September 25 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Washington Post-ABC poll finds virtual tie for Clinton, Trump ahead of debate – Dan Balz, Scott Clement
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-poll-virtual-tie-clinton-trump-20160924-story.html
— Tens of thousands march against same-sex marriage in Mexico – MARK STEVENSON (DIERSEN: Mexicans, including the millions who are in America illegally, should understand that the Democrats who run America will get rid of those Mexicans who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-bc-lt–mexico-protest-20160924-story.html
— New exhibit on American workers makes us think: Why do we work? – Rex Huppke  (DIERSEN: What is your employer’s mission?  I worked for GAO for almost 18 years.  Its mission “is to support the Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities and to help improve the performance and ensure the accountability of the federal government for the benefit of the American people. We provide Congress with timely information that is objective, fact-based, nonpartisan, nonideological, fair, and balanced.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/careers/ijustworkhere/ct-huppke-work-advice-0925-biz-20160922-column.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The great Chicago author and historian Studs Terkel once wrote this about work: “It is about a search, too, for daily meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash, for astonishment rather than torpor; in short, for a life rather than a Monday through Friday sort of dying.” That quote looms large over a new multimedia exhibit at the Harold Washington Library Center in Chicago. The collection of photos of people with different types of jobs, accompanied by stories of what they do and why they do it, is called “Working in America,” and it does what artistic endeavors should do: It makes you think.)
— Naperville: Big picture lost in tax advocacy – Mike Marek, Naperville
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-voice-letters-opinion-st-0918-20160923-story.html
— Mentoring may be just the answer for you and Chicago – Mary Schmich  (DIERSEN: What happened to your mentors?  My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of my IRS mentor who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of my GAO mentor who hired me in 1980, who got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/schmich/ct-chicago-violence-mentoring-mary-schmich-20160923-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Why Hillary isn’t 50 points ahead – Tom Bevan  (DIERSEN ANSWER: Democrats and RINOs have not yet succeeded in getting rid of those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-why-hillary-isnt-50-points-ahead/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote immigration make it clearer that they are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/linda-chavez-bogus-facts-confuse-americans-on-immigration/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF CLINTON AND TRUMP: Trump, Clinton backers in suburbs taking nothing for granted – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160914/news/160918679/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: So why is middle-school teacher Mark Fratella, a Republican, giving a pro-Trump speech to Greek-American community leaders at a banquet hall in Addison? . . . “Obviously it’s a blue state — but you never know what to expect,” said Fratella, a Trump delegate at the July Republican National Convention. “This could be the year we turn it red. Chicago will be a real tough nut to crack, but we have very strong support in the collar counties. We’re really targeting them.” . . . Fratella thinks Trump’s immigration position boils down to a stronger border and tighter national security, for example, keeping track of foreigners who overstay their visas. “I don’t view his stance on many of these things as hateful or bigoted. … A lot of it is just pragmatic,” said Fratella, who has met Trump several times. He grew up in the Detroit suburbs where his autoworker father kept a picture of JFK on the wall. But the rise of another political icon, Republican Ronald Reagan, captured the allegiance of the younger Fratella. His first presidential campaign was U.S. Sen. Bob Dold’s in 1996, and he’s volunteered for every one since. Fratella eventually moved to Elmhurst and linked up with the formidable Addison Township GOP organization. “We have a very strong network of volunteers,” said Fratella, who stumped for Trump at a United Hellenic Voters of America event last week. “We’ve got our own campaign. We don’t necessarily need the infrastructure of a Kirk to help us out.” . . . Fratella is looking for synergies with Republicans who backed candidates other than Trump, who is expected in Bolingbrook for a fundraiser Wednesday. “We are all on board to prevent Hillary from winning. We can all get behind that regardless of where we started.”)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160925/discuss/160929351/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to Democrats, to Libertarians, and to RINOs who want Blacks to be stoners?
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20160924/black-residents-seen-as-beneficiaries-of-decriminalizing-marijuana
— Do you remember where you were during Rauner’s Facebook Live session? – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20160924/statehouse-insider-do-you-remember-where-you-were-during-rauners-facebook-live-session

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Education funding lawsuits may show what’s ahead for Illinois – Dan Petrella
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/education/education-funding-lawsuits-may-show-what-s-ahead-for-illinois/article_96b4ddf3-4080-5900-b761-f5b1773b0064.html

 

