Tag: IVES

November 22 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— How will Trump presidency impact 2018 elections? – Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-2018-elections-trump-factor-st-1126-20171122-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: South suburbs reaped $7 million in video gaming taxes in past year – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-video-gaming-revenue-st-1122-20171121-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Empty questions on Chicago’s March ballot mock our democracy – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/referendum-questions-mock-democracy-editorial/
— Dan Rutherford federal sex harassment suit dismissed – SAM CHARLES
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/dan-rutherford-federal-sex-harassment-suit-dismissed/

NBC5
— Lausch Sworn in as U.S. Attorney in Chicago – Richard Ray
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/After-Trump-Administration-Forced-Out-Fardon-New-US-Attorney-Sworn-in–459382273.html

 

WLS AM
— Bill Cameron talks to Governor Bruce Rauner’s GOP primary challenger, State Representative Jeanne Ives. Bill gets details on Rep. Ives stand on topics including state budget/finances, sexual harassment in the Illinois Statehouse, as well as her support of President Trump, and how she can reform Illinois in ways Governor Rauner has been unable to do.
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/11/22/connected-to-chicago-11-26-2017/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Would your employer excuse workplace violence like the Chicago Bulls are? – WILLIAM CHOSLOVSKY
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171122/OPINION/171129950/would-your-employer-excuse-workplace-violence-like-the-bulls-are
— The Senate tax bill’s chances just got better – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you itemize your deductions, you are viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being undeservedly filthy rich by members of the following groups: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. My and my wife’s 2016 federal income tax return shows that we had $30,890 in itemized deductions. We paid $21,433 in medical and dental expenses and we were able to deduct $13,859 of that, we paid $12,835 in real estate taxes, we paid $1,468 in state income taxes, and we made $2,728 in 501(c)(3) contributions. To support the GOP tax bill is to say that a) you want those who take the standard deduction to pay less federal income tax and b) you want those who itemize their deductions to pay more federal income tax. Overwhelmingly, a) those who take the standard deduction are renters and younger and are more likely to vote for Democrats and b) those who itemize their deductions are homeowners and older and are more likely to vote for Republicans. From what I see, Republican leaders want those who itemize their deductions to take the biggest tax hit. I itemized 1972-1977 and my wife and I have itemized since 1978. Government should encourage homeownership and taking job-related graduate courses. The deductibility of mortgage interest, real estate taxes, and job-related education a) encouraged me to take job-related graduate courses 1972-1983 and 1992-1997, b) encouraged me to buy a new town home in 1972, a studio condo in 1974, and a one bedroom condo in 1976, and c) encouraged my wife and I to buy a home in 1978 and to have one built in 1984.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171122/NEWS01/171129953/the-senate-tax-bills-chances-just-got-better

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Sex-harassment lawsuit against Rutherford dismissed – AP
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/government-and-politics/sex-harassment-lawsuit-against-rutherford-dismissed/article_4636af64-2cf5-5cdd-a976-f4d66babd2c6.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Dems showing measured disapproval on harassment claims – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-11-22/jim-dey-dems-showing-measured-disapproval-harassment-claims.html
— Davis hoping conference committee keeps tuition-waiver exemption – Tom Kacich (DIERSEN: I certainly hope that Bost, Davis, Hultgren, Kinzinger, LaHood, Roskam, and Shimkus will work hard in conference with the Senate to keep all the current itemized deductions and the personal exemption.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-11-22/davis-hoping-conference-committee-keeps-tuition-waiver-exemption.html

 

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Disparaging the Prevailing Wage Act – Bill Knight
http://www.galesburg.com/opinion/20171122/bill-knight-disparaging-prevailing-wage-act

 

RIVERSIDE BROOKFIELD LANDMARK
— Elected leaders should make call on gambling (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice. Gambling is destructive.)
http://www.rblandmark.com/News/Articles/11-21-2017/Elected-leaders-should-make-call-on-gambling/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, ILLEGAL: Illinois Lawmaker Don Harmon’s Plan To Combat Opioid Abuse With Cannabis – JACLYN DRISCOLL
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-lawmakers-plan-combat-opioid-abuse-cannabis

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO & PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Ives Among The Trump Supporters At MAGA Rally In Rockford – SUSAN STEPHENS
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/candidate-governor-among-trump-supporters-maga-rally-rockford
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/candidate-governor-among-trump-supporters-maga-rally-rockford#stream/0

 

COD COURIER
— COD commits itself to transparency after the HLC’s lifting of probation
https://codcourier.org/7383/opinion/cod-commits-itself-to-transparency-after-the-hlcs-lifting-of-probation/

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Ives calls for redacted sexual harassment complaints to be released – Caitlin Nordahl
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511262657-ives-calls-for-redacted-sexual-harassment-complaints-to-be-released

 

WIRE POINTS
— A near-perfect way to hike property taxes in Illinois – Ted Dabrowski
http://www.wirepoints.com/a-near-perfect-way-to-hike-property-taxes-in-illinois/

 

RUSS STEWART
— “MARGINALIZED” SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES FIELD RAUNER OPPONENT (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Illinois? If so, who takes the lead in marginalizing socially conservative Republican Precinct Committeemen in your township and in your county? I should write a book about those who have taken the lead in marginalizing socially conservative Republican Precinct Committeemen in Milton Township and in DuPage County since 1999.)
http://www.russstewart.com/articles/2017/11-22-2017.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Conservative radio talk show host Dan Proft, who ran for governor in 2010, is pushing the Ives candidacy. She is utterly unknown, and needs money, like about $10 million, and some issues. Attacking the governor as pro-choice would (1) ingratiate Rauner to a lot of socially liberal independents, and would (2) isolate her as a one-issue fringe candidate. Rumors abound that mega-donor Dick Uihlien, who has given a lot of money to Republicans over the years, or even the Koch brothers, might fund Ives. But the Republican Governors Association will do everything possible to re-elect Rauner.)

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— DeKalb Court Nullifies Former NIU President Baker’s Golden Parachute – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/11/dekalb-court-nullifies-former-niu-president-bakers-golden-parachute/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— THIS THANKSGIVING, NEARLY 1M ILLINOIS HOUSEHOLDS FORCED TO RELY ON FOOD STAMPS The failure of lawmakers to enact policies that spark growth will render millions of Illinoisans dependent on assistance for meals this holiday season. – Vincent Caruso (DIERSEN: Hopefully, the percentage of those on food stamps who fail/refuse to take “bad” jobs is small. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned all the jobs that I have had as being “bad.” I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. Further, hopefully, all those on food stamps are doing everything that they can to qualify themselves for better paying jobs. Notwithstanding the fact that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being stupid and lazy, I nevertheless earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/this-thanksgiving-nearly-1m-illinois-households-forced-to-rely-on-food-stamps/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GOOGLE DISAGREES WITH YOU?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/11/what-happens-when-google-disagrees-with-you.html

 

GOPUSA
— Chris Matthews rips Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama for looking down on ‘white working people’ (DIERSEN: Who looks down on you? My critics/opponents look down on not only me, but they look down on all individuals, all organizations, all companies, all governments, and all countries that they cannot manipulate/dominate. If they do not look on you, it is because you glorify and praise them, because you pander to them, because you serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or because you give them money.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33741
— Don’t Make Taxpayers Subsidize Sex Bullies
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33791

 

BREITBART
— Ticket Prices for Thanksgiving NFL Game Tumbling to Less than $15 as Anthem Protests Continue – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017/11/21/ticket-pricesthanksgiving-nfl-tumbling-less-15-anthem-protests-continue/

 

BLAZE
— Harvard intentionally limits Asian student admissions, suit says—and Justice Dept. is investigating – Dave Urbanski (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.theblaze.com/news/2017/11/22/harvard-intentionally-limits-asian-student-admissions-suit-says-and-justice-dept-is-investigating

 

BLASTING NEWS
— Sanctuary cities and states are alienating the American citizenry The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and POTUS Trump are continually clashing over executive orders. – Wil Pixton
http://us.blastingnews.com/opinion/2017/11/sanctuary-cities-and-states-are-alienating-the-american-citizenry-002186517.html

 

THE HILL
— Conservatives need a strategy for dealing with weak GOP ‘leaders’ – JENNY BETH MARTIN
http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/361507-conservatives-need-a-strategy-for-dealing-with-weak-gop-leaders

 

NEW YORK POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The stronger that you blast Trump, the stronger that anti-Trumps promote you.
https://nypost.com/2017/11/22/former-rnc-head-blasts-trumps-endorsement-of-roy-moore/

November 20 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— OCTOBER 5, 2017 FLASHBACK: Mike Connelly and Pat Hughes spoke very highly of Jeanne Ives at her outstanding fundraiser Thursday evening, October 5, 2017, at Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton. Hughes presented Ives with a $10,000 check from Illinois Liberty Pac. The 50+ attendees included Ron Almiron, Janice Anderson, Mike Barbier, Bob Biggins, Liam Brennan, Denise Cattoni, Lori Carlson, John Curran, Sal Falbo, Jay Fisher, Suzanne Fitch, Bob Grogan, Heidi Holan, Tonia Khouri, Chris LeVan, John Millner, Burt Miner, Nicole Prater, Mike Prueter, Richard Russo, Jan Shaw, Phil Suess, Dave Tornga, Karen Wilson, Jim Zay, and Stan Zegel. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com/uncategorized/october-5-evening-edition-2/
 
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives heads to Downers Grove for a powerhouse fundraiser – Hoang Tran (DIERSEN: Sadly, there will be no GOPUSA ILLINOIS report on this event like there was for Ive’s October 5, 2017 event (see above). Since 2000, I have attended many such events in my roles as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor and as a DuPage County Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeeman, and previously, as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman (2005-2012) and as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member (2003-2007). Spokespersons for the event hosts talked and acted like had never heard of me or of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I had left a message with Ive’s House campaign that I wanted to attend the event and to let me know if there was any problem, but I learned after the event that the message did not get through. They stressed that the event was “closed to the media” and that the event hosts did not want any members of the news media at the event. Notwithstanding my appeals, spokespersons for the event hosts would not allow me to speak with any of the event hosts and succeeded in evicting me from the event. When I arrived early at the event, I learned that I had not been invited to attend a press conference that was in progress. I was offered the opportunity to attend the press conference and to ask Ives questions, but that was not why I was there. I was there to get information to post a report on the event similar to what I did for her October 5, 2017 event (see above). I stressed that my “attendees included” lists in such reports has always been limited to Republican elected officials, candidates, and party leaders, but that did not change their minds. At least my trip to the event was not a complete waste of my time. I got to meet Rich Morthland and I brought in a notarized petition for Ives. Previously, I had provided Ives with three notarized petitions for her House race. I might have been allowed to attend the event if had if I had contributed $1,000 to her campaign or if I had brought in petitions containing 200 signatures, but probably not because I am a member of the news media. GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscriptions are worth at least $1,000/year and I hope that the Ives campaign reads the emails. Needless-to-say my nasty critics/opponents, their nasty operatives, and their nasty dupes are “rolling in the isles” with laughter because since 2000, they have shouted that I am NOT a member of the news media and that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are worthless.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511273902-ives-heads-to-downers-grove-for-a-powerhouse-fundraiser
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Continuing her tour of Illinois, Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) is stopping in Downers Grove on Monday night to attend a private campaign fundraiser being hosted by several influential powerhouses. Ives has been campaigning rigorously for a run at the 2018 gubernatorial election, petitioning to challenge incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner, whom she believed has failed as a Republican leader after he went against the party on important measures such as taxpayer funded abortions and property tax reform. “He has basically discredited himself as a Republican,” Ives said in an interview on “Chicago Tonight” on WTTW. “He’s signed into law very extreme measures. The man who said he had no social agenda ended up having only a social agenda.” The hosts of the Downers Grove fundraiser include Vince Kolber, Ed Bachrach, Virginia McCaskey and Gary Rabine. Kolber is an entrepreneur and civic leader and was a candidate for the 5th Congressional District in 2016. Bachrach is the former chairman and CEO of Bachrach Clothing Inc., a national retail chain of men’s clothing stores. McCaskey is the matriarch of the Chicago Bears NFL team. Rabine is the CEO and founder of the Rabine Group, which is involved in asphalt and parking lot development. The people of Illinois deserves another option for governor, Ives contended. “We’re traveling the state to let people know that they have a real option in the governor’s race,” Ives told Rock Island Today. “They feel betrayed by both Gov. Rauner and the longtime political ruling class in Springfield. Places like Rock Island and like Decatur have become the forgotten places in Illinois by the Chicago Democrats who have run this state into the ground. This campaign is committed to helping every Illinoisan and their family succeed.” The campaign has previously visited Decatur, Rock Island County, the Quad Cities area, Troy, Glen Carbon and Springfield.)
— Wheatland Township GOP sees Ives as state’s future – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511269816-wheatland-township-gop-sees-ives-as-state-s-future
 
