November 9 Morning Edition

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The House tax plan benefits everyone – PETER ROSKAM  (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 charitable contributions. Last year, my 87-year-old aunt’s medical deductions were $74,050. One should expect that every year that you are older, the higher that your medical expenses will be. What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who demonize, denigrate, and condemn a) old people like me and b) those like my wife and I who itemize our deductions?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171109/OPINION/171109872
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some have said that this plan would eviscerate the state and local tax deduction. This is simply not true. For Americans who choose to itemize, mortgage interest, property tax deductions and charitable contribution deductions are still available to them. This bill maintains the property tax deduction (up to $10,000), the mortgage interest deduction (for a loan up to $500,000) and the charitable deduction.)
— A stark—and sickening—reminder of how far women still have to go – DESIREE VARGAS WRIGLEY (DIERSEN: Desiree Vargas Wrigley should consider working for the federal government. She would have to take a tremendous pay cut, but sexual harassment would be far less of a problem. All federal employees are required to take lots of sexual harassment training. All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, I saw absolutely no sexual harassment. In the federal government, women are a member of a protected class and they are given lots of preferential treatment. Unlike the federal government’s non-veteran White male employees, its female employees are not subject to its “up-or-out” policy. 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.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171108/OPINION/171109878

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “What will Democrats offer to voters fleeing crazy Land of Trump?”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-what-will-democrats-offer-to-voters-fleeing-crazy-land-of-trump/
— Sheriff: Jail worker called off 60 times falsely using Family Leave – Jordan Owen (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, I was frequently called in to work because my Democrat coworkers had called in sick.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sheriff-correctional-officer-called-off-60-times-using-family-leave/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Election losses could snarl GOP’s tax reform push, a top GOP senator says – Mike Debonis, 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 charitable contributions. Last year, my 87-year-old aunt’s medical deductions were $74,050. One should expect that every year that you are older, the higher that your medical expenses will be. What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who demonize, denigrate, and condemn a) old people like me and b) those like my wife and I who itemize our deductions?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-election-losses-tax-reform-20171108-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Neal predicted that Republicans would, for political reasons, also move to restore itemized deductions for medical expenses and student loan interest. Changes made to the House bill since it was released last week have largely benefited corporations at the expense of individuals.)
— ‘Race’ exhibition at Chicago History Museum challenges what we think we know – Steve Johnson (DIERSEN: Who should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion? 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.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-race-exhibit-history-museum-1109-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “This is what happens when a president is unpopular.” Anti-Trumps want Trump to get rid of 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.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-unpopular-trump-new-jersey-virgina-elections-1109-story.html
— Charging more for national parks is not a bad idea – Steve Chapman (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps would want you to pay more if you are a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-national-parks-fees-yellowstone-20171108-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE OF RYAN: Senate GOP tax plan in flux – Lisa Mascaro Jim Puzzanchera (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 charitable contributions. Last year, my 87-year-old aunt’s medical deductions were $74,050. One should expect that every year that you are older, the higher that your medical expenses will be. What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who demonize, denigrate, and condemn a) old people like me and b) those like my wife and I who itemize our deductions?)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20171109/281505046497380

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR GRAPHIC: HARDCOPY HEADLINE: More overdoses. More rescues. – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, to push more illegal drugs, will illegal drug pushers stress that if you overdose, first responders will rescue you?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171109/heroin-overdose-deaths-rescues-both-on-the-rise-in-4-counties
— Pace raises bus fares, blames state budget – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171108/pace-raises-bus-fares-blames-state-budget
— Des Plaines District 62 superintendent remains on paid leave – Chacour Koop (DIERSEN: Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors have had me on reduced paid leave since 1997. They have had the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pay me $1,025,596 ($4,238 X 242 months) in today’s dollars instead of me paying $173,622 ($717.45 X 242 months) into the CSRS in today’s dollars.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171108/des-plaines-district-62-superintendent-remains-on-paid-leave-for-undisclosed-reasons

WGN RADIO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: A vote to legalize marijuana in Illinois is coming – Roe Conn
http://wgnradio.com/2017/11/07/roe-conn-full-show-11-7-17-a-vote-to-legalize-marijuana-in-illinois-is-coming-saying-goodbye-to-the-747-and-more/

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— In Washington, tale of Robin Hood in reverse – Mark W. Schwiebert (DIERSEN: Who wants a) people who itemize their deductions to pay more federal income tax and b) people who take the standard deduction to pay less federal income tax? I itemized my deductions 1972-1977 and my wife and I have itemized our deductions since 1978. My critics/opponents have always wanted my wife and I to pay more federal income tax. They hint/imply/argue/shout a) that my wife and I were born with silver spoons in our mouths, b) that we have always been privileged, c) that the federal government grossly overpaid me, and d) that my federal pension and health/dental/vision insurance subsidies are too generous. They stress that I avoided the draft and that we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
http://www.qconline.com/opinion/in-washington-tale-of-robin-hood-in-reverse/article_1fd8e75a-2ef0-5b48-af5c-464c754b12a3.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Among deductions targeted by the GOP are those for state and local taxes – something pretty important to residents of Illinois and Iowa. Likewise, Republican leaders propose repealing deductions for medical expenses including nursing home costs: some of the very expenses likely to go up for working families due to cuts in Medicare and Medicaid.)

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Jeannie Ives on the Campaign Funding Gap – Benjamin Yount
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=254937#.WgQzvYzR-M8
— Illinois Government Ethics Update – Cole Lauterbach
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=254907#.WgQ5iozR-M8

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump tells Dems he’s a ‘big loser’ under GOP tax plan – PHIL MATTINGLY AND ASHLEY KILLOUGH (DIERSEN: Who wants you to pay more federal income tax? Since 1972, my critics/opponents have always been beyond furious a) that I paid less federal income tax 1972-1977 because I itemized my deductions and b) that my wife and I have paid less federal income tax since 1978 because we have itemized our deductions. Will my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that they got Roskam to take away the Diersens’ itemized deductions?)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-tells-dems-hes-a-big-loser-under-gop-tax-plan/854094112
— Obama: ‘This is what happens when the people vote’ Nation’s top Democrats congratulate winners – DANIELLA DIAZ (DIERSEN: In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America, what percent of the voters would vote to get rid of members of the following groups once and for all: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/obama-this-is-what-happens-when-the-people-vote/853543295

CHICAGO CITIZEN
— Illinois PAC Calls On African-American Women To Claim Their Economic And Political Power At Upcoming South Side Breakfast Meeting (DIERSEN: If anyone called for White men “To Claim Their Economic And Political Power,” they would be called a White supremacist, a Nazi, a KKK member, a racist, a sexist, a bigot, and even worse things.)
http://thechicagocitizen.com/news/2017/nov/08/illinois-pac-calls-african-american-women-claim-th/

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— ‘Do we have the courage to be reasonable, to be kind?’ Proft describes politics as drying Illinois like a desert – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: What would your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say about you to Proft? Mine would say a) that I paid only $70,932 into the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) but the CSRS has already paid me $1,025,596 in today’s dollars, b) that I avoided the draft, c) that the federal government grossly overpaid me, d) that I have been married since 1978, e) that my wife has always had a good job, f) that I have not given Proft any money, g) that some/many might not pay $50/year for his newspapers because they get GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails free each and every morning and evening and without any advertising, h) etc.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511260887-do-we-have-the-courage-to-be-reasonable-to-be-kind-proft-describes-politics-as-drying-illinois-like-a-desert
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Proft discussed how 85 percent of families in Illinois say the state is on the wrong track and how half of them readily admit they’d rather be somewhere else. “If you think we can have public-sector employees pay $140,000 into the pension system and get $2 million back; if you think we have a revenue problem and not a spending problem; and if you think 32 years of the last 34 of Mike Madigan’s speakership is not a sufficient probationary period, then this speech is for you,” he said. Proft said the inconsistencies in the world of Illinois politics are glaring. “Every politician in both parties says, ‘I’m going to Springfield to provide state services because that’s what a civilized society does,’ but how is it until recently we were 51st out of 50 states, behind the District of Columbia, in providing services to people with developmental, intellectual disabilities,” he said. Adding insult to injury, Proft said a sizable portion of the state’s more than $16 billion in unpaid debt is owed to social services providers. Proft argued that Madigan has been able to control everything as long as he has because Republicans haven’t always fought the way they need to. “The reason Madigan has enjoyed his run is not because he’s genius: It is because the Republican Party is feckless, weak and surrenders,” he said. State poltics has become so divisive that it is tearing apart families, Proft contended. “Millennials are leading the exodus from this state,” he said. “The problem is, for the biggest investment middle-income families make in their lives — their homes — it’s not possible to get a rate of return on. We talk about businesses leaving, people leaving; people are leaving to go to states that keep their promises to families that have a member with developmental disabilities.” To Proft, that’s a clear indication it’s time state leaders change their focus. “We should be having a conversation about keeping our promises,” he said. “Instead of only talking about being No. 1 in job creation, maybe we should focus on being No. 1 in providing services that are a mirror of our humanity. We have become an unkind state, a barbaric state.” Proft sees another jarring example of that in the way Ford Heights, one of the state’s poorest communities, now boasts some of the highest property taxes. “This state is becoming a home equity desert, and it’s forcing people to leave and breaking up families,” he said.)

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Yingling opponent says Ives run holds promise after Rauner disappointment – Glenn Minnis
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511259377-yingling-opponent-says-ives-run-holds-promise-after-rauner-disappointment

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Challenger Ives: All Republicans facing a Rauner money gap – Benjamin Yount (DIERSEN: How much financial clout do your critics/opponents have in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about my critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have lots of financial clout. Most of them also have lots of religious, government, and/or political clout. They paint themselves as having enough power to destroy any individual, any organization, any company, and any government that they want to.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/challenger-ives-all-republicans-facing-a-rauner-money-gap/article_6be0b59e-c268-11e7-854e-abf4846c85fa.html
— Comptroller: New law will make deficit spending more transparent – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/comptroller-new-law-will-make-deficit-spending-more-transparent/article_2d399566-c4f4-11e7-b7ea-832f5a21d32f.html
— Illinois House OKs property tax relief bill that critics say shifts costs, is too watered down – Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-house-oks-property-tax-relief-bill-that-critics-say/article_dd663812-c4c8-11e7-8612-3f998473f823.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— State Senator Pam Althoff Running for McHenry County Board
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/11/09/state-senator-pam-althoff-running-for-mchenry-county-board/

CAPITOL FAX
— Veto session by the numbers
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/09/veto-session-by-the-numbers/
— Harassment training begins
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/09/harassment-training-begins/
— Frerichs scores big win with override of Life Insurance Reform Act veto
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/09/frerichs-scores-big-win-with-override-of-life-insurance-reform-act-veto/
— Dem AG candidates promise to resist, block Trump
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/08/dem-ag-candidates-promise-to-resist-block-trump/
— Proft papers asking Republican candidates about Ives vs. Rauner primary (DIERSEN: What do you say to activists, to candidates, to party leaders, to major donors, to political consultants, to etc. who state that they are conservative and/or Republican who promote Proft’s newspapers, but who fail/refuse to promote GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? He who pays the piper calls the tunes. What if I could and did give more money to activists, to candidates, to party leaders, to major donors, to political consultants, to etc. than Proft and Rauner do?)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/07/proft-papers-asking-republican-candidates-about-ives-vs-rauner-primary/

GOPUSA
— Durbin blames Chicago’s gun violence on Indiana’s gun laws
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33153
— Gun control laws will always fail if not enforced
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33144

NEWS BUSTERS
— Identity Politics: CBS Fawns Over Winning Democratic Candidates – Nicholas Fondacaro (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who votes for Democrats? 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2017/11/08/identity-politics-cbs-fawns-over-winning-democratic

DAILY CALLER
— Rand Paul’s Neighbors Blast Attacker: ‘Absolutely No Justification For Dr. Boucher’s Behavior’ – Juliegrace Brufke (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my neighbors who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors who treat me in a rude if not threatening manner. They know that Trump got only 137 votes in my precinct while Clinton got 211.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/08/rand-pauls-neighbors-blast-attacker-absolutely-no-justification-for-dr-bouchers-behavior/

NEWSMAX
— Calif. NAACP President: National Anthem Has Racist Third Stanza – Cathy Burke
https://www.newsmax.com/us/naacp-national-anthem-third-stanza-racist/2017/11/08/id/825008/

CHRISTIAN NEWS
— Two Men Who Identify as Women Elected to Government Offices as Days Grow Darker – Heather Clark
http://christiannews.net/2017/11/08/two-men-who-identify-as-women-elected-to-government-offices-as-days-grow-darker/

THE HILL
— US workers are still getting shafted by America’s open borders – DALE WILCOX
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/359372-us-workers-are-still-getting-shafted-by-americas-open-borders

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump inspires anti-male females to run for office.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trumps-election-inspired-an-army-of-women-to-run-for-office-meet-8-of-them_us_5a00b6a3e4b0c96530019e66

