October 7 Morning Edition

ROLL CALL
— Trump-Kirk Feud Escalates  Trump slams senator while Kirk releases poll showing he outpolls GOP nominee
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/trump-and-kirk-escalate-their-feud
— Rising Interest on America’s Debt Threatens Our National Defense and Our Future  Voters should not elect candidates who disregard the issue – Joseph J. DioGuardi  (DIERSEN: Low interest rates a) help borrowers who are predominately younger Democrats and b) harm savers who are predominately older Republicans.)
http://www.rollcall.com/news/opinion/joe-dioguardi-rising-annual-interest-americas-debt-threatens-national-defense-future

 

NBC5
— Duckworth Using Kirk’s Tweets Against Him – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Campaign-Round-Up-Duckworth-Using-Kirks-Tweets-for-Fundraising-396226831.html
— Rauner Talks Illinois Economy in Second Facebook Live Event  Gov. Bruce Rauner hosted his second Facebook Live event Thursday, focusing on Illinois manufacturing and job creation. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Rauner-Talks-Illinois-Economy-in-Second-Facebook-Live-Event-396206331.html

 

WGN RADIO
— Ald. Rielly on why he thinks a Trump sign should go: it’s not honorable “to trash the city’s international reputation” – JEFF CARLIN  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Wheaton was full of racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse people.)
http://wgnradio.com/2016/10/06/ald-rielly-on-why-he-thinks-a-trump-sign-should-go-ita-not-honorable-to-trash-the-cities-international-reputation/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump says Mark Kirk ‘not doing so well’ in Senate race, but ‘that’s his problem’ – Sean Sullivan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-mark-kirk-20161006-story.html
— Rauner laments family dog getting into shenanigans – Kim Geiger  (DIERSEN: One reason why I can afford to spend 10+ hours a day of what is left of my life putting out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails is that I have never owned a dog.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-facebook-live-20161006-story.html
— Chicago cop is the face of the Ferguson Effect – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-ferguson-effect-chicago-police-1007-20161006-column.html
— The wretched legacy of the Obama years – Charles Krauthammer
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-obama-legacy-obamacare-doctrine-assad-putin-perspec-1007-20161006-story.html
— How Hillary Clinton can close the deal with millennials – Jennifer Rubin  (DIERSEN: Democrats always promise to give younger people preference, that is, to discriminate against older people.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-hillary-clinton-millennials-20161006-story.html
— ‘The Birth of a Nation’: A history lesson we cannot afford to miss – Dahleen Glanton  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats and RINOs demonize, denigrate, and condemn you as being a racist, a sexist, a bigot, and even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-birth-of-a-nation-glanton-20161005-column.html
— ARTICLE TITLE IN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: U.S. teen birth rate hits record low for 7th year in row – Karen Kaplan
http://www.norwalkreflector.com/frontpage/2016/10/04/Teen-birth-rate-in-the-US-hits-record-low-for-7th-consecutive-year.html
— Group home for single moms proposed for vacant building in Wheaton – Bob Goldsborough  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, anyone who questions/opposes this will be viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being a deplorable and even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/wheaton/news/ct-wheaton-single-mothers-home-1007-20161006-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A long-vacant office building in a prominent Wheaton location could be repurposed as a group home for new and expectant single mothers. Built in 1987 as the Wheaton Inn bed-and-breakfast, the 19,813-square-foot, three-story brick building at 301 W. Roosevelt Road, later was used as the offices for Invesco PowerShares, an exchange-traded fund firm. The company relocated to offices in the former Sara Lee building in Downers Grove in July 2012, and since then, the building has been vacant and listed for sale. Now, the Clarendon Hills-based nonprofit group Love from Above has a contract to purchase the building and is proposing to place up to 12 expectant mothers in the house. The group’s founder and CEO, Yvonne Florczak-Seeman, said Love from Above intends to buy the building from Invesco PowerShares subsidiary PCM Properties LLC and use it for a two-year transitional housing program. The building will be known as the Butterfly Garden, she said. “This is for women in college who get pregnant who want to continue their education but don’t want to have an abortion. For them, their choices are parenting or abortion,” Florczak-Seeman said. For Florczak-Seeman, 52, the issue of support during an unplanned pregnancy is a powerful — and personal — one. As a teenager, she experienced an unplanned pregnancy and made the decision to have an abortion — a decision she says she regrets. “Pregnancy is not a terminal illness or a disease,” she said. “It’s a nine month process. We need to empower these girls. Motherhood won’t destroy them; it will mature them. Motherhood or adoption is a beautiful decision. I have been feeling that this kind of program is much needed. There is not one organization that empowers young ladies.” The building will serve as the home for women ages 18 to 26 for two years each, Florczak-Seeman said. The building would have a nursery to care for babies whose mothers want to attend classes. The group also would offer on-site culinary and fashion design programs for mothers, she said. The group, which also would place all of its offices on the first floor of the building, relies on private donors, Florczak-Seeman said. “We are very excited,” she said. Wheaton officials said that while they have received an application from the group, they haven’t yet determined what kind of zoning change, if any, the group’s proposed use would require. PCM Properties LLC bought the building for $2.625 million in 2005 from Kathryn Harbison, who had run the Wheaton Inn bed-and-breakfast.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats urge illegals to come to Chicago, to stay in Chicago, and to bring other illegals to Chicago.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/marlen-garcia-how-chicago-can-strengthen-sanctuary-ordinance/
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Johnson describes attack on cop: ‘She thought she was gonna die’ – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/johnson-tells-scary-story-at-police-and-fire-awards-ceremony/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Will Trump lose the fat vote?”
ttp://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-will-trump-lose-the-fat-vote/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a color picture unethically made to look like a news article, the Daily Herald urges people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring other to America illegally.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161006/news/161009133/
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTO OF MARSHALL: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Naperville Police Chief Bob Marshall sides with those who criticize police.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161007/news/161009102/
— Endorsement: Winger in House District 45
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161007/discuss/161009151/
— Endorsement: Bernas in House District 56
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161007/discuss/161009146/
— Disability deadlines, milestones for getting government services – (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs viciously demonize, viciously demonize, and viciously condemn Republicans for not providing enough government services for those with disabilities.  From what I see, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the percentage of those with disabilities in America and in Illinois is increasingly dramatically.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161007/news/161009101/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE FOR THIS ARTICLE IN THE DAILY HERALD: Anti-Trumps say that Trump sees members of the working class as being chumps.  I was a member of the working class 1964-1997.  I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County who look down on members of the working class.
https://www.creators.com/read/connie-schultz

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Marwig v. McAuliffe: Fight over state House seat helps draw big bucks to Illinois – AP
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161006/NEWS02/161009883/fight-over-state-senate-seat-helps-draw-big-bucks-to-illinois

 

DNA INFO
— New Police Cars To Be Built At South Side Ford Plant – Ted Cox
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161006/downtown/new-police-cars-be-built-at-south-side-ford-plant

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner covers familiar ground in Facebook Live chat about economy, jobs – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20161006/rauner-covers-familiar-ground-in-facebook-live-chat-about-economy-jobs

 

STATE LINE
— How hurricanes can upend politics  Presidential campaigns stall in Florida – Eric Bradner – CNN  (DIERSEN: Democrats run America.  Democrats blame Republicans for everything that is bad, including bad weather.)
http://www.mystateline.com/news/how-hurricanes-can-upend-politics

 

TIMES
— Paper favors local GOP hopefuls – David Giuliani  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, in Illinois, television stations, newspapers, radio stations, websites, etc. a) promote the Democrat Party platform and b) promote candidates who will defend and advance the Democrat Party platform.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/paper-favors-local-gop-hopefuls/article_202d7114-9806-5e61-a9cd-a44c6d70a7d2.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Every week, the Illinois Valley Times reaches mailboxes in La Salle County, with stories promoting the candidacies of Republican state representative candidates Jerry Long and David Welter. One of its owners, Dan Proft, is largely mum about the local paper, which is among a string of conservative publications popping up around the state this year. The local paper, which started in July, has no advertising, other than for a nonprofit conservative group to which Proft belongs. The chain was started in the winter by the Chicago-based Liberty Principles PAC, which receives much of its money from Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. Over the summer, a private corporation, Local Government Information Services Inc., took possession of the papers, Proft said. The company filed its corporate paperwork with the state in mid-August, a few weeks into its management of the papers. The Times asked Proft how the company makes money with its newspapers. “I’m certain you don’t understand how newspapers or businesses make money,” Proft said in an email to a reporter. “In addition to ads, have you ever heard of the concept of subscriptions as a revenue source for newspapers, for example? Are you familiar with the concept of seed capital used to launch and grow a business? I didn’t think so.” Proft said the reporter could not be fair in reporting about his company’s newspapers, suggesting the reporter favors Long’s opponent, Rep. Andy Skoog, D-La Salle. “That makes you an advocate not a journalist. So please make sure Andy Skoog reports your ‘stories’ as in-kind contributions (in his campaign reports),” Proft said in an email. The registered agent for the company is an accountant, which often is the case in corporate filings. The company’s information listed no president, though Proft has confirmed before he is one of the owners. Proft, a former Republican candidate for governor and radio show host, declined to answer whether any seed money for the company came from Liberty Principles PAC. By law, political action committees must report expenditures and donations. He also wouldn’t say whether the papers would stop circulating after the Tuesday, Nov. 8, election. The paper regularly runs stories favorable to Long, of Streator, and Rep. David Welter, R-Morris, who is facing Democrat Martha Shugart, of Morris. The most recent editions contained headlines such as “Long supports Illinois farming” and “Welter seeks district input.” ‘Justifiable grounds’  In March, the state Board of Elections ruled complaints against Liberty Principles and its papers were filed on “justifiable grounds.” The complaints alleged Liberty Principles failed to include proper attribution of its papers’ funding source and coordinated with candidates. In its ruling, the elections board said Liberty Principles was “admonished” to ensure all its political literature and communications identify the PAC as its funder. Specifically, it must include “paid for by” language. At some point afterward, Local Government Information Services took control of the papers. In July and August, the Illinois Valley Times included no ownership information. Now it lists its corporate owner, but still includes no phone number. Skoog tied to Mautino  Liberty Principles, which Proft heads, still involves itself in La Salle County. This week, the group distributed a mailer linking Skoog to his predecessor, Frank Mautino, D-Spring Valley, whose campaign spending is under federal investigation. “Will Andy Skoog be any different than Frank Mautino?” the flier asks. Earlier this year, Skoog publicly asked Mautino to answer questions about his spending. But, like Gov. Rauner, Skoog declined to join calls for Mautino’s resignation as state auditor general, saying he wants investigations completed first.”)

 

WAND
— Davis Endorsed By Laborers’ Union – Doug Wolfe
http://www.wandtv.com/story/33335921/davis-endorsed-by-laborers-union

 

STATE OF ILLINOIS
— Is Your Massage Therapist Licensed? In Illinois, It’s the Law  (DIERSEN: How soon will Illinois require journalists to be licensed?  The following would object to me being licensed: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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 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://www3.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=1&RecNum=13838

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Thorner/O’Neil: Lighten up the campaign: Time to call in comedy writers
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/10/thorneroneil-lighten-up-the-campaign-time-to-call-in-comedy-writers.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Trump takes a swipe at Kirk
http://capitolfax.com/2016/10/07/trump-takes-a-swipe-at-kirk/
— Winning lottery ticket bought with drug money seized
http://capitolfax.com/2016/10/07/winning-lottery-ticket-bought-with-drug-money-seized/

 

CHRISTIAN REVIE
— Mike Pence Declared the Leader of the Conservative Movement – Jason Kippen  (DIERSEN: Who are the conservative leaders in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality?  How strongly do they promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), illegal drugs, gambling, and other planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform?)
http://www.thechristianreview.com/mike-pence-declared-the-leader-of-the-conservative-movement/

 

LIFE NEWS
— Archbishop: “Catholics Cannot Support Pro-Abortion Candidates” and Hillary is “Aggressively Pro-Abortion” – STEVEN ERTELT
http://www.lifenews.com/2016/10/06/archbishop-catholics-cannot-support-pro-abortion-candidates-and-hillary-is-aggressively-pro-abortion/

 

GOPUSA
— Planning Vote Fraud to ‘Elect’ Hillary
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=15677
— The Non-Working Class – Mona Charen  (DIERSEN: Are you a member of the working class, that is, are you paid a salary for what you do?  I have not been paid a salary for I do since 1997 when I was 49 years old when my Democrat GAO superiors succeed in forcing me to retire.  My critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.  They have made it extremely clear that they do NOT want me to get any kind of income that is appropriate for someone with my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=15671
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “He that will not work shall not eat (except by sickness he be disabled). For the labors of 30 or 40 honest and industrious men shall not be consumed to maintain 150 idle loiterers.” — John Smith, 1609  One out of 6 prime-working-age adult males in the United States is not temporarily unemployed, or “between jobs,” or “looking for work.” No, a huge cohort of men in America is now neither employed nor looking for work. They are just skating by on a combination of girlfriends, wives, mothers and government benefits. Their status, argues Nicholas Eberstadt in “Men Without Work,” is a “quiet catastrophe.” Until relatively recently, choosing not to work was a luxury only the wealthy could afford. Everyone else had to keep the wolf from the door (though the temptation to try to live off others has always been with us — see John Smith above). In the 1950s, 98 percent of prime-age males were working or looking for work (i.e., in the labor force). Today it is 88 percent. Recessions have affected labor-force participation, but the downward trend line has been consistent for decades. Only 15 percent of non-working men cite inability to find work as the reason for their idleness. Eberstadt examines the usual explanations. The retirement of baby boomers? It doesn’t account for the decline in work by those aged 25-54 (traditionally, the group most likely to be employed). The participation of prime-age men in the labor force fell from 94.1 percent in 1948 to 84.3 percent in 2015. Aren’t more men in college? If the work patterns of 1965 were obtained today, even accounting for the extra students enrolled in education programs, an additional 10 percent of America’s young men would be employed. “The overwhelming majority of adult male job trainees,” Eberstadt writes, “appear to be job holders already. … Most men enrolled in formal schooling are also in the workforce.”)
— Better refugee screening is needed
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=15704

 

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— How Poll Bias Obscures Trump’s Likely Election – MILTON ROSENBER
http://spectator.org/how-poll-bias-obscures-trumps-likely-election/

 

NET RIGHT DAILY
— FEC: No freedom of press for Internet publications, satellite TV and radio, streaming movies and printed books – Natalia Castro  (DIERSEN: Who wants to limit/abolish your freedom of the press?  The following want to limit/abolish my freedom of the press: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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 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://netrightdaily.com/2016/10/fec-no-freedom-press-internet-publications-satellite-tv-radio-streaming-movies-printed-books/

 

REUTERS
— Trump says 70 percent of federal regulations ‘can go’ – Chris Kaufman (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. When federal agencies suffer budget cuts, they get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-regulations-idUSKCN12629R

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The White House Rule: No Tax Returns, No Job – NORMAN EISEN and RICHARD W. PAINTER
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/opinion/the-white-house-rule-no-tax-returns-no-job.html
— Mike Pence Disavows Donald Trump’s Earlier Proposal Barring Muslims – ALAN RAPPEPORT
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/us/politics/mike-pence-donald-trump-muslim-ban.html
— When You Hear the Margin of Error Is Plus or Minus 3 Percent, Think 7 Instead – DAVID ROTHSCHILD and SHARAD GOEL
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/upshot/when-you-hear-the-margin-of-error-is-plus-or-minus-3-percent-think-7-instead.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Donald Trump’s Ventures Began With a Lot of Hype. Here’s How They Turned Out. – STEVE EDER and ALICIA PARLAPIANO  (DIERSEN: How did your ventures turn out?  In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, in light of tremendous efforts by my Democrat and RINO critics/opponents to get rid of me, a) I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, b) I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, c) I was a GAO employee for almost 18 years, d) I was an IRS employee for almost 9 years, e) I was a Post Office employee for almost 3 years, f) I was the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman for almost 7 years, g) I was a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member for 8 years, h) I was the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster for 6 years, i) I was an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member for 4 years, and j) I was an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member for 3 years.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/us/politics/donald-trump-business-deals.html

 

USA TODAY
— Giuliani takes leave of absence from job, all in for Trump – Eliza Collins
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/10/06/giuliani-firm-trump/91658356/
— The power to vote is awesome. Use it. – Judy Belk  (DIERSEN: 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 URGE EVERYONE 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.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2016/10/06/voices-power-vote-awesome-use/91638650/

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Kirk fires back at Donald Trump for saying he’s ‘not doing so well’ – Allan Smith
http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-mark-kirk-2016-10

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Conservative Group Foresees Surge in Hispanic Turnout  Koch-funded LIBRE Institute’s projection bodes poorly for Donald Trump –  BETH REINHARD  (DIERSEN: If you vote for Democrats, you shout that you 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://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/10/07/conservative-group-foresees-surge-in-hispanic-turnout/
— Donald Trump Urged Congress to Loosen Tax Rules in Early 1990s  Push came several years before Republican candidate’s $916 million in losses on 1995 tax return – JOHN D. MCKINNON
http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-urged-congress-to-loosen-tax-rules-in-early-1990s-1475786072
— FRONT PAGE: McDonald’s Knows It’s Losing the Burger Battle—Can It Come Back?  ‘Better burger’ chains are pulling in customers with gourmet, made-to-order hamburgers, a tactic McDonald’s is struggling to mimic – JULIE JARGON  (DIERSEN: With McDonald’s headquarters moving into Democrat Chicago, will more Democrats eat at McDonald’s?)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/mcdonalds-knows-its-losing-the-burger-battlecan-it-come-back-1475769684

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Why Students Are Losing Out on Billions in College Financial Aid – Kim Cook  (DIERSEN: Did you apply for “college financial aid.”  I did not.  Instead, I paid for my college expenses (a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees) and for cars to commute to and from classes with money that earned and saved doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, working as a security guard, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies.)
http://time.com/money/4520236/college-financial-aid-why-students-dont-apply/

