November 3 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 FLASHBACK: “Todd Ricketts, a co-owner of the Cubs who is CEO of the conservative Ending Spending super PAC, was in attendance. In a shoutout to Ricketts, Trump yelled: “I want to commend the Ricketts family on their business plan and how they rebuilt the Chicago Cubs in a few short years!”  Ricketts shouted back:” It’s gonna be a great year because YOU are going to win the presidency AND THE CUBS ARE GOING TO WIN THE WORLD SERIES!”  The room erupted with applause. Trump was now on a roll.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-trump-pumps-up-the-room-in-bolingbrook-fundraiser/
— Rauner’s Halloween gift to Munger: $1 million
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rauners-halloween-gift-to-munger-1-million/
— ‘Gang-related’ classification for gun deaths a cop-out – Mary Mitchell  (DIERSEN: How many gangs operate in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mitchell-gang-related-classification-for-gun-deaths-a-cop-out/
— No one is asking who is to blame for Clinton – S.E. Cupp
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/s-e-cupp-for-many-its-about-trump-being-worse-than-clinton/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Donald Trump built a political movement. Now what? – Lisa Mascaro
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-political-movement-20161102-001-story.html
— David Duke’s inclusion derails Louisiana Senate debate at historically black college
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-david-duke-louisiana-senate-debate-20161102-story.html
— Should we shrink the Supreme Court? – Steve Chapman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-supreme-court-justices-size-perspec-1103-jm-20161102-column.html
— Geneva students collecting donations for homeless veterans
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-geneva-adopt-veteran-st-1104-20161102-story.html
— Preckwinkle calls former top cop Garry McCarthy a ‘racist bully boy’ – Kim Janssen  (DIERSEN: What should McCarthy call Preckwinkle in return?  How strong is Preckwinkles’s hatred of older non-veteran White men?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-preckwinkle-mccarthy-racist-bully-boy-1103-chicago-inc-20161102-story.html
— JUNE 21, 2011 FLASHBACK: Potential tax revenue a key factor in debate over Hubble sale – Jenn Zimmerman
http://www.triblocal.com/wheaton/2011/01/21/debate-over-hubble-sale-comes-down-to-potential-tax-revenue/
— Clinton’s growing lead with college-educated whites could doom Trump – Bloomberg  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat college professors and instructors focus on cranking out “good little Democrats.”)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-clinton-supporters-86819302-a1ab-11e6-8864-6f892cad0865-20161103-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and Trump’s supporters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-clinton-email-trump-huppke-20161102-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— MAY 17, 2011 FLASHBACK: Gresk: Get Hubble on tax rolls
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110517/news/705189928/
— Moving toward better balance of worker benefits, taxpayer affordability – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Do you want government to be a “model employer?”  What is your attitude toward government employees and toward government retirees?  Are/were you a government employee?  I was a federal employee for almost 30 years.  Are you a government retiree?  I have been a federal retiree for more than 19 years. Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161102/discuss/161109662/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: The public pension crisis in Illinois is a runaway train. So when we see someone actually try to apply the brakes, we take notice. The DuPage County Forest Preserve District this week approved a sweeping series of changes to its employee pay policies that leaders predict will save the county $6 million over the next 20 years. That might not seem like a lot of money, but it’s not chump change. What it is an important step in the right direction. Just think of how this could mushroom if similar steps were taken in many of the other 6,900-plus taxing bodies in Illinois. A story today by staff writer Robert Sanchez lays out how forest preserve commissioners have decided to ratchet down an established bonus program and also put the brakes on lump-sum payouts to qualifying or retiring employees for unused sick time. “These changes will curb long-term spending, especially in the area of pension costs,” Commissioner Jeff Redick said, “and allow us to responsibly serve the taxpayers and both our current and future employees.” The district for years has handed out longevity-based bonuses to retiring or qualifying employees that averaged $15,000 to $20,000. You don’t find that in a lot of private-sector jobs. Not anymore. Nor do you find many companies that still — if ever — reimburse employees for unused sick time. The district isn’t going to take money from people already expecting it. Like companies that have eliminated their 401(k) contributions in lean times, those employees who already are in the bonus program — called a “retention incentive” program — will still get bonuses, but starting Jan. 1 they no longer will grow. Those who haven’t yet qualified for the bonus program never will. The district also is putting limits on lump-sum payments for sick days accrued after the start of next year. What is even more important is that the forest preserve district has decided to eliminate both the bonus and sick time payback from the calculation of pensions. That in itself is expected to save $4.5 million in pension liability over the next 20 years. In a time when pension payments in some cases are reaching a tipping point with operational costs for governmental bodies, it’s important to look toward ways in which the private sector has managed to stay afloat in tough financial times. Other taxing bodies should follow this example.)

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Early voting, led by women, is way up in city, suburbs  (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at women that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that women have had, are having, and will have, and especially Republicans who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, married, older, rich, gun owners, non-veterans, over weight, German national origin, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161103/BLOGS02/161109933
— DIERSEN HEADLE: Geoffrey R. Stone, a professor of law at the University of Chicago and an editor of the Supreme Court Review, sides with the Democrats.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161103/ISSUE07/161109954/threats-to-block-clinton-supreme-court-nominees-undermine-democracy

 

NBC5
— Out West, Clinton Paints Grim Picture of Life Under Trump  She also waded into a local sheriff’s race getting national attention, backing Democrat Paul Penzone in the race for Maricopa County sheriff, a post held by immigration hardliner Joe Arpaio – Julie Pace
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Out-West-Clinton-Paints-Grim-Picture-of-Life-Under-Trump–399783811.html
— Obama: Trump Presidency Would Put the Country ‘at Risk’  It’s the first of two visits Obama has planned this week to North Carolina – Darlene Superville
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Obama-to-Campaign-For-Clinton-in-Battleground-North-Carolina-399621861.html
— Emanuel Won’t Return Trump’s $50,000 Campaign Contribution  “We’re not going to put money from a 5-year-old donation back into Donald Trump’s pocket today, and we’re not going to stop denouncing everything he says,” Emanuel’s campaign spokesman said. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Report-Emanuel-Wont-Return-Trump-Campaign-Donation-399675541.html

 

WBEZ
— $15 Minimum Wage Would Help Housing Affordability Crisis  (DIERSEN: When you could first afford to buy real estate, how old were you and how much were you earning? I bought a new town home in University Park (774-5 Sunset Court) in 1972 when I was 24 years old and earning $53,717 in today’s dollars working full-time for IRS in Harvey plus part-time income working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/study-15-minimum-wage-would-help-housing-affordability-crisis/514cbb98-252c-44c4-862b-d1baa7bd6af5

 

WJOL
— Lincoln Way Students Celebrate Make A Difference Month By Collecting Gloves  (DIERSEN: What do you do to make a difference?  Since 2000, I have sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails free of charge and without any advertising.  Since 2004, those emails have gone out each and every morning; since 2015, those emails have gone out each and every evening to; and those emails have included links to more than 249,800 articles and information on many upcoming events.)
http://www.wjol.com/lincoln-way-students-celebrate-make-difference-month-collecting-gloves/

 

TIMES
— Post-election governance prognosis poor – JIM NOWLAN
http://www.mywebtimes.com/opinion/columnists/state-affairs-post-election-governance-prognosis-poor/article_8db8baee-85f4-58e6-a99b-c0d99609b5ab.html

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Absentee and early voting brisk around St. Louis region with Election Day closing in – Doug Moore and Mark Schlinkmann
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/absentee-and-early-voting-brisk-around-st-louis-region-with/article_08115144-2e2d-505a-a929-c593d88a1e5d.html

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Dold calls on Chicago TV station to remove DCCC ad linking him to Trump – Carol Ostrow
http://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511033783-dold-calls-on-chicago-tv-station-to-remove-dccc-ad-linking-him-to-trump

 

SANGAMON SUN
— GOP: Mendoza dispute over unpaid bill reflects on fiscal credibility – Carol Ostrow
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511038664-gop-mendoza-dispute-over-unpaid-bill-reflects-on-fiscal-credibility

 

CHICAGO READER
— Political parties need to get with the country’s changing demographics—or get left behind  The real takeaway from the 2016 presidential campaign – Derrick Clifton  (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs A) WANT REPUBLICANS TO LOSE AND B) WANT REPUBLICANS TO PANDER TO THOSE WHO ARE anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/election-demographics-race-trump-clinton/Content?oid=24192623

 

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Know your ballot – Erica Snow  (DIERSEN: How well does your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain know the Republican candidates on the November 8, 2016 ballot for your precinct?)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2016/11/03/city/know-your-ballot-schakowsky-lasonde-compete-for-a-congressional-seat/

 

WHEATON PATCH
— Problem at the Polls? Here’s Who to Call  Here are the numbers you need to call if you spot an irregularity at your polling place. – Joseph Hosey
http://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/s/fxmy8/problem-at-the-polls-here-s-who-to-call

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— HYPOCRISY OR FLIP FLOP? DUPAGE COUNTY BOARD CHAIRMAN DAN CRONIN AND MEMBER DONALD PUCHALSKI AGREED WITH COUNTY BOARD CANDIDATE ROLLY WALLER THAT ONE PUBLIC OFFICE WAS ENOUGH…FOUR YEARS AGO – Rolly Waller
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/11/press-release-rolly-waller-candidate-dupage-county-board-district-1/

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Bushes abandon Trump, but he’s running against the GOP brand, not just Clinton – Howard Kurtz  (DIERSEN: The Bushes have always rejected many important planks in the Republican Party platform.  That is a big reason why Bill Clinton won in 1992 and 1996, why Obama won in 2008 and 2012, and why Hillary Clinton might win in 2016.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/03/bushes-abandon-trump-but-hes-running-against-gop-brand-not-just-clinton.html
— CMA Awards poke fun at Trump as Garth Brooks takes home night’s biggest award – Sasha Savitsky  (DIERSEN: Who got the “Saul Alinsky Fifth Rule” award?)
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/11/02/cma-awards-poke-fun-at-trump-kick-off-with-mix-contemporary-and-classic-tunes.html

 

GOPUSA
— Bill Clinton’s Black ‘Son’ Meets the Press
http://www.gopusa.com/clintons-black-son-meets-the-press/
— Huma Abedin and the Muslim Brotherhood
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=16703

 

WATCHDOG
— In double standard, Dems sue GOP over poll monitoring – Kenric Ward  (DIERSEN: What double standards have you encountered? For non-veteran White male federal employees, BUT NOT FOR VETERANS, MINORITIES, OR FEMALES, with only rare exceptions, your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 ($92,632) by age 25, GS-14 ($109,463) by age 30, GS-15 ($128,759) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($160,300) by age 40.  It is called Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and the Veterans Preference.)
http://watchdog.org/280814/gop-poll-monitoring/

 

WESTERN JOURNALISM
— Cruz Hitting Campaign Trail To Block ‘Manifestly Unfit’ Clinton From White House – Jack Davis
http://www.westernjournalism.com/cruz-hitting-campaign-trail-to-block-manifestly-unfit-candidate-from-white-house/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— NBC Smears GOP Senate Candidates in Tight Races, Touts Democrats – Nicholas Fondacaro
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2016/11/03/nbc-smears-gop-senate-candidates-tight-races-touts-democrats

 

BREITBART
— Texas University Considers Ban of Conservative Group After ‘Affirmative Action Bake Sale’ – LANA SHADWICK
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/11/02/texas-u-considers-ban-conservative-group-affirmative-action-bake-sale/
— Pitt Student Activists Harassed for Supporting Trump – BEN KEW
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/11/02/watch-pitt-student-activists-harassed-for-supporting-trump/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— In Defense of Trump’s Nondisclosure of his Tax Returns -Kenneth H. Ryesky
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/11/in_defense_of_trumps_nondisclosure_of_his_tax_returns.html

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Is the GOP Trump’s party now? – W. JAMES ANTLE III
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/is-the-gop-trumps-party-now/article/2606330

 

THE HILL
— Republican voters coming home to Trump – Niall Stanage and Jonathan Swan
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/governor-races/304090-republican-voters-coming-home-to-trump
— RNC launches its first Spanish-language national TV ad of 2016 – Rafael Bernal  (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs want Republicans to lose.  Democrats and RINOs want Republicans to launch Spanish-language ads and to pander to those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://origin-nyi.thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/304063-gop-launches-its-first-spanish-language-tv-ad-of-2016

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Creepily Singles Out Reporter At Florida Rally (Again)  He didn’t mean to suggest anyone should attack the journalist, a spokeswoman said. – Rebecca Shapiro  (DIERSEN: Who sees you as being their enemy?  The following see me as being their enemy: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-katy-tur-florida-rally_us_581aa7b8e4b0c43e6c1e1795
(FROM THE ARTICLE: GOP nominee Donald Trump singled out NBC News reporter Katy Tur on Wednesday during a rally in Florida, continuing to taunt reporters covering his campaign. Tur has been embedded with the Trump campaign, following the candidate throughout the presidential race. Trump in the past has called out Tur publicly by name, and has referred to her as “Little Katy, third-rate journalist.” During his usual takedown of the “dishonest media” in Miami on Wednesday, Trump called out the press  – and specifically Tur – for being biased and not reporting fairly on his campaign. “We have massive crowds. They’re something happening. They’re not reporting it. Katy, you’re not reporting it, Katy.” Trump said to cheers. “But there’s something  happening, Katy. There’s something happening, Katy.” CNN host Wolf Blitzer last week asked Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway to talk to the Republican nominee about singling out reporters, especially those embedded with the campaign, citing safety concerns. “He points to them, he sort of eggs the crowd on to go after them,” Blitzer said. “There are a lot of young journalists. He shouldn’t be doing that.” Conway appeared on Blitzer’s CNN show later Wednesday and defended Trump, saying he didn’t intend to suggest that anyone be mean to Tur or to attack her. “After he did that . . . she was harassed by a lot of the people over there,” Blitzer said. “The last time we spoke, you told me you shared my concerns about the singling out of these embeds … You said you would talk to him. How did that conversation go?” “The conversation was very productive and I’ve also talked to NBC News today,” Conway said. “Look, we want fair coverage and we wan’t everybody to be safe at our rallies. I don’t appreciate a lot of the threats I get either from people who I guess are worried that we may actually win this thing.” After Trump taunted Tur, other journalists tweeted #ImWithTur in support of the NBC News reporter. Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims – 1.6 billion members of an entire religion – from entering the U.S.)

 

POLITICO
— McConnell speaks up for Trump – Burgess Everett
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/mitch-mcconnell-donald-trump-230668
— Clinton and Trump beg base to get excited  She sends surrogates to build enthusiasm among black and Latino voters while he urges older whites to not get complacent. – Eli Stokols
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-230652
— Obama scorches Republicans for threatening more gridlock  The president gets feisty as he warns voters against GOP lawmakers who will bog down Washington. – Sarah Wheaton  (DIERSEN: For Democrats, for Libertarians, for Greens, and for RINOs, “progress” is passing laws that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/obama-republicans-gridlock-north-carolina-230658

 

CNBC
— Donald Trump raised $100 million in ‘small-dollar’ donations in October – Reuters
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/02/donald-trump-raised-100-million-in-small-dollar-donations-in-october.html
— Trump, Clinton blast each other on character – Reuters  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned my character and glorified and praised their character.  They stress that they are a member of a church, that they attend church services, and/or that they give money to a church.  They browbeat everyone into giving money to their charities.)
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/03/trump-clinton-blast-each-other-on-character-clinton-rises-in-poll.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Why Sexual Harassment Persists in Politics – SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/us/politics/why-sexual-harassment-persists-in-politics.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Veterans, Feeling Abandoned, Stand by Donald Trump – NICHOLAS CONFESSORE
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/us/politics/donald-trump-veterans.html
— Trump Probably Avoided His Medicare Taxes, Too – FRED T. GOLDBERG Jr. and MICHAEL J. GRAETZ  (DIERSEN: Federal employees have paid Medicare taxes since 1983.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/opinion/trump-probably-avoided-his-medicare-taxes-too.html
— How the Internet Is Loosening Our Grip on the Truth – Farhad Manjoo  (DIERSEN: Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, and without question, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes shout that ONLY THEY SPEAK THE TRUTH.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/technology/how-the-internet-is-loosening-our-grip-on-the-truth.html
— Hillary Clinton Still Leads a Tighter Race, Times/CBS News Poll Shows – MEGAN THEE-BRENAN
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/04/us/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-poll.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats viciously demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/opinion/5-reasons-to-vote-trump.html
— Some Who Saw Change in Obama Find It Now in Donald Trump – YAMICHE ALCINDOR
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/us/politics/obama-donald-trump-voting.html
— Why Republicans Don’t Even Try to Win Cities Anymore – EMILY BADGER and QUOCTRUNG BUI
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/upshot/why-republicans-dont-even-try-to-win-cities-anymore.html
— Need to Pick an Insurance Plan? Start Here – Margot Sanger-Katz  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been filed with envy.  They are furious that my wife and I pay only $5,618 a year for $22,472 worth of health, dental, and vision insurance because I am a retired federal employee.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/02/upshot/need-to-pick-an-insurance-plan-start-here.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump sounds confident note in Florida: ‘We don’t want to blow this’ – Jenna Johnson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/11/03/trump-sounds-confident-note-in-florida-we-dont-want-to-blow-this/
— ‘He’s not one of us’: Trump is still having trouble winning over many Republicans – Robert Costa  (DIERSEN: Who says that you are not one of them?  The following say that I am not one of them: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hes-not-one-of-us-trump-is-still-having-trouble-winning-over-many-republicans/2016/11/01/98232d0c-a050-11e6-a44d-cc2898cfab06_story.html
— Donald Trump tries to kill political correctness — and ends up saving it – Barton Swaim
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/donald-trump-has-made-political-correctness-credible-again/2016/11/01/0f397c0c-9fb1-11e6-a44d-cc2898cfab06_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump campaign condemns burning of historic black church that was spray-painted ‘Vote Trump’ – Seema Mehta
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-trump-campaign-condemns-burning-of-1478128972-htmlstory.html

 

USA TODAY
— Will holiday hiring save U.S.from another weak month for job growth? – Paul Davidson (DIERSEN: The Post Office hired me in November of 1966 to help deal with the Christmas rush because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/11/02/adp-businesses-added-just-147000-jobs-october/93137478/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Raising a Trilingual Child  When Mom speaks one language and Dad another, and the family lives in a city with a third, what language to use for playing, scolding and keeping secrets? – ALINA DIZIK  (DIERSEN: Concerning the Tower of Babel, according to Wikipedia (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Babel), “According to the story, a united humanity of the generations following the Great Flood, speaking a single language and migrating eastward, came to the land of Shinar. There they agreed to build a city and a tower “tall enough to reach heaven”; seeing this, God, viewing such behavior as rude and disrespectful, confounded their speech so that they could no longer understand each other and scattered them around the world.”)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/raising-a-trilingual-child-1478110620

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— It’s not a myth — being the first born really does give you an advantage – MARIAN VIDAL-FERNANDEZ, ANA NUEVO-CHIQUERO
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/its-not-a-myth-being-the-first-born-really-does-give-you-an-advantage-2016-11

