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October 23 Morning Edition

BRUCE RAUNER
— VIDEO: Governor Rauner Launches Reelection Campaign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nNT-WeQeMI&feature=youtu.be

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives gears up, Walsh waits in wings
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/23/ives-gears-up-walsh-waits-in-wings/
— Dems pounce on new Rauner ad
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/23/dems-pounce-on-new-rauner-ad/
— Poll: Pritzker leads Kennedy and Biss 39-15-6
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/23/poll-pritzker-leads-kennedy-and-biss-39-15-6/
— Rauner’s federal pension idea allows “some level of bankruptcy”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/23/rauners-federal-pension-idea-allows-some-level-of-bankruptcy/
— “I’ve had hands up my skirt. I’ve had my hair pulled – There’s just kind of nothing you can really do”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/23/i%e2%80%99ve-had-hands-up-my-skirt-i%e2%80%99ve-had-my-hair-pulled-there%e2%80%99s-just-kind-of-nothing-you-can-really-do/
— Will Illinois really break the spending record?
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/23/will-illinois-really-break-the-spending-record/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Primary? – Natasha Korecki
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/10/23/politico-illinois-playbook-rauner-wants-second-term-governor-lobbying-congress-to-revamp-state-pensions-fioretti-v-preckwinkle-222930
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The news also comes as another Republican, state Rep. Jeanne Ives, began circulating petitions and has told colleagues she’s all in if she receives the support and financial backing. And as we told you earlier this month, there is talk of a conservative challenging Rauner as an independent in the general election. Rauner’s base — As it happens, a group of Illinois conservatives met on Saturday to hash out the primary options and to solidify their unity — in turning their backs on Rauner — in both the primary and, if necessary, the general election. On Friday, we reported that U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam was rethinking his support for Rauner after the governor’s decision on HB40. WLS’ “Big John Howell” asked Rauner about that. “Reasonable people can reasonably disagree,” Rauner said. “As Ronald Reagan said, we are a big tent. As Ronald Reagan said, we don’t speak ill of our fellow Republicans.” In an interview with POLITICO Sunday, Family PAC’s Paul Caprio countered that it’s Rauner who has failed to embrace his fellow Republican — in the White House. “The governor did not endorse the Republican president of the United States. He’s never even said anything positive — every time I see Rauner and Trump in the same breath — he either punts or he criticizes,” Caprio told POLITICO. He noted that Rauner shouldn’t count on conservatives to support him even if it’s between him and a Democrat. “The party loyalty argument and the lesser of two evils?” Caprio said. “That’s dead.”)
— PUSH FOR PENSION BANKRUPTCY? – Natasha Korecki
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/10/23/politico-illinois-playbook-rauner-wants-second-term-governor-lobbying-congress-to-revamp-state-pensions-fioretti-v-preckwinkle-222930
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Last week, Rauner (along with deputy governor Leslie Munger) made a surprise appearance at a New Trier Republican dinner. He created another surprise by making a couple of declarations, according to people in attendance: one, he singled out National Republican Committeeman Richard Porter for his role in a federal effort to allow the restructuring of public pensions. The state has the worst-in-the-nation pension liability, estimated now at an eye-popping $130 billion. “The governor tells us we should all thank Richard Porter and congratulate him on the work he’s doing — that he’s trying to get federal legislation passed affecting public pensions which would supersede the Illinois constitution and allow us to restructure our pension system,” one of the attendees told us. Porter, an attorney at Kirkland & Ellis, is not a registered lobbyist, so it isn’t clear what role he is playing in advocating for Rauner in Congress. Our efforts to reach Porter since last week by phone and email were unsuccessful. A GOP spokesman who followed up referred us to the Rauner campaign, which did not have a comment. Rauner also told the crowd he was working to reverse a tax increase (something he reiterates today in his reelection rollout). Timing: Rauner’s talk about revamping pension debt and a lower tax rate comes just as the state is in the midst of a massive, $6 billion bond issue — attempting to borrow money at as low a rate as possible to pay down a bill backlog that’s reaching $16 billion. When Illinois made its offer letter to potential investors, it was under certain assumptions — including that the state now had a “permanent” revenue stream under a recently approved 5 percent income tax rate and 7 percent corporate income tax. Politically, however, it’s a tall order to advance a federal law to circumvent state constitutions. And any agreement would need 60 votes in the U.S. Senate, which Republicans don’t have. At an event last month before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Rauner talked about his efforts. “We’ve got a bill now, we’re working with Congress. (If) Congress passed a law, we’re lobbying right now, allow states to restructure their pensions, supersede the restrictions that the special interest groups have put on the state,” Rauner said at the Sept. 28 event. (Audio) “And I’m hoping to get it done with the tax overhaul that we’re doing. If we can get this bill passed — transformative for Illinois government and taxpayers.” Roskam, the Ways & Means Tax Policy chairman, who is taking a lead role in the tax overhaul effort, said there isn’t a separate bill but added: “I’ve heard the concept discussed, I’ve not seen the language. Not pension funds — but there’s some theory about the capacity of federal courts to get the jurisdiction to allow some level of bankruptcy,” Roskam said in an interview. “There is some discussion … there is no language that I’m aware of. I think it’s conceptual.”)
— ROSKAM TAKES TAX LEAD – Natasha Korecki (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 of which at the GS-12, Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13, Step 1-3 levels, currently $94,610-$100,917.)
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/10/23/politico-illinois-playbook-rauner-wants-second-term-governor-lobbying-congress-to-revamp-state-pensions-fioretti-v-preckwinkle-222930
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Returning to Roskam, the suburban congressman spent last week meeting with groups of small business owners, among others in his district, to talk about how to tackle what’s expected to be the most sizeable income tax overhaul the county has seen in 30 years. “You’ve got to have two things: Number one: middle income tax relief and number two, a better business climate through tax policy,” Roskam said. As he talked to one group of business leaders last week, Roskam heard concerns from business owners who said major decisions, including the sale of business real estate, hinged on the tax hit they anticipated. Why he has hope for tax success — Roskam said unlike the health care debate, everyone agrees the Internal Revenue Code needs fixing. He also noted that there are numerous ways to negotiate aspects of an overhaul by dialing down or up percentages rather than declaring an item in our out of the plan. Asked if Republicans can keep their majority in Congress if they can’t come up with tax relief: “There’s an expectation that this gets done. I think we have to deliver on it. The policy on it is significant. The politics are less significant, but they matter as well. I think it becomes very important for a Republican majority,” Roskam said. How worried is he about losing the majority if it fails? “I’d rather be running in the 2018 election with Republican tax reform at our backs.”)

ABC7
— Gov. Rauner announces re-election bid (DIERSEN: What have your critics/opponents done to “publicly embarrass” you? My critics/opponents succeeded in rudely ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, my GAO employment in 1997, etc. At the start of ICRC’s 2006 Annual Convention, they unsuccessfully tried to get ICRC to censure me for what I do for you as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/gov-rauner-announces-re-election-bid/2557516/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rauner’s announcement comes as lawmakers will be returning to Springfield Tuesday to talk vetoes Rauner made to laws they passed this year. Democrats are expected to press on with override to bills that would serve to publicly embarrass the governor.)

WGN TV
— Rauner officially announces re-election bid for governor with campaign video – COURTNEY GOUSMAN (DIERSEN: What have you fought for? While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, I fought for equal employment opportunity for federal employees, that is, I fought against patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Because of that, my Democrat superiors wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Since 1999, I have fought for all the planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party. Since 2009, I have fought for the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) Resolution Against Video Gambling. Because of that, those who reject planks in the aforesaid platforms and those who reject the aforesaid resolution have fought against me. )
http://wgntv.com/2017/10/23/rauner-officially-announces-re-election-bid-for-governor-with-campaign-video/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The campaign video has been called “I Choose to Fight,” and in it, we see a less ‘official- looking’ Rauner, riding his motorcycle throughout Illinois– dressed in a leather vest, that features a ‘governor patch’ on his chest.)

WLS AM
— Bruce Rauner Announces Re-Election Bid With New Ad
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/10/23/watch-bruce-rauner-announces-re-election-bid-with-new-ad/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner vows he’ll keep fighting corruption in re-election announcement – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-to-announce-re-election-bid-on-monday-sources-say/
— Can Chicago handle an influx of hurricane-weary Puerto Ricans? – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/chicago-puerto-rico-hurricane-evacuees/
— Congress should take steps to improve Affordable Care Act – Dick Durbin
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/durbin-congress-should-take-steps-to-improve-affordable-care-act/
— Young feminists tackle obstacles to change at Chicago conference – Rachel Hinton (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout at women that men are sexists and even worse things.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/young-feminists-tackle-obstacles-to-change-at-chicago-conference/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Donald Trump, the poster boy for white privilege – Leonard Pitts (DIERSEN: How privileged are you, that is, how many demographics to you share with Trump? I am Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (69), non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, married, pet-less, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-pitts-trump-white-privilege-1023-20171020-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page editorial with a color photo unethically made to look a news article, anti-Trumps use Vadim Shapiro and his hometown to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. What is your hometown? My hometown is Crete. I lived there 1948-1972. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that during the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, everyone in Crete was a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, German-American, Lutheran, and/or even worse things.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171023/immigrant-experienced-state-sponsored-prejudice-he-fears-us-is-heading-toward-it
— Abortion rights PAC calls on Rauner to recruit moderates – Kerry Lester (DIERSEN: “Moderate” Republicans work harder against Republicans than they work against Democrats. I should write a book about “moderate” Republicans in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who work harder against Republicans like me than they work against Democrats.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171023/lester-abortion-rights-pac-calls-on-rauner-to-recruit-moderates
— ‘Roadkill?’ – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171023/lester-abortion-rights-pac-calls-on-rauner-to-recruit-moderates
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The legislation Rauner signed Sept. 28 ensures abortion remains legal in Illinois even if Roe v. Wade is overturned and also allows state employees and Medicaid recipients access to abortions. Rauner’s move shocked some, though he had declared differing views on abortion. As a gubernatorial candidate, he told Personal PAC and others that he supported abortion rights. Then he flipped on the issue, twice telling conservatives he’d veto the measure before ultimately supporting it. “Rosemary Mulligan used to tell her colleagues, ‘There’s a word for people who try to walk the middle of the road on abortion: Roadkill,'” Cosgrove says of his good friend, the late state representative from Des Plaines, who was one of the few pro-abortion rights Republicans in the statehouse.)
— Could Roskam pull support? – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171023/lester-abortion-rights-pac-calls-on-rauner-to-recruit-moderates
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam of Wheaton says he’s “reevaluating” his support for Rauner over the abortion law. Spokeswoman Veronica Vera says Roskam’s primary focus right now is on crafting a new tax policy, but that the Wheaton Republican thinks Rauner’s signing of the bill was a mistake.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites protest in Berlin.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20171022/news/310229974/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Speed could pay off for Pritzker – Rich Miller
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/miller-speed-could-pay-off-for-pritzker/article_4fc8a3ea-fc7f-5c34-87fe-37e0f5351fa0.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Debt Transparency Act: Overriding this veto is a no-brainer – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20171022/our-view-overriding-this-veto-is-no-brainer

SAUK VALLEY
— Rauner looks to Washington for the power to change pension benefits, weaken unions Governor wants feds to be able to override state’s constitution – Kim Geiger
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/10/22/rauner-looks-to-washington-for-the-power-to-change-pension-benefits-weaken-unions/axovyn/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— McCain appears to mock Trump’s draft deferments Suggests the rich avoided Vietnam – DAN MERICA (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.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/mccain-appears-to-mock-trumps-draft-deferments/842559133
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sen. John McCain, in an interview about the Vietnam War, appeared to take a swipe at President Donald Trump when he criticized people from “the highest income level” who avoided the draft by finding a doctor who “would say that they had a bone spur.” Trump, who attended the private New York Military Academy as a young man, received five military draft deferments during the Vietnam War, including one medical deferment after he was diagnosed with bone spurs in his foot. McCain and Trump have feuded since the businessman-turned-president used an early event in his 2016 campaign to derided the Arizona Republican’s military service, claiming he was not a war hero because he was captured during the Vietnam War. Trump refused to apologize and their feud has carried into his administration, where McCain has been one of his most fervent Republican critics on Capitol Hill. “One aspect of the conflict, by the way, that I will never ever countenance is that we drafted the lowest income level of America and the highest income level found a doctor that would say they had a bone spur,” McCain told C-SPAN3, American History TV, in an interview about the Vietnam War. “That is wrong. That is wrong. If we are going to ask every American to serve, every American should serve.” McCain never mentions Trump by name in the interview, but the President’s deferment because of a bone spur is widely known and the President’s family was well off at the time. Trump told The New York Times in 2016 that a doctor “gave me a letter — a very strong letter — on the heels.” “Over a period of time, it healed up,” he said. In a 2015 biography, Trump told Michael D’Antonio that the bone spurs were “not a big problem, but it was enough of a problem.”)

