-56a8-b566-ae702f8d5f3c.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Legalized Marijuana Gives Hiring Managers a Headache Companies are relaxing drug-testing standards as number of positive results for pot use increases – Heather Haddon
https://www.wsj.com/articles/legalized-marijuana-gives-hiring-managers-a-headache-11553346000

DAILY FREEMAN
— Attack of the desperate Democrats – MICHAEL REAGAN
https://www.dailyfreeman.com/opinion/michael-reagan-attack-of-the-desperate-democrats/article_9500a040-4d8d-11e9-a422-77f442308cae.htm

March 23 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Stormy Daniels Makes 2-Minute Stand Against Illinois Tax
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/03/22/stormy-daniels-makes-2-minute-stand-against-illinois-tax/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois House panel advances bill to ban for-profit immigrant detention centers – Jerry Nowicki
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/immigration-detention-centers-ban-illinois-house-dreamers-daca/
— When parents pay bribes, their kids look like dimwits – Gene Lyons
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/college-admissions-scandal-lori-loughlin-daughter-olivia-jade-usc-gene-lyons/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘It’s all from the same dead white guys’: Meet the Chicagoans pushing for gender equity in classical music – Darcel Rockett
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-chicago-sinfonietta-project-w-20190322-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: 4 ways sports betting might be allowed (and taxed) in Illinois – Grant Morgan
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190323/4-ways-sports-betting-might-be-allowed-and-taxed-in-illinois
— We need to invest more in road improvements – Robert Czernek, Highway Commissioner, Bloomingdale Township
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190323/we-need-to-invest-more-in-road-improvements

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Louisiana officials denounce Steve King for his Katrina FEMA remarks – BRET HAYWORTH
https://qctimes.com/news/iowa/louisiana-officials-denounce-steve-king-for-his-katrina-fema-remarks/article_d3629f9c-8e10-56a1-9ca7-3f69e2b3d4c8.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— House committee advances bill to ban for-profit immigrant detention centers – Jerry Nowicki
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190322/house-committee-advances-bill-to-ban-for-profit-immigrant-detention-centers

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Harassment complaints against NIU professor facing jail were abandoned Records show some who filed grievances in 2017 feared retaliation – KELSEY RETTKE
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2019/03/22/harassment-complaints-against-niu-professor-facing-jail-were-abandoned/azbvm7o/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Hundreds of pro-life supporters rally at the Capitol for second time this week – Katie Bandish
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/hundreds-of-pro-life-supporters-rally-at-the-capitol-for-second-time-this-week-03-23-2019
— GM announces jobs, electric vehicle after Trump criticism – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/auto-matters/gm-announces-jobs-electric-vehicle-after-trump-criticism

NPR ILLINOIS
— Legislation Would Ban Private Immigrant Detention Centers In Illinois – DANA VOLLMER
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/legislation-would-ban-private-immigrant-detention-centers-illinois#stream/0

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— All signs point to higher taxes if Prendiville elected mayor of Wheaton – W.J. Kennedy
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512295672-all-signs-point-to-higher-taxes-if-prendiville-elected-mayor-of-wheaton
— Board’s Tim Elliott is equal parts nostalgic about DuPage County’s past and hopeful for its future – Carrie Bradon
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512316498-board-s-elliott-is-equal-parts-nostalgic-about-dupage-county-s-past-and-hopeful-for-its-future

SAVE YOUR HOME NOW
— Schaeffers pay more than 15% of Hinsdale home’s sale price toward property taxes
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512308233-market-watch-schaeffers-pay-more-than-15-of-hinsdale-home-s-sale-price-toward-property-taxes

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump opposes regulation of social media companies: ‘I hate the concept’ – Steven Nelson (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to be regulated. Failing that, they want the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Illinois Senate Republicans, Illinois House Republicans, City of Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, and the federal government to constructively regulate me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. One could argue that the aforesaid constructively do regulate me and regulate my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails by the way they treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-opposes-regulation-of-social-media-companies-i-hate-the-concept
— Republicans resigned to Trump losing 2020 popular vote but confident about Electoral College – David M. Drucker
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/republicans-resigned-to-trump-losing-2020-popular-vote-but-confident-about-electoral-college

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Immigration to America Is Not What It Used to Be – Edward Ring
https://amgreatness.com/2019/03/22/immigration-to-america-is-not-what-it-used-to-be/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Get it? George W. Bush has won his grim battle with history. Various photos showed him inviting dozens of new citizens up to the podium, including Muslims in headscarves, Hispanics, and Africans. Apparently including anyone of European descent would have been bad optics. And never mind that if Bush II hadn’t bombed, invaded and occupied Iraq, the Middle East might be relatively stable today. Iraq, for all its problems, would nonetheless provide a strategic counterweight to Iran. We would have saved trillions of dollars and spared millions of lives, and additional millions of refugees would have stayed home. . . According to CarryingCapacity.org, the United States “now accepts over one million legal immigrants each year, which is more than all of the other industrialized nations in the world, combined.” Additionally, according to ImmigrationCounters.com, nearly 28 million illegal immigrants currently live in the United States. Attempting to quantify the costs and benefits of immigration into the United States is not easy. According to a study conducted by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, the cost to America taxpayers to provide illegal immigrants government funded education, health care, justice and law enforcement, public assistance, and general government services is estimated at $135 billion per year. According to the Center for Immigration Studies, “63% of non-citizen households access welfare programs compared to 35% of native households.” Statistics abound—and for every study suggesting that America’s immigration is creating a burden on the economy, there is another that concludes the opposite, that immigrants continue to provide a net economic benefit to the economy. So rather than provide yet another regurgitation of battling statistics, it is important to note some crucial qualitative differences between immigration trends in America today, compared with past centuries in America. Why Immigration to America Today Is Different Immigrants today are not coming from nations of equal or greater economic achievement. In the past, immigrants from Europe, for the most part, were emigrating from nations that were as advanced as the United States was, if not more so. Today the overwhelming majority of immigrants are coming from developing nations. Immigrants in the past came primarily from European nations which had cultural values—educational, religious, and political—that were, if not nearly identical to American cultural values, at shared a similar trajectory towards achieving those values. Immigrants today come from nations that, relatively speaking, have far fewer cultural similarities to America than past waves of immigrants. Immigrants today, for the most part, are coming from nations that are rapidly increasing in population and, in aggregate, dwarf the United States in population. Related to this is the fact that in the past, the people already in America were themselves rapidly increasing in population, but this is no longer the case, except among populations of recently arrived immigrants. Immigrants today arrive via 10-hour hops on an airliner. In the past, waves of immigrants spent 10 months traversing land and sea in a journey of staggering expense and significant dangers. While this isn’t universally true, particularly for the overland migrants that cross America’s southern border, the general point stands: coming to America today does not require the commitment it required in the past. Similarly, in the past, immigrants pretty much renounced their countries of origin. They made a one-way trip and they adopted the language and values of America. Today, retaining cultural unity with one’s country of origin is a few clicks on the internet, a cheap telephone call, an affordable airfare. Technology has greatly eroded the forces that used to impel immigrants to become Americans. Immigrants in the past arrived in an America that had a voracious need for unskilled workers. Today the American economy is relentlessly automating jobs that used to require unskilled labor, and the American population already has a surplus of unskilled workers. Immigrants today are arriving in a welfare state, where they are assured of food, shelter, and medical care that are, in general, orders of magnitude better than anything available to them in their native countries. This creates a completely different incentive to today’s immigrants. In past centuries, immigrants came to America to find freedom and to work. Today they are offered a smorgasbord of taxpayer-funded social services. Immigrant students today—especially in the coastal urban centers where most of them settle—enter a public education system that teaches them with a reverse-racist, anti-capitalist bias. They are taught in our public schools not to assimilate, but to “celebrate diversity”; not to earn opportunities through hard work, but through fighting discrimination. They are taught, often in their native language, that they have arrived in a nation dominated by racist and sexist white males, who exploit the world to amass evil profits.)
— Media Ignores Major Story About the Dossier—Again – Julie Kelly
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/03/22/media-ignores-major-story-about-the-dossier-again/

