October 31 Evening Edition

ABC7
— The White House playbook for Election Day security – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Ross Weidner
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/the-white-house-playbook-for-election-day-security/4590524/

 

NBC5
— Dozens of Cook County Precincts Change Polling Places Ahead of Election A total of 53 polling places were changed, according to the Cook County Clerk
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/53-cook-county-precincts-change-polling-places-ahead-of-election-499183771.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Biden says he’s ‘sick and tired’ of Trump White House
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/biden-says-he-s-sick-and-tired-of-trump-white-house

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump haters a) promote hatred of Trump and b) promote hatred of Trump’s supporters.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-robinson-column-st-1101-story.html
— Illinois’ highest paid superintendent fired after misconduct investigation – Zak Koeske
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-calumet-city-district-155-superintendent-terminated-st-1031-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump and then want you to vote for Democrats to punish Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-vote-democratic-for-congress-for-a-moral-corrective-to-trumpism/
— Fact-check: Sean Casten tax claim taxed by facts – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/politifact-fact-check-sean-casten-tax-peter-roskam-bga/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/cannabis-cultivator-career-working-medical-marijuana/
— No longer ‘trapped by the past,’ county freed from political hiring oversight – Rachel Hinton (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://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cook-county-free-shakman-political-hiring-oversight/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in getting women and minorities to hate Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/americas-gender-racial-divides-on-display-in-house-races/
— Cook County blows past 2014 early vote total with six days to go – Adam Thorp
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cook-county-blows-past-2014-early-vote-total-with-six-days-to-go/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Problems reported with some voting machines in DuPage County – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181031/problems-reported-with-some-voting-machines-in-dupage-county
— Morrison v. Schneider: Democrats contribute thousands to Cook County Board races – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181031/democrats-contribute-thousands-to-cook-county-board-races
— 10 states to dispatch troops to US-Mexico border – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181031/news/310319874/

 

WIFR
— Candidates and scholars ride the “Pink Wave” in DeKalb
https://www.wifr.com/content/news/Candidates-and-scholars-ride-the-Pink-Wave-in-DeKalb-499105641.html

 

WMBD
— Rauner Shares Frustrations Ahead Of Election
https://www.1470wmbd.com/gov-rauner-shares-frustrations-ahead-of-election/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump Says He’ll Send As Many As 15,000 Troops To The Southern Border – RICHARD GONZALES
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/trump-says-hell-send-many-15000-troops-southern-border#stream/0

 

MEDILL REPORTS
— THE BATTLEGROUND IN SUBURBIA: ILLINOIS’S 6TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT – Valerie Nikolas
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/the-battleground-in-suburbia-illinoiss-6th-congressional-district/

 

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Let the De-Raunerification of Illinois Begin
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-let-the-de-raunerification-of-illinois-begin

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.ilnews.org/news/health/national-advocate-lauds-siu-s-cannabis-science-initiative/article_e64a9386-db99-11e8-bde1-7fbc5b278055.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— KUSHINER: MANLY CODES OF CONDUCT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/kushiner-manly-codes-of-conduct.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner says he’s frustrated as Pritzker begins his closing argument
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/31/rauner-says-hes-frustrated-as-pritzker-begins-his-closing-argument/
— New Rauner digital ad talks about his hardscrabble upbringing in Deerfield
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/31/new-rauner-digital-ad-talks-about-his-hardscrabble-upbringing-in-deerfield/

 

GOPUSA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58039
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58049

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Big Tech Election Meddling: Censoring Conservatives Right Before Election Day – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/29039-big-tech-election-meddling-censoring-conservatives-right-election-day

 

WESTERN JOURNAL & AMERICAN THINKER
— Donald Trump — America’s First Jewish President – Marc Scaringi
https://www.westernjournal.com/donald-trump-americas-first-jewish-president/
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/10/donald_trump_americas_first_jewish_president.html

 

THE HILL
— Trump bashes Paul Ryan on birthright citizenship: Focus on holding the majority – JORDAN FABIAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/414077-trump-bashes-paul-ryan-focus-on-holding-the-majority
— Trump’s attack on Ryan seen as advance scapegoating – MELANIE ZANONA AND JULIEGRACE BRUFKE (DIERSEN: I should write a book about scapegoaters.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/414199-trumps-attack-on-ryan-seen-as-advance-scapegoating

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, members of Group A promote hatred of members of Group B. Members of Group A 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/rise-white-identity-politics-didn-t-start-trump-explains-michael-ncna926191

 

WASHINGTON POST
— A six-term Republican Peter Roskam finds himself on the thinnest of political ice – Charles Lane
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-six-term-republican-finds-himself-on-the-thinnest-of-political-ice/2018/10/31/e4c31728-dd2d-11e8-b3f0-62607289efee_story.html
— Trump lashes out at Paul Ryan over birthright citizenship comments, says he ‘should be focusing on holding the Majority’ – John Wagner and Felicia Sonmez
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-presses-on-with-case-to-end-birthright-citizenship-one-way-or-the-other/2018/10/31/bcd69dc2-dd12-11e8-85df-7a6b4d25cfbb_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— October’s Market Rout Leaves Investors With No Place to Hide Dual breakdown in stock and bond prices has upended investors’ traditional safety tool kit, leaving many with losses – Michael Wursthorn (DIERSEN: Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. Of course, they have, they are, and they will drive financial markets a) down to defeat Republicans and b) drive markets up to elect Democrats.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/octobers-market-rout-leaves-investors-with-no-place-to-hide-1540978259

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/robert-reich-murderous-week-america-was-inspired-trump-opinion-1193305
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump haters want America to surrender to invaders.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-migrant-caravan-border-troops-1194215

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Four Traps in Federal Recruiting, and How to Avoid Them – Susan Fallon Brow (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.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2018/10/four-traps-federal-recruiting-and-how-avoid-them/152441/

 

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— GAO’s financial market expert inducted into NAPA – Tom Temin (DIERSEN: What if I was still working for GAO? In 1997, when I was 49 years old, when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer,” I knew as much as anyone at GAO about financial markets. I had worked on audits of federal financial industry regulators for the previous 8 years at the GS-13 Step 4-10 levels, currently $106,044-$125,325. I had earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. I had become a Forensic Accountant in 1997, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and CPA in 1979. I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980 and an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-drive/2018/10/gaos-financial-market-expert-inducted-into-napa/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: She didn’t make the headlines and no one has written a book about her, but Orice Williams Brown was at the heart of the financial crisis that gripped the nation exactly 10 years ago. As the Government Accountability Office’s point person on financial markets, she became one of Congress’ most trusted experts. Now the managing director for congressional relations at GAO, Williams Brown was inducted into the National Academy of Public Administration.)

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.