CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois business group steps up fight for ‘Dreamers’ – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: To “fight for Dreamers” is to fight for mass/illegal immigration. Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that “fight for Dreamers” 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://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-illinois-business-group-steps-up-fight-for-dreamers/
— City hiring chief accused of shortchanging Hispanics – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: To hire a minority is to not hire a White. 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 minority in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a minority in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted minorities in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a minority in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a minority in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/city-hiring-chief-accused-of-shortchanging-hispanics/
— House OKs $4 trillion GOP-backed budget; stage set for Trump tax plan – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/house-gop-moves-to-pass-budget-start-tax-debate/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Durkin gets backing from mayors – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS at diersen@aol.com has no record of receiving this list. Since 2000, GOPUSA Illinois Editor Dave Diersen has asked all Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois to keep diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-cursive-20171026-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: House Republican leader Jim Durkin of Western Springs has released a list of mayors and village presidents who are backing his re-election. He released the list after Burr Ridge Village President Mickey Straub said earlier this month that he was considering a primary challenge to Durkin, who has been House GOP leader since 2013 and has served in the legislature for 19 years. The 16 mayors backing Durkin come from throughout the suburban area including from outside his district, such as Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico and Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns. But he’s also backed closer to home by Western Springs Village President Alice Gallagher and Homer Glen Mayor George Yukich. Straub’s potential challenge to Durkin is part of the conservative fallout over GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner’s decision to sign legislation expanding taxpayer-subsidized abortions. Some conservatives also expressed dismay that several Republicans defected from Rauner and Durkin to join with Democrats in enacting a spending and tax-hike package that ended the state’s historic budget impasse in July. Straub said many conservative groups encouraged him to take on Durkin, including getting support from failed 2010 governor candidate and current radio show host Dan Proft and onetime U.S. Senate candidate Patrick Hughes. Proft and Hughes co-founded the politically tax-exempt group the Illinois Opportunity Project.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: New Chicago FBI boss brings terrorism, mob, public corruption experience – Jason Meisner (DIERSEN: What experience do you have? GAO audits IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, I had almost 9 years experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173. But the Democrats who ran GAO wasted my knowledge of IRS. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-new-chicago-fbi-boss-20171020-story.html
— Rauner loses round in fight over teaching cursive in schools
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-cursive-20171026-story.html
— Ex-library board member guilty of stealing campaign signs in Elgin – George Houde
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-met-elgin-campaign-sign-theft-trial-20171024-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-religious people say “Forced childbirth isn’t the American way — yet.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-immigrant-teen-abortion-20171025-story.html
— Small-town Morris VFW to resume raffle with another huge jackpot – Robert McCoppin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-morris-vfw-raffle-resumes-20171025-story.html
— Income inequality extends into retirement – Peter Whoriskey (DIERSEN: My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is only $50,856/year. I should write a book about all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government a) who played major roles in wasting my career and forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old and b) what their CSRS or FERS pensions are or will be. My CSRS pension is dramatically less because 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, and did not promote me beyond GS-13; b) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20171026/281998967708521
WGN RADIO
— The Daily Line’s Mike Fourcher: “A lot of Republicans are not confident that Governor Rauner is managing government well” – PETER ZIMMERMAN
http://wgnradio.com/2017/10/25/the-daily-lines-mike-fourcher-a-lot-of-republicans-are-not-confident-that-governor-rauner-is-managing-government-well/
DAILY HERALD
— House deals Rauner setbacks, but he wins on ‘right-to-work’
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20171025/news/310259795
— Arlington Heights library official says he was fired without cause – Christopher Placek (DIERSEN: What if the Daily Herald had reported on my Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old like the Daily Herald reports on Jeremy Andrykowski being fired?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171025/arlington-heights-library-official-says-he-was-fired-without-cause
— Flake op-ed: It’s time to stand up to Trump – Jeff Flake
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171025/flake-op-ed-its-time-to-stand-up-to-trump
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Where could Paul Ryan’s tax move hit hard? Lake Geneva. – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171025/NEWS02/171029908/paul-ryan-gop-tax-overhaul-plan-to-kill-deduction-would-hurt-lake
SAUK VALLEY & KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Rauner fails ‘integrity test,’ so Ives might challenge him GOP mother from Wheaton also irked by Exelon bailout – Scott Reeder
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/10/24/springfield-scoop-rauner-fails-integrity-test-so-ives-might-challenge-him/ar82yzk/
