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October 22 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: From Wheeling to the White House: Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk has become a Trump favorite through culture war rhetoric – John Keilman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-charlie-kirk-turning-point-campus-conservatives-profile-20181019-story.html
— With 2 weeks until Election Day, Pritzker puts another $15 million in his campaign. He’s up to $161.5 million now; Uihlein gets in AG race; Trump back in Illinois soon – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-monday-20181021-story.html
— Why we should fund violence prevention in Chicago – Arne Duncan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-duncan-arne-funding-gun-violence-office-chicago1022-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— TV ad spending more for Dems Casten, Underwood than GOP Roskam, Hultgren – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/tv-ad-spending-democrats-republicans-sean-casten-lauren-underwood-randy-hulgren-peter-roskam-midterm-elections/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF CASTEN AND ROSKAM: Why ‘sanctuary cities’ divide 6th District candidates Roskam, Casten –
Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181022/why-sanctuary-cities-divide-6th-district-candidates-roskam-casten

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— After Rauner: Ricketts, the IMA and the future of the Illinois GOP The shift of millions of dollars in dark money suggests the fight for control of the Illinois Republican Party is on, with implications for Chicago’s mayoral race, too. – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. As everyone knows, anti-conservatives have always a) dominated the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) and b) blamed conservatives for all losses that Republicans have suffered in Illinois. Those anti-conservatives want the IRP a) to officially demonize, denigrate, condemn, and banish Trump, b) to officially banish Trump supporters from the IRP, c) to officially strike the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks from the IRP platform, d) to officially promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the Second Amendment, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, etc., and e) to officially banish conservatives, that is, Republicans, from the IRP.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/after-rauner-ricketts-ima-and-future-illinois-gop
(FROM THE ARTICLE: All of this is occurring as Republican chatter builds about what will happen after Rauner and the tens of millions of dollars he’s plowed into the party are gone. Ricketts reportedly is interested in stepping up his activity, perhaps with Griffin as a partner, insiders say. The Ricketts clan does have quite a political pedigree, with Todd Ricketts’ brother, Pete Ricketts, now the governor of Nebraska, and his sister, Laura Ricketts, a leading national Democratic donor. Chairman Schneider, in an interview, said his term has well over three more years to run and “at this point,” he expects to complete it. But he conceded that considerable concern about the future is being raised in a party in which conservative activist state Rep. Jeanne Ives almost defeated Rauner in the March primary, and conservative activist Dan Proft, with help from wealthy businessman Dick Uhlein, has been running millions of ads on behalf of Illinois House candidates he says will be independent of both Rauner and Democratic House Speaker Mike Madigan. “I definitely think there will be a change in leadership of the party after Rauner loses,” Ives says. “I expect to sit with all parts of the party after the election,” Schneider told me. “We’ll put our collective heads together to try to sort out things should work together.” As for Ricketts—a spokesman denied to Politico that he or his family are involved in dark money activities—I wish we had a lot of people like Todd,” Schneider said. “He’s a great guy.”)
— The reason Illinois pols are out to soak you Let’s call it by its name: A graduated income tax in Illinois really is a pension tax to fund the retirement of public-sector employees at the expense of everyone else. – HILARY GOWINS
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/reason-illinois-pols-are-out-soak-you

 

THE STATE
— Experience, ideology focus of Illinois attorney general race – JOHN O’CONNOR
https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article220405885.html

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting “young Catholics” to promote LGBTQ activity.
    https://www.stltoday.com/news/world/young-catholics-urge-vatican-to-issue-inclusive-lgbt-message/article_33eef27c-f568-5a89-8084-2e081e308cc5.html

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Republican funders are sticking with U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/10/22/gop-sticks-with-roskam-pritzker-adds-15m-to-war-chest-trump-to-stump-for-bost-332256

 

WIREPOINTS
— How Wirepoints Helped Save Illinois Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars – Mark Glennon (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all the losses that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000, and especially all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. My critics/opponents should come out of their closets, put their arguments, charges, and alleged facts in writing, and give me an opportunity to respond in writing.)
http://www.wirepoints.com/wirepoints-helped-save-illinois-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars/

 

ILLINOIS WATCHDOG
— Illinois’ lawsuit-friendly environment costs state 80,000 jobs a year – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Of course, all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with the defendants in the lawsuits that I have filed.)
https://www.watchdog.org/illinois/report-illinois-lawsuit-friendly-environment-costs-state-jobs-a-year/article_db0af175-3e44-5532-b2b2-c0917663e309.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker campaign touts party-building money
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/22/pritzker-campaign-touts-party-building-money/

 

GOPUSA
— Army of Central Americans pushes into Mexico headed for US border
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=57293
— Wall Street is going blue — and making a big mistake
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=57280

 

DAILY CALLER
— AP CHANGES HEADLINE AFTER LIBERALS COMPLAIN ABOUT DESCRIBING ILLEGAL CARAVAN AS ‘ARMY OF MIGRANTS’ – Peter Hasson
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/21/ap-changes-headline-migrant-caravan/
— TRUMP: DOES FACEBOOK FAKE NEWS FILTER MEAN CNN WILL GO OUT OF BUSINESS? – Saagar Enjeti (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/21/trump-trolls-cnn/
— APRIL RYAN SAYS U.S. ‘NOT SAFE’ FOR JOURNALISTS – Joe Simonson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all threats that have been made against me and all the damage that has been done to me since 2000 by people who paint themselves as being operatives or as being dupes a) for past and present Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, b) for the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, d) for the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, e) for the Illinois Republican Party, f) for TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, g) for the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, h) for the Illinois Center Right Coalition, i) for the American Association of Political Consultants, j) for the etc.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/21/april-ryan-jamal-khashoggi-politicon/

 

HOT AIR
— Trump “Seizes On” Migrant Caravan To Rev Up Republican Voters
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2018/10/trump-seizes-migrant-caravan-rev-republican-voters/
— In Campus Speech, David Hogg Says U.S. Is Stolen Land, Justifies Illegal Immigration
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2018/10/campus-speech-david-hogg-says-u-s-stolen-land-justifies-illegal-immigration/

 

BREITBART
— Pat Buchanan: Migrant Caravan Is Trump’s Chance to Stop ‘Third World Invasion of the West’ – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/21/listen-pat-buchanan-migrant-caravan-is-trumps-chance-to-stop-third-world-invasion-of-the-west/

 

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Dropping ‘Zero Tolerance’ Signaled Open Door for Illegal Immigrants – Fred Lucas
https://www.westernjournal.com/dropping-zero-tolerance-signaled-open-door-illegal-immigrants/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Carl Bernstein: Trump preparing to call midterm elections ‘illegitimate’ if Democrats take power – Claude Thompson (DIERSEN: Who treats you like you are illegitimate? Those activists, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who claim to be conservative and/or claim to be Republican treat me as being illegitimate when they a) refuse to keep diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists and b) bar me from their press conferences, rallies, fundraisers, and other events.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/carl-bernstein-trump-preparing-to-call-midterm-elections-illegitimate-if-democrats-take-power

 

TOWNHALL
— President Trump Takes Aim At Voter Fraud, Liberals Go Berserk – Scott Morefield
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2018/10/22/president-trump-takes-aim-at-voter-fraud-liberals-go-berserk-n2530657

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— THE MIGRANT CARAVAN INVASION What our president must do to seal the border. – Joseph Klein
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/271700/migrant-caravan-invasion-joseph-klein

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Wolves in Wolves’ Clothing – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2018/10/21/wolves-in-wolves-clothing/
— California Is Worth Fighting For – Roxanne Beckford Hoge (DIERSEN: Who is fighting to save your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, your county, and Illinois?)
https://amgreatness.com/2018/10/22/california-is-worth-fighting-for/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— ARNOLD’S APOLOGY SIGNALS MASCULINITY’S EXTINCTION Kent G. Bailey drubs Schwarzenegger for bowing to ‘raging’ feminists
https://www.wnd.com/2018/10/arnolds-apology-signals-masculinitys-extinction/

 

PJ MEDIA
— As Boomers Retire, Should We Expect an Elder-Led Revolution? – THOM NICKELS
https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/as-boomers-retire-should-we-expect-an-elder-led-revolution/

 

THE HILL
— Trump: US to ‘begin cutting off’ aid to countries associated with migrant caravan – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/412495-trump-us-to-begin-cutting-off-aid-to-central-american-countries
— Pastor tears into Evangelicals for supporting Trump due to abortion stance – MORGAN GSTALTER
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news-campaigns/412461-pastor-tears-into-evangelicals-for-supporting-trump

