CBS2
— Congressman Hultgren Discusses The American Health Care Act – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/12/hultgren-american-health-care-act/
NBC5
— Rauner Still Won’t Answer Questions on Potential Re-Election Campaign – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Rauner-Still-Wont-Answer-Questions-on-Potential-Re-Election-Campaign-422114963.html
— The Latest Illinois Political Headlines – Mary Ann Ahern and Carol Marin
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/deep-dish-422138373.html
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner: Keep one provision of abortion proposal, lose the other – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-abortion-wbez-met-0513-20170512-story.html
— Illinois Dems beat drum for independent investigation into Trump, Russia – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-democrats-donald-trump-special-prosecutor-met-20170512-story.html
— Rauner praises arts education, ducks question on school funding – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-hf-rauner-st-0514-20170512-story.html
— CTU to take confidence vote on schools chief Claypool – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-teachers-claypool-vote-met-20170512-story.html
— Democrats demand recordings after Trump tweets warning to Comey, hinting at ‘tapes’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-comey-tapes-20170512-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump threatens to end press briefings because it is ‘not possible’ to always tell the truth.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-white-house-press-briefings-20170512-story.html
— Democratic group warns candidates to play nice as early Pritzker push causes friction – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-democrat-governor-race-county-chairmen-met-20170512-story.html
— Campaign spending alienates ‘the people’ – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-editorial-campaign-costs-st-0514-20170512-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— President Donald Trump is ‘dangerous,’ Sen. Dick Durbin says – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sen-durbin-president-donald-trump-is-dangerous/
— For J.B. Pritzker, mansion’s disrepair has saved $230K in taxes – Tim Novak
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/billionaire-illinois-governor-hopeful-jb-pritzker-let-mansion-fall-into-disrepair-saved-230000-on-taxes-on-uninhabitable-3-7-million-home-watchdogs-democrat/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: J.B. Pritzker, billionaire would-be governor, bought the historic mansion next door to his even bigger home on Chicago’s Gold Coast, let it fall into disrepair — and then argued it was “uninhabitable” to win what so far have been nearly $230,000 in property-tax breaks, records show. Pritzker, his wife and their two children live in a palatial, three-story home in the Gold Coast with more than 12,500 square feet of living space and a two-story coach house. They bought that for $14.5 million in May 2006 and spent an additional amount fixing it up — between $11 million and $25 million more, records show. Then, when the smaller mansion — designed in 1894 by the fabled architectural firm of Holabird & Root — went on sale, they bought that, too, paying $3.7 million. Retired banker Burton Gordon and his wife had lived in the 6,387-square-foot home for more than 40 years before selling it to the venture capitalist who’s now seeking the Democratic nomination for governor. Pritzker refurbished the outside of the Federal-style home, where the Gordons raised their family. But the inside has fallen into disrepair. The toilets have been disconnected, and the home has “no functioning bathrooms or kitchen,” according to documents Pritzker’s lawyers filed with the office of Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios. Arguing that the smaller mansion is “vacant and uninhabitable,” those lawyers convinced Berrios to slash its assessed value last year from $6.25 million to just under $1.1 million. That’s allowed Pritzker to get the nearly $230,000 in property-tax breaks and refunds, a Chicago Sun-Times analysis found. The drastically reduced assessment caused the mansion’s property taxes to plunge 83 percent, leaving Pritzker with a bill for $19,719 last year, the analysis found. That was instead of the $117,087 he otherwise would have had to pay in property taxes, which fund the Chicago Public Schools, the city and other local governments.)