 

SUSTAINABLE BRANDS
— 3/4 of Millennials Would Take a Pay Cut to Work for a Socially Responsible Company – Sustainable Brands  (DIERSEN: In 1980, I took an $18,459 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO.)
http://www.sustainablebrands.com/news_and_views/organizational_change/sustainable_brands/34_millennials_would_take_pay_cut_work_socia

 

DAILY MAIL
— The Chinese billionaire trying to take over Hollywood: He’s already bought all AMC theaters and the makers of Jurassic World – now wants to pour billions into ALL six major film studios  (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, Hollywood focuses on promoting the Democrat Party platform.)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3899612/Chinese-billionaire-Wang-Jianlin-owns-AMC-theater-chain-wants-Hollywood.html

 

FOX NEWS LATINO
— RNC releases 1st Spanish-language TV ad – but it does not mention Donald Trump
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2016/11/03/rnc-releases-1st-spanish-language-tv-ad-omits-mentioning-donald-trump/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
—  Trump Takes The Lead
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2016/white_house_watch_nov3
— Americans Are Feeling More Political Stress
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/october_2016/americans_are_feeling_more_political_stress

November 2 Morning Edition

ABC7
— ‘PROXY WAR’ TAKES OVER ILLINOIS POLITICAL ADS – Charles Thomas
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/proxy-war-takes-over-illinois-political-ads-/1584147/

 

NBC5
— Clinton Presses Into Arizona, Trump Focuses on Florida  With less than a week until Election Day, both candidates are warning of dire consequences if the other is elected – Julie Pace and Jonathan Lemire
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Clinton-Presses-Into-Arizona-Trump-Focuses-on-Florida-399618871.html

 

WLS AM
— Trump is the nominee of George Wallace’s American Independent Party in California – CNN  (DIERSEN: Who supports Clinton?  Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wlsam.com/news/trump-is-the-nominee-of-george-wallaces-american-independent-party-in-california/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Kirk campaign cash dwindling as election approaches – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-tammy-duckworth-mark-kirk-campaign-cash-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: How Rauner, Madigan money war is playing out in suburbs, Downstate – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-speaker-madigan-money-war-met-20161102-story.html
— It might be easier to count candidates who aren’t running broadcast ads – Rich Miller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-miller-column-st-1102-20161101-story.html
— Chicago employers relax office schedules, offer incentives to get people to vote – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz  (DIERSEN: From what I see, virtually all Chicago employers are anti-Republican, and especially anti those Republicans who are Protestant, conservative, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, non-veterans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-election-day-workplace-1102-biz-20161101-story.html
— If Clinton wins, more in GOP say no to 9 on Supreme Court – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–campaign-2016-senate-supreme-court-20161101-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries argue that today’s immigrants are NOT fundamentally different than those who came to America in the past?  ANSWER: Those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-five-myths-that-todays-immigrants-are-different/
— A lovely city can never puff with pride when 17 die – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-a-lovely-city-can-never-puff-with-pride-when-17-die/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Bob Dold, Brad Schneider face off on “Chicago Tonight” – Russell Lissau
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161101/news/161109832/
— Sleep Out Saturday raises money for transitional housing – Ann Piccininni  (DIERSEN: What do you do to help the homeless?  My nasty “religious” critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for not doing enough to help the homeless.  They blame homelessness on individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, non-veterans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161102/news/161109997/
— GOP goes low with fake newspaper – Richard Wawronowicz, Chairman, Naperville Township Democratic Organization
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161102/discuss/161109874/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner’s position on Trump about obligation, not ideology – RON GIDWITZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161101/OPINION/161109969/gov-rauners-trump-statement-overblown-ron-gidwitz
— Silence on Trump proof of Gov. Rauner’s ‘defective moral compass’ – CHRIS KENNEDY (DIERSEN: One could say that silence on Clinton is proof of Kennedy’s “defective moral compass.”)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161101/OPINION/161109968/trump-rauner-and-the-governors-defective-moral-compass-chris-kennedy

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Clinton, Trump warn of dire consequences if rival wins
http://qctimes.com/news/national/clinton-trump-warn-of-dire-consequences-if-rival-wins/article_8f14ddd8-8cac-5a8d-98aa-6d5d7c1a4a78.html

 

TIMES
— Rezin vs. Benson: A sequel to 2012 election – Steve Stout
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/rezin-vs-benson-a-sequel-to-election/article_8f875b00-4b1c-5eae-b175-f25c72a22cc0.html

 

VANDALIA RADIO
— Rauner Tax Delay Brings Trump Comparison – Vandalia Radio  (DIERSEN: The more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that anti-Trumps negatively compare you with Trump.  What demographics do you share with trump?  Both Trump and I are German national origin, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, married, draft avoiders, overweight, non-drinkers, and our ancestors have been in America for a long time.  Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, and without question, the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that you are viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned by anti-Trumps.)
http://www.vandaliaradio.com/2016/11/02/rauner-tax-delay-brings-trump-comparison/

 

FOX 2 NOW
— Claim of vote irregularity prompts test of 2 voting machines – ANDY BANKER
http://fox2now.com/2016/11/01/claim-of-vote-irregularity-prompts-test-of-2-voting-machines/

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Trump zealots talk of armed insurrection – John J. Dunphy  (DIERSEN: Clinton supporters hint/imply/argue/shout that they will get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, non-veterans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://thetelegraph.com/opinion/91679/trump-zealots-talk-of-armed-insurrection

 

SOUTHERN
— Qualified for comptroller – Ryan Mahoney, Belleville  (DIERSEN: Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, and without question, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have never been qualified to do anything.  In my defense, I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels (currently $77,899-$88,286) and for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels (currently $92,632-$120,427). I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997.  I earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, an MBA in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997.  I served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996.)
http://thesouthern.com/news/opinion/mailbag/voice-of-the-reader-qualified-for-comptroller/article_5153c62c-3846-58d4-a74a-31557ec1078f.html
(FROM THE LETTER: In the midst of the national campaign, we must not forget the elections closer to home that impact us. One such office is that of the state comptroller. This is a position of great importance given the mismanagement and financial state we are in. The comptroller is in essence the state’s head accountant, and neither of the major parties candidates running have any accounting experience. In fact, the state of Illinois has never had an accountant elected to this office. This year, that could change. The most qualified candidate is Libertarian Claire Ball. She has real world experience with both a bachelors and masters degree in accounting, and has received her CPA. Claire Ball has presented a comprehensive plan for accountability and transparency for the office. Claire Ball has also called attention to the payments of lobbyists ahead of social services that close by the day. What Claire Ball won’t be, is beholden to a party instead of the people. She has neither Rauner or Madigan to answer to. Claire Ball can perform arithmetic that the incumbent recently had difficulty with. Claire Ball will also not be using the office as a stepping stone as have the two major parties done in the past. This Nov. 8, vote for the most qualified and capable candidate. The state of Illinois’ finances can not continue under the tenure of the parties who have so badly damaged it. Vote for Libertarian Claire Ball.)

 

STAR COURIER
— Sen. Weaver named to Advisory Council on At-Risk Students  (DIERSEN: Were you an at-risk student? I was not thanks to my outstanding parents who sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod, and to Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966.  They provided me with room and board in their home in Crete 1966-1968 while I attended UIC, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969.)
http://www.starcourier.com/news/20161101/sen-weaver-named-to-advisory-council-on-at-risk-students
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Sen. Chuck Weaver (R-Peoria) has been appointed to the Illinois General Assembly’s Advisory Council on At Risk Students, a panel charged with finding ways to improve educational opportunities and access for disadvantaged students. “A student’s education lays the foundation for the future success in life, which is why it’s so important that we make sure all of our students have the best possible access to education,” said Senator Weaver. “This council will allow us to continually work to find new ways to help our most at-risk students succeed.” The Advisory Council on At Risk Students is made up of 20 members, most members are education and human service professionals. The Republican leader in the Senate was allowed to select one person to serve on the council and she selected Senator Weaver. The council will file an annual report with the General Assembly to recommend changes to be implemented. Sen. Weaver, whose district includes the Kewanee area, has long worked as an advocate for students and disadvantaged children, as a past president of the Youth Farm in Peoria where he served on the board for 28 years. He was involved in merging Youth Farm with the Childrens Home, one of Illinois’ premier providers for at risk children. “We have some serious challenges to face with our educational system, but I’m truly excited at the opportunity to work toward ensuring a quality education for every student,” said Weaver.)

 

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Having Trump on the ticket has cost Illinois Republicans. The state GOP has spent millions of dollars—and expended precious political capital—to counter Trump’s impact down the ballot.”
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/trump-rauner-illinois-republicans-2016-election/Content

 

NORTH BY NORTHWESTERN
— College Republicans screen “Madigan: Power. Privilege. Politics” – Marco Cartolano
http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/story/college-republicans-screen-madigan-power-privilege/

 

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Illinois comptroller nominee Susana Mendoza speaks to College Democrats – Sam Krevlin
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2016/11/02/city/illinois-comptroller-nominee-susana-mendoza-speaks-to-college-democrats/

 

WHEATON PATCH
— No ID Needed For Illinois Voting — But Many Voters May Not Know It  You don’t need to show identification at an Illinois polling place, whether you know it or not. – Joseph Hosey  (DIERSEN: How many of the many millions who are in America illegally will use their false identifications to vote for Clinton and for the other Democrats in the November 8, 2016 election? Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with illegals against Americans.)
http://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/s/fxlf4/no-id-needed-for-illinois-voting-but-many-voters-may-not-know-it

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 4 MANUFACTURERS ANNOUNCE PLANS TO SHUT DOWN OR MOVE OUT OF ILLINOIS – Michael Lucci
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/4-manufacturers-announce-plans-to-shut-down-or-move-out-of-illinois/

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Trump denounces apparent KKK support, Clinton goes after heckler as rhetoric revs up
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/02/trump-denounces-apparent-kkk-support-clinton-goes-after-heckler-as-rhetoric-revs-up.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: “Many Maryland Latino voters” put their Mexican citizenship ahead of their American citizenship.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/1/marylands-newest-citizens-vote-to-defend-immigrant/

 

GOPUSA
— Vets & federal jobs: Intolerable treatment  (DIERSEN: From what I saw while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers, and Democat subordinatres had a low opinion of veterans.)
http://www.gopusa.com/vets-federal-jobs-intolerable-treatment/
— Paul Ryan confident he will retain House Speaker post
http://www.gopusa.com/paul-ryan-confident-he-will-retain-house-speaker-post/

 

NEWSMAX
— Rick Santorum Slams Kasich, Jeb For Not Backing Trump – Solange Reyner
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/rick-santorum-slams-john-kasich-jeb-bush/2016/11/01/id/756486/

 

THE BLAZE
— Pro-Trump student afraid for her safety as anger on campus grows: ‘You have no place in America!’ – Dave Urbanski
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/11/01/pro-trump-student-afraid-for-her-safety-as-anger-on-campus-grows-you-have-no-place-in-america/
— Liberals, you can’t lecture about Trump when you helped nominate a depraved crook – Matt Walsh
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/commentary-liberals-you-cant-lecture-about-trump-when-you-helped-nominate-a-depraved-crook/

 

BREITBART
— Top 7 Charges Hillary Clinton Could Face While President – JOHN HAYWARD
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/10/31/top-7-charges-hillary-clinton-could-face-while-president/

 

COLLEGE FIX
— University of Texas student government wants to ‘disband’ Young Conservatives for ‘hate-filled’ bake sale  (DIERSEN: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, you are viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned if you do not promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, if you do not promote discrimination against Whites and against men.)
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/29750/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Administration: Sorry, it’s ‘protected speech’  The University of Texas-Austin has pledged to ignore demands from student officials to “disband” a conservative student group following its satirical “affirmative action bake sale” last week. Several Student Government (SG) representatives filed a resolution against Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT) that also called for the administration to punish and even expel students who commit “future incidents of bias.” Without referring to the resolution, YCT sent a legal threat letter to UT President Gregory Fenves. It said the group would sue UT if it took “punitive action” against YCT for its speech, citing a federal law that allows lawsuits against public officials for retaliating against or chilling protected speech. A university spokesman told The College Fix in an email Tuesday night that won’t happen, because UT “does not and will not take action against an organization for protected speech.” ‘More of a movement’ than actual legislation  At an SG assembly meeting Tuesday night, shortly after the university said it wouldn’t punish YCT, representatives nonetheless voted to “fast track” the resolution, known as AR-15, The Daily Texan reported. Debate was extended at the unusually lengthy meeting, according to the Daily. President Kevin Helgren said YCT’s bake sale was “hate-filled” but emphasized that the university could choose to ignore an approved resolution. Co-author and co-sponsor Priya Suri said the resolution was “more of a movement and a statement that we stand in solidarity with people of color and people who were emotionally affected” by the bake sale. The outcry against YCT’s bake sale started with a student petition that alleged the cheeky demonstration against racial preferences – which was partly led by a black student – was a “hate crime.” It had 860 signatures as of Tuesday night. The new petition was followed by the SG resolution, which has seven sponsors and 12 authors. Two authors work in the Multicultural Engagement Center, though neither is listed as full-time staff – Cameron Maxwell, director of external relations for African American Affairs, and Alejandrina Guzman, director of Latino Leadership Summit for Latino Community Affairs. It’s not the first petition to try to kill YCT at UT for a political demonstration – three years ago, more than 5,000 people signed a similar petition. The resolution is dripping with contempt for what it characterizes as UT’s hands-off approach to offensive campus speech. It cites the bake sale; a Feb. 20 incident where white UT students allegedly threw bottles and yelled a racial slur at a black student; Phi Gamma Delta’s 2015 “border patrol” party, which was investigated by the dean of students; and the cause of the prior petition, YCT’s planned “Catch an Illegal Immigrant” game (canceled due to “safety concerns“), among other incidents. The resolution says UT took “no punitive action” against “identifiable university-associated perpetrators” in most of the incidents. It suggests that UT should punish students when their actions provoke “large-scale protests and outrage.”)

 

REUTERS
— Investors take fright at rising chances of Trump U.S. election win – Jamie McGeever (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. The federal government has the power to destroy the stock market and to destroy America.  How soon, if not already, will the Democrats officially announce that if Trump is elected, Democrats will use the federal government to destroy the stock market and to destroy America?)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets-idUSKBN12X032

 

ABC NEWS
— Trump Rated More Honest; Contest Stays a Dead Heat – GARY LANGERCHAD KIEWIET DE JONGESOFI SINOZICH
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-rated-honest-contest-stays-dead-heat-poll/story?id=43225421

 

CBS NEWS
— Can Trump overtake Clinton in battleground states with hidden vote?  (DIERSEN: How vicious are the anti-Trumps in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county?  How clear have they made it that they will kill you figeratively if not literally if you display a Trump/Pence sign?)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/2016-race-donald-trump-hidden-vote-hillary-clinton-battleground-states/

 

NBC NEWS
— Hillary Clinton Slams Trump’s ‘Dark, Divisive, Dangerous Vision’ – AMANDA SAKUMA and MONICA ALBA  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Clinton’s supporters make it clear that they want to get rid of those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, non-veterans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-election-day/hillary-clinton-slams-trump-s-dark-divisive-dangerous-vision-n676706
— KKK Paper ‘The Crusader’ Backs Trump; Campaign Rejects It – AMANDA SAKUMA
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-election-day/kkk-paper-crusader-backs-trump-campaign-rejects-backing-n676686

 

AOL NEWS
— Rick Santorum unloads on John Kasich, Jeb Bush for not voting for Donald Trump: ‘Shame on them!’ – ALLAN SMITH
http://www.aol.com/article/news/2016/11/01/rick-santorum-unloads-on-john-kasich-jeb-bush-for-not-voting-fo/21596638/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Black Turnout Soft in Early Voting, Boding Ill for Hillary Clinton – JEREMY W. PETERS, RICHARD FAUSSET and MICHAEL WINES
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/02/us/politics/black-turnout-falls-in-early-voting-boding-ill-for-hillary-clinton.html
— Behind 2016’s Turmoil, a Crisis of White Identity – AMANDA TAUB  (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, rather than defending Whites, more and more and more Whites pander to anti-Whites.  They believe that sooner or later, anti-Whites will win the war, that is, that anti-Whites will succeed in getting rid of Whites.  They pander to anti-Whites to buy a little more time for themselves.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/02/world/americas/brexit-donald-trump-whites.html
— A Union of Politics and News Ends With Both Contaminated – Jim Rutenberg  (DIERSEN: What do you say to activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who claim to be Republican but a) who pander to the Democrat Rich Miller and to the rest of the Democrat news media in Illinois and b) who do NOT want the Republican Dave Diersen to know about their events or other activities, who do NOT want Diersen to promote their events and other activities, who do NOT want Diersen to attend their events, and who do NOT want Diersen to report on their events or other activities?  The aforesaid talk and act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/02/business/media/a-union-of-politics-and-news-ends-with-both-contaminated.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly Muslims made it clear that they will get rid of non-Muslims.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/02/opinion/campaign-stops/the-khizr-khan-voters.html
— Hillary’s Male Tormentors – Frank Bruni  (DIERSEN: What do you say to men like Bruni who pander to those who like Clinton who are anti-male?)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/02/opinion/hillarys-male-tormentors.html
— How Health Care Hurts Your Paycheck – REGINA E. HERZLINGER, BARAK D. RICHMAN and RICHARD J. BOXER
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/02/opinion/how-health-care-hurts-your-paycheck.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries are united to defeat Trump?  ANSWER: Those that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-non-veterans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/us/politics/donald-trump-waking-a-sleeping-giant-helps-hillary-clinton-build-an-unlikely-firewall.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Post-ABC Tracking poll finds race tied, as Trump opens up an 8-point edge on honesty – Scott Clement and Emily Guskin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/02/tracking-poll-finds-race-tied-as-trump-opens-up-an-8-point-edge-on-honesty/
— Parents injected children with heroin as ‘feel good medicine,’ police say – Lindsey Bever
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/11/01/parents-injected-children-with-heroin-as-feel-good-medicine-police-say/
— We are officially in the Twilight Zone: Some Republicans are using Donald Trump to attack Democrats – Amber Phillips
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/02/we-are-officially-in-the-twilight-zone-some-republicans-are-using-donald-trump-to-attack-democrats/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump’s call for policing urban polls stirs defiant reaction among black voters – Michael Finnegan  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats who claim to speak for Blacks proclaim that Blacks are anti-police, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-racial-politics-20161102-story.html

 

MARKET WATCH
— Companies can stop illegal immigration in seconds by using this free identity check – MARK KRIKORIAN
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/make-e-verify-mandatory-when-hiring-and-that-will-help-stop-illegal-immigration-2016-11-02