NEW YORK TIMES
— Ending Medical Tax Break Could Be a ‘Gut Punch’ to the Middle Class – Kate Zernike and Abby Goodnough (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 charitable contributions. Last year, my 87-year-old aunt’s medical deductions were $74,050. One should expect that every year that you are older, the higher that your medical expenses will be. What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who demonize, denigrate, and condemn a) old people like me and b) those like my wife and I who itemize our deductions?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/health/medical-deduction-tax-bill.html
— Want Kids, a Degree or a Home? The Tax Bill Would Cost You An immense tax giveaway to the rich will hurt everyone else. Here’s how. – Editorial
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/opinion/republican-tax-bill-cost.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Have or develop chronic illnesses: Republicans want to get rid of the medical expenses deduction, which is primarily used by families grappling with serious health problems. Nearly nine million taxpayers deducted $84 billion in such expenses from their taxes in just 2015; eliminating it would offset about $182 billion in tax cuts over 10 years.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Robert M. Gates encourages people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/opinion/robert-gates-daca-immigrant-troops.html

NEW YORK POST
— Trump thanks ‘DEPLORABLES’ who voted for him a year ago – Mark Moore (DIERSEN: Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that you are deplorable? I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am deplorable. They stress that I oppose the promotion of a) dependency on government, b) dependency on charity, c) LGBTQ activity, d) abortion, e) mass/illegal immigration, f) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, g) patronage, h) political affiliation discrimination, i) reverse discrimination, j) age discrimination, k) abolition of the First and Second Amendments, l) etc.)
http://nypost.com/2017/11/08/trump-thanks-deplorables-who-voted-for-him-a-year-ago/

USA TODAY
— President Trump thanks ‘deplorables’ for helping him win the 2016 election – Jessica Estepa (DIERSEN: Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that you are deplorable? I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am deplorable. They stress that I oppose the promotion of a) dependency on government, b) dependency on charity, c) LGBTQ activity, d) abortion, e) mass/illegal immigration, f) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, g) patronage, h) political affiliation discrimination, i) reverse discrimination, j) age discrimination, k) abolition of the First and Second Amendments, l) etc.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/11/08/president-trump-thanks-deplorables-helping-him-win-2016-election/844744001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Anti-Trump Wave Democrats come out in droves and the GOP is caught in the undertow. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-anti-trump-wave-1510166063
— The Middle-Class Tax Cut That’s Really a Hike Under the House plan, a family making $59,000 would pay more in 2024 than they did last year. – Jason Furman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-middle-class-tax-cut-thats-really-a-hike-1510185508
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Maneuvering through career changes – Vanessa Fuhrmans (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always unethically hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 was a “career change.”)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/meet-the-ceo-trying-to-make-business-software-beautiful-1510153201
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Karl Rove sides with the anti-Trumps.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-mass-extinction-for-virginia-republicans-1510185679
Selfie Politics
— Trump, in fact, tweets as the Everyman of America’s new politics: Embrace Me! – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/selfie-politics-1510185694

DALLAS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/immigration/2017/11/08/supporters-rally-across-nation-law-allowing-children-immigrants-stay-us

MONTGOMERY NEWS
— Montgomery Township Democrats top Republican incumbents in supervisors race Two new board members to take seats in January – Dan Sokil
http://www.montgomerynews.com/northpennlife/news/election-montgomery-township-democrats-top-republican-incumbents-in-supervisors-race/article_dbc00aea-3c06-59ea-9144-624ad68f1310.html

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Veto Override Requires Monthly Accounting of Illinois Bills Government agencies in Illinois will be required to report monthly on all bills they’ve incurred, after senators overwhelmingly reversed Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of a measure the state’s check-writing official advocated. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-11-08/illinois-senate-to-consider-debt-transparency-measure

FED SMITH
— Second Guessing the FBI or Any Other Agency’s Specific Authority – Bob Gilson (DIERSEN: I second guessed the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) authority to exempt old cars from the Federal Odometer Act (FOA). Have you ever argued a lawsuit before Judge Posner? I did in 1996. SEE: David J. Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange, Inc., 110 F.3d 481 (7th Cir. 1997), cert. denied, 118 S.Ct. 178 (1997) (
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-7th-circuit/1385001.html) The lawsuit involved the FOA, DOT authority to grant exemptions from the FOA, and the sufficiency of material facts that would make a dealer suspicious of a car’s mileage. On September 16, 1996, I presented oral arguments to Chief Judge Posner and to Circuit Court Judges Coffey and Kanne. On March 31, 1997, the Appellate Court agreed with me and ruled that DOT lacked authority to grant exemptions to the FOA, and that therefore, its exemption for cars over 10 years old was invalid.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/11/08/second-guessing-fbi-agencys-specific-authority/

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
— Trump administration taps long-time anti-feminist and anti-choice activist Penny Nance, president of Concerned Women for America, for global women’s issues position
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/11/08/trump-administration-taps-long-time-anti-feminist-and-anti-choice-activist-global-women%E2%80%99s

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— What if a federal employee gives the president the finger? – Tom Temin
https://federalnewsradio.com/tom-temin-commentary/2017/11/the-middle-finger-has-a-long-proud-history/

November 6 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Darlene Senger and Jim Dodge are circulating joint nominating petitions (
https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3e646cac098561a959c81a2c3/files/c5eac913-6985-45ba-893b-f5a20fddfff7/Dodge_Senger_Petition_2_.pdf), Senger for Comptroller and Dodge for Treasurer. Jason Helland is circulating nominating petitions for Secretary of State (https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3e646cac098561a959c81a2c3/files/dae2439a-b8b1-4715-a914-4143f30489d1/Jason_Helland_Petition.pdf). Burt Minor is circulating nominating petitions for the 42nd Representative District (https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3e646cac098561a959c81a2c3/files/7468d600-67f0-43ca-b240-889975c305c1/Burt_Minor_42nd_Petition_Final.pdf). – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republican leader Jim Durkin wants sexual harassment hotline in wake of Capitol scandal – Monique Garcia (DIERSEN: What about hotlines for political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, etc.? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted the aforesaid discrimination.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-sexual-harassment-capitol-20171106-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE OF BREUDER: $2 million at stake in Breuder’s College of DuPage lawsuit – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171106/2-million-at-stake-in-breuders-college-of-dupage-lawsuit
— Timeline: The Robert Breuder era
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171106/timeline-the-robert-breuder-era
— Who’s who in College of DuPage wrongful termination suit
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171106/whos-who-in-college-of-dupage-wrongful-termination-suit
— Restrict, don’t increase, access to marijuana – Bill Deckard, Winfield
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171106/restrict-dont-increase-access-to-marijuana
(FROM THE LETTER: An Oct. 28 letter to the Daily Herald advocated greater access to marijuana for people suffering chronic pain, citing a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). But if you visit the JAMA website and enter the search word “marijuana,” you’ll also see dozens of articles showing that marijuana can kill more than just pain: it can negatively impact things like cognitive function, moral clarity and the general health and well-being of users and their children and grandchildren. Another recent letter in the Herald, this one in Carolyn Hax’s advice column, highlighted marijuana as a killer of ambition. Hax’s correspondent told about her 20-something boyfriend, a daily user of marijuana who, among other things, hadn’t driven his own car in two years simply because he had lost his car keys! A question, dear reader: when you were 20-somelthing — maybe you still are — would you have given up driving your car even for two days, let along two years, just because you couldn’t find your keys? I’m writing this letter on the day before Halloween and can’t help but wonder, as our nation rushes headlong toward allowing greater access to marijuana, are we in danger of producing endless generations of ambitionless, leisure-loving, mentally challenged zombies? Let’s urge our legislators to pass laws restricting — not increasing — access to this dangerous drug.)
— Despite critics, District 59 to stay course with dual language program – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171106/despite-critics-district-59-to-stay-course-with-dual-language-program
— Antioch Township supervisor Steve Smouse dies – Lauren Rohr
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171105/antioch-township-supervisor-dies

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— At forum, Dems blast ‘abysmal’ GOP tax plan – Tom Kacich (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. Being able to pay less federal income tax by deducting mortgage interest and real estate tax encouraged me to buy a) a new town home in University Park in 1972, b) a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in 1974, and c) a one bedroom condo in that building in 1976. Being able to pay less federal income tax by deducting mortgage interest and real estate tax encouraged my wife and I to a) buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 and b) have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-11-06/forum-dems-blast-abysmal-gop-tax-plan.html

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Expensive Illinois governor race spills down the ballot – ED TIBBETTS
http://jg-tc.com/news/local/state-and-regional/expensive-illinois-governor-race-spills-down-the-ballot/article_7f4ba822-3ea9-55c6-9b00-85e091d7b68e.html

TIMES
— Sex-harassment bill puts Illinois leaders on the defensive – AP (DIERSEN: The federal government requires all its employees to take lots of anti-discrimination training. The training presupposes that all a) men discriminate against women, b) Whites discriminate against non-Whites, c) older people discriminate against younger people, d) non-LGBTQ people discriminate against LGBTQ people, e) Protestants discriminate against non-Protestants, f) German Americans discriminate against non-German Americans, g) Republicans discriminate against non-Republicans, h) conservatives discriminate against non-conservatives, i) patriotic people discriminate against non-patriotic people, j) Americans discriminate against non-Americans, k) rich people discriminate against non-rich people, and l) those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time discriminate against those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. Consequently, federal employees are overwhelmingly a) anti-men, b) anti-White, c) anti-older people, d) anti-non-LGBTQ people, e) anti-Protestant, f) anti-German American, g) anti-Republican, h) anti-conservative, i) anti-patriotic people, j) anti-American, k) anti-rich people, and l) anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/sex-harassment-bill-puts-illinois-leaders-on-the-defensive/article_b3ee0547-c103-53a5-a51a-ef8cb86c006b.html

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Tax reform plan could have negative impact on grad students – Erick Payne (DIERSEN: 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.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/tax-reform-plan-could-have-negative-impact-on-grad-students/851896628

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— ISU’s Fake News Station WGLT Calls IFI Hate Group – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/media/isus-fake-news-station-wglt-calls-ifi-hate-group/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Frustrated over GOP ‘flip-flopping,’ DuPage candidate Tonia Khouri looks to Ives – Angela Underwood
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511259009-frustrated-over-gop-flip-flopping-dupage-candidate-looks-to-ives

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ANOTHER RAUNER CAMPAIGN AD HITS AIRWAVES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/11/another-rauner-campaign-ad-hits-airwaves.html
— REP. ROSKAM: “WE’RE DIRECTLY ATTACKING THE STATUS QUO” WITH INCOME TAX PROPOSAL (DIERSEN: The proposed tax plan attacks 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. Being able to pay less federal income tax by deducting mortgage interest and real estate tax encouraged me to buy a) a new town home in University Park in 1972, b) a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in 1974, and c) a one bedroom condo in that building in 1976. Being able to pay less federal income tax by deducting mortgage interest and real estate tax encouraged my wife and I to a) buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 and b) have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/11/rep-roskam-speaks-at-press-conference-on-introduction-of-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act.html

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— The governor’s office is refusing to release documents related to the sudden departure of its general counsel, claiming attorney-client privilege. – Natasha Korecki
https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/11/06/politico-illinois-playbook-rauner-refuses-release-of-murashko-docs-claims-attorney-client-privilege-leaders-scramble-to-get-ahead-of-sex-misconduct-claims-sharon-fairleys-100k-223181
— A message from Pat Brady, Next Generation Strategies-Government Affairs, Advocacy and Media Relations: Next Generation Strategies (NGS) is a full-service government affairs firm specializing in lobbying, issue advocacy and media relations representing a wide range of clients in a variety of industries in Chicago, Springfield and Washington, D.C. Clients turn to NGS when business and government intersect. Learn more at 
www.nextgenerationstrategies.com. (DIERSEN: What would Brady advise me to do to get those activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois who state that they are conservative and/or Republican who refuse to include diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists to include diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists? The aforesaid glorify and praise, pander to, give scoops to, serve as operatives and dupes for, and/or give money to Rich Miller and to the rest of the Democrat news media.) 
https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/11/06/politico-illinois-playbook-rauner-refuses-release-of-murashko-docs-claims-attorney-client-privilege-leaders-scramble-to-get-ahead-of-sex-misconduct-claims-sharon-fairleys-100k-223181

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Conservatism’s Way Forward It must learn from Trump and his populist followers what Americans truly want. – Richard Reinsch (DIERSEN: What about those in your precinct, in your municipality, in your county, in Illinois, and in America who want government to get rid of 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.nationalreview.com/article/453416/john-boehner-donald-trump-conservatives-should-learn-both

THE HILL
— To tackle illegal immigration, go after the employers – NOLAN RAPPAPORT (DIERSEN: What do you say to employers that ever-increasingly make it clear that they prefer hiring, retaining, and promoting citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America?)
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/358892-to-tackle-illegal-immigration-go-after-the-employers

