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November 28 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— In defense of the presumption of innocence – Brendan O’Neill (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are presumed to be guilty: 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.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-innocense-presumption-guilty-metoo-sexual-misconduct-1128-20171127-story.html
— Outrage further divides us — and doesn’t drive positive change – Leonid Bershidsky (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, members of Group A promote outrage against members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-outrage-racist-campaigns-media-coverage-nazi-tony-hovater-swastika-1128-story.html
— From prison, white supremacist Matthew Hale endorses Roy Moore – Mohammed Kloub (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) who state that they are conservative and/or Republican and b) who hint/imply/argue/shout at candidates that they should not seek my endorsement, not that my endorsement means anything anyway. They stress my demographics (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, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, federal retiree, childless, pet-less, etc. and that I am not a member of any church, that I do not attend church services, that I do not give money to a church, and that Crete is my hometown) and hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. They stress that I support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform. They stress that I oppose promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-matthew-hale-roy-moore-chicago-inc-20171127-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: TV travel guide Rick Steves to speak out today for legalizing marijuana in Illinois – Robert McCoppin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-rick-steves-illinois-marijuana-legalize-20171127-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Supreme Court’s health care ruling will cost city retirees – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Who wants your retirement benefits to be cut, if not eliminated? Of course, my critics/opponents want the federal government to cut, if not eliminate its 75% health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy. Currently, for my wife and I, that subsidy is $17,288/year. We pay only $5,763/year for $23,051/year worth of health, dental, and vision insurance. Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois despise, if not hate federal employees and federal retirees. Overwhelmingly, they despise, if not hate wage earners like I was 1964-1997 and other “little people.”)

https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/illinois-supreme-courts-health-care-ruling-will-cost-city-retirees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 20,000 city employees and retirees have been dealt a crushing blow that could cost them dearly, but end up saving Chicago taxpayers $130 million a year. In a six-word ruling on Thanksgiving eve, the Illinois Supreme Court refused to hear the retirees’ appeal of a state Appellate Court ruling that essentially upheld Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s now-completed, three-year phase-out of retiree health care coverage and a 55 percent city subsidy for anyone who did not retire by Aug. 23, 1989. Clint Krislov, an attorney representing the retirees, said the decision means those retirees are entitled only to bare-bones protections outlined by lower courts. “For the city, this is a huge benefit. The amount they’re paying is dropped from $137 million a year to between $7 million and $8 million,” Krislov said Monday. “What the [lower courts] have said is that all you get is what’s in the statute. You cannot rely on anything the city tells you unless you can prove that person had authority to bind the city.” Law Department spokesman Bill McCaffrey refused to comment on the ruling while there is “still litigation pending.”)

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF BIBBIANO AND MENDRICK: Two cops seeking DuPage sheriff’s seat in GOP primary – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171127/two-cops-seeking-dupage-sheriffs-seat-in-gop-primary–
— Contested races expected in Kane, McHenry counties after first day of filing – James Fuller and Lauren Rohr
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171127/contested-races-expected-in-kane-mchenry-counties-after-first-day-of-filing
— Real ID: Why you might soon need a passport even for domestic flights – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171127/real-id-why-you-might-soon-need-a-passport-even-for-domestic-flights

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Wealthy candidates for Illinois governor release tax returns – AP (DIERSEN: Are/were you wealthy? I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who since 1966 have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being wealthy. They stress the new cars that I bought and especially the 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint that I bought in 1966 when I was 17 years old, the 1968 Oldsmobile 442 that I bought in 1967, the 1969 Dodge Charger SE that I bought in 1968, and the 1972 Chevy Corvette that I bought in 1971. They stress the new town home that I bought in 1972, the studio condo that I bought in 1974, and the one bedroom condo that I bought in 1976. They stress 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton that my wife and I bought in 1978 and 915 Cove Court in Wheaton that we had built in 1984. They stress the collector cars that I bought in 1989 and 1994. They stress the money that I paid for tuition and books to earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. They stress the money that I paid for review courses to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981. They stress the money that my wife and I have saved for our retirement.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171127/wealthy-candidates-for-illinois-governor-release-tax-returns

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Petition mission accomplished for Illinois candidates Monday marked the first day established party candidates could file for office, and there were plenty in line, jockeying for top spots on the ballot – Monique Garcia and Rick Pearson
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/11/28/petition-mission-accomplished-for-illinois-candidates/atslsaw/

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Gubernatorial Candidates Graded by Tax Watchdog Group – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=255909#.Wh0_QMvR-M8

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump: NFL ‘weak’ for allowing kneeling
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/sports/nfl/trump-nfl-weak-for-allowing-kneeling/866427226

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Filing For Election, Finding Lines And Friendship – BRIAN MACKEY
http://nprillinois.org/post/filing-election-finding-lines-and-friendship#stream/0

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Darin LaHood: Roy Moore’s Behavior ‘Disqualifies’ Him From Senate – RYAN DENHAM (DIERSEN: If you sought a government office or a political office, what allegations would your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes make against you? Would LaHood believe them?)
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/lahood-roy-moores-behavior-disqualifies-him-senate#stream/0

 

WILLIAM J. KELLY
— Kelly launches new ad, “Thanks, Bruce Rauner!
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-launches-new-ad-thanks-bruce-rauner

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Gubernatorial candidates received wide range of grades for taxpayer friendliness in survey – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: What percent of Illinois voters a) pay little or no taxes and want everyone else to pay more taxes, b) are Democrats who want Republicans to pay more taxes, and/or c) have less money than others and want those who have more money to pay more taxes?)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/gubernatorial-candidates-received-wide-range-of-grades-for-taxpayer-friendliness/article_eb0c13cc-cfb5-11e7-9a2d-279bd512fa4e.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For the first time, group President James Tobin said a sitting Illinois governor received a score of more than 70 percent. “Gov. [Bruce] Rauner had a score of 92 percent,” Tobin said. “That is an incredibly high score.” Tobin said Rauner’s veto of the income tax hike this summer will help his score in the next survey, which will be out after next year. “But it’s been bad for taxpayers this year because with the income tax being raised by 32 percent, we still remain bankrupt,” Tobin said. Another first in the report for the 99th General Assembly were three state lawmakers getting a perfect score of 100 percent. Those were state Reps. Peter Breen, R-Lombard, Tom Morrison, R-Palatine, and Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton.)

 

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— Rauner silent on tax bill that would net him millions more each year (DIERSEN: Diersen has not been silent on bills that would force him and his wife, his aunt, and all taxpayers who have large itemized deductions to pay significantly more federal income tax.)
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-rauner-silent-on-tax-bill-that-would-net-him-millions-more-each-year/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Three Convincing Reasons to Boycott Target this Christmas – Tim Wildmon (DIERSEN: So that I can publicly rebut them, it would be great if my leading critics/opponents would come out from behind their operatives and their dupes and publish their top three reasons why they want everyone to boycott GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/11/three-convincing-reasons-to-boycott-target-this-christmas/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker campaign responds *** ILGOP claims Pritzker and Madigan “continue to push for higher taxes on Illinois families”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/27/ilgop-claims-pritzker-and-madigan-continue-to-push-for-higher-taxes-on-illinois-families/
— Rotheimer: “I understand now more clearly than before why I am the only one who named a name” (DIERSEN: Because they knew that proving that GAO was guilty of reverse discrimination, age discrimination, or retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid was extremely difficult, virtually all of my GAO coworkers who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran “cut deals” with GAO to keep their jobs. Most commonly, they agreed to help GAO get rid of its employees who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/28/rotheimer-i-understand-now-more-clearly-than-before-why-i-am-the-only-one-who-named-a-name/
— Bost is fourth Republican congressman to pass on endorsing Rauner
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/28/bost-is-fourth-republican-congressman-to-pass-on-endorsing-rauner/

 

BLAZE
— Undercover reporter reveals ‘brutal’ working conditions at Amazon – Teri Webster
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/11/27/undercover-reporter-reveals-brutal-working-conditions-at-amazon

 

LIFEZETTE NEWS
— Feds Going After Fast-Food Chain Employing Illegal Immigrants ICE is investigating allegations that the company paid the workers less than the minimum wage, says report – Brendan Kirby (DIERSEN: RINOs want cheap labor.)
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/report-feds-going-after-fast-food-chain-employing-illegal-immigrants/

 

