July 17 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker spending $207,000 a day on governor race, swamping Rauner’s $83,000 – Adam Thorp
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/pritzker-spending-207000-a-day-on-gov-race-swamping-rauners-83000/
— Rauner steps back from Trump praise, but Pritzker pounces – Jane Recker
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-steps-back-trump-praise-pritzker-pounces/
— Lawmakers react to Trump, Putin news conference in Helsinki – Alice Bazerghi
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lawmakers-react-trump-putin-helsinki/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illinois state Rep. Steven Andersson, R-Geneva, promotes LGBTQ activity and wants religious adoption agencies to promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-amendment-congress-adoption-gay-20180716-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites use Harith Augustus to promote hatred of police.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-glanton-column-south-shore-killing-20180716-story.html
— Bashed for taking $2,750 from for-profit immigrant detention company, Chicago alderman says he’s donating $5K to pro-immigrant group – Gregory Pratt
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-chicago-alderman-lopez-geo-contribution-20180716-story.html
— Facebook wants to cut down on misinformation. So why isn’t it doing anything about Infowars? – Eli Rosenberg (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, everything in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails is misinformation, and even worse things. My critics/opponents want you to use them, and only them, as your only source of information. My critics/opponents want to manipulate/dominate you. My critics/opponents a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform (most commonly, the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks) and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, and/or c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-facebook-misinformation-infowars-20180716-story.html
— Officer shoots dog after finding man clinging to car to escape attack – Madeline Buckley
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-dog-shot-20180717-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— VERY SAD: Kane County Fair adds wine-tasting, gambling to offerings – Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180717/kane-county-fair-adds-wine-tasting-gambling-to-offerings

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rauner signs gun order of protection, waiting period laws – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/rauner-signs-gun-order-of-protection-waiting-period-laws-1

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— View from Q-C: Do the math, then vote Rauner, Harold – BILL BLOOM
https://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/view-from-q-c-do-the-math-then-vote-rauner/article_e07d4ca7-3969-5ce6-ad27-af94d0157b89.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Gov. Rauner intends to veto gun store regulation bill – Amanda Henderson
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/gov-rauner-intends-to-veto-gun-store-regulation-bill-07-16-2018

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Disgraceful, Pushover, Deeply Troubled.”
http://nprillinois.org/post/disgraceful-pushover-deeply-troubled-reaction-trump-putin-summit#stream/0

 

WTTW
— Trump: Putin’s Election Meddling Denial ‘Strong and Powerful’ – Alexandra Silets
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/07/16/trump-putin-s-election-meddling-denial-strong-and-powerful

 

WREX
— Dixon High School shooting prompts new legislation – Andi Tenbarge
http://www.wrex.com/story/38659240/2018/07/Monday/dixon-high-school-shooting-prompts-new-legislation

 

WIFR
— Governor Rauner talks funding for school resource officers in Dixon
http://www.wifr.com/content/news/Governor-Rauner-talks-funding-for-school-resource-officers-in-Dixon-488340591.html

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w/Rep. Skillicorn on solving the State’s pension mess by giving gov employees a haircut
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/07/berkowitz-wrep-skillicorn-on-solving-the-states-pension-mess-by-giving-gov-employees-a-haircut-cable-web/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— PRITZKER’S immigration donation – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/07/17/pritzkers-immigration-donation-roskam-and-gop-condemn-trump-cullotons-endurance-race-oprahs-nod-to-obama-286983

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Madigan asks court to declare ‘sanctuary state’ law in compliance with feds – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/madigan-asks-court-to-declare-sanctuary-state-law-in-compliance/article_c23dac12-86d0-11e8-900f-3362b6dcb7ea.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS STATE WORKERS WHO OPTED OUT OF UNION MEMBERSHIP SEE PAY INCREASES – Mailee Smith
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-state-workers-who-opted-out-of-union-membership-see-pay-increases/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Correction: CVS-Black Customer story – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/16/correction-cvs-black-customer-story/
(FROM THE CORRECTION: In a story July 15 about a CVS manager who called police on a black customer, The Associated Press erroneously reported he was a state delegate for Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. The manager claimed on a campaign website that he was a Trump delegate, but the Illinois Republican Party said he wasn’t a delegate to the Republican National Convention.)

 

FOX NEWS
— Want to live a happier life? Be a conservative! – Kristi S. Hamrick
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/07/17/want-to-live-happier-life-be-conservative.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— YOUNG REPUBLICANS DUMPED AT A ‘RANDOM’ GAS STATION BY ANTI-TRUMP UBER DRIVER SPEAK OUT – Stephanie Hamill (DIERSEN: What percent of Uber drivers 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?)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/16/exclusive-young-republicans-dumped-at-a-random-gas-station-by-anti-trump-uber-driver-speak-out/
— PUTIN BRISTLES UNDER TOUGH QUESTIONING FROM FOX NEWS’ CHRIS WALLACE – Amber Athey (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents do not want me to ask any questions of the activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who they manipulate/dominate.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/16/putin-chris-wallace-tough-interview/

 