 

VANITY FAIR
— 30 FORMER G.O.P. LAWMAKERS DECLARE TRUMP LACKS “INTELLIGENCE” TO LEAD  The open letter slams the Republican nominee as “manifestly unqualified to be president.” – TINA NGUYEN  (DIERSEN: If you judge someone, you are asking that you be judged. How much “intelligence” do these “30 former G.O.P. lawmakers” have?  What are their “qualifications?”  What if Trump spend a few million dollars to have them investigated?)
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/10/republican-open-letter-donald-trump

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Robin Hood Economics Falls Flat in Debates – Michael Barone  (DIERSEN: Do your critics/opponents want you to pay more taxes?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should pay more taxes.  They stress that I am conservative, Republican, non-poor, White, male, non-veteran, childless, older, that my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s, that I refuse to serve as one of their operatives or as one of their dupes, etc.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_michael_barone/robin_hood_economics_falls_flat_in_debates
— Few Believe Fed Chairman Is Independent of Obama
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/october_2016/few_believe_fed_chairman_is_independent_of_obama

October 6 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois pension funding gap at $1.2 trillion – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/210085610-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Final round of endorsements for the Illinois House: Lindsay Parkhurst, David Olsen, Norine Hammond, Avery Bourne, Sara Wojcicki Jimenez, Reginald “Reggie” Phillips, Mike Babcock, Dwight Kay, Katherine Ruocco, and Dave Severin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-illinois-house-endorsements-madigan-rauner-edit-1007-jm-20161006-story.html
— GOP poised to gain a few Illinois statehouse seats, but little will change – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-rauner-madigan-illinois-legislature-republicans-perspec-20161006-column.html
— Comptroller warns state could delay employee pension contribution due to Rauner-Madigan impasse – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-leslie-munger-illinois-pension-payment-met-1007-20161006-story.html
— Duckworth hauls in $4.1 million over summer for Kirk challenge – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-tammy-duckworth-mark-kirk-fundraising-met-1007-20161006-story.html
— Chicago State’s Code of Silence – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-chicago-state-university-hush-money-edit-1008-md-20161006-story.html
— Citing beating of officer, Chicago’s top cop says police are ‘second-guessing themselves’ – Jeremy Gorner and Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-citing-beating-of-officer-chicago-s-top-cop-says-police-are-second-guessing-themselves-20161006-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chicago’s top cop said Thursday one of his officers was seriously beaten at an accident scene because the national focus on police shootings has caused officers to second-guess themselves. Superintendent Eddie Johnson said the patrol officer told him she did not use her gun to defend herself for fear of a backlash.  “She didn’t want her family or the department to go through the scrutiny the next day on national news,” he said. The injured officer, a 17-year Chicago police veteran, got into a struggle with a man who allegedly was high on PCP after she stopped at a crash scene in the Austin community on the West Side on Wednesday morning. The suspect smashed the officer’s face into the pavement repeatedly until she was unconscious, police said.)
— Candidates seek volunteer support as well as votes – Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-204-candidate-forum-st-1007-20161006-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Connecting with an audience of high school students who for the most part aren’t old enough to vote isn’t always easy for political candidates. But Tonia Khouri, Republican candidate for the 11th Congressional District on the November ballot, had a definite ace in the hole at Tuesday’s candidate fair and forum at Waubonsie Valley High School in Aurora. The event was hosted by the YMCA Youth and Government delegations from Indian Prairie District 204’s three high schools in conjunction with the civics education group Mikva Challenge and the League of Women Voters of Naperville. Khouri was one of eight candidates and one candidate representative appealing for voter and volunteer support. One of her talking points was that while many students aren’t voting constituents, they still can participate in the political process by joining a campaign as a volunteer, making phone calls or handing out literature.)
— Sugar Grove man Jim Gibson shares inside view of Trump pageant controversy – Denise Crosby
http://www.chicagotribune.com/ct-abn-crosby-trump-pageants-st-1004-20161004-27-column.html
— VERY SAD: High school students choose Clinton, Duckworth in mock election – Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-mock-election-st-1007-20161006-story.html
— Elgin man facing deportation seeks sanctuary in DuPage County church – David Sharos and Christy Gutowski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-sanctuary-church-dupage-st-1007-20161006-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump camp balks at removing ‘Trump Plaza’ Chicago street sign – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/trump-push-back-on-removal-of-trump-plaza-chicago-street-sign/
— Reject transportation ‘lock box’ amendment – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-reject-transportation-lock-box-amendment/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Barrington-area GOP lawmakers deliver grim outlook – Doug T. Graham
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161006/news/161009189/
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Dold says he’ll back a write-in candidate for president instead of Trump – Russell Lissau
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161006/news/161009261/
— Marwig v. McAuliffe: The most expensive statehouse race in the nation is in the suburbs – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161006/news/310069950/
— Endorsement: Moylan in Illinois House District 55
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161006/discuss/161009319/
— Endorsement: Willis in House Dist. 77
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161006/discuss/161009321/
— Sean Hannity says Fox colleague Megyn Kelly backs Clinton – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161006/news/310069940/
— Should the Lake County recorder’s office merge with the clerk’s office? – Russell Lissau
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161006/news/161009243/
— Hose, Olsen offer different views on bathroom access – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161006/news/161009179/
— Pierog tries to unseat Oberweis in state Senate’s 25th District – Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161006/news/161009164/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Will somebody in Carol Stream please put their house on the market? – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20161006/CRED0701/161009910/will-somebody-in-carol-stream-please-put-their-house-on-the-market
— Homebuilders lose lawsuit over Chicago affordable housing law – ALBY GALLUN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20161006/CRED0701/161009908/homebuilders-lose-lawsuit-over-chicago-affordable-housing-law
— Mars Wrigley to base HQ in Chicago – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161006/BLOGS02/161009891/mars-wrigley-to-base-hq-in-chicago

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Endorsements: 14th Congressional District: Randy Hultgren
http://www.nwherald.com/2016/10/03/endorsements-14th-congressional-district-randy-hultgren/a42dxd6/

 

WQAD
— Illinois comptroller continues to push ‘no budget, no pay’ for lawmakers – SARAH TISINGER
http://wqad.com/2016/10/05/illinois-comptroller-continues-to-push-no-budget-no-pay-for-lawmakers/

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — At Wash University ahead of debate, College Republicans display a sign: ‘We are afraid of Trump, too’ – Ashley Jost
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/at-wash-u-ahead-of-debate-college-republicans-display-a/article_f7a49397-c4de-5007-bd78-f6c870327b6d.html

 

CHICAGO NOW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: “Soapbox Momma” promotes pot.
http://www.chicagonow.com/soapbox-momma/2016/10/illinois-mom-of-4-overcomes-enormous-health-challenges-with-medical-cannabis-use/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— PRESIDENT OBAMA ACKNOWLEDGES IL GOP SENATE COLLEAGUES FOR CAREER ASSISTANCE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/10/president-obama-acknowledges-il-gop-senate-colleagues-for-career-assistance.html
— PENCE’S CLEAR STAND ON ABORTION ISSUE DRAWS ACCOLADES FROM PRO-LIFE LEADERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/10/pences-clear-stand-on-abortion-issue-draws-accolades-from-pro-life-leaders.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— AG Madigan argues against Mautino hearing delay
http://capitolfax.com/2016/10/06/ag-madigan-argues-against-mautino-hearing-delay/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Donald Trump secures law enforcement endorsements
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/6/donald-trump-secures-law-enforcement-endorsements/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— UPTION, CRIME, ELECTIONS, ISSUES  PHILADELPHIA KEEPS FELONS, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND OTHER INELIGIBLES ON VOTER ROLLS – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2016/10/06/philadelphia-keeps-felons-illegal-immigrants-and-other-ineligibles-on-voter-rolls/

 

GOPUSA
— Media Judgment Corrupted by Desire to Defeat Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=15633
— NRA announces $6.5M ad buy for Trump in swing states
http://www.gopusa.com/nra-announces-6-5m-ad-buy-for-trump-in-swing-states/
— Megyn Kelly attacks both Trump and Hannity
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=15656
— Vandalism of pro-Trump mural offers free-speech lesson at University of Minnesota
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=15651
— Ford chairman infuriated by Trump’s comments on Mexican manufacturing
http://www.gopusa.com/ford-chairman-infuriated-by-trumps-comments-on-mexican-manufacturing/
— Will Illegal Foreign Voters Steal the Election? – Michelle Malkin  (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?  Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with illegals and against Americans.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=15631
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “It could all come down to Colorado.”  That’s the latest conventional wisdom from presidential poll watchers. But it may not be legal American citizens in my adopted home state who choose the next commander in chief. Instead, it could very well be foreign noncitizens voting illegally in the Rocky Mountains — and in other crucial swing states — who seal our country’s fate. Former Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler identified nearly 5,000 noncitizens in Colorado who voted in the 2010 general election. Gessler’s office uncovered upwards of 12,000 noncitizens registered to vote. Liberal groups who oppose stronger election system protections attacked him for trying to verify citizenship status — because God forbid public officials sworn to uphold the rule of law actually do anything to enhance the integrity of our election system! Compounding the problem: The militant immigration expansionist group Mi Familia Vota, connected with the Service Employees International Union, has ramped up its efforts in swing states to facilitate naturalization and registration of Latino voters who will promote the open-borders agenda at the polls. Another rare defender of American sovereignty, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, fought in court for his state’s right to require citizenship documents from people who register to vote at motor vehicle offices. Last month, a federal appeals court struck down the Kansas law despite the U.S. Constitution’s conferral of responsibility for determining who may vote to states. In a scene straight out of “Alice in Wonderland,” Kobach faced a contempt hearing for battling against those who hold contempt for truly free and fair elections. He was forced to sign an agreement with the ACLU allowing more than 18,000 motor-voter registrants to cast ballots this November while litigation continues. Last year, undercover investigative journalist James O’Keefe and his Project Veritas team blew the whistle on North Carolina political operatives who encouraged people to vote even if they were noncitizens. Like Kobach, O’Keefe endures attacks on his efforts to ensure clean elections by grievance-mongers screaming about phony voter “disenfranchisement.” Never mind that a nonpartisan study in 2014 from Old Dominion University concluded “that 6.4 percent of noncitizens voted in 2008 and 2.2 percent of noncitizens voted in 2010.” Put on your shocked faces: These illegal noncitizen voters overwhelmingly supported Democrats. And their votes were enough to tilt the presidential election results in North Carolina to President Obama, along with handing over “Democratic victories in congressional races including a critical 2008 Senate race (Al Franken’s victory in Minnesota) that delivered for Democrats a 60-vote filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.” The ACLU and other left-wing groups sabotaging voter integrity laws see no voter fraud, hear no voter fraud and speak no voter fraud. Thanks to their efforts, voter ID laws have been tossed in Texas, Wisconsin and North Carolina. Committed to flooding the voting rolls with every last potential Democrat constituent, their operational motto is: No unqualified voter left behind. But J. Christian Adams, a former Justice Department election lawyer in the Voting Rights Section, has exposed the systemic assault on the election process at every level by activist groups funded by liberal billionaire George Soros, including: –Blocking citizenship verification. –Automatic voter registration of welfare recipients without local verification checks. –Massive foreign language ballot expansion. –Obstruction of efforts to include state qualification instructions on voter registration forms. This past week, the Public Interest Law Foundation uncovered thousands of foreign aliens registered to vote in swing states Virginia and Pennsylvania thanks to the federal Motor Voter law. It’s the tip of the iceberg because the studies include just a small sample of counties. Oh, Virginia voters, you’ll be thrilled to know that your top election officials are now trying to cover up the true extent of the scandal. PILF noted that the commissioner of the Virginia Department of Elections issued a written guidance to local election officials instructing them “not to respond to our requests for records pertaining to non-citizen voters.” In Pennsylvania, election officials are so apathetic and incompetent that even when aliens begged to get off the voter rolls because they had never registered to vote in the first place, they were ignored. Catherine Engelbrecht of election integrity activist group True the Vote is right: “Just voting isn’t enough.” Keeping this republic depends on the vigilance of citizens committed to an almost impossible task these days: Making American elections American again.)

 

NEWSMAX
— Hannity: Megyn ‘Clearly’ Supports Hillary – Cathy Burke
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Fox-Kelly-Hannity-media/2016/10/05/id/751902/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Wrote About His $1 Billion Loss In 1997 — And NYT Published It! – Michael Bastasch
http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/04/trump-wrote-about-his-1-billion-loss-in-1997-and-nyt-published-it/

 

THE HILL
— Dozens of former GOP lawmakers announce opposition to Trump – Jonathan Easley  (DIERSEN: If you “announce opposition to Trump,” you will be loved by 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://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/299592-dozens-of-former-gop-lawmakers-announce-opposition-to-trump

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Here’s How Bernie Sanders Diehards Are Plotting To Keep Donald Trump Out Of The White House  They may not have embraced Hillary Clinton, but they loathe Trump. – Igor Bobic
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-strategic-voting-trump_us_57f6cf1ae4b068ecb5dd6830

 

POLITICO
— Kinzinger: I would vote for Pence for president in a ‘heartbeat’ – Brent Griffiths
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/adam-kinzinger-mike-pence-229211
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say: “Obama’s popularity soars thanks to Trump.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/obama-approval-rating-donald-trump-229262
— Conservatives try to undercut Christie’s role in Trump land  ‘Conservatives are very nervous about Chris Christie,’ says the leader of one activist group, with judgeships and top White House jobs potentially at stake. – Nancy Cook and Andrew Restuccia
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/chris-christie-donald-trump-transition-administration-229265

 

NBC NEWS
— Thirty Former GOP Congressmen Come Out Against Trump – LEIGH ANN CALDWELL  (DIERSEN: If you “Come Out Against Trump,” you will be loved by 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.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/thirty-former-gop-congressmen-come-out-against-trump-n660906

 

FCW
— Finding ways to make federal employees want to stay – Chase Gunter (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors focused on getting their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger to want to stay by focusing on getting rid their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://fcw.com/articles/2016/10/06/next-generation-feds.aspx

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters Say Trump’s Tax History Is Nothing Unusual in Business  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, extremely few of my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers and subordinate took job-related college courses.  Instead, they focused on helping their superiors waste the careers of and get rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2016/voters_say_trump_s_tax_history_is_nothing_unusual_in_business

October 5 Morning Edition

NBC5
— New Poll Shows Clinton, Duckworth With Big Leads in Illinois  Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Tammy Duckworth have opened up big leads in Illinois, according to a new poll released Tuesday. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/New-Poll-Show-Clinton-Duckworth-with-Big-Leads-in-Illinois-395841901.html
— Comptroller Munger Talks Relationship with Rauner, Campaign  In an exclusive interview with Ward Room, the comptroller touched on her relationship with Rauner, the campaign and her vision for the future of the state. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Munger-Rauner-and-I-Did-Not-Create-This-Mess-395894951.html

 

CBS2
— Sex Abuse Survivor Scott Cross Urges Lawmakers To Change State Statues On Child Sex Abuse – Lisa Fielding
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/10/04/sex-abuse-survivor-urges-lawmakers-to-change-state-statues-on-child-sex-abuse/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Scott Cross made headlines when he testified that former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert abused him when he was a wrestler at Yorkville High School in the late 1970’s. He says sometimes it takes a lifetime for survivors to come forward. “I understand that the average age that an individual is willing to come forward is roughly 42 years of age. Our current state stops at age 38. It is unbelievably hard to step forward and confront a person of power and trust in somebody that you idolized and respect,” said Cross, who is now 54. He is also the brother of former Republican statehouse leader Tom Cross.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Did Hillary and Bill pave the way for The Donald? – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-clinton-trump-kass-1005-20161004-column.html
— Emanuel, Mendoza try for two-fer on mentoring money – Hal Dardick  (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.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-susana-mendoza-sticker-fees-20161004-story.html
— Chicago casino back in play? Why you shouldn’t bet on it – Robert Reed  (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice.  If you promote gambling, you promote vice.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-chicago-casino-michael-reese-robert-reed-1004-biz-20161003-column.html
— Some MBA programs are receiving fewer applications. Here’s why. – Ally Marotti  (DIERSEN: Do you have an MBA?  In 1971, IRS hired me as a GS-7 (currently $43,915) Revenue Officer.  Back then, IRS encouraged its Revenue Officers to take graduate courses in business, accounting, and law.  In 1972, I started taking graduate business courses at Loyola, I deducted the courses, and earned an MBA in 1976. However, it became increasing clear that my Democrat IRS superiors wanted to replace me with someone who was a Democrat, a minority, a female, younger than me, and/or a veteran. In keeping with that, in 1978, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed all the aforesaid courses. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the courses 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, d) qualified me for a new trade or business, and e) were a distraction.  I took IRS to Tax Court and I won, the court allowed all my graduate business courses.  However, the court disallowed the graduate accounting courses that I had taken at DePaul 1976-1978 by accepting my Democrat IRS superiors’ argument that those courses qualified me for a new trade or business.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-gmac-mba-admission-trends-bsi-20161003-story.html
— Quick wit of Paul Green recalled with laughter, tears – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-paul-green-memorial-1005-chicago-inc-20161004-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Vice presidential hopefuls trade jabs — about Clinton and Trump – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/vice-presidential-hopefuls-trade-jabs-about-clinton-and-trump/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Endorsement: Olsen in House Dist. 81
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161005/discuss/161009576/
— Endorsement: Breen for House District 48
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161005/news/161009574/
— Endorsement: Jesiel in House District 61
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161005/discuss/161009575/
— Endorsement: Reicks for House District 63
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161005/discuss/161009573/
— FRONT PAGE: How much municipal executives’ cars are costing suburban taxpayers – Jake Griffin  (DIERSEN: Do/did your employer(s) pay you to dive your car(s)?  If I sought a government office or a political office, my critic/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that the Park Forest Post Office paid me to deliver mail with my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, my 1968 Oldsmobile 442, and my 1969 Dodge Charger SE and that IRS paid me to collect delinquent taxes with my 1962 Chevy BelAir.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161005/news/161009439/