GOPUSA
— Official language could save big bucks (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries discourage people from speaking English? 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.gopusa.com/official-language-could-save-big-bucks/
— Floods are inevitable. Soaking taxpayers isn’t.
http://www.gopusa.com/floods-are-inevitable-soaking-taxpayers-isnt/

 

POLITICO
— APRIL 25, 2017 FLASHBACK: Capitol Hill correspondents committee declines to credential Breitbart – HADAS GOLD (DIERSEN: All news organizations engage in political advocacy. Illegitimate news organizations deny that they engage in political advocacy. GOPUSA ILLINOIS is a legitimate news organization because it proudly states that advocates for the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2017/04/25/capitol-hill-correspondents-committee-breitbart-237577
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Capitol Hill Standing Committee of Correspondents has voted to table Breitbart News’ credential process and declined to extend the organization’s temporary credentials to cover Congress, which expire at the end of May. The committee, which permits media access to the U.S. Capitol only to outlets it considers legitimate news organizations, not political advocacy or other groups, expressed frustration over Breitbart’s inconsistent answers to questions about its masthead and office space, among other problems. Breitbart CEO Larry Solov, in correspondence with the committee since its most recent meeting, asserted that Republican megadonor Rebekah Mercer had no editorial input, that a managing editor who also had a role in an advocacy group was no longer on the masthead, and that the site was having trouble finding office space in part because of security issues. The committee said Breitbart could reapply for credentials if it addresses the concerns. Otherwise, three staff members who currently have temporary credentials (which the site has had for more than two years) will no longer have access after May 31. Breitbart reporters could still attend events on Capitol Hill that are open to the public without the credentials, but the lack of credentials would limit their access in the complex and hamper their ability to get other credentials, such as permanent White House passes. “Breitbart News is unequivocally entitled to permanent Senate Press Gallery credentials and is determined to secure them,” Chad Wilkinson, a Breitbart spokesperson, said in a statement Tuesday. Among the issues raised by the Capitol Hill committee were concerns that members of Breitbart’s masthead, provided last month by Solov, were also employed by the Mercer-funded Government Accountability Institute, which was co-founded by now-White House chief strategist (and former Breitbart chairman) Steve Bannon. The GAI and the work and advocacy it does would not be in line with the committee’s guidelines for credentialing. In a letter to the committee, Solov said that although Managing Editor Wynton Hall was listed on the masthead as of last month, he actually resigned in February and the position “has remained vacant since then.” “We have fully and fairly cooperated with your inquiries in good faith and believe that we have met and responded to the concerns you have raised,” Solov wrote. Breitbart “is an editorially independent news organization and is entitled to and deserves issuance of its permanent Senate Press Gallery credentials.” The committee also noted that Bannon’s Office of Government Ethics financial disclosure had a different date for his separation from Breitbart than what Solov had indicated in their last meeting. Solov has asserted that Breitbart is completely editorially independent, without influence from Bannon or Mercer. But the committee expressed some doubts. “I don’t know how we get Breitbart to prove that Bannon isn’t picking up the phone and talking to them,” said standing committee chairman Billy House, a reporter with Bloomberg News. Last month, the committee, composed of five journalists, also expressed frustration that Breitbart may have misled them on where the site’s offices are located. A Capitol Hill townhouse, known as the “Breitbart Embassy,” had been provided as the address of the company’s Washington office, and the committee was told that Breitbart was leasing the space as a “mixed use” place for both corporate housing (often where Bannon stayed), events and office space. But the committee last month noted that the townhouse is not technically zoned for commercial use and that the owner of the house filed taxes as the sole occupant, meaning that a commercial lease would not even be legally possible. (Most Breitbart writers work remotely.) Solov told the committee that Breitbart has yet to find a new office space and likely would not for some time, partly because of security issues. “I still want to give them the benefit of doubt on these things, that it’s misunderstandings or confusion [instead of] something more nefarious, but we still have these office space issues,” said committee secretary Joseph Morton, who works for the Omaha World-Herald. “The whole thing suggests to me that they’re just not ready for a credential.” In another letter to the committee, sent two days ago, Solov argued that individual members of Breitbart would and should qualify for credentials. But the committee said it doesn’t credential individuals but instead looks at the entire organization and leadership. Solov also insinuated in the letter that there are other organizations that deserve the same scrutiny Breitbart is getting. “Without limitation, is it the Standing Committee’s position that a news organization cannot be credentialed if it employs any editor and/or reporter who is also employed by or affiliated with any advocacy group or non-profit?” he asked. “Of course, we respectfully assert that any such rules, standards and/or criteria must be reasonable and realistic, and transparent — and applied equally and fairly to all news organizations.” During the meeting on Tuesday, the committee said it would happily look into any credentialed reporter and potentially revoke their access if they were found to also be employed or affiliated with an advocacy or nonprofit group. “This is not content driven, we aren’t singling out Breitbart either for extra scrutiny or special treatment,” House said. “This is our job as a board, and these rules have been in place long before any of us came to the board. Our job is to do the best we can and see whether the information they’ve provided meshes with the requirements.”)

WASHINGTON POST
— A woman approached The Post with dramatic — and false — tale about Roy Moore. She appears to be part of undercover sting operation. – Shawn Boburg, Aaron C. Davis and Alice Crites (DIERSEN: Does Darin LaHood believe this woman and her allegations?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/a-woman-approached-the-post-with-dramatic–and-false–tale-about-roy-moore-sje-appears-to-be-part-of-undercover-sting-operation/2017/11/27/0c2e335a-cfb6-11e7-9d3a-bcbe2af58c3a_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Wealthy candidates for Illinois governor release tax returns – AP
http://www.latimes.com/sns-bc-il–illinois-governor-2018-20171127-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: How Net-neutrality repeal affects you. New rules allow internet providers to block or slow any website, app – Rob Pegoraro (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents want internet providers to “block or slow” my www.gopillinois.com website and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. What will my critics/opponents do to get internet providers to “block or slow” my www.gopillinois.com website and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? My critics/opponents 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. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2017/11/28/after-net-neutrality-how-tell-if-your-isp-slowing-your-internet/898098001/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Can Anyone Save Neighborhood Journalism? Joe Ricketts spent millions trying, only to be smeared once he moved on. – Alfred Levitt
https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-anyone-save-neighborhood-journalism-1511825846

November 27 Morning Edition

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

 

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


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

 

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

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Senate GOP tax bill hurts the poor more than originally thought, CBO finds – Heather Long
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-senate-gop-tax-bill-cbo-analysis-20171126-story.html
— Guns were Black Friday must-haves, going by the FBI’s record 203,086 background-check requests – Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-guns-black-friday-20171126-story.html
— College grads, it’s time to start repaying your loans – Steve Rosen (DIERSEN: Because I graduating debt-free from NIU in 1970 and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 21 years old, I had more money to help support my mother and brother 1970-1972, buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, pay for tuition and books for graduate business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, buy a new town home in 1972, buy a studio condo in 1974, buy a one bedroom condo in 1976, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/sns-201711171511–tms–kidmoneyctnsr-a20171117-20171117-story.html
— Scholarships are free money for the taking – Terry Savage (DIERSEN: Did you apply for scholarships? I did not. When you in high school, were you “college material?” While I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, I took college preparatory courses notwithstanding the fact that many, if not most, if not virtually everyone at the time viewed me as NOT being “college material.” Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I just barely made into the top 20% of my class, my ACT score was only 24, I was draft bait, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-201711172143–tms–savagectnts-a20171117-20171117-column.html

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: For many, a leisurely retirement is a long shot Fewer older American think they’ll be able to afford trips, survey finds – Paul Davidson (DIERSEN: How much money do you have to go on trips? Since 1997, in today’s dollars, I have had $1,454,723 less dollars to go on trips, that is, $72,135 less a year, $6,011 less a month, $1,403 less a week, and $200 less a day. In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.” In 1997, in today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $122,991/year. But my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $50,856/year, or 41% of that.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/11/26/retirees-dream-more-travel-less-health-care-tough-achieve/890562001/
— Hijab Barbie: Perfect Christmas gift for non-Muslim parents who want to stick it to Trump – James S. Robbins
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/11/24/hijab-barbie-perfect-christmas-gift-non-muslim-parents-who-want-stick-trump-james-robbins-column/884583001/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Immigrants Make Great Entrepreneurs – Adrian Furnham (DIERSEN: Are you an immigrant and/or an entrepreneur? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes shout that I am neither. My ancestors have been in America since 1844 and I was a lowly wage earner 1964-1997. I washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-immigrants-make-great-entrepreneurs-1511752261