BREITBART
— Damage Control: Joe Walsh Calls Trump ‘Traitor’ After Sacha Baron Cohen Humiliation – Joshua Caplan
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/16/joe-walsh-rescinds-support-trump-committing-treason/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The DOJ Charges a Russian with Attempting to Infiltrate the NRA – David French (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, ad RINOs who have infiltrated the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, etc. Of course, the aforesaid anti-conservatives, their operatives, and their dupes have worked very hard to get rid of me.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/doj-charges-russian-with-attempting-to-infiltrate-nra-mariia-butina/

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Chicago Police Spend Weekend Dodging Rocks and Bottles Lobbed at Them After Controversial Shooting – MADISON DIBBLE
https://ijr.com/2018/07/1109890-protesters-bottles-chicago-police/

 

THE HILL
— Tucker Carlson: Mexico has interfered in US elections ‘more successfully’ than Russia – MAX GREENWOOD (DIERSEN: Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America by illegally sending many millions of its citizens into America illegally, by illegally keeping many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and by illegally sending many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally. With help from Democrats, from Libertarians, from Greens, and from RINOs, constructively, Mexico has won the war.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/397329-tucker-carlson-mexico-has-interfered-in-us-elections-more-successfully-than

 

POLITICO
— Conservative group drops another $1.4 million to confirm Kavanaugh – BURGESS EVERETT
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/16/brett-kavanaugh-judicial-crisis-network-ads-724067
— Democratic governors campaign as last line of defense on abortion Democrats worry the Supreme Court could overturn Roe v. Wade, leaving it up to states to decide whether abortion will be legal. – DANIEL STRAUSS
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/17/abortion-governors-democrats-roe-wade-725072

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— $88 Million and Counting: Trump Amasses Huge Head Start for 2020 Campaign – Kenneth P. Vogel and Rachel Shorey
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/15/us/politics/trump-fundraising-campaign.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote dependency on government.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/16/opinion/republican-war-on-poverty.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump suggests that “Obama had to know FBI Agent Peter Strzok was biased against the Trump campaign.” I not only suggest, I assert that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes know that my Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates in the federal government were biased against me and against those who share my demographics.)
https://nypost.com/2018/07/16/trump-claims-obama-must-have-known-strzok-was-biased/

 

NEWSWEEK
— DEMOCRATS’ IMMIGRATION DOGMA IS DAMAGING AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES – TOM BROADWATER (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs want employers to hire, to retain, and to promote illegals.)
https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-immigration-dogma-damaging-african-american-communities-opinion-1026181

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DECEMBER 26, 2014 FLASHBACK: 12 Ways to Survive a Forced Early Retirement By cutting expenses and taking part-time work, you can rebound from a job loss late in your career. – Teresa Mears (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if employers force their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran to take early retirement, the real reason for that is that those employees are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/articles/2014/12/26/12-ways-to-survive-a-forced-early-retirement

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Elon Musk’s Twitter Rant Against Cave Rescuer Extreme Even for Him Musk suggested the rescuer is a pedophile; “Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it” – Tim Higgins
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-lashes-out-at-critic-in-latest-twitter-outburst-1531752197

 

FORBES
— ‘If You’re Not Working Now, We Won’t Hire You’ – Liz Ryan (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and you are not working, the real reason for that is that you are a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2018/07/16/if-youre-not-working-now-we-wont-hire-you-2/#789475095a8b
— 11 Strategies To Prevent Problems From Resulting In Termination (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if employers take adverse actions against their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, the real reason for those actions are that those employees are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2018/07/16/11-strategies-to-prevent-problems-from-resulting-in-termination/#3b59f63c1998
— Trump Bump: How Sean Hannity Earned $36 Million This Year – Hayley C. Cuccinello
https://www.forbes.com/sites/hayleycuccinello/2018/07/16/sean-hannity-celebrity-100/#22fc4b462d93
— Culture Matters: How Leadership Enables Toxicity And Makes Way for Mediocrity – AJ Thomas (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Therefore, its employees who do not promote the Democrat Party platform are “toxic.”)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2018/07/16/culture-matters-how-leadership-enables-toxicity-and-makes-way-for-mediocrity/

 

INTERCEPT
— CHICAGO MAY BECOME LARGEST CITY IN U.S. TO TRY UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME – Zaid Jilani
https://theintercept.com/2018/07/16/chicago-universal-basic-income-ubi/

 

BUZZ FEED
— Charges Say Accused Russian Agent Used The NRA And The National Prayer Breakfast In Effort To Influence US Policy – Vera Bergengruen (DIERSEN: What about the millions of activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants in America who act as agents of Mexico and as agents of other foreign countries? Of course, the aforesaid, their operatives, and their dupes work against me.)
https://www.buzzfeed.com/verabergengruen/russian-gun-rights-nra-foreign-agent

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Special counsel struggles to keep up with whistleblower cases – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: I was a whistleblower. I blew the whistle on political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I should write a book about my coworkers who shared my demographics and were discriminated against like I was, but sided with my Democrat superiors against me because they feared retaliation. They saw the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors took against me. They saw how my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. They saw how my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/2018/07/16/special-counsel-struggles-to-keep-up-with-whistleblower-cases/

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.