FOX ILLINOIS
— Illinois 2018 governor race becomes history making – AP
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-2018-governor-race-becomes-history-making-10-22-2017

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Could Trump’s Presidency Play a Role in Illinois’ 2018 Elections? – TONY ARNOLD
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/could-trumps-presidency-play-role-illinois-2018-elctions#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A spokesman for the Republican Governors Association says there’s no evidence to show Trump’s possible impact on 2018 elections. That group is supporting Bruce Rauner for re-election.)

WMAY
— Rauner Wants Congress To Lift State Pension Mandate
http://www.wmay.com/2017/10/22/report-rauner-wants-congress-to-lift-state-pension-mandate/

WCSJ NEWS
— Rauner: 200 Million Just Start Of Budget Cuts (DIERSEN: All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, GAO’s budget was cut in relative or absolute terms. GAO is just a shell of what it once was.)
http://www.wcsjnews.com/news/local/rauner-million-just-start-of-budget-cuts/article_1aa008a0-b7d8-11e7-824f-efd8349f4203.html

DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION
— The DuPage County Election Commission is releasing the proposed DuPage County Officers’ Electoral Board Rules of Procedure prior to adoption for the upcoming Electoral Board season.
http://www.dupageco.org/Election/Election_Commission_News/2017/56133/

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Kelly vetting “clean” candidates for Ives’ open 42nd district seat
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-vetting-candidates-for-ives
(FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT: William J. Kelly, Governor Rauner’s Republican opponent in the 2018 primary, has released the following statement: We welcome Bruce Rauner’s supporter, Jeanne Ives, to the Governor’s race. However, we are calling on her to return the money from Governor Rauner and his wife. I announced my campaign for Governor against Bruce Rauner back in May and opposed his sanctuary state bill and taxpayer-funded abortion bill when all of Rauner’s supporters, like Ives, were silent. More importantly, we are very excited that the 42nd state house seat currently held by Jeanne Ives is open. We are looking for a candidate to run in this open seat. This is a tremendous opportunity and a safe seat in a Republican district. Whomever is elected to this seat will be an elected state representative for life unless they do something really, really stupid. This time, we need a “clean” 42nd district candidate with zero money ties to Bruce Rauner or his henchmen John Tillman and Dan Proft, which is why we will be vetting this candidate very, very closely. If you are interested in running for the 42nd state house district seat, please contact us directly through the campaign website here.)

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Rauner And Durkin Are Perfect Partners
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/rauner-and-durkin-are-perfect-partners

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Burr Ridge mayor Mickey Straub angers Durkin with decision to run against him – Giovanni Whaley
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511241468-burr-ridge-mayor-angers-durkin-with-decision-to-run-against-him

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Chicago’s high costs, taxes push cloud computing to suburbs
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/chicago-s-high-costs-taxes-push-cloud-computing-to-suburbs/article_f9cfa368-b4f5-11e7-aa37-c7eb3714059c.html

GOPUSA
— Rep. Maxine Waters says she wants to ‘take out’ Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=32183

DAILY CALLER
— John McCain Seems To Take Shot At Trump Over Vietnam Deferment – Chuck Ross (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.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/22/john-mccain-seems-to-take-shot-at-trump-over-vietnam-deferment-video/?utm_medium=email

BREITBART
— Mitch McConnell’s Former Chief of Staff Calls Steve Bannon a ‘White Supremacist’ – SEAN MORAN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Republicans say that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/22/mitch-mcconnell-former-chief-staff-steve-bannon-white-supremacist/
— Progressives Push Universities to Aid Illegals, not American Youth – PENNY STARR (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear a) that they prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America, b) that they want to replace citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries, and c) that they want to get rid of citizens of America.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/22/progressives-push-universities-aid-illegasl-not-americans/

BLAZE
— Jimmy Carter lets loose: Knocks Obama and Hillary, says Russia didn’t alter election, praises Trump – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/10/22/jimmy-carter-lets-loose-knocks-obama-and-hillary-says-russia-didnt-alter-election-praises-trump/
— Hollywood’s biggest movies flop big time as industry implodes from sexual misconduct scandals – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/10/22/hollywoods-biggest-movies-flop-big-time-as-industry-implodes-from-sexual-misconduct-scandals/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— White House Rips Sherrod Brown’s ‘Outrageous and Slanderous’ White Supremacist Slams on Bannon and Miller – David Rutz (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Republicans say that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/white-house-rips-sherrod-browns-slanderous-white-supremacist-bannon-miller/

THE HILL
— In state capitols, women see rampant sexual harassment – REID WILSON
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/356427-in-state-capitols-women-see-rampant-sexual-harassment?rnd=1508751074

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “California Republicans go gaga for Trump. The state’s withered GOP base loves the president, even if he drags down their House incumbents.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/22/trump-california-gop-republican-party-244027
— Embattled Illinois governor to run for second term – NATASHA KORECKI
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/23/illinois-governor-rauner-reelection-244054

HUFFINGTON POST
— Sen. Sherrod Brown: Steve Bannon ‘Is A White Supremacist’ Echoing comments by Rep. Frederica Wilson, he cites “studies” that say allies of white supremacists are “sprinkled around the White House.” – Igor Bobic (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Republicans say that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/steve-bannon-white-supremacist_us_59ece454e4b00f08619f846b

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Bannon’s mention of Sen. John McCain, George W. Bush draws boos at California GOP convention – Seema Mehta and Phil Willon (DIERSEN: McCain and Bush reject many planks in the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-mention-of-john-mccain-george-w-bush-1508564499-htmlstory.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Fox Was Aware of Bill O’Reilly Harassment Settlement at Contract Renewal Former Fox News host signed four-year deal in February, following $32 million agreement with accuser – Joe Flint
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fox-was-aware-of-bill-oreilly-harassment-settlement-at-contract-renewal-1508640767
— Trump May Be Following Palin’s Trajectory Support for her cooled due to antic statements, intellectual thinness and general strangeness. – Peggy Noonan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-may-be-following-palins-trajectory-1508454875

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES
— Twitter Users Support McCain’s Vietnam War Remarks About Draft Dodgers – RIDDHIMA KANETKAR (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.)
http://www.ibtimes.com/twitter-users-support-mccains-vietnam-war-remarks-about-draft-dodgers-2604842

USA TODAY
— Steve Bannon’s return blurs the line between Breitbart News and his political operation – Eliza Collins (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Main Stream Media acts like it is an arm of the Democrat Party.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/22/steve-bannon-return-blurs-line-between-breitbart-news-and-his-political-operation/777841001/
— With tax reform we can make it morning in America again – President Trump
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/10/22/president-trump-tax-reform-lets-make-morning-america-again-column/782233001/
— John McCain mocks Donald Trump’s deferment ‘bone spurs’ (without naming him) – EJ Montini (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.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/10/22/john-mccain-mocks-donald-trumps-deferment-bone-spurs/789083001/

GREEK REPORTER
— Reince Priebus Vows Loyalty to President Trump at Greek-American Event – Tasos Kokkinidis (DIERSEN: What are you loyal to? I am loyal to the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and to those who defend and advance the aforesaid.)
http://usa.greekreporter.com/2017/10/23/reince-priebus-vows-loyalty-to-president-trump-at-greek-american-event/

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/

October 19 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Taxman cometh (again): Emanuel budget raises taxes for 6th time in 7 years – Bill Ruthhart, John Byrne and Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-mayor-rahm-emanuel-chicago-budget-speech-20171018-story.html
— As deadline approaches, Chicago’s Amazon pursuit only beginning – Ryan Ori (DIERSEN: Of course, Chicago has stressed to Amazon that it is full of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments 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. Will Chicago promise to do even more to drive out of Chicago 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/business/ori/ct-amazon-hq2-deadline-ryan-ori-20171018-story.html
— What word (invest) did Emanuel use 31 times in his budget speech? (DIERSEN: What have you invested a lot of your time and/or money in? I invested a lot of my time and money in earning 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. Since 2000, I have invested a lot of my time and money in putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-budget-spending-20171019-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In recent years politicians have taken to using “invest” as a stand-in for “spend,” but Mayor Rahm Emanuel took it to another level during his Wednesday budget speech. The mayor deployed variations of the word no fewer than 31 times, according to his remarks.)
— Senate committee advances Lausch to be next U.S. attorney in Chicago – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-john-lausch-us-attorney-20171019-story.html
— 30 years since Black Monday: Chicago investors in a daze: ‘There are guys who are ready to jump out the window’ – George Papajohn and Charles Storch (DIERSEN: What did you do 30 years ago? I worked GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-archive-black-monday-chicago-reaction-20171019-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lausch nomination for Chicago-based U.S. Attorney advances to Senate – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lausch-nomination-for-chicago-based-u-s-attorney-advances-to-senate/

DAILY HERALD
— Mazzochi bids for statehouse – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171019/lester-kirk-criticizes-naperville-company-for-iran-business
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At the same time the case (Breuder v. COD) is going on, COD Board Chairwoman Deanne Mazzochi is making a bid for state representative. Mazzochi, a patent attorney, is running to replace Republican Patti Bellock of Hinsdale, who is not seeking re-election. Mazzochi made the announcement to York Township GOP officials at their most recent meeting, where she is a committeeman. Filings with the State Board of Elections show she has more than $200,000 in her war chest to date, most of it from a personal loan to her campaign.)
— Keeping video gambling numbers in perspective – Editorial (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice. If you promote gambling, you promote vice.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171018/editorial-keeping-video-gambling-numbers-in-perspective
— The wages of civil war within GOP – Steven & Cokie Roberts (DIERSEN: The civil war has always been between a) Republicans who support the Republican Party platform and b) RINOs, Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, and Green plants who reject some, most or all of the platform. Beyond outrageously, the Republican Party a) lets RINOs, Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, and Green plants hold leadership positions in the party and b) helps elect and reelect RINOs, Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, and Green plants.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171019/the-wages-of-civil-war-within-gop
— 10-year-old Aurora boy describes pit bull attack
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171019/10-year-old-aurora-boy-describes-pit-bull-attack
— Service helps Glenbard students become leaders – David F. Larson (DIERSEN: While you were in high school, what did you do that helped you become a leader? If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that I while I was a junior and a senior at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966 and the summer in between, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20171018/service-helps-glenbard-students-become-leaders

ABC7
— Cub Scout kicked out after asking state senator about gun control, racially charged comments (DIERSEN: 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_News They 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.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/cub-scout-kicked-out-after-asking-state-senator-tough-questions/2551119/

WTTW
— Is Spending on Statewide Elections Going Too Far? – Paul Caine
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/10/18/spending-statewide-elections-going-too-far

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield City Council to consider ‘Welcome City’ resolution – John Reynolds (DIERSEN: As everyone knows, to say that a city is “welcoming” is to say that city hates and wants 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 American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171018/springfield-city-council-to-consider-welcome-city-resolution

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— In court, score one for Aaron Schock – Phil Luciano (DIERSEN: Why didn’t the news media report on my lawsuit against the federal government like it reports on the federal government’s lawsuit against Schock?)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20171018/luciano-in-court-score-one-for-aaron-schock

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Speaker to address implicit biases at Glen Ellyn League of Women Voters meeting – ERIC SCHELKOPF (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and bigots.)
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/10/18/speaker-to-address-implicit-biases-at-glen-ellyn-league-of-women-voters-meeting/a1ua9zq/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump sends $25,000 check to fallen soldier’s family Check sent on same day of Washington Post report – DAN MERICA AND KAITLAN COLLINS
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-sends-25000-check-to-fallen-soldiers-family/839633100

CHICAGO READER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Biss, Kennedy, Pritzker support legalizing marijuana in Illinois – Kate Shepherd
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/10/19/biss-kennedy-pritzker-support-legalizing-marijuana-in-illinois-and-other-chicago-news

LOYOLA PHOENIX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Catholics promote abortion.
http://loyolaphoenix.com/2017/10/loyola-students-react-reproductive-rights-legislation/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Country Club Hills Fire Department – Massive porn problem, sexual harassment should lead to terminations and criminal charges – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/10/country-club-hills-fire-department-massive-porn-problem-sexual-harassment-should-lead-to-terminations-and-criminal-charges/

PARENTS OPPOSED TO POT
— THE TRUTH OF DEATHS CAUSED BY MARIJUANA OVERDOSE
http://www.poppot.org/2017/10/18/truth-deaths-by-marijuana-overdose/

GOPUSA
— NFL players will continue to kneel or sit in disrespect
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=32049
— Quebec’s new law bans facial coverings by public workers, on buses
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=32030
— Calif. laws bar employers from asking about applicants’ criminal, salary histories
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=31986
— McCain loses it, lashes out at reporter (DIERSEN: 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_News They 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.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=32045

