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March 5 Evening Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats hold DACA rally in support of recipients as program officially ends – CNN
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/daca-rally-held-in-support-of-recipients-as-program-officially-ends-/3177648/

NBC5
— Ives Claims CityKey IDs to Encourage Voter Fraud – Brendan Pedersen
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Ives-Claims-CityKey-IDs-to-Encourage-Voter-Fraud-475872363.html

CBS2
— Early Voting Underway For Illinois Primary Elections
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/05/early-voting-2018-primary-elections/

WLS AM
— Rauner accuses Madigan of running “a Mafia protection racket’
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/03/05/rauner-accuses-madigan-of-running-a-mafia-protection-racket/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Ives rips Emanuel over municipal ID card for voting – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-municipal-id-ives-20180305-story.html
— Republican DuPage County Board District 3 candidates support more government consolidation – Kimberly Fornek
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/burr-ridge/news/ct-dhd-dupage-county-3-republicans-tl-0308-20180305-story.html
— Republican candidates for 9th Congressional District speak at forum on DACA, guns and bucking party traditions – Alex Nitkin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/news/ct-evr-league-women-voters-schakowsky-seat-tl-0308-20180305-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats have religious and immigration activists demonstrate outside the South Loop offices of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-met-dreamers-deadline-congress-0306-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ives, Napolitano join forces to oppose using municipal ID for voter registration – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/ives-napolitano-join-forces-to-oppose-using-municipal-id-for-voter-registration/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use religious leaders to promote the immigration plank in the Democrat Party platform. If there had been as many legal and illegal immigrants in America when I was young are there are now, they would have gotten the bad jobs that I got. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. Overwhelmingly, my current critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes make it clear that they would never have stooped to take the bad jobs that I took.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/on-immigration-policy-stand-up-for-lincolns-principles/
— Tense moments at Legionnaires’ disease hearing – Mitch Dudek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/tense-moments-at-legionnaires-disease-hearing/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats have “Dreamers, activists call for immigration reform on DACA expiration date.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/dreamers-activists-call-for-immigration-reform-on-daca-expiration-date/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats always want more gun laws. Republicans want existing gun laws to be enforced.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/its-common-sense-governor-bruce-rauner-illinois-sign-the-gun-bill/

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage voters to consider proposal to merge the DuPage County Election Commission with the clerk’s office – Robert Danchez (DIERSEN: Of course, as an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman in DuPage County since 2000, I have dealt a lot with the DuPage County Election Commission (DCEC). So far, sadly, if not outrageously, my many requests have been denied that the DCEC notify elected precinct committeemen directly and in a timely manner of any proposed changes to their polling place or to their precinct lines. Sadly, if not outrageously, the DCEC continues to insist on only notifying the chairmen of political organizations. I should write a book about when those chairmen failed to notify me in a timely manner about changes to my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton polling place and to my precinct lines. Sadly, if not outrageously, the location of the current polling place for my precinct discourages those in my precinct from voting. In 2015, the DCEC outrageously gerrymandered my precinct. The DCEC took away about 100 residences on the west side of my precinct and gave me about 100 residences to the east out of Jeanne Ives’s precinct. Initially, the DCEC drew Ives into my precinct, but then, I am told, Ives successfully insisted that she be drawn into Precinct 65 to the southeast. Many, if not most, chairmen of political organizations want to run for government offices and they are under tremendous pressure raise money for their organizations. Consequently, they are likely, if not extremely likely to do the bidding of those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in their municipality, in their township, in their county, and in Illinois.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180305/dupage-voters-to-consider-proposal-to-merge-county-offices
— June trial set for longtime Republican lawmaker Sandra Pihos in shoplifting case – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180305/june-trial-set-for-longtime-republican-lawmaker-in-shoplifting-case

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— University of Chicago donors want their $100 million back – LYNNE MAREK (DIERSEN: What do you say to major political donors in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who fail/refuse to give money to activists, to candidates, to elected officials, to party leaders, to political consultants, to etc. unless they agree to “get rid of Diersen?”)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180305/NEWS13/180309939/university-of-chicago-donors-want-their-100-million-back
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Wealthy twin brothers Thomas and Timothy Pearson planned to donate $100 million to the University of Chicago for creation of an institute that would study global conflict resolution. Now they’re battling the university in federal court, demanding it return the $22 million they provided since the gift was agreed to in April 2015. They and their foundation allege that the school has breached their agreement on several fronts, from failing to appoint an institute director to organizing a major conference. The contribution was tied at the time it was given with several others for the second-largest donation ever received at the school. “Rather than address these breaches with forthrightness and transparency, the U of C has repeatedly sought to avoid and deceive the foundation regarding these and other failures,” the Pearsons say in the lawsuit filed Feb. 20 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. “The U of C has failed to deal with the Foundation honestly and in good faith.” The university in a statement called the Pearsons’ allegations “baseless” and says it will “vigorously defend itself” against them. “The university honors its grant agreements with its donors, and it did so with the Pearsons,” it says in the statement. “Further, all academic and hiring decisions are the sole purview of the University and its faculty, guided by the principle of academic freedom.”)

HERALD & REVIEW
— Ives rips Emanuel over municipal ID card for voting – JOHN BYRNE
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/ives-rips-emanuel-over-municipal-id-card-for-voting/article_da5c0917-5371-52ec-8bc1-c660d5ffc0a1.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Ives says Illinois must change its profligate ways – Chuck Sweeny
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180305/ives-says-illinois-must-change-its-profligate-ways
— Rauner administration now aims to rebuild Quincy – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180305/rauner-administration-now-aims-to-rebuild-quincy
— Fact check: Rauner’s claim that Ives is a ‘Madigan lackey’ – Brett Chase (DIERSEN: Rauner’s claim against Ives is as head-spinning as if anyone claimed that I was a lackey for those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, or in Illinois. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that “You Can’t Tell Diersen What To Do,” that is, that you cannot manipulate or dominate Diersen.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180305/fact-check-rauners-claim-that-ives-is-madigan-lackey

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Alexander: Ives doesn’t support QC rail – Jon Alexander
http://qctimes.com/opinion/columnists/alexander-ives-doesn-t-support-qc-rail/article_2ab9e773-f936-55ef-b8bf-c11d35c405bc.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Lethal Violence Order of Protection Act moves to Illinois House
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/03/01/lethal-violence-order-of-protection-act-moves-to-illinois-house/aooxzi2/

STATE LINE
— Local Gun Shop Owner Reacts to New Gun Control Law Gun Dealer Licensing Act awaits either a signature or a veto from Gov. Rauner – Karina Parada
http://www.mystateline.com/news/local-gun-shop-owner-reacts-to-new-gun-control-law/1010959977

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— Milwaukee students walk out, demand Paul Ryan take action as DACA deadline passes – Jesse Garza (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Americans are overjoyed about this. Anti-Americans side with the illegals.)
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2018/03/05/milwaukee-students-walk-out-demand-paul-ryan-take-action-daca-deadline-passes/395975002/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rauner administration may rebuild dorms at Quincy Veterans Home – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/rauner-administration-may-rebuild-dorms-at-quincy-veterans-home-03-06-2018

WGIL
— IVES STOPS IN GALESBURG, CALLS RAUNER A “LIAR”
http://www.wgil.com/2018/03/05/gubernatorial-challenger-ives-stops-in-galesburg-calls-rauner-a-liar/

WMAY
— BGA Takes Rauner to Task for Ives Attack Ads
http://www.wmay.com/2018/03/05/bga-takes-rauner-to-task-for-ives-attack-ads/

THE X RADIO
— Rauner Attacks Madigan, Ives Attacks Rauner at Lincoln Day Dinner – Greg Sapp (DIERSEN: How interested are you in reading about attacks? Should I write a book about the many attacks against me since 2000 by “conservatives” and by “Republicans” a) because I have included links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that they do not like, b) because I support all the planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform, c) because I support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, d) because I refuse to be anyone’s operative or dupe, e) because I have backed certain candidates in Republican primaries, f) because I have filed lawsuits, g) because etc.?)
http://www.thexradio.com/news/78-local-news/32710-rauner-attacks-madigan-ives-attacks-rauner-at-lincoln-day-dinner

COLUMBIA CHRONICLE
— Governor candidates divulge plans for reducing student debt – Eric Bradach (DIERSEN: Did you incur any student debt? I did not. I graduated from NIU in 1970 debt-free and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. I paid for my college expenses with money that I earned washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; and working on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970.)
http://www.columbiachronicle.com/metro/article_a71dff94-20b0-11e8-b37c-171fb09afafe.html

WHEATON PATCH
— Childhood Home of Jim, John Belushi Hits Market (for $395,000) In Wheaton (at 904 East Elm) WOW House: This Wheaton house was home to comedians Jim and John Belushi when they were children. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/childhood-home-jim-john-belushi-hits-market-wheaton

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Chapter Three: Conservatives Are Out and the Wife Is In
https://mailchi.mp/10dc0c77b23b/rauner-record-reveal-conservatives-are-out-and-the-wife-is-in

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— It’s Already Easy to Vote Illegally in Illinois – But Chicago’s Making it Easier – DOUG IBENDAHL
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=14440

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McSweeney Disses Rauner – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/03/05/mcsweeney-disses-rauner/
— Edgar Got Tax Cap from Madigan, Rauner Got No Tax Relief – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/03/05/edgar-got-tax-cap-from-madigan-rauner-got-no-tax-relief/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— LETTER TO EDITOR: YOU DON’T BELIEVE THOSE RAUNER ADS ABOUT IVES, DO YOU?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/letter-to-editor-you-dont-believe-those-rauner-ads-about-ives-do-you-.html
— IVES RELEASE NEW TV AD: IVES WON’T. NEITHER SHOULD YOU.
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/ives-release-new-tv-ad-ives-wont-neither-should-you.html
— RAUNER ON FOX & FRIENDS MONDAY MORNING DOESN’T MENTION GOV’S HIGH DISAPPROVAL RATINGS (DIERSEN: I would expect that Rauner’s approval rating is higher among those who reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform, that is, those 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.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/rauner-on-fox-friends-monday-morning-doesnt-mention-govs-high-disapproval-ratings.html
— REEDER: WHAT DOES “DOWNSTATE ILLINOIS” MEAN TO YOU?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/reeder-what-does-downstate-illinois-mean-to-you-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner says Madigan is running a “Mafia protection racket”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/05/rauner-says-madigan-is-running-a-mafia-protection-racket/
— Ives goes after new Chicago ID card
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/05/ives-goes-after-new-chicago-id-card/
— Did Rauner just tip his hand on the gun bills?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/05/did-rauner-just-tip-his-hand-on-the-gun-bills/
— Another Bruce Rauner fairy tale
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/05/another-bruce-rauner-fairy-tale/
— Jeffries: “I prefer to speak with journalists who have journalistic integrity” (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I do not have “journalistic integrity,” or should I just sue them?)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/05/jeffries-i-prefer-to-speak-with-journalists-who-have-journalistic-integrity/
— Rate Erika Harold’s TV ad
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/05/rate-erika-harolds-tv-ad/
— Candidate question: Independent maps (DIERSEN: If I sent candidates any questions, my critics/opponents, who have tremendous religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois, would immediately threaten to viciously destroy those candidates if they responded. Democrat, Libertarian, Green, and RINO candidates back Rich Miller. Republican candidates back Dave Diersen.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/05/candidate-question-independent-maps/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I sent all candidates in both parties this question the other day…)

BLAZE
— ‘No respect for the dead’: Chicago gang violence increasingly spilling into funerals – Aaron Colen
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/05/no-respect-for-the-dead-chicago-gang-violence-increasingly-spilling-into-funerals

BREITBART
— Luis Gutierrez: If Trump ‘Is Not a Racist, I Don’t Know Who Is’ – TONY LEE5 (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, calling someone a racist in America today is like calling someone a Jew in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s, and especially if the person who you are calling a racist is Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if his ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/05/luis-gutierrez-trump-not-racist-dont-know/

NEWSMAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans like Michael Steele and Pat Brady do, anti-Republicans love you.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/rnc-michael-steele-republican-scarlet-letter/2018/03/05/id/846873/

DAILY CALLER
— DREAMers Storm DNC, Block Doors, Call Democrats ‘Fake Allies’ – Benny Johnson
http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/05/dreamers-protest-dnc/

GOPUSA
— Oscars: Kimmel mocks Mike Pence over film boosting adult/teen male sex
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40755
— Hypocritical Hollywood gives Oscar to accused rapist
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40752
— Women’s March connection to Louis Farrakhan
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40635
— ABC: Anything But Conservative
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40766
— Trump team security clearance process ‘weaponized’ by bureaucrats (DIERSEN: Many millions do not seek and should not seek a federal job because they know that they cannot pass a background investigation.)
http://www.gopusa.com/trump-team-security-clearance-process-weaponized-by-bureaucrats/
— Illegal alien uses stolen identity for 37 years, gets $361,000 in government benefits
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40733
— Pelosi: Trump’s ‘bigoted’ ICE raids ‘terrorize’ illegals (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs promote illegal immigration. Overwhelmingly, illegals are minorities.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40724

TOWNHALL
— Useful Masses: Democrat Elites Exploit Kids’ Hearts in the Wake of Parkland Shooting – Kerri Toloczko (DIERSEN: Democrats run public education and virtually all of private education in America. Those Democrats focus on cranking “out good little Democats.” )
https://townhall.com/columnists/kerritoloczko/2018/03/05/useful-masses-democrat-elites-exploit-kids-hearts-in-the-wake-of-parkland-shooting-n2457731

ABC NEWS
— Dreamers protest on Capitol Hill on DACA deadline day – CHEYENNE HASLETT
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dreamers-protest-capitol-hill-daca-deadline-day/story?id=53539262

NBC NEWS
— U.S. cities with the highest rate of same-sex married couples Married gay couples are generally more geographically concentrated, younger and have higher incomes than straight couples, according to federal tax data. – Ariel Jao (DIERSEN: Will same-sex married couples succeed in getting U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives to get rid of the marriage penalty? My wife and I have paid the marriage penalty big time since we got married 1978.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/u-s-cities-highest-rate-same-sex-married-couples-n852716

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: When American employers underpay American employees, Democrats and RINOs say that the answer is to bring in citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-says-american-workers-are-hurt-by-immigration-but-after-ice-raided-this-texas-town-they-never-showed-up/2018/03/04/8ce16362-1d65-11e8-ae5a-16e60e4605f3_story.html

PRESS HERALD
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: What Maine clients get if they pay for delivery: Free pot But is it legal? Marijuana gifting services like Greenlyght charge a $90-per-quarter-ounce fee to transport their product to Maine users. – PENELOPE OVERTONS
https://www.pressherald.com/2018/03/04/what-clients-get-if-they-pay-for-deliver-free-pot/

BLOOMBERG
— America’s 100 Richest Places – Shelly Hagan and Wei Lu (DIERSEN: Winnetka is 13, Glencoe is 15, Hinsdale is 30, Lake Forest is 33, Inverness is 41, Oak Brook is 56, Long Grove is 60, Hawthorn Woods is 80, Burr Ridge is 92, Clarenden Hills is 97, and Highland Park is 100.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-hundred-richest-places/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Newcomers to the list include three areas in suburban Chicago. The average in Clarendon Hills, Illinois, about 25 miles west of downtown Chicago, jumped 15 percent in 2016 from the prior year to break into the top 100 for the first time with a tally of $199,325.)

AXIOS
— Coming this fall: “nutrition labels” for news (DIERSEN: What will NewsGuard say about GOPUSA Illinois at www.gopillinois.com?)
https://www.axios.com/coming-soon-nutrition-labels-for-news-newsguard-1520276180-402394a2-f876-4ae8-aee9-8e232e8575d1.html

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Though more federal employees retired in 2017 compared to the previous year, it hardly triggered a ‘tsunami’ – Nicole Ogrysko (DIERSEN: Constructively, overwhelmingly, the federal government continues to be run by Democrats.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/workforce/2018/03/though-more-feds-retired-in-2017-compared-to-the-previous-year-it-hardly-triggered-a-tsunami/

AL JAZEERA AMERICA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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 longer than their ancestors encourage immigrants a) to come to America, b) to stay in America, and c) to bring others to America.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/immigrants-helped-build-180305172025927.html

February 17 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Female legislators: More should be done to reduce sexual harassment – Rachel Hinton (DIERSEN: Because ever-increasingly, members of the following groups are stereotyped by anti-Trumps as being sexual harassers and even worse things, will anti-Trump female legislators ban members of the following groups from seeking or holding government and political offices: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/female-legislators-more-should-be-done-to-reduce-sexual-harassment/
— Before African Americans vote for Pritzker — or anybody else — let’s get a list – LAURA WASHINGTON (DIERSEN: How do the candidates on the Republican primary ballot for your precinct treat voters who share your demographics? How do those candidates treat voters who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or voters whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? How do those candidates treat voters who are federal retirees, former union members, childless, pet-less, and those who are not a member of any church, do not attend church services, and do not give money to a church? How do those candidates treat voters who support planks in the Republican Party and the Illinois Republican Party platform that the candidate rejects, for example, the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks? How do those candidates treat voters who support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling? How do those candidates treat voters who oppose promoting LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/j-b-pritzker-needs-to-promise-black-votes-after-fbi-wiretap/
— At teach-in, activists talk next steps for opposing Bannon at U of C – Pete Grieve
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/at-teach-in-activists-talk-next-steps-for-opposing-bannon-at-u-of-c/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Cook County sheriff sues to unmask ‘Dan,’ an anonymous person accusing him of domestic abuse – Steve Schmadeke and Jeremy Gorner (DIERSEN: My nasty troubled vicious critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and Illinois and they know that I am litigious. Because of that, they have their operatives and their dupes who have little or no income or net worth slander me. They know that it is difficult, if not impossible, to collect punitive damages from someone who has little or no income or net worth. My nasty troubled vicious critics/opponents shout at their operatives and at their dupes that since 1999, I have been a “public figure,” and therefore, I “cannot succeed in a lawsuit on incorrect harmful statements in the United States unless there is proof that the writer or publisher acted with actual malice by knowing the falsity or by reckless disregard for the truth. The legal burden of proof in defamation actions is thus higher in the case of a public figure than in the case of an ordinary person.” SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_figure I should write a book about the times when my critics/opponents have had their operatives and their dupes slander me at TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois events, Milton Township Republican Central Committee events, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce events, Illinois Center Right Coalition events, and other events. Much of the aforesaid slander took place in the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-sheriff-dart-lawsuit-20180215-story.html

WTTW
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON COOK COUNTY TIGHTENS: Property Tax System ‘More Regressive’ in Cook County, Report Finds – Amanda Vinicky
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/02/16/property-tax-system-more-regressive-cook-county-report-finds

WBEZ
— #MeToo In Madigan’s Backyard
https://www.wbez.org/shows/illinois-elections-2018/february-16-2018-metoo-in-madigans-backyard/0e107266-c50a-4c6f-8536-ec59e9b4bfe2

NORTHWEST HERALD
— State Rep. David McSweeney calls Algonquin Township a ‘disgrace’ – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/02/16/state-rep-david-mcsweeney-calls-algonquin-township-a-disgrace/arc3539/

FREEPORT JOURNAL STANDARD
— Ives is the right person to challenge Rauner – Jim Sacia
http://www.journalstandard.com/opinion/20180216/my-view-ives-is-right-person-to-challenge-rauner

SAUK VALLEY
— Make local government pay its way – Editorial
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/02/17/shaw-media-editorial-make-local-government-pay-its-way/a3xnoia/

