October 27 Morning Edition

ABC7
— The Chief of Police for the Herndon Police Department in Virginia was robbed while having dinner in downtown Chicago on Friday.
https://abc7chicago.com/police-chief-robbed-in-chicago/5650341/
— CPD Supt. Eddie Johnson cites ‘personal values’ as reason for boycotting Trump’s speech at law enforcement conference
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/cpd-supt-eddie-johnson-to-boycott-trumps-speech-at-law-enforcement-conference/5650039/

CBS2
— Police Chief Victim Of Theft While In Chicago For Chiefs Conference
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/10/26/virginian-police-chief-robbed-while-in-chicago-for-chiefs-conference/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A police chief had her personal items stolen downtown while visiting Chicago for an international police chiefs conference Friday, according to Chicago police sources. The victim, a 55-year-old woman from Virginia was sitting in an establishment in the 500 block of North Wabash around 6:30 p.m. when she had her personal belongings swiped, Chicago police say.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters, that is, Democrats, call for Trump-haters, that is, for Democrats, to promote hatred against Trump tomorrow. The Democrat Party is a hate group and the Southern Poverty Law Center should designate it as such.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/10/27/20932730/laura-washington-trump-chicago-visit
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In March 2016, then-candidate Trump was virtually run out of Chi-Town in the wake of a highly touted campaign event. Trump was set to appear before 10,000-strong at a “Make America Great Again” rally at the UIC Pavilion on the near West Side. Inside, the stadium was packed with rowdy masses of supporters inside. Uber-angry masses of protestors marched outside to decry what they viewed as a racist, xenophobic and misogynist campaign. Shortly before Trump’s scheduled appearance, his campaign cancelled, citing safety concerns. Fraidy cat.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Former White House chief of staff John Kelly says he warned Trump on impeachment – AP (DIERSEN: No one has ever accused me of being a yes-man. If I had been a yes-man, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. Yes-men help the federal government get rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-bc-us–trump-kelly-20191027-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump ‘s former chief of staff, John Kelly , says he advised the president not to fill the job with someone who wouldn’t be honest with him and provide a check on his impulses because he would end up being impeached. “That was almost 11 months ago, and I have an awful lot of, to say the least, second thoughts about leaving,” Kelly told the Washington Examiner. “It pains me to see what’s going on because I believe if I was still there or someone like me was there, he would not be kind of, all over the place.” “I said, whatever you do — and we were still in the process of trying to find someone to take my place — I said whatever you do, don’t hire a ‘yes man,’ someone who won’t tell you the truth — don’t do that. Because if you do, I believe you will be impeached,” Kelly recalled in an interview at the Sea Island Summit, a political conference hosted by the Examiner. Kelly said he does not believe the president would be in his current predicament if he had stayed as chief of staff. White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement of her own Saturday: “I worked with John Kelly, and he was totally unequipped to handle the genius of our great President.” Trump pushed back on Kelly’s comments in a statement: “John Kelly never said that, he never said anything like that. If he would have said that, I would have thrown him out of the office. He just wants to come back into the action like everybody else does.”)
— CPS teachers just got their last pre-strike paycheck. Here’s how they plan to get by. – MARIE FAZIO (DIERSEN: My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 42% of what my GAO salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-cps-ctu-strike-financial-struggle-20191025-bm6koucynncl5i6lqtmv5zsc6i-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs blame Republicans for homelessness, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-nvs-decent-column-st-1027-20191025-ibchxk5w6na57kxoryuxw6obee-story.html
— College of DuPage signs off on 4-year deal with faculty union – SUZANNE BAKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-cod-approves-faculty-contract-st-1027-20191025-c7hrfezsjfg4zaf4yyh2m7wxca-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “A 7-year-old’s mistake and a parent’s need to punish not so different from what lawmakers are facing.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-nvs-mcgrath-column-st-1027-20191025-ulqxnnr6jjbyvjfbbh4z4emfim-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Trump isn’t first president to donate salary – Bob Oswald (DIERSEN: What do you donate? I donate 10+ hours a day, 70+ hours a week, 300+ hours a month, 3,650+ hours a year, and 36,500+ hours a decade and thousands of dollars for subscriptions, internet services, etc. a year putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. At $100 an hour, that is $1,000+ a day, $7,000+ a week, $30,000+ a month, $365,000+ a year, and $3,650,000+ a decade.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191026/facts-matter-trump-isnt-first-president-to-donate-salary

