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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/

October 19 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Judge rules govt must allow abortion for undocumented teenager – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/judge-undocumented-teenager-granted-abortion/2551386/

NBC5
— Hastert Avoids Demand to Reveal Other Victims – Phil Rogers (DIERSEN: If you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Hastert-Avoids-Demand-to-Reveal-Other-Victims-451623133.html

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal tax change could determine whether Illinois sinks or swims – Austin Berg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-berg-column-st-1020-20171019-story.html
— Democratic candidate Kennedy assails party leaders with government, elections proposals – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-chris-kennedy-proposal-20171019-story.html
— Broken Illinois, Exhibit A: First Foxconn, now Toyota-Mazda … – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-exhibita-20171019-story.html
— Broken Illinois, Exhibit B: Show us the (private) money for the innovation hub – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-illinois-innovation-rauner-20171019-story.html
— Fifty Shades of Rahm – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-taxes-kass-1020-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner, Rahm pitch South Loop game changer, punt on details – Stefano Esposito
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-rahm-pitch-south-loop-game-changer-punt-on-details/
— Rauner fights to keep lawsuit sealed as he seeks to have it dismissed – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: GAO did not seek to have Diersen v. GAO sealed because the facts in the lawsuit show what GAO wants everyone to see, namely, that GAO wastes the careers of and gets rid of its employees who are Republican, and especially those like me who complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. GAO wants everyone to see that it 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.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-fights-to-keep-lawsuit-sealed-as-he-seeks-to-have-it-dismissed/
— Is $89 billion enough for one man? – Phil Kadner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/kadner-is-89-billion-enough-for-one-man/

DAILY HERALD
— A 20-year-old St. Charles man admits trying to sell marijuana while on home monitoring on other drug charges – Harry Hitzeman
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171019/man-admits-trying-to-sell-marijuana-while-on-home-monitoring-on-other-drug-charges
— Suburban leaders including Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti recognized for working to reduce government – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: What do you work to reduce? I work to reduce the promotion of socialism, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot and other vices, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and other bad things.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171019/suburban-leaders-recognized-for-working-to-reduce-government

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Tell us: Is your workplace the best in Chicago? (DIERSEN: Of course, those who work for GAO’s Chicago office would glorify and praise GAO’s success in wasting the careers of and getting rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://bestplacestoworkchi.com/#utm_medium=email&utm_source=ccb-dailyalert&utm_campaign=ccb-dailyalert-20171019

WSIL TV
— Money preventing “average Joes” from running for office – Andrew Feather
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/36630720/expert-money-preventing-average-joes-from-running-for-office

JOLIET PATCH
— Joliet’s Mackley Due $104,155 For Unused Sick, Vacation Nest Egg – John Ferak (DIERSEN: When my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer’ in 1997 when I was 49 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes were furious a) that my almost 1 year of unused sick leave increased my Civil Service Retirement System pension and b) that my 6 weeks of unused vacation time payout was $14,191 in today’s dollars.)
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/joliets-dave-mackley-due-104-155-payout-unused-sick-vacation-nest-egg

MCGILL INTERNATIONAL REVIEW
— Saving Illinois Elections: Campaign Finance Reform – Natalie Gastevich
https://www.mironline.ca/saving-illinois-elections-campaign-finance-reform/

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— Run for Republican Township Committeeman in Cook County – DOUG IBENDAHL
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=12950

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUE
— The Uses and Abuses of Hate – Robert Knight (DIERSEN: I should write a book about individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in my precinct, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois that promote hatred against Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, patriotic people, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/uses-abuses-hate/

CAPITOL FAX
— A consolidation stalemate in McLean County
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/19/a-consolidation-stalemate-in-mclean-county/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/19/pritzker-buys-into-pot-myth-but-is-right-on-the-broader-point/

GOPUSA
— Record 43.7 million immigrants in U.S. and counting (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout at immigrants that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=31952
— Social Justice is an Oxymoron (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote social justice 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.gopusa.com/?p=31999

BREITBART
— Establishment Republicans Appear to Be Hoping for Democratic Election Wins – ADAM SHAW
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/19/establishment-republicans-appear-hoping-democratic-election-wins/
— George W. Bush Emerges to Bash Trump, ‘Nativism’: ‘We Cannot Wish Globalism Away’ – CHARLIE SPIERING (DIERSEN: Intentionally or unintentionally, George W. Bush gives ammunition to individuals, to organizations, to companies, to governments, and to 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.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/19/george-w-bush-emerges-bash-trump-nativism-cannot-wish-globalism-away/

BLAZE
— Left-wing protesters invade College Republicans meeting, reportedly declare ‘dialogue is violence’ – Dave Urbanski
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/10/19/left-wing-protesters-invade-college-republicans-meeting-reportedly-declare-dialogue-is-violence/
— Sessions can’t promise reporters won’t be jailed: No ‘action against the media at this point’ – Sarah Taylor (DIERSEN: According my RINO, Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, and Green plant critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, my “job” is a) to glorify and praise them, b) to pander to them, c) to serve as one of their operatives, d) to serve as one of their dupes, and/or e) to give them money.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/10/19/sessions-cant-promise-reporters-wont-be-jailed-no-action-against-the-media-at-this-point/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During the hearing, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) asked the attorney general if he could pledge to not place “reporters in jail for doing their jobs.”)

LIFE SITE NEWS
— North Carolina governor signs order forcing businesses to allow men to enter women’s bathrooms – Claire Chretien
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/north-carolina-governor-signs-executive-order-forcing-lgbt-on-businesses

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Facts About Who Pays the Most in Taxes in America – Walter E. Williams (DIERSEN: Should everyone in America be required to publicly disclose each year how much federal income tax that they paid during the last year and during the last 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35. 40, 45, and 50+ years adjusted for inflation?)
http://dailysignal.com/2017/10/18/rich-pay-fair-share-numbers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The top 10 percent of income earners, those having an adjusted gross income over $138,031, pay about 70.6 percent of federal income taxes. About 1.7 million Americans, less than 1 percent of our population, pay 70.6 percent of federal income taxes. Is that fair, or do you think they should pay more? By the way, earning $500,000 a year doesn’t make one rich. It’s not even yacht money. But the fairness question goes further. The bottom 50 percent of income earners, those having an adjusted gross income of $39,275 or less, pay 2.83 percent of federal income taxes. Thirty-seven million tax filers have no tax obligation at all. The Tax Policy Center estimates that 45.5 percent of households will not pay federal income tax this year. There’s a severe political problem of so many Americans not having any skin in the game. These Americans become natural constituencies for big-spending politicians. After all, if you don’t pay federal taxes, what do you care about big spending? Also, if you don’t pay federal taxes, why should you be happy about a tax cut? What’s in it for you? In fact, you might see tax cuts as threatening your handout programs.)

DAILY CALLER
— Democrat Didn’t Fire Top Staffer–Who Earned $170k–For Tax Evasion Conviction – Luke Rosiak
http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/19/democrat-didnt-fire-top-staffer-who-earned-170k-for-tax-evasion-conviction/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: George W. Bush: ‘Bigotry seems emboldened’ in U.S. – REBECCA SAVRANSKY (DIERSEN: Intentionally or unintentionally, George W. Bush gives ammunition to individuals, to organizations, to companies, to governments, and to 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.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/356212-george-w-bush-bigotry-seems-emboldened-in-us
— The truth about DACA is uglier than we’ve been told – MATT O’BRIEN
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/356231-the-truth-about-daca-is-uglier-than-weve-been-told
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The narrative surrounding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program holds that it was put in place to protect “kids” who were brought here through no fault of their own. DACA supporters implied that applicants were mostly Hispanic and that as citizens of distressed republics a short distance away from the wealthy United States, their violation of our immigration laws was somehow understandable. Program applicants were also portrayed as brilliant valedictorians and proud members of the military. From the outset, that narrative rang hollow. In a column for the Washington Post, Mickey Kaus described it as public-relations-style “hooey.” Here’s why. Many of the DACA “kids” were not brought here as young children. They entered the U.S. illegally as teenagers. A large number of DACA applicants weren’t “brought” here at all. They crossed the border themselves. Over 2,000 individuals approved for DACA had their status terminated for criminal activity ranging from alien smuggling to sexual assault. That number is still growing. Fewer than 900 DACA recipients – or slightly more than one-tenth of one percent of the total DACA population – joined the military. New data released by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) definitively establishes that most of the DACA narrative is false. Particularly overblown are claims that deported DACA recipients would inevitably be strangers in a strange land. USCIS lists 149 countries of origin for DACA applicants. English is the national language in at least 26 of those countries. Those include the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. A large number of applicants are from India, Hong Kong and the Philippines, where there are enormous English-speaking communities. Other statistics also undermine claims that the United States must “take care of the DACAs” or condemn them to a life of isolation and poverty.)

