September 24 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Bears lock arms, Steelers remain inside for national anthem amid President Trump’s comments – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/sports/bears-players-lock-arms-during-national-anthem/2449051/
— Mismanaged money, jeopardized living conditions for Chicago seniors
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/weekend-watch-mismanaged-money-jeopardized-living-conditions-for-chicago-seniors/2443451/

 

NBC5
— Bears Lock Arms, Steelers Stay in Locker Room for National Anthem – Shelby Bremer
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/grizzly-detail/national-anthem-protest-steelers-bears-447405503.html

 

CBS2
— Sign At Former Vietnamese Restaurant Spark Wheaton Protest  (DIERSEN: According to this article, dozens are fighting back to sternly show that “Wheaton welcomes all.”  I should write a book about those in Wheaton and Glen Ellyn who do not welcome those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/09/24/sign-at-former-vietnamese-restaurant-spark-wheaton-protest/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Chicago Bears link arms, Pittsburgh Steelers stay in locker room during national anthem
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/chicago-bears-link-arms-pittsburgh-steelers-stay-in-locker-room-during-national-anthem

 

WGN RADIO
— Politics with Rick Pearson Full Show 9/24/17 – JASMINE COOPER
http://wgnradio.com/2017/09/24/the-sunday-spin-poltiics-with-rick-pearson-full-show-92417/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bears issue statement on President Trump’s comments; Steelers remain in locker room during anthem – Dan Wiederer
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/ct-bears-steelers-trump-national-anthem-20170924-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote disrespect of America.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-football-trump-nfl-protest-20170924-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/ct-nfl-protests-colin-kaepernick-ryan-spt-0925-20170924-column.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/ct-nfl-national-anthem-kneeling-20170924-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner plays it safe on likely doomed GOP Senate Obamacare bill – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-rauner-plays-it-safe-on-likely-doomed-gop-senate-obamacare-bill/
— Bannon to conservatives: Fear ‘corrupt’ GOP establishment – AP  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “Republicans” in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have had the most success in destroying the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc. These destroyers a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the IRP platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the MTRCC resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid and/or are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/bannon-to-conservatives-fear-corrupt-gop-establishment/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former White House strategist Steve Bannon told conservatives Sunday at a rally that they needn’t worry about Democrats but instead should focus on the “corrupt and incompetent Republican establishment.” Bannon spoke to about 400 people at a St. Louis hotel during the rally hosted by Phyllis Schlafly Eagles, a spinoff of the conservative think tank Eagle Forum that Schlafly founded and led until her death last year at age 92. The rally came at a tense time in St. Louis, where nearly 200 people have been arrested in protest since Sept. 15, when a judge acquitted a white former police officer in the fatal shooting of a black suspect. A small group of protesters stood outside the hotel with signs, including large letters that spelled out “Racist.”)
— Lisa Madigan’s bailing out may have had more to do with father – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/sneed-lisa-madigans-bailing-out-may-have-had-more-to-do-with-father/
— Steelers stay in locker room for anthem; Bears link arms – Patrick Finley
http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/steelers-will-stay-in-locker-room-for-anthem-bears-release-statement/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries side with the protestors?  ANSWER: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/steinberg-if-youre-allowed-to-stand-youre-allowed-to-kneel/
— Northbrook pols, businesses out of step on minimum wage – Dan Mihalopoulos
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mihalopoulos-northbrook-pols-businesses-out-of-step-on-minimum-wage/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote disrespect of America.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mitchell-trumps-meddling-may-spark-more-athletes-to-protest/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Candidates scramble in unexpected open attorney general race – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170924/candidates-scramble-in-unexpected-open-attorney-general-race
— Steelers stay in locker room for anthem before Bears game – Bob LeGere
http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20170924/steelers-stay-in-locker-room-for-anthem-before-bears-game
— Why it’s so hard for Americans to save for retirement – Jonnelle Marte (DIERSEN: How much have you saved for your retirement? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I could and did save more for my retirement a) because I avoided the draft, b) because the federal government grossly overpaid me, c) because of my wife’s income, d) because we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, and e) because I do not give lots of money to churches like they do.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170924/why-its-so-hard-for-americans-to-save-for-retirement

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Why Illinois Republicans are rooting for Wisconsin Democrats – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-09-24/jim-dey-why-illinois-republicans-are-rooting-wisconsin-democrats.html
— Capital plan in the works? – Rich Miller
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2017-09-24/rich-millercapitol-fax-capital-plan-the-works.html

 

TIMES
— Madigan reigns and remains — why? – Austin Berg
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/editorial/statewise-madigan-reigns-and-remains-why/article_68110100-351f-56d9-bd04-b217a4a03f89.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Pro-Trump media goes on offense for President in NFL controversy  Some ‘creative’ responses to critics – OLIVER DARCY
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/protrump-media-goes-on-offense-for-president-in-nfl-controversy/817580999
— Trump on protests: ‘Standing with locked arms is good, kneeling is not acceptable’  President tweets on NFL controversy again – CAROLINE KENNY
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-on-protests-standing-with-locked-arms-is-good-kneeling-is-not-acceptable/817616866

 

WQAD
— Governor’s ride to Springfield raises money for Honor Flight – RYAN JENKINS
http://wqad.com/2017/09/24/governors-ride-to-springfield-raises-money-for-honor-flight/

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Bannon tells St. Louis crowd that taking down ‘liberal’ GOP establishment is first goal – Kevin McDermott
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/bannon-tells-st-louis-crowd-that-taking-down-liberal-gop/article_cba07c56-f126-59ea-ad78-38fa005375d1.html
    (FROM THE ARTICLE: Steve Bannon, the alt-right internet provocateur and former adviser to President Donald Trump, on Sunday told a cheering St. Louis-area crowd of several hundred conservative activists that the Republican establishment needs to be vanquished even before the Democrats. “The Democrats . . . we’ll get to them, and we’ll beat them like we beat Hillary Clinton,” Bannon said in a brief but fiery speech at an event at the St. Louis Airport Marriott. “But the first thing we have to get through is a corrupt and incompetent Republican establishment.”)

 

BREITBART
— Tea Party Patriots ‘Keep Your Promises’ Rally Calls for Republican Majority to Act – MICHELLE MOONS  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “Republican” elected officials in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton and how they failed/refused to defend/advance the Illinois Republican Party platform. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can/will defend/advance their party’s platform.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/24/tea-party-patriots-keep-promises-rally-calls-republican-majority-act/

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump Tweet, NFL Response Escalate Drama of Sunday Games
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/FBN-Trump-NFL-Owners/2017/09/24/id/815388/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Ravens And Jaguars Kneel For US Anthem In London – Amber Athey
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/24/ravens-and-jaguars-kneel-for-u-s-anthem-in-london-video/

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Pittsburgh Steelers Stayed in the Locker Room While the National Anthem Played. – VIRGINIA KRUTA
http://ijr.com/the-declaration/2017/09/982057-pittsburgh-steelers-stayed-locker-room-national-anthem-played-except/

 

POLITICO
— NFL player protests increase after Trump’s attacks  More players kneel, lock arms or even stay in the locker room. – DAVID COHEN
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/24/trump-attacks-nfl-again-243062

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Pittsburgh Steelers Stay Off Field During Anthem, Crowd Boos Them When They Return  One player broke with the team and stood on the sidelines. – Daniel Marans
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pittsburgh-steelers-booed-national-anthem_us_59c7e68ee4b0cdc77331ed41

 

CBS NEWS
— NFL players kneel, raise fists, lock arms during national anthem – JUSTIN CARISSIMO
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nfl-players-protest-national-anthem-donald-trump-latest/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote disrespect of America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/24/sports/trump-national-anthem-nfl.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— OUTSTANDING: Richard Petty among NASCAR owners saying anthem protests will get employees fired – Des Bieler
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/09/24/richard-petty-among-nascar-owners-saying-anthem-protests-will-get-employees-fired/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote disrespect of America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/09/24/these-nfl-owners-gave-trump-millions-but-when-he-attacked-their-sport-they-hit-back/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote disrespect of America.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-nfl-week-3-live-updates-20170924-htmlstory.html

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote disrespect of America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/columnist/bell/2017/09/24/protest-unity-president-trump/698520001/

 

FED SMITH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who argue that federal employees are overpaid would never seek a federal job a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/09/24/80-differential-federal-private-sector-compensation/

 

INDEPENDENT
— Take a knee: Dozens of NFL players stage biggest protest yet in response to Donald Trump comments  The President has engaged in a weekend-long rant about players who take a knee during the American national anthem – Samuel Osborne and Alexandra Wilts
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/take-a-knee-donald-trump-nfl-baltimore-ravens-jacksonville-jaguars-national-anthem-wembley-stadium-a7964611.html

 

DIGITAL MUSIC NEWS
— Former Congressman Joe Walsh Calls Stevie Wonder ‘Another Ungrateful Black Multi-Millionaire’ – Paul Resnikoff
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/09/24/stevie-wonder-kneel-trump-racist/

September 19 Evening Edition

ABC7
— AG candidates begin to join race to replace Lisa Madigan – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/ag-candidates-begin-to-join-race-to-replace-lisa-madigan/2433474/
— First of 5 Wheaton College football players charged in hazing turns himself in to police – Leah Hope and Diane Pathieu
http://abc7chicago.com/first-of-5-wheaton-college-football-players-charged-in-hazing-turns-himself-in/2431685/

 

NBC5
— Abandoning Run for Governor, Drury Enters Democratic Race for Attorney General – Shelby Bremer
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/scott-drury-democrat-illinois-attorney-general-445782273.html
— Vrdolyak, Associate Allegedly Pocketed $10M in Settlement Fees, Feds Say  It is the first time the government has revealed the largess of the alleged scheme. – Phil Rogers
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/vrdolyak-associate-allegedly-pocketed-tobacco-settlement-fees-feds-say–445750023.html
— 1 of 5 Wheaton Football Players Charged in Hazing Case Turns Himself In
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/wheaton-football-player-felony-hazing-charges-445836443.html

 

CBS2
— Drury First Democrat To Jump Into AG Race After Madigan Bows Out
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/09/19/democrats-attorney-general-race/
— Arrest Warrants Out For 5 Wheaton College Football Players For Hazing, 1 Turns Himself In
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/09/19/arrest-warrants-wheaton-college-football-players-hazing/

 

WGN RADIO
— City Club of Chicago: House Republican Leader Jim Durkin
http://wgnradio.com/2017/09/19/city-club-of-chicago-house-republican-leader-jim-durkin/

 