TIMES
— GOP candidates (Marter & Kinzinger) get pro-life endorsements
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/gop-candidates-get-pro-life-endorsements/article_5490b9b4-f0a0-550a-9ade-b94568cf0e91.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Alleged Ex-Trump Paramour Says ‘Catch And Kill’ Practice Kept Her Quiet – AMY HELD
http://nprillinois.org/post/alleged-ex-trump-paramour-says-catch-and-kill-practice-kept-her-quiet#stream/0

CHICAGO NOW
— Fire every last leerer and grabber – Dennis Byrne
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2018/02/fire-every-last-leerer-and-grabber/

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Naperville Population Increasing as State’s Declines
https://www.nctv17.com/news/naperville-population-increasing-as-states-declines/

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Davis defends Congress’ mental health stance – Raquel Martin
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/davis-defends-congress-mental-health-stance/977777972

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Poll: 90 percent of voters support work-for-welfare – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/poll-percent-of-voters-support-work-for-welfare/article_92d852f0-129b-11e8-83c8-efaa95ab3d93.html

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats have moved far to the nation’s left on abortion – Ken Blackwell
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/democrats-have-moved-far-to-the-nations-left-on-abortion/article/2649353

NEWSMAX
— Immigration Reform Should Favor Tradition Over Transformation – James Walsh (DIERSEN: Democrats want to fill America with members of the following groups because members of the following groups vote for Democrats: 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.newsmax.com/jameswalsh/departmental-regulations-rules/2018/02/14/id/843310/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former President Barack H. Obama bequeathed a divided nation to President Donald J. Trump. Obama’s executive orders and departmental rules and regulations were meant to bypass regular order — congressional legislation — like opening American borders to under-vetted or unvetted foreign nationals. Immigration confusion and disorder were just one example of Obama’s legacy of governmental anarchy seeking social and political realignment. President Lyndon B. Johnson and the Democrats sought to transform America by their 1964 civil rights and 1965 immigration legislation. Obama signed highly questionable executive orders and permitted promulgation of questionable rules, regulations, and policies, including the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) executive order — to transform America. Attacks by the mainstream media on President Trump and Republicans were non-stop and vicious even before the election. They continue in 2018. Whether late night talk shows, cable networks, or the print-media, the vitriolic hatred of President Trump spins forth without letting up. The maneuvers of the Johnson, Clinton, and Obama administrations to authorize entitlement and immigration policies have divided the nation. They are part of a plan to transform America. So far, they’ve been successful. The so-called “Dreamers,” are in reality foreign nationals here illegally, unvetted, demanding all the benefits granted American citizens. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., created the “Dreamer” idea in 2001. He did so with his proposed “Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act” (Dream Act). For 17 years that Act has remained as a proposed — not enacted. As of Feb. 13, 2018, Sen. Durbin is still fabricating reasons for support of his Dream Act. Why? To ally with voters for the Democratic Party of the future. Dreamers are not all academic scholars, full-time employees, nor members of the U.S. armed forces; extremely few are academic all-stars or military members. Federal, state, and local law enforcement arrest blotters are daily chronicles of crimes committed by illegal immigrants and Dreamers. Here the news media remains appreciably absent. One in five federal prison inmates is an illegal immigrant — such prisoners are not incarcerated for jay-walking or for traffic citations. It appears that about 13 percent of state prison populations are illegal immigrants. They make up less than 3 percent of the U.S. population.)

HOT AIR
— RIP, Fiscal Conservatism
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2018/02/rip-fiscal-conservatism/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Republicans bet the House majority on the Trump tax cut. – MATTHEW CONTINETTI (DIERSEN: What about voters who pay more than $10,000 a year in real estate taxes and state income taxes? What about voters who pay the marriage penalty? What about voters who will pay more federal income tax because of the tax cut?)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456512/2018-midterms-republicans-bet-tax-bill

NEW YORK TIMES

— If a Law Bars Asking Your Past Salary, Does It Help or Hurt? – Noam Scheiber (DIERSEN: Past, present, and future government employees are at a tremendous disadvantage a) because their salary is public record and b) because they are viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being overpaid. In its February 1978 article on me, Money Magazine shouted that IRS was overpaying me. IRS was paying me $89,178/year in today’s dollars, I had worked for IRS for 6 1/2 years, I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and I was taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul. In 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors used Money Magazine’s article to force me to take a $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO even though I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/16/business/economy/salary-history-laws.html

— Gun Makers Are Reeling Even as Threat of Regulation Recedes – Michael Corkery and Tiffany Hsu
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/16/business/gun-makers-are-reeling-even-as-of-regulation-recedes.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Timeline: How Russian trolls allegedly tried to throw the 2016 election to Trump – Philip Bump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/02/16/timeline-how-russian-trolls-allegedly-tried-to-throw-the-2016-election-to-trump/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Free-Speech University Steve Bannon is giving a talk at Chicago. Its president is confident he won’t be shouted down. – Tunku Varadarajan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-free-speech-university-1518824261
— John Kelly Orders End to Some Interim Security Clearances Change comes after complaints that Rob Porter held temporary status for more than a year – Rebecca Ballhaus and Michael C. Bender (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because they cannot pass a background investigation, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because the pay and benefits are terrible, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/john-kelly-orders-end-to-some-interim-security-clearances-1518823451

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— NTEU: Morale in the federal government (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who want to drive down morale in the federal government, that is, what do you say to those who are full of hatred against past, present, and future federal employees and retirees?)
https://federalnewsradio.com/fed-access/2018/02/nteu/

February 6 Evening Edition

WGN RADIO
— Political analyst Chris Robling: “I think Jeanne Ives is gaining a lot of credibility and a lot of momentum and I’m predicting that she is going to defeat Bruce Rauner” – PETER ZIMMERMAN
http://wgnradio.com/2018/02/05/political-analyst-chris-robling-i-think-jeanne-ives-is-gaining-a-lot-of-credibility-and-a-lot-of-momentum-and-im-predicting-that-she-is-going-to-defeat-bruce-rauner/

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— 5 Reasons Why Rauner Has No Relationship with President Trump (DIERSEN: Republican Trump defeated Democrat Clinton in 91 of Illinois’ 102 counties.)
https://mailchi.mp/cbc73f5f95e6/5-reasons-why-rauner-has-no-relationship-with-president-trump

ABC7
— J.B. Pritzker at center of new campaign firestorm for remarks during phone call with Blagojevich – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/jb-pritzker-at-center-of-new-campaign-firestorm-/3043149/

NBC5
— Rauner Releases Ad Tying Ives to Madigan – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rauner-releases-ad-attacking-jeanne-ives-madigan-472974893.html
— Newly-Released Tapes Turn Campaign for Governor into Debate on Race – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/pritzker-blagojevich-recordings-chicago-tribune-472967293.html

CBS2
— Pritzker Apologizes For ‘Regrettable’ Remarks On Black Politicians In Call With Blagojevich – AP
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/02/06/pritzker-apologizes-blagojevich-call-black-politicians/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— J.B. Pritzker wiretapped discussing black politicians
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/jb-pritzker-wiretapped-discussing-black-politicians

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner says Ives ‘might be Mike Madigan’s favorite Republican’ in new ad – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/rauner-says-ives-might-be-mike-madigans-favorite-republican-in-new-ad/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ives’ campaign, in turn, called Rauner an “unrepentant liar” for claims made in the commercial. “This ad is consistent with Rauner’s character. He is an unrepentant liar. If he’ll lie to Cardinal Cupich, he’ll lie to anyone about anything. And in his three years as Governor, he has lied to everyone about everything,” the campaign said in a statement.)
— How expensive is Illinois’ 2018 governor race going to be? – Tanveer Ali
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/illinois-governor-campaign-fundraising-interactive-map/
— Trump aide: Some immigrants ‘too lazy’ to sign up for DACA – AP (DIERSEN: Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that you are lazy? Since 1966 when I was 18 years old, because I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am lazy and even worse things. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/dreamers-immigration-deportation-not-priority-john-kelly/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Republican says “The Holocaust is the rare inconvenient topic Republicans aren’t denying.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/republicans-holocaust-denial-arthur-jones-donald-trump-jeanne-ives/
— J.B.-a Culpa: Pritzker apologizes for dishing on black pols in Blagojevich call – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/j-b-a-culpa-pritzker-apologizes-for-dishing-on-black-pols-in-blagojevich-call/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The divide-and-conquer strategy of a tyrant.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/the-divide-and-conquer-strategy-of-a-tyrant/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Jeanne Ives responds to criticisms of her attack ad – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-jeanne-ives-responds-to-criticisms-of-her-attack-ad-20180205-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump/Ives says “Ives’ poisonous commercial rips a page from the Trump playbook.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-ives-commercial-stereotypes-lies-0207-20180205-story.html
— Rauner campaign changes strategies, attacks Ives as ‘Madigan’s favorite Republican’ – Monique Garcia (DIERSEN: What attack strategies have been used against you? I should write a book about all the attack strategies that have been used against me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-jeanne-ives-20180206-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives from Wheaton blast Ives. Those who promote LGBTQ activity are overjoyed.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-ives-governor-transgender-tv-ad-20180206-story.html
— Nazi’s run for Congress exposes flaws in democratic process – Ted Slowik (DIERSEN: Since at least the 1970s, ever-increasingly, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), etc. have been dominated by individuals, by organizations, and by governments that reject some, most, or virtually all of the planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the IRP platform. If the IRP, DCRCC, MTRCC, etc. had the power to block candidates from running as Republicans, they would block those candidates who support the planks that they reject. Most commonly, those who dominate the IRP, DCRCC, MTRCC, etc. reject the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-gop-nazi-st-0207-20180206-story.html
— Trans attorney: ‘Dangerous’ Jeanne Ives ‘hurt my feelings’ over controversial ad – Kim Janssen (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs promote LGBTQ activity. How soon, if not already, will Rauner’s Illinois Republican Party officially banish all individuals, all organizations, all companies, all governments, all countries, all etc. that do not promote LGBTQ activity?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-met-jeanne-ives-transgender-chicago-inc-20180205-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives say “Ms. Ives, here is what’s wrong with your ad.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-ives-ad-transgender-rauner-20180206-story.html
— The world’s richest countries guarantee mothers more than a year of paid maternity leave. The U.S. guarantees them nothing. – Christopher Ingraham (DIERSEN: So why does everyone want to come to the U.S. instead of to the “world’s richest countries?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-guaranteed-maternity-leave-20180206-story.html
— Bracing for Islamic State’s westward migration – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote Islam.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-islamic-state-syria-europe-20180206-story.html
— While Trump says he’d ‘love to see a shutdown’ over immigration, Congress closes in on budget deal – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-immigration-budget-shutdown-20180206-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s attacks undermine his call for bipartisan unity in address.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-undermines-bipartisan-unity-20180206-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— All she has to do to collect a $560 million jackpot is make her name public. She refuses. – Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180206/all-she-has-to-do-to-collect-a-560-million-jackpot-is-make-her-name-public-she-refuses
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “She wishes to continue this work and the freedom to walk into a grocery store or attend public events without being known or targeted as the winner of a half-billion dollars.”)
— Wheaton council poised to reject drug treatment center plans – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180206/wheaton-council-poised-to-reject-drug-treatment-center-plans
— Attorney general tells tollway to hand over resume of politically connected manager – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180206/attorney-general-tells-tollway-to-hand-over-resume-of-politically-connected-manager
— Challenger says ethics an issue in Kane clerk’s race – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180206/challenger-says-ethics-an-issue-in-kane-clerks-race

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner finally goes negative with anti-Ives ad – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the times since 2000 that operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents have gone negative against me. They talk and/or act like they have been promised lots of money, a new home, a new car, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and much more if they succeed in getting me to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Are they being paid at least $15 an hour?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180206/BLOGS02/180209930/rauner-finally-goes-negative-with-anti-ives-ad
— For the second time in two weeks, a major Illinois rights group has endorsed only one Democratic candidate for governor, J.B. Pritzker, bypassing other contenders who appear to be equally strong backers of the group’s agenda. – Greg Hinz (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they are going to get rid of those who do not promote LGBTQ activity. Rauner promotes LGBTQ activity, therefore, Rauner’s supporters have to promote LGBTQ activity, therefore, Rauner’s supporters have to get rid of those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180206/BLOGS02/180209932/gay-rights-group-singles-out-pritzker
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs want immigrants because they take bad jobs like being home health care aides. What bad jobs have you taken? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180206/OPINION/180209939/the-looming-crisis-in-health-care

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Ives: Ad is part of ’50 percent plus one’ approach – Derek Beigh
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/government-and-politics/elections/ives-ad-is-part-of-percent-plus-one-approach/article_96feee72-fa56-53d1-9cba-4abfb4a6c825.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democratic forum set on senior issues (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am 69. From what I see, ever-increasingly, politicians are dumping old people. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have increasingly demonizing me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being old a) ever since I failed to make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25 in 1973, 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 and b) ever since my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180205/democratic-forum-set-on-senior-issues

KEWANEE STAR COURIER
— Rauner makes Lincoln Day stop – Tammy Wilkinson (DIERSEN: One could argue that to promote Rauner, Sanguinetti, Harold, Dodge, Senger, and/or those who the aforesaid support is to shout that you reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://www.starcourier.com/news/20180205/rauner-makes-lincoln-day-stop
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 2018 Stark County Republican’s Lincoln Day luncheon held in Toulon on Saturday drew an impressive line-up of statewide Republican candidates and included an appearance by Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner. Nearly 100 guests were in attendance of the meet and greet event that was organized by Stark County GOP chairman Mike Bigger, of Wyoming. Governor Bruce Rauner was one of several of the special guests to take the podium and address the audience, with a brief introduction and offer of his personal support for what he said he hopes is future new Republican leadership within the state. The keynote speaker for the program was Erika Harold, of Champaign. She is running as the Illinois Republican candidate for attorney general in the upcoming election. Additional special guests addressing the audience were: Jim Dodge, candidate for Illinois treasurer; Darlene Senger, candidate for Illinois comptroller; Jason Helland, secretary of state; Congressman Darin LaHood, 18th Congressional District; State Representative Ryan Spain, 73rd District; and Senator Chuck Weaver, of the 37th District. “We have to be unified in a team effort and march to victory in November,” said Congressman LaHood. “The future of our state is on the line,” concluded Senator Chuck Weaver, reminding those present of the importance of how “every vote counts.”)

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— When bad laws keep good people from running for office – Editorial (DIERSEN: What does the BND say to Democrats, to Libertarians, and to Greens who cast Republican primary ballots a) to do as much damage as they can to the Republican Party and/or b) to qualify themselves to run for government and political offices as a Republican? I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, and Green plants who hold government and/or political offices as Republicans in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article197893309.html

WJBD RADIO
— Trump threatens another government shutdown over immigration
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2018/02/06/trump-threatens-another-government-shutdown-over-immigration

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Rauner, Emanuel headline Chicago fundraiser for LGBTQ group
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511328342-rauner-emanuel-headline-chicago-fundraiser-for-lgbtq-group

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Fact check: Rauner’s dubious balanced budget claims…again
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511329643-fact-check-rauner-s-dubious-balanced-budget-claims-again

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Mussman is like Rauner in her refusal to debate, Bernas says – Angela Underwood
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511329545-mussman-is-like-rauner-in-her-refusal-to-debate-bernas-says

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Rauner Responds to Ives The Only Way He Knows How: With Lies. This ad is consistent with Rauner’s character. He is an unrepentant liar. If he’ll lie to Cardinal Cupich, he’ll lie to anyone about anything. And in his three years as Governor, he has lied to everyone about everything.
https://mailchi.mp/5f4cecb061b9/rauner-responds-to-ives-the-only-way-he-knows-how-with-lies

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— LAWMAKERS FILE BILLS BARRING STATE LAWMAKERS FROM WORKING AS PROPERTY TAX LAWYERS – Vincent Caruso
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/lawmakers-file-bills-barring-state-lawmakers-from-working-as-property-tax-lawyers/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Webinar on Legalization of Marijuana in Illinois – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/tonight-webinar-legalization-marijuana-illinois/

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives responds *** New Rauner ad attacks Ives, ties her to Madigan
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/06/new-rauner-ad-attacks-ives/
— From a press release…In an effort to put more money in the pockets of Illinois taxpayers and infuse funds into the Illinois economy, State Representative Peter Breen (R-Lombard) has launched the Illinois Tax Reform Plan. The plan, consisting of three taxpayer-friendly bills, was unveiled today at a press briefing in Springfield. Each bill has the potential of lowering taxes on Illinoisans and Illinois businesses.
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/06/its-just-a-bill-65/
— Biss campaign suggests Pritzker’s money bought Equality Illinois’ endorsement
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/06/biss-campaign-suggests-pritzkers-money-bought-equality-illinois-endorsement/
— Ives supporter Breen says ad should be taken down
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/06/ives-supporter-breen-says-ad-should-be-taken-down/
— Ives claims her ad is a “parody” of Rauner’s “Thanks, Madigan” spot
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/06/ives-claims-her-ad-is-a-parody-of-rauners-thanks-madigan-spot/
— DGA, Ives respond *** New Rauner ad attacks Ives, ties her to Madigan
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/06/new-rauner-ad-attacks-ives/
— Kennedy, Biss, Rauner campaigns respond *** FBI recording catches Pritzker joking with Blagojevich: “God damn America”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/06/fbi-recording-catches-pritzker-joking-with-blagojevich-god-damn-america/

DAILY CALLER
— The Democratic Party Has Reached An UNREAL Level Of Support For Illegal Immigration – Ira Mehlman
http://dailycaller.com/2018/02/06/the-democratic-party-has-reached-an-unreal-level-of-support-for-illegal-immigration/

GOPUSA
— Driver in death of NFL player was twice deported illegal alien
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38645
— Chicago weekend: 23 shot, 6 fatally
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38653

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— GOP candidate for governor John Cox will spend an additional $1 million of his own money to match rival’s donors – Silvia Flores (DIERSEN: What are your connections with John Cox? The Daily Herald reported that Cox attended my July 5, 2003 picnic in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct that I had organized for the residents of my precinct and the residents of Jeanne Ives’ precinct to the east and Debra Olson’s precinct to west. Attendees got to meet the five announced Republican candidates for U.S. Senate – John Cox, Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan. Cox brought Jays Potato Chips. Oberweis brought ice cream. The 200+ attendees included now Congressman Randy Hultgren. Jack Ryan won the primary, but withdrew. His replacement, Alan Keyes lost to Barack Obama.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-john-cox-1515374028-htmlstory.html

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Trump Has Given Victims of the Opioid Crisis Nothing But Contempt – Eric Levitz (DIERSEN: What does Trump think about those who are victims of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination? What does Trump think about those who say that non-veteran White male federal employees who do 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 are losers who should be gotten rid of?)
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/02/trump-has-given-victims-of-opioids-nothing-but-contempt.html

LONG READS
— Journalists Shouldn’t Be Fired for Investigating Their Own Publications – Danielle Tcholakian (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party officers and employees who since 2000, because I am a Republican Precinct Committee, talk and/or act like they have the power a) to tell me what to do and what not to do and b) to punish me. They can stress the success that they have had in a) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, b) ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, c) ending my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, d) ending my MTRCC webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, e) ending my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007, f) ending my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, g) etc.)
https://longreads.com/2018/02/05/journalists-shouldnt-be-fired-for-investigating-their-own-publications/amp/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Focusing on the Positive: Rewarding Good Workers and Managers – Howard Risher (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government who treated me like I was a bad worker. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2018/02/focusing-positive-rewarding-good-workers-and-managers/145729/

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— More firings may not lead to better results – Jeff Neal (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, when the federal government gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or older, it replaces those employees with people who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/commentary/2018/02/more-firings-may-not-lead-to-better-results/