WASHINGTON POST
— George W. Bush’s unmistakable takedown of Trumpism — and Trump – Aaron Blake (DIERSEN: Intentionally or unintentionally, George W. Bush gives ammunition to individuals, to organizations, to companies, to governments, and to 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.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/10/19/george-w-bushs-unmistakable-takedown-of-trumpism-and-trump/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— George W. Bush Rejects Trump Stances on Trade and Immigration In speech, former president also denounces bullying, calls bigotry and white supremacy ’blasphemy against the American creed’ – Eli Stokols
https://www.wsj.com/articles/george-w-bush-rejects-trump-stances-on-trade-and-immigration-1508439719
— A U.S. Navy Hospital Ship Was Sent to Puerto Rico—It’s Barely Been Used USNS Comfort was sent to help with emergency medical care after Hurricane Maria but few people seemed to know about it – Daniela Hernandez
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-a-u-s-navy-hospital-ship-in-puerto-rico-has-hardly-been-used-1508433604

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
–Small Agency’s Employees Say They Felt Pressured to Report Improved Job Satisfaction – Charles S. Clark
http://www.govexec.com/management/2017/10/small-agencys-employees-say-they-felt-pressured-report-improved-job-satisfaction/141898/

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— The changing faces of the federal workforce – Nicole Ogrysko and Meredith Somers (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, 100% of federal employees will be Democrat AND ALSO minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/bureauchat/2017/10/the-changing-faces-of-the-federal-workforce/

October 17 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gov race funds top $100 million — due to Rauner, Pritzker deep pockets – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gov-race-funds-top-100-million-due-to-rauner-pritzker-deep-pockets/
— State budget impasse over, but not social service agency pain – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/brown-state-budget-impasse-over-but-not-social-service-agency-pain/
— Labor leader apologizes, says ‘no sexist intent’ in Kennedy aide rap – Dan Mihalopoulos
Gov race funds top $100 million — due to Rauner, Pritzker deep pockets Tina Sfondeles
— Trump punts on Senate ‘blue slips’ for judges; Chicago impact – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-trump-punts-on-senate-blue-slips-for-judges-chicago-impact/
— Stand up and shout for decent health care in Illinois – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Knowing that the federal government pays 75% of retiree health care insurance helped me endure my Democrat superiors’ tremendous efforts to waste my career and to get rid of me. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. 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. 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.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-stand-up-and-shout-for-decent-health-care-in-illinois/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner to start borrowing $6 billion today – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-illinois-bonds-20171017-story.html
— Dennis Hastert accuser’s lawsuit invokes Monica Lewinsky, Anita Hill – Christy Gutowski and Hannah Leone
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-dennis-hastert-lawsuit-filing-20171013-story.html
— Bidding high is worth the risk to win Amazon’s second headquarters – Robert Reed
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/reed/ct-biz-amazon-magic-number-incentives-robert-reed-1017-story.html
— Trump’s threats against the press are hollow, but not harmless – Margaret Sullivan (DIERSEN: Ever since I started sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have focused on stopping me from sending out the emails and stopping everyone from reading the emails. They crow that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-media-trump-nbc-first-amendment-1017-20171016-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump Leonard Pitts says “In an extreme world, Democrats need to move left.”  Ever-increasing, Democrats call members of the following groups White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. What more does Pitts want Democrats to do?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-pitts-democrats-left-agenda-1017-20171016-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Advice for Democrats in Campaign 2018 – Editorial (DIERSEN: What about advising Democrats to stop calling Republicans White supremacists, Nazis, KKK member, haters, racists, bigots, and even worse things?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171016/editorial-advice-for-democrats-in-campaign-2018
— Crime down in Kane County, but domestic violence trend troubling – Harry Hitzeman
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171016/crime-down-in-kane-county-but-domestic-violence-trend-troubling

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Ken Griffin is Illinois’ richest resident – LISA BERTAGNOLI  (DIERSEN: Who are the richest people in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county?  What do you say to those who try to curry favor with the rich a) by glorifying and praising those who they believe the rich like and b) by demonizing, denigrating, and condemning those who they believe the rich do not like?  I should write a book about the aforesaid in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171017/NEWS07/171019894

 

WTTW
— Mayor Promises Tax Relief for Homeowners in 2018 City Budget Proposal – Paris Schutz
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/10/16/mayor-promises-tax-relief-homeowners-2018-city-budget-proposal

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA
— Madigan attempting a nasty-to-nice makeover – Jim Dey (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who want to viewed as being nasty and even worse things. They would love it. They do everything that they can to make me angry at them.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-10-17/jim-dey-madigan-attempting-nasty-nice-makeover.html

 

TIMES
— Marter: Kinzinger not conservative – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/rival-kinzinger-not-conservative/article_56af06f8-56e7-51e1-af24-3076230e54e2.html

 

WGLT
— Townships Could Revert To Gravel Roads – CHARLIE SCHLENKER
http://wglt.org/post/townships-could-revert-gravel-roads#stream/0

 

CHICAGO NOW
— GOP efforts to amend Governor Rauner’s abortion bill don’t go far enough – April Leachman
http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-on-the-radar/2017/10/gop-efforts-to-amend-governor-rauners-abortion-bill-dont-go-far-enough/
— Who best represents Republicans in 62nd State Rep. District– Conservative Bob Bednar or Moderate to conservative Kenny Idstein? – Jeff Berkowitz  (DIERSEN: I would ask which candidate would do the best job of defending and advancing the Illinois Republican Party platform?)
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/10/who-best-represents-republicans-in-62nd-state-rep-district-conservative-bob-bednar-or-moderate-to-conservative-kenny-idstein/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Socialist state rep. demands Chicago “rent control;” would be a boon to capitalist landlords – W.J. Kennedy
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511243905-socialist-state-rep-demands-chicago-rent-control-would-be-a-boon-to-capitalist-landlords

 

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— BOOK ANALYZES CAMPUS WAR AGAINST FREEDOM OF THOUGHT  Review of No Campus for White Men: The Transformation of Higher Education into Hateful Indoctrination, by Scott Greer – Jay Lehr
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/book-analyzes-insanity-gripping-modern-campuses
— POLL: PUBLIC VASTLY UNDERESTIMATES AVERAGE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER SALARY – Harry Painter
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/public-vastly-underestimates-average-public-school-teacher-salary-poll-shows

 

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— Report calls Rauner’s fiscal management second-worst in country
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-report-calls-rauners-fiscal-management-second-worst-in-country/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Republicans push back against abortion bill  GOP fights taxpayer funded abortions – Mark Maxwell
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/capitol-connection/republicans-push-back-against-abortion-bill/836417858

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— HARIBO TO CREATE 55 NEW JOBS IN ROSEMONT FOR $1.67M IN EDGE TAX BREAKS  Under its agreement with the state of Illinois, the candy company Haribo of America will bring 25 new jobs to its Rosemont headquarters by October 2018, followed by another 30 by October 2021. – Brendan Bakala
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/haribo-to-create-55-new-jobs-in-rosemont-for-1-67m-in-edge-tax-breaks/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Medusa’s Pink Hat & the ERA – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/medusas-pink-hat-era/

 

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— Illinois GOP, return Bruce Rauner’s $4.45 million pro-abortion bribe (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
https://realgopillinois.com/2017/10/17/return-4-45-million-bribe-rauner/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Remember how Republican officials were so outraged over Governor Bruce Rauner on his HB40 vote to begin taxpayers-funded abortions in Illinois? And did you hear the one about Rauner signing the Democrats bill making Illinois a sanctuary state? RAUNER GIVES $4.45 MILLION TO IL GOP AFTER ABORTION VOTE The Republican outrage, for public relations purposes, now appears to have stilled. Recently, Rauner dumped another $4.45 million into state Republican piggy banks and not a whimper or moan from our Grand Old Party about how Rauner broke his promise to voters. Illinois GOP chief TIM SCHNEIDER claims the money isn’t “hush” money. “Gov. Rauner has shown time and time again that he is committed to revitalizing the Republican Party in the state of Illinois. Thanks to Gov. Rauner’s unprecedented commitment, we are now closer than ever to retiring Speaker Mike Madigan once and for all,” Schneider said in a statement. Republicans have been taking money from left-wing donor Bruce Rauner since 2013 claiming “Because, Madigan.” Is Rauner any different from Democrat House Speaker Mike Madigan? Hasn’t he done everything Madigan has wanted? RAUNER IS A MADIGAN DREAM COME TRUE Rauner is a Madigan dream come true – he’s driven up billions in debt, squealed surrender on a major income tax increase, signed sanctuary state legislation, forced doctors to promote Planned Parenthood, given pro-abortion groups state grants, and signed legislation to force taxpayers to fund abortions. Every cash payment Rauner made to Illinois Republicans and conservative groups is hush money paid to keep their mouths shuts and they have “shut up” for four years counting. RAUNER GAVE $16 MILLION TO GOP OFFICIALS IN 2016 In 2016, Rauner donated $16 million to the Illinois Republican Party, accounting for 96% of its funds and that is how he has been able to control it. In 2016, as an elected Republican, Governor Rauner donated $3 million to left-wing Democrat KEN DUNKIN after a mailer accused him of being a convicted criminal and a deadbeat dad. Bruce Rauner and his Illinois Turnaround PAC donated $6 million to DAN PROFT and Liberty Principles PAC. Illinois Policy Institute is a private tax-exempt group and it does not reveal its donors. JOHN TILLMAN of Illinois Policy Institute has acknowledged receiving $625,000 from Bruce Rauner between 2009 and 2014.  Tillman has never disclosed the millions in donations his other non-profit groups receive from Rauner and his donors. REPUBLICANS HAVEN’T GIVEN RAUNER A DIME OF HIS MONEY BACK None of the Republicans mentioned above have given any of the money Rauner donated to them back since his vote on HB40 to begin taxpayer-funded abortion in Illinois and none of them are disclosing how much money they have received in total from the Governor since they helped him win election. Rauner, who was well known as a major donor to Planned Parenthood prior to his election, is the first U.S. Governor in history to force taxpayers to fund abortions. Real GOP Illinois doesn’t believe Republican officials who say they didn’t know Governor Rauner was an extremist on the abortion issue. We don’t believe them when they claim Rauner lied. RAUNER FUNDED BY HILLARY CLINTON’S BIG DONOR Rauner has plenty of money to spare. He received a $20 million contribution from Illinois’ richest man, billionaire KEN GRIFFIN, who bankrolls the campaigns of HILLARY CLINTON and RAHM EMANUEL, in May. How many Republicans will that buy? Columnist Terri Koyne said it best when she wrote on Illinois Review, “Rauner didn’t betray or deceive anyone [on his abortion views] – Rauner money grabbers did.” Until Republicans return Bruce Rauner’s donations, why should any voter believe them on anything?)