FOX NEWS
— Trump puts North Korea back on blacklist (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who blacklist me because I refuse to carry out their blacklist orders? Should I publish a list of those who blacklist me because I refuse to carry out their blacklist orders?)
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/11/20/latest-terror-designation-way-to-hike-nkorea-pressure.html
 
ABC7
— Judge permanently blocks Trump sanctuary cities order – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/judge-permanently-blocks-trump-sanctuary-cities-order/2676112/
 
NBC5
— Hastert Scores Victory in One of Two Abuse-Related Lawsuits – Phil Rogers
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Hastert-Scores-Victory-in-One-of-Two-Abuse-Related-Lawsuits-458873243.html
 
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Divided vote keeps Illinois in Crosscheck voter database – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-politics-crosscheck-20171120-story.html
 
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Kendall County judge dismisses sex abuse suit against Dennis Hastert – Mitch Dudek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/kendall-county-judge-dismisses-sex-abuse-suit-against-dennis-hastert/
— 3 tame referendums to crowd more controversial questions off ballot – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/three-tame-referenda-to-crowd-more-controversial-questions-off-ballot/
 
DAILY HERALD
— College of DuPage holds line on property taxes – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171120/college-of-dupage-holds-line-on-property-taxes

— McHenry County reduces levy 11.2%, asks other taxing bodies to follow – Lauren Rohr
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171120/mchenry-county-reduces-levy-112-asks-other-taxing-bodies-to-follow-
— Will your taxes go up or down? The five biggest questions on the GOP plan – Heather Long (DIERSEN: From what I see, Republican leaders want those who itemize their deductions to take the biggest tax hit. I itemized 1972-1977 and my wife and I have itemized since 1978. Government should encourage homeownership and taking job-related graduate courses. The deductibility of mortgage interest, real estate taxes, and job-related education a) encouraged me to take job-related graduate courses 1972-1983 and 1992-1997, b) encouraged me to buy a new town home in 1972, a studio condo in 1974, and a one bedroom condo in 1976, and c) encouraged my wife and I to buy a home in 1978 and to have one built in 1984.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171120/will-your-taxes-go-up-or-down-the-five-biggest-questions-on-the-gop-plan
 
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— UIC may absorb John Marshall Law School – LYNNE MAREK
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171120/NEWS13/171129992/uic-may-absorb-john-marshall-law-school
— Why Crain’s is no longer allowing comments (DIERSEN: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of the operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponent operate anonymously. They know that I am litigious.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171120/OPINION/171129996/why-crains-is-no-longer-allowing-comments
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The editors of Crain’s Chicago Business are pulling the plug on our website’s comments section. Since we launched ChicagoBusiness.com more than 20 years ago, we have employed a variety of tools-most recently a discussion platform called Disqus-to facilitate reader commentary. Inevitably, however, the trolls leave their trails of slime before we know it. Simply put, we do not have the personnel to manage this commentary, to keep it civil and fair and to halt the back and forth before it devolves into invective, name-calling and, in too many cases, outright hate speech. We’d rather not play host to these often anonymous commenters. They drive out more civil readers and potential commenters. They sully our content, our brand and our sponsors. So, to borrow a phrase, we’re draining the swamp.)
— Should the upper middle class take the biggest tax hit? – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: From what I see, Republican leaders want those who itemize their deductions to take the biggest tax hit. I itemized 1972-1977 and my wife and I have itemized since 1978. Government should encourage homeownership and taking job-related graduate courses. The deductibility of mortgage interest, real estate taxes, and job-related education a) encouraged me to take job-related graduate courses 1972-1983 and 1992-1997, b) encouraged me to buy a new town home in 1972, a studio condo in 1974, and a one bedroom condo in 1976, and c) encouraged my wife and I to buy a home in 1978 and to have one built in 1984.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171120/NEWS02/171129990/should-the-upper-middle-class-take-the-biggest-tax-hit
— Illinois to stay in controversial voter database for now – AP
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171120/NEWS02/171129986/illinois-to-stay-in-controversial-voter-database-for-now
 
KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— What’s the blueprint to political success? – Editorial (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the “blueprint to political success” is to determine who has the most religious, government, political, and financial clout and then glorify and praise them, pander to them, serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and give them money.)
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/editorials/what-s-the-blueprint-to-political-success/article_76857b69-c880-59bf-a2af-ea201ee60a92.html
 
STATELINE
— Gov. Rauner Primary Opponent Jeannie Ives to Appear at Rockford Pro-Trump Event Tuesday Event will feature candidates, authors and talk show hosts among others
http://www.mystateline.com/news/gov-rauner-primary-opponent-to-appear-at-rockford-pro-trump-event-tuesday/860821348
 
ST. LOUIS TODAY
— House Republicans target medical expense deductions for elderly, disabled – Editorial (DIERSEN: Last year, my and my wife’s medical and dental expenses were $21,433, of which $13,859 was deductible. Last year, my aunt’s medical and dental expenses were $78,213, of which $74,050 was deductible. From what I see, Republican leaders want those who itemize their deductions to take the biggest tax hit. I itemized 1972-1977 and my wife and I have itemized since 1978. Government should encourage homeownership and taking job-related graduate courses. The deductibility of mortgage interest, real estate taxes, and job-related education a) encouraged me to take job-related graduate courses 1972-1983 and 1992-1997, b) encouraged me to buy a new town home in 1972, a studio condo in 1974, and a one bedroom condo in 1976, and c) encouraged my wife and I to buy a home in 1978 and to have one built in 1984.)
http://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-house-republicans-target-medical-expense-deductions-for-elderly-disabled/article_ec1ba530-6dee-5260-9c30-2828c072f126.html
 
NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Why Don’t More People Wait Until They’re 70 to Claim Social Security? – Brian Stoffel (DIERSEN: My $2,028/year Social Security is dramatically less because I get a $50,856/year Civil Service Retirement Srstem pension. I earned Social Security credits during the 1960s and 1970s when I did yard work, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard, and sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances.)
http://www.nwitimes.com/business/investment/markets-and-stocks/why-don-t-more-people-wait-until-they-re-to/article_02cd189e-374e-5ec9-a1dd-c6457bc895a4.html
 
WILLIAM J. KELLY
— Ives campaign doing damage control on fake Bannon story (DIERSEN: I oppose blacklisting because my critics/opponents blacklist me. Those who want me to blacklist William J. Kelly and/or others should go public with their requests.)
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/ives-campaign-doing-damage-control-on-fake-bannon-story
 
WIRE POINTS
— Pending Federal Tax Changes Would Lower Illinois Home Values And Deepen Property Tax Rage – Mark Glennon (DIERSEN: Mortgage interest and real estate taxes being deductible a) encouraged me to buy a new town home in 1972 when I was 24 years old, a studio condo in 1974, and a one bedroom condo in 1976 and b) encouraged my wife and I to buy a home in 1978 and to have one built in 1984.)
http://www.wirepoints.com/pending-federal-tax-changes-would-lower-illinois-home-values-and-inflame-property-tax-issues-wirepoints-original/
 
WILL COUNTY NEWS
— State employee health insurance accounts for vast majority of Illinois’ 2017 deficit spending – Greg Bishop
http://willcountynews.com/2017/11/20/state-employee-health-insurance-accounts-for-vast-majority-of-illinois-2017-deficit-spending/
 
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Congressman Randy Hultgren Introduces Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/congressman-randy-hultgren-introduces-parental-rights-amendment-u-s-constitution/
 
CAPITOL FAX
— After claiming Madigan was on a “descent into madness,” Ives now pledges different approach
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/20/after-claiming-madigan-was-on-a-descent-into-madness-ives-now-pledges-different-approach/
— Rauner’s Madigan schtick wearing thin with the… Kankakee Daily Journal?
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/20/rauners-madigan-schtick-wearing-thin-with-the-kankakee-daily-journal/
— New sexual harassment laws derided as toothless
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/20/new-sexual-harassment-laws-derided-as-toothless/
 
GOPUSA
— Calif. officials crack down on ‘churches’ selling marijuana
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33688
 
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Latino Congressman Denied Membership in Hispanic Caucus – The Reason Why Is Surprising – Jason Hopkins (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries treat me like I am not a member if the news media? ANSWER: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and those that a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.westernjournal.com/lawmaker-denied-membership-congressional-hispanic-caucus-hes-republican/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The congressman made his case for membership in the CHC last week. However, there was one major problem plaguing his chances. Curbelo is a Republican.)
 
COLLEGE FIX
— University of Illinois instructor assaults conservative students – DANIEL PAYNE
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/39174/
 
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Illinois to stay in controversial voter database for now
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Illinois-to-stay-in-controversial-voter-database-12371770.php
 
FED SMITH
— Extending Federal Employee Probation to Two Years? – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that when I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, because I had been under a probationary period at IRS, I was not under a probationary period at GAO. Nevertheless, they did everything that they could to get rid of me. GAO audits IRS. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They gave me unfair performance expectations and unfair performance appraisals. They assigned me to work for, to work with, and to supervise the office’s most problematic employees. And even worse things. In my defense, I completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, became a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997. In addition, I completed the requirements for a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/11/20/extending-federal-employee-probation-two-years/

November 20 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Transit leader Kirk Dillard says CTA fare hike justified; McCarter backing Ives; Harold says as AG she wouldn’t support or oppose Trump; Mazeski gets leg up in Roskam race – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-cta-fare-hike-20171120-story.html
— Who benefits from House tax plan? – Jill Schlesinger (DIERSEN: I certainly hope that Bost, Davis, Hultgren, Kinzinger, LaHood, Roskam, and Shimkus will work hard in conference with the Senate to keep all the current itemized deductions and the personal exemption.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20171120/281865823771370
— You can get a good job without a bachelor’s degree – Chauncy Lennon and Anthony P. Carnevale (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-degree-college-jobs-1120-20171114-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Black aldermen realizing strength in numbers – Laura Washington (DIERSEN: As they gain in numbers, members of the following groups realize their strength: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. Ever-increasingly, they realize that soon, if not already, they will have the strength to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/washington-black-aldermen-working-together-what-a-concept/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Most employers don’t think bans on asking about salary history will work – Jena McGregor (DIERSEN: For government employees, salary history is public record. Since the beginning of time, government employees have been viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and vicious condemned as being overpaid. Many do not seek jobs with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, and/or g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a government employee or a government retiree.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20171119/most-employers-dont-think-bans-on-asking-about-salary-history-will-work
— Tax plan more backward than forward – Dennis Dedmond, Glen Ellyn
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171120/tax-plan-more-backward-than-forward
— #MeToo movement is heartening – Jane Cox, Wheaton
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171120/metoo-movement-is-heartening

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— House task force to review sexual harassment – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: Have you ever been a member of an organization that has been charged with sexual harassment? I have not. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that the more of the following that you are, the more of a sexual harasser that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20171119/house-task-force-to-review-sexual-harassment

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Where’s pay equity in government? – ADAM ANDRZEJEWSKI (DIERSEN: Andrzejewski should look at GAO. During the 1980s and 1990s, to hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat women and young Democrat minorities, GAO wasted the careers of and got rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. GAO uses Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and its “up-or-out” policy to waste the careers of and to get rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who GAO does not promote to GS-13 (currently $94,610) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $111,801) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $161,900) by age 40. IRS did the same thing while I worked for it 1971-1980 and the Post Office did the same thing while I worked for it 1966-1969.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary/2017-11-19/guest-commentary-wheres-pay-equity-government.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump calls on NFL to suspend Raiders’ Marshawn Lynch RB stands for Mexican anthem, sits for US anthem – MAEGAN VAZQUEZ (DIERSEN: What do you say to the many millions of citizens of Mexico who are in America? You can only be loyal to one country at a time.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/sports/trump-calls-on-nfl-to-suspend-raiders-marshawn-lynch/860669614

 

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Ives Campaign Promotes Fake Steve Bannon Page Endorsement
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/ives-campaign-promotes-fake-steve-bannon-page-endorsement

 

CHEROKEE TRIBUNE LEDGER NEWS
— State employee health insurance accounts for vast majority of Illinois’ 2017 deficit spending – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been beyond furious that the federal government a) paid 75% of my health insurance 1971-1997 and b) has paid 75% of my and my wife’s health, dental, and vision insurance since 1997. Currently, we pay $5,763/year and the federal government pays $17,288/year.)
http://www.tribuneledgernews.com/extra/news/state-employee-health-insurance-accounts-for-vast-majority-of-illinois/article_edfc1eb1-a77d-5fcd-a0bf-38fd313420a6.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Local 150 and Dan Proft: The enemy of my enemy is my friend
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/20/local-150-and-dan-proft-the-enemy-of-my-enemy-is-my-friend/
— Southern publishes scathing editorial on “bizarre” Rauner press conference
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/20/southern-publishes-scathing-editorial-on-bizarre-rauner-press-conference/

