FAMILY PAC
— A Statement From Paul Caprio About Rauner’s Signing of HB 40
http://mailchi.mp/f553f1874776/statement-from-paul-caprio?e=8dc9fff257
(FROM THE ARTICLE: About three years ago to this day, I was asked by a supporter to meet with Bruce Rauner in the final stages of his campaign for Illinois governor. I agreed to the meeting, which took place at the Union League Club in Chicago. Family-Pac had not supported Rauner in the Primary, and Rauner had refused to clarify his positions on a host of issues important to all of us. He continued to say that he had no “social agenda.” My friend David Smith of the Illinois Family Institute (IFI) asked that I try to persuade Rauner to complete the IFI candidate questionnaire so that Christian voters across Illinois would be informed of his positions. At our meeting, Rauner said he would not fill out the questionnaire because his “consultants” told him he “had to get every question right to get the “endorsement.” I explained that IFI was a 501(c) (3) organization that did not “endorse” candidates and that no one was looking for “perfection” but only his honest attempt to state his views. Rauner said that he was not filling out any questionnaires (the position also stated by his campaign lieutenants) and that he wanted to keep Personal-Pac “neutralized.” I told him that Personal-Pac and Terry Cosgrove would be running TV spots against him. He seemed surprised. (Shortly thereafter, Personal-Pac TV ads against Rauner began.) This meeting exemplifies the series of lies by Bruce Rauner to Illinois pro-family voters and leaders. First, Rauner said to me that he was not completing any candidate questionnaires—yet this May, after Rauner stated his intention to veto HB 40 (taxpayer-funded abortion), Personal-Pac released a copy of Rauner’s “perfect” questionnaires in which he had pledged to sign taxpayer-funded abortion. In May, after promising Cardinal Cupich that he would veto HB 40, Rauner signed this dastardly bill, which will result in the deaths more than 12,000 innocent victims a year according to reliable estimates. In 50 years, I have never seen a politician as consistently dishonest on family issues as Bruce Rauner. Rauner has become a “cancer” on the Republican Party leadership, who should disassociate from him and declare the 2018 March Primary “open,” but they won’t…because they don’t have the courage to stand up for their “professed” beliefs and are indentured to his money. But Family-Pac will….with your help. On October 9, we convened a meeting of 20 pro-family/pro-life organizations to recruit a strong pro-family candidate to seek the GOP nomination against Rauner and his multi-million dollar checkbook. We are interviewing a number of candidates now and also pledged to support an independent candidate, like Joe Walsh, if necessary. We are leading the attack against Rauner in the media everyday, but we need your help. if Family-Pac is going to provide essential financial help to the candidate we recruit to get a strong campaign off the ground. Please help now as never before. We must fight to repeal HB 40 and provide courageous moral leadership to some of the Rauner-fearing elected officials. Please go to our website http://www.family-pac.com/support-us/ to contribute $35, $50, $100, $250, $500, $1000, or $2500 or send your donation in today to stand up for innocent life, taxpayers, and integrity in government as never before.)
