ABC7
— Deal reached to repeal Cook County sweetened beverage tax, commissioner says – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/deal-reached-to-repeal-cook-county-soda-tax/2499416/
NBC5
— Governor Bruce Rauner Announces New Chief of Staff – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/governor-bruce-rauner-new-chief-of-staff-449741423.html
WGN TV
— Expansion of birth control opt-out for employers limited by Illinois law – AP & MEGHAN DWYER
http://wgntv.com/2017/10/06/trump-expands-birth-control-opt-out-for-workplace-insurance/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner’s chief of staff Kristina Rasmussen out after 88 days on the job in ‘wild times’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/former-illinois-policy-institute-head-out-as-rauners-chief-of-staff/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote illegal immigration and abortion say “Too busy spurning Rauner, GOP fails to make Dems pay for taxes.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/kadner-too-busy-spurning-rauner-gop-fails-to-make-dems-pay-for-taxes/
— In tearing down Columbus, we ignore real violence against Indians – Patrick T. Mason
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/in-tearing-down-columbus-we-ignore-real-violence-against-indians/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rep. Jeanne Ives attacks Rauner’s weak right flank – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-illinois-governor-kass-1008-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Rep. Jeanne Ives of Wheaton, a conservative and a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, may soon challenge a weakened Gov. Bruce Rauner in the Republican primary. “I’m seriously considering the option, with a serious game plan, we’re meeting with people and we’ll make a decision one way or another soon, and I mean very soon,” Ives told me Friday. She’s considering it because Rauner has lost his base. And what happens when an incumbent loses his or her base? You can smell the toast a’burnin’. “Voters don’t know what Rauner’s core principles are because he doesn’t have any. So we can’t very well give him a pass,” said Ives, a staunch social and fiscal conservative. “I’m not connected to the big money men who run the big races, but whoever would take Rauner on, it would cost less to defeat him than it would for him to redeem his reputation.” Rauner lost the conservative Republican base in Illinois by moving hard to the left, first by signing “sanctuary state” legislation and then by putting taxpayers on the hook to pay for abortion on demand. On Friday, he axed one of his few remaining conservative aides, chief of staff Kristina Rasmussen. Rauner supporters think his moves help him in Cook County, particularly with pro-abortion-rights suburban women. But will Rauner’s support of “sanctuary state” legislation win him Latino support in a general election? Will his decision to risk his career by supporting taxpayer-funded abortion win him love from Democrats? I don’t think so. Yet such moves do satisfy the media, that which will sing his praises and call him courageous and so on, and vilify or at least marginalize any conservative challenger, whether that is Ives or someone else. That’s how things are wired in Illinois, but you knew that. Ultimately, those singing his praises for his leftward drift will abandon Rauner in the general election in favor of the Democrats, either billionaire J.B. Pritzker, backed by Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, or Christopher Kennedy. That’s also how things are wired. But you knew that, too. The problem for Rauner is that, as of now, conservatives make up a sizable percentage of the Republican vote. Without them, where is he? But not so fast, says Pat Brady, a Rauner supporter, former Illinois GOP chairman and principal of the government affairs firm Next Generation Strategies. “I understand Ives’ anger. I know social conservatives are upset,” Brady said. “But to their credit, social conservatives, they don’t stay home on Election Day. “Bruce Rauner is the first governor to stand up to Mike Madigan, and the people of Illinois know it,” Brady said. “And 80 percent of the state has had enough with the Boss Democrats. So are conservatives going to throw their lot in with J.B. Pritzker and Madigan? I don’t think that’s going to happen.” That will be Rauner’s hard sell, to convince conservatives that without him, Illinois will remain Madiganistan. It will be difficult if not impossible for him to win without an effective coalition. But without conservatives, what is left of Rauner’s coalition? Wealthy businessmen? That’s not a coalition. In this, he’s quite like Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who also has the money guys with him but not much else, and remains quite beatable. Emanuel has been reaching out to Latinos in anticipation of more bad