August 3 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democratic National Committee meets in Chicago in August: 50 years after 1968 COLLEGE DEMOCRATS IN CHICAGO THIS WEEK – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/democratic-national-committee-college-democrats-america-presidential-nominating-process-voter-turnout/
— Pull out all stops to protect our vote from foreign meddling – Editorial (DIERSEN: In 2016, foreign countries had great success in getting votes for Clinton in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/voter-fraud-election-hacking-russian-meddling-cook-county/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— What was on mind of former legislator Nick Sauer caught up in Springfield’s latest sex scandal? I really don’t want to know – John Kass (DIERSEN: Who promoted Nick Sauer and why? Needless-to-say, their judgment should be questioned.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-illinois-legislator-nude-photos-kass-20180802-story.html
— Lawsuits seek reversal of smog break for Wisconsin Foxconn plant, Indiana steel mills – Michael Hawthorne (DIERSEN: I remember seeing lots of pollution while I lived at 1286 Wood Street in Crete 1954-1972 whenever the wind came from the northeast.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-madigan-emanuel-smog-lawsuit-foxconn-20180802-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who cast Republican primary ballots to give them standing to harm/destroy Republicans? I should write a book about the aforesaid Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-art-jones-nazi-congress-st-0729-story.html
— Yes, cops should report when they point their guns – Editorial (DIERSEN: Should governments be required to report when they take adverse actions against their employees? Would my Republican U.S. Senators and my Republican U.S. Representatives have come to my defense a) if my Democrat GAO superiors had reported that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) if my Democrat IRS superiors had reported that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) if my Democrat Post Office superiors had reported that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-police-guns-consent-decree-chicago-20180802-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Kane’s Lauzen: Drug treatment facility firm, state’s attorney are incompetent, dishonest – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180803/kanes-lauzen-drug-treatment-facility-firm-states-attorney-are-incompetent-dishonest
— Three running for Schaumburg mayor; Larson ‘undecided’ – Eric Peterson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180802/three-running-for-schaumburg-mayor-larson-undecided

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois would join suit over Trump’s gas-mileage freeze Attorney General Lisa Madigan joins 19 counterparts in what could be an historic clash over who sets anti-pollution rules – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Do you own any cars that Obama condemned as being clunkers? I do. I have owned a loaded like-new red 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX V-8 since 1995 that gets 24 MPG on the highway. It has only 25,799 miles on it.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/illinois-would-join-suit-over-trumps-gas-mileage-freeze

 

NBC5
— Illinois Has 14 of the Top 100 Public High Schools in the US, Ranking Says (DIERSEN: What ranking did your high school have when you graduated? What percent of your classmates earned bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees, professional certifications, and professional licenses?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/best-public-high-schools-in-illinois-489898691.html

 

WBEZ
— Former Police Supt. Garry McCarthy’s Mayoral Campaign Got More Than $12K From Felon – Hunter Clauss
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/mccarthys-mayoral-campaign-got-more-than-12k-from-felon/e3b574eb-060b-4a72-b111-b16e818bb1f5

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Poverty’s pain being felt all across Illinois – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-08-02/jim-dey-povertys-pain-being-felt-all-across-illinois.html

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Hultgren backs Republican candidate for Illinois House’s 64th District seat – Drew Zimmerman (DIERSEN: Both Hultgren and Roskam endorsed me when I first ran for DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 Republican Committeeman in 2000.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/08/02/hultgren-backs-republican-candidate-for-illinois-houses-64th-district-seat/a718swk/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Planned Parenthood, State AGs Blast ‘Barbarous’ Effort To Mute Abortion Info – WADE GOODWYN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at women that their top priority should be getting rid of men, and especially men who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about women in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who ever-increasingly paint themselves as being “man-haters.”)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/planned-parenthood-state-ags-blast-barbarous-effort-mute-abortion-info#stream/0

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Republicans learn from Democrats that “GOP leaders are circulating 25 names as possible candidates to replace Nick Sauer.” What do you say to Republican political organizations that a) fail/refuse to issue press advisories and press releases and/or b) fail/refuse to keep diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists?
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/08/03/an-urlacher-is-among-25-names-to-replace-sauer-atty-gen-rosenstein-hits-chicago-fundraising-pickles-for-emanuel-mccarthy-294323

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— The Democratic Dog That Didn’t Bark
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/02/democratic-dog-didnt-bark/

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Local 150 endorsement of McCann and Pritzker draws criticism – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They falsely claim to be Republican to give them standing to harm all Republicans.)
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/bernard-schoenburg-local-endorsement-of-mccann-and-pritzker-draws-criticism/article_0f25e3bd-7e46-542e-9779-3f2fddfe2365.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The double endorsement, said TRAVIS STERLING, executive director of the Illinois Republican Party, made it “crystal clear that McCann is a Democrat plant whose sole purpose in this race is to benefit MIKE MADIGAN and J.B. Pritzker. … Pritzker and McCann should join the same ticket as they both serve Madigan, and the status quo corruption in Springfield.”)