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS REVIEW READERS SAY GOVERNOR RAUNER SHOULD EXIT IL GOP
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/10/illinois-review-readers-governor-rauner-should-exit-il-gop.html
— ON LATE-TERM ABORTION, LIBERALS ARE THE REAL SCIENCE DENIERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/10/on-late-term-abortion-liberals-are-the-real-science-deniers.html
— PREVAILING-WAGE LAWS CAUSE PERMANENT HARM (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes should disclose what they are/were paid, their education, their professional certifications, their professional licenses, their work experience, etc. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/10/prevailing-wage-laws-cause-permanent-harm.html
— FROM CHICAGO BLACK PASTOR ERIC WALLACE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP: INVITE KAEPERNICK TO LUNCH
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/10/from-chicago-black-pastor-to-president-trump-invite-kaepernick-to-lunch.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Bannon “exploring” fielding candidates in gubernatorial races (FROM THE ARTICLE: One can’t help but wonder whether any disaffected Republicans in Illinois have reached out to him yet.) (DIERSEN: Given Rauner’s rejection of Trump and his rejection of the 2,146,015 who voted for Trump in the November 6 election last year, who speaks for Trump’s supporters in Illinois?)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/11/bannon-exploring-fielding-candidates-in-gubernatorial-races/
— Lake County GOP gun raffle will proceed as scheduled
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/11/lake-county-gop-gun-raffle-will-proceed-as-scheduled/
— CME chief warns against a state derivatives tax (DIERSEN: For almost 9 of the 18 years that worked for GAO, I worked on audits that involved derivatives.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/11/cme-chief-warns-against-a-state-derivatives-tax/
ABC7
— Elk Grove Village considers plan to stop all tobacco sales – Liz Nagy (DIERSEN: Pot is far more harmful than tobacco products.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/elk-grove-village-considers-plan-to-stop-all-tobacco-sales/2517871/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— NFL, others distance themselves from Mike Ditka’s no-oppression claim – Patrick Finley (DIERSEN: Members of Group A demonize, denigrate, and condemn members of Group B as being oppressors. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or have ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/nfl-others-distance-themselves-from-mike-ditkas-no-oppression-claim/
— Defiant Ald. Carrie Austin defends hiring son as ward superintendent – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Did your parents help you get a job?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/defiant-ald-carrie-austin-defends-hiring-son-as-ward-superintendent/
— Chicago Public Schools raising property taxes by $225M – Lauren FitzPatrick
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cps-raising-property-taxes-by-225m-or-177-for-average-homeowner/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lake County Republicans moving ahead with gun giveaway fundraiser 2 weeks after Las Vegas massacre – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-lake-county-republicans-gun-fundraiser-las-vegas-20171010-story.html
— Rauner vows to get newborn screening for Krabbe disease ‘done’ – Patricia Callahan and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-krabbe-newborn-screening-meeting-met-20171010-story.html
— Cook County pop tax one step away from repeal after 15-1 test vote – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-cook-county-pop-tax-repeal-20171010-story.html
— Most men think gender gap at work is far smaller than study shows it is – Samantha Bomkamp (DIERSEN: Who should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a female in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a female could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a female in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted females in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a female in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a female in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a female could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-gender-diversity-work-study-20171011-story.html
— Free speech is more than a ‘right-wing’ cause – Clarence Page (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to get rid of the First Amendment. They want their operatives and their dupes to have more power to destroy any individual like me, any organization like TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, any company, and government, and any country that they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-free-speech-trump-sessions-campus-speech-1011-20171010-story.html
— Will Preckwinkle punch ‘Reset’ or ‘Retaliate’? – Editorial (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents use to justify their retaliating against you? My critics/opponents use a) my failing/refusing to glorify and praise them, b) my failing/refusing to pander to them, c) my failing/refusing to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) my failing/refusing to give them money, e) my supporting one of their opponents in a Republican primary, f) my including a link in a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email to an article that they do not like, g) my failing/refusing to cover up their wrong doing, h) my supporting planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform or the Republican Party platform that they reject, i) supporting the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, j) my failing/refusing to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, and other vices, race based preference giving, gender based preference giving, age discrimination, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, etc., k) my suing them, l) their disapproval/hatred of my demographics, m) my living in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County only since 1978, n) etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-soda-tax-repeal-preckwinkle-20171010-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— Ditka apologizes after saying ‘there’s been no oppression in the last 100 years’ – Des Bieler (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want you to apologize for? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want me to apologize for causing all of their problems, for causing all of your problems, for causing all of my problems, and for causing all of everyone’s problems. They blame me and what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, a Republican Precinct Committeeman, a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, a Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member for all the losses the Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000. The higher the office, the more that they blame me.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171011/ditka-apologizes-after-saying-theres-been-no-oppression-in-the-last-100-years