DAILY CALLER
— Chuck Schumer Wrote Off $58,000 Last Year Using Tax Deduction (state and local taxes) He’s Trying To Save – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: How much in state and local taxes did you deduct last year? Ever since I became an IRS employee in 1971 when I was 22 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have wanted me to pay more taxes.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/18/chuck-schumer-wrote-off-58000-last-year-using-tax-deduction-hes-trying-to-save/
— Confirmed: 99 Percent Of Union Donations Go To Liberal-Leaning Causes – GRACE CARR (DIERSEN: Yes, but I still believe that if GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee. A union would have gone to bat for me not because GAO screwed me because I was a Republican, but because GAO screwed me because I complained about reverse discrimination and age discrimination.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/13/confirmed-99-percent-of-union-donations-go-to-liberal-leaning-causes/
— Sen. McCain Goes Off On Fox Reporter For ‘Dumb Question’ – Amber Athey (DIERSEN: 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_News They 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.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/18/sen-mccain-goes-off-on-fox-reporter-for-dumb-question-video/

TOWNHALL
— Liberals Try To Connect With Normal Americans And It Goes Poorly (satire) – Kurt Schlichter (DIERSEN: Liberals promote 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.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2017/10/19/liberals-try-to-connect-with-normal-americans-and-it-goes-poorly-n2396806

BREITBART
— NFL Broadcasters Ignore Anthem Protests as Ratings Crater – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017/10/17/nfl-broadcasters-ignore-anthem-protests-ratings-crater/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats yelp as Trump upholds Constitution – Michael Barone
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/michael-barone-democrats-yelp-as-trump-upholds-constitution/article/2637973

POLITICO
— America’s government is getting old It’s not just the 71-year-old president: A POLITICO analysis finds that the federal workforce is older than it’s ever been, and younger workers aren’t coming in. What happened? – DANNY VINIK (DIERSEN: Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, a) the longer that you are a federal employee, the less likely that private sector employers will hire you, b) 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, c) you will be expected to help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and d) virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees.)
http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/09/27/aging-government-workforce-analysis-000525
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s no secret that American workers are getting older. Even as millennials become the biggest cohort in the labor force, the median age of all U.S. employees has crept up from 30 to 42 over the past 30 years. But when it comes to getting older, a POLITICO analysis finds, the private sector has nothing on the U.S. government. The U.S. just elected the oldest new president in history, and Congress, too, has been getting consistently older, with its average age now up around 60. But the vast majority of the government consists of the 2 million-strong federal civilian workforce. And thanks to slow-moving hiring practices and a huge cohort of baby boomers who haven’t retired at the predicted rates, it has grown significantly older than the American workforce overall. Today, just 17 percent of federal workers are under 35 years old. (In the private sector, almost 40 percent are.) And more than a quarter of federal employees are now older than 55. In some agencies, the upward age shift is even starker. Sixty nine percent of NASA’s workforce is over 45 years old. At the Department of Housing and Urban Development, it’s 70 percent. At the tiny Government Publishing Office, it’s even more extreme—80 percent. In principle, there’s nothing wrong with older workers: They have more experience than younger ones and employers often report that they are more attentive at work. Age discrimination is not just illegal, but strips companies of experience and judgment; it’s fair to say that plenty of Silicon Valley companies might benefit from the perspective of a more experienced cohort of employees. But workplaces that shift too far in any direction can suffer. There is evidence that offices with more older workers are less productive and, due to their workers’ age, more expensive; health care costs are especially high, and a wave of retirements would leave the government on the hook for a major increase in pension spending. And broadly speaking, if the government is supposed to reflect America accurately—making small and large policy decisions that affect every aspect of the country—it’s only reasonable to expect that the federal workforce should reflect the generational makeup of the country. Given the stereotypes about government employees, it’s easy to assume that federal worker protections have led to a vast army of aging-in-place bureaucrats who simply can’t be removed. But organizational experts and former federal human resource managers say the problem is more complicated than that, and more troubling for good governance. They see an ineffective hiring system that is decades out of date. They have spent years warning policymakers that rules and laws were inhibiting their ability to hire and train new employees. The aging of the federal workforce, they say, is a symptom of Washington’s inability to keep up with modern-day management practices and to plan for the future—as well as a system hamstrung by rigid federal employment directives, some of which, ironically, were aimed at freshening up the workforce.)

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Just how partisan are federal workers? – Mike Causey (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years (Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, & GAO 1980-1997) in the Chicago area, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, cowokers, and subordinates were Democrats. Those Democrats used Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation a) to avoid hiring Republicans, b) to waste the careers of Republicans, and c) to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2017/10/just-how-partisan-are-federal-workers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Long before Donald Trump’s longshot bid to win the White House, unions representing federal workers and postal employees had almost exclusively supported Democratic candidates for the presidency and, with few exceptions, the House and Senate. They still do. Unions — very, very quietly — helped former Reps. Tom Davis (R-Va.) and Frank Wolf (R-Va.). They worked closely with Democrats with clout, like Reps. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), and former Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), to sweeten meager pay raises proposed by the presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. But mostly their endorsements, union PAC money and logistical support goes to Democratic candidates and incumbents. Outside of the highly-unionized U.S. Postal Service, the majority of federal civil servants do NOT belong to any union. It may be because they don’t like unions. Maybe they are too cheap to pay dues. Or maybe they don’t like the unions’ politics! Rather than being part of a block vote, it is just possible that feds tend to vote like their neighbors and not along party lines. Career feds at the Pentagon may see the world differently than their colleagues at the Environmental Protection Agency. After giving their full support to the election and reelection of President Obama, white-collar feds —with the backing of most Republican politicians — were hit with a three-year pay raise freeze. Many got semi-automatic time-in-grade raises, but the January pay raises didn’t happen. Regular annual special cash awards and recognition to outstanding career senior executives were skipped or downplayed by the Obama administration. Some feds feel like the Democrats take them for granted and Republicans take it for granted that most government workers are Democrats. . .So if Republicans want to drain the swamp because they believe it is infested with highly partisan bureaucrats and if Democrats take feds for granted, has anybody got a Plan B?)

October 18 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats spar over role of Madigan and money in gov race – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/democrats-spar-over-role-of-madigan-and-money-in-gov-race/
— Battle of billionaires: Pritzker and pal of Rauner make Forbes’ cut – MItchell Armentrout and Mitch Dudek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/forbes-400-illinois-richest-residents/
— City’s pro sports teams slam Emanuel’s tax hike for large concerts – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/bears-bulls-hawks-and-sox-slam-emanuels-tax-hike-for-large-concerts/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker, Kennedy, Biss debate for second time in 12 hours
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-governor-democrats-20171018-story.html
— The ‘Fearless Girl’ statue, Harvey Weinstein and faux feminism – Sarah Banet-Weiser
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-fearless-girl-faux-feminism-weinstein-1018-story.html
— Democrats’ obsession with Hollywood stars was bound to blow up – Ed Rogers
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-democrats-hollywood-obsession-1017-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Young families with kids helping reverse D203’s enrollment slump – Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-203-enrollment-projections-st-1018-20171017-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Prayer vigil in support of detained immigrants, Dreamers to be held Oct. 22 – Patrick Murfin (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, members of the following groups encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20171017/prayer-vigil-in-support-of-detained-immigrants-dreamers-to-be-held-oct-22
— Build on success of teen driver’s license law – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171017/editorial-build-on-success-of-teen-drivers-license-law

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— CTA, CPS big winners in new city budget – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171018/BLOGS02/171019858
— More Illinois companies kept profits offshore last year – NONA TEPPER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171017/NEWS07/171019863

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Urbana’s Harold raising sizable amounts in home county – Tom Kacich (DIERSEN: What is your home county? How long have you lived in the county that you live in now? My DuPage County critics/opponents, their DuPage County operatives, and their DuPage County dupes hint/imply/argue/stress that I am a newcomer and that Will County is my home county a) because I lived in Will County 1948-1976 and b) I have lived in DuPage County only since 1978.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-10-18/tom-kacich-urbanas-harold-raising-sizable-amounts-home-county.html

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Government to federal judge: We didn’t mislead you about Aaron Schock – Andy Kravetz (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, Political Affiliation Discrimination, Reverse Discrimination, Age Discrimination, and Retaliation to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. In Diersen v. GAO, the Democrats who ran GAO hinted/implied/argued/shouted that they treated me just like the Democrats who ran Congress wanted them to. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20171017/government-to-federal-judge-we-didnt-mislead-you-about-aaron-schock

HERALD & REVIEW
— Facebook ad sows confusion in race against Manar – TOM LISI
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/facebook-ad-sows-confusion-in-race-against-manar/article_4650bf7c-539d-5f0a-835e-2f96dc626e1f.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Donald Trump’s net worth drops $600 million on Forbes’ rich list Bill Gates tops list for 24th straight year – CHRIS ISIDORE
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/donald-trumps-net-worth-drops-600-million-on-forbes-rich-list/838070463

WIFR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Leaders of the following groups advocate for Dream Act’s passage: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://www.wifr.com/content/news/Immigration-leaders-advocate-for-Dream-Acts-passage-451371983.html

WSIL TV
— Illinois Governor race spending at all-time high – Andrew Feather
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/36620976/illinois-governor-race-spending-at-all-time-high

WILSON TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot promoters promote those who promote pot in Evanston.
http://www.wilsontimes.com/stories/general-assembly-can-require-schools-to-teach-freedom-not-censorship,100385

DOWNERS GROVE PATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, an anti-Roskam asks “Will Roskam’s Financial Edge Result In Re-election?”
https://patch.com/illinois/downersgrove/will-roskams-financial-edge-result-re-election

WILLIAM J. KELLY
— Kelly questions 56% jump in Rauner’s income since 2014 (DIERSEN: Is your income up or down? Since 1997, my income has been down 59% a year, that is, since 1997, in today’s dollars, it has been down $72,135/year, that is, it has been down $1,442,700. My $50,856/year Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 41% of my GS-13 Step 10 $122,991/year GAO salary.)
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-questions-56-percent-jump-rauner-income

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Jack Franks’ County Official Pension Elimination Issue Tabled at Franks’ Request
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/10/17/county-official-pension-discussion-tabled/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Governor’s Office facing FOIA lawsuit – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/10/governors-office-facing-foia-lawsuit/
— Maine Township Supervisor failures exposed – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/10/maine-township-supervisor-failures-exposed/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— New Facebook page won’t change Madigan’s legacy – Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/mccaleb-new-facebook-page-won-t-change-madigan-s-legacy/article_ac7db55a-b2ac-11e7-a418-db53fb2aabc8.html

CAPITOL FAX
— New SEIU radio ad rips Rauner’s home services overtime cuts
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/18/new-seiu-radio-ad-rips-rauners-home-services-overtime-cuts/
— Rauner to unveil potentially huge Chicago project
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/18/rauner-to-unveil-potentially-huge-chicago-project/
— Chris Kennedy warns high-dollar campaigns could mean “the end of American democracy”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/18/chris-kennedy-warns-high-dollar-campaigns-could-mean-the-end-of-american-democracy/
— Pritzker responds to “The Madigan Question” by saying he favors term limits for legislative leaders (DIERSEN: Those who succeeded in destroying TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois favor term limits for those like me who they manipulate/dominate.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/18/pritzker-responds-to-the-madigan-question-by-saying-he-favors-term-limits-for-legislative-leaders/

GOPUSA
— NFL meeting ignores national anthem; takes stand for ‘social justice’ (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote “social justice” are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=31958
— Jimmy Kimmel says ‘riddance’ to Republican viewers (DIERSEN: Who would say “riddance” to members of the following groups if they left your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, your county, and Illinois: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, 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? I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who would say “riddance” to those who share my demographics if they left.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=31944
— Air Force Punishes Colonel Who Refused to Affirm Gay Marriage (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=31915
— Illegal aliens get 2 million work permits in 2017 (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers make it clear that they want to hire, retain, and promote illegals over citizens of America. Nevertheless, I doubt that illegals would take the BAD jobs that I had. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=31831

BLAZE
— ‘Ambition is not celebrated’ in Denmark, where a garbage man earns as much as a teacher – Dave Urbanski (DIERSEN: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. 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.theblaze.com/news/2017/10/17/ambition-is-not-celebrated-in-denmark-where-a-garbage-man-earns-as-much-as-a-teacher/

LIFZETTE NEWS
— OUTSTANDING: ICE to Target Businesses That Hire Illegal Immigrants Federal agents will enforce labor laws that make it a crime to employ people not authorized to work in the U.S. – Brendan Kirby
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/ice-to-target-businesses-that-hire-illegal-immigrants/

CNN
— White House Places CNN, MSNBC In The Back Row Of Presser – Amber Athey (DIERSEN: The following activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. not only put me in the back row of their press conferences, they do not want me to know about them, attend them, ask questions during them, or report on them: Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/17/wh-places-cnn-msnbc-in-the-back-row-of-presser/

WASHINGTON POST
— Hardly any federal employees are fired for poor performance. That could be a good sign, report says. – Eric Yoder (DIERSEN: Assessing job performance is extremely subjective. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes. In addition, they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, 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 Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/10/18/hardly-any-federal-employees-are-fired-for-poor-performance-that-could-be-a-good-sign-report-says/
— The sooner Rex Tillerson resigns as secretary of state the better – Daniel W. Drezner (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those a) who want me to resign as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman and b) who wanted me to resign as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, Post Office employee, etc. The aforesaid are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and or they a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/10/18/the-sooner-rex-tillerson-resigns-as-secretary-of-state-the-better/