 

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

November 25 Morning Edition

CBS2
— City To Feds: ‘Stop Playing Games,’ Or Face Lawsuit – Bob Roberts (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Chicago put illegals ahead of citizens of America.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/11/24/city-to-feds-stop-playing-games-or-face-lawsuit/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The city of Chicago is threatening to sue the U.S. Justice Department, which has slapped conditions on a new grant the city hopes to use to hire additional police officers. In a statement, Mayor Rahm Emanuel contended that complying with conditions for the $3.1 million grant would force the city to work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and end its status as a sanctuary city. Emanuel said in doing so, the city would “abandon its values” but added they “are not for sale.”)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Time magazine says Trump’s got it wrong on ‘Person of the Year’ rejection – Jenna Johnson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-time-person-of-year-20171124-story.html
— Universities revoke journalism awards given to Charlie Rose – AP (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, I will never get any journalism awards. My critics/opponents stress a) that I state that I am conservative and Republican, b) that I do not have a degree in journalism, c) that no one pays me for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, d) that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails go out free of charge and without any advertising, and e) that certain activists, certain candidates, certain elected officials, certain party leaders, certain major donors, and certain political consultants in Illinois who state that they are conservative and/or Republican treat me like I am not a journalist except when they do treat me like I am a journalist to bar me from their events.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-charlie-rose-journalism-awards-revoked-20171124-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— SIU begs for a bold reinvention — or there will be no SIU – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/siu-chancellor-bold-reinvention-editorial/

 

DAILY HERALD
— AT&T suit shows web has enough rules, say foes of open internet – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents a) do not want an “open internet,” b) are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means, c) are disciples of Saul Alinsky, d) want to stop everyone from visiting www.gopillinois.com, e) want to stop everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, f) do not want me to know about their events or their other activities, g) do not want me to promote them, their events, or their other activities, h) do not want me to attend their events or their other activities, and i) do not want me to report on them, their events, or their other activities. Far too many of the aforesaid claim to be conservative and/or Republican.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171125/att-suit-shows-web-has-enough-rules-say-foes-of-open-internet
— Islamic Center of Wheaton open doors to build better relationships and build bridges – Syed Ullah (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you if you do not promote Islam.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20171124/islamic-center-of-wheaton-open-doors-to-build-better-relationships-and-build-bridges
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Open Mosque was attended by many guests and public officials from the community. The officials who attend are Wheaton Mayor Michael Gresk, Congressman Peter Roskam, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi and Lt. Governor of Illinois Evelyn Pacino Sanguinetti.)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Cities want cut in Illinois’ sales tax collection fee – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171124/cities-want-cut-in-illinois-sales-tax-collection-fee

 

ROCK RIVER TIMES
— Judge voids former NIU president’s $600K severance package – Jim Hagerty
http://rockrivertimes.com/2017/11/24/judge-voids-former-niu-presidents-600k-severance-package/

 

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Time to take democracy back from 1 percent – Ellen Wolcott, Charleston (DIERSEN: What does the 1 percent think of you? My critics/opponents stress to members of the 1 percent in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, Cook County, Chicago, and Illinois a) that my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $50,856/year and that my Social Security is only $2,028/year, b) that I do not have a degree in journalism, c) that no one pays me for what I do as your GOPUSA ILLINOIS Editor, d) that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails go out free of charge and without any advertising, e) that certain activists, certain candidates, certain elected officials, certain party leaders, certain major donors, and certain political consultants in Illinois who state that they are conservative and/or Republican treat me like I am not a journalist except when they do treat me like I am a journalist to bar me from their events, and f) that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
http://jg-tc.com/opinion/letters/letter-time-to-take-democracy-back-from-percent/article_80f2d261-6d9f-58f8-abe4-70c167fd520b.html

 

GOPUSA
— Obama loyalists undermine immigration law
http://www.gopusa.com/obama-loyalists-undermine-immigration-law/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Save the SALT Deduction – Nicole Gelinas (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.nytimes.com/2017/11/24/opinion/taxes-salt-deduction.html
— Some Women Attain an Enviable Status: 401(k) Millionaire – Tara Siegel Bernard (DIERSEN: From what I see, if you do not have at least $1 million saved for your retirement or if you are not on track to have at least $1 million saved for your retirement, you are in big trouble financially. From what I see, the operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents have saved little or nothing for their retirement. Because they are in big trouble financially, they have done and they will do just about anything that my critics/opponents tell them to do. Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents talk and/or act like my critics/opponents have promised them lots of money, a new home, a new car, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and lots more if they succeed in stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and/or succeed in stopping everyone from reading those emails.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/24/your-money/some-women-attain-an-enviable-status-401-k-millionaire.html
— Bridging the Canyon Across the Holiday Table – Timothy Egan (DIERSEN: On one side of the holiday table are those who 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 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOLIDAY TABLE ARE THOSE WHO ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/24/opinion/thanksgiving-trump-party-divisions.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Senate Republicans Will Huddle With Trump Ahead of Tax Vote The full chamber is scheduled to take up legislation later next week – Kristina Peterson (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/senate-republicans-will-huddle-with-trump-ahead-of-tax-vote-1511559060
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are presumed to be a sexual harasser who should be gotten rid of: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, non-veteran, gun owner, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-sexual-harassment-racket-is-over-1511470096
— Licenses to Kill Opportunity A new study shows how state licensing rules block upward mobility. – Editorial (DIERSEN: I became a licensed CPA in 1981 when I was 32 years old. Of course, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious about that just like they were furious when I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, became a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, became a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, became a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997. To keep their jobs and to get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates promoted Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, they focused on wasting the careers of and getting rid of federal employees like me who were Republican, and especially those like me who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/licenses-to-kill-opportunity-1511561031
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Trusting the People to Make Mistakes Should we defend democracy even when voters’ decisions take an unwise or illiberal turn? – Barton Swaim (DIERSEN: Who votes for who? Voters who 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 VOTE FOR CANDIDATES WHO 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. What percent of the voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America are the aforesaid?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/review-barton-swaim-on-political-books-1511558855
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Police See Social Media Fuel Crime Police departments in Chicago and other cities see platforms as an ‘accelerant’ for violence – Shibani Mahtani
https://www.wsj.com/articles/social-media-emerges-as-new-frontier-in-fight-against-violent-crime-1511528400

 

ARIZONA CENTRAL
— ‘The State of Aging’: The challenges of working past 65 – Christina Estes (DIERSEN: In the federal government, if you are a non-veteran White male, you face age discrimination if you 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.)
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2017/11/25/challenges-working-past-65/882293001/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But many older workers in the workforce are facing discrimination. During the EEOC meeting in June to mark the 50th anniversary of the ADEA, Patrick Button, assistant professor at Tulane University, shared results of a large scale hiring study for entry level jobs. Using similar resumes and changing ages and sex, his team compared job offer rates. “We found there’s definitely age discrimination, particularly at age 65,” he said. “For older women, we actually see there’s an earlier onset of age discrimination.”)

 

SARASODA HERALD TRIBUNE
— Will tax reform kill housing market? – Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin
http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20171125/real-estate-matters-will-tax-reform-kill-housing-market

 

CNET
— Net neutrality could spur the next big political movement As the FCC tries to dismantle net neutrality rules, Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii says internet-savvy, young people could become a political force. – MARGUERITE REARDON (DIERSEN: Since 2000, those who dominate the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc. have made it very clear that because they cannot manipulate/dominate me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, they a) want to stop everyone from visiting www.gopillinois.com, b) want stop everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, c) do not want me to know about their events or their other activities, d) do not want me to promote them, their events, or their other activities, e) do not want me to attend their events or their other activities, and f) do not want me to report on them, their events, or their other activities.)
https://www.cnet.com/news/net-neutrality-could-spur-the-next-big-political-movement/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Federal Communications Commission’s effort to repeal net neutrality regulations should be a rallying cry for internet-loving voters. That’s the message Sen. Brian Schatz, a Democrat from Hawaii, is promoting following news this week that the FCC is planning to vote next month on rolling back most of the Obama-era regulations that prevent broadband providers from messing with your internet access. Because Republicans control the FCC, the rollback is expected to happen.)

