GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Darlene Senger and Jim Dodge are circulating joint nominating petitions (https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3e646cac098561a959c81a2c3/files/c5eac913-6985-45ba-893b-f5a20fddfff7/Dodge_Senger_Petition_2_.pdf), Senger for Comptroller and Dodge for Treasurer. Jason Helland is circulating nominating petitions for Secretary of State (https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3e646cac098561a959c81a2c3/files/dae2439a-b8b1-4715-a914-4143f30489d1/Jason_Helland_Petition.pdf). Burt Minor is circulating nominating petitions for the 42nd Representative District (https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3e646cac098561a959c81a2c3/files/7468d600-67f0-43ca-b240-889975c305c1/Burt_Minor_42nd_Petition_Final.pdf). – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republican leader Jim Durkin wants sexual harassment hotline in wake of Capitol scandal – Monique Garcia (DIERSEN: What about hotlines for political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, etc.? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted the aforesaid discrimination.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-sexual-harassment-capitol-20171106-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE OF BREUDER: $2 million at stake in Breuder’s College of DuPage lawsuit – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171106/2-million-at-stake-in-breuders-college-of-dupage-lawsuit
— Timeline: The Robert Breuder era
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171106/timeline-the-robert-breuder-era
— Who’s who in College of DuPage wrongful termination suit
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171106/whos-who-in-college-of-dupage-wrongful-termination-suit
— Restrict, don’t increase, access to marijuana – Bill Deckard, Winfield
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171106/restrict-dont-increase-access-to-marijuana
(FROM THE LETTER: An Oct. 28 letter to the Daily Herald advocated greater access to marijuana for people suffering chronic pain, citing a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). But if you visit the JAMA website and enter the search word “marijuana,” you’ll also see dozens of articles showing that marijuana can kill more than just pain: it can negatively impact things like cognitive function, moral clarity and the general health and well-being of users and their children and grandchildren. Another recent letter in the Herald, this one in Carolyn Hax’s advice column, highlighted marijuana as a killer of ambition. Hax’s correspondent told about her 20-something boyfriend, a daily user of marijuana who, among other things, hadn’t driven his own car in two years simply because he had lost his car keys! A question, dear reader: when you were 20-somelthing — maybe you still are — would you have given up driving your car even for two days, let along two years, just because you couldn’t find your keys? I’m writing this letter on the day before Halloween and can’t help but wonder, as our nation rushes headlong toward allowing greater access to marijuana, are we in danger of producing endless generations of ambitionless, leisure-loving, mentally challenged zombies? Let’s urge our legislators to pass laws restricting — not increasing — access to this dangerous drug.)
— Despite critics, District 59 to stay course with dual language program – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171106/despite-critics-district-59-to-stay-course-with-dual-language-program
— Antioch Township supervisor Steve Smouse dies – Lauren Rohr
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171105/antioch-township-supervisor-dies
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— At forum, Dems blast ‘abysmal’ GOP tax plan – Tom Kacich (DIERSEN: The proposed tax plan targets those who itemize their deductions. Government should encourage education and homeownership. I have itemized my deductions since 1972 and my wife and I have itemized our deductions ever since we got married in 1978. Being able to pay less federal income tax by deducting educational expenses encouraged me to take job-related graduate a) business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, b) accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, c) internal auditing courses at Roosevelt 1980-1981, and d) finance courses at IIT 1992-1997. Being able to pay less federal income tax by deducting mortgage interest and real estate tax encouraged me to buy a) a new town home in University Park in 1972, b) a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in 1974, and c) a one bedroom condo in that building in 1976. Being able to pay less federal income tax by deducting mortgage interest and real estate tax encouraged my wife and I to a) buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 and b) have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-11-06/forum-dems-blast-abysmal-gop-tax-plan.html
JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Expensive Illinois governor race spills down the ballot – ED TIBBETTS
http://jg-tc.com/news/local/state-and-regional/expensive-illinois-governor-race-spills-down-the-ballot/article_7f4ba822-3ea9-55c6-9b00-85e091d7b68e.html
TIMES
— Sex-harassment bill puts Illinois leaders on the defensive – AP (DIERSEN: The federal government requires all its employees to take lots of anti-discrimination training. The training presupposes that all a) men discriminate against women, b) Whites discriminate against non-Whites, c) older people discriminate against younger people, d) non-LGBTQ people discriminate against LGBTQ people, e) Protestants discriminate against non-Protestants, f) German Americans discriminate against non-German Americans, g) Republicans discriminate against non-Republicans, h) conservatives discriminate against non-conservatives, i) patriotic people discriminate against non-patriotic people, j) Americans discriminate against non-Americans, k) rich people discriminate against non-rich people, and l) those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time discriminate against those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. Consequently, federal employees are overwhelmingly a) anti-men, b) anti-White, c) anti-older people, d) anti-non-LGBTQ people, e) anti-Protestant, f) anti-German American, g) anti-Republican, h) anti-conservative, i) anti-patriotic people, j) anti-American, k) anti-rich people, and l) anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/sex-harassment-bill-puts-illinois-leaders-on-the-defensive/article_b3ee0547-c103-53a5-a51a-ef8cb86c006b.html
ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Tax reform plan could have negative impact on grad students – Erick Payne (DIERSEN: Being able to pay less federal income tax by deducting educational expenses encouraged me to take job-related graduate a) business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, b) accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, c) internal auditing courses at Roosevelt 1980-1981, and d) finance courses at IIT 1992-1997.)