 

AMERICANS FOR TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY
— Ex-‘Gay’ Leader Stephen Black to Keynote AFTAH Banquet and Teach-in Oct. 20-21 – Peter LaBarbera
https://americansfortruth.com/2017/08/24/ex-gay-leader-stephen-black-to-keynote-aftah-banquet-and-teach-in-oct-20-21/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Biss again demands that Pritzker and Kennedy release their tax returns
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/17/biss-again-demands-that-pritzker-and-kennedy-release-their-tax-returns/

 

GOPUSA
— Illegal alien minors seeking abortion pose legal, religious clashes
http://www.gopusa.com/illegal-alien-minors-seeking-abortion-pose-legal-religious-clashes/
— Trump chides Hillary for defending NFL’s national anthem kneelers: ‘Please run again!’
http://www.gopusa.com/trump-chides-hillary-for-defending-nfls-national-anthem-kneelers-please-run-again/

 

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Total Division Within Our Society’: Tucker Sounds Off On Immigration – Justin Caruso  (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, because of the Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, more and more and more people in my precinct, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, and America are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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://dailycaller.com/2017/10/16/total-division-within-our-society-tucker-sounds-off-on-immigration-video/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fox News host Tucker Carlson sounded off on mass immigration Monday, saying that there is currently “total division within our society.” The Daily Caller co-founder said, “So we are at a moment and every survey shows it, of total division in our society. People have less in common with each than they ever have. And we’re asking basic questions like ‘What ties us all together? Why are we all in this together?’” “Do you not see any correlation between massive immigration since 1965 and where we are now? The country much less united, much less willing to [ask] basic questions like ‘is the Bill of Rights worth continuing?’ things like that. That’s not related to immigration? Of course it is.” Juan Williams also appeared on the segment, pushing back against some of Tucker’s claims, saying that the key was “assimilation.”  “Do you share American values? Do you believe in God-given rights and democracy and representation and law and order? That’s the key. And but it’s not about, at this point, a sort of tribal fight between native born Americans and immigrants,” Williams said.)

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— Republican Congressman Urges Trump to Block Boeing’s Deal With Iran Air  Peter Roskam wrote a letter to the president claiming that the civilian airline is sending troops and weapons to Syria to support Bashar Assad. – JENNA LIFHITS
http://www.weeklystandard.com/republican-congressman-urges-trump-to-block-boeings-deal-with-iran-air/article/2010086

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Colin Kaepernick is a deceitful hypocrite, and his defenders have double-standards – Jennifer Kerns
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/colin-kaepernick-is-a-deceitful-hypocrite-and-his-defenders-have-double-standards/article/2637705

 

POLITICO
— Efforts to pry loose Trump tax returns hit a wall  California Gov. Jerry Brown warns against ‘slippery slope precedent.’ – DAVID SIDERS (DIERSEN: What else should candidates be required to disclose – all transcripts all the way back to kindergarten, all performance appraisals received for all jobs held, all memberships, all subscriptions, all income, all expenses, all assets, all debts, etc.?)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/16/trump-tax-returns-release-efforts-stall-243819

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: As U.S. Confronts Internet’s Disruptions, China Feels Vindicated – STEVEN LEE MYERS and SUI-LEE WEE (DIERSEN: Ever since I started sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have focused on stopping me from sending out the emails and stopping everyone from reading the emails. They crow that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/16/world/asia/china-internet-cyber-control.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the United States, some of the world’s most powerful technology companies face rising pressure to do more to fight false information and stop foreign infiltration. China, however, has watchdogs like Zhao Jinxu. From his small town on the windswept grasslands of the Inner Mongolia region of China, Mr. Zhao, 27, scours the internet for fake news, pornography and calls to violence. He is one of a battalion of online “supervisors” whom Weibo, one of China’s biggest social media platforms, announced last month it would hire to help enforce China’s stringent limits on online content. For years, the United States and others saw this sort of heavy-handed censorship as a sign of political vulnerability and a barrier to China’s economic development. But as countries in the West discuss potential internet restrictions and wring their hands over fake news, hacking and foreign meddling, some in China see a powerful affirmation of the country’s vision for the internet. “This kind of thing would not happen here,” Mr. Zhao said of the controversy over Russia’s influence in the American presidential election last year. Besides Communist Party loyalists, few would argue that China’s internet control serves as a model for democratic societies. China squelches online dissent and imprisons many of those who practice it. It blocks foreign news and information, including the website of The New York Times, and promotes homegrown technology companies while banning global services like Facebook and Twitter.)
— Tech’s Troubling New Trend: Diversity Is in Your Head – BÄRÍ A. WILLIAMS  (DIERSEN: There was a tremendous lack of diversity while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, for IRS 1971-1980, and for GAO 1980-1997. Extremely few of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Republican, and at times, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were veterans. The jobs that I had were so bad that few Democrats, few minorities, few women, and few veterans wanted them.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/16/opinion/diversity-tech-women-silicon-valley.html
— Upswingers and Downswingers – David Brooks  (DIERSEN: When have you been an upswinger?  When have you been a downswinger?  Every year that I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, my salary increased because of COLAs, step increases, and/or promotions, except 1980 when I took an $18,847 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. In today’s dollars, I started at $15.56/hour in 1966 and ended at $122,991/year in 1997.  But since 1997, my Civil Service Retirement System pension, currently $50,856, has only increased by COLAs.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/16/opinion/american-economy-progress-mobility-.html
— College Advice I Wish I’d Taken – Susan Shapiro  (DIERSEN: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I would have majored in accounting at UIC and at NIU.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/opinion/college-advice-professor.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The New York Times’s Double Standard on the NFL  The paper says pro football players have speech rights it denies to its own reporters. – William McGurn (DIERSEN: Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 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.wsj.com/articles/the-new-york-timess-double-standard-on-the-nfl-1508194661
— Fixing Up the Labor Market – Lev Borodovsky and Colin Barr  (DIERSEN: When were you “prime age,” that is, 25-54?  I was “prime age” 1973-2002.  What did you do while you were “prime age?” Between 1973-2002, I worked for IRS 1973-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173, and for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991. I earned a) 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.  All that ended in 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fixing-up-the-labor-market-1508168363

 

BLOOMBERG
— Facebook Is Looking for Employees With National Security Clearances – Sarah Frier and Bill Allison (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government because they cannot pass a background investigation.  Additional reasons include a) federal pay and benefits are terrible, b) advancement opportunities are terrible, c) they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) they cannot pass an employment examination, e) they cannot pass a physical examination, f) they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or g) they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-16/facebook-is-said-to-seek-staff-with-national-security-clearance

 

USA TODAY
— Who needs Florida? More retirees plan to stay put. – Paul Davidson (DIERSEN: My wife and I are going to stay put notwithstanding the fact that more and more and more of those in our precinct, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/10/17/who-needs-florida-heres-where-people-approaching-retirement-plan-live/741040001/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Despite images of retirees lounging on Florida beaches and playing on Arizona golf courses, many middle-aged and older Americans plan to stay right where they are when they hit their golden years. Forty-three percent of 45- to 65-year-olds anticipate remaining in their current residence throughout their retirement, according to an Ipsos/USA TODAY survey of 1,170 adults in that age bracket conducted Aug. 30 to Sept. 5. At the same time, home values that have recovered from the mid-2000s housing bust appear to be making a smaller but growing number of people to set their sights on other regions of the country, with 33% of people in that age range saying they’ll move. Another 24% aren’t sure what they’ll do. “The vast majority of older adults want to stay in their homes and communities,” says Rodney Harrell, director of livability thought leadership for AARP. “They want to be near their family and near their church” and friends.)

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Retiree COLA trumps employee pay raise – Mike Causey (DIERSEN: On average, medical expenses for retirees are far higher than for employees.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2017/10/retiree-cola-trumps-employee-pay-raise/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DoJ Official Had Sex With ‘Numerous’ Women on Federal Property, Then Lied About It – Eric Katz
http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2017/10/doj-official-had-sex-numerous-women-federal-property-then-lied-about-it/141812/

September 23 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Illinois governor vetoes data privacy measure – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-governor-vetoes-data-privacy-measure/2446105/

 

NBC5
— Madigan Could Undo Soda Tax if County Board Doesn’t – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/madigan-could-undo-soda-tax-if-cook-county-board-doesnt-446944103.html
— Who Will Replace Lisa Madigan? – Carol Marin and Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/WEB-deep-dish-chicago-446934553.html

 

WGN TV
— Illinois among 21 states targeted by hackers during election, Feds say – AP
http://wgntv.com/2017/09/22/illinois-among-21-states-targeted-by-hackers-during-election-feds-say/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rauner vetoes plan to require teaching cursive – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/rauner-vetoes-plan-to-require-teaching-cursive

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gov. Rauner sets timeline for $6B bond sale to pay down bill backlog – Mitchell Armentrout
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gov-rauner-sets-timeline-for-6b-bond-sale-to-pay-down-bill-backlog/
— Rauner vetoes smartphone location tracking privacy bill – Mitchell Armentrout
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-vetoes-smartphone-location-tracking-privacy-bill/
— Illinois Lottery selects UK firm for $2.2B private management contract – Mitchell Armentrout
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/illinois-lottery-selects-uk-firm-for-2-2b-private-management-contract/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, members of the following groups glorify and praise McCain: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/charen-speaking-of-great-character-thank-you-john-mccain/
— My friend Ed might be alive to this day if he’d had medical insurance – David McGrath (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are beyond furious because my wife and I have subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance for the rest of our lives because I am a retired federal employee. We pay only $5,763/year (25%) and the federal government pays $17,288/year (75%). Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, 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 they cannot pass a background investigation, 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.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/my-friend-ed-might-be-alive-to-this-day-if-hed-had-medical-insurance/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— McHenry County still not following new immigration law, defense attorneys say – Amanda Marrazzo and Robert McCoppin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/mchenry-county/news/ct-mchenry-county-trust-act-immigration-ice-met-20170922-story.html
— Wheaton College at first stood by players accused of hazing, letter shows – Christy Gutowski and Stacy St. Clair (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use this story to smear those who share the following Trump demographics – Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, rich, etc. However, Wheaton College is in Milton Township and Trump got only 39% of the vote while Clinton got 53%.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-wheaton-college-hazing-charges-met-20170922-story.html
— Trump says NFL owners should fire players who kneel during anthem: ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-nfl-anthem-protest-20170922-story.html
— Illinois Lottery selects new private manager – Joe Mahr and Matthew Walberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-illinois-lottery-new-manager-met-20170922-story.html
— Students like free speech as long as they like the speech – Clarence Page  (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, because of their Democrat teachers, students only like speakers who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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 for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-campus-antifa-pc-brookings-berkeley-20170924-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Who got more votes, has more expertise? – Chris Lauzen, Kane County Board Chairman
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170923/who-got-more-votes-has-more-expertise
— Meeting the challenge of college costs – Peg Mannion  (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from to pay for your college expenses? The money to pay for my 1970 bachelor’s degree and my 1976, 1980, and 1997 master’s degrees came from money that I earned washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; working on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumping gasoline 1971-1972; collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and auditing federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20170921/meeting-the-challenge-of-college-costs
— New Lombard police chief knows town, people ‘inside and out’ – Marie Wilson  (DIERSEN: How long have you lived in your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, your county and Illinois?  I have lived a) in my precinct since 1984, b) in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County since 1978, and c) in northeast Illinois since 1948.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170922/new-lombard-police-chief-knows-town-people-inside-and-out
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF COOKSEY: Lawyer: More than 5 Wheaton College players took part in hazing – Katlyn Smith  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use this story to smear those who share the following Trump demographics – Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, rich, etc. However, Wheaton College is in Milton Township and Trump got only 39% of the vote while Clinton got 53%.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170922/lawyer-more-than-5-wheaton-college-players-took-part-in-hazing
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: For a few federal agencies, like NASA, it is easier to hire and to retain qualified young Democrat minorities and qualified young Democrat females. But for most federal agencies, including the agencies that I worked for (Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997), it is very difficult to hire and to retain qualified young Democrat minorities and qualified young Democrat females.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170922/bartlett-high-school-grad-talks-about-her-pathway-to-working-for-nasa

