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 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Sen. Al Franken announces resignation following allegations of sexual misconduct – CNN
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/sen-al-franken-announces-resignation-following-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct/2752094/

 

NBC5
— Kennedy Calls on Berrios to Resign Following Scathing Report
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/kennedy-calls-on-joe-berrios-to-resign-following-scathing-report-462627473.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration sides with Rauner in Supreme Court case over union fees – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-donald-trump-scotus-20171207-story.html
— Trump administration asks Supreme Court to overrule precedent helping unions – Robert Barnes (DIERSEN: Are you anti-union? Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-union. I was a union member for almost 12 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1980. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-supreme-court-union-case-20171207-story.html
— Northern Illinois University board upholds $600K severance for ousted president – Alice Fabbre
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-northern-illinois-severance-20171207-story.html
— Democratic governor candidate Kennedy says Berrios should resign over tax assessments – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-chris-kennedy-joe-berrios-20171207-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The party of Lincoln has devolved into the party of Trump.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-ptb-robinson-gop-st-1208-20171207-story.html
— Tom Cullerton disgusted with bloated handout to failed NIU executive
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glen-ellyn/community/chi-ugc-article-tom-cullerton-disgusted-with-bloated-handout-2017-12-07-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CPS’ Claypool ‘repeatedly lied’ to cover up ethics breach, report says – Dan Mihalopoulos and Lauren FitzPatrick
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cps-ceo-forrest-claypool-lied-lawyers-ethics-breach-cps-inspector-general-report-nicholas-schuler/
— Emanuel can’t win after inspector general’s damning report on Claypool – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/emanuel-cant-win-after-inspector-generals-damning-report-on-claypool/
— Emanuel reaffirms support for Schools CEO Forrest Claypool – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/emanuel-chicago-public-schools-reaffirms-support-for-schools-ceo-forrest-claypool/
— Sexual harassment training to be mandatory for city employees – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sexual-harassment-training-to-be-mandatory-for-city-employees/
— With Franken’s departure, eye on Moore – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/sweet-with-frankens-departure-eye-on-moore/
— Trump administration takes Rauner’s side in ‘fair share’ case – TINA SFONDELES
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-administration-takes-rauners-side-in-fair-share-case/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Average ComEd bills to rise about $1 per month in January
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171206/average-comed-bills-to-rise-about-1-per-month-in-january

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Here’s how that tax bill could hurt Illinois landlords – ALBY GALLUN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20171207/CRED03/171209905/heres-how-that-tax-bill-could-hurt-illinois-landlords
— GOP House members back a bit of gun control—but not too much – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171207/BLOGS02/171209902/gop-house-members-back-a-bit-of-gun-control-x2014-but-not-too-much

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Who’s in charge of Illinois? Not Rauner, he says
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171207/under-dome-podcast-whos-in-charge-of-illinois-not-rauner-he-says

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Barrington Hills GOP Rep. David McSweeney demands proof on Rauner claim
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/state-and-regional/the-latest-gop-lawmaker-demands-proof-on-rauner-claim/article_06a71bd9-63d6-5c5a-9815-eb2934d322cc.html

 

WSIU
— Illinois Seeing Mixed Results In Female Candidate Participation – DAISY CONTRERAS
http://news.wsiu.org/post/illinois-seeing-mixed-results-female-candidate-participation#stream/0

 

WSIL TV
— Record number of people leaving Illinois – Andrew Feather (DIERSEN: Members of Group A run Illinois and they make it increasing clear that they want members of Group B to leave 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.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/37011823/record-number-of-people-leaving-illinois

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Black congressmen skip museum opening over Trump’s attendance Statement blames Trump’s ‘hurtful policies’- KAITLAN COLLINS
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/black-congressmen-skip-museum-opening-over-trumps-attendance/877117931
— Trump will undergo a physical and release details early next year President will keep with past precedent – JEREMY DIAMOND (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. If you have any serious health problems, sooner or later, your critics/opponents will use them against you.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-will-undergo-a-physical-and-release-details-early-next-year/877066784
— Al Franken resigning, calls out Trump and Moore ‘I’m not giving up my voice’ – ELI WATKINS
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/amid-calls-to-resign-franken-to-make-a-statement/876796842

 

IN THESE TIMES
— When Billionaires Battle for Public Office, Working People Always Lose The upcoming Illinois governor’s race is more proof that big campaign spending narrows political possibilities and increases inequality. – EMMA TAI (DIERSEN: Do you look down on working people? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes look down on working people like I was 1962-1997. 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://inthesetimes.com/article/20753/billionaire-illinois-governor-chicago-rauner-pritzker

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— 46th House District candidate Kinzler says states around Illinois with right-to-work laws are ‘flourishing’ – Chandra Lye
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511276906-46th-house-district-candidate-kinzler-says-states-around-illinois-with-right-to-work-laws-are-flourishing

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Feedback not lacking after Rauner’s not in charge comment – Keri Carbaugh
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511285722-feedback-not-lacking-after-rauner-s-not-in-charge-comment
— Morthland takes aim at Rauner for ‘It’s not my fault’ remark – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511285620-morthland-takes-aim-at-rauner-for-it-s-not-my-fault-remark

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives vows to repeal Trust Act
https://capitolfax.com/2017/12/07/ives-vows-to-repeal-trust-act/
— A money-making machine for tax appeals attorneys
https://capitolfax.com/2017/12/07/a-money-making-machine-for-tax-appeals-attorneys/
— Durkin litigation threat has unintended outcome (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://capitolfax.com/2017/12/07/durkin-litigation-threat-has-unintended-outcome/

 

TOWNHALL
— Al Franken To Resign ‘In Coming Weeks’; Immediately Pivots To Blame Trump – Christine Rousselle
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/christinerousselle/2017/12/07/breaking-sen-al-franken-resigns-n2419018

 

REUTERS
— Nobel economics winner says Trump tax plans spur inequality, tax avoidance
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nobel-prize-economics/nobel-economics-winner-says-trump-tax-plans-spur-inequality-tax-avoidance-idUSKBN1E11WK
— U.S. lawmakers propose ban on arbitration of sexual misconduct claims – Daniel Wiessner (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)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-misconduct/u-s-lawmakers-propose-ban-on-arbitration-of-sexual-misconduct-claims-idUSKBN1E12M6

 

WASHINGTON POST
— 21 GOP governors write Congress, urging completion of a tax bill. What about the other 13? – John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/12/07/21-gop-governors-write-congress-urging-completion-of-a-tax-bill-what-about-the-other-13/?utm_term=.4e4d445e874c

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Spread the swamp? Trump administration wants to move government offices out of Washington – Evan Halper (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, people hate past, present, and future federal employees. How strongly do you hate past, present, and future federal employees?)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-spread-the-swamp-20171207-story.html

 

AMERICAN BANKER
— Treasury office accused of deceiving GAO auditors – Kevin Wack
https://www.americanbanker.com/news/treasury-office-accused-of-deceiving-congressional-auditors

 

FORBES
— Popular Employee Perks For Attracting And Motivating Talent – David Rodeck (DIERSEN: Knowing that they were earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension helped me and those who shared my demographics endure tremendous efforts by our Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste our careers and to get rid of us.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adp/2017/12/07/popular-employee-perks-for-attracting-and-motivating-talent/#1e9c05d21fe3

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 4 Morning Edition

JEANNE IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Jeanne Ives full campaign announcement speech
https://ivesforillinois.com/stories/511283545-read-jeanne-ives-full-campaign-announcement-speech

 

WGN TV
— GOP legislator Jeanne Ives making primary challenge against Gov. Rauner
http://wgntv.com/2017/12/04/gop-legislator-making-primary-challenge-against-gov-rauner/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rep. Ives officially launches campaign for governor – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171204/rep-ives-officially-launches-campaign-for-governor