ABC6 & WGEM
— Police: 5 shot, 1 dead, after fight at Illinois campus party – AP
http://www.abc6.com/story/33185166/police-5-shot-1-dead-after-fight-at-illinois-campus-party
http://www.wgem.com/story/33185166/police-5-shot-1-killed-after-argument-at-illinois-party

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Don King: Trump offers way out of ‘racist, sexist’ system  King spoke at minority voter outreach event – Eugene Scott
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/don-king-trump-offers-way-out-of-racist-sexist-system

 

DAILY EGYPTIAN
— Florida man arrested in theft of naked Trump statue – Cresonia Hsieh
http://dailyegyptian.com/59480/national/florida-man-arrested-theft-naked-trump-statue/

 

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— 2:43-MINUTE VIDEO: Township Talk
http://www.nctv17.com/township-talk/

 

HOT AIR
— Trump finally pulls ahead of Clinton… barely – JAZZ SHAW
http://hotair.com/archives/2016/09/25/morning-consult-trump-finally-pulls-ahead-clinton-barely/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Virginia Politician And Clinton Backer Brands Trump Supporters As “Mentally Deficient”
http://dailycaller.com/2016/09/25/virginia-politician-and-clinton-backer-brands-trump-supporters-as-mentally-deficient-video/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— People: Is Trump Hitler? And Hillary, ‘What Emoji Best Describes You?’ – Tim Graham
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2016/09/25/people-trump-hitler-and-hillary-what-emoji-best-describes-you

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— You might be a deplorable if… – Peggy Ryan
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/09/you_might_be_a_deplorable_if.html
— Sowing the seeds of anarchy – Bob Weir
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/09/sowing_the_seeds_of_anarchy.html

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— DALLAS MORNING NEWS TAKES HIT AFTER ENDORSING HILLARY ‘We write our editorials based on principle, and sometimes principle comes at a cost’ “Certainly we’ve paid a price …” – Fred Maxwell  (DIERSEN: What price have you paid for standing up for Republican principles?  If I had become a Democrat, my Democrat superiors in the federal government would not have taken the following adverse actions against me: a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, they did not promote me beyond GS-13, they kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and they forced me to take an $18,459 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, they disallowed my education deductions, and they disallowed my partial day per diem claims, and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.)
http://www.wnd.com/2016/09/major-newspaper-takes-hit-after-endorsing-hillary/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Texas newspaper was just forced to accept the reality that you have to take responsibility for the choices you make. The Dallas Morning News has had to deal with subscription cancellations and protests after announcing its endorsement of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. For the first time in 75 years, the paper endorsed a Democrat rather than a Republican.)

 

THE HILL
— How Holt went from Chicago to moderating Trump-Clinton – Joe Concha
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/297587-how-lester-holt-went-from-chicago-radio-to-moderating-trump

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Gennifer Flowers Says She Will Attend First Presidential Debate As Trump’s Guest – Daniel Marans  (DIERSEN: Who will Clinton invite? Of course, needless-to-say, all those who she will invite will be anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gennifer-flowers-trump-presidential-debate_us_57e6e3f9e4b0e28b2b5459b0
— George W. Bush Interrupted Obama To Ask Him To Snap A Picture Of Him And It Was Amazing – Lee Moran
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/george-w-bush-obama-picture_us_57e6b86ce4b08d73b8319e77?

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/09/2016-donald-trump-fact-check-week-214287

 

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say Americans disapprove of “Putin-Style Leadership.” Far too many “leaders” in America are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/ap-gfk-poll-shows-voter-distaste-putin-style-42341135

