October 11 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Senate Democrat fund puts more than $800,000 behind Connelly challenger Ellman – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-ellman-connelly-senate-fundraising-st-1010-story.html
— Conservative activists accuse DePaul of censorship after university bars them from holding event on campus – John Keilman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-depaul-university-conservative-speakers-turning-point-20181010-story.html
— U. of I. journalism class to study ‘Trumpaganda’ — the president’s approach to the news media – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-trumpaganda-media-class-20181010-story.html
— Gov. Bruce Rauner tries to parse his immigration comments, says he does not believe immigrants are ‘acting violently’ – Rick Pearson and Todd Lighty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rauner-reacts-overseas-wealth-20181010-story.html
— A south suburban superintendent is set to retire at age 56 with a $762k payout. Angry? Get informed and vote. – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-highest-paid-superintendent-st-1011-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A system that rewards public servants with excessive compensation should rile south suburban homeowners struggling to pay high property taxes and other bills. Paraday’s base salary this year is $309,306, but that’s only part of the story. The cost of health insurance, an annuity, pension contributions, a car allowance and other expenses drove Paraday’s total compensation for the year to $407,145 — making him the highest-paid superintendent in Illinois. Paraday oversees 1,130 students in three schools, which were delayed from opening in August due to mold in the junior high. Yet, Paraday makes more than the CEO of Chicago Public Schools, who oversees 371,382 students in 644 schools. Open the Books, a Burr Ridge-based watchdog group, discovered that on top of his other compensation, Paraday is set to receive a “golden handshake” of $762,615 for unused paid days off. “Unused, earned sick leave, unused vacation days and unused personal business days shall be allowed to (accumulate), without limit,” Paraday’s contract states. “The superintendent, at his discretion, may submit for payment, at the current per diem, any unused sick, personal or vacation day(s).” Paraday, 56, who has been superintendent since 2005, accumulated 567 days at a rate of $1,345 per day, Open the Books said, based on information it obtained from the district through the Freedom of Information Act. “The bloated Illinois education bureaucracy rewards those who know how to play the pay-and-pension lottery,” Adam Andrzejewski, Open the Books founder and CEO said in a statement. “It’s time the dollars start following the children rather than the bureaucracy.”)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner redo: Crime linked to illegal immigration, not immigrants themselves – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-redo-crime-illegal-immigration-immigrants-sun-times-editorial-board/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Endorsement: Daily Herald backs Khouri over Villa for Illinois House District 49
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181011/endorsement-daily-herald-backs-khouri-over-villa-for-illinois-house-district-49
— Chris Nybo: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181011/chris-nybo-candidate-profile

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/consumer-products/local-medical-marijuana-firm-be-acquired-682-million-deal

 

WGN TV
— Rauner faces backlash for comments about illegal immigration, Chicago crime – TOM NEGOVAN
https://wgntv.com/2018/10/10/rauner-faces-backlash-for-comments-about-illegal-immigration-chicago-crime/

 

WLS AM
— Trump Blasts Democrats In ‘USA Today’ Op-Ed
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/10/11/trump-blasts-democrats-in-usa-today-op-ed/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Lobbyist? Londrigan was registered only in 2013 – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: What do you lobby for? I lobby for all the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform including its traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks. I lobby for all the planks in the Republican Party platform including its illegal drugs and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I lobby for the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181010/bernard-schoenburg-lobbyist-londrigan-was-registered-only-in-2013

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Planned Parenthood launches plan to protect abortion access; Illinois has key role – AP
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/planned-parenthood-launches-plan-to-protect-abortion-access-illinois-has/article_26b75568-d6e8-521e-b0ce-27898ab3eaaf.html

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Tracy, Davidsmeyer, McClure unopposed
https://www.whig.com/20181010/tracy-davidsmeyer-mcclure-unopposed#//

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Davis, Caulkins join lieutenant governor in Decatur to condemn Pritzker’s tax breaks – JAYLYN COOK
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/davis-caulkins-join-lieutenant-governor-in-decatur-to-condemn-pritzker/article_95ba9140-328e-5e6f-bf67-2f438b1bb570.html

 

SENATOR CHRIS NYBO
— Nybo law keeps tax cheats out of government service (DIERSEN: Who has painted you as being a tax cheat? Since 1972, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have painted me as being a tax cheat a) because I itemize my deductions on my federal income tax returns and b) I deducted my education expenses on those returns 1972-1983 and 1992-1997. Since 1984, they have painted me as being a tax cheat because I got a reduction of the assessed valuation of 915 Cove Court in Wheaton.)
https://mailchi.mp/chrisnybo.org/sen-nybo-supports-no-budget-no-pay-initiative-1702437