WLS AM
— Durkin: Don’t give away the store like Wisconsin – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/09/19/durkin-dont-give-away-the-store-like-wisconsin/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Former Miss America Erika Harold picks up Durkin endorsement in AG race – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-erika-harold-durkin-0920-chicago-inc-20170919-story.html
— Drury drops governor bid to run for attorney general – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-scott-drury-attorney-general-campaign-met-20170919-story.html
— Gutierrez among Democratic lawmakers arrested outside Trump Tower at DACA protest – Ed O’Keefe
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-gutierrez-arrested-daca-protest-20170919-story.html
— Emanuel says Trump’s unpopularity with Chicagoans makes his job easier, politically – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-rahm-trump-0919-chicago-inc-20170918-story.html
— Illinois, the nuclear waste state – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-yucca-nuclear-waste-illinois-0904-story.html
— Rauner now mum on abortion bill after earlier indication he’d veto – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-abortion-bill-met-20170919-story.html
— Wheaton College football players charged in hazing incident suspended from team – Stacy St. Clair and Christy Gutowski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-wheaton-college-hazing-met-20170919-story.html
— Judge Paul Fullerton to rule Thursday if ousted Downers Grove library trustee Arthur Jaros can regain board seat – Clifford Ward
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/downers-grove/news/ct-downers-grove-library-dispute-0920-20170919-story.html
— GOP governors launch ‘news’ site critics call propaganda – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-gop-governors-news-site-20170919-story.html
— DuPage lands $1.5M grant for heroin, opioid overdose treatment, training – Bill Bird
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-opioid-abuse-funding-st-0920-20170919-story.html
— Oak Brook to bid for Amazon headquarters at McDonald’s site – Chuck Fieldman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-brook/news/ct-dob-amazon-bid-tl-0921-20170919-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans say “Trump ‘sovereignty’ call sounds like code for intolerance.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-trump-sovereignty-call-sounds-like-code-for-intolerance/
— Scott Drury to run for attorney general —Tom Dart, Ann Williams not – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rep-scott-drury-switches-gears-from-governors-race-to-ag/
— City, state join forces to combat HIV – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/city-state-join-forces-to-combat-hiv/
— A tale of two Madigans in Illinois – Phil Kadner
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/kadner-a-tale-of-two-madigans-in-illinois/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote Islam.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/brown-plainfield-reversal-on-new-mosque-a-big-victory-for-all/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Second Wheaton College football player also subjected to hazing, left on field – Katlyn Smith and Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170919/second-wheaton-college-football-player-also-subjected-to-hazing-left-on-field
— New hazing charges provide yet another reminder of need for culture of respect – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170919/editorial-new-hazing-charges-provide-yet-another-reminder-of-need-for-culture-of-respect
— COD Hosts Rep. Patti Bellock, Human Trafficking Task Force Meeting
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20170919/cod-hosts-rep-patti-bellock-human-trafficking-task-force-meeting
— Federal funding to help DuPage expand opioid overdose help – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170919/federal-funding-to-help-dupage-expand-opioid-overdose-help

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago a ‘top prospect’ for Amazon headquarters – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170919/BLOGS02/170919877/chicago-a-top-prospect-for-amazon-headquarters
— Tinley Park accused of refusing to cooperate in HUD case – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20170919/CRED0701/170919888/tinley-park-accused-of-refusing-to-cooperate-in-hud-case
— Rauner aide Trover lands a new gig—with Brad Tusk’s firm – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170919/BLOGS02/170919874/rauner-aide-trover-lands-a-new-gig-x2014-with-brad-tusks-firm
— Here’s the first Dem going after Lisa Madigan’s job: Scott Drury – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170919/BLOGS02/170919870/heres-the-first-dem-going-after-lisa-madigans-job

 

WTTW
— Illinois Attorney General: Who Will Replace Lisa Madigan? – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/09/19/illinois-attorney-general-who-will-replace-lisa-madigan

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Republican McClure will run against McCann in 50th Senate district – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170919/republican-mcclure-will-run-against-mccann-in-50th-senate-district

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Marion County GOP leader sets up primary run for McCarter’s state Senate seat – JOSEPH BUSTOS
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article174165941.html

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Illinois Poverty Numbers Are Lower, But Still Higher Than National Average – MAUREEN MCKINNEY
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/illinois-poverty-numbers-are-lower-still-higher-national-average

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— A charity rented out Trump’s childhood home and invited refugees  Oxfam hosted refugees from Syria, Somalia, Vietnam – HARMEET KAUR (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps shout at refugees that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/a-charity-rented-out-trumps-childhood-home-and-invited-refugees/814231326
— RNC covering more than $230,000 in Trump legal fees  Committee undecided if funding will continue – JEREMY DIAMOND
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/rnc-covering-more-than-230000-in-trump-legal-fees/814507702

 

WQLZ
— Rauner Greeted By Protesters Following Foreign Trip
http://www.wqlz.com/2017/09/19/rauner-greeted-by-protesters-following-foreign-trip/

 

WYMG
— “Rauner’s Broken Record” tour
http://wymg.com/news/101101-rauners-broken-record-tour/

 

WSIU
— Democratic Organization Targets Gov. Rauner in 2018 – BRAD PALMER
http://news.wsiu.org/post/democratic-organization-targets-gov-rauner-2018#stream/0

 

CHICAGO READER
— The Amazon HQ2 deal could sell Chicagoans down the river  If city and state officials are successful in their effort to persuade the behemoth online retailer to build a second headquarters here, Chicagoans can all expect to pay big. – Ben Joravsky
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/amazon-headquarters-competition-50000-jobs-jeff-bezos-emanuel-rauner/Content?oid=30832152

 

WHEATON PATCH
— Wheaton Ranked Among 100 Best Places To Live In U.S. By Time’s Money Magazine  Wheaton came in at #27 in Money Magazine’s list of the 100 Best Places To Live In the U.S. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/wheaton-ranked-among-100-best-places-live-u-s-times-money-magazine

 

DUPAGE COUNTY
— Employment Opportunity: Election Judge Coordinator
http://www.dupageco.org/HR/Jobs/55871/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— State Rep. Barb Wheeler Endorses Tom Weber as Successor
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/09/19/state-rep-barb-wheeler-endorses-tom-weber-as-successor/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Video: Wheeling’s vicious attack on citizens puts James V. Ferolo (Klein Thorpe Jenkins Law Offices) in the hotseat – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/09/video-wheelings-vicious-attack-on-citizens-puts-james-v-ferolo-klein-thorpe-jenkins-law-offices-in-the-hotseat/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Conservative Christians Needed to Rescue Illinois  (DIERSEN: How many years of experience do you have serving as a Republican Precinct Committeman? I have almost 18 years. In addition, I served as the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010. Since 1999, I have the best record by far for attending MTRCC meetings and fundraisers.)
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/09/conservative-christian-needed-to-rescue-illinois/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While there is much to cause despair, the truth is that Christian conservatives can make a huge impact — especially when it comes to the workings of the Republican Party. In the first of two videos aimed at encouraging more Christian conservatives to run for Precinct Committeeman, IFA’s Dave Smith, northern Illinois activist Jan Klaas, and the Illinois Leadership Project’s chairman Jim Edwards lay out the facts concerning this critical post. Please watch it, send it to like-minded people, and consider running for and/or helping to recruit candidates for GOP Precinct Committeeman.)

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GUTIERREZ ARRESTED IN FRONT OF NEW YORK CITY TRUMP TOWERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/09/gutierrez-arrested-in-front-of-new-york-city-trump-towers.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Proft responds *** Durkin asked about Proft
https://capitolfax.com/2017/09/19/durkin-asked-about-proft/

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— 5 Wheaton College Football Players Charged With Felonies After Brutal Hazing of Teammate – Samuel Smith
http://www.christianpost.com/news/5-wheaton-college-football-players-charged-with-felonies-after-brutal-hazing-of-teammate-199765/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Keith Ellison Compares Illegal Immigrants To Jews Under Nazi Control – Chuck Ross (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps call Trump and his supporters White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/19/keith-ellison-compares-illegal-immigrants-to-jews-under-nazi-control-video/
— Clinton To Anti-Trump Federal Employees: Don’t Quit! – Jack Crowe  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. They focus a) hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) not hiring and getting rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/19/clinton-to-anti-trump-federal-employees-dont-quit/

 

GOPUSA
— McCain: Booting ‘Dreamers,’ transgenders ‘just not fair’  (DIERSEN: Who wants to boot you? Those who are in the following groups want to boot me: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=30418?omhide=true

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Taxpayers fund $600K LGBTQ ‘safe zone’ study – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/education/2017/09/19/taxpayers-fund-600k-lgbtq-safe-zone-study

 

CONSTITUTION
— DREAMers Turn on the Democrats, Bite the Hands that Feed Them – Onan Coca
http://constitution.com/dreamers-turn-democrats-bite-hands-feed/

 

REUTERS
— Illinois’ unpaid bill backlog hits a record $16 billion
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-illinois-budget/illinois-unpaid-bill-backlog-hits-a-record-16-billion-idUSKCN1BU242

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Wheaton College Football Players Charged With Violent Hazing Attack – LIAM STACK and CHRISTINE HAUSER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/19/us/wheaton-college-hazing.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— A chilling study shows how hostile college students are toward free speech – Catherine Rampell
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-chilling-study-shows-how-hostile-college-students-are-toward-free-speech/2017/09/18/cbb1a234-9ca8-11e7-9083-fbfddf6804c2_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Republican John Cox tasted political defeat many times before launching his bid for California governor – Phil Willon  (DIERSEN: Residents of my precinct and residents of the precincts to the east and west got to meet John Cox along with the other four announced Republican candidates for U.S. Senate – Chirinjeev Kathuria, Jim Oberweis, Andy McKenna, and Jack Ryan – on July 5, 2003 at a picnic that I organized in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct. Cox brought Jays Potato Chips. The 200+ attendees included now Congressman Randy Hultgren. Jack Ryan won the primary, but withdrew. His replacement, Alan Keyes lost to Barack Obama.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-republican-john-cox-debated-obama-1505840536-htmlstory.html

 

USA TODAY
— I moved from a blue state to a red state and it changed my life – Leah Singer
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/09/17/moving-from-blue-state-to-red-state-made-my-life-better-leah-singer-column/668263001/

 

FORBES
— With Foxconn Coming, Wisconsin Gov. Walker Isn’t Eager To Share Economic Bounty With Illinois – Dale Buss
https://www.forbes.com/

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Best Places to Live: No. 27: Wheaton, Illinois
http://time.com/money/collection/best-places-to-live-2017/4932788/wheaton-illinois/

 

DAILY MAIL
— Apple CEO Tim Cook calls for action on Dreamers and reveals he has 250 DACA-protected employees who do ‘great jobs’ and ‘pay taxes’ – By David Martosko  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers make it clear that they prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America.)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4899302/Apple-CEO-Tim-Cook-calls-action-Dreamers-DACA.html