publicity and negative feelings coming his way when the murder trial of Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, charged with the killing of black teenager Laquan McDonald, rolls around. Emanuel’s administration sat on the video of the shooting until after the mayor won re-election against Cook County Board Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia. Chuy won’t let him forget it. And neither will Chris Kennedy. But Emanuel has time and other people’s money. Rauner doesn’t have time, and he’ll be spending his own cash. On the Democratic side, at least Pritzker and Kennedy have a game plan. Pritzker with Boss Madigan and a massive TV ad budget. And Kennedy seeking minority votes with endorsements like that of Chuy Garcia’s. But what is Rauner’s game plan? That Boss Madigan has helped ruin the state? Rauner needs more than that, but his plan is becoming increasingly difficult to see. He was a businessman, not a social justice warrior at the beginning, then he wasn’t conservative, then he was a conservative for a few weeks, then he fired all the conservatives working for him and made sure he wasn’t a conservative by supporting taxpayer-funded abortion. It’s all been so very confusing. Conservatives will either find a challenger, or convince Rauner to do the math and hope he won’t seek re-election and save the Illinois GOP from a fight. Or he can run, while conservatives concentrate on their own state House and Senate races and keep the governor at a distance. “It’s best for the state if he announces he’s not running,” Ives said. “It would allow the party to come together and coalesce around another individual who could take on the Democrats. Because Rauner’s base has lost him. There’s no doubt about it. Talk to people around the state. You hear the same thing. His base isn’t with him.” Those who are quite close to the governor say he has no interest in caving, that he’ll fight. It might be politically bloody, but he doesn’t care. Rauner isn’t a weakling. He fought hard. He spent his money. He made terrible political mistakes that he didn’t have to make, but he insisted on making them. Now, he’s paying for them. Conservatives like Jeanne Ives will insist upon it.)
— Rauner parts ways with chief of staff Kristina Rasmussen from conservative think tank – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-chief-of-staff-1007-20171006-story.html
— Amazon’s HQ2 quest sent Chicago looking for an ‘in,’ mayor’s emails show – Lauren Zumbach (DIERSEN: From what I see, Emanuel will stress to Amazon that Chicago is full of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that 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, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-amazon-hq2-emanuel-emails-20171006-story.html
— 6th Congressional District Democrat candidate forum planned (DIERSEN: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would still be hosting Republican candidate forums. Contested races include those for DuPage County Sheriff, DuPage County Board District 4, and Circuit Court Judge.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-digest-st-1008-20171006-story.html
— Fox Valley congressmen call for review of ‘bump stocks,’ other gun measures – Sarah Freishtat
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-las-vegas-gun-law-congressmen-st-1008-20171006-story.html
— Gorsuch could strike a mortal blow to unions – Ed Rogers
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-gorsuch-union-dues-janus-afscme-20171006-story.html
— Welcome to the dysfunction of Illinois government – Diana Sroka Rickert
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-illinois-1008-story.html
— Chicago should hope to lose the Amazon chase – Steve Chapman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-amazon-hq2-chicago-20171008-story.html
— Rauner takes Manufacturing Month tour to South Elgin’s Hoffer Plastics – Linda Girardi
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-south-elgin-rauner-manufacturing-st-1008-20171006-story.html
— Trump’s one-two punch hits birth control, LGBT rights – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–trump-religious-rules-20171006-story.html
— University of Wisconsin approves free speech policy that punishes student protesters – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-university-of-wisconsin-protest-punishment-20171006-story.html
— Wisconsin state lawmaker sued over sign theft – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-wi–sign-theft-lawmaker-20171006-story.html
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner shakes up his staff again—this time at the very top – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171006/BLOGS02/171009899/rauner-shakes-up-his-staff-again-this-time-at-the-very-top
— Yes, state House retirements are off the charts – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171006/NEWS02/171009896/yes-state-house-retirements-are-off-the-charts