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— All but one member of the state’s Democratic congressional delegation has signed a letter encouraging Gov. Bruce Rauner to try to “mitigate” the impact of the upcoming change to the deduction on state and local income taxes, known as SALT, according to a letter obtained by POLITICO. Under the new plan, taxpayers will be able deduct state individual income, sales and property taxes up to $10,000. The deduction is currently unlimited. All Illinois Dems but Rep. Dan Lipinski signed the letter saying the provision will have “serious consequences for Illinoisans.” – Shia Kapos (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/10/11/big-surge-in-mail-in-ballot-requests-bost-v-kelly-race-tightens-lightfoot-swipes-at-preckwinkle-324854

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— $40,000 Going to Edgar County Watchdogs (Illinois Leaks) as a Result of Algonquin Township Clerk Karen Lukasik’s FOIA Request Inaction
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/10/10/40000-going-to-edgar-county-watchdogs-illinois-leaks-as-a-result-of-algonquin-township-clrk-karen-lukasiks-foia-request-inaction/
— Democratic Party State Senate Candidate Mahady Refuses to Say She Won’t Be a Double-Dipper
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/10/10/mahady-refuses-to-say-she-wont-be-a-double-dipper/
— McHenry County Board Candidates Answer Seven Questions – Return of Title X
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/10/08/mchenry-county-board-candidates-answer-seven-questions-return-of-title-x/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— PAC critical of statehouse hopeful Terra Costa Howard for her attempted “character assassination” of state Rep. Breen
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511597577-pac-critical-of-statehouse-hopeful-terra-costa-howard-for-her-attempted-character-assassination-of-state-rep-breen

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner says Democrats were “happy to see the black community suffer during the budget impasse”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/11/rauner-says-democrats-were-happy-to-see-the-black-community-suffer-during-the-budget-impasse/
— Rauner “totally” agrees that citizens “are being skipped over” for illegal immigrants (DIERSEN: It is far easier for employers to exploit citizens of foreign countries, and especially citizens of foreign countries who are in America illegally. From what I see, far too many employers in America prefer hiring citizens of foreign countries FOR THEIR BAD JOBS, and especially citizens of foreign countries who are in American illegally, over citizens of America. What BAD JOBS did you have? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, all the jobs that I had were BAD JOBS. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/11/rauner-totally-agrees-that-citizens-are-being-skipped-over-for-illegal-immigrants/
— Rauner campaign: “Pritzker paying back the money he conned out of Illinois taxpayers is nothing less than an admission of guilt that he committed fraud” (DIERSEN: Money Magazine and my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hinted that my education deductions were fraudulent. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the graduate business and accounting courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) qualified me for a “new trade or business,” d) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and e) were a distraction.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/11/rauner-campaign-pritzker-paying-back-the-money-he-conned-out-of-illinois-taxpayers-is-nothing-less-than-an-admission-of-guilt-that-he-committed-fraud/
— New Pritzker ad features son of deceased Quincy veterans’ home resident (DIERSEN: Just kidding, but if I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents would run ads featuring people who would say how great TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, Association of Government Accountants, and other organizations were BEFORE I JOINED THEM and THAT I BROUGHT THOSE ORGANIZATIONS DOWN.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/11/new-pritzker-ad-features-son-of-deceased-quincy-veterans-home-resident/

 

GOPUSA
— CNN Claims Mob Harassment is First Amendment Right
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=56657
— Character assassination without proof can get you nominated for UNC’s Distinguished Alumna Award (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how my critics/opponents have rewarded their operatives and their dupes.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=56519
— If Kavanaugh Is too ‘Partisan,’ Should We Impeach Ginsburg? (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I am too partisan. 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.gopusa.com/?p=56609

 

BREITBART
— September: Foreign Workers See Nearly 4X as Much Job Growth as Americans – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/10/10/september-foreign-workers-see-nearly-4x-as-much-job-growth-as-americans/
— More Illegal Aliens Giving Birth to Anchor Babies in Los Angeles than Total U.S. Births in 14 States – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/california/2018/10/10/more-illegal-aliens-giving-birth-to-anchor-babies-in-los-angeles-than-total-u-s-births-in-14-states/
— Illegal Alien Births of Anchor Babies Cost U.S. Taxpayers $2.4B Every Year – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/10/10/illegal-alien-births-of-anchor-babies-cost-u-s-taxpayers-2-4b-every-year/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Taylor Swift Finally Went Political. Here’s Where She Went Wrong. – Monica Burke
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/10/10/taylor-swift-finally-went-political-heres-where-she-went-wrong/

 

DAILY CALLER
— GRAHAM: ‘GOING LOW IS A STEP UP’ FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY – Mike Brest (DIERSEN: Republicans should consider wearing and using a body camera when speaking with Democrats and Democrat plants, with Libertarians and Libertarian plants, with Greens and Green plants, and with RINOs. Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs a) are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means and b) are focused on destroying Republicans.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/10/graham-democrat-party-low/

 

