December 9 Evening Edition

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— ‘I’m not in charge’: Illinois governor’s words may haunt bid – Sara Burnett
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/im-charge-illinois-governors-words-haunt-bid-51688655
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–illinois-governor-2018-rauner-20171209-story.html
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/im-not-in-charge-rauners-words-may-haunt-bid
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171209/not-in-charge-rauners-foes-pounce-on-his-remark
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171209/rauners-im-not-in-charge-may-haunt-bid
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2017/12/09/challengers-may-seek-to-use-gov-rauners-words-against-him/
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article188944374.html
http://www.startribune.com/i-m-not-in-charge-illinois-governor-s-words-may-haunt-bid/463016213/
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/business/article188944374.html
http://www.wral.com/-i-m-not-in-charge-illinois-governor-s-words-may-haunt-bid/17172612/
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/im-not-in-charge-illinois-governors-words-may-haunt-bid/
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article188944374.html
http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/politics/article/I-m-not-in-charge-Illinois-governor-s-words-12418368.php
http://945theanswer.com/news/politics/im-not-in-charge-illinois-governors-words-may-haunt-bid

 

NBC5
— Democratic Candidates for Illinois Governor Take Part in Women’s Forum – Carol Marin and Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-women-take-action-governor-candidates-forum-463027213.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democratic governor candidate Pritzker wins major teacher union endorsement – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-teacher-union-endorsement-20171209-story.html
— Trump visits Mississippi civil rights museum as protesters rally outside – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-mississippi-20171209-story.html
— Student Civics Club to host 6th Congressional District candidate forum – Peg Mannion
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/downers-grove/community/chi-ugc-article-student-civics-club-to-host-6th-congressional-2017-12-09-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Blue high-tax states fund red low-tax states – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20171209/business/312099960/

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Rauner not a take charge kind of guy – Doug Finke
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20171209/statehouse-insider-rauner-not-take-charge-kind-of-guy

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Video gaming tax not a bell-ringer – Lee Provost
http://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/video-gaming-tax-not-a-bell-ringer/article_e90e339c-1e82-53e0-864d-5ddc35704188.html

 

COOK COUNTY RECORDER
— Cook Co. judge ends bid by Dotty’s, other ‘gaming cafes’ to challenge rules over video gambling take – Scott Holland
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511289200-cook-co-judge-ends-bid-by-dotty-s-other-gaming-cafes-to-challenge-rules-over-video-gambling-take

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MADIGAN FIRM THE BIGGEST PLAYER IN COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TAX APPEALS – Austin Berg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/investigation-madigan-firm-the-biggest-player-in-commercial-property-tax-appeals/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— A Return to Virtue in the Wake of Scandal? – Eric Metaxas
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/return-virtue-wake-scandal/

 

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— Facebook Picks Sides in Alabama Senate Race=> Shuts Down Gateway Pundit and Breitbart Reports on Discredited Allred Accuser – Jim Hoft
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/12/facebook-picks-sides-alabama-senate-race-shuts-gateway-pundit-breitbart-reports-discredited-allred-accuser/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Reporter: Democrats ‘Were Peddling’ Salacious Trump Dossier Allegation To Journalists – Chuck Ross
http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/09/reporter-democrats-were-peddling-salacious-trump-dossier-allegation-to-journalists/

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump, Mattis turn military loose on ISIS, leaving terror caliphate in tatters – Hollie McKay
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/12/08/trump-mattis-turn-military-loose-on-isis-leaving-terror-caliphate-in-tatters.html

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump Visits Civil Rights Museum Amid Protests (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote hatred of Whites.)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/us-trump-civil-rights-the-latest/2017/12/09/id/830825/

 

GOPUSA
— How Trump turned tide of illegal immigration in first year: Border crossing hits 45-year low
http://www.gopusa.com/how-trump-turned-tide-of-illegal-immigration-in-first-year-border-crossing-hits-45-year-low/
— Lesbian’s campaign based on anatomy
http://www.gopusa.com/lesbians-campaign-based-on-anatomy/
— Survey: Snowflakes too fragile to be labeled
http://www.gopusa.com/survey-snowflakes-too-fragile-to-be-labeled/

 

CNS NEWS
— Pelosi Says ‘God is With Us’ in Wanting Amnesty (DIERSEN: What do you say to politicians who hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus is a liberal Democrat/Libertarian/Green who promotes dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things?)
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/cnsnewscom-staff/pelosi-says-god-us-democrats-wanting-amnesty

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Tax Plans May Give Your Co-Worker a Better Deal Than You – Patricia Cohen
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/09/business/economy/tax-plans-may-give-your-co-worker-a-better-deal-than-you.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Nearly 9 in 10 black Americans think Trump respects people of color less than whites.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/12/09/nearly-9-in-10-black-americans-think-trump-respects-people-of-color-less-than-whites/

 

DES MOINES REGISTER
— Dems call on Reynolds to remove King from staff after ‘Diversity is not our strength’ tweet – Luke Nozicka
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2017/12/08/dems-ask-reynolds-remove-king-staff-diversity-not-our-strength/936999001/

 

HARRISON DAILY
— Giving veterans preference in hiring – Editorial (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 veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office. They stress that I sought and obtained a) student draft deferments 1966-1970 and b) a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971.)
http://harrisondaily.com/opinion/editorial-giving-veterans-preference-in-hiring/article_2f3830ba-dc47-11e7-87a1-37ff376b43b1.html
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Finding work as a police officer or firefighter isn’t always easy. Openings in local departments can be scarce. Still, it’s an area where it helps to have served in the military, as many government hiring managers give preference when filling those jobs to veterans. Many do, but not all. The advantage is fading these days as more mayors and town managers look to bypass old rules for government hiring, including ones that demand preferential treatment for vets. It’s not a positive development. Not only are veterans often uniquely qualified for public safety jobs, our national government has put up hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of taxpayer dollars for their training and education. It’s a shame, and simply wasteful, not to leverage that resource. In Massachusetts, the process of filling jobs with the state and local governments have extended similar preferential treatment to those who’ve served, through the civil service system. Currently 145 of 351 cities and towns in the state subscribe to that system. The problem emerging is a trend away from civil service. Local governments are seeking and getting the state’s blessing to bypass the rules, which local officials claim constrain their hiring decisions. Diversity is among the top reasons cited by mayors and town managers seeking flexibility. Civil service rules hamstring urban departments, for instance, in efforts to land minority candidates, in part because veterans who march to the top of hiring lists aren’t always minorities. A report earlier this year by the Pew Research Center suggests the military is nearly as diverse as the rest of the country. Racial and ethnic minorities represent 40 percent of the 1.3 million members of the active-duty military — and about 44 percent of the broader population ages 18 to 44. African Americans are more represented in the military — about 17 percent of the active-duty service — than in the population as a whole. That’s not to say the applicant pool for local police and fire jobs is always diverse, but it does suggest that members of the military can give city and town halls options to diversity. What cannot be overlooked in that effort is a qualified labor pool ready to sign up for some of the most taxing, stressful jobs in government. Nor can we forget our obligation to those who have dutifully served this country.)

 

SPECTRUM NEWS
— CUOMO BLASTING SALT DEDUCTION REMOVAL – Nick Reisman
http://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/politics/2017/12/09/cuomo-blasting-salt-deduction-removal

 

BLOOMBERG
— What Happens When the Government Uses Facebook as a Weapon?
It’s social media in the age of “patriotic trolling” in the Philippines, where the government is waging a campaign to destroy a critic—with a little help from Facebook itself. – Lauren Etter (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, beyond tragically, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. a) talk and act like they believe that Facebook is the Internet and b) abandon websites and abandon emails. Those who run Facebook do not want Republican candidates to win elections.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-12-07/how-rodrigo-duterte-turned-facebook-into-a-weapon-with-a-little-help-from-facebook

 

YAHOO FINANCE
— The Average 55-Plus Worker Doesn’t Have Enough Retirement Savings to Live On — Do You? – Wendy Connick
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/average-55-plus-worker-doesn-121900603.html

 

CHEAT SHEET
— Trump Tax Plan: 8 New Changes That Almost Everyone Hates – Barri Segal
https://www.cheatsheet.com/money-career/trump-tax-plan-new-changes-that-almost-everyone-hates.html/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: 2. Mortgage interest rate deduction — reduced . . . 3. Itemized deductions — gone The new tax plan limits itemized deductions, which might increase your federal taxes, according to Business Insider. Because approximately 70% of U.S. filers claim the deduction, this could affect a lot of people. You might think those who itemize typically make a lot of money, but 86.8% of taxpayers who itemize have adjusted gross incomes below $200,000.)

December 8 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Downtown Demonstrators Protest Trump’s Jerusalem Decision
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/12/07/downtown-demonstrators-protest-trumps-jerusalem-decision/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— ‘Net neutrality’ protest takes place in Chicago – Dane Placko
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/net-neutrality-protest-takes-place-in-chicago

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor, aldermen would take sexual harassment training under proposal – John Byrne (DIERSEN: Federal employees are required to take lots of “training” that makes them 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.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-council-sexual-harassment-20171208-story.html
— Illinois’ pension crisis: Danville’s candid approach – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-danville-illinois-pensions-20171207-story.html
— Surging stocks lift U.S. wealth, yet most still trail ’07 peak – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-us-household-wealth-20171207-story.html
— Smoked pot? Want to go to war? No problem. – Lolita Baldor
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–army-pot-smokers-20171204-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Former top cop Garry McCarthy hiring top political fundraiser – Michael Sneed
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sneed-former-top-cop-hiring-top-political-fundraiser/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Why Lake County is teaching jail inmates to use naloxone – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171208/why-lake-county-is-teaching-jail-inmates-to-use-naloxone
— Gurnee school district apologizes for Hitler comic assignment – Doug T. Graham
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171207/gurnee-school-district-apologizes-for-hitler-comic-assignment
— Naperville students share multilingual carols with seniors – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: All the time spent learning foreign languages is time not spent learning what is important.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171207/naperville-students-share-multilingual-carols-with-seniors
— Why Naperville water rates are increasing again – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171207/why-naperville-water-rates-are-increasing-again
— Naperville sisters’ shirts for girls shatter stereotypes – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171204/naperville-sisters-shirts-for-girls-shatter-stereotypes

 

WTTW
— State Rep. Jeanne Ives Calls for Repeal of Sanctuary State Law – Paris Schutz
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/12/07/state-rep-jeanne-ives-calls-repeal-sanctuary-state-law

 

WBEZ
— Refugee Women Make Fashion And Hope In LOOM – Jerome McDonnell
https://www.wbez.org/shows/worldview/refugee-women-make-fashion-and-hope-in-loom/5e55453e-9a0c-49de-91e0-11340da77d74

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— McSweeney demands proof or apology for Rauner contract claim – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171207/gop-lawmaker-demands-proof-or-apology-for-rauner-contract-claim
— Census: Sangamon Co. population older, marrying less, better educated – Tim Landis (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, in Illinois, politicians talk and act like they want a) to pander to members of Group A and b) to dump members of Group B. Members of Group A 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 and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Those who are younger, renters, have little or no medical or dental expenses, and do not pay for job-related graduate courses are far more likely to be members of Group A.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171207/census-sangamon-co-population-older-marrying-less-better-educated

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— McSweeney to Rauner: Prove it or apologize – AP
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/gop-lawmaker-to-rauner-prove-it-or-apologize/article_275f9466-397b-5dee-ad56-640339af0c6f.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Religious viewpoint or political ploy? – Scott Reeder (DIERSEN: What do you say to politicians who hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus is a liberal Democrat/Libertarian/Green who promotes dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things?)
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/local/scott-reeder-religious-viewpoint-or-political-ploy/article_6b627c88-88eb-5a54-a2e1-1c26980fa5ef.html

 

WSIL TV
— Adopting stricter sexual harassment policies – Hannah Gebresilassie
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/37022139/adopting-tougher-sexual-harassment-policies

 

WJBD
— McSweeney Demands Proof on Rauner Claim House Speaker Influenced Contract Cancellation Independent Chief Procurement Officer Says the Contract Should Have Been Bid
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2017/12/07/gop-lawmaker-demands-proof-on-rauner-claim-house-speaker-influenced-contract-cancellation

 

WRUL
— IVES CALLS OUT RAUNER’S FAILURE TO LEAD ON NIU BOARD MALFEASANCE
http://www.wrul.com/2017/12/08/ives-calls-out-rauners-failure-to-lead-on-niu-board-malfeasance/

 

WHEATON PATCH
— Ives Vows To Overturn Sanctuary State Status “Sanctuary state protects those who violate the law [at the] expense of those who follow the law,” Ives said in a press conference. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/ives-vows-overturn-sanctuary-state-status

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— McSweeney questions quashed bid at hearing on Medicaid overhaul – Angela Underwood
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511286562-mcsweeney-questions-quashed-bid-at-hearing-on-medicaid-overhaul

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Durkin threatens litigation over questions from LGIS reporters (DIERSEN: Will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hit me with a “cease and desist letter,” or will they just continue to “punish” me?)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511266822-durkin-threatens-litigation-over-questions-from-lgis-reporters#new_tab

 

METRO EAST SUN
— Stratemeyer banking on business background in bid for 54th Senate District seat – Glenn Minnis
https://metroeastsun.com/stories/511268772-stratemeyer-banking-on-business-background-in-bid-for-54th-senate-district-seat

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— It’s Illinois’ birthday! Hey, wait … come back – Austin Berg (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are members of Group A do everything that they can to drive members of Group B out of Illinois. Members of Group A 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 and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/berg-it-s-illinois-birthday-hey-wait-come-back/article_4635ebf0-db60-11e7-a272-47e5db6020da.html
— Illinois county aims to wean pensions from newly-elected officials – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Who in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois does the most to promote hatred of past, present, and future government employees? The aforesaid hate-promoters talk and act like they are being paid big bucks by big business.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/illinois-county-aims-to-wean-pensions-from-newly-elected-officials/article_0b90c98a-dac9-11e7-98d0-73bcdf60a1d5.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Taxpayers can no longer afford to offer lifelong retirement plans.”)

