September 26 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Christine Blasey Ford releases full statement ahead of Senate Judiciary hearing
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/christine-blasey-ford-releases-full-statement-ahead-of-senate-judiciary-hearing/4346203/
— Julie Swetnick, 3rd Brett Kavanaugh accuser, submits allegation to Senate panel – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/3rd-kavanaugh-accuser-submits-allegation-to-senate-panel/4343887/

 

NBC5
— Priest Speaks Out for First Time After Church Burned Rainbow Flag – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/priest-paul-kalchik-speaks-out-after-flag-burning-incident-494431011.html
— Durbin, Duckworth Accept Letter of Support for Kavanaugh Accuser
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/durbin-duckworth-kavanaugh-494406521.html
— 3rd Kavanaugh Accuser Emerges; Trump Open to Changing Mind Julie Swetnick says she was gang raped at a high school party and witnessed Brett Kavanaugh engaged “in abusive and physically aggressive behavior toward girls”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Third-Kavanaugh-Accuser-Swetnick-Avenatti-494387311.html
— 4 Come Forward Vouching for Kavanaugh Accuser Ford One friend of Christine Blasey Ford’s said that, in the summer of 2016, she told him “she was assaulted in high school by a man who was now a federal judge in Washington, D.C.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Kavanaugh-Accusation-Evidence-Confirmation-Hearing-494365401.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Kavanaugh denies accusations from third accuser, saying they’re from ‘Twilight Zone’ – Lisa Fernandez
http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/stormy-daniels-lawyer-brings-forward-third-kavanaugh-accuser

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Third Kavanaugh accuser submits allegation to Senate panel – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brett-kavanaugh-michael-avenatti-christine-blasey-ford-senate-panel-new-sexual-assault-allegations/
— What’s in Kavanaugh’s ’82 calendar: sports, movies, parties – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brett-kavanaugh-1982-calendar-christine-blasey-ford/
— How Dems fight against Kavanaugh could boost GOP in midterms – S. E. Cupp
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/brett-kavanaugh-nomination-republican-midterm-elections-cupp/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in turning women against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/republican-partys-woman-problem-spotlight/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Pritzker: Mileage tax ‘experimental,’ expanding gambling for road funds ‘worth looking at’ – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180926/pritzker-mileage-tax-experimental-expanding-gambling-for-road-funds-worth-looking-at
— Kavanaugh’s ‘choir boy’ image on Fox interview rankles former Yale classmates – Aaron C. Davis, Emma Brown and Joe Heim
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180926/kavanaughs-choir-boy-image-on-fox-interview-rankles-former-yale-classmates
— Board chairman candidates: DuPage shouldn’t increase property taxes – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180926/board-chairman-candidates-dupage-shouldnt-increase-property-taxes

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— DeKalb County: Republicans’ campaign fundraising outpacing Democrats’ – KATIE FINLON
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/09/25/dekalb-county-republicans-campaign-fundraising-outpacing-democrats/a71fbsb/

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Pritzker leads Rauner in UIS/NPR Illinois poll – BERNARD SCHOENBURG
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/pritzker-leads-rauner-in-uis-npr-illinois-poll/article_985f6600-653a-5416-86ae-24c6e0c01b12.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Dems, GOP play same game – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-09-26/editorial-dems-gop-play-same-game.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Survey Shows Voters Favor Pritzker In Governor’s Race, But Many Are Still Undecided – SEAN CRAWFORD
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/survey-shows-voters-favor-pritzker-governors-race-many-are-still-undecided#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— UIS Professor: One-party rule could be ‘ticket for ignoring the problems’ in Illinois – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/uis-professor-one-party-rule-could-be-ticket-for-ignoring/article_ad67801c-c0f3-11e8-ba3a-8b97091bf8cd.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— REPUBLICAN PARTY FAVORABILITY HIGHEST IN SEVEN YEARS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/republican-party-favorability-highest-in-seven-years.html
— CHICAGO’S DEPAUL UNIVERSITY PROF PREACHES ON WHY JESUS CONDEMNED THE RICH
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/chicagos-depaul-university-prof-preaches-on-why-jesus-condemned-the-rich.html
— REPUBLICAN HOUSE CHALLENGER’S SIGNS VANDALIZED IN CONTENTIOUS GRAYSLAKE RACE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/republican-house-challengers-signs-vandalized-in-contentious-grayslake-race.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Casten hit again on business deal
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/26/casten-hit-again-on-business-deal/
— Report: 78 percent of surveyed suburban Cook schools tested positive for lead
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/26/report-78-percent-of-surveyed-suburban-cook-schools-tested-positive-for-lead/
— Is the governor’s race hurting congressional Republicans here?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/26/is-the-governors-race-hurting-congressional-republicans-here/
— Panel: Parties must recruit more women, hire “Director of Diversity,” expand on the “Rooney Rule”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/26/panel-parties-must-recruit-more-women-hire-director-of-diversity-expand-on-the-rooney-rule/
— Dating and alcohol rules proposed for campaigns
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/26/dating-and-alcohol-rules-proposed-for-campaigns/
— Poll: 53 percent say they’ve considered leaving Illinois in the past year
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/26/poll-53-percent-say-theyve-considered-leaving-illinois-in-the-past-year/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— More Than 60 Georgetown Prep Alumni Defend Kavanaugh against Latest Charge in Letter to Judiciary Committee – MAIREAD MCARDLE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/classmates-defend-brett-kavanaugh-against-latest-charge/