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Appellate Judge Knecht weighs in on impeachment – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20191026/bernard-schoenburg-appellate-judge-knecht-weighs-in-on-impeachment

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Veto Session Could Begin With Effort to Ban Flavored Vape and Tobacco – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: Pot should be banned.)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=293056#.XbVsg75_OM8

SOUTHERN
— Illinois veto session primer: With few overrides to consider, new proposals take forefront – JERRY NOWICKI
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/state-and-regional/illinois-veto-session-primer-with-few-overrides-to-consider-new/article_979d2fd9-aec8-5216-b158-95de80461e82.html

DAILY EGYPTIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQers promote LGBTQ activity.
https://dailyegyptian.com/97631/news/campus/anything-but-a-drag-a-midsummer-nights-dream-takes-over-student-center/

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— CHICAGO AREA GAY AND LESBIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: November 12 B2B Networking (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs get rid of you.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/515852186-chicago-area-gay-and-lesbian-chamber-of-commerce-november-12-b2b-networking

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: James Marter Update
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/27/il-14-james-marter-update/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Young Adults Fed Up with SJW (social justice warrior) and LGBTQ Tyranny – Lloyd Marcus
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/10/young_adults_fed_up_with_sjw_and_lgbtq_tyranny.html
— Silent Kamala: Her state’s on fire, swathed in blackouts and she’s still tweeting about illegals – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/10/silent_kamala_her_states_on_fire_and_swathed_in_blackouts_and_shes_still_tweeting_about_illegals.html

BREITBART
— Abortionist Klopfer ‘Competed’ for Most Abortions Performed in One Day – DR. SUSAN BERRY
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/26/report-abortionist-klopfer-competed-for-most-abortions-performed-in-one-day/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “There Has Always Been a Radioactive Stew of Racism in the United States.” Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters a) blame Republicans for racism and b) promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/26/comey-there-has-always-been-a-radioactive-stew-of-racism-in-the-united-states/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Nobody has given me a compelling reason to return to church – Brandon Showalter (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. I should write a book about those in Wheaton and in Glen Ellyn who are members of churches, who attend church services, and/or who give money to churches and who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout who talk and/or act like 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, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. They hint/imply/argue/shout that they determine who goes to heaven and who goes to hell. They send you to hell if your do not glorify and praise them, pander to them, serve as one of their operatives, serve as one of their dupes, and/or give them and/or their church lots of money. By their anti-religious conduct, they turn people away from religion.) 
https://www.christianpost.com/news/nobody-has-given-me-a-compelling-reason-to-return-to-church.html

THE HILL
— Can higher ed bill reauthorization close America’s skills gap? – RYAN CRAIG (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.) 
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/466340-can-higher-ed-bill-reauthorization-close-americas-skills-gap

CNN
— Bill Clinton & Mark Zuckerberg crash Trump rally on ‘SNL’
https://www.cnn.com/videos/media/2019/10/27/snl-10-26-chance-the-rapper-baldwin-hammond-trump-rally-orig.cnn

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. 
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-s-anniversary-shows-what-s-needed-defeat-ncna1072481

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: A Cash Crunch As Big Donors Pass on Biden – Shane Goldmacher (DIERSEN: What discourages you from donating money to candidates? For me, factors include a) their failure/refusal to demonstrate that they can/will defend/advance the Republican Party platform, b) they, their donors, their political consultants, their staff, and/or their volunteers dismissing, belittling, badmouthing, discrediting, insulting, demonizing, denigrating, condemning, and/or slandering me or my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and c) their indicating that if they lose, that they will blame me and that they will blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Nevertheless, I give them all my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to read free of charge. GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscriptions are worth at least $1,000/year.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/26/us/politics/joe-biden-campaign-fundraising.html
— Your Job Will Never Love You Back – Megan Greenwell (DIERSEN: I should write a book about what it was like to work for, to work with, and to supervise federal employees who were anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, anti-union members, anti-DINKs, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/business/your-job-will-never-love-you-back.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to Trump-haters, you can only be a Christian if you are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/26/opinion/sunday/christianity-united-states.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatre3d against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/26/opinion/sunday/trump-cancels-subscription.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Who’s Caring for the Caregivers? Too many people have no choice but to reconfigure their lives around a loved one’s disability. – Lorene Cary (DIERSEN: My wife and her brother serve as caregivers for their sister. Sunrise Senior Living ( https://www.sunriseseniorliving.com/communities/sunrise-of-flossmoor/overview.aspx ) serves as the caregiver for my aunt.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/25/opinion/health-care-old-age-disability.html
— The ‘Deep State’ Exists to Battle People Like Trump A merit-based system for hiring federal employees was created in reaction to the rampant corruption of the Gilded Age. – Margaret O’Mara (DIERSEN: 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.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/26/opinion/sunday/trump-civil-service-deep-state.html