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Putting It All In Context: Trump vs. McCain. Israel, Illegals, AOC.
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/03/22/putting-it-all-context-trump-vs-mccain-israel-illegals-aoc/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Christian parents warned of coming curriculum in Illinois – Bob Kellogg
https://onenewsnow.com/education/2019/03/22/christian-parents-warned-of-coming-curriculum-in-ill

CAMPUS REFORM
— NYU study advocates providing government benefits to illegal aliens – Victoria Snitsar
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=12009

THE HILL
— Man arrested for allegedly throwing glass of water at Steve King – BROOKE SEIPEL
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/435404-man-arrested-for-allegedly-throwing-glass-of-water-at-steve-king

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-york-times-editorial-board-jacinda-ardern_n_5c95dfd6e4b01ebeef0f8b01

CBS NEWS
— Man arrested after allegedly throwing water on Rep. Steve King at restaurant – CAROLINE LINTON
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blake-gibbins-arrested-allegedly-threw-water-on-iowa-republican-congressman-steve-king-fort-dodge-iowa/

NEW YORK TIMES
— New Zealand Bans the Christchurch Suspect’s Manifesto – Damien Cave
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/world/asia/new-zealand-christchurch-shooter-manifesto.html
— Southern Poverty Law Center President Plans Exit Amid Turmoil – Alan Blinder
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/us/splc-richard-cohen-resigns.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-car owners promote anti-car owners. Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, the operatives, and their dupes have been anti-car. I have owned cars since 1964 when I was 16 years old.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/opinion/end-of-cars-uber-lyft.html
— Can We Get Better at Forgetting? – Benedict Carey (DIERSEN: Do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want you to forget the adverse actions that they took against you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes DO NOT want me to forget the adverse actions that they took against me. They want my memory of their actions to discourage me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. Actually, my memory of their actions encourages me to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/health/memory-forgetting-psychology.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Right Way to Choose a College What students do at college matters much more than where they go. The key is engagement, inside the classroom and out. – Denise Pope (DIERSEN: Why did you choose the college(s) that you did? Major reasons why I chose UIC in 1966 include my being able to afford it by living with my parents in Crete and working a part-time job. Major reasons why I chose NIU in 1969 include my being able to afford it by working a part-time job at the Park Forest Post Office. Major reasons why I chose Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992 include my being able to afford it by taking just one course at a time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-right-way-to-choose-a-college-11553266896
— Anemic growth, millennial malaise, you name it—blame a lack of inspiring bosses – Sam Walker (DIERSEN: What did your bosses inspire you to do? While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat bosses inspired me to leave so they could replace me with a Democrat, a minority, a woman, and/or someone who was younger than I was.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-economys-last-best-hope-superstar-middle-managers-11553313606
— Who’s the Tallest of Them All? It’s No Longer the Americans Despite having lower disposable income than U.S., Netherlands boasts tallest residents – Jo Craven McGinty
https://www.wsj.com/articles/whos-the-tallest-of-them-all-its-no-longer-the-americans-11553254201

FORTUNE
— Democratic Socialists of America Back Bernie Sanders For 2020 – ERIN CORBETT
http://fortune.com/2019/03/22/democratic-socialists-back-bernie-sanders-2020/

THINK ADVISOR
— Moshe Milevsky: Are You as ‘Old’ as You Think You Are? The professor tells ThinkAdvisor how clients’ retirement plans can account for biological, not just chronological, age. – Jane Wollman Rusoff
https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2019/03/22/moshe-milevsky-are-you-as-old-as-you-think-you-are/?slreturn=20190223074007

PITTSBURG POST GAZETTE
— The war on MAGA hats rages on Trump supporters keep getting beat up because of the caps they wear – DEROY MURDOC
https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2019/03/23/div-class-libPageBodyLinebreak-The-war-on-MAGA-hats-rages-on-br-div/stories/201903230006

ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump. White-haters promote hatred of Whites.
https://www.abqjournal.com/1295343/intolerant-rhetoric-marks-the-road-to-violence.html

ODESSA AMERICAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats argue that if America gave more aid to Central America, there would be fewer illegals.
https://www.oaoa.com/editorial/columns/guest_columns/article_b821402a-4cc0-11e9-a985-231336de509b.html

ALBANY TIMES UNION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Hate crimes increased 226% in places Trump held a campaign rally in 2016.”
https://www.timesunion.com/technology/businessinsider/article/DOWNRIGHT-SCARY-AND-DISTURBING-James-Clapper-11951749.php

NEW NOW NEXT
— Is New York City’s LGBTQ Center the Newest Safe Space for Queer Conservatives? The city’s beloved LGBTQ community center is embroiled in controversy. – Nico Lang
http://www.newnownext.com/lgbtq-center-controversy-allowing-gay-republican-event/03/2019/

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— Grad student workers in Chicago strike UIC, administration refuses to budge – MICHELLE ZACARIAS
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/grad-student-workers-in-chicago-strike-uic-administration-refuses-to-budge/