November 23 Morning Edition

NBC5
— What Happens Once ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules Bite the Dust? The FCC’s move would allow companies like Comcast, AT&T and Verizon to charge internet companies for speedier access to consumers and to block outside services they don’t like – Tali Arbel (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries “don’t like” you? Those that are members of the following groups “don’t like” me or my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or those 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.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/What-Happens-Once-Net-Neutrality-Rules-Bite-the-Dust-459517313.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Stand up to the government and protect your internet rights – Editorial (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents want FCC to scrap net neutrality rules. My critics/opponents want you to see only what they want you to see. My critics/opponents want to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and they want to stop everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. But failing that, they want to stop me from including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles that they disapprove of. I should write a book about how my critics/opponents punish me for including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles that they disapprove of. They fail/refuse to include diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists. They do everything that they can to a) stop me from learning about their events and other activities, b) stop me from promoting their events and other activities, c) stop me from attending their events and other activities, and d) stop me from reporting on their events and other activities. They demonize, denigrate, and condemn my judgment, my intelligence, my motives, my abilities, and my accomplishments. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They stress that they almost succeeded in getting ICRC to censure me at its 2006 Annual Convention. They stress that they will have their operatives and their dupes viciously destroy any individual, any organization, any company, and any government that might support me.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-stand-up-to-the-government-and-protect-your-internet-rights/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For that matter, would you be troubled if news and information about some controversial matter became tougher to find online because the major providers of internet service would just as soon you didn’t hear of it? The Federal Communications Commission wants to usher in that world. FCC Chairman Ajit V. Pai has a plan to scrap nearly every rule on the books that protects “net neutrality,” the idea that the companies that deliver internet service can’t pick and choose what you get to see or charge you extra for, say, applying for a job or watching a movie.)
— Wheaton-based marketing agency Ivor Andrew urges new license plates to replace ‘ugly, illegible mess’ – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/brown-firm-urges-new-license-plates-to-replace-ugly-illegible-mess/
— Roskam’s tax bill in Congress would hurt the middle class – Leslie Sadowski-Fugitt, Downers Grove
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/letters-tax-bill-in-congress-would-hurt-the-middle-class/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rep. Joe Barton told woman he would report her to Capitol Police if she exposed his secret sex life – Mike Debonis and Elise Viebeck (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have not threatened me with reporting my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to the police; they know that many law enforcement officials read the emails. Instead, they do everything that they can to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and to stop everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Instead, they fail/refuse to include diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists. They do everything that they can to a) stop me from learning about their events and other activities, b) stop me from promoting their events and other activities, c) stop me from attending their events and other activities, and d) stop me from reporting on their events and other activities. They demonize, denigrate, and condemn my judgment, my intelligence, my motives, my abilities, and my accomplishments. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They stress that they almost succeeded in getting ICRC to censure me at its 2006 Annual Convention. They stress that they will have their operatives and their dupes viciously destroy any individual, any organization, any company, and any government that might support me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-joe-barton-nude-photo-20171122-story.html
— Tips for saving money on rent – Leslie Mann (DIERSEN: Government should encourage homeownership. The deductibility of mortgage interest and real estate taxes a) encouraged me to buy a new town home in 1972 when I was 24 years old, a studio condo in 1974, and a one bedroom condo in 1976 and b) encouraged my wife and I to buy a home in 1978 and to have one built in 1984.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/tca-tips-to-save-some-money-on-rent-20171122-story.html
— Sexual harassment lawsuit against former state Treasurer Dan Rutherford dismissed – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rutherford-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-20171122-story.html
— For the doughboys: How to preserve World War I memorials in Illinois – Editorial (DIERSEN: My outstanding grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-world-war-memorials-20171121-story.html
— 2018 ballots to start taking shape in the Southland – Mike Nolan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-southland-candidate-filing-preview-st-1126-20171125-story.html
— I like to imagine I’d be much more generous, if I only had more to spare – Amy Koss (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those nasty churchgoers 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 being someone who is not generous enough. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I am undeservedly filthy rich and that I should be extremely thankful a) that they have not yet stopped me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out, b) that they have not yet stopped everyone from reading those emails, c) that they have not yet ended my service as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, and d) that they let me serve as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, GAO employee 1980-1997, IRS employee 1971-1980, Post Office employee 1966-1969, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-godmother-rich-wealthy-generous-brewery-artwalk-1123-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I’m reminded of a joke: One guy says to another: “If you had two houses, would you give one to the poor?” The second guy esponds: “Yes, definitely.” First fellow: “If you had two cars, would you give one to the poor?” “Sure.” Finally, the first guy asks, “If you had two shirts, would you give one to the poor?” The second guy scoffs, “No way, that’s ridiculous.” “But why?” Answer: “Because I have two shirts!”)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial with a big picture unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, those who stay in America illegally, and those who bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–immigrant-medical-students-20171020-story.html

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Middle-class seniors lose in tax reform – Rex Hutchison, Davenport (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://qctimes.com/opinion/letters/letter-middle-class-seniors-lose-in-tax-reform/article_68a3c5cc-f95b-5bfa-90bf-5517df1ebd78.html
(FROM THE LETTER: If you are retired, own your home, have a decent retirement income, and itemize your federal taxes, get ready to pay more to support the tax reform bills being debated in Congress. It is obvious that for many, particularly for retired seniors, these proposals will result in a considerable tax increase for those who can least afford it. If you’ve been frugal, don’t have a mortgage, have no dependent children, and itemize your federal income taxes, you can expect your tax bill to increase. The math is simple. Taking away the ability to deduct Iowa income taxes, property taxes, and losing the personal exemptions may very well result in significant tax increases of $1,200 a year or more. An additional $1.5 trillion added to the national debt has to be paid for. You can expect that an all-out effort to cut social programs such as Medicare will be launched to the detriment of retired couples. My wife and I believe in giving back to the community and donate regularly to charitable organizations. We can partially alleviate this increase in federal taxes by no longer supporting organizations that do so much good in our community. Make no mistake, while this may be a boon to corporations and the very wealthy, it is not a “great gift” to many middle-class seniors who have worked hard and have been fiscally responsible to provide a decent retirement. I encourage everyone to do the math and determine if this is really such a great gift.)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Lineup for 2018 to get going with filing – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20171122/bernard-schoenburg-lineup-for-2018-to-get-going-with-filing

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Operative in Mexican drug cartel appears in Chicago court – AP (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about the operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents? They do everything that they can to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and to stop everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They fail/refuse to include diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists. They do everything that they can to a) stop me from learning about conservative and Republican events and other activities, b) stop me from promoting conservative and Republican events and other activities, c) stop me from attending conservative and Republican events and other activities, and d) stop me from reporting on conservative and Republican events and other activities. They demonize, denigrate, and condemn my judgment, my intelligence, my motives, my abilities, and my accomplishments. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They stress that they almost succeeded in getting ICRC to censure me at its 2006 Annual Convention. They stress that they will viciously destroy any individual, any organization, any company, and any government that might support me.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article186182223.html

 

BENTON EVENING NEWS
— Strange bedfellows, as union, Proft line up against Durkin – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: Those who line up against me are not strange bedfellows, they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or they a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://www.bentoneveningnews.com/opinion/20171122/rich-miller-strange-bedfellows-as-union-proft-line-up-against-durkin

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Senior Republican Congressman John Shimkus Declines To Endorse Gov. Rauner – BRIAN MACKEY
http://nprillinois.org/post/senior-republican-congressman-declines-endorse-gov-rauner
— Third Party Candidates Want Rules Eased To Get On Ballot – MARY HANSEN (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs want Republicans who support the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform, and/or the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) resolution against video gambling to leave the MTRCC, to leave the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and to leave the IRP and form a third party. I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in the MTRCC, DCRCC, and IRP.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/third-party-candidates-want-rules-eased-get-ballot

 