February 6 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE OF RAUNER: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Rauner calls Ives’ controversial ad hateful – Marni Pyke (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs a) are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means, b) are disciples of Saul Alinsky, and c) reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and/or many other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform. Ever-increasingly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans like Ives and me are haters, White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, racists, sexists, bigots and even worse things.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180205/rauner-slams-ives-ad-as-shameful-criticizes-legalizing-marijuana-for-recreational-use
— Rauner clinches GOP Cook County party endorsements – Marni Pyke (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to get reelected, Rauner and his supporters make it clear a) that they will officially strike the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform and b) that they will banish from the IRP all those who support the aforesaid planks.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180205/rauner-clinches-gop-cook-county-party-endorsements
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican Cook County Central Committee members endorsed Gov. Bruce Rauner Monday night over rival state Rep. Jeanne Ives of Wheaton. Rauner won 27 out of 30 townships, party officials said, and clinched a majority of Chicago wards. The decision heightens tensions between the two Republicans vying in the March 20 primary. Ives, a social conservative, has attacked Rauner as abandoning the party’s traditional values while the incumbent has largely ignored the Wheaton lawmaker, focusing his criticism on J.B. Pritzker, one of six Democrats seeking the nomination. “Ives is a strong advocate for conservative principles,” said Aaron Del Mar, Cook County Republican Central Committee deputy chairman. But Rauner has greater appeal statewide, he thinks. “He is the one candidate with the ability get elected and defeat the Democrats,” Del Mar said. An Ives ad that lambastes Rauner at what critics call the expense of transgender individuals, immigrants and women who have abortions, turned off some, Del Mar added. “We’re not in Kansas,” he said. “It’s not truly representative of Illinois Republican Party, we need to be the party of the big tent.” Ives has been undaunted by the loss of GOP establishment endorsements, saying some Republicans are beholden to investment banker Rauner because he has donated substantial amounts to the party. She received an endorsement from the Wheeling Township Republican organization last month. Cook County represents the largest number of Republicans in Illinois.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs a) hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things, b) stress Nazis who run as Republicans, and c) stress Nazis who give money to Republicans. What did Rauner’s Illinois Republican Party (IRP) do to encourage a Republican to run against Art Jones in the 3rd Congressional District? One could argue that to get Rauner’s support, you have to reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and many other planks in the IRP platform.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-congressional-candidate-20180206-story.html
— Polish man’s name didn’t work for judicial candidate, so now he’s Shannon O’Malley – Kim Janssen (DIERSEN: From the beginning, many German-Americans have pretended that their ancestors had not immigrated from Germany, because from the beginning, many in America have not wanted immigrants from Germany. What if from the beginning, I had pretended to be Swedish-American? While all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, according to DNA Ancestry at http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-met-fake-irish-judge-chicago-inc-20180205-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Republican Party exploring ‘options’ to dump GOP Holocaust denier – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: What did Rauner’s Illinois Republican Party (IRP) do to encourage a Republican to run against Art Jones in the 3rd Congressional District? One could argue that to get Rauner’s support, you have to reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and many other planks in the IRP platform. To try to get me to not run again as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) have done everything that they can to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails since 2000, b) have done everything that they can to stop everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails since 2000, c) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, d) ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, d) ended my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, e) ended my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, f) ended my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007, g) ended my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, h) etc.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gop-gov-rauner-condemns-republican-illinois-candidate-who-is-a-holocaust-denier/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Republican Party executive director Drew Collins told the Sun-Times in a statement, “going forward, the Illinois Republican Party will explore all options to oppose Mr. Jones’ candidacy — whether that be supporting an independent candidate for IL-03 after the primary, encouraging a write-in campaign, and potentially other options. Nazis have no place in our nation’s democracy, and to that end, we will continue to vehemently oppose everything Mr. Jones stands for.” Illinois Republican Bruce Rauner, up for re-election and facing a primary challenge from state Rep. Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton, on Monday condemned Jones. “There is no room for Neo Nazis in American politics. I condemn this man in the strongest possible terms,” Rauner said in a statement. What remains to be seen is whether the Illinois Republican Party, a part of Rauner’s political operation, or Rauner will actually find a write-in candidate and bankroll a campaign. The Republican Jewish Coalition chair also floated on Monday the possibility of a write-in candidate surfacing to run against Jones.)
— Pritzker, Blagojevich weighed pros, cons of potential Obama successors
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/report-pritzker-blagojevich-weighed-pros-cons-of-potential-obama-successors/

NBC5
— Controversial Campaign Ad Attacks Issues, Not People, Ives Says – Brendan Pedersen
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Ives-on-Controversial-Campaign-Ad-It-Attacks-Issues-Not-People-472848493.html

WGN RADIO
— “If Bruce Rauner tightened up his ship we would have been bigot free this whole primary election” – PETER ZIMMERMAN (DIERSEN: If someone calls you a White supremacist, a Nazi, a KKK member, a hater, a racist, a sexist, a bigot, etc., should you sue them for slander? See “Elements of Libel and Slander” at http://injury.findlaw.com/torts-and-personal-injuries/elements-of-libel-and-slander.html)
http://wgnradio.com/2018/02/06/the-carry-out-2-5-18-if-bruce-rauner-tightened-up-his-ship-we-would-have-been-bigot-free-this-whole-primary-election/

WTTW
— Jeanne Ives Asks ‘What’s Offensive?’ About ‘Provocative’ Campaign Ad – Amanda Vinicky
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/02/05/jeanne-ives-asks-what-s-offensive-about-provocative-campaign-ad

TIMES
— Area GOP official backs Ives ad – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/area-gop-official-backs-ives-ad/article_6af0fded-9522-59f0-8ecf-86e696a84e20.html

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Cabello the maverick is betting against Rauner (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, in Illinois, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs call those who support the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform mavericks. I blame IRP’s problems on its letting people hold leadership positions who reject some, most, or all of the planks in the IRP platform. I should write a book about Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and IRP leaders a) who reject some, most, or all of the planks in the IRP platform and b) who focus on destroying those like me who support those planks.)
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20180205/chuck-sweeny-cabello-maverick-is-betting-against-rauner
— Ives hammers Rauner on abortion funding during Rockford visit
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20180205/ives-hammers-rauner-on-abortion-funding-during-rockford-visit

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Ives goes full culture warrior – Jon Alexander (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Rauner and his supporters make it clear that they reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and many other planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://qctimes.com/opinion/columnists/alexander-ives-goes-full-culture-warrior/article_4a178d68-d5a8-5a01-ba6f-00cc0cacf7c6.html

HERALD & REVIEW
— New Pritzker-Blagojevich audio from FBI wiretaps sheds light on race issue in governor contest – RICK PEARSON and JEFF COEN
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/new-pritzker-blagojevich-audio-from-fbi-wiretaps-sheds-light-on/article_48dd9e65-6e93-5a69-8337-a9f22c996477.html
— Losing the future: Universities struggle with enrollment as students leave state – LENORE SOBOTA (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, Illinois universities make it clear that they only want students, faculty, and administrators 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, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://herald-review.com/news/local/education/losing-the-future-universities-struggle-with-enrollment-as-students-leave/article_1f447a69-7fcf-517a-9fbc-88ffc07e342e.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Rep. Ives defends controversial campaign ad – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/02/05/rep-ives-defends-controversial-campaign-ad/agr5bf2/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “2-In-3 Support Legal Status For DREAMers; Majority Oppose Building A Wall.”
http://nprillinois.org/post/npr-poll-2-3-support-legal-status-dreamers-majority-oppose-building-wall#stream/0
— Running As An Independent: Liberating But Tough – CLAY MASTERS (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, in Illinois, if you reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform, you should run as an Independent, not as a Republican. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Because Rauner rejects the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and many other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform, he should have ran as an Independent in 2014, and if anything, he should run as an Independent in 2018.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/running-independent-liberating-tough#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “How Trump’s Funding Cuts Threaten ‘Basic Health Program’ Plans.”
http://nprillinois.org/post/how-trumps-funding-cuts-threaten-basic-health-program-plans#stream/0

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Ives: ‘Edgy’ ad ‘accurate representation’ of Rauner policies (DIERSEN: Those who Rauner listens to want him to pander to those who will never vote for him. Those who Rauner listens to want him to lose. Who does Rauner listen to?)
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/ives-edgy-ad-accurate-representation-of-rauner-policies-02-05-2018

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w/ State Rep. Ives on Illinois’ pressing economic issues and education
ttp://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/02/watch-berkowitz-w-state-rep-ives-on-illinois-pressing-economic-issues-and-education-cable-and-web/

CHICAGO MAROON
— Daniel Biss Visits Campus, Talks Free Higher Education and Bannon Protests – Anne Nazzaro (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from to pay for your bachelor’s degree? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; and worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970. My outstanding parents provided me with room and board while I attended UIC 1966-1968, my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969.)
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2018/2/6/daniel-biss-talks-free-higher-education-bannon-pro/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Republican Governor Candidate Jeanne Ives’s Controversial Commercial Creates Reaction Video Exposes Rauner’s Anti-Conservative Actions – Cal Skinner (DIERSEN: I would also say “exposes Rauner’s anti-Illinois Republican Party platform actions.”)
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/02/06/republican-governor-candidate-jeanne-ivess-controversial-commercial-creates-reaction/

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Straub ad targets Durkin as Madigan pal – Glenn Minnis
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511326645-straub-ad-targets-durkin-as-madigan-pal

METRO EAST SUN
— Rauner’s Lottery Chairman Insults Illinoisans
https://metroeastsun.com/stories/511329655-il-rising-rauner-s-lottery-chairman-insults-illinoisans

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Cabello calls for Rauner’s resignation, backs Ives bid for governor – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511326525-cabello-calls-for-rauner-s-resignation-backs-ives-bid-for-governor

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Ives at City Club
https://mailchi.mp/e51fe0baf8bc/icymi-ives-at-city-club

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Ignore the Critics: The Jeanne Ives TV Ad is a Blueprint for Republicans Nationally – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/02/ignore-the-critics-the-jeanne-ives-tv-ad-is-a-blueprint-for-republicans-nationally/

BREITBART
— Jeanne Ives Wins Standing Ovation After Defending Controversial ‘Transgender’ Ad – JASMINE HAUSER5
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/02/05/jeanne-ives-illinois-transgender-ad/

DAILY CALLER
— Democrats Use Illegal Immigrant Activist To Fundraise – Derek Hunter
http://dailycaller.com/2018/02/05/democrats-fundraise-illegal-alien/

MCCLATCHY DC
— TV ads, emails and more: The right’s war against Donald Trump’s immigration plan – ANITA KUMAR
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article198538119.html

CNN
— Trump to establish National Vetting Center focused on travelers, immigrants to US – Jeremy Diamond (DIERSEN: Just kidding, but should I apply to work for this National Vetting Center? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/05/politics/national-vetting-center-immigration-donald-trump/index.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Are Leprechauns Racist? Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish offer some healthy cultural appropriation. – William McGurn
https://www.wsj.com/articles/are-leprechauns-racist-1517876565

USA TODAY
— 6 ways to measure if your retirement plan is on track – Ken Fisher (DIERSEN: My $51,864 Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 41% of my 1997 $125,325 ending salary in today’s dollars.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2018/02/04/6-ways-measure-if-your-retirement-plan-track/300912002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 2. Determine what you’ll need annually Don’t use rules of thumb like, “Plan on needing 70% to 80% of your current income.” That silly myth comes from presuming retired folk slow down and spend less. Few do. Some travel, adopt hobbies and finance grandchildren. But almost all spend unexpected sums on medical comforts not covered by health insurance. List all your current expenses, separating them into “basic” and “discretionary” buckets. Food, shelter and utilities are basic. Hobbies and entertainment aren’t. Start bucket three: new expenses you’ll likely incur during retirement, like trips to see the grandkids and those health-comfort costs. Then use an online inflation calculator to total what it all costs when you plan to retire. (This one is good). If you totaled $75,000 “2018” dollars and want to retire in 20 years, you’ll likely need more than $135,000 annually, minus Social Security and any employer pension plans you have.)

SLATE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trumps says “The Trump Disciples Republican candidates across the country are trying to replicate Trump’s formula of bigotry and anger.”
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/02/republican-candidates-are-running-like-trump.html

HEARTLAND NEWSFEED
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://heartlandnewsfeed.com/2018/02/05/commentary-illinois-family-institute-continues-campaign-of-ignorance-on-pot-legalization/

January 24 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Suit Suggests No Firewall Between Gov. Rauner, His Fortune
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/3797571-suit-suggests-no-firewall-between-gov-rauner-his-fortune/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Is a fair immigration compromise possible out of failed Schumer shutdown? – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-shutdown-immigration-kass-0124-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Dreamers are in limbo through no fault of their own, trapped between two cultures, with no place of their own to legally call home. Yet opinion polls show that much of the America public is sympathetic to their plight. So let the Dreamers stay. Those who are in criminal gangs or have violent criminal records have no right to be here. But the others, sure, why not? It would be quite easy to protect the Dreamers and their parents, except for the politics. Democrats want them as votes. Republicans are worried this could tip elections. So why not take the politics out of it? Here’s a possibility to consider: Let Dreamers stay — given permanent work and resident status — but not citizenship and voting rights. Conferring something as precious as citizenship upon people as a reward for their parents’ breaking the law isn’t the right way to go about this. If they want to become American citizens and vote, they’d be free to leave and attempt to re-enter the country as legal immigrants. If protecting Dreamers is the issue, then you’ll agree with me. But if weaponizing the Dreamers for the next election is your plan, then you won’t. And what about their parents, who crossed the border illegally and who worry about being deported? We can protect them, too, with some reasonable amnesty. Why not give them permanent work status, like green cards? But no welfare. Yes, you read that correctly.)
— Pritzker-Biss rivalry emerges at first televised Democratic governor debate – Rick Pearson and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-governor-candidate-debate-20180123-story.html
— Shutdown deal paves way for Senate to take up immigration, but will House and Trump follow? – Mike Debonis
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-shutdown-deal-immigration-vote-20180122-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Democrats caved on immigration, leaving progressives furious.” Ever-increasingly, Democrats, that is, progressives, count on immigrants to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-trump-immigration-gutierrez-dreamers-daca-shutdown-0124-20180123-story.html
— Republican governor candidate Jeanne Ives will announce endorsements at a Chicago news conference. (DIERSEN: Which candidates want your endorsement? Which candidates want you to work against them? I should write a book about candidates since 2000 who have stated that they were conservative and/or Republican, but have talked and acted like they want me to work against them.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-attorney-general-democrats-20180124-story.html
— Joe Walsh — who promises to vote for Chuy Garcia if he’s proved wrong — is proved wrong – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-met-walsh-versus-chuy-0123-chicago-inc-20180123-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How soon, if not already, will those who are anti-men paint Benjamin Biancofiori as being a typical man?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-sex-trafficking-me-too-trial-delay-20180123-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following Naperville groups to meet with Biss this evening: 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 (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-indivisible-naperville-city-hall-st-0124-20180123-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote female anti-Trump marchers.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-marchers-st-0121-20180119-column.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville executive shuttle service to Chicago launches in February – Suzanne Baker (DIERSEN: What do the anti-Trumps have to say about this? What do you say to those in the suburbs who hint/imply/argue/shout that those who work in the Loop are overpaid, undeservedly filthy rich, and even worse things?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-squire-executive-shuttle-st-0124-20180123-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gov debate: Request to say something nice about Pritzker stumps Kennedy
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gov-debate-request-to-say-something-nice-about-pritzker-stumps-kennedy/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Condo building to be named for pioneering gay entrepreneur – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180123/CRED0701/180129964

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: U-46 charged with discriminating against Black students.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180123/u-46-leaders-discuss-racial-equity-student-discipline
— In today’s environment, even small mistakes devastating for journalism – Steven & Cokie Roberts
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180123/in-todays-environment-even-small-mistakes-devastating-for-journalism

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— LaHood optimistic about agreement on budget, DACA – Lenore Sobota (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, when “Republicans” agree to something with Democrats, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups suffer: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/national/government-and-politics/lahood-optimistic-about-agreement-on-budget-daca/article_5ba11419-5ad1-54f2-b821-4929840eec62.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Unacceptable waste of taxpayer money cannot happen again – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180123/our-view-unacceptable-waste-of-taxpayer-money-cannot-happen-again

FREEPORT JOURNAL STANDARD
— State’s financial picture clearer, but just as ugly – Editorial
http://www.journalstandard.com/opinion/20180123/our-view-states-financial-picture-clearer-but-just-as-ugly

STAR COURIER
— Erika Harold, Republican candidate for Illinois attorney general, will be the featured guest speaker at the Stark County Lincoln Day luncheon Saturday, February 3 – Tammy Wilkinson
http://www.starcourier.com/news/20180123/harold-to-speak-at-lincoln-day

TIMES
— Consolidation not a 4-letter word – David Giuliani (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, consolidation is used to get rid of employees who are Republican White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/column-consolidation-not-a–letter-word/article_c46cef93-2f61-55f0-92ee-8a1a1d9f26e7.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Illinois Lawmakers Explore Tax Workaround – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Why not just cap real estate taxes at $10,000 per home?)
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=258980#.WmhmRIzR-M8
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rather than working to lower one of the nation’s highest property tax burdens, some Illinois lawmakers want to sidestep the federal tax reform bill by allowing for donations to government. One bill would create the Illinois Excellence Fund. It would allow taxpayers to donate and receive a tax credit for the exact amount. This shuffling of money back and forth would allow a taxpayer to deduct that amount on their federal taxes, effectively thwarting the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions put in place by the tax reform bill passed last month. The state treasurer can then use that money as he sees fit. “[The SALT deduction cap] sort of came out of nowhere,” said state Rep. Jonathan Carroll, D-Northbrook. “This is trying to offer a solution to give tax relief to the middle class.” The bill has a populist tone, appealing to the cries of high property taxes across the state. Nearly all of the current sponsors of the bill are likely to face a challenging re-election effort this November. Carroll said he expects the Internal Revenue Service would object to such a law. “They’re not likely to take it lying down,” he said. The IRS classifies a charitable donation as “voluntary and is made without getting, or expecting to get, anything of equal value.” Being a federal tax deduction as well, the state-bound donation would actually turn into a money maker. In addition to a 100 percent credit from the state, the donor would get up to 37 percent of that donation back in a federal write off. The bill would also allow a county to set up a similar charity, which could cause different issues. Local taxes are devised in reverse compared to state and federal taxes. A taxing district sets percentages based on a target revenue number and then properties are taxed at that percentage of the assessed value of their homes. State Rep. Steven Reick, R-Woodstock, said in an online post that the sponsors would tell counties that “they can set up a fund to accept donations to be used for undefined charitable purposes in exchange for a reduction or elimination of your property tax bill, which will either raise taxes on everybody else or destroy the budgets of every school district and taxing body in the County.”)