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Tax Plan Burdens Blue-State Republicans and Their Districts – Alexander Burns (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. Being able to pay less federal income tax by deducting mortgage interest and real estate tax encouraged me to buy a) a new town home in University Park in 1972, b) a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in 1974, and c) a one bedroom condo in that building in 1976. Being able to pay less federal income tax by deducting mortgage interest and real estate tax encouraged my wife and I to a) buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 and b) have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/us/tax-bill-blue-state.html
— Facebook Says It’s Policing Fake Accounts. But They’re Still Easy to Spot. – Scott Shane and Mike Isaac
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/03/technology/facebook-fake-accounts.html
— The New Democratic Party – Charles Blow
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/opinion/the-new-democratic-party.html
— News Sites With Local Ambitions Hope to Fill Digital Void – Andy Newman (DIERSEN: Since 2000, ever-increasingly, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have filled the tremendous government and political news and commentary void in Illinois. Since 2004, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too. Since 2004, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have included links to almost 286,200 articles and information on many upcoming events. Consequently, ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plant, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs a) work to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) work to stop everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/nyregion/news-sites-with-local-ambitions-hope-to-fill-digital-void.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The abrupt shutdown on Thursday of two of the biggest digital local news sites in the city, DNAinfo and Gothamist, left a void in the news landscape. And making money off local news has proved especially challenging for publishers with ambitions to sizable reach and profits, though Patch, a nationwide chain that has nine reporters based in the city and recently expanded into Queens and Manhattan, has become profitable. But several handfuls of homegrown websites and old-fashioned print newspapers that cover the city’s teeming neighborhoods survive and, to some extent, thrive. They are not backed by personal fortunes like that of DNAinfo’s billionaire owner, Joe Ricketts, the founder of TD Ameritrade. But unlike Mr. Ricketts, who closed his unprofitable sites a week after the staff voted to unionize, they have found ways to stay in business telling the stories considered too small for the major newspapers to bother with. Some of them exist only online, some, including stalwarts that have been around for decades such as The Villager and the Our Town chain, began as print papers and continue to publish print editions. And even as they mourn the demise of DNAinfo and Gothamist, they sense an opportunity. “After it happened I had all these people telling me this is your chance to fill that gap even more,” Mr. García Conde said. Some are one-person operations, Mr. García Conde’s included. . .The sites break real news and hold the authorities accountable. . .But plaudits don’t pay the bills. For that, sites depend on advertising revenue. Mr. Torkells charges $1,000 a month for a banner ad above the TriBeCa Citizen logo, a position that currently rotates among a real-estate firm, a condo complex and a wine bar. Ms. Zagare of Bklyner is turning to sponsored articles, like one that ran on Halloween offering “Tips on Surviving Tonight’s Candy Onslaught,” with advice from Crunch Gym. . .“Good local journalism requires paying a living wage to great community journalists,” the ad read. In less than 12 hours, Ms. Zagare said Saturday, the site raised more than $1,200. Mr. García Conde said that he would love to hire another reporter, too. The Bronx, after all, is a big place. “Someone has to tell these stories,” he said.)
— I.R.S. Commissioner John A. Koskinen, Demonized by Conservatives, Leaves on His Terms – Alan Rappeport  (DIERSEN: Did you leave your employer(s) on your terms? I did not. 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. 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 Firestone Store superior immediately fired me when I gave him my 2-week notice in 1971. I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But then, Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. I would not have suffered any of the aforesaid adverse actions if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, and/or a veteran. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes disagree.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/us/politics/john-koskinen-irs-commissioner-steps-down.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Sen. Rand Paul’s injuries far more severe than initially thought – Brandon Gee and Ed O’Keefe
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/sen-rand-paul-recovering-from-injuries-suffered-in-alleged-assault/2017/11/05/6380c78a-c250-11e7-84bc-5e285c7f4512_story.html
— Post-ABC poll: Voters favor Democrats over Republicans in 2018 House midterms by widest margin in years – Sean Sullivan and Emily Guskin (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What do Democrat politicians promise to do? ANSWER: Promote a) dependency on government and on charity, b) LGBTQ activity, c) mass/illegal immigration, d) abortion, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) race and gender based preference giving, g) further erosion of the First and Second Amendments, and h) even worse things.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/post-abc-poll-voters-favor-democrats-over-republicans-in-2018-house-midterms-by-widest-margin-in-years/2017/11/05/b3b2f620-bf4d-11e7-959c-fe2b598d8c00_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— College-Savings Imbalance: Parents Put Aside More for Sons Than Daughters Two studies find a gender divide. Is it bias? Or do parents have more confidence in their daughters’ abilities? – Cheryl Winokur Munk (DIERSEN: Were you “college material?” While I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, I took college preparatory courses notwithstanding the fact that many, if not most, if not virtually everyone at the time viewed me as NOT being “college material.” Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I just barely made into the top 20% of my class, my ACT score was only 24, and I was draft bait.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/college-savings-imbalance-parents-put-aside-more-for-sons-than-daughters-1509938101

November 1 Morning Edition

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— TROUBLE IN GOP GOV PRIMARY LAND It seems the Jeanne Ives-Rich Morthland team has to hit reset on its petitions after an address snafu on the original set. Ives just announced she plans to challenge Gov. Bruce Rauner in the Republican primary. From Facebook: “We have just discovered that the petitions that are circulating for Ives/Morthland are invalid due to a typo with Rich Morthland’s address. Please accept our apology for this mistake. The correct petitions are attached. I ask that you dispose of the previous petitions and replace them with the new ones. I am aware of the challenges it takes to gather the signatures and I am truly grateful for all of the hard work and dedication that has already been placed in the Jeanne Ives for Governor campaign.” It was signed Patrick Harlan.
https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/11/01/politico-illinois-playbook-springfields-crummy-culture-exposed-rahm-preckwinkle-pressure-doctors-on-opioids-trouble-with-ives-petitions-223104
— RAUNER AT 55% DISAPPROVAL — “America’s most and least popular governors,” by Morning Consult’s Cameron Easley: “Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner of Illinois, who continues to clash with Democrats in the Legislature over budget issues and has overseen a period of staff upheaval, is still sliding with voters ahead of his re-election bid next year. He experienced a net loss of 16 points, with 30 percent approving of his job performance and 55 percent disapproving.”
https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/11/01/politico-illinois-playbook-springfields-crummy-culture-exposed-rahm-preckwinkle-pressure-doctors-on-opioids-trouble-with-ives-petitions-223104

LAKE COUNTY EYE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Lake County Eye points out that the Ives/Morthland petition is not on the Lake County Republicans website. One could point out that as of earlier today the Ives/Morthland petition and the Mickey Straub petitions are not on the DuPage County Republicans website.
http://www.lakecountyeye.com/2017/10/the-woman-scorned.html

CBS2
— Cooperating Witness In Russia Probe George Papadopoulos Was Unexceptional Scholar, DePaul Professor Richard Farkas Says – Steve Miller (DIERSEN: To discredit you, would your critics/opponents try to get your professors to discredit you? To discredit me, my critics/opponents could try to get my professors at a) IIT 1992-1997 to discredit me, b) DePaul 1976-1980 to discredit me, c) Loyola 1972-1976 to discredit me, d) NIU 1969-1970 to discredit me, and e) UIC 1966-1968 to discredit me and f) my Certified Internal Auditor examination review course instructors 1980-1981 to discredit me and g) my CPA examination review course instructors 1978-1979 to discredit me.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/10/31/cooperating-witness-in-russia-probe-was-unexceptional-scholar-depaul-professor-says/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Obama summit kicks off, reaffirms ‘the power of the people’ – Rachel Hinton (DIERSEN: According to the Democrats, “the people” want more “power” to get rid of those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/obama-summit-reaffirms-the-power-of-the-people/
— Gen. Kelly’s dangerous myth about the Civil War – Editorial (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats paint you as being a racist: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. In my defense, while my ancestors immigrated to America during the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-gen-kellys-dangerous-myth-about-the-civil-war/
— Gov hopeful Pritzker spends $1 million on Obamacare enrollment ads – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/gov-hopeful-jb-pritzker-buys-1-million-in-obamacare-enrollment-ads/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Ken Griffin gives $125 million to U. of C., the latest in a rash of mega donations to Illinois universities – Dawn Rhodes (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-illinois-universities-donations-20171026-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump is losing the blame game.” Who blames you? I should write a book about scapgoaters who blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-trump-blame-game-russia-indict-1101-20171031-story.html
— OUTSTANDING: Colleges using sober dorms to combat alcohol, drug addiction – Claire Altschuler (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who got to college to drink booze, smoke pot, and have sex?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/sc-fam-sober-dorms-1017-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Disappointing test scores emphasize need to improve schools – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, children come from non-traditional families. What about promoting the traditional family?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171101/editorial-disappointing-test-scores-emphasize-need-to-improve-schools

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Citadel’s Kenneth Griffin to Donate $125 Million for University of Chicago Economics Second-largest gift in university’s history; department to be renamed Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics – Ben Leubsdorf (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/citadels-kenneth-griffin-to-donate-125-million-for-university-of-chicago-economics-1509512461
— A degree? Easy. Getting an education? That’s another story. – BGA (DIERSEN: What degrees do you have? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed that none of degrees (NIU, 1970, B.S. in Management; Loyola, 1976, MBA; DePaul, 1980, M.S. in accounting; and IIT, 1997, M.S. in financial markets and trading) are from Ivy League universities. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction. To keep their jobs and to get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171101/NEWS02/171109998

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rep. Bill Mitchell, R-Forsyth says that Ives “has an acerbic personality.” If that is true, one could ask Mitchell why did she get elected to the Wheaton City Council in 2011 and to the Illinois House in 2012, 2014, and 2016? One could ask Mitchell’s critics/opponents what they say about him.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-11-01/tom-kacich-rauner-primary-threat-awkward-some.html

WTTW
— Public Transit Advocates Urge Override of Rauner Veto on Gas Tax Funds – Alex Ruppenthal (DIERSEN: Do you use public transit? I did during 1971, 1973-1974, and 1978-1997. Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would never stoop to using public transit.)
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/10/31/public-transit-advocates-urge-override-rauner-veto-gas-tax-funds

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Abortion promoters promote Rodney Davis opponent.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171101/bernard-schoenburg-emilys-list-backs-londrigan-in-13th

SAUK VALLEY
— Gutierrez plans to file articles of impeachment against Trump – Kim Janssen
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/10/31/illinois-lawmaker-plans-to-file-articles-of-impeachment-against-trump/admkt7k/

TIMES
— ‘The new yellow journalists’ – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/column-the-new-yellow-journalists/article_720e880a-3472-5dc0-bc2e-84de10544a17.html

ROBERT FEDER
— Daily Herald offers employee buyouts (DIERSEN: I became eligible for a $25,000 buyout in 1993 when I was 45 years old GAO employee. That buyout expired in 1994. If I had not taken my Democrat GAO superiors’ early retirement “offer” that expired September 30, 1997 when I was 49 years old, they would have killed me by now figuratively if not literally.)
http://www.robertfeder.com/2017/10/31/daily-herald-offers-employee-buyouts/#more-15843

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Shoppers Willing to Vote With Their Feet (DIERSEN: The more that an organization or company is the following, the more likely that I will boycott it: 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://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/shoppers-willing-vote-feet/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— UNIV. OF ILLINOIS STUDENT GOV BOYCOTTS HOMECOMING TO PROTEST ‘CULTURAL APPROPRIATION’
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/11/univ-of-illinois-student-gov-boycotts-homecoming-to-protest-cultural-appropriation.html
— VIDEO: ALLEGED UNIV. OF ILLINOIS EMPLOYEE STORMS COLLEGE REPUBS MEETING
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/11/video-alleged-univ-of-illinois-employee-storms-college-repubs-meeting.html
— NIU ISSUES ‘CONSCIENTIOUS COSTUMES’ GUIDE FOR HALLOWEEN
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/11/-niu-issues-conscientious-costumes-guide-for-halloween.html

GOPUSA
— Under Trump consumer confidence rises to 17-year high
http://www.gopusa.com/under-trump-consumer-confidence-rises-to-17-year-high/
— They can vote, but do 18-year-olds have any idea how government works? (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at high school students and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=32676

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— DOJ ENDS POLITICAL TARGETING OF CONSERVATIVE, RELIGIOUS GROUPS – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/11/01/doj-ends-political-targeting-of-conservative-religious-groups/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Steve Bannon-backed Republican Tom Tancredo jumps into Colorado governor’s race – Valerie Richardson (DIERSEN: What if Bannon backed a candidate in the Illinois Republican gubernatorial primary?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/31/tom-tancredo-announces-bid-colorado-governor/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Hispanic Democrats struggle with inviting a Latino Republican into their congressional caucus – Laura Barrón-López (DIERSEN: Which organizations do not want you? Organizations that promote mass/illegal immigration want only those who promote mass/illegal immigration. Organizations that promote race based presence giving want only those who promote race based preference giving. Organizations that promote gender based presence giving want only those who promote gender based preference giving. Organizations that promote age discrimination want only those who promote age discrimination. Organizations that promote patronage and political affiliation discrimination want only those who promote patronage and political affiliation discrimination. Organizations that promote LGBTQ activity want only those who promote LGBTQ activity. Organizations that promote abortion want only those who promote abortion. Organizations that promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices want only those who promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices. Organizations that promote abolition of the First and/or Second Amendments want only those who promote abolition of the First and/or Second Amendments. Again, which organizations do not want you? I should write a book about those who do/did dominate the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc. who do not want me because I do not promote the aforesaid.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hispanic-democrats-struggle-with-inviting-a-latino-republican-into-their-congressional-caucus/article/2639207

WORLD NET DAILY
— C’MON, DISNEY! TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT SAME-SEX ATTRACTION IN KIDS Linda Harvey reveals heartbreaking reality for children ‘born’ with ‘gay’ desires
http://www.wnd.com/2017/10/cmon-disney-tell-the-truth-about-same-sex-attraction-in-kids/

CAMPUS REFORM
— University of Illinois Parade halted, officer assaulted during student gov protest – Andrew Minik
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=10082
— Prof declares that ‘masculinity itself’ is ‘the problem’ – Toni Airaksinen
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=10068&fb_action_ids=363593530734361&fb_action_types=og.comments