 

DAILY CALLER
— THE TRUMP DOCTRINE PUTS THE UN IN ITS PLACE – Henry Miller
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/26/the-trump-doctrine-u-n/

 

BREITBART
— All 10 Judiciary Committee Democrats Demand Trump Withdraw Brett Kavanaugh’s Nomination – Joel Pollak
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/26/judiciary-committee-democrats-demand-trump-withdraw-brett-kavanaugh-nomination/

 

THE HILL
— Trump defends Kavanaugh in wild press conference – JORDAN FABIAN –
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/408626-trump-wont-say-if-he-believes-kavanaughs-accusers-are-lying
— Avenatti releases client’s identity, allegations against Kavanaugh – TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/408490-avenatti-releases-clients-identity-allegations-against-kavanaugh
— Kavanaugh denies allegations in prepared testimony – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/408525-kavanaugh-denies-allegations-in-prepared-testimony
— Trump blasts Avenatti as ‘low-life’ and ‘third-rate lawyer’ – JORDAN FABIAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/408533-trump-blasts-avenatti-as-low-life-and-third-rate-lawyer

 

POLITICO
— Trump says Avenatti made ‘false accusations’ after third Kavanaugh allegation
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/26/trump-says-avenatti-made-false-accusations-after-third-kavanaugh-allegation-843149
— Kavanaugh accuser lines up evidence ahead of hearing Trump calls Kavanaugh ‘a gem’ while the Supreme Court nominee’s accuser gives senators letters her attorneys claim bolster her case. – JOHN BRESNAHAN, BURGESS EVERETT, ELANA SCHOR and RACHAEL BADE
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/26/jockeying-over-evidence-kavanaugh-hearing-842711
— Senate asks Kavanaugh about fourth accusation The nominee denied the newest accusation. – ELANA SCHOR and BURGESS EVERETT
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/26/jockeying-over-evidence-kavanaugh-hearing-842711

 

CNN
— Trump: Kavanaugh accusations ‘all false to me,’ but I could change my mind – Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/26/politics/donald-trump-news-conference-kavanaugh-un/index.html
— New allegations against Kavanaugh submitted to Senate committee – Sara Sidner
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/26/politics/julie-swetnick-allegation-kavanaugh/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Read Brett Kavanaugh’s Complete Opening Statement
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/us/politics/read-brett-kavanaughs-complete-opening-statement.html
— Kavanaugh Regrets Some Choices in High School, but Again Denies Allegations of Sexual Assault – Nicholas Fandos
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/us/politics/kavanaugh-calendar.html
— Kavanaugh Is Accused by a Third Woman of Sexual Misconduct – Steve Eder, Jim Rutenberg and Rebecca R. Ruiz
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/us/politics/julie-swetnick-avenatti-kavenaugh.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The problem with making a sex-crimes prosecutor the face of Senate Judiciary Republicans – Deanna Paul
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/26/problem-with-making-sex-crimes-prosecutor-face-senate-judiciary-republicans/
— Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh says he was ‘not perfect’ in high school, drank beer with friends, but denies sexual assault – John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kavanaugh-nomination-trump-calls-nominee-an-absolute-gem-as-tensions-swirl-over-planned-hearing/2018/09/26/df224aea-c190-11e8-97a5-ab1e46bb3bc7_story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Kavanaugh accused of shoving woman ‘aggressively and sexually’ in the ‘90s – Joe Tacopino
https://nypost.com/2018/09/26/kavanaugh-accused-of-shoving-woman-aggressively-and-sexually-in-the-90s/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Third Woman, Julie Swetnick, Makes Allegations Against Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh In declaration, woman alleges she was drugged, raped at 1982 party where Kavanaugh was present – Rebecca Ballhaus and Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/attorney-avenatti-releases-affidavit-from-woman-describing-kavanaugh-at-parties-in-1980s-1537974634

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.