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— IVES sets off GOP primary – Natasha Korecki
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2017/12/04/ives-sets-off-gop-primary-rauners-bye-centennial-228724
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s the final day to file petitions for office and we’re still keeping an eye on some top races. One thing we know now with certainty: We have a Republican gubernatorial primary. Republican state Rep. Jeanne Ives announced her candidacy to a group of supporters on Sunday. Ives on Rauner: ‘we got an Ivy League gender studies professor.’ “I supported and helped get Bruce Rauner elected governor in 2014. I believed his argument that his personal wealth would free him to do right by Illinois and lead the revolt against the political ruling class. I was wrong. The tough-talking dude on a Harley with no social agenda turned out to an empty Carhartt jacket. We were promised a conservative reform governor. Instead we got an Ivy League gender studies professor. Benedict Rauner betrayed us at every turn.” Video of her announcement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbtvysLHrww)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— GOP legislator Jeanne Ives making primary challenge against Gov. Rauner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-illinois-elections-20171204-story.html
— “Trump suggests investors sue ABC News after erroneous report” – Amy Wang (DIERSEN: Who wants you to be sued? According to my critics/opponents, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are full of “errors” and even worse things, and therefore, all individuals, all organizations, all companies, all governments, and all countries should rudely punish me. They stress that to rudely punish me, they and other Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants a) refuse to keep diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists and b) bar me from and throw me out of their events. They stress a) that the members of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois rudely punished me in 2012 by ending my chairmanship, b) that the members of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce rudely punished me in 2011 by ending my Government Affairs Committee membership, c) that the members of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee rudely punished me in 2010 and 2004 by ending my webmaster service, d) that the members of the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) rudely punished me in 2007 by ending my Steering Committee membership, e) that the members of ICRC almost succeeded in rudely censuring me at the start of their 2006 Annual Convention in the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall, and f) that the members of the American Association of Political Consultants rudely punished me in 2004 by ending my Midwest Chapter board membership.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20171204/281672550271535
— We want sex harassment to stop, right? So why are we so mean to female bosses? – Heidi Stevens (DIERSEN: Who was the highest paid boss that you reported directly to? During my last 4 years at GAO 1993-1997, I reported directly to a GS-15 Step 10 (currently $161,900). Most, if not virtually all of my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates DID NOT want to work for her or work with her because she was very demanding, female, younger, Jewish, and wealthy. She had an MBA from the University of Chicago and had passed the CPA examination on her first attempt. To turn her against me, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates stressed to her that I was conservative (she was liberal), Republican (she was Democrat), I was 100% German national origin (she was 100% Russian national origin), I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (she was Jewish), and that my ancestors had been in America since the 1840s (her ancestors were recent immigrants).)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-friday-women-bosses-1201-story.html
— Trump takes to Twitter to criticize FBI, special prosecutor – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-twitter-fbi-special-prosecutor-20171204-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Donald Trump’s sticky web of liars.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-michael-flynn-donald-trump-dahleen-glanton-20171201-story.html
— Bus company serving University of Illinois criticized for ‘racist and bigoted’ ad – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-university-of-illinois-shuttle-bus-advertisement-20171203-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Baker in Colorado wants Supreme Court to allow him to discriminate – Brian C. Johnson (DIERSEN: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. Democrats want all individuals, all organizations, all companies, all governments, and all countries to give preference to those that are liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, citizens of foreign counties, Muslim, and those who have less money than others. That is, Democrats want everyone to discriminate against conservatives, Republicans, Whites, males, older people, citizens of America, non-Muslims, and those who have more money than others.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/baker-colorado-discrimination-lgbtq-supreme-court/

 

DAILY HERALD
— U.S. charter schools put growing numbers in racial isolation – AP (DIERSEN: To support their hinting/implying/arguing/shouting that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, bigot, and even worse things, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that none of my classmates were minorities while I attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, Hope Lutheran Grade School 1961-1962, and Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966. I am any of those terrible things, a) why did I ask IRS to assign me to its Harvey office in 1972 and b) why did I buy a new town home in University Park in 1972?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20171203/news/312039980/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Alexander County Housing Authority: Official indifference – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-12-03/official-indifference.html

 

STATELINE
— Trump fully endorses Roy Moore Recent polls show close race – MAEGAN VAZQUEZ
http://www.mystateline.com/news/politics/trump-fully-endorses-roy-moore/874562274

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Running For Office? Time Running Out – BRIAN MACKEY
http://nprillinois.org/post/running-office-time-running-out#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— JUDICIAL WATCH SANCTUARY POLICY LAWSUIT ALLOWED TO PROCEED TO DISCOVERY IN SAN FRANCISCO
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/12/judicial-watch-sanctuary-policy-lawsuit-allowed-to-proceed-to-discovery-in-san-francisco.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Koch & Rauner: You take the money, you take the branding
https://capitolfax.com/2017/12/04/you-take-the-money-you-take-the-branding/

 

GOPUSA
— Sacrificing Their Own to Get Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=34392

 

TOWNHALL
— The Mainstream Media Doesn’t Deserve Our Respect or Our Trust – Kurt Schlichter (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes throw me in with the “mainstream media.” Ever-increasingly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that I do not deserve any respect or trust. They stress that to rudely punish me, they and other Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants a) refuse to keep diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists and b) bar me from and throw me out of their events. They stress a) that the members of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois rudely punished me in 2012 by ending my chairmanship, b) that the members of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce rudely punished me in 2011 by ending my Government Affairs Committee membership, c) that the members of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee rudely punished me in 2010 and 2004 by ending my webmaster service, d) that the members of the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) rudely punished me in 2007 by ending my Steering Committee membership, e) that the members of ICRC almost succeeded in rudely censuring me at the start of their 2006 Annual Convention in the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall, and f) that the members of the American Association of Political Consultants rudely punished me in 2004 by ending my Midwest Chapter board membership.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2017/12/04/the-mainstream-media-doesnt-deserve-our-respect-or-our-trust-n2417565

 

DAILY CALLER
— US Tells The UN It Will Forge Its Own Path On Immigration – RYAN PICKRELL
http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/03/us-tells-the-un-it-will-forge-its-own-path-on-immigration/

 

CNN
— Democrats eye major gains in depleted governors’ ranks in 2018 ‘awakening’ – Eric Bradner
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/04/politics/jay-inslee-democratic-governors-2018/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If 2017’s trends, with Virginia and New Jersey easily electing Democratic governors, hold up, 2018 represents a massive opening for the party to reverse some of its losses during former President Barack Obama’s tenure. The party’s top pick-up opportunities could come in states with term-limited or retiring Republican governors: New Mexico, Florida, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio and Maine. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner is also a top target.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: 50 Years Later, New Push to Magnify Plight of Poor – Laurie Goodstein (DIERSEN: What have you done for the poor? 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 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. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious that I qualified myself for better paying jobs by earning a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/03/us/martin-luther-king-poor.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Mostly white male tech sector needs government help on diversity – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: The tech sector should consider hiring Charles Bowsher. During the 1980s and 1990s, Bowsher had great success in getting rid of GAO’s employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $94,610) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $111,801) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $161,900) by age 40.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/12/04/tech-sector-needs-uncle-sams-help-on-diversity/
— Identity crisis: Alabama residents fear Moore will carry state stereotype to nation’s capital – Seth McLaughlin (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Illinois’ stereotype is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/3/roy-moore-worries-alabama-residents-over-state-ste/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Like the Cubans Before Them, Venezuelan Exiles Are Transforming Florida Politics Both U.S. parties are hustling to recruit a flood of new voters in a crucial state for presidential elections – José de Córdoba and Arian Campo-Flores (DIERSEN: What do you say to immigrants who come to America to “transform” America into a country that gives preference to those who share their national origin?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/like-the-cubans-before-them-venezuelan-exiles-are-transforming-florida-politics-1512327743
— Guess Who’s Following Trump’s Twitter Lead A liberal newspaper’s (New York Times) editorial board sets aside journalism to engage in grass-roots lobbying. – Cori O’Connor
https://www.wsj.com/articles/guess-whos-following-trumps-twitter-lead-1512338033
— How Cash-Strapped Chicago Snagged a Triple-A Rating for Its New Bonds City uses methods similar to New York and Puerto Rico, tying debt to claim on sales-tax revenue – Gunjan Banerji
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-cash-strapped-chicago-snagged-a-triple-a-rating-for-its-new-bonds-1512320401
— The Expense-Account Racket Why not abolish the tax deduction for business entertainment? – Andy Kessler
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-expense-account-racket-1512338252
— The Retirement Part-Timer: Where to Start – Glenn Ruffenach (DIERSEN: How much less is or will be your retirement income than your ending salary? My $50,856 Civil Service Retirement System pension is $72,135 (59%) less than my $122,991 ending GAO salary in today’s dollars.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-retirement-part-timer-where-to-start-1512151822
— Safe Spaces Are an Answer to the Ever-More-Hostile Internet – Christopher Mims
https://www.wsj.com/articles/safe-spaces-are-an-answer-to-the-ever-more-hostile-internet-1512306001
— Tax Reform: What’s in It for You The Senate’s bill will help small businesses and families while promoting energy independence. – Mitch McConnell
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tax-reform-whats-in-it-for-you-1512237146
— Review: Social Media, Weaponized False narratives are now reaching unprecedented numbers of people, stoking resentment, feeding conflict and aiding the enemies of the West. L. Gordon Crovitz reviews ‘War in 140 Characters’ by David Patrikarakos. – L. Gordon Crovitz (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, everything is a “false narrative” except for what they put out.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/review-social-media-weaponized-1512338334

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: VA knowingly hires doctors with past malpractice claims, discipline for poor care – Donovan Slack (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/12/03/usa-today-investigation-va-knowingly-hires-doctors-past-malpractice-claims-discipline-poor-care/909170001/
— Social Security: Is it really in danger of collapse? – Ken Fisher (DIERSEN: My Social Security is only $2,028/year. It is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I paid into Social Security for 10 years while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard, and sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2017/12/03/social-security-really-danger-collapse/913874001/

 

NEWSWEEK
— FOX NEWS IS NOW ‘TRUMP NEWS NETWORK,’ SAYS FORMER ANCHOR – GREG PRICE (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in Illinois who a) glorify and praise and pander to Rich Miller and the rest of the Democrat press in Illinois and b) refuse to keep diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists.)
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-fox-news-network-anchor-724792
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The press is not supposed to be on the side of people in power ever. The press is supposed to be adversarial, the press is supposed to question, the press is not supposed to curry favor with authority.” He also pointed out some of the hypocrisy involved in favorable media coverage of former President Barack Obama, and how more conservative outlets now have seemingly justified such coverage of Trump. “A lot of people in the media kind of forgot that during the Obama administration. And that was pathetic. And now, for the media people who are kissing Trump’s butt…” Levy added, “The president should never like a media outlet, in the sense that he knows he’s always going to get favorable coverage. A president should respect that media outlets are doing their job, or at least respect they have an important job to do.”)