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/tax-reform-plan-could-have-negative-impact-on-grad-students/851896628
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— ISU’s Fake News Station WGLT Calls IFI Hate Group – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/media/isus-fake-news-station-wglt-calls-ifi-hate-group/
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Frustrated over GOP ‘flip-flopping,’ DuPage candidate Tonia Khouri looks to Ives – Angela Underwood
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511259009-frustrated-over-gop-flip-flopping-dupage-candidate-looks-to-ives
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ANOTHER RAUNER CAMPAIGN AD HITS AIRWAVES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/11/another-rauner-campaign-ad-hits-airwaves.html
— REP. ROSKAM: “WE’RE DIRECTLY ATTACKING THE STATUS QUO” WITH INCOME TAX PROPOSAL (DIERSEN: The proposed tax plan attacks those who itemize their deductions. Government should encourage education and homeownership. I have itemized my deductions since 1972 and my wife and I have itemized our deductions ever since we got married in 1978. Being able to pay less federal income tax by deducting educational expenses encouraged me to take job-related graduate a) business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, b) accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, c) internal auditing courses at Roosevelt 1980-1981, and d) finance courses at IIT 1992-1997. Being able to pay less federal income tax by deducting mortgage interest and real estate tax encouraged me to buy a) a new town home in University Park in 1972, b) a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in 1974, and c) a one bedroom condo in that building in 1976. Being able to pay less federal income tax by deducting mortgage interest and real estate tax encouraged my wife and I to a) buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 and b) have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/11/rep-roskam-speaks-at-press-conference-on-introduction-of-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— The governor’s office is refusing to release documents related to the sudden departure of its general counsel, claiming attorney-client privilege. – Natasha Korecki
https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/11/06/politico-illinois-playbook-rauner-refuses-release-of-murashko-docs-claims-attorney-client-privilege-leaders-scramble-to-get-ahead-of-sex-misconduct-claims-sharon-fairleys-100k-223181
— A message from Pat Brady, Next Generation Strategies-Government Affairs, Advocacy and Media Relations: Next Generation Strategies (NGS) is a full-service government affairs firm specializing in lobbying, issue advocacy and media relations representing a wide range of clients in a variety of industries in Chicago, Springfield and Washington, D.C. Clients turn to NGS when business and government intersect. Learn more at www.nextgenerationstrategies.com. (DIERSEN: What would Brady advise me to do to get those activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois who state that they are conservative and/or Republican who refuse to include diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists to include diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists? The aforesaid glorify and praise, pander to, give scoops to, serve as operatives and dupes for, and/or give money to Rich Miller and to the rest of the Democrat news media.)
https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/11/06/politico-illinois-playbook-rauner-refuses-release-of-murashko-docs-claims-attorney-client-privilege-leaders-scramble-to-get-ahead-of-sex-misconduct-claims-sharon-fairleys-100k-223181
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Conservatism’s Way Forward It must learn from Trump and his populist followers what Americans truly want. – Richard Reinsch (DIERSEN: What about those in your precinct, in your municipality, in your county, in Illinois, and in America who want government 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?)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/453416/john-boehner-donald-trump-conservatives-should-learn-both
THE HILL
— To tackle illegal immigration, go after the employers – NOLAN RAPPAPORT (DIERSEN: What do you say to employers that ever-increasingly make it clear that they prefer hiring, retaining, and promoting citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America?)