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Migrant caravan swells to 5,000, resumes advance
http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/international/story/2018/oct/22/migrant-caravan-swells-5000-resumes-advance/748880/

 

CNN
— Reporter prevented from questioning Kushner (DIERSEN: Political consultants and campaign managers who are Democrats or Democrat plants, Libertarians or Libertarian plants, Greens or Green plants, or RINOs do not want me to ask their candidates any questions. Ever-increasingly, they want me to agree to not ask their candidates any questions before they will let attend their candidates’ press conferences. Ever-increasingly, they want me to agree to not report anything about their fundraisers before they will let me attend their fundraisers. I should write a book about the aforesaid political consultants and campaign managers and what they have done to discourage/stop me from asking their candidates any questions. Since 2005, they have viciously used against me what happened with GOPUSA, Talon News, and White House Correspondent Jeff Gannon. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_News They paint me as being a clone of Jeff Gannon. Ever since I became a GOPUSA reporter in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I ask bad questions, and that because of that, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. should a) stop me from learning about their events and other activities, b) stop me from promoting their events and other activities, c) stop me from attending their events, and d) stop me from reporting on their events and other activities.)
https://www.kpvi.com/news/political/reporter-prevented-from-questioning-kushner/video_43c6a062-c054-54bc-ad2f-42eab3fc633f.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Republicans Find a Facebook Workaround: Their Own Apps – Natasha Singer and Nicholas Confessore (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who have focused their lives on a) stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) stopping everyone from reading those emails.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/20/technology/politics-apps-conservative-republican.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: ‘Transgender’ Could Be Defined Out of Existence Under Trump Administration – Erica L. Green, Katie Benner and Robert Pear
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/21/us/politics/transgender-trump-administration-sex-definition.html
— They Said Seattle’s Minimum Wage Would Cost Workers a Lot. Now the Picture Looks Brighter. – Noam Scheiber (DIERSEN: Did you ever work for less than $15/hour in today’s dollars? I worked for far less than $15/hour in today’s dollars when I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; and c) cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/22/business/economy/seattle-minimum-wage-study.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps 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.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/21/opinion/trump-midterm-mob.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To get even more votes from Latinos, Democrats ever-increasingly promise Latinos that Democrats will use government to give Latinos even more preference over non-Latinos. Are you a non-Latino, for example, are you White, Black, Asian, etc.?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/21/us/trump-latinos-democrats-midterms.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Masculinity is not a ‘mental health issue,’ University of Texas clarifies after right-wing fury – Isaac Stanley-Becker (DIERSEN: Democrats want all men to be “girly men.”)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/10/17/masculinity-is-not-a-mental-health-issue-university-of-texas-clarifies-after-right-wing-fury/

 

NEW YORK POST
— Is it legal to ask age in a job application? – Greg Giangrande (DIERSEN: Employers do not want you if you are a Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran federal employee 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. Extremely few make the aforesaid promotions.)
https://nypost.com/2018/10/21/is-it-legal-to-ask-age-in-a-job-application/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Caravan Heads North After Migrants Cross Into Mexico The caravan of migrants could fuel a fresh political rift between Trump and Mexico two weeks before U.S. midterm elections – Juan Montes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/caravan-heads-north-after-migrants-cross-into-mexico-1540143333
— The Real Reason They Hate Trump He’s the average American in exaggerated form—blunt, simple, willing to fight, mistrustful of intellectuals. – David Gelernter (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress the many demographics that I share with Trump – we are both Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old, married, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, non-drinkers, non-smokers, non-illegal drug users, overweight, we do not get enough exercise, and our ancestors have been in America for a long time. While Trump is a federal employee, I was one for almost 30 years.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-real-reason-they-hate-trump-1540148467
— Democrats Have Shot at Reclaiming Several Midwest Governorships Races test support of Trump in region that helped deliver him the presidency – Kris Maher
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-have-shot-at-reclaiming-several-midwest-governorships-1540119601
— A Universally Bad Idea Silicon Valley titans push the Marxist-Leninist nonsense of a guaranteed income. – Andy Kessler
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-universally-bad-idea-1540147422
— Child Care’s Impact on Women’s Opportunities Rising costs of care make mothers more likely than fathers to drop down to part-time work or leave the labor force altogether – Rachel Feintzeig (DIERSEN: Do you and your wife have children? Did you and your wife adopt? Did you and your wife become foster parents? Ever since we got married, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have viciously demonized my wife and I, viciously denigrated us, and viciously condemned us as being undeservedly filthy rich DINKs (dual income, no kids).)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/child-cares-impact-on-womens-opportunities-1540127103
— Justice Neil Gorsuch’s Speech to Catholic Group Closed to the Media – Jess Bravin (DIERSEN: What do you say to say to activists, to candidates, to elected officials, and to party leaders who claim to be conservative and/or Republican, but who a) treat me like I am NOT a legitimate reporter/journalist for their press conferences, BUT THEN, b) treat me as being a reporter/journalist when their events are closed to the media?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-neil-gorsuchs-speech-to-catholic-group-closed-to-the-media-1539885310
— Strong Economy Draws Women into U.S. Labor Force – Harriet Torry (DIERSEN: Because all the jobs that I had were bad jobs, it was extremely difficult for my superiors to hire women and to retain women for those jobs.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/strong-economy-draws-womeninto-u-s-labor-force-1540036800

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s Pre-Election Tax-Cut Promise Leaves GOP Leaders Baffled – Joshua Gallu, Justin Sink, and Sahil Kapur
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-20/trump-says-new-tax-cut-plan-may-come-days-before-november-vote

 

FORBES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: A New Crop Of Marijuana Merchants Forms The Future Of Cannabis Retail – Jon Bird
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonbird1/2018/10/21/a-new-crop-of-marijuana-merchants-forms-the-future-of-cannabis-retail/#bb17a925b386
— When Retirement Is A Bad Fit – Richard Eisenberg
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2018/10/17/when-retirement-is-a-bad-fit/#1082377042ec

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Facebook takes down ads mentioning African-Americans and Hispanics, calling them political – Jessica Guynn
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/10/17/facebook-labels-african-american-hispanic-mexican-ads-political/1608841002/
— Midterms: Poorest states have Republican legislatures, and richest have Democratic ones – Ken Fisher (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, members of the following groups vote for Democrats: 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.)

 

POLITICUS USA
— Thousands of caravan migrants take shelter in southern Mexico – Reuters
https://www.politicususa.com/2018/10/21/thousands-of-caravan-migrants-take-shelter-in-southern-mexico.html

 

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
— ‘Degenerate and Murderous’: California Campus Republicans’ Platform Attacks College Culture – Chris Quintana
https://www.chronicle.com/article/Degenerate-and/244871

 

GUARDIAN
— The myth of meritocracy: who really gets what they deserve? Sorting people by ‘merit’ will do nothing to fix inequality. – Kwame Anthony Appiah (DIERSEN: Did you get what you deserve? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have gotten far more than I deserve. They stress that I was born a White male, that I have been healthy, that I avoided the draft, that I got married, that my wife and I gave up trying to have children, that we did not adopt, that we did not become foster parents, that etc. In my defense, 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.theguardian.com/news/2018/oct/19/the-myth-of-meritocracy-who-really-gets-what-they-deserve