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Belittles George Papadopoulos as ‘Low Level’ Adviser – Peter Baker (DIERSEN: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, who state that they are conservative and/or Republican a) belittle all past, present, and future federal employees and have never sought a job with the federal government a) because federal 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.).
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/us/politics/trump-manafort-papadopoulos-mueller.html
— Let’s Waste College on the Old – Paul Glastris (DIERSEN: I did not earn my master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT until I was 48 in 1997. I did not earn my master’s degree in accounting from DePaul until I was 31 in 1980. I did not earn my MBA from Loyola until I was 27 in 1976. I did not earn my bachelor’s degree in management from NIU until I was 21 in 1970.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/opinion/adult-learners-college.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps argue that America is a “center-left” country. Anti-Trumps promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, Political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/opinion/democrats-economic-policy.html
— FRONT PAGE TO OF FOLD: Senators Press Facebook Over Russian Misinformation Campaign – NICHOLAS FANDOS, CECILIA KANG and MIKE ISAAC (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, a) GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are full of misinformation and b) the only true and correct information is the information that they put out.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/us/politics/russia-technology-facebook.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Here’s the visa program Trump is blaming on the Manhattan terror attack – Terence Cullen
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/visa-program-trump-blaming-manhattan-attack-article-1.3604000

WASHINGTON POST
— For ‘low level volunteer,’ Papadopoulos sought high profile as Trump adviser – Rosalind S. Helderman, Karen DeYoung and Tom Hamburger
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-low-level-volunteer-papadopoulos-sought-high-profile-as-trump-adviser/2017/10/31/dc737a42-be5f-11e7-8444-a0d4f04b89eb_story.html
— White House defends Kelly’s Civil War comments, calls criticism ‘disgraceful’ Kelly’s message, Sanders said, was that ‘all of our leaders have flaws.’ – NOLAN D. MCCASKILL
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/31/kelly-civil-war-compromise-white-house-244378
— Donald Trump Jr. vows to take half his daughter’s Halloween goodies in a bad lesson on socialism – Aaron Blake
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/11/01/donald-trump-jr-tweets-a-lesson-about-socialism-using-his-daughter-and-candy-he-may-not-grasp-socialism/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Republicans know Trump is only pretending to be one of them – Nathan Wirtschafter, Encino (DIERSEN: The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you defend/advance, the more Republican that you are.)
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-trump-republicans-20171101-story.html

USA TODAY
— Fast-food chains like Taco Bell, Chipotle and Shake Shack use alcohol to attract crowds – Zlati Meyer
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/10/31/fast-food-chains-like-taco-bell-chipotle-and-shake-shack-use-alcohol-attract-crowds/698327001/

DETROIT NEWS
— Detroit area ‘Dreamers’ live in hope, fear – Kim Kozlowski
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2017/11/01/detroit-area-dreamers/107213976/

TELEGRAPH
— Non-smokers get six days extra paid leave to make up for smokers’ cigarette breaks at Japanese firm – Julian Ryall (DIERSEN: Are/were you a smoker? I have never been a smoker. While I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, many of my superiors and supervisors were smokers. They gave preference to their employees who were smokers, that is, they discriminated against their employees like me who were not smokers.)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/10/30/non-smokers-get-six-days-extra-paid-leave-make-smokers-cigarette/

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Getting the most out of employee surveys – Mallory Barg Bulman (DIERSEN: What if federal employees were asked “What more should the federal government do to not hire, to waste the careers of, and to get rid of those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran 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?”)
https://federalnewsradio.com/federal-drive/2017/11/mallory-barg-bulman-getting-the-most-out-of-employee-surveys/
— Fast-growing millionaires club – Mike Causey
https://federalnewsradio.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2017/10/fast-growing-millionaires-club/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Between early 2016 and mid-2017 (January to August), the number of mostly self-made government worker millionaires jumped from 3,272 to 16,475. Given the rising stock market, more people are moving into the seven-figure retirement club every month. In August, there were 46,088 people with account balances between $750,000 and $999,000. That was up from only 18,846 in January 2016. So how did they do it? The early TSP millionaires were all political appointees. Either elected (members of the House or Senate) or appointed to top jobs. Many were successful lawyers who were named federal judges. They brought their outside accounts with them and into the TSP, which is probably the least expensive and most closely monitored investment option on earth. According to some sources, one-time government employee Albert Einstein once said that compounding is the eighth wonder of the world. Or words to that effect. Or not. But even if he didn’t, and if he were alive today, he probably would have kind things to say about what happens when people invest over a long period of time, keep calm in good times and bad, and stay the course. In the case of federal investors, it helps immensely to take advantage of the 5 percent match Uncle Sam offers employees. As TSP investor Emily in Washington points out, for a TSP investor making $100,000 per year, that government match translates into a tax-deferred pay raise. And as salary goes up, so does the value of the match. Every now and then, we hear from a self-made TSP millionaire. While they come from all agencies, jobs and income levels, they all have a couple of things in common: They’ve been investing for a long time, an average of 28 years. They have all or most of their money in the C and S funds. When the market tanks (as it did in 1997 and 2008), they continue to buy the stock funds, getting more shares because they consider them on sale. More bang for the buck.)

October 30 Morning Edition

HERALD EXTRA
— OCTOBER 3, 2017 FLASHBACK: Your local newspaper: The real deal – JIM ZACHARY (DIERSEN: What do you say to activists, to candidates, to campaign managers, to elected officials, to party leaders, to major donors, and to political consultants in Illinois who state that they are conservative and/or Republican, but who fail/refuse to keep 
diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists? I have served as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. Since 2004, I have sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too. Those emails have included links to almost 285,600 articles and information on many upcoming Republican events. What do you say to those who “punish” me by not sending me their press advisories and press releases a) because I refuse to serve as one or their operatives or dupes, b) because I refuse to carry out their backlist orders, c) because I have included links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles that they do not like, d) because I have failed/refused to give them money, e) because they blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems, f) because I am “too conservative,” g) because they want to curry favor with my competitors, Rich Miller, and/or the rest of the Democrat news media in Illinois, and/or h) because they focus on destroying individuals like me, organizations like TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, companies, and governments that they cannot manipulate/dominate? They do not want me a) to know about or promote their public events and other public activities, b) to attend their events, and c) to report on their public events and other activities. They do not want anyone to first learn of anything by reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They want you to only know what they want you to know. They paint me as being illegitimate if not worse things a) because I sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails free of charge, b) because the emails do not contain any advertising, c) because no one pays me for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, d) because I do not have a college degree in journalism, and/or e) because I state that I am conservative and Republican. They proudly paint themselves as being anti-Diersen. They do not return my phone calls. They read my emails for “opposition research.” Should I publish a list of the aforesaid punishers? Some of them, if not many of them, talk and act like they want me to do that.) 
http://www.heraldextra.com/news/opinion/national-editorials/commentary-your-local-newspaper-the-real-deal/article_d1295fef-ca14-5903-bc68-f82c03845a6a.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a world of fake news spread on social media and attacks on the media from people in power, it is important for the public to know the difference between legitimate reporting by credible sources and all the noise posing as “the media.” Here are some reasons your local newspaper is the most trustworthy source for news and information: — Newspaper newsrooms are staffed with real people — people you know — reporters, photographers, editors — gathering the news, conducting interviews, covering meetings, attending events, writing, editing, fact-checking and making sure every day you can trust what you read. — Newspapers rely on recognizable sources. Quotes in the articles you read are attributed to real people and can be easily verified. — Newspapers work hard to stay away from single source reporting, giving readers context and balance. — Newspaper websites have legitimate URLs ending in .com or .org extensions, listing contact information, the names of staff members and the media organization’s leadership team on the website. — Newspapers correct mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes at times, but there is a big difference between an error and intentionally and knowingly publishing a false report because of some political or social agenda. Spurious websites, blogs and social media do not correct errors. They thrive on them. In the United States newspapers have a long and important legacy of holding the powerful accountable, defending the First Amendment and advocating for government transparency. Democracy is protected when the newspaper provides checks and balances as the Fourth Estate of government from city hall to the courthouse to the statehouse to the White House. Newspapers are committed to the neighborhoods, cities, counties, states and coverage areas they serve. Straightforward news reporting and thought-provoking commentary give a voice to the voiceless and empower the powerless. Newspapers hold government accountable because at our very core we believe that government belongs to the governed and not to the governing. Don’t be embarrassed because you shared some sensational, agenda-driven report on social media only to find out it is totally fake. Get your news where real news has always been found: Your local newspaper, the real deal.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The top 5 Republicans (Flake, Romney, Cruz, Kasich, and Sasse) who could challenge Trump in 2020 – Aaron Blake
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-republican-candidates-2020-20171027-story.html
— Illinois Office of Tourism to expand to Mexico and China – Nereida Moreno
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-tourism-mexico-china-1030-story.html
— 12 things you can do right now to help women in the workplace – Lolly Daskal (DIERSEN: Women should consider becoming federal employees. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years (Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997), I saw absolutely no sexual harassment. All my superiors, all my supervisors, all my coworkers, and all my subordinates knew that all women are members of a protected class and that they should be given preference.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-12-things-you-can-do-right-now-to-help-women-in-the-workplace-20171023-story.html
— Why it’s easier to concentrate in a coffee shop than an open office – Geoffrey James (DIERSEN: In 1990, GAO moved to new office space in a new building – 200 West Adams in Chicago. I got a preferred corner office because a) I had been promoted to GS-13 in 1986 and b) I had more federal seniority because I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years and I had worked for the Post Office for almost 3 years. Needless-to-say, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-why-it-s-easier-to-concentrate-in-a-coffee-shop-20171023-story.html
— LaPortas lawsuit: How to raid deep pockets — the Chicago way – William Choslovsky
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-cop-kelly-shooting-court-1030-20171027-story.html
— Scream at the sky. Then what? – Heather Wilhelm
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-wilhelm-trump-anniversary-scream-sky-1030-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On n Nov. 8, it’s anticipated that thousands of Americans in at least nine cities will take to the streets to “scream helplessly at the sky.” You can probably guess the reason: It’s to mark the one-year anniversary of the election of Donald Trump as president. Can you believe it’s almost been a year since the election? Time flies when everyone seems to be losing their minds! Here’s the good news: If you’re reading this, you’re still alive. The stock market seems downright giddy — knock on wood, at least for now — and despite our president’s occasionally baffling and sometimes alarming tweets, our country is apparently still free enough for people to get on Facebook and organize cross-country protests that involve shouting at clouds.)
— Make it worth their time Young professionals need to follow 3 rules to impress executives – Mary Rezek (DIERSEN: Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you 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. To impress your Democrat supervisors and your Democrat superiors, you need to impress them that a) you can and will help them get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and b) that can and will serve as their operative or dupe.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20171030/281870118696909

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— New FBI chief says he’s already losing sleep over Chicago violence – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/fbi-special-agent-chicago-jeff-sallet/

DAILY HERALD
— Ives: ‘We expect to be on the ballot’ against Rauner – Steve Zalusky (DIERSEN: Which Republicans will run for her 42nd District House seat?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171029/ives-we-expect-to-be-on-the-ballot-against-rauner

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Meet the Chicagoans mentoring women – LISA BERTAGNOLI (DIERSEN: What happened to your mentors? My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who hired me in 1980, who got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171027/ISSUE01/171029867

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Onward and upward? So just what’s up with all the interest in the state attorney general’s office? – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-10-30/onward-and-upward.html

HERALD & REVIEW
— State Rep. Jeanne Ives emerges as Republican primary challenger for Rauner – ALLISON PETTY
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/state-rep-jeanne-ives-emerges-as-republican-primary-challenger-for/article_a9e09dfc-9a4a-5ddc-a3c1-afa0779f1c01.html
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Central Illinois unions, contractors struggle to attract next generation of workers – CLAIRE HETTINGER and RYAN VOYLES
http://herald-review.com/news/local/central-illinois-unions-contractors-struggle-to-attract-next-generation-of/article_f28ed091-96f0-526c-ac32-fc55e06b8bd8.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Minimum wage bill sponsor says she’ll keep pressing for deal – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171029/minimum-wage-bill-sponsor-says-shell-keep-pressing-for-deal

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Former Miss America shares her story of overcoming obstacles and launching a political career – Allison Shapiro
http://www.daily-journal.com/life/former-miss-america-shares-her-story-of-overcoming-obstacles-and/article_0f683678-9d48-5675-852d-b235d9efb905.html

JOURNAL COURIER
— Expert: Dumping voter program a danger – Scot Bertram
http://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/115500/expert-dumping-voter-program-a-danger

WQAD
— Former IL State Rep. Morthland may be back on the ballot – CHRISTINA LOREY
http://wqad.com/2017/10/29/former-il-state-rep-morthland-may-be-back-on-the-ballot/

WTAX
— Rauner roughed up This veto session has been a different one for Gov. Bruce Rauner: many overrides.
http://wtax.com/news/101101-rauner-roughed-up/

DAILY ILLINI
— A broken record: Illinois continues to remind us it cares about sexual assault – ISAIAH REYNOLDS
https://dailyillini.com/opinions/2017/10/30/broken-record-illinois-continues-remind-us-cares-sexual-assault/

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Don’t let Rauner’s allies divide GOP primary
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/dont-let-rauners-allies-divide-gop-primary