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Wheaton planners reject proposed drug treatment center – Eric Schelkopf
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/01/24/wheaton-planners-reject-proposed-drug-treatment-center/a1jijez/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps blame Trump for all the problems that Illinois has had, is having, and will have.
http://nprillinois.org/programs/state-trump#stream/0

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— State Legislators Meet for Round Table in Naperville
https://www.nctv17.com/news/state-legislators-meet-for-round-table-in-naperville/

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Infighting among candidates characterizes first Democratic gubernatorial forum – Ryan Wangman
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2018/01/23/city/infighting-among-candidates-characterizes-first-democratic-gubernatorial-forum/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Policy changes needed to ease tax burden, Kinzler says – Chandra Lye
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511319548-policy-changes-needed-to-ease-tax-burden-kinzler-says

— Kinzler warns of fewer taxpayers to shoulder state’s growing liabilities – Chandra Lye (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on driving out of Illinois a) those like me who fail/refuse to glorify and praise them, b) those like me who fail/refuse to pander to them, c) those like me who fail/refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and d) those like me who fail/refuse to give them money.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511319546-kinzler-warns-of-fewer-taxpayers-to-shoulder-state-s-growing-liabilities

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— “Trans”-ing the Little Ones – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/trans-ing-little-ones/

FOX NEWS
— DOJ Threatens Subpoenas for 23 Jurisdictions in Sanctuary City Crackdown
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/01/24/sanctuary-city-crackdown-doj-threatens-subpoenas-23-cities
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans love Vicente Fox and Bush.
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/01/23/vicente-fox-mexico-border-wall-i-worked-bush-trump-acts-offensive

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— WHY DO BLACK PEOPLE ALLOW THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA TO CHOOSE THEIR LEADERS? – Raynard Jackson
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/why-do-black-people-allow-the-mainstream-media-to-choose-their-leaders/

BREITBART
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Will Trump fall for those who argue that if Republicans give illegals citizenship, those illegals will eventually vote for Republicans? Ever-increasingly, illegals and their supporters talk and act like they 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.breitbart.com/radio/2018/01/24/rep-roger-marshall-on-daca-recipients-these-kids-are-the-american-dream/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pollak questioned Marshall’s prediction of future voting trends among Hispanics. Americans originally from Mexico and Central America do not typically transition toward support for conservatism or the Republican Party, he said. . .Pollak challenged narratives framing DACA recipients as wholly Americanized, noting DACA-amnesty movement’s expression of hostility toward America and alignment with Mexican nationalism. “I’m again asking, for people who want to do something for DACA beneficiaries, for people who say that they’re Americans, why can’t they find a public face to this movement who at least appeals to Republicans or conservatives?” asked Pollak. “I’ve got to tell you, I was open to the idea of this DACA thing until I started covering some of these demonstrations, and you see the Mexican flag, and you see the hostility toward Republicans, the hostility toward America; and you ask yourself, ‘We’re being told these are just like other Americans, but they’re so radical, or at least they’re being led by radicals, why would we want them as fellow citizens?’ They don’t seem to be want to be part of a broader American community. They want to change that community. I mean, I think it’s a serious problem for anybody who wants to legalize 700,000 or 800,000 DACA recipients. . .Asked to address the concerns of parents whose children has been killed or murdered by illegal aliens, Marshall broadly called for more effective deportation measures to remove illegal aliens who “commit crimes.”)
— Rep. Lamar Smith: ‘E-Verify Would Stop the Jobs Magnet’ for Illegal Immigration and ‘Put Americans First’ – ROBERT KRAYCHIK (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What kind of employers prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America? ANSWER: Employers that want cheap labor and 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.breitbart.com/radio/2018/01/24/rep-lamar-smith-e-verify-would-stop-the-jobs-magnet-for-illegal-immigration-and-put-americans-first/
— Illegal Aliens Block Disneyland to Protest for Immigration Deal – MICHELLE MOONS
http://www.breitbart.com/california/2018/01/23/illegal-alien-dreamers-block-disneyland-in-protest/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Why We Don’t Need Libel and Blackmail Laws – Walter E. Williams
http://dailysignal.com/2018/01/24/dont-need-libel-blackmail-laws/

NATIONAL REVIEW
– The Donald Trump GOP Generation Gap Is Very Real – David French (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am 69. I have always opposed age discrimination. I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton who claim to be conservative and/or Republican, but who have done the most to promote age discrimination.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/455706/donald-trump-gop-generation-gap-very-real
— Graham-Durbin, a DACA Amnesty for Millions – Rich Lowry
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455715/graham-durbin-daca-dreamers-good-intentions-bad-policy

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Blocking Disneyland, DACA protesters prove their arrogant idiocy – Tom Rogan
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/blocking-disneyland-daca-protesters-prove-their-arrogant-idiocy/article/2646773

PUBLIUS FORUM
— You Can’t Be Both a Liberal AND an American at the Same Time – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2018/01/23/cant-liberal-american-time/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Liberals live in America, but they don’t love America. So, it’s not a surprise that they have an affinity for law breaking illegal aliens. After all, liberals don’t care about our laws or our sovereignty any more than transient illegals who come to the U.S. only to use it for its freebies and welfare, or to get a job to make a quick dollar to send back to their home country. These transient illegals don’t have any more interest in being an American than liberals do. So, when liberals fight for illegals, understand that they are doing so not out of love, but hate. Indeed, the modern Democrat Party is the biggest hate group in American history. Today’s liberals are all about hate. They hate democracy, they hate the Constitution, they hate white people, they hate capitalism, they hate democracy, they hate republican government, they hate religion, they hate the family structure, they hate guns, they hate history, they hate freedom of speech and liberty… in short they hate everything about the U.S.A. and you can’t love a place that you hate so thoroughly. In fact, the only thing they love about America is their assumption that they can “do whatever they want,” a concept they treat with licentiousness and wanton instead of the virtue and probity the founders hoped Americans would observe. It might seem a natural progression, this party now having drifted to its logical extremes. Born of a hate for the equality of negroes, the Democrat Party morphed into a party that hates America itself as the nation struggled with the post Civil War reconstruction era.)

THE HILL
— The difference between ‘DACA’ and ‘Dreamers’ – NOLAN RAPPAPORT
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/370367-the-difference-between-daca-and-dreamers-a-primer

POLITICO
— DACA’s political tribes: A user’s guide Most partisan disputes have two sides. This one has five. – TED HESSON (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, nothing should be done that encourages people a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, or c) to bring others to America illegally. I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton who claim to be conservative and/or Republican, but who have done the most to encourage people a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to bring others to America illegally.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/24/daca-has-many-political-sides-users-guide-364622

CNN
— Black unemployment is at a record low. – Lydia DePillis
http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/23/news/economy/black-unemployment/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— One Year Later, a Look at Trump’s Pledges About the Presidency – LINDA QIU
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/us/politics/trump-campaign-pledges-first-year.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Apple Caves In to China The tech giant appears to be selling out to the Communist Party. – Chen Guangcheng (DIERSEN: What do you say to “American” individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that put their own interests ahead of America’s interests?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/opinion/apple-china-data.html%2Fopinion&action=click&contentCollection=opinion®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=7&pgtype=sectionfront
— French Companies Have Newfound Freedom … to Fire – Liz Alderman (DIERSEN: Democrat employers use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Because I have always been Republican, White, male, and non-veteran, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 when I was 18 years old or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/business/france-labor-jobs.html
— Under Fire for Harassment, Congressman Says Aide ‘Invited’ Behavior – Kenneth P. Vogel and Katie Rogers (DIERSEN: Should inviting behavior be illegal?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/us/politics/patrick-meehan-sexual-misconduct-complaint.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Google for the first time outspent every other company to influence Washington in 2017 – Hamza Shaban (DIERSEN: What does Google think of those who share your demographics? One could argue that Google has a very low opinion of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/01/23/google-outspent-every-other-company-on-federal-lobbying-in-2017/
— President Trump’s claim that ‘we’re way down’ in people crossing the border – Salvador Rizzo
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/01/24/president-trumps-claim-that-were-way-down-in-people-crossing-the-border/
— New cost controls sought in federal employee health-care program – Eric Yoder (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are beyond furious that because I am a federal retiree, the federal government continues to subsidize my and my wife’s health, dental, and vision insurance.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/01/24/new-cost-controls-sought-in-federal-employee-health-care-program/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Almost all federal employees and retirees are eligible for coverage under the FEHBP, the largest employer-sponsored health-insurance program in the country. The program has about 4 million enrollees, approximately the same number of covered spouses and children up to age 26, and about 260 participating plans — a dozen available nationally and the rest only regionally. The government pays about 70 percent of a plan’s total premium cost on average. The enrollee share of premiums has increased about 6 to 7 percent annually in recent years, about in line with other large employer-sponsored health plans.)

USA TODAY
— Blame Mexico, not U.S. immigration policies – Dan Stein, President, Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) (DIERSEN: By its sending many millions of its citizens into America illegally, by its keeping many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and by its sending many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally, constructively, Mexico has declared war on America.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/01/23/blame-mexico-not-us-immigration-policies-editorials-debates/109746002/
— Facebook is addictive and should be regulated like a cigarette company: Salesforce CEO – Jessica Guynn (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat/Libertarian/Green website.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2018/01/23/facebook-addictive-and-should-regulated-like-cigarette-company-salesforce-ceo/1059920001/
— Facebook, admitting it can be bad for democracy, tries to end voter meddling before midterms – Jessica Guynn
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/01/22/facebook-tries-wipe-out-election-meddling-before-2018-midterms/1055710001/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: An anti-Trump says “Trump tariffs on solar panels, washing machines could raise prices.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/01/24/trump-tariffs-solar-panels-washing-machines-could-raise-prices/1059542001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/daca-and-deportation-1516755033
— Get Food Stamps Out of the Candy Store Maine wants a waiver to stop SNAP paying for sweets and soda. – Paul R. LePage (DIERSEN: Does/will SNAP pay for pot?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/get-food-stamps-out-of-the-candy-store-1516754921

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s Border Wall May Fade as Obstacle in Immigration Debate.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-24/trump-s-border-wall-may-fade-as-obstacle-in-immigration-debate

FED TIMES
— Employee groups slam playing politics with feds’ jobs – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, federal employees are Democrats.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/pay-benefits/2018/01/23/employee-groups-slam-playing-politics-with-feds-jobs/

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 408 West Elm Street, Wheaton – $409,000
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/1_fs/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447956_zpid/

January 12 Morning Edition

CNN
— Trump denies making ‘shithole countries’ comment – Caroline Kenny
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/12/politics/donald-trump-tweet-daca-rejection/index.html

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a new report, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
http://abc7chicago.com/community-events/daca-recipients-watch-immigration-battle/2930947/

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Trump Durbin says “He Said These Hate-Filled Things And He Said Them Repeatedly.” Trump said Friday on Twitter “this was not the language used.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Durbin-on-Trump-He-Said-These-Hate-Filled-Things-And-He-Said-Them-Repeatedly-468975573.html

CBS2
— Lawmakers Slam Trump For Deriding Immigrants From ‘Sh*Thole Countries’ – Mike Puccinelli
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/01/12/trump-shthole-countries-immigrants-haiti-el-salvador-africa/

DAILY HERALD
— Trump on vulgar comments: ‘This was not the language used’ – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180112/trump-on-vulgar-comments-this-was-not-the-language-used
— Cary-Grove senior sues school board, alleging free speech stifled – Madhu Krishnamurthy (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the times since 2000 that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) have tried to muzzle me, b) have given me threatening ultimatums, c) have warned me of negative consequences, and d) have confronted me, intimidated me, and coerced me. Much of the aforesaid took place in the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall. Should I sue them?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180111/cary-grove-senior-sues-school-board-alleging-free-speech-stifled
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The complaint says district administrators tried to “muzzle” Ahmann upon Kownick’s request, issuing “a threatening ultimatum not to speak” during the mayor’s Sept. 26 visit to Cary-Grove and warning him of “negative consequences.” Cary-Grove dean James Kelly “confronted, intimidated and coerced” Ahmann before Kownick’s speech, pulling him aside and confronting him about his “previous political activity” outside school, the complaint says. That includes Ahmann’s moderating an online forum on politics and community issues, often involving the mayor.)
— Schaumburg parents sue Dist. 54 over medical marijuana Dist. 54 sued for not letting girl use medical marijuana at school – Doug T. Graham and Lee Filas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180111/schaumburg-parents-sue-dist-54-for-not-letting-girl-use-medical-marijuana-at-school
— Kegarise likely staying on 56th District GOP ballot – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180111/kegarise-likely-staying-on-56th-district-gop-ballot-
— Judge: Referendum on Aurora election law can go on March ballot – Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180110/judge-referendum-on-aurora-election-law-can-go-on-march-ballot

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump denies he referred to Africa as a ‘shithole’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-shithole-20180112-story.html
— Candidate for Illinois attorney general robbed at gunpoint – Tony Briscoe, Jeremy Gorner, and Peter Nickeas
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-illinois-attorney-general-candidate-robbed-20180111-story.html#new_tab
— Ives shot at Rauner misses mark – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-chicago-aldermen-cps-special-education-0112-story.html
— New tax guidelines rely on workers to double-check accuracy of paychecks – Damian Paletta
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-irs-paycheck-accuracy-20180111-story.html
— In Illinois, the exodus continues – Scott Reeder
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-reeder-column-st-0114-20180111-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE The anti-Trump Durbin says “President Trump used ‘hate-filled, vile and racist’ language in immigration meeting.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-shithole-countries-durbin-20180112-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Parents file suit to allow daughter to use medical marijuana at suburban grade school – Robert McCoppin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-schaumburg-student-medical-marijuana-20180110-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— AG hopefuls spar over corruption, contributions — and Lisa and Mike Madigan – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ag-hopefuls-spar-over-corruption-contributions-and-lisa-and-mike-madigan/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump (Durbin) says “He said those hateful things, and he said them repeatedly.”
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180111/NEWS02/180119956/durbin-on-trump-he-said-those-hateful-things-and-he-said-them-repeatedly
— Illinois should follow New York’s example on paid family leave – CHRISTINE PERCHESKI (DIERSEN: Since the 1980s, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned my wife and I as being selfish rich DINKs (dual income, no kids) because we gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180112/OPINION/180119957/illinois-should-follow-new-yorks-example-on-paid-family-leave

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a new report, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-01-12/recent-ui-graduate-fighting-keep-his-dream-alive.html

WTTW
— Early Voting for Illinois Primary Election Less Than a Month Away – Amanda Vinicky (DIERSEN: Which candidates will be on March 20, 2018 Republican primary ballots in your precinct? The contested races in my precinct are a) Ives/Morthland v. Rauner/Sanguinetti, b) Grasso v. Harold, c) Augustynowicz v. Byrne v. Grant v. Minor, d) Bibbiano v. Mendrick, and e) Almiron v. Chinchilla v. McGowen v. Eckhoff v. Tatro v. Zaruba.)
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/01/11/early-voting-illinois-primary-election-less-month-away

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Moody’s report: If Springfield doesn’t change, credit rating will be downgraded – Crystal Thomas
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180111/moodys-report-if-springfield-doesnt-change-credit-rating-will-be-downgraded

TIME
— Kinzinger “not against debating” – David Giuliani (DIERSEN: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would be hosting candidate forums for a) Rauner v. Ives, b) Sanguinetti v. Morthland, c) Harold v. Grasso, d) Diganvker v. Jhingan, e) Stella v. Vlakancic, f) Minor v. Grant v. Byrne v. Augustynowicz, g) Kinzler v. Orozco, h) Zito v. Khouri, i) Mendrick v. Bibbiano, j) Tornatore v. DeMichele v. Fichtner v. Gavanes, k) Hart v. Abbott v. Tully v. Broline, l) McGowen v. Almiron v. Eckhoff v. Zaruba v. Tatro v. Chinchilla, m) Wiley v. Zay v. McQuade, n) Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee candidates, o) etc.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/kinzinger-not-against-debating/article_883135d7-5cea-54c2-90a9-955cd6efc092.html

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Altamont H.S. taking part in statewide pilot program Advanced placement course to be offered this semester – Keith Stewart (DIERSEN: What did you do while you were in high school? The higher the government office or political office that you seek, the more that your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will badmouth what you did when you were in high school. I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights evenings and Saturdays during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School and full-time during the summer in between 1964-1966.)
http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/altamont-h-s-taking-part-in-statewide-pilot-program/article_b4845632-4ab0-5beb-beb8-48c1f830d228.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Thursday, the senior and nine fellow classmates were on hand as Illinois Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti announced a new pilot program at Altamont offering such courses online. “I’ve never taken an online class before, so not being able to see the teacher and having to communicate with different methods is just different,” said Berg. “It will be more challenging since it’s a college-level class.” AP courses are important, explained Sanguinetti, because they improve college readiness and help students get into their preferred institutions. They also provide college credit upon receiving a score of 3 on a final exam.)

SPRINGFIELD PATCH
— Illinois Treasurer Pressures Facebook With State Investments Is the state treasurer playing politics with state money or engaging in social good by pressuring Facebook and others to change behavior? – Illinois News Network
https://patch.com/illinois/springfield-il/illinois-treasurer-pressures-facebook-state-investments

WEST COOK NEWS
— Ex-Broadview mayor reaffirms Durkin’s role in proposed strip club deal – W.J. Kennedy
https://westcooknews.com/stories/511313296-ex-broadview-mayor-reaffirms-durkin-s-role-in-proposed-strip-club-deal

CHICAGO READER
— Chris Kennedy got it right: people of color are being pushed out of Chicago intentionally. The gubernatorial candidate nailed the whole point of Mayors Daley and Emanuel’s economic development programs – Ben Joravsky (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who are pushing members of the following groups out of my precinct, out of Wheaton, out of Glen Ellyn, out of Milton Township, out of DuPage County, and out of Illinois: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/chris-kennedy-chicago-development-programs-emanuel-daley/Content?oid=38643316#new_tab

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Cook County GOP Chairman calls out illegitimate actions by Chicago GOP Club leaders Cook County GOP Chairman calls out illegitimate actions by Chicago GOP Club leaders Cook County Republican Chairman Sean M. Morrison criticized actions by Chicago Republican Party leader Chris Cleveland, accusing him of usurping powers and challenging his right to represent region’s Republicans
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2018/01/11/cook-county-gop-chairman-calls-illegitimate-actions-chicago-gop-club-leaders/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It has come to the attention of Cook County Republican Central Committee Chairman Sean M. Morrison that the Chicago Republican Party led by Mr. Chris Cleveland recently held a meeting of its club. Mr. Cleveland’s expressed intent for this meeting was to usurp the statutory authority of the Cook County Republican Party and its Chairman by illegitimately claiming the authority to appoint individuals to the position of Ward Committeeman. Chairman Morrison believes that it’s imperative to publicly clarify that the Chicago Republican Party is a private club and holds no statutory authority within the Cook County Republican Central Committee. Thus, Mr. Cleveland has no authority to make any appointments to the position of Ward Committeeman and to indicate otherwise is pure deception. “I recognize that Mr. Cleveland plays a very prominent role as Campaign Chair for the Jeanne Ives campaign for governor and he has a right to support the candidate of his choice. But, that does not mean that he can manipulate the use and influence of his role as Chairman of the Chicago Republican Club to mislead individuals into the belief that he can appoint them to the position of Ward Committeeman. His sole intent was to manufacture some sort of perceived endorsement for his candidate Jeanne Ives,” said Chairman Morrison. Mr. Cleveland’s actions are nothing more than a blatant exploitation of his club and its By-Laws and are eerily reminiscent of the actions taken by former DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz when she helped rig the DNC support and primary election in favor of Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders. Mr. Cleveland’s unilateral actions are an attempt to de-legitimize the vote and influence of every single Republican Committeeman in Cook County. Deputy Chairman Aaron Del Mar added, “Mr. Cleveland’s deceitful actions have raised grave concern from numerous legitimate Republican Committeemen throughout Cook County. These actions appear to indicate a level of desperation on behalf of the Jeanne Ives campaign for governor. I’m hopeful Jeanne Ives had no previous knowledge of this rigged endorsement stunt and I call on her to publicly disavow Chris Cleveland and the devious actions he took on behalf of her campaign. I would also hope that this is not an indication on how she would govern, if elected.” Chairman Morrison has asked Deputy Chairman Aaron Del Mar to make himself available for media inquiries to address this issue on behalf of the Cook County Republican Central Committee. Aaron can be contacted at: 773-718-1444 (P).)