 

BLAZE
— Jeff Flake predicts what will happen if the GOP becomes defined by Donald Trump & Roy Moore – Chris Enloe (DIERSEN: One could say that the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) is defined by Rauner and a) NOT by the IRP platform, b) NOT by the IRP State Central Committee members, c) NOT by the IRP county party chairmen, d) NOT by the IRP township/ward party chairmen, and e) certainly NOT by the IRP precinct committeemen.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/11/19/jeff-flake-predicts-what-will-happen-if-the-gop-becomes-defined-by-donald-trump-roy-moore

 

THE HILL
— Sasse: Republican Party ‘unpersuasive’ and vulnerable – BRETT SAMUELS (DIERSEN: The Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) are headed for oblivion if they do not stop letting people hold leadership positions who reject planks in Republican Party platform and the IRP platform. Most commonly, they reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. These “the platform is the problem” leaders are Democrat Party plants, Libertarian Party plants, or Green Party plants who a) focus on getting rid of those like me who support the aforesaid planks and b) focus on destroying the Republican Party, DCRCC, and MTRCC. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/361111-sasse-republican-party-unpersuasive-and-vulnerable
— On Capitol Hill, few name names on sexual harassment – CRISTINA MARCOS
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/361128-on-capitol-hill-few-name-names-on-sexual-harassment?rnd=1511153211

 

POLITICO
— Alabama newspaper chain calls for voters to reject Moore in front-page editorial (DIERSEN: Who calls for others to reject you? I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who call for everyone to reject me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They crow that I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, etc.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2017/11/19/alabama-newspaper-chain-calls-for-voters-to-reject-moore-in-front-page-editorial-boston-globe-goes-to-new-zealand-to-catch-up-with-scott-brown-palm-beach-prepares-for-trump-sasse-in-iowa-sunday-best-224833

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to men who demonize, denigrate, and condemn other men to curry favor with those who are anti-men, anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/19/opinion/sexual-harassment-men-.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: A One-Mab Legal Factory Fights Harvard Over Affirmative Action – Anemona Hartocollis (DIERSEN: What if during the 1980s and 1990s, Blum had represented GAO’s White male employees who GAO had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $94,610) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $111,801) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $161,900) by age 40?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/19/us/affirmative-action-lawsuits.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A former mayor of Poway, a small city in Southern California, wrote a column in August in his local newspaper with this headline: “A gun to my head.” He was upset about how a state law had forced Poway to redo its voting districts so Latinos would have a better chance of winning elections. Reading the piece on his computer 3,000 miles away, Edward Blum knew he had found his newest case. Seeing one of his bêtes noires — racial gerrymandering — at work, Mr. Blum recruited the former mayor, Don Higginson, as a plaintiff, and on Oct. 4 filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the California Voting Rights Act. Mr. Blum is not a lawyer. But he is a one-man legal factory with a growing record of finding plaintiffs who match his causes, winning big victories and trying above all to erase racial preferences from American life. Mr. Blum, 65, has orchestrated more than two dozen lawsuits challenging affirmative action practices and voting rights laws across the country. He is behind two of the biggest such cases to reach the Supreme Court: one attacking consideration of race in admissions at the University of Texas, which he lost; the other contesting parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, widely considered one of this country’s most important pieces of civil rights legislation, which he won. Now, in his most high-profile cause of the moment, he has asserted that Harvard University’s affirmative action policies amount to an illegal quota system that denies high-achieving Asian-American students admission in numbers commensurate with their qualifications. He has already forced Harvard to turn over, under court seal, years of highly sensitive data about demographics, test scores and even some personal essays, and he now has a powerful ally in the Justice Department, which is looking into a similar complaint. Mr. Blum said he was acting on a pure principle — that people should never be judged by the color of their skin.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Subsidies Keep Many Insured, And Satisfied – Kate Zernike and Abby Goodnough (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been beyond furious that the federal government a) paid 75% of my health insurance 1971-1997 and b) has paid 75% of my and my wife’s health, dental, and vision insurance since 1997. Currently, we pay $5,763/year and the federal government pays $17,288/year.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/19/health/tax-plan-obamacare-mandate.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Key GOP Senator Susan Collins Cites Concerns Over Senate Tax Bill Raising pressure on party leadership to make changes to secure passage – Harriet Torry and Gabriel T. Rubin (DIERSEN: I certainly hope that Bost, Davis, Hultgren, Kinzinger, LaHood, Roskam, and Shimkus will work hard in conference with the Senate to keep all the current itemized deductions and the personal exemption.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/key-gop-senator-cites-concerns-over-senate-tax-bill-1511113253
— GOP Faces Pressure to Slow Tax Bill’s Progress in Senate
https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2017/11/20/capital-journal-160/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot to “Alleviate the Opioid Crisis.” If you push pot, you push destruction.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-marijuana-alleviate-the-opioid-crisis-1511104543
— What Will Tax Reform Do for Puppies? The IRS shouldn’t favor Child Moms over Dog Moms. – Adam O’Neal (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or political office or any kind of job, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would a) shout that my wife and I have ever owned a dog and b) shout that we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-will-tax-reform-do-for-puppies-1511071482
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As tax reform snakes its way through the legislative process, it’s becoming clear that one critical group could come out behind: dog families. This inequity must be remedied. I suggest Republicans cancel their proposed Child Tax Credit expansion and instead offer a fully refundable Canine Tax Credit worth at least $500 a dog. Congress is preparing to maybe even double the Child Tax Credit. But what about couples who opted for dogs instead of children? Or those who are preparing for parenthood by taking on a cuddly critter for a couple of years? It’s as if the Child Tax Credit’s biggest boosters are stuck in 1997, when Congress first approved the handout. I hate millennials as much as any op-ed writer, but conservatives need their support to keep tax reform viable. And millennials love pets. Forty-four percent see Fluffy as practice for real offspring. Why privilege Child Moms over Dog Moms? No one is dumb enough to believe that small subsidies for having children encourage more births. Imagine telling your other half, “Sweetheart, I’m ready for another child. Let’s just wait until we can deduct an extra $600.” While some finance-conscious Wall Street Journal readers might not find that absurd, America’s declining birth rate suggests few outside our rarefied readership agree. The Child Tax Credit instead exists to transfer wealth to a preferred group (human families) from an undesirable one (childless superconsumers). No doubt a child’s life is infinitely more precious than a dog’s, but a puppy’s owner deserves economic security as much as a human parent. Maybe subsidizing only families with small humans made sense 20 years ago, but preferences change. Republicans must ask themselves: What do we really have to offer a farmer in Fargo with four French Spaniels? Expanding the Child Tax Credit might excite a few Senate staffers or think-tank fundraisers. But today there are about 90 million dogs in the U.S., spread over some 60 million households, according to the American Pet Products Association. Millions more languish in shelters, as economically insecure Americans hesitate to adopt. Two-thirds of pet owners consider their animals “part of the family,” data from Mintel shows. That’s probably why Americans, who spent nearly $67 billion on their pets in 2016, want relief. The Canine Tax Credit would do more than pad the bank accounts of dog owners. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says having a pet can help decrease blood pressure, cholesterol and feelings of loneliness. Perhaps the Congressional Budget Office could work lowered medical costs into its score? If the Canine Tax Credit passes, loyal voters could finally point to a material benefit provided by the GOP. There’s only one problem: Democrats, always eager to one-up Republican giveaways, could counter with a Feline Tax Credit. Maybe they’d include ferrets too, Rudy Giuliani be damned. Democrats could even target the millions of families with turtles, rabbits, horses, lizards and tarantulas. It’s almost as if it’d be easier just to eliminate all the exemptions and credits and cut tax rates accordingly.)

 

USA TODAY
— Vacations for retirees on a budget – Larry Bleiberg (DIERSEN: Vacations are expensive. Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor and his wife are not planning any kind of vacation. My $50,856/year pension is only 41% of the $122,991/year salary that I earned in 1997 in today’s dollars. Because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, we have at least $72,135 less each year or $6,011 less each month or $1,387 less each week or $198 less each day to spend on vacations. I went on vacations in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977. My wife and I went on many vacations, typically four each year, 1978-1992 in connection with her business trips to luxury resorts all across America. Of course, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious about that.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2017/11/20/vacations-retirees-budget/853649001/
— Senators make bipartisan breakthrough on background check bill – Nicole Gaudiano (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because they cannot pass a background check, b) because the pay and benefits are terrible, c) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, d) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, e) because they cannot pass an employment examination, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/16/senators-make-bipartisan-breakthrough-background-check-bill/869906001/

 

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
— Yes, You Have Implicit Biases, Too – David Gooblar (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote hatred of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chronicle.com/article/Yes-You-Have-Implicit-Biases/241797

 

FORBES
— Illinois Government’s Gender Hypocrisy Gap – Adam Andrzejewski (DIERSEN: What would Andrzejewski say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout a) that GAO’s Chicago office hired me in 1980, promoted me in 1986, and let me work there until 1997 BECAUSE IT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST WOMEN, b) that IRS’s Chicago office hired me in 1971, promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, and let me work there until 1980 BECAUSE IT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST WOMEN, and c) that the Park Forest Post Office hired me in 1966 and let me work there until 1969 BECAUSE IT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST WOMEN?)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2017/11/20/illinois-governments-gender-hypocrisy-gap/#154c8a60350e
— Why Indian Americans Were Among The Biggest Winners In The U.S. State & Local Elections – Ronak D. Desai
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronakdesai/2017/11/19/why-indian-americans-were-among-the-biggest-winners-in-the-u-s-state-local-elections/#232c94a75f02

 

CATO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, CATO makes it clear that it is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.cato.org/blog/border-patrol-checkpoints-do-not-work-end-them

November 19 Morning Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

November 17 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Illinois’ 6th Congressional District No Longer Leans Solely Republican: Report – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: Ahern should interview members of the following groups about why they moved into Illinois’ 6th Congressional District: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. A major reason why my wife and I moved into Illinois’ 6th Congressional District in 1978 was that it was solid Republican.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/6th-congressional-district-republican-toss-up-report-458285683.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The rating for the 6th Congressional District moves from leaning Republican to Toss Up by the non-partisan Cook Political Report. The 2018 6th District election is considered one to watch as Democrats nationally focus on what they see as flippable districts. The Cook Political Report notes “Roskam has been a party loyalist since 2006, narrowly losing a bid for GOP whip in 2014.” For the Democrats, the leading candidate in terms of campaign cash is Democrat Kelly Mazeski with $343,000. Roskam however has $1.35 million in the bank. Today Mazeski received the endorsement of two Democratic Illinois Congresswomen: Cheri Bustos and Jan Schakowsky. There are eight Democrats who are gathering petitions to run in the primary to face Roskam.)

 

CBS2
— Newly Appointed Special Legislative Inspector General Discusses Investigation Process – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/11/17/special-legislative-inspector-general-investigation-process/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Ken Griffin’s Palm Beach tax bill trumps Trump’s – Kim Janssen (DIERSEN: What if the Republicans would allow real estate taxes to be deducted up to $15,000, $20,000 or $25,000? At 2% or market value, that would be a $300,000, $400,000, or $500,000 home.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-met-ken-griffin-1119-chicago-inc-20171117-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  Griffin hasn’t even completed construction on his longer-than-a-football-field oceanfront home on the island’s Billionaires Row, according to the Palm Beach Daily News, which says the 49-year-old was socked with a $2.74 million tax bill on his $195 million pile. That’s $900,000 more than the tax bill received by Griffin rival Peltz, who will have to choke for the fifth straight year on the ignominy of being only the second-highest-taxed part-time resident of Palm Beach.)
— After Trump’s election, more students consider law school, hoping to make a difference – Corilyn Shropshire (DIERSEN: I started working for IRS in 1971 when I was 22 years old as a GS-7 (currently $44,853/year) Revenue Officer. IRS gives its newly-hired Revenue Officers 6 months of classroom and on-the-job training. IRS encourages its Revenue Officers to take graduate law, business, and accounting courses. One reason why I started out taking graduate business courses in 1972 at Loyola was that tuition and books were deductible for business and accounting courses, but not for law courses.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-lsat-registration-up-trump-bump-20171116-story.html
— Don’t resign, Sen. Franken — at least not yet – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-franken-trump-resign-1119-20171117-story.html
— A national moment of reckoning for abusers and creeps – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-franken-moore-weinstein-gropers-20171117-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Allegations dividing GOP women as Roy Moore refuses to quit Alabama Senate race.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-roy-moore-alabama-senate-20171117-story.html
— FOIA fight will cost College of DuPage, foundation $500,000 – Stacy St. Clair
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/cod/ct-college-of-dupage-foia-fight-20171117-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— A big Illinois union looking for payback jumps into GOP primary – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/miller-a-big-illinois-union-looking-for-payback-jumps-into-gop-primary/
— Truly patriotic billionaires would share America’s burden – Robert Reich
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/reich-truly-patriotic-billionaires-would-share-americas-burden/
— Flatter Trump a little and he rolls over like a lost puppy – Gene Lyons
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/lyons-flatter-trump-a-little-and-he-rolls-over-like-a-lost-puppy/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County Board could limit number of sheriff’s deputies – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: When GAO’s budget came under pressure from Republicans during the 1980s and 1990s, the Democrats who ran GAO back then saw it as an opportunity to get rid of their employees who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $94,610) by age 25, to GS-14 (currently $111,801) by age 30, to GS-15 (currently $131,508) by age 35, and to Senior Executive Service (currently $161,900) by age 40 and especially those employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171117/dupage-county-board-could-limit-number-of-sheriffs-deputies
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The idea of limiting the number of sworn deputies doesn’t have universal support. Some county board members oppose it. “My concern is that we’re kind of handcuffing an elected countywide officeholder,” board member Pete DiCianni said. But board member Robert Larsen said the sheriff’s office is an enormous part of the county’s operating budget. He said Zaruba should explain why he needs a certain number of deputies assigned to patrol, jail and courthouse duty.)
— Suburbanites gather to talk about racial divide in U.S. – Russell Lissau (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps want minorities to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171117/suburbanites-gather-to-talk-about-racial-divide-in-us
— College of DuPage Board Approves $81.7 million 2017 Tax Levy Request
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20171117/college-of-dupage-board-approves-2017-tax-levy-request

