ABC7
— SENATE RACE BETWEEN KIRK, DUCKWORTH HEATS UP – Charles Thomas
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/senate-race-between-kirk-duckworth-heats-up/1477047/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The race for the United States Senate seat in Illinois is heating up as Democratic challenger Tammy Duckworth unleashed new political attacks on incumbent Mark Kirk. Kirk was in Republican stronghold DuPage County Friday as he tries to unify the party behind what has become his maverick reelection campaign. After Sen. Kirk addressed the Naperville Chamber of Commerce, media members were asked to leave the room during the question and answer session. Later, Kirk explained the stroke he survived in 2012 makes question and answer sessions difficult. “That’s just a Kirk thing. I’ll take the hit for that. Ok,” Kirk said. The senator, whose bus tour took him to Republican Day in Springfield this week, reaffirmed his decision to vote for someone than his own party’s presidential nominee Donald Trump or Democrat Hillary Clinton. He is also one of only three Republican senators to support a confirmation hearing for President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. Kirk said his self-described independent, fiscally conservative, socially moderate politics are needed now more than ever. “With such bad choices between Clinton and Trump, who we decide should be our senator is all the more important now,” Kirk said.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Absent yard signs from Trump campaign, supporters buy their own – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. They are disciples of Saul Alinsky. Of course, needless-to-say, they will steal or vandalize Trump yard signs. The question is, what additional criminal acts will they engage in?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-trump-signs-e002985c-6607-11e6-b4d8-33e931b5a26d-20160819-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans say “Voter fraud in Fox Valley more in the mind than at the polls.” How many of the many millions who are in America illegally will use their false identifications to vote for Clinton and for the other Democrats in the November 8, 2016 election?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-voter-fraud-st-0822-20160822-column.html
— Trump drops almost $5 million on TV ads with immigration theme – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-trump-ads-be4faae2-662f-11e6-b4d8-33e931b5a26d-20160819-story.html
— John McLaughlin’s final ‘Bye-bye’ – Clarence Page
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-john-mclaughlin-group-pbs-page-perspec-0821-jm-20160819-story.html
— Retirement shocker: $260,000 in health care expenses per couple – Gail MarksJarvis
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-marksjarvis-retiree-health-costs-0821-biz-20160819-column.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mike Pence hits Chicago Tuesday for mega Trump-Pence fundraiser – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mike-pence-hits-chicago-tuesday-for-mega-trump-pence-fundraiser/
DAILY HERALD
— Employee bonuses raising questions, ire in Kane County – James fuller (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when GAO promoted me in 1986 and when IRS promoted me in 1974, 1973, and 1972. They wanted those promotions to given to employees who were Democrat, poor, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. They soon got rid of the IRS and GAO managers who had promoted me.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160819/news/160818978/
— Illinois no longer will call children ‘wards’ of state – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the traditional family is being destroyed and children and everyone else are encouraged to engage in behaviors (dependency of government, LGBTQ activity, pot, booze, abortion, gambling, etc.) that put them on track to be wards of the state.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160819/news/308199872/
— Towns work to encourage biking, walking – David Brummel (DIERSEN: How many people do you know who walk/walked to work and or to school? I walked from my Outer Drive East condo a) to work at IRS’s Loop office 1974-1978, b) to job-related graduate business classes at Loyola 1974-1976, and to job-related graduate accounting classes at DePaul 1976-1978.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160819/discuss/160819055/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois GOP fundraising becomes a Bruce Rauner subsidiary – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160819/BLOGS02/160819821/illinois-gop-fundraising-becomes-a-bruce-rauner-subsidiary
SUBURBAN LIFE
— Efforts to restore McKee House continue Limestone building near Glen Ellyn was built in 1936 – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2016/08/18/efforts-to-restore-mckee-house-continue/a7hm441/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Bobbi Wheatley believes that the 80-year-old McKee House needs to be preserved. “I think it is a very historically relevant building,” the Glen Ellyn resident said. “It’s part of the historical corridor along St. Charles Road.” Wheatley attended a meeting on Aug. 18 organized by the McKee Preservation Group, which is commitment to restoring and giving an adaptive reuse to the limestone building. The house was constructed in 1936 for the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County. The building is located on the Glen Ellyn-Lombard border in Churchill Woods and has been vacant since 2002. Forest Preserve District staff members have recommended the building be razed because of the high cost to repair it. The McKee Preservation Group is circulating a petition against the demolition of the building. The petition states the house should be preserved for its “historic, architectural, cultural and aesthetic importance.” “The [Forest Preserve] commissioners need to be better stewards of the property they own, or they will get booted out,” Wheatley said. Wheatley signed the group’s petition as well as others attending the meeting, including Glen Ellyn resident Karen Parkinson, who also thinks the McKee House should be preserved and reused. “I feel there are a lot of uses for it,” Parkinson said. “I think the ambiance of the location would enhance the event.” Forest Preserve District of DuPage County commissioner Tim Whelan wants to build support – and funds – for preserving the McKee House. Whelan said he would like to garner $10 donations from 5,000 people – totaling $50,000 – which would be used toward the building’s preservation. “I feel like my board will speak to me if there is a groundswell of support, along with funds,” he has said. McKee Preservation Group member Andrew Van Gorp said he would like to see the McKee House used as a bicycle way station to serve the bike trails in the area. The meeting was held in the Glen Ellyn Park District’s Lake Ellyn Boathouse, which was built in 1937 as a Works Progress Administration project and was recently restored. In July, Glen Ellyn Park District Board of Commissioners President Jay Kinzler wrote a letter to Forest Preserve District of DuPage County President Joe Cantore stating that while the Park District is not in a position to contribute capital funding towards repairs and restoration of the McKee House, “we certainly value historic assets and believe the McKee House is worthy of saving if at all possible.” In the letter, Kinzler said the Park District would consider using the McKee House for programming opportunities if it was preserved. Glen Ellyn Park Board Commissioner Kathy Cornell said that one of the possible uses for the building could be as an outdoor learning lab. “It is a terrific setting,” Cornell said. Glen Ellyn Historic Preservation Commissioner John Schreiber also expressed a desire to save the building and reuse it. “The beauty of the building is special,”Schreiber said. “It was designed to blend with the natural environment around it…It is all handcrafted. Our goal is to make this building whole and open to the public for public use.” More information about the McKee Preservation Group is at its Facebook page at @SavetheMcKeeHouse.)