ILLINOIS CENTER RIGHT COALITION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: ICRC sends a bulk email to its former members and to the Illinois State Board of Elections. I should write book about those who blame me for all the problems that ICRC, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, American Association of Political Consultants, etc. have had, are having, and will have. These same disgusting scapegoaters blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all the losses that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000.)
http://illinoiscenterrightcoalition.com/
(THE LETTER: Dear Former ICRC Member, During the November 2017, meeting of the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) an election was held to select new officers. I, James. C. Mitchell, Jr., was among the slate of new officers elected to revitalize the ICRC. I was elected to and accepted the position of ICRC Chairman with the understanding that I would guide the ICRC through a necessary reorganization process. During the reorganization process it was discovered that the ICRC was disbanded by the state of Illinois on January 11, 2013, for not filing required annual reports with the state of Illinois (see attached file). Because of this omission, the ICRC has not been able to legally conduct business since that time. All attempts to bring the organization current with Federal and state entities have run into roadblocks due to requirements that we provide financials for 2012 forward. Unfortunately, the ICRC cannot produce financials for the past year, let alone the required time period. Since the ICRC is not legally able to receive funds as an organization, nor has been since January 11, 2013, the rightful course of action is to return all funds received during this period. Unfortunately, this task is easier said than done as the ICRC was negligent in maintaining Federal and state mandated records. Additionally, the ICRC has no treasurer’s reports or financial statements of any kind indicating who funds were received from at any point during the organization’s history. Therefore, we are requesting that anyone who has provided a check to the ICRC at any point since January 11, 2012, please respond to this email with a PDF copy (front and back) of said check, or mail a copy to: ICRC, PO Box 586, Lake Villa, IL, 60046-0586. This will allow us to return your funds as well as to assist us in auditing the organization’s financial history. If by chance anyone has any historical financial reports for the ICRC, we would of course be delighted to receive copies of those as well. At this point the future of the ICRC is uncertain. The short-term plan is to refund individuals any payments received by the ICRC while it was operating illegally, and to attempt to reconstruct the organizations financial history so that the organization can be legally registered with the necessary Federal and state agencies. Thank you for your understanding and your help in rectifying this situation. Please note that all future ICRC meetings, to include the meeting scheduled on January 13, in Elgin, are cancelled until this situation has been resolved.)

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Will State Lawmakers Be Working in Springfield Before the Primary? – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/01/will-state-lawmakers-be-working-in-springfield-before-the-primary/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Heresy Infecting the Evangelical Covenant Church – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/faith/heresy-infecting-evangelical-covenant-church/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RAUNER CAMPAIGN RELEASES FOLLOW UP DIGITAL AD ON PRITZKER’S WIRETAPPED CALLS WITH BLAGO
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/01/rauner-campaign-releases-follow-up-digital-ad-on-pritzkers-wiretapped-calls-with-blago.html
— BLACK ACTIVISTS CONDEMN CONGRESS MEMBERS FOR CO-OPTING KING HOLIDAY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/01/black-activists-condemn-congressional-liberals-for-co-opting-king-holiday.html
— THORNER: ARTICLE V CONVENTION: A SCAM ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/01/thorner-article-v-convention-a-scam-on-the-american-people.html

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— DACA: THE IMMIGRATION TROJAN HORSE How the original DREAM act was designed to covered 90% of the illegal alien population in the US. – Michael Cutler
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/268988/daca-immigration-trojan-horse-michael-cutler

GOPUSA
— Illegal Immigration ‘Deal’ by Self-Appointed ‘Gang of Six’ Falls Flat at White House
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=37002

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Trump Says What Normal Americans Think, Establishment Goes Nuts – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/27187-trump-says-what-normal-americans-think-establishment-goes-nuts

CNS NEWS
— Levin on Trump’s Bipartisan Immigration Reform Meeting: ‘We’re Losing Our Country’ – Michael Morris
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michael-morris/levin-trumps-bipartisan-immigration-reform-meeting-were-losing-our-country

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Blows Up The Immigration Debate With Just One Question – Scott Greer
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/12/trumps-one-question-blows-up-the-immigration-debate/

NEWSMAX
— Trump Blasts Bipartisan DACA Proposal as ‘Big Step Backwards’
https://www.newsmax.com/headline/trump-daca-proposal-step/2018/01/12/id/836741/
— Trump Should Not Betray His Base on Immigration – David Limbaugh
https://www.newsmax.com/limbaugh/trump-base-immigration-democrats/2018/01/11/id/836693/
— Zuckerberg Considers ‘Prioritizing’ News Sources – Cathy Burke (DIERSEN: According to the WSJ article, “potential change would involve ranking news outlets based on some measures of credibility, such as public polling about news outlets, and whether readers are willing to pay for news from particular publishers.” Since 2000, my critics/opponents have viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned my credibility and the credibility of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They hint/imply/argue/shout that no one would read the emails if they had to pay anything to read them or if they included any advertising. My critics opponents a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform 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, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid and/or 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.newsmax.com/newsfront/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-fake-news-social-media/2018/01/11/id/836698/

BLAZE
— Nancy Pelosi mocks bipartisan meeting on immigration for having only white men – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/01/11/nancy-pelosi-mocks-bipartisan-meeting-on-immigration-for-having-only-white-men

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Higher Education Needs More Diversity – Bobby Jindal (DIERSEN: What percent of those involved in education in America 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.nationalreview.com/article/455387/college-thought-diversity-more-important-ethnicity

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Trump Michael Steele says “Trump is racist: The evidence is incontrovertible.”)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/368702-ex-rnc-chair-says-trump-is-racist-the-evidence-is-incontrovertible

CNN
— Trump denies making ‘shithole countries’ comment – Caroline Kenny
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/12/politics/donald-trump-tweet-daca-rejection/index.html
— Once a cornerstone of Trump campaign, E-Verify makes a DACA deal far more complicated – Lauren Fox and Tal Kopan (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that oppose E-Verify 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.cnn.com/2018/01/12/politics/daca-e-verify-internal-enforcement/index.html
— Treasury: 90% of wage earners will likely see higher take-home pay – Jeanne Sahadi and Katie Lobosco (DIERSEN: Are/were you a wage earner? I was a lowly wage earner 1964-1997.)
http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/11/pf/taxes/new-tax-law-withholding/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Offers Vague Denial About Language on Immigrants. A Senator Who Was There Says Trump Used ‘Racist’ Words. – Eileen Sullivan
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/us/politics/trump-immigration-congress.html

NEW YORK POST
— Huge majority of Americans want Dreamers to stay in US: poll – Bob Fredericks (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps shout at Dreamers and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Anti-Trumps want to use Dreamers to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://nypost.com/2018/01/11/huge-majority-of-americans-want-dreamers-to-stay-in-us-poll/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Facebook to Overhaul How It Presents News in Feed Social-media site would favor posts by users and friends and rank journalism outlets by credibility – Deepa Seetharaman, Lukas I. Alpert and Benjamin Mullin (DIERSEN: According to this article, “potential change would involve ranking news outlets based on some measures of credibility, such as public polling about news outlets, and whether readers are willing to pay for news from particular publishers.” Since 2000, my critics/opponents have viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned my credibility and the credibility of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They hint/imply/argue/shout that no one would read the emails if they had to pay anything to read them or if they included any advertising. My critics opponents a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform 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, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid and/or 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.wsj.com/articles/facebook-considers-prioritizing-trustworthy-news-sources-in-feed-1515714244
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Facebook FB -0.04% Inc. is broadly overhauling the way it presents news and information on its platform, as it struggles to address criticism from users and others about the quality of the content shared there and its effect on society. Under planned changes announced Thursday, Facebook will favor posts, photos and videos in the news feed that are shared and discussed among users and their friends over those posted by businesses and news organizations—a likely blow to companies that rely on Facebook to reach customers. The company also is weighing another major change that could eventually elevate media outlets deemed more trustworthy compared with publishers considered less credible, people familiar with the matter said. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday called the initial move “a major change in how we build Facebook” that would decrease how much time users spend on the platform and hurt publisher traffic, but ultimately make users happier and boost Facebook’s business. The other potential change would involve ranking news outlets based on some measures of credibility, such as public polling about news outlets, and whether readers are willing to pay for news from particular publishers, the people familiar with the matter said. Such variables would inform the Facebook algorithms that determine which publishers’ posts are pushed higher in the feed, one of the people said. Such a move would thrust Facebook into an even more active role in deciding what content is acceptable on its site—a role that makes some publishers uneasy. The company hasn’t decided whether to proceed with that shift, and it may choose not to do so. This potential change, as well as the steps outlined Thursday, illustrate Mr. Zuckerberg’s willingness to make big changes and consider ideas he previously resisted to address the growing risks looming over the company that he co-founded 14 years ago and that is now used by more than two billion people.)

ZERO HEDGE
— Facebook Introducing Sweeping Changes: Will Prioritize Only “Trustworthy” News – Tyler Durden (DIERSEN: Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that you and what you are not trustworthy? According to the WSJ article, “potential change would involve ranking news outlets based on some measures of credibility, such as public polling about news outlets, and whether readers are willing to pay for news from particular publishers.” Since 2000, my critics/opponents have viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned my credibility and the credibility of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They hint/imply/argue/shout that no one would read the emails if they had to pay anything to read them or if they included any advertising. My critics opponents a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform 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, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid and/or 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.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-11/facebook-introducing-sweeping-changes-will-prioritze-only-trustworthy-news#new_tab

DETROIT FREE PRESS
— What’s your dream car? Survey finds favor for American vehicles
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2018/01/11/whats-your-dream-car-survey-finds-favor-american-vehicles/1025564001/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The top 10 dream cars, in order: Mustang Tesla Model S Jeep Wrangler Corvette Camaro Tesla Model X Charger Hellcat Toyota Prius Range Rover Honda Accord)

NEWSWEEK
— TRUMP’S ‘SHITHOLE’ COMMENT AND THE NEW ERA OF NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHING PROFANITY – ZACH SCHONFELD
http://www.newsweek.com/shithole-donald-trump-new-york-times-african-immigation-779041

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
— Higher Education Is Drowning in BS And it’s mortally corrosive to society – Christian Smith
https://www.chronicle.com/article/Higher-Education-Is-Drowning/242195/#.WlYPZRqyBPg.facebook#new_tab

FEDERAL TIMES
— The IRS expects to answer only 4 of every 10 taxpayer questions. And no tough ones. – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: During the 1974, as a GS-11 (currently $67,648/year) Revenue Officer, I supervised all the IRS employees in Chicago who answered taxpayer questions with IRS’s new Centiphone system. Because of my performance, IRS promoted me to GS-12 (currently $81,071). But then, my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had a) promoted me to GS-9 (currently $55,905) in 1972, b) promoted me to GS-11 in 1973, c) got me the CentiPhone Manager assignment, and d) promoted me to GS-12 in 1974.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/2018/01/11/irs-lacks-resources-to-deal-with-new-tax-law/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Due to longstanding funding cuts, a lack of trained personnel and a reluctance to innovate, the Internal Revenue Service is unprepared to deal with taxpayer needs for the first tax season under the GOP’s new tax law, according to the Taxpayer Advocate Service’s Annual Report to Congress. According to the report, the IRS estimates that it will need $495 million in the 2018 and 2019 fiscal years to implement the new tax law, which would include “programming and systems updates, answering taxpayer phone calls, drafting and publishing new forms and publications, revising regulations and issuing other guidance, training employees on the new law and guidance, and developing the system’s capacity to verify compliance with new eligibility and documentation requirements.” “I see daily the consequences of reduced funding of the IRS and the choices made by the agency in the face of these funding constraints,” national taxpayer advocate Nina E. Olson wrote in the preface to the report.)

November 15 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Following Trump comparison, J.B. Pritzker will release tax returns – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-tax-returns-20171115-story.html
— Primary challenger Mickey Straub and Supreme Court justice James Heiple – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-tax-returns-20171115-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mickey Straub, the village president of Burr Ridge, says he’s challenging House Republican leader Jim Durkin of Western Springs in the March primary. And when you contemplate a primary bid against a sitting legislative leader, things you wrote in the past can quickly come bubbling back up. Take Straub’s May 1997 letter to the editor in the suburban Daily Herald. At the time, then-Illinois Supreme Court Justice James Heiple stood accused of abusing his position to get out of traffic stops. . .Straub’s candidacy is getting some unlikely support from the political arm of International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150. Durkin’s camp is a aware of the union’s actions, a result of the House GOP leader keeping his caucus from backing an override of legislation vetoed by Gov. Rauner that would have banned municipalities from enacting local “right-to-work” ordinances. Though many of Rauner’s vetoes were overridden amid Republican pique with the governor among the GOP’s rank-and-file, Rauner and Durkin had made upholding the “right-to-work” ban a priority. Straub is being backed by the political operation of talk show host and failed 2010 GOP governor primary candidate Dan Proft. Proft also is backing state Rep. Jeanne Ives, who is positioning herself as a challenger to Rauner in the Republican primary for governor. Ives has been no fan of unions. A union official, who was not authorized to speak publicly, said Local 150’s support of Straub does not include backing Ives.)
— Only if it serves the state: North Korea’s online experience – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate. They include 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. Some of them have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-as–republic-of-kim-the-digital-divide-20171109-story.html
— Aldermen want changes at $10 million white flight home value program – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-northwest-side-property-tax-organization-20171114-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Papa John’s apologizes for criticizing NFL anthem protests – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/papa-johns-nfl-protest-apologizes/
— Judge rules in favor of Fraternal Order of Police over disciplinary guidelines (DIERSEN: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized when I worked there, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able a) to force me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, c) to not promote me beyond GS-13, d) to keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and d) to force me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fraternal-order-of-police-illinois-labor-relations-act-unfair-labor-practice-complaint/

DAILY HERALD
— I have a record of standing up to the system – Jeanne Ives (DIERSEN: What do you have a record of doing? Since 2000, I have a record of sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Since 2004, those emails have included links to almost 287,000 articles and information on many upcoming events. Since 2004, those emails have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, they have also gone out each and every evening. Those emails have gone out free of charge and they have not contained any advertising. Those emails have defended and advanced the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. Virtually every important Republican activist, candidate, elected official, party leader, major donor, and political consultant in Illinois either reads the emails or relies on their staff and/or volunteers to monitor the emails to keep up to date with important government and political news and commentary in Illinois from a Republican perspective.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171115/jeanne-ives-i-have-record-of-standing-up-to-the-system
— Multiple women file complaints about Dist. 62 superintendent Floyd Williams – Chacour Koop and Christopher Placek
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171114/multiple-women-file-complaints-about-dist-62-superintendent
— If school chief Floyd Williams leaves early, public deserves to know why – Editorial (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors never admitted that they took the following adverse actions against me a) because I opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and b) because in 1988 when I was 40 years old I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation: forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Consequently, since 1980, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my Democrat GAO superiors took the aforesaid adverse actions against me because I was a “bad” employee and even worse things.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171114/editorial-if-school-chief-leaves-early-public-deserves-to-know-why

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Watchdog group Truth in Accounting gives city finances an F – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171115/BLOGS02/171119936
— Is this the beginning of the end for Metra? – JOE CAHILL
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171115/BLOGS10/171119940
— Senate GOP tax bill would repeal Obamacare’s individual mandate – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: Have you always been covered by health insurance? I have always been covered by health insurance since I was born in 1948 thanks to my parents and to my employers. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use that to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as having been born with a silver spoon in my mouth and that I have always been privileged. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171114/NEWS03/171119945
— Why the gas tax is running out of road – TIM JONES
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171115/NEWS02/171119938

HERALD & REVIEW
— State rep Jeanne Ives says governor Bruce Rauner has failed Republicans – RYAN VOYLES
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/state-rep-says-governor-has-failed-republicans/article_35f14b5f-dc86-5430-9ed1-a15cc92dc23b.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— UI clerical workers step up pressure for restoration of annual raises – Julie Wurth (DIERSEN: Because of step increases, COLAs, and/or promotions, my salary increased every year that I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, except 1980 when I took an $18,847 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-11-15/ui-clerical-workers-step-pressure-restoration-annual-raises.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Fact check: Speaker Madigan says ethics commission was functioning – Matthew Dietrich
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171113/fact-check-speaker-madigan-says-ethics-commission-was-functioning

TIMES
— Fighting governor, distancing from speaker – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/as-it-is-fighting-governor-distancing-from-speaker/article_89a3f756-cea4-5565-a6db-d8faf4ada33f.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Davis asks if sexual harassment laws will cause fewer women to get DC jobs – JOSEPH BUSTOS
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article184538643.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Inspectors general in demand during Trump era Requests for IG investigations vary widely – GREGORY WALLACE (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, and especially while I served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accounts Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, I had lots of interaction with the Chicago offices of federal Inspector Generals)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/inspectors-general-in-demand-during-trump-era/857874524

QUAD CITIES ON LINE
— Gov. Rauner wants fewer regulations, lower property taxes – SARAH HAYDEN
http://www.qconline.com/news/gov-rauner-wants-fewer-regulations-lower-property-taxes/article_4a44a770-b7c6-5584-82f3-264128ac240e.html

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w Dr. Sapan Shah, IL 10th CD Republican Primary Candidate
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/11/watch-berkowitz-w-dr-sapan-shah-il-10th-cd-republican-primary-candidate-cable-and-web/

ONE NEWS PAGE
— Addressing opioids in Illinois Lt. Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti brings focus to Rock Island County
http://www.onenewspage.com/video/20171115/9241338/Addressing-opioids-in-Illinois.htm

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Women’s Republican Club of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff slates Christmas luncheon – Meg Shannon
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511262688-women-s-republican-club-of-lake-forest-lake-bluff-slates-christmas-luncheon

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— Epic fail: That’s what a new ad is calling Rauner
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-epic-fail-thats-what-a-new-ad-is-calling-rauner/

ILLINOIS HOME PAGE
— Ives blasts Rauner as ‘dishonest’ GOP primary battle heats up – Mark Maxwell
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/ives-blasts-rauner-as-dishonest/857710449
— Full transcript: Jeanne Ives interview The GOP candidate is challenging Governor Rauner – Mark Maxwell
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/full-transcript-jeanne-ives-interview/857733347

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Giving Thanks at All Times – Jonathan Lewis (DIERSEN: How thankful are you? Should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who viciously demonize me, who viciously denigrate me, and who viciously condemn me as someone who is not thankful enough? My more extreme critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I should be extremely thankful that they have not yet completely gotten rid of me figuratively if not literally. They stress that they have let me serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. They stress that they let me serve as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, GAO employee 1980-1997, IRS employee 1971-1980, Post Office employee 1966-1969, etc. Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are a member of a church, attend church services, and give money to a church. They use the aforesaid to viciously demonize, to viciously denigrate, and to viciously condemn those like me who are not a member of a church, who do not attend church services, and who do not give money to a church.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/faith/giving-thanks-times/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— OPENTHEBOOKS CEO ADAM ANDRZEJEWSKI AT HARVARD LAW
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/11/openthebooks-ceo-adam-andrzejewski-at-harvard-law.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives files D-1 to run for governor Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) just filed paperwork to create a new campaign committee called “Ives for Illinois.” She has about $268K in the bank. Her campaign committee chairman is Chicago Republican Party Chairman Chris Cleveland.
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/15/ives-files-d-1-to-run-for-governor/

GOPUSA
— Congressional talks on sex harassment boil with hypocrisy
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33441
— ICE agents rebel, say Trump ‘betrayed’ them by leaving Obama’s people in place
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33443
— Illegal alien arrested with Fentanyl stash has 5 aliases and has been deported at least twice (DIERSEN: How many aliases does a typical illegal use?)
http://www.gopusa.com/illegal-alien-arrested-with-fentanyl-stash-has-5-aliases-and-has-been-deported-at-least-twice/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Effect Crushes Local Elections – Jack Crowe (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, and RINO political consults advise all candidates a) to be 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 and b) to NOT include diersen@aol.com on their press advisor and press release lists.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/14/trump-effect-crushes-local-elections/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democrats made substantial progress in November, reclaiming numerous state and local government seats long held by Republicans. This phenomenon is due largely to an unprecedented level of enthusiasm among Democratic voters eager to voice to their opposition to President Donald Trump, according to a pair of local candidates, who witnessed the effect firsthand. The incendiary nature of national politics in the Trump era trickled down to the local level in Fairfield, Conn., where Democrats routed their opponents, garnering a 23 to 17 majority on the Representative Town Meeting (RTM), a hold over term from the days of early New England government that translates to town council.)
— NYT Columnist: We Should ‘Believe’ Women, But Only If Liberals Tell Us To – Rachel Stoltzfoos
http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/14/nyt-we-should-believe-women-but-only-if-liberals-tell-us-to/