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Jeanne Ives’ Petition for Governor
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/10/30/jeanne-ives-petition-for-governor/
— Pam Althoff, the Woman Jack Franks Does Not Want on the County Board
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/10/30/the-woman-jack-franks-does-not-want-on-the-county-board/
— Effect of Federal GOP Income Tax Elimination of Real Estate Tax Deduction On Randy Hultgren’s District
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/10/29/effect-of-federal-gop-income-tax-on-randy-hultgrens-district/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— State Rep. Laura Fine, D-Glenview, scolded for proposing anti-Trump military spending measure – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/lawmaker-scolded-for-proposing-anti-trump-military-spending-measure/article_afeeb350-bb59-11e7-88e5-5fc70a58dcd9.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER & O’NEIL: WHEN MEDIA BECOMES PART OF THE PROBLEM
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/10/thorner-oneil-when-media-becomes-part-of-the-problem.html

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— FROM THE ARTICLE: Jeanne Ives picks a running mate, sends email to supporters proclaiming her intent to challenge Rauner in Republican primary (DIERSEN: Have you received that email? I still have not. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes might use that to hint/imply/argue/shout a) that Ives does not want my support, b) that Ives is punishing me, and/or c) that Ives doses not consider me to be a member of the news media.)
https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/10/30/ives-out-with-gop-primary-petitions-whos-selling-guns-traced-to-chicago-crime-ex-gov-quinn-joins-ag-race-223053

CAPITOL FAX
— Republican Attorneys General Association ridicules potential Quinn candidacy
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/30/raga-ridicules-potential-quinn-candidacy/

GOPUSA
— Most Houston players kneel during anthem, then lose the game
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=32548
— Christ Church and the slavers’ blood money
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=32553

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Whistleblower calls for VA czar in open letter to Trump – Scott Davis (DIERSEN: During the 1980s and 1990s, if GAO’s employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran had gotten a GAO czar appointed, they might still be working for GAO. GAO did not unionize until 2007.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/whistleblower-calls-for-va-czar-in-open-letter-to-trump/article/2638939

JP MEDIA
— ‘I am Undocumented and Unafraid,’ Says DACA Beneficiary Declaring Trump a ‘Coward’ – NICHOLAS BALLASY (DIERSEN: Democrats use illegals to get rid of 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.)
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/undocumented-unafraid-says-daca-beneficiary-declaring-trump-coward/

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Enjoy Each Day – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: What do you do for others each and every day? I put a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email together each and every morning and each and every evening and send them out.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/10/30/enjoy-each-day/

POLITICO
— John Boehner Unchained The former House speaker feels liberated—but he’s also seething about what happened to his party. – TIM ALBERTA (DIERSEN: If Boehner did not reject so many planks in the Republican Party platform, I would suggest that he become the GOPUSA Ohio Editor.)
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/10/29/john-boehner-trump-house-republican-party-retirement-profile-feature-215741
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After leaving office, Boehner says a longtime family friend approached him. “You’ve always had a purpose—your business, your family, politics,” the friend said. “What’s your purpose now?” Boehner says the question gnaws at him every day. We met three times over the summer, his most candid and revealing series of interviews since a third attempted coup on his speakership led him to say to hell with it and retire early.)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Ready for the golden years? 8 facts on retirement savings (DIERSEN: I should write a book about early retirement. I have been retired since 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://wtop.com/consumer-news/2017/10/ready-for-the-golden-years-8-facts-on-retirement-savings/ 

NEW YORK TIMES
— MARCH 18, 2002 FLASHBACK: Animosity High in Both Parties In Illinois Governor Primaries – AP (DIERSEN: Who do you blame for your losses? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes continue to blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all losses that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000, but especially Jim Ryan’s loss to Blagojevich in the 2002 general election. Of course, if a Democrat becomes the next governor of Illinois, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for that.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/18/us/animosity-high-in-both-parties-in-illinois-governor-primaries.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Republicans, facing their first real contested primary in decades, have worked to distance themselves from the governor’s problems. The two other Republican candidates, State Senator Patrick O’Malley and Lt. Gov. Corinne Wood, accused Jim Ryan of knowing about the bribery scheme but refusing to use his power as attorney general to stop it. The attorney general maintains that it would have been irresponsible for him to get involved in a federal investigation. Recent polls have shown Jim Ryan with about 50 percent of the vote. . .Among the Republican candidates, Ms. Wood ran advertisements calling Mr. Ryan and Mr. O’Malley “too extreme” because they oppose abortion even in cases of rape and incest. Ms. Wood is also courting Democrats and liberal groups to cross over to the Republican primary and vote for her.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Democrat says “The Economy Can’t Grow Without Birth Control.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/29/opinion/economy-birth-control.html
— Checking My Male Privilege – Charles M. Blow (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://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/29/opinion/checking-my-male-privilege.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Donald Trump Wants to Raise Your Taxes.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/29/opinion/trump-raise-taxes.html
— Her Peers Made School Look Easy. Now, With Hard Work, She’s Catching Up. – JOHN OTIS (DIERSEN: If I could do it over again, I would have majored in accounting at NIU instead of management, earned a master’s degree in accounting much sooner than I did, passed the CPA examination much sooner than I did, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/29/nyregion/her-peers-made-school-look-easy-now-her-hard-work-is-paying-off.html
— Catalonia Civil Servants Must Decide: Resist or Obey Madrid’s Rule – PATRICK KINGSLEY (DIERSEN: What if the Democrats succeed in getting California, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, etc. to leave the United States and join up with Mexico?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/29/world/europe/catalonia-spain-carles-puigdemont.html

WASHINGTON POST
— John Boehner, retired and a little bitter, f-bombs some old GOP enemies – Derek Hawkins (DIERSEN: If Boehner did not reject so many planks in the Republican Party platform, I would suggest that he become the GOPUSA Ohio Editor.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/10/30/john-boehner-retired-and-a-little-bitter-f-bombs-some-old-gop-enemies/?utm_term=.6822cd3916c2

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Big Brewer Makes a Play for Marijuana Beverages Corona brewer to invest nearly $200 million in Canadian marijuana grower, with plans to develop cannabis-infused drinks – Jennifer Maloney and David George-Cosh (DIERSEN: Those who promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices have always worked very hard against me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-brewer-makes-a-play-for-marijuana-beverages-1509300002
— Stuck in Place, U.S. Homeowners Hunker Down as Housing Supply Stays Tight More choose to stay where they are and renovate, making it harder for renters to enter market – Laura Kusisto and Christina Rexrode (DIERSEN: How much have spent renovating your home? Since we had our home built in 1984 at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton, my wife and I have spent lots of money renovating it. We have had the following replaced plus more: roof, garage doors, furnace and air conditioning, kitchen appliances, kitchen countertops, and flooring, carpeting, water heater, and deck flooring. We have had a deck and gazebo built, an underground sprinkler system installed and controller replaced, fencing installed and replaced, a car lift installed, garage flooring installed, the basement finished, a whole-house natural-gas backup electric generator installed, and a home security system installed. We have spent lots of money and I have spent lots of time making landscaping and lot drainage improvements.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/stuck-in-place-u-s-homeowners-hunker-down-as-housing-supply-stays-tight-1509274802

USA TODAY
— Cash-strapped (ILLEGALS) in Chicago flock to free community colleges – Aamer Madhani (DIERSEN: I earned a bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970 when I was 21. Were you cash-strapped while you earned your bachelor’s degree? I was not because I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; and worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970. Further, my parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete while I attended UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/10/24/cash-strapped-undocumented-immigrants-chicago-flock-free-community-college/794428001/
— Survey: Teachers’ mental health declining amid job stress – Greg Toppo (DIERSEN: Cranking out “good little Democrats” is very stressful. Not every student wants 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.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/10/30/survey-teachers-mental-health-declining-amid-job-stress/811577001/
— The Bush twins: Could politics be in their future? – Jocelyn McClurg
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2017/10/25/bookmarkthis-bush-twins-could-politics-their-future/800965001/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— John Kasich Is Already Running For the Ohio governor, the campaign against Trump never stopped. And it won’t till 2020. – Lisa Miller
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/10/john-kasich-2020-challenge-against-donald-trump.html

DETROIT FREE PRESS
— Choosing sides in the next civil war may be tricky – Brian Dickerson (DIERSEN: On what side will you be on? On Side A will be those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. On Side B will be those who 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. I would call Side A “The Anti-Americans” and side B “The Americans.” I will be on Side B. On what side will you be on?)
http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/columnists/brian-dickerson/2017/10/29/second-civil-war-republicans-democrats/806319001/

METRO NEWS
— The power of incumbency – Hoppy Kercheval
http://wvmetronews.com/2017/10/30/the-power-of-the-incumbency/

BALLOT PEDIA
— 88 percent of benefits from state/local tax deductions go to upper-income Americans – Scott Rasmussen (DIERSEN: Those who can and do itemize pay less federal income taxes. Sadly, Shimkus says that 79 percent of the people in his district do not itemize their deductions. Because I itemized, I paid less federal income taxes 1972-1977, and because my wife and I have always itemized, we have paid less federal income taxes since 1978. We have been able to itemize, that is, to pay less federal tax because of the money we paid for education, mortgage interest, real estate taxes, state income taxes, medical expenses, and charitable contributions. Those who do not itemize in Shimkus’s district must not pay that much money for education, mortgage interest, real estate taxes, state income taxes, medical expenses, and/or charitable contributions.)
https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Rasmussen%27s_Number_of_the_Day

GM AUTHORITY
— Would You Rather Buy A Brand New Chevrolet Corvette Or An iPhone X? – FRANCISCO CRUZ
http://gmauthority.com/blog/2017/10/would-you-rather-buy-a-brand-new-chevrolet-corvette-or-an-iphone-x/

CHRONICLE JOURNAL
— Reflecting on those good old days – ANNETTE O’BRIEN (DIERSEN: When were your good old days? My good old days include a) 1948-1972 when I lived in Crete; b) 1953-1961 when I attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete; c) 1961-1962 when I attended Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest; and 1962-1966 when I attended Crete-Monee High School. They include a) 1970 when I was 21 and earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU; b) 1976, 1980, and 1997 when I earned master’s degrees in business from Loyola, in accounting from DePaul, and in finance from IIT; c) 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 when I earned professional certifications (CPA, CIA, CFE, CGFM), CFSA, and Forensic Accountant); d) 1981 when I earned a professional license (CPA); e) 1972, 1973, and 1974 when IRS promoted me; f) 1986, 1987, and 1988 when I worked for GAO on audits of IRS; g) 1986 when GAO promoted me; h) 1966 when I bought my first new car and 1971 when I bought a new 1972 Corvette; i) 1972 when I bought a new town home; j) 1974 and 1976 when I bought condos; k) 1978 when I got married; j) 1978 when we bought a home in Wheaton; k) 1984 when we had a home built in Wheaton; and l) 1978-1992 when my wife and I took many vacations following her many business trips to luxury resorts all across America. When were your bad old days? My bad old days include a) 1968 and 1969 when my Democrat Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests; b) 1969 when my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign and my father died suddenly; c) 1974 when my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my partial day per diem claims; d) 1978 when Money Magazine published its article on me resulting in my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions; e) after 1974 when my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12; f) 1980 when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO; g) 1980-1985 and 1989-1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors kept me off audits of IRS; h) after 1986 when my Democrat GAO superiors did not promote me beyond GS-13; i) 1989-1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes; and j) 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer.”)
http://www.chroniclejournal.com/opinion/reflecting-on-those-good-old-days/article_ee4910ec-bcb6-11e7-b8f9-cbc830d1a9ab.html

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Republicans Follow Trump, Not GOP Senators (DIERSEN: Who does the majority of the voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois follow?)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/october_2017/most_republicans_follow_trump_not_gop_senators

October 29 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Proposed Naperville budget calls for less than 1% property tax increase – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-budget-overview-naperville-st-1029-20171028-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Sexual harassment and the #MeToo movement: Catalyst for change or fleeting moment? – Vikki Ortiz Healy and Angie Leventis Lourgos (DIERSEN: Women should consider becoming federal employees. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years (Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997), I saw absolutely no sexual harassment. All my superiors, all my supervisors, all my coworkers, and all my subordinates knew that all women are members of a protected class and that they should be given preference.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-sexual-harassment-tipping-point-20171027-story.html
— The #MeToo bonfire – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-harass-metoo-gender-20171026-story.html
— #MeToo movement sparks both sadness and hope – Sally Higginson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/highland-park/news/ct-hpn-higginson-column-tl-1102-20171026-story.html
— Facebook announces new transparency for political ads before Russia hearing – AP (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. Everyone involved in government, politics, news media, etc. should be required to disclose who calls their tunes, that is, who pays them, that is, the sources and amounts of all of their income and of all their spouse’s income.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/technology/ct-facebook-ads-20171027-story.html
— VERY SAD: Marijuana users have more sex, study finds – Christopher Ingraham (DIERSEN: One would expect a) that stoners have far more STDs and b) that children of stoners have far more health problems.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-marijuana-sex-study-20171027-story.html
— Hundreds to brave elements to empathize with, raise money for homeless in DuPage County – Diane Moca (DIERSEN: What have you done to help the homeless? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) stress that they have done lots to help the homeless and b) demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me for not helping the homeless. They hint/imply/argue/shout that unlike them, I have lots of time and money to help the homeless because I have always been privileged, because I avoided the draft, because the federal government grossly overpaid me, because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, because we did not become foster parents, because my federal retirement benefits are too generous, and because I do not give money to a church like they do.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-sleep-out-saturday-homeless-naperville-st-1029-20171027-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you criticize Trump, anti-Trumps glorify and praise you.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171029/elected-gop-trump-critics-are-heroes-of-sanity-and-principle
— Study: Americans are retiring later, dying sooner and sicker in-between – Bloomberg
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20171029/study-americans-are-retiring-later-dying-sooner-and-sicker-in-between