October 18 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Roskam blasts Casten for ‘parroting’ president — but doesn’t squawk about Trump – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/roskam-blasts-casten-parroting-trump-steve-scalise-naperville/
— POLITICAL DAYBOOK: 11:30 a.m. — Surgeon General Jerome Adams will be joining Health Subcommittee Chairman, Representative Peter Roskam, in DuPage County to discuss the opioid epidemic affecting our country and priorities and strategies for addressing the crisis. There are more than 150 invited guests which include local health leaders, physicians, Chiefs of Police/ Fire/ EMT, hospitals and treatment center leaders. AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center, 120 N Oak St, Hinsdale, IL
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/political-daybook-in-illinois-and-chicago-on-oct-18/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin gives $6 million to top Republican leaders – Mike Riopell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-ken-griffin-jim-durkin-20181017-story.html
— Like offshore accounts, Rauner and Pritzker campaign spending shields them from scrutiny – Rex Huppke
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-rauner-pritzker-campaign-spending-huppke-20181017-story.html
— Illinois Family Institute advocacy group drops McCann – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-ken-griffin-jim-durkin-20181017-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The socially conservative Illinois Family Institute said it was rescinding its endorsement of Republican state Sen. Sam McCann’s Conservative Party bid for governor because of a McCann mailer attacking GOP state Rep. Tom Morrison of Palatine. McCann’s mail piece accuses Morrison of being a “Rauner RINO,” a reference to the acronym for “Republican in Name Only.” It reads: “Don’t vote for fake conservatives Bruce Rauner or Tom Morrison.” Rauner has come under fire from social conservatives for supporting legislation expanding abortion, immigration and transgender rights. On its website, the Family Institute accused McCann of an “11th-hour betrayal” of Morrison, who is facing a challenge from Democrat Maggie Trevor of Rolling Meadows. McCann’s candidacy is being funded almost entirely by labor union affiliates of the Operating Engineers. The institute accused McCann of being “bought and paid for” by unions.)
— What if Sen. Elizabeth Warren chose Greek ancestry instead of Cherokee? – John Kass (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics? One of my worst demographics is that I am 100% German national origin. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F. According to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece. What if I had pretended to be Swedish? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn people of German national origin. I should write a book about those of the aforesaid who are of German national origin themselves, but who demonize, denigrate, and condemn people of German national origin to curry favor with those who are anti-German American.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-elizabeth-warren-kass-20181017-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: A tight congressional race at Illinois’ southern edge (12th Congressional District: Kelly v. Bost) is getting millions from national political groups. Here’s why. – Ted Gregory
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/elections/ct-met-congress-election-illinois-12th-house-district-20181016-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-cn–canada-marijuana-legalization-20181017-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want America to surrender to the rest of the world.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-trump-haley-iran-un-20181017-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The Trump economy needs California—and Illinois The economy is greatest when its companies are internationally minded, writes Bloomberg columnist Matthew Winkler. Trump is lucky that business leaders in California and Illinois appreciate this, even if he does not. – MATTHEW WINKLER
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/trump-economy-needs-california-and-illinois

 

WLS AM
— Gov. Bruce Rauner: “[J.B Pritzker] represents everything that’s wrong in the state of Illinois” – Kimberly Kaczmarek
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/10/18/bruce-rauner-j-b-pritzker-represents-everything-thats-wrong-in-the-state-of-illinois/
— Preckwinkle receives a controversial campaign contribution – Bill Cameron (DIERSEN: To those who blast me for not giving money to Republican candidates, in my defense, I stress that I offer all Republican candidates GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscriptions free of charge and without any advertising. GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscriptions are worth at least $1,000 a year. I spend thousands of dollars each year for newspaper subscriptions, website expenses, and internet expenses. GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have gone out each and every morning since 2004 and each and every evening since 2015. Those emails have included links to more than 315,200 articles and information on many upcoming events. It takes me about an hour for each 6 links. That means that since 2004, I have spent about 52,500 hours of what is left of my life putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out free of charge and without any advertising. The main reason why I have a) less money to give Republican candidates, b) more time to use GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to help elect those candidates, and c) more motivation to help elect those candidates is the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had in wasting my career and forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/10/17/preckwinkle-receives-a-controversial-campaign-contribution/

 

WOC QUAD CITIES
— Lt Gov Sanguinetti Talks Pritzker Lawsuit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nBdCKew4XM&feature=youtu.be

 

WBEZ
— 8-Figure Incomes The Norm In Illinois Gov’s Race – Dave McKinney
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/8figure-incomes-the-norm-in-illinois-govs-race/0b4553aa-22e7-4423-ae38-dc3c4ddd109a

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois sports gambling bill probably won’t come until next year – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181017/illinois-sports-gambling-bill-probably-wont-come-until-next-year

 

ISRA
— ISRA-Political Victory Fund Endorses Bruce Rauner for Governor
http://www.isra.org/News/TabId/1068/ArtMID/4612/ArticleID/34108/ISRA-Political-Victory-Fund-Endorses-Bruce-Rauner-for-Governor.aspx

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Axios names ‘Casten Mean Tweets’ ad from Roskam campaign as Ad of the Week – Robert Hadley
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511604627-axios-names-casten-mean-tweets-ad-from-roskam-campaign-as-ad-of-the-week

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Stuff You Should Know About “Trans”-Cultism – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/surprising-stuff-you-should-know-about-transcultism/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker campaign claims lawsuit doesn’t get its facts right
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/18/pritzker-campaign-claims-lawsuit-doesnt-get-its-facts-right/
— Republicans demand Madigan speak out, while lead plaintiff tells his story
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/18/republicans-demand-madigan-speak-out-while-lead-plaintiff-tells-his-story/
— Two more big holes blown in discrimination lawsuit against Pritzker
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/18/two-more-big-holes-blown-in-discrimination-lawsuit-against-pritzker/

 

GOPUSA
— Who rules you? (DIERSEN: Who rules you? One could say that because I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Wheaton, those who dominate the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, and RNC rule me. One could say that because I live in Wheaton, those who dominate Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, and America rule me. I should write a book about those who paint themselves as being operatives or as being dupes for the aforesaid dominators and rulers.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=56983

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— CHRIS MATTHEWS’ REACTION TO KANYE WEST EXPOSES THE LEFT’S RACE-CARD HUSTLE – Larry Elder
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/chris-matthews-reaction-to-kanye-west-exposes-the-lefts-race-card-hustle/

 

HOT AIR
— Number Of Illegals Crossing Border With Children Reaches Record High
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/10/17/oof-number-illegals-crossing-border-children-reaches-record-high/

 

BREITBART
— Nancy Pelosi Details Democrats’ Plan for Open Borders: ‘I Don’t See Any of Us Voting for Wall Funding’ – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/midterm-election/2018/10/17/nancy-pelosi-details-democrats-plan-for-open-borders-i-dont-see-any-of-us-voting-for-wall-funding/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Violent Democrats Sending Voters To GOP – Richard A Viguerie
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/28958

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Pelosi: Border Wall About Trump’s “Manhood”; Democrats Want More Illegals – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/30364-pelosi-border-wall-about-trump-s-manhood-democrats-want-more-illegals

 

LIFESITE NEWS
— Twitter locks out conservative Christian for saying gay sex ‘spreads disease’ and is a ‘sin’ – Peter LaBarbera
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/twitter-locks-out-conservative-christian-for-saying-gay-sex-is-a-sin-and-sp
— Here’s why China’s new social scoring system matters to Americans – Paul Rowan Brian (DIERSEN: What social score would those who dominate your municipality, your township/ward, your county, Illinois, and America give you? Those who dominate Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, and America would give me extremely low scores a) because I promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform, b) because I promote the illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Republican Party platform, c) because I promote the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, and d) because I oppose promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, 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, retaliation, etc.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/heres-why-chinas-new-social-scoring-system-matters-to-americans

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— NBC Scares Voters by Claiming White Nationalist Takeover of GOP – Kyle Drennen
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kyle-drennen/2018/10/17/nbc-scares-voters-claiming-white-nationalist-takeover-gop

 

THE HILL
— Trump threatens military action if Mexico doesn’t stop immigration ‘onslaught’ – AVERY ANAPOL
https://thehill.com/latino/411990-trump-threatens-military-action-at-border-if-mexico-doesnt-stop-immigration-onslaught
— Trump: ‘I don’t call it tweeting. I call it social media’ – JUSTIN WISE
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/411846-trump-i-dont-call-it-tweeting-i-call-it-social-media
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump attacks fuel GOP fears about losing suburban women.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/411957-trump-attacks-fuel-gop-fears-about-losing-suburban-women

 

POLITICO
— 92 House Democratic hopefuls outraised an incumbent – ZACH MONTELLARO (DIERSEN: I should write a book about candidates who blame me for their fundraising troubles. They DO NOT want me to know about their fundraising events. They DO NOT want me to promote their fundraising events. They DO NOT want me to attend their fundraising events. They DO NOT want me to report on their fundraising events.)