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 2 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Senate OKs tax bill as Trump, GOP near big legislative win – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/senate-oks-tax-bill-as-trump-gop-near-big-legislative-win/
— Rauner gets nod of support — and $5,600 — from one of Koch brothers
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-gets-nod-of-support-and-5k-from-one-of-koch-brothers/
— Judge who lent law clerk her robes has Alzheimer’s, ordered to retire – Sam Charles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/judge-who-lent-law-clerk-her-robes-has-alzheimers-ordered-to-retire/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Contempt for Democrats is overarching GOP philosophy.” Anti-Trumps are the majority in 11 of Illinois’ 102 counties — Cook, DuPage, Will, Lake, Kane, St. Clair, Winnebago, Champaign, Peoria, Rock Island, and DeKalb. The larger the majority that anti-Trumps are in a county, the more contempt for Trump supporters.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/lyons-contempt-for-democrats-is-overarching-gop-philosophy/
— Happy birthday, Illinois! – Editorial (DIERSEN: Beyond tragically, under the Democrats, Illinois is ever-increasingly 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 especially in the following 11 counties: Cook, DuPage, Will, Lake, Kane, St. Clair, Winnebago, Champaign, Peoria, Rock Island, and DeKalb.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/illinois-bicentennial-year-lincoln-springfield-lake-michigan-douglas-river-chicago-peoria/
— Prostitution hurts society as a whole – Sylvia Keppel, Batavia
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/prostitution-exelon-bonnie-liltz-elections-politics/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
– Sanctuary city politics killed Kate Steinle – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-california-shooting-kass-1203-story.html
— Senate Republicans pass massive $1.5 trillion tax overhaul on 51-49 vote – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-senate-tax-bill-20171201-story.html
— As Republican tax bill evolved, benefits for corporations and the wealthy grew – Heather Long
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-republican-tax-plan-wealthy-20171201-story.html
— At 110 years old, Arlington Heights woman joins world’s elite club of supercentenarians – Karen Ann Cullotta (DIERSEN: How much money have you saved for your retirement? My 87-year-old aunt is spending $230 a day out of her life savings to live in an assisted living facility in Flossmoor.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/arlington-heights/news/ct-ahp-110th-birthday-celebration-tl-1207-20171201-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After completing elementary school in a one-room schoolhouse, she boarded with a family to attend high school in a neighboring town before moving to Detroit, where she met her future husband, Joseph Arbanas, said Anne Feichter, the Arbanas’ eldest daughter. After the couple married in 1934, Joseph Arbanas, an attorney, went on to serve as a legal counsel for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Chicago, while Lois became a homemaker and dedicated volunteer in the community. Joseph Arbanas later died in 1992, shortly before the couple’s 60th wedding anniversary, Feichter said. Lois Arbanas remained at The Moorings retirement community in Arlington Heights, which she has called home for the past 25 years.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Cook County soda tax’s wounds are permanent, some businesses say – Eric Peterson and Christopher Placek
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171201/cook-county-soda-taxs-wounds-are-permanent-some-businesses-say

 

CBS2
— Former Markham Mayor Facing Federal Bribery Charges
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/12/01/former-markham-mayor-facing-federal-bribery-charges/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Legalizing pot isn’t a panacea – Kathy Valente, director of operations, Illinois Family Institute
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171201/ISSUE07/171139979/legalizing-marijuana-isnt-good-for-illinois
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While Big Marijuana pours millions into Illinois, leftist lawmakers, giddy about a tiny new revenue source to aid their insatiable spending, ignore the unmistakable damage legalization is causing Colorado. Colorado now ranks No. 1 in the entire nation for marijuana use among teens, scoring 55 percent above the national average, says the National Survey on Drug Use & Health. Colorado high school drug violations have increased 71 percent and suspensions for drugs have increased 45 percent since legalization. Based on alarming research by the Denver Post, drivers in fatal car crashes who tested positive have doubled since legalization. Residential neighborhoods reek of marijuana, as do warehouse growing operations along major freeways. As if that isn’t enough, the Colorado homelessness growth rate now ranks among the highest in the country. The bottom line is this: Does Illinois want more drugged drivers on our roads, more buzzed employees on job sites and more stoned students in our homes and schools? If the answer is no, don’t remain silent. Tell your state representative and senator to oppose legalization efforts before it is too late.)
— Rauner’s caught a bad case of Madigan Fever – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171201/ISSUE11/171209983/illinois-gov-bruce-rauner-has-a-bad-case-of-madigan-fever

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Is Illinois ready for legal recreational marijuana use? (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171130/under-dome-podcast-is-illinois-ready-for-legal-recreational-marijuana-use

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Bogus state fee exposes sneaky lawmakers Illinois lawmakers weren’t satisfied when they passed an income tax increase over the governor’s veto. They also snuck in a new fee for collecting local sales taxes. It doesn’t get any sneakier than that. – Editorial
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/11/29/bogus-state-fee-exposes-sneaky-lawmakers/ae5yzze/

 

VANDALIA RADIO
— Gov Rauner not in favor of legalizing marijuana – Todd Stapleton
http://www.vandaliaradio.com/2017/12/02/gov-rauner-not-in-favor-of-legalizing-marijuana/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois’ GOP Congressmen Bost and Hultgren 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 POLICY INSTITUTE
— NEW IRS DATA: ILLINOIS SEES RECORD LOSS OF PEOPLE, INCOME TO OTHER STATES The Land of Lincoln is experiencing heavy losses of people and income to other states, new IRS data reveal. Illinois lost more than 86,000 people and $4.75 billion in adjusted gross income to other states from 2015-2016. – Austin Berg (DIERSEN: Members of Group A dominate Illinois and they want members of Group B to leave the state. 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.illinoispolicy.org/new-irs-data-illinois-sees-record-loss-of-people-income-to-other-states/

 

GOPUSA
— Mayor: San Francisco is and always will be a sanctuary city (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if personal safety is important to you, you leave and/or stay out of sanctuary cities, sanctuary townships/wards, sanctuary counties, and sanctuary states.)
http://www.gopusa.com/mayor-san-francisco-is-and-always-will-be-a-sanctuary-city/
— NPR And PBS, The Biggest Harassment Hypocrites
http://www.gopusa.com/npr-and-pbs-the-biggest-harassment-hypocrites/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Steinle Verdict Reignites GOP Firestorm Over Sanctuary Cities, States Killer of Kate Steinle acquitted of murder charges, convicted of gun charge – Susan Crabtree
http://freebeacon.com/issues/steinle-verdict-reignites-gop-firestorm-sanctuary-cities-states/

 

BREITBART
— Amnesty Advocates Claim Progress in House GOP – NEIL MUNRO
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/01/minimal-house-gop-support-for-dream-amnesty/
— Obama Campaigners Pour Another $733,000 into Single Day of Media Buys to Oppose Roy Moore, Total ‘In-Kind Contributions’ Now Exceed $2.7 Million – MICHAEL PATRICK LEAHY
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/01/obama-campaigners-pour-another-733000-into-single-day-of-media-buys-oppose-roy-moore/
— Walmart Selling ‘Antifa’ Fan Gear – AMANDA HOUSE
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/01/walmart-selling-antifa-fan-gear/

 

BLAZE
— Texas GOP lawmaker used $84K in taxpayer funds for sexual harassment settlement – Kate Scanlon
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/12/01/gop-lawmaker-used-84k-in-taxpayer-funds-for-sexual-harassment-settlement

 

FOX BUSINESS
— Senate Passes Sweeping Revision of U.S. Tax Code – Richard Rubin and Siobhan Hughes
http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2017/12/02/senate-passes-sweeping-revision-u-s-tax-code.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sen. Susan Collins (R., Maine) scored a $10,000 deduction for property taxes, an expanded but temporary deduction for people with large medical expenses, and a promise of future bipartisan health-care legislation to mitigate the effects of repealing the individual health-insurance mandate. . .The bill also would push millions of households out of itemizing deductions. That would reduce the incentive to deduct mortgage interest and charitable contributions. But nonprofits, home builders and real-estate agents were unable to sway Republicans to reverse course on the measure.)

