NBC5
— Crowd Celebrates Van Dyke Verdict Outside Courthouse
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/crowd-outside-reacts-to-van-dyke-verdict_Chicago-495297291.html
CBS2
— FOP President Says Van Dyke Will Appeal
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/10/05/van-dyke-defense-reaction/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. Bruce Rauner issues ‘last chance’ warning to voters in new ad – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rauner-ad-warning-20181004-story.html
— Hearing scheduled as gun-rights advocacy groups look to overturn Deerfield assault weapons ban – Karen Berkowitz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/deerfield/news/ct-hpn-deerfield-assault-weapons-ban-on-court-docket-tl-1011-story.html
— Dummy hanging from tree in Lansing draws comparison to lynching victim; homeowner says it’s just a Halloween decoration – Zak Koeske
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-lansing-human-relations-commission-st-1006-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Police union blasts ‘sham trial and shameful’ Van Dyke guilty verdict – Paul Biasco and Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/van-dyke-trial-verdict-fraternal-order-police-union-laquan-mcdonald/
DAILY HERALD
— Police union: ‘Sham trial and shameful verdict’ for Van Dyke – Paul Biasco and Mitchell Armentrout
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181005/police-union-sham-trial-and-shameful-verdict-for-van-dyke
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— OUTSTANDING: Oliver North to speak at GOP’s Lincoln Day Dinner – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181005/oliver-north-to-speak-at-gops-lincoln-day-dinner
HERALD NEWS
— ‘This is serious white-collar crime,’ says Rauner Gov. Bruce Rauner attacks Pritzker on ‘scheme to defraud’ – ED KOMENDA
https://www.theherald-news.com/2018/10/05/this-is-serious-white-collar-crime-says-rauner/aljelak/
HERALD & REVIEW
— Manar: Decatur could be test case on solutions to teacher shortage – TOM LISI (DIERSEN: Were you offered a job because of a shortage? 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://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/manar-decatur-could-be-test-case-on-solutions-to-teacher/article_b442dc21-be64-586e-88bb-4cbc7cca9a62.html
SAUK VALLEY
— ‘A red pillar of resistance’ Candidates vow to ‘Keep it Red’ at GOP rally in Dixon – GAVIN T. JENSEN
https://www.saukvalley.com/2018/10/04/a-red-pillar-of-resistance/akxhw99/
- LOUIS AMERICAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump hints/implies/argues/shouts that Kavanaugh supporters are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
http://www.stlamerican.com/news/columnists/charles_jaco/brett-kavanaugh-and-republican-white-maledom/article_cb3d1d3e-c8bb-11e8-8e2d-2711d2fbd925.html
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— St. Charles Alderman, Wayne Township Trustee praise Khouri’s leadership, inspiration – Robert Hadley
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511587531-st-charles-alderman-wayne-township-trustee-praise-khouri-s-leadership-inspiration
— Median home prices not keeping pace with wages in DuPage County
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511581676-analysis-median-home-prices-not-keeping-pace-with-wages-in-dupage-county
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Democratic Hypocrisy on the FBI – David Rutz (DIERSEN: What do you say to Democrats who hate Republicans, but who hypocritically move into and/or stay in Republican precincts, Republican municipalities, Republican townships/wards, and Republican counties to take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Republicans created there? I should write a book about such Democrats in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County. I Democrat voter in my precinct recently told me that Republicans deserve all the hatred that they are getting from Democrats.)
https://freebeacon.com/politics/three-minutes-democratic-hypocrisy-fbi/
TOWNHALL
— The Trump Economic Miracle – Jeff Crouere
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2018/10/06/the-trump-economic-miracle-n2525989
ONE NEWS NOW
— 4 of 10 millennial men now self-proclaimed socialists – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2018/10/05/4-of-10-millennial-men-now-self-proclaimed-socialists
LIFE SITE NEWS
— Kavanaugh hearings reveal the America Obama left us – Frank Hawkins
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/kavanaugh-hearings-reveal-the-america-obama-left-us
DAILY CALLER
— DEMOCRATIC SENATOR SUGGESTS KAVANAUGH NOMINATION WILL RESULT IN WOMEN BEING PUT IN JAIL FOR ABORTION – Geoff Harbaugh
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/05/murphy-kavanaugh-women-jail-for-abortion/
HOT AIR
— How It Feels To Be Falsely Accused – LIBBY LOCKE
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2018/10/feels-falsely-accused/
WESTERN JOURNALISM
— Gov’t Watchdog Group Exposes $3.1 Trillion in Potential Federal Budget Savings – Andrew Burger
https://www.westernjournal.com/govt-watchdog-group-exposes-3-1-trillion-potential-federal-budget-savings/
CHRISTIAN POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump “Evangelical Leaders” Sign a “Chicago Invitation.”