DAILY HERALD
— Why high school football programs are losing players – Mitch Dudek (DIERSEN: My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. Neither I nor any of my ancestors played football.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171006/why-high-school-football-programs-are-losing-players–
— Metra’s doomsday budget includes fare hikes, service cuts – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171006/metras-doomsday-budget-includes-fare-hikes-service-cuts
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Former U.S. attorney Rodger Heaton named Rauner’s chief of staff – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171006/former-us-attorney-rodger-heaton-named-rauners-chief-of-staff
SUBURBAN LIFE
— Gag order issued in Wheaton College hazing incident – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/lists/2017/10/05/bd8b7c2e40104b4bb5dd125d95e19afd/index.xml
WJBD RADIO
— President Trump looms large over Virginia governor’s race – ANC News (DIERSEN: Will Trump loom large over the Illinois Republican gubernatorial primary?)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2017/10/06/president-trump-looms-large-over-virginia-governors-race
CHENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Joe Biden: The U.S. is ‘walking down a very dark path’ under Trump Blasts president’s nationalist appeal – JENNIFER HANSLER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are anti-American.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/joe-biden-the-us-is-walking-down-a-very-dark-path-under-trump/828602574
WSIL TV
— Former state representative Brandon Phelps becomes lobbyist – Joe Ragusa
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/36541917/former-state-representative-becomes-lobbyist
CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— There’s Only Room for One Madigan at the Top of Illinois Politics Now we know: There’s no Madigan dynasty. There’s only Mike. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/November-2017/Michael-Madigan-Lisa-Madigan/
GAZETTE CHICAGO
— Rainbow PUSH, activists push back on Trump’s voter fraud commission – Igor Studenkov
http://www.gazettechicago.com/index/2017/10/rainbow-push-activists-push-back-on-trumps-voter-fraud-commission/
WIRE POINTS
— Rasmussen leaves as Rauner’s Chief of Staff. Who is Rauner? Critics will need new spin as head-scratching expands – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/rasmussen-out-as-rauners-chief-of-staff-who-is-rauner-critics-will-need-a-new-spin-as-head-scratching-expands/
ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Gov. Rauner names fourth chief of staff in three years
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/gov-rauner-names-fourth-chief-of-staff-in-three-years/article_759dd80e-aaa9-11e7-996e-9346e70ef724.html
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CONSERVATIVE URBANA-CHAMPAIGN STUDENTS CATCH LIBERAL VANDALS IN THE ACT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/10/conservative-urbana-champaign-students-catch-liberal-vandals-in-the-act.html
— THE CURRENT TAX CODE PROMOTES BIGGER GOVERNMENT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/10/the-current-tax-code-promotes-bigger-government.html
— RAUNER DISMISSES CHIEF OF STAFF RASMUSSEN, MOVES LEFT EVEN MORE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/10/rauner-dismisses-chief-of-staff-rasmussen-moves-left-even-more-.html
— WHITE HOUSE REMOVES OBAMACARE HHS MANDATE ON CONTRACEPTIVES AND ABORTION-INDUCING DRUGS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/10/white-house-removes-obamacare-hhs-mandate-on-contraceptives-and-abortion-inducing-drugs.html
— DI LEO: MARK KIRK V2.0 – THE 2018 ILLINOIS GOVERNOR’S RACE (DIERSEN: If not Rauner, who would have a better chance of winning November 6, 2018?)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/10/mark-kirk-v20-the-2018-illinois-governors-race.html
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Is the Illinois GOP Civil War Finally Here? – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/10/is-the-illinois-gop-civil-war-finally-here/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Now that prominent conservatives are seeing Governor Bruce Rauner for who he really is, we arrive at a genuinely dramatic moment in a state where the Republican Party’s failures have paved the way for Leftist policies to ruin the state. After signing several outrageously left-wing bills into law, an increasing number of rank and file conservatives and elected political leaders are finally seeing the truth about Governor Rauner. This gives conservatives in Illinois the opportunity to get their act together. Technically, every election cycle is another chance for limited government and pro-family Republicans — but some opportunities are greater than others. This is one. Examples of