March 21 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Majority of Illinois House members sign on as co-sponsors of resolution to slow process of legalizing marijuana – Robert McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-illinois-marijuana-slow-down-resolution-20190321-story.html
— Fight over Illinois graduated-rate income tax plan moving to TV, social media – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-graduated-income-tax-ads-20190321-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Proposal would make state medical pot program permanent, add osteoarthritis, chronic pain, autism, migraines, other conditions – Robert McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-medical-marijuana-in-illinois-proposal-to-expand-and-make-permanent-20190321-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Some Illinois lawmakers want to let you bet on the NCAA Tournament by next year. Where you’d place bets is up for debate. – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-sports-betting-bill-20190320-story.html
— More April 2 showdowns: Rebellious taxpayers and the ‘Illinois Exodus’ – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-illinois-exodus-property-taxes-elections-hinsdale-20190319-story.html
— Tradition of dirty politics slithers into mayoral runoff contest, but we’ve come a long way since 1983 – David Greising
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-dirty-politics-chicago-flyers-lightfoot-greising-0322-20190321-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Anti-abortion group (Illinois Family Action) post comparing Nazis to Democrats deleted, then republished – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/abortion-nazis-democrats-illinois-family-institute-action-jews-legislature/
— Trump could have climbed into a tank but didn’t. He blamed Michael Dukakis – USA Today
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/trump-tank-michael-dukakis/
— Teaching ‘prevention’ would help America’s youth avoid HIV – Scott Phelps
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/hiv-prevention-cdc-conference-youth-abstinence/

DAILY HERALD
— State unemployment down, but above national average – Peter Hancock
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190321/state-unemployment-down-but-above-national-average
— New board takes over at Illinois tollway, tightens ethics rules – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190321/new-board-takes-over-at-illinois-tollway-tightens-ethics-rules
— Kane officials say ’embarrassing’ mistakes made in union contracts – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190321/kane-officials-say-embarrassing-mistakes-made-in-union-contracts

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Ad battle begins over graduated income tax Each side makes its case on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposal. Ads pit “fair tax” and dinging the rich against “Madigan plan” to zap middle-income folks. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/ad-battle-begins-over-graduated-income-tax

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: White-haters promote hatred of Whites.
https://chicagocrusader.com/terrorism-white-supremacy-and-the-politics-of-denial/

WSIL
— Illinois Republicans highly favor President Trump – Baylee Steelman
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/40175713/illinois-republicans-highly-favor-president-trump

WEEK
— Illinois Supreme Court rules residents can carry Tasers and stun guns
https://week.com/news/top-stories/2019/03/21/illinois-supreme-court-rules-residents-can-carry-tasers-and-stun-guns/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Minimum Wage Hike Not ‘Full Victory’ For Tipped Workers – DAISY CONTRERAS
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/minimum-wage-hike-not-full-victory-tipped-workers#stream/0

FOX ILLINOIS
— Chick-fil-A donated nearly $2 million to anti-LGBTQ groups in 2017, report states – Jerrod Kingery
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/chick-fil-a-donated-nearly-2-million-to-anti-lgbtq-groups-in-2017-report-states
— Older generation of politicians more appealing to young voters than the fresh crop – MARIANA BARILLAS
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/older-generation-of-politicians-more-appealing-than-the-fresh-crop-polling-shows

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Stormy Daniels expected to protest strip club surcharge fee Friday in Springfield – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/stormy-daniels-expected-to-protest-strip-club-surcharge-fee-friday/article_d48d6468-4bef-11e9-a099-d3eb61e91909.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Why Is Legalized Abortion Called a Holocaust? – Teri Paulson
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/03/why-is-legalized-abortion-called-a-holocaust/

CAPITOL FAX
— 1,500 rally for state separatism at Effingham rally
https://capitolfax.com/2019/03/21/1500-rally-for-state-separatism-at-effingham-rally/
— ILGOP responds *** Rate Think Big Illinois’ new TV ad
https://capitolfax.com/2019/03/21/rate-think-big-illinois-new-tv-ad/
— Measure advances to block immigrant detention facilities
https://capitolfax.com/2019/03/21/measure-advances-to-block-immigrant-detention-facilities/

FOX NEWS
— Trump signs executive order to promote free speech on college campuses – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-signs-executive-order-to-promote-free-speech-on-college-campuses
— Gillibrand’s Push for Illegals to Receive Social Security Is Step Toward ‘Abolishing Citizenship’ – Mark Steyn
https://insider.foxnews.com/2019/03/21/mark-steyn-kirsten-gillibrand-push-give-illegals-social-security-abolish-citizenship

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ICE releasing 1,000 illegal immigrant family members a day Border surge forces drop in ICE arrests as officers deployed to catch-and-release – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/21/ice-releasing-1000-illegal-immigrant-family-member/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Let Democrats talk long enough, and they’ll admit they oppose border security
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/let-democrats-talk-long-enough-and-theyll-admit-they-oppose-border-security
— Marijuana smuggling smoked under Trump, down 80 percent – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/marijuana-smuggling-smoked-under-trump-down-80

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP KEEPS CONDEMNING WHITE NATIONALISTS — SO WHY DOES THE MEDIA KEEP DENYING IT? – John Lott (DIERSEN: Trump-haters what to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/21/lott-trump-nationalists/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Administration Is Reverting to ‘Catch and Release.’ Congress Is to Blame. – James Carafano
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/03/21/trump-administration-is-reverting-to-catch-and-release-congress-is-to-blame/

GOPUSA
— Kasich fundraises, RINOs embarrassed by Trump’s remarks on John McCain
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=66820
— Steve Cohen, Dem lawmaker, says Electoral College was ‘conceived in sin’ to protect slavery
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=66781
— Bernie Sanders rebrands socialism – just call it ‘vibrant democracy’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=66823

BREITBART
— DHS to Release 1.8K Border Crossers, Illegal Aliens into U.S. over Weekend – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/21/report-dhs-to-release-1-8k-border-crossers-illegal-aliens-into-u-s-over-weekend/
— President Trump Takes an Important Step for Free Speech on Campus – Charlie Kirk
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/03/21/charlie-kirk-president-trump-takes-an-important-step-for-free-speech-on-campus/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— President Trump Hosts Student Activists, Signs Executive Order On Campus Free Speech – Tim Hains
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/03/21/watch_live_president_trump_to_sign_executive_order_on_campus_free_speech.html

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— It’s Illegal! How Is It Racist to Enforce Immigration Law?
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/03/21/its-illegal-how-is-it-racist-to-enforce-immigration-law/

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— The Loony Left Should Insure A Trump Win In 2020 – Jim Clayton
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/03/the-loony-left-should-insure-a-trump-win-in-2020/