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Things You Don’t Hear About Gender Dysphoria – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/things-dont-hear-trans-cult/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Poll: Liberals More Committed Than Conservatives – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/12/poll-liberals-more-committed-than-conservatives/
— Q & A for Panel on Radical Islam and Sharia – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/12/spotlight-radical-islam-panel-q-a/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IVES CALLS FOR SANCTUARY STATE REPEAL, JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS’ FAMILIES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/12/ives-proposes-sanctuary-state-repeal.html
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: GOP STATE SENATOR JASON BARICKMAN ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/12/barickman-on-recreational-marijuana.html
— HIGH COLORADO IS NOT AN EXAMPLE ILLINOIS SHOULD FOLLOW – Kathy Valente
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/12/letter-to-editor-high-colorado-is-not-an-example-illinois-should-follow.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Dueling press releases (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What can you say about “conservative” and “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who refuse to keep diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists? ANSWER: They are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors 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://capitolfax.com/2017/12/08/dueling-press-releases-8/
— Kennedy says Pritzker will “protect the political establishment,” while Rauner denounces “corrupt” Madigan-Berrios-Pritzker cabal
https://capitolfax.com/2017/12/08/kennedy-says-pritzker-will-protect-the-political-establishment-while-rauner-denounces-corrupt-madigan-berrios-pritzker-cabal/
— Tillman says pressure from supporters caused “exodus unlike anything Springfield insiders have ever seen”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/12/08/tillman-says-pressure-from-supporters-caused-exodus-unlike-anything-springfield-insiders-have-ever-seen/
— Biss calls Pritzker “Madigan’s guy”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/12/08/biss-calls-pritzker-madigans-guy/

 

ANDY MARTIN
— GOP congressional candidate Andy Martin calls the proposed Ryan/McConnell tax cut a “lump of coal” for the American people and asks President Trump to tear up the current 550+-page tax proposals and start fresh with a clean sheet of paper and “simple English” provisions
http://andymartinforcongress.blogspot.com/2017/12/washington-dc-news-conference-gop.html
https://andymartinforcongress.wordpress.com/2017/12/08/washington-dc-news-conference-gop-congressional-candidate-andy-martin-calls-the-proposed-ryan-mcconnell-tax-cut-a-lump-of-coal-for-the-american-people-and-asks-president-trump-to/

 

GOPUSA
— Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn focused on hatred of Trump (DIERSEN: Which activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois focus the most on promoting hatred of Trump?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=34799

 

DAILY CALLER
— Tucker Carlson Guest: Giving Illegal Immigrants Jobs ‘Is What Americans Want’ – Julia Nista (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers talk and act like they want to get rid of their employees who are citizens of the United States and replace them with citizens of foreign countries. What does that say about employers? It says that they want “cheap labor.” It says that they want employees who they can more easily exploit.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/07/tucker-carlson-guest-giving-illegal-immigrants-jobs-is-what-americans-want/
— Liberals Want To Be Exempt From Their Own Social Media Rules – Scott Greer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/07/liberals-want-to-be-exempt-from-their-own-social-media-rules/

 

BREITBART
— Trump’s 2016 ‘Phoenix Promise:’ No Consideration of Amnesty Until ‘Illegal Immigration Is Memory of The Past’ – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps continue to encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally. Anti-Trumps are 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/2017/12/07/trumps-2016-phoenix-promise-no-consideration-of-amnesty-until-illegal-immigration-is-memory-of-the-past/
— Mediaite Editor: It’s Time to ‘Look Down Our Nose at the Constituents of Alabama’ – JEFF POOR (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes look down their noses at everyone, not just at me.)
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/12/07/mediaite-editor-time-look-nose-constituents-alabama/
— Obama Campaigners Have Spent $3.4 Million Through Shell Group to Defeat Roy Moore – MICHAEL PATRICK LEAHY
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/07/obama-campaigners-have-spent-3-4-million-through-shell-group-to-defeat-roy-moore/

 

BLAZE
— Colleges across America promote taking Christ out of Christmas – Teri Webster
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/12/07/colleges-across-america-promote-taking-christ-out-of-christmas

 

THE HILL
— Democrats saw Franken as a liability – ALEXANDER BOLTON (DIERSEN: Who sees you as being a liability? 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 see me as being a liability.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/363896-democrats-saw-franken-as-a-liability

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— 3 Members Of Trump Panel Warn Of Voter Fraud To Influential Conservative Group “The greatest foreign influence in our elections are aliens who are getting on the rolls,” said one member. – Sam Levine
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-voter-fraud-commission-alec_us_5a29bfbde4b069ec48abff48

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are the following promote Dreamers: 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://money.cnn.com/2017/12/08/news/economy/daca-entrepreneurs-congress/index.html

 

NBC NEWS
— Democrats turn on Franken to get to Moore – JONATHAN ALLEN and LEIGH ANN CALDWELL
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-turn-franken-get-moore-n827161

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Inside the Opposition to a Net Neutrality Repeal – Cecilia Kang (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes support anything that would give them the power a) to stop everyone from visiting www.gopillinois.com, b) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and c) to stop everyone from reading the emails.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/07/technology/net-neutrality-protests-opposition.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The Republican War on Children.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/07/opinion/republicans-children-health-chip.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The G.O.P. Is Rotting.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/07/opinion/the-gop-is-rotting.html
— If the G.O.P. Tax Plan Hurts You, Congressmen Say It’s Your State’s Fault – Jesse McKinley and Nick Corasaniti
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/07/nyregion/republican-tax-plan-new-york.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Push for Al Franken’s resignation shows importance of women in Congress – James Hohmann (DIERSEN: Those who reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform have always worked extremely hard against me.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/12/07/daily-202-push-for-al-franken-s-resignation-shows-importance-of-women-in-congress/5a284d2430fb0469e883fa65/
— Top federal civil servants honored with presidential awards – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government, the top priority for Senior Executive Service (SES) members was to a) hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) make way for them by wasting the careers of and by getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran who had not made 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 SES (currently $161,900) by age 40.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/12/08/top-federal-civil-servants-honored-with-presidential-awards/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This column is about the remarkable accomplishments of federal senior executives, the highest-ranking members of the government’s civil service. The Senior Executives Association (SEA) honored the 2016 and 2017 Presidential Rank Award winners Thursday. These awards are serious business. The two categories of winners, distinguished and meritorious, get more than a certificate from Staples. Federal law provides meritorious winners a monetary prize equal to 20 percent of salary, while distinguished winners receive 35 percent. Senior executive annual pay ranges from $124,406 to $187,000. Nominees go through a rigorous review process by government officials. The result is only 1 percent of career senior-level staffers are selected in the distinguished category. Up to 5 percent are recognized for the meritorious award.)

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Republican John Cox takes shots at Sacramento ‘cronies’ and Democratic rivals in governor’s race – Phil Willon
http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-republican-john-cox-takes-shots-at-1512686438-htmlstory.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Jailed for a Text: China’s Censors Are Spying on Mobile Chat Groups Authorities scour private chats on messaging apps for blacklisted words, sensitive images – Eva Dou (DIERSEN: Of course, since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have wanted me to jailed for a) including links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that they do not like, b) for including links to articles in the emails to articles written by those who they blacklist, and c) for my comments in the emails that they do not like.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jailed-for-a-text-chinas-censors-are-spying-on-mobile-chat-groups-1512665007
— The Incredible Shrinking Workforce The U.S. is two million workers short of where it should be. Many are on disability—or the couch. – Edward Lazear (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers make it clear that they do not want to hire, retain, or promote those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-incredible-shrinking-workforce-1512692004
— Developers Tell Condo Buyers: You Don’t Need To Bring Your Car For luxury homeowners who want to kick the car habit, these condo developers have an alternative. – Alina Dizik (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, those who are anti-car are also anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/developers-tell-condo-buyers-you-dont-need-to-bring-your-car-1512659525

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An ant-Republican says “Republican war on Millennials looks like a suicide mission.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/12/06/trump-republicans-betting-against-millennials-betting-future-wont-happen-jason-sattler-column/921333001/

 

FORBES
— 5 Ways To Reward And Recognize Great Employees – Doug Bonderud (DIERSEN: The federal government rewards its “great employees” who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, it wastes the careers of and gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adp/2017/12/08/retention-strategies-for-millennials-5-ways-to-reward-and-recognize-great-employees/#5660de11498f

 

PBS
— Roy Moore fighting for campaign cash – AP (DIERSEN: If you were a candidate who needed “campaign cash,” how would you respond if major donors said that they would give you lots of “campaign cash” if you a) kept diersen@aol.com off your press advisory and press release lists, b) treated Diersen like he was not a member of the news media to justify your keeping him off your press advisory and press release lists, c) treated Diersen like he was a member of the news media to justify keeping him out of your events, d) blame Diersen for your campaign’s problems, e) etc.?)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/amid-accusations-roy-moore-fighting-for-campaign-cash

 

ADVOCATE
— VERY SAD: Dem Candidates for Illinois Gov. Spar Over Who’s Most LGBT-Friendly – AARON GETTINGER
https://www.advocate.com/politics/2017/12/07/dem-candidates-illinois-gov-spar-over-whos-most-lgbt-friendly

 

FACEBOOK
— Ives Calls Out Rauner’s Failure to Lead on NIU Board Malfeasance (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, beyond tragically, candidates a) talk and act like they believe that Facebook is the Internet and b) abandon websites and abandon emails. Those who run Facebook do not want Republican candidates to win elections.)
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1797397413605816&id=202774546401452

December 7 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Illinois Rep. Jeanne Ives calls for repeal of sanctuary state law – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-rep-jeanne-ives-calls-for-repeal-of-sanctuary-state-law/2751638/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner primary challenger Ives to make immigration law an issue (DIERSEN: I have not received any notification that “Ives is scheduled to hold a Thursday news conference.” What do you say to Ives “supporters” who tell her to not include diersen@aol.com on her press advisory and press release lists? They want Ives to “punish” me for including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles written by those who they blacklist. What do you say to politicians a) who glorify, praise, pander to, and give scoops to reporters who they manipulate/dominate or who they are manipulated/dominated by and b) punish reporters like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-jeanne-ives-immigration-20171207-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican governor challenger Jeanne Ives is scheduled to hold a Thursday news conference to unveil legislation that would repeal an immigration law Gov. Bruce Rauner signed. The Trust Act was approved by lawmakers and the governor just months ago, so a bid to repeal it is all but dead on arrival. The law protects immigrants who are in the country illegally from being detained solely because of their immigration status. For Ives, Thursday’s event outside the Cook County Jail will be a chance to highlight another difference she has with Rauner in their race for the Republican governor nomination. His signature on the Trust Act in August angered conservatives, but has been overshadowed by their disdain for his signature on an abortion law the following month. Immigration was a key issue for President Donald Trump in last year’s election, and he won some Downstate counties by wide margins. So the issue could be one that comes up as Rauner tries to fend off Ives’ challenge. When the governor signed the bill into law, he said he sought the guidance of law enforcement officials. “I asked them, should I sign this bill, should I not sign this bill?” Rauner said at the time. “They all said to me, governor, this is a reasonable compromise, it will help us do our jobs better, it will help us keep our communities safer.” Ives is set to appear with Brian McCann, whose brother Dennis was hit by a car and killed while crossing the street in Logan Square by driver Saul Chavez. Police said Chavez had a blood-alcohol content of 0.29 percent. Chavez was released on bond and never prosecuted, and the family says Cook County’s so-called sanctuary laws allowed Chavez to flee the country.)
— Chicago businesses keeping a wary eye on immigration deal deadline – Robert Reed (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, “Chicago businesses” want to replace their employees who are members of Group B with those who are members of Group A. Members of Group A 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 and members of Group B 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/columnists/reed/ct-biz-immigration-employers-deadline-robert-reed-127-story.html
— Indiana GOP Senate candidate Braun voted in Democratic primary until 2012 – AP (DIERSEN: What percent of those in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois a) vote in Republican primaries to do whatever damage that they can and b) vote for Democrats in general elections?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/news/ct-indiana-gop-senate-candidate-democrat-vote-2012-20171206-story.html
— Trump can be impeached even if he didn’t commit a crime – Jennifer Rubin (DIERSEN: Who wants you to be impeached and why? I should write a book about those who unsuccessfully tried to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me at the start of its 2006 Annual Convention in the Wheaton Bowl because of articles that I had included links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and those who succeeded ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, my ICRC Steering Committee membership in 2007, my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, my GAO employment in 1997, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-president-trump-impeached-crime-20171206-story.html
— Debate schedule (DIERSEN: When will Ives and Rauner debate? If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would be hosting debates between a) Rauner and Ives, b) Sanguinetti and Morthland, c) Harold and Grasso, d) Diganvker and Jhingan, e) Stella and Vlakancic, f) Minor, Grant, Byrne, and Augustynowicz, g) Kinzler and Orozco, h) Mazzochi and Arendt, i) Zito and Khouri, j) Mendrick and Bibbiano, k) Tornatore, DeMichele, Fichtner, and Gavanes, l) Hart, Abbott, Tully, and Broline, m) McGowen, Almiron, Eckhoff, Zaruba, Tatro, and Chinchilla, n) Wiley, Zay, and McQuade, o) Russo and MacKay, p) Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee candidates, q) etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-jeanne-ives-immigration-20171207-story.html
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUSLY, AGAINST THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM: U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, a Wheaton Republican, broke with his party and joined all 11 Illinois House Democrats in opposing a measure to let people with permits to carry a concealed firearm in their own state take the weapon into other states that allow concealed carry. The measure also enhanced the background check system for gun purchases and passed 231-198, with Roskam one of 14 Republicans opposed. All other Illinois Republicans voted for it. – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-jeanne-ives-immigration-20171207-story.html
— Under Joseph Berrios, assessments of commercial and industrial properties defy logic, punish taxpayers and enrich lawyers – Jason Grotto and Sandhya Kambhampati
http://apps.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/cook-county-property-tax-divide/
— Amazon urged to hire more women execs – Jena McGregor (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat women and young Democrat minorities and to make way for them be getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20171207/281938838250702

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker fires back: Rauner got rich ‘cutting jobs,’ ‘firing people’ – Mitchell Armentrout (DIERSEN: What would your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say that you did to get rich? Mine would say a) that I avoided the draft, b) that the federal government grossly overpaid me, c) that I itemized my deductions, d) that my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, e) that my retirement benefits are far too generous, and f) I do not give money to any church.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/j-b-pritzker-fires-back-bruce-rauner-tax-avoidance-accusations/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Duckworth, Durbin join call for fellow Democrat Franken to resign – Bloomberg
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171206/duckworth-durbin-join-call-for-fellow-democrat-franken-to-resign–
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Veteran numbers down, taxes up: Suburban facts from new census data – Jamie Sotonoff
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171207/veteran-numbers-down-taxes-up-suburban-facts-from-new-census-data
— Vernon Township supervisor alleges harassment in assessor’s office
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171207/report-vernon-township-supervisor-alleges-harassment-in-assessors-office

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Hearing in abortion funding case set for Dec. 28 – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171206/hearing-in-abortion-funding-case-set-for-dec-28
— Benevolence program gifts vehicles to single mothers – Tamara Browning (DIERSEN: What is your daily driver? Mine is a 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS that I bought from my aunt in 2010. Other cars that I own are: 1972 Chevy Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2005 Chevy Corvette, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, and 2016 Ford Mustang. Previously, 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.sj-r.com/news/20171206/benevolence-program-gifts-vehicles-to-single-mothers
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Single mothers Jamie Smith and Alana Yates each drove away Wednesday with free vehicles that will improve their lives thanks to a benevolence program sponsored by Zara’s Collision Center. Smith, the mother of two children, received a 2009 Chevrolet Equinox, and Yates, mother of three children, received a 2007 Hyundai Entourage during a presentation Wednesday at Zara’s, 3117 Wide Track Drive.)