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Brave New Weed – Editorial  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot in America, you promote the destruction of America.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-brave-new-weed-1478043007
— Bring Back the Smoke-Filled Room  After Trump vs. Clinton, party insiders should get more say in picking a nominee who can win. – JASON L. RILEY  (DIERSEN: From what I see, in Illinois, if you run as a Republican, almost always, you will lose if you do not get the support of those who dominate your Republican township/ward party organization, your Republican county party organization, the Illinois Republican Party, and the Republican Party.  If you run without the aforesaid’s support and lose, the aforesaid will blame you and your supporters.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/bring-back-the-smoke-filled-room-1478042205
— Trump Lead Spooks Stocks – REBECCA BYRNE (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. The federal government has the power to destroy the stock market and to destroy America.  How soon, if not already, will the Democrats officially announce that if Trump is elected, Democrats will use the federal government to destroy the stock market and to destroy America?)
http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2016/11/02/wsj-city-trump-lead-spooks-stocks-bankers-confident-on-city-uk-inflation-warning/
— We Really Are Losing Sleep Over the Election – RACHEL BACHMAN and SUMATHI REDDY
http://www.wsj.com/articles/we-really-are-losing-sleep-over-the-election-1478015295
— Wells Fargo: Where Was the Auditor?  Its longtime auditor, KPMG, is getting questioned as well – MICHAEL RAPOPORT (DIERSEN: What if KPMG had hired me in 1971 instead of IRS?  What if KPMG had hired me in 1980 instead of GAO? I worked for GAO on audits of federal financial industry regulators for 9 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO.  I became a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996.  I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997.  I earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, an MBA in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/wells-fargo-where-was-the-auditor-1478007838
— Facebook Looks for Its Fountain of Youth – STEVEN RUSSOLILLO  (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am 68.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-looks-for-its-fountain-of-youth-1478025056
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors PROMOTE IMMIGRATION.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-sliver-of-agreement-on-immigration-1478042163

 

FORBES
— As Chinese Investment In U.S. Increases So Too Does Scrutiny – Ellen Sheng
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ellensheng/2016/11/02/chinese-investment-us-scrutiny/#1e65fd5780b2

 

BLOOMBERG
— Clinton Vents Frustration With ‘Divisive’ Pro-Trump Protesters  She told a crowd she was “tired of the negative, dark, divisive, dangerous vision and behavior from people who support Donald Trump.” – Jennifer Epstein
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-11-02/clinton-vents-frustration-with-divisive-pro-trump-protesters
— Buffett: White House Official Wanted a Tax Named After Me  (DIERSEN: Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes.)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2016-11-02/buffett-white-house-official-wanted-a-tax-named-after-me

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP FOLDER WITH COLOR PICTURE OF CLINTON: How women have defined the 2016 election – Susan Page  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at everyone that Republican men are racists, sexists, bigots, and even wore things.  Ever-increasingly, Democrats condemn Republican men more harshly than Hitler condemned Jews.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/11/01/how-women-have-defined-the-2016-election-hillary-clinton/93049292/
— Trump candidacy produces unusual divide in College Republican clubs – Ross Krasner and David Gernon
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/11/01/trump-candidacy-produces-unusual-divide-college-republican-clubs/93108296/
— Respect the will of Republican voters: Opposing view  Directing anger at McConnell for holding onto a conservative Senate majority is misguided. – Scott Jennings
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/11/01/senate-majority-mitch-mcconnell-editorials-debates/93137302/
— Forget dogs and kids: Take your parents to work Nov. 4 – Rhonda Abrams  (DIERSEN: My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/abrams/2016/10/26/take-bring-your-parents-work-small-business/92738430/

 

AMERICAN INTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Are Federal Employees Really Underpaid By 34 Percent? – Andrew G. Biggs  (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.aei.org/publication/are-federal-employees-really-underpaid-by-34-percent/

 

YALE DAILY NEWS
— The anti-affirmative action group Students for Fair Admissions filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education on Oct. 27, alleging the department’s unwillingness to release what the group believed to be public information from a federal investigation. – LUKE CIANCARELLI
http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2016/11/02/group-sues-department-of-education/

 

NPR
— Illinois Governor Spends Big On Downballot Republican Races – TONY ARNOLD
http://www.npr.org/2016/11/01/500264063/illinois-governor-spends-big-on-downballot-republican-races

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Pat Buchanan is ‘Delighted to Be Proven Right’ by 2016 Election – Sam Roudman  (DIERSEN: Trump won the primary because far too many Republican Party leaders a) are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-non-veterans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and b) reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform.)
http://nymag.com/vindicated/2016/11/pat-buchanan-on-being-proven-right-by-2016-election.html

 

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
— Hillary Clinton zeroes in on Donald Trump’s weakness – women – Nick O’Malley (DIERSEN: Who are you weak with?  I have always been week with those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-non-veterans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.  I have always been week with those who promote surrender of America to foreign countries, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, pot, gambling, race and/or gender based preference giving, age discrimination, abolition of the First and/or Second Amendments, etc.)
http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-election/us-election-hillary-clinton-zeros-in-on-donald-trumps-weakness–women-20161102-gsg2o5.html

 

PEW RESEARCH
— How Republicans see the GOP on the eve of the 2016 election – HANNAH FINGERHUT
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/02/how-republicans-see-the-gop-on-the-eve-of-the-2016-election/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 70% of Republicans think their party is divided; Most Republicans think Trump represents the GOP’s “core principles;” “Negative voting” is higher for Trump than it was for past GOP candidates; GOP voters who supported Trump in the primaries and those who backed one of his rivals differ sharply in their views of him; and As Election Day nears, more Republicans feel favorably toward their party.)

October 31 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump energized by Clinton email news, but most voters unswayed – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-energized-by-clinton-email-news-but-most-voters-unswayed/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: 16 dead, 40 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/police-19-shot-across-chicago-in-first-12-hours-of-weekend/
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/map-chicago-weekend-shootings-tracker-for-oct-28-31/
— HOW GERRYMANDERING HAS ROBBED YOU OF A REAL VOTE – Editorial
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20161031/281788513613171

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mainstream media needs more conservative journalists – Megan McArdle (DIERSEN: You are not a conservative journalist if you promote surrender of America to foreign countries, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, pot, gambling, abolition of the First and/or Second Amendments, race and/or gender based preference giving, age discrimination, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-liberal-mainstream-media-20161028-story.html
— Inspector general says city’s ban on gifts includes cheap ‘Hamilton’ tickets – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-aldermen-hamilton-tickets-20161030-story.html
— Trump campaign manager condemns supporter as ‘deplorable’ for chanting ‘Jew-S-A’ – Jose A. DelReal
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-phoenix-rally-20161030-story.html
— Why are you still writing press releases? – Nicole Volpe Miller (DIERSEN: Illinois Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders keep Dave Diersen on their press advisory and press release lists. Illinois Democrat and Democrat plant, Illinois Libertarian and Libertarian plant, Illinois Green and Green plant, and Illinois RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders keep Rich Miller and the rest of the Democrat news media on their press advisory and press release lists.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-why-are-you-still-writing-press-releases-they-suck-20161024-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs always glorify and praise those who have HIV/AIDS.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-patient-zero-hiv-aids-myths-20161030-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Jim Zay: Kind of leader DuPage County needs – Frank Saverino, Carol Stream
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161031/discuss/161039963/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner delays resolving bond deal until after 2018 election – BGA
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20161030/rauner-delays-resolving-bond-deal-until-after-2018-election

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Ads, not parties, print media drive today’s elections – Jim Nowlan  (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those who have worked the hardest to a) stop me from putting out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) stop everyone from reading those emails?)
http://www.qconline.com/opinion/ads-not-parties-print-media-drive-today-s-elections/article_acc2fcf4-967e-53e5-86a5-3f13fb491f85.html

 

WREX
— Policy Prescriptions: Trump and Clinton on immigration – AP
http://www.wrex.com/story/33518381/policy-prescriptions-trump-and-clinton-on-immigration

 

JOURNAL COURIER
— John Anthony: A life defined by race – Scott Reeder (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.)
http://myjournalcourier.com/news/101941/commentary-a-life-defined-by-race
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In June, Anthony resigned his seat in the General Assembly to accept a leadership position with the Illinois Department of Corrections. And this month he began his search for his identity. He took a DNA test to determine his ancestry, which he didn’t know much about. He was born to a single, teenage mom and never met his father. “I was always told he was Puerto Rican and it was a one-night stand,” he said. “I’ve never known who my Dad was. I took the DNA test from Ancestry.com. The results have come back. I didn’t realize that I was Irish. I’m 13 different ethnicities. I’m not distressed – it’s a good thing. But have you ever experienced anything that was so good it was overwhelming? I’ve waited 40 years to find out who my dad is and I believe I’m on the verge of finding out who the family is.” One of the more startling discoveries of his DNA test is that he is only 44 percent black. And there is little clear evidence of whether he is at all Hispanic. ”I’m clueless as to what I am now. This has been an eye-opening experience.” His bewilderment is understandable. After all, fifty-three years after Martin Luther King, Jr. said he dreamed of his children being judged by the content of the character rather than the color of their skin, race remains the nation’s sore spot. Sadly, our society still clings to such labels. Amid his bewilderment, Anthony says he hopes to determine a greater sense of self. The DNA test has enabled him to connect with some distant cousins. Through networking with these relatives, he hopes to determine the identity of his father and determine if he has any biological siblings. “In the next couple weeks, I hope to be visiting someone in Illinois who is of the actual line of my father.” When asked if he still considered himself black, Anthony said. “Well, I’m 44 percent African. I asked my wife, ‘What does that make me?’ I guess the only thing I’m sure of is that I’m an American.”)

 

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Election will test power of incumbency – DAN PETRELLA
http://jg-tc.com/news/election-will-test-power-of-incumbency/article_70ef365c-deca-5fb3-851c-c48e39fa06c3.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Three dark figures capable of changing fate lurk behind tricky ways – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article111134587.html
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Robert Le Chien, Robert Haida and John Baricevic resigned as St. Clair County circuit judges effective Dec. 31 in the hopes that they’d be elected back with a simple majority rather than seeking a 60 percent approval by running for retention to their judgeships.)

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Republicans far outspend Dems in Illinois  Costly statehouse races highlight Illinois power struggle – AP
http://www.saukvalley.com/2016/10/30/republicans-far-outspend-dems-in-illinois/al9s7ed/

 

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Crossing the Line — Close Elections – Dan Carden
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/statehouse/crossing-the-line/crossing-the-line-close-elections/article_8519d682-ed22-5035-8b4b-09bff1f3df3c.html

 

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Take Back the Night DuPage  (DIERSEN: What do you say to individuals, to organizations, to companies, to governments, and to countries that bring criminals to America, to Illinois, to your county, to your township/ward, to your municipality, and to your precinct?)
http://www.nctv17.com/take-back-the-night-dupage/

 

DEPAULIA
— Rauner, Madigan fight proxy war in statehouse races – Brenden Moore
http://depauliaonline.com/2016/10/30/legislature-up-for-grabs/

 

DAILY ILLINI
— Illinois senate race heats up amidst controversy – Michael Semaca
http://dailyillini.com/news/2016/10/31/illinois-senate-race-heats-amidst-controversy/
— The Daily Illini Editorial Board endorses Tammy Duckworth for U.S. Senate
http://dailyillini.com/opinions/editorials/2016/10/31/the-daily-illini-editorial-board-endorses-tammy-duckworth-for-u-s-senate/

 

BGA
— DALEY MACHINE COGS STILL SPIN IN CHICAGO HEIGHTS – Casey Toner
http://www.bettergov.org/news/daley-machine-cogs-still-spin-in-chicago-heights

 

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— Rauner turns a firehose of ads toward your TV – Rich Miller
http://rebootillinois.com/2016/10/30/rauner-turns-a-firehose-of-ads-toward-your-tv/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THE DARK ART OF POLITICAL INTIMIDATION  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the top political intimidators in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/10/the-dark-art-of-political-intimidation.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Intimidation, harassment, and blackmail have become the norm in American politics. Why? Because it works. Kimberley Strassel, author of The Intimidation Game, explains.)
— GOP CHALLENGER HARLAN ASKS, “IS CHERI BUSTOS AWARE OF OBAMACARE DILEMMA?”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/10/gop-challenger-harlan-asks-is-cheri-bustos-aware-of-obamacare-dilemma.html
— OBAMA’S WHITE HOUSE KEPT LIST OF MUSLIMS FOR TOP JOBS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/10/obamas-white-house-kept-list-of-muslims-for-top-jobs.html
— DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORMS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/10/democratic-and-republican-party-platforms.html
— REMOVING OFFENDER STATUS FROM JOB APPLICATIONS INCREASES DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MINORITIES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/10/removing-offender-status-from-job-applications-increases-discrimination-against-minorities.html
— LEGISLATORS TAKE AIM AT DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES AT THE IRS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/10/legislators-take-aim-at-discriminatory-practices-at-the-irs.html

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Affirmative Action, Immigration and the Politics of Racial Solidarity – Ben Cohen  (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs want minorities to unite to get rid of those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, non-veterans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/10/affirmative_action_immigration_and_the_politics_of_racial_solidarity.html
— Final Countdown for the GOP? – Brian C. Joondeph  (DIERSEN: If Trump loses, how many activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America who have falsely claimed to be Republican will come out of their closets and declare their hatred for those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/10/final_countdown_for_the_gop.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump closes in with enthusiasm gap over Clinton  Fight against establishment energizes voters seeking change – S.A. Miller
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/30/donald-trump-closes-in-with-enthusiasm-gap-over-hi/

 

GOPUSA
— Graduation rates: Passing students along
http://www.gopusa.com/graduation-rates-passing-students-along/

 

TOWNHALL
— Trump Has a Gift for Homeless Supporter Who Was Physically Attacked by Crowd – Justin Holcomb
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/justinholcomb/2016/10/30/trump-has-a-gift-for-homeless-supporter-who-was-attacked-by-physically-attacked-by-crowd-n2238863

 

THE BLAZE
— Poll: Donald Trump is now just 1 point behind Clinton – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/10/30/poll-donald-trump-is-now-just-1-point-behind-clinton/

 

BREITBART
— New York Times Dismissed Trump Claims of FBI Revolt as ‘Baseless’ – JOEL B. POLLAK
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/10/30/new-york-times-dismissed-trump-claims-of-fbi-revolt-as-baseless/

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Will Anthony Weiner Elect Donald Trump? – Robert Kuttner
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-kuttner/will-anthony-weiner-elect_1_b_12720626.html

 

CNN
— Trump stokes skepticism of Colorado voting system – Jeremy Diamond, Ashley Killough and Caroline Kenny
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/30/politics/donald-trump-write-in-ballots/
— What is the Hatch Act — and did James Comey break it? – Steve Vladeck  (DIERSEN: I was under the Hatch Act during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government.)
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/31/politics/what-is-the-hatch-act/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Peter Thiel Defends His Most Contrarian Move Yet: Supporting Trump – DAVID STREITFELD
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/31/technology/peter-thiel-defends-his-most-contrarian-move-yet-supporting-trump.html
— Early Turnout Tilts Toward Democrats in Swing States – JEREMY W. PETERS and MATT FLEGENHEIMER
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/31/us/politics/early-voting-trump-clinton.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— White Republicans are coming home to Donald Trump, at just the right time – Philip Bump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/30/white-republicans-are-coming-home-to-donald-trump-at-just-the-right-time/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Leaders of foreign countries who are anti-American want Clinton to win just like they wanted Obama to win.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/the-foreign-leaders-who-are-rooting-for-trump/2016/10/30/fc9aed02-9c58-11e6-9980-50913d68eacb_story.html
— Federal employees behind in pay by 34 percent on average, salary council says – Eric Yoder
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/10/31/federal-employees-behind-in-pay-by-34-percent-on-average-salary-council-says/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Federal workers earn 34.07 percent on average less than private-sector employees doing comparable work, according to the government’s official, although not universally accepted, tally of how salaries compare. The figure was announced at Friday’s annual meeting of the Federal Salary Council, a group of union representatives and outside experts on compensation that oversees the General Schedule, the pay system for white-collar workers below the senior ranks. In the prior three years, the reported overall average “pay gap” was about the same — 35.37, 35.28 and 34.92 percent. “Federal pay needs to be substantially increased,” said National Treasury Employees Union president Tony Reardon, a member of the council. “When you look at the private sector, what kind of pay increases they have had, it dwarfs what federal employees have received. It’s time for Congress to step up and pay federal employees what they deserve to be paid.” The “pay gap” figures are based on Labor Department surveys comparing salary data on 250 federal occupations at various levels of responsibility with corresponding rates in local labor markets. Other comparisons, using different data and different methods, have reached much different conclusions. Reports from the conservative Heritage Foundation in 2010 and the American Enterprise Institute in 2011 found a pay advantage for federal workers of 22 and 14 percent, respectively, while the libertarian Cato Institute last year reported a 78 percent advantage. The Congressional Budget Office concluded in 2012 that federal workers were ahead by 2 percent on average, with less educated ones further ahead and more educated ones behind the private sector. Those reports said that the value of employment-related benefits, which the Labor Department data do not account for, further favors federal employees. The Government Accountability Office said in a 2012 report that no one approach to assessing pay is definitive.)

