January 16 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Chris Kennedy Walks Off Stage During Gun Violence Comment at Forum “It hit a very special nerve for me,” Kennedy said in an interview with NBC5 – Mary Ann Ahern and Brendan Pedersen (DIERSEN: Republicans promote the traditional family. Democrats promote things that destroy the traditional family. Children raised in traditional families are far less likely to commit crime and they are far more likely to be successful in life.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chris-kennedy-leaves-stage-during-forum-469429893.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gubernatorial candidate Chris Kennedy left the stage during a forum on Monday after Republican State Rep. Jeanne Ives argued the solution to the state’s gun violence was having “more fathers in the home.” Kennedy, a Democrat, replied by pointing out he had grown up without a father before standing up and walking out of the venue. For the Winnetka businessman and politician, gun violence is personal. Both his father and uncle – Sen. Robert Kennedy (D) and President John F. Kennedy (D), respectively – were shot and killed during the turbulent 1960s. Kennedy has made gun violence a top priority of his campaign since he declared his candidacy last February, earning endorsements from African-American Congressmen Bobby Rush and Danny Davis in the process. “It hit a very special nerve for me,” Kennedy said in an interview with NBC 5. “I lost my father to someone with a gun. For someone to say simply the solution is to have a father-in-law – I don’t know. How shall I react? What should my family have done?” Kathleen Murphy, a spokesperson for Ives, said in a statement Monday night that the representative did not mean to offend Mr. Kennedy during the forum. However, Murphy also reiterated the importance of fathers in domestic life, citing “similar statements” like President Barack Obama’s 2008 Father’s Day speech at the Apostolic Church of God on Chicago’s South Side. In his speech, the then-candidate said, “too many fathers also are is missing — missing from too many lives and too many homes.” “Those are President Obama’s words, and that was what she was echoing today,” Murphy said. “She certainly meant no offense to Mr. Kennedy.” Kennedy made the decision to leave after watching the 2016 Republican primary debates, where he said, “the Republican Party allowed Donald Trump to say racist and simplistic things.” Kennedy argued that Republicans should have vacated the stage in protest like he did when he heard “simplistic solutions to tragic problems.” Kennedy’s running mate, Ra Joy, has also been personally stricken by gun violence. His son Xavier was killed by gunfire in Hyde Park last June. After returning home from college for the summer, his family believes he was killed for his cell phone just two blocks from his home. Kennedy quoted his running mate when it came to tackling violence. “As Ra points out, hurt people hurt people,” he said. “We need to be sensitive to that; think in terms of empathy and not in terms of punishment, and that’s not what I was hearing today.”)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump hits Durbin on his immigration remark – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-racist-defends-himself/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Top 3 Illinois Dem gubernatorial candidates agree: We all smoked pot back in the day – Kim Janssen (DIERSEN: I have never used pot or any other kind of illegal drug and I never will. If I had smoked pot “in the day,” would I have been able to a) score 24 on the ACT and graduate in the top 20% of my high school class in 1966 when I was 17, b) buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, c) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, d) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, e) earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, f) buy an new town home in 1972, g) etc. One thing is for sure, if I had smoked pot, the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970, Oldsmobile would not have offered me a job in 1971, IRS would not have hired me in 1971, and GAO would not have hired me in 1980.) http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-met-pritzker-pot-0116-chicago-inc-20180112-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “A look inside the tense, vulgar White House meeting on immigration.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-white-house-immigration-meeting-20180115-story.html
— Illinois election officials won’t pass along voter data for now – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Those who promote voter fraud are overjoyed.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-election-voter-data-20180116-story.html
— More #MeToo fallout – Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-election-voter-data-20180116-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Government agencies would be required to publicly disclose whether they’ve entered into a severance agreement with an employee accused of sexual harassment under legislation introduced by a Republican lawmaker. The proposal from Rep. David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, comes as elected officials and prominent figures nationwide face heightened scrutiny amid a flood of sexual misconduct allegations. In Illinois, state Sen. Ira Silverstein, D-Chicago, has been accused of sexually harassing a victims rights advocate while working with the woman to pass legislation. Silverstein denied the allegations, which brought to light flaws in the way ethics complaints are handled at the Capitol as the office charged with investigating allegations sat empty for three years. The measure pushed by McSweeney would require local government agencies, including schools and community colleges, to disclose within three days details of severance agreements whenever any workers are fired over alleged sexual harassment or discrimination. A related proposal he also introduced late last week would prevent taxpayer dollars from being used to pay off legal settlements resulting from a state lawmaker’s sexual misconduct.)
— Africa is sending us its best and brightest – Tyler Cowen (DIERSEN: Are/were you among the “best and brightest?” In the federal government, for its non-veteran White male employees, to be among the “best and brightest,” you have to make GS-13 ($96,403) by age 25, GS-14 ($113,920) by age 30, GS-15 ($134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-africa-immigration-trump-norway-slur-0116-20180112-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: Obama will campaign more in second year off the job, but continue a low political profile – Katherine Skiba (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Bushes make it clear that they side with Obama and that they reject most if not all of the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-barack-obama-post-presidency-20180111-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE OF ROSKAM: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Roskam sides with Trump’s critics on immigration. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Trump’s critics reject the immigration planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform. What does Roskam say to those like me who support the immigration planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform? From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers prefer to hire recent immigrants over those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Overwhelmingly, recent immigrants are young minorities and/or young females who talk and act like Democrats. 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. Ever-increasingly, Democrats oppose anything that is merit based. My Democrat IRS superiors were furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old. My Democrat GAO superiors were furious when I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981 when I was 32 years old. The young Democrat minorities and the young Democrat females who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors promoted over me had not taken those examinations, let alone passed them.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180115/roskam-on-immigration-we-want-those-very-people-among-us
— Narcan now available at all Jewel-Osco stores (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, making Narcan available encourages the illegal use of opioids such as heroin.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180115/narcan-now-available-at-all-jewel-osco-stores
— Labels matter but real value of census designations is data – Esther J. Cepeda (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics? According to anti-Trumps, my demographics are terrible: Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (69), rich, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s, retired federal employee, former union member, American nameplate car owner, childless, pet-less, etc.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180116/labels-matter-but-real-value-of-census-designations-is-data
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Daily Herald demonized, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180115/editorial-mlk-and-a-question-we-must-not-lose-sight-of