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Bustos, Gillibrand propose ending arbitration agreements in sexual harassment disputes – Ed Tibbetts (DIERSEN: I am an arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. But there are many reasons to not sign arbitration agreements. SEE: https://www.leagle.com/decision/1987526153illapp3d3731482)
http://qctimes.com/news/local/government-and-politics/bustos-gillibrand-propose-ending-arbitration-agreements-in-sexual-harassment-disputes/article_12d3f917-0462-56c3-bb3c-616f52e1960c.html

 

TIMES
— What do Pritzker and Kennedy have in common with Rauner and Trump? – Editorial
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/editorial/what-do-pritzker-and-kennedy-have-in-common-with-rauner/article_0573b012-c690-5716-9aac-18c188f45b0f.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— COD board chairwoman among candidates running for 47th Illinois House District seat – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/12/05/cod-board-chairwoman-among-candidates-running-for-47th-illinois-house-district-seat/aclv7on/

 

WGIL
— STATE REP JEANNE IVES VYING FOR REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR ILLINOIS GOVERNOR.
http://www.wgil.com/2017/12/07/state-rep-jeanne-ives-vying-for-republican-nomination-for-illinois-governor/

 

WHEATON PATCH
— Ives To Throw Campaign Kickoff Party At Wheaton Bowl State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) will kick off her campaign for governor at Wheaton Bowl on Dec. 10. – Lisa Marie Farver (DIERSEN: Is this event open or closed to members of the news media like me? What do you say to those who advise the Ives campaign to punish me for including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails a) to articles that they do not like and b) to articles written by those who they blacklist?)
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/ives-throw-campaign-kickoff-party-wheaton-bowl

 

WIRE POINTS
— Pension update: Illinois pension debt stuck at $129 billion despite market gains – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
http://www.wirepoints.com/pension-update-illinois-pension-debt-stuck-at-129-billion-despite-market-gains-wirepoints-original/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— GOP tax reform’s effects on home values questioned – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/gop-tax-reform-s-effects-on-home-values-questioned/article_28170452-da01-11e7-a1cd-1fac2356fce9.html
— ‘Gravy train’ conference is abuse of taxpayers – Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/mccaleb-gravy-train-conference-is-abuse-of-taxpayers/article_738797ca-d9e4-11e7-8f3d-9bc12e82e13f.html

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Is DEM GOVERNOR’s primary greased for PRITZKER? — BUSTOS, MANAR say only JB can defeat RAUNER – Natasha Korecki (DIERSEN: What about Republican primary races in Illinois? Rauner dominates Republican politics in Illinois. Who does Rauner want to win in the following primaries: a) Rauner/Sanguinetti v. Ives/Morthland, b) Harold v. Grasso, c) Diganvker v. Jhingan, d) Stella v. Vlakancic, e) Minor v. Grant v. Byrne v. Augustynowicz, f) Kinzler v. Orozco, g) Mazzochi v. Arendt, h) Zito v. Khouri, i) Mendrick v. Bibbiano, j) Tornatore v. DeMichele v. Fichtner v. Gavanes, k) Hart v. Abbott v. Tully v. Broline, l) McGowen v. Almiron v. Eckhoff v. Zaruba v. Tatro v. Chinchilla, m) Wiley v. Zay v. McQuade, n) Russo v. MacKay, o) Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee races, p) etc.?)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2017/12/07/is-dem-governors-primary-greased-for-pritzker-bustos-manar-say-only-jb-can-defeat-rauner-claypool-controversy-rahm-on-colbert-229127
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Today we explore the Democratic governor’s primary race and whether the party is repeating mistakes it made on a national level in the 2016 presidential election. What makes it a particularly compelling question is the fact that J.B. Pritzker’s campaign manager, Anne Caprara, headed the Hillary Clinton SuperPac in 2016. An inevitable candidate. Accusations of a rigged primary.)

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner claims female Chief Procurement Officer was influenced by Madigan
https://capitolfax.com/2017/12/07/rauner-claims-female-cpo-was-influenced-by-madigan/
— Over half of all House Democratic primary candidates are women
https://capitolfax.com/2017/12/07/over-half-of-all-house-democratic-primary-candidates-are-women/

 

GOPUSA
— NAACP objects to Trump attending opening of civil rights museum
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=34704

 

DAILY CALLER
— CNN Glorifies ‘White Allies’ Who Want To Police Your ‘Insensitive’ Facebook Comments – Scott Greer (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents want to take away my First Amendment rights; they want to stop me from including my comments on articles linked to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Failing that, they “punish” me.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/06/cnn-glorifies-white-allies-who-want-to-police-your-insensitive-facebook-comments/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— Bloomberg Forced to Correct False Trump-Deutsche Bank Subpoena Story – Tom Blumer (DIERSEN: I served many subpoenas while I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tom-blumer/2017/12/06/bloomberg-forced-correct-false-trump-deutsche-bank-subpoena-story

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Are they anti-Trump or anti-America? – Peter Lemiska (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, those who are anti-Trump are also 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.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/12/are_they_antitrump_or_antiamerica.html

 

NEWSMAX
— RNC Gives $170,000 to Support Moore’s Senate Bid
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/rnc-gop-republican-moore/2017/12/06/id/830226/
— Gay Men Earn 10 Percent More Than Straight Men – Solange Reyner (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, Democrats a) glorify and praise gay men as being creative, energetic, and many other positive things and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn straight White men as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.newsmax.com/us/gay-men-earn-10-percent-more-than-straight-labor/2017/12/06/id/830337/

 

THE HILL
— Any immigration compromise must shut down magnets for future lawbreakers – DAVE RAY
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/363622-any-immigration-compromise-must-shut-down-magnets-for-future-lawbreakers

 

POLITICO
— Illinois governor’s race haunted by 2016 presidential primary Is the Democratic Party putting its thumb on the scale for a billionaire candidate? – NATASHA KORECKI
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/07/illinois-governor-race-2016-285259
— Trump administration opposes unions in key Supreme Court case – IAN KULLGREN (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hate unions, hate union members, and hate former union members. I was a union member for almost 12 years. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/06/trump-unions-supreme-court-285260

 

NBC NEWS
— Democrats turn on Franken to get to Moore – JONATHAN ALLEN and LEIGH ANN CALDWELL
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-turn-franken-get-moore-n827161

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Futures in Jeopardy, ‘Dreamers’ Get Backing of Big Names and Businesses – Miriam Jordan (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “big names and businesses” are dumping those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/07/us/dreamers-shutdown-laurene-jobs.html
— Republicans Move to Resolve Tax Bill Differences as Cost Concerns Loom – Alan Rappeport
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/06/us/politics/republicans-move-to-resolve-tax-bill-differences-as-cost-concerns-loom.html
— A Reckoning on Sexual Misconduct? Absolutely. But How Harsh, Women Ask. – Nellie Bowles
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/05/business/sexual-harassment-debates.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How to Help the High-Tax States The solution is to offset the lost deduction with a lower tax rate. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-help-the-high-tax-states-1512603342

 

DETROIT NEWS
— How big will Conyers’ pension be? – Melissa Nann Burke
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2017/12/06/conyers-government-pension/108380788/

 

HARTFORD COURANT
— Republican Gubernatorial Hopefuls Offer Solutions To State’s Fiscal Woes – Russell Blair
http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-pol-republicans-governor-debate-20171206-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The first thing we need to do is we need to keep businesses and high-income individuals from moving out of the state,” said David Walker of Bridgeport, who served as head of the federal Government Accountability Office under Republican and Democratic presidents. “We have to eliminate the estate tax and the gift tax,” as well as a 20 percent surcharge on corporations, he said.)

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Leadership determines best agencies to work in, research finds – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: According to the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office during the 1980s and 1990s, GAO employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran said they would be much happier if the agency got rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who failed to 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.federaltimes.com/management/career/2017/12/06/leadership-determines-best-agencies-to-work-in-research-finds/

December 3 Morning Edition

NBC5
— What the New Tax Bill Means for Illinois Residents – Ash-Har Quraishi
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/what-the-gop-tax-bill-means-for-illinois-residents-461558943.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lean in, homebuyers: Survey says lenders loosening mortgage standards – Kenneth R. Harney (DIERSEN: What factors helped you get mortgages? For me, in 1972, 1974, and 1976, they included my having worked for IRS since 1971, my working part-time for Firestone Stores through the end of 1972, and my getting promoted to GS-9 (currently $54,864) in 1972, GS-11 (currently $66,379) in 1973, and GS-12 (currently $79,563) in 1974. For my wife and I, in 1978 and 1984, they include my wife having saved $20,000 for a down payment in 1978, her having worked for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions since 1970, and my having worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO since 1980.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-re-1203-kenneth-harney-20171127-story.html
— McDonald’s U.S. president says downtown headquarters will create ‘different level of energy’ – Greg Trotter (DIERSEN: Beyond tragically, the city that McDonald’s is moving to is overwhelmingly 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.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-mcdonalds-usa-president-qa-20171110-story.html
— Michael Flynn grew up breaking the rules. It caught up to him as Trump’s national security advisor – Chris Megerian (DIERSEN: What “rules” have you broken? I have broken the following “rule:” Always find out who has the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and then glorify and praise them, pander to them, serve as their operative or dupe, and give them lots of money.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-la-michael-flynn-profile-20171201-story.html
— It’s time for the secrecy to end in Springfield’s highest-profile sex-harassment case – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-silverstein-rotheimer-harassment-1203-20171201-story.html
— Sheriff Tom Dart’s personnel board halts firings, suspensions amid legal questions – Steve Schmadeke (DIERSEN: It would have been great if more Republicans had come to my defense a) when 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) when 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) when my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. It would have been great if more Republicans had come to my defense when my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes ended a) my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, b) my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, c) my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, d) my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007, and d) my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004. But my critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois and they have made it very clear that they will have their vicious operatives and their vicious dupes viciously destroy any individual, any organization, any company, and any government that might come to my defense.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-cook-county-sheriff-merit-board-20171127-story.html
— Will County economy has ‘amazing’ growth, official says – Susan DeMar Lafferty (DIERSEN: I lived in Will County 1948-1976 – in Crete 1948-1972 and in University Park 1972-1976. My ancestors on my father’s side have lived Crete since 1854. My brother continues to live in Crete in a home that my grandfather had built in 1926 on land that my great great grandfather bought in 1864.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-willcounty-economy-st-1203-20171201-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Fear and panic in Human Resources as sexual harassment allegations multiply – Jena McGregor (DIERSEN: Human Resources was my area of concentration for my 1970 bachelor’s degree in management from NIU and for my 1976 MBA from Loyola.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20171203/fear-and-panic-in-hr-as-sexual-harassment-allegations-multiply

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER & PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Taxes the key issue, Rauner says – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: Who do your critics/opponents want to pay more taxes? My critics/opponents want members of the following groups to pay more taxes: homeowners, those who have major medical expenses, those who take job-related graduate courses, Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents are beyond furious that I have paid less federal income tax since 1972 because I have always itemized my deductions each year. I would have paid more federal income tax a) if I had not bought a new town home in 1972, a studio condo in 1974, and a one bedroom condo in 1976, b) if my wife and I had not bought a home in 1978 and had one built in 1984, c) if we had not had major medical expenses in recent years, and d) if I had not taken job-related graduate courses 1972-1983 and 1992-1997. They are beyond furious that my Civil Service Retirement System pension and my Social Security are not subject to state income tax.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171202/statehouse-insider-taxes-key-issue-rauner-says
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20171202/statehouse-insider-rauner-focused-on-taxes-in-upcoming-campaign

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield diocese synod approves tithing – Steven Spearie (DIERSEN: How much money do you give to churches? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) glorify and praise themselves for being a member of a church, for attending church services, and for giving lots of money to a church and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn me because I am not a member of any church, because I do not attend church services, and because I do not give money to a church. Some of the operatives and the dupes who have financial problems who work for my critics/opponents hint/imply that if they had not given so much money to churches, they would not have the financial problems that they now have.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171202/springfield-diocese-synod-approves-tithing-earlier-confirmation
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Give 10 percent The biblical concept of tithing comes from the Old Testament prophet Abraham and is a concept more familiar to Protestant denominations. The Springfield plan would follow one by the Wichita (Kansas) Diocese that asks Catholics to give 8 percent of their income to the parish and 2 percent to another charity, “according to their (financial) means,” said Paprocki.)

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— LaHood should apologize for tax vote – Dan Adler
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20171202/spotlight-lahood-should-apologize-for-tax-vote

 

HERALD & NEWS
— Rauner to speak at multi-Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Bolingbrook – ALEX ORTIZ (DIERSEN: What do those who dominate your Chamber of Commerce think of you? Those who dominate the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce a) abolished its Government Affairs Committee in 2011 to get rid of me, the committee’s senior member and b) blame for their problems, blame me for your problems, blame me for my problems, and blame me for everyone’s problems. They publicly insulted me at the end of their “State of the City” address last January. They vehemently oppose a) my opposition to promoting booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, b) my conservatism, c) my Republicanism, d) my having been baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, and e) the rest of my demographics. They treat me like I am a newcomer because I have lived in Wheaton only since 1978, I have never attended any schools in Wheaton, and I have never been a member of any church in Wheaton.)
http://www.theherald-news.com/2017/11/30/rauner-to-speak-at-multi-chamber-of-commerce-luncheon-in-bolingbrook/axtgwuy/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. Bruce Rauner will be the special guest at a luncheon with multiple Chambers of Commerce on Tuesday at the Bolingbrook Golf Club. The Bolingbrook Area Chamber of Commerce, Romeoville Chamber of Commerce, Lemont Chamber of Commerce and Chamber 630 will be in attendance. Tickets for future members of one of the chambers in attendance are $45. Members can pay $35. The event has drawn some resistance as a “Protest Governor Ruiner” Facebook event was created by a group called Friends Who March, a grass-roots organization that came out of the Women’s March in January after the inauguration of President Donald Trump. “Our governor is making an appearance at a Chamber of Commerce Luncheon,” the event details read. “So we will be there to let him know his days are numbered. Bring your flannels and duct tape so you’re just like him.” The flannels and duct tape are a reference to a political advertisement Rauner made saying that the duct tape was the solution to the state’s problems that the “politicians that got us into this mess” have. No walk-ins will be allowed. For information or to register for the event, call the Bolingbrook Chamber of Commerce at 630-226-8420. The luncheon is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday.)

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— How ‘partial news’ can become ‘fake news’ with a little inattention – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article187376578.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Davis said he asked his female staffers what they thought should be addressed by the committee that manages the House as a workplace. They worried that fewer women would be hired as a result of the scandal. Davis brought that up during the hearing. He said it would be wrong, but that it worried his female staff and the committee should address those worries. Enter Twitter. The Huffington Post’s Washington Bureau Chief tweeted the following: “Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) says he’s worried congressional offices will hire fewer women to avoid issue of sexual harassment.” She then clarified: “For the record, Davis is not saying he will do this. He said he had female staffers who were concerned about this. That’s why he asked what to do about it.” But it was too late. The twitterverse already was exploding with charges of sexism, misogyny, discrimination and questions about Davis’s parentage. Davis said he walked out of the hearing past the major media reporters and no one asked him anything. It was hours later when he learned of the tweetferno, fanned by some of the candidates wanting to challenge him in November.)

 

DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— Time for someone new – Todd Bruns, Charleston (DIERSEN: In 2012, my critics/opponents shouted that it was time for someone new to run TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, a) ANYONE could do a better job of running TAPROOT and b) I had caused all of TAPROOT’s problems. They dismissed/belittled/badmouthed the fact that since I had become TAPROOT’s chairman in 2005, I had assured a) that TAPROOT held a breakfast meeting the third Saturday of every month except August and December, b) that TAPROOT held a picnic each August, and c) that TAPROOT held a Christmas party each December.)
http://www.commercial-news.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/time-for-someone-new/article_95e439d3-d188-5ad7-bb60-f6204c8a1088.html
(FROM THE LETTER: John Shimkus has sold us out. I never thought I’d see the day a Republican would vote to raise taxes, but Shimkus voted for the GOP bill that eliminates many of the deductions that we in the middle class use — all to cut taxes for corporations that ship our jobs overseas. The GOP bill explodes our deficit by $2 trillion, and they plan to pay for that by cutting our Medicare and Social Security. Mr. Shimkus put his wealthy donors ahead of the interests of his voters here in east central Illinois. He’s been in Washington too long and has become corrupted by it. It’s time for someone new.)