USA TODAY
— Energy Secretary Rick Perry defends his travel aboard private, government planes – Michael Collins (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that in today’s dollars, a) the Post Office paid me $0.535/mile to deliver mail in my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint 1966-1967, in my 1968 Oldsmobile 442 1967-1968, and in my 1969 Dodge Charger SE 1968-1969 and b) that IRS paid me $0.535/mile to collect delinquent taxes in my 1962 Chevy BelAir 1971-1978 and in my 1974 Dodge Dart 1973-1974.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/12/energy-secretary-rick-perry-defends-his-travel-aboard-private-government-planes/757776001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Democrats Need Wall Street – DOUGLAS SCHOEN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to curry favor with Democrats, Wall Street is more and more and more anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/opinion/why-democrats-need-wall-street.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Easy Way to Appease Conservatives: Judicial Appointments – Carl Hulse (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, the Republican Party a) does less and less and less to “appease” its base, b) talks and acts like it wants to dump its base, and c) talks and acts like it wants to lose to Democrats.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/us/politics/trump-mcconnell-judicial-nominees.html
— These Companies Will Pay You to Learn Your Job Before hiring employees full-time, firms enroll them in training that can take almost a year; ‘most people don’t come out of undergrad the perfect salesperson’ – Kelsey Gee (DIERSEN: My first 6 months with IRS in 1971 as a GS-7 (currently $44,853) Revenue Officer was all classroom and on-the-job training. 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. 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.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/these-companies-will-pay-you-to-learn-your-job-1508245202
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The WSJ does not want government to encourage home ownership.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-realtors-take-a-tax-hostage-1508280805
— Welcome to High School. Now Go to College. Dual-enrollment programs, in which high school students take college classes, are gaining steam despite little research into long-term impact – Melissa Korn (DIERSEN: 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/welcome-to-high-school-now-go-to-college-1508232603
— Google Serves Fake News Ads in an Unlikely Place: Fact-Checking Sites – DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI and LINDA QIU (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are full of fake news. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, only the news that they put out is not fake.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/technology/google-fake-ads-fact-check.html
— University of Florida Braces for Richard Spencer – ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS (DIERSEN: 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 increasingly talk and/or act like they want to kill Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/us/florida-richard-spencer.html

WASHINGTON POST
— A majority of Americans now say that sexual harassment is a ‘serious problem’ – Caitlin Gibson and Emily Guskin (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites and anti-males hint/imply/argue/shout that White males are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Anti-Whites and anti-males voted for Clinton last year.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-majority-of-americans-now-say-that-sexual-harassment-is-a-serious-problem/2017/10/16/707e6b74-b290-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Trump tumbles 92 places on ‘Forbes” list – Kevin McCoy (DIERSEN: What if everyone had to publish a) their net worth, that is, a detailed listing of their assets and debts, b) their sources and amounts of income, and c) their expenses as of the end of each year? Virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) glorify and praise, b) pander to, and/or c) serve as operatives or as dupes for those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/10/17/president-trump-falls-forbes-400-list-richest-americans/771219001/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Trump plans massive increase in federal immigration jails – Alan Gomez
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/10/17/trump-plans-massive-increase-federal-immigration-jails/771414001/

FORTUNE
— Tesla Fires Hundreds of Workers After Their Annual Performance Review – Kirsten Korosec
http://fortune.com/2017/10/13/tesla-fires-employees/

FORBES
— 11% Of Government Employees In D.C. Area Have Bought Legal Marijuana, Survey Suggests – Debra Borchardt (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, government employees are Democrats who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/debraborchardt/2017/10/12/washington-government-marijuana/#1101eeea1d2a

MERIDIAN STAR
— Who pays what in taxes? – WALTER E. WILLIAMS (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always wanted me to pay more taxes, and especially since I became an IRS employee in 1971 when I was 22 years old.)
http://www.meridianstar.com/opinion/columns/walter-e-williams-who-pays-what-in-taxes/article_72c4bd66-0b42-5897-b5bc-37313c1d0d8c.html

NEWSWEEK
— DONALD TRUMP’S LONG HISTORY OF OFFENSIVE REMARKS ABOUT THOSE WHO SERVED AS SOMEONE WHO DID NOT – ALEXANDER NAZARYAN (DIERSEN: Did you serve? Needless-to-say, if I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would shout that I sought and obtained a) student draft deferments 1966-1970 and b) a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971.)
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-la-david-johnson-niger-green-beret-raid-687369

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Women Still Underrepresented in the Highest-Paid Federal Jobs – Jack Corrigan (DIERSEN: 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 woman in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a woman in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted women in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a woman in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a woman in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2017/10/women-still-underrepresented-highest-paid-federal-jobs/141837/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 46% Have Been Sexually Harassed at Work or Know Someone Who Has (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites and anti-males hint/imply/argue/shout that White males are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Anti-Whites and anti-males voted for Clinton last year.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/october_2017/46_have_been_sexually_harassed_at_work_or_know_someone_who_has
— The Rasmussen Minute: Government Is The Problem (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, everyone blames government, everyone blames former government employees, everyone blames current government employees, and everyone blames future government employees for all past, present, and future problems.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/videos/2017_10/the_rasmussen_minute_government_is_the_problem

October 15 Morning Edition

ABC7
— 6 dead, 7 wounded in Chicago weekend gun violence
http://abc7chicago.com/6-dead-7-wounded-in-chicago-weekend-gun-violence/2534651/
— Barack Obama makes surprise visit to Chicago for youth event (DIERSEN: What did you do when you were 18-24 years old? I delivered mail, worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumped gasoline, and collected delinquent taxes. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU and took graduate business courses at Loyola. I bought three new cars and a new town home.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/barack-obama-makes-surprise-visit-to-chicago-for-youth-event/2533068/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former President Barack Obama made a surprise visit Saturday evening in Chicago during an event aimed at helping young people make an impact in their communities. Obama dropped by the Obama Foundation’s Chicago Training Day, which featured about 150 participants ages 18 to 24, and 25 local peer advisors that helped facilitate sessions throughout the day.)

NBC5
— Record Rainfall Floods Chicago Area (DIERSEN: If your home has not suffered storm water damage recently, what are the main reasons? 915 Cove Court in Wheaton has not suffered storm water damage recently because I paid the home’s builder $900 in 1984 to have all nine of the home’s downspouts directly connected to the city storm sewer system, I unclogged and properly connected 6-inch and a 4-inch drain tile lines to the city storm sewer system, I had part of the home’s exterior footing tiles excavated and unclogged, I installed many storm sewer inlets and hundreds of feet of French drains, I patched many lengthy cracks in the basement floor, I have always had a battery backup sump pump, etc.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/weather/stories/record-rainfall-flooding-chicago-area-450978083.html

CBS2
— President Trump’s Weekly Address; Democrats’ Weekly Address
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/10/14/president-trumps-weekly-address-democrats-weekly-address-8/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Gun control measures proposed in Illinois
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/gun-control-measures-proposed-illinois

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois joins lawsuit as insurers brace for end of Obamacare subsidies – Lisa Schencker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-obamacare-subsidies-uncertainty-20171013-story.html
— Former Illinois state Rep. Sandra Pihos charged with misdemeanor shoplifting in Lombard – Christy Gutowski and Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-former-longtime-state-rep-charged-with-misdemeanor-shoplifting-in-lombard-20171014-story.html
— Trump voter fraud commission researcher arrested on child pornography charges – John Wagner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-voter-fraud-commission-child-porn-arrest-20171014-story.html
— Have dirt that could impeach Trump? Larry Flynt will pay you $10 million. – Amy B Wang (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, 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.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-larry-flynt-trump-impeachment-award-20171014-story.html
— Inspector general’s report alleges nepotism, political influence in the South Stickney Sanitary District – Zak Koeske
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-south-stickney-sanitary-folo-st-1015-20171013-story.html
— Obama makes surprise appearance at his foundation’s first program initiative for youths – Lolly Bowean (DIERSEN: What did you do when you were 18-24 years old? I delivered mail, worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumped gasoline, and collected delinquent taxes. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU and took graduate business courses at Loyola. I bought three new cars and a new town home.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-at-training-day-obama-appears-offering-lessons-coaching-for-youth-20171014-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Obama’s appearance at the Gary Comer Youth Center in Greater Grand Crossing came after the group of 18- to 24-year-olds spent the day in workshops learning many of the principles of narrative storytelling and community organizing.)
— The rise of electric vehicles and the fall of gas engines is a matter of when, not if – Peter Holley (DIERSEN: Do you hate cars? Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hate cars. They were furious when I bought the cars that I still own: 1972 Chevy Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS, 2005 Chevy Corvette, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, and 2016 Ford Mustang. They were furious when I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, 1969 Dodge Charger SE, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1978 Chevy Chevette, 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, 1990 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1993 Ford Thunderbird, and 1997 Chevy Cavalier.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/fuelefficient/sc-auto-cover-electric-vehicles-combustion-engines-20171018-story.html
— My attempt at jury duty failed — because I’m a nursing mother – Judith P. Miller (DIERSEN: During the 1990s, GAO’s Chicago office gutted its smoking room and turned it into a lactation room.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-jury-duty-breastfeeding-1015-story.html
— The Republican tax plan will hurt the middle class – Fred Lierman, Rockford
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-letters-trump-tax-plan-20171013-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Supporters of Oak Park teacher protest his suspension in Facebook flap – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/protest-for-suspended-oak-park-teacher-bring-community-together/
— Obama teaches ‘organizing 101’ in surprise foundation appearance – Rachel Hinton (DIERSEN: What did you do when you were 18-24 years old? I delivered mail, worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumped gasoline, and collected delinquent taxes. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU and took graduate business courses at Loyola. I bought three new cars and a new town home.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/obama-teaches-organizing-101-in-surprise-foundation-appearance/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Obama Foundation isn’t set to break ground on its presidential center until late 2018, but Saturday’s South Side gathering drew about 150 people between 18 and 24, for a day of putting “civics into action.”)
— 3 teens charged after marijuana found during McHenry County searches – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/3-teens-facing-charges-after-separate-searches-uncover-marijuana/
— Aldermen, mayor tune out Chicagoans during ‘public comment’ – Anne M. Dillon, Norwood Park (DIERSEN: Who tunes you out? The following tune me out: those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/letters-aldermen-mayor-tune-out-chicagoans-during-public-comment/

HERALD WHIG
— Three candidates vying for Illinois House seat in 93rd District – Doug Wilson
http://www.whig.com/20171014/three-candidates-vying-for-illinois-house-seat-in-93rd-district#

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— More state lawmakers jumping ship – Editorial
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-more-state-lawmakers-jumping-ship/article_61fde1ea-1ab0-5a67-a026-bbb6524ff1d7.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Treasurer Frerichs remains unchallenged – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-10-15/tom-kacich-treasurer-frerichs-remains-unchallenged.html
— Abortion bill complicates GOP election politics – Rich Miller
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2017-10-15/rich-millercapitol-fax-abortion-bill-complicates-gop-election-politics.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups say “Dream Act deserves support:” anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary/2017-10-15/sunday-extra-dream-act-deserves-support.html

SOUTHERN
— Saluki cheerleaders who knelt during national anthem subject of death threats – K. JANIS ESCH
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/siu/they-re-not-going-to-scare-us-saluki-cheerleaders-who/article_4033275a-39d6-50d1-b655-a80ab771e152.html

RIVER CITIES READER
— The “Madigan Question” Leads to Questions for Rauner – Rich Miller
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/madigan-question-questions-for-rauner

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Think long, hard about impeachment – Don Wooten (DIERSEN: How did Nixon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon) impact you in 1974? In 1974, I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS. They were furious about Nixon and they took their anger out on me, one of their very few employees who were both Republican and non-veteran.)
http://www.qconline.com/opinion/think-long-hard-about-impeachment/article_1f59782f-7d0b-5132-a4c9-d8c51be772b1.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— At Values Voter Summit, Bannon declares ‘war’ on GOP establishment Former White House strategist bashes leaders – MIRANDA GREEN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/at-values-voter-summit-bannon-takes-aim-at-gop-establishment/835419287

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Anti-Transparency Sandra Pihos charged with shoplifting – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/10/anti-transparency-sandra-pihos-charged-with-shoplifting/

BREITBART
— UCLA Law Professor Says Affirmative Action Inflicts ‘Significant Academic Harm’ on Minority Students – THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/14/ucla-law-professor-says-affirmative-action-inflicts-significant-academic-harm-on-minority-students/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps mix illegal immigrants in with legal immigrants. What percent of legal immigrants promote illegal immigration?
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/355383-we-cant-be-complicit-in-persecution-of-immigrant-communities
— Trump ramps up the culture war – JONATHAN EASLEY (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, promiscuity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/355399-trump-ramps-up-the-culture-war

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Illinois’ 200th birthday party gets late start, low budget (DIERSEN: What do you say to those in Illinois who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those whose parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and/or the rest of their ancestors have been in Illinois longer than their parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and/or the rest of their ancestors? They hint/imply/argue/shout that the longer that your parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and/or the rest of their ancestors have been in Illinois, the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against women.)
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/illinois-200th-birthday-party-gets-late-start-low-budget/