September 17 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Rauner Ending Trade Mission With Visit to Chinese University
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rauner-china-trip-445109493.html
— Fed-up Illinois Legislators Head for the Exit in Big Numbers – Sara Burnett
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/fed-up-illinois-legislators-head-for-the-exit-in-big-numbers-445104013.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— About 15% of Illinois lawmakers are quitting the legislature – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/about-15-of-illinois-lawmakers-are-quitting-the-legislature
— Trump mocks Kim Jong Un, calls him ‘rocket man’
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dont-miss/trump-mocks-kim-jong-un-calls-him-rocket-man

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— General question: Who’ll aim to fill AG Lisa Madigan’s powerful seat? – Tina Sfondeles and Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/general-confusion-pols-jockey-for-position-after-lisa-madigan-stunner/
— Growing Hispanic population brings optimism for Chicago’s future – Rachel Hinton and Stefano Esposito  (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at Hispanics that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/growing-hispanic-population-brings-optimism-for-chicagos-future/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Protesters smash windows in 2nd violent night near St. Louis – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170917/news/309179983/

 

WTTW
— Fed-up Illinois legislators head for the exit in big numbers – AP
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/fed-illinois-legislators-head-exit-big-numbers/

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Rockford No. 4 in population, but No. 1 in population loss
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20170915/rockford-no-4-in-people-no-1-in-loss

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— New school tax credit law raises red flags – Editorial
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-new-school-tax-credit-law-raises-red-flags/article_cd6d8468-819c-5594-bdc7-0f5d6542c4e3.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Did Mike Madigan act under color of law? – Jim Dey  (DIERSEN: The federal government and other Democrat employers use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire, to waste the careers of, and to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-09-17/jim-dey-did-madigan-act-under-color-law.html

 

WJBD RADIO
— TRAGIC: Illinois Video Gambling Revenue Continues to Grow  State Collects $300-Million in Tax Revenue from Nearly 26,900 Machines in Past Year
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2017/09/16/illinois-video-gambling-revenue-continues-to-grow

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Sanders disputes Clinton: ‘I worked as hard as I could’ to elect her  Re-hashing 2016 is ‘unproductive’ – ELI WATKINS  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) candidates who blame me for their defeats in primary elections, b) candidates who did not want me to help elect them in general elections because I had backed their opponents in primary elections, and c) candidates who blamed me for their defeats in general elections.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/sanders-disputes-clinton-i-worked-as-hard-as-i-could-to-elect-her/812934926

 

BREITBART
— Durbin: Dems Have ‘Understanding’ Trump’s DACA Deal ‘Includes Citizenship’ – PAM KEY (DIERSEN: Democrats want Republicans to give illegals citizenship. Democrats shout at illegals that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/09/17/durbin-dems-understanding-trumps-daca-deal-includes-citizenship/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Durbin Claims Trump Will Back Path To Citizenship For Illegals – Alex Pfeiffer  (DIERSEN: Democrats want Republicans to give illegals citizenship. Democrats shout at illegals that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/17/dem-senator-claims-trump-will-back-path-to-citizenship-for-illegals/
— MSNBC Panel LAUGHS At Pictures Of ‘Working Class White Voters’ – Justin Caruso  (DIERSEN: Are/were you a member of the working class? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/17/msnbc-panel-laughs-at-pictures-of-working-class-white-voters-video/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sen. Feinstein defends grilling of federal judicial nominee over Catholic faith – Valerie Richardson
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/17/sen-feinstein-defends-grilling-federal-judicial-no/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— When Affirmative Action Isn’t Enough – DANA GOLDSTEIN  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/17/us/affirmative-action-college.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Blue ribbons meet red carpet as stars support ACLU – Libby Hill (DIERSEN: From what I see, ACLU is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-emmys-2017-69th-emmy-awards-live-blue-ribbons-meet-red-carpet-as-stars-1505692697-htmlstory.html

 

BLOOMBERG
— An Infrastructure Deal Should Be Easy, But Isn’t  Roads and bridges need fixing. There’s White House and congressional support. Pork for all! It’s not enough. – Albert R. Hunt
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-09-17/an-infrastructure-deal-should-be-easy-but-isn-t

 

FED SMITH
— 9 Federal Job Search Tips That Actually Work – Jason Kay (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/09/17/9-federal-job-search-tips-actually-work/

September 4 Evening Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Naperville bids farewell to summer with parade  (DIERSEN: Republicans in the parade included Anderson, Connelly, Furstenau, Grant, Henry, Hinds, Ives, Keller, Khouri, Mendrick, Olsen, Painter, Schultz, and Tornga.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170904/naperville-bids-farewell-to-summer-with-parade

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Unions celebrate Labor Day at rallies against Rauner’s policies – Lauren FitzPatrick
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/unions-celebrate-labor-day-at-rallies-against-rauners-policies/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Push for pay transparency grows stronger – Jena McGregor  (DIERSEN: Why stop at race and gender?  Why not also share education, work experience, professional certifications and licenses, political affiliation, religion, age, national origin, marital status, dependents, net worth, draft status, when your ancestors first came to America, etc.?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-pay-gap-transparency-push-20170901-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Trump administration has halted an Obama-era rule requiring large companies to share data with the government about how they pay employees by race and gender – but human resources experts and advocates for equal pay say it’s unlikely to slow the push toward pay transparency employees, shareholders and local governments have demanded in recent years. Increasingly, employees are turning to popular websites like Glassdoor or Payscale to compare their salary data and expecting companies to publicly say they pay men and women equally. Shareholders have pushed technology and financial services companies to release their gender pay gap statistics. More state and local governments have passed pay equity laws, some of which require state contractors to report data or certify they pay men and women the same.)
— Millions who buy health insurance brace for sharp increases – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-health-insurance-premium-increases-20170904-story.html
— Betting on legislative aid for race tracks a long shot – Charles Selle
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-illinois-racetracks-aid-st-0905-20170904-story.html

 

ABC7
— Trump’s DACA plan would pass the buck to Congress – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trumps-daca-plan-would-pass-the-buck-to-congress/2375622/
— ‘Fight for 15’ protesters rally for higher wages on Labor Day (DIERSEN: What have you done to qualify yourself for higher paying jobs?  I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://abc7chicago.com/finance/fight-for-15-protesters-rally-for-higher-wages-on-labor-day/2374538/

 

NBC5
— Illinois Workers March in Support of $15 Minimum Wage – Lisa Chavarria (DIERSEN: What have you done to qualify yourself for higher paying jobs?  I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-workers-march-in-support-of-15-minimum-wage-442699593.html

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/09/04/potential-daca-disappearance-leaves-dreamers-fearful/
— Jewish Deli Blasted For Facebook Post Featuring Nazi Cartoon – Charlie De Mar
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/09/04/jewish-deli-blasted-for-facebook-post-featuring-nazi-cartoon/
— Union Workers Rally For Higher Wages – Steve Miller (DIERSEN: What have you done to qualify yourself for higher paying jobs?  I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/09/04/union-workers-rally-for-higher-wages/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— 4 dead, 30 wounded in Labor Day weekend shootings in Chicago
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/278222196-story

 

WJBD RADIO
— Trump touts ‘American labor’ in holiday tweet  (DIERSEN: What about the anti-Trumps a) who glorify and praise foreign labor and b) who demonize, denigrate, and condemn American labor?)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2017/09/04/trump-touts-american-labor-in-holiday-tweet

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz interview in scenic River East Reps. Ives, Morrison&Skillicorn,Caprio & Zahm on social/fiscal issues & Ted Cruz cameo at Family-Pac’s 26th Annual Boat Cruise
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/09/watch-berkowitz-interview-in-scenic-river-east-state-reps-ives-morrisoncaprio-zahm-on-socialfiscal-issues-ted-cruz-cameo-at-family-pacs-boat-cruise/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Democrats have bottomless thirst for taxes, Chicago committeeman Chris Cleveland says – Carrie Bradon
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511206426-democrats-have-bottomless-thirst-for-taxes-chicago-committeeman-says

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Lake County sheriff Mark Curran encourages people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511206503-lake-county-sheriff-defends-so-called-sanctuary-measure

 

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— House hopeful Patrick Windhorst cheers Phelps’ resignation, hopes Madigan is next – Karen Kidd
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/511206441-house-hopeful-cheers-phelps-resignation-hopes-madigan-is-next

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Illinois – $15,340,582,906.00……Just in vendor debt! – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/09/illinois-15340582906-00-just-in-vendor-debt/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DEMOCRAT GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES LAUNCH CAMPAIGNS AT LABOR DAY PARADES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/09/democrat-gubernatorial-candidates-launch-campaigns-at-labor-day-parades.html

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Twilight of Affirmative Action? – Thomas Lifson  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/09/the_twilight_of_affirmative_action.html

 

GOPUSA
— Are unions still relevant?  (DIERSEN: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
http://www.gopusa.com/are-unions-still-relevant/

 

DAILY CALER
— Chicago Endures 30 Shootings, 4 Fatalities Over Labor Day Weekend – Anders Hagstrom
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/04/chicago-endures-30-shootings-4-fatalities-over-labor-day-weekend/
— Arguments For DACA Put Americans Last – Scott Greer (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps always put Americans last.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/04/arguments-for-daca-put-americans-last/
— Sympathetic Media Scrambles To Trot Out Shiny ‘Dreamers,’ But Forgets All The Nightmares – ALEX PFEIFFER
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/04/sympathetic-media-scrambles-to-trot-out-shiny-dreamers-but-forgets-all-the-nightmares/
— Paul Ryan In 2014: Executive Amnesty Is ‘Blatantly Unconstitutional’ – Amber Athey
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/04/paul-ryan-in-2014-executive-amnesty-is-blatantly-unconstitutional-video/
— NH Dem Chair: Rural, Disaffected Voters Are ‘White Supremacists’ – Amber Athey
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/04/nh-dem-chair-rural-disaffected-voters-are-white-supremacists/
— CNN Gives Softball Interview To DACA Recipient – Amber Athey
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/04/cnn-gives-softball-interview-to-daca-recipient-video/

 

BREITBART
— German Authorities Tipped off to over 330 War Criminals Among Asylum Seekers – CHRIS TOMLINSON
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/04/german-authorities-tipped-off-330-war-criminals-among-asylum-seekers/

 

FOX NEWS
— Evanston Township High School dress code is challenging the body shaming trend – Suzannah Weiss
http://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/2017/09/04/illinois-high-school-dress-code-is-challenging-body-shaming-trend.html

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Congressional Republicans Signal Break With Trump Over DACA.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/immigration-reform/congressional-gop-signal-break-trump-over-daca-n798596

 

UPI
— Workers demand $15 minimum wage during Labor Day protests – Allen Cone (DIERSEN: What have you done to qualify yourself for higher paying jobs?  I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/09/04/Workers-demand-15-minimum-wage-during-Labor-Day-protests/9711504544235/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Republicans suddenly seem to like unions again – Danielle Paquette
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/09/04/republicans-suddenly-seem-to-like-unions-again/

 

DAILY MAIL
— Trump picks openly gay former diplomat and cancer survivor Ric Grenell as ambassador to Germany – DAVID MARTOSKO
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4851124/Trump-picks-openly-gay-diplomat-ambassador-Germany.html