https://www.christianpost.com/news/evangelical-leaders-sign-chicago-invitation-counter-pro-trump-narrative-evangelicalism-227783/
CNBC
— Still Anonymous: White House hunt for op-ed author fades – AP
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/05/still-anonymous-white-house-hunt-for-op-ed-author-fades.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF A PROTESTER: Bitter Tenor of Senate Reflects a Nation at Odds With Itself – Alexander Burns (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of Group A are at odds with 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.nytimes.com/2018/10/05/us/politics/country-divided-kavanaugh.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The High Court Brought Low Don’t let Donald Trump and Brett Kavanaugh have the last word about American justice.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/05/opinion/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-trump.html
— Should Ex-Felons Have the Right to Vote? – Natalie Proulx (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at felons a) that felons are innocent, b) that all felons were convicted by Republicans, and c) that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of. Democrats want felons to join with those who 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, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/learning/should-ex-felons-have-the-right-to-vote.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump abruptly replaces federal personnel director after just 7 months – Eric Yoder and Lisa Rein (DIERSEN: Just about everyone who states that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican wants Trump to harm federal employees and to federal retirees. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 21 years.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-abruptly-replaces-federal-personnel-director-after-just-7-months/2018/10/05/29497f6e-c8dd-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But people close to Pon said he was at odds with the administration over its planned revamp of the personnel agency, which would have diminished his role and authority. As part of a proposed government-wide reorganization announced by Trump in June, most of the OPM’s functions would be farmed out to other departments and its policy role shifted to the White House.)
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump’s economy is booming. But for voters, it’s crowded out by Trump himself – MARGOT ROOSEVELT
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-economy-midterms-20181005-story.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Kavanaugh Fight Binds Trump and His Party President and GOP achieve one goal on which they have always been able to agree: putting more conservatives on the Supreme Court – Gerald F. Seib
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kavanaugh-fight-binds-trump-and-his-party-1538774903
— Kavanaugh May Be the Democrats’ Waterloo The Supreme Court has always been political, but this time the demagoguery got way out of hand. – Allen C. Guelzo
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kavanaugh-may-be-the-democrats-waterloo-1538780107
— The Privilege Trap: Can Rich Kids Become Good Leaders? A question on the sidelines of the Brett Kavanaugh hearings centers on the blind spots of an affluent upbringing – Sam Walker (DIERSEN: Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns you as being privileged and as having an affluent upbringing? I should write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me as being privileged and as having an affluent upbringing. They stress that a) I bought new cars in 1966 when I was 17, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1978, etc., b) I paid for tuition and books at UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, etc., c) I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, etc., d) I paid for room and board at NIU for three semesters and a summer session 1969-1970, e) I bought a new town home in 1972, a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in 1974, and a one bedroom condo in that building in 1976, f) I got married in 1978 and bought a home in Wheaton, and g) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, etc. In my defense, none of the money to pay for the aforesaid came from my parents. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-privilege-trap-can-rich-kids-become-good-leaders-1538798420
— Fake News Comes to Academia How three scholars gulled academic journals to publish hoax papers on ‘grievance studies.’ – Jillian Kay Melchior
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fake-news-comes-to-academia-1538520950
CITY LAB
— When Neighborhood Diversity Meets White Anxiety – TANVI MISRA (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? In what ways are you a minority in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world? In one or more of aforesaid, I am a minority because I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (70), non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/10/when-neighborhood-diversity-meets-white-anxiety/572041/
FCW
— OPM targets improved job satisfaction scores – Chase Gunter (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran said they would be more satisfied if the federal got rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://fcw.com/articles/2018/10/05/opm-wants-to-raise-fevs-scores.aspx
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Executives Association Wants to Fill in the Gaps in Federal Training and Development – Erich Wagner (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction. To keep their jobs and to get promoted, they focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.govexec.com/management/2018/10/executives-association-wants-fill-gaps-federal-training-and-development/151832/
FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— National Active and Retired Federal Employees released its scorecard on lawmakers this week according to how they voted on various legislation in the 115th Congress which the organization deemed beneficial or of concern to its members. – Amelia Brust (DIERSEN: Because I am federal retiree, if I was a single issue voter, which I am not, I would vote Democrat. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are single issue voters. Most commonly, they reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform, that is, they promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/legislation/2018/10/feds-group-gives-4-lawmakers-score-0-for-voting-on-key-legislation/
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— We Are All Deplorables Now – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_pat_buchanan/we_are_all_deplorables_now
GUARDIAN
— Deep divide: Kavanaugh confirmation fight exposes America’s bitter fault lines The only thing everyone agrees on is that the division runs deep – and no one is quite sure where it is heading – David Smith
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/05/brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-america
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats count on illegals to get rid of Republicans once and for all, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/05/living-in-fear-every-single-day-as-immigration-raids-wreak-havoc
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump/Kavanaugh says “Trump and Kavanaugh claim we live in a meritocracy. Don’t believe a word of it.”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/05/trump-kavanaugh-meritocracy-dont-believe-word-of-it
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “It comes as no shock that the powerful hate identity politics.”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/05/no-shock-powerful-hate-identity-politics
EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— German heritage deep in Illinois? – Tom Emery (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. In government and in politics, your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use everything that they can, including your national origin, against you. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, including those of German national origin, who have used my German national origin against me.)