 

NORTHWEST HEARLD
— Illinois Lottery picks new private manager
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/09/23/illinois-lottery-picks-new-private-manager/axj4214/

 

WGME
— Cahokia team of youth football players kneel in protest during National Anthem  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat educators focus on cranking out “good little Democrats” who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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://wgme.com/news/nation-world/team-of-youth-football-players-kneel-in-protest-during-national-anthem

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump touts ‘Big Luther’s’ loyalty, electability at Alabama rally – ERIC BRADNER  (DIERSEN: Who/what are you loyal to? I am loyal to the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject some or all of the aforesaid.  What harms your electability? From what I see, ever-increasingly, my demographics harm my elecability: Trump supporter, baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, old (68), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, ancestors have been in America since 1844, federal retiree, former union member, childless, pet-less, American nameplate car owner, etc.  How many of the aforesaid “bad” demographics do you have?)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/trump-heads-to-alabama-after-health-care-setback/816765631
— Trump: NFL owners should fire players who protest the national anthem  POTUS gives speech in Alabama – SOPHIE TATUM  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs who oppose patriotism, Republicanism, and especially Wheaton’s Independence Day parades. They do everything that they can to discourage Republican candidates and elected officials from a) participating in the parades and b) helping sponsor entries in the parades.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-nfl-owners-should-fire-players-who-protest-the-national-anthem/816863346

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Ives demands Raoul apology over ‘sexist’ Harold comments – Caitlin Nordahl
http://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511221801-ives-demands-raoul-apology-over-sexist-harold-comments
— Illinois abortion foes not ‘appeased’ by Rauner wavering on expanded coverage – W.J. Kennedy
http://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511221762-illinois-abortion-foes-not-appeased-by-rauner-wavering-on-expanded-coverage

 

CATHOLIC CITIZENS OF ILLINOIS
— How to Respond When People Say, ‘Who Am I to Judge?’ – Mary Anne Hackett (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are extremely judgmental. They demonize, denigrate, and condemn all those a) who fail/refuse to glorify and praise them, b) who fail/refuse to pander to them, c) who fail/refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or d) who fail/refuse to give them money.)
https://catholiccitizens.org/views/74189/respond-people-say-judge/

 

DAILY ILLINI
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats a) shout at Dreamers and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things and b) want Republicans to give Dreamers citizenship.
http://dailyillini.com/news/2017/09/22/rally-on-campus-pushes-davis-signature-of-the-dream-act/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Motion for Summary Judgment filed in NIU’s Presidential Golden Parachute Vote – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/09/motion-for-summary-judgment-filed-in-nius-presidential-golden-parachute-vote/

 

GOPUSA
— Handful of players demand racial sensitivity training for NFL leadership; Trump speaks out (DIERSEN: The federal government requires all its employees to take lots of race and gender sensitivity training. I took lots of it while I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997. The classes a) painted younger minorities and younger females in a positive way and b) painted older Whites and older men in a negative way.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=30622
— ‘Sanctuary Family’ coming to ABC; show involves illegal alien nanny  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps treasonously encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.  Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) paint Republicans as being Nazis and b) paint illegals as being Jews in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=30614
— Liberal states vow to meet Paris climate goals without Trump (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats use meeting Paris climate goals to get rid of individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, 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.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=30587

 

TOWNHALL
— 5 Reasons “Dreamers” Shouldn’t Be Given Amnesty – John Hawkins (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at Dreamers and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2017/09/23/5-reasons-dreamers-shouldnt-be-given-amnesty-n2385369
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1) The “Dreamers” are mostly adults, not children or teens. Many people seem to believe “Dreamers” are little kids. Actually, only 22% of them are even below the age of 25 according to the Department of Homeland Security. . .2) Kids get punished for things their parents do all the time. . .3) Republicans are giving up on making a real deal before they’ve even started. . .4) Many of the “Dreamers” are not who you think they are. . .5) It will encourage more illegals to bring their kids here.)

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— ‘Transgender’ lobby weaponizes children as pawns in the culture war – Denise Shick
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/transgender-lobby-weaponizes-children-as-pawns-in-the-culture-war
— Gay activists seek to use ‘LGBT’ Mass to promote homosexuality – Charles LiMandri
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/gay-activists-seek-to-hijack-healing-mass-for-families-of-the-lgbt-communit

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The media, Democrats, academia, and Hollywood stick to old habits in the Trump era. – JIM GERAGHTY
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/451607/why-trump-won-media-hollywood-democrats-double-down-hate

 

FEDERALIST
— Today’s American Teens Delay Responsibility Longer Than Ever  Whereas physical health may be on the rise among teens in the iGen generation, their mental health and wellbeing has declined. – Gracy Olmstead  (DIERSEN: What did you accomplish by the time you were 32?  Shortly after I turned 16 in 1964, I got a drivers license, bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir, and got a part-time job washing dishes. I bought my first new car when I was 17. I graduated debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21. I bought my fourth new car, a Corvette, when I was 23. I bought a new town home in University Park when I was 24. I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago when I was 25 and a one bedroom condo in that building when I was 27. I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 and a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31.  I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32.  I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I got married when I was 29 and we bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton when I was 29.)
http://thefederalist.com/2017/09/22/research-todays-american-teens-delay-reponsibility-longer-ever/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “18-year-olds now look like 15-year-olds used to,” Jean Twenge says. Members of Generation Z, born between 1995 and 2012, are less likely to drink alcohol or have sex in high school. But they are also less likely to pursue independent acts of responsibility, like getting a driver’s license or procuring a job while in high school. Many people in Gen X—and even some among the millennial generation—are rather dumbfounded by these trends. In my home state of Idaho, teens my age could procure a driver’s license at 14, due to the state’s rural, farming nature. There wasn’t a single kid who didn’t look forward to his 14th birthday: it carried with it the prospect of independence, and eventually car ownership.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Says N.F.L. Players Who Take a Knee During National Anthem Should Be Fired – JOHANNA BARR
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/23/sports/football/trump-nfl-kaepernick.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity have the power to destroy individuals, destroy organizations, destroy companies, destroy governments, and destroy countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity.  Which LGBTQ promoters in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois have destroyed most individuals, organizations, and companies?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/us/minnesota-gay-marriage-video.html
— Facebook’s Belated Awakening  As social media companies wield greater power in the political system, more safeguards are needed. – Editorial (DIERSEN: What does Facebook think of those who share your demographics? Ever-increasingly, Facebook has the power to destroy those whose demographics it disapproves of. What will people do to curry favor with Facebook? Will they change their political affiliation, religion, gender, sexual orientation, etc.?  Will they help Facebook get rid of those who Facebook disapproves of?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/opinion/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-political-ads.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/nyregion/daca-program-young-immigrants-feeling-helpless.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— How Obama is funding the anti-Trump resistance – Paul Sperry  (DIERSEN: Of course, Bush did not fund any kind of anti-Obama resistance.  One could argue that in retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, Bush is only slightly to the right of Obama.)
http://nypost.com/2017/09/23/how-obama-is-funding-the-anti-trump-resistance/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— ‘Affirmative Action Bake Sale’ charges University of New Mexico students based on race – Jessica Schladebeck
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/affirmative-action-bake-sale-charges-students-based-race-article-1.3515715

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Wealthy Few Aid RNC Fund  Trump’s legal defense draws in part from a small group of affluent donors – Rebecca Ballhaus (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. Who are the wealthy in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, and to who/what to they give money to?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-funds-donald-trumps-defense-in-russia-probe-with-help-from-a-handful-of-wealthy-people-1506109617
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Trump Towns Cheer Economic Agenda, Blame GOP – Valerie Bauerlein,  Arian Campo-Flores and Quint Forgey (DIERSEN: You are a minority in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and your state if you voted for Trump, but the majority voted for Clinton in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in you county, and your state.  Government is supposed to protect minorities.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-backers-cheer-economic-agenda-blame-gop-for-setbacks-1506078002
— Let’s Agree on an Age to Retire  Current antidiscrimination law hurts businesses and both younger and older employees – Saul Levmore and  Martha Nussbaum  (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination, but for different reasons. With only rare exceptions, the federal government wastes the careers of and gets rid of its non-veteran White male employees who do not make GS-13 (currently $94,610) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $111,801) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $161,900) by age 40.  In today’s dollars, how much were you earning when you were 25, 30, 35, and 40?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lets-agree-on-an-age-to-retire-1506099499
— Amazon Takes Over the World  Forget about the other tech giants: Amazon is poised to beat them all. What are the consequences for the rest of us? – Scott Galloway  (DIERSEN: What does Amazon think of those who share your demographics? Ever-increasingly, Amazon has the power to destroy those whose demographics it disapproves of. What will people do to curry favor with Amazon? Will they change their political affiliation, religion, gender, sexual orientation, etc.? Will they help Amazon get rid of those who Amazon disapproves of?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-takes-over-the-world-1506104228

 

BARRON’S
— Ministering to the Middle Class  Joe Jacques started out auditing government agencies, and now helps his clients build up a war chest for retirement. – Steve Garmhausen  (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991.)
http://www.barrons.com/articles/ministering-to-the-middle-class-1506139411
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  His career started in what is now the Government Accountability Office. Jacques actually did some exciting work there: Still in his 20s, he assisted in the investigation of then-President Jimmy Carter’s brother Billy, who had been accused of improperly taking money from the Libyans. “I’d be in Strom Thurmond’s office with Bob Dole and these power players, joking like normal people,” recalls Jacques, “and they’d turn to me and ask, ‘What information do you have for us?’ ” But Jacques spent most of his time auditing government agencies, when he would have preferred to be doing taxes and working for himself. In 1983, he left Washington to do just that. Along the way, he started taking financial-planning courses and, with the help of an industry mentor, added life insurance and annuities to his bailiwick.)