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Deep in the heart of Texas, Trump has Republicans worried about losing a congressional seat – Mark Z. Barabak  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they will kill you figuratively if not literally if you do not join them in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Trump.  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-non-veterans, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-texas-republican-congress-20161029-story.html
— Donald Trump touts early vote turnout but the data complicate his rosy picture – Melanie Mason
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-donald-trump-extols-high-early-vote-1477860752-htmlstory.html
— You can blame cigarettes for nearly 3 in 10 cancer deaths in the U.S., study says – Karen Kaplan
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-cancer-deaths-smoking-20161024-snap-story.html
— In Mexico, Day of the Dead meets Halloween – Patrick J. McDonnell
http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-halloween-snap-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Hispanic Voter Surge Recasts Texas – DAN FROSCH (DIERSEN: What percent of Hispanics in Texas are citizens of Mexico?)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/presidential-race-in-texas-tightens-as-voter-registration-total-surges-1477837569
— Harry Reid: FBI Director’s ‘Partisan Actions’ May Violate Federal Law  James Comey disclosed, less than two weeks before presidential election, that his office was pursuing potential new evidence related to Hillary Clinton – MICHAEL C. BENDER
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/10/30/harry-reid-comeys-partisan-actions-may-violate-federal-law/

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Trump has convinced Republican men they’re playing a ‘zero-sum’ game – Sonam Sheth  (DIERSEN: For White males, federal employment is a zero-sum game.  Every promotion that a federal employee who is minority gets, a federal employee who is White does not get.  Every promotion that a federal employee who is female gets, a federal employee who is male does not get.  My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that it unfair to Democrats, to minorities, to females, to younger people, and to veterans a) that the Post Office hired me in 1966 and let me work there for almost 3 years, b) that IRS hired me in 1971 and let me work there for almost 9 years, c) that IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, d) that GAO hired me in 1980 and let me work there for almost 18 years, and d) that GAO promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.businessinsider.com/republican-men-feel-discriminated-against-trump-clinton-election-2016-10

 

USA TODAY
— Ex-congressman Joe Walsh no Clinton fan, but thinks Comey did her wrong – William Cummings
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/10/30/joe-walsh-clinton-comey-tweets/93036902/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Clinton’s massive lead over Trump narrows a bit among Millennials in new poll – Susan Page and Karina Shedrofsky
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/10/30/clintons-massive-lead-over-trump-narrows-among-millennials-poll-president-republican-election/92948974/

 

ABC13
— TRUMP SIGNS STOLEN OUT OF FRONT YARDS
http://abc13.com/politics/trump-signs-stolen-out-of-front-yards/1581673/

 

ABC6
— Multiple arrests after thefts of campaign signs – CHRIS WHITE
http://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/multiple-arrests-after-thefts-of-campaign-signs

 

FOX4
— Vandalized Trump signs replaced
http://www.fox4now.com/news/vandalized-trump-sings-replaced

 

RT
— ‘Undersea supremacy’: US commissions $2.7bn nuclear submarine ‘Illinois’
https://www.rt.com/usa/364712-nuclear-submarine-illinois-commissioned/

 

EDUCATION WEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats shout at Latinos a) that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Latinos have had, are having, and will have and b) that Democrats will give Latinos preference over non-Latinos, that is, that Democrats will discriminate against non-Latinos.
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/on_california/2016/10/latino_vote_bad_news_for_trump_and_gop.html

 

JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTANCY
— Exploring mentorship: A graceful exit  How one firm helps departing staffers find opportunities – Ken Tysiac (DIERSEN: What happened to your mentors?  My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of my IRS mentor who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of my GAO mentor who had hired me in 1980, who had got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who had promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.journalofaccountancy.com/issues/2016/nov/career-mentoring-at-cpa-firms.html

October 24 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Amid frustration over election, suburban campaign volunteers fight on – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161024/news/161029429/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “It’s important to get involved,” said James McCluskey, a 63-year-old Naperville Republican volunteer. “If you’re not informed … that’s the way government blows past the voters and if that occurs you have an uninformed public.” . . . 11:30 a.m. — Naperville  Tables are laden with coffee, doughnuts and campaign literature at the Lisle and Naperville townships’ GOP base in a strip mall. DuPage County District 5 Republican candidate Janice Anderson is distributing bags full of fliers to volunteers before walking precincts in Aurora. Anderson’s favored strategy is to find someone doing yard work and “connect with that voter. Tell them who I am. Look at them in the eye and talk about my race.” Voters aren’t happy, the Naperville Township trustee finds. “They’re angry about the mess in Springfield and what’s going on in the presidential race. I bring it back to what’s important to them … how to fix the roads and making sure we’re running the health department correctly.” When conversation turns to the presidency, Anderson, who backed Florida Sen. Marco Rubio in the primary, says, “I’m for whoever can balance the budget.” Among the township foot soldiers is McCluskey. Monday to Friday, he’s an attorney. On weekends, he’s making closing arguments to voters. “You just have to be able to speak to them and present yourself,” McCluskey said. “You’d be surprised … some people just take your materials, a lot of people get engaged.” In fact, McCluskey enjoys the campaign trail so much, “I wish I’d done this at a younger age,” he said.)
— Personal PAC leader says gridlock has eroded GOP support of abortion rights – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161024/news/161029427/
— How small businesses can help solve homeless problems – Jim Kendall  (DIERSEN: What have you done to help solve homeless problems?  My nasty critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me for not doing enough to help solve homeless problems.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161024/business/161029470/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— WikiLeaks snooping is as scary as the election – Neil Steinberg
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/steinberg-wikileaks-snooping-is-as-scary-as-the-election/
— Police: 5 killed, 31 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings –
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/1-killed-7-wounded-in-shootings-since-friday-evening/
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/map-chicago-weekend-shootings-tracker-for-oct-21-24/
— Love Illinois? Many would rather leave it – Andy Shaw  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, the Democrats who run Illinois focus on driving out of Illinois those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, non-veterans, and those whose ancestors have been in Illinois for a long time.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/shaw-love-illinois-many-would-rather-leave-it/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— This election scares people, but not enough to vote – Bloomberg  (DIERSEN: What do you predict the voter turnout will be in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?  What are the demographics of those who are most likely to vote?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-election-voter-apathy-20161021-story.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Leslie Munger endorsed for Illinois comptroller
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20161023/our-opinion-leslie-munger-endorsed-for-illinois-comptroller

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Registering Voters Who Are Homeless – AMANDA VINICKY (DIERSEN: How many of the many millions who are in America illegally will use their false identifications to vote for Clinton and for the other Democrats in the November 8, 2016 election?)
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/registering-voters-who-are-homeless#stream/0

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— University of Illinois-Springfield starts food pantry for students – AP (DIERSEN: Did you have financial problems while you were earning your bachelor’s degree?  I did not a) because my outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete during 1966-1968 while attended UIC, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and during the summer of 1969 and b) because I worked all the hours that I could for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 part-time while UIC and NIU were in session and full-time during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article110086777.html

 

SAUK VALLEY
— U.S. Senate race in Illinois loses some of its spotlight  Once closely watched contest has fewer eyes on it as Duckworth lead grows, but don’t count out Kirk yet – AP
http://www.saukvalley.com/2016/10/23/u-s-senate-race-in-illinois-loses-some-of-its-spotlight/acjxr9d/

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Harlan v. Bustos: Untested newcomer challenges incumbent in low-key race – Ed Tibbetts
http://qctimes.com/news/local/government-and-politics/elections/untested-newcomer-challenges-incumbent-in-low-key-race/article_e587986c-2469-57bd-9039-0497d17e4a95.html

 

BGA
— RAUNER REPRIEVE ON COSTLY CREDIT SWAP SOLUTION MAY HAVE POLITICAL TIMETABLE – Judith Crown
http://www.bettergov.org/news/rauner-reprieve-on-costly-credit-swap-solution-may-have-political-timetable

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Khouri adds another multicultural endorsement – Kerry Goff
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511017404-khouri-adds-another-multicultural-endorsement
— State GOP accuses Schneider of exploiting campaign-finance loophole – Carol Ostrow  (DIERSEN: What loopholes have your critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes accused you of exploiting?  Money Magazine and my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the graduate business courses that took at Loyola 1972-1976, the graduate accounting courses that I took at DePaul 1976-1980, and the graduate finance courses that I took at IIT 1992-1997 were NOT deductible because they 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 IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511028326-state-gop-accuses-schneider-of-exploiting-campaign-finance-loophole

 

DAILY ILLINI
— Illini Republicans fractured – Adam Kaz
http://dailyillini.com/news/2016/10/24/anti-trump-post-leads-scandal-resignation-illini-republicans/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Trump “Tipping Point”  But all this came to a head on Oct. 8, when Piper published a post on the Illini Republicans’ Facebook page denouncing Donald Trump’s lewd statements about women. Piper said he and the executive board agreed to post about the topic, but the executive board took issue with Piper’s actual post, which went live without their approval. While he noted some members thought the words against Trump were too harsh, Piper disagrees. “We could have gone much further and could have said many other negative things about him up to this point,” Piper said.  “Donald Trump’s recently revealed comments towards women are reprehensible,” the post stated. “On a campus that struggles to fight sexual assault, we find it absolutely necessary to condemn his words and actions. The Illini Republicans stand for the equality of all women and for all people to be treated in a fair and respectful manner.” The post has since been taken down. Correll credited Piper’s post as the tipping point. As the club was split on supporting Trump, Correll said it was inappropriate for Piper to bypass the executive board’s approval. A few days after the post, Menezes received a petition from the executive board asking her and Piper to step down. Menezes alerted Piper that the executive board accused him of withholding funds from the board and the treasurer by holding club money in a private bank account. Piper said these accusations were brought forth by executive board members Bernal, Brown, Elena Ahasic and Jonathan Heideman among others.  All four declined to comment.)

 

NEWSMAX
— RNC’s Priebus: Election Fraud Is Real, Trump Right to Wait and See – Cathy Burke
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/reince-priebus-trump-election-fraud/2016/10/23/id/754893/

 

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— Who’s the Real Nut Here? – Ben Stein
http://spectator.org/whos-the-real-nut-here/

 

INVESTORS
— Trump Expands Lead Over Clinton To 2 Points – IBD/TIPP Poll – ED CARSON
http://www.investors.com/politics/trump-ibdtipp-poll/

 

THE HILL
— Donald Trump was endorsed by a newspaper. Hillary Clinton has been endorsed by 50. – Reid Wilson, Sarah Mearhoff and Joe DiSipio  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, newspapers act as arms of the Democrat Party.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/299230-whiplist-who-the-top-100-newspapers-have-endorsed
— Democrats brace for immigration battle if Clinton wins – Alexander Bolton
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/302289-dems-brace-for-immigration-battle-if-clinton-wins
— Eric Trump poses with woman in anti-Trump shirt – Mallory Shelbourne
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/302425-eric-trump-poses-with-woman-in-anti-trump-shirt

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Reince Priebus Is Going To Clear Up All This Trump Stuff, You Guys  Everything is going great. – Jason Linkins
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/everything-is-fine_us_580d0f96e4b0a03911ed66ae

 

ABC NEWS
— Trump’s ‘Nasty Woman’ Remark Rallies Clinton Voters – AP  (DIERSEN: Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, without question, and very sadly, far too many Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs are nasty.  I bring campaign literature for all Republican candidates to all the homes in my precinct that have one or more Republican or Independent registered voter.  Because of that, I encounter far too many nasty Democrats and nasty Democrat plants, nasty Libertarians and nasty Libertarian plants, nasty Greens and nasty Green plants, and nasty RINOs.  Because I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, they blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.  They are filled with hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.  They make it clear that they are going to punish me and punish all Republicans because of Trump.  They “feel free” to be nasty to me and even worse things because of my terrible demographics –  Republican, conservative, White, male, older, German national origin, Protestant, gun owner, non-veteran, non-poor, ancestors who have been in America for a long time, overweight, childless, pet-less, etc.  Many of them know of those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout who want to get rid of me.)
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trumps-nasty-woman-remark-rallies-clinton-voters-43009488

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The 281 People, Places and Things Donald  Trump Has Insulted on Twitter: A Complete List – JASMINE C. LEE and KEVIN QUEALY
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/01/28/upshot/donald-trump-twitter-insults.html
— It’s Trump’s Party – Paul Krugman  (DIERSEN: What have the leaders of the Republican Party in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality done to help elect Trump?)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/24/opinion/its-trumps-party.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you do not glorify and praise illegals, Democrats and RINOs viciously demonize you, viciously denigrate you, and viciously condemn you as being a racists and even worse things.
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html
— The Death Penalty, Nearing Its End – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, and without question, murderers, and especially mass murderers, are overjoyed.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/24/opinion/the-death-penalty-nearing-its-end.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— In N.C., a confident Clinton jokes she will be the listmaker in chief – Anne Gearan  (DIERSEN: Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, without question, on Clinton’s list of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries to get rid of are those that are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/10/23/in-n-c-confident-clinton-jokes-she-will-be-the-listmaker-in-chief/
— How mega-donors helped raise $1 billion for Hillary Clinton – Matea Gold and Anu Narayanswamy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-mega-donors-helped-raise-1-billion-for-hillary-clinton/2016/10/22/a92a0ee2-9603-11e6-bb29-bf2701dbe0a3_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Pennsylvania’s aging voting machines could be ‘nightmare scenario’ in the event of a disputed election – David G. Savage
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-pennsylvania-voting-paperless-20161020-snap-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— Congress could never control Trump  It’s fantasy to argue that GOP lawmakers would be a check on a President Trump. Here’s why. – John J. Pitney Jr.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/10/23/congress-could-never-control-trump-column/92648052/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Secret Service tries to boost its ranks amid unrelenting demands – Kevin Johnson (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/10/23/secret-service-politics-recruiting-campaign/91902288/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Myth of the Racist Cop  Four studies out this year show that if police are biased, it’s in favor of blacks – Editorial
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-myth-of-the-racist-cop-1477261025
— Financial Stress Can Make You Look Older to Others  A new study suggests money-related stress can have an effect on how people view you physically – LISA WARD  (DIERSEN: All the operatives and all the dupes who do the dirty work for my critics/opponents have financial problems.  They all look older than they are.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/financial-stress-can-make-you-look-older-to-others-1477274820
— Before Retiring, Take This Simple Test  Many choose to retire too early, much to their regret financially – SHLOMO BENARTZI and MARTIN WEBER  (DIERSEN: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors made it clear that if I did not take their early retirement “offer,” they would kill me figuratively if not literally.  My Democrat GAO superiors were moral relativists who believed that their end justified their means.  My Democrat GAO superiors were disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/before-retiring-take-this-simple-test-1477275121
— As Graduate School Nears, a Need to Cut Expenses  An ICU nurse in New York needs a better financial plan to better afford a master’s program – LISA WARD  (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were filled withe envy.  They were furious that I could afford to pay for tuition and books a) for job-related graduate business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, b) for job-related graduate accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, and c) for job-related graduate finance courses at IIT 1992-1997. To keep their jobs and to get promoted, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates focused on promoting Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, they focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/as-graduate-school-nears-a-need-to-cut-expenses-1477274642

 

BLOOMBERG
— With the 2017 Grand Sport, It’s Time to Give Corvette a New Chance – Hannah Elliott
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-24/2017-corvette-grand-sport-convertible-review-give-it-a-chance

 

NATIONAL LAW REVIW
— Illinois Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Expanded Beyond Chicago
http://www.natlawreview.com/article/illinois-mandatory-paid-sick-leave-expanded-beyond-chicago

 

FISCAL TIMES
— Trump Surrogates Continue Their Apologist Tour to Election Day – Rob Garver
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2016/10/23/Trump-Surrogates-Continue-Their-Apologist-Tour-Election-Day

 

SLATE
— Republican Women Feel Betrayed by Their Party – Michelle Goldberg  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, to the extent that they had to pay the price of Affirmative Action, of Diversity, and of Inclusion, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were White and/or male felt betrayed by their party.)
http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/cover_story/2016/10/the_anguish_of_being_a_gop_woman_in_the_age_of_trump.html

October 23 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Why you should vote for Donald Trump – Mark Fratella  (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.  Trump is the Republican Party’s presidential nominee and he has pledged to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.  When you see articles posted on websites like this article that Mark Fratella has written, please email the hyperlink to me at
diersen@aol.com so that I can include it in a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email.  If you seek or hold a government or political office as a Republican, you obligate yourself to help elect Republican candidates.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161022/discuss/161029680/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mark Fratella is a precinct committeeman in Addison Township and was an elected Trump delegate to the Republican National Convention for Illinois Congressional District 5. He also served on the RNC Credentials Committee and currently serves as the Trump Education Coalition Leader.)
— 8th Congressional candidates talk Trump on ABC7 debate – Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161023/news/161029476/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Clinton infuses cash into Senate, gubernatorial races, including Indiana and Missouri – Philip Rucker, Ed O’Keefe, Mike DeBonis
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-indiana-missouri-democrats-clinton-coattails-20161022-story.html
— Despite its struggles, Acapulco still sparkles – Alan Solomon  (DIERSEN: Have you vacationed in Acapulco?  I vacationed there as well as in Mexico City, Jamaica, Hawaii, and the Bahamas in the early/mid 1970s with a fellow straight single male conservative Republican IRS employee.  My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were filled with envy and did not like that at all.  I could afford those vacations and I could afford to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, to buy a new town home in University Park in 1972, to buy a studio condo in the Outer Drive East (ODE) building in Chicago in 1974, to buy a one bedroom condo in the ODE building in 1976, and to pay for tuition for graduate business and accounting courses at Loyola and DePaul because IRS hired me at the GS-7 level (currently $43,915) in 1971, promoted me to GS-9 (currently $53,717) in 1972, promoted me to GS-11 (currently $64,992) in 1973, and promoted me to GS-12 (currently $77,899) in 1974.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/travel/sc-acapulco-mexico-travel-1018-20161006-story.html
— Take just one step forward on your career goals – Rex Huppke  (DIERSEN: When you were young, what were your career goals.  If you are a non-veteran White male federal employee, your career goal has to be making GS-13 ($92,632) by age 25, GS-14 ($109,463) by age 30, GS-15 ($128,759) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($160,300) by age 40, or your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/careers/ijustworkhere/ct-huppke-work-advice-1023-biz-20161021-column.html
— To grow size of Police Department, Chicago will need twice what is planned – Cecilia Reyes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/data/ct-police-retirement-mayors-plan-20161002-htmlstory.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Tribune analysis of police pension fund data shows a large number of officers eligible for sweetened retirement benefits, an incentive known as “55 and out,” as part of their contract, which expires in June 30, 2017. There are 569 officers who have served for at least 26 years, the average time for retirees between 2011 and 2015, and are at least 55 years old. Officers 55 or older qualify for extended health care benefits, extending coverage, paid for by the department, until an officer is eligible for Medicare. There are 3,840 officers who have served for at least 20 years, at which point, pension benefits grow by about $2,000 each month, the pension fund estimates. Of eligible officers, 2,592 officers are older than 50, when their pensions start to be paid.)
— Presidential race drives auto industry issues home – Fred Meier
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/sc-clinton-trump-auto-industry-issues-autocover-1020-20161018-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The U.S. auto industry has been in the spotlight during the 2016 presidential campaigns, starting with the primaries. The hottest issue has not been about what automakers produce but where, thanks to the debate over free-trade deals including the North American Free Trade Agreement and the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership. History shows that the winner could end up having a big impact on what and how we drive. Past presidential milestones include interstate highways (Dwight Eisenhower), the first safety regulations and the 25 percent tariff on trucks (Lyndon B. Johnson), federal emissions rules and the 55-mph speed limit (Richard Nixon), fuel economy rules (Gerald Ford), the first Chrysler bailout (Jimmy Carter), the most recent industry bailout (George W. Bush and Barack Obama), and ramped-up emissions and fuel economy rules (Obama).)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you support Trump, Democrats call you a Nazi, and especially if you are German national origin, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, non-veteran, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.  To say that a person is a Nazi is to make it clear that you want Clinton to use the federal government to get rid of that person.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-holocaust-st-1021-20161021-column.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— With poor choices, Clinton gets nod for president – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20161022/our-opinion-with-poor-choices-clinton-gets-nod-for-president

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Davis, LaHood should return to Congress – Editorial
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/opinion/editorial/editorial-davis-lahood-should-return-to-congress/article_0878d44a-ee3d-5771-a5ac-b39f9deffa85.html

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Choosing in a year of unpleasant choices – Editorial
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20161022/our-view-choosing-in-year-of-unpleasant-choices

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Medicaid dollars offer honeypot for thieves – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2016-10-23/jim-dey-medicaid-dollars-offer-honeypot-thieves.html
— Clash over limited cash – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2016-10-23/clash-over-limited-cash.html

 

WSIL TV
— Trump’s lawsuit threat against overshadows agenda rollout – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/33453678/trumps-lawsuit-threat-against-overshadows-agenda-rollout

 

DAILY EGYPTIAN
— Though Clinton ranks above Trump in Daily Egyptian poll, SIU students indicate they aren’t happy with options – Shannon Allen  (DIERSEN: What if educators did not demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans?)
http://dailyegyptian.com/60820/news/though-hillary-ranks-above-trump-in-student-poll-many-students-indicate-they-arent-happy-with-their-options/

 