 

SAUK VALLEY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that Rauner is an anti-Trump.  Of course, needless-to-say, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are an anti-Trump, you are a Democrat or a RINO.)
http://www.saukvalley.com/2016/10/04/debate-wasnt-must-see-tv-for-gov-rauner/cl2qwyx/
— Local officials, residents voice frustrations over gambling growth  Home-rule cities better equipped to limit gambling – PAM EGGEMEIER
http://www.saukvalley.com/2016/10/04/local-officials-residents-voice-frustrations-over-gambling-growth/aqbhhk4/

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Illinois comptroller candidates to participate in TV debate October 25
http://www.qconline.com/news/illinois/illinois-comptroller-candidates-to-participate-in-tv-debate/article_250ae0a0-8ab4-11e6-99ec-9f8e955f4131.html

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Endorsement: Illinois Senate District 26: Dan McConchie
http://www.nwherald.com/2016/10/03/endorsement-illinois-senate-district-26-dan-mcconchie/aheo60c/
— Endorsement: Illinois Senate District 32: Pam Althoff
http://www.nwherald.com/2016/10/04/endorsement-illinois-senate-district-32-pam-althoff/a2gq3oa/

 

HERALD WHIG
— Voters urged to return Frese to House – Editorial
http://www.whig.com/20161005/voters-urged-to-return-frese-to-house#

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Batavia Mayor Schielke forecasts tough 2017  State budget woes could affect local funding – Mark Foster
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2016/09/30/batavia-mayor-schielke-forecasts-tough-2017/askbqyp/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Eric Trump: Father has paid a ‘tremendous amount of tax’  ‘Listen, when the audit is over, my father will release’ his tax returns – CNN (DIERSEN: Should everyone involved in journalism, government, politics, etc. be required to publicly disclose how much federal income tax that they paid during each of the last 10, 20, 30, 40, 50+ years?  Democrats always want Republicans to pay more federal income tax.  To make me pay more federal income tax, the Democrats who ran Money Magazine and IRS disallowed by education deductions in 1978.  They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the graduate business and accounting courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/eric-trump-father-has-paid-a-tremendous-amount-of-tax

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Candidate Q&As: 101st Illinois House District – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2016-10-05/candidate-qas-101st-illinois-house-district.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Dennis Hastert Abuse Victim Shares His Story – JORDAN ABUDAYYEH/FO
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/dennis-hastert-abuse-victim-shares-his-story
— Rauner Administration Renegotiates ‘Toxic’ Interest Rate Swap Deals – JORDAN ABUDAYYEH
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/rauner-administration-renegotiates-toxic-interest-rate-swap-deals

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Downers Grove D-99 boasts higher ACT scores, AP and honors enrollment – NATHAN LURZ (DIERSEN: When you were in high school, who thought that you were “college material?” Very few thought that I was “college material” a) because I washed dishes for the minimum wage during my Junior and Senior years in high school, b) because my father never attended college and was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and c) because my mother never attended high school. Nevertheless, UIC accepted me in 1966 a) because I had taken college preparatory courses, because I was in the upper 20% of my class, and because my ACT score was 24.)
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2016/10/03/downers-grove-d-99-boasts-higher-act-scores-ap-and-honors-enrollment/a3av39p/

 

CHICAGOIST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To promote pot in America is to promote the destruction of America.
http://chicagoist.com/2016/10/05/heres_a_better_way_to_get_your_weed.php

 

LOYOLA PHOENIX
— Mayor’s Gun Violence Solution Met with Skepticism by Students and Faculty – Elizabeth Czapski
http://www.loyolaphoenix.com/2016/10/mayors-gun-violence-solution-met-skepticism-students-faculty/

 

THE COLLEGE OF DUPAGE COURIER
— Springfield’s race hits COD – Vandy Manyeh
http://codcourier.org/4959/news/springfields-race-hits-cod/
— Audit reveals 19 points for improvement for College of DuPage – Bridget Kingston  (DIERSEN: What do you know about performance auditing? I worked for GAO doing performance audits for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels (currently $92,632-$120,427).  I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt.  I am a licensed CPA, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant.  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 have a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.)
http://codcourier.org/4951/news/audit-reveals-19-points-for-improvement-for-college-of-dupage/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Auditor General released its performance audit on College of DuPage on Wednesday Sept. 28, offering 19 recommendations for the Board of Trustees to improve oversight, operations and transparency. The college agrees with all 19 points. The report examined whether the college fulfilled its responsibilities during fiscal years 2011 through 2014, revealing that the board of trustees was not evaluating former President Robert Breuder’s performance annually, as is required by policy. Lack of oversight and approval of financial investments, contracts and budget transfers also raised questions.)

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER: DID COMMUNISM REALLY FALL IN EUROPE, OR WAS IT ALL A HOAX?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/10/thorner-did-communism-really-fall-in-europe-or-was-it-all-a-hoax.html

 

GOPUSA
— VP Debate: Kaine Comes Off as First-Rate Jerk
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=15614
— Communists Mobilize for Hillary Clinton
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=15609
— Dead voters and other horror stories  (DIERSEN: Wheaton Cemetery (http://www.wheatoncemetery.org/) and St. Michael Cemetery (https://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Michael-Cemetery/117332434952418) are both in my precinct.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=15552

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— IGNORE THE ANKLE-BITERS – Kent Kellar  (DIERSEN: Who are the lead ankle-biters in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2016/10/04/ignore-the-ankle-biters/

 

CNS NEWS
— Pence: ‘We Have a Deportation Force. It’s Called Immigration and Customs Enforcement’ – Susan Jones
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/pence-we-have-deportation-force-its-called-immigration-and-customs

 

TPM
— Kaine Rattles Off List Of Seemingly Everyone Trump Owes An Apology To – MATT SHUHAM  (DIERSEN: Who do your critic/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want you to apologize to?  Of course, needless-to-say, my critic/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want me to apologize to them, to you, and to everyone else.)
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/kaine-insult-driven-campaign
— Pence Defends Trump’s Insults By Bringing Up ‘Basket Of Deplorables’
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/pence-kaine-deplorables-debate
— Trump Team Debate Takeaway: Pence Is Proof That Trump Has Good Judgment – LAUREN FOX
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/trump-surrogates-tout-pence-as-sign-of-trumps-good-judgement

 

COLLEGE FIX
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Libertarian Gary Johnson gets the most backing of Harvard Republican Club members
http://www.thecollegefix.com/bulletin-board/libertarian-gary-johnson-gets-backing-harvard-republican-club-members/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Immigration makes its first appearance in the VP debate – W. JAMES ANTLE III
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/immigration-makes-its-first-appearance-in-the-vp-debate/article/2603665
— Kaine claims Trump wants to deport 16 million illegal aliens – ANNA GIARITELLI
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/kaine-claims-trump-wants-to-deport-16-million-illegal-aliens/article/2603647

 

POLITICO
— RNC’s Priebus declares Trump ‘a role model’ – Brent Griffiths (DIERSEN: In your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who do those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout declare to be role models?)
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/reince-priebus-donald-trump-role-model-229125

 

THE HILL
— RNC: Kaine interrupted over 70 times – Peter Schroeder
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/299338-rnc-kaine-interrupted-debate-over-70-times

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Tim Kaine Rips Donald Trump For Avoiding Taxes  Trump claims the move was smart. “I guess that makes the rest of us stupid,” Kaine said. – Ben Walsh
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kaine-rips-trump-avoiding-taxes_us_57f40440e4b04c71d6f07a8f
— As Donald Trump Tweets Insults, Mike Pence Says Hillary Clinton Has An ‘Insult-Driven’ Campaign  Has he seen what Trump has said? – Paige Lavender
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-pence-hillary-clinton-campaign_us_57f451dbe4b04c71d6f0ccb9

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-Black and/or anti-Republican demonize, denigrate, and condemn Black Republicans.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/09/books/review/black-republicans-and-the-transformation-of-the-gop-black-elephants-in-the-room.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout that non-Democrats are racists.  Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout that if Clinton is elected, Democrats will get rid of non-Democrats.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/05/opinion/the-movement-to-end-racist-voting-laws.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/05/opinion/mike-pences-galling-amnesia.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— ARTICLE TITLE IN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: How Facebook could swing the election – Caitlin Dewey  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who talk and act like Facebook IS the internet?  From what I see, those who dominate Facebook 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/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/09/30/how-facebook-could-swing-the-election-and-who-will-benefit-if-it-does/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pence Defends Donald Trump’s Use of Tax Code  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with IRS’s disallowance of my education deductions.)
http://www.wsj.com/video/pence-defends-donald-trump-use-of-tax-code/B21432DC-740A-4D81-9A46-ADFA333C0FE6.html
— Fact-Checking Family Folklore With DNA Tests  Americans are digging up surprises about their immigrant ancestors using DNA testing and online genealogy research – CAMERON MCWHIRTER  (DIERSEN: What is your national origin?  During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany.  Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F.  Further, according to 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://www.wsj.com/articles/fact-checking-family-folklore-with-dna-tests-1475598736

 

FORTUNE
— Trump Calls Tax Avoidance ‘Smart’ But Most Americans Call It ‘Unpatriotic’ – Reuters  (DIERSEN: What tax avoidance steps have you taken?  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://fortune.com/2016/10/05/donald-trump-income-tax-avoid/

 

BLOOMBERG
— Kaine Resembles ‘Evil Crook’ From Batman Movies, Trump Retweets
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/trackers/2016-10-05/kaine-resembles-evil-crook-from-batman-movies-trump-retweets

 

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— Black Burdens, White Wages, and the Persistence of Economic Inequality  A new report finds that the racial wage gap has widened since 1979. – SHAUN OSSEI-OWUSU  (DIERSEN: What have you done that harms Blacks?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://prospect.org/article/black-burdens-white-wages-and-persistence-economic-inequality

October 4 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “In Trump’s reality, everything is tax-free.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-trump-reality-glanton-20161004-column.html
— Trump’s tower gets a rise out of people that’s lost in Clinton’s suburbia – Christopher Borrelli
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/beingthere/ct-trump-hillary-being-there-protest-art-ent-1004-20161003-story.html
— Experts: No clear criminal case over Trump tax disclosure
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-tax-criminal-case-new-york-times-20161003-story.html
— Many veterans still support Trump, say his PTSD comments distorted – Dan Lamothe
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-ptsd-comments-20161003-story.html
— Voters to have say on Naperville Township road maintenance controversy – Genevieve Bookwalter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-naperville-aurora-anti-township-st-1005-20161003-story.html
— Why this big gap for women in the workplace should get much more attention – Jena McGregor  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted women in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and b) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a woman in 1986.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-female-executives-20160930-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Epstein and his neighbors near Wrigley hire private security – Andy Grimm  (DIERSEN: As crime increases under the Democrats who run America, under the Democrats who run Illinois, under the Democrats who run Cook County, and under the Democrats who run Chicago, how soon will you chip in to hire private security to patrol your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, and your county?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/theo-epstein-and-his-neighbors-near-wrigley-hire-private-security/
(FRON THE ARTICLE: With crime surging citywide, residents in one of Chicago’s wealthiest neighborhoods are chipping in to hire private security guards to patrol their 16-square-block section of Lake View a half-mile west of Wrigley Field. Among those donating to the cause: Cubs President Theo Epstein and his wife. The Epsteins are among “dozens” of families who have contributed to the Southport Community Alliance, a not-for-profit group formed in June to pay for patrols of homes bounded by West Grace Street, West Roscoe Street, and Southport and Ashland avenues. Marie Whitney, Epstein’s wife, is one of three directors of the organization, according to state records. Besides a rise in burglaries and robberies in their neighborhood, the Epsteins understandably have other concerns about safety.)
— CPS pink slips another 249 staffers, blaming enrollment plunge – Lauren FitzPatrick  (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997. I should write a book about the thousands of older non-veteran White male GAO employees who had their careers wasted and/or who were forced to retire as the agency downsized 1980-1997.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cps-pink-slips-another-249-staffers-citing-enrollment-losses/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-emperor-trump-has-no-clothes/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly the Chicago Sun-Times promotes LGBTQ activity.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/marie-j-kuda-top-historian-of-chicago-lgbt-culture-dies-at-76/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Endorsement: Ives for Illinois House District 42
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160927/discuss/160928483/
— Endorsement: Oberweis for Senate in District 25
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161004/discuss/161009636/
— Endorsement: Senate Dist. 26: McConchie
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161004/discuss/161009634/
— Endorsement: Bush for Illinois Senate District 31
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161004/discuss/161009637/
— Endorsement: Cullerton in Senate District 23
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161004/discuss/161009633/
— How Roskam, Howland differ on immigration reform – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161004/news/161009612/

 

WGN RADIO
— Political analyst Chris Robling: “Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are two of the least popular and most secretive candidates in history” – PETER ZIMMERMAN
http://wgnradio.com/2016/10/04/political-analyst-chris-robling-hillary-clinton-and-donald-trump-are-two-of-the-least-popular-and-most-secretive-candidates-in-history/

 

WLS AM
— State gets another credit downgrade due to pension woes – Jen DeSalvo
http://www.wlsam.com/2016/10/04/state-gets-another-credit-downgrade-due-to-pension-woes/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Big biz tries again to break Springfield logjam – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161004/BLOGS02/161009974/big-biz-tries-again-to-break-springfield-logjam
— For business, this election comes down to one thing: Taxes – MARTY OZINGA
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161003/OPINION/161009982/corporate-tax-rates-and-the-national-election-marty-ozinga
— Ken Griffin leads Forbes list of Illinois’ wealthiest
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161004/NEWS07/161009965/ken-griffin-leads-forbes-list-of-illinois-wealthiest

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Time for a bicentennial party, even if it’s last-minute – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20161003/our-view-time-for-bicentennial-party-even-if-its-last-minute
— Gov. Edgar is wrong to disavow Trump – Mary Jo and Chuck Wehmhoff, Springfield
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20161003/letter-gov-edgar-is-wrong-to-disavow-trump
— Agency accused of poor leadership, service to deaf Illinoisans – Dean Olsen
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20161003/agency-accused-of-poor-leadership-service-to-deaf-illinoisans

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Endorsements: 6th Congressional District: Peter Roskam
http://www.nwherald.com/2016/10/03/endorsements-8th-congressional-district-peter-roskam/a6k2oz0/
— Legal interpretation expands same-day voting registration opportunities – Kevin Craver
http://www.nwherald.com/2016/10/03/legal-interpretation-expands-same-day-voting-registration-opportunities/a2ribn7/

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Video gambling is a vice.  Quad Cities Online promotes video gambling.  Therefore, Quad Cities Online promotes vice.
http://www.qconline.com/news/local/video-gaming-good-gamble-for-milan/article_e4150cec-b387-5a00-ac9d-2c7864462569.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Sen. Kirk And Rep. Duckworth Meet For First Debate – JORDAN ABUDAYYEH
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/sen-mark-kirk-and-rep-tammy-duckworth-meet-for-1st-debate

 

WSIL TV
— Clinton tries economic appeal on Ohio voters – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/33300090/clinton-tries-economic-appeal-on-ohio-voters

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Ex-Glen Ellyn trustee running for village president
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2016/10/03/ex-glen-ellyn-trustee-running-for-village-president/asrimev/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Holan says voters deserve school choice, no more property-tax hikes – Ruth de Jauregui
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511014693-holan-says-voters-deserve-school-choice-no-more-property-tax-hikes

 

CHICAGO REPORTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-American “Federal judge stops immigration authorities from issuing detainers.”
http://chicagoreporter.com/federal-judge-stops-immigration-authorities-from-issuing-detainers/

 

CHICAGO MAROON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Make Political Discourse Great Again.”
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2016/10/4/make-political-discourse-great/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats say “Mendoza leads Munger 40-32.”
http://capitolfax.com/2016/10/04/poll-mendoza-leads-munger-40-32/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats say “55 percent disapprove of Rauner, but 63 percent disapprove of Madigan.” (DIERSEN: Who disapproves of you?  I am proud that the following disapprove of 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.)
http://capitolfax.com/2016/10/04/poll-55-percent-disapprove-of-rauner-but-63-percent-disapprove-of-madigan/

 

GOPUSA
— Media aiding and abetting
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=15555
— Hillary’s ‘basement dwellers’ remark ruffles Sanders, stirs Trump  (DIERSEN: Are/were you a “basement dweller?” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would say that I was because as a federal employee, I failed to make GS-13 (currently $92,632) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $109,463) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $128,759) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $160,300) by age 40.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=15564
— Florida Democrats decry Chick-fil-A voter registration drives
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=15512

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Did Weaponized IRS Leak Trump’s Tax Returns? – Daniel John Sobieski
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/10/did_weaponized_irs_leak_trumps_tax_returns.html

 

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Why Trump’s Taxes Won’t Hurt Him – PATRICK J. BUCHANAN
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/buchanan/why-trumps-taxes-wont-hurt-him/

 

FAMILY SECURITY MATTERS
— Obama Administration Moves to Create New Census Category for People with “Middle East and North Africa” Origin – ALLAN WALL
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.20552/pub_detail.asp

 

TPM
— Ayotte Says Trump ‘Absolutely’ A Role Model For Kids, Promptly Walks It Back – ALLEGRA KIRKLAND
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/kelly-ayotte-trump-role-model-just-kidding

 

WESTERN JOURNALISM
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Christian “Obama Mocks Conservative Voters Who Think He’s The Antichrist.”
http://www.westernjournalism.com/obama-mocks-conservative-voters-think-hes-antichrist/

 

THE HILL
— Trump running out of time – Niall Stanage  (DIERSEN: What do you say to Republican party leaders in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois who have done little or nothing to help elect Trump?  Who will they blame for every vote that Clinton gets in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/299063-trump-running-out-of-time
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow over their success in making women hate Republicans.
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/299067-gop-struggles-to-find-women-to-lead-house-committees