 

WJBC
— Rauner: Brandt deal a ‘home run’ for local taxing bodies – Howard Packowitz (DIERSEN: If your local taxing bodies suddenly got a lot more tax revenue, what would they do with it?)
http://www.wjbc.com/2017/12/02/rauner-brandt-deal-a-home-run-for-local-taxing-bodies/

 

BREITBART
— ‘Antifa’ Gear No Longer Available on Walmart Website – AMANDA HOUSE
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/02/antifa-gear-no-longer-available-on-walmart-website/

 

BLAZE
— ABC News suspends Brian Ross for 4 weeks without pay for incorrect Mike Flynn story – Chris Enloe (DIERSEN: When my critics/opponents declare that I did something “incorrect” as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, they cannot “punish” me by suspending me without pay. So they “punish” me a) by throwing me off their press advisory and press release lists and by throwing me out of their events. Previously, they “punished” me by having their operatives and their dupes end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, etc.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/12/02/breaking-abcs-brian-ross-will-be-suspended-for-4-weeks-without-pay-for-incorrect-mike-flynn-story

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Donald Trump’s Secret Admirers – Dan Truitt
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/12/donald_trumps_secret_admirers.html

 

LIFEZETTE NEWS
— If You Want to Disarm North Korea, Mr. President, Sanction China Kim Jong-un’s regime doesn’t have the material or expertise to make missiles: It relies on its neighbor to the north for both – Steve Mosher (DIERSEN: Who determines/determined who should be sanctioned in the groups that you are/were an member of? I should write a book about a) those who since 2000 have determined who should be sanctioned in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc.; b) those who they have officially/unofficially sanctioned; and c) the stated reasons and the real reasons for the sanctions. Those who dominate/dominated all the aforesaid organizations have sanctioned me for what I have done since 2000 as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor.)
https://www.lifezette.com/polizette/if-you-want-to-disarm-north-korea-mr-president-sanction-china/

 

NBC NEWS
— The resegregation of America The consequences of creeping racial resegregation constitute nothing less than a national crisis. – Christopher Petrella (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites shout at minorities that Whites are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Anti-Whites demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are members of the following groups: 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. Anti-Whites vote for Democrats. Anti-Whites want minorities to segregate, to gain “power,” and to get rid of Whites.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/news/resegregation-america-ncna801446

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Why Trying New Things Is So Hard to Do – Sendhil Mullainathan (DIERSEN: What new things have you tried? For me, they include a) buying new cars when I was 17 in 1966, 19, 20, 23, etc.; b) accepting job offers from Firestone Stores in 1970 and from Oldsmobile and IRS in 1971; c) taking an $18,847 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; d) earning master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997; e) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979; f) passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; g) buying real estate in 1972, 1974, and 1976; h) getting married in 1978; i) buying a home with my wife in 1978 and having one built in 1984; and j) succumbing to my Democrat GAO superiors by taking their early retirement “offer” in 1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/business/why-trying-new-things-is-so-hard.html
— The Cost of Devaluing Women – Sallie Krawcheck (DIERSEN: Who devalues you? My Democrat superiors in the federal government devalued me. My critics/opponents in the following devalue/devalued me: Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants. My critics/opponents devalue everyone and everything that they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/02/opinion/sunday/the-cost-of-devaluing-women.html
— Heroin in Soups and Lollipops: How Drug Cartels Evade Border Security – Ron Nixon
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/02/us/politics/drug-cartels-border-security-traffickers.html
— TRAGIC: How Ireland Moved to the Left: ‘The Demise of the Church’ – Liam Stack
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/02/world/europe/ireland-abortion-abuse-church.html
— How Far Will Sean Hannity Go? The Fox News host is willing to defend Trump at all costs — and is reaching more than 13 million people a day. – MATTHEW SHAER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/28/magazine/how-far-will-sean-hannity-go.html

 

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Dining in or out? Take a bite out of food costs – N’dea Yancey-Bragg (DIERSEN: I have always spent less money dining out than my peers, and far less since 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors cut my income in today’s dollars by $72,135/year or $6,011/month or $1,387/week or $198/day.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/budget-and-spending/2017/11/27/food-bill-how-save-money-groceries-dining-out/536108001/

 

CONSUMER REPORTS
— Senate Tax Plan Winners and Losers – Tobie Stanger
https://www.consumerreports.org/taxes/senate-tax-plan-winners-and-losers/

 

FORBES
— Winners And Losers Of The Senate Tax Bill – Tony Nitti
https://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonynitti/2017/12/02/winners-and-losers-of-the-senate-tax-bill/#1b02a70a254d

 

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Truthfeed Spreads Pro-Trump Propaganda The website has connections to the president’s camp—and white supremacists.” (DIERSEN: According to my “conservative” and/or “Republican” critics/opponents, a) all the articles linked to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are propaganda and b) the only true news and true commentary is that which they put out. Should I publish a list of my “conservative” and/or “Republican” critics/opponents? Most commonly, they reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Should I sue them?)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-29/truthfeed-spreads-pro-trump-propaganda

December 1 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gov. Rauner not high on legalizing marijuana: ‘That’s a mistake’ – TINA SFONDELES
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gov-rauner-not-high-on-legalizing-marijuana-thats-a-mistake/
— Alderman Derrick Curtis quick to raise our taxes, slow to pay his own – Dan Mihalopoulos
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mihalopoulos-alderman-quick-to-raise-our-taxes-slow-to-pay-his-own/
— Would Trump really pay more under the tax bill? Not likely – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/would-trump-really-pay-more-under-the-tax-bill-not-likely/
— Make good on a wage promise to working people, Mr. Mayor – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/enforce-chicago-minimum-wage-mayor-rahm-emanuel/
— The sexist boys in Springfield still don’t get it – Laura Washington
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/washington-the-sexist-boys-in-springfield-still-dont-get-it/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Here’s how Illinois should respond to the GOP’s tax breaks for the rich – Ted Slowik (DIERSEN: Since 1972, my anti-rich critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if you itemize your deductions, you are rich. To hint/imply/argue/shout that I am rich, they stress that I bought a new town home in 1972 when I was 24, a studio condo in 1974, and one bedroom condo in 1976 and that my wife and I bought a home in 1978 and we had one built in 1984. They stress that I took graduate business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, graduate accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, and graduate finance courses at IIT 1992-1997.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-tax-bill-st-1203-20171201-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But the changes could drastically affect Illinois residents who deduct mortgage interest and property taxes when they file their federal income taxes. As president-elect of the National Conference of State Legislatures, state Sen. Toi Hutchinson, D-Olympia Fields, sent the four Congressional leaders a letter Nov. 16 opposing elimination of the state and local tax (SALT) deduction. “Eliminating or significantly modifying this deduction will lead to higher tax burdens for tens of millions of middle-class taxpayers of every political affiliation, an outcome contrary to the stated goal of providing meaningful relief to taxpayers,” said the letter co-signed by outgoing NCSL President Deb Peters, of South Dakota. Other deductions, including charitable donations and medical expenses, also could be eliminated. The personal exemption could be repealed.)
— Why deregulating internet service makes sense – Editorial (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents are for anything that gives them more power to destroy a) those who do not glorify and praise them, b) those who do not pander to them, c) those who do not serve as their operative or dupe, and/or d) those who do not give them give them money.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-net-neutrality-internet-20171122-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Schaumburg media host Vandana Jhingan announces candidacy for 8th District GOP primary – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171201/schaumburg-media-host-announces-candidacy-for-8th-district-gop-primary
— Naperville stands alone as special census-taker in 2018 – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171128/naperville-stands-alone-as-special-census-taker-in-2018

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Avoid Colorado’s problems, oppose legal pot – Kathy Valente, Tinley Park
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2017/11/30/letter-avoid-colorados-problems-oppose-legal-pot/a1g3aza/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner campaign removes ‘tax survey’ info from Facebook – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171201/schoenburg-rauner-campaign-removes-tax-survey-info-from-facebook

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump says Steinle verdict a ‘travesty of justice’ Candidate often cited case on campaign trail – SOPHIE TATUM
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-tweet-slams-disgraceful-kate-steinle-verdict/871786141

 

CITY CLUB CHICAGO
— Kirk Dillard, Chairman, Regional Transportation Authority, Thursday, Nov 30, 2017
https://www.cityclub-chicago.org/video/1246/kirk-dillard

 

WEST COOK NEWS
— Powerful Chicago Democrat alderman backs Durkin’s GOP statehouse bid
https://westcooknews.com/stories/511280766-powerful-chicago-democrat-alderman-backs-durkin-s-gop-statehouse-bid

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— ‘Our Home Our Fight’ campaign website outlines Rauner’s agenda for second term – Karen Kidd
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511269502-our-home-our-fight-campaign-website-outlines-rauner-s-agenda-for-second-term

 

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— State borrows to pay down debt with worst terms of any state “by far”
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-state-borrows-to-pay-down-debt-with-worst-terms-of-any-state-by-far/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois’ GOP Congressmen call Durbin, Duckworth hypocrites over tax comments – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/illinois-gop-congressmen-call-durbin-duckworth-hypocrites-over-tax-comments/article_f56a0054-d5ff-11e7-8b49-378d11d7a3c9.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IVES DUBS RAUNER A “WEAK MAN” FOR MAKING ILLINOIS A SANCTUARY STATE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/12/ives-dubs-rauner-a-weak-man-for-making-illinois-a-sanctuary-state-.html
— THORNER: ILLINOIS CONSERVATIVES GATHER IN ROCKFORD TO “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/12/thorner-illinois-conservatives-gather-in-rockford-to-make-america-great-again.html
— CONGRESSMAN BOST LEADS EFFORT TO REPEAL UNELECTED MEDICARE-CUTTING BOARD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/12/congressman-bost-leads-effort-to-repeal-unelected-medicare-cutting-board.html
— ILLINOIS SENIOR SENATOR DURBIN TWEETS OUTRAGE ABOUT GOP TAX CUT PLANS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/12/illinois-senior-senator-durbin-tweets-outrage-about-gop-tax-cut-plans.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner calls legalizing marijuana a “mistake”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/12/01/rauner-calls-legalizing-marijuana-a-mistake/
— Wheeler: “Rauner’s three years in office have been worse for Illinois than the ‘failed’ Quinn”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/12/01/wheeler-rauners-three-years-in-office-have-been-worse-for-illinois-than-the-failed-quinn/
— Rauner scrambling to placate southern Illinois
https://capitolfax.com/2017/12/01/rauner-scrambling-to-placate-southern-illinois/
— Gov. Rauner’s full remarks on the federal tax proposals
https://capitolfax.com/2017/12/01/gov-rauners-full-remarks-on-the-federal-tax-proposals/

 

GOPUSA
— NFL agrees to commit $89M over seven years to social justice causes (DIERSEN: To promote “social justice” is 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. To promote social justice is to promote class warfare, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, gender and race based preference giving, age discrimination, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=34327
— Student Newspaper Runs Anti-White Op-Ed; University President Calls It ‘Racist’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they want to get of Whites.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=34276
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The University Star column, written by Texas State junior Rudy Martinez, condemns white privilege and criticizes white people who deny that have any sort of privilege in the world because of their race. The published headline says, “Your DNA is an abomination.” It concludes by saying, “Ontologically speaking, white death will mean liberation for all. To you good-hearted liberals, apathetic nihilists and right-wing extremists: Accept this death as the first step toward defining yourself as something other than the oppressor.”)
— Will Joe Barton’s accuser be charged for ‘revenge porn’?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=34272

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— KATE’S BLOOD CRIES OUT AGAINST SANCTUARY CITIES AS CNN DERIDES TRUMP 10,000 criminal aliens released since 2014 – LEO HOHMANN
http://www.wnd.com/2017/12/kates-blood-cries-out-against-sanctuary-cities-as-cnn-derides-trump/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The GOP Should Put Tax-Loving Democrats on a No-SALT Diet Dump the federal deduction on state and local taxes. – Deroy Murdock (DIERSEN: What about Republicans who live in high-SALT Democrat states?)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454274/tax-reform-salt-state-local-taxes-republican-congress
— Is Feminism the Answer to Sexual Harassment? – Mona Charen (DIERSEN: LGBTQ activity is the answer according to those who promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454232/sexual-harassment-feminism-how-sexual-liberation-brought-us-here
— Newspapers Shouldn’t Act Like Super PACs – David Harsanyi
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454253/new-york-times-politicking-improper

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— So Much for the Congressional Accountability Act The 1995 law created the Office of Compliance and has paid out $17 million in settlements. But where is the transparency? – JERYL BIER
http://www.weeklystandard.com/so-much-for-the-congressional-accountability-act/article/2010661

 

NBC NEWS
— Trump failing to lead on HIV, advocates say on World AIDS Day – DARTUNORRO CLARK
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-failing-lead-hiv-advocates-say-world-aids-day-n824961

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Petting zoos at the office are the latest perk for stressed-out employees – Andrea Sachs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/petting-zoos-at-the-office-are-the-latest-perk-for-stressed-out-employees/2017/11/30/6b443fea-c0bd-11e7-959c-fe2b598d8c00_story.html

 

PBS
— Flynn says Trump transition team directed him – AP (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government talked and acted like Democrat politicians directed them to take adverse actions against me. 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.pbs.org/newshour/politics/flynn-says-trump-transition-team-directed-him

 

NEWSWEEK
— TRUMP DOESN’T VERIFY WHAT HE TWEETS, SAYS WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS – GRAHAM LANKTREE (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to a) stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) stop everyone from reading those emails. But failing that, they want me to verify each article before I include a link to it in the emails, that is, they want me to get their permission before I include a link to an article in the emails.)
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-doesnt-verify-what-he-tweets-says-white-house-press-secretary-sarah-728137
— JARED KUSHNER CAN’T PASS HIS SECURITY CLEARANCE INVESTIGATION – CHRIS RIOTTA
http://www.newsweek.com/jared-kushner-security-clearance-white-house-access-ivanka-donald-trump-723993
— IS MELANIA TRUMP HAPPY? ‘PRESIDENT TRUMP’S WIFE’ TRIES TO CONVINCE STEPHEN COLBERT SHE WANTED TO BE FIRST LADY – TUFAYEL AHMED (DIERSEN: Do you want the job that you have? Obviously I want my GOPUSA Illinois Editor job because I spend 10+ hours each and every day and thousands of dollars each and every year doing it. Did you want the jobs that you had?” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned the 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 assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://www.newsweek.com/melania-trump-happy-president-trumps-wife-tries-convince-stephen-colbert-she-728126