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Wise up: Government budgets in Illinois are not balanced – MARK GLENNON
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171117/ISSUE07/171119884/wise-up-government-budgets-in-illinois-are-not-balanced
— Illinois politics is like Thanksgiving without turkey this year – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171117/ISSUE05/171119901/illinois-politics-is-like-thanksgiving-without-turkey-this-year
— What to ask when decades-old harassment surfaces – MEGAN McARDLE
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171117/OPINION/171119890/what-to-ask-when-decades-old-harassment-surfaces
— Why do people give? Not for the tax break. – LISA BERTAGNOLI (DIERSEN: A major reason why my wife and I contribute more money to 501(c)(3) organizations is that the contributions are deductible. The contributions are deductible because we have large medical and dental, real estate, and state income tax deductions.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171117/ISSUE01/171119883/why-do-people-give-not-for-the-tax-break

 

WTTW
— Roskam on GOP Tax Bill: ‘Best Way to Grow Economy’ – Paris Schutz (DIERSEN: I certainly hope that Bost, Davis, Hultgren, Kinzinger, LaHood, Roskam, and Shimkus will work hard in conference with the Senate to keep all the current itemized deductions and the personal exemption.)
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/11/17/roskam-gop-tax-bill-best-way-grow-economy

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Fact check: Are Gov. Rauner’s grandparents immigrants? – Bob Secter and Matt Dietrich (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against women and the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171117/fact-check-are-gov-rauners-grandparents-immigrants

 

TIMES
— Politics shouldn’t override decency in cases of Roy Moore, Bill Clinton – John Kass
http://www.mywebtimes.com/opinion/columnists/kass-politics-shouldn-t-override-decency-in-cases-of-roy/article_84430772-ec96-5216-afda-e8c4834413c5.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— More than 100 protestors turn out for Roskam appearance at GOP fundraiser in Downers Grove
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/11/17/more-than-100-protestors-turn-out-for-roskam-appearance-at-gop-fundraiser-in-downers-grove/dg63lsa/

 

ROCK RIVER TIMES
— Rauner-linked firm gets $12M in new deal, months after being cut out of $12M deal
http://rockrivertimes.com/2017/11/17/rauner-linked-firm-gets-12m-in-new-deal-months-after-being-cut-out-of-12m-deal/

 

WQLZ
— Ives Calls For ‘Austerity Budget’ During Springfield Meet & Greet
http://www.wqlz.com/2017/11/16/rep-ives-calls-for-austerity-budget-at-springfield-meet-and-greet/

 

WJBC
— Reps. Davis, LaHood praise passage of GOP tax plan – Eric Stock (DIERSEN: I certainly hope that Bost, Davis, Hultgren, Kinzinger, LaHood, Roskam, and Shimkus will work hard in conference with the Senate to keep all the current itemized deductions and the personal exemption.)
http://www.wjbc.com/2017/11/17/reps-davis-lahood-praise-passage-of-gop-tax-plan/

 

WJBC
— Congressman John Shimkus Likes Tax Cuts and Jobs Act That Passed House on Thursday It now moves to the U.S. Senate for debate starting after the Thanksgiving break. (DIERSEN: I certainly hope that Bost, Davis, Hultgren, Kinzinger, LaHood, Roskam, and Shimkus will work hard in conference with the Senate to keep all the current itemized deductions and the personal exemption.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2017/11/17/congressman-john-shimkus-likes-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act-that-passed-house-on-thursday

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Germany supplants US as the country with the best global reputation” and “America falls to No. 6 under Trump.”
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/world-news/germany-supplants-us-as-the-country-with-the-best-global-reputation/859247851

 

TRIBUNE LEDGE NEWS
— Data, not politics, to be focal point of Illinois voter crosscheck hearing – Benjamin Yount
http://www.tribuneledgernews.com/extra/news/data-not-politics-to-be-focal-point-of-illinois-voter/article_9c127fa8-7062-51de-b13c-7beb6114d117.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Are Voters Thinking About 2018? – SEAN CRAWFORD, BRIAN MACKEY & CHARLES N. WHEELER III
http://nprillinois.org/post/state-week-are-voters-thinking-about-2018#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Experts: Not many options to fix Illinois’ worst in the nation pension problem – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/experts-not-many-options-to-fix-illinois-worst-in-the/article_df85baa4-cbbd-11e7-9917-e3466d31e01a.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Do you know the story behind your rising property taxes?
http://secure.illinoispolicy.org/property-tax-truths/

 

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— Hot Air: Sad GOP attempt to repeal Rauner’s sanctuary state bill stalls
https://realgopillinois.com/2017/11/17/attempt-repeal-rauner-sanctuary-state-bill-stalls/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Brady makes some unusual appointments to discrimination and harassment task force (DIERSEN: The Republican GOPUSA ILLINOIS did not receive this press release, but the Democrat Capitol Fax did. Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less likely that you will be appointed to anything: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/17/brady-makes-some-unusual-appointments-to-discrimination-and-harassment-task-force/
— Rauner refuses to weigh in on federal tax legislation (DIERSEN: I certainly hope that Rauner asks Bost, Davis, Hultgren, Kinzinger, LaHood, Roskam, and Shimkus to work hard in conference with the Senate to keep all the current itemized deductions and the personal exemption.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/17/rauner-refuses-to-weigh-in-on-federal-tax-legislation/

 

BREITBART
— Hispanic Caucus Builds Wall Against GOP Latino Representative – NEIL MUNRO
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/17/hispanic-caucus-rejects-gop-latino/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Democrats’ Move to Impeach Trump Seen as Political Theater – Fred Lucas
http://dailysignal.com/2017/11/17/democrats-move-to-impeach-trump-seen-as-political-theater/

 

GOPUSA
— Should a jury know a person’s immigration status? Washington’s high court says no. (DIERSEN: What about a person’s political affiliation and “race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information?”)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33501
— Mattel makes Barbie doll of hijab-wearing Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33406

 

DAILY CALLER
— Congress Spent $17 Million Paying For Its Sexual Harassment Settlements – Henry Rodgers
http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/16/congressional-office-of-compliance-releases-breakdown-of-harassment-settlements/

 

THE HILL
— Class warfare fight erupts over tax bills – NAOMI JAGODA (DIERSEN: From what I see, the tax bills benefit the lower class and the upper class at the expense of the middle class.)
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/360966-class-warfare-fight-erupts-over-tax-bills
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Tensions over class warfare and whether GOP tax plans help the rich over the middle class and poor are building in Congress as Republicans march forward with their legislation. Democrats have been forcefully and repeatedly arguing that the GOP wants to cut taxes for wealthy individuals and corporations at the expense of everyone else. Republicans, annoyed with the attacks, have pushed back, saying their focus is on the middle class. . .Republicans have long accused Democrats of engaging in class warfare for their attacks on the rich. But Democrats have also accused Republicans of attacking the middle class. Brown, who has focused on the working class in his time in the Senate and is up for reelection next year in a state President Trump carried, said on MSNBC in 2011 that when Republicans accuse Democrats of class warfare, Democrats “point out the class warfare [Republicans have] wagged against the middle class.” GOP lawmakers have highlighted elements of their bills that they say benefit the middle class, including the increases in the standard deduction and child tax credit. The Senate’s bill zeros out ObamaCare’s individual mandate penalty for those who don’t have health insurance, and Republicans have also highlighted that most people who pay the penalty make under $50,000. . .But Democrats have argued that the corporate tax cuts are more likely to benefit wealthy shareholders than workers. They have highlighted parts of the bills that seem to be geared to helping the rich, such as their scaling back of the estate tax and the repeal of the alternative minimum tax. They have also put a spotlight on tax breaks benefitting the middle class that would be eliminated. . .Republicans have pointed to data that shows people across the spectrum would win tax cuts from the plan, particularly in the short term, while Democrats have highlighted that millions of low- and middle-income families would see their taxes go up, especially in later years.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump job approval hits new low.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/360786-poll-trump-job-approval-hits-new-low

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Former DOJ Official Accuses Trump Judicial Pick Of Misleading Senate About Past Work – Sam Levine (DIERSEN: Would you mislead anyone about your past work? I certainly would not. I would stress a) that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) that my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/thomas-farr-voter-intimidation-senate_us_5a0f0c98e4b0e97dffed03a2

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— A Great Migration From Puerto Rico Is Set to Transform Orlando – Lizette Alvarez
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/17/us/puerto-ricans-orlando.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Illinois Governor: 2018’s most important, expensive and strange election – George Will
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018s-most-important-expensive-and-strange-election/2017/11/17/69181a8e-cafe-11e7-8321-481fd63f174d_story.html
— ‘Biggest tax cut in American history’ isn’t popular with many Americans – Tory Newmyer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-finance-202/2017/11/17/the-finance-202-biggest-tax-cut-in-american-history-isn-t-popular-with-many-americans/5a0de1c330fb045a2e0030ab/
— Roy Moore’s approval rating with women has dropped. But so did candidate Trump’s. – Eugene Scott
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/11/17/roy-moores-approval-rating-with-women-has-dropped-but-so-did-candidate-trumps/
— The media is giving up its place in our democracy – Chris Wallace (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “the media” serves as operative or as dupes for the Democrat Party.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-assaulting-our-free-press-but-he-also-has-a-point/2017/11/17/b3b8ec24-c8b2-11e7-b0cf-7689a9f2d84e_story.html
— In towns and cities nationwide, fears of trickle-down effects of federal tax legislation – Renae Merle and Peter Jamison Nov
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/in-towns-and-cities-nationwide-fears-of-trickle-down-effects-of-federal-tax-legislation/2017/11/17/d72b6164-c957-11e7-aa96-54417592cf72_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It took the city of Pataskala, Ohio, nine ballot measures before its 15,000 residents agreed to a new 1 percent tax to pay for repairs to its crumbling roads and to buy new police cruisers. The mostly rural community was finally won over by a century-old hallmark of the tax code: The $5 million local levy could be deducted from their federal taxes. “There is a severe sensitivity to more taxes here,” said James M. Nicholson, the city’s finance director. “At the end of the day, you get a tax break was the thing that convinced people.” But now, in small towns and thriving cities, in Republican- and Democratic-leaning states, local leaders are warning that the $1.5 trillion tax legislation moving through Congress threatens to undermine their ability to raise money for government services, including police and schools. The Republican measures would eliminate or severely curtail taxpayers’ ability to lower their federal tax bill by deducting the cost of their state and local taxes. Without that offset, local leaders say, taxpayers will begin to seek relief closer to home, potentially making it more difficult to provide basic services.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— As Bannon Readies for ‘War’ on GOP, Finding Donors May Be the First Battle Two big GOP backers of past disruptive campaigns have distanced themselves from the former White House official – Julie Bykowicz and Gregory Zuckerman (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries have never been close to you or have distanced themselves from you? For me, it is those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and those that a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-bannon-readies-for-war-on-gop-finding-donors-may-be-the-first-battle-1510952472?mod=djemalertNEWS

 

NEWSWEEK
— REPUBLICAN TAX BILL GIVES PRIVATE JET OWNERS A TAX BREAK – CHRISTAL HAYES
http://www.newsweek.com/republican-tax-bill-gives-private-plane-owners-tax-break-714381

 