WJBD RADIO
— Six Benefits of Being Thankful (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those nasty churchgoers 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 being someone who is not thankful enough. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I am undeservedly filthy rich and that I should be extremely thankful a) that they have not yet stopped me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out, b) that they have not yet stopped everyone from reading those emails, c) that they have not yet ended my service as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, and d) that they let me serve as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, GAO employee 1980-1997, IRS employee 1971-1980, Post Office employee 1966-1969, etc.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/afternoon-show-blog/2017/11/22/six-benefits-of-being-thankful
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Thanksgiving is all about food and football for a lot of us. But it’s also about being grateful. Here are six reasons to reflect and be thankful for what you’ve got tomorrow. And why you should try to do it every day, not just on Thanksgiving . . .It makes you more patient. A study last year gave people the option of getting a small amount of money immediately, or MORE money at a later date. The one’s who’d shown more gratitude in earlier tests were more likely to wait for the bigger payout. It’s good for relationships. A 2010 study found taking time to be grateful toward your partner makes you more connected, and boosts your overall satisfaction as a couple. You take better care of yourself. A study in 2013 showed that when you’re grateful, you’re also more likely to exercise, eat healthy, and go to the doctor on a regular basis. It can help you sleep. A 2009 study found a connection between gratitude and sleeping well. Possibly because it makes you more positive, which relaxes your nervous system. And you don’t lie in bed worrying so much. It gives you more willpower to make better decisions. It even works with food. For example, if you eat dinner tomorrow and then write a list of things you’re thankful for, you’ll be less likely to go back for seconds. It makes you happier. There’s something called the “Three Good Things” exercise, where you have to think of three good things that happened each day. Studies have shown it can help with depression, and boost your overall happiness.)

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Illinois GOP calls on Durbin, Duckworth to give away Franken contributions – Caitlin Nordah
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511274506-illinois-gop-calls-on-durbin-duckworth-to-give-away-franken-contributions

 

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— Kane County Board member finds opposition to property tax freeze ‘comical’ – Christopher Mobley
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/511274523-kane-county-board-member-finds-opposition-to-property-tax-freeze-comical

 

MCHENRY TIMES
— Prairie Grove trustee calls property tax freeze ‘a sham’ – Karen Kidd
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511270156-prairie-grove-trustee-calls-property-tax-freeze-a-sham

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— 7 OUT OF TOP 10 RICHEST IN CONGRESS ARE DEMOCRATS – Alex Cameron
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/11/22/7-out-of-top-10-richest-in-congress-are-democrats/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Trump’s State Department recognizes ‘Transgender Day of Remembrance’ – Lisa Bourne
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/u.s.-state-department-recognizes-transgender-day-of-remembrance
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Conservative activist Peter LaBarbera said the Tillerson transgender day statement was a “huge strategic and policy error.” “What’s wrong with these people?” he asked. “This is so bizarre. What do they hope to gain?” LaBarbera, president of Americans for the Truth About Homosexuality, criticized any maintenance of the previous administration’s overseas activism in regard the LGBT agenda, something not necessarily appreciated by many foreign countries. “This is typical of what people resented all over the world under Obama,” he said. “You are siding with homosexual advocacy, which is opposed all over the world.” “Other countries don’t share our recognition and even celebration of immorality,” continued LaBarbera. He concurred that support for so-called gay rights isn’t necessarily synonymous with human rights, and in fact often means taking away rights from those who aren’t on board with gay marriage. He pointed to the various U.S. small business owners who have been sued or otherwise persecuted for declining to take part in homosexual weddings. “You can respect and defend and celebrate human rights without celebrating LGBT identities and activism,” LaBarbera said. “We know that homosexual activists are very aggressive overseas, and for the U.S. to some on board with this as just another human right is ridiculous.” “We would have thought that these official acknowledgments would have ended with the Obama administration,” he continued, “and the fact that they are continuing under Trump is deeply troubling.”)

 

THE HILL
— Non-profits and charities can’t afford to lose grassroots donors due to tax reform – PAULA SCHNEIDER (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://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/361556-non-profits-and-charities-cant-afford-to-lose-grassroots-donors-due-to-tax

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Real Estate Agents Mobilize to Shield Homeowners on Tax Plan – Conor Dougherty and Ben Casselman (DIERSEN: Limiting or eliminating any of the itemized deductions will drive home values down.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/business/economy/tax-real-estate.html
— States Warn of Budget Crunch Under Republican Tax Plan – Alan Rappeport (DIERSEN: Limiting or eliminating any of the itemized deductions will drive home values down.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/us/politics/states-warn-of-budget-crunch-under-republican-tax-plan.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, anti-Trumps demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/us/politics/alliance-defending-freedom-gay-rights.html

 

FORTUNE
— J.P. Morgan’s Jamie Dimon (WHO PROMOTES THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER) Says He’d Bet Trump Will Be a One-Term President – Reuters (DIERSEN: To promote the SPLC is to reject all the religion of the world and to promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://fortune.com/2017/11/22/jamie-dimon-trump-one-term/

 

FORBES
— Nine In Ten Will Claim The Standard Deduction Under Tax Reform According To New White House Study – Ryan Ellis (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.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanellis/2017/11/22/nine-in-ten-will-claim-the-standard-deduction-under-tax-reform-according-to-new-white-house-study/#22cbf0e2172d

November 22 Morning Edition

CBS2
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, ILLEGAL: Cannabis-Infused Dining Coming To Chicago (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/11/20/cannabis-infused-dining-coming-to-chicago/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Activists planning return to Mag Mile for ‘Day of Defiance’ – Andy Grimm
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/activists-planning-return-to-mag-mile-for-day-of-defiance/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— How Trump is building a bureaucratic wall to keep out immigrants – Maria Sacchetti and Nick Miroff
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-immigration-bureaucracy-20171121-story.html
— Republicans warn of higher taxes with Pritzker – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-cta-20171122-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Speaking of the graduated income tax, the Gov. Rauner-backed state Republican Party is warning that taxes would go up on more people than just those with large incomes if Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker is elected. But Pritzker aides said he’s focused on getting a graduated income tax to replace the state’s current flat rate and also will look for other revenue-raising concepts that wouldn’t hike taxes on the middle class. The back and forth was the result of Pritzker’s appearance earlier in the week before the Crain’s Chicago Business Editorial Board. The billionaire entrepreneur and investor said he was unsure if new revenue from a graduated income tax that couldn’t be implemented until 2020 at the earliest would be sufficient for the state’s budget needs, including for education. The state GOP said: “Pritzker continues to mirror his patron (Democratic House Speaker) Mike Madigan when it comes to taxes, promoting even higher taxes despite Madigan’s 32 percent tax hike on Illinois families earlier this year.” But Pritzker’s camp said, “J.B. does not believe we should raise taxes on middle-class families, period.” Along with a graduated income tax, the campaign said Pritzker was “committed to finding budget solutions, like legalizing and taxing marijuana.”)

 

DAILY HERALD
— Experience solving problems and thinking big – J.B. Pritzker
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171122/jb-pritzker-experience-solving-problems-and-thinking-big
— Nearly half of US cancer deaths blamed on unhealthy behavior A new look at cancer in the U.S. finds that nearly half of cancer deaths are caused by smoking, poor diet and other unhealthy behaviors. – AP (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes either a) do little or nothing to discourage/oppose the promotion of unhealthy behaviors or b) promote unhealthy behaviors.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20171121/news/311219909/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— It’s not just car insurance—State Farm hiking homeowners’ rates – STEVE DANIELS (DIERSEN: What percent of homeowners are Republican or Democrat? I would expect that a significantly higher percentage of homeowners are Republicans. What percent of homeowners are older v. younger? I would expect that a significantly higher percentage of homeowners are older. What percent of homeowners are retired? I would expect that percentage is high and getting higher. Federal COLAs have always been less than real inflation.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171122/NEWS01/171129967/its-not-just-car-insurance-state-farm-hiking-homeowners-rates

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Make America Great Again rally comes to Rockford, drawing hundreds – Adam Poulisse
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20171121/make-america-great-again-rally-comes-to-rockford-drawing-hundreds

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Americans have much for which to give thanks – Editorial (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those nasty churchgoers 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 being someone who is not thankful enough. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I am undeservedly filthy rich and that I should be extremely thankful a) that they have not yet stopped me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out, b) that they have not yet stopped everyone from reading those emails, c) that they have not yet ending my service as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, and d) that they let me serve as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, GAO employee 1980-1997, IRS employee 1971-1980, Post Office employee 1966-1969, etc.) http://www.whig.com/20171122/americans-have-much-for-which-to-give-thanks#//

 