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-score/2018/10/17/92-house-democratic-hopefuls-outraised-an-incumbent-376548

 

POLITIFACT
— Pre-existing conditions: Does any GOP proposal match the ACA? – Jon Greenberg (DIERSEN: What pre-existing conditions do you have? I have type 2 diabetes. I am obese (BMI 30.7). My vision cannot be corrected to 20/30, let alone 20/20. I need cataract surgery on both eyes. I have partial red/green color blindness. I do not get enough exercise. I sit in a chair 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. Because I am a federal retiree, my wife and I pay only $6,000/year for $24,000/year worth of health, dental, and vision insurance. Knowing that federal retirees and their spouses have lifetime membership in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program (https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/healthcare/) helped me endure the many negatives associated with being a federal employee for almost 30 years.)
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2018/oct/17/pre-existing-conditions-does-any-gop-proposal-matc/

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Migrants moving again in Guatemala, Trump targets Democrats – SONIA PEREZ D. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they plan on using illegals to get rid of once and for all those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.apnews.com/e544f4e4534748a3b8d636173bab98f7

 

CBS NEWS
— The races that could decide who controls the House – GRACE SEGERS (DIERSEN: To those who blast me for not giving money to Republican candidates, in my defense, I stress that I offer all Republican candidates GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscriptions free of charge and without any advertising. GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscriptions are worth at least $1,000 a year. I spend thousands of dollars each year for newspaper subscriptions, website expenses, and internet expenses. GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have gone out each and every morning since 2004 and each and every evening since 2015. Those emails have included links to more than 315,200 articles and information on many upcoming events. It takes me about an hour for each 6 links. That means that since 2004, I have spent about 52,500 hours of what is left of my life putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out free of charge and without any advertising. The main reason why I have a) less money to give Republican candidates, b) more time to use GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to help elect those candidates, and c) more motivation to help elect those candidates is the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had in wasting my career and forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-races-that-could-decide-who-controls-the-house/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois’ 6th Congressional District Republican candidate: Pete Roskam (incumbent) Democratic candidate: Sean Casten
CBS News Battleground Tracker Rating: Edge Democrat Democrats are eager to capture Illinois’ 6th Congressional District, which Clinton won by 7 points in 2016. Rep. Pete Roskam is relatively conservative for his wealthy, well-educated suburban district outside of Chicago. He votes in line with the president nearly 95 percent of the time, according to FiveThirtyEight. He also opposes abortion and once called climate change “junk science” — even though he is currently a member of the House Climate Solutions caucus. Roskam voted for the tax overhaul and to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act in 2017. Democrat Sean Casten holds views diametrically opposed to Roskam’s on climate change, as a scientist and a founder of a clean-energy company. Casten is also one of the Democrats running for office who has been endorsed by Obama. Although there has been very little polling in the race, a September poll by the New York Times found Casten trailing Roskam by one point.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Geneticists See Work Distorted For Racist Ends – Amy Harmon (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics? One of my worst demographics is that I am 100% German national origin. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F. According to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece. What if I had pretended to be Swedish? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn people of German national origin. I should write a book about those of the aforesaid who are of German national origin themselves, but who demonize, denigrate, and condemn people of German national origin to curry favor with those who are anti-German American.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/us/white-supremacists-science-dna.html
— Think Professors Are Liberal? Try School Administrators The ideological bent of those overseeing collegiate life is having the biggest impact on campus culture. – Samuel J. Abrams
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/opinion/liberal-college-administrators.html
— As Other Republican Candidates Struggle Financially, Trump Stockpiles Cash – Kenneth P. Vogel
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/us/politics/trump-campaign-finance-midterms.html
— No, Trump’s Tax Cut Isn’t Paying for Itself (at Least Not Yet) Federal revenues rose slightly in the 2018 fiscal year. But that doesn’t mean the $1.5 trillion tax cut is bringing in more revenue than it’s losing. – Jim Tankersley
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/business/trump-tax-cuts-revenue.html
— Elitist or Egalitarian: Competing Views of Harvard Emerge in Bias Trial – Anemona Hartocollis
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/us/harvard-lawsuit-asian-americans.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/world/canada/marijuana-pot-cannabis-legalization.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump threatens to summon military to close U.S.-Mexico border in response to migrant caravan – John Wagner and Alex Horton
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-threatens-to-summon-military-to-close-us-mexico-border-in-response-to-migrant-caravan/2018/10/18/d427b1dc-d2bd-11e8-83d6-291fcead2ab1_story.html
— MAY 9, 2018 FLASHBACK: Trump is trying to strong-arm the news media – Callum Borchers (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those candidates in Illinois who claim to be conservative and/or Republican, but a) who refuse to include diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists, b) who do not want me to know about their events and other activities, c) who do not want me to promote their events and other activities, d) who do not want me to attend their events, d) who do not want me to report on their events or other activities, e) who “punish” me, and/or f) who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems’, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems? The aforesaid candidates a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid. The aforesaid candidates glorify and praise, pander to, give news scoops to, return phone calls from, and/or give money to a) Rich Miller and/or b) the rest of the Democrat news media in Illinois.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/05/09/trump-is-trying-to-strong-arm-the-news-media/

 

USA TODAY
— Democrats are giving up on white men. That’s a big mistake. Democrats have failed to convince working men that the party represents their interests. White men are hurting, and Democrats should listen. – Andrew L. Yarrow
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/10/18/democrats-giving-up-white-men-midterms-suicide-opioids-column/1582776002/


— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/10/17/pot-stocks-canada-legalizes-marijuana/1668186002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/10/17/marijuana-now-legal-canada-but-buying-weed-remains-challenge/1672074002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/10/16/how-buy-legal-marijuana-canada-person-mail/1580615002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote voter fraud.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/10/17/midterm-elections-real-voter-fraud-restricting-fundamental-right-editorials-debates/1664369002/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH THREE COLOR PICTURES: We followed 15 of America’s teachers on a day of frustrations, pressures and hard-earned victories
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2018/10/17/teachers-appreciation-pay-union-jobs-schools-education/1509500002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Threatens to ‘Call Up the U.S. Military’ If Mexico Doesn’t Stop Migrants President asks southern neighbor ‘in the strongest terms’ to ‘stop the onslaught’ of Latin American migrants heading to U.S. – Vivian Salama
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-threatens-to-call-up-the-u-s-military-if-mexico-doesnt-stop-migrants-1539866223
— What Is Elizabeth Warren? Conventional wisdom says the DNA report backfired on the senator. Maybe not. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-is-elizabeth-warren-1539816439
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: When a Co-Worker Is Your Top Competitor – Sue Shellenbarger (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all those who I competed against for promotions at IRS 1971-1980 and at GAO 1980-1997. Overwhelmingly, those who got promoted over me were Democrat, minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. Overwhelmingly, they helped my superiors get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-winner-take-all-battles-backfire-at-work-1539783019
— ACT Scores Show Drop in College Readiness, Especially in Math Asian students show better scores, while other ethnic groups all see drops – Tawnell D. Hobbs
https://www.wsj.com/articles/act-scores-show-drop-in-college-readiness-especially-in-math-1539768600
— Army Veteran Wages War on Social-Media Disinformation Kris Goldsmith hunts fake Facebook pages that try to sow strife by deceiving veterans – Ben Kesling and Dustin Volz
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-army-veteran-wages-war-on-social-media-disinformation-1539768600

 

LEADER & TIMES
— Calls of illegitimacy are first steps of declaring civil war – Larry Phillips (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who treat me like I am not a legitimate reporter. They include activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid. The aforesaid candidates glorify and praise, pander to, give news scoops to, return phone calls from, and/or give money to a) Rich Miller and/or b) the rest of the Democrat news media in Illinois.)
http://www.liberalfirst.com/opinion/calls-of-illegitimacy-are-first-steps-of-declaring-civil-war

 

FORBES
— Pritzker, Rauner And Illinois’ Pension Trouble – Elizabeth Bauer
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ebauer/2018/10/17/pritzker-rauner-and-illinois-pension-trouble/#34fe56487b41

 

FED SMITH
— Federal Employee Annual Raises and Inflation – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: Have you gotten pay increases? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want cheap labor. They continue to be furious that because of COLAs, step increases, and/or promotions, my pay increased every year that I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, except for 1980 when I took a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and GAO promoted me in 1986. In my defense, 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.fedsmith.com/2018/10/17/federal-employee-annual-raises-inflation/

 

ILLINOIS CPA SOCIETY
— Top Honors for Female Accounting Leaders: Illinois CPA Society Announces its Women to Watch Award Winners
https://www.icpas.org/about-us/press/press-release-details/2018/10/16/top-honors-for-female-accounting-leaders-illinois-cpa-society-announces-its-women-to-watch-award-winners

 

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— Illinois CPA Society names 2018 ‘Women to Watch’ – Sean McCabe
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/illinois-cpa-society-names-2018-women-to-watch