THE DRIVE
— Taco Bell Employees Are Eligible for Discounts on Corvettes and Cadillacs – CHRIS TSUIN (DIERSEN: While I have never bought a Cadillac, I bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 when I was 23 years old and a new IRS employee earning $44,853/year in today’s dollars and working part-time for Firestone Stores.)
http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/16200/taco-bell-employees-are-eligible-for-discounts-on-corvettes-and-cadillacs

 

MOTOR AUTHORITY
— Working at Taco Bell gets you a $4,385 discount on a Chevy Corvette – Sean Szymkowski
https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1113881_working-at-taco-bell-gets-you-a-4385-discount-on-a-chevy-corvette

 

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
— Major Brands Blacklisting Media is Detrimental to Publishers- Rusty Coats (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries blacklist GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? ANSWER: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/shoptalk-major-brands-blacklisting-media-is-detrimental-to-publishers/

November 16 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: ANTI-REPUBLICANS WHO WANT “TAX REFORM” WANT MIDDLE-CLASS REPUBLICAN TAXPAYERS WHO PAY LOTS OF REAL ESTATE TAX, MORTGAGE INTEREST, STATE INCOME TAX, MEDICAL AND DENTAL EXPENSES, 501(c)(3) CONTRIBUTIONS, AND/OR TUITION FOR JOB-RELATED EDUCATION TO PAY LOTS MORE FEDERAL INCOME TAX. THEY DO NOT WANT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ENCOURAGE HOMEOWNERSHIP, CONTRIBUTIONS TO 501(c)(3) ORGANIZATIONS, OR TAKING JOB-RELATED GRADUATE COURSES. (FROM THE ARTICLE: U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, a Wheaton Republican, joined six other House Republicans from Illinois in support of the measure, known as The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Roskam chairs the House Tax Policy Subcommittee.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-congress-taxes-vote-20171116-story.html
— Mixed reaction from Fox Valley-area lawmakers to House approval of GOP tax plan – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-tax-bill-vote-st-1117-20171116-story.html
— House passes sweeping GOP tax overhaul; Senate fate less clear – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-gop-tax-bill-20171116-story.html
— Rauner signs lawmakers’ sexual harassment bills but says they should have done more – Kim Geiger and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-sexual-harassment-20171116-story.html
— Roy Moore attacks his female accusers as critics decry intimidation – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-roy-moore-alabama-senate-race-20171116-story.html
— No man accused of sexually harassing a woman is irreplaceable, not even Al Franken – Alyssa Rosenberg (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you “are accused of sexually harassing a woman,” you are presumed to be guilty and you will be gotten rid of.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-al-franken-picture-groping-20171116-story.html
— What it’s like driving the Dodge Demon, the world’s fastest production car – Andy Mikonis
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/new/ct-auto-review-dodge-challenger-demon-20171115-story.html
— Democrat Jones leads Republican Moore by 8 points in Alabama, per Fox News poll – Philip Bump
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-jones-moore-alabama-senate-poll-20171116-story.html

THE HILL
— Home builders, Realtors oppose House-passed tax reform package – VICKI NEEDHAM (DIERSEN: Government should encourage homeownership and taking job-related graduate courses. Mortgage interest, real estate taxes, and job-related graduate courses being deductible a) encouraged me to take job-related graduate courses 1972-1983 and 1992-1997, b) encouraged me to buy a new town home in 1972, a studio condo in 1974, and a one bedroom condo in 1976, and c) encouraged my wife and I to buy a home in 1978 and to have one built in 1984.)
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/360814-home-builders-realtors-oppose-house-passed-tax-reform-package
— Alabama GOP rebuffs pressure to abandon Roy Moore – ALEXANDER BOLTON
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/360813-alabama-gop-rebuffs-calls-to-abandon-roy-moore
— Democrats scramble to contain Franken fallout – JORDAN CARNEY
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/360810-democrats-scramble-to-contain-franken-fallout

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— House GOP doesn’t care about your taxes, your kids, or you – Editorial (DIERSEN: Government should encourage homeownership and taking job-related graduate courses. Mortgage interest, real estate taxes, and job-related graduate courses being deductible a) encouraged me to take job-related graduate courses 1972-1983 and 1992-1997, b) encouraged me to buy a new town home in 1972, a studio condo in 1974, and a one bedroom condo in 1976, and c) encouraged my wife and I to buy a home in 1978 and to have one built in 1984.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/house-gop-republican-tax-plan-doesnt-care-about-your-taxes-your-kids-or-you/
— The winding road of federal tax reform and what it means for Illinois – Lynn Sweet and Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/the-winding-road-of-federal-tax-reform-and-what-it-means-for-illinois/
— Rauner signs legislation targeting sexual harassment – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-signs-legislation-targeting-sexual-harassment/
— Supt. Johnson bemoans Trump’s Chicago bashing – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/supt-johnson-bemoans-trumps-chicago-bashing/
— Roy Moore calls accusations ‘scurrilous and false’ – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/roy-moore-mitch-mcconnell-donald-trump-alabama-senate-race/
— Taylor Swift refuses to get political? Good for her! – Nick Gillespie
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/taylor-swift-refuses-to-get-political-good-for-her/

DAILY HERALD
— Hultgren, Roskam help deliver tax bill for GOP in House – Marni Pyke (DIERSEN: ANTI-REPUBLICANS WHO WANT “TAX REFORM” WANT MIDDLE-CLASS REPUBLICAN TAXPAYERS WHO PAY LOTS OF REAL ESTATE TAX, MORTGAGE INTEREST, STATE INCOME TAX, MEDICAL AND DENTAL EXPENSES, 501(c)(3) CONTRIBUTIONS, AND/OR TUITION FOR JOB-RELATED EDUCATION TO PAY LOTS MORE FEDERAL INCOME TAX. THEY DO NOT WANT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ENCOURAGE HOMEOWNERSHIP, CONTRIBUTIONS TO 501(c)(3) ORGANIZATIONS, OR TAKING JOB-RELATED GRADUATE COURSES.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171116/hultgren-roskam-help-deliver-tax-bill-for-gop-in-house
— House passes Republican tax bill, upping pressure on struggling Senate effort – Mike DeBonis and Damian Paletta
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171116/house-passes-republican-tax-bill-upping-pressure-on-struggling-senate-effort
— Algonquin Twp. road bosses square off on spending, record destruction – Lauren Rohr
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171116/algonquin-twp-road-bosses-square-off-on-spending-record-destruction
— Assessors claim Lake County is unfairly taxing thousands – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171116/assessors-claim-lake-county-is-unfairly-taxing-thousands
— As Illinois roads crumble, gas tax revenue to fix them keeps declining – Tim Jones
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171116/as-illinois-roads-crumble-gas-tax-revenue-to-fix-them-keeps-declining
— Study that could prevent Kane Co. tax increases may be flawed – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171116/study-that-could-prevent-kane-co-tax-increases-may-be-flawed

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Tax rewrite too important to rush through, GOP – Editorial
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171116/ISSUE07/171119914/tax-rewrite-too-important-to-rush-through-gop
— Stark partisan divide among lawmakers as House OKs tax plan – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171116/BLOGS02/171119904/stark-partisan-divide-among-lawmakers-as-house-oks-tax-plan

ABC7
— House OKs GOP tax bill in Trump win; Senate fate less clear – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/house-oks-gop-tax-bill-in-trump-win;-senate-fate-less-clear/2658303/
— Radio anchor says Sen. Al Franken groped, kissed her without consent – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/radio-anchor-says-sen-al-franken-groped-kissed-her-without-consent/2657095/

NBC5
— Rauner Changes Tone as He Signs New Sexual Harassment Bill – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/governor-bruce-rauner-changes-tone-as-he-signs-new-sexual-harassment-bill-458089003.html

CBS2
— LA Radio Anchor Accuses Sen. Franken Groped, Kissed Her Without Consent
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/11/16/radio-anchor-tweeden-senator-al-franken-grope-kiss-no-consent/

WLS AM
— Rauner: Dems harassment reforms are flawed – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/11/16/rauner-dems-harassment-reforms-are-flawed/

ENEWS PARK FOREST
— Congresswoman Robin Kelly: 854,000 Illinoisans to See Tax Hike Thanks to Illinois’ Republican Congressmen (DIERSEN: My wife and I and my aunt are among those 854,000.)
https://enewspf.com/2017/11/16/congresswoman-robin-kelly-854000-illinoisans-to-see-tax-hike-thanks-to-illinois-republican-congressmen/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gov. Rauner signs sex harassment legislation – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171116/gov-rauner-signs-sex-harassment-legislation

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Algonquin Township – Family operation of corruption? – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/11/algonquin-township-family-operation-of-corruption/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rauner signs ethics bills lawmakers hastily passed to tackle scandal – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-signs-ethics-bills-lawmakers-hastily-passed-to-tackle-scandal/article_ae5d3efe-cb02-11e7-ba43-5ff0c0adf07a.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— The biggest obstacle Illinoisans face in Springfield remains the same: an all-powerful House speaker, and members of both parties who are all too eager to kowtow. – Austin Berg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinoisans-no-good-very-bad-year/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CHICAGO MURDERS SURPASS 600
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/11/chicago-murders-surpass-600.html
— THORNER: AGE BRINGS SELF-REFLECTION OF LIFE’S CHOICES (DIERSEN: What were some of your major life choices? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/11/thorner-age-brings-self-reflection-of-lifes-choices.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Mendoza responds *** Rauner claims Mendoza “works for Speaker Madigan”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/16/rauner-claims-mendoza-works-for-speaker-madigan/
— Rauner signs sexual harassment bills, issues signing statement
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/16/rauner-signs-sexual-harassment-bills-issues-signing-statement/
— A stroll through some A-1’s: Silverstein, Drury, Daiber, Ives and McCarthy
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/16/a-stroll-through-some-a-1s-silverstein-drury-daiber-ives-and-mccarthy/
— When should Senger resign?
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/16/question-of-the-day-2588/

GOPUSA
— Sessions: Marijuana is still illegal in federal law
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33503
— Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) says groping sleeping woman supposed to be funny – AP
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33551

BREITBART
— Mitch McConnell Calls for Ethics Review of Franken Allegations, No Call Yet for His Removal – SEAN MORAN
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/16/mitch-mcconnell-calls-for-ethics-review-of-franken-allegations-no-call-yet-for-his-removal/

POLITICO
— Hispanic Caucus denies membership to Republican Curbelo – HEATHER CAYGLE
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/16/congressional-hispanic-caucus-deny-carlos-curbelo-244977
— Franken apologizes after woman says he groped her Mitch McConnell is calling for an Ethics Committee investigation of the Minnesota senator. – ELANA SCHOR
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/16/franken-apologizes-after-woman-alleges-he-groped-her-244976
— OUTRAGEOUS: House passes massive GOP tax cuts – RACHAEL BADE, JOHN BRESNAHAN and AARON LORENZO
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/16/trump-rally-house-republicans-tax-vote-244965

CNN
— New George H.W. Bush accuser says he groped her during 1992 re-election campaign – Athena Jones
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/16/politics/george-h-w-bush-accuser-1992/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— OUTRAGEOUS: House Passes Tax Bill in Major Step Toward Overhaul – Thomas Kaplan and Alan Rappeport
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/us/politics/house-tax-overhaul-bill.html

WASHINGTON POST
— OUTRAGEOUS: The House just passed its big tax bill. Here’s what is in it. – Heather Long
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/11/16/the-house-is-voting-on-its-tax-bill-thursday-heres-what-is-in-it/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Say goodbye to most deductions. Almost all itemized deductions are going away, except for three. The final House bill keeps the deductions for charitable donations, property taxes up to $10,000 a year and the mortgage interest deduction. The mortgage interest deduction would be capped at $500,000 for mortgages (down from $1 million now). About 30 percent of filers itemize. Most of the people who itemize claim the state and local tax deduction (SALT) where they deduct their state and local sales, income and property taxes. Under the House bill, only the property deduction would remain. This hurts people living in high-tax (and often blue) states like New Jersey, New York and California. Several GOP representatives from these states plan to vote no on the bill in protest. The adoption credit stays. The 401(k) exemption stays. But .?.?.Say goodbye to the tax credits for plug-in motor vehicles. It gets repealed in 2018. Say goodbye to the deduction for medical expenses. It goes away in 2018. Say goodbye to being able to write off the costs of your tax preparer. That goes away in 2018. Say goodbye to the deduction for moving expenses. It goes away in 2018, except for members of the military. Say goodbye to most tax benefits for college. At the moment, low and middle income Americans can deduct up to $2,500 a year in student loan interest. That benefit would go away in 2018. In addition, grad students who get tuition waivers because they teach or do research would now have to pay income tax on the waiver, a big change. For students currently in school, the American Opportunity Tax Credit would remain, which allows a $2,000 credit for higher education expenses. Say goodbye to the deduction for theft or loss of valuables. Right now people can write a lot of their losses off on their taxes, but that would be gone in 2018. The one exemption is losses for a natural disaster such as Hurricane Harvey. Those would stay.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Al Franken Accused of Sexual Misconduct Leeann Tweeden, a model and broadcast host, said the incident with Al Franken occurred in December 2006 during a USO tour overseas – Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/al-franken-accused-of-forcibly-kissing-groping-woman-1510853898
— OUTRAGEOUS: House Passes GOP Bill to Overhaul Tax System – Richard Rubin and Siobhan Hughes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/house-hits-vote-threshold-to-pass-gop-tax-bill-1510858107