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
— Four years later, what effect has expanded video gambling had on Illinois? – PHIL CICIORA
http://illinois.edu/emailer/newsletter/108619.html

 

NEWSMAX
— Clinton, Kaine Rip Trump on Attacking Accusers at Gettysburg – Todd Beamon
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/Clinton-Kaine-Trump-accusers/2016/10/22/id/754848/?ns_mail_uid

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Why is the American Left so violent?
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/why-is-the-american-left-so-violent/article/2605277

 

DAILY CALLER
— Former Prosecutor: The Clintons Are So Corrupt, Everything ‘They Touch Turns To Molten Lead’ – GINNI THOMAS
http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/22/former-prosecutor-the-clintons-are-so-corrupt-everything-they-touch-turns-to-molten-lead-video/
— Unreleased Impeachment Era Evidence Against Bill Clinton Still Sealed By Congress – Kerry Picket
http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/22/unreleased-impeachment-era-evidence-against-bill-clinton-still-sealed-by-congress/

 

TOWNHALL
— Without Trump We Are Done – Bryan Crabtree
http://townhall.com/columnists/bryancrabtree/2016/10/23/without-trump-we-are-done-n2235977

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Donald Trump and Man’s Struggle for Recognition – Dale Leuck  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the world more and more and more anti-male.  What do you say to men who pander to anti-males?)
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/10/donald_trump_and_mans_struggle_for_recognition.html

 

THE HILL
— Campaign manager: Trump would be willing to do another debate – Nikita Vladimirov
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/302355-conway-trump-would-be-willing-to-do-another-debate
— Trump lands first major newspaper endorsement: Las Vegas-Review Journal – Jesse Byrnes
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/302372-trump-lands-first-major-newspaper-endorsement
— Could President Hillary heal a divided nation? – Niall Stanage  (DIERSEN: Those who support Clinton are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.  They want Clinton to get rid of those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/302307-could-president-hillary-heal-a-divided-nation

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Tom Hanks Joins Alec Baldwin In Ridiculing Donald Trump On ‘SNL’  But how will the GOP nominee react to this weekend’s show? – Lee Moran
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alec-baldwin-tom-hanks-donald-trump-snl_us_580c5003e4b0a03911ed5422?section=

 

CNN
— Top aide touts Donald Trump’s ‘drain the swamp’ message – Eric Bradner
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/23/politics/kellyanne-conway-trump-drain-the-swamp/index.html

 

REUTERS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors crow over their successes.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll-border-idUSKCN12N0AJ

 

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow over their success in driving up Trump’s disapproval rating.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/clinton-vaults-double-digit-lead-boosted-broad-disapproval/story?id=42993821
— Gay Republicans Explain Why They Are Proudly Supporting Donald Trump – JUJU CHANG and MARJORIE MCAFEE  (DIERSEN: From what I see, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in America, and in the world work the hardest to destroy the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Republican Party, etc.)
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gay-republicans-explain-proudly-supporting-donald-trump/story?id=42977880

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Rich Vote Republican? Maybe Not This Election. – ROBERT FRANK  (DIERSEN: Tragically, from what I see, ever-increasingly, the rich in America are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/business/rich-vote-republican-not-this-election-maybe.html
— Why Hillary Clinton Needs to Be Two-Faced – JONATHAN RAUCH  (DIERSEN: Democrats run America. Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/opinion/campaign-stops/why-hillary-clinton-needs-to-be-two-faced.html
— The Media’s Moment of Truth – Frank Bruni  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the media acts like it is an arm of the Democrat Party.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/opinion/sunday/the-medias-moment-of-truth.html?ref=opinion
— Go Midwest, Young Hipster  If you really want Democrats to win in Iowa, move there. – ALEC MacGILLIS  (DIERSEN: What do you say to Democrats who hypocritically move into and/or stay in Republican areas to take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Republican principles and values bring?)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/opinion/campaign-stops/go-midwest-young-hipster.html
— The Dangers of Hillary Clinton – Ross Douthat
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/opinion/sunday/the-dangers-of-hillary-clinton.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/opinion/sunday/britains-step-toward-justice-for-gay-men.html
— Men Need Help. Is Hillary Clinton the Answer? – SUSAN CHIRA  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn men, and especially men who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, older, rich, gun owners, non-veterans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/opinion/campaign-stops/men-need-help-is-hillary-clinton-the-answer.html
— If They Google You, Do You Win? – STUART A. GABRIEL and SETH STEPHENS-DAVIDOWITZ
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/opinion/campaign-stops/if-they-google-you-do-you-win.html
— How Kids Learn Prejudice – Gray Matter  (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at kids that Republicans are racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/opinion/sunday/how-kids-learn-prejudice.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Republicans fear Trump’s woes will flip Senate control to the Democrats and erode the House GOP majority – Lisa Mascaro
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-congress-flip-election-20161023-snap-story.html

 

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Post-Trump GOP will face feuding factions – Ira Stoll  (DIERSEN: What faction are you in?  I am in the faction that defends and advances the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/post-trump-gop-will-face-feuding-factions

 

HARFORD COURANT
— Clinton, Ryan Must Face Economic Inequity – ROBERT B. REICH  (DIERSEN: Democrats fight “economic inequality” by taking jobs and promotions, etc. away from Republicans and giving those jobs and promotions, etc. to Democrats. What would your superiors say that they did to fight “economic inequality?”  My Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,459 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors would stress that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, that they disallowed my education deductions, and that they disallowed my partial day per diem claims.  My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.  My aforesaid Democrat superiors would stress that the aforesaid adverse actions that they took against me directly benefited their employees who were poor, and especially their poor employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
http://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-wire-reich-us-economy-inequity-1022-20161021-story.html

 

FREDERICK NEWS POST
— A new problem for the wealthy: Living in a building named ‘Trump’ – Los Angeles Times
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/public/ap/a-new-problem-for-the-wealthy-living-in-a-building/article_0c712418-6ac3-5fab-8548-f7ee841bd05e.html

 

PHILLY
— Social Insecurity – Joseph N. DiStefano
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20161023_Social_Insecurity.html

 

PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE
— Protecting the First Amendment  The Committee to Protect Journalists had good reason to weigh in on the presidential election – Margaret Sullivan  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who hint/imply/argue/shout that because I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, I am obligated to serve as an operative or as a dupe for a) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) officers, b) the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) officers, c) the 6th Congressional District Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) member, d) the IRP officers, e) the IRP National Committeeman, and f) the IRP National Committeewoman?  They stress that the aforesaid have tremendous power to harm me. For example, a) they can turn MTRCC members, DCRCC members, my IRP SCC member, IRP members, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois members, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce members, Illinois Center Right Coalition members, American Association of Political Consultants members, etc. against me, b) they can get the aforesaid to not return my phone calls, c) they can get the aforesaid to not give me any information, and d) they can discourage everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2016/10/23/Protecting-the-First-Amendment/stories/201610180010
— Pennsylvania Republicans sue to allow poll watchers to cross county lines – David Weigel
http://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2016/10/23/Pennsylvania-Republicans-sue-to-allow-poll-watchers-to-cross-county-lines/stories/201610230181

 

ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL
— This polarized political season, friends and families are steering clear of heated rhetoric – Rosalie Rayburn
https://www.abqjournal.com/872813/divided.html

 

ROANOKE TIMES
— How student loans depress economic growth – Editorial  (DIERSEN: In 1970, I graduated from NIU debt-free and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.  In 1971, I bought a new 1972 Corvette.  In 1972, I bought and furnished a town home in University Park.  In 1974, I bought and furnished a studio condo in the Outer Drive East (ODE) building in downtown Chicago.  In 1976, I bought and furnished a one bedroom condo in the ODE building.)
http://www.roanoke.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-how-student-loans-depress-economic-growth/article_e938ef16-6f8e-51ae-8b4f-4ca492f62ad5.html

 

FORBES
— There’s Plenty Wrong with Our Political System, but the Election’s Not “Rigged” – Ilya Shapiro  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those in politics, government, private sector, not-for-profits, news media, education, entertainment, etc. talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party.)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ilyashapiro/2016/10/22/theres-plenty-wrong-with-our-political-system-but-the-elections-not-rigged/#70b4cebd1465

October 22 Morning Edition

ABC7
— ABC7 CHICAGO HOSTING 2 US CONGRESSIONAL DEBATES (Krishnamoorthi v. DiCianni and Schneider v. Dold)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/abc7-chicago-hosting-2-us-congressional-debates-/1567838/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump considers Chicago to be America’s dumping ground – Dahleen Glanton  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, Chicago has become more anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-trump-blacks-crime-glanton-20161024-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump Gene Lyons viciously demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump and Trump’s supporters.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/gene-lyons-cow-state-fans-for-trump-just-blowing-off-steam/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Krishnamoorthi raises 11 times as much money as DiCianni in 8th Dist. race – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161022/news/161029639/
— Researcher to discuss state of LGBT health – Elmhurst College  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, if you do not promote LGBT activity, you are viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161020/submitted/161029880/
— Residents express concerns about new LA Fitness in Wheaton – Jessica Cilella
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161021/business/161029684/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner takes a page from Trump—but offers a solution – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161021/NEWS02/161029964/rauner-takes-a-page-from-trump-but-offers-a-solution

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Lanphier Students Get Government Lesson From Sen. Durbin – JORDAN ABUDAYYEH  (DIERSEN: What do you know about the federal government?  I audited federal agencies for GAO for almost 18 years, that last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels (currently $92,632-$120,427). I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels (currently $77,899-$88,286). I worked for the Post Office for almost 3 years while I attended college.  I served on the Executive Committee of the Chicago Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants for 12 years.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/lanphier-students-get-government-lesson-from-sen-durbin-10-22-2016
— Illinois Program Educates Youth Of The Dangers Of Drinking And Driving  (DIERSEN: What about the dangers of smoking pot, of gambling, of out-of-wedlock sex, of becoming dependent on government, of not getting an education, of not getting a job, of not saving for retirement, of etc.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-program-educates-youth-of-the-dangers-of-drinking-and-driving

 

SAUK VALLEY
— In despair over state budget inaction  Unbelievable, unforgivable if fiscal mess lasts till 2019 – Jim Nowlan
http://www.saukvalley.com/2016/10/19/in-despair-over-state-budget-inaction/aon1jgi/

 

TIMES
— A prediction with reservations: Trump will win La Salle County – David Giuliani  (DIERSEN: Will Trump win your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, and your county? Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs want voters to vote for Clinton to punish Republicans for nominating Trump.  In the March 15, 2016 Republican primary election, in your precinct, how many voted and how many voted for Trump?  In my precinct, 183 voted but only 21 voted for Trump.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/opinion/columnists/as-it-is-a-prediction-with-reservations-trump-will-win/article_8d73942e-89d8-5503-85c1-b54f20a13a9b.html

 

SOUTHERN
— Bost looks to use experience to continue serving the 12th Congressional District – DUSTIN DUNCAN
http://thesouthern.com/elections/bost-looks-to-use-experience-to-continue-serving-the-th/article_a1b4acfd-4f87-51f2-b000-332252fc50ad.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— State workers key in Jimenez, DelGiorno 99th House race – Doug Finke  (DIERSEN: In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county, what percent of the voters are past or present government employees?  I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for 19 years.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20161021/election-preview-state-workers-key-in-jimenez-delgiorno-99th-house-race
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State workers make up a significant part of the 99th House District that covers a large part of Springfield and western and southern Sangamon County. It’s no coincidence, then, that a state worker issue is playing a significant role in the race between incumbent Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez, R-Leland Grove, and Democratic challenger Tony DelGiorno of Springfield.)
— 1,100 non-union state workers getting $3,016 bonuses – Doug Finke  (DIERSEN: In 1989, the Democrats who ran GAO started their pay-for-performance system a) to retain and to promote their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger and b) to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.  Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, without question, under that system, my Democrat GAO superiors always ranked me in the lower half of my coworkers and never gave me any bonuses.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20161021/1100-non-union-state-workers-getting-3016-bonuses
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration is awarding one-time bonuses worth a total of between $3 million and $4 million to non-union workers whose bosses say are doing exceptional work. About 1,100 merit-compensation employees are in line to each receive a $3,016 bonus under the plan. “In an effort to recognize the hard work and dedication that non-bargaining unit employees demonstrate on a daily basis, coupled with the lack of systematic increases over the past several years, the state has authorized bonus payments for eligible non-bargaining unit employees,” Michael Hoffman, acting director of the Department of Central Management Services said in a memo to agency directors and others. “These bonuses do not make up for this unfair lack of wage increases for non-bargaining unit employees during previous administrations,” he said. “However, they do represent a commitment that, going forward, all employees will be treated equally, regardless of bargaining unit status.” Hoffman said the last across-the-board salary increase for non-bargaining unit employees was in 2005. The last merit pay program for them was in 2009. The memo says the bonuses are available to non-bargaining unit employees whose base salary as of July 1 was less than $100,000. Those earning more were not eligible. A number of other merit-comp employees were also excluded. Members of Rauner’s executive office were not eligible, nor were employees subject to Senate confirmation, those who left state employment before Sept. 16 and those who worked less than three months during the fiscal year that ended June 30. Rauner’s office said that left a potential pool of about 2,000 employees eligible for the bonus. In order to qualify, an employee had to receive an “exceptional” rating on his or her evaluation. Rauner’s office said about 1,100 employees got that rating. The size of the bonus was determined by adding all of the salaries of all non-bargaining unit employees making less than $100,000 a year, computing 2 percent of that and then dividing that amount by the number who actually qualified to receive it. That came to $3,016 for each of the workers who qualified. The administration has argued that a bonus system is cheaper than raises for the state in the long run because the payments are one-time and not built into a person’s base salary, and because they are not pensionable. The bonuses already have been issued to many, but not all, of the workers who qualify for them. The administration said it depends on how quickly individual agencies process them. Although the state is delaying payments to many organizations and vendors because of the traditional fall slowdown in tax collections, the bonus payments are being made. Rich Carter, spokesman for Comptroller Leslie Munger, said the bonus payments can’t be differentiated from regular payroll when agencies submit payroll information to the office for payment. “There’s nothing that says bonus on it,” he said. “They send us the payroll and we process the checks. As you know, we are required by court order right now to pay payroll on schedule.” In his memo, Hoffman said the bonus system is similar to one implemented in contract agreements the state has reached with 18 bargaining units representing state employees. Most of those workers belong to one of several Teamsters locals or trade unions. In those agreements, 2 percent of payroll was set aside to award performance bonuses. The administration and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which represents about 38,000 state workers, still have not agreed on a new contract. The administration wants the union to accept a four-year wage freeze while also imposing a performance bonus plan. Bargaining stopped in January when state negotiators said they believed the talks were at an impasse. The Illinois Labor Relations Board is expected to rule on the issue next month. An administrative law judge who held hearings on the issue said she believed the two sides had reached impasse on some issues, but should continue bargaining over wages and benefits. ASFCME had no comment Friday on the administrations bonus payments to non-union workers.)

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Trump Takes McHenry High School Mock Election – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2016/10/21/trump-takes-mchenry-high-school-mock-election/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Why Any Conservative With a Conscience Should be Done With The GOP – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2016/10/21/conservative-conscience-done-gop/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— COOK CO COMMISH SEAN MORRISON ALERTS BIZ OWNERS TO POSSIBLE MANDATED 58% PAY HIKE FOR EMPLOYEES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/10/cook-co-commish-alerts-biz-owners-to-possible-mandated-58-pay-hike-for-employees.html

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Facebook employees fume after push to censor Trump posts rebuffed  (DIERSEN: What percent of Facebook a) employees, b) advertisers, and c) users are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/10/22/facebook-employees-fume-after-push-to-censor-trump-posts-rebuffed.html

 

TOWNHALL
— Disenfranchisement Of Poor Whites Under Hillary – Ilana Mercer
http://townhall.com/columnists/ilanamercer/2016/10/22/disenfranchisement-of-poor-whites-under-hillary-n2235740

 

BREITBART
— He’s With Her: Inside Paul Ryan’s Months-Long Campaign to Elect Hillary Clinton President – JULIA HAHN
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/10/21/hes-with-her-inside-paul-ryans-months-long-campaign-to-elect-hillary-clinton-president/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Clinton Thug Robert Creamer Planned Obamacare in Jail – Daniel John Sobieski
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/10/clinton_thug_robert_creamer_planned_obamacare_in_jail.html

 

LIFEZETTE
— Voter Fraud Concerns Gave Rise to Voter ID  The now-hotly debated election integrity measure was a response to prevalent fraud – Jim Stinson
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/voter-fraud-concerns-gave-rise-to-voter-id/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— OCTOBER 5, 2016 FLASHBACK: 5 WASHINGTON POST WRITERS LIKEN TRUMP TO HITLER  ‘Hitlerian thinking,’ ‘uncannily reminiscent,’ ‘Nazi sympathizers,’ ‘megalomaniacal demagogue,’ ‘sociopathic liar’ – DAVID KUPELIAN  (DIERSEN: The more of the following demographics that you have: German national origin, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time, the more that those who are anti-German national origin, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors WILL PAINT YOU AS BEING HITLER.)
http://www.wnd.com/2016/10/5-washington-post-writers-liken-trump-to-hitler/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— How populism displaced conservatism in the Republican party – MATTHEW CONTINETTI  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, the Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc. who have worked the hardest to get rid of conservatives and to destroy the Republican Party.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/441325/donald-trump-republican-party-2016-old-challenges-populism

 

THE HILL
— Top lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee are calling on the General Services Administration (GSA) to stop selling recalled cars to the public. – Melanie Zanona
http://origin-nyi.thehill.com/policy/transportation/302187-house-oversight-panel-calls-on-federal-agency-to-stop-selling-recalled
— GAO: Investor visa program mainly funds wealthy areas – Sylvan Lane  (DIERSEN: How wealthy is your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, and your county?  The more wealthy that an area is, the higher that the cost of living is in that area.)
http://origin-nyi.thehill.com/policy/finance/302210-report-investor-visa-program-meant-to-help-poorer-areas-mainly-funds-wealthy

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Atlanta’s GOP Women Are Poised To Help Hillary Clinton Run Up The Score  Donald Trump’s history with women could give Georgia’s electoral votes to a Democrat for the first time since Bill Clinton won the White House. – S.V. Dale  (DIERSEN: Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, without question, if someone does anything to help elect or reelect a Democrat, they should be barred from seeking or holding any kind of government or political office as a Republican.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-georgia-women_us_580aada3e4b02444efa39cbe

 

NBC NEWS
— Suburbs House More Poor Americans Than ‘Inner-Cities’ – SAFIA SAMEE ALI (DIERSEBN: Democrats run America.  Democrats run Illinois.  Democrats run Cook County.  Democrats run Chicago.  Ever-increasingly, the aforesaid Democrats shout at those who have less money than others a) that Republicans have caused all the problems that the poor have had, b) that Republicans are causing all the problems that the poor have, and c) that Republican will cause all the problems that the poor will have in the future. Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint Republicans in America like Hitler painted the Jews in Germany.)
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suburbs-house-more-poor-americans-inner-cities-n665386