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Gave 10 Times The Personal Max To Florida Attorney General. Trump’s donations are part of what one expert called secretly buying influence.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-donations-charlie-crist_us_57f2e982e4b0703f75909bb3

 

REUTERS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “In new blow to campaign, Trump’s foundation ordered to halt fundraising.”
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-idUSKCN1231V5

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Hillary Clinton Holds National Lead Over Donald Trump.”
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/data-points/poll-hillary-clinton-holds-national-lead-over-donald-trump-n658721
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Donald Trump Supporters See ‘Good Business’ in $916 Million Reported Loss.”
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-supporters-see-good-business-916-million-reported-loss-n659061

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump as ‘Role Model’? Kelly Ayotte Says She Misspoke – NIRAJ CHOKSHIO
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/us/politics/trump-as-role-model-kelly-ayotte-says-she-misspoke.html
— Protest Started by Colin Kaepernick Spreads to High School Students – JULIE TURKEWITZ  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat teachers succeed cranking out “good little Democrats” who hate 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.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/us/national-anthem-protests-high-schools.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/opinion/the-trump-possibility.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/opinion/trump-taxes-and-citizenship.html
— Why It’s So Hard to See Politicians’ Financial Data – JOHN WIHBEY and MIKE BEAUDET
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/opinion/why-its-so-hard-to-see-politicians-financial-data.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Federal hiring remains a work in progress after many fixes – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/10/04/federal-hiring-remains-a-work-in-progress-after-many-fixes/

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF PENCE AND KAINE: Fight over female voters to carry into VP debate – Maureen Groppe (DIERSEN: What are your demographics?  Who fights for those who share your demographics?)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/2016/10/03/pence-defend-trumps-comments-women-but-has-had-his-own-struggles/91461586/
— Trump was smart on his taxes: Jonah Goldberg  Do any of you willingly give more money to the IRS than you’re legally obliged to? – Jonah Goldberg
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/10/03/donald-trump-income-tax-debate-jonah-goldberg-column/91464072/

 

TULSA WORLD
— Trump’s campaign of white grievance – Michael Gerson  (DIERSEN: What do you say to White anti-Whites like Gerson who pander to anti-Whites, that is, who promote hatred of Whites?)
http://www.tulsaworld.com/ap/columns/michael-gerson-trump-s-campaign-of-white-grievance/article_a223e070-3184-5e95-aab9-2ab12ae47bce.html

 

FOX 25 BOSTON
— Joe Biden calls Trump ‘dangerously uninformed’ during Florida rally  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, my critics, their operatives, and their dupes want not only you to be uninformed, they want everyone to be uninformed.)
http://www.fox25boston.com/news/trending-now/joe-biden-calls-trump-dangerously-uninformed-during-florida-rally/453219087

 

THE BEAST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Biden on Trump’s PTSD Remarks: ‘Where in the Hell Is He From?’”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/10/04/biden-trump-totally-uninformed-on-vets.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘Ban the Box’ Laws May Worsen Hiring Discrimination, New Research Finds  But advocates say getting rid of policies against criminal-record questions won’t solve racial issue – BEN LEUBSDORF
http://www.wsj.com/articles/ban-the-box-laws-may-worsen-hiring-discrimination-new-research-finds-1475520896
— Meet Planned Parenthood’s Tim Kaine  The long campaign to make America safe for pro-choice Catholic Democrats. – WILLIAM MCGURN
http://www.wsj.com/articles/meet-planned-parenthoods-tim-kaine-1475537188

 

FORTUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s Tax Records Show He May Have Understated His Salary by Millions to the IRS.”
http://fortune.com/2016/10/04/donald-trump-tax-returns-salary-irs/

 

MONEY
— Donald Trump’s Accountant Likely Violated Confidentiality Rules  Can your accountant rat you out like Trump’s did? – Megan Leonhardt
http://time.com/money/4516981/accountant-confidentiality-breach-trump-r/

 

THE GUARDIAN
— Trump thinks not paying taxes is smart. But it’s a threat to democracy – Frederik Obermaier and Bastian Obermayer  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, the Guardian would side with the Democrats at Money Magazine and at IRS who disallowed my education deductions.)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/04/donald-trump-not-paying-taxes-smart-threat-to-democracy-panama-papers

 

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Trump’s taxes: Capitalist corruption and class privilege  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, the World Socialist Web Site would side with the Democrats at Money Magazine and at IRS who disallowed my education deductions.)
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/10/04/pers-o04.html

October 3 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider gave an outstanding presentation at the outstanding Milton Township Republican Central Committee Oktoberfest  Dinner Monday evening, October 3, 2016, at the Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton. The 160+ attendees included state representatives and senators and candidates Breen, Connelly, Holan, Ives, and Nybo; past and present DuPage County officials and candidates Berlin, Bucholz, Cronin,  Eckhoff, Elloitt, Formento, Grant, Grogan, Henry, Jorgensen, Kachiroubas, King, Krajewski, Larsen, McGowen, Mendrick, A. Murphy, Whelan, and Zay; Milton Township officials Falbo, Heidorn, Hinkle, Keller, LeVan, Molitor, Muehlfelt, and Nathwani; party leaders Carlson and Minor; past and present judges Brennan,  Elsner, Fullerton, Jorgensen, Orel, Popejoy, and Wilson; and many others including Bond, Caruso, Cherry, Crane, Danelgo, Demos, Fitzgerald, Grant, Lofgren, MacNeily, Menna, Rash, Ryan, and Wehling. Major event sponsors included Berlin, Bernard, Breen, Bucholz, Cantore, Carlson, Connelly, Cronin, Demos, Eckhoff, Elliott, Amy Grant, Grogan, Heidorn, Henry, Hinds, Hinkle. Ives, Kachiroubas, Keller, Larsen, LaVanway, LeVan, Mazzochi, McNeily, Minor, Molitor, Muehlfelt, A. Murphy, Nybo, Roskam, Ruscitti, Whelan, Zaruba, and Zay. – Dave Diersen

 

ABC7
— DUCKWORTH FORCES KIRK TO ADDRESS ABC7 DEBATE AT EDITORIAL BOARD PANEL – Charles Thomas
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/duckworth-forces-kirk-to-address-abc7-debate-at-editorial-board-panel/1537548/

 

NBC5
— Kirk, Duckworth Square-Off in Chicago Tribune Editorial Board Debate  Sen. Mark Kirk and Rep. Tammy Duckworth squared-off Monday during a meeting with the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board, covering a range of topics including national security and the current presidential race. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Kirk-Duckworth-Square-Off-in-Tribune-Editorial-Board-Debate-395720841.html

 

CBS2
— Kirk, Duckworth Square Off In First Debate For U.S. Senate Seat – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/10/03/kirk-duckworth-square-off-in-first-debate-for-u-s-senate-seat/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Clinton tears into Trump on taxes; he says he’ll save nation – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/209286778-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Sugar Grove man Jim Gibson shares inside view of Trump pageant controversy – Denise Crosby
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-trump-pageants-st-1004-20161004-column.html
— Illinois House endorsements, round 1
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-illinois-house-endorsement-madigan-rauner-edit-1004-md-20161004-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Tribune Editorial Board begins its endorsements today for the Illinois House. Of the 118 seats on ballots statewide, only 48 are contested. That’s right. Seventy lawmakers will cruise to another term without a challenger on Nov. 8. We start with districts based in Chicago.)
— Duckworth goes on offensive against low-key Kirk at first Senate race forum – Rick Pearson and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-kirk-duckworth-us-senate-tribune-met-1004-20161003-story.html
— After rare sighting at opera, Rahm invited to dance in ‘Nutcracker’ – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-rahm-emanuel-lyric-opera-chicago-inc-20161003-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The sexism undergirding Trump’s campaign.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-trump-giuliani-woman-sexism-huppke-20161003-story.html
— Trump says ‘race riots’ are happening every month – Sean Sullivan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-race-riots-20161003-story.html
— Chatty Duckworth makes it hard to evaluate Kirk’s recovery – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-mark-kirk-tammy-duckworth-debate-perspec-20161003-column.html
— Hastert victim joins push to end statute of limitations on child sex crimes – Christy Gutowski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-dennis-hastert-statute-of-limitations-met-20161003-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— State gets another credit downgrade due to pension woes – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/state-gets-another-credit-downgrade-due-to-pension-woes/
— Your voice drowned out by big unions and billionaires – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-give-average-voters-voice-in-high-profile-elections/
— Pope to U.S. Catholics: Study, pray, vote your conscience – AP (DIERSEN: What about candidates who make it clear that they 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://elections.ap.org/suntimes/content/pope-us-catholics-study-pray-vote-your-conscience
— Trump voters don’t care if he pays taxes – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-trump-voters-dont-care-if-he-pays-taxes/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Madigan’s tenure at center of 84th House District race – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161003/news/161009686/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Kirk, Duckworth clash over cops, Syria, Trump’s taxes and more – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161003/BLOGS02/161009988/kirk-duckworth-clash-over-cops-syria-trumps-taxes-and-more

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump running out of time as controversies pile up and Campaign consumed by New York Times fallout.”
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-running-out-of-time-as-controversies-pile-up
— Trump: Military suicides happen to troops who ‘can’t handle it’  Comment comes during military panel in Virginia – CNN  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that while they could “handle it,” I could not.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-military-suicides-happen-to-troops-who-cant-handle-it

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Re-elect Davis – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2016-10-03/re-elect-davis.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Indian American GOP group endorses Khouri in U.S. House race – Kerry Goff
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511014680-indian-american-gop-group-endorses-khouri-in-u-s-house-race

 

MCHENRY TIMES
— Reick recommends reforms for Illinois education spending – Carol Ostrow
http://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511014358-reick-recommends-reforms-for-illinois-education-spending

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS’ JILL STANEK JOINS TRUMP’S PRO-LIFE COALITION LEADERSHIP
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/10/illinois-jill-stanek-joins-trumps-pro-life-coalitions-national-co-chairs.html
— DOLD SNUBS GOP NOMINEE TRUMP AND PARTY PLATFORM IN LATEST AD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/10/dold-snubs-gop-nominee-trump-and-party-platform-in-latest-ad.html
— TRYON ENDORSES ALLEN SKILLICORN TO SUCCEED HIM IN 66TH IL HOUSE DISTRICT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/10/tryon-endorses-allen-skillicorn-to-succeed-him-in-66th-il-house-district.html
— THORNER: ARTICLE V CONVENTION SUPPORTERS ARE DELUSIONAL NEW RINOS  (DIERSEN: Those who want to change the constitution 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://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/10/thorner-article-v-convention-supporters-are-delusional-new-rinos.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— The Illinois campaign money tree has a lot of branches
http://capitolfax.com/2016/10/03/the-illinois-campaign-money-tree-has-a-lot-of-branches/
— Duckworth poll has her ahead of Kirk 46-37
http://capitolfax.com/2016/10/03/duckworth-poll-has-her-ahead-46-37-over-kirk/

 

LIFEZETTE
— Over 1,000 Illegal Voters in Eight Virginia Localities  New report finds evidence of widespread voter fraud in the crucial swing state – Jim Stinson
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/bombshell-1000-illegal-votes-cast-eight-virginia-localities/

 

TOWNHALL
— Hell NO: Duke University Now Has Safe Spaces For Men To Cure Them Of Toxic Masculinity – Matt Vespa
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2016/10/03/hell-no-duke-university-now-has-safe-spaces-for-men-to-cure-them-of-toxic-masculinity-n2227505

 

BARWIRE
— YES HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE IMPACTS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US – BILL MUEHLENBERG
http://barbwire.com/2016/10/03/yes-homosexual-marriage-impacts-every-single-one-us/

 

GOPUSA
— Media Bias Produces Mental Illness ‘Ameriphobia’ (DIERSEN: Just about everyone in the media is 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.gopusa.com/?p=15501
— Judge rejects plea from states to stop U.S. from giving up control of Internet
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=15475
— CA Gov. Brown signs law decriminalizing underage prostitution
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=15514
— Family Bakery Bullied by Militant LGBT Mob Closes
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=15544
— Obama’s hometown paper rejects Hillary, endorses Libertarian
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=15510

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— IF WE’RE GOING TO TRUST GOVERNMENTS TO ENFORCE LAW, THEN GOVERNMENTS SHOULD OBEY LAW (AND LIMIT LAW) – Kent Kellar  (DIERSEN: Democrats run America. Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  Democrats obey/enforce only those laws that defend and advance the Democrat Party platform.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2016/10/03/if-were-going-to-trust-governments-to-enforce-law-then-governments-should-obey-law-and-limit-law/
— STATE AGS FIGHT TO STOP INTERNET SURRENDER AT 11TH HOUR BUT FAIL – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2016/10/03/state-ags-fight-to-stop-internet-surrender-at-11th-hour-but-fail/

 

THE BLAZE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump demeaned women backstage on The Apprentice.”
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/10/03/report-trump-demeaned-women-backstage-on-the-apprentice/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Lawmakers: Obama’s hiring of political appointees ‘deeply troubling’ – SUSAN FERRECHIO  (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.washingtonexaminer.com/lawmakers-obamas-hiring-of-political-appointees-deeply-troubling/article/2603443
(FROM THE ARTICLE: House and Senate lawmakers Monday called for changes to federal hiring practices that appear to be fostering political favoritism in the Obama administration, by making it too easy for political appointees to become career federal workers. A new report issued by the Government Accountability Office found that out of 69 cases in the Obama administration where federal appointees were able to convert political jobs to career federal service positions, a quarter of those hires “did not follow proper procedures intended to prevent improper political favoritism.” The process of political appointees converting their appointments into career positions is known as burrowing. “The nonpartisan watchdog’s findings that one out of every four political appointees who burrowed into the executive branch during this administration did not follow the rules is deeply troubling,” House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., said in a statement. “One of the reasons the federal government has laws on merit-based hiring is to prevent cronyism and political favoritism,” said Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Chairman John Thune, R-S.D. “GAO’s finding that the Obama administration hasn’t consistently followed these rules is troubling.” The GAO found that among the 30 agencies reviewed, 28 reported “converting 69 individuals from political to career positions from January 1, 2010, to October 1, 2015,” and among those, 17 were hired without required review by the Office of Personnel Management. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, called for the administration to impose “a more stringent process,” for hiring employees who began as political appointees. The largest number of appointee-to-career federal employee conversions took place at the Department of Homeland Security.)

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Reagan’s Son Rails Against Trump In Fiery Tweetstorm.  “If this is where he is going I cannot follow him,” he wrote in a Twitter barrage.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reagans-son-trump-tweets_us_57f25083e4b024a52d2f9b21

 

MCCLATCHY DC
— The Latest: Duckworth, Kirk debate college affordability – AP  (DIERSEN: Who paid for your college education? I paid for my bachelors degree and three masters degrees with money that I earned washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, working as a security guard, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies.  But that was back in the “good old days” when college expenses were much lower.)
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article105654056.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Foundation Ordered to Halt Fundraising in New York  Attorney General Eric Schneiderman cites organization’s failure to properly register with state – JOSHUA JAMERSON
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-organization-ordered-to-halt-fundraising-by-new-york-attorney-general-1475517138?mod=djemalertNEWS

 

FORBES
— Mark Kirk And The Failure Of GOP Moderates – Chris Ladd
http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisladd/2016/10/03/markkirk/#218d229b5c09
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois sent a Republican to the US Senate in 2010. Mark Kirk won in an otherwise solidly Democratic state by positioning himself as a unique brand of Republican. Voters saw him as a courageously pragmatic voice, a counterbalance to the extremism sweeping the GOP elsewhere in the country. Senator Kirk has been a bitter disappointment, slipping into the timid habits of the party’s other moderates. Now Illinois voters are about to bring him home. Sending Mark Kirk to the Senate has accomplished nothing for Illinois other than to empower outrageous characters like Ted Cruz and Jim Inhofe. When Senator Ted Cruz held the entire country hostage to his filibuster of a budget compromise, how did Kirk protect his constituents? By sitting in the background, waiting for a green light from Senate Republican leadership to end the filibuster. Kirk did nothing to mobilize opposition to Cruz’s goals or tactics and never opposed him publicly. Like other reasonable Republicans in Washington, he kept his head down, missing every opportunity to rally sane, pragmatic Republicans into a relevant power bloc. When Senator Rand Paul organized a bizarre, paranoia-laden rant of a filibuster to halt the appointment of the CIA Director, Illinois voters might have expected their Senator speak up for their interests against the “whacko bird” caucus. Instead, Kirk brought Senator Paul a snack. Contrary to popular belief, the Republican Party still retains a core of solid citizens with the country’s best interests at heart. Many of those Republicans, like Senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Rob Portman, occupy positions from which they could affect change in the party. Unfortunately, sensible Republicans have consistently been spineless in the face of opposition from the party’s fringes. Elect a reasonable figure like Mark Kirk and he will meekly place every ounce of his (your) power and influence in the service of the carnival barkers at the party’s extremes. Speaking to audiences in Illinois, Kirk has been proud to support immigration reform. In Washington, silence. In Illinois, Kirk has claimed to embrace scientists’ positions on climate change. In Washington when he could have taken a stand that mattered, he blinked. Facing friendly audiences in Illinois Kirk admits to being pro-choice. When he gets to Washington his pro-choice credentials are hidden in some obscure Senate closet, only taken out be used on votes with no consequence. Kirk has refused to support Donald Trump, but like almost every other prominent Republican he has done so quietly and ineffectively, in a manner calculated to deliver the weakest impact. On issue after issue, Kirk lines up with Illinois voters until he leaves the state. In the face of opposition from other Republicans in Washington, Kirk takes the safe route. Blind to the irony, Kirk has made “courage” the signature of his campaign for re-election. His remarkable recovery from a stroke, which features at the center of his campaign message, makes his Senate record all the more awkward. Kirk struggled back to health in the face of  paralysis, eventually scaling several flights of stairs in the Willis Tower in a remarkable demonstration of grit and determination. Clearly the man possesses a powerful well of courage. Where was that steely force when Illinois voters needed it? Kirk will claim that he’s been courageous in taking a stand with Democratic Senator Menendez to impose sanctions on Iran. What courage does that take exactly? What powerful, well-funded lobby supports Iran in Washington? In Washington, “taking on Iran” is about as courageous as taunting an asthmatic kid on the playground. It would take actual courage for a Republican Senator to champion a rational response to climate change or gun violence. That is the force Illinois voters thought Kirk would bring to bear on their behalf in the Senate. Instead, Kirk has trained his courage on a politically impotent force, one of the least popular countries on the planet. Kirk has reserved his courage for political targets that won’t fight back. In private, sensible Republicans who occupy influential positions in Washington will claim that they are doing all they can. They will claim that they are carefully picking their battles. Climate change, immigration reform, and restructuring the tax code are issues they would like to push forward, but the party at the national level is not ready for sound solutions. These timid moderates are right about the party’s serious problems. Their complicity is making the party’s sickness more severe. Sensible figures like Susan Collins and Mark Kirk have come to play a toxic, enabling role in the GOP’s descent into madness. Their placid party loyalty lends credibility to outlandish characters like Louie Gohmert, Ted Cruz, Steve King and Donald Trump. Republican leaders like Kirk cannot continue to evade responsibility for the extremism they legitimize. Until someone in the Republican Party is willing to take a visible, courageous stand for sanity in the style of John McCain circa 2000, there is no reason to keep electing them. Any vote for a supposedly “sane” or “reasonable” Republican unwilling to confront the party’s extremes is a vote for those extremes. Electing Mark Kirk is a mistake Illinois voters are unlikely to repeat.)