September 3 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Group rallies in Chicago to support DACA immigrant program – Michelle Gallardo  (DIERSEN: Those who promote DACA say “I’m in the veterinary field. I’m studying to be a vet tech. I’m already working full-time at veterinary hospital and I’m really hoping to go to university to obtain my bachelors” and “It ruins a chance for me. My parents came out here to provide me with a better future and now this is being taken away. I was raised here. Back in Mexico I have no family left.” Durbin says “I sense there is a growing sentiment, Paul Ryan in the House, on a bipartisan basis, give me some hope that in the month of September with the must pass bills going through we can include a provision to protect the DACA dreamers.”)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/group-rallies-in-chicago-to-support-daca-immigrant-program/2373048/

 

NBC5
— Private School Tax Credit Surprises, Riles Some in Illinois – Sophia Tareen and Sara Burnett (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents saved Crete-Monee School District 201-U (
http://www.cm201u.org/) lots of money during the 1950s and 1960s by sending my brother and me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/private-school-tax-credit-surprises-riles-some-in-illinois-442627803.html

 

CBS2
— Chicago Rally Makes Case For DACA’s ‘Dreamers’ – Michele Fiore  (DIERSEN: To make a case for DACA is a) to encourage people to come to America illegally, b) to encourage people to stay in America illegally, and c) to encourage people to bring other people to America illegally.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/09/03/durbin-makes-case-to-help-dreamers/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— With DACA decision soon, immigration activists march to keep program intact – Nereida Moreno  (DIERSEN: Those who promote DACA say “Si se puede” (Spanish for “Yes, we can”) and Trump “makes a mockery” of the nation and “No matter who is in the White House, no matter who is in Congress, you were here before them and you will be here after them” and “Chicago is committed to being a welcoming city to everyone who wants to be here” and “This is our country. This is our home. A lot of us don’t even know what our native countries look like” and “We are asking everyone to please come together and help us to fight to stay in this country” and “At the end of the day, Dreamers are Americans too” and “Now we wait another day to see if the Trump administration will make 800,000 Dreamers outlaws with the stroke of a pen.”)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-daca-march-chicago-0904-20170903-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 200 people marched 4 miles Sunday from a park in the Pilsen neighborhood toward U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in the South Loop to support the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program now under review by the Trump administration. Immigration advocates and supporters from several groups, including Black Lives Matter Chicago and Refuse Fascism, gathered at Harrison Park and chanted “Si se puede” (Spanish for “Yes, we can”) as they marched up 18th Street toward the Loop, calling on President Donald Trump to save the program created by the Obama administration that shields young immigrants from deportation and provides work permits for employment. Ald. Raymond Lopez, 15th, addressed the crowd and called on the country to be united, “regardless of color and origin.” He said Trump “makes a mockery” of the nation. “No matter who is in the White House, no matter who is in Congress, you were here before them and you will be here after them,” Lopez said. “Chicago is committed to being a welcoming city to everyone who wants to be here.” Karen Ramirez, 26, a Pilsen resident and DACA recipient, said she and fellow program recipients are productive members of society who are fighting for the chance to stay in America because they consider it home. “This is our country. This is our home. A lot of us don’t even know what our native countries look like,” Ramirez said. “We are asking everyone to please come together and help us to fight to stay in this country,” she said. “At the end of the day, Dreamers are Americans too.” Cecilia Garcia, a local immigration activist, said the program recipients are marching to mobilize their allies and to let the president know that there will be resistance if he moves to cancel the program. “Now we wait another day to see if the Trump administration will make 800,000 Dreamers outlaws with the stroke of a pen,” she said. The rally was organized by Familia Latina Unida. Former President Barack Obama launched the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in 2012 for people who have been in the U.S. since 2007, were younger than 16 at the time of their arrival and were younger than 31 as of 2012. Those enrolled can legally drive and work, but they must reapply every two years. They are considered a low priority for immigration enforcement, though they are not protected from deportation. The Trump administration has until Tuesday to eliminate the program or face legal action from a group of Republican state lawmakers. Illinois has the nation’s fourth-largest population of DACA recipients — the highest share in the Midwest. At least 42,376 Illinoisans have been approved since March 31, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Current students, high school or GED course graduates and veterans are eligible for the program. They must be at least 15 to apply, unless they’re in removal proceedings or have a final removal or voluntary departure order. Immigrants who have committed a serious crime, have more than two misdemeanor convictions or are deemed to be a threat to national security are automatically disqualified. Nationally, about 68 percent of eligible immigrants have applied for the program since 2012, according to the Migration Policy Institute. More than 886,000 people have applied and 787,580 have been approved. The White House said a decision will be announced Tuesday.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— Frustration mounts over premiums for individual health plans – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170903/business/309039973/

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Despite unpopularity, don’t count out Bruce Rauner in 2018 – Chris Kaergard and Nick Vlahos  (DIERSEN: One could argue that because Rauner’s total domination of the Republican Party in Illinois, a) virtually no one will seek election or reelection as Republican unless Rauner asks them to and b) Rauner can and will destroy anyone who seeks election or reelection as Republican without his permission/direction.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170903/word-on-street-despite-unpopularity-dont-count-out-bruce-rauner-in-2018

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump threatens to stop trading with countries doing business with North Korea  President says appeasement ‘will not work’ – ANGELA DEWAN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-condemns-north-korea-nuclear-test/803705757

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Rauner.
    http://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-a-republican-governor-who-actually-wants-more-people-to/article_f84337c5-9b27-59dd-9a97-8b78bcb65b86.html

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Chicago Teachers Union accused of fighting for itself, not schoolchildren – Caitlin Nordahl
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511205077-chicago-teachers-union-accused-of-fighting-for-itself-not-schoolchildren
— School funding bill described as another threat to Illinois homeowners – Glenn Minnis
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511205032-school-funding-bill-described-as-more-threat-to-illinois-homeowners

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Breen, Olsen create larger referenda window for taxpayers – Caitlin Nordahl
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511204572-breen-olsen-create-larger-referenda-window-for-taxpayers
— Breen helped kill, replace ‘unfair’ school funding measure in House – Hoang Tran
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511206402-breen-helped-kill-replace-unfair-school-funding-measure-in-house

 

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— DuPage board member Tonia Khouri has eye on Springfield, mounting tax burden – Brent Zell
http://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/511206417-dupage-board-member-has-eye-on-springfield-mounting-tax-burden

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Charles Thomas & Maze Jackson: Politics And The Black Community
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/charles-thomas-maze-jackson-politics-and-the-black-community

 

DAILY CALLER
— Kelly Is Hiding Daily Caller Stories From Trump – Alex Pfeiffer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/02/report-kelly-is-hiding-daily-caller-stories-from-trump/

 

BREITBART
— How the Obama Administration Bypassed Congress to Grant De Facto Amnesty to Young Illegal Aliens – AARON KLEIN
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/03/obama-administration-usurped-constitution-bypassed-congress-grant-de-dacto-amnesty-dreamers/

 

THE BLAZE
— Pro-abortion orgs raise money so Hurricane Harvey victims can get abortions – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/09/02/pro-abortion-orgs-raise-money-so-hurricane-harvey-victims-can-get-abortions-the-response-is-brutal/

 

NEWSMAX
— Minority Whip Durbin: DACA Crisis ‘Manufactured by Republicans’ – Eric Mack
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/dick-durbin-daca-dreamer-crisis/2017/09/03/id/811416/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— CHILLING PEEK INSIDE JOHN MCCAIN’S WICKED HEART  Jesse Lee Peterson exposes senator who ‘fooled public, pretended to be Republican’
http://www.wnd.com/2017/09/chilling-peek-inside-john-mccains-wicked-heart/

 

THE HILL
— Religious leaders press Trump not to end DACA – JULIA MANCHESTER  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” act as operatives or as dupes for the anti-religious Democrat Party.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/349062-religious-leaders-press-trump-not-to-end-daca

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Harvey shows the anti-government crowd’s utter hypocrisy – Jennifer Rubin  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who hate me a) because I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and b) because I have been a federal retiree for almost 20 years.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/08/28/harvey-shows-the-anti-government-crowds-utter-hypocrisy/

 

NEW YORKER
— Donald Trump Holds Dreamers’ Future in His Hands – Jonathan Blitzer  (DIERSEN: Who held your future in their hands?  Democrats run the federal government.  Those Democrats held my future in their hands 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. Because I have always been a Republican, they wasted my career and got rid of me. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They would not taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran. 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.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/donald-trump-holds-dreamers-future-in-his-hands

August 30 Evening Edition

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— OUTSTANDING: TWO IL GOP LAWMAKERS (John Cabello and David McSweeney) FILE EFFORT TO REPEAL SANCTUARY LAW
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/two-il-gop-lawmakers-file-effort-to-repeal-sanctuary-law.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  Two Illinois Republican state reps are very concerned about the immigration law enforcement measure Illinois Republican Governor Bruce Rauner signed into law Monday. State Reps. John Cabello (R-Rockford) and David McSweeney (R-Barrington) filed a measure Wednesday that would repeal a new law banning law enforcement in Illinois from stopping persons suspected of being in the U.S. illegally. “I swore to uphold the U.S. and Illinois Constitutions when I became a legislator,” Cabello told Illinois Review Wednesday. “As a member of law enforcement, I took a vow to uphold the law. I believe and trust in those oaths, and intend to do all I can to keep them.” The law many are referring to as the “sanctuary law” says law enforcement “shall not” detain or continue to detain any individual solely on the basis of any immigration detainer or non-judicial immigration warrant. Law enforcement “shall not” stop or arrest anyone solely based on the person’s immigration or citizenship status. They are, however, not banned from implementing a “valid” judge-issued federal warrant concerning any suspects. That is the definition of a sanctuary law, Cabello bill co-sponsor David McSweeney told Illinois Review. He pointed to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ office comments on the law. “As the Attorney General has said, when cities and states refuse to help enforce immigration laws, our nation is less safe,” DOG spokesman Devin O’Malley told Fox News. “Failure to deport aliens who are convicted for criminal offenses puts whole communities at risk – especially immigrant communities in the very sanctuary jurisdictions that seek to protect the perpetrators.” The attorney general’s views were totally disregarded in a missive sent out by the Illinois Republican Party chairman Tim Schneider and County Chairman Association President Randy Pollard Monday night after Rauner signed the bill into law in front of an enthusiastic Latino audience in Chicago. “I think it is important that people know what Attorney General Sessions thinks about SB 31. Tim Schneider, the chief cheerleader for the ‘Capitol Compromise’ massive tax hike is now presenting more ‘alternative facts,'” McSweeney said. Cabello said lawmakers are supposed to do what’s best for those that are bearing the financial burden for decisions they make at the capitol. Not doing so will ultimately create consequences that political parties may not want, such as the base simply staying home in 2018. “People are telling me they’re so fed up with the party leaders and the governor that they’re just not going to go to the polls in 2018. That’s the opposite of what they should do,” Cabello, who co-chaired the Trump campaign in Illinois, said. “They need their voices to be heard loud and clear. Staying home is not an option.” Only one Republican House member – Bob Pritchard – voted in support of SB 31 on the House floor. Four Republicans – McConchie, McConnaughay, Nybo and Radogno – supported it in the Illinois Senate. Cabello and McSweeney’s repeal bill is HB 4091.)
— HOW THE SPLC USES THE WORD “HATE” TO SILENCE DISSENT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/how-the-splc-uses-the-word-hate-to-silence-dissent.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— In smaller towns, empty storefronts and economic challenges loom large – Lauren Zumbach
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/ct-small-town-department-store-closing-0903-biz-20170830-story.html
— Trump administration halts Obama-era rule to shrink the gender wage gap – Danielle Paquette (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would presented the jury many examples in which my Democrat GAO superiors paid higher salaries to their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger than they paid their similarly or better qualified employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or older.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-wage-gap-20170830-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Bernie Sanders talks to Naperville students about ‘Political Revolution’ – Marie Wilson  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170830/bernie-sanders-talks-to-naperville-students-about-political-revolution
— Former Maine Township trustee Laura Morask gets $30,000 part-time job in food pantry – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170830/former-maine-township-trustee-gets-30000-part-time-job-in-food-pantry