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Congressman Krishnamoorthi asks, Is Trump taping in the Oval Office? – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170512/BLOGS02/170519937/congressman-asks-is-trump-taping-in-the-oval-office
WBEZ
— Chicago Will Short Teacher Pensions By $250 Million, Taxpayers To Pick Up Tab – Linda Lutton
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/will-chicago-teachers-pension-fund-get-paid-on-time/d6c059e1-64f3-4434-bbf3-63c3719f13ff
— Cook County Settles Hundreds Of Jail Lawsuits — Are They Frivolous Or Valid? – Michael Puente
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/cook-county-settles-hundreds-of-jail-lawsuits-are-they-frivolous-or-valid/ae095c03-1cba-443d-ad68-12bbb3b86c12
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Protesters Object to Proposed Immigrant Detention Center in Winnebago County
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20170511/protesters-object-to-proposed-immigrant-detention-center-in-winnebago-county
WJBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Trump Pat Brady says “Trump ‘lying through his teeth’ on Comey firing.”
http://www.wjbc.com/2017/05/12/gop-strategist-trump-lying-through-his-teeth-on-comey-firing/
ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Syverson: ‘Fake’ budget won’t help state’s credit rating – Greg Bishop
https://ilnews.org/news/state_politics/syverson-fake-budget-won-t-help-state-s-credit-rating/article_45688aec-370b-11e7-bfdb-93b2fa4c6b65.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ‘GRAND BARGAIN’ REDUX: BRADY PLAN THE NEXT IN A LONG LIST OF FAILED ‘COMPROMISES’ FOR ILLINOISANS – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/grand-bargain-redux-brady-plan-the-next-in-a-long-list-of-failed-compromises-for-illinoisans/
— 17% OF ILLINOIS HOMES ARE SERIOUSLY UNDERWATER – Madelyn Harwood
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/17-of-illinois-homes-are-seriously-underwater/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RAUNER MUDDIES THE WATERS MORE ON HIS ABORTION STANCE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/rauner-muddies-the-waters-more-on-his-abortion-stance.html
— BRADY SERVES AS COAL-MINE CANARY WITH HIS PROPOSED “GRAND BARGAIN 2.0”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/brady-serves-as-a-coal-mine-canary-with-his-proposed-grand-bargain-20-.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Durkin warns members about… me – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) pander to Rich Miller and b) do everything that they to keep me in the dark.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/12/durkin-warns-members-about-me/
— Rauner again refuses to take any responsibility for the impasse (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for each and every loss that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/12/rauner-again-refuses-to-take-any-responsibility-for-the-impasse/
FOX NEWS
— ‘Call It By Name’: Pence Says ISIS Guilty of ‘Genocide’ Against Christians
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/05/12/mike-pence-isis-guilty-genocide-against-christians
— Trump: ‘I Know That I’m Not Under Investigation’ (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They have always had me “under investigation.”)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/05/11/trump-interview-after-comey-firing-fbi-russia-investigation
GOPUSA
— Texas A&M won’t fire professor who called for killing white people
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24317
— Criminals who appear to be voters
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24146
— Western civilization in decline — Part 1: Danger ahead with cultural and national suicide
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24315
— Do Democrats Love America? (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats put foreign countries and their citizens ahead of America and its citizens.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24144
— What Is America’s Goal in the World? – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24310
— Feds nab 1,378 in record gang sweep
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24343
— Jet, chopper, 14 cars accompany Obama at climate summit
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24300
ABC NEWS
— Sen. Durbin says President Trump ‘may be obstructing justice’ – ALI ROGIN
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sen-durbin-president-trump-obstructing-justice/story?id=47369615
WASHINGTON POST
— President Trump says he’s ‘very active.’ His schedule doesn’t. – Philip Bump (DIERSEN: What is on your schedule? Each and every day, my schedule includes 10+ hours putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/05/12/president-trump-says-hes-very-active-his-schedule-doesnt/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Don’t Feel That Pay Raise? Blame Inflation When factoring in inflation, the pace of pay increases has slowed to near zero – Eric Morath
https://www.wsj.com/articles/dont-feel-that-pay-raise-blame-inflation-1494607957
BLOOMBERG
— Federal Execs Support Pay for Performance – Louis C. LaBrecque (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO, the Democrats who ran GAO used “Pay-For-Performance” just like they used Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.bna.com/federal-execs-support-n73014450866/