September 18 Morning Edition

ABC7
— 10 killed in Chicago weekend shootings; City plans to add more officers – Diane Pathieu
http://abc7chicago.com/10-killed-in-chicago-weekend-shootings/2428460/
— Trump retweets GIF of him hitting Clinton with golf ball – CNN  (DIERSEN: Of course, the anti-Trumps in my precinct will use this against me. While only 137 in my precinct voted for Trump last year, 211 voted for Clinton.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-retweets-gif-of-him-hitting-clinton-with-golf-ball/2427612/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Nearly 100 new officers deployed as city nears 500 homicides in 2017
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/nearly-100-new-officers-deployed-as-city-nears-500-homicides-in-2017

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Violence, vandalism breaks out in St. Louis on 3rd day of protests – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/protesters-rallied-in-st-louis-on-3rd-day-of-demonstrations/
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: History demands the full story of the death of Emmett Till – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican and if you, your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, or any of your other ancestors ever lived where slavery was legal, a) you are a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things; b) you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion; and c) you should be gotten rid of.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-history-demands-the-full-story-of-the-death-of-emmett-till/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Don’t send Rauner abortion bill until he agrees to sign it, advocate says – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who held/hold leadership positions in the Illinois Republican Party, in the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and in Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) a) who reject the right to life planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform and b) who focused/focus on destroying those like me who support those planks. They crow that I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the MTRCC webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-abortion-hb40-20170918-story.html
— CHICAGO TRIBUNE ARTICLE TITLE: 7 beliefs that hamper success – and how to change them – John Boitnott  (DIERSEN: What has hampered your success? The following hampered my success working for the federal government: a) not being a Democrat, b) not being a veteran, c) not helping my superiors get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, or non-veteran, d) complaining about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, and e) becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 when I was 40 years old that charged the federal government with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. The following has also hampered my success: a) focusing on earning money to pay for college expenses and for news cars rather than earning better grades, b) majoring in management instead of accounting, c) not earning job-related master’s degrees, professional certifications, and a professional license sooner than I did, d) not being a yes-man, e) not being an operative or a dupe for whoever has the most religious, government,political, and/or financial clout, and f) filing lawsuits.)
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/albuquerque-journal/20170917/282677572462941
— Liberal ‘snowflakes’ pick and choose when to have a meltdown – Christine Flowers
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-liberal-snowflakes-kaepernick-0918-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in driving out of cities those individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, 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.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-midwest-immigrant-populations-met-20170918-story.html
— On Illinois farms, where labor is tight, foreign workers are welcomed – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz  (DIERSEN: What bad jobs have you had that your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would never stoop to take? 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 assemble 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.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-rendleman-farm-agriculture-immigrant-workers-0820-biz-20170818-story.html
— Trump’s vile retweet shows he’s an abnormal president – Rex Huppke (DIERSEN: Of course, the anti-Trumps in my precinct will use this against me. While only 137 in my precinct voted for Trump last year, 211 voted for Clinton.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-trump-clinton-golf-ball-retweet-huppke-20170918-story.html
— ‘Stick to sports’ or stick to reality? Jemele Hill controversy highlights media issues – Shannon Ryan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/ct-jemele-hill-espn-stick-to-sports-20170918-column.html
— Trump golf ball tweet should earn unanimous rebuke from congressional women – Heidi Stevens (DIERSEN: Of course, the anti-Trumps in my precinct will use this against me. While only 137 in my precinct voted for Trump last year, 211 voted for Clinton.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-sunday-trump-golfball-hillary-0918-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Elaine Nekritz gathering signatures for bid for attorney general – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170917/nekritz-gathering-signatures-for-bid-for-attorney-general–

 

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Funfest revs up Corvette lovers – Charles Mills
http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/funfest-revs-up-corvette-lovers/article_8fefe7a3-f30f-5916-8062-1e0b018d2901.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Republicans map out goals at annual Reagan BBQ – Jonathan Turner
http://www.qconline.com/news/local/republicans-map-out-goals-at-annual-reagan-bbq/article_129deb48-dd4c-53cf-be0d-f6b210136f09.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Erika Harold is used to overcoming challenges. But the 37-year-old Urbana, Ill., attorney and former Miss America recently had a beauty of an obstacle removed from her political path, as Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is not seeking a fifth term. “I announced my candidacy on Aug. 15 and exactly one month later, Lisa Madigan decided to drop out of the race,” Ms. Harold (who wants to become the state’s next chief law-enforcement officer) said Sunday at the Rock Island County Republicans’ annual Ronald Reagan BBQ at Pinnacle Country Club. “We’ve done very well so far.” She graduated from University of Illinois and was accepted at Harvard Law School, but it cost $175,000 for three years. Ms. Harold became Miss America in 2003 to help pay for law school, from which she graduated in 2007, debt-free. She’s been a practicing attorney ever since and has run for the 13th Congressional District seat in Illinois. “I see a state government that’s out of control,” Ms. Harold said. “I see a state government that’s not accountable to the rule of law, and I want to see an Attorney General’s office that works for the people. I want an Attorney General’s office that does not pick and choose the laws it enforces.” She wants to fight public corruption and hold lawmakers accountable. “That has not been done in the past 16 years,” Ms. Harold claimed of Ms. Madigan, whose father is longtime House Speaker Mike Madigan. “Too often that office is used in ways that benefit the politician,” she said. “It does not work on the side of the people.” Having been harassed in high school, Ms. Harold said she knows what it’s like to feel powerless. “People are fed up with what they see in government, on both sides of the aisle,” she said. “I am a committed, independent voice, willing to hold both sides accountable.” Ms. Harold also said she’s a fighter, and an unconventional GOP candidate. “I’m not the kind of person people think of when they think of the Republican Party,” she said. “I will win because I will not be out-worked.”)

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Alec Baldwin scores Emmy gold for roasting Trump on ‘SNL’  Recurring role as made headlines – SANDRA GONZALEZ  (DIERSEN: The harder that you work against Trump, the more that anti-Trumps love you.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/entertainment/alec-baldwin-scores-emmy-gold-for-roasting-trump-on-snl/813173467

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Loyola’s DACA Medical Students, Largest Group in the Country, Plagued with Uncertainty  Nearly half of all undocumented U.S. medical students are enrolled at Stritch School of Medicine. With DACA in limbo, students like Rosa Aramburo are trying to stay optimistic about the future they’ve worked so hard for. – SARAH CONWAY AND ALEX V. HERNANDEZ
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/September-2017/DACA-Stritch-Medical-School/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Sen. Althoff Telling People She Is Running for County Board
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/09/17/althoff-telling-people-she-is-running-for-county-board/
— Watching Chairman Jack Franks Disrespecting County Board Members  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the more disrespectful people in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/09/17/watching-chairman-franks-disrespecting-county-board-members/
— Andrew Georgi Running as Democrat for County Clerk
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox?compose=15e92ba7fdc2b3bc
— All Legislators, Governor Make Tax Protesters’ Chances Tougher
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/09/16/all-legislators-governor-make-tax-protesters-efforts-tougher/
— County Board Tote Board Not Working
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/09/16/county-board-tote-board-not-working/
— Camera Pen for Photographers
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/09/15/camera-pen/
— Anderson Asks Agenda Items for October McHenry Township Meeting
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/09/15/anderson-asks-agenda-items-for-october-meeting/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Kill HB 40: Wombs Should be Sanctuary Spaces and No-Kill Shelters – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/kill-hb-40-wombs-sanctuary-spaces-no-kill-shelters/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— EMANUEL CELEBRATES FEDERAL JUDGE’S RULING AGAINST DOJ
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/09/emanuel-celebrates-federal-judges-ruling-against-doj.html

 

GOPUSA
— Cornell students condemn ‘build a wall’ as ‘hate speech’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout that they are also anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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.gopusa.com/?p=30357
— Now there’s a sanctuary motel: Motel 6
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=30303

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, and Jane Fonda Viciously Attack Trump, Turn the Emmys 100% Political – CALEB HULL
http://ijr.com/the-declaration/2017/09/976753-lily-tomlin-dolly-parton-jane-fonda-viciously-attack-trump-turn-emmys-100-political/

 

FEDERALIST
— Trump’s Attacks On The Media Are Not Even Close To Hitlerian  Since (at least) the inception of the American republic, attacks on journalists in the United States have had a dark and painful history, and it’s a history other than Hitler, rooted in American soil. – Chris Bray  (DIERSEN: Should start wearing a body camera to better document the nasty, rude, vicious, and threatening ways that hate-filled anti-Trumps treat me?)
http://thefederalist.com/2017/09/18/trumps-attacks-media-not-even-close-hitlerian/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— HUNDREDS OF TRUMP BACKERS HIT D.C. TO BLAST MEDIA’S RACIST CLAIMS  ‘This is just a ploy by the left to try to shame people into voting their way’ – ALICIA POWE
http://www.wnd.com/2017/09/hundreds-of-trump-backers-hit-d-c-to-blast-medias-racist-claims/
— SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT POPE’S DIVISIVE POLITICAL OPINIONS  Barbara Simpson asks, ‘What is an average, traditional Catholic to think?’
http://www.wnd.com/2017/09/serious-concerns-about-popes-divisive-political-opinions/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Radicalism challenges American tradition – Herbert London
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/09/radicalism_challenges_american_tradition.html

 

TOWNHALL
— Trump’s Opposition: Nitpick, Distort, Exaggerate, Omit and Lie – Rachel Alexander
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2017/09/18/trumps-opposition-nitpick-distort-exaggerate-omit-and-lie-n2382829
— Fundamentally Wrong About Fundamental Rights – Derek Hunter  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that if you have financial problems, health problems, or any other kind of problems, government has a “fundamental right” to take money away from Trump supporters to fix your problems.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2017/09/17/fundamentally-wrong-about-fundamental-rights-n2382661
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Did you realize you have a right to not be offended? That you have a right to other people’s property and their labor? Were you unaware that you, as a citizen, have the same rights in the United States of America as an illegal alien? These are among the newly declared “rights” Democrats have bestowed on people through the power of simply saying they exist. The problem is this concept is fundamentally un-American. Our rights as Americans are not granted to us by the government. Our government is empowered by us on the condition it does not infringe upon the rights with which we were born. The Founding Fathers were brilliant in that they wrote the Constitution to limit government, not citizens. The First Amendment, for example, is explicit in how it starts, “Congress shall make no law…” The rights to free speech, freedom of religion, the press, assembly, etc., are not granted by the Constitution, they are protected from government by it. The whole of the Bill of Rights is written the same way, “Shall not be infringed,” etc. Since the government is not granting those individual rights – we were born with them – it can’t take them away. For liberal progressives, this concept is a threat – they prefer the government being not only the protector of rights, but the decider of what is and is not a right. That’s not liberty; it’s closer to slavery. And slavery is what the left-wing Antifa would like to impose on the country.)