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps blame Trump supporters for crime in Chicago.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170829/OPINION/170829904/springfield-is-complicit-too-in-chicagos-rising-crime-rate

 

WLS AM
— Rauner Likely To Sign School Funding Bill Thursday – Nick Gale
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/08/30/rauner-likely-to-sign-school-funding-bill-thursday/

 

WTTW
— Jim Durkin on School Funding Reform and Other Battles – Alexandra Silets
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/08/30/jim-durkin-school-funding-reform-and-other-battles

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner visits schools to celebrate funding compromise – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170830/rauner-visits-schools-to-celebrate-funding-compromise

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Syverson named Deputy Republican Leader – DREW ZIMMERMAN
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2017/08/30/syverson-named-deputy-republican-leader/aujf4f9/

 

CHICAGO BUSINESS JOURNAL
— WBEZ-FM’s new political reporter Dave McKinney about to face off against nemesis Gov. Rauner – Lewis Lazare
https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2017/08/30/wbez-fms-new-political-reporter-about-to-face-off.html

 

LOYOLA PHOENIX
— Illinois Trust Act Extends Protections for Undocumented Students, Families – Christopher Hacker  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Loyola acts as an arm of the anti-religious Illinois Democrat Party.)
http://loyolaphoenix.com/2017/08/illinois-trust-act-extends-protections-undocumented-students-families/

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Mayor’s order to push developers to hire contractor businesses owned by minorities, women – Mike Thompson  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors’ top priority was a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger and b) to make way for them by wasting the careers of and by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511195443-mayor-s-order-to-push-developers-to-hire-contractor-businesses-owned-by-minorities-women

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— McHenry board member to vie for Senate seat held by Althoff – April Bamburg
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511201419-mchenry-board-member-to-vie-for-senate-seat-held-by-althoff

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives remains steadfast against current K-12 funding measure – Caitlin Nordahl
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511201308-ives-remains-steadfast-against-current-k-12-funding-measure

 

PARENTS OPPOSED TO POT
— STOP LOOKING AT MARIJUANA THROUGH ROSE-COLORED GLASSES
http://www.poppot.org/2017/08/30/stop-looking-marijuana-through-rose-colored-glasses/

 

RUSS STEWART
— DEMOCRATIC WHITE MEN HIT “GLASS CEILING” – RUSS STEWART  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, a) anti-Whites demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being racists and b) anti-men demonize, denigrate and condemn men as being sexists.  Overwhelmingly, anti-Whites and anti-men are Democrats.)
http://www.russstewart.com/articles/2017/08-30-2017.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Tokenism, as an adjective defined by Webster’s Dictionary, is an act merely simulated, of slight or no account. As a noun, it is an act of accommodation to a demand by slight and merely formal concessions. For Democrats in Cook County, August’s slatemaking for their 2018 ticket was both a noun and an adjective, particularly regarding white men. Of the 16 candidates endorsed by the party for countywide offices, including judges, a grand total of three are while males, or about 18 percent. In the Democratic Party, men have hit the proverbial “glass ceiling.” Having a white man on the ticket is now of slight or no account. Of the remaining 13, seven are black, of which four are black women. That’s 44 percent. Seven are women. That’s another 44 percent. And two are Hispanics. That’s just 12 percent. As a noun, every key Democratic constituency got more than token accommodation. White males are no longer a key constituency. As expected, the Big Three – County Board president Toni Preckwinkle, House Speaker and state Democratic chairman Mike Madigan, and Alderman Ed Burke (14th) – did the dictating, with Burke picking the judges, and the 50 city and 30 suburban committeemen did the capitulating. Preckwinkle is expanding her empire exponentially, and is at the top of the heap. In the 2016 cycle, Preckwinkle engineered the slating of her county aide, Kim Foxx, for state’s attorney. She easily beat incumbent Anita Alvarez in the primary. She also worked with Madigan, dispatching another aide, Juliana Stratton, to run against independent-minded Ken Dunkin, who had the temerity to defy Madigan on several Illinois House votes. With a flood of Madigan money, Stratton buried Dunkin, and Madigan got another ally in Springfield. Now Preckwinkle and Madigan have worked again, plunking Stratton on J.B. Pritzker’s ticket for lieutenant governor in the March 2018 primary, and then delivering an endorsement of Pritzker for governor. Crafting a Pritzker-Stratton ticket sealed the deal, and Preckwinkle delivered all the black committeemen at slatemaking. And finally, another former Preckwinkle aide, Kim du Buclet, now a state representative, got slated for the 2-year Metropolitan Water Reclamation District term, beating a Hispanic backed by state Representative Luis Arroyo (D-3), and a longtime insider and donor associated with the North Shore Realtors. In the slating for county clerk, a job David Orr is relinquishing after 28 years, Recorder Karen Yarbrough, who is black and a Madigan protege, was slated. For Preckwinkle, despite the soda tax snafu, it’s “Veni, vidi, vici” – “I came, I saw, I conquered.”)

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Illinois Policy Institute calls school funding bill “Chicago bailout”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/30/illinois-policy-institute-calls-school-funding-bill-chicago-bailout/
— Governor pressed on whether school funding bill is a Chicago “bailout”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/30/governor-pressed-on-whether-school-funding-bill-is-a-chicago-bailout/
— Manufacturing woes continue here
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/30/manufacturing-woes-continue-here/
— Asked about credit for his chief, Rauner instead praises legislators, self
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/30/asked-about-credit-for-his-chief-rauner-instead-praises-legislators-self/
— Beiser won’t run again
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/30/beiser-wont-run-again/

 

NUMBERS USA
— Illinois Governor Signs Measure Shielding Criminal Aliens
https://www.numbersusa.com/news/illinois-governor-signs-measure-shielding-criminal-aliens

 

DAILY CALLER
— Former Fed Reserve Banker: Houston Will Need ‘Mexican Labor’ To Rebuild After Harvey – Will Racke  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) want cheap labor and b) would never had sought or taken the bad jobs that I had 1962-1997.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/30/former-fed-reserve-banker-houston-will-need-mexican-labor-to-rebuild-after-harvey/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Racists want Harvey donations to go to non-Whites.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/30/womens-march-recommends-harvey-donations-go-to-non-whites/

 

FOX NEWS
— Tucker Debates BLM Activist Who Compared Trump to Adolf Hitler
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/08/29/black-lives-matter-calls-trump-hitler-tucker-carlson-debates-ladawn-jones

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The Trump administration’s ongoing attack on workers – Jared Bernstein and Ben Spielberg  (DIERSEN: I was a lowly worker 1964-1997.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/08/30/the-trump-administrations-ongoing-attack-on-workers/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Rauner puts criminal aliens over Illinois voters – Chad Groening
https://www.onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2017/08/30/fair-gov-rauner-puts-criminal-aliens-over-illinois-voters

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— ANTI-AMERICAN: Federal Judge Blocks Texas’ Ban on ‘Sanctuary Cities’ – MANNY FERNANDEZ
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/30/us/judge-texas-sanctuary-cities.html

 

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “What Donald Trump Owes the Dreamers. His conspicuous silence about their future is counterproductive and cruel.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-08-30/what-donald-trump-owes-the-dreamers