November 26 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— NOVEMBER 23, 2015 FLASHBACK: Some primary races shaping up in DuPage – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: The 30 candidates who were in line before 8:00 AM this morning in the following order were: Bucholz, Grogan, Berlin, Kachiroubas, Jorgensen, Holz, Olsen, Noonan, Bila, Sejnost, Krajewski, Tornatore, Diersen, Puchalski, Hinz, Novak, Anderson, Redick, Elliott, Wehrli, Falbo, Schultz, Blass, Moore, Dabrowski, Kordik, Larsen, Healy, Fisher, and Minor. Whelan, Zanis, and Grant got in line shortly after 8:00 AM. Of the aforesaid, the following 10 candidates will be on March 15, 2016 Republican primary ballots in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 and I gathered nominating petition signatures for them: Bucholz, Grogan, Berlin, Kachiroubas, Jorgensen, Diersen, Elliott, Moore, Whelan, and Grant. In addition, I gathered signatures for the following 7 candidates: Kirk, Roskam, Munger, Ives, Brennan, Fullerton, and Telander who will also be on the Republican primary ballots in my precinct; they either have filed in Springfield or will file in Springfield. I gathered a total of 761 signatures for the aforesaid 17 candidates from 44 households in my precinct.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20151123/news/151129662/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than a dozen countywide, county board and forest preserve candidates lined up outside the DuPage County Election Commission office Monday morning to file nominating petitions to enter the March 15 primary election. At the head of the line was county Recorder Fred Bucholz, who showed up around 5:15 a.m. and was soon joined by Auditor Bob Grogan, State’s Attorney Robert Berlin, Clerk of the Circuit Court Chris Kachiroubas and Coroner Richard Jorgensen.)
— Itasca teacher inspires students to change the world – Bob Smith (DIERSEN: What about those who want to change the world so that it is even more 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.dailyherald.com/news/20171122/itasca-teacher-inspires-students-to-change-the-world
— Las Vegas looks outside the casinos to draw in millennials – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20171125/news/311259895/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: GOP says tax cuts will lift wages – Jim Puzzanghera and Don Lee (DIERSEN: What about retirees who will have to pay more federal income tax, but have no wages? Since 1997, I have been retired and I have not had any wages.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20171126/281505046531031
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article titled “Chaotic year in immigration policy challenges Chicago,” the Democrats who run Chicago make it clear that they will get rid of individuals, organizations, and companies a) that do not encourage people to come to America illegally, b) that do not encourage people to stay in America illegally, and c) that do not encourage people to bring other people to America illegally. Constructively, the Democrats who run Chicago have declared war on America.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-met-chicago-immigration-chaos-2017-story.html
— Retirement planning should include long-term care costs – AP (DIERSEN: What do you know about retirement? I have been retired for more than 20 years. What do you know about long-term care. Since 2009, I have been legally responsible for my 87-year-old aunt who has Alzheimer’s. She has lived in an assisted living facility since 2010 that currently costs $230/day. She did not attend college, she never married, she never had children, she had low-paying data entry jobs, she lived frugally, and she saved more than $600,000 for her retirement. But her retirement savings will be exhausted much sooner if the Republicans succeed in forcing her to pay income tax by taking away the medical deduction.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sns-bc-us–on-the-money-long-term-care-20171115-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The U.S. government estimates that 70 percent of people aged 65 today will require some form of long-term care during their lives. Most of the time, that type of assistance is non-medical, including help with daily tasks such as bathing. The need can arise unexpectedly after a major illness or even suffering an injury from a fall. The costs of such care can easily outstrip retirement savings: A 65-year-old today can expect to incur $138,000 in long-term care costs over their lifetime, according to a 2017 Bipartisan Policy Center report. Two-thirds of Americans age 40 and up say they’ve done little or no planning for their long-term care needs, according to a poll conducted this year by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, with funding from the SCAN Foundation.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Later start times, less homework: Here’s what elite schools are doing to help students cope with stress – Karen Ann Cullotta, Karen Berkowitz, Kimberly Fornek and Jennifer Johnson (DIERSEN: When you in high school, were you “college material?” While I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, I took college preparatory courses notwithstanding the fact that many, if not most, if not virtually everyone at the time viewed me as NOT being “college material.” Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I just barely made into the top 20% of my class, my ACT score was only 24, I was draft bait, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/anxietyhigh/ct-teen-anxiety-part-two-tl-1123-20171121-story.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rauner faces challenge from GOP in 2018 – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/rauner-faces-challenge-from-gop-in-2018
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ives is getting support from an anti-abortion activist base that “is basically done with Rauner,” said Republican businessman Vince Kolber, who knocked on doors for Rauner in 2014 but is now volunteering for Ives’ campaign. Assuming Rauner makes it to the general election, some of those voters — an important part of the GOP base — could opt to stay home on Election Day rather than vote to give him a second term. Kolber, who has a home in Florida, said if Rauner wins the primary, he’ll consider registering to vote in Florida in November rather than support Rauner again. Ives said she’s “a party person” and will vote for the GOP nominee. But “My husband won’t. And neither will many of my friends.”  Ives’ candidacy could reinforce the image Rauner stressed during his successful 2014 campaign of being a moderate and an outsider, Gaines said. That could help him win over some independents and other voters looking for someone who’s more middle-of-the-road — the kind of Republican candidate Illinois voters have historically favored for statewide office — or not beholden to a political party. “It might generally help him if he can say ‘The establishment in both parties doesn’t like me because I’m shaking things up,’” Gaines said. Democrats already have been fighting it out for their party’s nomination. More than a half dozen Democrats have said they’re running, including state Sen. Daniel Biss, businessman Chris Kennedy and billionaire J.B. Pritzker. The candidate filing period ends Dec. 4. Candidates for statewide office must submit at least 5,000 valid signatures; people seeking to challenge the validity of a candidate’s petitions have until Dec. 11 to file an objection that would be considered before the ballot is finalized.)
— Shoppers crowd stores to support local businesses – Dakarai Turner (DIERSEN: How much money do you have to shop locally with? Since 1997, in today’s dollars, I have had $1,454,723 less dollars to shop locally with, that is, $72,135 less a year, $6,011 less a month, $1,403 less a week, and $200 less a day. In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.” In 1997, in today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $122,991/year. But my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $50,856/year, or 41% of that.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/shoppers-crowd-stores-to-support-local-businesses
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Shoppers flocked to locally owned shops as part of Small Business Saturday. “Half of everyone in Illinois, half of everyone in America works for a locally-owned small business,” said Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner at a bakery in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. “They are providing jobs, creating products and developing services that drive our nation and the state of Illinois towards economic growth.”)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield has its own looming pension problem
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171125/springfield-has-its-own-looming-pension-problem

 

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— Primary races bringing visits from hopefuls – Nick Draper (DIERSEN: Aside from fundraisers, how often have the primary candidates visited your municipality, your township/ward, and your county? How many votes did Trump get compared to Clinton in your municipality, your township/ward, and your county?)
http://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/116446/primary-races-bringing-visits-from-hopefuls

 

  1. St. LOUIS TODAY & PBS & WASHINGTON POST & ABC NEWS
    — Illinois’ GOP governor faces challenge from right in 2018 – AP
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/illinois/illinois-gop-governor-faces-challenge-from-right-in/article_fd24f4f9-854f-56f8-9cc2-b2d6a9041973.html
    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/illinois-gop-governor-faces-challenge-from-right-in-2018
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/illinois-gop-governor-faces-challenge-from-right-in-2018/2017/11/26/6cf586ec-d2be-11e7-9ad9-ca0619edfa05_story.html
    http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/illinois-gop-governor-faces-challenge-2018-51390967

 

VINCE KOLBER
— Biography (DIERSEN: Sadly, according to people who presented themselves at Ive’s November 20, 2017 fundraiser as being spokespersons for Kolber, Kolbler did not want to speak with me and he wanted me to be evicted from the event because I am a “reporter.”
https://www.facebook.com/pg/VoteVinceKolber/about/?ref=page_internal
(BIOGRAPHY: Vince Kolber has called the 5th congressional district home for his entire adult life. Vince Kolber’s personal story matches the hopes, dreams and aspirations of his future constituents. Born of Polish immigrant stock, Vince learned the values of hard work and family that immigrants bring with them to America, home of the American Dream. The youngest of three brothers, Vince learned honesty and integrity at an early age. Vince was raised to be a good listener, to value the opinions of others and to seek opportunities to serve the community. Vince started his first job at 12, cleaning out dog kennels before rushing home to deliver the evening paper. Vince worked his way through school as a short order cook, janitor and truck driver, or as Vince likes to say: “I did whatever I could to support myself, be successful and make my parents proud. In Congress my goal is to create good-paying jobs, protect seniors and working families, and to ensure a better future and increase opportunity for every family and young adult in the 5th congressional district.” Vince left his boyhood home of West Seneca, New York, to attend Wharton, the business school at the University of Pennsylvania. Vince then earned his MBA from the University of Chicago, attending school at night while launching his own equipment leasing business focused on the transportation industry. Vince is the founder and principal of RESIDCO, which has supported the creation, expansion and maintenance of thousands of jobs here at home and across the country. Vince serves on the board of Little Sisters of the Poor and has always been active in his local community. Vince donates and helps raise money for the Sacred Heart Schools and the Big Shoulders Foundation, which provides support to Catholic schools in the most needy areas of inner city Chicago. Vince has also chaired the board of directors at St. Genevieve, a mostly Hispanic K-8 school on Chicago’s West Side. Vince is running for Congress on a platform of job creation, government living within its means, eliminating waste, fraud and abuse, stopping government from snooping into or interfering with our private lives, ending crony capitalism and corporate welfare while eliminating tax breaks for the privileged few in favor of lower tax rates for all. Most importantly, Vince will ensure those most in need have access to services they require. With your help, Vince Kolber will be elected Illinois’ newest congressman.)

 

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Anthem study by NFL not surprising – Al Hamnik
http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/columnists/al-hamnik/al-hamnik-anthem-study-by-nfl-not-suprising/article_ba64b785-76a2-5114-83fc-08345bcf59c1.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With 70 percent of the NFL comprised of African-American players, according to Answers.com and Reference.com, there is a new reason for Goodell to toss and turn at night. American young adults are divided along racial lines when it comes to protests from NFL players during our national anthem, says a study from Ball State University and the University of Texas at Dallas. The study found African-American respondents were more likely than other ethnic groups to agree with forms of protests such as kneeling, sitting and fist-raising during the national anthem — while being less likely to support punishment of the players by either the NFL or team owners. That’s no surprise, given the divisive times we live in.)

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Firm with ties to Rauner’s office lands $12M no-bid Medicaid deal – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511274528-firm-with-ties-to-rauner-s-office-lands-12m-no-bid-medicaid-deal

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Philip Haney: The Problem of Sharia in America – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/islam-sharia/philip-haney-problem-sharia-america/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— While 2017 was a bad year for Illinois taxpayers, there are bright spots among the bills that passed the General Assembly. – Mindy Ruckman
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/in-a-tough-year-some-new-illinois-laws-to-welcome/
— RECORD SEALING, EXPUNGEMENT HAVE THE POWER TO REDUCE CRIME, BENEFIT ILLINOIS’ ECONOMY In 2017 the Illinois General Assembly passed two bills that can improve employment outcomes for ex-offenders, potentially reducing crime and saving millions of dollars. – Orphe Divounguy and Joe Tabor (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, a) rewards for good behavior diminish and b) penalties for bad behavior diminish.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/record-sealing-expungement-have-the-power-to-reduce-crime-benefit-illinois-economy/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Illinois Special Legislative OIG sent me a letter – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/11/illinois-special-legislative-oig-sent-me-a-letter/

 

BREITBART
— Parents and Students Stand Up to Forced Gender Ideology in Schools – DR. SUSAN BERRY
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/24/parents-students-stand-forced-gender-ideology-schools/

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-males crow about their success. Anti-males shout at women that their top priority should be getting rid of men, promoting LGBTQ activity, promoting abortion, promoting gender based preference giving, promoting dependency on government, and promoting dependency on charity.
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/361603-fed-up-women-voters-are-preparing-to-run-for-political-office

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Like white supremacy, another monster rears its head in America, and no one is talking about it – Kashif N Chaudhry
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/like-white-supremacy-another-monster-rears-its-head_us_5a174fa6e4b0250a107bfe94

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Culling Voter Rolls: Battling Over Who Even Gets to Go to the Polls – Michael Wines (DIERSEN: How much deadwood is there on the voting rolls for your precinct, for your municipality, for your township/ward, for your county, for Illinois, and for America? Members of the following groups do not want deadwood to be culled from voting rolls: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/25/us/voter-rolls-registration-culling-election.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/25/us/atlanta-immigration-arrests.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/25/us/ohio-hovater-white-nationalist.html
— The Republican Tax on the Future – Editorial
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/25/opinion/sunday/the-republican-tax-on-the-future.html
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Of all the lies Republican lawmakers and President Trump tell about their tax bills, the biggest whopper is that these windfall tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy would generate so much growth that they would pay for themselves. The House and Senate tax bills probably would provide a tiny lift to the economy for a couple years — enough, supporters no doubt hope, for them to cynically claim success. It’s what comes next that the G.O.P. glosses over: the addition of more than a trillion dollars to the federal debt in just 10 years. Far from paying for themselves, these cuts would leave a bill for several future generations to pay off. In other words, Republican leaders aren’t just trying to transfer money from current middle-class and poor Americans to corporations and the very wealthy. They are also trying to transfer money from future middle-class and poor Americans to corporations and the very wealthy.)
— Ivanka, Louise and the Little People – Frank Bruni (DIERSEN: Who treats you like you are “little people?” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes treat everyone like they are “little people” except those who glorify and praise them, who pander to them, who serve as operatives or as dupes for them, and/or given them money.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/25/opinion/sunday/ivanka-trump-louise-linton-populism.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— A panic is not an answer: We’re at imminent risk of turning this #metoo moment into a frenzied rush to blame all men – CHRISTINA HOFF SOMMERS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, me more that you are presumed to be a sexual harasser: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/panic-not-answer-article-1.3651778

 

USA TODAY
— Trump presidency spurs cottage industry of ethics watchdogs – Fredreka Schouten (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What has spurred me to put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails since 2000? ANSWER: The failure/refusal of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, etc. to defend and advance the Republican Party platform and the IRP platform, and especially the following planks in those platforms: traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving. Ever-increasingly, far too many “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, political affiliation discrimination, patronage, and even worse things.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/23/trump-presidency-spurs-cottage-industry-ethics-watchdogs/889695001/

 

HARVARD CRIMSON
— Department of Justice Threatens Lawsuit Against Harvard in Admissions Probe – WILLIAM S. FLANAGAN and MICHAEL E. XIE (DIERSEN: Who should pay the price of Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes either a) have paid little or none of the price of AA, Diversity, and/or Inclusion, b) have personally benefited from AA, Diversity, and/or Inclusion, and/or c) promote AA, Diversity, and/or Inclusion. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that people like me should pay the price of AA, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, those who are White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, conservative, Republican, German American, Protestant, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/11/26/DOJ-lawsuit-harvard/

 

MEDIA MATTERS
— Fox News allows host Jeanine Pirro to work as a paid GOP fundraising speaker – ERIC HANANOKI (DIERSEN: What do you say to my nasty critics/opponents who, to serve their own purposes, alternate between denying and asserting that I am a reporter? I have been a reporter for www.GOPUSA.com since 2000. They deny that I am a reporter by refusing to include diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press lists. But then they assert that I am a reporter to bar me from their fundraisers and other activities. My nasty critics/opponents are not Republicans. They are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs or they are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/11/20/fox-news-allows-host-jeanine-pirro-work-paid-gop-fundraising-speaker/218609

 

November 11 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump says he should have left UCLA players in Chinese jail – KATHERINE FAULDERS
http://abc7chicago.com/news/trump-says-he-should-have-left-ucla-players-in-chinese-jail/2669668/

 

NBC5
— Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates Hold Forum – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: When will the Republican gubernatorial candidates hold a forum?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/web—democratic-governors-candidate-forum_Chicago-458630443.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Emanuel’s 2018 budget surrounded by red flags – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/rahm-emanuel-chicago-budget-civic-federation/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— GOP tax plan would have Illinoisans paying a tax on a tax – U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Washington
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-gop-tax-plan-would-have-illinoisans-paying-a-tax-on-a-tax-20171119-story.html
(FROM THE LETTER: Let me try to follow the tortured logic of your editorial of Nov. 15, “Illinois’ giant pacifier tastes like SALT.” I oppose the GOP tax plan because it gives permanent tax breaks to the wealthy and a mixed bag of temporary tax breaks and tax increases to middle-income families. Particularly objectionable to Illinois is the reduction or elimination of the deductibility of state and local taxes (SALT) from federally taxable income. Itemizers in our state under these Republican plans will indeed pay a federal tax on Illinois income taxes paid, as well as sales taxes and property taxes. In brief, the GOP tax plan will have Illinoisans paying a tax on a tax. You defend the elimination of this deduction on federal returns because it lessens the impact of the state and local taxes on our families. You call this deduction “a pacifier.” This “pacifier” is currently worth $24 billion to Illinois families. This is hard-earned money they don’t have to send to Washington. It’s a real break that lessens the impact of state and local taxes on the savings of families in our state.)
— Aldermen, start asking: What’s in those labor contracts? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-chicago-union-contracts-budget-20171114-story.html
— Dolton schools paid for board member to get 2-day grant training, hired her for $110K grant-writing job – Zak Koeske (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. In today’s dollars, my starting salary at IRS in 1971 was $44,853 and ending salary in 1980 was $90,173. In today’s dollars, my starting salary at GAO in 1980 was $71,326 and ending salary in 1997 was $122,991.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-district-148-administrator-st-1119-20171118-story.html
— Talk Show Host Dan Proft to Headline local Christmas Benefit Luncheon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/deerfield/community/chi-ugc-article-talk-show-host-dan-proft-to-headline-local-ch-2017-11-19-story.html