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/German-heritage-deep-in-Illinois-Ja-13283656.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Saturday is German-American Day, which is observed every Oct. 6. In Illinois, there is plenty of reason to celebrate. German ancestry remains prevalent in Illinois, as it has for a century and a half. The strength of German-Americans helped shape Illinois history through a Civil War — and two world wars against the old country. Of Illinois’ nearly 1.8 million residents in 1860, nearly 325,000 were of foreign birth. Germans were the largest ethnic group with 130,000, nearly 8 percent of the state’s total population. In Chicago, 20 percent of the population was German. Many had arrived following the failed German revolution of 1848. A heavy concentration of Germans also was found in St. Clair County, near Belleville. Others settled in cities such as Quincy, Alton, Peoria, Springfield and Galena. In the northern Illinois community of Peru, Germans made up 1,000 of the total population of 3,500 in 1854. The names of a number of communities across the state honor German heritage, including New Baden, New Minden, Germantown, Darmstadt and Meppen. Many Germans were farmers, while others were laborers, merchants and skilled tradesmen. Some followed the popular crafts of their homeland and worked as butchers, bakers, shoemakers, furniture and wagon builders, and cigar makers. Architecture of traditionally German-American buildings, often in brick, remains visible across the state. German-language newspapers were found across the state, even in the smaller cities. In 1859, future presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln bought the press and type to establish a German-language Republican paper. In Peoria, future Illinois Secretary of State Edward Rummel, a native of Baden, Germany, ran a German paper and print shop that produced materials in both German and English. John Wood, who founded the city of Quincy and served as Illinois governor for 10 months in 1860 and 1861, was born to a German mother. In 1892, Prussia native John Altgeld, best known for his pardon of three of the accused in the infamous Haymarket Riot, won election for one term as Illinois governor. Politically, Germans’ support was crucial for a candidate, and their power was felt in 1856 during the first Illinois Republican state convention. The German influence also was a key factor in the 1860 presidential race and, at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, German resolutions were even incorporated into the national platform. Germans were perceived to be staunch abolitionists, though some scholars dispute that claim. Nearly 6,000 Illinois Germans enlisted during the first six months of the Civil War, comprising almost three entire regiments. One top German commander was Friedrich Hecker, a renowned 1848 revolutionary who was a gentleman farmer near Belleville, in the heart of heavily German settlements. Another German regimental commander from St. Clair County was Gustave Koerner, who served as lieutenant governor of Illinois from 1852 to 1856 and was a pallbearer at Lincoln’s Springfield funeral. By 1910, more than 319,000 German immigrants were in Illinois, and more than 1 million people of German descent — a 10th of the national total — called the state home. With nearly 400,000 first- and second-generation German immigrants, Chicago was the sixth-largest German city on the globe in 1914. The high concentration of Germans caused some protest at the outbreak of World War I, as many of German descent decried their adopted country’s stance against their homeland. Music by German composers such as Mozart and Beethoven was banned in some public places, and some German-Americans were under surveillance by state and federal officials. Other German-Americans were forced to recite loyalty oaths in public spectacles. Within a few years, use of the once-prominent German language faded from schools and churches. As a result, many Germans in Illinois distanced themselves from their heritage. From 1914 to 1920, the number of Illinois residents who identified themselves as German on the Census dropped more than 41 percent, to 112,000. But many Germans remained loyal to the American cause and took active roles in the war effort, both at home and abroad. A quarter-century later, dislike of German residents was a minor issue in World War II, as many chose to focus their disgust on Adolph Hitler, rather than their German neighbors. Today, German heritage in Illinois is celebrated in festivals and carnivals statewide, while some communities in Chicagoland — as well as Moline, Peoria, Gibson City, Mascoutah, Waterloo and Millstadt — feature popular German restaurants. Museums and research centers on German-American history and heritage are found in several large metro areas, including Chicago, and the Quad Cities.)