 

THE HILL
— Senate passes tax overhaul, securing major GOP victory – JORDAIN CARNEY AND NAOMI JAGODA
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/362891-senate-passes-tax-overhaul-securing-major-victory

 

CNN
— Senate passes sweeping GOP tax plan in early hours of Saturday morning – Lauren Fox, Phil Mattingly, Ashley Killough and Ted Barrett
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/01/politics/senate-tax-bill-vote-uncertainty/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Senate Passes Sweeping Republican Tax Overhaul Bill – Jim Tankersley, Thomas Kaplan and Alan Rappeport
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/us/politics/senate-tax-bill.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Want to See Earnings, by Major, by College? You Can’t – Ron Lieber
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/your-money/college-graduation-earnings-privacy.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Some tax breaks are for the rich. Others for the poor. Which are for you? – Reuben Fischer-Baum and Kevin Schaul
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/politics/tax-breaks/?tid=graphics-story&utm_term=.58ca96cd28ef
— Here are 7 differences Republicans must resolve between their tax bills – Jeff Stein, Kim Soffen, Reuben Fischer-Baum and Kevin Uhrmacher
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/business/tax-bill-differences-reconciliation/
— Senate GOP tax bill passes in major victory for Trump, Republicans – Erica Werner and Damian Paletta
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/johnson-to-back-senate-tax-bill-putting-gop-leaders-close-to-securing-passage/2017/12/01/0226ff98-d6a2-11e7-b62d-d9345ced896d_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Senate Passes Sweeping Revision of U.S. Tax Code Republican-backed plan lowers corporate rate to 20% and reduces individual rates – Richard Rubin and Siobhan Hughes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-passes-sweeping-revision-of-u-s-tax-code-1512197717

 

USA TODAY
— These key provisions of the Senate tax bill may be a tough sell in the House – Herb Jackson and Eliza Collins
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/12/01/senate-tax-bill-provisions-house/914598001/
— ‘Pretendians’: Elizabeth Warren not alone in making questionable claim to Native American heritage Falsifying heritage can yield social, economic perks – Maria Polletta (DIERSEN: Many, if not most of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-German-American. What if from the beginning I had pretended to be Swedish-American? While all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, according to DNA Ancestry at http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece. What do you say to German-Americans who demonize, denigrate, and condemn German-Americans to curry favor with anti-German-Americans?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/11/30/pretendians-who-can-claim-native-american-ancestry/912337001/

 

PBS
— San Francisco defends sanctuary status as backlash mounts – AP (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if personal safety is important to you, you leave and/or stay out of sanctuary cities, sanctuary townships/wards, sanctuary counties, and sanctuary states.)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/san-francisco-defends-sanctuary-status-as-backlash-mounts

 

THE NATION
— Democrats Don’t Need Trump Supporters to Win Elections The 2017 elections made clear that the Obama coalition is the majority. – Steve Phillips (DIERSEN: The Obama coalition is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.thenation.com/article/democrats-dont-need-trump-supporters-to-win-elections/

 

ATLANTIC
— The Lines That Divide America Americans are increasingly segregated by socioeconomic class—and have forgotten that all citizens deserve a shot at moving ahead. – NITIN NOHRIA (DIERSEN: Who should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, it should be those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, and/or a poor veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/the-lines-reshaping-america/547205/

 

SALON
— The GOP tax plan is a middle finger to everyone but the rich Nobody should have any illusions about what Republicans are trying to accomplish – STEVE ROSENFELD
https://www.salon.com/2017/12/02/the-gop-tax-plan-is-a-middle-finger-to-everyone-but-the-rich_partner/

December 1 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats must revisit the ‘deplorables’ if they want to stem Trumpism – Ron Grossman (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, Democrats do not want to revisit deplorables, they want to destroy deplorables. Deplorables are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-met-trumpism-deplorables-20171121-story.html
— Cover star: We’re imagining the conversation in the governor’s office this morning went something like this: Gov. Rauner, first the good news: You made the cover of a national conservative magazine. Now, the bad news: National Review’s headline was “The Worst Republican Governor in America.” And, well, the cover is, um, quite something. They drew you with a large cartoon head, and you’re wearing a leather jacket after just crashing your trademark motorcycle. You can read the piece here, but it’ll cost you two bucks unless you’re a subscriber (in which case you probably already knew about it). For the too long, didn’t read crowd: It’s your standard-issue coastal clip job. One tidbit: Rep. Jeanne Ives is called a “credible conservative challenger and wonky state representative.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-cook-county-soda-pop-tax-20171201-story.html
— Radio talk show host Dan Proft’s Liberty Principles PAC put out a Speaker Madigan-themed attack mailer hitting House Republican leader Jim Durkin as he battles a primary challenge from Burr Ridge Village President Mickey Straub. Check it out here.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-cook-county-soda-pop-tax-20171201-story.html
— Supreme Court could let states allow sports bets – Phil Rosenthal (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice. Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs promote vice. Republicans oppose vice.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/ct-spt-sports-gambling-supreme-court-rosenthal-20171130-story.html
— The Taxpayer Hush Money Fund protects sex abusers in Congress – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-congress-sexual-harassment-hush-money-20171128-story.html
— Tax issues could become royal pain – Adam Taylor (DIERSEN: My wife and I have paid the marriage penalty big time since got married in 1978.SEE: https://www.fool.com/taxes/2017/11/25/will-tax-reform-get-rid-of-the-marriage-penalty.aspx)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20171201/281827169089198
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Dan Rather warns Naperville audience of ‘dark’ times, need to heal country’s rift – David Sharos (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps do not want to heal any kind of rift. They want to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dan-rather-naperville-st-1201-20171130-story.html
— GOP leader says they have enough votes to pass tax bill – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-senate-tax-bill-20171201-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Teaching and enforcing civility among public officials – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171130/editorial-teaching-and-enforcing-civility-among-public-officials
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURES: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-men crow over their success in turning women against men. Those who promote LGBTQ activity are overjoyed.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171201/suburban-women-fired-up-about-new-wave-of-female-candidates

 

WTTW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DePaul glorifies and praises a) those who come to America illegally, b) those who stay in America illegally, and c) those who bring others to America illegally.
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/11/30/daca-repeal-puts-med-students-murky-waters

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— LGBT advocates seek to scuttle a vital Constitutional right – Travis Weber
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20171130/counterpoint-lgbt-advocates-seek-to-scuttle-vital-constitutional-right

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County lawmakers, anti-abortion groups sue state over taxpayer-funded abortion measure – DAN McCALEB
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/11/30/mchenry-county-lawmakers-anti-abortion-groups-sue-state-over-taxpayer-funded-abortion-measure/aaw3tse/

 

SOUTHERN
— Once a skeptic, Sen. Durbin says he’s ‘impressed’ by HUD Secretary Carson’s early performance – MOLLY PARKER
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/acha/once-a-skeptic-sen-durbin-says-he-s-impressed-by/article_b9b11294-a5b5-5f66-be7a-fa873b9ea1bf.html

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Gov. Rauner Pitches Cutting Taxes And Slashing Regulation In DeKalb Speech – SUSAN STEPHENS
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/gov-rauner-pitches-cutting-taxes-and-slashing-regulation-dekalb-speech

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Three Local State Legislators Join Pro-Life Groups to Delay Implementation of Tax Paid Abortions
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/12/01/three-local-state-legislators-join-pro-life-groups-to-delay-implementation-of-tax-paid-abortions/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Another one of those weeks for Gov. Rauner
https://capitolfax.com/2017/12/01/another-one-of-those-weeks-for-gov-rauner/

 

GOPUSA
— Hush Fund: Make Congress’ harassment settlements public
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=34258

 

NEWSMAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps are overjoyed that Kinzinger says “Trump’s Anti-Muslim Retweets Didn’t Help Fight Terrorism.”
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/muslim-retweets-adam-kinzinger-terrorism/2017/11/30/id/829110/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Congress Paid Out $100K Of Taxpayer Money To Settle Male Staffers’ Harassment Claims Against Disgraced Democrat – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/30/report-congress-paid-out-100k-of-taxpayer-money-to-settle-male-staffers-harassment-claims-against-disgraced-democrat/

 

THE HILL
— White House maintenance orders reveal cockroaches, ants and mice infestations – JOHN BOWDEN
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/362644-white-house-maintenance-orders-reveal-mice-infestations