BLAZE
— Sean Hannity issues a tough ultimatum to Roy Moore over accusations – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/11/14/sean-hannity-issues-a-tough-ultimatum-to-roy-moore-over-accusations

NEWSMAX
— 58 Percent of Americans Disapprove of Trump Coverage – Solange Reyner (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who disapproves of GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? ANSWER: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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.newsmax.com/Politics/fake-news-quinnipiac-voters-presidential-approval-ratings/2017/11/14/id/826123/

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Mark Levin: GOP ‘dunderheads’ have screwed up tax reform “IF YOU LEAVE IT TO THESE DUNDERHEADS, THESE KNUCKLEHEADS IN CONGRESS, THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.” – Chris Pandolfo (DIERSEN: Which taxpayers do the Republicans want to be winners or losers? Are you going to be a winner or a loser? From what I see, the proposed “tax reform” is being done to let members of Group A be winners and pay less federal income tax and to make members of Group B be losers and pay more federal income tax. Members of Group A typically take the standard deduction and are renters, younger, do not have major medical or dental expenses, and are Democrats. Members of Group B typically itemize their deductions and are homeowners, older, have major medical and/or dental expenses, and are Republicans.)
https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/mark-levin-gop-dunderheads-have-screwed-up-tax-reform

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Chicago’s Rahm Emanuel Is Latest Gender Pay Gap Hypocrite, Says New Report Nearly all of top Chicago salaries went to men in Emanuel’s fifth year as mayor – Brent Scher (DIERSEN: What does Andrzejewski have to say about Charles Bowsher who had great success at GAO during the 1980s and 1990s a) hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, women, minorities, and younger people and b) making way for them by wasting the careers of and by getting rid of GAO employees who were Republican, male, White, older, and/or non-veteran? Andrzejewski could use me as an example. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/chicagos-rahm-emanuel-is-latest-gender-pay-gap-hypocrite-says-new-report/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The data compiled by Open the Books show Emanuel has failed to close the gender pay gap on his own payroll, where just 12 of the top 100 salaries for city employees in 2016 were for women. “In Rahm Emanuel’s City of Chicago, just 12 females made the list of the top 100 most highly compensated employees last year,” explains Adam Andrzejewski, who runs Open the Books out of Chicago. Andrzejewski was critical of Emanuel’s decision to issue mayoral proclamations such as the one from April before he rectifies the disparities he himself controls. “Mayor Emanuel has serious gender gap issues in budgets he manages yet he supported rallies on Equal Pay Day and sent out mayoral proclamations lamenting, ‘women continue to suffer the consequences of unequal pay,’” Andrzejewski said. “Perhaps he should rectify the disparities in his own payroll first.” Open the Books’s analysis of Chicago was done during a larger study that compiled salary figures from the 25 largest federal agencies, congressional offices, and the White House. It also analyzed the five most populous states—California, Texas, Florida, New York, and Illinois. The highest salary in Chicago went to aviation commissioner Ginger Evans, a woman who brought in $400,000 in 2016. But the next 14 best-compensated employees were all men. The amount of money brought in by the highest paid men dwarfed the amount paid to women. “The 88 top-earning males made $17.5 million while the females earned $2.5 million,” Andrzejewski found. Andrzejewski’s study found that gender pay disparities were common at all levels of government and in the offices of politicians from both sides of the aisle. He suggests that politicians should stop directing criticism at the private sector and address the inequality that exists in their own show. “More than 50 years after American women began entering the workforce in droves during the feminist movement of the 1960s, allegations of gender inequality in the workplace still make the news,” Andrzejewski said. “Typically, the story stars a politician castigating the private sector. “Our study shows that government is one of the worst offenders when it comes to the gender gap. Perhaps it’s time an army of ‘fearless girls’ stormed government and demanded results, not rhetoric, from our politicians.”)

THE HILL
— Blue Dogs oppose GOP tax package – MIKE LILLIS
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/360432-blue-dogs-oppose-gop-tax-package

HUFFINGTON POST
— Congresswoman Says At Least 2 Members Of Congress Are Sexual Harassers Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) has been an outspoken advocate for making it easier for Congress workers to report sexual misconduct. – Amanda Terkel
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/speier-sexual-harassment_us_5a0b0d36e4b00a6eece46f84

CNN
— Roy Moore says he’s being ‘harassed’ by the media over allegations – Sophie Tatum
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/politics/roy-moore/index.html
— Lawmakers say sexual harassers serving in Congress – Juana Summers and MJ Lee
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/politics/house-sexual-harassment-hearing/index.html

ABC NEWS
— Trump has to show his cards on whether he backs Roy Moore – RICK KLEIN and MARYALICE PARKS (DIERSEN: Who do you back? If my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes had to “show their cards,” they would back Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, RINOs, and those who I have sued. They would back whoever has the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/note-trump-show-cards-backs-roy-moore/story?id=51161266

NEW YORK TIMES
— Lower Corporate Taxes, Higher Wages? Voters Are Skeptical – Ben Casselman (DIERSEN: Which taxpayers do the Republicans want to be winners or losers? Are you going to be a winner or a loser? From what I see, the proposed “tax reform” is being done to let members of Group A be winners and pay less federal income tax and to make members of Group B be losers and pay more federal income tax. Members of Group A typically take the standard deduction and are renters, younger, do not have major medical or dental expenses, and are Democrats. Members of Group B typically itemize their deductions and are homeowners, older, have major medical and/or dental expenses, and are Republicans.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/business/economy/taxes-polls.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “There’s this widespread disbelief among Republicans, as there is among Democrats and independents, that tax cuts for employers will redound to their pockets books,” said Jon Cohen, vice president of survey research for SurveyMonkey. Americans’ views of the tax plan in general are more divided. The Times survey, which was conducted in early November, found that 52 percent of respondents said they disapproved of the plan, compared with 44 percent who said they supported it. (The survey did not distinguish between the House and Senate versions of the plan.) That is generally in line with other polls, although some have put support for the plan significantly lower. In general, opinions of the Republican plan split predictably along partisan lines. More than 80 percent of Republicans said they supported the plan, and more than 80 percent of Democrats said they opposed it. Most Republicans likewise said they believed that they would benefit personally from the plan, while few Democrats believed the same.)
— Obamacare’s Insurance Mandate Is Unpopular. So Why Not Just Get Rid of It? There’s a reason Democrats put the provision in the bill. Eliminating it would reduce insurance coverage and drive up premiums. How much is up for debate. – Margot Sanger-Katz (DIERSEN: Have you always been covered by health insurance? I have always been covered by health insurance since I was born in 1948 thanks to my parents and to my employers. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use that to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as having been born with a silver spoon in my mouth and that I have always been privileged. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/upshot/obamacares-insurance-mandate-is-unpopular-so-why-not-just-get-rid-of-it.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Business Groups Step Up Push to Protect Dreamers – Laura Meckler (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers make it clear that they would rather hire citizens of foreign countries than citizens of America.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/business-groups-step-up-push-to-protect-dreamers-1510660802
— Millions More Millionaires Around the World, Led by U.S. Credit Suisse report shows rising global wealth but high inequality, and trouble for millennials – Brian Blackstone
https://www.wsj.com/articles/millions-more-millionaires-led-by-u-s-1510644682

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: McCain blasts Army for considering recruits with history of self-mutilation, vows action – Tom Vanden Brook
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/14/mccain-blasts-army-considering-recruits-history-self-mutilation-vows-action/863898001/

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Republican tax plan grapples with winners and losers – Kevin Diaz (DIERSEN: Which taxpayers do the Republicans want to be winners or losers? Are you going to be a winner or a loser? From what I see, the proposed “tax reform” is being done to let members of Group A be winners and pay less federal income tax and to make members of Group B be losers and pay more federal income tax. Members of Group A typically take the standard deduction and are renters, younger, do not have major medical or dental expenses, and are Democrats. Members of Group B typically itemize their deductions and are homeowners, older, have major medical and/or dental expenses, and are Republicans.)
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/texas/article/Republican-tax-plan-grapples-with-winners-and-12357552.php

NEWSWEEK
— TRUMP IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES INTRODUCED BY SIX DEMOCRATS CALLING FOR HEARINGS TO BEGIN IMMEDIATELY – JASON LE MIERE
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-impeachment-articles-democrats-president-711525
— JOE BIDEN WOULD CRUSH DONALD TRUMP IF 2020 ELECTION HAPPENED NOW, POLL SHOWS – GREG PRICE
http://www.newsweek.com/biden-trump-2020-crush-poll-711944

November 8 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A good man with a gun did what he had to do in Texas – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-texas-church-shooting-kass-1108-story.html
— Chicago aldermen could change city sexual harassment rules today – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-city-council-20171108-story.html
— Republican statewide ticket filling out – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-city-council-20171108-story.html
— Rauner narrowly beats back union push to ban right-to-work zones – Monique Garcia and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-right-to-work-override-20171107-story.html
— Exhaustion widespread Stress and social media are taking a toll – Bill Ervolino
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20171108/282458529234767
— Judges sleeping through evidence not cause for new trial, Illinois appeals court says – Steve Schmadeke
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-judges-can-sleep-during-trial-20171105-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ride anti-Trump wave to win Virginia, New Jersey gov races – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/democrat-northam-wins-virginia-ugly-governors-race/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Experts fear consequences of legalized marijuana in drivers here – Marni Pyke (DIERSEN: Who works against you and why? Those who work against me a) use pot, b) want to use pot legally, c) want governments to have tax revenue from the sale of pot, d) want to make money selling pot, and/or e) want to destroy Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, and America. )
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171107/experts-fear-consequences-of-legalized-marijuana-in-drivers-here
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Legalizing marijuana use in Illinois won’t only lead to more vehicle crashes, but it will hamstring police and prosecutors by making arrests problematic, transportation experts said Tuesday at a AAA forum. Illinois has allowed medical marijuana since 2014, and legislation is pending in the General Assembly to permit the general use and sale of up to one ounce for people 21 and older. “We finally made so much headway with reducing fatal alcohol-related car crashes, and now this comes along and blows it out of the water,” Carol Stream Deputy Police Chief John Jungers said at the Oak Brook conference. “My concern is about putting a law in place without being prepared for the repercussions.” AAA has studied the impact of legalization in Washington state and found marijuana use and fatal crashes are increasing. The portion of drivers in fatal crashes who recently used marijuana spiked to 17 percent from 8 percent from 2013 to 2014, the motorist advocacy group reported. “Illinois is not ready for this,” Illinois Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor Jennifer Cifaldi said, adding her greatest fear was “an increase in traffic fatalities.” Advocates for legalization say changing the law would take marijuana out of the hands of drug dealers, reduce related crimes and allow people to buy a legitimate product from regulated and licensed businesses. A majority of Democratic gubernatorial candidates either support legalization or want a referendum on the issue. It’s been estimated the move could generate $350 million to $700 million to boost Illinois’ budget. Authorities at the conference said it’s difficult to get convictions for driving under the influence of cannabis because the state’s crime lab does not conduct that test. Illinois law now prohibits driving with 5 or more nanograms of tetrahydrocannabinol or THC in a person’s system. THC is the active ingredient in marijuana that can affect a person’s brain and behavior. Colorado Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor Jennifer Knudsen said many marijuana products, including gummy bears, drinks and cookies, have become available since that state legalized cannabis. Normalizing marijuana makes it difficult for Colorado police to make judgments on whether a person is impaired during traffic stops. And in court, “when we get our juries, many of them voted for it (legalization),” she said. Alcohol use has been studied for decades, Jungers said, but the effect of marijuana on drivers is relatively unknown. “It affects people differently. … There’s not enough science to write a law,” he said. “It’s something that we’re hoping the legislature takes a really close look at,” AAA spokeswoman Beth Mosher said. “There are other issues than whether or not this is good financially for Illinois.” Cifaldi thinks legalization isn’t a matter of if but of when. “It’s going to happen,” she said.)
— What if drivers could use recreational marijuana? Experts fear consequences of legalized marijuana in drivers here – Sarah Zoellick
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171108/dawn-patrol-what-if-drivers-could-use-recreational-marijuana
(FROM THE ARTICLE: AAA has found that the portion of Washington state drivers involved in fatal crashes who recently used marijuana spiked to 17 percent from 8 percent from 2013 to 2014. Local officials who attended a AAA forum in Oak Brook yesterday expressed concern that marijuana legalization in Illinois could lead to similar repercussions.)
— Hiring more black teachers a worthy goal in U-46 – Editorial (DIERSEN: Who should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion? The Daily Herald would agree with Democrat politicians and with RINO politicians who say it should be those who share my demographics: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. The Daily Herald, Democrat politicians, and RINO politicians would agree with my Democrat superiors in the federal government who took the following adverse actions against me to promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion: a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171107/editorial-hiring-more-black-teachers-a-worthy-goal-in-u-46
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Future of office to keep public records open uncertain post-Madigan – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171108/future-of-office-to-keep-public-records-open-uncertain-post-madigan
— Celebrating National Adoption Month – David Bakker (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my wife and I for our giving up trying to have children, for our not adopting, and for our not becoming foster parents. What do you say to the aforesaid demonizers, denigrators, and condemners?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20151105/submitted/151109393/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illinois anti-males hint/imply/argue/shout that because men discriminate against females, only 20 percent of directors of large public companies are female. Who should pay the price for this discrimination? According to Democrats and RINOs, it should be Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171108/NEWS07/171109889

NBC5
— Chicago Alderman Proposes Sex Harassment Training for All City Employees – Susan Carlson
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/alderman-laurino-sexual-harassment-training-456093873.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Northwest Side Housing Center: Millions of dollars sitting in taxpayer funded account aren’t being utilized properly – Scott Schneider
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/millions-of-dollars-sitting-in-taxpayer-funded-account-arent-being-utilized

WLS AM
— The Reverend Jesse Jackson Has Now Been Accused Of Sexual Assault
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/11/07/the-reverend-has-now-been-accused-of-sexual-assault/

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Sen. Dick Durbin, McHenry County real estate officials address potential federal tax reform – MEGAN JONES
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/11/05/sen-dick-durbin-mchenry-county-real-estate-officials-address-potential-federal-tax-reform/avkhso7/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— ROSANNA PULIDO LETTER TO THE SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER EDITOR: I am taking time out of my busy day to tell your readers and our Mayor, how encouraged I am by Our Mayor Jim Langfelder and his courage to do the right thing for the hardworking people and Taxpayers of Springfield Illinois. I have lived in Springfield Illinois 2 1/2 years. When I came here, I got a job, payed taxes and became a responsible, involved citizen. I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that I was Welcomed to Springfield Illinois because of my responsible actions! This Welcoming City Resolution had everything upside down. Springfield Illinois welcomed me because I become a responsible working active adult. That’s how I showed my fellow citizens that I cared for them and they welcomed me. Our Courageous Mayor did his homework and discovered what many people have discovered. You must pull the curtain back and look behind it, who is behind this movement? No, It is not just a non-binding resolution Alderwoman DiCenso! There much more they will be pushing once we let them get their foot in the door. For those people who keep crying that it is a resolution that really means nothing I would say to them: The Lady doth protest too much Methinks!
https://gopillinois.com

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— State Rep. GREG HARRIS, D-Chicago, takes issue with Rauner’s $125K ‘digital director’ hire JAMES VETRANO – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: I certainly hope that Vetrano reads GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and uses that information to help keep Rauner up-to-date with Illinois government and political news and commentary from a Republican perspective.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171107/schoenburg-lawmaker-takes-issue-with-rauners-125k-digital-director-hire
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “And now, they found hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay a guy to post pictures on his social media?” Harris said. “How many pictures to we need to see of him riding around on his motorcycle? … We should be investing more into community services and less on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram.”)

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— House 1 vote shy of override on Rauner’s right-to-work veto – Doug Finke
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20171107/house-1-vote-shy-of-override-on-rauners-right-to-work-veto

TIMES
— Senators should support transparency override – Editorial
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/editorial/our-view-senators-should-support-transparency-override/article_983e56f6-28dd-5cdc-8d8b-d79c4d8ba463.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Which foreign countries do you want to dominate America?
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/goal-is-to-seek-foreign-investors/article_fe456474-474f-58ff-ab05-97bdb9df4725.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump once trashed China. Now, they’re friends Schoolchildren greet US president: ‘I love you’ – JEREMY DIAMOND
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-once-trashed-china-now-theyre-friends/853555206

STATELINE
— Trump rally: 3rd best since World War II S&P 500 has soared 21% since Election Day – MATT EGAN
http://www.mystateline.com/news/business/trump-rally-3rd-best-since-world-war-ii/853430271

CHICAGO NOW
— Watch Barack Obama, responding to host Berkowitz, take a position in 2002 that won him the nomination and Presidency in 2008
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/11/watch-barack-obama-responding-to-host-berkowitz-take-a-position-in-2002-that-won-him-the-nomination-and-presidency-in-2008/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Add Tithers and Those Who Contribute a Lot to Charity to the “Big Loser” List That Started with High Real Estate Taxpayers
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/11/07/add-tithers-and-those-who-contribute-a-lot-to-charity-to-the-big-loser-list-that-started-with-high-real-estate-taxpayers/
— Capitol Sex For Political Junkies – ERA and “The Girls Who Keep Their Jobs with Their Tails”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/11/07/capitol-sex-for-political-junkies/
— Reick Op-Ed Piece on Sexual Harassment Still Resonating
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/11/06/reick-op-ed-piece-on-sexual-harassment-still-resonating/
— Dan Proft’s McHenry Times Screws Up, Has Althoff Running for Re-Election
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/11/06/dan-profts-mchenry-times-screws-up/

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— Former Republican Governor Edgar: Rauner is “the one responsible” for budget crisis
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-former-republican-governor-edgar-rauner-is-the-one-responsible-for-budget-crisis/
— Did Rauner create jobs? Numbers say no
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-ad-fact-check-did-rauner-create-jobs-numbers-say-no/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Attempt to override Rauner veto of measure banning right-to-work zones fails again – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/attempt-to-override-rauner-veto-of-measure-banning-right-to/article_47311c8a-c41f-11e7-9c70-033fa1e7a2e1.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— HOUSE AGAIN FAILS TO BAN LOCAL RIGHT TO WORK The Illinois House’s failure to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto is a victory for local leaders trying to attract good jobs for their communities. – Mailee Smith
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/house-again-fails-to-ban-local-right-to-work/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Pinocchio Rauner vs. West Point Grad Jeanne Ives: No Contest – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/11/pinocchio-rauner-vs-west-point-grad-jeanne-ives-no-contest/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Pro-Life Message Reaches 50% of Cook County – Chris Iverson
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/pro-life-message-reaches-50-cook-county/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— SANCTUARY CITIES CONTROVERSY PERMEATES VIRGINIA GUBERNATORIAL RACE, SLOPS INTO IL PRIMARY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/11/sanctuary-cities-controversy-permeates-virginia-gubernatorial-race-slops-into-il-primary.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Governor Bruce Rauner’s decision to go against the IL GOP Platform and sign into a law a measure effectively making the state of Illinois a sanctuary state launched outrage against the Republican governor earlier this year. At the urging of the IL GOP’s conservative base, Ives has stepped forward to mount a challenge against Rauner focusing on his actions promoting sanctuary cities and taxpayer-funded abortion. Ives has an uphill battle in her bid to oust Rauner with a fraction of the funds available that Rauner has contributed to his own campaign and those of other Rauner sympathizers.)