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/local/scott-reeder-will-she-run-for-governor/article_a8511041-b254-5744-98d5-acff26e6ef7e.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Rep. Jeanne Ives sounds like she’ll be a candidate for Illinois governor. The Wheaton Republican is one of the most conservative members of the General Assembly, and she is hopping mad at Gov. Bruce Rauner, whom she contends is not trustworthy. Rauner angered many in his party by signing a bill last month providing state funding for elective abortions. He did this after promising multiple Catholic bishops and state lawmakers that he wouldn’t. “He’s failed the integrity test. No one in the Legislature believes a word he says,” Ives said. If Ives enters the race, she would be the only candidate opposing abortion rights in either the Republican or Democrat gubernatorial primaries. “The state is broke. We can’t afford to create another entitlement program, let alone for something as morally reprehensible as abortion,” she said. But Ives says her objection to Rauner goes beyond this. For example, although he ran on a platform opposing “crony capitalism,” Rauner signed a measure giving a multibillion-dollar bailout to Exelon, a power company. Are you starting to get the feeling that she really dislikes the governor? Yeah, me too. But it’s one thing to object to what the leader of your party is doing, and it’s another thing to leave your safe seat in the Legislature and challenge him. Ives said she hasn’t decided yet whether she will run. But listening to her, it sure sounds like she is on the brink of diving in. But running and winning are two different things. And, sadly, money is the lifeblood of politics. Ives began the month with $8,488 in her campaign coffers, while Rauner had $65.5 million. Most of that money came from either himself or his billionaire buddy, businessman Ken Griffin. That almost makes David and Goliath seem like an even contest. And the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, J.B. Pritzker, also is a billionaire who is self- funding. Could Ives beat not only Rauner but Pritzker? Mike Lawrence, a longtime statehouse observer and former senior adviser to Gov. Jim Edgar, is skeptical. “I don’t think she will win the primary, but I’m not writing her off. I think if she runs, she will start out with a solid 30 percent of Republicans who vote in primaries. Far-right conservatives have a disproportionate influence in primaries,” he said. Lawrence noted that when Edgar ran in the Republican primary in 1990 against Steve Baer, the relatively unknown Baer got more than 30 percent of the vote, mainly from anti-abortion voters angry that Edgar supported abortion rights. So, can a middle-class mother of five beat two of the wealthiest men in Illinois? She faces long odds. But she seems undeterred. And there may be a certain populist appeal to someone who isn’t among the wealthiest Illinoisans running. When pressed about her candidacy, Ives said her 8th-grade daughter told her, “Mom, I thought you were going to announce last week.”)
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Republican Leader Brady names Jason Gerwig new press secretary (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS at diersen@aol.com has no record of receiving this press release. Since 2000, GOPUSA Illinois Editor Dave Diersen has asked all Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois to keep diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20171025/republican-leader-brady-names-new-press-secretary
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Senate GOP Leader BILL BRADY, R-Bloomington, on Wednesday announced that JASON GERWIG is his new press secretary. Gerwig, 44, of Springfield, takes over for PATTY SCHUH, who was named Gov. Rauner’s deputy chief of staff for communications earlier this month. Gerwig has worked for the GOP Senate staff, the state treasurer’s office, the Illinois GOP, DuPage County government, and the FleishmanHillard public relations firm in Chicago. He’s been back on Senate staff since January 2016, and his pay goes to $105,000 — up from $98,500 — in the new job. He grew up in Evergreen Park and double-majored in history and political science at North Central College in Naperville. He and his wife, EMILY, have a 5-year-old daughter. “Jason brings over 20 years of communications and government experience to this important position, and he’s been a well-respected, and valued, member of our staff,” Brady said. Gerwig was first on Senate GOP communications staff in 1996. He said that even back then, the job he just got was one to which he aspired. “I took a long road to get there, but I’m happy to be doing it now,” he said.)
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Rauner’s run no surprise – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-10-25/rauners-run-no-surprise.html
— Veto override a partial solution – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-10-26/veto-override-partial-solution.html
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Democrats overreach this time with counterproductive pro-union law – Editorial
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20171025/editorial-democrats-overreach-this-time-with-counterproductive-pro-union-law
TIMES
— GOP candidates urge voters to oust Kinzinger – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/gop-candidates-urge-voters-to-oust-kinzinger/article_4f9e3f0c-3e06-53aa-968a-2fc0725e9020.html
ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Governor Asks For Congressional Help – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents want Congress to do? My critics/opponents want Congress a) to cut if not eliminate my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy, and my Social Security and b) to dramatically increase the taxes that I pay. While I worked for the federal government, they wanted Congress a) to have my Democrat GAO superiors force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, not promote me beyond GS-13, keep me off audits of IRS, and force me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) to have my Democrat IRS superiors not promote me beyond GS-12, disallow my education deductions in 1978, and disallow my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) to have my Democrat Post Office superiors force me resign in 1969 and disallow my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. In Diersen v. GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors stated that they treated me just like Congress wanted them to.)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=254111
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. Bruce Rauner says he is calling on Congress to pass a federal bill that would allow Illinois to reorganize its pension debt, but no one must have picked up the phone. Last month, Rauner told a group of business leaders that he’s pushing for a bill that would allow the state to restructure much of its estimated $130 billion in unfunded pension liabilities. “We’ve got a bill now. We’re working with Congress to pass a law. We’re lobbying right now that would allow states to reorganize and restructure their pensions,” he said. “If we can get this bill passed in Congress, and I’m hoping to get it done with this tax overhaul that we’re doing, if we can get this bill passed, [it will be] transformative to Illinois taxpayers.” But none of Illinois’ Republican congressional delegation would confirm this week that anyone from Rauner’s camp has approached them about a standalone proposal or one that would be tied in with the coming tax reform plan. Rauner doesn’t have the best relationship with the GOP Congressmen. They strongly rebuked Rauner last month for his signing of a controversial bill allowing for the public funding of abortions. Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Wheaton, who’s in charge of the GOP’s tax reform plan, wouldn’t comment on the premise of allowing a bankruptcy-style restructuring but told others that the idea has been discussed but only conceptually. The Hill reports that House Speaker Paul Ryan will release the details of their tax reform legislation next week. A spokesperson with the governor’s office did not immediately respond to questions for this story.)