CBN NEWS
— IL Democrats Following NY’s Footsteps with ‘Extreme’ Bill Allowing Late-Term Abortion – Christian Ellis
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2019/march/il-following-nys-footsteps-with-extreme-bills-to-kill-parental-consent-allow-late-term-abortion

POLITICO
— How Trump is on track for a 2020 landslide Economic models point to a Trump blowout in 2020. But a faltering economy or giant scandal could change everything. – BEN WHITE and STEVEN SHEPARD
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/21/trump-economy-election-1230495

THE HILL
— Progressive demands put new pressures on Democrats – MAX GREENWOOD AND MIKE LILLIS
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/435023-progressive-demands-put-new-pressures-on-democrats

UPI
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: White-haters promote hatred of Whites. America-haters promote hatred of America. White America-haters promote hatred of White Americans.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/Voices/2019/03/21/White-nationalism-born-in-the-USA-is-now-a-global-terror-threat/1401553176336/

NEW YORK POST
— Stop ignoring the brutal downside of legal pot – Betsy McCaughey
https://nypost.com/2019/03/19/stop-ignoring-the-brutal-downside-of-legal-pot/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump and the College Censors He nails the problem, but federal coercion isn’t the solution. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-and-the-college-censors-11553210454

ECONOMIST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: White-haters promote hatred of Whites.
https://www.economist.com/international/2019/03/23/why-white-nationalist-terrorism-is-a-global-threat

PACIFIC STANDARD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: White-haters promote hatred of Whites.
https://psmag.com/ideas/how-white-identity-shapes-american-politics

February 3 Evening Edition

WGN RADIO
— Politics with Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Guests include Adam Kinzinger and David McSweeney.)
https://wgnradio.com/2019/02/03/the-sunday-spin-politics-with-rick-pearson-full-show-2-3-2019/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pentagon sending another 3,750 troops to Southwest border – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pentagon-sending-another-3750-troops-mexico-border/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump ties racist photo in Virginia to abortion, election – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–trump-virginia-governor-20190203-story.html
— Virginia governor clings to office, ignoring calls to resign – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–governor-klan-blackface-20190203-story.html
— Racist yearbook photo becomes a test for 2020 Democrats – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–election-2020-virginia-governor-20190202-story.html
— Democratic contenders hoping to run on soaking the rich – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–election-2020-democrats-taxes-20190203-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-illinois-opioid-marijuana-law-20190130-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— UIC to pay nearly $700,000 to former CSU provost Angela Henderson wrongly accused of plagiarism – Maudlyne Ihejirika (DIERSEN: In 1974, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors constructively charged me with submitting fraudulent travel vouchers. I filed a grievance, my Democrat IRS superiors dragged out the grievance process, but I won in 1977. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have sued my Democrat IRS superiors.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/uic-plagiarism-lawsuit-chicago-state/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: After prison stint, George Papadopoulos joins pro-Trump pot startup – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/papadopoulos-pot-startup-trump-george-idrasil-russia-mueller/
— Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage faces deportation after ICE detainment – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/21-savage-illegal-immigration-britain-rapper-ice-deportation/

WLS AM
— Trump’s State of the Union aims for a unifying tone – AM
http://www.wlsam.com/2019/02/03/trumps-state-of-the-union-aims-for-a-unifying-tone/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Columnist Leonard Pitts fails to report the truth – LINDA GINGERICH, rural Arthur
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/letters-the-editor/2019-02-03/letter-the-editor-columnist-fails-report-the-truth.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— State sets sights on gun rights ‘Assault weapon’ ban, other gun bills working through General Assembly – Scott Cousins
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/State-sets-sights-on-gun-rights-13585585.php

CHEROKEE TRIBUNE LEDGER NEWS
— State Senator Tony McCombie pushes back as gun control measures gain traction in Springfield – Greg Bishop
https://www.tribuneledgernews.com/extra/news/state-senator-pushes-back-as-gun-control-measures-gain-traction/article_4ece6e23-9bfc-5f51-abc2-61f2a40c47a3.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— A growing record of insanity ‘They really have become the party of Karl Marx’ – ROBERT KNIGHT
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/3/a-growing-record-of-insanity/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Is America’s fate sealed? – Carol Brown
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/is_americas_fate_sealed.html
— Democrats’ policies are not moral, ethical or humane – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/democrats_policies_are_not_moral_ethical_or_humane_.html

TOWNHALL
— Behold the CNN Segment in Which They Discuss Wearing MAGA Hats at Length – Cortney O’Brien
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2019/02/03/behold-the-cnn-segment-in-which-they-discuss-wearing-maga-hats-at-length-n2540692

FOX NEWS
— Malkin: Fallout From Northam Yearbook Photo Showed Dems’ ‘Screwed-Up Priorities’
https://insider.foxnews.com/2019/02/03/michelle-malkin-fallout-ralph-northam-yearbook-photo-showed-democrats-screwed-priorities

BREITBART
— Hillary Clinton: Northam ‘Must Resign’ – Katherine Rodriguez
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/03/hillary-clinton-northam-must-resign/
— Roseanne Barr: Trump ‘Loves Jewish People’ – Deborah Danan
https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2019/02/03/exclusive-roseanne-barr-trump-loves-jewish-people/

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP: PELOSI ‘WANTS OPEN BORDERS’ AND ‘DOESN’T MIND HUMAN TRAFFICKING’ – Scott Morefield
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/03/trump-negotiating-nancy-pelosi/

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— A Border Wall is Not Enough – Rohan Kapur
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/02/a-border-wall-is-not-enough/

HOT AIR
— Abortion And Infanticide: The Spin Never Dies – RAMESH PONNURU
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/02/abortion-infanticide-spin-never-dies/

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says ‘We Have a President Who’s a Racist’ and Uses Northam Controversy to Accuse Trump of Racism.
https://ijr.com/sherrod-brown-uses-northam-controversy-to-accuse-trump-of-racism/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump: Nancy Pelosi Is “Playing Games,” Wants Open Borders, “Doesn’t Mind Human Trafficking” – Tim Hains
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/02/03/trump_nancy_pelosi_wants_open_borders_doesnt_mind_human_trafficking.html
— Trump: President Can’t Always Trust Intelligence Agencies – Tim Hains (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, it was extremely difficult for me to trust any of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates because I knew that they were all under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to get rid of those who shared my demographics – Republican, White, male, and non-veteran – who had not 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.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/02/03/trump_i_dont_always_have_to_agree_with_intelligence_agencies.html