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Trump Nominee Kyle McCarter Hammered by Democrats – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: If you were nominated for something, what would the Democrats hammer you on? For me, Democrats would stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They would stress those Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. WHO DID NOT COME TO MY DEFENSE.)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=269331#.W2QewaBy-M8

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Dodge sees voter frustration with lack of transparency in Springfield – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511505909-dodge-sees-voter-frustration-with-lack-of-transparency-in-springfield

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
–Attorney General: Naperville improperly withheld public records – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/08/ag-naperville-improperly-withheld-public-records/

 

DAILY LINE
— TRAGIC: Video gaming net $422 million in taxes last fiscal year – Hannah Meisel
http://thedailyline.net/chicago/08/03/2018/video-gaming-net-422-million-in-taxes-last-fiscal-year-report/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— The connection between Bruce Rauner and “own the libs” Charlie Kirk pops up again
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/03/the-connection-between-bruce-rauner-and-own-the-libs-charlie-kirk-pops-up-again/
— 95 days to go
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/03/95-days-to-go/

 

GOPUSA
— ‘Non-partisan’ professors resign over partisan hire
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=51533

 

NEWSMAX
— Adam Kinzinger Slams Trump for Praising North Korea’s Kim – Todd Beamon (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who tells Republicans to slam Trump? ANSWER: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs.)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/adam-kinzinger-north-korean-dictator-kim-jong-un-korean-war/2018/08/02/id/875135/

BLAZE
— Thousands of elementary school teachers fail state math exams. Educators, unions blame the tests. – Teri Webster (DIERSEN: What tests have you passed? My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. Few of them had taken either examination and even fewer had passed them. Passing such examinations used to be required to get promoted at IRS and at GAO, but Democrats dropped those requirements because extremely few young Democrat minorities and extremely few young Democrat women had taken or passed those examinations.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/08/02/thousands-of-elementary-school-teachers-fail-state-math-exams-educators-unions-blame-the-tests

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump takes us-versus-them media war to new heights.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/400161-trump-takes-us-versus-them-media-war-to-new-heights

 

POLITICO
— RNC warns donors to steer clear of Kochs The move escalates the fight between President Donald Trump and the powerful network. – ALEX ISENSTADT (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who talk and/or act like my critics/opponents have threatened to destroy them if they help me in any way. My critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. The destroy individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that they cannot manipulate/dominate. I should write a book about my critic/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/02/rnc-warns-donors-kochs-760233

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Back pay checks sent out to 900 Illinois workers (DIERSEN: What back pay checks do you believe that you should get? I believe that I should get back pay checks for the salary and pension that I did not get a) because my GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) because my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12 and got rid of my mentor in 1975; c) because my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave request in 1969.)
https://apnews.com/0d78b7d1ecc949e59ece645258ee9e89

 