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Say Their Politics Aren’t Influenced By Social Media
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/september_2016/most_say_their_politics_aren_t_influenced_by_social_media

 

ACCOUNTING WEB
— GAO Critical of IRS’s Field Collection Processes – Terry Sheridan  (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels (currently $77,899-$88,286).  GAO audits IRS.  I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980.  GAO intentionally wasted my knowledge of IRS. GAO assigned me to audits of IRS for only 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO and they were audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division 1986-1988.  GAO would not have wasted my knowledge of IRS if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.accountingweb.com/tax/irs/gao-critical-of-irss-field-collection-processes

October 1 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Munger gets $5M, putting race on track to be No. 1 in spending – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/munger-gets-5m-putting-race-on-track-to-be-no-1-spending/
— Trump trapped, trips into Twitter tirade – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-trump-trapped-trips-into-twitter-tirade/
— Sen. Mark Kirk nixes some traditional campaign debates – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sen-mark-kirk-nixes-some-traditional-campaign-debates/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— New law requires Kane County board members to track hours to qualify for pension – Gloria Casas  (DIERSEN: Do/did you save your timesheets?  I have saved copies of all the timesheets that I submitted while I worked for GAO 1980-1997; IRS 1971-1980; Firestone Stores 1970-1972; University Plaza Dormitory and Chrysler in 1970; Post Office 1966-1969; John’s Sinclair, Thrall Car, and Flossmoor Country Club in 1966; and S.S. Kresges 1964-1966.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-kane-board-members-hours-pension-st-1003-20160930-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kane County board members must track their hours on timesheets in order to qualify for pensions under a new law Gov. Bruce Rauner recently signed. The county’s Finance Department showed the Finance and Budget Committee newly designed timesheets that will be required to report their hours if they plan to continue with the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund’s (IMRF) pension program. Under the law, newly elected part-time county board members will no longer qualify for taxpayer funded pensions while existing board members will still qualify but must document they worked the required 600 hours a year, according to a law initiated by state Rep. Jack D. Franks (D-Marengo). Rauner signed a bill outlining the changes into law late last month. Kane County board members also serve as commissioners on the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, however, it is a separate governing body that is not addressed in the new law, said John Hoscheit, chairman of the Finance and Budget Committee. The time sheet deals with county board work and must be kept by board members who want to continue participating in the IMRF pension program, he said.)
— Medical marijuana legal fight rages over expanding qualifying conditions – Robert McCoppin  (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that want to destroy America want all conditions to qualify.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-medical-marijuana-new-law-court-fight-met-20160930-story.html
— How to say this nicely? Both third-party candidates would be terrible presidents. – Catherine Rampell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-gary-johnson-jill-stein-third-party-perspec-1003-20160930-story.html
— Money from special tax districts could be key to averting teachers strike – Hal Dardick, Juan Perez Jr. and John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-teachers-strike-politics-met-1002-20160930-story.html
— Lake County circuit clerk Keith Brin spent $32,000 on food and travel – Emily K. Coleman and Gregory Pratt
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-lake-county-clerk-spending-st-0929-20160930-45-story.html
— Hillary Clinton leads by landslide in endorsements, but do they matter?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-endorsements-20160930-story.html
— Trump in deposition: Presidential campaign could be good for his hotels
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-hotel-deposition-20160930-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Worker morale, spending at issue in Lake County court clerk race – Bob Susnjara
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161001/news/161009913/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Groupon to turn over workforce data in race discrimination case – CLAIRE BUSHEY  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, EEOC wants Groupon to be like GAO.  To get Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, and veterans to apply for jobs at Groupon like they do at GAO and to stay at Groupon like they stay at GAO,  Groupon could become like GAO.  Groupon could learn from GAO by reading all the documents filed in Diersen v. GAO at
https://gopillinois.com/diersen-v-gao-fifth-amended-complaint/.  That lawsuit shows that a) GAO gives preference to job applicants and to its employees who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, and therefore b) discriminates against job applicants and its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160930/NEWS04/160939981/groupon-to-turn-over-workforce-data-in-race-discrimination-case
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A judge has ordered Groupon to turn over workforce and hiring data to the federal agency charged with investigating companies for job discrimination. U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis ruled on Sept. 21 that the Chicago company will need to provide the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission with demographic information on both its workforce and the men and women logged in its job applicant database. The agency is investigating the company for racial discrimination in hiring. Groupon had been fighting an EEOC subpoena for the data, arguing that it was irrelevant, overly broad and burdensome. Ellis dismissed all three objections. “When investigating a charge of race discrimination, EEOC ‘is authorized to consider where the overall conditions in a workplace support’ the allegations,” Ellis wrote. Two-thirds of Groupon’s U.S. workforce is white, according to a company blog post. Court filings say the company has 1,900 employees in Chicago and received 25,000 job applications between Jan. 1, 2014 and the present. A spokesman for Groupon did not immediately return a request for comment. The agency is investigating a claim by Adrian Stratton, who filed a charge of racial discrimination in October 2014, after the company did not hire him for an open position as vice president of merchandising. But the successful pursuit of Groupon’s data makes the case “much more significant than just a single subpoena,” said Linda Friedman, a name partner at Stowell & Friedman in Chicago who represents plaintiffs in discrimination cases. Like Wall Street, racial minorities are underrepresented in the tech industry. The EEOC can use workforce and hiring data to analyze the racial makeup of a company’s workforce compared to the community in which it recruits. The greater the disparity, the greater the likelihood of discrimination. The agency is exercising its power to broadly investigate a company in the name of the public interest, rather than getting bogged down in the specifics of a single individual’s claim. “A lot of people feel the EEOC has been too quiet and too silent,” she said. “So it’s good to see it’s alive and breathing.”)

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— U.S. official: Hackers targeted election systems of 20 states – AP
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/us-official-hackers-targeted-election-systems-of-states/article_83204e05-0dcf-5b74-b368-1f45ec6992cf.html

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Mock elections drive voting interest at McHenry County high schools  Trump beats Clinton at both McHenry East and West – KEVIN P. CRAVER
http://www.nwherald.com/2016/09/30/mock-elections-drive-voting-interest-at-mchenry-county-high-schools/avs8m6r/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— As polls tighten, Beltway Republicans line up for jobs in a Trump administration  Sununu: Interest in potential Trump White House picking up – CNN  (DIERSEN: Who from Illinois would Trump give federal jobs to?)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/as-polls-tighten-beltway-republicans-line-up-for-jobs-in-a-trump-administration
— Dean apologizes for ‘innuendo’ in cocaine comments  Former presidential hopeful does not apologize to Trump – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/dean-apologizes-for-innuendo-in-cocaine-comments

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS NEWS NOW
— Governor Rauner faces lawsuit over abortion-related law
http://www.cinewsnow.com/news/local/Governor-Rauner-faces-lawsuit-over-abortion-related-law-395477631.html

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— September too soon for voting – Eric Olson
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2016/09/28/olson-september-too-soon-for-voting/aqyj68p/

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Courts step in, manage much of government  Lack of trust will prevent the state from wriggling out of most decrees – Jim Nowlan Toulon
http://www.saukvalley.com/2016/09/29/courts-step-in-manage-much-of-government/aizgjzh/

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Cars We Remember: Top 10 muscle cars of the 1960 decade – Greg ZylaMore (DIERSEN: What is Trump’s attitude toward cars?)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20160930/cars-we-remember-top-10-muscle-cars-of-1960-decade

 

THE SOUTHERN
— Former Miss Wisconsin: Trump supported my family – CNN
http://thesouthern.com/news/nation/government-and-politics/video-former-miss-wisconsin-trump-supported-my-family/html_a45e17aa-aa51-52c7-b206-e9546dc65be8.html

 

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Report: U.S. failed to collect $2.3 billion in tariffs – Joseph S. Pete
http://www.nwitimes.com/business/steel/report-u-s-failed-to-collect-billion-in-tariffs/article_149a2f94-78ef-58a0-90c9-d5226728460e.html

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Will a Republican Ever Again Win the Presidency? – Steve Feinstein
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/10/will_a_republican_ever_again_win_the_presidency.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— Here Are The Mainstream Reporters Who Are Open About Their Anti-Trump Bias – Alex Pfeiffer
http://dailycaller.com/2016/09/30/here-are-the-mainstream-reporters-who-are-open-about-their-anti-trump-bias/
— Chicago Man With Concealed-Carry Permit Shoots, Kills Armed Robber – ERIC LIEBERMAN
http://dailycaller.com/2016/09/30/chicago-man-with-concealed-carry-permit-shoots-kills-armed-robber/

 

BREITBART
— New York Times Declares Ohio No Longer ‘Bellwether’ as Trump Pulls Ahead – JOEL B. POLLAK
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2016/09/30/ohio-new-york-times-declare-no-longer-bellwether-trump-pulls-ahead/

 

CBS NEWS
— Donald Trump says he’ll make President Bill Clinton’s infidelity a campaign issue
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-bill-clinton-infidelity-campaign-issue/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Backlog stymies aspiring citizens yearning to vote – Julia Preston  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the immigration system.  Democrats shout at aspiring citizens that Republicans have caused all the problems that everyone, and especially immigrants, has had, is having, and will have.  Democrats promote hatred of Republicans.)
By JULIA PRESTONSE
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/us/thousands-eager-to-vote-wont-become-citizens-in-time.html
— Donald Trump Opens New Line of Attack on Hillary Clinton: Her Marriage – PATRICK HEALY and MAGGIE HABERMAN
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/us/politics/donald-trump-interview-bill-hillary-clinton.html
— The Right to Call In Sick – TERESA TRITCH  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I used fewer sick days than virtually all my coworkers and subordinates.)
http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/the-right-to-call-in-sick/
— Brands to Ad Agencies: Diversify or Else – SAPNA MAHESHWARI (DIERSEN: Ad agencies should consider hiring Charles Bowsher.  During the 1980s and 1990s, Bowsher had great success in promoting diversity, that is, in wasting the careers of and getting rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/business/media/brands-to-ad-agencies-diversify-or-else.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “How Could Anyone Vote for Trump?”  ANSWER: Clinton has made it clear that if she is elected, she will get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/opinion/how-could-anyone-vote-for-trump.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s bad week is a ‘nightmare’ for the GOP.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-bad-week-is-a-nightmare-for-the-gop/2016/09/30/e9290ad8-8727-11e6-92c2-14b64f3d453f_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The clear and present danger of Donald Trump.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-wrecking-ball-in-the-white-house-the-damage-trump-could-do-from-day-one/2016/09/30/1c69e9cc-85b5-11e6-a3ef-f35afb41797f_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump won’t change; he can’t let go of a grudge.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/analysis-trump-wont-change-he-cant-let-go-of-a-grudge/2016/09/30/b43c211c-877b-11e6-b57d-dd49277af02f_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump’s voters agree with him on cutting legal immigration levels – David Lauter  (DIERSEN: Few if any of my critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes have been adversely affected by affirmative action, by mass/illegal immigration, or by bad free trade deals.  If legal/illegal immigration levels were as high during the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s as they are now, instead of me, immigrants would have gotten the jobs that I got doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assemble line, working as a security guard, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-immigration-poll-20161001-snap-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “In racially loaded remarks, Trump urges crowd near Detroit to stand guard for election fraud.”
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-live-updates-trailguide-trump-urges-mainly-white-crowd-near-1475279173-htmlstory.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Donald Trump appears in unearthed 2000 Playboy tour video featuring naked women touching themselves and each other – Meg Wagner and Leonard Greene
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/donald-trump-appears-unearthed-2000-playboy-porn-video-article-1.2813554
— Montana high school students wear ‘Trump 2016 White Pride’ t-shirts to homecoming event – CHRIS SOMMERFELDT (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs make it clear that they will get rid of you if do not demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites.)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/montana-high-school-students-wear-trump-2016-white-pride-shirts-article-1.2813738

 

USA TODAY
— Trump to Mich. crowd: ‘I’m an outsider fighting for you’- Kathleen Gray and Brent Snavely
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/10/01/donald-trump-novi-michigan-rally-campaign/91382940/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— GOP Faces Challenge to Its State Legislature Dominance  After seizing control of record number of chambers, party is largely playing defense in 2016 election – BETH REINHARD
http://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-faces-challenge-to-its-state-legislature-dominance-1475276819
— Unmarried Voters Have the Numbers, If Not the Attention  Campaign messaging still largely targets older voters with families – JANET ADAMY  (DIERSEN: Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes were never married, are divorced, are having marital problems, have a spouse who has little or no income or retirement savings, and/or promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/unmarried-voters-have-the-numbers-if-not-the-attention-1475276657
— Millennials Saving More for Children’s College Than Older Generations  Millennial parents report saving $20,155. Baby boomers, $18,323. Gen-X, $12,428 – VERONICA DAGHER  (DIERSEN: Did you expect your parents to pay for your college education?  I did not.  Neither of my outstanding parents attended college.  My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, worked in the office of a chemical plant, almost always worked second jobs (playing music, delivering eggs, fast food worker, etc.) to pay the family’s bills, and he did not buy a new car until he was 45 and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy with almost no options. My mother never attended high school.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-parents-are-saving-more-money-for-childrens-college-1475028003
— An Illegal Bailout for ObamaCare  The White House plots a Treasury raid without an appropriation.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/an-illegal-bailout-for-obamacare-1475276262

 

FORTUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump’s say “Donald Trump’s Long Pattern of Attacking Women’s Sex Lives.”
http://fortune.com/2016/10/01/trump-attacks-women-sex-lives/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “A Toddler Runs for President  Donald Trump’s latest loopy tweet-storm demonstrates again that he can’t handle the presidency.”
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-09-30/why-is-trump-tweeting-about-alicia-machado-sex-tape-he-cant-help-himself

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— The federal government’s change-resistant hiring system – Tom Temin (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://federalnewsradio.com/tom-temin-commentary/2016/09/governments-change-resistent-hiring-system/

 

GUARDIAN
— Fears of a Trump presidency cause right-leaning newspapers to swerve left  A raft of traditionally conservative media outlets are choosing to do the unthinkable: endorse a Democrat for the first time – Maria L La Ganga
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/01/newspaper-endorsements-donald-trump-arizona-republic
— Trump says he may not accept result if Clinton wins, in reversal from debate  GOP nominee also spoke at length with the New York Times about the marital infidelities of former president Bill Clinton, insisting ‘Hillary was an enabler’ – Alan Yuhas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/30/trump-clinton-support-election-winner-debate-interview

 

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— U.S. media steps up campaign for Clinton – Patrick Martin
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/10/01/elec-o01.html

September 30 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A principled option for U.S. president: Endorsing Gary Johnson, Libertarian – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Chicago Tribune promotes pot in America.  If you promote pot in America, you promote the destruction of America.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-gary-johnson-president-endorsement-edit-1002-20160930-story.html
— Early voting begins in Illinois, kind of – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-election-early-voting-20160929-story.html
— Trump attacks former Miss Universe in early morning tweet storm
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-sex-alicia-macahdo-20160930-story.html
— New electric shuttles to ferry folks around downtown Naperville – Genevieve Bookwalter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-downtown-shuttles-st-0930-20160929-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps who say that they are Christian say “Attention, Christians. Donald Trump should not be our jerk.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-christians-clinton-cal-thomas-perspec-0930-jm-20160929-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Clinton in Chicago, shrugs off Trump reviving Bill’s sex scandals – Andy Grimm and Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/clinton-in-chicago-shrugs-off-trump-reviving-bills-sex-scandals/
— Emanuel calls teachers strike ‘one of choice — not of necessity’ – Lauren FitzPatrick and Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/emanuel-calls-teachers-strike-one-of-choice-not-of-necessity/
— Hillary Clinton fundraising in Chicago: A $4 million haul – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/hillary-clinton-fundraising-in-chicago-today-a-4-million-haul/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Clinton at Midway dismisses Trump bringing up Bill’s sex scandals
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160929/news/160928497/
— Rolling Meadows mayor sworn in as senator
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160929/news/160928520/
— Rauner, Democrat lawmakers urge passage of inmate ID bill – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160929/news/309299780/
— Moylan, Gott play Madigan-Rauner state budget blame game – Christopher Placek
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160930/news/160939974/
— Four vying for two DuPage County Board District 6 seats – Jessica Cilella
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160930/news/160939979/
— Human Trafficking in DuPage – Sue Crosson-Knutson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160929/submitted/160928574/
— Let voters decide on township candidates – Stanley R. Zegel
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160929/discuss/160928887/
— Will County ballots feature four countywide races – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160928/news/160928793/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago Tribune makes an endorsement—and it’s not Donald Trump – THOMAS A. CORFMAN  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Chicago Tribune promotes pot in America.  If you promote pot in America, you promote the destruction of America.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160930/NEWS02/160939999/chicago-tribune-makes-an-endorsement-and-its-not-donald-trump
— Romney coming to raise cash for Bob Dold – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: If you ask a Trump-hater to raise cash for you, you shout that you are a Trump-hater.  Trump-haters 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.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160929/BLOGS02/160929756/romney-coming-to-raise-cash-for-bob-dold
— Why is Chicago a murder capital? – DON BABWIN  (DIERSEN: Democrats run Chicago.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160929/NEWS07/160929741/why-is-chicago-a-murder-capital-clues-from-a-bloody-month
— Closing Chicago’s inequality gap one business at a time – JESSICA DROSTE YAGAN  (DIERSEN: Yagan should stress the federal government.  Since the 1960s, the federal government’s top priority in Chicago has been a) to hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by wasting the careers of and by getting rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160930/OPINION/160929765
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chicago is a city of extremes. It gets very hot and very cold. We have some of the most generous and kind people I know, yet violence is exploding across the city. The tech sector is booming, yet entire swaths of the city have seen little to no new opportunities. Dependent largely upon our skin color and ZIP code—which are inextricably related—Chicagoans are either gaining in educational attainment and benefiting from rising property values and increasing income or they are experiencing the opposite. Make no mistake, the status quo costs us all: Nations with greater inequality tend to have fewer periods of sustained economic growth. Is it a coincidence that Chicago ranks in the bottom third of the world’s largest economies for GDP growth and employment? I have a bias toward optimism and action. Yes, we have problems with racism and inequality. Yes, we have an epidemic of violence. But what can those of us in the business community do about it? One obvious answer lies in jobs.)