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Republican Tax Bill Hits Snag Over Deficit Concerns – Thomas Kaplan, Alan Rappeport and Jim Tankersley
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/us/politics/republican-tax-bill-moves-closer-to-senate-passage.html
— Generation Grumpy: Why You May Be Unhappy if You’re Around 50 The generation of people born 1962 to 1971, now in what are typically peak earning years, are finding they are not doing as well as they might have expected. – Robert Gebeloff (DIERSEN: How much money a) do you expect to earn, b) are you earning, or c) did you earn during your “peak earning years?” Since 1997 when I was 49 years old and my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer,” I have earned $1,454,723 less in today’s dollars, that is, my GAO salary would have been $2,480,319, but my Civil Service Retirement System pension has been only $1,025,596, or $1,454,723 less.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/upshot/income-us-generations-survey-satisfaction-wealth.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As people get older, they tend to become more at peace with their finances, survey research shows. But not the current crop of middle-aged Americans. Let’s call them the Grumpy Middle. They are unhappier than previous generations. And they’ve been this way for years. Typically, people 45 to 54 are more likely than others to say they are “pretty well satisfied” with their financial situation, according to the University of Chicago’s General Social Survey. Then the generation born between 1962 and 1971 started to reach their current age range — and bring their longstanding economic dissatisfaction with them. By 2016, as middle-aged Americans, they were 12 percent less likely to say they were satisfied financially, and 18 percent more likely to say they were unhappy.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps focus on turning Britain against Trump, that is, against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/opinion/britain-trump-tweets-visit.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: After Prejudice in Russia, Hope and Home in U.S. – Emily Palmer (DIERSEN: In the U.S., Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Glen Ellyn, Wheaton, and my precinct, members of Group A promote prejudice against 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.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/nyregion/after-fleeing-anti-semitism-in-russia-finding-hope-and-a-home-in-the-us.html
— Without Obamacare Mandate, ‘You Open the Floodgates’ for Skimpy Health Plans – Reed Abelson (DIERSEN: Unless you are extremely wealthy, the less health, dental, and vision insurance that you have, the more that you force others to pay your major medical bills.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/health/health-insurance-obamacare-mandate.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Think of Tax Reform as the Trump Family’s Christmas List Billionaires will find extravagant goodies in their stockings. Everyone else gets lumps of coal. – Alan S. Blinder (DIERSEN: Are you going to get an extravagant goodie or a lump of coal?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/think-of-tax-reform-as-the-trump-familys-christmas-list-1512086885
— FRONT PAGE: China’s Tech Giants Have a Second Job: Helping Beijing Spy on Its People Tencent and Alibaba are among the firms that assist authorities in hunting down criminal suspects, silencing dissent and creating surveillance cities – Liza Lin and Josh Chin (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to “silence dissent.” They have lots of religious, government, political, and financial clout. They dominate the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-tech-giants-have-a-second-job-helping-the-government-see-everything-1512056284

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Sexual harassment went unchecked for decades as payouts silenced accusers – Nathan Bomey and Marco della Cava
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2017/12/01/sexual-harassment-went-unchecked-decades-payouts-silenced-accusers/881070001/

 

FED SMITH
— House Votes to Double Probationary Period for New Feds – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that when I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, that because I had been under a probationary period at IRS, I was not under a probationary period at GAO. Nevertheless, they did everything that they could to get rid of me. They forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer. GAO audits IRS. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They gave me unfair performance expectations and unfair performance appraisals. They assigned me to work for, to work with, and to supervise the office’s most problematic employees. They did not promote me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes. They forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, and even worse things. In my defense, I completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, became a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997. In addition, I completed the requirements for a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/11/30/house-votes-double-probationary-period-new-feds/

 

MOTLEY FOOL
— Will Tax Reform Get Rid of the Marriage Penalty? Married couples with two working spouses often have to pay a higher tax rate than if they were single. – Matthew Frankel (DIERSEN: My wife and I have paid the marriage penalty big time since got married in 1978.)
https://www.fool.com/taxes/2017/11/25/will-tax-reform-get-rid-of-the-marriage-penalty.aspx

November 29 Evening Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump stokes anti-Muslim sentiments by retweeting extremist’s videos.”
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-stokes-anti-muslim-sentiments-by-retweeting-extremist/2713635/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois GOP signals support for Republican tax plan, but does Rauner? – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: From what I see, outrageously, under “Republican tax plan,” the more that your itemized deductions have been, the more federal income tax that you will pay. My and my wife’s 2016 federal income tax return shows that we had $30,890 in itemized deductions. We paid $21,433 in medical and dental expenses and we were able to deduct $13,859 of that, we paid $12,835 in real estate taxes, we paid $1,468 in state income taxes, and we made $2,728 in 501(c)(3) contributions. From what I see, outrageously, the proposed “tax reform” is designed to a) punish those who have high medical and dental expenses, b) discourage homeownership, and c) discourage taking job-related graduate courses. Government should encourage homeownership. The deductibility of mortgage interest and real estate taxes 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. Further, government should encourage getting job-related education. The deductibility of job-related education encouraged me to take job-related graduate courses 1972-1983 and 1992-1997.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-gop-signals-support-for-republican-tax-plan-but-does-rauner/
— Trump and Republican tax plan gives democracy a beating – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-trump-and-republican-tax-plan-gives-democracy-a-beating/
— Facing pressure, House OKs anti-harassment training- AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/facing-pressure-house-nears-ok-of-anti-harassment-training/
— Age and time can’t stop allegations of sexual harassment – Mary Mitchell
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sexual-harassment-public-humiliation-unwanted-sexual-advances/
— Smoking out investment gambles of Chris Kennedy and J.B. Pritzker – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/smoking-out-investment-gambles-of-chris-kennedy-and-j-b-pritzker/
— Lipinski now supports DACA bill, Roskam still opposes – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/brown-lipinski-now-supports-daca-bill-roskam-still-opposes/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— In Missouri speech, Trump touts benefits of tax cuts for ‘the people that like me best’ – John Wagner (DIERSEN: Trump must believe that those who take the standard deduction like him best. But overwhelmingly, those who take the standard deduction are young renters who vote for Democrats.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-tax-bill-20171129-story.html
— Matt Lauer’s firing and other skeletons in newsroom closets – Heidi Stevens
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-wednesday-matt-lauer-fired-ann-marie-lipinski-neiman-report-20171129-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Anti-Muslim videos retweeted by Trump misrepresent what happened.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/factcheck/ct-trump-retweets-fact-check-20171129-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump retweets hate group’s Islamaphobic videos — he is not well.”)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-trump-britain-first-video-muslim-huppke-20171129-story.html
— Sen. Durbin ratchets up government shutdown fight over ‘dreamers’ – Ed O’Keefe and Sean Sullivan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-durbin-dreamers-20171129-story.html
— Rauner campaign touts rating from activist who said Lincoln fought Civil War over taxes, not slavery – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-taxpayer-group-abe-lincoln-20171129-story.html
— Rauner says Medicaid plan will save money despite increased contract costs – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-medicaid-managed-care-20171129-story.html
— DuPage County Board signs off on no-tax-raise budget – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-dupage-county-board-budget-st-1201-20171129-story.html
— Supporters, opponents air concerns at Orland Park video gambling forum – Mike Nolan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-orland-video-gambling-st-1130-20171129-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage voters may get say on dissolving election commission – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171129/dupage-voters-may-get-say-on-dissolving-election-commission
— Schools want reimbursement for election security – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171129/schools-want-reimbursement-for-election-security-
— $157 million contract cemented with tollway firm despite conflict of interest doubts – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171129/157-million-contract-cemented-with-tollway-firm-despite-conflict-of-interest-doubts

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner says he’s ‘applauding Congress’ on tax bill
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171129/NEWS02/171129894/rauner-says-hes-applauding-congress-on-tax-bill-report

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner backs D.C. tax reform efforts, not specifics – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: To back “D.C. tax reform efforts” is to back a) letting those who take the standard deduction pay less federal income tax and b) making those who itemize their deductions pay more federal income tax.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171129/rauner-backs-dc-tax-reform-efforts-not-specifics

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Wheaton judge Linda Davenport announces bid for retiring chief judge’s seat
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/11/28/wheaton-judge-announces-bid-for-retiring-chief-judges-seat/ax5snk2/

 

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Local Support For Rauner? Area Republican Leaders Mum – Todd Wessell (DIERSEN: Rauner should be a) supported when he does things to defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform and b) opposed when he does things against the IRP platform.)
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/local-support-for-rauner/
— Local Support For Rauner? Area Republican Leaders Mum – Todd Wessell
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/local-support-for-rauner/

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— College students would rather be offered an Illinois job than a state tax credit – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article186756403.html

 

DAILY EGYPTIAN
— SIU cheerleaders say they are being hidden during national anthem due to kneeling protests – NATHAN DODD AND BRIAN MUÑOZ
https://dailyegyptian.com/76302/showcase/siu-cheerleaders-say-they-are-being-hidden-during-national-anthem-due-to-kneeling-protests/

 

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Joshua C. Griffin: Republican Maverick for Secretary of State – Lee Edwards
https://chicagodefender.com/2017/11/29/joshua-c-griffin-republican-maverick-for-secretary-of-state/

 

STATELINE
— New Campaign Ads, New Opponents for Illinois Governor Rauner in Gubernatorial Race Governor Rauner target of new Gubernatorial Campaign Ad – Jerrica Valtierra
http://www.mystateline.com/news/new-campaign-ads-new-opponents-for-illinois-governor-rauner-in-gubernatorial-race/866752332

 

WHEATON PATCH
— Ives Files ‘Maximum Number Of Signatures’ To Challenge Rauner Wheaton Rep. Jeanne Ives collected closed to 13,000 signatures in her bid to oust Gov. Bruce Rauner. – Lisa Marie Farver (DIERSEN: I gathered 10 of those signatures from registered Republican voters in my precinct. Previously, I had gathered 30 signatures from them for her House race.)
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/ives-files-maximum-number-signatures-challenge-rauner

 

WILLIAM J. KELLY
— We have to break the Rauner coalition in 2018
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-we-have-to-break-the-rauner-coalition-in-2018

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Straub joins call for Silverstein to resign from Senate – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511276795-straub-joins-call-for-silverstein-to-resign-from-senate

