CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump energized by Clinton email news, but most voters unswayed – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-energized-by-clinton-email-news-but-most-voters-unswayed/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: 16 dead, 40 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/police-19-shot-across-chicago-in-first-12-hours-of-weekend/
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/map-chicago-weekend-shootings-tracker-for-oct-28-31/
— HOW GERRYMANDERING HAS ROBBED YOU OF A REAL VOTE – Editorial
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20161031/281788513613171
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mainstream media needs more conservative journalists – Megan McArdle (DIERSEN: You are not a conservative journalist if you promote surrender of America to foreign countries, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, pot, gambling, abolition of the First and/or Second Amendments, race and/or gender based preference giving, age discrimination, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-liberal-mainstream-media-20161028-story.html
— Inspector general says city’s ban on gifts includes cheap ‘Hamilton’ tickets – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-aldermen-hamilton-tickets-20161030-story.html
— Trump campaign manager condemns supporter as ‘deplorable’ for chanting ‘Jew-S-A’ – Jose A. DelReal
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-phoenix-rally-20161030-story.html
— Why are you still writing press releases? – Nicole Volpe Miller (DIERSEN: Illinois Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders keep Dave Diersen on their press advisory and press release lists. Illinois Democrat and Democrat plant, Illinois Libertarian and Libertarian plant, Illinois Green and Green plant, and Illinois RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders keep Rich Miller and the rest of the Democrat news media on their press advisory and press release lists.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-why-are-you-still-writing-press-releases-they-suck-20161024-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs always glorify and praise those who have HIV/AIDS.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-patient-zero-hiv-aids-myths-20161030-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— Jim Zay: Kind of leader DuPage County needs – Frank Saverino, Carol Stream
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161031/discuss/161039963/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner delays resolving bond deal until after 2018 election – BGA
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20161030/rauner-delays-resolving-bond-deal-until-after-2018-election
QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Ads, not parties, print media drive today’s elections – Jim Nowlan (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those who have worked the hardest to a) stop me from putting out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) stop everyone from reading those emails?)
http://www.qconline.com/opinion/ads-not-parties-print-media-drive-today-s-elections/article_acc2fcf4-967e-53e5-86a5-3f13fb491f85.html
WREX
— Policy Prescriptions: Trump and Clinton on immigration – AP
http://www.wrex.com/story/33518381/policy-prescriptions-trump-and-clinton-on-immigration
JOURNAL COURIER
— John Anthony: A life defined by race – Scott Reeder (DIERSEN: Many, if not most of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-German-American. What if from the beginning I had pretended to be Swedish-American? While all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, according to DNA Ancestry at http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
http://myjournalcourier.com/news/101941/commentary-a-life-defined-by-race
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In June, Anthony resigned his seat in the General Assembly to accept a leadership position with the Illinois Department of Corrections. And this month he began his search for his identity. He took a DNA test to determine his ancestry, which he didn’t know much about. He was born to a single, teenage mom and never met his father. “I was always told he was Puerto Rican and it was a one-night stand,” he said. “I’ve never known who my Dad was. I took the DNA test from Ancestry.com. The results have come back. I didn’t realize that I was Irish. I’m 13 different ethnicities. I’m not distressed – it’s a good thing. But have you ever experienced anything that was so good it was overwhelming? I’ve waited 40 years to find out who my dad is and I believe I’m on the verge of finding out who the family is.” One of the more startling discoveries of his DNA test is that he is only 44 percent black. And there is little clear evidence of whether he is at all Hispanic. ”I’m clueless as to what I am now. This has been an eye-opening experience.” His bewilderment is understandable. After all, fifty-three years after Martin Luther King, Jr. said he dreamed of his children being judged by the content of the character rather than the color of their skin, race remains the nation’s sore spot. Sadly, our society still clings to such labels. Amid his bewilderment, Anthony says he hopes to determine a greater sense of self. The DNA test has enabled him to connect with some distant cousins. Through networking with these relatives, he hopes to determine the identity of his father and determine if he has any biological siblings. “In the next couple weeks, I hope to be visiting someone in Illinois who is of the actual line of my father.” When asked if he still considered himself black, Anthony said. “Well, I’m 44 percent African. I asked my wife, ‘What does that make me?’ I guess the only thing I’m sure of is that I’m an American.”)
JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Election will test power of incumbency – DAN PETRELLA
http://jg-tc.com/news/election-will-test-power-of-incumbency/article_70ef365c-deca-5fb3-851c-c48e39fa06c3.html
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Three dark figures capable of changing fate lurk behind tricky ways – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article111134587.html
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Robert Le Chien, Robert Haida and John Baricevic resigned as St. Clair County circuit judges effective Dec. 31 in the hopes that they’d be elected back with a simple majority rather than seeking a 60 percent approval by running for retention to their judgeships.)
SAUK VALLEY
— Republicans far outspend Dems in Illinois Costly statehouse races highlight Illinois power struggle – AP
http://www.saukvalley.com/2016/10/30/republicans-far-outspend-dems-in-illinois/al9s7ed/
NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Crossing the Line — Close Elections – Dan Carden
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/statehouse/crossing-the-line/crossing-the-line-close-elections/article_8519d682-ed22-5035-8b4b-09bff1f3df3c.html
NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Take Back the Night DuPage (DIERSEN: What do you say to individuals, to organizations, to companies, to governments, and to countries that bring criminals to America, to Illinois, to your county, to your township/ward, to your municipality, and to your precinct?)
http://www.nctv17.com/take-back-the-night-dupage/
DEPAULIA
— Rauner, Madigan fight proxy war in statehouse races – Brenden Moore
http://depauliaonline.com/2016/10/30/legislature-up-for-grabs/
DAILY ILLINI
— Illinois senate race heats up amidst controversy – Michael Semaca
http://dailyillini.com/news/2016/10/31/illinois-senate-race-heats-amidst-controversy/
— The Daily Illini Editorial Board endorses Tammy Duckworth for U.S. Senate
http://dailyillini.com/opinions/editorials/2016/10/31/the-daily-illini-editorial-board-endorses-tammy-duckworth-for-u-s-senate/
BGA
— DALEY MACHINE COGS STILL SPIN IN CHICAGO HEIGHTS – Casey Toner
http://www.bettergov.org/news/daley-machine-cogs-still-spin-in-chicago-heights
REBOOT ILLINOIS
— Rauner turns a firehose of ads toward your TV – Rich Miller
http://rebootillinois.com/2016/10/30/rauner-turns-a-firehose-of-ads-toward-your-tv/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THE DARK ART OF POLITICAL INTIMIDATION (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the top political intimidators in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/10/the-dark-art-of-political-intimidation.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Intimidation, harassment, and blackmail have become the norm in American politics. Why? Because it works. Kimberley Strassel, author of The Intimidation Game, explains.)