ABC NEWS
— Legal experts split on if NFL can punish for anthem protests – AP (DIERSEN: One could argue that in Diersen v. GAO (https://gopillinois.com/documents/), the court ruled that employers can punish their employees who complain about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination. But one could also argue that the court also ruled that employers can only punish their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/legal-experts-split-nfl-punish-anthem-protests-50420878

NEW YORK TIMES
— Silicon Valley Is Not Your Friend We are beginning to understand that tech companies don’t have our best interests at heart. Did they ever? – Noam Cohen
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/13/opinion/sunday/Silicon-Valley-Is-Not-Your-Friend.html
— Why Are Millennials Wary of Freedom? – CLAY ROUTLEDGE
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/14/opinion/sunday/millennials-freedom-fear.html
— HARDCOPY EDITORIAL TITLE: Not So Fast on Self-Driving Cars
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/14/opinion/self-driving-cars.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: A Gender Pay Disparity – Rob Walker (DIERSEN: 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.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/business/advice-gender-pay-disconnect.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I recently completed a certification process in my field. This took several years and required clearing numerous hurdles. A few others in my office completed the same process. Typically, in our profession, this merits a raise. It takes a several months for a state board and other entities to process the materials and issue formal documentation. I and another woman in my office were told we would have to wait for that process to conclude before we got our raises. However, two men who finished around the same time received their raises earlier. I asked my boss directly about this and he confirmed that they had, but did not offer me any insight into what that meant for me. To me, this seems like sexism, whether the bosses realize it or not. For some reason it was more imperative to give these guys a raise immediately, before they had their documents in hand, and less important to expedite this process for the women.)
— Iowa’s Swing to Republicans Is a Matter of (Lacking a) Degree Iowa’s status as a swing state in presidential elections may be in doubt. One key reason: Its economy cannot support enough college graduates. That’s bad news for Democrats. – MICHAEL TACKETT
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/14/us/politics/iowa-democrats-republicans.html

WASHINGTON POST
— GOP lawmakers walk the line between defying Trump and alienating their base – Elise Viebeck (DIERSEN: What do Rauner’s wife and Rauner’s other advisors have to say about this? Ever-increasingly, it seems like Rauner’s advisors are advising him to dump the Republican Party platform, to dump the Illinois Republican Party platform, and to dump those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/gop-lawmakers-walk-the-line-between-defying-trump-and-alienating-their-base/2017/10/14/cfc84f92-b014-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for everything that is bad, including bad weather.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ap-norc-poll-americans-blame-wild-weather-on-global-warming/2017/10/12/4f5cf74c-af59-11e7-9b93-b97043e57a22_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Where Do All the Disgraced C.E.O.s Go? – JOHN SCHWARTZ (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am disgraced. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They stress that a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/business/disgraced-ceos.html

October 13 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump to extend March 5 deadline to end DACA protections if Congress doesn’t act, GOP senator says – Elise Viebeck
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-deadline-daca-protections-20171012-story.html
— While Congress naps, Trump acts on Obamacare – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-trump-obamacare-executive-order-20171012-story.html
— Trump’s threat to NBC is definition of ‘Nixonian’ – Aaron Blake (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want to a) stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) stop everyone from reading them. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20171013/281925953238706
— Trump has the highest IQ and says so himself – Timothy L. O’Brien
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-trump-highest-iq-tillerson-1013-story.html
(DIERSEN: To my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am stupid and lazy, I stress that 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. In 1979, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and in 1981, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt.)
— An IQ test for President Trump – Dana Milbank
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-tillerson-iq-test-20171011-story.html
— Our toxic smartphone addiction – Heather Wilhelm
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-smartphone-addiction-wilhelm-1013-story.html
— It’s time to look away, look away, look away from ‘Dixie’ – Eric Zorn (DIERSEN: Just kidding, but not completely. If I sought a government office or a political office, to paint me as being a racist, my critics/opponents, their operatives and their dupes would stress that my ancestors owned land on what was the Dixie Highway in Crete 1864-1966. My great great grandfather, my great grandfather, my grandfather, and my father all lived on what was Dixie Highway (Main Street) in Crete. I was born on what was Dixie Highway (St. James Hospital in Chicago Heights) and I lived on what was Dixie Highway (the northeast corner of Main and Exchange) in Crete 1948-1954. SEE: http://www.theherald-news.com/2016/08/07/then-now-dixie-highway-crete/aq5lh4r/)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-dixie-confederate-song-20171012-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Jobs Americans don’t want – Tracy Jan (DIERSEN: What jobs do/did you not want? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have made it very clear that they would never stoop to take the jobs that I did. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. Nevertheless, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I was always grossly overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. In 1979, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and in 1981, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-landscape-workers-20171006-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cook County officials faced with $200M budget gap after pop tax repeal – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cook-county-officials-faced-with-316m-budget-gap-after-pop-tax-repeal/
— Let California leave the United States – John Stossel (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who run Illinois talk and act like they want Illinois to leave the United States. If they succeed in getting Illinois to leave the United States, what would you do? Would you stay in Illinois or would you leave? My ancestors have lived in northeast Illinois since 1844. I lived in Crete 1948-1972, University Park 1972-1976, Chicago 1976-1978, and Wheaton since 1978.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/let-california-leave/

DAILY HERALD
— Protest organized ahead of GOP gun raffle in Kildeer – Doug T. Graham (DIERSEN: Republicans promote the Second Amendment. Democrats want to abolish the Second Amendment.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171012/protest-organized-ahead-of-gop-gun-raffle-in-kildeer
— IMRF exec: McHenry County Board can’t halt elected officials’ pensions – Lauren Rohr (DIERSEN: If you are earning credits toward a government pension or are getting a government pension, which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries want to cut if not eliminate your pension? Members of the following groups want to cut if not eliminate my $50,856/year Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid. Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are “single issue” people. If I was a “single issue” person, I would be a Democrat because Democrats promise to protect CSRS pensions.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171012/imrf-exec-mchenry-county-board-cant-halt-elected-officials-pensions
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Michael Shehee of Lisle wants DuPage County board member pensions to be cut if not eliminated.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171013/need-to-address-pols-pensions-in-dupage
(FROM THE LETTER: Most if not all of the board members have their own practices, jobs or businesses that already carry a six figure salary. Some board members have pensions from previous political positions. Board members’ salaries are more than most full time jobs in DuPage County in both government and private sectors.)
— Chicago Tribune announces layoffs, newsroom restructuring – Robert Feder (DIERSEN: All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency shrank. All during those almost 18 years, the agency focused on getting rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171012/feder-chicago-tribune-announces-layoffs-newsroom-restructuring
— Planners target expressways now clogged 5½ hours a day – Marni Pyke (DIERSEN: What do/did you do to avoid clogged expressways? My wife and I bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 and walked to the College Avenue train station. My wife and I had 915 Cove Court in Wheaton built in 1984 and walked to the Wheaton train station.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171012/planners-target-expressways-now-clogged-5xbd-hours-a-day
— ‘Morning Joe’ host Scarborough officially leaves GOP – AP (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who focuses on driving people out of the Republican Party in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? ANSWER: Those who focus on driving people out of the Republican Party in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20171013/entlife/310139955/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— U of C’s incoming freshman class largest in ‘modern history’ – Steven R. Strahler (DIERSEN: What percent of these student are or soon will be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171013/NEWS13/171019927/u-of-cs-incoming-freshman-class-largest-in-modern-history

WJBD
— New State Budget $1.7-Billion Out of Balance Director of Office of Management and Budget Says It Is Time for Political Leaders to Come Together to Build Long-Term Fiscal Stability
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2017/10/13/new-state-budget-17billion-out-of-balance–

ROBERT FEDER
— Layoffs hit Chicago Tribune newsroom (DIERSEN: All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency shrank. All during those almost 18 years, the agency focused on getting rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.robertfeder.com/2017/10/12/layoffs-hit-chicago-tribune-newsroom/

CHICAGO REPORTER
— Subsidizing Amazon won’t pay off for Illinois taxpayers – Curtis Black
http://chicagoreporter.com/subsidizing-amazon-wont-pay-off-for-illinois-taxpayers/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Bill would halt taxpayer-funded abortion – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/bill-would-halt-taxpayer-funded-abortion/article_d4db0764-af78-11e7-9304-1b4ce0f53469.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rauner Says Budget Has $1.7 Billion More Spending Than Revenue – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/10/12/rauner-says-budget-has-1-7-billion-more-spending-than-revenue/

CAPITOL FAX
— Schuh hired as Rauner’s deputy chief of staff for communications (DIERSEN: I hope that Schuh rejects those “Republicans” who want her and others a) to demonize, denigrate, and condemn me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails as being illegitimate and even worse things, b) to pander to the Democrat news media in Illinois, c) to refuse to keep diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists, and d) to stop me from knowing about, promoting, attending, and/or reporting on their government/political events and other activities.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/13/schuh-hired-as-rauners-deputy-chief-of-staff-for-communications/
— Kennedy again tries to explain his position on legalizing marijuana (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/13/kennedy-again-tries-to-explain-his-position-on-legalizing-marijuana/

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— IN THE SOCIAL JUSTICE WORLD, IT’S PIRANHA EAT PIRANHA – Kent Kellar (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the following groups compete with each other to get more preference: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/10/12/in-the-social-justice-world-its-piranha-eat-piranha/
— THE TYRANNY OF ADMINISTRATIVE POWER – Kent Kellar (DIERSEN: In 1997, I succeeded in stopping the U.S. Department of Transportation from abusing its administrative power. SEE: Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange at http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-7th-circuit/1385001.html)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/10/12/the-tyranny-of-administrative-power/

GOPUSA
— Obama Lied. My Fourth Health Plan Died. – Michelle Malkin
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=31583

ONE NEWS NOW
— Reaction: Scouts doing a disservice to boys, girls – Charlie Butts
https://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2017/10/12/reaction-scouts-doing-a-disservice-to-boys-girls

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Trump pulls U.S. out of pro-abortion, pro-LGBT UN agency – Claire Chretien
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-trump-pulls-u.s.-out-of-pro-abortion-pro-lgbt-un-agency

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Even after 266 days in office, the news media mistreats Trump — and voters know it – Jennifer Harper
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/12/inside-the-beltway-voters-agree-the-media-mistreat/
— Chief Justice Roberts urged to punish Gorsuch over address at conservative gathering – Alex Swoyer
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/12/group-urges-john-roberts-punish-neil-gorsuch-over-/

BLAZE
— Trump stabs at the heart of Obamacare by ending subsidies – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/10/12/breaking-trump-stabs-at-the-heart-of-obamacare-by-ending-subsidies/

POLITICO
— How the NFL Lost to Trump – RICH LOWRY
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/10/11/trump-nfl-anthem-goodell-flag-215701

NEW YORK TIMES
— Google Unveils Job Training Initiative With $1 Billion Pledge – DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI (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/2017/10/12/technology/google-job-training-initiative.html
— Different Ads, Different Ethnicities, Same Car – SAPNA MAHESHWARI (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, my demographics are terrible. What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who share my demographics, but who demonize, denigrate, and condemn me and those who share our demographics to curry favor with those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/12/business/media/toyota-camry-ads-different-ethnicities.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump violates core conservative values, yet most conservatives still refuse to condemn him – Nancy French
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/10/13/trump-violates-core-conservative-values-yet-most-conservatives-still-refuse-to-condemn-him/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: VA vows better reporting on bad health workers – Donovan Slack (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was a BAD federal employee. Of course, they would want a) GAO to repot 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; b) IRS to report that it did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) the Post Office to report that it forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/12/va-vows-changes-bad-health-care-providers-lawmakers-take-action-after-usa-today-investigation/757445001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Fake News From the SPLC A church fire started by a congregant isn’t an example of ‘hate.’ – Jeryl Bier
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fake-news-from-the-splc-1507847385
— House GOP Moves Toward Keeping Partial State and Local Tax Deduction One idea is to maintain the deduction for households below a certain income level – Richard Rubin and Siobhan Hughes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/house-gop-moves-toward-keeping-partial-state-and-local-tax-deduction-1507827859

BLOOMBERG
— House GOP’s Tax-Cut Hopes Ride on Deciding Who Is Middle Class – Anna Edgerton (DIERSEN: Are you middle class? My Civil Service Retirement System pension is $50,856. My federal health, dental, and vision health subsidy is $17,288, but I have to pay $5,763 to get that subsidy. My Social Security is $2,028.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-13/house-gop-s-tax-cut-hopes-ride-on-deciding-who-is-middle-class
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For some GOP members of Congress, a middle income household tops out at $100,000 a year. For others, a family making $400,000 still deserves a break. . .But even Republicans from the same state can’t agree on the definition. “The middle class is whatever you want it to be in many ways,” said Jim Renacci, an Ohio Republican who sits on the Ways and Means Committee. “I think the middle class, is anywhere from zero to $80,000 to $100,000. That’s really the target zone.” For Warren Davidson, who represents the Ohio district on the outskirts of Cincinnati where the biggest company is AK Steel Corp., middle class families could be those making up to $250,000 a year. “I think for our district, people probably don’t start feeling like they’re middle class until they start earning $40,000 a year, and they probably still feel like they’re middle class up until about a quarter million a year,” Davidson said in an interview. . .The Pew Research Center, for example, classifies the middle class as households making between two-thirds and double the median household income — or between $42,500 and $125,000 for a family of three in 2014. Other definitions consider whether people have a college degree or even their job type. . .A study by the nonpartisan Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center found that most middle-income families would enjoy after-tax gains under the GOP framework, but that taxes would go up for almost 30 percent of people making $50,000 to $150,000. The study said it used brackets outlined in the House GOP tax blueprint released in 2016 — a methodology that Brady and others criticized. . .Representative Peter King said families in his New Jersey district can make as much as $400,000 and still feel like part of the middle class. While he suggested that he’d be open to considering a compromise on state and local tax deductions, he rejected the idea of a cap that kicks in at an annual income of $200,000.)