TIMES
— Local 150 and Dan Proft: The enemy of my enemy is my friend – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: Who wants you to be their enemy? I should write a book about those who want me to be their enemy. They do not want me to a) know about their events and other activities, b) promote their events and other activities, c) attend their events, or d) report on their events and other activities. To serve their purposes, they alternate between treating me like a) I am a member of the news media and b) I am not a member of the news media.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/opinion/columnists/capitol-fax-local-and-dan-proft-the-enemy-of-my/article_7fa221a9-4241-5dec-9a75-3629a9da4134.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Operating Engineers Union Local 150 is making good on its threat to back a Republican primary opponent against House Republican Leader Jim Durkin. The union local’s president, Jim Sweeney, told me he had about a dozen members in Durkin’s district passing nominating petitions for Burr Ridge Mayor Mickey Straub a couple of weekends ago. Straub is running against Durkin as a Republican. Sweeney said he expected to double that number the following weekend. Challenging a legislative leader in a primary is just not done. But these are not normal times. Local 150 led the fight against Bruce Rauner in the 2014 Republican primary and then backed a Libertarian Party candidate against him that fall. The union’s leadership has fumed as Rauner has pushed his anti-union agenda, and now wants some payback on Durkin for helping to kill their bill to ban the creation of “right to work” zones by local governments. The governor vetoed the bill and the union tried twice to override Rauner without success, mainly because Durkin was able to keep his caucus together. Since the union blames Durkin they’ll ally themselves with anybody, including Republican activist Dan Proft, if they have to. Proft is backing Straub against Durkin, who he claims isn’t fit to be Leader. But Proft is not exactly known for being a big union supporter. In fact, according to the Daily Law Bulletin, Proft co-founded the Liberty Justice Center, which, irony of ironies, is representing Lincolnshire against a lawsuit backed by Local 150 over the village’s creation of a local right to work zone — the very event that Local 150’s vetoed bill tried to outlaw. Don’t even try to wrap your mind around all that. You’ll go nuts. This fight is beyond ideology. Sweeney and Proft have a common cause — messing with Durkin — and they’re sticking with that.)

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— College students fleeing Illinois for cheaper tuition. Legislature seeks to change that. – JOSEPH BUSTOS (DIERSEN: How much tuition have you paid, to which universities, and when? I paid lots of tuition to IIT 1992-1997, Roosevelt 1980-1981, DePaul 1976-1980, Loyola 1972-1976, NIU 1969-1970, and UIC 1966-1968, 1971, and 1981-1983.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article185818703.html

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Illinois GOP continues wait for Pritzker’s tax returns – Deb Rogers
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511271517-illinois-gop-continues-wait-for-pritzker-s-tax-returns

 

WEST CENTRAL REPORTER
— Liberty Principles PAC airs ad slamming Durkin – Robert Hadley
https://westcentralreporter.com/stories/511274516-liberty-principles-pac-airs-ad-slamming-durkin

 

GOPUSA
— Diversity Obsession – Walter E. Williams (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire, to waste the careers of, and to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.

http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33789

 

FOX NEWS
— DOJ moves to strip citizenship for immigrant child sex abusers – Alex Pappas
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/21/doj-moves-to-strip-citizenship-for-immigrant-child-sex-abusers.html

 

BREITBART
— ‘Mexico First’: Roy Moore Slams Doug Jones on Amnesty, Border – IAN MASON
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2017/11/21/mexico-first-roy-moore-slams-doug-jones-on-amnesty-border/

 

BLAZE
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: Poll: 60 percent of American women say they have experienced sexual harassment – Kate Scanlon
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/11/21/poll-60-percent-of-american-women-say-they-have-experienced-sexual-harassment

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— WHY APPLE’S DIVERSITY CHIEF IS OUT – Kent Kellar (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire, to waste the careers of, and to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/11/21/why-apples-diversity-chief-is-out/

 

THE HILL
— Political media engulfed by sexual harassment crisis – JONATHAN EASLEY
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/361422-harassment-allegations-shake-political-media
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that you insult Trump, the more that anti-Trumps glorify and praise you.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/361484-ex-rnc-chair-trumps-comments-on-roy-moore-beyond-stupid

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Nevada’s recreational pot sales top September projection
http://mynews4.com/news/local/nevadas-recreational-pot-sales-top-september-projection

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: F.C.C. Releases Plan to Repeal Net Neutrality Clash Over Free Speech A Win For Telecom Giants Could Be a Blow to Consumers – Cecilia Kang (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents want Internet providers a) to stop everyone from visiting www.gopillinois.com and b) to stop everyone from receiving GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/technology/fcc-net-neutrality.html
— Victims of Canada’s ‘Gay Purge’ to Get Apology from Trudeau – Ian Austen (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who purges who in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? ANSWER: Individuals, organizations, companies, and governments 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 PURGE THOSE 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. I should write a book about the leading purgers in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/world/canada/gays-trudeau-apology.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— How Trump is building a border wall that no one can see – Maria Sacchetti and Nick Miroff
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/immigration/how-trump-is-building-a-border-wall-no-one-can-see/2017/11/21/83d3b746-cba0-11e7-b0cf-7689a9f2d84e_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— The chained CPI: Another secret tax hike for the middle class slipped into the GOP tax bills – Michael Hiltzik (DIERSEN: Federal COLAs have always been far less than real inflation.)
http://beta.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-chained-cpi-tax-bill-20171121-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Teaching Teens Time Management How to help teenagers learn to juggle their own competing classes and extracurricular activities – Sue Shellenbarger (DIERSEN: What did you do with your evenings, Saturdays, and summers when you were in high school? During my junior and senior years and the summer in between 1964-1966, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. That enabled me to earn/save enough money to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/step-away-from-your-over-scheduled-teen-1511282108

 

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: 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.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adammillsap/2017/11/22/cutting-salt-is-good-for-americas-health/#345c18e021dc

 

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Want to retire early? Better have a lot of cash. – Robert Powell (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how being forced to take early retirement dramatically lowers your standard of living. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would love it. They have always been overjoyed 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.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20171122/281745564691566
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Unless you have accumulated several million dollars for retirement, probably at least $3 million per spouse and hopefully much more, you are going to have some exposure to the risks of losing your standard of living or returning to work.”)

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that you insult Trump, the more that anti-Trumps glorify and praise you.
http://www.newsweek.com/trumps-defense-roy-moore-beyond-stupid-says-ex-rnc-chair-michael-steele-719349

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 11 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump says he should have left UCLA players in Chinese jail – KATHERINE FAULDERS
http://abc7chicago.com/news/trump-says-he-should-have-left-ucla-players-in-chinese-jail/2669668/

 

NBC5
— Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates Hold Forum – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: When will the Republican gubernatorial candidates hold a forum?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/web—democratic-governors-candidate-forum_Chicago-458630443.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Emanuel’s 2018 budget surrounded by red flags – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/rahm-emanuel-chicago-budget-civic-federation/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— GOP tax plan would have Illinoisans paying a tax on a tax – U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Washington
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-gop-tax-plan-would-have-illinoisans-paying-a-tax-on-a-tax-20171119-story.html
(FROM THE LETTER: Let me try to follow the tortured logic of your editorial of Nov. 15, “Illinois’ giant pacifier tastes like SALT.” I oppose the GOP tax plan because it gives permanent tax breaks to the wealthy and a mixed bag of temporary tax breaks and tax increases to middle-income families. Particularly objectionable to Illinois is the reduction or elimination of the deductibility of state and local taxes (SALT) from federally taxable income. Itemizers in our state under these Republican plans will indeed pay a federal tax on Illinois income taxes paid, as well as sales taxes and property taxes. In brief, the GOP tax plan will have Illinoisans paying a tax on a tax. You defend the elimination of this deduction on federal returns because it lessens the impact of the state and local taxes on our families. You call this deduction “a pacifier.” This “pacifier” is currently worth $24 billion to Illinois families. This is hard-earned money they don’t have to send to Washington. It’s a real break that lessens the impact of state and local taxes on the savings of families in our state.)
— Aldermen, start asking: What’s in those labor contracts? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-chicago-union-contracts-budget-20171114-story.html
— Dolton schools paid for board member to get 2-day grant training, hired her for $110K grant-writing job – Zak Koeske (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. In today’s dollars, my starting salary at IRS in 1971 was $44,853 and ending salary in 1980 was $90,173. In today’s dollars, my starting salary at GAO in 1980 was $71,326 and ending salary in 1997 was $122,991.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-district-148-administrator-st-1119-20171118-story.html
— Talk Show Host Dan Proft to Headline local Christmas Benefit Luncheon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/deerfield/community/chi-ugc-article-talk-show-host-dan-proft-to-headline-local-ch-2017-11-19-story.html