the lost chances happened in 1982 (Don Totten’s lt. governor candidacy), 2002 (the caucus leadership changes in the General Assembly), 2004 (Jack Ryan’s U.S. Senate campaign), and the past three gubernatorial primaries (all of which, 2006, 2010, and 2014, were lost due to State Senator Bill Brady’s involvement…that’s a sad story for another article). I would be remiss if I didn’t point out that there were people warning about Rauner four years ago — including IFI’s Laurie Higgins. Another voice, probably the loudest and most thorough, was Doug Ibendahl at RepublicanNewsWatch.com. Among the stronger recent statements, my favorites are that of State Rep. Peter Breen: “The Rauner experiment is over,” — and State Rep. David McSweeney: “Rauner is a failed governor.” Will Rauner run for reelection? He says he is, but we’ll see. If he does and conservatives mount a credible challenge to him, can Bruce and his millions of dollars be defeated? Not unless conservatives unite around a solid, intelligent and able governor/lt. governor ticket and run the best campaign of their lives. (Anyone reading this who personally knows Bill Brady, please ask him to stay the heck away from the race and enjoy leading the GOP super-minority in the state senate.) As simple as all of that sounds, Illinois conservatives have proven incapable of uniting, and in fact, have not been up to the task of successfully taking on the 40 years-in-the-making RINO (Republican in Name Only) establishment. Since Jim Thompson was elected Illinois governor in 1976, the RINOs have usually been happy to cooperate with the Democrats as long as individuals in the RINO club were able to become rich in the process. Yes, there were exceptions, such as moments during the decade-long state senate Republican majority in the 1990s, when Republicans acted as Republicans are supposed to. The fact that they were exceptions, however, is why we are where we are today. As several people are now realizing, this is a unique opportunity. President Donald Trump tapped the economic and cultural frustration in the electorate and defeated a talented primary field and the Democratic Party dynasty of our era in the general election. The same exasperation that exists in Illinois caused a majority of voters in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa to help candidate Trump take down the vaunted “blue wall.” Does it exist here on a large enough scale to send Rauner back to the private sector and take down the next silly Democratic Party left-wing nominee? Yes and yes. But it will take a competence level we haven’t seen from Illinois conservative candidates and consultants in a couple of generations. Does the candidate and consultant talent exist here to step up and lead? Yes on candidates and maybe on the consultants. Too many conservative campaign consultants don’t realize that in this era of Trump, things are different. The statewide campaign can no longer be all about their financial take on media buys, and their percentage of the cost of massive direct mailings and yard signs, or the fact that these “wise” consultants think they’re the smartest people in the room (they’re not). The campaign must be all about effectively communicating to the people of Illinois the serious problems that exist here. Those problems have gotten worse during Bruce Rauner’s tenure, and will speed-up in the wrong direction under a radical lefty like J.B. Pritzker. I have been saying this for decades — the people of Illinois are not much different from all those in the red states that surround us. This is not Vermont or Massachusetts or California. Cook County might not turn red any time soon, but there are plenty of what used to be called Reagan Democrats living in Chicago and its surrounds to give a conservative a primary and general election win. All that has been missing all these years is effective conservative leadership in the Illinois Republican Party. While Rauner’s money has purchased the party apparatus for the time being, a counter insurgency is possible and necessary. And the time for that is now.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner staff meeting play-by-play
https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/06/rauner-staff-meeting-play-by-play/
BREITBART
— Chuck Grassley Suggests Trading DACA Amnesty for Border Security, Mandatory E-Verify – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/06/chuck-grassley-suggests-trading-daca-amnesty-for-border-security-mandatory-e-verify/
GOPUSA
— NFL players’ union teamed up with George Soros to fund leftist advocacy groups
http://www.gopusa.com/nfl-players-union-teamed-up-with-george-soros-to-fund-leftist-advocacy-groups/
FOX NEWS
— AG directive protects religious objectors to LGBT rights – AP (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes have always worked the hardest against me. I should write a book about them.)