 

GATEWAY JOURNALISM REVIEW
— Illinois’ ‘independent’ news network publishes pro-Rauner propaganda ‘Hyperlocal’ news written from afar – Nathaniel Dean Fortmeyer, William Recktenwald and William H. Freivogel (DIERSEN: What if Gateway Journalism Review wrote an article about Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? Would that article be similar to Bernard Schoenburg’s August 16, 2012 article titled “A bunch of political info — daily” at http://www.sj-r.com/x1782330063/Bernard-Schoenburg-A-bunch-of-political-info-daily ?)
http://gatewayjr.org/2017/11/28/illinois-independent-news-network-publishes-pro-rauner-propaganda/

 

WIREPOINTS
— A District’s Survey Finds Anger Over Anti-Conservative ‘School Climate’ – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/a-districts-survey-finds-anger-over-anti-conservative-school-climate-wirepoints-original/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— UIHLEIN DONATES TO ROY MOORE PAC, DEMS CRY FOUL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/11/uihlein-donates-to-roy-moore-pac-dems-cry-foul.html
— 5 DEMOCRATS, 1 REPUBLICAN FILE FOR ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL (DIERSEN: DuPage County Board Member Gary Grasso is circulating nominating petitions for the position.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/11/5-democrats-1-republican-file-for-illinois-attorney-general.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP, Biss, Pritzker respond *** Rauner says he’s “applauding Congress” on tax bill
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/29/rauner-says-hes-applauding-congress-on-tax-bill/
— Mendoza responds *** Rauner on Mendoza: “She is such a puppet for Madigan”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/29/rauner-on-mendoza-she-is-such-a-puppet-for-madigan/

 

GOPUSA
— Trump’s Justice Department Takes on Harvard’s Asian Quotas (DIERSEN: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, my superiors were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to meet Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets. They focused a) on hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger and b) getting rid of their employees who were Republican, and especially Republicans who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.gopusa.com/trumps-justice-department-takes-on-harvards-asian-quotas/

 

BREITBART
— Billionaire’s Cheap Labor Lobby Behind Year-End DACA Amnesty Push – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/29/billionaires-cheap-labor-lobby-behind-year-end-daca-amnesty-push/
— Tech Executives Claim DACA Illegal Aliens Are ‘The Next Mark Zuckerberg’ – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps think as highly of citizens of foreign countries as they look down on citizens of America.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/29/tech-executives-claim-daca-illegal-aliens-are-the-next-mark-zuckerberg/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Liberal Organizers Incentivize Protesters To Get Arrested – PHILLIP STUCKY (DIERSEN: Since 2000, operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents talk and act like my critics/opponents have promised them lots of money, a new home, a new car, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and much more if they succeed in stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/29/exclusive-liberal-organizers-incentivize-protesters-to-get-arrested/
— New York Times Openly Lobbies Against Republican Tax Bill On Twitter – Robert Donachie (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the NYT acts as an arm of the Democrat Party.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/29/nyt-openly-lobbies-against-republican-tax-bill-on-twitter/
— Almost Every Graduate Of DC High School Was Truant, Yet All Of Them Were Accepted To College – Amber Randall
http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/28/almost-every-graduate-of-dc-high-school-was-truant-yet-all-of-them-were-accepted-to-college/

 

REUTERS
— Illinois’ $750 million bonds won by BofA with still hefty yields
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-illinois-bonds/illinois-750-million-bonds-won-by-bofa-with-still-hefty-yields-idUSKBN1DT325

 

WASHINGTON POST
— House to vote on lengthening trial period for federal employees from one to two years – Eric Yoder (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that when I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, that because I had been under a probationary period at IRS, I was not under a probationary period at GAO. Nevertheless, they did everything that they could to get rid of me. They forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. GAO audits IRS. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They gave me unfair performance expectations and unfair performance appraisals. They assigned me to work for, to work with, and to supervise the office’s most problematic employees. They did not promote me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes. They forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, and even worse things. In my defense, I completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, became a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997. In addition, I completed the requirements for a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/11/29/house-to-vote-on-lengthening-trial-period-for-federal-employees-from-one-to-two-years/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— We need a #metoo moment, but for prostitutes: The only way to combat their routine victimization is to decriminalize sex work – S.E. CUPP (DIERSEN: Of course, Libertarians agree. How many Libertarians are there in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in your county, in Illinois, and America who falsely claim to be Republican? They always vote for Democrats.)
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/metoo-moment-prostitutes-article-1.3665552

 

FED SMITH
— Cuts to Federal Retirement System: Evaded or Merely Postponed? – Randy Silvey
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/11/29/cuts-federal-retirement-system-evaded-merely-postponed/
— Are You a Good Bureaucrat, or a Bad Bureaucrat? – Jeff Neal (DIERSEN: Of course, according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I was a bad bureaucrat. They stress that a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. In my defense, I stress that they would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/11/29/good-bureaucrat-bad-bureaucrat/

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Preparations underway for Dec. 6 gubernatorial LGBT debate – Matt Simonette (DIERSEN: Which of these candidates will promise to do the most to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity?)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Preparations-underway-for-Dec-6-gubernatorial-LGBT-debate-/61225.html

November 27 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— 38 candidates were in line at the DuPage County Election Commission by 8:00 AM this morning to file nominating petitions. Cantore was first in the line followed by Wiley, McGowen, Mendrick, Almiron, Covert, Tully, Selmon, Rutledge, Hart, Zay, Eckhoff, Tornatore, Painter, Hinds, Holz, Moretti, Dabrowski, Suratwala, Grant, Zaruba, Nero, Bibbiano, Orsianger, Chaplin, Qayyum, Schultz, Kaczmarek, Anderson, Falbo, Murphy, Ruscitti, Cooper, Renehan, Fisher, Demichele, Prater, and Abbott.

 

Since 2000, I have gathered signatures on nominating petitions for all the candidates who seek to be on Republican primary ballots in my precinct. For the March 20, 2018 Republican primary, I gathered 667 signatures from 19 households in my precinct for the following candidates:


U.S. CONGRESS: Peter Roskam;
STATE OF ILLINOIS: Bruce Rauner, Governor and Evelyn Sanguinette, Lieutenant Governor; Jeanne Ives, Governor and Rich Morthland, Lieutenant Governor; William Kelly, Governor and Brian Leggero, Lieutenant Governor; Erika Harold, Attorney General; Jason Helland, Secretary of State; Jim Dodge, Treasurer; and Darlene Senger, Comptroller;
ILLINOIS SENATE: Michael Connelly;
ILLINOIS HOUSE: Amy Grant, Jeanne Ives; Burt Minor
DUPAGE COUNTY: Dan Cronin, Board Chairman; James Mendrick and Frank Bibbiano, Sheriff; Paul Hinds, Clerk; Gwen Henry, Treasurer; Darlene Ruscitti, Regional Superintendent of Schools;
DUPAGE COUNTY BOARD District 4: Ron Almiron, Grant Eckhoff, Amy Grant, Paula McGowen, Thommen Poozhikunnel, Beth Tatro, and Chris Zaruba;
DUPAGE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE: Joseph Cantore, President;
CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE: Jeff MacKay, Richard Russo, Karen Wilson
https://gopillinois.com

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives says she won’t file petitions today
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/27/ives-says-she-wont-file-petitions-today/
— Pritzker, others file petitions
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/27/pritzker-others-file-petitions/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Senate GOP tax bill hurts the poor more than originally thought, CBO finds – Heather Long
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-senate-gop-tax-bill-cbo-analysis-20171126-story.html
— Guns were Black Friday must-haves, going by the FBI’s record 203,086 background-check requests – Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-guns-black-friday-20171126-story.html
— College grads, it’s time to start repaying your loans – Steve Rosen (DIERSEN: Because I graduating debt-free from NIU in 1970 and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 21 years old, I had more money to help support my mother and brother 1970-1972, buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, pay for tuition and books for graduate business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, buy a new town home in 1972, buy a studio condo in 1974, buy a one bedroom condo in 1976, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/sns-201711171511–tms–kidmoneyctnsr-a20171117-20171117-story.html
— Scholarships are free money for the taking – Terry Savage (DIERSEN: Did you apply for scholarships? I did not. 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/business/sns-201711172143–tms–savagectnts-a20171117-20171117-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— No ‘easy task’ recouping $1M Rush owes Trump pal’s firm, feds for loan – Sandy Bergo and Chuck Neubauer
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/no-easy-task-recouping-1m-rush-owes-trump-pal-feds-for-church-loan/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Ballots to take shape as Illinois candidates begin filing today
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171127/ballots-to-take-shape-as-illinois-candidates-begin-filing-today
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Three members of tollway board have links to contractor seeking 10-year deal – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171127/3-members-of-tollway-board-have-links-to-contractor-seeking-10-year-deal

 

ABC7
— 6 dead, 30 wounded in Thanksgiving weekend shootings across Chicago
http://abc7chicago.com/6-dead-30-wounded-in-thanksgiving-weekend-shootings-across-chicago/2697946/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Lakewood trustees to talk censure of Village President Paul Serwatka Trustee alleges board was kept out of the loop on recent hires – MIKE MALLORY
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/11/24/lakewood-trustees-to-talk-censure-of-village-president-paul-serwatka/avynkao/