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Woman Up, Chicago: Time to promote female leaders – Editorial (DIERSEN: In my opinion, GAO failed/refused to promote into its Senior Executive Service a GS-15 woman a) who was my immediate supervisor during my last 4 years at GAO and b) who supervised my immediate supervisor the previous 4 years because she failed/refused to do more to waste my career and to get rid of me. Most, if not virtually all of my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates DID NOT want to work for her, work with her, or supervise her because she was very demanding, female, younger, Jewish, and wealthy. She had an MBA from the University of Chicago and had passed the CPA examination on her first attempt. To turn her against me, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates stressed to her that I was conservative (she was liberal), Republican (she was Democrat), I was 100% German national origin (she was 100% Russian national origin), I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (she was Jewish), and that my ancestors had been in America since the 1840s (her ancestors were recent immigrants.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180112/ISSUE07/180119944
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow over their success in driving Trump condo prices down.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180116/CRED0701/180119930/trump-condo-prices-down-12-in-2017

 

WTTW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Civil Rights Leaders use MLK Day to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump.
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/01/15/civil-rights-leaders-react-trump-while-honoring-mlk

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat Kennedy calls Republican Ives’ gun crime solution ignorant and stupid – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that all Republicans are ignorant and stupid.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180115/democrat-kennedy-calls-republican-ives-gun-crime-solution-ignorant-and-stupid

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Algonquin Township fires Ryan Provenzano as chief of staff
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/01/15/algonquin-township-fires-ryan-provenzano-as-chief-of-staff/adlo5at/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Harold’s GOP challenger for AG Gary Grasso proposes pension convention – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-01-16/harolds-gop-challenger-ag-proposes-pension-convention.html

 

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Voters need to elect good people – Scott Reeder (DIERSEN: According to anti-Trumps, “good people” 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.galesburg.com/opinion/20180116/scott-reeder-voters-need-to-elect-good-people

 

JOURNAL STANDARD
— Deadline passes for local units of government in Illinois to update harassment policies – Chris Green
http://www.journalstandard.com/news/20180115/deadline-passes-for-local-units-of-government-in-illinois-to-update-harassment-policies

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Winnebago County auditor’s memo much ado about nothing – Chuck Sweeny
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20180115/chuck-sweeny-winnebago-county-auditors-memo-much-ado-about-nothing