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Rauner hasn’t embraced Trump — and he hasn’t stood up to him — which has brought criticism from both sides. But in recent months, the governor has moved to the left on issues like abortion and immigration, with the belief it will position him well for an Illinois general election. – Natasha Korecki (DIERSEN: Those who want abortion and/or mass/illegal immigration vote for Democrats, not Republicans.)
https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/11/08/dems-energized-after-national-victories-labor-loses-override-by-one-vote-drurys-absence-zorn-was-it-harassment-223227

CAPITOL FAX
— Zorn on Silverstein: Rotheimer “coyly leads him on”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/08/zorn-on-silverstein-rotheimer-coyly-leads-him-on/

GOPUSA
— Socialist-backed candidates win several races across country
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33090

BREITBART
— OUTSTANDING: Steve King and 11 Congressmen Call to Cut Illegal Alien Employer Tax Benefits – MICHELLE MOONS
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/07/steve-king-11-congressmen-call-cut-illegal-alien-employer-tax-benefits/

NEWSMAX
— Economic Prosperity Via Mass Immigration a Total Scam – Rachel Marsden (DIERSEN: Employers want cheap labor. Ever-increasingly, employers make it clear that they want to replace the employees who are citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.newsmax.com/RachelMarsden/immigration-economic-labor-robots/2017/11/07/id/824734/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Those of us living in Western democracies keep hearing it over and over again from our politicians: To compete economically, we must submit to mass immigration. It’s long past time to dispel this destructive myth. The mass immigration con is typically peddled for the same reason that you need an accountant to help do your taxes. By tying the issue to economics, politicians are trying to make it too complex for laypeople to know when they’re being scammed. While they’re exploiting your human decency with their spiel about the greater economic good, these government pickpockets are reaching into your trousers (or into your bank account) for more cash. Hey, man, a gubmint’s gotta eat! U.S. President Donald Trump isn’t buying it, though. I have yet to hear Trump proclaim that the recipe for American greatness is more immigration. So far, he’s one of the few Western leaders to have taken any action, proposing to cut legal immigration by half in 10 years.)
— GOP Tax Plan Would Eliminate Key Deduction for Many in Nursing Homes – Brian Freeman (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am 69. Do you itemize your deductions? If so, how much were your itemized deductions last year? For the Diersens, they were $30,890 — $13,859 medical and dental expenses, $14,303 real estate and state income taxes, and $2,728 gifts to charities. My aunt’s medical deductions were $74,050. What do you say to those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn a) old people and b) those who itemize their deductions?)
https://www.newsmax.com/Politics/GOP-tax-plan-eliminate-deductions/2017/11/07/id/824597/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Pro-abortion Democrat elected Virginia governor – Claire Chretien
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-virginia-governor-race
— Planned Parenthood tells Blacks: You’re better off aborting your babies – Victoria Garaitonandia Gisondi
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/planned-parenthood-tells-blacks-youre-better-off-aborting-your-babies

POLITICO
— GOP captures control of Congress, Nov. 8, 1994 – ANDREW GLASS (DIERSEN: The Democrats who ran GAO back then used Gingrich and his budget cuts to get rid of GAO’s employees who were Republican, and especially those like me who were White, male, older, and non-veteran.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/08/gop-captures-control-of-congress-nov-8-1994-244597
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On this day in 1994, the Republicans won control of both houses of Congress for the first time in 40 years. The newly empowered GOP, united under support for the “Contract with America” — a 10-point legislative plan to cut federal taxes, balance the budget and dismantle a host of welfare programs enacted and expanded during the decades of Democratic rule. The Republicans’ success at the polls reflected a decision to run their House races on this nationwide agenda. It marked the first time since 1918 that a congressional election had been organized by the party out of power to be run broadly on a national level. The Republicans named Rep. Newt Gingrich of Georgia as speaker of the House, replacing Rep. Tom Foley of Washington, one of the incumbents defeated in the 54-seat swing from Democrats to Republicans. All Republican incumbents held on to their seats in the watershed midterm election.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration Will Support Work Requirements for Medicaid – Robert Pear (DIERSEN: But what if no one will hire you? From what I see, ever-increasingly, no one will hire you unless you 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.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/us/politics/trump-work-requirements-medicaid.html
— Disney Ends Ban on Los Angeles Times Amid Fierce Backlash – Sydney Ember and Brooks Barnes (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 who say that they are conservative and/or Republican but have barred me from their public events. They talk and act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/business/disney-la-times.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Amid a growing backlash, the Walt Disney Company on Tuesday reversed its decision to bar The Los Angeles Times from press screenings of its movies following an investigation by the newspaper into the media giant’s business dealings in Anaheim. “We’ve had productive discussions with the newly installed leadership at The Los Angeles Times regarding our specific concerns, and as a result, we’ve agreed to restore access to advance screenings for their film critics,” Disney said in a statement. Disney’s change of course came after a number of news outlets, including The New York Times and the A.V. Club, said they were boycotting advance screenings of Disney films in solidarity.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to those who have no problem with China ruling the world?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/business/made-in-china-technology-trade.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would use Precious Colón to hint/imply/argue/shout that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and that I have always been privileged.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/nyregion/once-pregnant-and-homeless-a-young-mother-brims-with-ambition.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Killing the medical expense deduction will hit the middle class — and hard – Michael Hiltzik (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am 69. Do you itemize your deductions? If so, how much were your itemized deductions last year? For the Diersens, they were $30,890 — $13,859 medical and dental expenses, $14,303 real estate and state income taxes, and $2,728 gifts to charities. My aunt’s medical deductions were $74,050. What do you say to those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn a) old people and b) those who itemize their deductions?)
http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-medical-expense-20171107-story.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Republicans may be about to raise your taxes – Paul Waldman (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am 69. Do you itemize your deductions? If so, how much were your itemized deductions last year? For the Diersens, they were $30,890 — $13,859 medical and dental expenses, $14,303 real estate and state income taxes, and $2,728 gifts to charities. My 87-year-old aunt’s medical deductions were $74,050. What do you say to those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn a) older people and b) those who itemize their deductions?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/11/07/guess-what-republicans-may-be-about-to-raise-your-taxes/?utm_term=.1f9fd3546cb8
— This GOP tax plan provision could be ‘catastrophic’ for seniors – Michelle Singletary (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am 69. Do you itemize your deductions? If so, how much were your itemized deductions last year? For the Diersens, they were $30,890 — $13,859 medical and dental expenses, $14,303 real estate and state income taxes, and $2,728 gifts to charities. My 87-year-old aunt’s medical deductions were $74,050. What do you say to those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn a) older people and b) those who itemize their deductions?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2017/11/07/this-gop-tax-plan-provision-could-be-catastrophic-for-seniors/
— Trump, wooing Democrats, says he asked accountant how he’d be affected by GOP tax bill – Mike DeBonis and Ed O’Keefe (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am 69. Do you itemize your deductions? If so, how much were your itemized deductions last year? For the Diersens, they were $30,890 — $13,859 medical and dental expenses, $14,303 real estate and state income taxes, and $2,728 gifts to charities. My 87-year-old aunt’s medical deductions were $74,050. What do you say to those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn a) older people and b) those who itemize their deductions?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/conservatives-demand-changes-to-house-gop-tax-bill/2017/11/07/e70046a4-c3cb-11e7-afe9-4f60b5a6c4a0_story.html?utm_term=.8149c6fa464e

MONTEREY HERALD
— Tax Tips: Deducting education costs – Barry Dolowich (DIERSEN: The proposed tax plan targets those who itemize their deductions. Government should encourage education and homeownership. I have itemized my deductions since 1972 and my wife and I have itemized our deductions ever since we got married in 1978. Being able to pay less federal income tax by deducting educational expenses encouraged me to take job-related graduate a) business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, b) accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, c) internal auditing courses at Roosevelt 1980-1981, and d) finance courses at IIT 1992-1997.)
http://www.montereyherald.com/article/NF/20171107/BUSINESS/171109841
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The following conditions must be met in order to deduct your education costs: You must be employed. You already meet the minimum education requirements of your job. The course or courses do not lead to qualification for a new profession or business. The course or courses maintain or improve your job or professional skills, or are required by your employer or by law. If your courses meet the above requirements, you may deduct the following education costs on your Schedule A subject to the 2 percent adjusted gross income floor: Tuition, textbooks, fees, equipment, and other materials or supplies required by the courses. Local transportation going from your job directly to school. Travel to and from a school away from home, and lodging and 50 percent of meals while at school away from home.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Keep Twitter Accountable Without Censorship Social-media companies should lose their liability exemption if their rules aren’t viewpoint-neutral. – Adam Candeub and Mark Epstein (DIERSEN: Who wants to censure you? I should write a book about the individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that want to censor me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/keep-twitter-accountable-without-censorship-1510093823
— Tax Bill to Have Uneven Effect on Households, Study Says Most are likely to get tax cut under GOP tax plan, but millions would face higher taxes immediately and number of losers would grow over time – Richard Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/majority-would-benefit-from-tax-bill-but-effects-peter-out-study-says-1510074698

FORTUNE
— Virginia Elects Danica Roem As First Openly-Transgender State Legislator in the U.S. – Natasha Bach
http://fortune.com/2017/11/08/danica-roem-virginia-transgender/

QUARTZ
— The GOP tax plan gives Americans less incentive to be charitable – Dan Kopf (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am 69. Do you itemize you deductions? If so, how much were your itemized deductions last year? For the Diersens, they were $30,890 — $13,859 medical and dental expenses, $14,303 real estate and state income taxes, and $2,728 gifts to charities. My 87-year-old aunt’s medical deductions were $74,050. What do you say to those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn a) older people and b) those who itemize their deductions?)
https://qz.com/1121967/there-will-be-less-incentive-for-charitable-giving-in-the-gop-tax-plan-but-its-not-a-problem/

DAILY MAIL
— Democrats deliver blow to Trump on anniversary of his election win by scooping high-profile seats in state and mayoral elections – HANNAH PARRY
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5060857/Democratic-election-sweep-lousy-anniversary-gift-Trump.html

October 26 Evening Edition

CAPITOL FAX
— Claim: ILGOP boots Chicago GOP from office over Ives allegiance I’ve asked the ILGOP for a response. (DIERSEN: 28 comments as of 5:36 PM.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/26/claim-ilgop-boots-chicago-gop-from-office-over-ives-allegiance/
— House overrode veto of Frerichs life insurance bill
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/26/house-overrode-veto-of-frerichs-life-insurance-bill/
— House unanimously overrides Debt Transparency Act veto
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/26/house-unanimously-overrides-debt-transparency-act-veto/
— Press release from House Republican Leader Jim Durkin’s primary opponent Mickey Straub (DIERSEN: 34 comments as of 7:46 PM.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/26/caption-contest-366/

ABC7
— Illinois House rejects gun ‘bump stock’ ban as too broad – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-house-rejects-gun-bump-stock-ban-as-too-broad/2565982/
— 2nd woman accuses George H.W. Bush of grabbing her backside
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/2nd-woman-accuses-george-hw-bush-of-grabbing-her-backside/2570019/
— Illinois House rejects bump stock ban along rural-urban line – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-house-rejects-bump-stock-ban-along-rural-urban-line/2565982/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois House fails to pass ‘bump stock’ ban – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-house-fails-to-pass-bump-stock-ban/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps oppose concealed-carry reciprocity.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/concealed-carry-gun-bill-congress-illinois-national-rifle-association/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois House rejects ‘bump stock’ ban for semi-automatic rifles – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-bump-stocks-20171026-story.html
— Uneasy rider: Illinois needs a leader, not a fighter – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-rauner-campaign-video-20171026-story.html
— BILLIONS LOST, MILLIONS WASTED Why Chicago area residents pay millions for water that never reaches their taps – Patrick M. O’Connell, Cecilia Reyes, Ted Gregory and Angela Caputo
http://graphics.chicagotribune.com/news/lake-michigan-drinking-water-rates/loss.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s success will mean destruction of the Republican Party.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-anti-trump-republicans-flake-corker-20171026-story.html
— After budget narrowly passes, big divisions remain as GOP nears its tax deadline – Mike Debonis and Damian Paletta
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-tax-deadline-gop-divisions-20171026-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County forest district surveying residents on priorities – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171026/dupage-county-forest-district-surveying-residents-on-priorities

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— 3 suburban GOP reps (Roskam, Kinzinger, and Hultgren) provide crucial votes on tax plan – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171026/BLOGS02/171029890/3-suburban-gop-reps-provide-crucial-votes-on-tax-plan
— NAACP’s American Airlines warning might be just the beginning for brands – ADRIANNE PASQUARELLI (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps boycott all individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171026/NEWS06/171029888/naacps-american-airlines-warning-might-be-just-the-beginning-for

WTTW
— Scathing Criticism of Trump Fails to Undermine Base Support – Paul Caine
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/10/26/scathing-criticism-trump-fails-undermine-base-support

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Under the Dome Podcast: Bump stock ban fails, sexual harassment at the Capitol – Schoenburg, Finke, & Muhs
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171026/under-dome-podcast-bump-stock-ban-fails-sexual-harassment-at-capitol
— Trump’s action on opioids pleases Illinois experts
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171026/trumps-action-on-opioids-pleases-illinois-experts

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— University of Chicago president won’t wilt under free-speech fire – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-10-26/jim-dey-university-chicago-president-wont-wilt-under-free-speech-fire.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— House Overrides Many Vetoes – Greg Bishop
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=254176#.WfJQg4zR-M8

FOX ILLINOIS
— Melting pot mural coming to downtown Springfield – Mat Gaskins (DIERSEN: According to anti-Trumps, if you are a Republican, and especially if you are a White male Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against females and the more that you should pay the price of Immigration, Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/melting-pot-mural-coming-to-downtown-springfield-10-26-2017

WIFR
— Adam Kinzinger announces bid for re-election
http://www.wifr.com/content/news/Adam-Kinzinger-announces-bid-for-re-election-453425403.html

HOMER GLEN PATCH
— Homer Glen Mayor Announces Endorsement Of Jim Durkin For State Representative Homer Glen Mayor George Yukich, as well as several mayors and village presidents across the 82nd district, have announced their endorsement – Andrea Earnest (DIERSEN: QUESTION: If I sought a government office or a political office, who would endorse my opponents? ANSWER: Those 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, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. Those who cannot manipulate/dominate me. Those who I have sued.)
https://patch.com/illinois/homerglen-lockport/homer-glen-mayor-announces-endorsement-jim-durkin-state-representative
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Other mayors and village presidents that have endorsed Durkin include: Addison Mayor Rich Veenstra, Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, Bensenville Village President Frank DeSimone, Bloomingdale Village President Franco A. Coladipietro, Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar, Carol Stream Mayor Frank Saverino, Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns, Hanover Park Village President Rodney Craig, Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico, Oakbrook Terrace Mayor Tony Ragucci, Roselle Mayor Andy Maglio, West Chicago Mayor Ruben Pineda, Western Springs Village President Alice Gallagher, Willowbrook Mayor Frank Trilla and Wood Dale Mayor Nunzio Pulice.)

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Jay Sekulow Announces Court Defeat of IRS re Its Targeting of Conservative/Tea Party Groups
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/10/26/jay-sekulow-announces-court-defeat-of-irs-re-its-targeting-of-conservative-groups/
— Illinois Does Not Make the Bottom Ten on Business Climate
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/10/26/illinois-does-not-make-the-bottom-ten-on-business-climate/
— Roskum Supports Budget, Shows Knowledge of Constituent Concern about GOP Proposal to End Income Tax Property Tax Deduction
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/10/26/roskum-supports-budget-show-knowledge-of-constituent-concern-about-ending-income-tax-property-tax-deduction/
— Illegal Alien Arrested for Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault of a Hebron Child “In Transit”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/10/26/illegal-alien-arrested-for-predatory-criminal-sexual-assault-of-a-hebron-child-in-transit/
— Big Crowd at Sheriff Bill Prim’s Marengo Event
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/10/26/big-crowd-at-sheriff-bill-prims-marengo-event/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— House Republican Leader Durkin solicits Democrats to back re-election bid
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511251992-house-republican-leader-durkin-solicits-democrats-to-back-re-election-bid

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— Rauner’s thug Dan Proft to GOP: Love me or else!
https://realgopillinois.com/2017/10/26/rauner-thug-dan-proft-gop-love-else/

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Lawmakers override nearly dozen bills – Emilee Fannon
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/capitol-news/lawmakers-override-nearly-dozen-bills/845252244
— Lawmakers have productive veto session – Raquel Martin
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/capitol-news/lawmakers-have-productive-veto-session/844463267

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Help Prevent Voter Fraud: Serve as Election Judge or Poll Watcher – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/10/help-prevent-voter-fraud-serve-as-an-election-judge-or-poll-watcher/

DAILY CALLER
— Justice Department Agrees To Pay Tea Party Victims In Obama IRS Targeting Scandal – JACK CROWE (DIERSEN: Were it not for Henry Hyde’s help, I doubt that IRS would ever had approved Adversity.Net’s 501(c)(3) application in 2001. SEE: http://www.adversity.net/)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/26/justice-department-agrees-to-pay-tea-party-victims-in-irs-targeting-scandal/
— FBI Informant’s Lawyer — Obama Admin ‘Threatened’ My Client And His Career – Chuck Ross (DIERSEN: During September of 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors made it very clear to me that they would kill me figuratively if not litterally if I did not take their early retirement “offer” by the end of the month.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/26/fbi-informants-lawyer-obama-admin-threatened-my-client-and-his-career/

BREITBART
— Pentagon Recommends Requiring Women to Sign Up for Draft – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ (DIERSEN: Employers are extremely reluctant to hire those who are subject to the draft. When I graduated from NIU in 1970 when I was 21 years old, potential employers did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. After it was approved in 1971 and because my being subject to draft ended because of my draft lottery number, Oldsmobile offered me a job which I accepted. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/10/26/pentagon-recommends-requiring-women-sign-draft/

NEWSMAX
— Assistant Treasury Secretary Kautter to Replace Koskinen at IRS
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/white-house-treasury-irs-chief/2017/10/26/id/822246/

GOPUSA
— DHS drops DACA status for prominent illegal alien activist Jessica Colotl
http://www.gopusa.com/dhs-drops-daca-status-for-prominent-illegal-alien-activist/
— Pentagon advocates requiring women to sign up for military draft (DIERSEN: Employers are extremely reluctant to hire those who are subject to the draft. When I graduated from NIU in 1970 when I was 21 years old, potential employers did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. After it was approved in 1971 and because my being subject to draft ended because of my draft lottery number, Oldsmobile offered me a job which I accepted. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=32376

THE HILL
— Jeff Flake knows the GOP is in trouble, and so does the base – JEFFREY LORD
http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/357233-jeff-flake-knows-the-gop-is-in-trouble-and-so-does-the-base

CNN
— GAO to investigate Trump voter commission – Tal Kopan
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/26/politics/trump-voter-commission-gao-investigation/index.html

NBC NEWS
— GAO Probe Launched Into Trump Voter Fraud Panel – DARTUNORRO CLARK
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/probe-launched-trump-voter-fraud-panel-n814666

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Facebook Steps Up Efforts to Sway Lawmakers – Julie Bykowicz (DIERSEN: What does Facebook think of those who share your demographics? For what I see, Facebook has a very low opinion of those who share my demographics.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-steps-up-efforts-to-sway-lawmakers-1509044190
— Google Parent Alphabet’s Profit Grows 33% – Jack Nicas (DIERSEN: What does Google think of those who share your demographics? For what I see, Google has a very low opinion of those who share my demographics.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-parent-alphabets-profit-grows-33-1509049686