 

WGN RADIO
— Public transportation rates rise, RTA chairman Kirk Dillard says current budget is not sustainable – Rick Pearson
http://wgnradio.com/2017/11/19/public-transportation-rates-rise-rta-chairman-says-current-budget-is-not-sustainable/
— WTTW’s Amanda Vinicky talks about the race for governor
http://wgnradio.com/2017/11/19/wttws-amanda-vinicky-talks-about-the-race-for-governor/

 

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Illinois state lawmakers believe Illinois on right path to address sexual harassment Republican Anderson and Democrat Halpin press for accountability – Jim Niedelman
http://www.ourquadcities.com/news/4-the-record/illinois-state-lawmakers-believe-illinois-on-right-path-to-address-sexual-harassment/859479041

 

COD COURIER
— COD wins battle for the old Glen Ellyn police station
https://codcourier.org/7321/news/7321/

 

TOWNHALL
— University of Illinois graduate instructor Tariq Khan has been arrested for assaulting two conservative students at an anti-Trump protest this past Thursday – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2017/11/19/fightin-illini-liberal-grad-instructor-arrested-for-fighting-conservative-students-n2411582

 

FOX NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally. Anti-Trumps want anti-Trumps to take over America.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/11/19/protests-in-support-undocumented-immigrants-are-part-proud-american-tradition.html

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Guess what party Roy Moore and Donald Trump belonged to during their indiscretions – Brian C. Joondeph
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/11/guess_what_party_roy_moore_and_donald_trump_belonged_to_during_their_indiscretions.html
— Mall Never Banned Moore and Other Lies – Daniel John Sobieski (DIERSEN: Who wants to ban you from their events? The following want to ban me from their events: those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. They would love it if activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who claim to conservative and/or Republican as well as the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultant, etc. WOULD OFFICIALLY BAN ME FROM THEIR EVENTS.)
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/11/mall_never_banned_moore_and_other_lies.html

 

CAMPUS REFORM
— A University of Illinois graduate instructor was arrested for assaulting two students during an anti-Trump protest Thursday, stealing the phone of one student and throwing it on the sidewalk. Tariq Khan charged the students in a rage after one of them mocked the 39-year-old by asking, “Don’t you have anything better to do? Don’t you have kids?” After accusing the students of threatening his children, Khan chased after one of them, stealing his phone and hurling it to the sidewalk. – Andrew Minik
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=10171#.WhH2cyydUDk.facebook

 

THE HILL
— Dems eager to use tax bill against GOP in ’18 – BEN KAMISAR AND LISA HAGEN
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/360985-dems-eager-to-use-tax-bill-against-gop-in-18

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— White House: No, Trump isn’t jet-lagged but full of energy – ZEKE MILLER (DIERSEN: What shows that you have energy? Since 2004, I have put together and sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too. Those emails have included links to almost 287,400 articles and information on many upcoming events.)
http://www.wpxi.com/news/white-house-no-trump-isnt-jetlagged-but-full-of-energy/648908690

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats see backlash over Republicans’ tax bill as a key to winning in the suburbs – David Weigel
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/democrats-see-backlash-over-republicans-tax-bill-as-a-key-to-winning-in-the-suburbs/2017/11/19/37e9f2a6-cc4e-11e7-b0cf-7689a9f2d84e_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Coming off Election Day wins from Seattle to Long Island, Democrats are starting to see the shape of a new majority, built on a potential suburban backlash to changes in the tax code. “It’s incredible,” said Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), a vice chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee who has helped the party recruit candidates in suburban west coast districts. “I don’t understand why they think raising taxes on the middle class to benefit the rich would be better for them electorally than doing nothing at all.”)

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— A middle-class tax cut? Hardly. – DOYLE MCMANUS
http://beta.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-mcmanus-tax-plan-20171119-story.html

 

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS
— Senate Tax Reform Bill Must Include Housing Incentives (DIERSEN: Mortgage interest and real estate taxes being deductible a) encouraged me to buy a new town home in 1972 when I was 24 years old, a studio condo in 1974, and a one bedroom condo in 1976 and b) encouraged my wife and I to buy a home in 1978 and to have one built in 1984.)
https://www.nahb.org/en/research/nahb-priorities/tax-reform-new/nahb-opposes-tax-reform-plan.aspx
(FROM THE AD: With the House passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, NAHB is focused on pressing the Senate to include meaningful housing tax incentives for middle class families and critical tax relief for the small business community. The Senate has an important opportunity to deliver significant tax reform that benefits more than just major corporations. The House bill hurts hard-working families, threatens affordable rental housing and puts small businesses at competitive disadvantage to corporations. The Senate bill offers positive signs that the needs of all Americans and small businesses will be considered. NAHB will continue to fight for their interests.)

 

DAILY MAIL
— Donations pour in for Alabama senate candidate Roy Moore after he’s accused of sexual misconduct with minors – HANNAH PARRY
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5097831/Donations-pour-Roy-Moore.html

 

COLDWELL BANKER
— FOR SALE: 426 West Elm Street, Wheaton – $318,900
https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/il/wheaton/426-west-elm-street/pid_21052197/

November 19 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Mosque Brings Politicians, The Curious To Wheaton – Vince Gerasole (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote Islam, anti-Trumps demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/11/18/mosque-wheaton/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 350 attended, including the lieutenant governor, mayor of Wheaton and two congressmen, treated to a tour, fun activities and delicious ethnic food.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Harold Washington’s death 30 years ago marked end of Chicago’s black political power – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-harold-washington-30-years-john-kass-20171117-story.html
— Despite 7 women’s statements, Bush unlikely to be prosecuted – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–george-hw-bush-groping-20171115-story.html
— Al Franken, Roy Moore and America’s men problem – Rex Huppke (DIERSEN: Anti-men love it when men demonize, denigrate, and condemn men.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-al-franken-moore-huppke-20171116-story.html
— Emanuel allies trying to fill March ballot with advisory questions – John Byrne and Hal Dardick (DIERSEN: Will Emanuel allies ask Chicago voters which of the following groups should Chicago get rid of first, second, third, etc.: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-ballot-questions-20171117-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, members of Group A demand that companies demonize, denigrate, and condemn members of Group B. Members of Group A 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 and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-alt-right-product-endorsement-20171117-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, members of the following groups call you anti-LGBTQ: 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.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-roy-moore-alabama-20171118-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago violence hovers near 20-year high, with pockets of improvement – Sam Charles and Andy Grimm
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/chicago-violence-hovers-near-20-year-high-with-pockets-of-improvement/

 

DAILY HERALD
— College of DuPage, foundation ordered to pay paper’s $225,000 FOIA legal fees
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171118/college-of-dupage-foundation-ordered-to-pay-papers-foia-legal-fees
— Only the wealthy get help from GOP – Gerald Gagnon, Lake Zurich (DIERSEN: I certainly hope that Bost, Davis, Hultgren, Kinzinger, LaHood, Roskam, and Shimkus will work hard in conference with the Senate to keep all the current itemized deductions and the personal exemption.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171118/only-the-wealthy-get-help-from-gop
(FROM THE LETTER: An open letter to Peter Roskam, U.S. House of Representatives for the 6th District of Illinois: On my last attempt to express, via the phone, my opposition to the recent tax bill, I was again thwarted by your aides’ attempt to re-educate me rather than taking the message. That was the second time I had attempted to leave a message at your Barrington office. On my first encounter. my message was not the “party line” and instead of just taking the message I got an argument. To clarify: I do not approve of the proposed tax reform. Aside from NOT helping the middle class, it gives tax breaks to corporations, read Trumps’ businesses among others in the family and cabinet, and individuals who didn’t need any more perks from Washington. To do it at a time when the country is operating at a deficit is farcical. Who is crazy enough to reduce revenue in a period of deficit and then expect the altruism of the “hurray for me” crowd and pie in the sky future profits to make it all up? It didn’t work for Reagan and it won’t work any better now. Having been a Republican for 40 years, I can only shout “Goodbye.” I will no longer be a silent partner as you, Trump and his billionaire boys club dismantles my country for their pleasure and profit.)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Ives says Rauner joined ‘ruling class’ he was to fight – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20171118/bernard-schoenburg-ives-says-rauner-joined-ruling-class-he-was-to-fight
— Republican primary for governor underway – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171118/statehouse-insider-republican-primary-for-governor-underway
— Facts, not fiction, when it comes to taxes – Ditmar Walker, Springfield (DIERSEN: I certainly hope that Bost, Davis, Hultgren, Kinzinger, LaHood, Roskam, and Shimkus will work hard in conference with the Senate to keep all the current itemized deductions and the personal exemption.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20171118/letter-facts-not-fiction-when-it-comes-to-taxes

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Illinois House GOP leader Jim Durkin faces competition – RICH MILLER
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2017-11-19/capitol-fax-illinois-house-gop-leader-faces-competition.html
— It’s still early, but danger could await Davis in ’18 – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-11-19/tom-kacich-its-still-early-danger-could-await-davis-18.html
— Death, taxes and confusion – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-11-19/jim-dey-death-taxes-and-confusion.html

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County Board asks Gov. Bruce Rauner to veto bill that would give Jack Franks power of appointments
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/11/17/mchenry-county-board-asks-gov-bruce-rauner-to-veto-bill-that-would-give-jack-franks-power-of-appointments/aqijqoq/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— We Hear You: ‘High-Tax Paradises Such as New Jersey and California Better Wake Up’ – Ken McIntyre
http://dailysignal.com/2017/11/19/we-hear-you-high-tax-paradises-such-as-new-jersey-and-california-better-wake-up/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Christians use Moore to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Christians.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/453729/roy-moore-christianity-built-on-fear

 

POLITICO
— In Democrat-led state capitals, GOP tax reform push could scramble fiscal plans “We’re going to have to re-evaluate everything” if a federal bill repealing the state and local tax deduction becomes law, New Jersey’s Senate president says. – LAURA NAHMIAS, KATHERINE LANDERGAN and CARLA MARINUCCI
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/19/gop-tax-reforms-state-capitals-democrats-247678

 

THE HILL
— Senate GOP running out of options to stop Moore – ALEXANDER BOLTON
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/360970-senate-gop-running-out-of-options-to-stop-moore

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Picking middle-class pockets to deliver for donors – Randi Weingarten
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/picking-middle-class-pockets-to-deliver-for-donors_us_5a107d3ce4b0e30a95850774

 

CBS NEWS
— State Department admits low morale, as it defends reorganization (DIERSEN: During the 1980s and 1990s, as GAO got rid of more and more and more of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, morale improved for GAO’s employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/state-department-admits-low-morale-as-it-defends-reorganization/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The criticism followed a highly critical missive from the American Foreign Service Association, the union representing U.S. diplomats. Its president, Barbara Stephenson, likened senior staff reductions to a “decapitation” that would be met with public outcry if it had occurred in the military. “The rapid loss of so many senior officers has a serious, immediate and tangible effect on the capacity of the United States to shape world events,” she said. The State Department feels the criticism is unfair. In its letter to Corker, the agency said there are only 20 fewer senior foreign service officers now than there were a year ago (1,048 compared with 1,068). This year’s retirements are five fewer than in 2016, it said. Buyouts to induce early retirement of more than 600 diplomats are consistent with a directive to reduce the federal workforce. It said reorganization is a work in progress, appealing for patience as officials make the department “more efficient and effective within a sustainable budget.” “A project such as this demands careful execution and we are committed to doing just that and notifying Congress as required,” the State Department said.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Republican Governors’ 2018 Dilemma: What to Do About Trump? – Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns (DIERSEN: Of course, members of the following groups tell Rauner and tell Sanguinetti to viciously demonize, to viciously denigrate, and to viciously condemn Trump and his supporters: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/us/politics/republican-governors-trump-backlash-2018.html
— HARDCOPY EDITORIAL HEADLINE: The Shriveling State Department – Editorial (DIERSEN: GAO is just a shell of what it once was. I worked for GAO 1980-1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/opinion/sunday/the-trump-administration-is-making-war-on-diplomacy.html
— In Oregon, You Can Now Save for Retirement. Unless You Object. – Elizabeth Olson (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents have saved little or nothing for their retirement. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, that I have always been privileged, that the federal government grossly overpaid me, and that my retirement benefits are much too generous. They stress that I avoided the draft, that my wife has always had income, that we gave up trying to have children, that we did not adopt, that we did not become foster parents, and that I do not give lots of money to churches like they do.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/17/your-money/oregon-save-for-retirement.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: GAO TAX CUTS: The Rich Will Get Richer, Not Happier – Robert H. Frank
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/17/business/tax-cuts-rich.html
— FRONT PAGE: When Unpaid Student Loan Bills Mean You Can No Longer Work Twenty states suspend people’s professional or driver’s licenses if they fall behind on loan payments, according to records obtained by The New York Times. – JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG, STACY COWLEY and NATALIE KITROEFF (DIERSEN: If you never took out a student loan, what are the main reasons for that? For me, they include a) college expenses were much lower during the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s than they are now, b) I never tried to get a student loan, c) I did not attend any Ivy League schools, d) my outstanding parents provided me with room and board 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969, and d) I paid for my college expenses and for new cars with money that I earned washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; working on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumping gasoline 1971-1972; collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and auditing federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/business/student-loans-licenses.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump, anti-Trumps glorify and praise you.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/sen-flake-says-gop-is-toast-if-it-follows-trump-moore/2017/11/18/3eeffda0-cccd-11e7-b506-8a10ed11ecf5_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— How to figure out the right time for retirement – LIZ WESTON (DIERSEN: I have been “retired” for more than 20 years. I should write a book about the pros and cons of taking your employer’s early retirement “offer.”)
http://beta.latimes.com/business/la-fi-montalk-20171119-story.html

 

ANNISTON STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Moore a) demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Moore and his supporters and b) glorifies and praises anti-Moores.
https://www.annistonstar.com/columnists/bob_davis/bob-davis-where-are-you-from-who-are-your-people/article_2cd1d8a6-cbf5-11e7-9d4d-afd820dba842.html

 

CRAIN’S NEW YORK
— The tax-plan losers in New York are too many to count End of state and local tax deduction is only the beginning – Greg David
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20171119/BLOGS01/171119897/greg-david-the-house-tax-plan-makes-losers-of-too-many-homeowners-to-count-in-new-york

 

FORBES
— Should Facebook, Google Be Regulated? A Groundswell In Tech, Politics and Small Business Says Yes – Elizabeth MacBride (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? What do Facebook and Google think of those who share your demographics? If Facebook or Google disapprove of any of your demographics, you are in big trouble. Ever-increasingly, members of Group A put pressure on Facebook and on Google to get rid of members of Group B. Members of Group A 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 and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethmacbride/2017/11/18/should-twitter-facebook-and-google-be-more-regulated/#5f2b66301bc5

 

24/7 WALL STREET
— Chevy Slashes Price Of A Corvette By $9,000 As Sales Crash – Douglas A. McIntyre (DIERSEN: I bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 for about $6,000. Shortly thereafter, Nixon cut the excise tax on new cars and I got a refund of about $300.)
http://247wallst.com/autos/2017/11/19/chevy-slashes-price-of-a-corvette-by-9000-as-sales-crash/

 

MOTLEY FOOL
— 4 Drawbacks of Early Retirement You Need to Know About Retiring early isn’t always the best move. Here are some consequences to be aware of. – Maurie Backman (DIERSEN: I have been “retired” for more than 20 years. I should write a book about the pros and cons of taking your employer’s early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2017/11/19/4-drawbacks-of-early-retirement-you-need-to-know-a.aspx

 

NEWSWEEK
— WHY STRESS LEADS US TO MAKE BAD DECISIONS AND DO STUPID THINGS – KRISTIN HUGO (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes focus on promoting stress.)
http://www.newsweek.com/why-stress-leads-us-make-bad-decisions-and-do-stupid-things-715638