 

WGN RADIO
— Public transportation rates rise, RTA chairman Kirk Dillard says current budget is not sustainable – Rick Pearson
http://wgnradio.com/2017/11/19/public-transportation-rates-rise-rta-chairman-says-current-budget-is-not-sustainable/
— WTTW’s Amanda Vinicky talks about the race for governor
http://wgnradio.com/2017/11/19/wttws-amanda-vinicky-talks-about-the-race-for-governor/

 

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Illinois state lawmakers believe Illinois on right path to address sexual harassment Republican Anderson and Democrat Halpin press for accountability – Jim Niedelman
http://www.ourquadcities.com/news/4-the-record/illinois-state-lawmakers-believe-illinois-on-right-path-to-address-sexual-harassment/859479041

 

COD COURIER
— COD wins battle for the old Glen Ellyn police station
https://codcourier.org/7321/news/7321/

 

TOWNHALL
— University of Illinois graduate instructor Tariq Khan has been arrested for assaulting two conservative students at an anti-Trump protest this past Thursday – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2017/11/19/fightin-illini-liberal-grad-instructor-arrested-for-fighting-conservative-students-n2411582

 

FOX NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally. Anti-Trumps want anti-Trumps to take over America.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/11/19/protests-in-support-undocumented-immigrants-are-part-proud-american-tradition.html

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Guess what party Roy Moore and Donald Trump belonged to during their indiscretions – Brian C. Joondeph
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/11/guess_what_party_roy_moore_and_donald_trump_belonged_to_during_their_indiscretions.html
— Mall Never Banned Moore and Other Lies – Daniel John Sobieski (DIERSEN: Who wants to ban you from their events? The following want to ban me from their events: those who 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. They would love it if activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who claim to conservative and/or Republican as well as the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultant, etc. WOULD OFFICIALLY BAN ME FROM THEIR EVENTS.)
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/11/mall_never_banned_moore_and_other_lies.html

 

CAMPUS REFORM
— A University of Illinois graduate instructor was arrested for assaulting two students during an anti-Trump protest Thursday, stealing the phone of one student and throwing it on the sidewalk. Tariq Khan charged the students in a rage after one of them mocked the 39-year-old by asking, “Don’t you have anything better to do? Don’t you have kids?” After accusing the students of threatening his children, Khan chased after one of them, stealing his phone and hurling it to the sidewalk. – Andrew Minik
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=10171#.WhH2cyydUDk.facebook

 

THE HILL
— Dems eager to use tax bill against GOP in ’18 – BEN KAMISAR AND LISA HAGEN
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/360985-dems-eager-to-use-tax-bill-against-gop-in-18

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— White House: No, Trump isn’t jet-lagged but full of energy – ZEKE MILLER (DIERSEN: What shows that you have energy? Since 2004, I have put together and sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too. Those emails have included links to almost 287,400 articles and information on many upcoming events.)
http://www.wpxi.com/news/white-house-no-trump-isnt-jetlagged-but-full-of-energy/648908690

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats see backlash over Republicans’ tax bill as a key to winning in the suburbs – David Weigel
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/democrats-see-backlash-over-republicans-tax-bill-as-a-key-to-winning-in-the-suburbs/2017/11/19/37e9f2a6-cc4e-11e7-b0cf-7689a9f2d84e_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Coming off Election Day wins from Seattle to Long Island, Democrats are starting to see the shape of a new majority, built on a potential suburban backlash to changes in the tax code. “It’s incredible,” said Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), a vice chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee who has helped the party recruit candidates in suburban west coast districts. “I don’t understand why they think raising taxes on the middle class to benefit the rich would be better for them electorally than doing nothing at all.”)

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— A middle-class tax cut? Hardly. – DOYLE MCMANUS
http://beta.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-mcmanus-tax-plan-20171119-story.html

 

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS
— Senate Tax Reform Bill Must Include Housing Incentives (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.)
https://www.nahb.org/en/research/nahb-priorities/tax-reform-new/nahb-opposes-tax-reform-plan.aspx
(FROM THE AD: With the House passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, NAHB is focused on pressing the Senate to include meaningful housing tax incentives for middle class families and critical tax relief for the small business community. The Senate has an important opportunity to deliver significant tax reform that benefits more than just major corporations. The House bill hurts hard-working families, threatens affordable rental housing and puts small businesses at competitive disadvantage to corporations. The Senate bill offers positive signs that the needs of all Americans and small businesses will be considered. NAHB will continue to fight for their interests.)

 

DAILY MAIL
— Donations pour in for Alabama senate candidate Roy Moore after he’s accused of sexual misconduct with minors – HANNAH PARRY
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5097831/Donations-pour-Roy-Moore.html

 

COLDWELL BANKER
— FOR SALE: 426 West Elm Street, Wheaton – $318,900
https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/il/wheaton/426-west-elm-street/pid_21052197/

November 18 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Winners and losers under the Senate tax overhaul proposal – AP (DIERSEN: Are you a tax overhaul loser? My wife and I and my aunt are. 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.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-senate-tax-winners-losers-20171118-story.html
— What will Schumer do? Franken’s troubles test his bond with the Senate minority leader – Paul Kane
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-al-franken-chuck-schumer-20171118-story.html
— Trump often condemns Democrats, defends Republicans on harassment allegations – Jenna Johnson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-condemns-democrats-defends-republicans-20171117-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want to destroy Orland Park push video gambling in Orland Park.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-orland-video-gambling-st-1119-20171117-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Tax filers in most states claim state and local tax deduction targeted by GOP – AP (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/article/20171118/news/311189946/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Yet estimates by the Tax Policy Center and a nonpartisan congressional analysis say some taxpayers eventually will end up owing more in federal taxes under the GOP plans. The left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said changes to the state and local tax deduction under the House bill would contribute to one of every five taxpayers in the hardest hit states getting a higher tax bill. While most of those states are led by Democrats, Republican-led Georgia and Utah, and the swing state of Virginia were among them. Democratic lawmakers said that any initial tax relief felt by the middle class or working-class families will eventually disappear. In Georgia, for example, an estimated 9 percent of filers would pay higher taxes in 2018, rising to 22 percent by 2027, according to an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The state and local tax deduction is just one of many provisions targeted for change under legislation that passed the House earlier in the week and is pending in the Senate. The House version would repeal the deduction for income and sales taxes while capping the property tax deduction at $10,000. The Senate bill would end deductions for all state and local taxes. Most tax filers currently take the standard federal deduction of $6,300 per individual or $12,600 for married couples. But some reap larger tax breaks by itemizing deductions for state and local taxes, medical expenses, charitable contributions and interest paid on home mortgages. The state and local tax break is the largest of those. About 44 million taxpayers claimed deductions totaling around $550 billion for state and local taxes paid in 2015, according to the most recent IRS data. The top 10 states with the highest average state and local tax deductions all voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton in last year’s election. New York led the way with an average state and local tax deduction of more than $22,000, followed by Connecticut, California, New Jersey and Massachusetts. But when analyzed by the percentage of taxpayers claiming the deduction, several states won by Trump rank in the top third nationally. In reliably Republican Utah, 35 percent of taxpayers claimed the deduction for state and local taxes. That figure was 33 percent in Georgia and 31 percent in Wisconsin. Thirty-five states had at least one-quarter of their taxpayers claim the deduction. Because of its widespread effect, debate over curtailing the deduction already is creeping into competitive 2018 elections.)
— Facts Matter: An editorial poster against fake news (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all the news and commentary in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails is fake except the news and commentary that they put out.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171118/facts-matter-an-editorial-poster-against-fake-news

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— What do voters do when we’re stymied? – Jim Nowlan
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/local/jim-nowlan-what-do-voters-do-when-we-re-stymied/article_2f63ee2b-af0e-5eb5-8b91-0ae4b0153d6d.html

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— After three years of silence, action on sexual harassment in Springfield – Chuck Sweeny
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20171118/chuck-sweeny-after-three-years-of-silence-action-on-sexual-harassment-in-springfield