NEW REPUBLIC
— Our Inordinately White, Wealthy, Male Government The departure of Janet Yellen underscores the homogeneity of the governing class under Donald Trump. – BRYCE COVERT
https://newrepublic.com/article/145839/inordinately-white-wealthy-male-government

NEWSWEEK
— CAN FOX NEWS SURVIVE THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY? EMBATTLED NETWORK FACES LAWSUITS, AGING VIEWERSHIP, NEW COMPETITORS – ALEXANDER NAZARYAN
http://www.newsweek.com/2017/11/24/fox-news-survive-trump-presidency-lawsuits-aging-viewership-competition-712543.html

FEDERAL TIMES
— How did the federal government do this year? GAO presents its annual report – Armin Haracic
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/watchdogs/2017/11/16/how-did-the-federal-government-do-this-year-gao-presents-its-annual-report/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Voters Think Republicans Will Lose Control of Congress in Midterms
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/november_2017/most_voters_think_republicans_will_lose_control_of_congress_in_midterms

November 16 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

TIMES
— What do voters do when we’re stymied? – Jim Nowlan (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which voters in Illinois have had great success in styming other voters? ANSWER: Voters in Group A have had great success in styming voters in Group B. Voters in Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and voters in Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/editorial/state-affairs-what-do-voters-do-when-we-re-stymied/article_780beade-9137-580f-a9fc-aee537186fc8.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

GOPUSA
— Why is Creepy Uncle Joe Biden so popular among Democrats?
http://www.gopusa.com/why-is-creepy-uncle-joe-so-popular-among-democrats/
— The Poor Are Not Poor Because the Rich Are Rich – Star Parker (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a poor person in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a poor person in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted a poor people in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a poor person in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor person in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.gopusa.com/the-poor-are-not-poor-because-the-rich-are-rich/

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

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

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
— State of whistleblower protection laws after one year of the trump administration (DIERSEN: Because I was a whistleblower, a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. I blew the whistle on political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/events/labor_law/2017/11/conference/papers/2017%20ABA%20CLE%20WB%20Presentation.authcheckdam.pdf

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

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


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

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

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

November 15 Evening Edition

ABC7
— House Dems introduce impeachment articles against Trump
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/house-dems-introduce-impeachment-articles-against-trump/2651808/

NBC5
— Rep. Gutierrez Among Sponsors of Impeachment Articles vs. President Trump – James Neveau
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rep-gutierrez-joins-democrats-in-filing-articles-of-impeachment-of-president-trump-457794433.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— House Dems introduce impeachment articles against Trump – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/house-dems-introduce-impeachment-articles-against-trump

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Five House Democrats introduce impeachment articles against Trump – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-impeachment-articles-20171115-story.html
— Democratic lawmakers urge end to controversial cross-state voter check – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-elections-crosscheck-20171115-story.html
— Justice Department: New Illinois immigration law could endanger grant funding – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-jeff-sessions-20171115-story.html
— So the unions and the giant rat don’t want more Illinois jobs? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-mcauliffe-rat-protest-chicago-20171115-story.html
— Roy Moore’s lawyer challenges Alabama woman’s claim of sexual assault – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-roy-moore-accusations-20171115-story.html
— Reckless conduct trial set for DuPage judge Patrick O’Shea who fired gun inside his home – Clifford Ward
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-dupage-judge-in-court-as-defendant-20171113-story.html
— Illinois’ giant pacifier tastes like SALT – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-deductions-trump-tax-illinois-20171114-story.html
— FROM THE ARTICLE: BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Commissioner Timothy Schneider, a Bartlett Republican, introduced a resolution to reconsider the ban on video gambling in unincorporated areas of the county.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-toni-preckwinkle-budget-cut-comments-20171115-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— U.S. Justice Department questions Illinois’ new immigration bill – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-jeff-sessions-question-illinois-sanctuary-cities-illlinois-trust-act/
— Former legislative IG sets his sights on Madigan and Quinn – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/former-legislative-inspector-general-faisal-khan-michael-madigan-marty-quinn/
— Gutierrez among House Democrats to introduce impeachment articles against Trump – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171115/gutierrez-among-house-democrats-to-introduce-impeachment-articles-against-trump
— Trump impeachment effort too little, too soon – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/brown-trump-impeachment-effort-too-little-too-soon/
— Trump’s judicial picks reflect racially biased agenda – Mary Mitchell
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mitchell-trump-judicial-picks-reflect-racially-biased-agenda/
— Liberals must face facts of what Clintons did to sex-assault accusers – S. E. Cupp
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/cupp-liberals-must-face-facts-of-what-clintons-did-to-sex-assault-accusers/

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County might consider boosting property tax levy – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171115/dupage-county-might-consider-boosting-property-tax-levy
— January trial set for DuPage judge Patrick O’Shea accused of reckless conduct – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171115/january-trial-set-for-dupage-judge-accused-of-reckless-conduct

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Gutierrez moves to impeach Trump – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Who has moved against you? I should write a book about the Gutierrez-types who a) ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012 and ended TAPROOT in 2012, b) ended my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, c) ended my service as a Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster in 2010 and 2004, d) ended my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2006, e) tried to get ICRC to censure me at its 2006 Annual Convention, f) ended my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, g) ended my GAO employment in 1997, h) etc.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171115/BLOGS02/171119931/gutierrez-moves-to-impeach-trump
— Truth in Accounting, the group that ripped Emanuel, loses prominent board member – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171115/BLOGS02/171119922/group-that-ripped-emanuel-loses-prominent-board-member

WLS AM
— Emanuel: Too soon to say a CTA fare increase is needed – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/11/15/emanuel-too-soon-to-say-a-cta-fare-increase-is-needed/

WBEZ
— How 3 Women Want To Make Illinois’ Political Future Female – Tony Arnold
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/how-3-women-want-to-make-illinois-political-future-female/03d3d70d-5544-4097-b0f6-5fbcb75b721

STATELINE
— Republican Primary Challenger Calls Gov. Rauner ‘Dishonest’ IL Rep. Jeannie Ives challenging Governor for party nomination – Mark Maxwell
http://www.mystateline.com/news/republican-primary-challeger-calls-gov-rauner-dishonest/857943440

HERALD NEWS
— Wheatland Township Republicans endorse Jeanne Ives for governor – ALEX ORTIZ
http://www.theherald-news.com/2017/11/15/wheatland-township-republicans-endorse-jeanne-ives-for-governor/a37jwak/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Electric cars, better fuel efficiency spell doom for Illinois gas tax – BGA
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171115/electric-cars-better-fuel-efficiency-spell-doom-for-illinois-gas-tax

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Misinterpreted tweet about Davis ruffles feathers – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-11-15/tom-kacich-misinterpreted-tweet-about-davis-ruffles-feathers.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Is your town breaking state law? Could be, and Queen of Hearts jackpots may be in jeopardy. – KALEY JOHNSON AND KARA BERG
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article184706643.html
— OUTRAGEOUS: Rauner says he would be open to gaming expansion to help Fairmount Park – JOSEPH BUSTOS
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article184765533.html

WJBC
— Dan Brady opponent David Paul Blumenshine backs Ives to oust Rauner – Howard Packowitz
http://www.wjbc.com/2017/11/15/brady-opponent-backs-ives-to-oust-rauner/

WGLT
— Dan Brady Explains Votes To Override Rauner On Debt Transparency, Student Loan Bills – RYAN DENHAM
http://wglt.org/post/brady-explains-votes-override-rauner-debt-transparency-student-loan-bills#stream/0

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Chicago taxpayers on hook for $41,700 each to cover city’s debt – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/chicago-taxpayers-on-hook-for-each-to-cover-city-s/article_eb36552c-c981-11e7-a968-73490e1c277f.html

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Overwhelming Majority of McHenry County Board urge Gov Rauner to veto HB-171 – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/11/overwheling-majority-of-mchenry-county-board-urge-gov-rauner-to-veto-hb-171/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Tell Corporations to Stop Funding the Far Left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/ifi_news/tell-corporations-stop-funding-far-left-wing-southern-poverty-law-center/

CAPITOL FAX
— PPP poll: Roskam has 53 percent disapproval rating, trails generic Dem 51-41
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/15/ppp-poll-roskam-has-53-percent-disapproval-rating-trails-generic-dem-51-41/
— Two unions, inflatable rat show up at Rep. Michael McAuliffe’s house
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/15/two-unions-inflatable-rat-show-up-at-rep-michael-mcauliffes-house/
— Because… Madigan!
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/15/because-madigan-41/
— Cook County to have more annuitants than employees in two years, or less (DIERSEN: If my Democrat GAO superiors had not succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, I might still be a GAO employee and paying 7% of my salary into the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) instead of the CSRS pension paying me a pension. In today’s dollars, since September 30, 1997, I would have paid $173,622 into the CSRS instead of the CSRS paying me $1,025,596.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/15/cook-county-to-have-more-annuitants-than-employees-in-two-years-or-less/

TOWNHALL
— Yes, Virginia, Immigration Is Turning The Country Blue – Ann Coulter (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want  immigrants to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors)
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2017/11/15/yes-virginia-immigration-is-turning-the-country-blue-n2410060

GOPUSA
— NYT Asks ‘Can My Children Be Friends With White People?’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33436
— CA gunman had violent history, feuded with neighbors, grew pot
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33471
— Paul Ryan orders mandatory anti-harassment training for House
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33439

FOX NEWS
— House Dems file impeachment articles against Trump, over party leaders’ objections – Joseph Weber
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/15/house-dems-file-impeachment-articles-against-trump-over-party-leaders-objections.html

PJ MEDIA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German American, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/house-dem-leader-pass-dream-act-christmas-judeo-christian-tradition/

BREITBART
— Zuckerberg, U.S. Chamber Bring DACA Illegals to Capitol Hill to Push Year-End Amnesty – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/15/zuckerberg-chamber-of-commerce-bringing-daca-illegal-aliens-to-capitol-hill-to-push-year-end-amnesty/
— Round 2: Jeff Sessions Demands Compliance from 29 More Sanctuary Jurisdictions – IAN MASON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/15/round-2-jeff-sessions-demands-compliance-from-29-more-sanctuary-jurisdictions/
— Establishment Leaders Urge Rush to Huge, Expensive, Open-Ended Amnesty – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/15/establishment-leaders-urge-rush-to-huge-expensive-open-ended-amnesty/
— U.S. Chamber: ‘Dreamers’ Make America, Americans Have No Role – NEIL MUNRO
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/15/chamber-dreamers-make-america-americans-have-no-role/

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
— A tax cut, but for whom? Republican plans favor business. – Mark Trumbull
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2017/1115/A-tax-cut-but-for-whom-Republican-plans-favor-business

THE HILL
— House Dems introduce articles of impeachment against Trump – MIKE LILLIS AND JOHN BOWDEN
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/360455-house-democrats-introduce-articles-of-impeachment-against-trump
— Voter fraud panel member rips DOJ for not pursuing voter fraud cases – BRETT SAMUELS
http://thehill.com/homenews/360507-voter-fraud-panel-member-rips-doj-for-not-pursuing-voter-fraud-cases-enough

POLITICO
— Six Democrats demand Trump impeachment hearings – NOLAN D. MCCASKILL
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/15/trump-impeachment-democrats-244927

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Community groups to boycott the Magnificent Mile on Black Friday
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Community-groups-to-boycott-the-Magnificent-Mile-on-Black-Friday/61100.html