USA TODAY
— Conservatives hate overspending. So why did they OK a budget with a $1.5 trillion debt increase? – Eliza Collins
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/26/heres-why-conservatives-tough-spot-tax-reform/803568001/

NEW YORKER
— Does the Far Right Have a Place at Academic Conferences? – Masha Gessen (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being “far right” because I support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform and because I support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. They work very hard to get rid of me because I refuse to join them in promoting LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, etc.)
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/does-the-far-right-have-a-place-at-academic-conferences

FED SMITH
— The Decisive Decade: The 10-Years That Will Shape Your Retirement – Tom Walker (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. During the 10-years before that, they did not promote me, they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and they kept me off audits of IRS. Consequently, my Civil Service Retitement System pension is dramatically reduced. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/10/26/decisive-decade-10-years-will-shape-retirement/

October 26 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois business group steps up fight for ‘Dreamers’ – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: To “fight for Dreamers” is to fight for mass/illegal immigration. Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that “fight for Dreamers” 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://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-illinois-business-group-steps-up-fight-for-dreamers/
— City hiring chief accused of shortchanging Hispanics – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: To hire a minority is to not hire a White. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a minority in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a minority in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted minorities in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a minority in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a minority in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/city-hiring-chief-accused-of-shortchanging-hispanics/
— House OKs $4 trillion GOP-backed budget; stage set for Trump tax plan – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/house-gop-moves-to-pass-budget-start-tax-debate/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Durkin gets backing from mayors – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS at diersen@aol.com has no record of receiving this list. Since 2000, GOPUSA Illinois Editor Dave Diersen has asked all Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois to keep diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-cursive-20171026-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: House Republican leader Jim Durkin of Western Springs has released a list of mayors and village presidents who are backing his re-election. He released the list after Burr Ridge Village President Mickey Straub said earlier this month that he was considering a primary challenge to Durkin, who has been House GOP leader since 2013 and has served in the legislature for 19 years. The 16 mayors backing Durkin come from throughout the suburban area including from outside his district, such as Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico and Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns. But he’s also backed closer to home by Western Springs Village President Alice Gallagher and Homer Glen Mayor George Yukich. Straub’s potential challenge to Durkin is part of the conservative fallout over GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner’s decision to sign legislation expanding taxpayer-subsidized abortions. Some conservatives also expressed dismay that several Republicans defected from Rauner and Durkin to join with Democrats in enacting a spending and tax-hike package that ended the state’s historic budget impasse in July. Straub said many conservative groups encouraged him to take on Durkin, including getting support from failed 2010 governor candidate and current radio show host Dan Proft and onetime U.S. Senate candidate Patrick Hughes. Proft and Hughes co-founded the politically tax-exempt group the Illinois Opportunity Project.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: New Chicago FBI boss brings terrorism, mob, public corruption experience – Jason Meisner (DIERSEN: What experience do you have? GAO audits IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, I had almost 9 years experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173. But the Democrats who ran GAO wasted my knowledge of IRS. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-new-chicago-fbi-boss-20171020-story.html
— Rauner loses round in fight over teaching cursive in schools
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-cursive-20171026-story.html
— Ex-library board member guilty of stealing campaign signs in Elgin – George Houde
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-met-elgin-campaign-sign-theft-trial-20171024-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-religious people say “Forced childbirth isn’t the American way — yet.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-immigrant-teen-abortion-20171025-story.html
— Small-town Morris VFW to resume raffle with another huge jackpot – Robert McCoppin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-morris-vfw-raffle-resumes-20171025-story.html
— Income inequality extends into retirement – Peter Whoriskey (DIERSEN: My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is only $50,856/year. I should write a book about all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government a) who played major roles in wasting my career and forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old and b) what their CSRS or FERS pensions are or will be. My CSRS pension is dramatically less because a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and did not promote me beyond GS-13; b) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20171026/281998967708521

WGN RADIO
— The Daily Line’s Mike Fourcher: “A lot of Republicans are not confident that Governor Rauner is managing government well” – PETER ZIMMERMAN
http://wgnradio.com/2017/10/25/the-daily-lines-mike-fourcher-a-lot-of-republicans-are-not-confident-that-governor-rauner-is-managing-government-well/

DAILY HERALD
— House deals Rauner setbacks, but he wins on ‘right-to-work’
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20171025/news/310259795
— Arlington Heights library official says he was fired without cause – Christopher Placek (DIERSEN: What if the Daily Herald had reported on my Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old like the Daily Herald reports on Jeremy Andrykowski being fired?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171025/arlington-heights-library-official-says-he-was-fired-without-cause
— Flake op-ed: It’s time to stand up to Trump – Jeff Flake
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171025/flake-op-ed-its-time-to-stand-up-to-trump

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Where could Paul Ryan’s tax move hit hard? Lake Geneva. – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171025/NEWS02/171029908/paul-ryan-gop-tax-overhaul-plan-to-kill-deduction-would-hurt-lake

SAUK VALLEY & KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Rauner fails ‘integrity test,’ so Ives might challenge him GOP mother from Wheaton also irked by Exelon bailout – Scott Reeder
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/10/24/springfield-scoop-rauner-fails-integrity-test-so-ives-might-challenge-him/ar82yzk/
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/local/scott-reeder-will-she-run-for-governor/article_a8511041-b254-5744-98d5-acff26e6ef7e.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Rep. Jeanne Ives sounds like she’ll be a candidate for Illinois governor. The Wheaton Republican is one of the most conservative members of the General Assembly, and she is hopping mad at Gov. Bruce Rauner, whom she contends is not trustworthy. Rauner angered many in his party by signing a bill last month providing state funding for elective abortions. He did this after promising multiple Catholic bishops and state lawmakers that he wouldn’t. “He’s failed the integrity test. No one in the Legislature believes a word he says,” Ives said. If Ives enters the race, she would be the only candidate opposing abortion rights in either the Republican or Democrat gubernatorial primaries. “The state is broke. We can’t afford to create another entitlement program, let alone for something as morally reprehensible as abortion,” she said. But Ives says her objection to Rauner goes beyond this. For example, although he ran on a platform opposing “crony capitalism,” Rauner signed a measure giving a multibillion-dollar bailout to Exelon, a power company. Are you starting to get the feeling that she really dislikes the governor? Yeah, me too. But it’s one thing to object to what the leader of your party is doing, and it’s another thing to leave your safe seat in the Legislature and challenge him. Ives said she hasn’t decided yet whether she will run. But listening to her, it sure sounds like she is on the brink of diving in. But running and winning are two different things. And, sadly, money is the lifeblood of politics. Ives began the month with $8,488 in her campaign coffers, while Rauner had $65.5 million. Most of that money came from either himself or his billionaire buddy, businessman Ken Griffin. That almost makes David and Goliath seem like an even contest. And the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, J.B. Pritzker, also is a billionaire who is self- funding. Could Ives beat not only Rauner but Pritzker? Mike Lawrence, a longtime statehouse observer and former senior adviser to Gov. Jim Edgar, is skeptical. “I don’t think she will win the primary, but I’m not writing her off. I think if she runs, she will start out with a solid 30 percent of Republicans who vote in primaries. Far-right conservatives have a disproportionate influence in primaries,” he said. Lawrence noted that when Edgar ran in the Republican primary in 1990 against Steve Baer, the relatively unknown Baer got more than 30 percent of the vote, mainly from anti-abortion voters angry that Edgar supported abortion rights. So, can a middle-class mother of five beat two of the wealthiest men in Illinois? She faces long odds. But she seems undeterred. And there may be a certain populist appeal to someone who isn’t among the wealthiest Illinoisans running. When pressed about her candidacy, Ives said her 8th-grade daughter told her, “Mom, I thought you were going to announce last week.”)

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Republican Leader Brady names Jason Gerwig new press secretary (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS at diersen@aol.com has no record of receiving this press release. Since 2000, GOPUSA Illinois Editor Dave Diersen has asked all Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois to keep diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20171025/republican-leader-brady-names-new-press-secretary
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Senate GOP Leader BILL BRADY, R-Bloomington, on Wednesday announced that JASON GERWIG is his new press secretary. Gerwig, 44, of Springfield, takes over for PATTY SCHUH, who was named Gov. Rauner’s deputy chief of staff for communications earlier this month. Gerwig has worked for the GOP Senate staff, the state treasurer’s office, the Illinois GOP, DuPage County government, and the FleishmanHillard public relations firm in Chicago. He’s been back on Senate staff since January 2016, and his pay goes to $105,000 — up from $98,500 — in the new job. He grew up in Evergreen Park and double-majored in history and political science at North Central College in Naperville. He and his wife, EMILY, have a 5-year-old daughter. “Jason brings over 20 years of communications and government experience to this important position, and he’s been a well-respected, and valued, member of our staff,” Brady said. Gerwig was first on Senate GOP communications staff in 1996. He said that even back then, the job he just got was one to which he aspired. “I took a long road to get there, but I’m happy to be doing it now,” he said.)

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Rauner’s run no surprise – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-10-25/rauners-run-no-surprise.html
— Veto override a partial solution – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-10-26/veto-override-partial-solution.html

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Democrats overreach this time with counterproductive pro-union law – Editorial
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20171025/editorial-democrats-overreach-this-time-with-counterproductive-pro-union-law

TIMES
— GOP candidates urge voters to oust Kinzinger – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/gop-candidates-urge-voters-to-oust-kinzinger/article_4f9e3f0c-3e06-53aa-968a-2fc0725e9020.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Governor Asks For Congressional Help – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents want Congress to do? My critics/opponents want Congress a) to cut if not eliminate my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy, and my Social Security and b) to dramatically increase the taxes that I pay. While I worked for the federal government, they wanted Congress a) to have my Democrat GAO superiors force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, not promote me beyond GS-13, keep me off audits of IRS, and force me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) to have my Democrat IRS superiors not promote me beyond GS-12, disallow my education deductions in 1978, and disallow my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) to have my Democrat Post Office superiors force me resign in 1969 and disallow my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. In Diersen v. GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors stated that they treated me just like Congress wanted them to.)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=254111
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. Bruce Rauner says he is calling on Congress to pass a federal bill that would allow Illinois to reorganize its pension debt, but no one must have picked up the phone. Last month, Rauner told a group of business leaders that he’s pushing for a bill that would allow the state to restructure much of its estimated $130 billion in unfunded pension liabilities. “We’ve got a bill now. We’re working with Congress to pass a law. We’re lobbying right now that would allow states to reorganize and restructure their pensions,” he said. “If we can get this bill passed in Congress, and I’m hoping to get it done with this tax overhaul that we’re doing, if we can get this bill passed, [it will be] transformative to Illinois taxpayers.” But none of Illinois’ Republican congressional delegation would confirm this week that anyone from Rauner’s camp has approached them about a standalone proposal or one that would be tied in with the coming tax reform plan. Rauner doesn’t have the best relationship with the GOP Congressmen. They strongly rebuked Rauner last month for his signing of a controversial bill allowing for the public funding of abortions. Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Wheaton, who’s in charge of the GOP’s tax reform plan, wouldn’t comment on the premise of allowing a bankruptcy-style restructuring but told others that the idea has been discussed but only conceptually. The Hill reports that House Speaker Paul Ryan will release the details of their tax reform legislation next week. A spokesperson with the governor’s office did not immediately respond to questions for this story.)

FOX ILLINOIS
— Champaign: A wall of DREAMERS – Nicole McGee (DIERSEN: To fight for DREAMERS is to fight for mass/illegal immigration. Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that fight for DREAMERS 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://foxillinois.com/news/local/a-wall-of-dreamers
— Sen. Duckworth urges Congress to pass Dream Act (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries support the Dream Act? ANSWER: Those that 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.)

NPR ILLINOIS
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/sen-duckworth-urges-congress-to-pass-dream-act
— House Rolls Over Vetoes While Rauner Claims Big Win – BRIAN MACKEY
http://nprillinois.org/post/house-rolls-over-vetoes-while-rauner-claims-big-win#stream/0
— House Overrides Rauner On Salary History – BRIAN MACKEY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites and anti-males shout that White males are overpaid. In today’s dollars, in 1997 when I was 49 years old, GAO paid me $122,991. I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently, $94,610-$122,991. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173. I had earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/house-overrides-rauner-salary-history#stream/0

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Save Rauner cash, House GOP campaign fundraising slows to a trickle
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511253366-save-rauner-cash-house-gop-campaign-fundraising-slows-to-a-trickle#new_tab

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— House overrides several Rauner vetoes, including measure that mandates cursive writing in schools – Greg Bishop and Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/house-overrides-several-rauner-vetoes-including-measure-that-mandates-cursive/article_c13bb90e-b9a7-11e7-a295-57427e28a482.html

MEDIUM
— We’ve Got Some Work to Do – JB Pritzker (DIERSEN: What do you say to men who paint themselves as being anti-men to curry favor with anti-men? What do you say to Whites who paint themselves as being anti-White to curry favor with anti-Whites? What do you say to older people who paint themselves as being anti-older people to curry favor with anti-older people? What do you say to rich people who paint themselves as being anti-rich people to curry favor with anti-rich people? What do you say to German-Americans who paint themselves as being anti-German Americans to curry favor with anti-German Americans? What do you say to Americans who paint themselves as being anti-American to curry favor with anti-Americans? What do you say to “Republicans” who paint themselves as being anti-Republicans to curry favor with anti-Republicans? What do you say to “conservatives” who paint themselves as being anti-conservative to curry favor with anti-conservatives? What do you say to Protestants who paint themselves as being anti-Protestant to curry favor with anti-Protestants? What do you say to etc. who paint themselves as being anti-etc. to curry favor with anti-etc.? I should write books about such aforesaid frauds in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://medium.com/@JBPritzker/weve-got-some-work-to-do-1ca0bc8e3662

CAPITOL FAX
— GOP Leaders heavily reliant on Rauner bucks (DIERSEN: Everyone involved in government, in politics, in news media, in etc. should be required to disclose the sources and amounts of all their income.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/26/gop-leaders-heavily-reliant-on-rauner-bucks/
— Should campaigns pay their interns? (DIERSEN: How much money do your critics/opponents pay their operatives and their dupes? My critics/opponents must be paying their operatives and their dupes little or nothing because they all have financial problems. However, all the operatives and all the dupes who work for my critics/opponents talk and act like they have been promised lots of money, a new home, a new car, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and much more if they succeed a) in stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and/or stopping everyone from reading those emails and b) in getting me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. I wonder how much they were paid to end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, my GAO employment, etc.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/25/should-campaigns-pay-their-interns/
— Suggested Jeanne Ives campaign slogans?
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/26/question-of-the-day-2575/

GOPUSA
— Illegal alien in federal custody in Texas has legal abortion
http://www.gopusa.com/illegal-alien-in-federal-custody-in-texas-has-legal-abortion/
— Former US President George HW Bush apologizes following assault accusation
http://www.gopusa.com/former-us-president-george-hw-bush-apologizes-following-assault-accusation/
— IRS email points to political affiliation in tea party targeting scandal (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 levels, currently $94,610-$100,917. I should write a book about those who have done the most to waste my knowledge of IRS. They include my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives, and their staffs.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=32423
— E-Verify, Interior Enforcement Most Effective Illegal Immigration Deterrents (DIERSEN: If you oppose E-Verify, you shout that you 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 your ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=32408

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegal immigrant minor gets abortion – Alex Swoyer
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/25/illegal-immigrant-minor-gets-abortion/
— Rocking the demographic – Editorial (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics? My demographics are terrible: Trump supporter, baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (69), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, ancestors have been in America since 1844, federal retiree since 1997, union member for almost 12 years, American nameplate car owner, child-less, pet-less, etc. I should write books about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who share my demographics.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/25/editorial-creativity-not-procreation-guarantees-pr/

BREITBART
— Kris Kobach on GOP’s Amnesty Plans: ‘The American Worker Would Get the Raw End of This Deal’ – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: Are/were you an “American worker,” that is, a lowly wage earner? I was a lowly wage earner 1964-1997. Few of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are/were lowly wage earners like I was. Most them are/were self-employed, unemployed, on welfare, and/or retired.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/25/exclusive-kris-kobach-on-gops-amnesty-plans-the-american-worker-would-get-the-raw-end-of-this-deal/
— GOP Leaders Get 1 Million Guest-Workers for Food Industry, in Trade for E-Verify – NEIL MUNRO
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/25/gop-leaders-endorse-e-verify-to-win-huge-h-2c-guest-worker-bill/
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: ‘Ruled Out’: GOP Amnesty Plan Excludes E-Verify, Allowing Employers to Continue Hiring Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/25/ruled-out-gop-amnesty-plan-excludes-e-verify-allowing-employers-to-continue-hiring-illegal-aliens/

BLAZE
— Here’s what Democrats think of George W. Bush now, and it has changed a lot – Aaron Colen (DIERSEN: Bush has always rejected many planks in the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/10/25/heres-what-democrats-think-of-george-w-bush-now-and-it-has-changed-a-lot/

NUMBERS USA
— OUTSTANDING: House Judiciary Committee Passes Mandatory E-Verify Bill
https://www.numbersusa.com/news/house-judiciary-committee-passes-mandatory-e-verify-bill

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Washington Post Narrative Disregards Republican Successes – Brian McNicoll
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/washington-post-narrative-disregards-republican-successes/

POLITICO
— It’s Trump’s GOP. So Now What? – RICH LOWRY (DIERSEN: One could say “It’s Rauner’s Illinois Republican Party” and ask “So now what?”)
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/10/25/its-trumps-gop-so-now-what-215747
— House sets up tax reform with passage of budget – JENNIFER SCHOLTES and RACHAEL BADE
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/26/republican-leaders-budget-vote-244198

REUTERS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Paul Ryan sides with illegals against Americans.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-ryan/u-s-republican-ryan-says-wants-dreamer-action-timing-uncertain-reuters-interview-idUSKBN1CU2CQ

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: As G.O.P. Bends Toward Trump, Critics Either Give In or Give Up – JONATHAN MARTIN and JEREMY W. PETERS (DIERSEN: One could say “As the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Bends Bruce Rauner, Critics Either Give In or Give Up.” The more planks in the IRP platform that Rauner dumps, the more that Rauner destroys the IRP. How many votes will Rauner get November 6, 2018 because of his success in destroying the IRP?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/us/politics/trump-republican-party-critics.html
— Why Jeff Flake’s Exit Should Scare Democrats – CHRIS COONS
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/opinion/jeff-flake-democrats-reelection.html
— House Passes Budget Blueprint, Clearing Path for Tax Overhaul – THOMAS KAPLAN
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/us/politics/house-budget-blueprint-tax-cut.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The GOP civil war is bigger than Trump. A new study shows deep fissures on policy. – James Hohmann (DIERSEN: What side of the civil war are you on? I am on the side that defends and advances the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/10/26/daily-202-the-gop-civil-war-is-bigger-than-trump-a-new-study-shows-deep-fissures-on-policy/59f0eb7230fb045cba000a43/

BOSTON HERALD
— Donald Trump fuels civil war within GOP – Kimberly Atkins (DIERSEN: What side of the civil war are you on? I am on the side that defends and advances the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/kimberly_atkins/2017/10/atkins_donald_trump_fuels_civil_war_within_gop

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— IRS ‘Mismanagement’ Hearing Breaks Along Partisan Lines – Charles S. Clark (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 levels, currently $94,610-$100,917. I should write a book about those who have done the most to waste my knowledge of IRS. They include my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives, and their staffs.)
http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2017/10/irs-mismanagement-hearing-breaks-along-partisan-lines/142060/