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: As the Obama Era Wanes, A Hometown Grows Wistful – THOMAS FULLER  (DIERSEN: What is your hometown?  My hometown is Crete.  I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County who viciously demonize, who viciously denigrate, and who viciously condemn Crete.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/22/us/obama-presidency-hawaii.html
— Donald Trump’s Warning on Election Result Sounds Familiar to Some Immigrants – YAMICHE ALCINDOR  (DIERSEN: Democrats run America.  Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/22/us/politics/donald-trump-immigrants.html
— How Taking a Gap Year Can Shape Your Life  Looking back, adults who took time off before or during college say they have no regrets. RON LIEBER (DIERSEN: Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, a) the longer that you are a federal employee, the less likely that private sector employers will hire you, b) your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 ($92,632) by age 25, GS-14 ($109,463) by age 30, GS-15 ($128,759) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($160,300) by age 40, c) you will be expected to help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and d) virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/22/your-money/reflections-on-a-gap-year-decades-after-taking-one.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— The racist bid to deny Clarence Thomas’ historic greatness – Mark Paoletta
http://nypost.com/2016/10/22/the-racist-bid-to-deny-clarence-thomas-historic-greatness/

 

USA TODAY
— Biden: If this was high school, I’d take Trump ‘behind the gym’ – William Cummings  (DIERSEN: Democrats run America.  Ever-increasingly, Democrats call for violence against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.  When you were in high school, what did you do?  During my junior and senior years and during the summer in between, I washed dishes for the minimum wage for money to use for college expenses and for a new car.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/10/21/biden-trump-comments/92541160/
— Election officials fear untrained poll watchers – Trevor Hughes
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/2016/10/20/poll-watchers-donald-trump-rigged-election-colorado-michigan-pennsylvania/92476052/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump Peggy Noonan says that Trump in insane.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/imagine-a-sane-donald-trump-1477004871
— The Wall Street Journal Offers Buyouts to News Employees  Move is meant to ‘limit the number of involuntary layoffs’ in the newsroom, editor in chief says – ANNE STEELE  (DIERSEN: Have you ever been “offered” a buyout?  In 1993, when I was 45 years old, to get rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, my Democrat GAO superiors “offered” $25,000 buyouts to all GAO employees like me who had 25 or more years of federal service if they retired.  I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years and for the Post Office for almost 3 years before I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980.  Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, without question, once you have been “offered” a buyout and/or early retirement, your career is over.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-wall-street-journal-offers-buyouts-to-news-employees-1477075529

 

ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL
— Time for Supreme Court’s Ginsburg to retire – Diane Dimond (DIERSEN: How old are you?  In 1993, when I was 45 years old, to get rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, my Democrat GAO superiors “offered” $25,000 buyouts to all GAO employees like me who had 25 or more years of federal service if they retired.  I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years and for the Post Office for almost 3 years before I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980.  Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, without question, once you have been “offered” a buyout and/or early retirement, your career is over.)
https://www.abqjournal.com/872911/time-for-supreme-courts-ginsburg-to-retire.html

 

WOWT
— Public losing interest in public service – NBC (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.wowt.com/content/news/Public-losing-interest-in-public-service-397972461.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Public service employment include those who serve in the military and government jobs, but what if the newest class of job candidates doesn’t want anything to do with it? “Bring back this sense of civic idealism that you can make a difference,” says Steven Olikara. Millennials are shying away from public service. At least that appears to be the trend according to Olikara, a millennial and founding president of the Millennial Action Project. The organization’s goal is to bring American politics into a more inclusive and bipartisan age by using the talents of younger generations. “There’s this larger narrative that we have to combat which is that you can’t make a difference in public service,” says Olikara. “The levels of distrust continue to be high levels. Something like 80 percent of millennials don’t trust the government to do the right thing.” Olikara says recruitment and compensation are two huge issues when it comes to incentivizing young people. “There is a systemic problem, we need cultural change and I think the biggest thing I hear all the time is we need to be rewarding talent and rewarding results.” Lawmakers who are not millennials are well aware of this issue, so Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford and North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp held a hearing to examine just that. “We think some of the best missions in the country are in public service, we just need to figure out how we’re going to communicate that to millennials,” says Sen. Heitkamp. She says 31 percent of the federal government is eligible for retirement in 2019. She and Lankford agree that a new wave has to come in and soon. Lankford says with long hiring processes, nothing is fast these days. “Now, almost 100 days to be able to hire one federal employee. That’s a major problem. Most people aren’t going to sit around and wait if they apply for a job even if they want to be able to serve their fellow citizen.” “Hopefully, we can spark some larger public debate around how we can encourage and incentivize,” says Olikara. Among the opportunities young people have is a White House internship program. If you’d like to learn more about the opportunities, visit whitehouse.gov/participate/internships.)

 

GUARDIAN
— Trump turns on Michelle Obama during North Carolina rally
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2016/oct/22/donald-trump-turns-on-michelle-obama-during-north-carolina-rally-video

October 19 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Two local Democratic operatives (Robert Creamer and Scott Foval) lose jobs after video sting on voter fraud – David Weigel
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-video-sting-democratic-operatives-james-okeefe-20161019-story.html

— Despite Trump claim, city and state election officials say technology means vote fraud thing of past – Rick Pearson  (DIERSEN: How many of the many millions who are in America illegally will use their false identifications to vote for Clinton and for the other Democrats in the November 8, 2016 election?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-vote-fraud-trump-met-1020-20161019-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Duckworth’s record: Few legislative successes, some veterans programs sputtered – John Chase
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-tammy-duckworth-veterans-affairs-met-20161018-story.html
— Illinois 2015 college grads owe almost $30,000 on average – Becky Yerak  (DIERSEN: I was able to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE a) because my outstanding parents provided me with room and board while attended UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969 and b) because I worked all the hours that I could for the Park Forest Post Office part-time while UIC and NIU were in session and full-time during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-student-debt-illinois-1019-biz-20161018-story.html
— Incumbents face challengers in DuPage County Board District One – Chuck Fieldman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmhurst/news/ct-dob-county-board-one-tl-1020-20161019-story.html
— Two seats open on DuPage County Board for District 3 – Kimberly Fornek
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/downers-grove/news/ct-dhd-dupage-county-3-election-tl-1020-20161019-story.html
— Elizabeth Warren op-ed: Republicans paved Donald Trump’s ugly path – Elizabeth Warren  (DIERSEN: How many of the many millions who are in America illegally will use their false identifications to vote for Clinton and for the other Democrats in the November 8, 2016 election?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-republicans-voter-fraud-lies-20161019-story.html
— Perspective divides DuPage County auditor candidates – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/wheaton/news/ct-nvs-auditor-dupage-preview-st-1019-20161018-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Clinton 9 points ahead of Trump, has momentum: new national poll – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/clinton-9-points-ahead-of-trump-has-momentum-new-national-poll/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Endorsement: Holan for House District 46
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161019/discuss/161018696/
— See McKee House for what it can be – Mark N. Senak, Chicago
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161019/discuss/161018698/

— Foster, Khouri disagree on business regulations, ways to improve economy – Jessica Cilella
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161019/news/161018667/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois to consider adopting multistate bar exam – CLAIRE BUSHEY
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161018/NEWS04/161019811/illinois-to-consider-adopting-multistate-bar-exam

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Endorsement: Demand change, elect McCombie
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/endorsement-demand-change-elect-mccombie/article_504a282b-59a3-5297-accf-17a4403ea89d.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Lack of interest evident in campaign donations – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2016-10-19/tom-kacich-lack-interest-evident-campaign-donations.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Rice responds to Trump’s 2006 comment  ‘Can’t wait until November 9!’, Rice writes – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-wished-condi-rice-was-a-bitch-in-2006

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Downers Grove politicians Greg Hose, David Olsen talk about election campaigns – NATHAN LURZ
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2016/10/11/downers-grove-politicians-greg-hose-david-olsen-talk-about-election-campaigns/a71fmro/

 

WAND
— Trump’s boyhood home headed to auction – AP  (DIERSEN: How much is your boyhood home worth?  I lived with my parents in an apartment above a hardware store at the northeast corner of Main and Exchange in Crete 1948-1954; the building was torn down in 1966. I lived with my parents and brother at 1286 Wood Street in Crete 1954-1969 and with my mother and brother there 1969-1972 after my father died in 1969.  According to Zillow, it is worth $118,696.)
http://www.wandtv.com/story/33424923/trumps-boyhood-home-headed-to-auction

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — While some Republican women have deserted Trump, others vow to continue supporting him – Celeste Bott and Chuck Raasch
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/while-some-women-have-deserted-trump-others-vow-to-continue/article_e9773e9d-93b5-5ba4-ad38-52337f0cba74.html

 

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Students backing Trump criticize nominee’s comments, but still plan to vote for him – Jonah Dylan
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2016/10/18/campus/students-backing-trump-criticize-nominees-comments-but-still-plan-to-vote-for-him/

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Is it the end of the GOP? – Bob Schneider
http://www.chicagonow.com/politics-now/2016/10/is-it-the-end-of-the-gop/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— DEM OPERATIVE IN UNDERCOVER VIDEO: WE’VE BEEN RIGGING ELECTIONS FOR ‘FIFTY YEARS’ – Katie
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2016/10/18/dem-operative-in-undercover-video-weve-been-rigging-elections-for-fifty-years/

 

BREITBART
— Wikileaks: Journalists Dined at Top Clinton Staffers’ Homes Days Before Hillary’s Campaign Launch – EZRA DULIS  (DIERSEN: What do you say to Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. a) who pander to the Democrat news media, b) discourage me from putting out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and c) discourage everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2016/10/17/wikileaks-journalists-clinton-staff-homes-before-hillarys-campaign-launch/
— Donald Trump: Maybe Paul Ryan ‘Doesn’t Know How to Win’ – CHARLIE SPIERING
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/10/18/donald-trump-maybe-paul-ryan-doesnt-know-how-to-win/

 

JP MEDIA
— FBI Docs: Secret Service Agents Hated Working for Hillary Clinton, ‘Sought Reassignment’ Because She Was so ‘Contemptuous’ – DEBRA HEINE
https://pjmedia.com/trending/2016/10/18/fbi-docs-secret-service-agents-hated-working-for-sec-clinton-sought-reassignment-because-she-was-so-contemptuous/

 

LIFEZETTE
— WikiLeaks: Politico Reporter Offered Clinton Camp Chance to Edit Story  Glenn Thrush says ‘I have become a hack’ in offering Podesta chance to censor his article – Edmund Kozak
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/wikileaks-politico-reporter-asked-podesta-edit-story/

 

THE BLAZE
— Here’s how many ‘Pinocchios’ the Washington Post gave Clinton’s claim that Trump opposed auto industry bailout – Kate Scanlon
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/10/18/heres-how-many-pinocchios-the-washington-post-gave-clintons-claim-that-trump-was-opposed-to-auto-industry-bailout/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Ivy League Colleges Get HUGE Subsidies From Federal Gov’t – Thomas Phippen
http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/17/ivy-league-colleges-get-huge-subsidies-from-federal-govt/

 

NEWSMAX
— Gingrich Calls on Trump to Make Firing Government Workers Easier – Joe Crowe  (DIERSEN: Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, and without question, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican a) hate federal employees like I was for almost 30 years and b) hate federal retirees like I have been for 19 years.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Gingrich-Trump-Fire-Government-Workers/2016/10/19/id/754197/

 

TOWNHALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Fr. Marcel Guarnizo demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump but says nothing about Clinton.
http://townhall.com/columnists/frmarcelguarnizo/2016/10/18/donald-trumps-kamikaze-mission-n2233947

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— In rural Pa., jobs flee, communities crumble, and Trump’s message rings loudly – TIMOTHY P. CARNEY
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in-rural-pa.-jobs-flee-communities-crumble-and-trumps-message-rings-loudly/article/2604937

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— You’ve Been Forgiven, So Live Like It!  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who join a church, attend church services, and/or give money to a church to get a “license to sin?”)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2016/10/19/youve-forgiven-live-like/

 

CNN
— Democrat operative Robert Creamer ‘stepping back’ after video suggests group incited violence at Trump rallies – Drew Griffin and Daniella Diaz
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/18/politics/project-veritas-action-robert-creamer-donald-trump-rallies/

 

ABC NEWS
— President Obama’s Half-Brother Will Be Donald Trump’s Debate Guest – JOHN SANTUCCI and CANDACE SMITH
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-obamas-half-brother-donald-trumps-debate-guest/story?id=42894413

 

MCCLATCHY DC
— Kirk braces for fallout from ‘hurricane Trump’ – WILLIAM DOUGLAS  (DIERSEN: Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, and without question, anti-Trumps will blame Trump and his supporters for all the defeats that Republican candidates in Illinois will suffer on November 8, 2016.)
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article109056262.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Donald Trump’s Call to Monitor Polls Raises Fears of Intimidation – TRIP GABRIEL  (DIERSEN: Who are the biggest intimidators in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?  Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, and without question, it is those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/19/us/politics/donald-trump-voting-election-rigging.html
— Clinton Challenges Trump for a Traditional Republican Bloc, White Catholics – JASON HOROWITZ
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/19/us/politics/catholic-voters-clinton-trump.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The truth behind Trump’s latest ‘rigged election’ fears – Christopher Ingraham
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/10/17/the-truth-behind-trumps-latest-rigged-election-fears/
— What does it mean if the race isn’t close? – Jennifer Rubin  (DIERSEN: If Clinton wins, the more votes that she gets, the more that she will claim a mandate to get rid of those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  If Clinton wins, the more firearms and ammunition that the aforesaid will buy.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2016/10/18/what-does-it-mean-if-the-race-isnt-close/
– Many women may divorce the GOP – Jennifer Rubin (DIERSEN: Democrats have always shouted at women that Republican men have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that women have had, are having, and will have. Democrats want women to hate Republican men.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2016/10/17/many-women-may-divorce-the-gop/
— This awful campaign has given us a glimpse into a secret world of men – Richard Cohen  (DIERSEN: Democrats have always shouted at women that Republican men have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that women have had, are having, and will have. Democrats want women to hate Republican men.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-awful-campaign-has-given-us-a-glimpse-into-a-secret-world-of-men/2016/10/17/5d920ff0-948e-11e6-bc79-af1cd3d2984b_story.html
— Trump spirals into ideological psychosis – Michael Gerson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-spirals-into-ideological-psychosis/2016/10/17/91bf4366-948d-11e6-bc79-af1cd3d2984b_story.html
— Newt Gingrich tells Trump: Make it easier to fire federal employees – Lisa Rein  (DIERSEN: Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, and without question, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican a) hate federal employees like I was for almost 30 years and b) hate federal retirees like I have been for 19 years.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/10/19/newt-gingrich-tells-trump-make-it-easier-to-fire-government-workers/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Three-Headed GOP After Trump  Today’s Republicans are—like Caesar’s Gaul—divided into three distinct parts. – WILLIAM A. GALSTON  (DIERSEN: One could say their are just two parts – first, those who want the Republican Party platform to be defended and advanced and second, Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who reject most if not virtually all of the planks in the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-three-headed-gop-after-trump-1476831889
— Should You Get a Day Off on Election Day? Some Employers Think So  Paid holiday eliminates excuse for not voting; aiding democratic process makes businessman ‘feel good’ – RACHEL FEINTZEIG  (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers what their employees to vote for candidates who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/should-you-get-a-day-off-on-election-day-some-employers-think-so-1476799202
— How to Cold Call Your Future Mentor – SUE SHELLENBARGER (DIERSEN: What happened to your mentors?  My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of my IRS mentor who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of my GAO mentor who hired me in 1980, who got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-cold-call-your-future-mentor-1476813053

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you hate men, anti-Trumps love you.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/10/17/donald-trump-women-sexual-assault-video-jill-lawrence/92209892/
— Break up a rigged system: Voting irregularities and unlawful voting by illegal immigrants are real. – Curtis Ellis
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/10/18/donald-trump-rigged-election-curtis-ellis-editorials-debates/92382898/
— How retirees on Social Security can stay afloat despite tiny COLA – Robert Powell (DIERSEN: Civil Service Retirement System recipients like me get the same COLA that Social Security recipients get. The COLAs that I have received since I retired in 1997 have been far less then what inflation has been in Wheaton since 1997.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/powell/2016/10/18/how-retirees-social-security-cola-cope/92060944/

 

BOSTON HERALD
— Fallout from divisive campaign will linger for ages – Jonah Goldberg (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-married people, anti-those of German national origin, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors USE TRUMP TO DEMONIZE, TO DENIGRATE, AND TO CONDEMN THOSE WHO ARE Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, married, German national origin, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.bostonherald.com/opinion/op_ed/2016/10/goldberg_fallout_from_divisive_campaign_will_linger_for_ages

 

TIME
— Sexual Assault Survivors Protest at Trump Tower – Charlotte Alter (DIERSEN: Democrats have always shouted at women that Republican men have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that women have had, are having, and will have. Democrats want women to hate Republican men.)
http://time.com/4534948/donald-trump-sexual-assault-protest/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Judge to IRS: Finish conservative groups’ applications – Eric White
http://federalnewsradio.com/federal-headlines/2016/10/judge-to-irs-finish-conservative-groups-applications/

 

THE ATLANTIC
— Privilege Helps Men—but Not Women—Get Fancy Jobs  A researcher who sent hundreds of fake résumés to law firms found that hiring managers were most impressed by male applicants who indicated a passion for polo and sailing. – ALEXIA FERNÁNDEZ CAMPBELL (DIERSEN: What successes have you had in your life and what do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes attribute those successes to?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes badmouth/belittle/demonize/denigrate/condemn the successes that I have had in life and attribute them to a) my being born a White male, b) my avoiding the draft, c) my getting married, and d) my wife and I giving up trying to have children, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents.)
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/10/privilege-helps-men-not-women-get-lucrative-jobs/504497/

 

LINKED IN
— The Biggest Crisis in Higher Ed Isn’t Student Debt, It’s Students Who Don’t Graduate – Michael Crow  (DIERSEN: In my defense, a) I graduated from IIT in 1997 with a master’s degree in financial markets and trading, b) I graduated from DePaul in 1980 with a master’s degree in accounting, c) I graduated from Loyola in 1976 with an MBA, and d) I graduated from NIU in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in management.)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biggest-crisis-higher-ed-isnt-student-debt-its-students-michael-crow?trk=eml-b2_content_ecosystem_digest-hero-22-null

 

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DePaul Bars ‘Unborn Lives Matter’ Posters – Scott Jaschik  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who dominate DePaul show that they are anti-Christian, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.  How soon, if not already, will DePaul acknowledge that it is a disgusting arm of the Democrat Party.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2016/10/19/depaul-bars-unborn-lives-matter-posters

 

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF POLITICAL CONSULTANTS
— AAPC Membership Directory  (DIERSEN: If you search under “IL’ and “General Consulting and Strategy,” you will find only two in Illinois, myself and Jason Combs in Champaign.  Sadly, Wikipedia  at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Creamer_(political_consultant) says that convicted Robert Creamer is a political consultant.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Creamer_(political_consultant))
https://netforum.avectra.com/eWeb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=AAPC&WebCode=IndSearch

 

ASSOCIAED PRESS
— Millennials lack retirement savings – Stan Choe  (DIERSEN: In its February 1978 4-page article on me, when I was 29 years old, Money Magazine reported that I had contributed $7,393 into the Civil Service Retirement System as of the end of 1977.)
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/money/2016/10/18/millennials-lack-retirement-savings/92376072/

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— How to Get Serious About Creating Retirement Income – Walter Updegrave  (DIERSEN: In September of 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire at least 6 years sooner than I would have otherwise. Because of that, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is dramatically reduced.)
http://time.com/money/4532683/get-serious-about-retirement-income/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 2. Develop a more detailed strategy as your exit from the workforce draws nearer. As you get closer to pulling the trigger on retirement, you can step up your planning effort. One critical issue you’ll need to address is whether to postpone taking Social Security benefits to qualify for the up to 8% higher payment you’ll receive for each year you delay. The answer will depend on such factors as how long you expect to live; the rate of return you think you can earn on your retirement investments; and, if you’re married, whether you and your spouse might be able to maximize benefits by coordinating when each of you claims. You can get insights into this decision by going to Financial Engines’ Social Security calculator.)