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Your Local 1-Percenters May Not Be as Rich as You Think – ROBERT FRANK and KARL RUSSELL  (DIERSEN: Who has hinted/implied/argued/shouted that you are a 1-percenter?  I should write a book about my envy-filled critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am a 1-percenter.  They are all anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.  They stress the new cars, the real estate, the collector cars, etc. that I have bought.  They stress all the money that I paid for college tuition.  They stress that I could afford to take an $18,459 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer between federal agencies in 1980.  They stress that I could never have been a 1-percenter a) if I had not avoided the draft and b) if my wife and I had not given up trying to have children, if we had adopted, or if we had become foster parents.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/25/business/your-local-1-percenters-may-not-be-as-rich-as-you-think.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At the Democratic National Convention this summer, Hillary Clinton said 1-percenters were due for a tax increase. “This is not because we resent success,” she said. “But when more than 90 percent of the gains have gone to the top 1 percent, that’s where the money is.” But defining America’s 1 percent — and finding out “where the money is” — has become an increasingly subjective endeavor. As wealth becomes more concentrated in certain states and even counties, the gap between the national 1 percent and the local 1 percent is growing, creating wealth clusters that are pulling away from the rest of the country. To be in the top 1 percent of incomes nationally, families need to take in a minimum of $389,436. The average income of America’s 1-percenters is $1,153,293, according to a recent study by the Economic Policy Institute. Yet when incomes are measured state by state, the study shows wildly diverging fortunes for 1-percenters. One-percenters in the New York metro area (which includes parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania) earn at least $673,000. Those in the Bridgeport-Stamford, Conn., area make at least $1.4 million. Both are eclipsed by the 1-percenters of Jackson, Wyo., who earn at least $1.7 million. Why Jackson? Billionaires have been flocking to Wyoming, attracted by its outdoor lifestyle and low taxes. Teton County, Wyo., is the richest in America when it comes to 1 percent incomes, with 1-percenters earning more than $2.2 million. New York County, or Manhattan, ranks second, with a $1.44 million threshold, followed by Fairfield County, Conn., with just under $1.4 million. The tech boom has helped the 1 percent in San Mateo County and Marin County, Calif., where they earn at least $1.1 million. By contrast, you need only $97,000 to be a 1-percenter in Holmes County, Miss., or Lamar County, Ala., or $108,000 in Grayson County, Va. “All high incomes are going up, but they’re going up much faster in places like New York, Maryland and California,” said Mark Price, a labor economist at the Keystone Research Center and co-author of the Economic Policy Institute study. It’s no surprise that the most expensive states have the highest incomes at the top. And wealth, by nature, has always been relative. Yet economists and wealth experts say the economic distance between 1-percenters in rich states and the 1-percenters in middling or even affluent states has widened drastically, creating a new national landscape of the 1 percent.)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The Latest: Trump says he’d do more for women than Clinton – AP (DIERSEN: Do you “do more” for women?  Of course, needless-to-say, because I have always supported the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being a sexist and even worse things.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-latest-charlotte-mayor-asks-clinton-to-postpone-visit/2016/09/23/6f802dd4-81f4-11e6-9578-558cc125c7ba_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/ct-donald-trump-falsehoods-20160925-story.html

 

JOPLIN GLOBE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://www.joplinglobe.com/opinion/columns/our-view-trump-s-comments-deplorable/article_245f4580-8f5c-5f40-a6fb-2467ee73561b.html

 

BATTLE CREEK ENQUIRER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “More bigotry from the Trump brigade.”
http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/opinion/columnists/2016/09/25/dana-milbank-bigotry-trump-brigade/90954142/

 

DETROIT NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump litmus test will harm GOP.”
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/nolan-finley/2016/09/24/finley-trump-litmus-test-will-harm-gop/91062152/

 

SARASOTA HERALD TRIBUNE
— As Clinton focuses on debate, Trump says he’d champion women – AP  (DIERSEN: Do you champion women?  Of course, needless-to-say, because I have always supported the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being a sexist and even worse things.)
http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20160925/as-clinton-focuses-on-debate-trump-says-hed-champion-women

 

FOX BOSTON
— Clinton campaign responds to Trump’s threat to bring Gennifer Flowers to debate (DIERSEN: Who will Clinton invite? Of course, needless-to-say, all those who she will invite will be anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.fox25boston.com/news/clinton-campaign-responds-to-trumps-threat-to-bring-gennifer-flowers-to-debate/450041940

 

PBS
— Trump says he would do more than Clinton to help women – AP (DIERSEN: Do you “do more” for women?  Of course, needless-to-say, because I have always supported the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being a sexist and even worse things.)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/trump-says-will-help-women/

 

ON TOP MAGAZINE
— 20 Percent Of LGBT Voters Support Donald Trump – CARLOS SANTOSCOY  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, LGBT Trump voters want Trump to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBT activity.)
http://www.ontopmag.com/article/23364/20_Percent_Of_LGBT_Voters_Support_Donald_Trump

 

THE GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps, that is, those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors, shout that Trump and his supporters are racists. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they hate 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.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/25/donald-trump-pivot-hillary-clinton-debate
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/sep/24/hillary-clinton-endorsement-new-york-times-donald-trump-elizabeth-warren

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.