August 26 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

August 25 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Rauner, CTU raise concerns over school funding compromise – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/rauner-ctu-raise-concerns-over-school-funding-compromise/2342033/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— President Donald Trump tells Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to indefinitely ban transgender recruits – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/276145271-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Sessions’ Justice Department responds to Emanuel’s sanctuary city lawsuit – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-sanctuary-city-donald-trump-met-20170825-story.html
— SEIU voter engagement drive to target Rauner, other Republican politicians – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz  (DIERSEN: Will SEIU give me a pass a) because I worked for the minimum wage for 18 months 1964-1966, b) because I was a union member for almost 3 years 1966-1969, c) because I was a union member for almost 3 months in early 1970, d) because I was as union member for almost 9 years 1971-1980, and e) because I do not promote hatred against unions or against union members?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-seiu-voter-engagement-rauner-0826-biz-20170825-story.html
— Rauner vetoes bill to raise Illinois’ minimum wage to $15
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-rauner-minimum-wage-deadline-0826-biz-20170825-story.html
— That controversial cartoon was a misfire in more than one way – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-cartoon-rauner-porter-0827-20170825-story.html
— How Chicago MBA programs measure up – Danielle Braff  (DIERSEN: I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 when I was 27 years old.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-bsi-mba-guide-20170825-story.html
— Acapulco, once Mexico’s glamorous resort city, is now its murder capital – Joshua Partlow
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-acapulco-mexico-murder-capital-20170824-story.html
— Don’t topple statues of Founding Fathers, update your thinking about them – Ron Grossman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-met-grossman-jefferson-slaves-20170824-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s wall is a 2,000-mile fraud.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-trump-wall-20170825-story.html
— What’s so great about the Hoosier state? It’s not Illinois. – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-illinois-indiana-business-20170827-story.html
— School-funding deal would help private schools with tax-credit plan – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-school-vouchers-st-0827-20170825-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Day after applauding school deal, Rauner blasts ‘bad things’ in bill – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/day-after-applauding-school-deal-rauner-blasts-bad-things-in-bill/
— Progressive caucus opposed to private scholarship tax-credits – Lauren FitzPatrick and Tina Sfondeles  (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents saved Crete-Monee School District 201-U (http://www.cm201u.org/) lots of money during the 1950s and 1960s by sending my brother and me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod.  Because my parents did that, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned a) my parents as being filthy rich and b) my brother and me as being born with silver spoons in our mouths, as having always been privileged, and as being filthy rich.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/progressive-caucus-opposed-to-private-scholarship-tax-credits/
— Gov. Rauner vetoes minimum wage hike – Tina Sfondeles  (DIERSEN: Have you ever worked for the minimum wage? I did part-time 1964-1966 while I was a 16 and 17 year old high school student. That job enabled me to earn and save enough money to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint a) that I used to commute to jobs cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline during the summer of in 1966 and delivering mail 1966-1967 and b) that I used to commute to classes at UIC from my parents’ home in Crete 1966-1967. In December of 1967, sold it and used that money and money that I had earned and saved delivering mail to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gov-rauner-vetoes-minimum-wage-hike-measure/
— Wives of Rauner, Madigan closer than their husbands – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/sneed-exclusive-wives-of-rauner-madigan-closer-than-their-husbands/
— More than a third of Chicago city workers make $100K-plus – Mitchell Armentrout
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/city-haul-more-than-a-third-of-chicago-city-workers-make-100k/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Build relationships, not walls, or watch government shut down.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/chavez-build-relationships-not-walls-or-watch-government-shut-down/
— Confederate statues are scapegoats for American hypocrisy – John Fountain  (DIERSEN: Since they immigrated to America during the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fountain-confederate-statues-are-scapegoats-for-american-hypocrisy/
— Since when is Southern history strictly white history, anyway? – Gene Lyons
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/lyons-since-when-is-southern-history-strictly-white-history-anyway/
— OUTRAGEOUS: Driverless cars on the road to the future – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-driverless-cars-on-the-road-to-the-future/
— A win, if far from perfect, for Illinois schoolchildren – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-a-win-if-far-from-perfect-for-illinois-schoolchildren/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Durbin town hall in Naperville focuses on health care, Democrats’ future – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170824/durbin-town-hall-in-naperville-focuses-on-health-care-democrats-future
— Illinois to stop playing ‘war chant’ music at games – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20170825/illinois-to-stop-playing-war-chant-music-at-games
— Illinois governor vetoes plan for minimum wage hike – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170825/news/308259864/
— OUTRAGEOUS: Gov OKs bill easing gender-ID change for transgender people – AP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote gender confusion.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170825/news/308259859/
— Frank Saverino to seek fourth term in Carol Stream in 2019 – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170825/frank-saverino-to-seek-fourth-term-in-carol-stream-in-2019

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Sanctuary city: Trump administration opposes Chicago request for injunction – AP
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170825/NEWS02/170829921/trump-administration-opposes-chicago-request-for-injunction

 

WJBD RADIO
— Lieutenant Governor Visits Kaskaskia College Agriculture Program
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2017/08/25/lieutenant-governor-visits-kaskaskia-college-agriculture-program

 

WAND
— Governor: New laws help ‘broken’ criminal justice system  (DIERSEN: According to the Democrats, if people commit crime, it is because the criminal justice system is broken. What percent of those who commit crime are Democrats?)
http://www.wandtv.com/story/36213439/governor-new-laws-help-broken-criminal-justice-system

 

CITY LAB
— Illinois Targets Trump’s Immigration Agenda  The Illinois TRUST Act is an effort to resist federal pressure to crack down on undocumented immigrants. – TERESA MATHEW
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/08/illinois-targets-trumps-immigration-agenda/537930/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Want Public Involvement? Turn Backs On Them At Meeting – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/08/want-public-involvement-turn-backs-on-them-at-meeting/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— EDUCATION BILL COMPROMISE IS “TOTAL CAPITULATION” BY GOVERNOR AND GOP LEADERS, LAWMAKERS SAY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/education-bill-compromise-is-a-total-capitulation-by-the-governor-and-gop-leaders-lawmakers-say.html
— LAKE COUNTY GOP COMMITTEE ASKS RAUNER TO VETO SB 31, SAYS IT’S A MADIGAN PLOY TO FOOL VOTERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/lake-county-gop-leaders-ask-rauner-to-veto-sb-31.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner transfers $500K to the Illinois Republican Party. (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/25/rauner-beefs-up-ilgop-ahead-of-school-funding-vote/
— OUTRAGEOUS: Rauner signs transgender birth certificate bill
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/25/rauner-signs-transgender-birth-certificate-bill/
— Rauner says school funding deal “not fair” because of Chicago, pledges to “fix the problems” in another bill
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/25/rauner-says-school-funding-deal-not-fair-because-of-chicago-pledges-to-fix-the-problems-in-another-bill/
— Pritzker, DGA pounce on Rauner missteps
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/25/pritzker-dga-pounce-on-rauner-missteps/
— Yaffe leaves for greener pastures (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs shout at people like Yaffe a) to not read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) to not let Diersen know about anything.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/25/yaffe-leaves-for-greener-pastures/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hey Rich! This has been an open secret over here for some time, but I wanted you to be the first member of the press to know that Tuesday will be my last day at the ILGOP.)
— Another big Friday afternoon veto and bill-signing dump
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/25/another-big-friday-afternoon-veto-and-bill-signing-dump/

 

GOPUSA
— Antifa wants Balbo monument in Chicago removed
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=29223

 

BREITBART
— Trudeau Rows Back on ‘Refugees Welcome’ as Quebec Hands Migrants $2.6 Million a Month in Welfare – VICTORIA FRIEDMAN
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/25/canada-welfare-migrants-trudeau-backtrack/
— OUTRAGEOUS: Only Six GOP Reps Publicly Defend DACA Amnesty – NEIL MUNRO
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/25/six-gop-reps-publicly-defend-daca-amnesty/

 

NEWSMAX
— Kinzinger: Trump Needs to ‘Do Better at Bringing Folks Together’ – Joe Crowe  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps focus on bringing members of the following groups together: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.newsmax.com/Politics/adam-kinzinger-donald-trump-do-better-bringing-people/2017/08/25/id/809854/
– Bill O’Reilly to Newsmax: ‘Far-Left Extremists’ Want to Destroy Our Legacy – Mark Swanson
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsmax-Tv/bill-oreilly-far-left-extremists-destroy/2017/08/25/id/809844/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Tucker: NFL Players Going ‘Out Of Their Way’ To Show ‘How Much They Hate’ America – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/25/tucker-nfl-players-going-out-of-their-way-to-show-how-much-they-hate-america-video/
— Black Lives Matter Founder Claims Trump Is Trying To Commit Hitler-Like Genocide – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/25/black-lives-matter-founder-claims-trump-is-trying-to-commit-hitler-like-genocide-video/
— French President Spent Nearly As Much On Makeup As The Average Frenchman Makes In A Year – Thomas Phippen
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/25/french-president-spent-nearly-as-much-on-makeup-as-the-average-frenchman-makes-in-year/

 

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Gender Ideology’s Kindergarten Commissars – ROD DREHER
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/gender-ideology-kindergarten-commissar-transgender/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Illinois Democrats Miss the Point, Again – ALEXANDRA DESANCTIS
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/450837/bruce-rauner-cartoon-illinois-policy-institute-not-racist
— Democrats Pressure the Federal Government to Support Racial Discrimination – ELIZABETH SLATTERY & HANS A. VON SPAKOVSKY  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450825/dianne-feinstein-jeff-sessions-affirmative-action
— Professor’s Facebook Rant: ‘All Republicans’ are ‘Racist’ and ‘Scum’ – KATHERINE TIMPF
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450824/clemson-university-professor-calls-republicans-racist-scum

 

POLITICO
— Ditching Trump’s White House is a messy affair – JOSH DAWSEY and BEN WHITE
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/25/quitting-trump-white-house-isnt-easy-242046

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Dreamers Vow To ‘Fight Like Hell’ To Defend DACA Amid Rumors Trump Will End Program  The White House and Department of Homeland Security have not yet announced a decision. – Elise Foley  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are going to get rid of Trump and that they are going to get rid his supporters.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-daca_us_599f21f3e4b05710aa5ad224
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Republicans Aren’t Moderates Just Because They Don’t Like Donald Trump.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-kasich-2020-presidential-bid-moderate_us_59a05a32e4b06d67e3375b0c

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Gives Mattis Wide Discretion Over Transgender Ban – MICHAEL R. GORDON and EMILY COCHRANE
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/25/us/politics/trump-mattis-transgender-ban.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— RNC set to condemn white supremacy but makes no mention of Trump’s remarks – David Weigel  (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps will use this resolution to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn all his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/rnc-set-to-condemn-white-supremacy-but-makes-no-mention-of-trumps-remarks/2017/08/25/cb8c56d2-899d-11e7-a50f-e0d4e6ec070a_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Republican National Committee is expected to approve a resolution condemning racism and white supremacy at its summer meeting in Nashville — but don’t call it a rebuke of President Trump. “This has nothing to do with the president,” said the resolution’s sponsor, New Jersey RNC committeeman Bill Palatucci. “This is the RNC saying that racism and bigotry have no place in America.” Palatucci, an attorney who served as general counsel to Trump’s presidential transition committee, said that he began drafting the resolution on August 13, the day after a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville ended with the murder of a counterprotester. “The core issue was for us as RNC members to clearly and loudly denounce white supremacists,” explained Palatucci. “There can be no hesitation for the Party of Lincoln.” The resolution itself makes no mention of Trump or the president’s multiple reactions to Charlottesville, which led to three presidential advisory councils being disbanded as their members quit in protest. Instead, it states that “the racist beliefs of Nazis, the KKK, white supremacists and others are completely inconsistent with the Republican Party’s platform,” and urges that “swift and certain justice be meted out to domestic terrorists.” Most of the remaining text focuses on the history of the party, and the need for colorblind policy and politics. “We recall that the Republican Party was founded in the struggle against slavery and a rejection of the racial beliefs underlying the institution of slavery,” the resolution reads. “The Republican Party subsequently led the fight to assure all human beings have equal standing before the law, promoting instead the foundational idea that each person be judged as an individual on merit and not on the color of skin or other circumstance of birth.” The RNC’s resolution nonetheless breaks from the president by condemning white nationalists specifically and not dovetailing into criticism of the left. It’s the latest of several Republican responses that have taken that tone, but have often been buried by coverage of the president. RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel gave the party’s first official response to Charlottesville at an ill-timed August 14 event in Detroit designed to demonstrate the party’s ongoing outreach to black voters. “White supremacy, neo-Nazi, KKK and hate speech and bigotry are not welcome and [do] not have a home in the Republican Party,” McDaniel told reporters, as black Republicans waited for a closed-press roundtable to begin. “This isn’t a partisan issue. This is an American issue.” Over the next 10 days, Republicans in every state fended off questions about the president’s markedly different response to Charlottesville — condemning violence on “many sides,” attacking the “alt-left,” and occasionally being congratulated by white nationalist leaders for his tone. It was agonizing for Republicans who had tried, before Trump, to broaden the party’s appeal to non-white voters. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the highest profile black Republican in Congress, told Vice News that Trump’s “moral authority” had been compromised by his Charlottesville response. Michael Steele, who as the first black RNC chairman had apologized for the GOP’s racial politics, said after Charlottesville that his party was making a grave error by defending Trump. “In 2009, I declared the Southern Strategy of the GOP was dead. It was over,” Steele said on an August 15 episode of his Sirius XM radio show. “I am sad to say that in the course of the 2016 campaign, that strategy was revived. And now this seminal moment faces this party, where you’re either going to kill this bastard right off the top, just get rid of the Southern Strategy or you’re going to own it in perpetuity.” Outside of the Opryland complex, other Republicans were engaged in an argument about what else the party needed to do. On Tuesday, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) told reporters that a bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest, the founder of the Ku Klux Klan, should be removed from the state capitol complex. But the leading Republican candidates for governor, including Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.), stopped short of that, suggesting that the issue needed further debate in the Republican-controlled state legislature. And further away, the leadership of the Democratic National Committee accused Republicans of distracting from a crisis that they’d enabled long before Trump’s victory. “The Republican Party, led by President Trump, has cultivated a culture of hate through their rhetoric and policies,” said DNC spokeswoman Xochitl Hinojosa. “A vote on a resolution doesn’t fix the systemic problems within the Republican party. When will they take responsibility, denounce racism and stop pursuing divisive policies like voter identification laws and extreme immigration reforms?” Republican officials, who entered the Nashville meeting celebrating a historic level of control in Washington and states, said that their resolution would at least clear up where they stood and where the president needed to arrive. “I think the vote on the resolution will be unanimous and I support it,” said Steve Duprey, an RNC committeeman from New Hampshire. “I do think it is useful to remind America that our party condemns all of these hate groups, and that while the President may have not articulated it as well as he could have initially, he too has been forceful in condemning racists, supremacists, the alt right, Nazis, and other hate groups.”)