October 17 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Unions, Democrat donors bankroll anti-Rauner, Trump super PAC – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-unions-dem-donors-bankroll-anti-rauner-trump-super-pac/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: 8 killed, 40 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/13-shot-5-fatally-in-first-3-hours-of-weekend/
— Playing dodge ball in candidate questionnaires – Andy Shaw  (DIERSEN: While I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012, my critics/opponents were furious that I asked their candidates who spoke at TAPROOT events if they supported all the planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) resolution against video gambling.  Most commonly, my critics/opponents reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and Second Amendment planks and the MTRCC resolution against video gambling.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/andy-shaw-playing-dodge-ball-in-candidate-questionnaires/

— CPS may pay $50M to entice older teachers to retire in June – Lauren FitzPatrick  (DIERSEN: To get rid of me, in today’s dollars, so far, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1997 have gotten the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $963,680 ($50,720 X 19 years).)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/cps-may-pay-50m-to-entice-older-teachers-to-retire-in-june/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hillary Clinton missing from Brad Schneider’s TV ad – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-brad-schneider-hillary-clinton-ad-20161016-story.html
— Inside Donald Trump’s echo chamber of conspiracies, grievances and vitriol – Philip Rucker, Robert Costa
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-campaign-20161016-story.html
— Illinois unions, road builders pushing transportation lockbox amendment – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-transportation-funding-amendment-met-20161014-story.html
— Sexual assault is a real and persisting threat to women – Mary Sanchez
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/sns-201610141530–tms–msanchezctnms-a20161014-20161014-column.html
— Pay raise for Orland Park village mayor would boost pension – AP  (DIERSEN: My Civil Service Retirement System pension is dramatically less because my Democrat superiors never promoted me beyond GS-13 and they succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-il–village-mayor-pension-20161016-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Rauner to sign executive order on regulations at COD Monday – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161016/news/161018992/
— Mandatory paid sick leave will hurt small businesses – Sean M. Morrison, Cook County Commissioner, Palos Park  (DIERSEN: Do/did you get paid sick leave?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious that I got paid sick leave while I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161017/discuss/161019068/
— Cruising the old high school hangouts and highways – Matt Avery  (DIERSEN: If instead of buying a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, I had bought a new loaded GTO, I might still own that GTO and I would not have bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, or a new 1972 Corvette in 1971.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161017/entlife/161018967/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Caterpillar Chairman and CEO Oberhelman retiring – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161017/NEWS05/161019855/caterpillar-chairman-and-ceo-oberhelman-retiring
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Crain’s Chicago Business promotes pot, that is, ever-increasingly, Crain’s Chicago Business promotes the destruction of Chicago, of Cook County, of Illinois, and of America.  What percent of Crain’s Chicago Business employees a) want to be stoners and b) are stoners?
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161015/ISSUE01/310159987/men-money-and-marijuana

 

WBEZ
— DuPage County Republican Candidates Avoid Talking About Trump – Tony Arnold  (DIERSEN: As a Republican Precinct Committeeman, I support all the candidates on the November 8, 2016 ballot in my precinct.  SEE:
https://gopillinois.com/dupage-county-milton-township-precinct-9-ballot-november-8-2016/)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/down-ballot-suburban-republicans-avoid-talking-about-trump/e8be9cef-cf40-4539-a00c-3b7d0fc0dfcc

 

WAND
— Illinois Among Least Influential States in Presidential Election – Matt Loveless
http://www.wandtv.com/story/33405682/study-illinois-among-least-influential-states-in-presidential-election

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Downballot GOP Candidates Dodge Endorsement of Trump – TONY ARNOLD  (DIERSEN: As a Republican Precinct Committeeman, I support all the candidates on the November 8, 2016 ballot in my precinct.  SEE:
https://gopillinois.com/dupage-county-milton-township-precinct-9-ballot-november-8-2016/)
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/downballot-gop-candidates-dodge-endorsement-trump#stream/0

 

FREEPORT JOURNAL STANDARD
— Duckworth would add needed balance to the U.S. Senate – Editorial
http://www.journalstandard.com/opinion/20161016/our-view-duckworth-would-add-needed-balance-to-us-senate

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Time for Voters to Exercise Rights – Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2016/10/14/time-for-voters-to-exercise-rights/ah1yv55/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Term limits form dividing line between Cullerton and Lewis – Ruth de Jauregui  (DIERSEN: Constructively, non-veteran White male federal employees are term limited.  The federal government wastes their careers gets rid of them if they do not make GS-13 ($92,632) by age 25, GS-14 ($109,463) by age 30, GS-15 ($128,759) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($160,300) by age 40. It is caller reverse discrimination and age discrimination.)
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511018610-term-limits-form-dividing-line-between-cullerton-and-lewis
— Olsen tours Flexco manufacturing plant – Matt Smith
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511018652-olsen-tours-flexco-manufacturing-plant

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Lawmakers’ wives urge voters to look past Trump’s offensive remarks, focus on policies – Tom Howell Jr.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/16/donald-trump-gets-assist-from-conservative-women-a/
— The last real election  A Hillary Clinton presidency would assure a continued assault on the two-party system – Robert Knight
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/16/hillary-clinton-win-would-kill-two-party-system/

 

NEWSMAX
— North Carolina GOP County HQ Firebombed – Brian Freeman
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/North-Carolina-GOP-headquarters-firebombed/2016/10/16/id/753685/

 

GOPUSA
— Faux Outrage, Lies, and More Media Bias Against Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=16062?omhide=true

 

THE BLAZE
— WikiLeaks emails: Clinton staffers were upset to learn San Bernardino shooter was Muslim instead of white – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/10/16/wikileaks-emails-clinton-staffers-were-upset-to-learn-san-bernardino-shooter-was-muslim-instead-of-white/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Blames ‘Animals Representing Hillary’ For Firebombing GOP Headquarters, Clinton Condemns – DEREK HUNTER
http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/16/trump-blames-animals-representing-hillary-for-firebombing-gop-headquarters-clinton-condemns/

 

THE HILL
— Republicans fear for party’s future – Niall Stanage  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trump “Republican” party leaders are using and will use a Trump defeat to drive those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time OUT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.  That is, anti-Trump “Republican” party leaders are using and will use a Trump defeat to DESTROY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/301244-republicans-fear-for-partys-future
— Women will doom Trump – Juan Williams  (DIERSEN: Democrats have always shouted at women that older Republican men have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that women have had, are having, and will have.)
http://thehill.com/opinion/juan-williams/301250-juan-williams-women-will-doom-trump

 

POLITICO
— Giuliani: ‘Dead people generally vote for Democrats’ – Connor O’Brien  (DIERSEN: There are two cemeteries in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/guiliani-dead-people-generally-vote-for-democrats-229856

 

CNN
— ‘Rigged election’? Trump’s dangerous talk – Ruth Ben-Ghiat (DIERSEN: How many of the many millions who are in America illegally will use their false identifications to vote for Clinton and for the other Democrats?)
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/16/opinions/rigged-election-opinion-ben-ghiat/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Ripples From the ‘How Low Can They Go’ Campaign – PATRICK HEALY and FARAH STOCKMANOC
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/17/us/politics/presidential-election-voters.html
— Donald Trump, the Worst of America – Charles M. Blow  (DIERSEN: Which demographics do you share with Trump?  Both Trump and I are German national origin, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, married, draft avoiders, overweight, non-drinkers, and our ancestors have been in America for a long time.  Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that you are viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned by anti-Trumps.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/17/opinion/donald-trump-the-worst-of-america.html
— As U.S. Watches Mexico, Traffickers Slip In From Canada – RON NIXON
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/17/us/northern-border-illicit-crossing.html
— Officials Fight Donald Trump’s Claims of a Rigged Vote – JONATHAN MARTIN and ALEXANDER BURNS  (DIERSEN: How many of the many millions who are in America illegally will use their false identifications to vote for Clinton and for the other Democrats?)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/17/us/politics/donald-trump-election-rigging.html?ref=politics
— Millions of Men Are Missing From the Job Market – EDITORIAL (DIERSEN: To promote diversity is to get rid of men, and especially men who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/17/opinion/millions-of-men-are-missing-from-the-job-market.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the following crow over their success in destroying Republicans: those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/17/opinion/their-dark-fantasies.html
— Criticism of the News Media Takes On a More Sinister Tone – Jim Rutenberg  (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems?)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/17/business/media/criticism-of-the-news-media-takes-on-a-more-sinister-tone.html
— Leading New York Law Firms Lag in Including Women and Minorities – ELIZABETH OLSON  (DIERSEN: “Leading New York Law Firms” should consider hiring Charles Bowsher.  Bowsher had great success during the 1980s and 1990s getting rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/17/business/dealbook/leading-new-york-law-firms-lag-women-and-minorities-diversity.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— October Is for Halloween—Not Voting  Wait for Election Day. Clinton or Trump may change your mind. – JAMES HUFFMAN
http://www.wsj.com/articles/october-is-for-halloweennot-voting-1476653086
— Donald Trump Says He Will Win on Surge of Silent Supporters  Republican argues that a wave of silent backers has gone undetected by polls and the political establishment – MICHAEL C. BENDER and DANTE CHINNI
http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-says-he-will-win-on-surge-of-silent-supporters-1476664463
— The NAACP’s Disgrace  The civil-rights group votes to keep minorities trapped in poverty. – Editorial
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-naacps-disgrace-1476653537
— The Ivy League Doesn’t Need Taxpayers’ Help  Colleges that hoard cash—endowments of $2 million per student—should be encouraged to spend it. – JAMES PIERESON and  NAOMI SCHAEFER RILEY
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-ivy-league-doesnt-need-taxpayers-help-1476652968

 

USA TODAY
— Retirees’ Social Security COLA raise in 2017: $3 a month? – Jennifer Openshaw  (DIERSEN: Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pensions get the same COLA that Social Security does.  Every year, my CSRS pension buys less because inflation far exceeds COLAs.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2016/10/17/social-security-cola-2017-cost-of-living-adjustment/91860690/
— The job juggle is real. Many Americans are balancing two, even three gigs – Paul Davidson  (DIERSEN: I worked two jobs during 1971 and 1972. I worked full-time for IRS in Chicago and then in Harvey and part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights.  That helped me to a) buy a new 1972 Corvette, b) pay tuition for job-related graduate courses at Loyola, and c) buy a new town home in University Park.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/10/17/job-juggle-real-many-americans-balancing-two-even-three-gigs/92072068/

October 10, 2016 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— More Tribune endorsements for U.S. House races in Illinois: Krishnamoorthi, Lasonde, Foster, Bost, Davis, Hultgren, Bustos, and LaHood
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-congress-us-house-endorsements-tribune-edit-1011-md-20161010-story.html
— Republicans are about to experience ‘that Mexican thing’ on Election Day – Mary Sanchez  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at the many millions of Mexican citizens who are in America legally or illegally that they should vote for Democrats because Democrats will use the power of government a) to take money, education, jobs, opportunities, etc. away from Republicans and b) to give that money, education, jobs, opportunities, etc. to Mexican citizens who are in America legally or illegally.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-republicans-mike-pence-hispanic-voters-20161009-story.html
— Rating agency approves of Emanuel’s tax approach ahead of his budget speech – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-chicago-credit-rating-story.html
— Donald Trump may have lost the 2016 election in 2005 – Editorial  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who supports the Chicago Tribune on this?  ANSWER: Those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-donald-trump-video-hillary-clinton-debate-edit-20161009-story.html
— CPS teachers’ salaries – Forrest Claypool
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-vp-voices-letters222-1010-jm-20161009-story.html
— Justice Thomas’ story deserves more in-depth telling at African-American museum – Dahleen Glanton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-clarence-thomas-history-glanton-20161009-column.html
— A nasty debate that didn’t change voters’ minds – Steve Chapman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-debate-recap-trump-clinton-threats-20161010-story.html
— What kind of man is Mike Pence? It’s time to jump ship – Dahleen Glanton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-debate-trump-pence-glanton-20161010-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois’ campaign finance limits just a shell game – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-illinois-campaign-finance-limits-just-a-shell-game/
— Donald Trump rambles, rants on ugly night in U.S. politics – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-donald-trump-rambles-rants-on-ugly-night-in-u-s-politics/
— Trump’s attempt at damage control shameful – Editorial  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who supports the Chicago Sun-Times on this?  ANSWER: Those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-trumps-shameful-dodging-of-video-disgrace/
— Pelosi says Trump symptom of GOP repressive values – Neil Steinberg  (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican?  Who do you repress?  Who have you repressed? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I repress them, that I repress you, and that I repress everyone else.  They especially hint/imply/argue/shout that I repress minorities, females, young people, veterans, those who have sex out of wedlock, those who are not Missouri Synod Lutheran, those who are not of German national origin, those who engage in LGBTQ activity, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who are in America illegally, those who use illegal drugs, those who gamble, those who drink lots of booze, those who have health problems, those who have financial problems, those who do not own guns, etc.  But wait, only those who have religious, government, political, and/or financial clout can repress people, and I do not have religious, government, political, or financial clout.  My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/steinberg-pelosi-says-trump-symptom-of-gop-repressive-values/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The debate: Trump survives—but for how much longer? – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican? How long did you survive under the Democrats?  I survived almost 18 years at GAO, almost 9 years at IRS, almost 3 years at the Post Office.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161009/BLOGS02/161009847
— How CPS teacher salaries stack up to NYC, LA – Judith Ruiz-Branch
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161008/ISSUE01/161009856

 

DAILY HERALD
— 40 suburbs see spike in violent crimes in 2015 – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161010/news/161019972/
— State’s attorney cheap shots should stop – Christopher J. Lauzen, Kane County Board Chairman
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161008/discuss/161008873/
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTO: What happened at Yorkville food pantry? Director dead, $200,000 missing – Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161010/news/161019967/
— Illinois House District 50 Rep. Keith Wheeler wants tougher punishment for stealing from charities – Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161010/news/161019968/
— DiCianni, Krishnamoorthi debate minimum wage, help for working families – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161010/news/161019970/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Trump revelations establish new low – Editorial  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who supports the SJ-R on this?  ANSWER: Those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20161009/our-view-trump-revelations-establish-new-low

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— The peso’s verdict: Clinton didn’t knock out Trump – Jethro Mullen
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/the-pesos-verdict-clinton-didnt-knock-out-trump

 

WJOL
— Support For Trump Shrinking Among Illinois GOP
http://www.wjol.com/support-trump-shrinking-among-illinois-gop/

 

BEYOND THE BELTWAY
— VIDEO: Beyond the Beltway with Bruce DuMont 10/9/16  (DIERSEN: Guests include Doug Ibendahl.)
https://vimeo.com/186211918

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Daily Herald endorses Drobinski as ‘tough, smart’ choice – Carol Ostrow
http://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511017078-daily-herald-endorses-drobinski-as-tough-smart-choice

 

MCHENRY TIMES
— Tryon says Skillicorn would succeed as his successor – Carol Ostrow
http://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511014850-tryon-says-skillicorn-would-succeed-as-his-successor

 

BOLINGBROOK PATCH
— Bolingbrook Mayor Comes Out in Defense of Donald Trump  “It’s not like he’s the first person in the world that’s ever said that stuff,” Mayor Roger Claar said. – Scott Viau
http://patch.com/illinois/bolingbrook/bolingbrook-mayor-comes-out-defense-donald-trump

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DEMONTE: PLEASE STAND WITH DONALD TRUMP
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/10/demonte-please-stand-with-donald-trump.html
— O’BRIEN: THANK THE CLINTONS FOR THE COARSENING OF AMERICAN SOCIETY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/10/the-last-century-medias-latest-bombshell-crude-locker-room-remarks-that-donald-trump-made-11-years-ago-while-appear.html
— BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM IGNORES CLARENCE THOMAS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/10/black-history-museum-ignores-clarence-thomas.html

 

GOPUSA
— Debate: Trump dominates Hillary all night
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=15774
— Gutless wing of GOP rushes away from Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=15751
— Univ. cancels Sheriff Clarke speech over BLM, Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=15745

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— TRUMP LAUNCHES RAPE BOMB ON HILLARY AT DEBATE  ‘Bill Clinton was abusive to women. She attacked those same women’
http://www.wnd.com/2016/10/expect-armageddon-trump-and-hillary-debate-in-st-louis/

 

FEDERALIST
— In Supporting Trump, Conservative Men Abandon Conservative Women  By ‘elevat[ing] to the first place in the government one of the worst men in the community,’ Republican and conservative evangelical leaders have made liars out of themselves. – Luma Simms  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who supports Luma Sims on this?  ANSWER: Those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://thefederalist.com/2016/10/10/supporting-trump-conservative-men-abandon-conservative-women/

 

THE HILL
— Donald Trump said he’s not feeling the pressure to drop out of the presidential campaign, even as Republican lawmakers call for his exit. – Evelyn Rupert
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/300055-trump-ive-been-here-before

 

POLITICO
— Rauner calls Trump talk ‘repulsive,’ but doesn’t withdraw support – Natasha Korecki (DIERSEN: Whose support do you NOT want?  I do NOT want support from those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid or from those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.politico.com/states/illinois/story/2016/10/rauner-calls-trump-talk-vile-repulsive-but-will-he-still-vote-for-him-106224
— 12 most heated moments in an unprecedented debate  Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump launch brutal exchanges as the Republican goes for broke. – Matthew Nussbaum
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/2016-presidential-debate-best-moments-229461
— UGLIEST DEBATE EVER  Clinton says Trump’s campaign is exploding. Trump calls Clinton the devil. – Shane Goldmacher
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/2016-presidential-debate-donald-trump-hillary-clinton

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Mike Pence Is Sticking With Donald Trump. Will Other Republicans? – ALEXANDER BURNS
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/11/us/politics/donald-trump-gop-hillary-clinton.html
— Trump, the Next Big Short  The businessman nominee is unpopular with his own kind. – Steven Rattner  (DIERSEN: What kind are you?  I am a Republican.  Who says that you are unpopular with your own kind?  The following say that I am unpopular with my own kind: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid or from those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/10/opinion/trump-the-next-big-short.html
— My Lesson From White America – Hector Tobar  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at everyone a) that Republicans are racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things and b) that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that minorities, women, and young people have had, are having, and will have.  Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hated of Republicans.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/10/opinion/my-lesson-from-white-america.html?ref=opinion