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/358892-to-tackle-illegal-immigration-go-after-the-employers
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Tax Plan Burdens Blue-State Republicans and Their Districts – Alexander Burns (DIERSEN: The proposed tax plan targets those who itemize their deductions. Government should encourage education and homeownership. I have itemized my deductions since 1972 and my wife and I have itemized our deductions ever since we got married in 1978. Being able to pay less federal income tax by deducting educational expenses encouraged me to take job-related graduate a) business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, b) accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, c) internal auditing courses at Roosevelt 1980-1981, and d) finance courses at IIT 1992-1997. Being able to pay less federal income tax by deducting mortgage interest and real estate tax encouraged me to buy a) a new town home in University Park in 1972, b) a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in 1974, and c) a one bedroom condo in that building in 1976. Being able to pay less federal income tax by deducting mortgage interest and real estate tax encouraged my wife and I to a) buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 and b) have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/us/tax-bill-blue-state.html
— Facebook Says It’s Policing Fake Accounts. But They’re Still Easy to Spot. – Scott Shane and Mike Isaac
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/03/technology/facebook-fake-accounts.html
— The New Democratic Party – Charles Blow
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/opinion/the-new-democratic-party.html
— News Sites With Local Ambitions Hope to Fill Digital Void – Andy Newman (DIERSEN: Since 2000, ever-increasingly, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have filled the tremendous government and political news and commentary void in Illinois. Since 2004, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too. Since 2004, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have included links to almost 286,200 articles and information on many upcoming events. Consequently, ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plant, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs a) work to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) work to stop everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/nyregion/news-sites-with-local-ambitions-hope-to-fill-digital-void.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The abrupt shutdown on Thursday of two of the biggest digital local news sites in the city, DNAinfo and Gothamist, left a void in the news landscape. And making money off local news has proved especially challenging for publishers with ambitions to sizable reach and profits, though Patch, a nationwide chain that has nine reporters based in the city and recently expanded into Queens and Manhattan, has become profitable. But several handfuls of homegrown websites and old-fashioned print newspapers that cover the city’s teeming neighborhoods survive and, to some extent, thrive. They are not backed by personal fortunes like that of DNAinfo’s billionaire owner, Joe Ricketts, the founder of TD Ameritrade. But unlike Mr. Ricketts, who closed his unprofitable sites a week after the staff voted to unionize, they have found ways to stay in business telling the stories considered too small for the major newspapers to bother with. Some of them exist only online, some, including stalwarts that have been around for decades such as The Villager and the Our Town chain, began as print papers and continue to publish print editions. And even as they mourn the demise of DNAinfo and Gothamist, they sense an opportunity. “After it happened I had all these people telling me this is your chance to fill that gap even more,” Mr. García Conde said. Some are one-person operations, Mr. García Conde’s included. . .The sites break real news and hold the authorities accountable. . .But plaudits don’t pay the bills. For that, sites depend on advertising revenue. Mr. Torkells charges $1,000 a month for a banner ad above the TriBeCa Citizen logo, a position that currently rotates among a real-estate firm, a condo complex and a wine bar. Ms. Zagare of Bklyner is turning to sponsored articles, like one that ran on Halloween offering “Tips on Surviving Tonight’s Candy Onslaught,” with advice from Crunch Gym. . .“Good local journalism requires paying a living wage to great community journalists,” the ad read. In less than 12 hours, Ms. Zagare said Saturday, the site raised more than $1,200. Mr. García Conde said that he would love to hire another reporter, too. The Bronx, after all, is a big place. “Someone has to tell these stories,” he said.)
— I.R.S. Commissioner John A. Koskinen, Demonized by Conservatives, Leaves on His Terms – Alan Rappeport (DIERSEN: Did you leave your employer(s) on your terms? I did not. 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. 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. My Democrat Firestone Store superior immediately fired me when I gave him my 2-week notice in 1971. I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But then, Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. I would not have suffered any of the aforesaid adverse actions if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, and/or a veteran. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes disagree.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/us/politics/john-koskinen-irs-commissioner-steps-down.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Sen. Rand Paul’s injuries far more severe than initially thought – Brandon Gee and Ed O’Keefe
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/sen-rand-paul-recovering-from-injuries-suffered-in-alleged-assault/2017/11/05/6380c78a-c250-11e7-84bc-5e285c7f4512_story.html
— Post-ABC poll: Voters favor Democrats over Republicans in 2018 House midterms by widest margin in years – Sean Sullivan and Emily Guskin (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What do Democrat politicians promise to do? ANSWER: Promote a) dependency on government and on charity, b) LGBTQ activity, c) mass/illegal immigration, d) abortion, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) race and gender based preference giving, g) further erosion of the First and Second Amendments, and h) even worse things.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/post-abc-poll-voters-favor-democrats-over-republicans-in-2018-house-midterms-by-widest-margin-in-years/2017/11/05/b3b2f620-bf4d-11e7-959c-fe2b598d8c00_story.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— College-Savings Imbalance: Parents Put Aside More for Sons Than Daughters Two studies find a gender divide. Is it bias? Or do parents have more confidence in their daughters’ abilities? – Cheryl Winokur Munk (DIERSEN: 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, and I was draft bait.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/college-savings-imbalance-parents-put-aside-more-for-sons-than-daughters-1509938101