 

ABC7
— TRUMP SUGGESTS CLINTON RECEIVED FBI ‘IMMUNITY’ OVER EMAILS – ADAM KELSEY
http://abc7chicago.com/news/trump-suggests-clinton-received-fbi-immunity-over-emails/1532741/

 

WGN TV
— Cook County lawmaker calls on mayor for actions after expressway shootings – TAHMAN BRADLEY
http://wgntv.com/2016/09/29/cook-county-lawmaker-calls-on-mayor-for-actions-after-expressway-shootings/

 

WLS AM
— Governor Reacts to CTU Strike Threat – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2016/09/30/governor-reacs-to-ctu-strike-threat/

 

WTTW
— Mayor Emanuel: Teachers Strike Avoidable – Paris Schutz
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2016/09/29/mayor-emanuel-teachers-strike-avoidable

 

WSIL TV
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Jeb Bush not voting Trump – Kevin Hunsperge
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/33285916/jeb-bush-not-voting-trump-or-clinton

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Early voting underway in DeKalb County – STEPHANIE MARKHAM
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2016/09/29/early-voting-underway-in-dekalb-county/am0vqsp/

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Edgar Playing Blame Game? – Greg Bishop  (DIERSEN: Who blames you?  I should write a book about those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=225453#.V-5H5SgrKM8

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Fight over Election Day registration continues  Judge throws out appeal, but Attorney General says she’ll try again – PAM EGGEMEIER
http://www.saukvalley.com/2016/09/29/fight-over-election-day-registration-continues/aecc6yr/

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Time to bury the hatchet, unite to grow Illinois – Editorial
http://www.qconline.com/editorials/editorial-time-to-bury-the-hatchet-unite-to-grow-illinois/article_6df84fdd-f098-5e0c-8f53-03aebe4e521e.html

 

LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR
— Governor, lieutenant governor endorse Bohlke-Schulte for state ed board – MARGARET REIST
http://journalstar.com/news/local/education/governor-lieutenant-governor-endorse-bohlke-schulte-for-state-ed-board/article_1764183c-78e6-53e2-87a2-795fd51bff2d.html

 

HERALD REVIEW
— TRAGIC: Decatur strikes gold with gaming machines – RYAN VOYLES
http://herald-review.com/news/local/decatur-strikes-gold-with-gaming-machines/article_49c5ce02-40dd-5a9f-9234-2040f52a6eba.html

 

TELEGRAPH HERALD
— TRAGIC: Illinois video gaming terminals continue to produce growing revenues – JEFF MONTGOMERY
http://www.thonline.com/news/article_67d2bd28-4e18-57e1-a713-64d758ae3a20.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Kendall County approves $3 million courthouse, jail security – AP
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article105077936.html

 

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Why voters are so angry  Edgar, Kennedy say establishment politicians have failed to bring change – Patrick Yeagle
http://illinoistimes.com/article-17760-why-voters-are-so-angry.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— USA Today urges voters to oppose Trump – Daniella Diaz (DIERSEN: Who urges people to oppose you?  I should write a book about those who urge everyone to oppose me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/usa-today-urges-voters-to-oppose-trump

 

REGIONAL NEWS
— Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti says too many governments tax Illinois – Dermot Connolly
http://www.theregionalnews.com/index.php/newsx/160-local-news/top-news-story-2/35215-lt-gov-says-too-many-governments-tax-illinois

 

CHICAGO INNO
— Stanford Will Give You a Free MBA…If You Take a Job in the Midwest – Karis Hustad  (DIERSEN: From what school did you earn your MBA and when?  I earned my MBA from Loyola in 1976 while I worked for IRS as a as a Revenue Officer.  IRS encourages its Revenue Officers to take graduate courses in business, accounting, and law.  Nevertheless, my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that I deducted the courses.  They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the courses 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 superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates focused on getting rid of IRS employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://chicagoinno.streetwise.co/2016/09/28/stanford-mba-fellowship-requires-grads-to-work-in-the-midwest/

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Is Governor Rauner agnostic on expanding Stop and Frisk in inner cities? – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2016/09/is-governor-rauner-agnostic-on-expanding-stop-and-frisk-in-inner-cities/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois Issues: The Costs Of Doing Business Without A Budget – JAMEY DUNN
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-issues-costs-doing-business-without-budget#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Lawsuit against COD attorneys brought by Erin Birt, Dianne McGuire, and Joe Wozniak has been Dismissed – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/09/lawsuit-against-cod-attorneys-brought-by-erin-birt-dianne-mcguire-and-joe-wozniak-has-been-dismissed/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TRIBUNE’S PRESIDENTIAL PICK IS … LIBERTARIAN GARY JOHNSON  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Chicago Tribune promotes pot in America.  If you promote pot in America, you promote the destruction of America.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/09/tribunes-presidential-pick-is-libertarian-gary-johnson.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Kirk not getting Senate super PAC money, won’t do some Chicago debates, called “disgraceful” in new TV ad
http://capitolfax.com/2016/09/30/kirk-not-getting-senate-super-pac-money-wont-do-some-chicago-debates-called-disgraceful-in-new-tv-ad/
— Tribune relationship with Illinois Policy Institute columnist “under review”
http://capitolfax.com/2016/09/30/report-tribune-relationship-with-illinois-policy-institute-columnist-under-review/

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump camp returns fire, targets Clintons’ treatment of women
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/09/30/trump-camp-returns-fire-targets-clintons-treatment-women.html
— Clinton blasts Trump over report of his possible Cuba interests
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/09/30/clinton-blasts-trump-over-report-his-possible-cuba-interests.html
— President and CEO of Concerned Women for America: Trump vs. Miss Universe — I Can’t Get to Victim When I Think of Alicia Machado
http://nation.foxnews.com/2016/09/30/president-and-ceo-concerned-women-america-trump-vs-miss-universe-i-cant-get-victim-when-i

 

THE BLAZE
— OUTRAGEOUS: Jeb Bush suggests voting for Gary Johnson in November – Tre Goins-Phillips
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/09/29/report-jeb-bush-suggests-voting-for-gary-johnson-in-november/

 

THE HILL
— GOP bill proposes freeze on U.S. naturalizations – Cristina Marcos
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/298588-gop-bill-proposes-freeze-on-granting-immigrants-citizenship
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A House Republican introduced legislation to prevent the U.S. government from granting immigrants citizenship, responding to a report found that several hundred people slated for deportation were accidentally naturalized. The bill, offered by Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) before Congress departed this week for its pre-election recess, would halt any new naturalizations until the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) finishes modernizing its fingerprint record database. A DHS inspector general report made public this month stated that at least 858 people ordered to be deported were mistakenly granted citizenship because their digital fingerprint records weren’t in DHS or FBI databases. Some paper-based fingerprint records weren’t consistently converted into digital form.)

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Megyn Kelly Tells Team Trump To ‘Just Shut Up’ Already About Women’s Weight – Rebecca Shapiro
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/megyn-kelly-trump-campaign-shut-up-fat-shaming_us_57ee1652e4b0c2407cdd3e80

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump had a terrible week.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/donald-trump-bad-week-insiders-228928
— Trump assails former Miss Universe and Clinton in early morning Tweet blitz – Louis Nelson
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/trump-alicia-machado-clinton-tweet-attack-228940
— Axelrod on former Miss Universe dustup: Trump took the bait – Louis Nelson
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/alicia-machado-trump-david-axelrod-228944

 

ABC NEWS
— Joe Biden: Donald Trump’s Comments About Avoiding Paying Taxes ‘Anger Me, Quite Frankly’ – DAVID CAPLAN  (DIERSEN: During the 1970s, my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were angered that I deducted the graduate business and accounting courses that I took at Loyola and DePaul.  They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the courses 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 superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates focused on getting rid of IRS employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/joe-biden-donald-trumps-comments-avoiding-paying-taxes/story?id=42466859

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Donald Trump joins David Duke as only candidates ever ‘disendorsed’ by USA Today.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/30/donald-trump-joins-david-duke-as-only-candidates-ever-disendorsed-by-usa-today/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Before 6 a.m., Donald Trump proved Hillary Clinton’s point about his temperament.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/30/before-6-a-m-donald-trump-proved-hillary-clintons-point-about-his-temperament/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Trump USA Today thinks Trump is so ‘unfit for the presidency’ that it just wrote a historic anti-endorsement.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/09/30/usa-today-thinks-trump-is-so-unfit-for-the-presidency-that-it-just-wrote-a-historic-anti-endorsement/
— Christian colleges are debating whether to arm campus safety officers – Kirkland An and Sarah Pulliam Bailey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/09/30/christian-colleges-are-debating-whether-to-arm-campus-safety-officers-with-guns/
— EB-5 Program: Congress’s immigration scheme – Charles Lane
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/congresss-immigration-scheme/2016/09/29/4392dd9e-859a-11e6-92c2-14b64f3d453f_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— They gave to Trump’s rivals. Now most of these GOP donors are sitting out November – Seema Mehta, Anthony Pesce and Maloy Moore
http://www.latimes.com/nation/sns-na-pol-gop-donors-20160930-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— Donald Trump is ready to lead – Mike Pence
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/09/29/mike-pence-donald-trump-editorials-debates/91295074/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump is unfit for the presidency.”
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/09/29/dont-vote-for-donald-trump-editorial-board-editorials-debates/91295020/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Donald Trump’s having a tough week with the ladies.”
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/09/30/record-donald-trumps-having-tough-week-ladies/91301540/
— Many autoworkers like Trump. But his Ford-bashing — not so much. – Matthew Dolan and Brent Snavely
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2016/09/30/some-autoworkers-like-trump-but-not-his-ford-bashing/91309768/

 

NEW YORK POST
— Trump rips beauty queen Machado for ‘sex tape and past’
http://nypost.com/2016/09/30/trump-rips-beauty-queen-machado-for-sex-tape-and-past/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Donald Trump attacks ‘disgusting’ ex-Miss Universe again, claims Hillary Clinton was ‘duped’ by beauty queen once accused in murder plot – Meg Wagner
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/donald-trump-attacks-disgusting-ex-miss-universe-article-1.2812860

 

THE BEAST
— Joe Biden Roasts Trump Over His Taxes on Fallon: ‘Just Pay Your Fair Share’  Vice President Joe Biden dropped by ‘The Tonight Show’ Thursday night to stump for Hillary Clinton and take shots at Donald Trump. – Matt Wilstein  (DIERSEN: During the 1970s, my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were angered that I deducted the graduate business and accounting courses that I took at Loyola and DePaul.  They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the courses 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 superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates focused on getting rid of IRS employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/30/joe-biden-roasts-trump-over-his-taxes-on-fallon-just-pay-your-fair-share.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “HOW DONALD TRUMP’S COMPANY VIOLATED THE UNITED STATES EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA.”
http://www.newsweek.com/2016/10/14/donald-trump-cuban-embargo-castro-violated-florida-504059.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Hillary-Hatred Derangement Syndrome  She alone stands between America and the reign of the most unstable, unfit president in U.S. history.”
http://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-hatred-derangement-syndrome-1475192121
— Why Drug Runners Love the U.S. Postal Service  Fentanyl in your mailbox? International rules prevent the USPS from cracking down on illegal suppliers. –  ARTHUR HERMAN and JOHN P. WALTERS
http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-drug-runners-love-the-u-s-postal-service-1475191393

 

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Tweets About Sex Tape as Campaign Struggles to Regroup  The salvos are part of an ongoing struggle between Trump and his aides about how to coordinate a cohesive strategy against Clinton.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-09-30/trump-tweets-about-sex-tape-as-campaign-struggles-to-regroup

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Why Interest Rates Won’t Get Back to Normal Until at Least 2025  It could take a decade or more for savers to get real relief. – Paul J. Lim  (DIERSEN: Most borrowers are Democrats.  Most savers are Republicans.  Low interest rates help borrowers.  Low interest rates harm savers.)
http://time.com/money/4511949/interest-rates-return-normal/

 

HOLLYWOOD LIFE
— Joe Biden Theorizes That Donald Trump Never Wanted To Actually Win Presidency – Beth Shilliday  (DIERSEN: One could theorize that I “never wanted to actually” advance in the federal government a) because I refused to become a Democrat, b) because I refused to help my superiors get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, c) because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, d) because I complained about reverse discrimination, e) because I complained about age discrimination, and f) because in 1988 when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  One could theorize that I “never wanted to actually” advance in the Republican Party in Illinois, in DuPage County, and in Milton Township because I refuse to serve as an operative or as a dupe for whoever has the most clout.)
http://hollywoodlife.com/2016/09/30/joe-biden-disses-donald-trump-doesnt-want-presidency-tonight-show/

September 29 Morning Edition

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— JOSHUA NAPONIELLO: MY DAY WITH DONALD TRUMP IN BOLINGBROOK  (DIERSEN: Those who spoke very highly of Trump at this outstanding event included Roger Claar and Rudy Giuliani.  The 300+ attendees included John Cabello, Brad Cole, Dan Cronin, Demetra DeMonte, Kirk Dillard, Ron Gidwitz, Dan Hampton, David MacNeil, Richard Porter, Todd Ricketts, Skip Saviano, Tim Schneider, Mickey Straub, and Dave Tornga.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/09/naponiello-my-day-with-donald-trump-in-bolingbrook.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: How crazy is it that I ended up volunteering for perhaps the next president of the United States?  I mean you would have thought that by talking to Roger Claar the Mayor of Bolingbrook, I would volunteer at a Trump fundraiser! I can only say it was the best event that I have worked on in my early political life. Setting up tables was a challenge but greeting people by the door was amazing. Friendly faces, attitudes, familiar faces like (former State Senator) Kirk Dillard, (Bolingbrook Mayor) Roger Claar and (Chicago Cubs’ owner) Todd Ricketts.  I also had the pleasure of sitting next to (former New York City Mayor) Rudy Giuliani during the lunch. The speech that Trump delivered was electrifying. Reducing regulations, repealing Obamacare, and lowering taxes on the middle class. Straight to the point concise, was how his speech was, and everyone stood and applauded our future president of the United States. Unfortunately, there was a negative point, as I was called traitor and fake by Mexican protesters against Trump, yet I kept my smile and head straight up and continued to help Trump. After the event I traveled outside to see Trump supporters waving American flags and chanting “USA,USA,USA”. I got to talk to some of the Trump supporters and we discussed Trump at the first debate. Another highlight was being quoted in a Chicago Tribune story, link here https://www.google.com/amp/www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/bolingbrook-plainfield/news/ct-nvs-trump-bolingbrook-st-0929-20160928-story,amp.html  Otherwise I had a great time and learned from Trump what it means to be a leader. Joshua Naponiello is a 19 year old student at College of DuPage.)
— RHOADS: TRUMP FANS DESERVE BETTER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/09/rhoads-trump-fans-deserve-better.html
— THORNER: TRUMP ADVISOR LAUDS CONSERVATIVE “PILLARS” AT EAGLE FORUM CONFERENCE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/09/thorner-trump-advisor-lauds-conservative-pillars-at-eagle-forum-conference.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago police banned from threatening immigrants under Emanuel-backed measure – John Byrne  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Chicago a) encourage people to come to America illegally, b) encourage people to stay in America illegally, and c) encourage people to bring people to America illegally.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-emanuel-immigrant-treatment-ordinance-met-20160928-story.html
— Just say no to Narcan? Heroin rescue efforts draw backlash – AP  (DIERSEN: Untended consequences SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unintended_consequences  “In the social sciences, unintended consequences (sometimes unanticipated consequences or unforeseen consequences) are outcomes that are not the ones foreseen and intended by a purposeful action.”)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–heroin-overdoses-backlash-20160925-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: First responders in U.S. communities reeling from waves of heroin overdoses say some people tell them they should just say no to using so many resources on drug abusers. Authorities say people have expressed frustration about rescuing addicts who often immediately resume using the potentially deadly drug. There are also concerns voiced about the wide-ranging social and government budget costs involved, including for the overdose antidote naloxone. Some signs of heroin overdose backlash: — Gov. Paul LePage in hard-hit Maine vetoed legislation this year to expand access to naloxone, usually under the brand name Narcan. He has explained that when people are receiving a dozen or more doses, they should start having to pay for it. The Legislature overrode his veto. — An effort by authorities in Ohio’s Hamilton County to get a dangerous heroin batch off the streets by offering immunity for people who turn in drugs drew a rebuke from Sheriff Richard Jones in neighboring Butler County, who argued it only enables dealers and users and gives them an excuse if they are caught. — A police photo of a grandmother and her boyfriend unconscious after overdosing with a 4-year-old boy in their car went viral this month after the police department in Ohio’s East Liverpool posted it on Facebook, drawing thousands of comments including from people decrying lenience toward users who endanger children or steal to support their habits. — A retired attorney wrote an op-ed column in The Cincinnati Enquirer examining the costs of treating heroin addiction, the strain on public resources and the rise in “drugged driving” accidents as he urged aggressive punishment. “What social policy is advanced by subsidizing recklessness?” John M. Kunst Jr., of suburban Cincinnati, wrote earlier this year. “Why do we excuse and enable addiction?” “I understand the frustration,” said Police Chief Thomas Synan Jr. of Newtown, Ohio, who heads a Cincinnati-area heroin coalition task force. “I understand the feeling that someone is doing something to themselves, so why do the rest of us have to pay? But our job is to save lives, period.”)
— Millionaire mayor Rahm Emanuel finds $5.62 smoothie ‘a little pricey’ – Bill Ruthhart  (DIERSEN: From what I see, if you do not have at least $1 million in investable assets or if you are not track to have at least $1 million in investable assets by the time you retire, you are in big trouble financially.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-whole-foods-englewood-20160928-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Equal opportunity for all voters always comes first – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-equal-opportunity-for-all-voters-always-comes-first/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Will Roskam debate for first time in 8 years? – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160929/news/160928646/
—  Wide world of campaign coverage under way – Jim Slusher
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160929/discuss/160928660/
— Longtime Alderman O’Connor named Aurora’s acting mayor – Amy Roth
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160928/news/160928732/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— AFSCME makes its move in contract battle with Rauner – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160928/BLOGS02/160929784/afscme-launches-anti-rauner-ad-campaign
— Which Chicago is your neighborhood in? – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160929/BLOGS02/160929776/which-chicago-is-your-neighborhood-in