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Bill seeks to shed light on social media political ads – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. Everyone involved in government, politics, news media, etc. should be required to disclose who calls their tunes, that is, who pays them, that is, the sources and amounts of all of their income and of all their spouse’s income.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20171028/bernard-schoenburg-bill-seeks-to-shed-light-on-social-media-political-ads

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— County clerk race gets more interesting – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-10-29/tom-kacich-county-clerk-race-gets-more-interesting.html

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Rauner’s TV ad makes me go ‘Huh?’ – Chuck Sweeny
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20171028/chuck-sweeny-rauners-tv-ad-makes-me-go-huh

NEWS GAZETTE
— Shimkus’ pitch for Republicans’ tax plan: ‘I want simplicity’ – Tom Kacich (DIERSEN: Those who can and do itemize pay less federal income taxes. Sadly, Shimkus says that 79 percent of the people in his district do not itemize their deductions. Because I itemized, I paid less federal income taxes 1972-1977 and because we have always itemized, my wife and I have paid less federal income taxes since 1978. We have been able to itemize, that is, to pay less federal tax because of the money we paid for education, mortgage interest, real estate taxes, state income taxes, medical expenses, and charitable contributions. Those who do not itemize in Shimkus’s district must not pay much money for education, mortgage interest, real estate taxes, state income taxes, medical expenses, and/or charitable contributions.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-10-28/shimkus-pitch-republicans-tax-plan-i-want-simplicity.html

HERALD & REVIEW
— Why Central Illinois unions, contractors are struggling to fill jobs – CLAIRE HETTINGER and RYAN VOYLES (DIERSEN: The federal government struggles to fill jobs. 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://herald-review.com/news/local/why-central-illinois-unions-contractors-are-struggling-to-fill-jobs/article_f28ed091-96f0-526c-ac32-fc55e06b8bd8.html

SAUK VALLEY
— New city manager’s contract raises questions While Dixon City Council members voted unanimously to hire the city’s police chief as city manager, the vote was split regarding the liberal terms of his contract. Appearances of favoritism and cronyism should give city residents pause. – Editorial
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/10/25/new-city-managers-contract-raises-questions/anjo6a0/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— State Rep. Ives circulating petitions to challenge Rauner
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/10/28/state-rep-ives-circulating-petitions-to-challenge-rauner/ayjfnna/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “After ‘Choosing Donald Trump,’ Is The Evangelical Church In Crisis?”
http://nprillinois.org/post/after-choosing-donald-trump-evangelical-church-crisis#stream/0

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— Abolishing the State Tax Deduction Is Not Conservative – BRANDON CROCKER (DIERSEN: Government should encourage home ownership.)
https://spectator.org/abolishing-the-state-tax-deduction-is-not-conservative/

BREITBART
— Poll: Majority Still Disapprove of NFL Anthem Protests – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017/10/27/poll-majority-still-disapprove-nfl-anthem-protests/

PJ MEDIA
— Kent State Socialist Group Suggests Gulag for Dissenting Voice – TOM KNIGHTON (DIERSEN: Who wants to send you to a gulag? I should write a book about those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who want to send me to a gulag. Most commonly, a) they reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform, b) they promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, c) they focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, and/or d) they were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed.)
https://pjmedia.com/trending/kent-state-socialist-group-suggests-gulag-dissenting-voice/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Cdl. Sarah: Some people ‘exploit the Word of God’ to promote multiculturalism, immigration – Dorothy Cummings McLean
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cardinal-sarah-some-people-exploit-the-word-of-god-to-promote-multicultural

COLLEGE FIX
— School assignment which identifies the KKK as ‘right wing’ angers parents – DAVE HUBER
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/38357/

THE HILL
— GOP in uncharted territory rolling back rules through resolutions – LYDIA WHEELER
http://thehill.com/regulation/357552-gop-in-unchartered-territory-rolling-back-rules-through-resolutions

CNN
— Poll: 71% of Americans say politics has reached a dangerous low point – Maegan Vazquez and Jennifer Agiesta
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/28/politics/poll-politics-low-point/index.html

MERCURY NEWS
— Bitter feud divides Berkeley College Republicans as the club’s future hangs in the balance Amid concerns the Berkeley College Republicans are lurching too far right, more moderate forces attempted to stage a coup. – EMILY DERUY
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/28/bitter-feud-divides-berkeley-college-republicans-as-the-clubs-future-hangs-in-the-balance/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/27/opinion/sunday/dreamers-children-immigration-congress.html
— Too Many Colleges Flunk Trump 101 The 2016 election is forcing campuses to examine their dangerous estrangement. – Frank Bruni (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, colleges focus on cranking out “good little Democrats” who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/28/opinion/sunday/colleges-flunk-trump-101.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: And a growing number of educators have been wondering aloud if there should be “affirmative action” for conservative professors, given the hugely disproportionate percentage of liberal faculty in the humanities and social sciences. They often conclude that outright preferences are a bad idea but that creating an extra position in, say, military history rather than gender studies would probably up the odds of adding a Republican to the lineup.)
— The Misery Filter – Ross Douthat
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/28/opinion/sunday/misery-filter-suffering.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For personal reasons his essay resonated strongly with me at the time, and particularly his point about how Americans tend to “filter for misery” in the same way we filter for political agreement in our increasingly self-segregated social worlds.)
— Happiness Is Other People – RUTH WHIPPMAN (DIERSEN: How happy are you? Should write a book about those in my precinct, 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 for my not being happy enough? They hint/imply/argue/shout that I got everything that I have that is positive because I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, because I have always been privileged, because I avoided the draft, because the federal government grossly overpaid me, because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, because we did not become foster parents, because my federal retirement benefits are too generous, and because I do not give money to a church like they do.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/27/opinion/sunday/happiness-is-other-people.html
— At Women’s Convention in Detroit, a Test of Momentum and Focus – MONICA DAVEY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout at women that they should not only hate Trump and his supporters, that they should get rid of Trump and his supporters.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/28/us/women-convention-detroit-march.html
— F.B.I. Agents Faced Arrest and Ruin After Trying to Conceive a Child – ADAM GOLDMAN (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who took the lead in punishing me because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents. They crow that in 1989, when I was 40 years old, a) they threw me off audits of IRS, b) they assigned me to an extremely undesirable audit, c) they gave me extremely unrealistic performance expectations, d) they gave me an extremely unfair performance appraisal, and e) they ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes. The aforesaid punishment was not only because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents, but also because in 1988, when I turned 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/28/us/politics/fbi-matt-litton-fertility.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Limit on 401(k) Savings? It’s About Paying for Tax Cuts – PATRICIA COHEN (DIERSEN: Have you always put the maximum into tax-deferred accounts? My wife and I always have. Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are furious about that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/28/business/401k-limit-tax-cuts.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Maryland development under fire after selling homes only to Muslims – Justin Wm. Moyer DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps refuse to sell to those who 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?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/maryland-development-under-fire-after-only-selling-homes-to-muslims/2017/10/24/4cb3dfbe-aece-11e7-add3-da4b781e34b1_story.html
— Nancy Pelosi’s claims on middle-income taxpayers and state and local tax deductions – Glenn Kessler (DIERSEN: Government should encourage home ownership.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/10/27/nancy-pelosis-claims-on-middle-income-taxpayers-and-statelocal-tax-deductions/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Want to attack foreign election meddling? Hold internet ads to the same standard as radio and TV – Editorial
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-facebook-russia-20171028-story.html

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Martin Luther’s influence still strong in Texas With 95 Theses, priest wasn’t afraid to speak truth to power – Douglas Krenge
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/Martin-Luther-s-influence-still-strong-in-Texas-12314358.php

USA TODAY
— How to work fewer hours and get more done (yes, it’s possible) – Marc Saltzman
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/saltzman/2017/10/21/how-boost-your-productivity-work-smart-tricks-get-more-out-work-day/787114001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s Approval Rating Falls to Lowest Level Since Taking Office.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-approval-rating-falls-to-lowest-level-since-taking-office-1509282048

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 25 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Trump scarecrow at California elementary school stirs up heated debate – Anabel Munoz
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-scarecrow-at-elementary-school-stirs-up-heated-debate/2565607/

NBC5
— Judge Lifts Temporary Restraining Order, Allowing Dozens of Palatine Educational Support Workers to Return to Picket Lines
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Judge-Lifts-Temporary-Restraining-Order-Allowing-Dozens-of-Education-Support-Workers-to-Return-to-Picket-Lines-453012883.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— White privilege bolstered by teaching math, University of Illinois professor says
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dont-miss/white-privilege-bolstered-by-teaching-math-university-professor-says

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Evanston does even more a) to encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally and b) to drive out of Evanston individuals, organizations, and companies 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.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/news/ct-evr-welcoming-city-changes-tl-1012-20171024-story.html
— GOP leaders scramble to prevent defections on tax cuts over state and local deductions – Damian Paletta and Mike Debonis (DIERSEN: Government should encourage home ownership.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-gop-tax-plan-20171024-story.html
— Showdown over Rauner labor law veto expected Wednesday – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-right-to-work-20171025-story.html
— SAME LAKE, UNEQUAL RATES Why our water rates are surging – and why black and poor suburbs pay more – Ted Gregory, Cecilia Reyes, Patrick M. O’Connell and Angela Caputo
http://graphics.chicagotribune.com/news/lake-michigan-drinking-water-rates/index.html
— Naperville mayor’s brother owes thousands on house with rot, rodents and a huge hole – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-abandoned-house-emerald-drive-st-1022-20171024-story.html
— MLB player who knelt during national anthem denied service at Alabama restaurant – Jacob Bogage
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/ct-bruce-maxwell-denied-service-anthem-protest-20171024-story.html
— We’d respect the national anthem more if we stopped putting it where it doesn’t belong – Kevin Williams
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ct-national-anthem-sports-cheapens-pride-20171025-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Women want statehouse sexual harassment exposed — and stopped – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/women-want-statehouse-sexual-harassment-exposed-and-stopped/
— Sadly, Springfield hasn’t outgrown boys’ club nonsense – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/brown-sadly-springfield-hasnt-outgrown-boys-club-nonsense/
— Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown shared expenses with congressman Luis Gutierrez – Robert Feder
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20171025/feder-sun-times-columnist-shared-expenses-with-congressman

DAILY HERALD
— 3 not seeking re-election to Kane County Board – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171024/3-not-seeking-re-election-to-kane-county-board
— Florida Gov. Rick Scott heads to Chicago for latest job recruiting trip – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Illinois make it clear that they what individuals, organizations, and companies to leave Illinois that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20171024/news/310249832

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner loses big on right-to-work veto – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171025/BLOGS02/171029927/rauner-loses-big-on-right-to-work-veto
— Penny Pritzker putting university muscle behind Amazon push – LYNNE MAREK (DIERSEN: Will Pritzker stress to Amazon that Chicago-area universities focus on cranking out “good little Democrats” 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 (except Bill Clinton), and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171024/NEWS13/171029942
— NAACP warns blacks against travel on American Airlines – AP
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171025/NEWS10/171029924/naacp-warns-blacks-against-travel-on-american-airlines

WTTW
— Lawmakers Could Undergo Sexual Harassment Training – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/10/24/lawmakers-could-undergo-sexual-harassment-training

DNA INFO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Chicago Democrats to spend $1 million this year to encourage people a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to bring others to America illegally, that is, Chicago Democrats to spend $1 million this year to drive individuals, organizations, and companies out of Chicago 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.
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20171024/pullman/immigrant-id-card-will-cost-1-million-this-year-implement-city-clerk

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— OUTSTANDING: Springfield aldermen table ‘welcoming city’ resolution; future uncertain – Jason Nevel
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171024/springfield-aldermen-table-welcoming-city-resolution-future-uncertain
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rosanna Pulido said her main concern if the resolution passed was public safety. By encouraging immigrants and refugees to relocate to Springfield, Pulido, who is Mexican-American, told aldermen Springfield could potentially be inviting criminals. Springfield’s resources, she said, should be focused on “America first.”)
— Pension liabilities are a state, not federal, problem to address – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20171024/our-view-pension-liabilities-are-state-not-federal-problem-to-address

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Illinois Democrats, GOP Gov. Rauner spar again over vetoes – AP
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/10/24/illinois-democrats-gop-gov-rauner-spar-again-over-vetoes/abrev7h/

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Illinois House panel approves bump stock ban; Senate overrides Rauner veto – Doug Finke
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20171024/illinois-house-panel-approves-bump-stock-ban-senate-overrides-rauner-veto

JOURNAL STANDARD
— Override Rauner’s veto of Debt Transparency Act – Editorial
http://www.journalstandard.com/opinion/20171024/our-view-override-rauners-veto-of–debt-transparency-act

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

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— All-Time High: Majority Of Republicans Support Pot Legalization For First Time – DOMENICO MONTANARO (DIERSEN: If you want pot to be legalized, you are NOT a Republican, you are a Libertarian.)
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/all-time-high-majority-republicans-support-pot-legalization-first-time

WSIL TV
— Outside groups, politicians try influencing the Illinois governor’s race – Joe Ragusa (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that to defeat Rauner, the Democrat Party is going to drive out of Illinois each and every individual, organization, and company that is a 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.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/36675123/outside-groups-politicians-try-influencing-the-illinois-governors-race