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump wanted to put Bill Clinton’s accusers in his family box. Debate officials said no. – Robert Costa, Dan Balz and Philip Rucker (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my accusers.  They would love it.  They blame me for all their problems, for all of your problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/10/10/trumps-debate-plan-to-seat-bill-clintons-accusers-in-family-box-was-thwarted/
— The debate took a dark turn: Trump leveled vicious charges at Clinton and threatened to jail her; she attacked his treatment of women
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/10/09/the-debate-took-a-dark-turn-trump-leveled-vicious-charges-at-clinton-and-threatened-to-jail-her-she-attacked-his-treatment-of-women/
— Donald Trump gets a basic fact wrong about black Americans – Simone Sebastian
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/10/10/donald-trump-gets-a-basic-fact-wrong-about-black-americans/

 

USA TODAY
— Trump, companies accused of mistreating women in at least 20 lawsuits – John Kelly, Nick Penzenstadler, and Steve Reilly (DIERSEN: To get Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, and veterans to apply to work for GAO, GAO could draw their attention to Diersen v. GAO at
https://gopillinois.com/diersen-v-gao-fifth-amended-complaint/.  To discourage Republicans, Whites, men, older people, and non-veterans from applying to work for GAO, GAO could draw their attention to Diersen v. GAO at https://gopillinois.com/diersen-v-gao-fifth-amended-complaint/.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/10/09/trumps-lawsuits-include-20-involving-allegations-mistreating-women-president-republican/91832012/
— Republicans walk Trump tightrope: Dozens revoke endorsement, others just denounce – Paul Singer
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/10/09/republicans-trump-denounce-comments-endorse-ayotte/91831556/

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— The Debate’s Biggest Loser Was the GOP  Trump does just well enough to doom Republicans on November 8. – JONATHAN V. LAST
http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-debates-biggest-loser-was-the-gop/article/2004794

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Donald Trump’s Last Stand  Will a better debate performance stop GOP defections? – Editorial
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-last-stand-1476041590
— In Debate, a Reeling Donald Trump Regains His Footing  GOP candidate gets back on his feet following setbacks from videotape scandal and Republican backlash – GERALD F. SEIB
http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-debate-a-reeling-donald-trump-regains-his-footing-1476074549
— Global Political Uncertainty Weighs on Growth Outlook  U.S. presidential election, Brexit and other risks make world economic officials anxious – IAN TALLEY  (DIERSEN: If Clinton wins, she will use the federal government to favor individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  If Clinton wins, she will use the federal government to harm individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/global-political-uncertainty-weighs-on-growth-outlook-1476033836

 

FORTUNE
— Here’s What It Would Take to Replace Donald Trump on the Ballot – Reuters
http://fortune.com/2016/10/10/donald-trump-gop-candidate-replacement/

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Trump’s “Locker Room Talk” Would Get Average Worker Fired  You don’t want to be the Billy Bush in this scenario, either. – Alicia Adamczyk
http://time.com/money/4524267/donald-trump-billy-bush-locker-room-banter/
— Sadly, the Debate’s Biggest Economic Point Was Over a Tax Loophole Affecting 2,000 People  And both Trump and Clinton said they want to eliminate the “carried interest” loophole that enriches hedge fund executives. – Taylor Tepper
http://time.com/money/4524379/carried-interest-second-presidential-debate/

 

THE DAILY BEAST
— Trump Wanted Accusers to Confront Bill Clinton Live at the Debate  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my accusers.  They would love it.  They blame me for all their problems, for all of your problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/10/10/trump-s-clinton-accusers-plan-was-foiled.html

 

DAILY MAIL
— Clinton accusers aren’t going away: Kathleen Willey says she is willing to hit the campaign trail with Trump as she slams Hillary as a ‘fake feminist’ while fellow accuser says Bill Clinton belongs in jail  Donald Trump brought four Clinton accusers to the second presidential debate  Kathleen Willey, who charged that Bill Clinton groped her in the Oval Office, tells DailyMail.com she would campaign with Trump  She says she now leans toward being a conservative Republican – a stance she took when Democrats didn’t defend her  Bill Clinton rape accuser Juanita Broaddrick says Bill Clinton belongs in jail  Clinton camp charges Trump is taking race ‘to the gutter’ – GEOFF EARLE and NIKKI SCHWAB  (DIERSEN: Democrat Willey will campaign with Trump because Democrats did not defend her.  Who defends you?  Republicans defend me.  Who does not defend you?  Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs do not defend me.)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3830199/Clinton-accusers-aren-t-going-away-Kathleen-Willey-says-willing-hit-campaign-trail-Trump-slams-Hillary-fake-feminist-fellow-accuser-says-Bill-Clinton-belongs-jail.html

September 26 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Debate Details Revealed: Clinton Gets First Question  The debate will be held before an audience of 1,000 viewers in the hall  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, the Democrats will fill this hall with Democrats, that is, with people who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Debate-Details-Revealed-Hillary-Clinton-Donald-Trump-Questions-394764921.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump’s suburban Chicago fundraiser back on – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-donald-trump-chicago-fundraiser-story.html
— Sanders to join Clinton in N.H. for joint pitch of a college plan aimed at millennials – John Wagner  (DIERSEN: What about room and board?  My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete 1966-1968 while I attended UIC and weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969 and the summer of 1969.  What do you say to students who refuse to live with their parents while they attend college?  What do you say to students who view college as an opportunity to party, to watch/play sports, to drink booze, to smoke pot, and to have sex?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-sanders-clinton-college-plan-20160925-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vt., plans to join Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton this week at an event in New Hampshire where they will pitch a joint plan to make college more affordable — part of a continuing effort to sell the party’s ticket to wary millennials. Sanders, the runner-up in the Democratic primaries, consistently outperformed Clinton among young voters. As he prepared to exit the race in July, he worked with Clinton to incorporate parts of his college plan into hers. The result is a proposal to make public colleges and universities tuition-free for families with income up to $125,000 a year and to make the college years debt-free for everyone.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Suburban school districts offer cash bonus to some retired educators – Diane Rado
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-teacher-retirement-bonuses-met-20160925-story.html
— No one can convince Pat Quinn to go away – David Rutter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-rutter-pat-quinn-st-0927-20160926-story.html
— Markets underprepared for a Trump win, Morgan Stanley says – Bloomberg  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, Democrats and RINOs a) control the markets and b) hint/imply/argue/shout that if Trump is elected, Democrats and RINOs will crash the markets and destroy not only America, but the world.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-trump-markets-morgan-stanley-20160926-story.html
— Clinton, Trump, and your money: A personal-finance guide to the debate – Suzanne Woolley, Bloomberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-clinton-trump-personal-finance-economic-proposals-20160926-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Donald, Ivanka Trump fundraising in Illinois Wednesday – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-ivanka-trump-fundraising-in-illinois-wednesday/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Tickets start at $1,000 per person; the tab is $10,000 per person for the photo-op. The host committee includes Ron Gidwitz; former Bears Coach Mike Ditka and his wife, Diane; Cubs board member Todd Ricketts, who is also leading a pro-Trump Super PAC; Rep. Darin LaHood; Rep. John Shimkus and Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar.  Later on Wednesday, Ivanka heads to the Chicago home of Bill and Shelley Farley in Chicago for an event with Dikta. The price ranges from $500 a person to $10,000 which includes a photo-op.)
— Man grabs female jogger on Illinois Prairie Path near Armburst Avenue and Pleasant Hill Road in unincorporated Wheaton – Francesca Gattuso
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/man-grabs-female-jogger-on-illinois-prairie-path/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Study confirms railroads play a huge role in economic development – Roger C. Claar and Chad Jasmin
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160926/discuss/160929256/
— Guns, jobs, education at forefront of Dold, Schneider forum – Steve Zalusky
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160925/news/160929166/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Overwhelming vote for CPS strike
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160926/NEWS13/160929850/overwhelming-vote-for-cps-strike
— Meet the Dems’ chief weapon against remap reform: Michael Kasper – CLAIRE BUSHEY
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160924/ISSUE01/309249995
— What’s Rauner’s plan after November? – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160926/NEWS02/160929860/whats-rauners-plan-after-november

 

TIME
— Barickman now (Radogno’s) enforcer – David Giuliani  (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain?  Who are the enforcers in your Republican township/ward party organization, in your Republican county party organization, in your congressional district, and in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP).  I should write a book about past and present enforcers in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, the 6th Congressional District, and the IRP.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/barickman-now-party-s-enforcer/article_59f9aa21-cc9f-54f0-9565-5a067b46d384.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— We seek instructions to make political maps, Illinois justices give us silence – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article103798016.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Families Of Fallen Iraq War Soldiers Recognized At Special Event
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/families-of-fallen-iraq-war-soldiers-recognized-at-special-event-09-26-2016
— Governor Rauner Drops Hundreds Of Dog Bones From Helicopter For Animal fundraiser
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/governor-rauner-drops-hundreds-of-dog-bones-from-helicopter-for-animal-fundraiser

 

WSIL TV
— Why It Matters: Jobs – AP  (DIERSEN: When you were a senior in college, what hindered your job search?  For me, it was my being draft bait. Potential employers did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/33188104/why-it-matters-jobs

 

SAUK VALLEY
— OUTSTANDING: Chicago suburbs try to get a handle on slot machines – AP
http://www.saukvalley.com/2016/09/25/chicago-suburbs-try-to-get-a-handle-on-slot-machines/a77qjr9/

 

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— DUPAGE COUNTY DISTRICT 5 CANDIDATES WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM HOMEOWNERS MONDAY, OCTOBER 3
http://www.positivelynaperville.com/2016/09/25/dupage-county-district-5-candidates-will-answer-questions-homeowners/65187

 

CRIME IN WRIGLEYVILLE + BOYSTOWN
— Police Manpower Dips, Rahm’s Promise Unfulfilled  (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.cwbchicago.com/2016/09/police-manpower-dips-rahms-promise.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Strick: AFSCME is being unreasonable
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511012851-strick-afscme-is-being-unreasonable

 

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— Bruce Rauner stays on message: All Madigan, all the time – Rich Miller
http://rebootillinois.com/2016/09/25/bruce-rauner-stays-message-madigan-time/?

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries promote video gambling and other vices?  ANSWER? Those that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://capitolfax.com/2016/09/26/video-gaming-could-be-a-huge-revenue-generator-for-state-chicago/

 

COLLEGE FIX
— College students who openly support Trump censored, threatened, bullied by professors, peers  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government.  Political affiliation discrimination is rampant in the federal government. If Crete-Monee High School had a Republican Club, and I had been a member of it, the Post Office would not have offered me a job in 1966.  If I had been a member of the Republican Clubs at UIC or NIU, IRS would not have offered me a job in 1971.  If I had been a member of the Republican Clubs at Loyola or DePaul, GAO would not have offered me a job in 1980.)
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/29174/

 

BREITBART
— Kathleen Willey: Bill Clinton Alleged Sex Victims ‘Could Fill The Entire Audience’ At Presidential Debate – AARON KLEIN
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/09/25/exclusive-kathleen-willey-clinton-sex-victims-fill-entire-audience-presidential-debate/

 

BARBWIRE
— ISLAM & SECULARISM: WHICH ONE IS THE ANTICHRIST? – LEE DUIGON
http://barbwire.com/2016/09/26/which-one-is-the-antichrist/

 

THE BLAZE
— NBC’s Chuck Todd: It ‘would have made more sense’ for Trump to invite a ‘grieving Benghazi mother’ to debate – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/09/25/nbcs-chuck-todd-it-would-have-made-more-sense-for-trump-to-invite-a-grieving-benghazi-mother-to-debate/

 

FEDERALIST
— 22 Shot, 2 Dead: People Dying In Chicago While Rahm Cries On Stage – Robert Gehl
http://thefederalistpapers.org/us/22-shot-2-dead-people-dying-in-chicago-while-rahm-cries-on-stage

 

DAILY CALLER
— Silver: Trump Would Win If Election Were Held Today – PHILLIP STUCKY
http://dailycaller.com/2016/09/26/silver-trump-would-win-if-election-were-held-today/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— A single for Donald Trump  He doesn’t have to hit a home run to send Hillary to the showers – Editorial
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/25/donald-trump-doesnt-have-to-hit-a-homerun-to-send-/

 

NEWSMAX
— Priebus on Cruz’s Change of Heart: ‘My Comments Weren’t a Threat’ – Sandy Fitzgerald
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/Rence-Priebus-Ted-Cruz-Endorsement-Threat/2016/09/25/id/750054/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— RACIST RADICALS RULE CHARLOTTE  White lives don’t matter when Soros-funded race riots are underway. – Matthew Vadum
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/264306/racist-radicals-rule-charlotte-matthew-vadum
— MERKEL’S POLITICAL FOLLIES  Why the German chancellor’s generosity towards Muslim migrants may have sealed her political fate. – Joseph Puder
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/264297/merkels-political-follies-joseph-puder
— WASHINGTON MALL GUNMAN: “SAY GLORY TO ALLAH” – Daniel Greenfield
http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/264302/washington-mall-gunman-say-glory-allah-daniel-greenfield
— OBAMA CYNICALLY CONFLATES CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE WITH CHARLOTTE RIOTS – Daniel Greenfield
http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/264293/obama-cynically-conflates-civil-rights-struggle-daniel-greenfield

 

LIFEZETTE
— Immigration Officers Endorse Trump  ICE union chief blasts Clinton for ‘radical plan’ that places ‘every person living in America at risk’ – Kathryn Blackhurst
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/immigration-officers-endorse-trump/

 

HOT AIR
— Ted Cruz doesn’t appear enthusiastic about Trump support – TAYLOR MILLARD
http://hotair.com/archives/2016/09/25/ted-cruz-doesnt-appear-enthusiastic-trump-support/

 

PJ MEDIA
— ‘New York Times’ Endorses Hillary, Calls Her ‘Realist,’ ‘Bipartisan’ – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/2016/09/25/new-york-times-endorses-hillary-calls-her-realist-bipartisan/

 

POLITICO
— Munger busts donation caps in campaign for comptroller – Natasha Korecki
http://www.politico.com/states/illinois/story/2016/09/munger-busts-donation-caps-mendoza-calls-it-beyond-the-pale-105787
— Obama’s team isn’t laughing at Trump anymore  The president’s aides worry the Republican represents more of America than a fringe. – Edward-Isaac Dovere  (DIERSEN: Who laughs at you?  The following laugh at me: those who  a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.  THEY TALK AND ACT LIKE THEY THINK ABSOLUTELY NO ONE READS GOPUSA ILLINOIS EMAILS.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/barack-obama-donald-trump-228649

 

REUTERS
— Canada works to counter protectionist mood of U.S. campaign – David Ljunggren (DIERSEN: Canadians work to protect Canada’s interests, but who works to protect America’s interests?)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-canada-idUSKCN11W0BC

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: First Clinton-Trump Debate Is Framed by Rifts Over Race and Gender – PATRICK HEALY and ALEXANDER BURNS  (DIERSEN: Democrats have always shouted at minorities and shouted at women that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that minorities and women have had, are having, and will have.  Ever-increasingly Democrats promote hatred, if not violence, against Republicans.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/26/us/politics/clinton-trump-issues.html?ref=politics
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Anti-Trumps say “Millions in U.S. Climb Out of Poverty.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/26/business/economy/millions-in-us-climb-out-of-poverty-at-long-last.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame police for the problems that Blacks have.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/26/opinion/police-violence-american-epidemic-american-consent.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally and b) glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/09/26/these-are-the-people-donald-trump-wants-to-keep-out-of-america/
— Donald Trump’s campaign manager prints out journalists’ mean tweets – Callum Borchers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/26/donald-trumps-campaign-manager-prints-out-journalists-mean-tweets/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Autonomous vehicles could cost America 5 million jobs. What should we do about it? – Steven Greenhouse
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-greenhouse-driverless-job-loss-20160922-snap-story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Clinton campaign demands Holt scrutinize Trump at debate – Marisa Schultz (DIERSEN: Should I scrutinize my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?  What would a background check disclose about them?  What are their sources of income? What do they do with their free time?)
http://nypost.com/2016/09/26/clinton-campaign-demands-holt-scrutinize-trump-at-debate/
— Pilot who led Trump’s police backers fired after battery arrest – Yaron Steinbuch
http://nypost.com/2016/09/26/pilot-who-led-trumps-police-backers-fired-after-battery-arrest/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Reputation Under Fire, the IRS Pulls a Gun—Al Capone’s  Exhibit of Chicago mob boss’s revolver aims to scare up respect for the agency that put him away – ARUNA VISWANATHA  (DIERSEN: What do you know about IRS?  I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels (currently $77,899-$88,286).  I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 levels (currently $92,632-$98,809).  I won a spilt decision against IRS over its disallowance of my education deductions.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/reputation-under-fire-the-irs-pulls-a-gunal-capones-1474833589
— Self-Driving Hype Doesn’t Reflect Reality  Auto makers promise ‘autonomous’ technology, but it will be years before we get self-driving cars that can go anywhere – CHRISTOPHER MIMS
http://www.wsj.com/articles/self-driving-hype-doesnt-reflect-reality-1474821801

 

FORTUNE
— The Top 3 Trump Scandals a Democratic Senate Will Investigate – Chris Matthews  (DIERSEN: Are you involved in government, in politics, in journalism, in business, in etc.?  What are your scandals?)
http://fortune.com/2016/09/26/trump-scandals-investigations/

 

TELEGRAPH
— Political correctness was out the window at stump for Trump event in Perry, Texas – BECKY PURSER
http://www.macon.com/news/local/community/houston-peach/article104147286.html

 

DAILY BEAST
— As American Education Collapses, Democracy’s Foundation Shakes – Sol Stern
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/25/as-american-education-collapses-democracy-s-foundation-shakes.html

 

CONCORD MONITOR
— Trump politics of nostalgia here to stay – Bloomberg  (DIERSEN: How long have you been alive?  I have been alive since 1948.  Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, America is more and more and more anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://www.concordmonitor.com/Trump-politics-of-nostalgia-are-here-to-stay-4944713

 

EDUCATION WEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: As Democrat educators increasingly force LGBT activity on their students, one should ask “Are non-LGBT students safe?”
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/leadership_360/2016/09/are_lgbt_students_safe.html

 

GUARDIAN
— Donald Trump links Mexico border wall plan to Israel’s ‘successful’ separation barrier  Republican’s campaign highlights lengthy discussion between Trump and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on securing borders. Ben Jacobs
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/26/donald-trump-links-mexico-border-wall-plan-to-israels-successful-separation-barrier

 

ADVOCATE
— President Obama Honors African-American LGBT Community – YEZMIN VILLARREAL (DIERSEN: What are your demographics?  What communities are you a member of?)
http://www.advocate.com/pride/2016/9/25/president-obama-honors-african-american-lgbt-community