 

WTTW
— Donald Trump Hits Campaign Trail in Chicago – Paris Schutz
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2016/09/28/donald-trump-hits-campaign-trail-chicago

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Ivanka Trump portrays her father as a leader at Quincy campaign event – Doug Wilson
http://www.whig.com/20160928/ivanka-trump-portrays-her-father-as-a-leader-at-quincy-campaign-event#

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Trump Fundraiser At Bolingbrook Attracts Mixed Response – TONY ARNOLD
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/trump-fundraiser-bolingbrook-attracts-mixed-response

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— GOP attacks DelGiorno for pension he now won’t get – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20160928/bernard-schoenburg-gop-attacks-delgiorno-for-pension-he-now-wont-get

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Dale Righter gains bigger budget role for GOP – DAN PETRELLA
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/righter-gains-bigger-budget-role-for-gop/article_5bd9e18d-7561-5c90-ab1e-e878bbbd6795.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS NEWS NOW
— Ivanka Trump holds fundraiser in downtown Peoria
http://www.cinewsnow.com/news/local/Ivanka-Trump-holds-fundraiser-in-downtown-Peoria-395191731.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump campaign talking points: Bring up Monica  Talking points also level new allegations – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-campaign-talking-points-bring-up-monica

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Munger best bet for comptroller – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2016-09-29/munger-best-bet-comptroller.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Merit-Based Pay Getting Closer Look – Benjamin Yount  (DIERSEN: Measuring job performance is extremely subjective.  In 1989, the Democrats who ran GAO implemented their “pay-for-performance” system to help them get rid of the agency’s employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=225380#.V-z8NxHxZZI

 

WSIL TV
— Clinton vows to retaliate against foreign hackers – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/33275901/clinton-vows-to-retaliate-against-foreign-hackers

 

THE SOUTHERN
— Governor Rauner’s “Turnaround Agenda” still viable, impacting local elections – STEPHANIE ESTERS
http://thesouthern.com/elections/governor-rauner-s-turnaround-agenda-still-viable-impacting-local-elections/article_f43c4099-ad90-5acc-934c-4426348071c4.html

 

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— Trump rallies GOP faithful, attacks Clinton in Waukesha – Bill Glauber, Craig Gilbert and Meg Jones
http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/09/28/trump-rallies-gop-faithful-waukesha/91230672/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Rauner Won’t Say Whether He Favors Amending Illinois’ Constitution – AMANDA VINICKY  (DIERSEN: Democrats run Illinois.  If they could amend the Illinois Constitution, they would amend it to get rid of individuals, organizations, and governments 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.  They would amend the Illinois Constitution to promote dependency on government, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot, booze, gambling and other vices, abolishment of the First and Second Amendments, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, and the rest of the Democrat Party platform.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/rauner-wont-say-whether-he-favors-amending-illinois-constitution#stream/0

 

SAVE THE CHICAGO READER
— Help us win the fight for the Reader: its bold writing must be saved – Ben Joravsky  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Why does Diersen send out his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to anyone who wants them every morning and every evening free of charge and without any advertising?  ANSWER: Diersen promotes the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.  He who pays the piper calls the tunes, and Diersen does not want anyone to call his tunes.  Diersen can afford to donate the thousands of hours and thousands of dollars each year needed to put the emails together and to send them out.  Diersen fills a tremendous communication void in Illinois. No one else provides an email service that even comes close to what Diersen does.)
https://medium.com/@savethechicagoreader/help-us-win-the-fight-for-the-reader-its-bold-writing-must-be-saved-346102289da2#.5t2605vze
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As much as I may not like to admit it, I’m the old guy on the Reader staff. And so I’m writing on behalf of all the employees in our guild bargaining unit. My first Reader story – a freelanced restaurant review – ran in 1977, before many of my current colleagues were even born. I started covering politics for the paper in 1984. I’ve been a staff writer since 1990. That’s long enough for me to have learned a thing or two about what makes this paper so great. Yes, the Reader runs provocative theater, music, film, and food criticism, but just as important, its editors give writers the freedom to tell it like it is, even if we irritate the hell out of the powers that be.)

 

DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION
— 2017 Submission Period for Precinct Line Modification  The DuPage County Election Commission hereby notifies the general public and other interested parties of the scheduled submission period opening January 3, 2017, for modification to Precinct lines in DuPage County. For additional information, please contact the Election Commission at (630) 407-5600.
http://www.dupageco.org/Election/Election_Commission_News/2016/53598/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Auditor General Report on College of DuPage Released – WOW! – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/09/auditor-general-report-on-college-of-dupage-released-wow/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— District U-46 School Board Needs the Boot and a Fat Lawsuit
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-district-u-46-school-board-needs-boot-fat-lawsuit/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Republican candidate Dave Severin says he doesn’t want The Southern’s endorsement  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that no candidate should want my endorsement.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes 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/or 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/2016/09/29/republican-candidate-says-he-doesnt-want-newspapers-endorsement/
— Trump campaign blames Rauner-signed law for Chicago violence increase
http://capitolfax.com/2016/09/29/trump-campaign-blames-rauner-signed-law-for-chicago-violence-increase/

 

GOPUSA
— Comey tries again to defend Clinton email probe; objects to being called ‘weasel’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=15387

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— CAN WE CLOSE THE BLACK ECONOMIC GAP? – Bishop Jackson
http://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/family/can-we-close-the-black-economic-gap/

 

THE BLAZE
— University of Michigan Black Lives Matter debate shut down by protesters alleging racism, bigotry – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/09/28/university-of-michigan-black-lives-matter-debate-shut-down-by-protesters-alleging-racism-bigotry/
— College student threatened after suggesting ‘progressive’ school’s admission process is ‘anything but fair’ – Jon Street  (DIERSEN: 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.theblaze.com/stories/2016/09/28/college-student-threatened-after-suggesting-progressive-schools-admission-process-is-anything-but-fair/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— WHY IS IT ONLY ‘SCIENCE’ WHEN IT GROWS GOVERNMENT? – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2016/09/28/why-is-it-only-science-when-it-grows-government/

 

POLITICO
— Poll finds 7 percent of voters have ended friendships over the election – Nolan D. McCaskill  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they hate Trump and Trump’s supporters.  Anti-Trumps 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/2016/09/poll-2016-election-broken-friendships-228846

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— For Some Newspapers, Endorsing Clinton Means Losing Subscribers – SYDNEY EMBER  (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS has lost subscribers a) because I support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and other planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform, b) because I support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, and c) because I refuse to serve as an operative or as a dupe for anyone.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/29/business/media/clinton-endorsement.html
— Who’s Really Older, Trump or Clinton?  It’s a new age for age on the campaign trail. – Gail Collins  (DIERSEN: How old are you?  I am 68 years old today.  What is your position on age discrimination?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran you are stupid and you are lazy and you should be gotten rid of if you not earning at least $100,000/year by age 25, $150,000/year by age 30, $200,000/year by age 35, $250,000/year by age 40, $300,000/year by age 45, $350,000/year by age 50, $400,000/year by age 55, $450,000/year by age 60, $500,000/year by age 65, etc.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/29/opinion/whos-really-older-trump-or-clinton.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Enabler or family defender? How Hillary Clinton responded to husband’s accusers – Shawn Boburg
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/enabler-or-family-defender-how-hillary-clinton-responded-to-husbands-accusers/2016/09/28/58dad5d4-6fb1-11e6-8533-6b0b0ded0253_story.html
— Donald Trump’s weight problem: He can’t stop talking about ‘fat’ people – Katie Zezima and Jose A. DelReal
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-trumps-weight-problem-he-cant-stop-talking-about-fat-people/2016/09/28/891ddd3a-858d-11e6-a3ef-f35afb41797f_story.html
— Donald Trump’s rise reflects American conservatism’s decay – George F. Will  (DIERSEN: Which “Republicans” work the hardest against conservatism in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  I should write about the aforesaid in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.  The aforesaid focus on destroying the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-rise-reflects-american-conservatisms-decay/2016/09/28/e9244732-84cf-11e6-a3ef-f35afb41797f_story.html
— Companies are disclosing more about their political contributions, study says – Catherine Ho  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, the more money that an employer gives to Democrats, the less likely that employer will hire, retain, or promote Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/09/29/companies-are-disclosing-more-about-their-political-contributions-study-says/
— Trump: ‘Google search engine was suppressing the bad news about Hillary Clinton’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trump-google-search-engine-was-suppressing-the-bad-news-about-hillary-clinton/2016/09/28/b237dd72-85e4-11e6-b57d-dd49277af02f_video.html
— OUTSTANDING: Senate Republicans revive legislation to ban online gambling – Catherine Ho
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/09/28/senate-republicans-revive-legislation-to-ban-online-gambling/
— Why are African-Americans such loyal Democrats when they are so ideologically diverse? – Theodore R. Johnson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/09/28/can-trump-win-black-votes-what-we-know-from-5-decades-of-black-voting-data/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Generous Are the Candidates? Should Voters Care?  Clinton and Trump have told us something in the way they go about giving, or not giving.  SUZANNE GARMENT and  LESLIE LENKOWSKY  (DIERSEN: How generous are you?  Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that they are extremely generous and b) that I am not generous at all. In my defense, I send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS each and every morning and each and every evening free of charge and without any advertising.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-generous-are-the-candidates-should-voters-care-1475102489

 

12 NEWS NOW
— Trump claims he was ‘holding back’ in debate with Clinton – Dave Berman  (DIERSEN: Do your critics/opponents, their operatives and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that they are “holding back,” and that if you do not stop doing what they want you to stop doing, that they will harm you even more than they already have?  My critics/opponents, their operatives and their dupes have always done that.)
http://www.12newsnow.com/news/politics/national-politics/trump-claims-he-was-holding-back-in-debate-with-clinton/327496700

 

GOVERNING
— How Unregulated Dark Money Is Reshaping State Politics  Several governors are using nonprofits to get themselves elected and promote their agendas once in office — without ever having to disclose where the money came from. – ALAN GREENBLATT
http://www.governing.com/topics/elections/gov-dark-money-campaign-finance-state-politics.html

 

GAO
— Federal Workforce: Lessons Learned for Engaging Millennials and Other Age Groups (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors focused on a) hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) making way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-880T
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With more than 30% of federal employees eligible to retire by 2019, a lot of jobs could open up that the current federal workforce can’t fill. So, the government needs to recruit and retain the next generation of workers. Strong employee engagement—a positive feeling about one’s employer and its mission—tends to help agencies hire and keep employees. You might think that millennials are less engaged than other age groups, but the data in this testimony showed that engagement doesn’t vary much by age. Engagement increases for everyone when agencies demonstrate that they value their employees.)

 
MONEY MAGAZINE
— Donald Trump’s Net Worth Fell $800 Million Over the Past Year  Forbes’ new calculation puts the presidential candidate’s net worth at $3.7 billion. – Alicia Adamczyk
http://time.com/money/4511357/donald-trump-net-worth-falls/
— What Boomers Have Learned About Retirement Saving  Younger generations should take note. – Dan Kadlec   (DIERSEN: Sadly, many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics’/opponents’ operatives and dupes have saved little or nothing for their retirement.  Because of their need for money, they do/will do just about anything for my critics and for my opponents.)
http://time.com/money/4505205/retirement-saving-what-boomers-have-learned/
— Lawsuit Alleges Exactly How Wells Fargo Pushed Employees to Abuse Customers  The complaints paint a picture of a toxic culture. – Athena Cao  (DIERSEN: The culture in the federal government is toxic for its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://time.com/money/4510482/wells-fargo-fake-accounts-class-action-lawsuit/

September 28 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump opponents, supporters clash outside Bolingbrook fundraiser – Frank Vaisvilas and Alicia Fabbre (DIERSEN: Those who spoke very highly of Trump at this outstanding event included Roger Claar and Rudy Giuliani.  The 300+ attendees included John Cabello, Brad Cole, Dan Cronin, Demetra DeMonte, Kirk Dillard, Ron Gidwitz, Dan Hampton, David MacNeil, Richard Porter, Todd Ricketts, Skip Saviano, Tim Schneider, Mickey Straub, and Dave Tornga.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/bolingbrook-plainfield/news/ct-nvs-trump-bolingbrook-st-0929-20160928-story.html
(FROM AN EARLIER VERSION OF THE ARTICLE: David John Diersen, editor for gopillinois.com, said Rudy Giuliani made a surprise appearance.  He said Trump made many jokes and his winning Illinois is “in the realm of possibilities.” Attendee Joshua Naponiello, who’s a volunteer with the DuPage County GOP, said Trump gave a speech with talking points that included reducing regulation, reducing taxes for businesses and the middle class and repealing Obamacare. He said one of Trump’s guests included a representative of the Pakistani Islamic community and an Islamic prayer was given and everyone prayed along. Some of Trump’s supporters also showed up early, including Garry Slabaugh of Romeoville. He said he is excited the candidate he supported since the beginning of the primaries was virtually in his backyard. “I heard about (the fundraiser) last night, and I could hardly sleep,” Slabaugh said. “My wife wishes she was off today so she could be here.” He said he and his wife attended the Trump rally at UIC on March 11 that was canceled amid security concerns. “People were pounding our van and called us racist and they didn’t even know us,” Slabaugh said. “I hope it’s not like that today.” He said he’s not a racist and supports Trump because “he’s tells the truth.” “I don’t like the way things are going,” Slabaugh said. “I don’t want more of the same.” Police staged all demonstrators, supporters and media in a field across the street from the clubhouse not allowing anyone uninvited into the private event in which donors paid up to $250,000.)
— Trump in Chicago: Clinton ‘grossly incompetent’ – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-donald-trump-chicago-met-0929-20160928-story.html
— Friend of man gunned down near Millennium Park: ‘I’m ready to boycott the city of Chicago’ – Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-millennium-park-fatal-shooting-20160927-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Donald Trump’s deep-rooted racism.”  Anti-Trumps 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/commentary/ct-donald-trump-blacks-racist-20160928-story.html
— Audit details lax leadership at College of DuPage, offers 19 recommendations – Erin Chan Ding
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-college-dupage-audit-st-0930-20160928-story.html
— Big crowds don’t always translate into big votes – Chris Cillizza
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-campaign-rallies-7f895554-85a8-11e6-a3ef-f35afb41797f-20160928-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump pumps up the room in Bolingbrook fundraiser – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-trump-pumps-up-the-room-in-bolingbrook-fundraiser/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hey! Hey!  It was a Trump love fest. Pull up a luncheon chair. Donald Trump, who has dinged Chicago for our murder rate, denounced the Cubs last year for being poorly run by owners who opposed his campaign, and expressed concern for the Chicago Bears going forward — was all banter, burble and bubble at a private luncheon in Bolingbrook on Wednesday. “I love Chicago. I am an investor here. It’s a great city,” chirped Trump, who left the Bolingbrook Golf Club fund-raiser organized by savvy Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar with $1.5 million bucks in his political pocket. “It was a huge blowout,” a luncheon source said. Trump, who took no questions from the 350 plus donors dining on cold salmon salad and Claar’s favorite yellow pudding, played it mellow while pitching podium bon mots to the audience in the Ronald Reagan room. Todd Ricketts, a co-owner of the Cubs who is CEO of the conservative Ending Spending Super PAC, was in attendance. In a shout-out 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!”  (Trump’s praise for the Cubs followed disclosures Wednesday morning Joe Ricketts was doing a turnaround, endorsing Trump and donating $1 million to elect him.) The room erupted into applause. Trump was now on a roll. Tossing a huge shoutout to retired Hall of Fame football defensive tackle Dan Hampton, whom he mistakenly called “Dave,” Trump praised Hampton and asked him to join him on stage. “My daughter Ivanka always reminds me I am a BIG guy,” said Trump, who reportedly weighs 267 pounds. “So I just want to show my children there are guys bigger than me. And I want you to tell coach [Mike] Ditka how much I love the guy and appreciate his support and friendship.”  Then Trump told Hampton he “wished you’d suit up because the Bears need you.”  Trump also volunteered to lend Hampton his knees. “I have great knees and if you want to borrow them. I’d be more than happy to do so,” Trump said. Trump then gave a big shout-out to WeatherTech CEO David MacNeil, commending him for manufacturing his product in America. MacNeil shouted back: “And I employ 1,100 people here in Bolingbrook.” Trump, however, saved the knife for Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, who has refused to endorse Trump. The source claimed Trump stated: “It is one thing not to endorse me, but it another thing to use me in ads for yourself against me. Guys like Kirk who are behind in the polls can’t figure out why guys like me are ahead in the polls.” Trump, who told the crowd his campaign raised $18 million since his televised debate two days ago, singled Kirk out several times for disdain, the source added. Trump also praised Claar, who organized the event. Overseeing a diverse community, Claar’s event had a Muslim deliver the invocation, an African-American as master of ceremonies, and an African-American woman sing the national anthem, according to the source.)
— Trump makes unannounced stop at Polish National Alliance in Chicago before suburban fundraisers
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/trump-tvisit-polish-national-alliance-on-chicagos-far-north-side/
— CTU’s House of Delegates votes to set a strike date of Oct. 11; CPS CEO says a strike can still be averted
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-teachers-union-to-consider-oct-11-strike-date-at-meeting/
— Rauner, legislative panel have $2.4-billion deficit disagreement
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-administration-says-budget-deficit-is-2-4-billion-less/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Demonstrators protest as Trump visits Bolingbrook – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160928/news/160928781/
— Trump in Chicago: I’ll be ‘true friend to Poland
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160928/news/160928757/
— Auditor: College of DuPage needs to improve oversight, operations – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160928/news/160928777/
— GOP incumbent state representative Michael McAuliffe spends big to keep seat – Christopher Placek
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160928/news/160928681/
— Lauzen alleges ‘political retaliation’ – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160928/news/160928709/
— Time to make COD the bright star of DuPage again – Tom Cullerton
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160928/submitted/160928723/