FOX ILLINOIS
— Champaign: A wall of DREAMERS – Nicole McGee (DIERSEN: To fight for DREAMERS is to fight for mass/illegal immigration. Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that fight for DREAMERS 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://foxillinois.com/news/local/a-wall-of-dreamers
— Sen. Duckworth urges Congress to pass Dream Act (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries support the Dream Act? 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.)
NPR ILLINOIS
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/sen-duckworth-urges-congress-to-pass-dream-act
— House Rolls Over Vetoes While Rauner Claims Big Win – BRIAN MACKEY
http://nprillinois.org/post/house-rolls-over-vetoes-while-rauner-claims-big-win#stream/0
— House Overrides Rauner On Salary History – BRIAN MACKEY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites and anti-males shout that White males are overpaid. In today’s dollars, in 1997 when I was 49 years old, GAO paid me $122,991. I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently, $94,610-$122,991. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173. I had 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://nprillinois.org/post/house-overrides-rauner-salary-history#stream/0
PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Save Rauner cash, House GOP campaign fundraising slows to a trickle
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511253366-save-rauner-cash-house-gop-campaign-fundraising-slows-to-a-trickle#new_tab
ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— House overrides several Rauner vetoes, including measure that mandates cursive writing in schools – Greg Bishop and Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/house-overrides-several-rauner-vetoes-including-measure-that-mandates-cursive/article_c13bb90e-b9a7-11e7-a295-57427e28a482.html
MEDIUM
— We’ve Got Some Work to Do – JB Pritzker (DIERSEN: What do you say to men who paint themselves as being anti-men to curry favor with anti-men? What do you say to Whites who paint themselves as being anti-White to curry favor with anti-Whites? What do you say to older people who paint themselves as being anti-older people to curry favor with anti-older people? What do you say to rich people who paint themselves as being anti-rich people to curry favor with anti-rich people? What do you say to German-Americans who paint themselves as being anti-German Americans to curry favor with anti-German Americans? What do you say to Americans who paint themselves as being anti-American to curry favor with anti-Americans? What do you say to “Republicans” who paint themselves as being anti-Republicans to curry favor with anti-Republicans? What do you say to “conservatives” who paint themselves as being anti-conservative to curry favor with anti-conservatives? What do you say to Protestants who paint themselves as being anti-Protestant to curry favor with anti-Protestants? What do you say to etc. who paint themselves as being anti-etc. to curry favor with anti-etc.? I should write books about such aforesaid frauds in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://medium.com/@JBPritzker/weve-got-some-work-to-do-1ca0bc8e3662
CAPITOL FAX
— GOP Leaders heavily reliant on Rauner bucks (DIERSEN: Everyone involved in government, in politics, in news media, in etc. should be required to disclose the sources and amounts of all their income.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/26/gop-leaders-heavily-reliant-on-rauner-bucks/
— Should campaigns pay their interns? (DIERSEN: How much money do your critics/opponents pay their operatives and their dupes? My critics/opponents must be paying their operatives and their dupes little or nothing because they all have financial problems. However, all the operatives and all the dupes who work for my critics/opponents talk and act like they have been promised lots of money, a new home, a new car, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and much more if they succeed a) in stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and/or stopping everyone from reading those emails and b) in getting me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. I wonder how much they were paid to end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, my GAO employment, etc.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/25/should-campaigns-pay-their-interns/
— Suggested Jeanne Ives campaign slogans?