LIFEZETTE
— GOP Got Behind Kavanaugh; It Can Back Trump’s Border Wall, Too House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy plugged his new bill fully funding president’s signature immigration enforcement promise – Kathryn Blackhurst
https://www.lifezette.com/2018/10/gop-got-behind-kavanaugh-it-can-back-trumps-border-wall-too/

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— This is America’s Democrat Party – Dave King
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2018/10/this-is-americas-democrat-party/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— PRO-LIFE Illinois Planned Parenthood under fire for multiple incidents – Chad Groening
https://www.onenewsnow.com/pro-life/2018/10/11/illinois-planned-parenthood-under-fire-for-multiple-incidents

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Hundreds of illegals released in Phoenix just the beginning, says DHS – Rick Moran
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/10/hundreds_of_illegals_released_in_phoenix_just_the_beginning_says_dhs.html

 

CAMPUS REFORM
— University of Illinois defends new ‘Trumpaganda’ course – Kenneth Nelson
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11397

 

POLITICO
— Trump: Democrats seeking Venezuela-style socialism with Medicare for all – MATTHEW CHOI
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/10/trump-democrats-dead-op-ed-886805

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Doesn’t Fit Christian Standard For ‘Moral,’ Progressive Evangelicals Say.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jerry-falwell-trump-moral-evangelicals_us_5bbcb1cae4b01470d0558fd0

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-men crow about their success in destroying men.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/10/opinion/maybe-girls-will-save-us.html
— A Damaging Bid to Censor Applications at Harvard If a lawsuit over affirmative action is successful, would-be college students may have to hide their race. – Elise C. Boddie (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What demographics discourage colleges from admitting students? ANSWER: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, draft avoider, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/10/opinion/harvard-affirmative-action-lawsuit.html
— Trump’s Contradiction: Assailing ‘Left-Wing Mob’ as Crowd Chants ‘Lock Her Up’ – Peter Baker
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/10/us/politics/trump-rally-opponents.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The 10 governor’s seats most likely to flip parties in November – Amber Phillips
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/10/governors-seats-most-likely-flip-parties-november/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Illinois (Republican-held. Previous ranking 2): Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) is the most vulnerable governor this cycle. Despite having endless millions to spend on his race, he was always going to have a tough path to reelection in a Democratic state. It was the entrance of a third-party conservative candidate that appeared to seal his fate by making Rauner a governor without a natural constituency. Democrat J.B. Pritzker, another billionaire, looks like he’ll cruise to victory.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Next Month the People Vote on Kavanaugh GOP candidates must be ready to repudiate Democratic talking points on the trail. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/next-month-the-people-vote-on-kavanaugh-1539211148
— Supreme Court Questions Government’s Power to Detain Immigrants Long After Prison Justice Gorsuch skeptical of moves to hold them without bail, even for minor crimes: ‘Is there any limit?’ – Jess Bravin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-questions-governments-power-to-detain-immigrants-long-after-prison-1539215863
— Government Can’t Rescue the Poor Federal programs have reduced material poverty at the cost of promoting idleness and dependency. – Phil Gramm and John F. Early (DIERSEN: Have you ever been poor? I have not. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a poor person in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a poor person in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted a poor people in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a poor person in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor person in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/government-cant-rescue-the-poor-1539211035

 

USA TODAY
— ‘Trumpaganda’ class at University of Illinois to examine President Trump’s ‘war on facts’ – Erin Kelly
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/10/10/university-illinois-trumpaganda-class-donald-trump-propaganda/1588742002/

 

CBS SACRAMENTO
— ‘All I’m Looking For Is A Chance:’ 84-Year-Old Looking For Job Says Employers Keep Passing Him Up – Shirin Rajaee (DIERSEN: How old are you? Potential federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should be advised that private sector employers will view them as being stupid lazy losers and even worse things if they do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. Extremely few make the aforesaid promotions.)
https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2018/10/11/84-year-old-looking-for-job/

 

NEWS 18
— It’s Hard to Start All Over Again (DIERSEN: Have you ever started all over again? I did in 1980 when I transferred from IRS to GAO. My Democrat GAO superiors did everything that they could to stop me. They were furious when I a) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, b) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) became a licensed CPA in 1981, d) got assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, e) got promoted in 1986, f) became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997, and g) earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.)
https://www.news18.com/news/sports/its-hard-to-start-all-over-again-after-winning-the-world-cup-says-heavily-criticised-paul-pogba-1905741.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY WILL OFFER STUDENTS OPTION TO TAKE ‘TRUMPAGANDA’ CLASS – EWAN PALMER
https://www.newsweek.com/illinois-university-trumpaganda-journalism-class-1161204

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— To Stop Misinformation From Spreading, Who Should Be Supervising Fact-Checking Sites? – Rachael Garcia (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all information is misleading except for the information that they put out or bless. What are your fact checking qualifications? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/critical-thinking-to-stop-misinformation-from-spreading-who-should-be-supervising-fact-checking-sites/

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 905 Warrenville Road, Wheaton – $485,000
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447908_zpid/

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.