AOL
— The Obamas are worth 30 times more than when they entered the White House in 2008 — here’s how they spend their millions – Business Insider (DIERSEN: What has limited your net worth from increasing? My Democrat superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.aol.com/article/finance/2018/08/02/obamas-net-worth-30-times-more-than-when-entered-white-house-2008-millions/23494798/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: How Fake Influence Campaigns on Facebook Lured Real People – Kate Conger and Charlie Savage (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website. According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless. Because they cannot manipulate/dominate me, they do NOT want me to drive traffic to their websites.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/technology/facebook-fake-accounts.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you do not glorify and praise and pander to foreign counties and their citizens (except Russia), anti-Trumps call you a nativist, White supremacist, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/opinion/editorials/trump-conte-italy-immigration.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use illegals to paint Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Ever-increasingly Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs shout that Republicans should surrender to the Democrats and their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/education/learning/immigration-community-colleges.html
— Arrested, Jailed and Charged With a Felony. For Voting. – Jack Healy (DIERSEN: In my opinion, if you are a Democrat, a Libertarian, or a Green, but you cast a Republican primary ballot, you are guilty of voter fraud. How many voters commit such voter fraud in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about the aforesaid who talk and/or act like they are Democrats, Libertarians, or Greens, but cast Republican primary ballots.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/us/arrested-voting-north-carolina.html
— Stop Calling Trump a Populist From tax cuts to Kavanaugh, he’s been relentless about hurting working-class Americans. – Paul Krugman (DIERSEN: Are/were you a worker? I was a lowly worker 1962-1997. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes look down on lowly works like I was 1962-1997. 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 assembly 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.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/opinion/stop-calling-trump-a-populist.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The Downsides of $1 Trillion Valuation Income Inequality May Grow as Mega-Firms Dominate Economy – Matt Phillips (DIERSEN: What percent of Apples employees are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/business/apple-trillion.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “President Trump’s feud with Charles Koch shows the conservative coalition is cracking up Exposing the myth of big business’ political might.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2018/08/03/why-the-trump-koch-feud-signals-a-crackup-of-the-conservative-coalition/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— National Archives warns that even the GOP’s request for Brett Kavanaugh’s record won’t be ready until October – Sarah D. Wire (DIERSEN: The higher the office that you seek, the further back in time that your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will look for anything to use against you.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-archives-kavanaugh-documents-20180802-story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Head of de Blasio’s new PAC was convicted of voter fraud – Yoav Gonen (DIERSEN: In my opinion, if you are a Democrat, a Libertarian, or a Green, but you cast a Republican primary ballot, you are guilty of voter fraud. How many voters commit such voter fraud in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about the aforesaid who talk and/or act like they are Democrats, Libertarians, or Greens, but cast Republican primary ballots.)
https://nypost.com/2018/08/01/head-of-de-blasios-new-pac-was-convicted-of-voter-fraud/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Work Requirements Hurt Poor Families—and Won’t Work What beneficiaries lack is not motivation, but stable, consistent, decently paid jobs.- Jason Furman (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that all the jobs that I had were BAD JOBS and that THEY WOULD NEVER STOOP TO TAKE THEM. 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 assembly 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.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/work-requirements-hurt-poor-familiesand-wont-work-1533250066
— The Senate’s Unprecedented Obstruction Obama’s nominees faced only 17 cloture votes in his first term. Trump’s have faced 108 in 18 months. – David B. Rivkin Jr. and John Shu
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-senates-unprecedented-obstruction-1533250131
— Fake Facebook Accounts Latched On to Real Groups A fake account or page ‘just piggybacks onto real sentiment,’ and ‘can push others to increasingly polarized positions,’ a digital researcher says – Deepa Seetharaman and Robert McMillan (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the fake conservative groups and their fake leaders that fake conservatives created in 2007 to end my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fake-facebook-accounts-latched-on-to-real-u-s-protest-groups-1533202200
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: New Push to Disclose Grads’ Income, Debt Education Department to require colleges to publish data on graduates’ debt and earnings by major – Michelle Hackman, Josh Mitchell and Douglas Belkin (DIERSEN: I graduated debt-free from NIU in 1970 when I was 21 with a bachelor’s degree in business and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. In today’s dollars, I earned $45,703 when I was 22, $55,905 when I was 23, $67,638 when I was 24, $81,071 when I was 25, and $91,880 when I was 30.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-majoring-in-psychology-make-you-better-off-the-government-wants-to-know-1533121202

 

METRO
— Baker signs NASTY Women Act, overturning archaic abortion ban in Massachusetts – Kristin Toussaint (DIERSEN: I should write a book about women in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who do everything that they can to paint themselves as being nasty.)
https://www.metro.us/news/local-news/boston/baker-signs-nasty-women-act-abortion-law

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use illegals to paint Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Ever-increasingly Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs shout that Republicans should surrender to the Democrats and their illegals.
https://www.newsweek.com/2018/08/10/donald-trump-republicans-2018-midterms-immigration-families-separated-aizona-1053415.html

 

NEW YORKER
— News Outlets Are Prewriting Stories About Officials Getting Fired to Keep Up with the Trump Era – Charles Bethea (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the GAO Chicago office employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran who my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of during the 1980s and 1990s.)
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/news-outlets-are-prewriting-stories-about-officials-getting-fired-to-keep-up-with-the-trump-era

 

WEED CITY NEWS
— Rauner OKs Allowing Medical Cannabis For Students At School
https://weedcitynews.us/cannabis/rauner-oks-allowing-medical-cannabis-for-students-at-school/

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.