February 28 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump: Condemns ‘hate and evil’ in Congress speech. Text – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-tells-congress-the-time-for-trivial-fights-is-behind-us/amp/
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Gaming bill clears Senate hurdle – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/gaming-bill-clears-senate-hurdle-pension-bill-fizzles-once-again/
— Madigan is no champion of schoolchildren – Phil Kadner
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/phil-kadner-madigan-is-no-champion-of-schoolchildren/
— Illinois Attorney General Madigan snubs Trump: Declines WH invite – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: QUESTION: If you snub Trump, who glorifies and praises you? ANSWER: Those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. Because Trump has promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, if you snub Trump, you snub the Republican Party platform.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-attorney-general-madigan-snubs-trump-declines-wh-invite/

DAILY HERALD
— Endorsements: Brodhead, Coyne, Isaac, Krummen for Naperville council
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170228/discuss/170228982/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump invites family members of people killed by unauthorized immigrants to joint address
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/238634299-story

NBC5
— AG Lisa Madigan Declined President Trump’s Invitation to White House Meeting – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/AG-Lisa-Madigan-Declined-President-Trumps-Invitation-to-White-House-415003803.html

CBS2
— AG Lisa Madigan Declines White House Invitation
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/28/ag-lisa-madigan-declines-white-house-invitation/
— Kellyanne Conway Kneels On Oval Office Couch, Sparks Debate
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/28/kellyanne-conway-kneels-on-oval-office-couch-sparks-debate/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL
— ‘Grand bargain’ budget deal taking shape in Senate – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170228/grand-bargain-budget-deal-taking-shape-in-senate

LOUIS TODAY
— Trump refocusing on protecting police as some in minority communities worry about repercussions – Chuck Raasch (DIERSEN: Virtually all anti-Trumps paint themselves as being anti-police.)
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/trump-refocusing-on-protecting-police-as-some-in-minority-communities/article_6b085052-da68-53bb-94e8-82389cea749a.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— PUBLIC LETTER FROM IL GOP PRECINCT COMMITTEEMAN GRANT D. NOBLE TO GOVERNOR’S CHIEF OF STAFF (DIERSEN: Constructively, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are public letters to all Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois. I have been sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails since 2000. Since 2004, those emails have gone out each and every morning, since 2015, they have gone out each and every evening too, and they have included links to more than 263,500 articles and information on many upcoming events. The purpose of the emails, as everyone knows, is to encourage everyone to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/public-letter-from-il-gop-precinct-committeeman-to-governors-chief-of-staff-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— AG Madigan’s turn to snub Trump (DIERSEN: QUESTION: If you snub Trump, who glorifies and praises you? ANSWER: Those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. Because Trump has promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, if you snub Trump, you snub the Republican Party platform.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/02/28/ag-madigans-turn-to-snub-trump/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— If you care about Trump’s steak, or Kellyanne’s feet on the couch, you may need a life – Kelly Riddell
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/28/who-cares-about-trump-steak-kellyannes-feet/

WORLD NET DAILY
— BETSY DEVOS HAS DRUNK THE ‘LGBTQ’ KOOL-AID Linda Harvey also wants kids ‘protected’ but not with gender-bending bathrooms
http://www.wnd.com/2017/02/betsy-devos-has-drunk-the-lgbtq-kool-aid/

TOWNHALL
— Trump’s Special Guests Tonight Will Provide a Powerful Message on Illegal Immigration – Cortney O’Brien
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2017/02/28/trumps-special-guests-tonight-n2291801

GOPUSA
— Trump will address Congress tonight; Liz Warren, other Democrats have plans to taunt him
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21277
— Conway says feminism promotes ‘anti-male,’ ‘pro-abortion’ agenda
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21240

TOWNHALL
— Pelosi: Why Yes–We’re Looking At Ways To Impeach Trump – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/02/28/pelosi-why-yeswere-looking-at-ways-to-impeach-trump-n2291494

BARBWIRE
— I’M SORRY, BUT CAITLYN JENNER IS A MAN WEARING A DRESS – DR. MICHAEL BROWN
http://barbwire.com/2017/02/28/im-sorry-caitlyn-jenner-man-wearing-dress/

BLAZE
— Liberal Van Jones absolutely obliterates ‘ridiculous’ campus ‘safe spaces’ in fiery talk – Dave Urbanski (DIERSEN: How would you react if hate-filled liberals tried to establish “safe places” in your precinct, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America to protect people from 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? To establish a place to make people safe from a group is to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn that group.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/28/liberal-van-jones-absolutely-obliterates-ridiculous-campus-safe-spaces-in-fiery-talk/

BREITBART
— Soros-Financed Groups Provided Script for Anti-Trump Town Halls – AARON KLEIN
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/28/soros-groups-provide-word-word-anti-trump-script-protesters-use-lawmakers/
— CNN: Being an Illegal Alien ‘Not Necessarily’ a Crime – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, CNN sides with foreign countries and with their citizens AGAINST America and AGAINST America’s citizens.)
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/02/28/cnn-illegal-alien-not-necessarily-crime/
— Trump on Pelosi: ‘I Think She’s Incompetent, Actually’ – JEFF POOR
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/02/28/trump-pelosi-think-shes-incompetent-actually/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— A Nation of Immigrants — Only if They Assimilate – DENNIS PRAGER (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries oppose assimilation in America? 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/445286/swedish-crime-rates-immigration-requires-assimilation-melting-pot
— In February, Democrats Wrap Up Black Amnesia Month Contrary to their mythmaking, Democrats have a long history of oppressing black Americans. – DEROY MURDOCK
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/445303/democrat-black-history-month-amnesia-democratic-party-oppresses-blacks