 

EVANSTON NOW
— Aldermen to vote on 3 percent property tax hike – Bill Smith
http://evanstonnow.com/story/government/bill-smith/2017-11-26/78777/aldermen-to-vote-on-3-percent-property-tax-hike

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Algonquin Township – Clerk demands control over meetings – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/11/algonquin-township-clerk-demands-control-over-meetings/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DEMS DO NO GOOD WHEN THEY KICK HISPANIC REPUBLICANS TO CURB
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/11/dems-do-no-good-when-they-kick-hispanic-republicans-to-curb.html
— GOODBYE NET NEUTRALITY; HELLO COMPETITION (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “companies” act like they are not in business to make a profit, but instead, to defend and advance the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green platforms.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/11/goodbye-net-neutrality-hello-competition.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Tax reform puts blue-state Republicans in difficult spot – S.A. Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/26/tax-reform-puts-blue-state-republicans-in-difficul/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Myth of White Privilege – John Meinhold (DIERSEN: In 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/11/the_myth_of_white_privilege.html

 

BLAZE
— Black Friday posts new all-time record for number of background checks in single day, FBI says – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/11/26/black-friday-posts-new-all-time-record-for-number-of-background-checks-in-single-day-fbi-says
— The NFL and its TV partners are on track to lose $500 million this year alone as ratings plunge – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/11/26/the-nfl-and-its-tv-partners-are-on-track-to-lose-500-million-this-year-alone-as-ratings-plunge

 

CONSERVATIVE AMERICAN
— Don’t Blame Donald Trump for Eclipsing the State Department The real culprit is a much older one: our militaristic foreign policy. – PETER VAN BUREN
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/dont-blame-donald-trump-for-eclipsing-the-state-department/

 

FOX BUSINESS
— Military overhauls retirement system in biggest shift since World War II – Brittany De Lea
http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2017/11/22/military-overhauls-retirement-system-in-biggest-shift-since-world-war-ii.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Diplomats Sound the Alarm as They Are Pushed Out in Droves – GARDINER HARRIS (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency’s top priority was to get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. If my Democrat GAO superiors had not succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, I might still be a GAO employee and paying 7% of my salary into the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) instead of the CSRS pension paying me a pension. In today’s dollars, since September 30, 1997, I would have paid $173,622 into the CSRS instead of the CSRS paying me $1,025,596.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/24/us/politics/state-department-tillerson.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Comey tweeted about freedom of the press — minutes after Trump attacked CNN – Kristine Phillips (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents oppose “freedom of the press.” My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. They a) glorify and praise, pander to, serve as operatives or dupes for, and/or give money to “reporters” and to “journalists” who they manipulate/dominate and b) viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, viciously condemn, and blacklist reporters and journalists like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate. They refuse to keep diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists. They do not want me to know about their events or other activities. They do not want me to promote their events or other activities. They do not want me to attend their events or other activities. They do not want me to report on their events or other activities. They focus on a) stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) stopping everyone from reading those emails.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/11/26/james-b-comey-tweeted-about-freedom-of-the-press-minutes-after-trump-attacked-cnn/James B.
— Time to take baby boomers off the ticket – David Von Drehle (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination, most commonly to get promoted or to curry favor with those who are younger.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/time-to-take-baby-boomers-off-the-ticket/2017/11/24/7b4aa97c-d154-11e7-81bc-c55a220c8cbe_story.html

 

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: For many, a leisurely retirement is a long shot Fewer older American think they’ll be able to afford trips, survey finds – Paul Davidson (DIERSEN: How much money do you have to go on trips? Since 1997, in today’s dollars, I have had $1,454,723 less dollars to go on trips, 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.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/11/26/retirees-dream-more-travel-less-health-care-tough-achieve/890562001/
— Hijab Barbie: Perfect Christmas gift for non-Muslim parents who want to stick it to Trump – James S. Robbins
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/11/24/hijab-barbie-perfect-christmas-gift-non-muslim-parents-who-want-stick-trump-james-robbins-column/884583001/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Immigrants Make Great Entrepreneurs – Adrian Furnham (DIERSEN: Are you an immigrant and/or an entrepreneur? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes shout that I am neither. My ancestors have been in America since 1844 and I was a lowly wage earner 1964-1997. I 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.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-immigrants-make-great-entrepreneurs-1511752261

 

NEWSWEEK
— REX TILLERSON IS MAKING THE STATE DEPARTMENT A LOT MORE WHITE – CARLOS BALLESTEROS (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency’s top priority was to get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. If my Democrat GAO superiors had not succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, I might still be a GAO employee and paying 7% of my salary into the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) instead of the CSRS pension paying me a pension. In today’s dollars, since September 30, 1997, I would have paid $173,622 into the CSRS instead of the CSRS paying me $1,025,596.)
http://www.newsweek.com/rex-tillerson-diversity-state-department-foreign-service-722653
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rex Tillerson is ousting many of the State Department’s high-ranking women diplomats and diplomats of color. On Friday, the New York Times revealed how Tillerson’s State Department is pushing out scores of career diplomats from the agency, offering them buyouts and early retirement in the hopes of getting them out the door. “Among those fired or sidelined were most of the top African-American and Latino diplomats, as well as many women, difficult losses in a department that has long struggled with diversity,” reported the Times. The drastic reduction in senior staff is part of Tillerson’s plan to slash the State Department’s expenses by 31 percent. Former officials warn that Tillerson is worsening America’s image abroad and compromising the country’s foreign policy agenda. “These people either do not believe the U.S. should be a world leader or they’re utterly incompetent,” former ambassador to Qatar Dana Shell Smith, who retired from the service in June, told the Times. Tillerson has put a stop to most hiring at the State Department and hopes to push out some 2,000 career diplomats by this time next year, according to the Times. Tillerson plans on doing so by arbitrarily denying posts and assignments to certain diplomats, as well as offering $25,000 contract buyouts for many of the agency’s senior staff. His aides have also simply fired many diplomats whose vision does not align with that of the Secretary of State. Senior non-male and non-white diplomats have been among those targeted by Tillerson. The State Department’s level of diversity has historically been low: In 2016, 5.4 percent of career diplomats were black, 6.9 percent were Asian, and 5.6 percent Hispanic, according to Foreign Policy. The Obama administration made an effort to increase the number of diplomats of color in order to create a Foreign Service that “looked more like America.” But Tillerson’s plans are much different. Instead of recruiting a more diverse pool of talent, the State Department is in the process of substantially reducing its staff, all but ending the drive to diversify the agency.)

November 24 Morning Edition

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
— Reflections on Hollywood’s Infamous Blacklist 70 Years Later (DIERSEN: How do you want me to treat those who blacklist me because I refuse to carry out their blacklist orders? Should I publish a list of those who blacklist me because I refuse to carry out their blacklist orders? Should I publish a list of those who they want me to blacklist? Those who blacklist me have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. They make it very clear that they will viciously destroy anyone who supports me.)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/reflections-hollywoods-infamous-blacklist-70-years-guest-column-1060628