 

STATELINE
— Young Eagles Success Club, Lt. Governor Celebrate MLK Day
http://www.mystateline.com/news/yes-club-lt-governor-celebrate-mlk-day/918258068

 

MADISON TIMES
— Meet the Illinoisan (Richard Uihlein) trying to buy a Wisconsin Senate seat
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/morning-briefing-meet-the-illinoisan-trying-to-buy-a-wisconsin/article_6eeccdac-fab9-11e7-9fc8-97e144a99222.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps report that “Hundreds converge on Times Square to protest racism, Trump.”
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/hundreds-converge-on-times-square-to-protest-racism-trump/917693545

 

WSIL TV
— Grasso runs for Republican nomination for Illinois Attorney General – Roni LeForge
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/37269988/grasso-runs-for-republican-nomination-for-illinois-attorney-general

 

DEPAULIA
— DePaul pro-lifers speak out at March for Life rally March for Life rally attracts protesters of all ages and values – Jonathan Ballew (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, because it is a Catholic university, everyone at DePaul should be pro-life. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980.)
http://depauliaonline.com/31270/news/depaul-pro-lifers-speak-out-at-march-for-life-rally/

 

WIRE POINTS
— Chris Kennedy’s appalling response to Jeanne Ives – Mark Glennon (DIERSEN: Republicans promote the traditional family. Democrats promote things that destroy the traditional family. Children raised in traditional families are far less likely to commit crime and they are far more likely to be successful in life.)
http://www.wirepoints.com/chris-kennedys-appalling-response-to-jeanne-ives-quicktake/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “We know the statistics — that children who grow up without a father are five times more likely to live in poverty and commit crime; nine times more likely to drop out of schools and 20 times more likely to end up in prison.” That was Senator Barack Obama in 2008. “You know how you’re going to solve [gun violence]? Fathers in the home.” That was Jeanne Ives, candidate for governor, at a forum today. This time, the audience booed and shouted. Chris Kennedy walked off the stage and said, “When I hear such ignorance and stupidity aired out by someone who knows so little about so much, I don’t think there’s an appropriate place for them to be on a podium on a dais.” Mayor Emanuel last year proudly attributed a historic low in teen births to the City’s work and to Obamacare. The federal government, under Obama and long before, linked unwed births to crime. Ives made her comment to a crowd she knew would be hostile — mostly Democratic on the west side of Chicago. Over the booing she repeated what she believes, “Fathers in the home.” Seeing that, instead of joining the jeering hypocrisy, maybe Kennedy should have remembered something his father said: “Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change.”)

 

MCHENRY TIMES
— McSweeney property tax reform effort starts with consolidation – Glenn Minnis
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511316527-mcsweeney-property-tax-reform-effort-starts-with-consolidation

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— West Chicago teachers cite lack of leadership in no-confidence vote in District 94 president – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511314175-west-chicago-teachers-cite-lack-of-leadership-in-no-confidence-vote-in-district-94-president

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— GIANT SUCKING SOUND: ILLINOIS LOST $3.4B IN INCOME TO NEIGHBORING STATES SINCE 2010 Policy failures have resulted in a steady stream of income flowing to neighboring states. – Vincent Caruso
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/giant-sucking-sound-illinois-lost-3-4b-in-income-to-neighboring-states-since-2010/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Women’s March Plans New Event, But Rejects Human Rights – Liberty McArtor
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/womens-march-plans-new-event-rejects-human-rights/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner says solution to high black unemployment is getting rid of Madigan
https://capitolfax.com/2018/01/16/rauner-says-solution-to-high-black-unemployment-is-getting-rid-of-madigan/
— Rauner sticks tightly to talking points when asked about Trump and even David Duke
https://capitolfax.com/2018/01/16/rauner-sticks-tightly-to-talking-points-when-asked-about-trump-and-even-david-duke/
— Pritzker slammed for floating vehicle miles tax idea (DIERSEN: My wife and I drive very few miles. For car insurance, I would be more than happy to pay $1 a mile for each mile that I drive my 2016 Ford Mustang, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T, 2005 Chevy Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, and 1972 Chevy Corvette.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/01/16/pritzker-slammed-for-floating-vehicle-miles-tax-idea/
— Kennedy blames U of I’s African-American enrollment decline on predecessors
https://capitolfax.com/2018/01/16/kennedy-blames-u-of-is-african-american-enrollment-decline-on-predecessors/