BUSINESS JOURNALS
— Do retaliation concerns make some employees untouchable? – Katie Loehrke (DIERSEN: Because my demographics have always been terrible, my Democrat superiors knew that they could and they did use me as an example to teach my supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates how they could harm federal employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran. 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 Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/how-to/growth-strategies/2017/10/do-retaliation-concerns-make-some-employees.html

THE WEEK
— The Republican civil war is spreading – Paul Waldman (DIERSEN: What divides the sides in this civil war? One side rejects the fiscal responsibility, traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform. The aforesaid are RINOs, Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, etc. The other side supports all the planks in the Republican Party platform. The aforesaid are Republicans.)
http://theweek.com/articles/730474/republican-civil-war-spreading

GALLUP
— Slim Majority Against Government Pushing Traditional Values (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, government pushes dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, giving preference to minorities, females, younger people, and veterans, age discrimination, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, retaliation, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things.)
http://news.gallup.com/poll/220235/slim-majority-against-government-pushing-traditional-values.aspx

FED SMITH
— 2% COLA for Federal Retirees in 2018 – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: If this goes through, my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension will increase by $1,017, or increase from $50,856 to $51,873. Ever since my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, CSRS COLAs have been less than real inflation.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/10/13/2-cola-federal-retirees-2018/

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Federal employee engagement highest in 6 years, OPM survey says – Nicole Ogrysko (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted GAO to get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/workforce/2017/10/federal-employee-engagement-highest-in-6-years-opm-survey-says/
— SEPTEMBER 20, 2017 FLASHBACK: Navy goes through holistic existential examination after ship collisions – Scott Maucione (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.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/navy/2017/09/navy-goes-through-holistic-existential-examination-after-ship-collisions/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Defense Officer Personnel Management Act is one of the areas on which Spencer wants to focus. That act put into effect the military’s up or out system, which forces service members to promote to the next rank in a certain amount of time or be separated from the military. “If, in fact, we have excellent people in excellent positions, why shouldn’t we find a way to keep that gray matter, that institutional knowledge, that high performing person facing off against that issue and not be penalized that he or she is lost in his class on promotion?” Spencer said. Letting sailors stay in a particular rank could let them keep doing what they actually love instead of forcing them into a leadership position. In some cases, pilots who want to only fly or sailors who like certain positions on a ship are forced to take on more responsibility as leaders instead of doing the task they joined the Navy to do.)

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 67% of Americans Oppose Tax Breaks for NFL Teams
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/taxes/october_2017/67_of_americans_oppose_tax_breaks_for_nfl_teams

October 11 Morning Edition

FAMILY PAC
— A Statement From Paul Caprio About Rauner’s Signing of HB 40
http://mailchi.mp/f553f1874776/statement-from-paul-caprio?e=8dc9fff257
(FROM THE ARTICLE: About three years ago to this day, I was asked by a supporter to meet with Bruce Rauner in the final stages of his campaign for Illinois governor. I agreed to the meeting, which took place at the Union League Club in Chicago. Family-Pac had not supported Rauner in the Primary, and Rauner had refused to clarify his positions on a host of issues important to all of us. He continued to say that he had no “social agenda.” My friend David Smith of the Illinois Family Institute (IFI) asked that I try to persuade Rauner to complete the IFI candidate questionnaire so that Christian voters across Illinois would be informed of his positions. At our meeting, Rauner said he would not fill out the questionnaire because his “consultants” told him he “had to get every question right to get the “endorsement.” I explained that IFI was a 501(c) (3) organization that did not “endorse” candidates and that no one was looking for “perfection” but only his honest attempt to state his views. Rauner said that he was not filling out any questionnaires (the position also stated by his campaign lieutenants) and that he wanted to keep Personal-Pac “neutralized.” I told him that Personal-Pac and Terry Cosgrove would be running TV spots against him. He seemed surprised. (Shortly thereafter, Personal-Pac TV ads against Rauner began.) This meeting exemplifies the series of lies by Bruce Rauner to Illinois pro-family voters and leaders. First, Rauner said to me that he was not completing any candidate questionnaires—yet this May, after Rauner stated his intention to veto HB 40 (taxpayer-funded abortion), Personal-Pac released a copy of Rauner’s “perfect” questionnaires in which he had pledged to sign taxpayer-funded abortion. In May, after promising Cardinal Cupich that he would veto HB 40, Rauner signed this dastardly bill, which will result in the deaths more than 12,000 innocent victims a year according to reliable estimates. In 50 years, I have never seen a politician as consistently dishonest on family issues as Bruce Rauner. Rauner has become a “cancer” on the Republican Party leadership, who should disassociate from him and declare the 2018 March Primary “open,” but they won’t…because they don’t have the courage to stand up for their “professed” beliefs and are indentured to his money. But Family-Pac will….with your help. On October 9, we convened a meeting of 20 pro-family/pro-life organizations to recruit a strong pro-family candidate to seek the GOP nomination against Rauner and his multi-million dollar checkbook. We are interviewing a number of candidates now and also pledged to support an independent candidate, like Joe Walsh, if necessary. We are leading the attack against Rauner in the media everyday, but we need your help. if Family-Pac is going to provide essential financial help to the candidate we recruit to get a strong campaign off the ground. Please help now as never before. We must fight to repeal HB 40 and provide courageous moral leadership to some of the Rauner-fearing elected officials. Please go to our website http://www.family-pac.com/support-us/ to contribute $35, $50, $100, $250, $500, $1000, or $2500 or send your donation in today to stand up for innocent life, taxpayers, and integrity in government as never before.)

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS REVIEW READERS SAY GOVERNOR RAUNER SHOULD EXIT IL GOP
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/10/illinois-review-readers-governor-rauner-should-exit-il-gop.html
— ON LATE-TERM ABORTION, LIBERALS ARE THE REAL SCIENCE DENIERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/10/on-late-term-abortion-liberals-are-the-real-science-deniers.html
— PREVAILING-WAGE LAWS CAUSE PERMANENT HARM (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes should disclose what they are/were paid, their education, their professional certifications, their professional licenses, their work experience, etc. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/10/prevailing-wage-laws-cause-permanent-harm.html
— FROM CHICAGO BLACK PASTOR ERIC WALLACE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP: INVITE KAEPERNICK TO LUNCH
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/10/from-chicago-black-pastor-to-president-trump-invite-kaepernick-to-lunch.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Bannon “exploring” fielding candidates in gubernatorial races (FROM THE ARTICLE: One can’t help but wonder whether any disaffected Republicans in Illinois have reached out to him yet.) (DIERSEN: Given Rauner’s rejection of Trump and his rejection of the 2,146,015 who voted for Trump in the November 6 election last year, who speaks for Trump’s supporters in Illinois?)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/11/bannon-exploring-fielding-candidates-in-gubernatorial-races/
— Lake County GOP gun raffle will proceed as scheduled
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/11/lake-county-gop-gun-raffle-will-proceed-as-scheduled/
— CME chief warns against a state derivatives tax (DIERSEN: For almost 9 of the 18 years that worked for GAO, I worked on audits that involved derivatives.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/11/cme-chief-warns-against-a-state-derivatives-tax/

ABC7
— Elk Grove Village considers plan to stop all tobacco sales – Liz Nagy (DIERSEN: Pot is far more harmful than tobacco products.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/elk-grove-village-considers-plan-to-stop-all-tobacco-sales/2517871/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— NFL, others distance themselves from Mike Ditka’s no-oppression claim – Patrick Finley (DIERSEN: Members of Group A demonize, denigrate, and condemn members of Group B as being oppressors. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or have ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/nfl-others-distance-themselves-from-mike-ditkas-no-oppression-claim/
— Defiant Ald. Carrie Austin defends hiring son as ward superintendent – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Did your parents help you get a job?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/defiant-ald-carrie-austin-defends-hiring-son-as-ward-superintendent/
— Chicago Public Schools raising property taxes by $225M – Lauren FitzPatrick
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cps-raising-property-taxes-by-225m-or-177-for-average-homeowner/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lake County Republicans moving ahead with gun giveaway fundraiser 2 weeks after Las Vegas massacre – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-lake-county-republicans-gun-fundraiser-las-vegas-20171010-story.html
— Rauner vows to get newborn screening for Krabbe disease ‘done’ – Patricia Callahan and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-krabbe-newborn-screening-meeting-met-20171010-story.html
— Cook County pop tax one step away from repeal after 15-1 test vote – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-cook-county-pop-tax-repeal-20171010-story.html
— Most men think gender gap at work is far smaller than study shows it is – Samantha Bomkamp (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 female in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a female could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a female in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted females in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a female in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a female in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a female could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-gender-diversity-work-study-20171011-story.html
— Free speech is more than a ‘right-wing’ cause – Clarence Page (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to get rid of the First Amendment. They want their operatives and their dupes to have more power to destroy any individual like me, any organization like TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, any company, and government, and any country that they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-free-speech-trump-sessions-campus-speech-1011-20171010-story.html
— Will Preckwinkle punch ‘Reset’ or ‘Retaliate’? – Editorial (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents use to justify their retaliating against you? My critics/opponents use a) my failing/refusing to glorify and praise them, b) my failing/refusing to pander to them, c) my failing/refusing to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) my failing/refusing to give them money, e) my supporting one of their opponents in a Republican primary, f) my including a link in a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email to an article that they do not like, g) my failing/refusing to cover up their wrong doing, h) my supporting planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform or the Republican Party platform that they reject, i) supporting the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, j) my failing/refusing to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, and other vices, race based preference giving, gender based preference giving, age discrimination, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, etc., k) my suing them, l) their disapproval/hatred of my demographics, m) my living in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County only since 1978, n) etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-soda-tax-repeal-preckwinkle-20171010-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Ditka apologizes after saying ‘there’s been no oppression in the last 100 years’ – Des Bieler (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want you to apologize for? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want me to apologize for causing all of their problems, for causing all of your problems, for causing all of my problems, and for causing all of everyone’s problems. They blame me and what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, a Republican Precinct Committeeman, a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, a Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member for all the losses the Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000. The higher the office, the more that they blame me.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171011/ditka-apologizes-after-saying-theres-been-no-oppression-in-the-last-100-years
— Metra must minimize any fare hikes, service cuts – Editorial (DIERSEN: Do/did you ride Metra? I did 1978-1997 and 9/71-12/71 and 11/73-6/74.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171011/editorial-metra-must-minimize-any-fare-hikes-service-cuts
— DuPage County to get more federal help to fight heroin – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: Who sells heroin to those in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America? If you want to destroy a precinct, a municipality, a township/ward, a county, a state, or a country, you sell heroin in that precinct, municipality, township/ward, county, state, or country.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171011/dupage-county-to-get-more-federal-help-to-fight-heroin
— FRONT PAGE: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Higher tax exemptions only in Cook County – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171011/why-only-cook-county-homeowners-are-getting-a-bigger-tax-exemption

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Why Chicago’s new debt scheme is reckless – MARK GLENNON
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171011/OPINION/171019976
— Loyola to acquire MacNeal Hospital – KRISTEN SCHORSCH (DIERSEN: My wife worked for MacNeal 1992-2000.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171011/NEWS03/171019969/loyola-to-acquire-macneal-hospital

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w/ Republican Primary State Rep. Candidate Bob Bednar (Grayslake, 62nd Dist)
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/10/berkowitz-w-republican-primary-state-rep-candidate-bob-bednar-cableweb/

FOX ILLINOIS
— U of I DACA recipients speak out against Trump’s latest immigration propositions – Nikki McGee (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps shout at DACA recipients that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Anti-Trumps are counting on DACA recipients to help them get rid of Republicans.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/u-of-i-daca-recepients-speak-out-against-trumps-latest-immigration-propositions

X95 RADIO
— RAUNER COULD FACE PRIMARY CHALLENGE FOR GOP NOMINATION
http://www.x95radio.com/2017/10/10/rauner-could-face-primary-challenge-for-gop-nomination/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, despite buckets of campaign cash, may be in for a primary fight in his 2018 re-election battle for governor. Suburban Republican lawmaker Jeanne Ives (Wheaton) is considering getting in the race, citing her frustration with the governor’s signing of HB40, a law that will increase access to abortion for state Medicaid recipients and would continue to make abortion legal in Illinois should the U.S. Supreme Court choose to overturn it. Rauner is facing a revolt from the grassroots of his party, with several Republican lawmakers saying they can’t support him for re-election and are actively looking for an alternative. Former ally John Tillman, head of the libertarian think tank The Illinois Policy Institute, referred to him as “Benedict Rauner” for allegedly “going back on his word” and signing HB40. Ives would appear to be at a significant financial disadvantage, but could level the playing field if she garners the support of political operatives like Dan Proft and uber-funder Dick Uihlein.)