October 13 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Carafem, abortion clinic with ‘loud voice,’ opens in Skokie – Rachel Frazin (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/abortion-clinic-opens-in-skokie/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Chicago’s PharmaCann sold in record deal; pot legal in Canada soon
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/cresco-pot-cannabis-stocks-edibles-canada-marijuana-legalized/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “President Trump offers Medi-scare for all.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-medicare-bernie-sanders-donald-trump-1014-20181012-story.html
— Frustrated with health insurance costs, some turn to religious plans: ‘For us it’s been a godsend’- Lisa Schencker (DIERSEN: Religious organizations should do far more to promote traditional marriage and to discourage activities that harm your health. They should do far more to discourage sexual aggression, to discourage promiscuity, to discourage infidelity, to discourage LGBTQ activity, to discourage abortion, to discourage booze, and to discourage pot. Your body is the temple of the Lord. SEE: 1 Corinthians 6:19-20)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-religious-health-care-cost-sharing-1014-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Barazza family belongs to a health care sharing ministry, a religious nonprofit in which members pay for each other’s health care needs. Compared with traditional health insurance premiums, ministries’ monthly member costs are often much lower. But unlike traditional insurance, members must often commit to religious principles. The ministries generally won’t pay for services that don’t align with those principles, such as abortion and substance abuse treatment, and they often limit coverage of pre-existing conditions and prescriptions.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— Same-sex marriage has become a contentious issue in the race for Illinois attorney general as Republican Erika Harold and Democrat Kwame Raoul accuse one another of having held discriminatory views. – Barbara Vitello
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181012/2-attorney-general-hopefuls-differ-on-abortion-same-sex-marriage
— Tom Rooney: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181013/tom-rooney-candidate-profile
— Endorsement: Daily Herald recommends Curran over Idleburg for Lake County sheriff
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181013/endorsement-daily-herald-recommends-curran-over-idleburg-for-lake-county-sheriff
— Endorsement: Daily Herald backs Nybo over Glowiack in Illinois Senate District 24
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181013/endorsement-daily-herald-backs-nybo-over-glowiack-in-illinois-senate-district-24
— Endorsement: Daily Herald backs Lewis over Cullerton in Illinois Senate District 23
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181013/endorsement-daily-herald-backs-lewis-over-cullerton-in-illinois-senate-district-23

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Trump looms large as Rep. Peter Roskam fights for his political life against Sean Casten – PATRICK M. O’CONNELL & MIKE RIOPELL
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/trump-looms-large-as-rep-peter-roskam-fights-for-his/article_cbd72851-e95f-5f1e-9f35-465f398d94e2.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Mr. Pritzker, answer tax questions – RICH MILLER
https://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/miller-dear-jb-pritzker/article_c0b232d7-0ae7-5572-a859-9d77d7f12eb4.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pence: Electing Davis could be pivotal to House control – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181012/pence-electing-davis-could-be-pivotal-to-house-control
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181012/watch-replay-vice-president-mike-pence-in-springfield

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— At debate, Rauner calls Legionnaires’ probe ‘abuse of power’ – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/at-debate-rauner-calls-legionnaires-probe-abuse-of-power

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Illinois Chamber of Commerce endorses Erika Harold for attorney general – Robert Hadley
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511599078-illinois-chamber-of-commerce-endorses-erika-harold-for-attorney-general

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Top Dems gather in Chicago to see U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, but she’s a no show
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511599913-top-dems-gather-in-chicago-to-see-u-s-rep-maxine-waters-but-she-s-a-no-show

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Casten seeks to repeal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which would put seniors at risk, Roskam says – Robert Hadley
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511599875-casten-seeks-to-repeal-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act-which-would-put-seniors-at-risk-roskam-says
— PAC: “Madigan cuts Conroy in, Conroy forces you out”
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511597561-pac-madigan-cuts-conroy-in-conroy-forces-you-out

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Chicago restaurant disrupted by activists protesting alleged sexual harassment – Kaitlyn Schallhorn
https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/chicago-restaurant-disrupted-by-activists-protesting-alleged-sexual-harassment

 

DAILY CALLER
— OUTSTANDING: KEVIN MCCARTHY ROLLS OUT BILL TO FULLY FUND TRUMP’S BORDER WALL, CUT OFF SANCTUARY CITIES – Will Racke
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/12/kevin-mccarthy-border-wall-bill/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— OUTSTANDING: House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy announces get-tough immigration bill – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/12/house-gop-leader-floats-get-tough-immigration-bill/

 

BREITBART
— Newspaper Launches Anti-Multiculturalism ‘Patriotic Fairy Tale’ Contest, Angers Left – Victoria Friedman (DIERSEN: Ever increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to a) promote dependency on government, b) promote dependency on charity, c) destroy the traditional family, d) promote LGBTQ activity, e) promote abortion, f) promote mass/illegal immigration, g) abolish the First and Second Amendments, h) promote patronage, i) promote political affiliation discrimination, j) promote reverse discrimination, k) promote age discrimination, l) promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and m) promote even worse things.)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/10/13/outrage-childs-writing-contest-dangers-multiculturalism-illegal-immigration/
— White House Drafts Plan to Keep Migrant Families Unified in Detention – Neil Munro (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) illegally encourage people to come to America illegally, b) illegally encourage people to stay in America illegally, and c) illegally encourage people to illegally bring people to America illegally.)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2018/10/13/white-house-plans-to-keep-migrant-families-in-detention/

 

DAILY CALLER
— BLACKS’ LOYALTY TO THE DEMOCRAT PARTY IS INSANE — NOT KANYE WEST – Nick James
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/12/black-loyalty-democratic-party-west/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: SANCTUARY CITY MINNEAPOLIS ASSISTS ILLEGALS WITH ‘KNOW-YOUR-ICE-RIGHTS’ PLACARDS ON POLICE CARS – David Krayden
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/12/minneapolis-ice-rights-police-cars/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Multiple Republican Offices Across the Country Vandalized by Unhinged Leftists – DEBRA HEINE
https://pjmedia.com/trending/multiple-republican-offices-across-the-country-vandalized-by-unhinged-leftists/

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Is the Fed Trying to Kill the Trump Economy? – Bob Adelmann
https://www.thenewamerican.com/economy/commentary/item/30319-is-the-fed-trying-to-kill-the-trump-economy

 

WORLD NEW DAILY
— SUPREMES WON’T HELP JUDGE BOOTED FOR REFUSING SAME-SEX WEDDINGS Let administrative ruling against Oregon official stand (DIERSEN: Constructively, in Diersen v. GAO, the court ruled that employers can waste the careers of their employees and get rid of their employees who object to political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination.)
https://www.wnd.com/2018/10/supremes-wont-help-judge-booted-for-refusing-same-sex-weddings/
— FEDS: DACA HURTS LEGAL IMMIGRANTS Special fee exemption puts burden on other applicants
https://www.wnd.com/2018/10/feds-daca-hurts-legal-immigrants/

 

THE HILL
— McCarthy introduces bill to fully fund Trump’s border wall – MELANIE ZANONA
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/411205-mccarthy-introduces-bill-to-fully-fund-trumps-border-wall

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Republican Club Vandalized Before Visit by Right-Wing Provocateur – Shane Goldmacher (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those who paint me as being a “right-wing provocateur” because I promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party and Republican Party platforms? Should I write a book about those who paint me as being a “right-wing provocateur” because I promote the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling? Should I write a book about those who paint me as being a “right-wing provocateur” because I oppose promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, 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, and age discrimination. Those who paint me as being a “right-wing provocateur” include past and present a) Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) leaders and members, b) DuPage County Republican Central Committee leaders and members, c) Illinois Republican Party (IRP) leaders, members, and employees, d) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois leaders and members, e) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce leaders and members, f) Illinois Center Right Coalition leaders and members, g) American Association of Political Consultants leaders and members, and g) activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. The aforesaid a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the IRP platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the MTRCC resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/12/nyregion/gavin-mcinnes-republican-club-vandalized.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success a) in getting children to come to America illegally, b) in getting children to stay in America illegally, and c) in getting others to bring children to America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/12/us/migrant-children-tent-camp-texas.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Michelle Obama Wanted Democrats to ‘Go High.’ Now They Aren’t So Sure. – Matt Flegenheimer (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who “go low.”)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/12/us/politics/trump-democrats-insults.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Scourge of ‘Diversity’ A onetime liberal, Heather Mac Donald now believes identity politics threatens higher education and civilization itself. – Jillian Kay Melchio (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-scourge-of-diversity-1539385139
— Politics Can’t Solve Our Political Problems Our tribalism has a deeper source in the disintegration of communities and an epidemic of loneliness. The only real answers start at home. – Ben Sasse
https://www.wsj.com/articles/politics-cant-solve-our-political-problems-1539364986
— You’re Not the Only One Who’s Not Paying Your ‘Nanny Tax’ Only 5% of Americans who should be paying taxes related to household help are doing so, one economist estimates – Laura Saunders (DIERSEN: Who do you know who pays/paid the nanny tax? My boss during the last 8 years that I worked for GAO paid the nanny tax. Her husband was wealthy.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/youre-not-the-only-one-whos-not-paying-your-nanny-tax-1539336600
— Is ‘First, Kill All the Lawyers’ the Democrats’ New Credo? Their cries that the Supreme Court has been ‘corrupted’ evoke the rhetoric of totalitarians. – George Melloan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-first-kill-all-the-lawyers-the-democrats-new-credo-1539385092