 

ABC7
— Donald Trump was in the Chicago area Wednesday to raise money and meet with the Polish American Congress Wednesday morning. – Ben Bradley and Laura Podesta
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/donald-trump-campaigns-in-chicago/1530093/

 

NBC5
— Donald Trump, in Chicago for Surprise Event, Attacks Hillary Clinton For Failing D.C. Bar Exam  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump spoke at Chicago’s Polish National Alliance Wednesday morning, faulting his opponent, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, for failing the bar exam in Washington D.C. – Tom Schuba  (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979; it frustrated their efforts to paint me as being stupid and lazy.  Few of them had attempted to pass the examination, even fewer eventually passed it, and very few passed it on their first attempt.  My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; it frustrated their efforts to paint me as being stupid and lazy.  Few of them had attempted to pass the examination, even fewer eventually passed it, and very few passed it on their first attempt.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/donald-trump-chicago-campaign-polish-national-alliance-395140451.html
— Trump Campaign Denies He’s Sick After Chicago Speech Fuels Further Questions About His Health
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Trump-Campaign-Denies-Hes-Sick-After-Chicago-Speech-Fuels-Further-Questions-About-His-Health-395117731.html

 

CBS2
— Donald Trump Greeted By Cheers And Jeers During Chicago-Area Visit – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/09/28/donald-trump-greeted-by-cheers-and-jeers-during-chicago-area-visit/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump pops up to prop up Chicago’s Polish community
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160928/NEWS02/160929789/trump-pops-up-to-prop-up-chicagos-polish-community

 

WJBC
— Sen. Brady: Limiting same day voter registration will curb fraud
http://www.wjbc.com/2016/09/28/sen-brady-limiting-same-day-voter-registration-will-curb-fraud/

 

WBEZ
— Illinois GOP Chairman: I Choose Rude Over Wrong – Tony Arnold
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/illinois-gop-chairman-i-choose-rude-over-wrong/cb47a86c-2d9c-41ca-8169-0c4e3f7bdc1a

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Governor Mum On Trump’s “War-Torn” Chicago Characterization – AMANDA VINICKY
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/governor-mum-trumps-war-torn-chicago-characterization#stream/0

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump angry at allies conceding he lost debate  Source: Message was ‘not subtle’ – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-angry-at-allies-conceding-he-lost-debate

 

DNA INFO
— Trump In Chicago: I’ll Be ‘Greatest President For Jobs God Ever Created’ – Heather Cherone
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160928/sauganash/trump-in-chicago-grafitti

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Despite harsh reviews, Trump resists new debate approach – AP
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/despite-harsh-reviews-trump-resists-new-debate-approach/article_3ffbae29-68ff-5cb9-9aa2-8ecd62dc5250.html

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Protesters, supporters gather in Bolingbrook as fundraiser held for Donald Trump – MIKE MALLORY
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2016/09/28/protesters-supporters-gather-in-bolingbrook-as-fundraiser-held-for-donald-trump/abhjtol/

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Do whites and men have too much power? – Scott Clement and Emily Guskin  (DIERSEN: How much power do you have?  Power is religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/do-whites-and-men-have-too-much-power/article_a343bfc0-b572-5f66-90f1-215d5820e7dc.html
    (FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s no secret that race and gender issues have been front-and-center in this year’s presidential contest, and a new Washington Post-ABC News poll shines a new light on a central part of this dynamic: views of the power of whites and men. White men fueled Trump’s overall support in the poll, with likely voters in this demographic favoring him by a whopping 40-point margin, compared with a nearly tied contest among white women (46-44) and Clinton’s 50-point lead among all non-white voters (69-19). The Post-ABC poll also asked whether men, women, whites and racial and ethnic minorities have “too much,” “too little” or “about the right amount” of influence in the country. Just more than four in 10 registered voters say each of women and minorities have too little influence, while far fewer say either has too much sway. Looking at whites and men, nearly four in 10 voters say men have too much influence in the country, while one-third says the same about whites. Putting those questions together, voters split evenly, with 48 percent saying whites or men have too much influence, while 48 percent say neither group does. The Post-ABC poll found responses to this question are closely connected with support for Clinton and Trump. Trump’s support is 36 points higher among voters who say whites have “about the right amount” or “too little” influence in America, compared with those who say whites have too much influence (53 percent to 17 percent). Trump’s support is also 27 percentage points higher among voters who reject the idea that men have “too much” influence, compared with those who do. Put together, Trump leads Clinton by a 57-28 margin among voters who say neither whites nor men have too much influence, while he trails Clinton by 52 points among voters who say both whites and men have too much influence (14-66). Fascinatingly, the impact of these attitudes is largest among voters who belong to the two historically advantaged demographics. Whites voters who say their racial group has too much influence prefer Clinton by a 38-point margin over Trump (61-23), while those who say their influence is about right or insufficient favor Trump by a 40-point margin (63-23). Likewise, male voters who say men are too influential favor Clinton by 25 points (52-27) while those who feel men are not too powerful prefer Trump by a 44-point margin (59-25). Political divisions over gender and race are far from new, and the poll also finds big partisan splits on these questions – an indication that they predate Clinton and Trump’s candidacies. Democrats are about twice as likely to say men have too much influence as Republicans and three times as likely to say whites have too much sway. But it is also likely that heated rhetoric over police shootings of black men, racism, sexism and immigration have helped solidify partisan divisions on issues of race and gender.)

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Audit makes 19 recommendations to College of DuPage  COD officials address audit results – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2016/09/28/audit-makes-19-recommendations-to-college-of-dupage/a1ljw9b/

 

BOLINGBROOK PATCH
— Donald Trump’s Bolingbrook Fundraiser Brings Out Supporters, Opponents  “We don’t see race. We see right and wrong. What Donald Trump represents is wrong,” said one protester. – Scott Viau
http://patch.com/illinois/bolingbrook/donald-trumps-bolingbrook-fundraiser-brings-out-supporters-opponents

 

WHEATON PATCH
— College of DuPage Audit Cites 19 Areas for Improvement  The audit found that the COD Board of Trustees “could improve their fiduciary oversight of the college’s operations in several areas.” – Amie Rowland
http://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/s/fwbjk/college-of-dupage-audit-cites-19-areas-for-improvement

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WHERE’S WEYERMULLER? TRACKING TRUMP’S CHICAGO VISIT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/09/wheres-weyermuller-tracking-trumps-chicago-visit.html
— THORNER: AMERICA’S NATIONAL SECURITY URGENT, SAYS TWO FORMER AMBASSADORS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/09/thorner-americas-national-security-urgent-says-two-former-ambassadors.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— GOP chairman says Rauner criticism “drives me crazy”
http://capitolfax.com/2016/09/28/gop-chairman-says-rauner-criticism-drives-me-crazy/
— Edgar, Kennedy take turns whacking Rauner, Trump
http://capitolfax.com/2016/09/28/edgar-kennedy-take-turns-whacking-rauner-trump/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says Clinton White House will be for sale, urges voters to ‘follow the money’ – Seth McLaughlin
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/28/donald-trump-says-hillary-clinton-white-house-will/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— GOP seeks ‘big tent’ but who props it up? – Charlie Butts
http://www.onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2016/09/28/gop-seeks-big-tent-but-who-props-it-up

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— TRAGIC: Americans Are Saving Less Than Ever – Steve Rhode
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/americans-are-saving-less-than-ever-and-some-see-a_us_57eae282e4b0972364dea5e9

 

NBC NEWS
— Trump Campaign Quietly Shouts About Clinton Sex Scandals – BENJY SARLIN and ALEX SEITZ-WALD
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-campaign-quietly-shouts-about-clinton-sex-scandals-n656466

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps on “Parsing What Makes a Trump Supporter Tick.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/29/world/americas/parsing-what-makes-a-donald-trump-supporter-tick.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Federal employee health premiums to rise 6.2 percent on average – Eric Yoder
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/09/28/federal-employee-health-premiums-to-rise-6-2-percent-on-average/

 

BLOOMBERG
— Clinton Would Be Wise to Denounce Howard Dean – Jonathan Bernstein
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-09-28/clinton-would-be-wise-to-denounce-howard-dean

 

FED SMITH
— OUTRAGEOUS: 6.2% Average Health Insurance Increase for Federal Employees – Ralph R. Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2016/09/28/6-2-average-health-insurance-increase-for-federal-employees/

September 26 Evening Edition

NBC5
— New Poll Shows Clinton’s Lead Shrinking in Illinois  Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s lead in Illinois has shrunk by six points since August, according to a new Victory Research poll. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/New-Poll-Shows-Clintons-Lead-Shrinking-in-Illinois-394842551.html
— Race to Watch: Harlan v. Bustos: 17th Congressional District- Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Race-to-Watch-17th-Congressional-District-394886641.html

 

ABC7
— CONVICTED GUN-OFFENDER CHARGED IN MURDER NEAR MILLENNIUM PARK – Eric Horng
http://abc7chicago.com/news/convicted-gun-offender-charged-in-murder-near-millennium-park/1527140/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner on CTU, Illinois violence
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-rauner-ctu-strike-illinois-violence-20160926-premiumvideo.html
— CTU members give OK to strike, union says – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-teachers-union-approves-strike-20160926-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Ted Cruz deserves the scorn he’s getting for endorsing Donald Trump.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-ted-cruz-trump-endorsement-2020-election-20160926-story.html
— Emanuel’s former chief of staff decries City Hall’s ‘anti-business agenda’ – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-business-critics-met-0927-20160926-story.html
— It’s time to kill the 9-to-5 workday – Bloomberg  (DIERSEN: What do you do with your time?  I spend 10+ hours each and every day between 3:00 AM and midnight putting out GOPUSA ILLINOIS morning and evening edition emails.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-work-hours-flexibility-20160926-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Preliminary count shows CPS enrollment plunged since last year – Lauren FitzPatrick
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/preliminary-count-shows-cps-enrollment-plunged-since-last-year/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Downers Grove leaders vying for 81st state House seat – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160926/news/160929093/
— 44th District hopefuls urge thinking beyond partisanship – Eric Peterson  (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend their platform.  In Illinois, if you cannot or will not defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office as a Republican.  Your options include running as an Independent.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160926/news/160929028/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, Democrats and RINOs who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout destroy you.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160926/business/309269856/
— Community colleges say they’re forced to rely more on federal grants – Madhu Krishnamurthy  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Therefore, of course, needless-to-say, those Democrats require that any and all federal grant money to be used solely to promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, to promote dependency on government, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, pot, booze, gambling and other vices, and even worse things.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160926/news/160929034/
— New alderman George L. Garcia appointed in West Chicago – Jessica Cilella
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160926/news/160929042/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Moody’s whacks CPS debt deeper into junk land – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160926/BLOGS02/160929835/moodys-whacks-cps-debt-deeper-into-junk-land
— Will Chicago teachers actually hit the picket line? – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160926/BLOGS02/160929849/will-chicago-teachers-actually-hit-the-picket-line

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— If Donald Trump wins debate, stocks likely to tank – Heather Long (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.centralillinoisproud.com/news/if-trump-wins-debate-stocks-likely-to-tank

 

JOURNAL STANDARD
— Early voting begins on Thursday – Derrick Mason
http://www.journalstandard.com/news/20160926/stephenson-county-clerk-vici-otte-early-voting-begins-on-thursday

 

WSIL TV
— Millennial voters weigh in on upcoming election – Courtney Cruse  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, to get the millennial vote, Democrats promise to give millennials preference, that is, to discriminate against members of other generations.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/33230749/millennial-voters-weigh-in-on-upcoming-election
— Moderator Lester Holt under scrutiny during debate – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/33205027/moderator-lester-holt-under-scrutiny-during-debate

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Michelle Smith: Democrats’ promises to freeze property taxes won’t happen – Carol Ostrow
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511013138-smith-democrats-promises-to-freeze-property-taxes-won-t-happen

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— 7 WAYS TO MARK 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF PRO-LIFE HYDE AMENDMENT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/09/7-ways-to-mark-40th-anniversary-of-pro-life-hyde-amendment.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Proft busts caps in Bertino-Tarrant race  (DIERSEN: How much money do you give Republican candidates?  Instead of giving money to Republican activists, to candidates, to elected officials, to party leaders, to major donors, to political consultants, to etc., I give them a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning and each and every evening.  GOPUSA Illinois email subscriptions are worth at least $1,000/year.)
http://capitolfax.com/2016/09/26/proft-busts-caps-in-bertino-tarrant-race/
— Trump raises money in Illinois for out of state candidates, while NRSC jumps in for Kirk
http://capitolfax.com/2016/09/26/trump-raises-money-in-illinois-for-out-of-state-candidates-while-nrsc-jumps-in-for-kirk/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Donald Trump didn’t need debate practice, Mike Pence says – S.A. Miller
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/26/donald-trump-didnt-need-debate-practice-mike-pence/

 

LIFEZETTE
— Priebus: Voters Ready to ‘Break Free’ and Back Trump  RNC chairman predicts GOP nominee will show ‘gravity’ in first debate – Kathryn Blackhurst
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/priebus-electorate-ready-break-free-back-trump/

 

GOPUSA
— Voter Fraud: The tip of an iceberg?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=15267
— Cascades mall shooter is a Turkish immigrant
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=15282

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— CLINTON COLLAPSES – Katie
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2016/09/26/clinton-collapses/
— HOW DEMOCRATS LOST THE SUPPORT OF POLICE – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2016/09/26/how-democrats-lost-the-support-of-police/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Federal Agencies Waste Tons Of Money On Unused Gov’t Property, GAO Report Shows – ERIC LIEBERMAN
http://dailycaller.com/2016/09/26/federal-agencies-waste-tons-of-money-on-unused-govt-property-gao-report-shows/

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Young and Adrift: Measuring Youth Disconnection in America Today – Kristen Lewis and Sarah Burd-Sharps
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kristen-lewis/young-and-adrift-measurin_b_12125208.html

 

CBS NEWS
— Paul Ryan says Republicans should vote their conscience – Tim Perry  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: If Trump loses, who will Paul Ryan blame the most?  ANSWER: 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 Trump loses, will Paul Ryan officially call for the aforesaid to leave America or will he just dissolve the Republican Party?)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/paul-ryan-says-republicans-should-vote-their-conscience/

 

REUTERS
— Mexicans prefer Clinton to Donald Trump, poll shows  (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs have always favored citizens of Mexico over citizens of America.  Democrats and RINOs have always favored Mexico over America.)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-mexico-idUSKCN11W2EE?il=0

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— There Is Nothing Orwellian About E-Verify  E-Verify isn’t a national ID card. It is a modern-day solution to illegal employment practices and undocumented workers. – Mark H. Downing, Santa Rosa, Calif.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/there-is-nothing-orwellian-about-e-verify-1474912483

 

FORTUNE
— Donald Trump’s Ghostwriter Says He’s Helping Hillary Clinton as Penance for ‘Creating a Monster’ – Melissa Chan
http://fortune.com/2016/09/26/presidential-debate-donald-trump-ghostwriter/

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— More Billionaires Are Donating to Hillary Clinton Than Donald Trump – Alicia Adamczyk
http://time.com/money/4507692/election-2016-billionaires-hillary-clinton/
— The iPhone 7 Costs You 3x More Than It Costs Apple to Make – Alicia Adamczyk
http://time.com/money/4508221/iphone-7-mark-up-profit-margins/

 

FED SMITH
— OPM Releases Back Pay Calculator – Ian Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2016/09/26/opm-releases-back-pay-calculator/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Office of Personnel Management has released a back pay calculator to help federal agencies calculate back pay awards and interest payments owed to federal employees who have faced unwarranted personnel actions against them.)

 

LGBTQ NATION
— Donald Trump pledges to sign anti-LGBTQ ‘First Amendment Defense Act’ – Jeff Taylor
http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2016/09/donald-trump-pledges-sign-anti-lgbtq-first-amendment-defense-act/