 

WHITE HOUSE
— Our Current Immigration System Jeopardizes American Security
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/current-immigration-system-jeopardizes-american-security/

 

GOPUSA
— Kasich still angling for the White House by criticizing Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=37265
— San Francisco: Poop City, USA
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=37193

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— THE “PROMISED LAND” 50 YEARS LATER – Eric M. Wallace, PhD (DIERSEN: What would Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. say today about how Democrats increasingly use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/the-promised-land-50-years-later/

 

BREITBART
— Evaluating the Damage: Immigration’s Impact on Black Americans – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers prefer hiring recent immigrants over those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/15/evaluating-the-damage-immigrations-impact-black-americans/
— Mitt Romney Uses Martin Luther King Jr. Day to Attack Donald Trump – JOEL B. POLLAK
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/15/mitt-romney-uses-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-day-bash-donald-trump/

 

DAILY CALLER
— NYT Officially Designates Trump A Racist, And Nobody Cares – Scott Greer (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps call Trump and his supporters White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. What did Hitler call the Jews during the 1930s and 1940s?)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/16/nyt-trump-racist/
— When CNN Can’t Pronounce Indian-American Trump Aide’s Name, Sarah Sanders Makes Them Pay – Benny Johnson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who miss-pronounce the names of Republican candidates, Republican elected officials, and Republican party leaders.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/15/sarah-sanders-cnn-chris-cuomo-raj-whatever-his-name/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s point is well-taken; the rest is Durbin noise – Ralph Z. Hallow (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to advance young Democrat minorities and to advance young Democrat females, Democrats oppose anything that is merit based. Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans. My Democrat IRS superiors were furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old. My Democrat GAO superiors were furious when I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981 when I was 32 years old. The young Democrat minorities and the young Democrat females who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors promoted over me had not taken those examinations, let alone passed them.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/16/donald-trumps-point-is-well-taken-the-rest-is-durb/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Most people aren’t race-baiters, haters or supremacists, including those nodding their heads in agreement with what President Trump said in a private meeting to Democratic and Republican lawmakers. Most people simply think it’s neither the mission nor the obligation of the United States to educate people who can’t get anything that even passes for education in their countries of origin — or get even basic health care, sanitation and job opportunities. Most people think it’s in America’s and Americans’ interest to emphasize merit over need in deciding whom to admit to our shores for possible citizenship. Emphasize merit but not exclusively. Mr. Trump, for all his controversial word choice and political incorrectness, has forced that discussion into the public square — and other heretofore verboten subjects. Maybe in time to save the republic from the elites who are killing it, maybe not.)

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Illinois Senator Dick Durbin Has a Long History of Lies and Calumny – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2018/01/15/illinois-senator-dick-durbin-long-history-lies-calumny/

 

LIFEZETTE NEWS
— Analysis Projects ‘Gang of Six’ Plan Grants Amnesty to 10 Million Illegals NumbersUSA think tank estimates eligibility would be 14 times higher than provided by proposals by Trump, House bill – Brendan Kirby (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers talk and act like they want to replace their employees who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and replace them with employees who 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.lifezette.com/polizette/analysis-projects-gang-of-six-plan-grants-amnesty-to-10-million-illegals/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Someone Needs to Sort Out the Tech Idiots on Censorship – Christopher Chantrill
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/01/someone_needs_to_sort_out_the_tech_idiots_on_censorship.html

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Country of Origin Matters – Rick Lowery
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/455422/country-origin-matters

 

THE HILL
— Oprah Winfrey would beat President Trump in a 2020 showdown, Winfrey would win the White House over Trump, 50 to 39 percent, an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll – JUDY KURTZ (DIERSEN: What percent would vote for Winfrey and what percent would vote for Trump in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? Those who support Winfrey 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-draft avoiders, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/368685-poll-majority-dont-want-oprah-to-run

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The “Shithole” Remark Was Trump Covering His Right-Wing Nativist Flank After Appearing Too Open To Immigration Compromise.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-shithole-remark-was-trump-covering-his-right_us_5a5d3df7e4b003efadb6b05a

 