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/26/question-of-the-day-2575/
GOPUSA
— Illegal alien in federal custody in Texas has legal abortion
http://www.gopusa.com/illegal-alien-in-federal-custody-in-texas-has-legal-abortion/
— Former US President George HW Bush apologizes following assault accusation
http://www.gopusa.com/former-us-president-george-hw-bush-apologizes-following-assault-accusation/
— IRS email points to political affiliation in tea party targeting scandal (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 levels, currently $94,610-$100,917. I should write a book about those who have done the most to waste my knowledge of IRS. They include my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives, and their staffs.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=32423
— E-Verify, Interior Enforcement Most Effective Illegal Immigration Deterrents (DIERSEN: If you oppose E-Verify, you shout that you 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 your ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=32408
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegal immigrant minor gets abortion – Alex Swoyer
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/25/illegal-immigrant-minor-gets-abortion/
— Rocking the demographic – Editorial (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics? My demographics are terrible: Trump supporter, baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (69), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, ancestors have been in America since 1844, federal retiree since 1997, union member for almost 12 years, American nameplate car owner, child-less, pet-less, etc. I should write books about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who share my demographics.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/25/editorial-creativity-not-procreation-guarantees-pr/
BREITBART
— Kris Kobach on GOP’s Amnesty Plans: ‘The American Worker Would Get the Raw End of This Deal’ – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: Are/were you an “American worker,” that is, a lowly wage earner? I was a lowly wage earner 1964-1997. Few of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are/were lowly wage earners like I was. Most them are/were self-employed, unemployed, on welfare, and/or retired.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/25/exclusive-kris-kobach-on-gops-amnesty-plans-the-american-worker-would-get-the-raw-end-of-this-deal/
— GOP Leaders Get 1 Million Guest-Workers for Food Industry, in Trade for E-Verify – NEIL MUNRO
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/25/gop-leaders-endorse-e-verify-to-win-huge-h-2c-guest-worker-bill/
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: ‘Ruled Out’: GOP Amnesty Plan Excludes E-Verify, Allowing Employers to Continue Hiring Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/25/ruled-out-gop-amnesty-plan-excludes-e-verify-allowing-employers-to-continue-hiring-illegal-aliens/
BLAZE
— Here’s what Democrats think of George W. Bush now, and it has changed a lot – Aaron Colen (DIERSEN: Bush has always rejected many planks in the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/10/25/heres-what-democrats-think-of-george-w-bush-now-and-it-has-changed-a-lot/
NUMBERS USA
— OUTSTANDING: House Judiciary Committee Passes Mandatory E-Verify Bill
https://www.numbersusa.com/news/house-judiciary-committee-passes-mandatory-e-verify-bill
ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Washington Post Narrative Disregards Republican Successes – Brian McNicoll
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/washington-post-narrative-disregards-republican-successes/
POLITICO
— It’s Trump’s GOP. So Now What? – RICH LOWRY (DIERSEN: One could say “It’s Rauner’s Illinois Republican Party” and ask “So now what?”)
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/10/25/its-trumps-gop-so-now-what-215747
— House sets up tax reform with passage of budget – JENNIFER SCHOLTES and RACHAEL BADE
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/26/republican-leaders-budget-vote-244198
REUTERS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Paul Ryan sides with illegals against Americans.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-ryan/u-s-republican-ryan-says-wants-dreamer-action-timing-uncertain-reuters-interview-idUSKBN1CU2CQ
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: As G.O.P. Bends Toward Trump, Critics Either Give In or Give Up – JONATHAN MARTIN and JEREMY W. PETERS (DIERSEN: One could say “As the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Bends Bruce Rauner, Critics Either Give In or Give Up.” The more planks in the IRP platform that Rauner dumps, the more that Rauner destroys the IRP. How many votes will Rauner get November 6, 2018 because of his success in destroying the IRP?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/us/politics/trump-republican-party-critics.html
— Why Jeff Flake’s Exit Should Scare Democrats – CHRIS COONS
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/opinion/jeff-flake-democrats-reelection.html
— House Passes Budget Blueprint, Clearing Path for Tax Overhaul – THOMAS KAPLAN
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/us/politics/house-budget-blueprint-tax-cut.html
WASHINGTON POST
— The GOP civil war is bigger than Trump. A new study shows deep fissures on policy. – James Hohmann (DIERSEN: What side of the civil war are you on? I am on the side that defends and advances the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/10/26/daily-202-the-gop-civil-war-is-bigger-than-trump-a-new-study-shows-deep-fissures-on-policy/59f0eb7230fb045cba000a43/
BOSTON HERALD
— Donald Trump fuels civil war within GOP – Kimberly Atkins (DIERSEN: What side of the civil war are you on? I am on the side that defends and advances the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/kimberly_atkins/2017/10/atkins_donald_trump_fuels_civil_war_within_gop
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— IRS ‘Mismanagement’ Hearing Breaks Along Partisan Lines – Charles S. Clark (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 levels, currently $94,610-$100,917. I should write a book about those who have done the most to waste my knowledge of IRS. They include my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives, and their staffs.)
http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2017/10/irs-mismanagement-hearing-breaks-along-partisan-lines/142060/