November 15 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Following Trump comparison, J.B. Pritzker will release tax returns – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-tax-returns-20171115-story.html
— Primary challenger Mickey Straub and Supreme Court justice James Heiple – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-tax-returns-20171115-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mickey Straub, the village president of Burr Ridge, says he’s challenging House Republican leader Jim Durkin of Western Springs in the March primary. And when you contemplate a primary bid against a sitting legislative leader, things you wrote in the past can quickly come bubbling back up. Take Straub’s May 1997 letter to the editor in the suburban Daily Herald. At the time, then-Illinois Supreme Court Justice James Heiple stood accused of abusing his position to get out of traffic stops. . .Straub’s candidacy is getting some unlikely support from the political arm of International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150. Durkin’s camp is a aware of the union’s actions, a result of the House GOP leader keeping his caucus from backing an override of legislation vetoed by Gov. Rauner that would have banned municipalities from enacting local “right-to-work” ordinances. Though many of Rauner’s vetoes were overridden amid Republican pique with the governor among the GOP’s rank-and-file, Rauner and Durkin had made upholding the “right-to-work” ban a priority. Straub is being backed by the political operation of talk show host and failed 2010 GOP governor primary candidate Dan Proft. Proft also is backing state Rep. Jeanne Ives, who is positioning herself as a challenger to Rauner in the Republican primary for governor. Ives has been no fan of unions. A union official, who was not authorized to speak publicly, said Local 150’s support of Straub does not include backing Ives.)
— Only if it serves the state: North Korea’s online experience – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate. They include activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. Some of them have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-as–republic-of-kim-the-digital-divide-20171109-story.html
— Aldermen want changes at $10 million white flight home value program – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-northwest-side-property-tax-organization-20171114-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Papa John’s apologizes for criticizing NFL anthem protests – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/papa-johns-nfl-protest-apologizes/
— Judge rules in favor of Fraternal Order of Police over disciplinary guidelines (DIERSEN: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized when I worked there, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able a) to force me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, c) to not promote me beyond GS-13, d) to keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and d) to force me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fraternal-order-of-police-illinois-labor-relations-act-unfair-labor-practice-complaint/

DAILY HERALD
— I have a record of standing up to the system – Jeanne Ives (DIERSEN: What do you have a record of doing? Since 2000, I have a record of sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Since 2004, those emails have included links to almost 287,000 articles and information on many upcoming events. Since 2004, those emails have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, they have also gone out each and every evening. Those emails have gone out free of charge and they have not contained any advertising. Those emails have defended and advanced the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. Virtually every important Republican activist, candidate, elected official, party leader, major donor, and political consultant in Illinois either reads the emails or relies on their staff and/or volunteers to monitor the emails to keep up to date with important government and political news and commentary in Illinois from a Republican perspective.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171115/jeanne-ives-i-have-record-of-standing-up-to-the-system
— Multiple women file complaints about Dist. 62 superintendent Floyd Williams – Chacour Koop and Christopher Placek
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171114/multiple-women-file-complaints-about-dist-62-superintendent
— If school chief Floyd Williams leaves early, public deserves to know why – Editorial (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors never admitted that they took the following adverse actions against me a) because I opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and b) 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: forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Consequently, since 1980, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my Democrat GAO superiors took the aforesaid adverse actions against me because I was a “bad” employee and even worse things.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171114/editorial-if-school-chief-leaves-early-public-deserves-to-know-why

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Watchdog group Truth in Accounting gives city finances an F – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171115/BLOGS02/171119936
— Is this the beginning of the end for Metra? – JOE CAHILL
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171115/BLOGS10/171119940
— Senate GOP tax bill would repeal Obamacare’s individual mandate – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: Have you always been covered by health insurance? I have always been covered by health insurance since I was born in 1948 thanks to my parents and to my employers. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use that to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as having been born with a silver spoon in my mouth and that I have always been privileged. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171114/NEWS03/171119945
— Why the gas tax is running out of road – TIM JONES
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171115/NEWS02/171119938

HERALD & REVIEW
— State rep Jeanne Ives says governor Bruce Rauner has failed Republicans – RYAN VOYLES
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/state-rep-says-governor-has-failed-republicans/article_35f14b5f-dc86-5430-9ed1-a15cc92dc23b.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— UI clerical workers step up pressure for restoration of annual raises – Julie Wurth (DIERSEN: Because of step increases, COLAs, and/or promotions, my salary increased every year that I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, except 1980 when I took an $18,847 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-11-15/ui-clerical-workers-step-pressure-restoration-annual-raises.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Fact check: Speaker Madigan says ethics commission was functioning – Matthew Dietrich
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171113/fact-check-speaker-madigan-says-ethics-commission-was-functioning

TIMES
— Fighting governor, distancing from speaker – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/as-it-is-fighting-governor-distancing-from-speaker/article_89a3f756-cea4-5565-a6db-d8faf4ada33f.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Davis asks if sexual harassment laws will cause fewer women to get DC jobs – JOSEPH BUSTOS
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article184538643.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Inspectors general in demand during Trump era Requests for IG investigations vary widely – GREGORY WALLACE (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, and especially while I served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accounts Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, I had lots of interaction with the Chicago offices of federal Inspector Generals)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/inspectors-general-in-demand-during-trump-era/857874524

QUAD CITIES ON LINE
— Gov. Rauner wants fewer regulations, lower property taxes – SARAH HAYDEN
http://www.qconline.com/news/gov-rauner-wants-fewer-regulations-lower-property-taxes/article_4a44a770-b7c6-5584-82f3-264128ac240e.html

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w Dr. Sapan Shah, IL 10th CD Republican Primary Candidate
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/11/watch-berkowitz-w-dr-sapan-shah-il-10th-cd-republican-primary-candidate-cable-and-web/

ONE NEWS PAGE
— Addressing opioids in Illinois Lt. Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti brings focus to Rock Island County
http://www.onenewspage.com/video/20171115/9241338/Addressing-opioids-in-Illinois.htm

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Women’s Republican Club of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff slates Christmas luncheon – Meg Shannon
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511262688-women-s-republican-club-of-lake-forest-lake-bluff-slates-christmas-luncheon

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— Epic fail: That’s what a new ad is calling Rauner
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-epic-fail-thats-what-a-new-ad-is-calling-rauner/

ILLINOIS HOME PAGE
— Ives blasts Rauner as ‘dishonest’ GOP primary battle heats up – Mark Maxwell
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/ives-blasts-rauner-as-dishonest/857710449
— Full transcript: Jeanne Ives interview The GOP candidate is challenging Governor Rauner – Mark Maxwell
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/full-transcript-jeanne-ives-interview/857733347

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Giving Thanks at All Times – Jonathan Lewis (DIERSEN: How thankful are you? Should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who viciously demonize me, who viciously denigrate me, and who viciously condemn me as someone who is not thankful enough? My more extreme critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I should be extremely thankful that they have not yet completely gotten rid of me figuratively if not literally. They stress that they have let me serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. They stress that they let me serve as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, GAO employee 1980-1997, IRS employee 1971-1980, Post Office employee 1966-1969, etc. Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are a member of a church, attend church services, and give money to a church. They use the aforesaid to viciously demonize, to viciously denigrate, and to viciously condemn those like me who are not a member of a church, who do not attend church services, and who do not give money to a church.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/faith/giving-thanks-times/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— OPENTHEBOOKS CEO ADAM ANDRZEJEWSKI AT HARVARD LAW
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/11/openthebooks-ceo-adam-andrzejewski-at-harvard-law.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives files D-1 to run for governor Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) just filed paperwork to create a new campaign committee called “Ives for Illinois.” She has about $268K in the bank. Her campaign committee chairman is Chicago Republican Party Chairman Chris Cleveland.
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/15/ives-files-d-1-to-run-for-governor/

GOPUSA
— Congressional talks on sex harassment boil with hypocrisy
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33441
— ICE agents rebel, say Trump ‘betrayed’ them by leaving Obama’s people in place
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33443
— Illegal alien arrested with Fentanyl stash has 5 aliases and has been deported at least twice (DIERSEN: How many aliases does a typical illegal use?)
http://www.gopusa.com/illegal-alien-arrested-with-fentanyl-stash-has-5-aliases-and-has-been-deported-at-least-twice/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Effect Crushes Local Elections – Jack Crowe (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, and RINO political consults advise all candidates a) to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and b) to NOT include diersen@aol.com on their press advisor and press release lists.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/14/trump-effect-crushes-local-elections/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democrats made substantial progress in November, reclaiming numerous state and local government seats long held by Republicans. This phenomenon is due largely to an unprecedented level of enthusiasm among Democratic voters eager to voice to their opposition to President Donald Trump, according to a pair of local candidates, who witnessed the effect firsthand. The incendiary nature of national politics in the Trump era trickled down to the local level in Fairfield, Conn., where Democrats routed their opponents, garnering a 23 to 17 majority on the Representative Town Meeting (RTM), a hold over term from the days of early New England government that translates to town council.)
— NYT Columnist: We Should ‘Believe’ Women, But Only If Liberals Tell Us To – Rachel Stoltzfoos
http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/14/nyt-we-should-believe-women-but-only-if-liberals-tell-us-to/

BLAZE
— Sean Hannity issues a tough ultimatum to Roy Moore over accusations – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/11/14/sean-hannity-issues-a-tough-ultimatum-to-roy-moore-over-accusations

NEWSMAX
— 58 Percent of Americans Disapprove of Trump Coverage – Solange Reyner (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who disapproves of GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? ANSWER: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.newsmax.com/Politics/fake-news-quinnipiac-voters-presidential-approval-ratings/2017/11/14/id/826123/

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Mark Levin: GOP ‘dunderheads’ have screwed up tax reform “IF YOU LEAVE IT TO THESE DUNDERHEADS, THESE KNUCKLEHEADS IN CONGRESS, THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.” – Chris Pandolfo (DIERSEN: Which taxpayers do the Republicans want to be winners or losers? Are you going to be a winner or a loser? From what I see, the proposed “tax reform” is being done to let members of Group A be winners and pay less federal income tax and to make members of Group B be losers and pay more federal income tax. Members of Group A typically take the standard deduction and are renters, younger, do not have major medical or dental expenses, and are Democrats. Members of Group B typically itemize their deductions and are homeowners, older, have major medical and/or dental expenses, and are Republicans.)
https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/mark-levin-gop-dunderheads-have-screwed-up-tax-reform

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Chicago’s Rahm Emanuel Is Latest Gender Pay Gap Hypocrite, Says New Report Nearly all of top Chicago salaries went to men in Emanuel’s fifth year as mayor – Brent Scher (DIERSEN: What does Andrzejewski have to say about Charles Bowsher who had great success at GAO during the 1980s and 1990s a) hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, women, minorities, and younger people and b) making way for them by wasting the careers of and by getting rid of GAO employees who were Republican, male, White, older, and/or non-veteran? Andrzejewski could use me as an example. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/chicagos-rahm-emanuel-is-latest-gender-pay-gap-hypocrite-says-new-report/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The data compiled by Open the Books show Emanuel has failed to close the gender pay gap on his own payroll, where just 12 of the top 100 salaries for city employees in 2016 were for women. “In Rahm Emanuel’s City of Chicago, just 12 females made the list of the top 100 most highly compensated employees last year,” explains Adam Andrzejewski, who runs Open the Books out of Chicago. Andrzejewski was critical of Emanuel’s decision to issue mayoral proclamations such as the one from April before he rectifies the disparities he himself controls. “Mayor Emanuel has serious gender gap issues in budgets he manages yet he supported rallies on Equal Pay Day and sent out mayoral proclamations lamenting, ‘women continue to suffer the consequences of unequal pay,’” Andrzejewski said. “Perhaps he should rectify the disparities in his own payroll first.” Open the Books’s analysis of Chicago was done during a larger study that compiled salary figures from the 25 largest federal agencies, congressional offices, and the White House. It also analyzed the five most populous states—California, Texas, Florida, New York, and Illinois. The highest salary in Chicago went to aviation commissioner Ginger Evans, a woman who brought in $400,000 in 2016. But the next 14 best-compensated employees were all men. The amount of money brought in by the highest paid men dwarfed the amount paid to women. “The 88 top-earning males made $17.5 million while the females earned $2.5 million,” Andrzejewski found. Andrzejewski’s study found that gender pay disparities were common at all levels of government and in the offices of politicians from both sides of the aisle. He suggests that politicians should stop directing criticism at the private sector and address the inequality that exists in their own show. “More than 50 years after American women began entering the workforce in droves during the feminist movement of the 1960s, allegations of gender inequality in the workplace still make the news,” Andrzejewski said. “Typically, the story stars a politician castigating the private sector. “Our study shows that government is one of the worst offenders when it comes to the gender gap. Perhaps it’s time an army of ‘fearless girls’ stormed government and demanded results, not rhetoric, from our politicians.”)