THE HILL
— Taxing the rich becomes hot topic of debate for 2020 hopefuls – NAOMI JAGODA (DIERSEN: Who wants you to pay more taxes? Those who want me to pay more taxes a) hate past, present, and future IRS employees, b) hate draft avoiders, c) hate those who gave up trying to children, who did not adopt, and/or who did not become foster parents, d) hate those who are not a member of a church, who do not attend church services, and/or who do not give money to a church, e) hate those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, f) hate those like me who have sued them, and/or g) hate those who have more money than they have.)
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/428141-taxing-the-rich-becomes-hot-topic-of-debate-for-2020-hopefuls
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Intelligence briefers warn of ‘willful ignorance’ on Trump’s part.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/428258-intelligence-briefers-warn-on-willful-ignorance-on-trumps-part

CNN
— Analysis: The most shocking part of the racist yearbook photo is what critics leave out: Some of the biggest champions for black people in America’s past have been white politicians who were racists. – John Blake
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/03/us/racist-photo-northam-blake-analysis/index.html

YAHOO SPORTS
— President Trump just sounded the alarm the NFL fears most – Dan Wetzel
https://sports.yahoo.com/president-trump-just-sound-alarm-nfl-fears-183218956.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Northam controversy threatens to complicate Democrats’ bid to draw sharp contrast with Trump, GOP on race – Sean Sullivan and Chelsea Janes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/northam-controversy-threatens-to-complicate-democrats-bid-to-draw-sharp-contrast-with-trump-gop-on-race/2019/02/03/58b75b6e-27c8-11e9-8eef-0d74f4bf0295_story.html
— Why 2020 Democrats rushed to condemn Ralph Northam – Felicia Sonmez
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/paloma/the-trailer/2019/02/03/the-trailer-why-2020-democrats-rushed-to-condemn-ralph-northam/5c5739601b326b66eb098600/
— Pressure mounts for Northam to resign as allies press him on national TV – Jenna Portnoy (DIERSEN: Who are/were your allies? Tragically for me and for my allies, my critics/opponents have had great success in destroying my allies. I want to take this opportunity to again thank my allies who did what they could to stop my critics/opponents from ending a) my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, b) my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, c) my Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, d) my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, e) my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, f) my GAO employment in 1997, g) etc. I want to especially thank my allies a) who voted against ICRC censuring me in 2006 and b) who voted for me to be MTRCC’s Treasurer in 2004.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/pressure-mounts-for-northam-to-resign-as-allies-press-him-on-national-tv/2019/02/03/572f4538-27c1-11e9-b2fc-721718903bfc_story.html
— A tip from a ‘concerned citizen’ helps a reporter land the scoop of a lifetime about Northam – Paul Farhi
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-tip-from-a-concerned-citizen-helps-a-reporter-land-the-scoop-of-a-lifetime/2019/02/03/e30762ea-2765-11e9-ad53-824486280311_story.html

YAKIMA HERALD
— Wall is cheap compared to cost of dealing with ‘illegals’ – Paul Dimon, Yakima
https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/wall-is-cheap-compared-to-cost-of-dealing-with-illegals/article_ec97fa1a-25b0-11e9-a488-332727d325f6.html

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “TRUMP’S SHOW BUSINESS POLITICS DEMOLISHED AMERICAN CREDIBILITY ABROAD. HE MUST BE RESTRAINED.”
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-foreign-affairs-america-credibility-show-business-ratings-1316173

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater promotes a Republican-hater who says “REPUBLICANS HAVE NO MORALS AT ALL AND TRUMP IS MUCH WORSE THAN NORTHAM.”
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-no-morals-trump-worse-northam-1316223

February 3 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Research shows risks of pot use – Nancy Thorner, Lake Bluff
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190201/research-shows-risks-of-pot-use

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Promoting black pride isn’t anti-white – John Fountain (DIERSEN: Under the Democrats, promoting White pride is viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being racist and even worse things; but promoting Black pride is OK, promoting Hispanic pride is OK, and promoting Asian pride is OK. Under the Democrats, promoting male pride is viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being sexist and even worse things, but promoting female pride is OK. Under the Democrats, promoting Republican pride is viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned, but promoting Democrat pride is glorified and praised.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/buying-black-racism-john-fountain-chicago/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Davis looks forward to second Trump term – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190202/bernard-schoenburg-davis-looks-forward-to-second-trump-term
— Meet Springfield’s first Homeless Outreach Team officer – Crystal Thomas (DIERSEN: Legalizing pot will dramatically increase homelessness.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190202/meet-springfields-first-homeless-outreach-team-officer

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Commit now to drawing fair legislative maps – Editorial
https://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20190202/editorial-commit-now-to-drawing-fair-legislative-maps

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Lobbyist Changes Considered – Cole Lauterbach
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=278868#.XFbHklxKiM8

WSIL TV
— Schimpf talks gun laws and minimum wage – Emily Manley
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39897153/schimpf-talks-gun-laws-and-minimum-wage

FOX NEWS ILLINOIS
— Trump says he wouldn’t steer son Barron toward playing football – AP (DIERSEN: Did your father steer you toward football? Mine did not. He had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease) when he was in high school, and so did I. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20 and I had partial red/green color blindness.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/donald-trump-wouldnt-son-barron-playing-football
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump says he wouldn’t steer son Barron toward football, saying it’s “a dangerous sport,” but also wouldn’t stand in the way if the soccer-playing 12-year-old wanted to put on pads. The NFL fan tells CBS’ “Face the Nation” in an interview taped before the Super Bowl that football is “really tough.” He says equipment, including helmets, has improved “but it hasn’t solved the problem.” Trump thinks the NFL “is a great product.” But as for Barron playing, the president calls it a “very tough question.”)