— GOP CHALLENGER HARLAN ASKS, “IS CHERI BUSTOS AWARE OF OBAMACARE DILEMMA?”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/10/gop-challenger-harlan-asks-is-cheri-bustos-aware-of-obamacare-dilemma.html
— OBAMA’S WHITE HOUSE KEPT LIST OF MUSLIMS FOR TOP JOBS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/10/obamas-white-house-kept-list-of-muslims-for-top-jobs.html
— DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORMS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/10/democratic-and-republican-party-platforms.html
— REMOVING OFFENDER STATUS FROM JOB APPLICATIONS INCREASES DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MINORITIES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/10/removing-offender-status-from-job-applications-increases-discrimination-against-minorities.html
— LEGISLATORS TAKE AIM AT DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES AT THE IRS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/10/legislators-take-aim-at-discriminatory-practices-at-the-irs.html
AMERICAN THINKER
— Affirmative Action, Immigration and the Politics of Racial Solidarity – Ben Cohen (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs want minorities to unite to get rid of those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, non-veterans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/10/affirmative_action_immigration_and_the_politics_of_racial_solidarity.html
— Final Countdown for the GOP? – Brian C. Joondeph (DIERSEN: If Trump loses, how many activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America who have falsely claimed to be Republican will come out of their closets and declare their hatred for those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/10/final_countdown_for_the_gop.html
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump closes in with enthusiasm gap over Clinton Fight against establishment energizes voters seeking change – S.A. Miller
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/30/donald-trump-closes-in-with-enthusiasm-gap-over-hi/
GOPUSA
— Graduation rates: Passing students along
http://www.gopusa.com/graduation-rates-passing-students-along/
TOWNHALL
— Trump Has a Gift for Homeless Supporter Who Was Physically Attacked by Crowd – Justin Holcomb
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/justinholcomb/2016/10/30/trump-has-a-gift-for-homeless-supporter-who-was-attacked-by-physically-attacked-by-crowd-n2238863
THE BLAZE
— Poll: Donald Trump is now just 1 point behind Clinton – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/10/30/poll-donald-trump-is-now-just-1-point-behind-clinton/
BREITBART
— New York Times Dismissed Trump Claims of FBI Revolt as ‘Baseless’ – JOEL B. POLLAK
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/10/30/new-york-times-dismissed-trump-claims-of-fbi-revolt-as-baseless/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Will Anthony Weiner Elect Donald Trump? – Robert Kuttner
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-kuttner/will-anthony-weiner-elect_1_b_12720626.html
CNN
— Trump stokes skepticism of Colorado voting system – Jeremy Diamond, Ashley Killough and Caroline Kenny
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/30/politics/donald-trump-write-in-ballots/
— What is the Hatch Act — and did James Comey break it? – Steve Vladeck (DIERSEN: I was under the Hatch Act during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government.)
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/31/politics/what-is-the-hatch-act/index.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Peter Thiel Defends His Most Contrarian Move Yet: Supporting Trump – DAVID STREITFELD
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/31/technology/peter-thiel-defends-his-most-contrarian-move-yet-supporting-trump.html
— Early Turnout Tilts Toward Democrats in Swing States – JEREMY W. PETERS and MATT FLEGENHEIMER
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/31/us/politics/early-voting-trump-clinton.html
WASHINGTON POST
— White Republicans are coming home to Donald Trump, at just the right time – Philip Bump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/30/white-republicans-are-coming-home-to-donald-trump-at-just-the-right-time/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Leaders of foreign countries who are anti-American want Clinton to win just like they wanted Obama to win.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/the-foreign-leaders-who-are-rooting-for-trump/2016/10/30/fc9aed02-9c58-11e6-9980-50913d68eacb_story.html
— Federal employees behind in pay by 34 percent on average, salary council says – Eric Yoder
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/10/31/federal-employees-behind-in-pay-by-34-percent-on-average-salary-council-says/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Federal workers earn 34.07 percent on average less than private-sector employees doing comparable work, according to the government’s official, although not universally accepted, tally of how salaries compare. The figure was announced at Friday’s annual meeting of the Federal Salary Council, a group of union representatives and outside experts on compensation that oversees the General Schedule, the pay system for white-collar workers below the senior ranks. In the prior three years, the reported overall average “pay gap” was about the same — 35.37, 35.28 and 34.92 percent. “Federal pay needs to be substantially increased,” said National Treasury Employees Union president Tony Reardon, a member of the council. “When you look at the private sector, what kind of pay increases they have had, it dwarfs what federal employees have received. It’s time for Congress to step up and pay federal employees what they deserve to be paid.” The “pay gap” figures are based on Labor Department surveys comparing salary data on 250 federal occupations at various levels of responsibility with corresponding rates in local labor markets. Other comparisons, using different data and different methods, have reached much different conclusions. Reports from the conservative Heritage Foundation in 2010 and the American Enterprise Institute in 2011 found a pay advantage for federal workers of 22 and 14 percent, respectively, while the libertarian Cato Institute last year reported a 78 percent advantage. The Congressional Budget Office concluded in 2012 that federal workers were ahead by 2 percent on average, with less educated ones further ahead and more educated ones behind the private sector. Those reports said that the value of employment-related benefits, which the Labor Department data do not account for, further favors federal employees. The Government Accountability Office said in a 2012 report that no one approach to assessing pay is definitive.)