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Newspaper investigation finds Illinois raffle irregularities – AP
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article185415958.html
— State union workers protect the vulnerable – Roberta Lynch, Executive Director, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article185438928.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Franken, Moore assault allegations dredge up accusations against Trump At least 13 women have accused president – DAN MERICA (DIERSEN: If you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office. If you are a male, the more religious, government, political, and/or financial clout that you have, the more that you should anticipate that women will charge you with sexual harassment and even worse things.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/franken-moore-assault-allegations-dredge-up-accusations-against-trump/859907207

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Tax deductions: Grab them before they disappear – Gail MarksJarvis (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.stltoday.com/business/local/tax-deductions-grab-them-before-they-disappear/article_47c3a20a-8dbc-5a70-ad13-d9be74848c29.html
    (FROM THE ARTICLE: Max your state and local taxes One of the hotly debated issues between the House and Senate is whether to cut taxpayers off completely from deducting state and local taxes — everything from property taxes on their homes to state income taxes and sales taxes. Depending on the final arrangement, you may no longer get to deduct these after 2017, although the House preserves the property tax deduction up to $10,000. State and local taxes can be substantial, so grab as much as you can now. If you have taxes due in January, consider paying in December to maximize your 2017 deduction, Luscombe said. Just avoid tinkering too much to maximize deductions in 2017. That might bring about the alternative minimum tax, an additional tax for some people that could be lifted by Congress in 2018, but still applies in 2017. Push 2018 tax items into 2017 After this year, many people may be better off taking the proposed higher standard deduction of $24,400 for couples or $12,000 for individuals. As a result, Luscombe suggested maximizing itemized deductions in 2017. While the charitable deduction may not go away, in the future you may find no value in using it if you no longer itemize. So you should consider giving large donations before the end of 2017. The same goes for the mortgage interest deduction, which may remain on loan amounts up to $500,000 for new home purchases. Taxpayers who think they will not itemize in the future should think about pre-paying January expenses in 2017. The deductions and credits aimed at helping families pay for college are also up for an overhaul and people could lose the right to deduct up to $2,500 of student loan interest a year. So make those payments count as much as possible this year; perhaps pay what you otherwise would let go until after the New Year. Go to the doctor Under a House measure, people with large medical bills would no longer get to deduct some of the expenses on their taxes, although this is not included in the Senate version. Chris Hesse, a Minneapolis certified public accountant with CliftonLarsonAllen, urged people to consider clustering medical costs in 2017 to meet a threshold for deducting expenses once they surpass 10 percent of adjusted gross income. Think: dentists, hearing aids, glasses, nonemergency planned surgery.)

 

HOMEWOOD FLOSSMOOR CHRONICLE
— Rep. Kelly explains her ‘no’ vote on proposed tax reform plan (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://hfchronicle.com/article/2017/nov/17/rep-kelly-explains-her-%E2%80%98no%E2%80%99-vote-proposed-tax-reform-plan
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hurting Already Heavily-Taxed Illinoisans Nearly 2 million Illinoisans use the state and local tax (SALT) deduction and deduct more than $25.5 million. Under the GOP’s new tax plan, Illinoisans’ ability to deduct their state and local taxes will be capped at $10,000, well below the amount traditionally deducted by the majority of Illinoisans. In fact, just one-third of the state’s Congressional districts have SALT deduction averages below $10,000, meaning Illinoisans will face double tax thanks to Illinois’ Congressional Republicans. Hurting Illinois Homeowners More than 1.4 million Illinois homeowners use the mortgage interest deduction, keeping more than $11 million in the homeowners’ bank accounts. However, under GOP ‘tax reform,’ this deduction is eliminated. Thanks to the votes of Illinois’ Republican congressmen, more than 1.4 million Illinoisan homeowners will see a tax hike. National media has cited the devastating impact that eliminating this deduction will have on some Illinois communities.)

 

CHICAGO NOW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Moore demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Moore.
http://www.chicagonow.com/patriotic-dissenter/2017/11/a-roy-moore-victory-would-be-a-horrifying-national-disgrace/

 

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— David Reis challenger Darren Bailey wants to fight ‘unchecked power’ that ignores increasing taxpayer burden – Glenn Minnis
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/511271396-reis-challenger-wants-to-fight-unchecked-power-that-ignores-increasing-taxpayer-burden

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Deb Conroy opponent Jay Kinzler questions competency of Democrats after sexual harassment allegations – Chandra Lye
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511266853-conroy-opponent-questions-competency-of-democrats-after-sexual-harassment-allegations

 

BREITBART
— Dem Rep DelBene: GOP Tax Bill ‘A Bill of Callous Decisions and Missed Opportunities’ – Will Hurt Families – IAN HANCHETT18
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/11/18/dem-rep-delbene-gop-tax-bill-a-bill-of-callous-decisions-and-missed-opportunities-will-hurt-families/

 

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Apple diversity chief thrown overboard for advocating diversity – Matthew Vadum (DIERSEN: Apple should consider hiring Charles Bowsher. During the 1980s and 1990s, he had great success in wasting the careers of and getting rid of GAO’s employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://canadafreepress.com/article/apple-diversity-chief-thrown-overboard-for-advocating-diversity

 

NBC NEWS
— Who benefits? Mixed messages on the GOP tax plan – BENJY SARLIN (DIERSEN: Those who benefit take the standard deduction, that is, those who benefit do not pay lots of money on mortgage interest, real estate taxes, state income taxes, medical and dental expenses, and/or job-related education.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/who-benefits-mixed-messages-gop-tax-plan-n821891

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The G.O.P. Is Fooling Itself on Taxes – DAVID LEONHARDT
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/opinion/sunday/republicans-taxes-middle-class.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Republican Party seems to have backed itself into a corner on tax policy. After the failure of their health care plan, President Trump and congressional leaders have understandably decided that they need a win. If they somehow fail to pass a tax cut, they will anger their base and their donors and look incompetent to swing voters. But the actual bill that the House passed last week — and the modestly different plan the Senate is considering — is a dreadful piece of policy. It would cause the deficit to soar and, as a result, probably reduce economic growth. It would also raise taxes for millions of middle-class families. And most Americans realize that the tax plan is dreadful. Only 16 percent of adults said they thought the plan would reduce their own taxes, according to a Quinnipiac poll released last week. On the same day the poll came out, several Republican senators criticized the plan, which suggests it may be in jeopardy.)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The House tax bill unleashes a dangerous avalanche of campaign cash – Editorial
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-house-tax-bill-unleashes-a-dangerous-avalanche-of-campaign-cash/2017/11/18/203707fc-c8b6-11e7-8321-481fd63f174d_story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
https://nypost.com/2017/11/18/americans-worry-that-talking-about-trump-talk-will-ruin-thanksgiving-dinner-poll/

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— Make sure to read the fine print on the GOP’s dubious tax reform plans – Editorial
https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2017/11/17/the-dubious-details-that-bedevil-tax-reform/1IwwtyTCqx54a5StGe7NnL/story.html

 

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— The graying of America is stretching local tax dollars – Antonio Olivo
http://www.myajc.com/lifestyles/health/the-graying-america-stretching-local-tax-dollars/WHIt4xMe558o3axzZ4IpwM/

 

INDIANAPOLIS BUSINESS JOURNAL
— No enthusiasm for cuts among those not taxed – Cecil Bohanon and Nick Curott (DIERSEN: How many in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois , and in America pay little or no federal income tax? Why is that?)
https://www.ibj.com/articles/66301-bohanon-curott-no-enthusiasm-for-cuts-among-those-not-taxed

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say that the Trump administration’s extreme vetting plan is a ‘digital Muslim ban.’ What percent of those who want to take over America 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.businessinsider.com/trumps-extreme-vetting-initiative-digital-muslim-ban-2017-11
— Tax filers in most states claim deduction (state and local taxes) targeted by GOP – AP
http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-tax-filers-in-most-states-claim-deduction-targeted-by-gop-2017-11

 

ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL
— Middle class, poor harmed by GOP tax plan
http://www.mcall.com/opinion/letters/mc-dunn-tax-bill-medicaid-cuts-20171118-story.html

 

COURIER & PRESS
— House tax reform bill will discourage home buying, local officials say – John Martin (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.courierpress.com/story/news/2017/11/18/house-tax-reform-bill-discourage-home-buying-local-officials-say/877369001/

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/