— Metra must minimize any fare hikes, service cuts – Editorial (DIERSEN: Do/did you ride Metra? I did 1978-1997 and 9/71-12/71 and 11/73-6/74.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171011/editorial-metra-must-minimize-any-fare-hikes-service-cuts
— DuPage County to get more federal help to fight heroin – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: Who sells heroin to those in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America? If you want to destroy a precinct, a municipality, a township/ward, a county, a state, or a country, you sell heroin in that precinct, municipality, township/ward, county, state, or country.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171011/dupage-county-to-get-more-federal-help-to-fight-heroin
— FRONT PAGE: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Higher tax exemptions only in Cook County – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171011/why-only-cook-county-homeowners-are-getting-a-bigger-tax-exemption
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Why Chicago’s new debt scheme is reckless – MARK GLENNON
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171011/OPINION/171019976
— Loyola to acquire MacNeal Hospital – KRISTEN SCHORSCH (DIERSEN: My wife worked for MacNeal 1992-2000.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171011/NEWS03/171019969/loyola-to-acquire-macneal-hospital
CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w/ Republican Primary State Rep. Candidate Bob Bednar (Grayslake, 62nd Dist)
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/10/berkowitz-w-republican-primary-state-rep-candidate-bob-bednar-cableweb/
FOX ILLINOIS
— U of I DACA recipients speak out against Trump’s latest immigration propositions – Nikki McGee (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps shout at DACA recipients that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Anti-Trumps are counting on DACA recipients to help them get rid of Republicans.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/u-of-i-daca-recepients-speak-out-against-trumps-latest-immigration-propositions
X95 RADIO
— RAUNER COULD FACE PRIMARY CHALLENGE FOR GOP NOMINATION
http://www.x95radio.com/2017/10/10/rauner-could-face-primary-challenge-for-gop-nomination/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, despite buckets of campaign cash, may be in for a primary fight in his 2018 re-election battle for governor. Suburban Republican lawmaker Jeanne Ives (Wheaton) is considering getting in the race, citing her frustration with the governor’s signing of HB40, a law that will increase access to abortion for state Medicaid recipients and would continue to make abortion legal in Illinois should the U.S. Supreme Court choose to overturn it. Rauner is facing a revolt from the grassroots of his party, with several Republican lawmakers saying they can’t support him for re-election and are actively looking for an alternative. Former ally John Tillman, head of the libertarian think tank The Illinois Policy Institute, referred to him as “Benedict Rauner” for allegedly “going back on his word” and signing HB40. Ives would appear to be at a significant financial disadvantage, but could level the playing field if she garners the support of political operatives like Dan Proft and uber-funder Dick Uihlein.)
PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— ‘Now we’re hoping he seriously considers not running’; conservative groups band together to end Rauner support – W.J. Kennedy (DIERSEN: If Rauner/Sanguinetti announce that they are not running, a) who would you want to run and why and b) who do you predict will run and why?)
http://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511241988-now-we-re-hoping-he-seriously-considers-not-running-conservative-groups-band-together-to-end-rauner-support
ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Democrat gubernatorial candidates criticize potential Amazon incentives – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/democrat-gubernatorial-candidates-criticize-potential-amazon-incentives/article_b6c11c6a-add3-11e7-a240-df460ccfa6a9.html
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Muslim Brotherhood Political Infiltration on Steroids – Janet Levy
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/10/muslim-brotherhood-political-infiltration-on-steroids/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— As Trump calls for end to NFL tax breaks, Goodell says players need to stand during anthem – Valerie Richardson
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/10/roger-goodell-says-players-should-stand-during-ant/
— Tim Kaine says Bob Corker is not the only Republican to question Trump’s fitness for office – Sally Persons (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and the dupes who have questioned my fitness to serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, GOPUSA state editor, 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, IRS employee, Post Office employee, etc.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/10/tim-kaine-says-bob-corker-is-not-the-only-republic/
LIFE NEWS
— Undercover Video Catches New York Times Editor Admitting It “Always” Slants Stories Against President Trump – SCOTT WHITLOCK
http://www.lifenews.com/2017/10/10/undercover-video-catches-new-york-times-editor-admitting-it-always-slants-stories-against-president-trump/
LIFEZETTE
— Obama Justice Department Favored Immigrants Over Citizens Just 10 of 146 suits filed by antidiscrimination office during Obama years were on behalf of U.S. citizens – Brendan Kirby
https://www.lifezette.com/polizette/obama-justice-department-favored-immigrants-over-citizens/
LIFE SITE NEWS
— California reduces penalties for knowingly infecting someone with HIV – Peter LaBarbera
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/california-reduces-penalties-for-knowingly-infecting-someone-with-hiv
DAILY CALLER
— Obama’s $500 Million Presidential Library Will Skirt Federal Standards To Save Money – Eric Owens
http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/10/obamas-500-million-presidential-library-will-skirt-federal-standards-to-save-money/
THE HILL
— Trump’s new immigration priorities are the right solution to Obama’s mess – RJ HAUMAN
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/354765-trumps-new-immigration-priorities-are-the-right-solution-to-obamas-mess
— Take a knee, but only for the right reasons – ALAN KEYES
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/354742-take-a-knee-but-only-for-the-right-reasons
— Trump’s new immigration priorities are the right solution to Obama’s mess – RJ HAUMAN
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/354765-trumps-new-immigration-priorities-are-the-right-solution-to-obamas-mess
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans a) “don’t want young immigrants deported” and b) count on young immigrants to get rid of Republicans.