 

BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN THE DAILY HERALD: Officials consider asking parents to make dire border choice: detention or separation? – Nick Miroff, Josh Dawsey and Maria Sacchetti
https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Officials-consider-asking-parents-to-make-dire-13302966.php

 

ABC10 TV
— John Cox: A profile of California’s GOP nominee for governor John Cox has embraced the persona of the anti-politician assailing a corrupt establishment. The strategy hasn’t worked yet. But as he seeks to become governor of California, the 63-year-old lawyer, accountant and investment manager is hoping 2018 will be different.
https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/john-cox-a-profile-of-californias-gop-nominee-for-governor/103-603864623

 

HISTORY
— Mexican Americans Fought on Both Sides of the U.S. Civil War Thousands of Mexican-Americans joined the Confederacy—but even more joined the Union. – BECKY LITTLE (DIERSEN: Of course, if/when Democrats formally declare war on Republicans, the many millions of illegals will fight for the Democrats. That is why, for their self-defense, Republicans have bought lots of firearms and lots of ammunition.)
https://www.history.com/news/mexican-americans-in-civil-war

 

INSIDE HIGHER ED
— A Non-Tenure-Track Profession? About three-quarters of all faculty positions are off the tenure track, according to new AAUP analysis. While many now work on multiyear contracts, their academic freedom remains of concern. – Colleen Flaherty (DIERSEN: One could argue that federal jobs are tenured for those who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/10/12/about-three-quarters-all-faculty-positions-are-tenure-track-according-new-aaup

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DHS Says It’s Finally Hiring More Border Agents Than It’s Losing – Eric Katz (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/management/2018/10/dhs-says-its-finally-hiring-more-border-agents-its-losing/151987/

October 12 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump looms large as Rep. Peter Roskam fights for his political life against Sean Casten – Patrick M. O’Connell, Mike Riopell (DIERSEN: This article includes a report on what Roskam said and on what others said concerning Roskam at the Milton Township Republican Central Committee’s (MTRCC) outstanding meeting Wednesday evening, October 10, 2018, at the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall. 15 candidates were at the meeting – 1 for a federal office: Peter Roskam; 5 for state offices: Peter Breen, Mike Connelly, Amy Grant, Jay Kinzler, and Seth Lewis; eight for county offices: Grant Eckhoff, Gwen Henry, Paul Hinds, Jeff MacKay, Kevin Wiley, Karen Wilson, Chris Zaruba, and Jim Zay; and 1 for a municipal office: Suzanne Fitch. State Representative Jeanne Ives announced that she is circulating petitions for Wheaton mayoral candidate Phil Suess. Other meeting attendees included Ron Almiron, Roger Bohn, Lori Carlson, Joe Caruso, Bob Cherry, Jeff Cooper, Lynn Crane, Flo Dangelo, Tim Elliott (DuPage County Board), Sal Falbo (Milton Township Trustee), Mike Formento, Hide Holan, Babette Holder, Marty Keller (MTRCC Vice Chairman), Bob Krzyzewski, Larry LaVanway, Alex LeVan, Chris LeVan (MTRCC Chairman and Milton Township Assessor), Carl Lofgren, Paula McGowen (DuPage County Regional School Board Member), Bobby McNeily, Ron Menna, Dave Molitor (Milton Township Trustee), John Monino (MTRCC Secretary and Milton Township Trustee), Gary Muehlfelt (Milton Township Highway Commissioner), Barb Murphy (DuPage County Republican Party Chairwoman), Yadav Nathwani (MTRCC Treasurer and Milton Township Trustee), Nicole Prater (Winfield Township Republican Central Committee Chairman), Mary Rash, Pat Ryan, Janet Shaw, B.J. Slinger, Chuck Smith, and Tim Whelan (DuPage County Forest Preserve Commissioner). I have been a MTRCC member since 1999, and since then, I have had the best MTRCC meeting and MTRCC fundraiser attendance record. In 2002, I got MTRCC to begin holding its monthly meetings at the Wheaton Bowl, and MTRCC has met there ever since. In 2000, under MTRCC Chairman Randy Hultgren, I published MTRCC’s first website and I served as MTRCC’s webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010. Both Hultgren and Roskam endorsed me when I first ran for Precinct Committeeman in 2000. Since 2000, I have included reports on MTRCC meetings and fundraisers in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-peter-roskam-sean-casten-illinois-6th-20181011-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam rallied die-hard Republicans in a private room at the Wheaton Bowl’s banquet hall on Wednesday, Ed Raab was outside keeping watch over the check-in counter, the clatter of pins echoing across the lanes. “If I wasn’t working,” Raab said, “I’d be right in there with them.” Roskam shook a few hands, and chatted with campaign volunteers, local precinct committeemen and DuPage County candidates before he strode to the podium for a short speech. “I’m incredibly energized by this campaign,” Roskam said. “I’m incredibly heartened by all of your support. … Now is the time for us to press forward.” Behind him, next to stacks of yard signs, was a lifesize cardboard cutout of President Donald Trump flashing a thumbs-up. Someone had placed a red “Make America Great Again” cap atop the cardboard Trump’s head. . .To win, Roskam likely needs to strike a balance between keeping Trump supporters on board, but also preventing independent and centrist Republican voters from abandoning him even if they don’t like the president. “The people in this district, I don’t think they’d do that,” said Raab, who credited the biggest take-home pay he’s ever had in 42 years working at the bowling alley to the Republican tax overhaul Roskam championed. “I think they’re pretty true to the people they’re backing.” . . . “The reason the national Democratic Party believes that Congressman Roskam’s district is in play is solely based on President Trump,” said Kirk Dillard, a former DuPage County Republican chairman, state senator and Illinois governor candidate. Casten has tried to get into a position to capitalize, calling Trump the “worst president of our generation.” He raised twice as much money as Roskam last quarter, his $2.6 million buttressed by millions of dollars in advertising from a group backed by House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi. The latest spots hit Roskam over taxes and health care, saying it’s time he “checked out of Congress.” . . . “Peter wins close races because he is an exceptionally hard-working candidate, incredibly articulate speaker and has a volunteer base of dedicated individuals second to none,” Dillard said. Since that election 12 years ago, Democrats have made inroads in Roskam’s home base of DuPage County. President Barack Obama won the county twice, and the prosperous patchwork of suburbs recently has sent two Democratic state lawmakers to Springfield. Babette Holder, a Republican committeewoman in Wheaton, said the Trump factor matters “a lot” in this race. “I’ve never seen a midterm like this before,” Holder said. “I think it’ll be a big challenge this time.” But her hope is that when voters examine the issues, they’ll turn to Roskam, who she said breaks from the party and the president when necessary. “I am worried,” Holder said, “I’m not going to lie to you and say I’m not worried. It’ll come down to turnout.” . . . At the bowling alley on Wednesday, Raab said Roskam isn’t perfect, but he’s still preferable to the alternative. “He’s done some things I don’t agree with, but I like him a lot better than his opponent,” Raab said.)
— National money keeps flowing into 6th District race between Rep. Peter Roskam and Sean Casten – Patrick M. O’Connell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-6th-district-campaign-money-20181011-story.html
— ANTI-TRUMPS PROMOTE ANTI-TRUMPS: Women’s March organizers hope participants ‘feel the power and energy that comes from not being alone’ – Angie Leventis Lourgos
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-womens-march-chicago-advance-20181012-story.html
— To combat corruption, choose Erika Harold for attorney general – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-erika-harold-kwame-raoul-illinois-attorney-general-20181007-story.html
— Former VP Biden: ‘American values are under assault’ – Craig Lyons
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/news/ct-ptb-donnelly-biden-rally-st-1013-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ENDORSEMENT: J.B. Pritzker for governor, to get Illinois moving again (DIERSEN: To promote Pritzker is to promote pot.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/jb-pritzker-governor-endorsement/
— No sanctuary for Rauner — gov embraces Sister Jean, but not her immigration work – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/sanctuary-rauner-sister-jean-loyola-illegal-immigration/
— Trump’s Justice Department sends more violent crime prosecutors to Chicago – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-sessions-chicago-justice-department-violent-crime-prosecutors/
— Armed home invasion reported in Wheaton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/armed-home-invasion-reported-in-wheaton/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage lawmakers want tougher penalties for no-show defendants
Justin Kmitch
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181012/dupage-lawmakers-want-tougher-penalties-for-no-show-defendants
— Endorsement: Daily Herald backs Pritzker over Rauner for governor (DIERSEN: To promote Pritzker is to promote pot.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181012/endorsement-daily-herald-backs-pritzker-over-rauner-for-governor
— Advisory referendum has Kane County voters angered, confused – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181011/advisory-referendum-has-kane-county-voters-angered-confused
— Seth Lewis: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181012/seth-lewis-candidate-profile
— Mr. Pritzker, Tell us again what the middle class is — from the heart – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: From what I see, Democrats believe that everyone who is not on welfare is rich and should pay more taxes.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/jb-pritzker-graduated-income-tax-brackets/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives ask “Will Kinzinger be the only Chicago-area Republican left in Congress?”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/will-kinzinger-be-only-chicago-area-republican-left-congress

