ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote “a day without immigrants.” How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
http://abc7chicago.com/news/rick-bayless-will-close-chicago-restaurants-for-thursday-immigrant-action/1756980/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— AG Madigan, Rauner set for court clash on state worker pay Thursday – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-lisa-madigan-state-worker-paycheck-lawsuit-20170215-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump is showing reluctance to take responsibility for White House chaos.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-flynn-white-house-chaos-20170215-story.html
— A restive, active and aggressive base is a gift — and a challenge — for Democrats – David Weigel, Karen Tumulty (DIERSEN: In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who takes the lead in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? I should write a book about the aforesaid leaders in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-democrats-base-activism-movement-20170211-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Time to come around for Illinois, Mike – Editorial (DIERSEN: “Time to come around for Illinois” is code for increasing taxes on Republicans.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-time-to-come-around-for-illinois-mike/
DAILY HERALD
— Bill would create financial watch list for towns – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170215/news/170219206/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Wheaton Warrenville District 200 to host forums on $132.5 million referendum – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170216/news/170219177/
WTTW
— Rauner Lays Out Budget Plan; Democrats Not Impressed – Amanda Vinicky (DIERSEN: Democrats want a plan that will drive out of Illinois all the individuals, organizations, and companies that support Trump and/or are Protestant, conservative, 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.)
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/02/15/rauner-lays-out-budget-plan-democrats-not-impressed
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Lawmakers need to agree on more than the need to work together – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170215/our-view-lawmakers-need-to-agree-on-more-than-need-to-work-together
TIMES
— A look at how Illinois’ budget fight has affected residents – AP
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/a-look-at-how-illinois-budget-fight-has-affected-residents/article_f5bf0980-d1ed-5ee9-ba68-100bdeb2848d.html
QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— For Illinois Democrats, politics a family affair – Scott Reeder
http://www.qconline.com/opinion/for-illinois-democrats-politics-a-family-affair/article_fa45ad5c-04e1-54c2-a09a-a9505c959e60.html
PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Property Tax Freeze ‘Non-Starter’ in IL Gov’s Budget – TONY ARNOLD
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/property-tax-freeze-non-starter-il-govs-budget#stream/0
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump haters in Peoria promote female Trump haters in Peoria.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/moving-ahead-after-the-womens-rally/657236480
WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “A crush of crises all but buries the young Trump White House.”
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34516422/a-crush-of-crises-all-but-buries-the-young-trump-white-house
SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “No one in Illinois moves forward until budget impasse is done.”
http://thesouthern.com/news/opinion/editorial/quick/quick-no-one-in-illinois-moves-forward-until-budget-impasse/article_085f65b9-947d-5269-b7b8-9f76143323a4.html
BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— TRUMP NOMINEE HAS DECRIED MEDICAID FOR FOSTERING DEPENDENCY – AP (DIERSEN: Democrats promote a) dependency on government and b) dependency on charities because overwhelmingly, those who depend on government or charities vote for Democrats.)
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170216/AP/302169957
— ‘DAY WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS’ PROTESTS BEING HELD ACROSS U.S. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to make immigrants hate individuals, hate organizations, hate companies, hate governments, and hate countries that support Trump and/or are Protestant, conservative, 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.)
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170216/AP/302169973
WEST SUBURBAN JOURNAL
— State Rep. Chris Welch crafts bill to give immigrants safe zones in Illinois – Mike Sandrolini (DIERSEN: Constructively, Welch has declared war on the United State of America.)
http://westsuburbanjournal.com/welch-crafts-bill-to-give-immigrants-safe-zones-in-illinois/
CHICAGO NOW
— Rauner’s 2018 Re-election theme in his budget speech: winning the middle with pale pastels – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/02/gov-rauners-2018-re-election-theme-in-his-budget-speech-winning-the-middle-with-pale-pastels/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Hypocrisy of Leftists on Religious Tolerance – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/hypocrisy-of-leftists-on-religious-tolerance/
FOX NEWS
— Piers Morgan: Media’s Attempt to Delegitimize Trump Is ‘Un-American’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/02/15/piers-morgan-attacks-trump-presidency-are-un-american
— Pence Kept in the Dark? (DIERSEN: Who keeps you in the dark? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do everything that they can to keep me in the dark. Should I write a book about them?)