 

DAILY CALLER
— Washington Post Writer Says Trump Is Killing Him, Literally – Henry Rodgers  (DIERSEN: My serving as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and my serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 is killing me, and my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois look forward to my death. Since 1999, I have exercised less and less and less, I have put on 50 pounds, I have come down with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes, my gall bladder has been taken out, I have had tremendously expensive dental problems, diabetes medications increasingly cause me tremendous digestive problems, my eyesight is failing, etc. I would be dead by now if my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes had not succeeded in ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007, my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, and my GAO employment in 1997.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/17/washington-post-writer-says-trump-is-killing-him-literally/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Dana Milbank, a writer for The Washington Post, believes President Donald Trump is literally killing him. Milbank said he discovered Trump’s presidency is affecting his health after visiting the doctor for his first physical in 49 years, in an opinion piece published Friday. Milbank said he had to report that he had not been feeling well recently. “President Trump is killing me. No, really. He’s killing me,” Milbank wrote. The WaPo writer said he has been suffering from fatigue, headaches, trouble sleeping, and chest pain. Milbank said his blood pressure was “alarmingly high” after his doctor tested it, making a point that his blood pressure has “always been normal.” Milbank said he was suffering from “Trump Hypertensive Unexplained Disorder,” a disorder he created and diagnosed himself with. “For almost five decades, I had been the picture of health, but eight months into Trump’s presidency, I was suddenly ailing,” he wrote. “Trump is the only variable, I told my doctor. ‘He sure is variable,’ my doc replied, endorsing the diagnosis.” Throughout Milbank’s piece he explained how he knows his “disorder” caused by Trump is a real thing, claiming he performed a longitudinal study to test his “hypothesis.” Milbank said he purchased a blood pressure monitor and would wrap it around his bicep throughout various parts of the daily news cycle. “I am spending the evening with friends. Blood pressure: 116/67. Trump says he is going to respond to North Korea with ‘fire and fury.’ Blood pressure: 150/95,” Milbank continued. “I’m at home with the kids. Blood pressure: 117/69. Jeff Sessions says they’re scrapping the DACA program: 137/92.” Milbank said he has spoken with psychotherapists who have told him that they are unusually busy with clients who continue to speak about Trump. He claims that Trump is “exacerbating whatever neurosis, depression or other conditions they had.” The WaPo writer said he addressed his self-diagnosed illness of Trump Hypertensive Unexplained Disorder with blood pressure medication prescribed by his doctor. “My prescription is renewable until January 2021, at which point I expect it will no longer be medically necessary,” he concluded.)

 

BLAZE
— Watch what happens after St. Louis protester starts screaming in TV reporter’s face: ‘It was scary’ – Dave Urbanski
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/09/17/it-was-scary-st-louis-protester-furious-about-cop-verdict-turns-anger-toward-local-tv-reporter/
— Sanders responds to Clinton’s allegation that he contributed to her loss with one word – Kate Scanlon (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have shouted at all Republican candidates in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have lost elections that I not only contributed to their losses, but that I caused their losses.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/09/17/sanders-responds-to-clintons-allegation-that-he-contributed-to-her-loss-with-one-word/

 

THE HILL
— Trump bets base will stick with him on immigration – JORDAN FABIAN AND JONATHAN EASLEY (DIERSEN: Because Democrats have had so much success in convincing illegals that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things, if illegals get the right to vote, they will not only never vote for Republicans, they will do everything that they can to destroy Republicans.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/350947-trump-bets-base-will-stick-with-him-on-immigration

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-White asks “Is Trump a White Supremacist?”  Ever-increasingly, those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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 DEMONIZE, DENIGRATE, AND CONDEMN THOSE WHO ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, 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.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/opinion/trump-white-supremacist.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Facebook Navigates an Internet Fractured by Governmental Controls – PAUL MOZUR, MARK SCOTT and MIKE ISAAC
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/17/technology/facebook-government-regulations.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers  Drug companies and doctors have been accused of fueling the opioid crisis, but some question whether insurers have played a role, too. – KATIE THOMAS and CHARLES ORNSTEIN
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/17/health/opioid-painkillers-insurance-companies.html
— As Trump seethes over ESPN anchor’s tweet, a movement breathes to life – Dahleen Glanton  (DIERSEN: Who in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois is leading the hate Trump and hate his supporters movement?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-espn-trump-dahleen-glanton-20170915-column.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump crosses yet another line on Twitter days before U.N. address – Laura King
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-trump-twitter-20170917-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— With workers scarce, hiring criteria loosen – Paul Davidson  (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/09/18/workers-scarce-hiring-criteria-loosen/667749001/
— For ESPN and Jemele Hill, mixing politics and sports is bad business – Christian Schneider  (DIERSEN: More and more and more businesses act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party.  Ever-increasingly, they make it clear that they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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 for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/09/14/sports-networks-politics-bad-business-christian-schneider-column/663061001/

 

PITTSBURG POST GAZETTE
— 45 years and 914 miles later, ‘dream’ Corvette a rare find – JESSICA FEDERKEIL (DIERSEN: My 1972 Corvette has 5,081 on it.
http://www.post-gazette.com/life/recreation/2017/09/18/1972-Chevrolet-Corvette-convertible-low-mileage-Pittsburgh-rare-automobiles-cars/stories/201709130170

 

MONITOR
— Fearing deportation, DACA recipients consider retreating from public view – LORENZO ZAZUETA-CASTRO  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about hate-filled anti-Trumps in my precinct who want me and all other Trump supporters to retreat from public view.  I should wear a body camera to better document their hatred.)
http://www.themonitor.com/news/article_712ffede-9c15-11e7-94de-371ffee5a73d.html

 

ATLANTIC
— The Controversy Behind Chicago’s Diploma Mandate  Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to set students up for success after graduation. But at public schools, even the best ideas often have unintended consequences. – ALIA WONG (DIERSEN: It is ever-increasingly clear that your future is bleak unless you are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/09/the-controversy-behind-chicagos-diploma-mandate/539562/

 

BLASTING NEWS
— Bill Maher trolls ‘douchebag’ Donald Trump supporters with epic Twitter attack  As Donald Trump’s supporters revolt over his recent political moves, Bill Maher had a little fun with the in-fighting on Twitter. – Robert Sobel (DIERSEN: Should start wearing a body camera to better document the nasty, rude, vicious, and threatening ways that hate-filled anti-Trumps treat me?)
http://us.blastingnews.com/showbiz-tv/2017/09/bill-maher-trolls-douchebag-donald-trump-supporters-with-epic-twitter-attack-002018117.html

 

CAPITOL HILL BLUE
— Trump’s ignorant ‘base’ – Doug Thompson (DIERSEN: Should start wearing a body camera to better document the nasty, rude, vicious, and threatening ways that hate-filled anti-Trumps treat me?)
https://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/68120

 

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
— To Avoid Media Bias, News Organizations Are Lifting the Veil – Gretchen A. Peck  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “news organizations” focus on destroying Trump and destroying his supporters, and especially his supporters who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, 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.editorandpublisher.com/feature/to-avoid-media-bias-news-organizations-are-lifting-the-veil/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Take note of conversations about policy, politics or politicians. Often, they will devolve into a smearing of sources and the news organizations that provided the information; they’re perceived as being for one ideology and against another. It would be disingenuous to suggest that there are not news organizations that have a definitive perspective when it comes to controversial topics such as these. The same might be said for journalists and pundits, too, and the public has become hip to it. In fact, when you consider how most consumers of news choose their sources of information, which often align with their own perspectives and beliefs, it’s easy to see how the lines in the sand have been drawn. Part of the daily mission for many conservative news outlets is to seed distrust among fans, making them leery of all other sources of information from “the liberal media,” including local, regional and national newspapers. Meanwhile, representing the Left, there are organizations like Media Matters for America, which spend resources on correcting or exposing misinformation perpetuated by conservative news sources. And on social media, “fake news” lives on. The public is rightfully confused and unnecessarily agitated, and newspaper brands have suffered because of it. Objectivity as a Guidepost  Perhaps the greatest misconception that the public has about journalists and the business of newsgathering is that pure objectivity is not just possible, but that it’s the whole job. What they may not realize is that sticking to “just the facts,” or merely the “who, what, when, where, and why,” makes for an interminably hollow story, like a naked skeleton. It lacks context, flavor, understanding based on research and knowledge. A “just the facts” story is both boring to read and a dereliction of a journalist’s duty to go beyond the “5 Ws,” with insight, perspectives, and things that become known during the newsgathering that should not be unknown for the sake of appearing purely objective.)