WASHINGTON POST
— SNL brings back Alec Baldwin to take on Trump supporters – Travis M. Andrews
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/10/27/snl-brings-back-alec-baldwin-take-trump-supporters/

PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE
— NBC says it won’t prevent former employees from speaking publicly about harassment – BRITTANY SHAMMAS (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors have always talked and acted like they want to be charged in court with a) political affiliation discrimination, b) reverse discrimination, c) age discrimination, and d) retaliation. They see those charges a) helping them hire and retain young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) helping them get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they did not promote to GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.) 
https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/2019/10/26/NBC-harassment-NDAs-former-employees/stories/201910260075

FORBES
— Why Underemployment Plagues People With Disabilities Even In A Strong Economy – Denise Brodey (DIERSEN: My underemployment increased dramatically in 1976, when I was 27 years old and earned an MBA from Loyola. It increased even more in a) 1979 when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, b) 1980 when I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, c) 1981 when I passed the Certified Internal Auditor Examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA, d) 1990 when I became a Certified Fraud Examiner, e) 1994 when I became a Certified Government Financial Manager, f) 1996 when I became a Certified Financial Services Auditor, and g) 1997 when I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT, became a Forensic Accountant, and the Democrats who ran GAO forced me to take their early retirement “offer.”) 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/denisebrodey/2019/10/26/why-underemployment-plagues-people-with-disabilities-even-in-a-strong-economy/#df668f3693d5

HISTORY NEWS
— The Widening Gap Between the Super-Rich and Other Americans – Dr. Lawrence Wittner (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents side with the super-rich. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was overpaid. In today’s dollars, I earned $46,554 when I was 22, $56,945 when I was 23, $68,897 when I was 24, $82,579 when I was 25, $93,592 when I was 30, $98,198 when I was 38, and $127,654 when I was 49. 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.) 
http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/173406
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In August 2019, the Economic Policy Institute reported that, in 2018, the average pay of CEOs at America’s 350 top firms hit $17.2 million―an increase, when adjusted for inflation, of 1,007.5 percent since 1978. By contrast, the typical worker’s wage, adjusted for inflation, grew by only 11.9 percent over this 40-year period. In 1965, the ratio of CEO-to-worker’s pay stood at 20-to-1; by 2018 (when CEOs received another hefty pay raise and workers received a 0.2 percent pay cut), it had reached 278-to-1. An AFL-CIO study, released in June 2019, had similar findings. Examining compensation at Standard & Poors 500 companies, the labor federation reported that average CEO pay in 2018 had increased by $5.2 million over the preceding 10 years. This resulted in an average CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 287-to-1. These figures, of course, are only averages, and at numerous major corporations, the economic gap between boss and worker is much greater. According to the AFL-CIO, the CEO-to-worker pay ratio at Walmart (America’s largest private employer) is 1,076 to 1, at Walt Disney Company 1,424-to-1, at McDonald’s 2,124-to-1, and at Gap 3,566-to-1. At 49 S&P 500 firms, noted an Institute for Policy Studies report, half the work force―that is, 3.7 million employees―received wages below the official U.S. poverty line for a family of four.)

TIME
— Trump Gave a Speech at a Historically Black College, and Most Students Were Asked to Stay Inside Their Dorms – MADELEINE CARLISLE
https://time.com/5711384/trump-hbcu-benedict-college-students/
— The 25 Most Influential People on the Internet (DIERSEN: Who are the most influential people on the internet in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality? What do they promote?)
https://time.com/5626827/the-25-most-influential-people-on-the-internet/item/president-donald-trump/

NEW YORKER
— Chicago’s Striking Teachers Test a Progressive New Mayor – Peter Slevin
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/chicagos-striking-teachers-test-a-progressive-new-mayor

DAILY MAIL
— Donald Trump challenger Joe Walsh said he could pick a DEMOCRAT as his vice president and wants to rehire Defense Secretary Jim ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis – NIKKI SCHWAB
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7616843/Donald-Trump-challenger-Joe-Walsh-said-pick-DEMOCRAT-vice-president.html

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.