https://apnews.com/cd4b2d91423a4b3aab022041df149622/AP-NORC-Poll:-Most-don’t-want-young-immigrants-deported
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Threatens N.F.L. and Attacks Jemele Hill of ESPN – PETER BAKER and KEN BELSON
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/us/politics/trump-nfl-jemele-hill.html
— Why Big Cities Thrive, and Smaller Ones Are Being Left Behind – Eduardo Porter (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run the federal government promote big cities.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/business/economy/big-cities.html
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON NEW YORK TIGHTENS: 10% of New York City Public School Students Were Homeless Last Year – ELIZABETH A. HARRIS
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/nyregion/one-in-10-new-york-city-public-school-students-are-homeless.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump scores a win in the culture war as NFL seeks to ensure players stand for national anthem – David Nakamura
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-scores-a-win-in-the-culture-war–nfl-asks-players-to-stand-for-national-anthem/2017/10/10/f3b7e2e8-adf6-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html
NEW YORK POST
— One in four government workers in New York makes $100K thanks to overtime – Carl Campanile
http://nypost.com/2017/10/10/one-in-four-government-workers-makes-100k-thanks-to-overtime/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— NFL Owners to Discuss Policy on Standing for Anthem A league spokesman said owners will consider player input on the issue, but suggested that a rule change would not require player approval – Matthew Futterman and Andrew Beaton
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nfl-owners-to-discuss-policy-on-standing-for-anthem-1507653315
— Trump Puts Spotlight on Sports Tax Breaks Tweet attacking NFL comes amid scrutiny of financing for sports stadiums – Richard Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-puts-spotlight-on-sports-tax-breaks-1507660681
— The Best Ways to Tell the Hard Truth at Work – Sue Shellenbarger (DIERSEN: White male federal employees should be told that their career will be wasted and they will be gotten rid of a) if they are Republican and b) if they 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.wsj.com/articles/the-best-ways-to-tell-the-hard-truth-at-work-1507647758
MARKET WATCH
— Why ‘nudging’ works: People need a push when it comes to retirement savings – ANGELA M. ANTONELLI (DIERSEN: Constructively, I started saving for my retirement in 1966 when I was 18 years old when I started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office and earning full-time Civil Service Retirement System seniority. Sadly, most, if not virtually all of the operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents have health, financial, and/or other problems and have saved little or nothing for their retirement. It certainly seems like my critics/opponents pay their operatives and their dupes less than $15/hour cash under the table and no benefits.)
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-nudging-works-people-need-a-push-when-it-comes-to-retirement-savings-2017-10-11
USA TODAY
— What Donald Trump is not telling you about his tax overhaul plan: Some will pay more taxes – Herb Jackson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/11/what-donald-trump-not-telling-you-his-tax-overhaul-plan-some-pay-more-taxes/746810001/
— TRAGIC: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO: Army is accepting more low-quality recruits, giving waivers for marijuana to hit targets – Tom Vanden Brook (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how since the 1960s the federal government has lowered and made more subjective its hiring, retention, and promotion standards to hire, retain, and promote more young Democrat minorities and more young Democrat females.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/10/army-accepting-more-low-quality-recruits-giving-waivers-marijuana-hit-targets/750844001/
FED WEEK
— Federal Employee Buyout Boost Advances (DIERSEN: In the federal government, buyouts are used to get rid of older federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/federal-employee-buyout-boost-advances/
— Prospect of Retirement, Other Benefit Cuts Moves Ahead (DIERSEN: I became eligible for a $25,000 buyout in 1993 when I was 45 years old. If I had not taken my Democrat GAO superiors’ early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, they would have killed me by now figuratively if not literally.)
http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/prospect-retirement-benefit-cuts-moves-ahead/
ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 1018 James Court, Wheaton – $399,900
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/1_fs/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447922_zpid/