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Deep in the heart of Texas, Trump has Republicans worried about losing a congressional seat – Mark Z. Barabak (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they will kill you figuratively if not literally if you do not join them in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Trump. Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-non-veterans, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-texas-republican-congress-20161029-story.html
— Donald Trump touts early vote turnout but the data complicate his rosy picture – Melanie Mason
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-donald-trump-extols-high-early-vote-1477860752-htmlstory.html
— You can blame cigarettes for nearly 3 in 10 cancer deaths in the U.S., study says – Karen Kaplan
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-cancer-deaths-smoking-20161024-snap-story.html
— In Mexico, Day of the Dead meets Halloween – Patrick J. McDonnell
http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-halloween-snap-story.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Hispanic Voter Surge Recasts Texas – DAN FROSCH (DIERSEN: What percent of Hispanics in Texas are citizens of Mexico?)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/presidential-race-in-texas-tightens-as-voter-registration-total-surges-1477837569
— Harry Reid: FBI Director’s ‘Partisan Actions’ May Violate Federal Law James Comey disclosed, less than two weeks before presidential election, that his office was pursuing potential new evidence related to Hillary Clinton – MICHAEL C. BENDER
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/10/30/harry-reid-comeys-partisan-actions-may-violate-federal-law/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Trump has convinced Republican men they’re playing a ‘zero-sum’ game – Sonam Sheth (DIERSEN: For White males, federal employment is a zero-sum game. Every promotion that a federal employee who is minority gets, a federal employee who is White does not get. Every promotion that a federal employee who is female gets, a federal employee who is male does not get. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that it unfair to Democrats, to minorities, to females, to younger people, and to veterans a) that the Post Office hired me in 1966 and let me work there for almost 3 years, b) that IRS hired me in 1971 and let me work there for almost 9 years, c) that IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, d) that GAO hired me in 1980 and let me work there for almost 18 years, and d) that GAO promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.businessinsider.com/republican-men-feel-discriminated-against-trump-clinton-election-2016-10
USA TODAY
— Ex-congressman Joe Walsh no Clinton fan, but thinks Comey did her wrong – William Cummings
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/10/30/joe-walsh-clinton-comey-tweets/93036902/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Clinton’s massive lead over Trump narrows a bit among Millennials in new poll – Susan Page and Karina Shedrofsky
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/10/30/clintons-massive-lead-over-trump-narrows-among-millennials-poll-president-republican-election/92948974/
ABC13
— TRUMP SIGNS STOLEN OUT OF FRONT YARDS
http://abc13.com/politics/trump-signs-stolen-out-of-front-yards/1581673/
ABC6
— Multiple arrests after thefts of campaign signs – CHRIS WHITE
http://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/multiple-arrests-after-thefts-of-campaign-signs
FOX4
— Vandalized Trump signs replaced
http://www.fox4now.com/news/vandalized-trump-sings-replaced
RT
— ‘Undersea supremacy’: US commissions $2.7bn nuclear submarine ‘Illinois’
https://www.rt.com/usa/364712-nuclear-submarine-illinois-commissioned/
EDUCATION WEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats shout at Latinos a) that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Latinos have had, are having, and will have and b) that Democrats will give Latinos preference over non-Latinos, that is, that Democrats will discriminate against non-Latinos.
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/on_california/2016/10/latino_vote_bad_news_for_trump_and_gop.html
JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTANCY
— Exploring mentorship: A graceful exit How one firm helps departing staffers find opportunities – Ken Tysiac (DIERSEN: What happened to your mentors? My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of my IRS mentor who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of my GAO mentor who had hired me in 1980, who had got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who had promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.journalofaccountancy.com/issues/2016/nov/career-mentoring-at-cpa-firms.html