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats Tap Leader Of ‘Resistance’ To Trump For Spanish State Of The Union Response – SCOTT SHAFER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with Mexico and with other foreign countries against America.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/democrats-tap-leader-resistance-trump-spanish-state-union-response#stream/0
— Va. Gov. Ralph Northam Defies Calls To Resign, Doesn’t Recall Being In Racist Photo – SARAH MCCAMMON & SHANNON VAN SANT
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/va-governor-says-he-wont-resign-over-racist-photo#stream/0

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— Public candidate forums will address local issues prior to 2019 consolidated election
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2019/02/02/organizations-plan-public-forums-to-address-local-issues-prior-to-consolidated-election/95907

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Algonquin Township Road District – Anna May Miller -political work….from work – KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/02/algonquin-township-road-district-anna-may-miller-political-work-from-work/
— DuPage Township Supervisor resigned; who signs checks? – JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/02/dupage-township-supervisor-resigned-who-signs-checks/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Embracing Infanticide
https://illinoisfamily.org/uncategorized/embracing-infanticide/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bill Maher’s fried-chicken joke to black GOP congressman sparks controversy – Andrew Blake
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/2/bill-maher-accused-racism-over-fried-chicken-remar/

FOX NEWS
— Walls work. Democrats know this but they want Trump to fail – Deroy Murdock
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/deroy-murdock-walls-work-democrats-know-this-but-they-want-trump-to-fail
— Bill Bennett: Democrats have made a sharp left turn – Here’s what’s behind it – William J. Bennett
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/bill-bennett-democrats-have-made-a-sharp-left-turn-heres-whats-behind-it

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— TRUMP SHOULD INVITE THE WOMAN SEXUALLY HARASSED BY A KAMALA HARRIS AIDE TO THE STATE OF THE UNION – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/272760/trump-should-invite-woman-sexually-harassed-kamala-daniel-greenfield

WORLD NET DAILY
— AMERICANS WARNED ‘IT’S GOING TO BE A ROUGH RIDE’ Charlie Daniels: Democrats showing ‘lust for power, control over the lives of others’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/02/americans-warned-its-going-to-be-a-rough-ride/

TOWNHALL
— Mr. President, Just Do It! – Bruce Bialosky
https://townhall.com/columnists/brucebialosky/2019/02/03/mr-president-just-do-it-n2540661

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Christian University Blocks Ben Shapiro from Speaking on Campus To Avoid ‘Divisive Atmosphere – Savannah Pointer (DIERSEN: Obviously, my critics/opponents disapproved of those who I recruited speak at TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois events 2005-2012 while I was its chairman.)
https://www.westernjournal.com/christian-university-blocks-ben-shapiro/

BLAZE
— Federal investigation breaks up massive operation that brought foreign nationals into US to give birth Clients paid tens thousands of dollars so babies could get birthright citizenship – Teri Webster
https://www.theblaze.com/news/federal-investigators-crackdown-birth-tourism

BREITBART
— Illinois Democrats Push ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban, Firearm Registration – Awr Hawkins
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/02/illinois-democrats-push-assault-weapons-ban-firearm-registration/
— Jeb Bush Praises Donald Trump’s Boost for H-1B Outsourcing Program – Neil Munro (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers want to hire citizens of foreign countries rather than citizens of America because citizens of foreign countries are much easier to exploit.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/02/jeb-bush-praises-donald-trumps-boost-for-h-1b-outsourcing-program/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “New H-1B rules would result in up to 5,340 more immigrants with a master’s degree or higher getting selected for a visa,” Jeb Bush tweeted February 1. “A good change in policy.” Bush’s endorsement is a problem for Trump, who ran against Bush’s pro-Wall Street policies. In the 2016 campaign, Bush promised to jump-start economic growth for investors by accelerating the inflow of foreign consumers and workers. In contrast, Trump promised to help voters by reforming the immigration system and visa worker programs. On his Inauguration Day, Trump announced his policy of “Hire American.” The “Hire American” policy has successfully pushed down the arrival of migrants and refugees and is forcing employers to hire and pay Americans at higher rates than ever before. In 2018, for example, wages rose by 3 percent, putting Trump on track to raise wages by a huge 10 percent during his first term. The policy is also helping his electoral base — wages for several categories of blue-collar workers rose quickly while wages in the critical Minneapolis region rose by 5.2 percent. But Trump’s “Hire American” policy has not helped the many professional, college-educated Americans who are losing jobs and careers to a flood of government-subsidized visa workers imported from Indian and Chinese colleges. In November 2018, many of GOP-leaning American college voters backed Democratic candidates instead of Trump’s GOP allies. The foreign visa workers arrive via numerous visa programs, including the H-1B, OPT, CPT, L-1, TN, E-3, J-1, H4EAD, and O-1 programs. The huge annual inflow keeps an army of roughly 1.5 million visa-workers in U.S.-based jobs. Most of the visa workers will work long hours for low wages because they hope to get hugely valuable green cards for themselves — and their extended family — from the federal government. This flood of foreign labor aids investors by lowering salaries for Americans graduates, many of whom need decent salaries to pay down their college debts, to buy homes, and to get their own children to get into college.)

CNS NEWS
— When Democracy Fails to Deliver – Patrick J. Buchanan
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/patrick-j-buchanan/when-democracy-fails-deliver

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Trust Your Advocate and Not Your Accuser – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: My accusers have had great success in destroying my advocates. I should write a book about my accusers. They have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2019/02/02/trust-your-advocate-and-not-your-accuser-part-1/
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2019/02/03/trust-your-advocate-and-not-your-accuser-part-2/

ABC NEWS
— Despite focus on Washington, data shows how shutdown hurt federal workers nationwide Data shows Alaska, Wyoming, New Mexico and California were all hard hit. – Annika Merrilees and Cheyenne Haslett
https://abcnews.go.com/beta-story-container/Politics/focus-washington-data-shows-shutdown-hurt-federal-workers/story?id=60733011

INDIANAPOLIS STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans make it clear that they are anti-American. Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites make it clear that they are anti-White. Ever-increasingly, anti-men make it clear that they are anti-men.
https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/2019/02/03/esther-cepeda-citizenship-inquiries-could-cost-u-s-census/2745198002/

TRIB LIVE
— Costs of Trump’s ‘cave’ on wall – CAL THOMAS
https://triblive.com/opinion/featuredcommentary/14573738-74/cal-thomas-costs-of-trumps-cave-on-wall

KLEW TV
— Whitman County GOP ejects far right activist James Allsup
https://klewtv.com/news/local/whitman-county-gop-ejects-far-right-activist-james-allsup

WHYY
— Members of Congress are inviting federal workers who went without pay for 35 days and are worried about a repeat. – AP (DIERSEN: Have you been adversely affected financially by the Democrats who run the federal government? I have been adversely affected financially by them big time, but none of my Republican U.S. Senators or Republican U.S. Representatives ever invited me to be their guest at a State of the Union address.)
https://whyy.org/articles/women-will-surround-trump-at-state-of-the-union-address-tuesday/

ARMY TIMES
— After a rough 2018, Army recruiting is trying to turn around both its strategies and its notorious culture – Meghann Myers (DIERSEN: I should write books about the culture of a) Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party since 1999, b) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012, c) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee 2003-2011, c) Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007, d) American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter 2001-2004, e) GAO 1980-1997, f) IRS 1971-1980, g) Firestone Stores 1970-1972, h) Post Office 1966-1969, i) etc.)
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2019/01/29/after-a-rough-2018-army-recruiting-is-trying-to-turn-around-both-its-strategies-and-its-notorious-culture/