 

ABC7
— ANTI-TRUMPS PROMOTE ANTI-TRUMPS: Women’s March Chicago 2018: Street closures, route information
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/womens-march-chicago-2018-street-closures-route-information/4471175/

 

NBC5
— On the Issues: 11 Questions for Gubernatorial Candidate Bruce Rauner
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/bruce-rauner-governor-of-illinois-497244021.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Pence campaigns for Rep. Rodney Davis in Springfield – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/pence-campaigns-for-rep-rodney-davis-in-springfield
— Chicago sues Trump administration again over grants
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/chicago-sues-trump-administration-again-over-grants-1

 

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— GOP leaders join lieutenant governor to condemn Pritzker’s tax breaks – Jaylyn Cook
http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/gop-leaders-join-lieutenant-governor-to-condemn-pritzker-s-tax/article_49395f82-bd90-5cf9-ae32-c69a5c1b89ea.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Vice President Pence speaks in Springfield
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/vice-president-pence-speaks-in-springfield
— US Representative Rodney Davis hopes Vice President Mike Pence’s speech encourages voters – Amanda Henderson
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/us-representative-rodney-davis-hopes-vice-president-mike-pences-speech-encourages-voters

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Implosion Of The Republican Party Under Rauner
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/implosion-of-the-republican-party-under-rauner
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Is Rauner going to drag down all Republicans on the ballot? Is he closing the gap at all? Were all Rauner’s political defeats self-inflicted wounds? Did Rauner discount what he was up against and then decide to surrender instead of fight? Dan and Kristen McQueary discuss the future of Illinois and the governor’s race.)

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Pence: Illinois’ 13 congressional district could make, or break, GOP majority – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/pence-illinois-congressional-district-could-make-or-break-gop-majority/article_96615d22-ce6b-11e8-ab89-bf6e413c6332.html
— What can Pritzker do with a 22-point lead? – Brett Rowland
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/op-ed-what-can-pritzker-do-with-a–point/article_e8cd1300-ccb6-11e8-9b2c-ab7910a7dbfc.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DECISION 2018: SUMMARY OF LAST DEBATE BETWEEN RAUNER AND PRITZKER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/decision-2018-pritzker-vs-rauner.html

— RAUNER’S “SANCTUARY STATE” DENIAL STIRS CONFUSION AMONG CONSERVATIVES AND AMNESTY ADVOCATES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/responses-to-rauners-sanctuary-state-denial-.html

— PRITZKER PROVIDES REASONS FOR IL CONSERVATIVES TO GET TO THE POLLS, VOTE FOR HAROLD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/pritzker-provides-reasons-for-il-conservatives-to-get-to-the-polls-vote-for-harold.html
— PRITZKER PROVIDES REASONS FOR IL CONSERVATIVES TO GET TO THE POLLS, VOTE FOR HAROLD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/pritzker-provides-reasons-for-il-conservatives-to-get-to-the-polls-vote-for-harold.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Cook moves Roskam to “Lean D,” moves Hultgren to “Toss Up”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/12/cook-moves-roskam-to-lean-d-moves-hultgren-to-toss-up/
— The return of “Brewskis with Bruce” . . . Since Pritzker supports legalizing marijuana, maybe he should counter this with “Joints with JB.” Just a thought.
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/12/the-return-of-brewskis-with-bruce/
— Tribune, Sun-Times endorsements reveal the papers’ priorities
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/12/tribune-sun-times-endorsements-reveal-the-papers-priorities/

 

BREITBART
— Scalise: Dems Will Lose the Vote ‘if They Continue to Call on Violence’ – Trent Baker
https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/10/12/scalise-dems-will-lose-the-vote-if-they-continue-to-call-on-violence/

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Kanye West Latest Black Person Attacked for Deviating From Liberal Dogma – Steve Byas
https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/item/30320-kanye-west-latest-black-person-attacked-for-deviating-from-liberal-dogma

 

DAILY CALLER
— VANDALS HIT NYC GOP HEADQUARTERS: ‘ATTACK IS MERELY A BEGINNING’ – Kerry Picket
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/12/nyc-gop-headquarters-vandalized/

 

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Calif. Gubernatorial Candidate John Cox Endorsed By Law Enforcement
https://www.oann.com/calif-gubernatorial-candidate-john-cox-endorsed-by-law-enforcement/

 

GOPUSA
— Pro-Kavanaugh women fed up with ‘gender traitors’ label: ‘They’ll see us at the polls’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=56624

 

ROLL CALL
— GOP-Held Illinois District Pounded with Outside Money as Election Nears Six-term incumbent Roskam facing Democratic environmental entrepreneur Sean Casten – Griffin Connolly
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/gop-held-illinois-district-outside-money

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Trump Rally: A Play in Three Acts The art of Making America Great Again. And again. And again. – KATIE ROGERS (DIERSEN: When is the next Trump rally in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality?)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/12/us/politics/trump-maga-rally-play.html
— The Democrats Have an Immigration Problem . . . the Trump presidency has taught the Democrats what they stand against. Now they have to figure out what they stand for. – Robert Draper (DIERSEN: Because immigrants, that is, minorities who want/need/demand massive government assistance, vote for Democrats, Democrats want to flood America with immigrants, that is, to flood America with minorities who want/need/demand massive government assistance.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/10/magazine/the-democrats-have-an-immigration-problem.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “More Americans disapprove of Kavanaugh’s confirmation than support it.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/more-americans-disapprove-of-kavanaughs-confirmation-than-support-it-new-poll-shows/2018/10/12/18dbf872-cd93-11e8-a3e6-44daa3d35ede_story.html

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Pence Campaigns for Rep. Rodney Davis in Springfield Vice President Mike Pence says Republican U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis has emerged as a voice for conservative values in Congress and is urging his supporters to get out the vote in the midterm elections.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-10-12/pence-to-campaign-with-gop-rep-rodney-davis-in-springfield

 

FED SMITH
— Ensuring Accuracy of Federal Employee Personnel Files – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: Of course, one can learn by looking at my Federal Employee Personnel File, at the Diersen v. GAO lawsuit file, and at related documents a) that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $19,203 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, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/10/12/ensuring-accuracy-federal-employee-personnel-files/

 

ROLLING STONE
— Congress Is Getting Frustrated With the White House’s Pot Policy Trump’s long said he supports states’ rights when it comes to cannabis, but new reports suggest some in his administration isn’t ready to give up pot prohibition – MATT LASLO
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/weed-pot-policy-white-house-congress-trump-733285/

October 10 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Kanye West to meet with President Trump at White House Thursday to discuss Chicago violence, manufacturing
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/kanye-west-to-meet-with-president-trump-at-white-house-thursday/4446526/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump marchers.
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/womens-march-chicago-plans-rally-march-for-saturday-to-focus-on-first-time-voters/4449227/

 

NBC5
— Trump Administration Opposes Chicago Police-Reform Plan
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Trump-Administration-Opposes-Chicago-Police-Reform-Plan-496427491.html
— A former employee of a suburban Chicago township has been accused of embezzling government funds to pay personal expenses including credit card and utility bills. Michelle Patras of Tinley Park is charged with theft of government property in excess of $10,000 and continuing a financial crimes enterprise.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/township-worker-charged-with-stealing-government-funds-496553271.html

 

CBS2
— 14th District Republican Congressman Randy Hultgren Throws Barbs at Democrat Challenger Underwood In New Ad – Derrick Blakley (DIERSEN: To run as a Democrat a) is to shout that you promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, 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 and b) is to shout that you want to use government to get rid of non-Democrat individuals, organizations, governments, and countries that 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://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/10/09/14th-district-congressional-race-campaign-ads/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Pope compares abortion to hiring a hit man to solve problems – Nicole Winfield
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pope-compares-abortion-to-hiring-a-hit-man-to-solve-problems-1