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— ‘Now we’re hoping he seriously considers not running’; conservative groups band together to end Rauner support – W.J. Kennedy (DIERSEN: If Rauner/Sanguinetti announce that they are not running, a) who would you want to run and why and b) who do you predict will run and why?)
http://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511241988-now-we-re-hoping-he-seriously-considers-not-running-conservative-groups-band-together-to-end-rauner-support

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Democrat gubernatorial candidates criticize potential Amazon incentives – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/democrat-gubernatorial-candidates-criticize-potential-amazon-incentives/article_b6c11c6a-add3-11e7-a240-df460ccfa6a9.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Muslim Brotherhood Political Infiltration on Steroids – Janet Levy
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/10/muslim-brotherhood-political-infiltration-on-steroids/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— As Trump calls for end to NFL tax breaks, Goodell says players need to stand during anthem – Valerie Richardson
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/10/roger-goodell-says-players-should-stand-during-ant/
— Tim Kaine says Bob Corker is not the only Republican to question Trump’s fitness for office – Sally Persons (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and the dupes who have questioned my fitness to serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, GOPUSA state editor, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, Post Office employee, etc.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/10/tim-kaine-says-bob-corker-is-not-the-only-republic/

LIFE NEWS
— Undercover Video Catches New York Times Editor Admitting It “Always” Slants Stories Against President Trump – SCOTT WHITLOCK
http://www.lifenews.com/2017/10/10/undercover-video-catches-new-york-times-editor-admitting-it-always-slants-stories-against-president-trump/

LIFEZETTE
— Obama Justice Department Favored Immigrants Over Citizens Just 10 of 146 suits filed by antidiscrimination office during Obama years were on behalf of U.S. citizens – Brendan Kirby
https://www.lifezette.com/polizette/obama-justice-department-favored-immigrants-over-citizens/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— California reduces penalties for knowingly infecting someone with HIV – Peter LaBarbera
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/california-reduces-penalties-for-knowingly-infecting-someone-with-hiv

DAILY CALLER
— Obama’s $500 Million Presidential Library Will Skirt Federal Standards To Save Money – Eric Owens
http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/10/obamas-500-million-presidential-library-will-skirt-federal-standards-to-save-money/

THE HILL
— Trump’s new immigration priorities are the right solution to Obama’s mess – RJ HAUMAN
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/354765-trumps-new-immigration-priorities-are-the-right-solution-to-obamas-mess
— Take a knee, but only for the right reasons – ALAN KEYES
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/354742-take-a-knee-but-only-for-the-right-reasons
— Trump’s new immigration priorities are the right solution to Obama’s mess – RJ HAUMAN
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/354765-trumps-new-immigration-priorities-are-the-right-solution-to-obamas-mess

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans a) “don’t want young immigrants deported” and b) count on young immigrants to get rid of Republicans.
https://apnews.com/cd4b2d91423a4b3aab022041df149622/AP-NORC-Poll:-Most-don’t-want-young-immigrants-deported

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Threatens N.F.L. and Attacks Jemele Hill of ESPN – PETER BAKER and KEN BELSON
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/us/politics/trump-nfl-jemele-hill.html
— Why Big Cities Thrive, and Smaller Ones Are Being Left Behind – Eduardo Porter (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run the federal government promote big cities.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/business/economy/big-cities.html
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON NEW YORK TIGHTENS: 10% of New York City Public School Students Were Homeless Last Year – ELIZABETH A. HARRIS
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/nyregion/one-in-10-new-york-city-public-school-students-are-homeless.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump scores a win in the culture war as NFL seeks to ensure players stand for national anthem – David Nakamura
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-scores-a-win-in-the-culture-war–nfl-asks-players-to-stand-for-national-anthem/2017/10/10/f3b7e2e8-adf6-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— One in four government workers in New York makes $100K thanks to overtime – Carl Campanile
http://nypost.com/2017/10/10/one-in-four-government-workers-makes-100k-thanks-to-overtime/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— NFL Owners to Discuss Policy on Standing for Anthem A league spokesman said owners will consider player input on the issue, but suggested that a rule change would not require player approval – Matthew Futterman and Andrew Beaton
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nfl-owners-to-discuss-policy-on-standing-for-anthem-1507653315
— Trump Puts Spotlight on Sports Tax Breaks Tweet attacking NFL comes amid scrutiny of financing for sports stadiums – Richard Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-puts-spotlight-on-sports-tax-breaks-1507660681
— The Best Ways to Tell the Hard Truth at Work – Sue Shellenbarger (DIERSEN: White male federal employees should be told that their career will be wasted and they will be gotten rid of a) if they are Republican and b) if they 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://www.wsj.com/articles/the-best-ways-to-tell-the-hard-truth-at-work-1507647758

MARKET WATCH
— Why ‘nudging’ works: People need a push when it comes to retirement savings – ANGELA M. ANTONELLI (DIERSEN: Constructively, I started saving for my retirement in 1966 when I was 18 years old when I started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office and earning full-time Civil Service Retirement System seniority. Sadly, most, if not virtually all of the operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents have health, financial, and/or other problems and have saved little or nothing for their retirement. It certainly seems like my critics/opponents pay their operatives and their dupes less than $15/hour cash under the table and no benefits.)
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-nudging-works-people-need-a-push-when-it-comes-to-retirement-savings-2017-10-11

USA TODAY
— What Donald Trump is not telling you about his tax overhaul plan: Some will pay more taxes – Herb Jackson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/11/what-donald-trump-not-telling-you-his-tax-overhaul-plan-some-pay-more-taxes/746810001/
— TRAGIC: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO: Army is accepting more low-quality recruits, giving waivers for marijuana to hit targets – Tom Vanden Brook (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how since the 1960s the federal government has lowered and made more subjective its hiring, retention, and promotion standards to hire, retain, and promote more young Democrat minorities and more young Democrat females.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/10/army-accepting-more-low-quality-recruits-giving-waivers-marijuana-hit-targets/750844001/

FED WEEK
— Federal Employee Buyout Boost Advances (DIERSEN: In the federal government, buyouts are used to get rid of older federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/federal-employee-buyout-boost-advances/
— Prospect of Retirement, Other Benefit Cuts Moves Ahead (DIERSEN: I became eligible for a $25,000 buyout in 1993 when I was 45 years old. If I had not taken my Democrat GAO superiors’ early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, they would have killed me by now figuratively if not literally.)
http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/prospect-retirement-benefit-cuts-moves-ahead/

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 1018 James Court, Wheaton – $399,900
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/1_fs/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447922_zpid/

October 10 Morning Edition

THE FEDERALIST
— Illinois Governor Breaks Promise, Sends Nonexistent Tax Dollars To No-Limits Abortions This is what ‘working together’ looks like in Illinois: submission to the agenda of the majority party and the entrenched interests who fund their campaigns. – Jeanne Ives
http://thefederalist.com/2017/10/10/illinois-governor-breaks-promise-sends-nonexistent-tax-dollars-no-limits-abortions/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When I first got down to Springfield after being elected state representative in 2013, I thought, “What have I gotten myself into?” The mess in Springfield was worse than I could have imagined. Politics in Illinois is something akin to a modern-day Tammany Hall, defined by cronyism, waste, mismanagement, and corruption. Two of our last four governors were convicted of crimes and went to prison — George Ryan for what became known as the “hired truck scandal” and Rod Blagojevich for attempting to sell Barack Obama’s Senate seat. So it was to no one’s surprise that Illinois politics made national news again last week. Gov. Bruce Rauner signed into law a bill forcing taxpayers to fund abortion at any time, for any reason. His signature made Illinois the first state in the nation to enact such a law. Legislation not even contemplated by prior Democratic governors and legislatures was signed by a Republican. The clichéd diagnosis is that Illinois is broken and that the problems are so great that we cannot overcome them without a political savior—someone who has achieved an elite status. This defective tendency illustrates the real problem in Illinois, and how we have come to hold a bottom rank in every economic indicator (highest property taxes in the nation, heaviest overall tax burden, lowest bond rating, highest unemployment in the Midwest). Far from being broken, Illinois is operating exactly as those in charge intended. Illinois Is In the Midst of Financial Collapse As my first term ended in 2014, the state was collapsing. Illinoisans were finally waking up, and not a minute too soon. We found hope in Rauner’s candidacy. He was a political outsider who promised to “Shake Up Springfield.” We were impressed with his business acumen and galvanized by his reformist mission. So we were willing to give him the benefit of the doubt when he promised he had “no social agenda,” despite his generous donations to Planned Parenthood. Since his inauguration, Illinois’ backlog of unpaid bills is higher. Our unemployment rate and unfunded pension liability remain bleak. Corruption and cronyism continue, as a single lobbyist connected to the Rauner administration secured 2,800 state contracts worth nearly $17 billion. And a budget impasse that put social service providers into crisis was ended by a massive tax hike with no structural reforms. This is what “working together” looks like in Illinois: submission to the agenda of the majority party and the entrenched interests who fund their campaigns. Illinois politicians serve a constituency. It’s just not the families in their communities. They serve special interests who fund their campaigns: public-sector unions, crony capitalists, and other groups that feed on government. What Other Rauner Promises Will We Find Were Lies? Last April, Rauner publicly promised he would veto a bill that would force taxpayers to pay for abortions through all nine months of pregnancy. He lied. He signed the bill with a shrug of his shoulders, stating “I have always been pro-choice and I always will be.” Meanwhile, Illinois is ranked 48th in the nation in providing for our developmentally disabled—people who through no fault of their own need state aid. Families and businesses in this state want resources applied efficiently to the numerous problems we already have. Yet Rauner committed our limited Medicaid dollars to highly controversial, elective medical procedures. The decision was a slap in the face to every struggling family who put their trust in the reform governor with no social agenda. For Rauner, like the machine politicians before him, winning elected office was not about advancing a set of principles to spur transformative policy change. Winning office was a mechanism through which he could distribute goodies and favors to friends and allies of convenience, in this case Planned Parenthood. The cost of this law could approach $20 million. In a state with presumptive eligibility for pregnant women to receive Medicaid, there is also a real possibility that Illinois taxpayers will pay for abortions of women from surrounding states who falsely claim to be residents. The state has had enormous problems in the past with high numbers of ineligible folks on Medicaid. In all this drama, the families of Illinois are forgotten and left to pick up the tab. Already on the hook for the highest property taxes in the nation, many families face unemployment as businesses bleed into more friendly states. Other families are trying to keep their heads above water, having seen needed social services reduced or eliminated over the past three years. So, as pundits and pols rant and rave in the papers and on social media, too many families quietly pack up and leave. Even those who are doing well look at state politics and wonder why they would entrust their family’s future to these “leaders.” Here is what Illinois families should know: While the concentrated power in Springfield seems daunting, the people have the collective numbers, resources, and values to end Illinois’ rigged political culture. Illinoisans deserve bold leaders, and in 2018, they can pick those leaders willing to fight for them to own a home in a safe community, to have access to quality schools, to be able to count on basic services when they are in need, and to have the opportunity to build their lives and pursue happiness.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner brushes off possible Ives primary challenge (DIERSEN: Do Rauner’s advisors want Ives to run because that would give Rauner and Sanguinetti an opportunity a) to paint themselves as being “good” Republicans and b) to paint Ives and her supporters as being “bad” Republicans, that is, “too conservative?)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/10/rauner-brushes-off-possible-ives-primary-challenge/

ABC7
— Former Bears coach Ditka: ‘No oppression in last 100 years’ – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that members of the following groups are oppressors: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. To be an oppressor, you have to have religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. How much clout a) have you had, b) do you have, and c) will you have in the future?)
http://abc7chicago.com/sports/ditka-no-oppression-in-last-100-years/2515472/