LOYOLA MAROON
— How well does ‘snowflake’ rhetoric hold up under logical scrutiny? – Jc Canicosa
https://www.loyolamaroon.com/10021157/showcase/opinion-how-well-does-snowflake-rhetoric-hold-up-under-logical-scrutiny/

STANFORD REVIEW
— Failed and Racist: Why Stanford Should Ditch Affirmative Action – Annika Nordquist and Jose Antonio Avalos (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://stanfordreview.org/failed-and-racist-why-stanford-should-ditch-of-affirmative-action/

DAILY BEAST
— Trump Blames Northam’s GOP Opponent, Ed Gillespie, for Not Finding Racist Photo
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-blames-northams-gop-opponent-ed-gillespie-for-not-finding-racist-photo

SUNDAY TIMES
— What happened when I wore a ‘Maga’ cap in Donald Trump’s home city The ‘Make America great again’ hat has become the most divisive clothing in America. So what happens when you wear one in liberal New York? – Laura Pullman
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/my-trump-cap-triggers-scowls-growls-and-spit-in-his-home-city-jdc6tjdf8

January 22 Evening Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote an “actress and activist” who calls red ‘Make America Great Again’ hat ‘the new white hood.’
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/alyssa-milano-maga-hat-is-the-new-white-hood/5101169/

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS: Pritzker signs an executive order to promote abortion.
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/pritzker-signs-executive-order-on-womens-reproductive-rights/5101234/

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To promote mass/illegal immigration, anti-Trumps glorify and praise federal employees who they had previously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being lazy, stupid, and grossly overpaid.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/01/22/illinois-family-autistic-son-government-shutdown-hardship/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— OUTSTANDING: Groups urge Illinois lawmakers not to legalize recreational marijuana – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/groups-urge-illinois-lawmakers-not-to-legalize-recreational-marijuana
— Ocasio-Cortez defends call for 70 percent tax on rich: At what point are we ‘living in excess?’ – Joseph A. Wulfsohn (DIERSEN: Do/did you live in excess? I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who since 1966 have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I live in excess. Compared to me, they spend far more time and money on immediate pleasures including pets, booze, fancy restaurant meals, fancy clothes, entertainment, vacations, etc. Compared to me, they spent far less time and money on education, real estate, cars, etc.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-defends-call-for-70-percent-tax-on-rich-at-what-point-are-we-living-in-excess-
— Trump moving ahead to deliver State of the Union speech next week – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-moving-ahead-to-deliver-state-of-the-union-speech-next-week

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker vows ‘most progressive state’ on abortion — GOP sees ‘left wing’ agenda – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pritzker-progressive-abortion-roe-v-wade-hb40-gop-left-wing/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The move prompted one Republican legislator to accuse Pritzker of running a “highly-politicized and left wing administration.” . . . Rauner’s decision to sign the bill angered the state’s conservatives and spawned a primary challenger in former state Rep. Jeanne Ives, who lost by just 4 percentage points. . .State Rep. David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, has always opposed HB40. McSweeney said Pritzker has “rubbed HB40 in the face of conservatives by saying he’s actually going to expand it even more.” “My concern is he claims he wants to be bipartisan but he takes on highly inflammatory issues like taxpayer funding of abortions and expansion … and also the implied threat to opposition of the progressive tax,” McSweeney said. “I don’t see much bipartisanship. It looks like a highly politicized and left-wing administration to me.”)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being Nazis and b) paint illegals as being Jews.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/arthur-jones-border-wall-congress-nazi-trump-immigration/
— Alyssa Milano slammed for ‘MAGA hat is the new white hood’ tweet – USA TODAY
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/alyssa-milano-tweets-maga-hat-is-new-white-hood-of-klan/
— When liberals can’t bring themselves to denounce the likes of Farrakhan – Phil Kadner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/tamika-mallory-louis-farrakhan-womens-march/
— Fate uncertain for Trump’s ‘End The Shutdown and Secure The Border Act’ – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fate-uncertain-for-trumps-end-the-shutdown-and-secure-the-border-act/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— MAGA-hatted teens, a Native American and the peril of instant judgment – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-video-teen-native-american-racist-covington-20190121-story.html
— Chicago has a mental health crisis. Reopening 6 clinics isn’t enough. – Alexa James
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mental-health-clinics-reopen-crisis-city-council-0123-20190122-story.html
— As government shutdown enters 5th week, museums, zoos, businesses offer deals for workers – Elvia Malagon (DIERSEN: To promote mass/illegal immigration, “museums, zoos, businesses” glorify and praise federal employees who they had previously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being lazy, stupid, and grossly overpaid.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-government-shutdown-chicago-free-admissions-20190122-story.html
— Members of Chicago’s trans community have ‘complicated’ reactions to Supreme Court’s revival of military ban – KT Hawbaker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-trans-military-ban-chicago-activists-20190122-story.html
— Senate set to vote on competing plans to end shutdown, but both expected to fail – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-shutdown-senate-20190122-story.html

DAILY HERALD
–DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190122/trump-may-prove-not-to-be-benefactor-to-pro-life-movement-he-seems
— DuPage to provide mental health training to teachers, students – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190122/dupage-to-provide-mental-health-training-to-teachers-students

HERALD NEWS
— DuPage Township supervisor William Mayer resigns – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.theherald-news.com/2019/01/22/dupage-township-supervisor-resigns/aemsjwn/

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Local firearm rights advocates face new state laws – ROB STROUD & RYAN VOYLES
https://jg-tc.com/news/local/local-firearm-rights-advocates-face-new-state-laws/article_d7c1d3ed-c981-5c15-bc34-b9af87634cff.html

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Rauner administration reduced number of state patronage jobs – AP (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/illinois/rauner-administration-reduced-number-of-state-patronage-jobs/article_3098398c-1e4f-11e9-883c-a7c79bd80b59.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote an “actress and activist” who calls red ‘Make America Great Again’ hat ‘the new white hood.’
https://foxillinois.com/news/entertainment/alyssa-milano-calls-red-make-america-great-again-hat-the-new-white-hood
— Despite Pelosi request to delay, Trump moves ahead with SOTU – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-moving-ahead-with-state-of-the-union-speech-next-week

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— Meet & Greet the Candidates in the 2019 Consolidated Election
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2019/01/22/meet-greet-the-candidates-in-the-2019-consolidated-election/95536

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Nybo adds lobbying arm to his law firm – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511726493-nybo-adds-lobbying-arm-to-his-law-firm