September 15 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan not running for re-election – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/lisa-madigan-not-running-for-re-election/2420111/
— Judge: AG Sessions can’t deny grant money for Chicago, other sanctuary cities – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/judge-ag-sessions-cant-deny-grant-money-for-chicago-other-sanctuary-cities/2420917/

 

NBC5
— Madigan Replacements Begin to Emerge After Stunning Announcement – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/potential-madigan-replacements-line-up-after-stunning-announcement-444762943.html
— Judge: Attorney General Can’t Withhold Money From ‘Sanctuary Cities’ – Don Babwin
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Judge-Attorney-General-Cant-Withhold-Money-From-Sanctuary-Cities-444731993.html

 

CBS2
— New U.S. Citizens Look Forward To Voting – Mai Martinez  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps shout at new U.S. citizens and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/09/15/new-u-s-citizens-look-forward-to-voting/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Attorney General Lisa Madigan won’t seek re-election in 2018 – Kim Geiger, Rick Pearson and John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-lisa-madigan-reelection-2018-met-0916-20170915-story.html
— Lisa Madigan’s departure sets off scramble for attorney general’s seat – Rick Pearson and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-lisa-madigan-replacement-race-met-0916-20170915-story.html
— Judge rules in city’s favor on sanctuary cities, grants nationwide injunction – Jason Meisner and John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-sanctuary-cities-lawsuit-met-20170915-story.html
— To be Lisa Madigan, liberated – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-lisa-madigan-retire-michael-speaker-0917-20170915-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— General confusion: Pols jockey for position after Lisa Madigan stunner – Tina Sfondeles and Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/general-confusion-pols-jockey-for-position-after-lisa-madigan-stunner/
— Chicago scores legal victory in sanctuary city battle with Sessions  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Chicago officially secede from the United States of America?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-scores-legal-victory-in-sanctuary-city-battle-with-sessions/
— Illinois AG Lisa Madigan says she will not seek re-election – Tina Sfondeles and Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/lisa-madigan-says-she-will-not-seek-reelection/
— McCarthy mayoral exploratory committee formed; Emanuel camp yawns – Sam Charles  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Emanuel call McCarthy a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/garry-mccarthy-mayoral-exploratory-committee-formed/
— Mayoral run not behind Lisa Madigan’s stunning decision, sources say – Fran Spielman and Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/lisa-madigan-says-she-will-not-seek-reelection/
— Deputy Gov. Munger is state’s ‘point person’ luring Amazon here – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/deputy-gov-munger-is-states-point-person-luring-amazon-here/
— J.B. Pritzker firms got over $1.9M in state tax credits in four years – Dan Mihalopoulos
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/j-b-pritzker-firms-got-over-1-9m-in-state-tax-credits-in-four-years-mihalopoulos/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Attorney General Lisa Madigan won’t seek new term in 2018
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170915/attorney-general-lisa-madigan-wont-seek-new-term-in-2018

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Lisa Madigan will not run for re-election – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170915/NEWS02/170919923/lisa-madigan-will-not-run-for-re-election
— Here’s a rescue plan for Chicago’s declining suburbs – AARON RENN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170915/OPINION/170919919/heres-a-rescue-plan-for-chicagos-declining-suburbs
— Judge hands Chicago a win on sanctuary city status – AP (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Chicago officially secede from the United States of America?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170915/NEWS02/170919915/judge-hands-chicago-a-win-on-sanctuary-city-status

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— State Rep. Dan Brady to run for re-election – Derek Beigh
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/government-and-politics/elections/state-rep-dan-brady-to-run-for-reelection/article_dd6c8414-203f-584e-8f5c-590ff48ddef0.html

 

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: BEYOND TRAGIC: Video gambling sucks millions of dollars out the region.
http://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/113851/video-gaming-pumping-millions-into-region

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— The stark reality is there are fewer of us, and we make less money – CASEY BISCHEL  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who run Illinois make it clear that they do not want individuals, organizations, or companies that are members of the following groups to come to Illinois or to stay in Illinois: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, 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.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article173286731.html
— Former legislator Dwight Kay wants to go back to Springfield. His own party wants someone else. – JOSEPH BUSTOS  (DIERSEN: If you sought a government office or a political office in Illinois as a Republican, would the Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county party organization, your Republican township/ward party organization, etc. support you?)
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article173506921.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Dwight is a friend. We’ve supported him in the past, but the fact is on Nov. 8, 2016 … he fell short where we picked up five other seats, so we’re going to go in a new direction for the 112th and we feel the voters have spoken,” said Joe Woodward, political director for the House Republican Organization.)

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Currie’s decision not to run again is sign of coming doom for Democrats, GOP says – Angela Underwood
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511217959-currie-s-decision-not-to-run-again-is-sign-of-coming-doom-for-democrats-gop-says

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Illinois – Now $15,681,199,932 Billion in vendor debt! – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/09/illinois-now-15681199932-billion-in-vendor-debt/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— JUDGE RULES AGAINST SESSIONS’ ATTEMPT TO WITHHOLD CHICAGO FUNDING OVER SANCTUARY STATUS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/09/judge-rules-against-sessions-attempt-to-withhold-chicago-funding-over-immigration-law-enforcement.html
— GOP AG CANDIDATE ERIKA HAROLD RESPONDS TO AG MADIGAN RETIREMENT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/09/gop-ag-candidate-erika-harold-responds-to-ag-madigan-retirement.html
— SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN DIST 210 FORMER SUPERINTENDENT FACES FEDERAL FRAUD CHARGES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/09/southwest-suburban-dist-210-former-superintendent-faces-federal-fraud-charges.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Lisa Madigan will not run for reelection  Speaker Madigan responds
https://capitolfax.com/2017/09/15/exclusive-lisa-madigan-will-not-run-for-reelection/
— House Republicans explain why they’re not backing Dwight Kay again
https://capitolfax.com/2017/09/15/house-republicans-explain-why-theyre-not-backing-dwight-kay-again/
— RAGA gives Erika Harold credit for pushing Lisa Madigan out of the race
https://capitolfax.com/2017/09/15/raga-gives-erika-harold-credit-for-pushing-lisa-madigan-out-of-the-race/
— ILGOP claims Leader Currie, AG Madigan retirements proof that “the Madigan brand is toxic”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/09/15/ilgop-claims-leader-currie-ag-madigan-retirements-proof-that-the-madigan-brand-is-toxic/
— Another Rauner staff reorg
https://capitolfax.com/2017/09/15/another-rauner-staff-reorg/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Enrollments, budgets fall short at universities known for ‘social justice warfare’ – Bradford Richardson  (DIERSEN: Those who promote “social justice” paint themselves as being anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/14/enrollment-drops-at-schools-known-for-social-justi/

 

GOPUSA
— Safety concerns spur more black women in Chicago to get concealed-carry gun permits
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=30181
— Democrats have no interest in fixing voter fraud
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=30236
— Conservatives Have to Become the Resistance
http://www.gopusa.com/conservatives-have-to-become-the-resistance/
— President warns do-nothing GOP: Get your act together
http://www.gopusa.com/president-warns-do-nothing-gop-get-your-act-together/
— Google systematically pays women less than men: Lawsuit
http://www.gopusa.com/google-systematically-pays-women-less-than-men-lawsuit/
— School Fears ‘USA’ Chant Could be Intolerant and Offensive  (DIERSEN: What percent of the students, teachers, and administrators in this school are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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.gopusa.com/?p=30229

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Is he a slick negotiator or a Dem in disguise? – Chad Groening
https://www.onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2017/09/15/is-he-a-slick-negotiator-or-a-dem-in-disguise
— There’s nothing ‘poor’ about the Southern Poverty Law Center – Abraham Hamilton III
https://www.onenewsnow.com/perspectives/guest-commentary/2017/09/15/theres-nothing-poor-about-the-southern-poverty-law-center

 

NEWSMAX
— Ad Targets Dems Who Questioned Nominee’s Catholic Faith – Jeffrey Rodack
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/judicial-crisis-network-amy-coney-barrett-ad-catholic/2017/09/15/id/813825/

 

BREITBART
— Tucker Carlson: ‘No Reason to Be Optimistic’ About Trump’s Deal on DACA – JEFF POOR
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/09/14/tucker-carlson-no-reason-optimistic-trumps-deal-daca/

 

BLAZE
— Here’s what’s happening to illegal alien crossings after a historic decrease – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/09/15/illegal-alien-crossings-are-surging-again-after-a-historic-decrease/

 

HILL
— Federal judge blocks Trump from denying funds to sanctuary cities – BRANDON CARTER
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/350937-federal-judge-blocks-trump-from-defunding-sanctuary-cities
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: McCain backs bill to block transgender troops ban – REBECCA KHEEL (DIERSEN: Will McCain change his name to “anti-Republican?”)
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/350919-mccain-backs-bill-to-block-transgender-troops-ban

 

POLITICO
— Madigan stuns Illinois by announcing she won’t seek reelection – NATASHA KORECKI
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/15/lisa-madigan-illinois-no-reelection-242776

 

CBS NEWS
— Journalist from Mexico denied entry to U.S. for D.C. press event
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/martin-mendez-pineda-mexican-journalist-denied-entry-united-states-press-event/

 

CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
— Clinton should accept full responsibility for 2016 loss – JOHN PERUGINI, WAXHAW  (DIERSEN: Should I 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 want me to accept responsibility for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are scapegoaters supreme.)
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article173464541.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— REPLACING DACA: FUTURE DREAMERS SHOULD BE PROTECTED TOO – MICHAEL C. DORF  (DIERSEN: Anti-Americans want all the children in the world to be brought into America either legally or illegally. They know that Democrat teachers will turn them into “good little Democrats” who will be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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 anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.newsweek.com/replacing-daca-future-dreamers-should-be-protected-too-665763

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Best date to retire? How about never? – Mike Causey
https://federalnewsradio.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2017/09/best-date-to-retire-how-about-never/

 

STARS AND STRIPES
— Experts: veterans should ‘get out in the streets’ to protest government’s handling of ‘bad paper’ – NIKKI WENTLING  (DIERSEN: In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors gave me “bad paper.”)
https://www.stripes.com/news/experts-veterans-should-get-out-in-the-streets-to-protest-government-s-handling-of-bad-paper-1.488001

 

RAUSMUSSEN REPORTS
— 52% Not Confident Medicare Will Pay Them All Promised Benefits
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/social_security_medicare/medicare

September 7 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Rauner Resists Emanuel’s Call For ‘Illinois Dreamers’ Bill Of Rights’
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/09/06/rahm-emanuel-bruce-rauner-immigrants-daca/
— Latest Illinois Borrowing Has Upside, Watchdog Says – Bob Roberts
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/09/07/latest-illinois-borrowing-has-upside-watchdog-says/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— 2006 Pritzker donation to Blagojevich raises questions – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/2006-pritzker-donation-to-blagojevich-raises-questions

 