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/06/trump-religious-objection-order-upends-lgbt-protections.html
DAILY CALLER
— STUDY: Obama Had 740 Percent More Positive Media Coverage Than Trump – Justin Caruso
http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/06/study-obama-had-740-percent-more-positive-media-coverage-than-trump/
— California Can Now Jail People For Misusing Gender Pronouns – Anders Hagstrom
http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/06/california-can-now-jail-people-for-misusing-gender-pronouns/
— UC Berkeley Students Protest Exam, Accuse Peers And Professor Of Supporting White Supremacy – Ian Miles Cheong
http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/05/uc-berkeley-students-protest-exam-accuse-peers-and-professor-of-supporting-white-supremacy/
— Mexico Prepares For ‘Dreamers’ To Get Deported – Alex Pfeiffer (DIERSENM: What about their parents?)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/06/mexico-prepares-for-dreamers-to-get-deported/
NEWSMAX
— House Budget Plan Clears Way for Cuts to Federal Employee Benefits – Jeffrey Rodack (DIERSEN: Very few of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) are/were wage earners, b) are in line to get a pension, and/or c) are getting a pension. Overwhelmingly they want employee salaries, employee benefits, and employee pensions to be cut. I was a wage earner 1964-1997 and I have been getting a pension since 1997.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/house-budget-plan-cuts-federal-employee/2017/10/06/id/818124/
CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— PSYCH DRUGS IN EVERY SHOOTER SINCE COLUMBINE – INCLUDING PADDOCK – Alex Cameron
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/10/05/psych-drugs-in-every-shooter-since-columbine-including-paddock/
NEW AMERICAN
— Facebook Claims Ability to Discern “Fake News” – Mary Elise Dugan (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, a) only they decide what news is real or important and b) GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are full of links to fake and/or unimportant news.)
https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/computers/item/27073-facebook-claims-ability-to-discern-fake-news
THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following “groups slam DOJ for ‘despicable’ religious liberty guidance:” 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, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://thehill.com/regulation/administration/354289-civil-rights-groups-slam-doj-for-despicable-religious-liberty
NBC NEWS
— White House Preps ‘Wish List’ of Hard-line Immigration Proposals – HALLIE JACKSON, JULIA AINSLEY and LEIGH ANN CALDWELL
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/white-house-preps-wish-list-hard-line-immigration-proposals-n808446
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Rauner Chief of Staff Out After 3 Months, Ex-US Attorney In Gov. Bruce Rauner is replacing his chief of staff after just 13 weeks. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-10-06/rauner-chief-of-staff-out-after-3-months-ex-us-attorney-in
CBS MIAMI
— Thousands Of ‘Dreamers’ Now Subject To Deportation
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/10/05/deadline-looms-for-dreamers-to-keep-protection/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— New Analysis Counters Claim that Federal Workforce Grew in Recent Years – Charles S. Clark
http://www.govexec.com/management/2017/10/newly-crunched-numbers-counter-claim-federal-workforce-grew-recent-years/141588/
FED WEEK
— GAO To Study PTSD Treatment, Therapy
http://www.fedweek.com/armed-forces-news/gao-study-ptsd-treatment-therapy/
VANITY FAIR
— TRUMP FLUNKS HISPANIC OUTREACH IN THE MOST TRUMP WAY POSSIBLE – BESS LEVIN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not glorify and praise Hispanics, anti-Trumps call you a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/10/trump-flunks-hispanic-outreach-in-the-most-trump-way-possible