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

ST. LOUIS TODAY
— Conservatives’ disappointing defense of our post-truth president – Michael Gerson
http://www.stltoday.com/opinion/columnists/national/michael-gerson-conservatives-disappointing-defense-of-our-post-truth-president/article_c04f82a3-871e-57f1-b013-263320ca0200.html

CHICAGO READER
— Rauner showcases new biker persona in online campaign video – Kate Shepherd (DIERSEN: The vehicles that you own say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself. What vehicles do you own? Rauner owns a 2008 Ultra Classic Harley Davidson and a “1990s trashcan van.” I own a 1972 Chevy Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS, 2005 Chevy Corvette, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, and 2016 Ford Mustang.)
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/10/25/rauner-showcases-new-biker-persona-in-online-campaign-video-and-other-chicago-news

LOYOLA PHOENIX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage people a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to bring others to America illegally. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout at illegals that Trump supporters are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
http://loyolaphoenix.com/2017/10/loyolas-undocumented-medical-students-persevere-future-limbo/

DUPAGE GOP
— DuPage County Republicans shared Erika Harold’s post.
https://www.facebook.com/DuPageGOP/

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Rauner Funding His Campaign Because No One Else Will (DIERSEN: How much time and money do you have? I have enough time and enough money that I can put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out each and every morning and each and every evening free of charge and without any advertising. Of course, that makes my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes extremely furious. They have made it very clear that they would viciously destroy any individual, any organization, and any company that might give me money for what I do for you as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor.)
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/rauner-funding-his-campaign-because-no-one-else-will

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Four Applicants for Nunda Township Trustee Vacancy
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/10/24/applicants-for-nunda-township-trustee-vacancy/
— Roskam Pushing for Some Continued Property Tax Relief
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/10/24/roskam-pushing-for-some-continued-property-tax-relief/
— Barb Wheeler Introduces Bill to Ban Bump-Fire Rifle Add-ons
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/10/24/barb-wheeler-introduces-bill-to-ban-bump-fire-rifle-add-ons/
— Governor Criticizes Senate Override of Bill That Outlaws Local Regulation of Collective Bargaining, Althoff & McConnaughay Flip
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/10/24/governor-criticizes-senate-override-of-bill/

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— Rauner appointee from Illinois Policy Institute hiding conflicts-of-interest
https://realgopillinois.com/2017/10/24/rauner-appointee-illinois-policy-institute-conflicts-of-interest/

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— As Rauner announces re-election bid, voters ask: did Rauner deliver on “Turnaround Agenda?” (DIERSEN: In 2005, I became the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman because no one else wanted the job. I delivered on my promise to assure that TAPROOT would a) have a breakfast meeting the third Saturday of every month except August and December, b) have a picnic every August, and c) have a Christmas party every December. But my delivering those things was not good enough for my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-as-rauner-announces-re-election-bid-voters-ask-did-rauner-deliver-on-turnaround-agenda/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Judicial Tyranny: From Sanctuary Cities and States to a ‘Sanctuary Nation’ – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/10/judicial-tyranny-from-sanctuary-cities-and-states-to-a-sanctuary-nation/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Who Is Teaching Our Children? – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, teachers are Democrats. The Democrat Party platform promotes 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, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things. Ever-increasingly, Democrats call Republicans White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, bigots, and even worse things. Ever-increasingly, Democrats 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://illinoisfamily.org/education/who-is-teaching-our-children/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RAUNER USES MADIGAN AND POPULARITY OF OTHER GOVERNORS IN NEW AD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/10/rauner-uses-popularity-of-other-governors-in-new-ad.html

FOX NEWS
— Man who threatened to ‘blow Trump’s brains out’ charged
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/24/man-who-threatened-to-blow-trumps-brains-out-charged.html

GOPUSA
— NFL’s 6-week 10% ratings plunge spells ‘Trump Effect’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=32241
— Suspected arsonist, ‘sanctuary’ policy – a connection?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=32323
— A Local School Board Election Can Change the Nation
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=32317

TOWNHALL
— Undermining America – Walter E. Williams
https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2017/10/25/undermining-america-n2398982

PJ MEDIA
— ‘Protester’ Who Threw Russian Flags at Trump Is Longtime Dem Political Operative Ryan Clayton – DEBRA HEINE (DIERSEN: My more vicious critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint me as being a right-wing clone of Ryan Clayton. Ever since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, to discredit me, nasty Democrats and nasty Democrat plants, nasty Libertarians and nasty Libertarian plants, nasty Greens and nasty Green plants, and nasty RINOs have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I aggressively ask inappropriate questions that harm Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. Since 2005, they have viciously used against me what happened with GOPUSA, Talon News, and Jeff Gannon. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_NewsThey paint me as being a clone of Jeff Gannon. Ever since I became a GOPUSA reporter in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because I ask bad questions, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. should a) stop me from learning about their press conferences and other events, b) stop me from promoting their press conferences and other events, c) stop me from attending their press conferences and other events, and c) stop me from reporting on their press conferences and other events.)
https://pjmedia.com/trending/protester-threw-russian-flags-trump-longtime-dem-political-operative-ryan-clayton/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Wearing a suit and posing as a member of the press pool, Ryan Clayton screamed “Trump is treason!” and threw a handful of Russian flags at the president as he walked alongside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on his way to a GOP Senate lunch at the Capitol. Clayton, who was arrested at the scene, is a member of the Robert Creamer group “Americans Take Action,” according to Project Veritas’ James O’Keefe. Tuesday’s incident wasn’t the first time Clayton had used tiny Russian flags as a political prop. Last February, the operative handed out the flags to conservatives attending CPAC in an effort to manufacture an unflattering photo op.)

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Conservative groups get behind Bannon revolt against Republican establishment – Sally Persons
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/24/steve-bannon-has-tea-party-support-to-oust-republi/
— Feds granting nearly 2 million work permits to illegal immigrants in 2017 – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers make it clear that they prefer hiring citizens of foreign countries rather than citizens of America.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/15/illegal-immigrants-get-2-million-work-permits-in-2/

BLAZE
— Only MLB anthem protester says he was racially profiled in Alabama restaurant – Aaron Colen (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps profile you as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot and even worse things if you are a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, draft avoider, German American, if your ancestors have been in America for a long time, and/or if you own American nameplate vehicles.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/10/24/only-mlb-anthem-protester-says-he-was-racially-profiled-in-alabama-restaurant/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE HARD COPY ARTICLE TITLE: ‘Perfect Storm’ of Divisive Issues As Immigrant, 17, Seeks Abortion – MANNY FERNANDEZ
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/24/us/undocumented-immigrant-abortion.html
— Laura Ingraham Is Ready to Rev Up Fox News – MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/business/media/laura-ingraham-fox-news.html
— John Kelly Suggests More Americans Should Have the Honor of Serving. He’s Right. – CLYDE HABERMAN (DIERSEN: Were you 1-A, that is, were you fit for military service? In 1966, when I was 18 years old, I was 1-A notwithstanding the fact that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, that I had partial red/green color blindness, and that I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease). If I would seek a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that got student draft deferments 1966-1970 while I attended UIC and NIU and a financial hardship deferment 1970-1971. They would demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a patriotic hypocrite, a coward, and even worse things.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/24/opinion/john-kelly-suggests-more-americans-should-have-the-honor-of-serving-hes-right.html
— A Peek at Future Jobs Shows Growing Economic Divides – BEN CASSELMAN (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? 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/2017/10/24/business/economy/future-jobs.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE OF FLAKE: Rift Widens Within GOP in Battle for Control of Party Sen. Flake’s remarks and war of words between the president and Sen. Corker spotlight a widening crack among Republicans – Michael C. Bender and Kristina Peterson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/arizona-gop-sen-jeff-flake-says-he-wont-seek-reelection-1508871846
— GOP Divisions Explode in Dramatic Fashion Republicans fear the rift could grow wider in the months to come – Gerald F. Seib
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-divisions-explode-in-dramatic-fashion-1508886695
— Illinois’s Latest Criminals Springfield now tries to make opting out of a union a crime. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illinoiss-latest-criminals-1508886131
— How to Become an American Set aside your past attachments and accept the founding proposition. That’s all. – William A. Galston (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants to turn America into their poverty and crime stricken motherlands.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-become-an-american-1508883441

USA TODAY
— Trump risks his stature and agenda if he doesn’t rise above critics like Corker His reflex to punch back 10 times harder once served him well. But now he’s so powerful that it’s hard to avoid looking like an arrogant bully. – Michael Medved
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/10/25/trump-risks-stature-and-agenda-if-he-doesnt-rise-above-critics-like-corker-michael-medved-column/795360001/

CBS MINNESOTA
— How Have Our Retirement Goals Changed? – Heather Brown (DIERSEN: I should write a book about early retirement.)
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/10/24/good-question-retirement/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a new Money Magazine article, financial guru Suze Orman says we should retire at 70 – not a month or year before. She writes that for healthy people in their 60s, retirements can last 30 years. So, how far do we have to go to meet her goals? When are we retiring now? Good Question. According to the U.S. Census, the average American retires at age 63. That’s up from age 62 in 1997. So what’s changed? “Our culture has changed, our concept of independence has changed and the cost of living has changed,” Ernie Owens, a professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Business said. Owens says back in the 1970s and early 80s, many families relied on one income and a pension. The concept of the 401(k) then took over which meant more people had to rely on putting away the savings themselves. At the same time, health care costs have increased, people are living longer, healthier lives and some are choosing to stay on in the workforce. “The attitude toward work has changed,” Owens says. “A lot of people want to work because it’s something to do, it gives them worth.” According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 32 percent of Americans age 65-69 were employed at least part time. And for Americans between age 70-74, workforce participation was 19 percent. But, just because people want to work doesn’t mean they can. According to the Aegon Retirement Readiness Survey 2017, 61 percent of Americans say they retired sooner than planned. They cites bad health, unemployment and family responsibilities as the top three reasons.)

NEWSWEEK
— GUTIERREZ MOCKS TRUMP WITH PAPER TOWELS IN CONGRESS AFTER PUERTO RICO FIASCO – HARRIET SINCLAIR
http://www.newsweek.com/democrat-mocks-trumps-action-puerto-rico-paper-towels-692260

GOVERNING
— Hoosiers love you Mike Madigan. Cheeseheads love you Madigan. Big fans here in Missouri.
http://www.governing.com/government-quotes/gov-rauner.html

GAY STAR NEWS
— Illinois judge allegedly offered discounted legal fees in exchange for gay sex Ron Duebbert denies the claim, calling it a political move – Anya Crittenton
https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/illinois-judge-discounted-legal-fees-gay-sex/#gs.6XfZlFM

October 22 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Company boards are rife with drama and discontent as directors grapple with social issues – Robert Reed (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, companies do not act like they exist to make a profit, but instead, a) to advance the Democrat Party platform and b) to get rid of 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. Ever-increasingly, companies promote dependency on foreign countries, 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 even worse things. Ever-increasingly, companies act like they are arms of the Democrat Party.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/reed/ct-biz-boardroom-turmoil-robert-reed-1022-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Survey: White men feel left out at work – Danielle Paquette (DIERSEN: Who should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion? According to Democrats, it should be Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, non-veteran, financially secure, healthy, have no dependents, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20171022/survey-white-men-rule-the-business-world-but-still-feel-left-out-at-work
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The EY survey found that 35 percent of respondents overall, including women, thought diversity initiatives left out white men. Of that group, 62 percent said they thought white men were missing promotions and other advancement opportunities.)
— Apprenticeships are coming to white-collar office work – Jena McGregor (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980. They wanted me to suffer much more than the $18,847 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars that I suffered. They viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously denigrated the experience that I had gained by a) working 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, b) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and d) almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20171022/apprenticeships-are-coming-to-white-collar-office-work

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Heated rhetoric marks debate on deduction for state, local taxes – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-10-22/jim-dey-heated-rhetoric-marks-debate-deduction-state-local-taxes.html
— Shimkus’ war chest dwarfs rivals’ funds – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-10-22/tom-kacich-shimkus-war-chest-dwarfs-rivals-funds.html
— Diversity the talk of UI campus – Julie Wurth (DIERSEN: Who should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion? According to Democrats, it should be Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, non-veteran, financially secure, healthy, have no dependents, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-10-22/diversity-the-talk-ui-campus.html
— Illinois is a state that seems incapable of learning from its mistakes. – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-10-22/double-trouble.html

ALTON DILY NEWS
— More Questions than Answers About Illinois Innovation Network – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=253822#.WeyaJmhSyM8

QUAD CITY TIMES
— In Illinois, only billionaires can run for governor – Editorial
http://qctimes.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-in-illinois-only-billionaires-can-run-for-governor/article_326cede1-6a94-5eb5-889b-079de90300d8.html

COMMERCIAL NEWS
— People should be in control – Donald McDonald, Kingman, Ind (DIERSEN: What percent of the “people” in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois want government to get rid of 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? What percent of the “people” want government to promote dependency on foreign countries, 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 even worse things?)
http://www.commercial-news.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/people-should-be-in-control/article_9f54b1c0-45ae-5456-9d2f-64da076d5e76.html

NEWSMAX
— O’Reilly Slams New York Times Report on $32 Million Settlement – Todd Beamon
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/bill-oreilly-slams-new-york-times-report/2017/10/21/id/821258/