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A CEO’s nightmare: An endorsement from the alt-right – Tracy Jan (DIERSEN: Who does not want your endorsement? Not that my endorsement matters for anything, but members of the following groups do not want my endorsement: 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 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. The aforesaid promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, political affiliation discrimination, and even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-alt-right-product-endorsement-20171117-story.html
— Bannon insurgency stresses loyalty to Trump, not policy test – AP (DIERSEN: Who/what are you loyal to? I am loyal to the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. My critics/opponents focus on destroying individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–gop-primaries-trump-loyalty-20171123-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Not everyone will be spending big for holidays. High-income consumers seen driving the buying. – Abha Bhattahai (DIERSEN: Will you be spending big for holidays? I will not. Are you a high-income consumer? I am not. How much have you had to cut down on personal expenses? Since 1997, in today’s dollars, I have had to cut down my personal expenses by $1,454,723, that is, $72,135 a year, $6,011 a month, $1,403 a week, or $200 a day. In 1997, in today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $122,991/year. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $50,856/year, or 41% of that.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-american-spending-gifts-20171121-story.html
— The Second Civil War? – Gloria Johns (DIERSEN: Who is at war with who? Members of Group A have declared war on 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/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-civilwar-trump-ethnic-minority-latino-hispanic-1124-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIB COLOR PICTURE: ‘No worse fate than failure’: How pressure to keep up is overwhelming students in elite districts – Karen Ann Cullotta, Karen Berkowitz, Kimberly Fornek and Suzanne Baker (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-one-tl-1116-20171120-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— How Sarah Huckabee brings White House watchdogs to heel – Kathleen Parker (DIERSEN: Who wants you to heel? Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs want me to heel. They do not want me to know about their events or their other activities. They do not want me to promote their events or their other activities. They do not want me to attend their events or their other activities. They do not want me to report on their events or their other activities. Of course, they want to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS together and sending them out and they want to stop everyone from reading those emails. But failing that, they want to dictate which articles I do and I do not include links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails; they want me to carry out their blacklist orders. They punish me by not including diersen@aol.com in their press advisory and press release lists. They do everything that they can to turn activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. against me.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171124/how-sarah-huckabee-brings-white-house-watchdogs-to-heel
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Their job? To temporarily live in suburban mansions – Jamie Sotonoff
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171124/their-job-to-temporarily-live-in-suburban-mansions
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, “religious leaders” act as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat Party by a) encouraging people to go to other countries illegally, b) encouraging people to stay in other countries illegally, and c) encouraging people to bring other people to other countries illegally.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20171124/news/311249949/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— GOP tax bill one turkey that shouldn’t be pardoned – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171124/ISSUE05/171129949/gop-tax-bill-one-turkey-that-shouldnt-be-pardoned
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But when it comes to individuals, congressional leaders like Illinois’ own Peter Roskam say, trust us—we’ll fix the tax code (later) and make sure that individual rates don’t increase. But don’t individuals who have to pay mortgage expenses, college bills, retirement and any number of things need to plan just as much as IBM does? I’d have more faith in this scheme if Congress made the individual rates permanent and corporate rates temporary. But then the big corporate donors who fuel the GOP wouldn’t buy it. Neither should you. Then there’s the disappearing exemption for state and local taxes, which the House wants to limit to $10,000 for home property taxes and the Senate would totally abolish. However you peddle it, this is a big diversion of resources from relatively high-tax states such as Illinois to lower-tax areas such as Texas (home to the chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee), which wants billions of our tax dollars to rebuild after yet another hurricane. Republicans used to oppose double taxation. But under these bills, money that’s already been snarfed up by local governments would be fully subject to federal income taxes. More: Interest payments on the kids’ college loans would no longer be deductible under the House bill. Many homeowners would lose out on deductions for interest on home mortgages. And to boot, to pay for corporate cuts, individual tax brackets would be adjusted for inflation differently with the effect that over the next decade, at least 20 percent of any tax cut would disappear for everyone earning under $200,000 a year, according to the Wall Street Journal.)

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Laura Campbell, the wife of Sangamon County Republican sheriff candidate Jack Campbell, suspended from IDOT job for interviewing friend for job – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171122/laura-campbell-suspended-from-idot-job-for-interviewing-friend-for-job
— Car buyers lose when government tells them what to buy – Merrill Matthews (DIERSEN: Even though it gets 24 MPG on the highway, the federal government has condemned my 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX V-8, and therefore me, its owner, to be a “clunker.” SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Allowance_Rebate_System)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20171123/counterpoint-car-buyers-lose-when-government-tells-them-what-to-buy

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Davis thankful in multiple ways – Chuck Raasch (DIERSEN: According to your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, are you thankful enough? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I am not thankful enough. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I am undeservedly filthy rich and that I should be extremely thankful a) that they have not yet stopped me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out, b) that they have not yet stopped everyone from reading those emails, c) that they have not yet ended my service as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, and d) that they let me serve as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, GAO employee 1980-1997, IRS employee 1971-1980, Post Office employee 1966-1969, etc.)
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/davis-thankful-in-multiple-ways/article_4ce2b7c2-d993-5ecd-974d-a17a9a5cbc1b.html

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Gubernatorial race coming to a polling place near you Rauner’s bank account dwarfs that of Rep. Ives – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents who hint/imply/argue/shout at Ives a) that fundraising is her most important activity and b) that Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA emails harm her fundraising efforts? They hint/imply/argue/shout at Ives that many, if not most, if not virtually all major donors despise if not hate Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. The aforesaid certainly played out that way at Ives’ November 20, 2017 fundraiser. It would great if someone would ask Vince Kolber, Ed Bachrach, Virginia McCaskey, Gary Rabine, and her other major donors at that fundraiser as well as William Dixon, Peter Huizenga, and Elizabeth Weiss, why they despise if not hate Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails so much.)
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/11/19/gubernatorial-race-coming-to-a-polling-place-near-you/cpk13li/

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Illinois governor’s race: ‘Are we going to have an election or are we going to have an auction?’ – Kevin McDermott (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents who hint/imply/argue/shout at Ives a) that fundraising is her most important activity and b) that Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA emails harm her fundraising efforts? They hint/imply/argue/shout at Ives that many, if not most, if not virtually all major donors despise if not hate Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. The aforesaid certainly played out that way at Ives’ November 20, 2017 fundraiser. It would be great if someone would ask Vince Kolber, Ed Bachrach, Virginia McCaskey, Gary Rabine, and her other major donors at that fundraiser, as well as William Dixon, Peter Huizenga, and Elizabeth Weiss, why they despise if not hate Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails so much.)
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/illinois-governor-s-race-are-we-going-to-have-an/article_afe92120-1af2-5652-b27c-56db29e53b56.html

 

THE HILL
— VERY SAD IF NOT DISGUSTING: Celebrities urge Ivanka Trump to push for DREAM Act with Instagram posts – JACQUELINE THOMSEN
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/361698-celebrities-urge-ivanka-to-push-for-dream-act-with-dear-ivanka

 

CBS NEWS
— GAO: A harsh financial reality facing retirees – STEVE VERNON (DIERSEN: What percent is or will be your retirement income of your preretirement income? My $50,856 Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 41 percent of ending GAO salary of $122,991 in today’s dollars. That is a) because 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) because 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) because my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-harsh-financial-reality-facing-retirees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Here’s a discomforting point made at the very beginning of a recent landmark report titled “The Nation’s Retirement System”: “Most financial advisers say retirees will need 70 percent or more of preretirement earnings to live comfortably.” Unfortunately, many older workers and retirees will fall far short of this goal. The report, prepared by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO), goes on to say one-third of households headed by someone age 65 and over received 90 percent or more of their retirement income from Social Security. That’s a problem because Social Security replaces only about 40 percent of an average wage earner’s income after retiring. According to Social Security’s “Fast Facts” publication, 62 percent of retirees received at least half of their income from Social Security in 2015. These numbers reveal the harsh reality facing most older workers and retirees: They’ll need to learn to live on income that’s a lot less than what financial planners commonly recommend. That result may be undesirable, depending on your circumstances, resiliency and resourcefulness. . .Many older Americans will need to adjust their lifestyle in one or more of these ways: Spend less Save more Work longer Stay healthy to keep working and not drain savings on medical bills Make smart choices to stretch every dollar These necessary action steps are the reality of retirement in 21st century America.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Ben Shapiro, a Provocative ‘Gladiator,’ Battles to Win Young Conservatives – Sabrina Tavernise (DIERSEN: It would be great if there were people like Shapiro in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/23/us/ben-shapiro-conservative.html
— Myths of the 1 Percent: What Puts People at the Top Dispelling misconceptions about what’s driving income inequality in the U.S. – Jonathan Rothwell (DIERSEN: Those who rail against government salaries and rail against government employee benefits a) say nothing about the 1 percent and b) talk and act like they are being paid off by the 1 percent.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/17/upshot/income-inequality-united-states.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Almost all of the growth in top American earners has come from just three economic sectors: professional services, finance and insurance, and health care, groups that tend to benefit from regulatory barriers that shelter them from competition. The groups that have contributed the most people to the 1 percent since 1980 are: physicians; executives, managers, sales supervisors, and analysts working in the financial sectors; and professional and legal service industry executives, managers, lawyers, consultants and sales representatives. Without changes in these largely domestic services industries — finance, health care, the law — the United States would look like Canada or Germany in terms of its top income shares.)
— Is Anyone Good Enough for an H1-B Visa? – Frida Yu (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction. To keep their jobs and to get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/23/opinion/immigration-visa-h1b-trump-.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: My two requests for evidence asked me to prove my job was a “specialty occupation” — that is, work that only someone with a bachelor’s degree or higher can do. My work involves artificial intelligence and big data, and my letters of support came from an authority in my industry and veteran start-up investor, and a Nobel Prize winner. But it wasn’t enough to convince the government that my job requires advanced skills.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Will a Corporate Tax Cut Lift Worker Pay? A Union Wants It in Writing. – Jim Tankersley (DIERSEN: Those who rail against government salaries and rail against government employee benefits a) say nothing about the 1 percent and b) talk and act like they are being paid off by the 1 percent.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/23/us/politics/corporate-tax-cut-pay.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Modern Epic of Denunciation The media is driving the story line but we all are caught up in the moral drama. – Crispin Sartwell (DIERSEN: Who denounces you? I should write a book about those in Wheaton, those in Glen Ellyn, those in Milton Township, those in DuPage County, and those in Illinois who either denounce me or have their operatives and their dupes denounce me. They would love it.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-modern-epic-of-denunciation-1511465202

 

MONEY MOW
— 10 Ways To Cut Down On Personal Expenses (DIERSEN: How much have you had to cut down on personal expenses? Since 1997, in today’s dollars, I have had to cut down my personal expenses by $1,454,723, that is, $72,135 a year, $6,011 a month, $1,403 a week, or $200 a day. In 1997, in today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $122,991/year. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $50,856/year, or 41% of that.)
https://www.moneymow.com/10-ways-cut-personal-expenses/