FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Democrats aren’t buying Trump’s shutdown-ending ‘compromise’ – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/democrats-aren-t-buying-trump-s-shutdown-ending-compromise-
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Day 30 of shutdown: Trump lashes out after Democrats reject offer – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-shutdown-daca-20190120-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Americans take stock of shutdown’s everyday effects.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-government-shutdown-20190120-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— State’s video-gambling bust a cautionary tale for Chicago – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/illinois-video-gambling-revenues-propublica-wbez/
— New lawsuit against Pritzker campaign alleges sexual discrimination – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lawsuit-sexual-discrimination-j-b-pritzker-sue/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater uses Steve King to promote hatred of Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/donald-trump-steve-king-iowa-racist-remarks/
DAILY HERALD
— President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to threaten to target millions of people living in the country illegally if he doesn’t get funding for his border wall. – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190120/news/301209963/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion a) to not hire Republicans, b) to not retain Republicans, c) to not promote Republicans, and d) to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190120/editorial-honoring-the-dream-of-martin-luther-king-jr
— Are we missing a bet on older workers? – Jim Kendall (DIERSEN: You are an “older worker” a) if you are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, b) if you work for the federal government, and c) if you did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190120/are-we-missing-a-bet-on-older-workers
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Leadership necessary to turn state around – JASON BARICKMAN
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary/2019-01-20/guest-commentary-leadership-necessary-turn-state-around.html
SOUTHERN
— How Illinois bet on video gambling and lost Legalizing video poker and slots was supposed to generate billions of dollars for the state. A decade later, that hasn’t happened. Now, legislators want to double down on gambling. – JASON GROTTO, SANDHYA KAMBHAMPATI, AND DAN MIHALOPOULOS
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/state-and-regional/how-illinois-bet-on-video-gambling-and-lost/article_c54fc60a-a47f-50f9-be05-40f97efcc5b2.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Reader Reaction to Woodstock Independent Editorial Hit Piece on Joe Tirio – Part 2
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/20/reader-reaction-to-woodstock-independent-editorial-hit-piece-on-joe-tirio-part-2/
— Transcript of Judge Kevin Costello’s August 23, 1918, Decision in the Case Seeking to Uncover Whose Behind the Illinois Integrity Fund’s Mailings Smearing Joe Tirio
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/20/transcript-of-judge-kevin-costellos-august-23-1918-decision-in-the-case-seeking-to-uncover-whose-behind-the-illinois-integrity-funds-mailings-smearing-joe-tirio/
ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Plainfield Township; $69,951.80 in self-dealing – Investigations continue – KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/01/plainfield-township-69951-80-in-self-dealing-investigations-continue/
DAILY CALLER
— SEN. DURBIN CO-SPONSORED PLAN TO PROTECT DREAMERS — NOW THAT TRUMP WANTS IT, HE’S AGAINST IT – Virginia Kruta
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/19/sen-durbin-protect-dreamers-trump/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Women’s March protesters aim message of anger, defiance at Trump White House – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/20/womens-march-aims-message-anger-defiance-trump-whi/
CNN
— Kinzinger: This is an idiotic shutdown
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/01/20/rep-adam-kinzinger-trump-democrats-government-shutdown-sot-nr-vpx.cnn
NEW YORK TIMES
— In Trump’s Immigration Announcement, a Compromise Snubbed All Around – Julie Hirschfeld Davis
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/19/us/politics/trump-immigration-conservatives-democrats.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The grass-roots progressive activism of the past two years has been inspiring. But it’s still a shadow of what the country needs.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/20/opinion/shutdown-resistance-trump.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— White House, Democrats Float Proposals to End Shutdown, but Wide Gaps Remain Sides show no signs of movement on funding border wall or agreeing on related immigration overhauls, as Pelosi calls Trump’s offer to delay deportation of some undocumented immigrants a ‘nonstarter’ – Thomas M. Burton and Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-democrats-float-proposals-to-end-shutdown-but-wide-gaps-remain-11548010772
— Women’s Marches Aimed to Rev Momentum Ahead of 2020 Third annual wave of marches took place Saturday – Jennifer Levitz
https://www.wsj.com/articles/womens-marches-aim-to-rev-momentum-ahead-of-2020-11547899201
BLOOMBERG
— Employees Use Workplace as Source of Trust as Pessimism Persists – Benedikt Kammel (DIERSEN: Who have you had been reluctant to trust? While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I was reluctant to trust any of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates because I knew that they were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to get rid of those who shared my demographics: a) Republican, b) White, c) male, d) non-veteran, and e) an employee who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-20/employees-use-workplace-as-source-of-trust-as-pessimism-persists
FORBES
— Trump Can Act On Immigration Reform Where Obama Refused By Approving State-Run Guest Worker Programs – Patrick Gleason
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickgleason/2019/01/20/trump-can-act-on-immigration-reform-where-obama-didnt-by-approving-state-run-guest-worker-programs/#380b72e35a0f
NIU
— Prepare to Earn the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) Credential with NIU. (DIERSEN: I passed the CIA examination on my first attempt in 1981 when I was 32 years old and a) after I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, b) after I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) after I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, d) after I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and e) after I had worked for GAO for just over 1 year. I worked for GAO 1980-1997. I do not recall that any of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, or subordinates took the examination, let alone passed it on their first attempt. They demonized, denigrated, and condemned the certification as being worthless and not job-related. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, and/or a veteran.)
https://niu.edu/continuing-professional-education/professionals/internal-audit/index.shtml
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