http://nation.foxnews.com/2017/02/15/pence-kept-dark-trump-reportedly-knew-about-flynns-russian-calls-kept-info-vp
DAILY CALLER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: GAO sides with Democrats who oppose the Wall. In 1980, I was one of last Republicans that GAO hired. In 1997, I was one of the last Republicans that GAO got rid of.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/15/top-us-auditor-gives-one-word-answer-on-border-wall-and-trump-wont-like-it-one-bit/
BREITBART
— The Left’s Alinsky Plan to Destroy the Trump Administration – JOEL B. POLLAK
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/14/lefts-alinsky-plan-destroy-trump-administration/
WORLD NET DAILY
— SCHOOLTEACHERS FIRED FOR PRO-TRUMP REMARKS Even comments made off campus are now grounds for termination – LEO HOHMANN
http://www.wnd.com/2017/02/schoolteachers-fired-for-pro-trump-remarks/
TOWNHALL
— Dear Reince: Do Not Fail President Trump – Kurt Schlichter
http://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2017/02/16/dear-reince-do-not-fail-president-trump-n2286072
NEWSMAX
— DC Restaurants to Partake in Thursday’s #ADayWithoutImmigrants Protest – Jason Devaney (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/washington-dc-restaurants-day-without/2017/02/15/id/773902/
FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— JOHN F. KENNEDY: WHAT WOULD HE THINK OF HIS PARTY? – Larry Elder
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/uncategorized/john-f-kennedy-what-would-he-think-of-his-party/
CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— HISPANICS BACK TRUMP ON SANCTUARY CITIES
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/02/15/hispanics-back-trump-on-sanctuary-cities/
LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Do What God’s Called You to Do – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: My churchgoing critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois talk and act they are called by God to get rid of me and to get rid of those who share my demographics.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/02/16/do-what-gods-called-you-to-do/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Psychiatrist: Calling Donald Trump Mentally Ill Is An Insult To The Mentally Ill “He may be a world-class narcissist, but this doesn’t make him mentally ill.” – Ed Mazza
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/psychiatrist-donald-trump-not-mentally-ill_us_58a512a1e4b045cd34be9702
NEW YORK TIMES
— Older Judges and Vacant Seats Give Trump Huge Powerto Shape American Courts – JOSH KATZ (DIERSEN: According to the hardcopy version of this article, less than half of federal judges are White men. Of course, those who are anti-White and/or anti-men are overjoyed about that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/14/upshot/trump-poised-to-transform-american-courts.html
— Trump Voters Show President They Can Complain on Twitter, Too – KATIE ROGERS
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/us/politics/trump-voters-show-president-they-can-complain-on-twitter-too.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Campaign Over, President Trump Will Hold a (What Else?) Campaign Rally.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/us/politics/campaign-over-president-trump-will-hold-a-what-else-campaign-rally.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What groups are you a member of? Democrats call them hate groups unless they 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/us/hate-groups-increase-usa.html
USA TODAY
— Businesses across U.S. close for ‘Day Without Immigrants’ – Doug Stanglin (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/02/16/a-day-without-immigrants-strike/97965460/
— Magic Leap sued for sex discrimination by woman hired to increase diversity – Mike Snider (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger than me wanted much greater efforts to get rid of employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or older.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/02/15/magic-leap-sued-sex-discrimination-woman-hired-increase-diversity/97939588/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn America and its citizens.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/02/15/george-takei-how-america-first-puts-many-us-last-japanese-internment/97919708/
BOSTON GLOBE
— Pence out of the loop – Teresa Hanafin (DIERSEN: If you are a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain in Illinois, one way to see how far out of the loop that you are is to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. The more things that you learn of by reading the emails that Republican township/ward, county, and state party leaders should have told you, the more that those leaders have you out of their loop.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/02/15/fast-forward-more-trump-russian-stuff-pence-out-loop-and-immigrant-wins-westminster/QQHqJZK4BR5to1QnbgOKKO/story.html
DENVER POST
— Pence remains above the fray, but is he outside the inner circle? – Robert Costa and Ashley Parker (DIERSEN: If you are a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain in Illinois, one way to see how far out of the inner circle that you are is to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. The more things that you learn of by reading the emails that Republican township/ward, county, and state party leaders should have told you, the more that those leaders have you out of their inner circle.)
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/02/14/pence-standing-flynn-russia-leaks/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Businesses to Close Amid One-Day Strike by Immigrants Against Trump ‘A Day Without Immigrants’ calls on foreign-born workers to stay home to demonstrate their impact on economy – MIRIAM JORDAN and CHARLES PASSY (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/businesses-plan-one-day-strike-against-trumps-immigration-policies-1487201302
— Don’t Believe the Progressive Hype Trump’s missteps have energized the left, but tea-party comparisons are overwrought. – KARL ROVE
https://www.wsj.com/articles/dont-believe-the-progressive-hype-1487203070
— Liberals Matriculate at Calhoun College In the Trump era, progressives are now most likely to secede. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/liberals-matriculate-at-calhoun-college-1487204348
— China: A Modern Babel “I speak Chinese” is a statement with little meaning: Linguists have identified seven mutually incomprehensible Chinese languages. Peter Neville-Hadley reviews “A Billion Voices” by David Moser. – Richard Vedder
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-a-modern-babel-1487202893
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Students, Faculty Protest Ex-Trump Campaign Manager’s Visit Dozens of demonstrators gathered at the University of Chicago to protest the appearance by Corey Lewandowski, President Donald Trump’s ex-campaign manager. – AP
http://www.usnews.com/news/illinois/articles/2017-02-15/students-faculty-oppose-ex-trump-campaign-managers-visit
COLLEGIATE TIMES
— Federal hiring freeze may discourage upcoming graduates – Alex Mazarr (DIERSEN: Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, a) the longer that you are a federal employee, the less likely that private sector employers will hire you, b) your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 ($94,610) by age 25, GS-14 ($111,801) by age 30, GS-15 ($131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($161,900) by age 40, c) you will be expected to help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and d) virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees.)
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/opinion/federal-hiring-freeze-may-discourage-upcoming-graduates/article_d122faca-f3c9-11e6-aedf-b7820fe5e678.html
MONEY MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Just Took a Shot at Another Major Company – H&R Block – Ian Salisbury
http://time.com/money/4672031/hrblock-trump-tax-reform/
GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Donald Trump isn’t mad – he’s the arrogant boss we’ve all seen before.”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/16/donald-trump-us-president
SOCIALIST WORKER
— Trump’s “voter fraud” fraud won’t silence us In classic authoritarian fashion, the Trump administration is using the “big lie” as a pretext for carrying out an assault on immigrant communities, explains Eric Ruder.
https://socialistworker.org/2017/02/16/trumps-voter-fraud-fraud-wont-silence-us