August 20 Evening Edition

ABC7
— TEACHERS’ PENSION FUND’S COSTLY MISTAKE
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/weekend-watch-teachers-pension-funds-costly-mistake/1476564/

 

CBS2
— Chicago Experts Weigh In On Trump Campaign Shakeup
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/08/19/chicago-experts-weigh-in-on-trump-campaign-shakeup/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gov. Rauner can be quite a character – Michael Sneed  (DIERSEN: According to this article: “Rauner detests Trump!”  If that is true, do Rauner and his supporters detest the 556,916 who voted for Trump in Illinois?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-gov-rauner-can-be-quite-a-character/
— A single mom and ex-con, she’s made a difference – Mary Mitchell  (DIERSEN: Do you make a positive difference?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes shout that I not only do not make a positive difference with my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, a) I cause all of their problems, all of your problems, all of my problems, and all of everyone’s problems and b) I caused all the defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mitchell-a-single-mom-and-ex-con-shes-made-a-difference/
— Trump’s Chicago real estate flop – Lynn Sweet  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What percent of businesses that would not rent retail space from Trump 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?  ANSWER: 100%)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-trump-touts-biz-record-but-tower-retail-space-still-empty/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A central premise of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s pitch to voters is that his business success qualifies him for the Oval Office — but his years-long effort to rent retail space at the base of Trump’s namesake tower in Chicago has been a total failure. The billionaire businessman and reality show star, the son of a builder, highlights his real estate development expertise as a central selling point. Indeed, a selection of Trump’s construction projects — mostly in New York — were elements in two biographical videos about Trump at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers say police are racist.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/watchdogs-the-grass-gap-racial-disparities-in-pot-enforcement/
— I wouldn’t want to be a cop – Mark Brown (DIERSEN: Brown would not want to work for GAO, for IRS, or for the Post Office either.  GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-i-wouldnt-want-to-be-a-cop/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Kirk touts small-business rights during Naperville chamber event – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-kirk-naperville-chamber-st-0821-20160820-story.html
— Trump meets Hispanic council; RNC official sees ‘game-changing’ opportunity
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-hispanic-advisory-council-20160820-story.html
— Why food stamp fraud is ‘fairly rampant’ at corner stores in some Chicago neighborhoods – Greg Trotter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-food-stamp-trafficking-0821-biz-20160819-story.html
— A controversial black sheriff clashes with the city’s white police chief in Milwaukee – Jaweed Kaleem
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-milwuakee-unrest-david-clarke-edward-flynn-20160820-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans say “Right to vote not a priority for Rauner.”
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160820/ISSUE07/308209996/right-to-vote-not-a-priority-for-rauner
— For female lawyers, the hardest suit to file can be against your own firm – CLAIRE BUSHEY  (DIERSEN: In 1988, when I was 40 years old, after I had worked for GAO for almost 9 years, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  Rather than join the lawsuit with me, my older White male superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates “cut deals” with GAO. To get GAO to allow them to work until they were eligible for full retirement, they helped GAO get rid of its employees like me who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160820/ISSUE01/308209994/for-female-lawyers-the-hardest-suit-to-file-can-be-against-your-own

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— How Kankakee Times is blurring the lines between campaigning and news – Jon Krenek and Dimitrios Kalantzis  (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails do not blur any lines.  The emails defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee Resolution Against Video Gambling.  Of course, needless-to-say, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that reject the aforesaid reject GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/how-kankakee-times-is-blurring-the-lines-between-campaigning-and/article_9c130654-4862-5b00-9a9f-785d5c4e5cf9.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Local races drawing campaign cash: Makeup of state legislature at stake in election – JOSEPH BUSTOS
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article96882247.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Questions abound on Champaign County’s Nov. 8 ballot – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2016-08-20/questions-abound-champaign-countys-nov-8-ballot.html

 

SOUTHERN
— Southern Illinois reps blast Rauner for vetoing bill to re-open Hardin County Work Camp – STEPHANIE ESTERS
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/southern-illinois-reps-blast-rauner-for-vetoing-bill-to-re/article_7af60cd8-1c84-598a-906c-502be9bf9e25.html

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Where were you in ’83? Michael Madigan was speaker of the Illinois House. And still is. – Patrick E. Gauen  (DIERSEN: Longevity in an office is a valid criticism only when what that office is responsible for has gone downhill.)
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/pat-gauen/where-were-you-in-michael-madigan-was-speaker-of-the/article_fa6d88b7-1021-52c0-a9ff-7d9ff58b21c2.html

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Why Trump’s recent pivot or perceived pivot is so important to the Presidential Election – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2016/08/why-trumps-recent-pivot-or-perceived-pivot-is-so-important-to-the-presidential-election/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS TAXPAYERS PAY $15,000 PER AFSCME WORKER IN ANNUAL HEALTH CARE COSTS – Mailee Smith (DIERSEN: Because I am a federal retiree, American taxpayers pay $16,854/year and my wife and I pay only $5,618/year for $22,472/year worth of health, dental, and vision insurance.  Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents stress the aforesaid to their operatives and to their dupes, all of whom have severe financial, health, and/or other problems. Of course, needless-to-say, if I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents would use the aforesaid against me. 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 its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-taxpayers-pay-15000-per-afscme-worker-in-annual-health-care-costs/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois’ contract with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees – the state’s largest government-worker union – expired on June 30, 2015. Since then, AFSCME officials have been clamoring for a “fair contract,” with demands including Cadillac health insurance at little cost – hardly a fair proposal for state taxpayers, who can’t afford to keep paying for such exorbitant state-worker benefits. Under the expired contract, taxpayers cover nearly $15,000 per AFSCME worker in annual health care costs, though workers themselves pay just $4,452 toward their own coverage. Meanwhile, private-sector workers have seen rate increases of up to 49 percent in the Illinois health care exchange in 2016 alone.)