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois GOP pushes Pritzker to support change to legislative mapmaking – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-gop-pushes-pritzker-to-support-change-to-legislative-mapmaking/article_5ea3eeee-1e8f-11e9-aae5-27c1acfaed83.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pritzker vows to make Illinois most progressive state for abortion rights – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/pritzker-vows-to-make-illinois-most-progressive-state-for-abortion/article_06654662-1e6f-11e9-b587-5f7fd1a8d83f.html
— With private money, pay for Pritzker top aides eclipses other states – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/with-private-money-pay-for-pritzker-top-aides-eclipses-other/article_0c9fcf64-1e80-11e9-8bb1-5bd52d0b9053.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Stava-Murray says home town has “white supremacist policies” (DIERSEN: 92 comments as of 5:14 PM)
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/22/stava-murray-says-home-town-has-white-supremacist-policies/
— HGOPs unveil independent map commission proposal
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/22/hgops-unveil-independent-map-commission-proposal/
— The high cost of Rauner’s failed war with AFSCME
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/22/the-high-cost-of-rauners-failed-war-with-afscme/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/22/pritzker-and-raoul-could-take-one-simple-step-to-expand-medical-marijuana/

DAILY CALLER
— HERE’S HOW THE WHITE HOUSE IS TRYING TO STOP FUTURE CARAVANS – Saagar Enjeti
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/22/trump-white-house-plan-stop-migrant-caravans-illegal-immigration/

GOPUSA
— To Win in 2020, Trump Must Build the Wall
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63757
— Biden: Trump brought ‘folks out from under the rocks,’ ‘legitimized’ hate
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63849
— Lady Gaga defines Christianity as — Not Mike Pence
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63831
— House Democrat called for banning MAGA hats for teens; now claims it was a joke
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63818
— Supreme court lets military implement transgender restrictions
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63860

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The New York Times Attacks Us Deplorables, I Fight Back: Part 1 of 3 – Richard A Viguerie
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/29530

HOT AIR
— Are You Ready For The *Democratic* Mega-Billionaire Populists Of 2020? – ED MORRISSEY
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/01/21/ready-democratic-mega-billionaire-populists-2020/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Culture War Over Our Fiscal Crisis Underlying our political battles is another division: those who risk losing public money and those who must pay for it. – LEWIS M. ANDREWS
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-culture-war-over-our-fiscal-crisis/

THE HILL
— Supreme Court allows transgender military ban to be enforced – LYDIA WHEELER
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/426377-supreme-court-allows-transgender-military-ban-to-be-enforced
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Odds of border agents being corrupted grow as shutdown continues.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/426388-odds-of-corrupted-border-agents-grow-as-shutdown-continues

HUFFINGTON POST
— Passenger Confronts GOP Congressman Rodney Davis Over Flying First Class During Shutdown “Do you think it’s appropriate?” he asked the lawmaker. “Taking that as a yes.” – Akbar Shahid Ahmed
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rodney-davis-flying-first-class-ggovernment-shutdown_us_5c477fe1e4b083c46d634be8
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With President Donald Trump and the GOP prolonging the partial government shutdown, a Republican lawmaker had an uncomfortable run-in Tuesday when a fellow airplane passenger found him flying first class from Chicago to Washington, D.C., according to a video of the encounter shared with HuffPost. “Congressman, do you think it’s appropriate to fly first class while 57 TSA agents aren’t being paid?” the person says to Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), in an apparent reference to the Transportation Security Administration’s 57,000 employees, who are being required to work without pay. A tipster who asked to remain anonymous shared the video with HuffPost, which hasn’t been able to identify the person who approached Davis. Davis remained silent, prompting the person to say, “Taking that as a yes.” “Taxpayers paid for this flight? Fair enough,” he added. Members of Congress can have the government pay for regular flights to and from their home jurisdictions, as maintaining constituency contact is part of their job. Unlike the paychecks of TSA workers, as well as those of hundreds of thousands of other federal government workers affected by the shutdown, those paid flights do not go away during a government shutdown. Davis did not use his taxpayer-provided budget to purchase a first-class ticket and has never done so, his spokeswoman Ashley Phelps told HuffPost in an email. His office bought a regular coach ticket, but he was upgraded automatically because of his frequent flyer status, she added. “There was no additional cost to taxpayers.” Accepting the upgrade is not a violation of anti-corruption rules because it’s something available to any person who accrues a certain number of miles and wasn’t offered exclusively to Davis because of his position as an elected representative, an ethics officer in the House, who asked to speak on background since the episode is not under any official investigation, told HuffPost. All the same, for someone with power over people’s paychecks to enjoy a luxe experience amid mass economic disruption makes for a jarring sight. A photograph of Davis in the first class section of the plane made it into Politico’s Playbook PM newsletter on Tuesday. Most of the GOP has stood with President Donald Trump during the shutdown, arguing that he’s right to reject deals to reopen the government until he gets the funding he wants for his promised wall on the border with Mexico. Davis has frequently supported the party on the issue, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, and praised Trump’s approach. But the congressman recently sided with Democrats on bills to reopen some agencies ― a nod, perhaps, to his political vulnerability, given his tight re-election in the 2018 midterms.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— Senate Leaders Reach Deal That Offers Possible Path to Reopen Government – Sheryl Gay Stolberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/us/politics/government-shutdown-senate.html
— Supreme Court Revives Transgender Ban for Military Service – Adam Liptak
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/us/politics/transgender-ban-military-supreme-court.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration asks Supreme Court to quickly take up census citizenship question – Robert Barnes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-quickly-take-up-census-citizenship-question/2019/01/22/93734014-1e73-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html
— DACA program that protects young undocumented immigrants not likely to get Supreme Court review this term – Robert Barnes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/daca-program-that-protects-young-undocumented-immigrants-not-likely-to-get-supreme-court-review-this-term/2019/01/22/dd3ac11a-1db3-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html
— Supreme Court allows Trump restrictions on transgender troops in military to go into effect as legal battle continues – Robert Barnes and Dan Lamothe
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-allows-trump-restrictions-on-transgender-troops-in-military-to-go-into-effect-as-legal-battle-continues/2019/01/22/e68a7284-1763-11e9-88fe-f9f77a3bcb6c_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say: Trump shut down the government over his wall. It’s jeopardizing his other priorities.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/22/trump-shut-down-government-over-his-wall-its-jeopardizing-his-other-priorities/

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To promote mass/illegal immigration, “Banks, phone companies, nonprofits” glorify and praise federal employees who they had previously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being lazy, stupid, and grossly overpaid.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/01/22/government-shutdown-2019-creditors-roll-out-help-federal-workers/2642924002/