NBC5
— Ditka Talks NFL Protests Before Monday’s Bears Game: ‘No Oppression in the Last 100 Years’ “If you don’t respect our country, then you shouldn’t be in this country playing football” (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that members of the following groups are oppressors: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. To be an oppressor, you have to have religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. How much clout a) have you had, b) do you have, and c) will you have in the future?)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/grizzly-detail/Ditka-Talks-NFL-Protests-Before-Mondays-Bears-Game-No-Oppression-in-the-Last-100-Years-450225723.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ditka on America’s race issues: ‘No oppression in the last 100 years’ – Chris De Luca (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that members of the following groups are oppressors: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. To be an oppressor, you have to have religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. How much clout a) have you had, b) do you have, and c) will you have in the future?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/bearsmikeditkanfl728813/
— Melania schools Trump ex- on difference between first wife, first lady
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/melania-schools-trump-ex-on-difference-between-first-wife-first-lady/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump says U.S. should change tax law to punish NFL – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-donald-trump-nfl-protests-20171010-story.html
— Facebook growing Chicago office space to accommodate hundreds of new employees – Ryan Ori
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ori/ct-facebook-expanding-ryan-ori-20171009-story.html
— Stop worrying about your kids’ college fund – Megan McArdle (DIERSEN: Did you expect your parents to pay for your college education? I did not. Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, worked in the office of a chemical plant, almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, did not buy a new car until he was 45 – a bottom of the line 1967 2-door Chevy, and died suddenly of heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-retirement-mcardle-money-savings-1010-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: 29 states have legal pot. Jeff Sessions wants to stamp it out, and he’s closer than you think – Evan Halper (DIERSEN: To push recreational pot, pot pushers push medical pot. If you push pot, you push destruction.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-la-na-pol-congress-pot-20171007-story.html
— Arlington Heights state rep. David Harris says partisan politics led to decision not to seek re-election in 2018 – Karen Ann Cullotta
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/arlington-heights/news/ct-ahp-david-harris-steps-down-tl-1012-20171010-story.html

SAUK VALLEY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s immigration demands threaten DACA deal.”
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/10/09/trumps-immigration-demands-threaten-daca-deal/asl7kst/

TIMES
— Rauner losing his groove – David Giuliani (DIERSEN: To get his groove back, Democrats want Rauner to work harder against Trump, dump more planks in the Republican Party and the Illinois Republican Party platforms, and dump those in Illinois who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/column-rauner-losing-his-groove/article_cef1bbd7-cb5b-5a40-b221-253e4dabd8df.html

WRAL
— Billions in Illinois bills not sent for payment – AP
http://www.wral.com/apnewsbreak-billions-in-illinois-bills-not-sent-for-payment/17005953/

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Treasonous Evanston does even more to encourage people a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to bring others to America illegally.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2017/10/10/city/city-council-amends-welcoming-city-ordinance-broadens-protections-undocumented-residents/
— Illinois Democrats denounce Trump’s rollback of birth control coverage – Jake Holland (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2017/10/09/city/illinois-democrats-denounce-trumps-rollback-birth-control-coverage/

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— New Director of University of Chicago’s Adult Trauma Center Says Violence Is a Disease And doctors should consider their role in preventing its transmission – TERESA MANRING (DIERSEN: The Democrat Party platform created and spreads that disease.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/October-2017/Selwyn-Rogers/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Wednesday Woodstock GOP Event Expanding Focus to Entire County
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/10/10/wednesdy-woodstock-gop-event-expanding-focus-to-entire-county/
— Ersel Schuster Sees McHenry County “Swamp Dwellers”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/10/10/ersel-schuster-compares-most-county-board-members-to-swamp-dwellers/
— Former Coroner Marlene Lantz, RIP
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/10/09/former-coroner-marlene-lantz-rip/
— Dorr Township GOP Holding Petition Party 5:30 Wednesday
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/10/09/dorr-township-gop-holding-petition-party-wednesday/
— Judges on Parade in Marengo
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/10/09/judges-on-parade-in-marengo/
— Jack Franks Acting Like the Boss of All County Employees
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/10/09/jack-franks-acting-like-the-boss-of-all-county-employees/
— Arrogance of Soda Pop Social Engineers Revealed in Compromise Suggested as Repeal Impending
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/10/10/arrogance-of-soda-pop-social-engineeers-revealed-in-compromise-suggested-as-repeal-impending/

WIREPOINTS
— New Report: Illinois Pension Unfunded Liabilities Worsened By $17 Billion In A Year – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/new-report-illinois-pension-unfunded-liabilities-worsened-by-17-billion-in-a-year-wirepoints-original/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— S&P grades Illinois’ debt-reduction bonds a grade above junk
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/s-p-grades-illinois-debt-reduction-bonds-a-grade-above/article_43bb49a4-ad31-11e7-acd4-97e98af7c0dc.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Pro-Life/Pro-Family Forces Meet…Will Oppose Rauner in Primary and General Election
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/10/pro-lifepro-family-forces-meetwill-oppose-rauner-in-primary-and-general-election/

GPOUSA
— Trump Embraces the Culture War – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.gopusa.com/trump-embraces-the-culture-war/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump lawmakers dismiss Trump’s “strict” immigration plan and say “It’s the job of Congress.”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/9/donald-trumps-70-point-immigration-plan-a-hard-sel/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Pro-LGBT ‘conservatives’ are not conservative. They are the worst sort of opportunists – PETER LABARBERA (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes have work the hardest against me.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/pro-lgbt-conservatives-are-not-conservative.-they-are-the-worst-sort-of-opp
— Former Google employee: It’s important to ‘fight monopolies’ like Google – Fr. Mark Hodges
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/fired-google-think-tank-scholar-says-monopolizing-tech-companies-threaten-d

DAILY CALLER
— Tucker: Christopher Columbus Is The Only Immigrant The Left Doesn’t Like – Justin Caruso
http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/09/tucker-christopher-columbus-is-the-only-immigrant-the-left-doesnt-like/
— Trump’s Immigration Plan Is Straight Out Of ‘The Art Of The Deal’ – Alex Pfeiffer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/09/trumps-immigration-plan-is-straight-out-of-the-art-of-the-deal/

BLAZE
— Group calls for NFL boycott on Veterans Day – and already has 120,000 supporters – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/10/09/group-calls-for-nfl-boycott-on-veterans-day-and-already-has-120000-supporters/

POLITIFACT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout a) that they elected Rauner/Sanguinette in 2014 and b) that they might reelect them again in 2018 if they work harder against Trump, dump more planks in the Republican Party and the Illinois Republican Party platforms, and dump those in Illinois who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.politifact.com/illinois/statements/2017/oct/10/bruce-rauner/rauner-consistent-start-his-pro-choice-views/

NEW YORK TIMES
— After White House Issues Demands, Hopes for an Immigration Deal Dim – YAMICHE ALCINDOR
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/09/us/politics/trump-immigration-dreamers.html
— Unintended Consequences of Sexual Harassment Scandals – Claire Cain Miller (DIERSEN: If you are a male, the more of the following that you are, the more that anti-Trumps paint you as being a sexual harasser: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/09/upshot/as-sexual-harassment-scandals-spook-men-it-can-backfire-for-women.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The NFL protests are a good illustration of how race and party overlap – Philip Bump (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at everyone that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Ever-increasing Democrats shout that if elected, they will use government to get rid of Republicans once and for all, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/10/09/the-nfl-protests-are-a-good-illustration-of-how-race-and-party-overlap/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Who’s a RINO in Donald Trump’s GOP? – Joshua Jamerson (DIERSEN: RINOs work against Republicans like me who support the Republican Party platform. I should write a book about RINOs in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. Of course, their stated reasons for working against Republicans like me are pretexts.)
https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2017/10/10/capital-journal-whos-a-rino-in-trumps-gop-why-the-trump-corker-feud-matters/
— Donald Trump, the President Without a Party Estrangement from Republican leaders clouds the White House’s agenda – Gerald F. Seib (DIERSEN: Trump promised that if elected, he would defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-the-president-without-a-party-1507563185
— Rules for the NFL’s Radicals You have the public’s attention. Now do something with it. – Mike Gecan (DIERSEN: Democrats have the right to demonize, denigrate, and condemn America. Republicans have the right to boycott Democrats.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rules-for-the-nfls-radicals-1507591112
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because they vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because they want cheap labor.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/immigration-bait-and-switch-1507590119
— The False ‘Science’ of Implicit Bias A test purports to reveal hidden prejudice, but there’s little evidence its findings are meaningful. – Heather Mac Donald (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexist, bigots, and even worse things. Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are biased against everyone, but especially against minorities, women, younger people, poor people, and immigrants.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-false-science-of-implicit-bias-1507590908
— When Silicon Valley Seeks Women, Some Men Fret About a ‘Lower Bar’ The push for more diversity at tech companies has ignited a public debate about hiring and performance standards – Yoree Koh (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, ever-increasingly, to meet Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets, a) they lowered and made more subjective hiring, retention, and promotion standards and b) wasted the careers of and got rid of their White male employees who did 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://www.wsj.com/articles/when-silicon-valley-seeks-women-some-men-fret-about-a-lower-bar-1507608420
— After 50, Women Struggle to Find a Foothold at Work Time out for family can carry a stigma; study finds evidence of discrimination – Lauren Weber (DIERSEN: What does Weber say about the fact that the federal government wastes the careers of and gets rid of its 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?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/after-50-women-struggle-to-find-a-foothold-at-work-1507608181
— Getting Women Out of the Middle-Management Trap Leadership programs and coaching are top strategies for companies like IBM and Intuit – Joann S. Lublin (DIERSEN: What does Lublin say about the fact that the federal government wastes the careers of and gets rid of its 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?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/getting-women-out-of-the-middle-management-trap-1507608361
— Women of Color Have High Ambition, But Little Help Many black, Latina and Asian women say they want C-Suite roles. What’s holding them back? – Alina Dizik (DIERSEN: What does Dizik say about the fact that the federal government wastes the careers of and gets rid of its 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?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/women-of-color-have-high-ambition-but-little-help-1507608481
— The Hidden Battle of the Sexes at Work When it comes to equality in U.S. companies, women see a work in progress while men view it as mission accomplished The disconnect in how the sexes view gender diversity matters given that so many middle and senior managers are men. – Vanessa Fuhrmans (DIERSEN: What does Fuhrmans say about the fact that the federal government wastes the careers of and gets rid of its 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?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-hidden-battle-of-the-sexes-at-work-1507608661
— Sheryl Sandberg on How to Get to Gender Equality The Facebook chief operating officer and founder of LeanIn.Org says the first step is realizing how far we have to go – Sheryl Sandberg and Rachel Thomas (DIERSEN: What does Sandberg and Thomas say about the fact that the federal government wastes the careers of and gets rid of its 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?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sheryl-sandberg-on-how-to-get-to-gender-equality-1507608721
— Weighing a big decision? Here’s what experts say about when to go with your gut or your rational brain—or some combination of both – Elizabeth Bernstein (DIERSEN: What are some of the big decisions that you have made? For me, they include my earning 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. They include my accepting job offers from the Post Office in 1966, from Firestone Stores in 1970, from Oldsmobile and from IRS in 1971, and from GAO in 1980. They include my seeking draft deferments, buying new cars, buying real estate, getting married, giving up trying to have children, not adopting, not becoming a foster parent, filing lawsuits, and saving for retirement. They include my complaining about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They include my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 when I was 40 years old that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/does-your-gut-always-steer-you-right-1507562769
— FRONT PAGE: America’s Retailers Have a New Target Customer: The 26-Year-Old Millennial This age bracket, bigger than any other, is pushing companies to revamp marketing and products, including a lot of remedial education – Ellen Byron (DIERSEN: When were you 26 years old and what were you doing? I turned 26 in 1974. I had just gotten promoted by IRS to a GS-12 Revenue Officer position (currently $79,563/year) in its Loop office and I had just bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building. T walked to work and to job-related graduate business courses at Loyola. I owned a town home in University Park, a 1962 Chevy BelAir, and a 1972 Corvette.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-retailers-have-a-new-target-customer-the-26-year-old-millennial-1507559181

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF TRUMP: Trump immigration priorities dash hopes of compromise – Alan Gomez
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/09/analysis-trump-immigration-priorities-dash-hopes-compromise/745416001/
— Keep the promise on the wall – Rep. Andy Biggs
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/10/09/andy-biggs-keep-promise-border-wall-editorials-debates/106478012/
— If Mark Zuckerberg wants forgiveness, he’s going to need to come clean first – Roger McNamee
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/10/10/if-facebooks-mark-zuckerberg-wants-forgiveness-hes-going-need-come-clean-first-roger-ncmanee-column/744520001/

BLOOMBERG
— Congrats, College Grads. Now Good Luck Paying Off All That Debt – Agnel Philip (DIERSEN: Did you graduate debt-free? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious that I graduated debt-free from NIU in 1970 when I was 21 years old and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I would never had been able to do that if I had not sought and obtained student draft deferments and if the Park Forest Post Office had not “overpaid” me.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-09/congrats-college-grads-now-good-luck-paying-off-all-that-debt

VANITY FAIR
— Ivana Trump’s Memoir Could Make You Feel a Little Bit Sorry for Donald Trump Jr. “How about if he’s a loser?” – KENZIE BRYANT (DIERSEN: Who paints you as being a loser? I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County and in Illinois who paint me as being a loser. They include “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, etc. They paint not only me as being a loser, they paint everyone who they cannot manipulate/dominate as being a loser.)
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/10/ivana-trump-donald-trump-jr-memoir