WLS AM
— Kinzinger: GOP leverage now “gone” after Trump deal with Democrats.
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/09/07/kinzinger-gop-leverage-now-gone-after-trump-deal-with-democrats/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DACA measure puts City Council divide on display – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-city-council-daca-20170907-story.html
— Rauner will borrow $6 billion to start paying off Illinois pile of unpaid bills – Kim Geiger and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-bond-sale-met-20170908-story.html
— Pritzker’s confounding donation to Blagojevich’s swollen coffers – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-0908-story.html
— It’s a ‘great thing’ to deal with Democrats, Trump now says in rebuke to GOP leaders – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-deals-democrats-congress-20170907-story.html
— The folly of paying Americans to live in harm’s way – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-flood-hurricane-insurance-0908-20170904-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner nixes Rahm’s call for ‘Bill of Rights’ for the undocumented – Mitch Dudek and Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-says-daca-fix-is-up-to-us-congress/
— Gov. Rauner refinancing debt to help pay staggering backlog – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gov-rauner-refinancing-debt-to-help-pay-staggering-backlog/
— Our success in funding schools shows GOP and Dems can work together – Jim Durkin
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/our-success-in-funding-schools-shows-gop-and-dems-can-work-together/
— Ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon: Catholic bishops ‘need illegal aliens’ to fill pews – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ex-trump-aide-catholic-bishops-need-illegal-aliens-to-fill-pews/
— If Illinois borrows $6 billion, let’s not blow it – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-an-unpleasant-must-do-deal-to-help-illinois-pay-its-bills/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s DACA reversal further erodes trust in government.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/s-e-cupp-trumps-daca-reversal-further-erodes-trust-in-government/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Governor’s dress code  Hat tip to Democratic state Sen. Cristina Castro of Elgin for noticing a literal costume change on the Senate floor involving Gov. Bruce Rauner during the special session last week, where lawmakers approved education funding. Rauner, a Winnetka Republican known for his casual dress, appeared on the Senate floor without a tie — a violation of the chamber’s dress code. The sergeant at arms had the governor don a tie — with the only extra one on hand bearing the Senate Democrats logo. – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170907/lester-cubs-anthem-singer-performs-1-man-play-of-hero-priest-fr-damien
— Trump tweets reassurance about DACA at Pelosi’s urging – AP  (DIERSEN: What gave you assurance?  For me, because I was a Republican who worked for Democrats, it was civil service protections.  Were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 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.  But those civil service protections a) did NOT stop my Democrat GAO superiors from forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, not promoting me beyond GS-13, keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forcing me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) did NOT stop my Democrat IRS superiors from not promoting me beyond GS-12, disallowing my education deductions in 1978, and disallowing my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) did NOT stop my Democrat Post Office superiors from forcing me resign in 1969 and disallowing my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170907/news/309079933/
— Seventh Democrat announces plans to challenge Roskam
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170907/seventh-democrat-announces-plans-to-challenge-roskam

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A dream deferred? For this young architect, the answer could be yes – RAFAEL ROBLES  (DIERSEN: Were your career dreams deferred?  If so, when?  In 1969, when I was 20 years old, my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign saying I would not be available to work enough part-time hours. I was available to work Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays, holidays, and every day that NIU was not in session. In 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. After 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors made it clear that they would not promote me any more. In 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. My Democrat GAO superiors kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. After 1986, my Democrat GAO superiors made it clear that they would not promote any more. My Democrat GAO superiors always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes. In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer.”)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170906/OPINION/170909940/a-dream-deferred-for-this-young-architect-the-answer-could-be-yes

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Zuckerberg protests DACA decision on Facebook Live  Discussion with 3 undocumented immigrants streamed – JULIA HOROWITZ  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Zuckerberg thrown everyone off Facebook who is a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/zuckerberg-protests-daca-decision-on-facebook-live/806100070

 

WILLIAM J. KELLY
— Meet Rauner’s GOP opponents in the 2018 primary
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/video-meet-rauners-gop-opponents-in-the-2018-primary

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— McHenry County – When they get it wrong at the top it goes downhill from there – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/09/mchenry-county-when-they-get-it-wrong-at-the-top-it-goes-downhill-from-there/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Speaker Madigan Blocks State Rep. Jeanne Ives Call for Property Tax Task Force – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/09/speaker-madigan-blocks-state-rep-jeanne-ives-call-for-property-tax-task-force/

 

MARIJUANA FOR ILLINOIS
— Marijuana should be taxed like alcohol because Illinois needs all the money it can get (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.mj4il.com/mj4il.htm

 

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP uses Ken Dunkin to whack Pritzker on pop tax
https://capitolfax.com/2017/09/07/ilgop-uses-ken-dunkin-to-whack-pritzker-on-pop-tax/
— What kind of a guy would lie about his own grandfather to score political points?
https://capitolfax.com/2017/09/07/what-kind-of-a-guy-would-lie-about-his-own-grandfather-to-score-political-points/
— 72,000 fewer college students
https://capitolfax.com/2017/09/07/todays-number-72000-fewer-college-students/

 

NEWSMAX
— Obama Doomed DACA by Not Following Legislative Process – Jackie Gingrich Cushman
https://www.newsmax.com/JackieGingrichCushman/executive-congress-obama-sessions/2017/09/07/id/812326/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Rahm Emmanuel’s Dream Of A ‘Trump-Free Chicago’ Isn’t Going To Happen – Anders Hagstrom  (DIERSEN: Constructively, Emmanuel and Chicago have declared war on America.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/07/rahm-emmanuels-dream-of-a-trump-free-chicago-isnt-going-to-happen/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner rejected Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel’s call for a bill of rights for immigrants Wednesday, claiming that only Congress could pass such a law. Emmanuel called for the bill of rights after declaring Chicago a “Trump-free zone” Tuesday in response to President Donald Trump’s announcement that he was ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the Chicago Tribune reported. While Rauner denied Emmanuel’s request, the governor was not opposed to further protections for illegal immigrants. Instead, he called on Congress to take action. “I do not believe this challenge for these children can be addressed on a state-by-state basis,” Rauner said. “I think that would not be correct, would not be the right solution. We need a comprehensive immigration reform. It should be done on the federal level for the entire nation, and it should be done by Congress.” Rauner signed legislation to make Illinois a “sanctuary state” last week, preventing law enforcement from arresting illegal immigrants based solely on their immigration status. But after the Trump administration’s DACA repeal announcement, Emmanuel wasn’t satisfied. The mayor filed a resolution with the Chicago City Council Wednesday, calling on Rauner to adopt a bill of rights for “Dreamers.” He made the announcement at Solorio Academy High School, where more than one third of the students are illegal immigrants. “Chicago, our schools, our neighborhoods, our city, as it relates to what President Trump said, will be a Trump-free zone. You have nothing to worry about,” Emanuel said while visiting the high school. “And I want you to know this, and I want your families to know this. And rest assured, I want you to come to school … and pursue your dreams.”)
— AP Refers To Illegal Immigrants As ‘Undocumented Citizens’ – Amber Athey  (DIERSEN: AP should refer to illegals as undocumented Democrats because Democrats shout at illegals that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/07/ap-refers-to-illegal-immigrants-as-undocumented-citizens/

 

BREITBART
— Pelosi: Trump Supports DREAM Act: ‘He Would Sign It’ – PAM KEY  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps say that Trump has decided to dump those who voted for him, and especially those who voted for him who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/09/07/pelosi-trump-supports-dream-act-sign/
— ‘You Have Nothing to Worry About’ — Nancy Pelosi Prompts Donald Trump Tweet to DACA Illegals – CHARLIE SPIERING  (DIERSEN: What have you had to worry about?  Because I have always been a Republican, while I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, I always had to worry about what my Democrat superiors would do next to get rid of me. To counter their efforts to get rid of me, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 when I was 21 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.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/07/you-have-nothing-to-worry-about-nancy-pelosi-prompts-donald-trump-tweet-to-daca-illegals/
— Camille Paglia: ‘Transgender Propagandists’ Committing ‘Child Abuse’ – DR. SUSAN BERRY
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/07/camille-paglia-transgender-propagandists-committing-child-abuse/
— Cato Project: Islam ‘Consistent’ with ‘Libertarian Principles’, ‘Tolerance’, ‘Individualism’ – CHARLIE NASH  (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between the Libertarian Party platform and the Republican Party platform.  I should write a book about Libertarian plants who work against me.)
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/09/07/cato-project-islam-consistent-libertarian-principles/
— TREASONOUS: Illegal Alien Sitcoms from Actress Gina Rodriguez Headed to CBS and CW – JEROME HUDSON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/09/07/illegal-alien-sitcoms-actress-gina-rodriguez-headed-cbs-cw/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— BEYOND TRAGIC: Pope Francis signals support for legal recognition of same-sex ‘civil unions’ – Pete Baklinski
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pope-francis-quietly-affirms-homosexual-civil-unions-contrary-to-catholic-t

 

GOPUSA
— Welfare supports Islamization of U.S.
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=29812
— Blue states sue Trump to restore DACA, claiming discrimination against Mexico
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=29834

 

CNS NEWS
— Durbin: ‘I Think the President Can Help Us’ Pass Dream Act
https://www.cnsnews.com/video/durbin-i-think-president-can-help-us-pass-dream-act

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Republicans jolted by, and Democrats wary of, Trump’s overtures to opposing party – Robert Costa, Sean Sullivan and Mike DeBonis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hill-republicans-confounded-by-and-democrats-wary-of-trumps-overtures-to-opposing-party/2017/09/07/d76c0e0c-93ed-11e7-8754-d478688d23b4_story.html
— Trump’s triangulation shows what might have been – James Hohmann
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/09/07/daily-202-trump-s-triangulation-shows-what-might-have-been/59b06c9630fb04264c2a1d24/
— The hollowing out of the federal workforce – Jennifer Rubin  (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors hollowed me out of the federal workforce in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/09/07/the-hollowing-out-of-the-federal-workforce/
— Trump teaming up with ‘Chuck and Nancy’ was foretold by Michael Steele in November – Jonathan Capehart
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2017/09/07/trump-teaming-up-with-chuck-and-nancy-was-foretold-by-michael-steele-in-november/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s turn to Democrats” and asks “A reflection of temporary pique or a larger breach with Republicans?”
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-democrats-deal-20170907-story.html