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Obama irks La. flood victims with memo warning them not to discriminate – Valerie Richardson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Obama makes it clear that he wants individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries to discriminate against those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/19/obama-offends-louisiana-flood-victims-me/

 

GOPUSA
— Democratic Party has failed you, Trump tells black voters  (DIERSEN: What are your demographics?  To what extend has the Republican Party, the Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county party organization, your Republican township/ward party organization, and your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain failed those who share your demographics?  What do you want the aforesaid to do?)
http://www.gopusa.com/democratic-party-has-failed-you-trump-tells-black-voters/

 

BREITBART
— Leftist Activists Crash Trump Fundraiser, Attack Motorcade, Assault Trump Supporters in Violent ‘Gauntlet’ – JEROME HUDSON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/08/20/leftist-activists-crash-trump-fundraiser-attack-motorcade-assault-trump-supporters-in-violent-gauntlet/
— Trump: Hillary Amnesty Plan Will Treat Illegal Immigrants Better Than Our Vets Are Treated – JEFF POOR
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/08/20/trump-hillary-amnesty-plan-will-treat-illegal-immigrants-better-vets-treated/
— Nationalist Populists Celebrate Phyllis Schalfly’s 92nd Birthday – JULIA HAHN20
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/08/20/nationalist-populists-celebrate-phyllis-schalflys-92nd-birthday/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps show that they are disgusting.
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/08/20/joy-reid-praises-nude-trump-statue-that-was-brilliant/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Protesters Punch, Push, Scream At Trump Fundraiser Attendees – Alex Pfeiffer
http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/20/protesters-punch-push-scream-at-trump-fundraiser-attendees/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— MCCAIN CHALLENGER SAYS IT’S RETIREMENT TIME  ‘Our country was never designed to have a political ruling class that stayed in power for decades’ – GREG COROMBOS
http://mobile.wnd.com/2016/08/mccain-challenger-says-its-retirement-time/

 

THE BLAZE
— Jerry Falwell, Jr.: Trump is ‘Winston Churchill,’ Clinton Is ‘Neville Chamberlain’ – Tre Goins-Phillips
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/08/20/jerry-falwell-jr-trump-is-churchill-clinton-is-neville-chamberlain/

 

WESTERN JOURNALISM
— Trump: ‘Where’s Hillary? Sleeping!’- Kevin Whitson
http://www.westernjournalism.com/trump-wheres-hillary-sleeping/

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti- Trumps say “Republicans say party can’t afford to cut ties to Trump.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/291977-republicans-say-party-cant-afford-to-cut-ties-to-trump

 

POLITICO
— RNC raises $27.2 million in July – Rebecca Morin
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/republican-national-committee-fundraising-july-227227
— The 1965 Law That Gave the Republican Party Its Race Problem  LBJ didn’t think the Immigration and Nationality Act would be revolutionary. He was wrong. – Josh Zeitz  (DIERSEN: History will show that the 1965 law dramatically accelerated the downfall of America.)
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/08/immigration-1965-law-donald-trump-gop-214179

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Clinton dismisses Trump’s outreach to blacks  (DIERSEN: Who dismisses what you do?  The following dismiss what I do: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who 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://fox17online.com/2016/08/19/clinton-dismisses-trumps-outreach-to-blacks/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Why Values Voters Value Donald Trump – DANIEL K. WILLIAMS
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/opinion/sunday/why-values-voters-value-donald-trump.html
— Trump’s Empire: A Maze of Debts and Opaque Ties – SUSANNE CRAIG
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/us/politics/donald-trump-debt.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Protesters harass donors at Trump fundraiser – Mary Kay Linge
http://nypost.com/2016/08/20/protesters-harass-donors-at-trump-fundraiser/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps show that they are disgusting.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/naked-donald-trump-statue-owner-30-days-retrieve-article-1.2759198

 

SCIENCE DAILY
— That’s not fair! Managing envy in the workplace  University of Cincinnati College of Business research looks at high-level creative skills for envy in the workplace, finds there is a dark side  (DIERSEN: My critic/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that a) instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, and/or a poor veteran in 1966, b) the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran could have my job, c) instead of me, IRS should have hired a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1971, d) instead of me, IRS should have promoted a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) instead of me, GAO should have hired a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1980, f) instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1980, and g) GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160819191240.htm
— Why do they treat me like that? Taking the mask off of envy  Research in justice management finds self-esteem as the key to predicting responsive behaviors to envy in the workplace
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160819191238.htm

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.