WSIL
— Governor Rauner “not too involved in local races” – Anna Giles
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/32801168/governor-rauner-not-too-involved-in-local-races
KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Kirk makes time to cut, split hairs – Jon Krenek
http://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/kirk-makes-time-to-cut-split-hairs/article_85c28057-0973-5eab-9d75-7363d9c1d2c2.html
ILLINOIS MIRROR
— Media Steers Clear of Highlighting Gov. Rauner’s Charitable Contribution – Brittany Clingen
http://www.illinoismirror.com/media-steers-clear-of-highlighting-gov-rauners-charitable-contribution/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— BUDGET ESTIMATES FALL AS ILLINOIS HITS SLOWEST ECONOMIC GROWTH SINCE GREAT RECESSION – Michael Lucci
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/budget-estimates-fall-as-illinois-hits-slowest-economic-growth-since-great-recession/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TRUMP LAUNCHES FIRST TELEVISION AD OF THE GENERAL ELECTION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/08/trump-launches-first-television-ad-of-the-general-election.html
— STAVER: PASTORS, DON’T HIDE BEHIND THE IRS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/08/staver-pastors-dont-hide-behind-the-irs.html
HOT AIR
— Remember when the era of big government was over? – ED MORRISSEY
http://hotair.com/archives/2016/08/19/remember-when-the-era-of-big-government-was-over/
DAILY CALLER
— Union Bemoans Bonus Cap For Gov’t Workers Making 6 Figures – Kathryn Watson (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, from what I saw, those who got promotions beyond GS-13 and bonuses were whose who were most successful a) in retaining and promoting their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) in making way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/19/union-bemoans-bonus-cap-for-govt-workers-making-6-figures/
GOPUSA
— Transgender edict: You will be made to comply (DIERSEN: When, if not already, you are threatened if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, how will you react?)
http://www.gopusa.com/transgender-edict-you-will-be-made-to-comply/
— NPR’s Cokie Roberts: Trump supporters ‘morally tainted’ (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps like Roberts are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=13939
NUMBERS USA
— CISCO WILL LAY OFF 5,500 AMERICAN WORKERS WHILE PUSHING FOR MORE FOREIGN WORKERS
https://www.numbersusa.com/news/cisco-will-lay-5500-american-workers-while-pushing-more-foreign-workers
FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— WHEN TEDDY ROOSEVELT BANNED MUSLIMS FROM AMERICA The bill would prohibit the entry of the “entire Mohammedan world.” – Daniel Greenfield
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/263879/when-teddy-roosevelt-banned-muslims-america-daniel-greenfield
THE HILL
— How Breitbart turned on Ted Cruz – Jonathan Swan
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/292028-how-breitbart-turned-on-ted-cruz
REUTERS
— Trump tours flooded Louisiana, in spite of governor’s ‘photo op’ admonishment – Bryn Stole (DIERSEN: I should write an article about “leaders” in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and b) who have admonished me not to promote, to attend, and/or to report on their events or other activities in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. The aforesaid are really Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-idUSKCN10U1B3
NBC NEWS
— Trump to African-American Voters: What Do You Have to Lose?’ – DANNY FREEMAN (DIERSEN: Democrats have always shouted at Blacks that Democrats will use the federal government to take jobs, promotions, opportunities, etc. away from Republicans and give those jobs, promotions, opportunities, etc. to Blacks.)
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-african-american-voters-what-do-you-have-lose-n634816
WASHINGTON POST
— Stop blaming racism for Donald Trump’s rise – Jeff Guo
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/19/stop-blaming-racism-for-donald-trumps-rise/
SEATTLE TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps explain “Why voters should make the GOP pay for backing Trump.” What do you do? How strongly have the anti-Trumps blamed you for Trump’s successes? The fewer votes that Trump gets in Illinois, the sooner that the Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who dominate the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) a) will get rid of those like me who support the traditional filmily, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the IRP platform and b) destroy the IRP.
http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/dick-meyer-why-voters-should-make-the-gop-pay-for-backing-trump/
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Support Trump’s Call for Immigration Restrictions, Screening Test
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/august_2016/most_support_trump_s_call_for_immigration_restrictions_screening_test