NBC NEWS
— Foreign regimes, others spend big at Trump properties to ‘curry favor’ – JULIA AINSLEY and RICH GARDELLA (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) who claim to be conservative and/or Republican and b) who demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me to curry favor with the Democrat news media in Illinois. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I deliberately spread false rumors with my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Should I sue them for slander?)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/watchdog-foreign-regimes-others-spend-big-trump-properties-curry-favor-n837851

 

CBS NEWS
— Trump remarks polarize conservative Christians
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-remarks-polarize-conservative-christians/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Republicans, do you want a race-based immigration system, too? – Eugene Robinson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats oppose anything that is merit based. My Democrat IRS superiors were furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old. My Democrat GAO superiors were furious when I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981 when I was 32 years old. The young Democrat minorities and the young Democrat females who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors promoted over me had not taken those examinations, let alone passed them.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-do-you-want-a-race-based-immigration-system-too/2018/01/15/9d060684-fa2a-11e7-8f66-2df0b94bb98a_story.html

 

ABC FRESNO
— President Trump tweets he wants ‘merit based’ immigration system (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats oppose anything that is merit based. My Democrat IRS superiors were furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old. My Democrat GAO superiors were furious when I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981 when I was 32 years old. The young Democrat minorities and the young Democrat females who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors promoted over me had not taken those examinations, let alone passed them.)
http://abc30.com/politics/president-trump-tweets-he-wants-merit-based-immigration-system-/2950162/

 

SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
— Libel laws: What are they and why is Trump talking about them, again? – Luis Gomez (DIERSEN: According to this article, “Publicly elected officials have a higher bar to meet because, unlike private citizens, statements made about them are probably a matter of public importance. Public officials like Trump, still, have recourse when they can prove “actual malice” or that the falsehoods made were done recklessly or maliciously.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes routinely slander and libel me because they believe that they can get away with it because I have to meet a “higher bar” to prove slander and libel a) because I have been the GOPUSA Editor since 2000 and b) because I have been an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman since 2000. Further, they know that because of my demographics, I have terrible “jury appeal.” Ever-increasingly, juries 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/the-conversation/sd-what-are-libel-laws-and-why-trump-talking-about-them-20180110-htmlstory.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: So, what are libel laws? Here’s how the American Lawyer Media defines libel: “to publish in print (including pictures), writing or broadcast through radio, television or film, an untruth about another which will do harm to that person or his/her reputation, by tending to bring the target into ridicule, hatred, scorn or contempt of others.” Libel is one form of defamation that is distinguished by how it is done, through the broadcast or dissemination of a printed material, like a book. Slander is another form of defamation but one that is done orally like spoken in a public meeting. Can Trump sue for defamation and win? To win a defamation suit, according to one law firm, one must prove A) that the statement made was false, B) that it caused “material harm” and C) that those who made the statement acted with malice or with negligence. Publicly elected officials have a higher bar to meet because, unlike private citizens, statements made about them are probably a matter of public importance. Public officials like Trump, still, have recourse when they can prove “actual malice” or that the falsehoods made were done recklessly or maliciously.)

 

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want to destroy America say: “GOP & Democratic Governor Candidates Agree: Legalize Marijuana.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/2018/01/16/gop-democratic-governor-candidates-agree-legalize-marijuana/#3c4bf81eb318

 

NPR
— Trump Adviser Krikorian Backs Shift To Merit-Based Immigration (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats oppose anything that is merit based. My Democrat IRS superiors were furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old. My Democrat GAO superiors were furious when I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981 when I was 32 years old. The young Democrat minorities and the young Democrat females who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors promoted over me had not taken those examinations, let alone passed them.)
https://www.npr.org/2018/01/16/578247210/trump-adviser-backs-shift-to-merit-based-immigration

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— EPA may offer more buyouts, early retirement, depending on funding from Congress – Jory Heckman (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats use budget cuts to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/pay/2018/01/epa-may-offer-more-buyouts-early-retirement-depending-on-funding-from-congress/

 

DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND
— Being A Federal Employee Right Now Hard Because Of Administration Purge Mentality (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to get rid of their employees who were Republican, and especially their Republican employees like me who were White, male, and non-veteran.)
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100210105846

 

EXPERT RE
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http://www.expertre.net/listing?address=620-West-Roosevelt-Road-Unit-A2-Wheaton-IL-60187&mlsno=09560607&idx=1440796055

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.