THE HILL
— Blue Dogs oppose GOP tax package – MIKE LILLIS
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/360432-blue-dogs-oppose-gop-tax-package

HUFFINGTON POST
— Congresswoman Says At Least 2 Members Of Congress Are Sexual Harassers Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) has been an outspoken advocate for making it easier for Congress workers to report sexual misconduct. – Amanda Terkel
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/speier-sexual-harassment_us_5a0b0d36e4b00a6eece46f84

CNN
— Roy Moore says he’s being ‘harassed’ by the media over allegations – Sophie Tatum
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/politics/roy-moore/index.html
— Lawmakers say sexual harassers serving in Congress – Juana Summers and MJ Lee
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/politics/house-sexual-harassment-hearing/index.html

ABC NEWS
— Trump has to show his cards on whether he backs Roy Moore – RICK KLEIN and MARYALICE PARKS (DIERSEN: Who do you back? If my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes had to “show their cards,” they would back Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, RINOs, and those who I have sued. They would back whoever has the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/note-trump-show-cards-backs-roy-moore/story?id=51161266

NEW YORK TIMES
— Lower Corporate Taxes, Higher Wages? Voters Are Skeptical – Ben Casselman (DIERSEN: Which taxpayers do the Republicans want to be winners or losers? Are you going to be a winner or a loser? From what I see, the proposed “tax reform” is being done to let members of Group A be winners and pay less federal income tax and to make members of Group B be losers and pay more federal income tax. Members of Group A typically take the standard deduction and are renters, younger, do not have major medical or dental expenses, and are Democrats. Members of Group B typically itemize their deductions and are homeowners, older, have major medical and/or dental expenses, and are Republicans.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/business/economy/taxes-polls.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “There’s this widespread disbelief among Republicans, as there is among Democrats and independents, that tax cuts for employers will redound to their pockets books,” said Jon Cohen, vice president of survey research for SurveyMonkey. Americans’ views of the tax plan in general are more divided. The Times survey, which was conducted in early November, found that 52 percent of respondents said they disapproved of the plan, compared with 44 percent who said they supported it. (The survey did not distinguish between the House and Senate versions of the plan.) That is generally in line with other polls, although some have put support for the plan significantly lower. In general, opinions of the Republican plan split predictably along partisan lines. More than 80 percent of Republicans said they supported the plan, and more than 80 percent of Democrats said they opposed it. Most Republicans likewise said they believed that they would benefit personally from the plan, while few Democrats believed the same.)
— Obamacare’s Insurance Mandate Is Unpopular. So Why Not Just Get Rid of It? There’s a reason Democrats put the provision in the bill. Eliminating it would reduce insurance coverage and drive up premiums. How much is up for debate. – Margot Sanger-Katz (DIERSEN: Have you always been covered by health insurance? I have always been covered by health insurance since I was born in 1948 thanks to my parents and to my employers. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use that to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as having been born with a silver spoon in my mouth and that I have always been privileged. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/upshot/obamacares-insurance-mandate-is-unpopular-so-why-not-just-get-rid-of-it.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Business Groups Step Up Push to Protect Dreamers – Laura Meckler (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers make it clear that they would rather hire citizens of foreign countries than citizens of America.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/business-groups-step-up-push-to-protect-dreamers-1510660802
— Millions More Millionaires Around the World, Led by U.S. Credit Suisse report shows rising global wealth but high inequality, and trouble for millennials – Brian Blackstone
https://www.wsj.com/articles/millions-more-millionaires-led-by-u-s-1510644682

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: McCain blasts Army for considering recruits with history of self-mutilation, vows action – Tom Vanden Brook
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/14/mccain-blasts-army-considering-recruits-history-self-mutilation-vows-action/863898001/

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Republican tax plan grapples with winners and losers – Kevin Diaz (DIERSEN: Which taxpayers do the Republicans want to be winners or losers? Are you going to be a winner or a loser? From what I see, the proposed “tax reform” is being done to let members of Group A be winners and pay less federal income tax and to make members of Group B be losers and pay more federal income tax. Members of Group A typically take the standard deduction and are renters, younger, do not have major medical or dental expenses, and are Democrats. Members of Group B typically itemize their deductions and are homeowners, older, have major medical and/or dental expenses, and are Republicans.)
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/texas/article/Republican-tax-plan-grapples-with-winners-and-12357552.php

NEWSWEEK
— TRUMP IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES INTRODUCED BY SIX DEMOCRATS CALLING FOR HEARINGS TO BEGIN IMMEDIATELY – JASON LE MIERE
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-impeachment-articles-democrats-president-711525
— JOE BIDEN WOULD CRUSH DONALD TRUMP IF 2020 ELECTION HAPPENED NOW, POLL SHOWS – GREG PRICE
http://www.newsweek.com/biden-trump-2020-crush-poll-711944

November 14 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Bears ownership gets involved in Illinois governor’s race – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/bears-ownership-gets-involved-in-illinois-governors-race/2648141/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As Gov. Rauner was on the second day of his “Our Home. Our Fight” statewide tour, there was word that his potential primary opponent, State Representative Jeanne Ives has secured the support of Chicago Bears family matriarch Virginia McCaskey. In a flyer advertising a fundraiser next Monday, Ives lists McCaskey as a $10,000 table host.)

NBC5
— After Backlash, Roskam Reacts to Moore Allegations
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/WEB_6P-AHERN_Chicago-457446103.html
— Race for Illinois Governor Continues to Heat Up – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-governors-race-update-457559413.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As for the Republican primary race, state Rep. Jeanne Ives has a fundraiser next week, and one of the hosts is Chicago Bears owner Virginia McCaskey. Meanwhile, incumbent first term GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner is on a downstate campaign swing, with reaching out to veterans at the top of his agenda. “This is a time we can show how much we love our veterans and our men and women in uniform, our active duty officers,” Rauner said Tuesday, adding, “This is a time to say thank you.”)

CBS2
— Activists Demand Cicero Pass Welcoming Ordinance To Protect Immigrants (DIERSEN: For a city to say that it is welcoming is to say that it is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/11/14/activists-demand-cicero-pass-welcoming-ordinance-to-protect-immigrants/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gutierrez grills AG Jeff Sessions on prosecuting Hillary Clinton – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rep-gutierrez-grills-ag-jeff-sessions-on-prosecuting-hillary-clinton/
— Can ‘a normal person’ become governor? – Neil Steinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/pritzker-rauner-biss-governor-campaign-tycoons-steinberg/
— House speaker joins GOP chorus calling for Moore to quit – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/roy-moore-paul-ryan-republicans-alabama-senate-race/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Kadner condemns those who do not condemn Moore.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/kadner-alabamas-forgiving-view-of-child-molesters/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— GOP effort to oust Roy Moore from Senate race grows – Sean Sullivan, Michael Scherer and Paul Kane
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-roy-moore-accusations-20171114-story.html
— Politics shouldn’t override decency in cases of Roy Moore, Bill Clinton – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-roy-moore-bill-clinton-kass-1114-story.html
— Roskam on tax reform: ‘Either get this done’ or it ‘will be the lost opportunity of a lifetime’ – Katherine Skiba (DIERSEN: From what I see, the proposed “tax reform” is being done to let members of Group A pay less federal income tax and to make members of Group B pay more federal income tax. Members of Group A typically take the standard deduction and are renters, younger, do not have major medical or dental expenses, and are Democrats. Members of Group B  typically itemize their deductions and are  homeowners, older, have major medical and/or dental expenses, and are Republicans.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-peter-roskam-taxes-20171114-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The center, a joint venture of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, said at least 7 percent of taxpayers would pay higher taxes under the proposal in 2018, and at least 24 percent of taxpayers would pay more in 2027.)
— Joe Biden is too old for the presidency, and he’s not alone – Steve Chapman (DIERSEN: What is your position on age discrimination? I have always opposed it. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupe have always promoted age discrimination. They stress that the federal government wastes the careers of and gets rid of its non-veteran White male employees who do not make GS-13 (currently $94,610) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $111,801) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $161,900) by age 40.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-joe-biden-2020-old-20171114-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The next presidential election is not for three years, but it’s not too early to conclude that some people should not be in it. Former Vice President Joe Biden is one of them. Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren ought to excuse themselves. President Donald Trump should settle for one term, if he lasts that long. And while I’m at it, George H.W. Bush would be prudent not to seek that second term he was denied in 1992. What these people have in common is that they have passed their presidential sell date. Biden would be 78 on Inauguration Day in 2021. Sanders would be 79 and Warren 71. Trump, the oldest man ever elected president, would be 74. There are plenty of jobs that can be done well by people of advanced age. The presidency is not one of them.)
— Later start times, less homework: Here’s what elite schools are doing to help students cope with stress – Karen Ann Cullotta, Karen Berkowitz, Kimberly Fornek and Jennifer Johnson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/anxietyhigh/ct-teen-anxiety-part-two-tl-1123-20171121-story.html
— 175 years ago today, Chicago auctioned off a black man – Mark Jacob (DIERSEN: How long have your ancestors been in America? The longer that they have been in America, the more that anti-Whites and anti-men hint/imply/argue/shout a) that you benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against women and b) that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion. All my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-chicago-slavery-sale-20171113-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— College student Marko Sukovic from Lincolnshire announces run for state House 59th District seat
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171114/college-student-from-lincolnshire-announces-run-for-state-house-seat

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Gov. Rauner takes aim at Speaker Madigan in Rockford campaign stop – Georgette Braun
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20171114/gov-rauner-takes-aim-at-speaker-madigan-in-rockford-campaign-stop

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Who was behind Welcoming City resolution? – Rosanna Pulido, Springfield
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20171113/letter-who-was-behind-welcoming-city-resolution

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Tax watchdog Adam Andrzejewski continues digging on spending questions – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-11-14/jim-dey-tax-watchdog-continues-digging-spending-questions.html

WAOW
— DEA says deadly fentanyl is showing up in marijuana
http://www.waow.com/story/36635702/2017/10/Thursday/it-can-immediately-be-lights-out-dea-says-deadly-fentanyl-is-showing-up-in-marijuana

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Flashback: Kelly: Why I’m Not Drinking the Rauner Kool-Aid
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/flashback-kelly-why-im-not-drinking-the-rauner-kool-aid

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives, Breen argue against higher education aid for illegal immigrants – Angela Underwood
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511267988-ives-breen-argue-against-higher-education-aid-for-illegal-immigrants

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Righter debates bills aimed at wage equality, postpartum depression sentencing – Angela Underwood
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/511268378-righter-debates-bills-aimed-at-wage-equality-postpartum-depression-sentencing

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— College of DuPage – Accreditation restored. – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/11/college-of-dupage-accreditation-restored/

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner believes Moore should step down *** In attempt to avoid making headlines, Roskam makes headlines
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/14/in-attempt-to-avoid-making-headlines-roskam-makes-headlines/

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— Judge Moore’s Wife Kayla Moore: We Are Gathering Evidence of Money Being Paid to Accusers – Jim Hoft
http://thegatewaypundit.com/2017/11/judge-moores-wife-kayla-moore-gathering-evidence-money-paid-accusers/

GOPUSA
— Sessions and Ryan pile on with Moore’s accusers – AP
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33413
— Jeff Flake on Roy Moore: I would run to the polling place to vote for the Democrat
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33364
— Keurig CEO sorry for pulling Hannity ads over Moore
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33419

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Pro-life bishop beats ultra-liberal Cdl. Cupich to head US bishops’ pro-life office – Claire Chretien
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-cupich-naumann-pro-life-vote

BLAZE
— Volvo drops advertisements on Sean Hannity show – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/11/14/another-major-company-drops-advertisements-on-sean-hannity-show

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez Trolls AG Sessions Over Trump’s Unfulfilled Campaign Promise to Jail Hillary – GARY LEGUM
http://ijr.com/the-response/2017/11/1017321-illinois-congressman-trolls-ag-sessions-trumps-unfulfilled-campaign-promise-jail-hillary/

THE HILL
— Ryan: House to mandate anti-sexual harassment training – CRISTINA MARCOS (DIERSEN: According to anti-Trumps, the more of the following that you are, the more of a sexual harasser and even worse things that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/360343-ryan-house-to-mandate-anti-sexual-harassment-training

POLITICO
— RNC cuts off Moore The national party pulls out of a fundraising pact with the Alabama candidate, further isolating him. – ALEX ISENSTADT (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes could hint/imply/argue/shout that the following have cut me off: Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/14/rnc-cuts-off-moore-244904

WASHINGTON POST
— Sessions says he has ‘no reason to doubt’ women who have accused Roy Moore of sexual misconduct – Sean Sullivan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/paul-ryan-joins-gop-calls-for-roy-moore-to-end-campaign-amid-sexual-misconduct-allegations/2017/11/14/65a4c824-c951-11e7-aa96-54417592cf72_story.html

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Illinois Educators Report Shortage of Teachers, Applicants School officials statewide are reporting that districts are having a hard time filling teaching positions. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-11-13/illinois-educators-report-shortage-of-teachers-applicants

MOTLEY FOOL
— Is Your Favorite $8,262 Tax Break Really Going Away? Lawmakers are proposing big tax changes. Find out what you could lose. – Dan Caplinger
https://www.fool.com/taxes/2017/11/14/is-your-favorite-8262-tax-break-really-going-away.aspx

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: SPLC wants you and your group to hate Moore.
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/11/14/anti-lgbt-hate-groups-and-others-stand-alabama-senate-candidate-roy-moore-despite-sexual

NTEU
– The National Treasury Employees Union launched a campaign Monday debunking myths about federal employees and raising awareness about the important work they do for the American public. (DIERSEN: I was a NTEU member 1971-1980 while I worked for IRS.)
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/busting-myths-about-federal-employees-300555976.html