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Effect? Poll Shows CNN Brand Plummeting – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/28/trump-effect-poll-shows-cnn-brand-plummeting/
— Here’s What Wrong With The Claim That Female Reporters Make 26% Less Than Male Counterparts – Andrew Follett (DIERSEN: What percent of those organizations and companies that employ reporters are Democrat – 97%, 98%, 99+%)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/28/heres-what-wrong-with-the-claim-that-female-reporters-make-26-less-than-male-counterparts/
(FROM THEARTICLE: The study’s claim ignores much of its own data. Its data clearly suggests the salary gap is because female journalists are, on average, six years younger than their male colleagues, and have 5.3 less years of work experience. They are also less likely to work full time and hold management positions. . .The study did find the average after-tax income of a male journalist in the country is $55,552, while the average female journalist earns $44,104. This statistic on its own can be misleading without the context of the work experience gap.)
— Chuck Schumer Desperate To Make Dem Hill Staff Less White – Rachel Stoltzfoos (DIERSEN: Schumer should bring in Chareles Bowsher. During the 1980s and 1990s, Bowsher had great success in getting rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non/veteran.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/28/chuck-schumer-desperate-to-make-dem-hill-staff-less-white/
— Hundreds Of Non-Citizens Registered To Vote In Ohio, Investigation Finds – Caroline May
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/28/hundreds-of-non-citizens-registered-to-vote-in-ohio-investigation-finds/
— North Trier High School Hosts Lessons On Implicit Bias, Microagressions – Amber Randall (DIERSEN: Are you White? I am. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always attributed the successes that I have had in life to my benefiting from being a White male, that is, my benefiting from discrimination against minorities and against females.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/28/chicago-area-school-hosts-lessons-on-implicit-bias-microagressions/

CNN
— Trump envisions bill allowing many (ILLEGAL) immigrants to stay in U.S. – Jake Tapper, Wolf Blitzer and Tal Kopan (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs have had great success in making illegal immigrants despise if not hate those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/28/politics/trump-immigration-bill/index.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— ILLINOIS SENATE MAKES PROGRESS ON ‘GRAND BARGAIN’
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170228/AP/302289785
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Duckworth blasts Trump over his military comments. How soon, if not already, will Duckworth blast Trump for avoiding the draft like I did? To turn veterans against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed to veterans that I avoided the draft. To turn churchgoers against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed to churchgoers that I am not a member of any church, that I do not attend church services, and that I do not give money to any church.)
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/illinois-senator-veteran-criticizes-trump-military-comments/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Says He’s Open to Legal Pathway for Undocumented Immigrants.” Democrats and RINOs have had great success in making “undocumented immigrants” despise if not hate those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/us/politics/trump-address-congress.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s GOP enablers take a page from the fascist-era Vatican.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-gop-enablers-borrow-a-page-from-the-fascist-era-vatican/2017/02/27/f7316210-fd1a-11e6-99b4-9e613afeb09f_story.html
— News coverage of Trump is really, really negative. Even on Fox News. – Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter and Roland Schatz
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/02/28/news-coverage-of-trump-is-really-really-negative-even-on-fox-news/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors want to flood America with refugees.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-town-that-cant-do-without-refugees-1488290400
— Donald Trump Faces a Conservative Revolt in Congress If the president wants to move his legislative agenda through Congress, it will be up to him to quash the rebellion – KRISTINA PETERSON and STEPHANIE ARMOUR (DIERSEN: When Trump defends and advances the Republican Party platform, conservatives would not revolt against that.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-faces-a-conservative-revolt-in-congress-1488308322

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY
— The New York Times Rewrites History To Tarnish Trump Speech – John Merline
http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/the-new-york-times-rewrites-history-to-tarnish-trump/

BUFFALO NEWS
— Background checks must go beyond fingerprints – Thomas Frazier
https://buffalonews.com/2017/02/28/another-voice-background-checks-must-go-beyond-fingerprints/

TIME MAGAZINE
— The Unseen Threat to America: We Don’t Leave Our Hometowns – Tyler Cowen
http://time.com/4677919/tyler-cowen-book/

MONEY MAGAZINE
— The Big Risk Hiding in Trump’s Plan to Cut the IRS Budget – Ian Salisbury (DIERSEN: For its February 1978 4-page article on me, Money Magazine worked with my Democrat IRS superiors to foist negative government employee stereotypes on me and to disallow my education deductions by arguing that the courses that I had deducted a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction.)
http://time.com/money/4685489/trump-to-cut-irs-budget/

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Should TSP millionaires be congratulated or horse-whipped? – Mike Causey
http://federalnewsradio.com/federal-report/2017/02/should-tsp-millionaires-be-congratulated-or-horse-whipped/

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. View all posts by David Diersen