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Over the groans of some, Republican National Committee votes to condemn white supremacists – AP  (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps will use this resolution to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn all his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-republican-national-commitee-20170825-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: And though the vote was unanimous, some members had grumbled that the resolution was unnecessary and reflected unnecessary defensiveness. “It’s amazing that we have been lured into this argument that we’re not racists. It’s absurd,” said Colorado Republican Chairman Jeff Hays. “Why would we feel compelled to do that?”)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Republicans Won’t Let Chicago’s School Crisis Go to Waste  In exchange for bailing out the Windy City, Illinois’s Gov. Rauner wants a serious voucher program. – Allysia Finley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-wont-let-chicagos-school-crisis-go-to-waste-1503701116

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Weekly Standard sides with Schock against his prosecutors.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-sordid-prosecution-of-aaron-schock/article/2009425

August 12 Evening Edition

WILLIAM J. KELLY
— MONDAY MEDIA ALERT: “Speak Out Against SB31 Illinois’ Sanctuary State Bill” Rally During Gov. Rauner’s Appearance at WTTW Studios in Chicago
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/monday-media-alert-speak-out-against-sb31-illinois-sanctuary-state-bill-rally

 

ABC7
— 1 dead, 19 injured after car hits crowd at white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/1-dead-19-injured-after-car-hits-crowd-at-white-nationalist-rally-in-charlottesville-va/2300640/

 

NBC5
— Illinois Officials React to Violence at White Nationalist Rally in Virginia
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/emanuel-rauner-react-virginia-white-nationalist-rally-440073903.html
— Va. White Nationalist Rally: 1 Dead After Car Crashes Into Crowd, 2 Troopers Dead in Helicopter Crash  Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency and police dressed in riot gear ordered people to disperse after chaotic violent clashes between white nationalists and counter protestors – Sarah Rankin
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Injuries-at-University-Virginia-March-440032083.html
— Rauner Hires Sen. Johnson’s Former Campaign Manager Betsy Ankney – Mary Ann Ahern and Shelby Bremer
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/bruce-rauner-campaign-manager-betsy-ankney-440066213.html

 

CBS2
— City Of Chicago Offers Advice In Event Of Nuclear Attack
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/10/what-to-do-after-a-nuclear-attack/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote a “racist website.”
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/273516609-story

 

WLA AM
— Rauner: Emanuel taking needless risk – Bill Cameron,
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/08/12/rauner-emanuel-taking-needless-risk/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— State Rep. Jeanne Ives responds to Chicago Inc. article
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-state-rep-jeanne-ives-responds-to-chicago-inc-article-20170811-story.html
— Illinois’ abortion notification law harms free speech – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-abortion-speech-scotus-0814-md-20170811-story.html
— Trump blames ‘many sides’ after violent white supremacist rally in Virginia – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-charlottesville-violence-20170812-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CPS would lose nearly $500 million under gov’s school funding plan
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cps-would-lose-nearly-500-million-under-govs-school-funding-plan/
— 1 dead, 19 injured in Charlottesville after white nationalist rally – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/violent-cases-erupt-at-white-supremacist-rally-in-virginia/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How much more will health care cost your company in 2018? – KRISTEN SCHORSCH
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170812/ISSUE01/170819946/how-much-will-company-health-care-costs-go-up-in-2018

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Spend Governor’s Day at the Capitol this year – Doug Finke
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170812/statehouse-insider-spend-governors-day-at-capitol-this-year

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Legislators should make local schools their priority, not politics – Editorial
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20170811/editorial-legislators-should-make-local-schools-their-priority-not-politics

 

HERALD REVIEW
— Rauner: Decatur schools get $3 million more under veto plan – ALLISON PETTY
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/rauner-decatur-schools-get-million-more-under-veto-plan/article_c3b91195-66ec-563d-aec3-938198f1fa56.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— This is how much Illinois spends per inmate each year – ROGER SCHLUETER
http://www.bnd.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/answer-man/article166830882.html

 

PONTIAC DAILY LEADER
— Money not forthcoming creates issues – Paul Westermeyer
http://www.pontiacdailyleader.com/news/20170812/money-not-forthcoming-creates-issues

 

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— What’s Really Happening in Springfield Forum
https://www.nctv17.com/news/whats-really-happening-in-springfield/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— ISBE: Nearly all Illinois school districts would receive more state funding under Rauner reform plan – Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/isbe-nearly-all-illinois-school-districts-would-receive-more-state/article_340a4446-7f74-11e7-b944-afdb58d640ad.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— NEW COOK COUNTY MINIMUM WAGE, SICK LEAVE MANDATES BURDEN SKOKIE BUSINESSES – Amy Korte
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/new-cook-county-minimum-wage-sick-leave-mandates-burden-skokie-businesses/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Hollywood Profanity Wears Thin with Viewers, but So Does Discernment – Micah Clark
https://illinoisfamily.org/media/hollywood-profanity-wears-thin-viewers-discernment/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RAUNER EMPHASIZES “BROKEN” 10 TIMES IN NATIONAL CABLE NEWS INTERVIEW
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/rauner-emphasizes-broken-10-times-in-national-cable-news-interview.html
— TRANSCRIPT OF FOX NEWS’ INTERVIEW WITH ILLINOIS GOVERNOR BRUCE RAUNER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/transcript-of-fox-news-interview-with-illinois-governor-bruce-rauner.html
— WILL COUNTY CONSIDERS VOTE TO SAVE TAXPAYERS BY ENDING ELECTED OFFICIALS’ PENSIONS  (DIERSEN: To qualify for my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension, I had to work 40 hour per week 1971-1997, but I got full-time CSRS credit for 1966-1969 even though I only worked part-time.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/will-county-considers-vote-to-save-taxpayers-by-ending-elected-officials-pensions.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Asking Will County taxpayers to contact their board members before Thursday night’s meeting, Balich said there is no enforcement how many hours they work as they answer only to the public. “The IMRF the pension plan only requires 600 hours per year which is 11 ½ hours a week with reporting by the elected office holder. Pension double-dipping is another problem,” he wrote.)

 

CAPITOL FAX
— As expected, Rauner’s AV drastically short-changes CPS
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/12/as-expected-rauners-av-drastically-short-changes-cps/

 

GOPUSA
— GOP senators defend McConnell’s leadership of do-nothing Senate
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28572
— Farms adjusting to life without illegal alien labor
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28530
— Pundits stand with Kim Jong Un
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28577

 

BLAZE
— DNC deputy chairman claims Kim Jong-Un is more responsible than Trump — immediately regrets it – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/08/12/dnc-deputy-chairman-claims-kim-jong-un-is-more-responsible-than-trump-immediately-regrets-it/

 

THE HILL
— Trump condemns violence erupting at white nationalist protest – MAX GREENWOOD
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/346319-trump-condemns-far-right-protests-in-charlottesville?rnd=1502559292
— It’s time for McConnell to fight with Trump instead of against him – JENNY BETH MARTIN
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/lawmaker-news/346179-its-time-for-mcconnell-to-fight-with-trump-instead-of
— Three dead after violent clashes at white nationalist rally – JORDAN FABIAN
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/346346-one-dead-after-violent-clashes-at-white-nationalist-rally?rnd=1502578816

 

POLITICO
— Trump condemns ‘bigotry and violence’ in Charlottesville clashes – BRENT D. GRIFFITHS
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/12/trump-denounces-hate-violence-charlottesville-241571

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— State of Emergency Declared in Charlottesville After Protests Turn Violent – SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and BRIAN M. ROSENTHAL
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/12/us/charlottesville-protest-white-nationalist.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/12/us/stay-hide-or-leave-hard-choices-for-immigrants-in-the-heartland.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— At least 10 pedestrians struck along route of white nationalist rally in Charlottesville; one fatality, according to mayor – Joe Heim, Ellie Silverman, T. Rees Shapiro and Emma Brown
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/fights-in-advance-of-saturday-protest-in-charlottesville/2017/08/12/155fb636-7f13-11e7-83c7-5bd5460f0d7e_story.html
— Google employees face fear, uncertainty in aftermath of divisive memo – Elizabeth Dwoskin  (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, Democrats will force Google to “look like America,” that is, sooner or later, Democrats will force Google to get rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/google-employees-face-fear-uncertainty-in-aftermath-of-divisive-memo/2017/08/11/5edd7a00-7ee1-11e7-83c7-5bd5460f0d7e_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Car Strikes Protesters, Killing One, Amid Clashes Over Confederate Statue  Charlottesville city officials said there were ‘multiple injuries’ from the car hitting pedestrians – Cameron McWhirter and  Douglas Belkin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hundreds-face-off-ahead-of-white-nationalist-rally-in-virginia-1502553066

 

SALON
— Bernie Sanders, the socialist revival and the unexpected upsurge of millennial Marxism  Bernie Sanders proved socialism isn’t dead — and some young people are open to the banished ideas of Karl Marx – CONOR LYNCH
http://www.salon.com/2017/08/12/bernie-sanders-the-socialist-revival-and-the-unexpected-upsurge-of-millennial-marxism/