November 18 Morning Edition

WGN TV
— Roskam praises House GOP tax bill: ‘This plan is a good plan’ – TAHMAN BRADLEY (DIERSEN: I certainly hope that Bost, Davis, Hultgren, Kinzinger, LaHood, Roskam, and Shimkus will work hard in conference with the Senate to keep all the current itemized deductions and the personal exemption.)
http://wgntv.com/2017/11/17/roskam-praises-house-gop-tax-bill-this-plan-is-a-good-plan/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Change in state law would allow convicted felon who won election to serve as Markham mayor – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-markham-legislation-st-1119-20171117-story.html
— More than 100 interviewed about Lake Forest Halloween party shooting, but many uncooperative: police – Karen Berkowitz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-forest/news/ct-lfr-halloween-party-homicide-tl-1123-20171117-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Winners and losers under the Senate tax overhaul proposal – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20171118/news/311189967/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: LOSERS. . .People living in high-tax states would be hit by repeal of federal deductions for state and local taxes under the Senate bill, and partial repeal under the House measure. That result of a compromise allows the deduction for up to $10,000 in property taxes. Many families making less than $30,000 a year would face tax increases starting in 2021 under the Senate bill, according to Congress’ nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation. By 2027, families earning less than $75,000 would see their tax bills rise while those making more would enjoy reductions, the analysts find. The individual income-tax reductions in the Senate bill would end in 2026.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Amid national focus on harassment, Trump moves unscathed.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171118/amid-national-focus-on-harassment-trump-moves-unscathed
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Christians say “Fighting scandal, Moore stands with homophobic supporters.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171118/fighting-scandal-moore-stands-with-homophobic-supporters

 

DOWNERS GROVE PATCH
— 250 Protesters Rally Against Roskam At GOP Fundraiser Protesters stood outside the GOP fundraiser with signs held high to show their disapproval of Rep. Pete Roskam’s support of the tax plan. – Lisa Marie Farver (DIERSEN: One could say that the bill is about cutting federal income taxes for those who take the standard deduction (mainly those who are renters, younger, Democrat, Libertarian, or Green) and about raising federal income taxes for those who itemize their deductions (mainly those who are homeowners, older, and/or Republican).)
https://patch.com/illinois/downersgrove/protesters-rally-against-roskam-fundraiser-downers-grove
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Reid McCullom, a Hinsdale resident and one of the leaders of Coalition for a Better Illinois 6th called the tax plan “a turkey that roasts the Middle Class,” adding that it would increase small business taxes and could lead to trickle-down economics. After the tax bill passed in the House Thursday, Roskam issued a release that viewed the legislation through a much different lens. Roskam said, “This bill is about the businesses on Main Street and the family at the end of the block. It’s about the recent college graduate struggling under the weight of student loans and the newlyweds expecting their first child. We’re boosting the economy to create more good-paying jobs, and we’re making sure that taxpayers get to keep more of their money in every pay check.”)

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— An unusual alliance to fight Durkin – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries are aligned to fight you? The following are aligned to fight me: 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 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.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/miller-an-unusual-alliance-to-fight-durkin/article_d9ff87f7-6f92-5f3e-a6be-f41aa276ef2d.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot as an “alternative to opioids.” If you push pot, you push destruction.
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois-doctors-campaign-for-medical-marijuana-as-alternative-to-opioids/article_e368e051-3491-5b67-a70c-e65d0d380ace.html

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Register Star prints falsehood about tax plan approved by Rep. Adam Kinzinger
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20171117/letter-register-star-prints-falsehood-about-tax-plan-approved-by-rep-adam-kinzinger

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— New temporary U.S. attorney named for central Illinois
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171117/new-temporary-us-attorney-named-for-central-illinois

 

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Show hosts derogatory toward the president – A Citizen for MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
http://jg-tc.com/opinion/letters/letter-show-hosts-derogatory-toward-the-president/article_f2e5632c-d12a-56f1-b0f5-c8c062ccf597.html
(FROM THE LETTER: With his divisiveness this late night host Noah was allowed to perform at the State Farm Center during the recent University of Illinois Homecoming! As a sign-holding and vocal protester at the event I was appalled. A university official tried to move me to a shadowy area away from the front entrance and summoned the police when I refused. The reactions to my protest were mostly divisive. I was VERY uncomfortable as a Donald Trump voter and Christian attending this event. Ostensibly the concert was a comedy routine, yet much of the show was a mockery of the president, conservative ideology and Donald Trump voters.)

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Rauner no Republican, won’t be reelected – Rosemarie M. Gardner
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20171117/spotlight-rauner-no-republican-wont-be-reelected

 

BELLEVILLE DEMOCRAT
— McCarter endorses Republican for governor — and it’s not Rauner – JOSEPH BUSTOS
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article185352708.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Harassment Claims Move Slowly in Springfield – Cole Lauterbach
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=255389#.WhATlIzR-M8

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Lawmakers push to end ‘hush money’ deduction in tax fight Loophole targeted on sexual harassment lawsuits – SCOTT MCLEAN (DIERSEN: How much “hush money” has Illinois, your county, your township/ward, and your municipality paid out recently? Which government employees were charged with what and by whom?)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/lawmakers-push-to-end-hush-money-deduction-in-tax-fight/859583890

 

WSIL
— Comptroller: Governor Rauner refuses to meet – Brian Wilson
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/36875699/comptroller-governor-rauner-refuses-to-meet

 

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Local Organizations Fear Loss of Donations Following GOP Tax Overhaul Vote (DIERSEN: A major reason why my wife and I contribute more money to 501(c)(3) organizations is that the contributions are deductible. The contributions are deductible because we have large medical and dental, real estate, and state income tax deductions.)
https://www.nctv17.com/news/local-organizations-fear-loss-of-donations-following-gop-tax-overhaul-vote/

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Governor’s Office accused of failing to comply with Freedom of Information Act request – Louie Torres
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511251990-governor-s-office-accused-of-failing-to-comply-with-freedom-of-information-act-request

 

ILLINOIS VALLEY TIMES
— Kinzinger organizes Youth Leadership Summit – Meg Shannon (DIERSEN: Would your high school teachers have selected you to attend such an event? Were you “college material?” While I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, I took college preparatory courses notwithstanding the fact that many, if not most, if not virtually everyone at the time viewed me as NOT being “college material.” Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I just barely made into the top 20% of my class, my ACT score was only 24, I was draft bait, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).)
https://illinoisvalleytimes.com/stories/511265666-kinzinger-organizes-youth-leadership-summit
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 200 high-schoolers recently attended the Youth Leadership Summit organized by Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL). The fifth annual event, which was held at Illinois Valley Community College in Oglesby, attracted more than 200 high school juniors and seniors from 25 schools in Kinzinger’s district. The daylong summit, which featured workshops, lessons in leadership and guest speakers, was held on Oct. 20. Attendees were selected by their teachers. “Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s Youth Leadership Summit and to all those who helped make it such a success,” Kinzinger said in a press release. “Special thank you to our incredible guest speakers for taking the time to be with us.” Guest speakers at the summit included Jerry Reinsdorf, the owner of the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox. Illinois Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti also spoke at the event.)

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WILL: IN ILLINOIS, A LOOMING BATTLE OVER THE BANKRUPTING ‘BLUE MODEL’
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/11/will-in-illinois-a-looming-battle-over-the-bankrupting-blue-model.html

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Grant township assessor supports property tax freeze – Robert Hadley
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511272267-grant-township-assessor-supports-property-tax-freeze

 

GOPUSA
— Wisconsin College Democrats leader resigns after tweeting, ‘I f–ing hate white men’
http://www.gopusa.com/wisconsin-college-democrats-leader-resigns-after-tweeting-i-f-ing-hate-white-men/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Progressives hate everything old, including the elderly (DIERSEN: I have always opposed age discrimination, therefore, consequently, those who promote age discrimination have always opposed me.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/progressives-hate-everything-old-including-the-elderly

 

BREITBART
— GOP Leaders Debate Combination Plan to Cut Legal Immigration, Approve a DACA Amnesty – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: Those who come to America legally are far more likely to vote for Republicans. Those who come to America illegally are far more likely to vote for Democrats.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/17/gop-leaders-debate-combination-plan-cut-legal-immigration-approve-daca-amnesty/
— Report: 264 Staffers Paid $17 Million In Congressional Harassment Hush Money – MICHAEL PATRICK LEAHY (DIERSEN: How many tax dollars have Illinois, your county, your township/ward, and your municipality paid out in hush money? Who are the sexual harassers and who hired them?)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/17/report-264-staffers-paid-17-million-in-congressional-harassment-hush-money/
— Woman Raped by Former Al Franken Intern Wants Senator’s Name off Sexual Assault Victims Bill – PENNY STARR (DIERSEN: Were you an intern? My more extremist Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hinted/implied/argued/shouted that instead of my suffering an $18,847 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, I should have suffered a $57,808 (64%) pay cut in today’s dollars, that is, I should have transferred in as an intern. GAO audits IRS and much of what I did for IRS was very similar to what GAO Analysts do. They viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned the experience that I had gained 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, d) almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, and e) earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/17/woman-raped-by-former-al-franken-intern-wants-senators-name-off-sexual-assault-victims-bill/
— Palin: People Do Not Sexually Harass Me Because They ‘Know That I’m Probably Packing’ – PAM KEY
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/11/17/palin-people-not-sexually-harass-know-im-probably-packing/
— Realtor.com Continues to Boycott Breitbart After Claiming It Doesn’t Engage in Boycotts – ADAM SHAW (DIERSEN: I should write a book about individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that boycott me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors 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.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/11/17/realtor-com-continues-to-boycott-breitbart-after-claiming-it-doesnt-engage-in-boycotts/

 

BLAZE
— ICE union says Obama holdovers are sabotaging immigration enforcement, here’s how – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/11/17/ice-union-says-obama-holdovers-are-sabotaging-immigration-enforcement-heres-how

 

TOWNHALL
— Scalise Defends Tax Bill, Gets Cursed at By Rosie O’Donnell – Cortney O’Brien (DIERSEN: O’Donnell should glorify and praise Scalise because the bill cuts federal income taxes for those who take the standard deduction (mainly those who are renters, younger, Democrat, Libertarian, or Green) and raises federal income taxes for those who itemize their deductions (mainly those who are homeowners, older, and/or Republican).)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2017/11/17/icymi-scalise-got-in-a-twitter-fight-with-rosie-odonnell-n2411093
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If Scalise had more than 240 characters, he would have explained that the Republican tax plan will benefit the 70 percent of taxpayers who take the standard deduction.)

 

NEWSMAX
— Top White House Economist Defends Tax Reform, Says it Will Grow Economy – Jason Devaney (DIERSEN: Republican tax reform cuts federal income taxes for those who take the standard deduction (mainly those who are renters, younger, Democrat, Libertarian, or Green) and raises federal income taxes for those who itemize their deductions (mainly those who are homeowners, older, and/or Republican). A “growing economy” helps those who take the standard deduction (mainly those who are renters, younger, Democrat, Libertarian, or Green) far more than it helps those who itemize their deductions (mainly those who are homeowners, older, and/or Republican).)
https://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/kevin-hassert-economy-gop-tax-reform/2017/11/17/id/826901/

 

THE HILL
— 19 immigration protestors arrested outside Ryan’s office – AVERY ANAPOL
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/360995-nineteen-daca-protestors-arrested-outside-ryans-capitol-hill-office

HUFFINGTON POST
— 19 Asian-Americans Arrested At Paul Ryan’s Office Pushing For Dream Act They were calling on Congress to protect young undocumented immigrants. – Kimberly Yam
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/19-asian-americans-arrested-dream-act-protest_us_5a0f3ebae4b0e97dffed2bab
— Maximize Your Vacation Days with These Tips – Danielle Sabrina (DIERSEN: Vacations are expensive. Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor and his wife are not planning any kind of vacation. My $50,856/year pension is only 41% of the $122,991/year that I earned in 1997 in today’s dollars. Because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, we have at least $72,135 less each year or $6,011 less each month or $1,387 less each week or $198 less each day to spend on vacations I went on vacations in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977. My wife and I went on many vacations, typically four each year, 1978-1992 in connection with her business trips to luxury resorts all across America. Of course, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious about that.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/maximize-your-vacation-days-with-these-tips_us_5a104239e4b023121e0e930b
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Add vacation days to business trips. If you’re fortunate enough to be sent to interesting places for work, it’s definitely worth your while to see if you can take a few extra vacation days before or after the trip to visit the location you’re sent to, or even to explore someplace nearby. It could also be possible to plan the trip for the beginning or end of the week so you can spend a weekend checking out the sights. It’s true that this means you may not get to go exactly where you’ve always dreamed of vacationing, but with a little bit of research you may find something unexpectedly exciting and interesting to visit wherever you’re sent. With a little planning and communication with your supervisor, you may even be able to do something you really want.)

 

ABC NEWS
— Roy Moore accuser: I got him banned from the mall – CHRIS FRANCESCANI (DIERSEN: When will my accusers come out from behind their operatives and their dupes and take credit for ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, GAO employment in 1997, etc.?)
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/roy-moore-accuser-banned-mall/story?id=51195632

 

CNN
— Facebook, Google, Twitter to fight fake news with ‘trust indicators’ – Seth Fiegerman (DIERSEN: The judgments that I make to include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and the opinions that I express in those emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my judgment and opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years — Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.)
http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/16/technology/tech-trust-indicators/index.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Philanthropy Booms in the Trump Era—but It Also Gets Political Such advocacy fails to provide direct and tangible benefits to individuals in need. – James Piereson and Naomi Schaefer Riley (DIERSEN: From what I see, overwhelmingly, philanthropy promotes the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/philanthropy-booms-in-the-trump-erabut-it-also-gets-political-1510952685

 

USA TODAY
— Winners and losers in the tax bill that passed the House – Herb Jackson (DIERSEN: Are you a tax bill loser? My wife and I and my aunt are. I certainly hope that Bost, Davis, Hultgren, Kinzinger, LaHood, Roskam, and Shimkus will work hard in conference with the Senate to keep all the current itemized deductions and the personal exemption.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/17/winners-and-losers-tax-bill-passed-house/874622001/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Losers The sick: The bill eliminates a deduction for medical and dental expenses that exceed 7.5% of their incomes. In 2015, there were 8.8 million taxpayers who deducted $87 million. . .Residents of high-tax regions: Wealthy states such as New Jersey, New York and California as well as pockets of suburbs around the country could find that the loss of deductions eliminate any benefit from lower tax rates. The bill eliminates the deduction for state income taxes, caps the property tax deduction at $10,000, and on new mortgages, only allows a deduction for interest on the first $500,000 borrowed.)
— 5 reasons not to quit your job until you have another lined up – Maurie Backman (DIERSEN: My Firestone Store superior immediately fired me when I gave him my 2-week notice in 1971. I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But then, Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/careers/changing-jobs/2017/11/15/5-reasons-not-to-quit-your-job-until-you-have-another-lined-up/107461180/

 

SEATTLE TIMES
— In towns and cities nationwide, fears of effects of federal tax plan Local leaders are warning that the $1.5 trillion tax-cut legislation moving through Congress threatens to undermine their ability to raise money for government services, including police and schools. – Renae Merle and PETER JAMISON (DIERSEN: What can individual taxpayers do a) to fight high medical and dental expenses, b) to fight high real estate taxes, c) to fight high state income taxes, and d) to fight high graduate tuition and book expenses?)
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/in-towns-and-cities-nationwide-fears-of-effects-of-federal-tax-plan/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It took the city of Pataskala, Ohio, nine ballot measures before its 15,000 residents agreed to a new 1 percent tax to pay for repairs to its crumbling roads and to buy new police cruisers. The mostly rural community was won over by a century-old hallmark of the tax code: The $5 million local levy could be deducted from their federal taxes. “There is a severe sensitivity to more taxes here,” said James Nicholson, the city’s finance director. “At the end of the day, ‘you get a tax break’ was the thing that convinced people.” But now, in towns and thriving cities, and in Republican — and Democratic — leaning states, local leaders are warning that the $1.5 trillion tax-cut legislation moving through Congress threatens to undermine their ability to raise money for government services, including police and schools. The Republican measures would eliminate or severely curtail taxpayers’ ability to lower their federal tax bill by deducting the cost of their state and local taxes, including sales taxes. Without that offset, local leaders say, taxpayers will begin to seek relief closer to home, potentially making it more difficult to provide basic services.)