FREE BEACON
— Kimmel: Losing Republican Viewers Is ‘Not Ideal’ ‘I probably wouldn’t want to have a conversation with them anyway’ – David Rutz (DIERSEN: Who are the anti-Republican religious, government, political, and financial leaders who have the most clout in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and Illinois?)
http://freebeacon.com/issues/kimmel-losing-republican-viewers-is-not-ideal/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=6a05c1f0a7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_20&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-6a05c1f0a7-45953565

NEW YORK TIMES
— ANTI-TRUMPS PROMOTE ANTI-TRUMPS: McCain in Twilight: An Unfettered Voice Against Trumpism Senator John McCain, the irrepressible Arizona Republican, has long felt free to speak his mind. But since his cancer diagnosis, he has been a vocal defender of national ideals. – SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/21/us/politics/mccain-cancer-trump-career-twilight-speech.html
— Is Donald Trump Turning Liberals Into Radicals? “The resistance” has emerged as a force in American politics. But whether or not it can work with the real left remains an open question. – SARAH LEONARDO
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/20/opinion/sunday/trump-resistance-radicals.html
— The Democrats in Their Labyrinth A party that will do anything to beat Trump except try to woo his voters. – Ross Douthat
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/21/opinion/sunday/democrats-alabama-doug-jones.html
— Fighting Racism Is Not Just a War of Words Ceaseless statement-writing is sucking us dry. We need daring action. – TIYA MILES (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites make it clear a) that they blame all their past, present, and future problems on Whites and b) that want to get rid of Whites.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/21/opinion/sunday/fighting-racism-protesting.html
— Why We Don’t Vote With Our Wallets Company boycotts are one of the few concrete ways we have to protest unethical corporate behavior. – Richard Conniff
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/20/opinion/sunday/amazon-boycott.html
— Why Is ‘Politicization’ So Partisan? Accusations of “politicizing” may seem like mudslinging but reflect deeper assumptions about what is objective truth. – JENNIFER SZALAI
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/magazine/why-is-politicization-so-partisan.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Homes for Sale, Red Flags and All Avoiding a money-pit or any other kind of real estate nightmare is possible if you pay attention to a few important red flags.- Jen Miller
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/20/realestate/should-you-really-buy-that-home.html

BLOOMBERG
— This Website Scores Companies on Their Conservative Values David Black, husband of Republican Representative Diane Black, has spent more than $1 million on 2ndVote. – Jeff Green
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-17/website-2ndvote-scores-companies-on-their-conservative-values

FORTUNE
— This Website Graded Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Samsung on Their Political Leanings – Don Reisinger
http://fortune.com/2017/10/17/apple-amazon-2ndvote-political-leanings/

OTTAWA HERALD
— Trump divide trickles to colleges – Teresa Watanabe and Rosanna Xia
http://www.ottawaherald.com/news/20171022/trump-divide-trickles-to-colleges

REASON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://reason.com/archives/2017/10/22/legal-marijuana-is-becoming-the-norm

October 21 Morning Edition

NBC5
— (Democrats) Push Illinois to Exit Multistate Database – AP
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/voter-advocates-push-illinois-to-exit-multistate-database-452100623.html
— The Latest Political Headlines – Carol Marin and Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/deep-dish-451955373.html

WGN TV
— Paul Ryan roasts Trump in comedy routine for NY elite (DIERSEN: Saul Aninsky promoted the use of ridicule.)
http://wgntv.com/2017/10/20/paul-ryan-roasts-trump-in-comedy-routine-for-ny-elite/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner looks to Washington for the power to change pension benefits – Kim Geiger (DIERSEN: Knowing that I was earning credits toward a Civil Service Retire System (CSRS) pension helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me. If they had not succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, I would have paid into the CSRS $172,187 instead of the CSRS paying me $1,017,120 in today’s dollars.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-washington-20171020-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The focus on D.C. allows the first-term governor to show supporters he has a plan for delivering on the promises he made as a candidate despite losing a two-year budget battle with Democrats over the summer. And it comes as Rauner prepares for a re-election campaign in which he needs to win back his conservative base after his approval of controversial abortion and immigration legislation left many of them angry. Much of the major legislation Rauner signed this year — an overhaul of the state’s education funding system and a boost in spending on schools; a bill protecting immigrants from federal deportation efforts; an expansion of taxpayer-funded abortions; and a new law allowing automatic voter registration — are measures that Democrats first pushed. Left undone is his promise to get the state’s financial house in order, which hinged in part on cutting the cost of Illinois’ unionized government workforce. Speaking to a gathering of business leaders in late September, Rauner said he was turning to Washington for help with one part of that effort — getting control of Illinois’ massive pension debt, which stands at about $130 billion and ranks among the worst in the nation. “We need the help. We need the help because the system’s rigged. Can’t change it, can’t fix it,” Rauner said. As a candidate and as governor, Rauner had proposed cutting pension costs by transitioning workers to less generous benefit packages or 401(k)-style retirement plans. But past attempts to cut retirement costs have run up against legal problems. The Illinois Constitution stipulates that benefits cannot be “diminished or impaired” once they are bestowed to workers, and the state Supreme Court has stood by those words. The governor thinks Congress can release the state from that restriction by passing a law that would give states permission to come up with cost-saving changes to their pension programs. The option would be available to states only after they had established that spending money on workers’ retirement plans is hampering other essential services.)
— Compare possible Amazon sites as Chicago’s HQ2 wait begins – Ryan Ori
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ori/ct-amazon-chicago-locations-handicapped-20171020-htmlstory.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTO OF GREG SMITH: Illinois Lottery deal gives new firm higher base fee, extra ‘incentive’ payments and no penalties – Joe Mahr
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-met-illinois-lottery-contract-20171020-story.html
— Keeping Spain intact – Editorial (DIERSEN: How soon will the Democrats succeed in getting California to leave the United State and join up with Mexico?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-spain-catalan-secession-20171020-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The Republican establishment strikes – Linda Chavez (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Republican establishment makes it clear that it is 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/columnists/chavez-the-republican-establishment-strikes/

DAILY HERALD
— Bannon faults George W. Bush for ‘destructive’ presidency – AP (DIERSEN: Bush rejects many planks in the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20171021/news/310219995/
— Rauner outlines $200 million in cuts to Illinois budget – AP (DIERSEN: Democrats use budget cuts to get rid their employees who are Republican, and especially their employees who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20171020/news/310209857
— California billionaire launches ads urging Trump impeachment – AP (DIERSEN: Who wants to get rid of you and why? I should write a book about those who want to get rid of me and why.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20171020/news/310209907/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171021/women-need-full-control-of-their-destiny

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— TRAGIC: Illinois Lottery’s new manager projects $4B in sales – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171020/illinois-lotterys-new-manager-projects-4b-in-sales
— What taxpayers should demand from next attorney general – Faisal Khan
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20171020/guest-column-what-taxpayers-should-demand-from-next-attorney-general

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Who’s opposed to transparent, fiscally responsible government? – Editorial
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20171020/editorial-whos-opposed-to-transparent-fiscally-responsible-government

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Woodstock prayer vigil in support of ‘Dreamers,’ detained immigrants set for Sunday – BRITTANY KEEPERMAN (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pray for? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) crow that they are a member of a church, attend church services, and give money to a church and b) pray that GOD would send me straight to HELL. They blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They promote booze, gambling, pot and other vices, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/10/20/woodstock-prayer-vigil-in-support-of-dreamers-detained-immigrants-set-for-sunday/aca04m4/

TIMES
— More than $200M in spending cut from Illinois budget (DIERSEN: Democrats use budget cuts to get rid their employees who are Republican, and especially their employees who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/more-than-m-in-spending-cut-from-illinois-budget/article_e4ad9179-c467-52e9-aa0c-d356137a3f53.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Wheaton Park District receives grant for WWI Obelisk Monument in Northside Park
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/10/15/wheaton-park-district-receives-grant-for-wwi-obelisk-monument-in-northside-park/apd6adl/

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise those whose parents brought them to America illegally.
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/medical-students-in-limbo-as-young-immigrant-program-ends

NPR ILLINOIS
— State Senator Andy Manar Says Facebook Refuses To Fact Check Ads – DUSTY RHODES
http://nprillinois.org/post/lawmaker-says-facebook-refuses-fact-check-ads#stream/0

WJPF
— Newsradio WJPF interview with Jeanne Ives – Robert Thies
http://www.wjpf.com/episode/newsradio-wjpf-interview-with-jeanne-ives/

GOPUSA
— McCain backs Dems’ bill regulating online political ads
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=32156

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Students Crash College Republicans’ Meeting, Claim ‘Fascists’ Don’t Have ‘Right of Free Speech’ – Katherine Timpf
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/452965/uc-santa-cruz-college-republicans-meeting-crashed-protests

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— (Democrats) push Illinois to exit multistate database – SOPHIA TAREEN
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/voter-advocates-push-illinois-to-exit-multistate-database/

CNN
— Catalonia crisis: Rajoy urges removal of region’s leaders, new elections – Laura Smith-Spark and Claudia Rebaza (DIERSEN: How soon will the Democrats succeed in getting California to leave the United State and join up with Mexico?)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/21/europe/catalonia-spain-direct-rule/index.html

REUTERS
— White and male: broader bureaucracy mirrors Trump cabinet’s profile – Jason Lange
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-trump-effect-diversity/white-and-male-broader-bureaucracy-mirrors-trump-cabinets-profile-idUSKBN1CP1D1

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: In New York, an Influential First Lady Redefines the Position Chirlane McCray, the wife of Mayor Bill de Blasio, has far extended the boundaries of what a first lady does in the city. – SHANE GOLDMACHER (DIERSEN: In Illinois, it ever-increasingly seems like the First Lady is influential.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/20/nyregion/chirlane-mccray-first-lady-de-blasio.html
— Prime Minister Announces Spain Will Remove Catalonia’s Leader – RAPHAEL MINDER (DIERSEN: How soon will the Democrats succeed in getting California to leave the United State and join up with Mexico?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/21/world/europe/spain-catalonia-mariano-rajoy.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Spain demands Catalonia elect new leaders weeks after region voted for independence – Pamela Rolfe, William Booth and James McAuley (DIERSEN: How soon will the Democrats succeed in getting California to leave the United State and join up with Mexico?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/spain-ready-to-take-control-of-catalonia-to-stop-secession/2017/10/21/3f37306e-b358-11e7-9b93-b97043e57a22_story.html

USA TODAY
— Taking an early retirement may be financially risky – Peter Dunn (DIERSEN: Reasons why you should take your employer’s early retirement offer include a) your superiors make it clear to you that they will kill you figuratively if not literally if you do not take their offer and/or b) you can “afford” to take their offer. Those were the reasons why my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Other reasons include a) you have a terminal illness, b) you do not like your job, c) you do not like your superiors, your supervisors, your coworkers, and/or your subordinates and/or they do not like you, and d) you have a better job lined up.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2017/10/21/taking-early-retirement-may-financially-risky/750563001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Spain Moves to Seize Control of Catalan Government, Call Regional Elections Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy seeks to use measures to quell a push for independence in Catalonia – Jeannette Neumann (DIERSEN: How soon will the Democrats succeed in getting California to leave the United State and join up with Mexico?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/spain-moves-to-seize-control-of-catalan-government-call-regional-elections-1508587975

FORBES
— 6 Steps You Can Take In Your 20s To Help You Retire Before 60 – Maya Kachroo-Levine (DIERSEN: I started earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension in 1966 when I was 18 years old when I started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mayakachroolevine/2017/10/20/6-steps-you-can-take-in-your-20s-to-help-you-retire-before-60/#75d74950576b
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Don’t start spending more because you’re making more. . .2. Start saving more, and think about maxing out multiple retirement accounts. . .3. Look for side work that you can sustain in the long term. . .4. Focus on owning your home outright. . .5. Find a sacrifice you’re willing to make that most people deem “necessary.” . . 6. Set up passive income streams.)

BUSINESS INSIDER
— I retired at 30 with $1.25 million — here are the 3 key strategies I used to get there – Grant Sabatier (DIERSEN: What is the main reason why you have less money? For me, the main reason is that my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
http://www.businessinsider.com/net-worth-million-strategies-anyone-can-use-2017-10
(FROM THE ARTICLE: How long will it take you to save $1 million? This all depends on how much money you are making, how much you are saving, and how much your investment grows. Here are the variables that matter most: 1. Income: How much money you are making 2. Expenses: How much money you are spending 3. Savings: How much money you are saving 4. Savings Rate: = Savings divided by #4 5. Investment Growth Rate: How much your investments compound annually. For the purpose of these examples I’ve set it at 7%, but as you’ll see from my specific situation, the higher your compounding rate that faster you will reach $1 million.) 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— This Couple Is Retiring at 38 and 41. Here’s How They Did It – Elizabeth O’Brien (DIERSEN: Money Magazine should write and publish an article on how its 4-page February 1978 article on me damaged my career and damaged my finances. If I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran, Money Magazine would not have written and published a damaging article on me. If I had not been a Republican, a Missouri Synod Lutheran, or of 100% German national origin, Money Magazine would not have written and published a damaging article on me.)
http://time.com/money/4988450/early-retirement-our-next-life-bloggers/

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage people a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.newsweek.com/robert-reich-stop-trump-dividing-us-pass-dream-act-689365

CRONKITE NEWS
— Advocates urge colleges to aid DACA students, lawmakers urge restraint – Andrew Nicla
https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2017/10/20/advocates-urge-colleges-to-help-daca-students-lawmakers-urge-restraint/

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/