August 2 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner takes aim at CPS funding in rewriting education plan – Monique Garcia, Rick Pearson and Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-education-met-0802-20170801-story.html
— Emanuel: Republican lawmakers will feel pressure to defy Rauner on education bill – John Byrne and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-bruce-rauner-veto-met-0803-20170802-story.html
— Foxconn — how the cookie crumbles for Illinois’ economy – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-foxconn-illinois-wisconsin-jobs-edit-0803-jm-20170802-story.html
— Pregnant Beecher mom, 3 young sons killed in crash laid to rest – Zak Koeske
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-beecher-crash-funeral-st-0803-20170802-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Fitch: Rauner veto creates ‘uncertainty,’ could affect school ratings – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fitch-rauner-veto-creates-uncertainty-could-affect-school-ratings/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner’s school veto will cause pain beyond Chicago, Dems say. Here’s how. – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170802/BLOGS02/170809950/rauners-school-veto-will-cause-pain-beyond-chicago-dems-say-heres-how
— How I fell for Emanuel’s budget spin – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170801/BLOGS02/170809982/how-i-fell-for-emanuels-budget-spin
— Over 500 at Allstate lose claims jobs to new app – STEVE DANIELS
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170802/NEWS07/170809946/over-500-at-allstate-lose-claims-jobs-to-new-app

 

DAILY HERALD
— Rauner, Madigan, Cullerton must seek school compromise – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170802/editorial-rauner-madigan-cullerton-must-seek-school-compromise
— Sugar Grove trustee Kevin Geary resigns due to move – Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170801/sugar-grove-trustee-resigns-due-to-move
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Senate Republicans slowly turning their backs on Trump.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170802/news/308029972/

 

ABC7
— Report says Trump called White House a ‘dump’ at his golf club – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/report-says-trump-called-white-house-a-dump-at-his-golf-club/2269230/

 

CBS2
— Emanuel: Rauner “Governing Through Anger” In Rewriting School Funding Plan
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/02/rahm-emanuel-bruce-rauner-education-funding-veto/

 

WGN TV
— Trump administration prepares to investigate ‘race-based discrimination’ in colleges – CNN
http://wgntv.com/2017/08/02/trump-administration-prepares-to-investigate-race-based-discrimination-in-colleges/

 

WLS AM
— Emanuel accuses Rauner of acting like Trump – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/08/02/emanuel-accuses-rauner-of-acting-like-trump/

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— With stage set on SB1, lawmakers should choose people they represent over party – Editorial (DIERSEN: What should lawmakers do if the “people they represent” want them to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20170801/editorial-with-stage-set-on-sb1-lawmakers-should-choose-people-they-represent-over-party

 

MADISON RECORD
— Edgar County Watchdogs file suit in connection with Mautino investigation – Jon Campisi
http://madisonrecord.com/stories/511158604-edgar-county-watchdogs-file-suit-in-connection-with-mautino-investigation

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Preservationists worry about fate of house near Wheaton  1887 house was designed by well-known Chicago architect Jarvis Hunt – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/08/02/preservationists-worry-about-fate-of-house-near-wheaton/awxqh9x/

 

REVIEW & HERALD
— Rauner calls for support of school funding changes – RYAN VOYLES
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/rauner-calls-for-support-of-school-funding-changes/article_34274eb9-eaf8-5a84-9471-714600ddf2e8.html

 

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners say “Rauner again seeks to pit Chicago against rest of Illinois when it comes to funding schools.”
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/rauner-again-seeks-to-pit-chicago-against-rest-of-illinois/article_202cfd2d-a6b8-5a04-93e1-d269014f4ca3.html

 

KELLY FOR ILLINOIS
— Chicago radio host to Trump: Help me stop Illinois’ sanctuary state law
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/chicago-radio-host-to-trump-help-me-stop-illinois-sanctuary-state-law

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Facing an unfair property tax bill?
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511167945-facing-an-unfair-property-tax-bill

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Bloomington’s Mayor Renner and Co. circling the wagons and making up excuses – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/08/bloomingtons-mayor-renner-and-co-circling-the-wagons-and-making-up-excuses/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— COOK COUNTY SUGARY DRINK TAX KICKS IN
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/cook-county-sugary-drink-tax-kicks-in-.html
— DI LEO: ILLEGAL ALIENS AND THE CHALLENGE OF STATISTICS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/illegal-aliens-and-the-challenge-of-statistics.html
— TAXES ARE KILLING SMALL BUSINESSES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/taxes-are-killing-small-businesses.html
— THORNER: ARE WE WILLING TO ACCEPT POLITICAL CORRECTNESS FOR COMMON SENSE IN THE MILITARY?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/thorner-are-we-willing-to-accept-political-correctness-for-common-sense-in-the-military.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— SDem analysis: Rauner AV would blow a $221 million hole in state budget
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/02/sdem-analysis-rauner-av-would-blow-a-221-million-hole-in-state-budget/
— Proft papers start push for $100 million tax credit program for private school scholarships
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/02/proft-papers-start-push-for-100-million-tax-credit-program-for-private-school-scholarships/
— IL AFL-CIO’s Carrigan responds – CFL’s Ramirez responds – IFT’s Montgomery responds *** ILGOP goes full-on Mother Jones in response to new Pritzker ad
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/02/ilgop-goes-full-on-mother-jones-in-response-to-new-pritzker-ad/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Government is the affirmative action problem, private action is the solution – Neal McCluskey (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially to screw Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/government-is-the-affirmative-action-problem-private-action-is-the-solution/article/2630442

 

GOPUSA
— Kasich a closet Democrat, says tea party leader – Chad Groening
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28033
— Transforming the military, one tweet at a time (DIERSEN: All the while that I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, it was “distracted” with hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger.  It is called patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28035
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Anything that distracts from the military’s main mission or makes it harder for our troops to survive in combat is a stealth attack on our men and women in uniform. Mr. Trump made it clear that military readiness overrides all other considerations, including hurt feelings or threats by disappointed interest groups.)

 

FOX NEWS
— Huckabee Sanders Rips Into Media: ‘You Want to Create a Narrative That Doesn’t Exist’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/08/01/sarah-huckabee-sanders-russia-create-narrative-doesnt-exist
— GOP Pulls in $75M in Trump’s First 6 Months, Double Obama’s First 6 Months
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/08/02/gop-fundraising-trumps-first-6-months-doubles-obamas-first-6-months

 

DAILY CALLER
— Asian Group Comes Out In Support Of DOJ Effort To Curb Affirmative Action – Amber Randall (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially to screw Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/02/asian-group-comes-out-in-support-of-doj-effort-to-curb-affirmative-action/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— The View Whines We Need Affirmative Action Because of ‘Systemic Racism’ ‘Slavery’ – Kristine Marsh (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially to screw Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kristine-marsh/2017/08/02/view-whines-we-need-affirmative-action-because-systematic-racism

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— D’Souza: Wake up, fight back, or lose to the Left – Billy Davis and Steve Jordahl
https://www.onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2017/08/02/dsouza-wake-up-fight-back-or-lose-to-the-left

 

THE HILL
— Trump, GOP senators unveil measure to cut legal immigration – JORDAN FABIAN AND JORDAIN CARNEY
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/344924-trump-gop-senators-unveil-measure-to-cut-legal-immigration

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “White House’s ‘We Don’t Care Much For Brown Folks Week’ Going OK  Could be better, probably couldn’t be worse.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-houses-we-dont-care-much-for-brown-folks-week-going-ok_us_5982442ce4b00f0084adeaea

 

CNN
— Trump backs plan that would curb legal immigration – Sara Murray and Dan Merica
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/02/politics/trump-skills-immigration-plan-cotton-perdue/index.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The Trump administration takes up the cause of oppressed white people – Paul Waldman (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially to screw Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/08/02/the-trump-administration-takes-up-the-cause-of-oppressed-white-people/
— Of course the Trump Justice Department wants to target affirmative action – Philip Bump (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially to screw Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/08/02/of-course-the-trump-justice-department-wants-to-target-affirmative-action/

 

NEW YORK POST
— White House downplays reports affirmative action being targeted – Marisa Schultz (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially to screw Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://nypost.com/2017/08/02/white-house-downplays-reports-affirmative-action-being-targeted/

 

KANSAS CITY STAR
— NAACP issues first-ever travel advisory for a state — and it’s Missouri – IAN CUMMINGS (DIERSEN: Should Trump issue travel advisories for Trump supporters in those precincts, municipalities, townships/wards, counties, and states which voted for Clinton?  Should Trump supporters wear body cameras to document insults, harassment, threats, etc. from anti-Trumps?)
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article164851802.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— STRUGGLING AMERICANS ONCE SOUGHT GREENER PASTURES—NOW THEY’RE STUCK  The country is the least mobile since after World War II, even in economically depressed rural locales – Janet Adamy and Paul Overberg  (DIERSEN: Where have you lived?  Since the 1840s, all my ancestors have lived in northeast Illinois. I lived in Crete 1948-1972, University Park 1972-1976, Chicago 1976-1978, and Wheaton since 1978.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/struggling-americans-once-sought-greener-pasturesnow-theyre-stuck-1501686801

 

BLOOMBERG
— How Trump’s Attack on Affirmative Action Could Succeed  An aggressive Justice Department could make the case, or wait for the Supreme Court’s makeup to change. – Noah Feldman  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially to screw Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-08-02/how-trump-s-attack-on-affirmative-action-could-succeed

 

KIPLINGER
— Worst Jobs for the Future: Legislator
http://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/business/T012-S001-worst-jobs-for-the-future-2017/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Total number of jobs: 56,514  Projected job growth, 2016-2026: 1.5%  Median annual salary: $20,500  Typical education: Bachelor’s degree  It’s an ugly time to be in politics. The number of positions for local, state and federal legislators rarely changes, so competition can be fierce as we’ve all seen on the national stage. And despite what you might think about fat-cat politicos, government paychecks for the majority of elected officials are actually pretty light. On the bright side, opportunities to enter the field arise with every election, and pay for the top 10% in the field goes up to above $95,000 a year. Alternate Career  You can still affect change by pursuing a career as a social and community service manager. (And you can always get back into politics from this career path; it worked for Barack Obama.) Like many of our best jobs for the future, this occupation benefits from the aging population. As boomers increasingly lean on social services, such as adult day care and meal-delivery programs, managers of such businesses will be in greater demand. In fact, the number of these managers is expected to grow 15.7% by 2026 from 149,920 currently. Plus, the median salary is much more generous at $62,349 a year. You need at least a bachelor’s degree in social work, urban studies, public administration or a related field to get started. But reaching these managerial heights typically also requires relevant work experience of five years or more. And some employers prefer applicants with master’s degrees.)

 

DAILY BEAST
— Trump Panders to White Fragility – JAMIL SMITH (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially to screw Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-s-department-of-justice-officially-becomes-the-department-of-retribution