 

BERKELY DAILY PLANET
— The Epidemic of Age Discrimination – Harry Brill (DIERSEN: I have always opposed age discrimination, therefore, consequently, those who promote age discrimination have always opposed me. I should write a book about those who focus on promoting age discrimination in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. Typically, those who promote age discrimination also promote discrimination against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2017-11-17/article/46245?headline=The-Epidemic-of-Age-Discrimination–Harry-Brill

 

VANITY FAIR
— WHY ZUCKERBERG’S NEW “TRUST INDICATORS” CAN’T FIX FAKE NEWS A system providing additional context for publishers is too little, too late in a world where basic facts and mainstream publications are quickly written off as partisan. – MAYA KOSOFF
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/11/why-zuckerbergs-new-trust-indicators-cant-fix-fake-news

November 16 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Ives files fundraising papers for governor – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-toni-preckwinkle-sexual-harassment-20171116-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Three-term Wheaton state Rep. Jeanne Ives filed papers Wednesday to create her campaign fund for a Republican primary challenge to Gov. Bruce Rauner. But as with her first round of candidacy petitions that had to be tossed after a typo was found, there may be some issues with the Ives for Illinois campaign fund. State Board of Elections officials said they were in contact with the Ives campaign over its initial reporting of $267,725 in cash available in the new fund — without disclosing the source of the money. There also was the question about the Friends of Jeanne Ives fund, which had been used for her legislative campaigns. That fund ended September with $8,488 and has since raised an additional $15,000, including $10,000 last month from a political action committee with ties to political organizations associated with talk show host and failed 2010 Republican governor primary candidate Dan Proft. State law, however, limits a candidate to one main political committee. The Friends of Jeanne Ives legislative campaign fund is still listed as active.)
— Cook County commissioners don’t want to be left off sexual harassment training plan – Hal Dardick (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that anti-Trumps paint you as being a sexual harasser and even worse things: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, the more of the aforesaid that you are, the harder that anti-Trumps work to get rid of you.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-toni-preckwinkle-sexual-harassment-20171116-story.html
— Chris Kennedy’s troubled Cleveland deal: Taxes raised, company collected millions – David Heinzmann and Todd Lighty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-chris-kennedy-cleveland-20171115-story.html 

DAILY HERALD
— The House is voting on its tax bill today. Here’s what is in it. – Heather Long
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171116/the-house-is-voting-on-its-tax-bill-today-heres-what-is-in-it
— Dist. 62 superintendent Floyd Williams will get $127,000 to leave amid allegations – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171115/dist-62-superintendent-will-get-127000-to-leave-amid-allegations
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Beyond tragically, ever-increasingly, poverty increases in DuPage County.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171115/dupage-officials-do-good-to-launch-new-giving-campaign
— Series lets candidates for governor introduce themselves – Jim Slusher
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171116/slusher-series-lets-candidates-for-governor-introduce-themselves

WLS AM
— Kinzinger: Tax Change To Retain Businesses – Nick Gale (DIERSEN: Cutting the deduction for mortgage interest and real estate taxes discourages homeownership. Cutting the deduction for major medical and dental expenses pushes taxpayers onto welfare. Cutting the deduction for job-related education discourages employees from taking job-related graduate courses.)
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/11/15/kinzinger-tax-change-to-retain-businesses/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— If the tax bill is so great, why does the GOP keep lying about it? – Catherine Rampell
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20171114/catherine-rampell-if-tax-bill-is-so-great-why-does-gop-keep-lying-about-it
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The biggest benefits go to higher-income Americans, both in raw dollar terms and as a percentage of income, as New York University School of Law tax professor David C. Kamin has illustrated. To give you a sense of scale: Under the Senate bill, households making more than $1 million receive an average tax cut of nearly $50,000 in 2027; those making $40,000 to $50,000 get an average cut of $480. Averages also disguise a lot. Lots of lower- and middle-income families won’t benefit at all. Many will be worse off. Under both the Senate and House bills, nearly half of households making less than $100,000 will see either a negligible tax change or even a tax hike in 2019, according to calculations from Martin Sullivan, chief economist at Tax Analysts. By 2027, that share rises to 61 percent under the House bill, which phases down some of the provisions that help middle-class families.)

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— So-far-peaceful Democratic primary bound to get rough – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-11-16/jim-dey-so-far-peaceful-democratic-primary-bound-get-rough.html

SPRINGFIELD NEWS LEADER
— Anti-abortion rally in Springfield criticizes McCaskill’s support for Planned Parenthood – Will Schmitt
http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/15/anti-abortion-rally-springfield-criticizes-mccaskills-support-planned-parenthood/867865001/

TIMES
— What do voters do when we’re stymied? – Jim Nowlan (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which voters in Illinois have had great success in styming other voters? ANSWER: Voters in Group A have had great success in styming voters in Group B. Voters in Group A 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 and voters in Group B 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.mywebtimes.com/news/editorial/state-affairs-what-do-voters-do-when-we-re-stymied/article_780beade-9137-580f-a9fc-aee537186fc8.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— GOP governors fear wipeout after Virginia loss Democrats’ easy victory spooks GOP – ERIC BRADNER
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/gop-governors-fear-wipeout-after-virginia-loss/858382007
— Roy Moore’s lawyer casts doubt on accuser’s story, yearbook inscription Moore denies writing yearbook inscription – ELI WATKINS
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/roy-moores-lawyer-casts-doubt-on-accusers-story-yearbook-inscription/858215749

CHICAGO READER
— Downstate hate: A history of the bitter, nearly 200-year rivalry between Chicago and the rest of Illinois The animosity between Illinois’s largest city and its smaller towns is almost as old as the state itself. – Edward McClelland (DIERSEN: After working in brick factory in Chicago for 10 years, my ancestors on my father’s side left Chicago in 1854 to homestead a farm in Crete.)
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/downstate-illinois-secession-history/Content?oid=34519694

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Ask Rauner about his taxpayer grants to Planned Parenthood
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-ask-rauner-about-his-taxpayer-grants-to-planned-parenthood

DOUG BENNETT
— Doug Bennett Wins Overwhelming Victory and Earns Coveted Fremont Township GOP Endorsement
https://www.il10.org/single-post/2017/11/15/Doug-Bennett-Wins-Overwhelming-Victory-and-Earns-Coveted-Fremont-Township-GOP-Endorsement-in-11-1-0-Vote

EAST CENTRAL REPORTER
— House District 101 hopeful Dan Caulkins describes Springfield as the ‘wild West’
https://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/511262621-house-district-101-hopeful-describes-springfield-as-the-wild-west

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— Lawmakers give Rauner massive rebuke with a record 18 veto overrides
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-lawmakers-give-rauner-massive-rebuke-with-a-record-18-veto-overrides/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Lawmakers break into song and dance when real fix is needed – Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/mccaleb-lawmakers-break-into-song-and-dance-when-real-fix/article_3925583e-c97b-11e7-aa49-8f9420fd9378.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Let’s Go Illinoisans! Send Jeanne Ives to the Governor’s Mansion! – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/11/lets-go-illinoisans-send-jeanne-ives-to-the-governors-mansion/

CAPITOL FAX
— IBHE chairman, executive director object to DC tax proposals
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/16/ibhe-chairman-executive-diretor-object-to-dc-tax-proposals/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Meanwhile, from the DGA…In Washington, Congressional Republicans are attempting to force through a tax overhaul skewed to benefit the wealthiest while many middle-class Illinois families could see an average tax increase of $1,267. And once again, Governor Bruce Rauner is doing nothing to protect them. In an interview with the Pantagraph, Rauner apparently “lauded” the Republican tax reform effort and talked about cutting the federal tax rate. However, the Republican plans would actually raise taxes on many Illinois middle-class families while exploding the deficit as the wealthiest enjoy a disproportionate share of the benefits. According to a recent study, the Senate version would mean higher taxes for about 15% of middle-class Illinois households – raising taxes by an average of $1,267. The House version would mean higher taxes for 27% of middle-class American households – raising taxes by an average of $1,360. Rauner last month said he has “no obligation” to comment on federal matters. Will Rauner really sit quietly as middle-class taxes go up? “Bruce Rauner loses all credibility if he stays silent while his own party plans to raise middle-class taxes,” said DGA Illinois Communications Director Sam Salustro. “Rauner refusal to stand up to his party and President in Washington shows he’s fighting for himself and not for Illinois families. Now, Republicans want to raise middle-class taxes, and Rauner is going to let it happen.”)

GOPUSA
— Why is Creepy Uncle Joe Biden so popular among Democrats?
http://www.gopusa.com/why-is-creepy-uncle-joe-so-popular-among-democrats/
— The Poor Are Not Poor Because the Rich Are Rich – Star Parker (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 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 have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a poor person in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a poor person in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted a poor people in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a poor person in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor person in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.gopusa.com/the-poor-are-not-poor-because-the-rich-are-rich/

NEWSMAX
— Study: Chicago One of Worst Gender Pay Gap Offenders – Mark Swanson (DIERSEN: Democrats run Chicago.)
https://www.newsmax.com/us/rahm-emanuel-chicago-gender-pay-gap/2017/11/15/id/826369/

LIFEZETTE NEWS
— Michael Reagan: Better a Democrat Than Moore Son of Republican president tells Laura Ingraham he thinks charges against Alabama candidate are true – Jim Stinson (DIERSEN: What if you were charged with being a sex predator? What if Michael Reagan believed the charges?)
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/michael-reagan-better-democrat-moore/

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
— State of whistleblower protection laws after one year of the trump administration (DIERSEN: Because I was a whistleblower, 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. I blew the whistle on political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/events/labor_law/2017/11/conference/papers/2017%20ABA%20CLE%20WB%20Presentation.authcheckdam.pdf

THE HILL
— House GOP set for big tax win – SCOTT WONG (DIERSEN: Which taxpayers do the Republicans want to be winners or losers? Are you going to be a winner or a loser? From what I see, the proposed “tax reform” is being done to let members of Group A be winners and pay less federal income tax and to make members of Group B losers and pay more federal income tax. Members of Group A typically take the standard deduction and are renters, younger, do not have major medical or dental expenses, and are Democrats. Members of Group B typically itemize their deductions and are homeowners, older, have major medical and/or dental expenses, and are Republicans.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/360611-house-gop-set-for-big-tax-win
— Time for America to wake up and take care our retirement system – ROBERT STAMMERS (DIERSEN: As people get older, their medical and dental expenses skyrocket. Cutting the medical and dental itemized deduction will put older people on welfare all the sooner.)
http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/360590-time-for-america-to-wake-up-and-take-care-our-retirement-system

CNN
— Republicans optimistic they’ll pass their tax plan GOP mat not have enough votes to pass in the House – LAUREN FOX AND DEIRDRE WALSH (DIERSEN: Which taxpayers do the Republicans want to be winners or losers? Are you going to be a winner or a loser? From what I see, the proposed “tax reform” is being done to let members of Group A be winners and pay less federal income tax and to make members of Group B losers and pay more federal income tax. Members of Group A typically take the standard deduction and are renters, younger, do not have major medical or dental expenses, and are Democrats. Members of Group B typically itemize their deductions and are homeowners, older, have major medical and/or dental expenses, and are Republicans.)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/16/politics/house-tax-plan-vote/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s not that the tax bill hasn’t been without its controversies. Its rollout was delayed by a day two weeks ago after Republicans failed to meet their self-imposed deadline amid divisions over what to do about a popular deduction for state and local income, property and sales taxes. On Wednesday, a few members were still adamant they won’t back the bill over it. “I whipped no and I haven’t changed my mind,” said Rep. Darrell Issa, a Republican from California. “I have had many people trying to call me, but nobody has a convincing argument for my district and for the state of California.” It’s anticipated that many of the Republicans who will vote no Thursday will do so over concerns that the bill hurts individuals in expensive areas like California, New Jersey and New York. But even in those cases, some members say they were able to get feedback from leadership that assuaged their concerns. California Republican Rep. Mimi Walters told CNN, “I think we learned lessons with the health care bill and we learned that we needed to work more closely together, and that’s what you are seeing right now.” Walters said she had spoken to House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., of her concerns about the bill doing away with the state and local income tax deduction, but ultimately decided she’d vote “yes.” “We come from a very high-taxed state. We’re a very liberal state in California, our government is, and we have a have a very high cost of living because of the liberal policies, and I have always said as long as middle-income Americans have more money in their pocket I will be supporting the tax package,” Walter said.)


NEW YORK TIMES
— Every Tax Cut and Tax Increase in the House G.O.P. Bill and What It Would Cost – ALICIA PARLAPIANO and ADAM PEARCE (DIERSEN: According to this article, beyond outrageously, the House GOP bill a) would increase taxes by $1.8 trillion for taxpayers who take the personal exemption and b) would increase taxes $1.3 trillion for taxpayers who itemize their deductions. Overwhelmingly, those who itemize their deductions are homeowners, older, have high medical and/or dental expenses, are taking job-related graduate courses, and/or are Republican.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/11/15/us/politics/every-tax-cut-in-the-house-tax-bill.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: If a wildly creative company with an app used by 178 million people every day can still be crushed by Facebook, how is anyone else supposed to succeed? – Keven Roose (DIERSEN: Tragically, ever-increasing, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. a) talk and act like Facebook is the internet and b) fail/refuse to publish and maintain websites, and c) fail/refuse to use email. Because Facebook can crush any activist, any candidate, any elected official, any party leader, any major donor, any political consultant, any etc. that it wants to, ever-increasingly, the aforesaid promote, glorify and praise, pander to, and serve as operatives or as dupes for Facebook. From what I see, ever-increasingly, Facebook acts like it is an arm of the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green parties, 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 for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/business/snapchats-new-test-grow-like-facebook-without-the-baggage.html

USA TODAY
— Tina Brown recalls flashy ’80s days at ‘Vanity Fair’ – and an eye-popping Trump moment – Jocelyn McClurg (DIERSEN: What did you do during the 1980s? I took an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. I completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. My wife and I sold 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton and had 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS 1986-1988. GAO promoted me to GS-13 (currently $94,610) in 1986. With Henry Hyde’s help, I withstood tremendous efforts by my Democrat GAO superiors to get rid of me in 1989; in 1987, they got rid of the GAO manager who had hired me, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and had gotten me promoted in 1986. I bought a 1962 Chevy Impala SS collector car in 1989. All during the entire decade, my wife and took short vacations, typically, four each year, after her business trips to luxury resorts all across America. By 1989, my wife and I had given up trying to have children. We did not adopt and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2017/11/14/tina-brown-recalls-flashy-80-s-days-vanity-fair-and-eye-popping-trump-moment/862825001/
— Raises: Survey shows 52% of workers didn’t get one in the past year – Paul Davidson (DIERSEN: Because of step increases, COLAs, and/or promotions, my salary increased every year that I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, except 1980 when I took an $18,847 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/careers/changing-jobs/2017/11/15/pay-raises-survey-indicates-52-workers-didnt-get-one-past-year/864433001/

CHATTANOOGA TIMES FREE PRESS
— TVA employees get average $10,970 year-end bonus
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2017/nov/16/winning-performance/457149/