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Final U.S. House endorsements: Bennett, Foster, Davis, Shimkus, Kinzinger, Bustos, LaHood
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-ushouse3-bennett-daythre-20181003-story.html
— President Trump praises Dixon officer Mark Dallas who stopped school shooting suspect – Elvia Malagon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-trump-video-dixon-officer-shooting-20181009-story.html
— Residents, activists object to Mokena’s pro-life proclamation – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-mokena-right-to-life-protest-st-1010-story.html
— UIC to offer free tuition to state’s top students – Dawn Rhodes (DIERSEN: When you were in high school, were you a “top student?” I was not. Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I just barely made into the upper 20% of my class. My ACT score was only 24. I was 1-A for draft notwithstanding the fact that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease). I attended UIC 1966-1968.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-uic-free-tuition-20181009-story.html
— Rauner and Pritzker want to keep their offshore money a secret. Here’s what we know. – Todd Lighty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-met-illinois-governor-secrecy-rauner-pritzker-20181010-story.html
— Rauner’s private foundation has millions invested offshore – Todd Lighty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-met-bruce-rauner-foundation-offshore-investment-20181010-story.html
— Burning books like ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is the honest next step for the anti-Kavanaugh left – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-kavanaugh-democrats-kass-20181009-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page editorial with a color picture unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps promote hatred against Republicans.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-womens-march-preview-20181004-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps promote Underwood.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-ben-ice-cream-underwood-naperville-st-1010-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: 4 states to decide on marijuana ballot initiatives this fall – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/michigan-missouri-north-dakota-utah-marijuana-ballot-initiatives-elections/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTO OF KACZMAREK: Candidate sues DuPage Election commission for records – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181009/candidate-sues-dupage-election-commission-for-records
— Daily Herald backs Jason Helland over Jesse White for secretary of state – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181010/endorsement-daily-herald-backs-jason-helland-over-jesse-white-for-secretary-of-state
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Why suburban school districts are discussing arming teachers Downstate districts want school board association to lobby for permission – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181010/why-suburban-school-districts-are-discussing-arming-teachers

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Taxpayer advocate Jim Tobin says pensions are ‘bankrupting’ Illinois – Steve Tarter
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/taxpayer-advocate-says-pensions-are-bankrupting-illinois/article_e55b695b-ad00-529c-afed-ef5804213925.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— ‘Trumpaganda:’ Students will study Trump tweets in Illinois college journalism class – SCOTT BERSON (DIERSEN: What courses did you take while you were in college? I took courses in business, management, accounting, and finance.)
https://www.bnd.com/news/nation-world/national/article219715090.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Election 2018 candidate: James Mendrick, DuPage County sheriff
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/10/05/election-2018-candidate-james-mendrick-dupage-county-sheriff/al5luhl/
— Election 2018 candidate: Paul Hinds, DuPage County clerk
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/10/05/election-2018-candidate-paul-hinds-dupage-county-clerk/a57aint/
— Election 2018 candidate: Dan Cronin, DuPage County Board chairman
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/10/05/election-2018-candidate-dan-cronin-dupage-county-board-chairman/ahnmbf2/

 

WIREPOINTS
— JP Morgan Expert: True Debt, Pension, Healthcare Payments Would Consume Half of Illinois Revenue, Bankruptcy Option Needed – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/jp-morgan-expert-true-debt-pension-healthcare-payments-would-consume-half-of-illinois-revenue-bankruptcy-option-needed/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— 2018 General Election Picks from IFA-pac – David E. Smith (DIERSEN: I urge all voters in Illinois to vote for all the Republican candidates in the November 6, 2018 election.)
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/10/2018-general-election-picks-from-ifa-pac/
— “Emergency! In Colorado”
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/illinois-family-spotlight-115/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— IFI Voter Guide — **SPECIAL LOCAL EDITIONS** – David E. Smith (DIERSEN: In general elections, I urge everyone to vote for all the Republican candidates.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/ifi-voter-guide-special-local-editions-3/

 

DAILY CALLER
— BODY COUNT IS ABOUT TO GO UP IN CHICAGO WITH NEW ABORTION CLINIC – Grace Carr
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/09/abortion-clinic-chicago-illinois/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Will Kavanaugh realign racial politics? – Star Parker
https://www.onenewsnow.com/perspectives/star-parker/2018/10/10/will-kavanaugh-realign-racial-politics

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— McConnell warns of Kavanaugh impeachment push: ‘Madness hasn’t stopped’ – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/mitch-mcconnell-warns-of-kavanaugh-impeachment-push-madness-hasnt-stopped

 

LIFE NEWS
— New Spa-Like Abortion Clinic (in Skokie) Hopes to Normalize Killing Babies With Cups of Tea and Mints – GRACE CARR
https://www.lifenews.com/2018/10/09/new-spa-like-abortion-clinic-hopes-to-normalize-killing-babies-with-cups-of-tea-and-mints/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— U.S. paying more for illegal immigrant births than Trump’s wall – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/shock-report-us-paying-more-for-illegal-immigrant-births-than-trumps-wall

 

BREITBART
— DePaul University Blacklists Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens – Alana Mastrangelo
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/10/09/depaul-university-blacklists-charlie-kirk-and-candace-owens/
— DACA Illegal Aliens Have Cost Legal Immigrants $316M Since 2015 – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/10/09/daca-cost-legal-immigrants-316m-2015/

 

LUTHERAN CHARITIES
— God’s Definition of ‘Rich’ The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it. Proverbs 10:22 – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government demonized, denigrated, and condemned Republicans who were not poor or veterans as being “rich.”)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2018/10/10/gods-definition-of-rich/

 

THE HILL
— Democrats eye ambitious agenda if House flips – MIKE LILLIS
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/410679-dems-eye-ambitious-agenda-if-house-flips

 

POLITICO
— University of Illinois offers new course: ‘Trumpaganda’ – SHIA KAPOS (DIERSEN: What courses did you take while you were in college? I took courses in business, management, accounting, and finance.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/09/trumpaganda-college-course-884432

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump, Emboldened by Kavanaugh Victory, Assails ‘Unhinged’ Democrats – Peter Baker
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/us/politics/trump-rally-kavanaugh-iowa.html
— Democrats Are Ignoring One Key Voting Group: Veterans – Jasper Craven (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. Since 1966, Democrats have stressed to veterans that I avoided the draft. They stress to veterans that because of that, I have had a tremendous unfair advantage in life and that if I had not avoided the draft, I would not been able to a) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, etc. b) graduate from NIU in 1970, earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, etc., c) get hired by Firestone Stores in 1970, get a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971, get hired by IRS in 1971, etc., and d) buy a new town home in University Park in 1972, a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974, a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976, etc. Since 1966, Democrats have stressed that my avoiding the draft is one more reason why I should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion. What do you say to Democrats who called Vietnam veterans “baby killers?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/10/magazine/veterans-democrats-midterm-elections.html
— Kavanaugh Uproar in Senate Fuels G.O.P. Races for Governor and House – Jeremy W. Peters
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/us/politics/kavanaugh-republican-midterm-races.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Regular churchgoing doesn’t make Trump voters more moderate. It makes them more enthusiastic for Trump. – Paul A. Djupe and Ryan P. Burge (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout a) that GOD is a liberal Democrat who hates Republicans and is sending Republicans to HELL, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and b) that GOD promotes dependency on government, dependency on charity, 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://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/10/09/regular-churchgoing-doesnt-make-trump-voters-more-moderate-it-makes-them-more-enthusiastic-for-trump/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump gives advice to Melania Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2018/10/09/melania-trump-wants-our-respect-heres-how-she-could-earn-it/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats, Don’t Succumb to Retribution The deepening rift between America’s two parties will heal only if one takes the lead. – William A. Galston
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-dont-succumb-to-retribution-1539125287

 

FORTUNE
— Two Cities Get Second Looks From Amazon’s HQ2 Search Committee – GRACE DOBUSH
http://fortune.com/2018/10/08/amazon-hq2-cities-search-committee/

 

FORBES
— What Older Voters Want In The Midterm Elections – Richard Eisenberg
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2018/10/10/what-older-voters-want-in-the-midterm-elections/#f0cc9c44ade4

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “As feds focused on detaining kids, border drug prosecutions plummeted.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2018/10/10/border-drug-trafficking-prosecutions-plunged-zero-tolerance/1521128002/
— Democrats ‘Medicare for All’ plan will demolish promises to seniors – Donald J. Trump
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/10/10/donald-trump-democrats-open-borders-medicare-all-single-payer-column/1560533002/
— Pete the Planner: How to retire successfully when starting from scratch at age 50 – Peter Dunn (DIERSEN: Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors the money that my wife and I had already saved for our retirement to justify their forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/columnist/2018/09/21/how-retire-successfully-when-starting-scratch-age-50/1225719002/

 

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— How does a Bay Area Republican survive? Act like a Democrat – Holly Honderich (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. If you are not going to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office as a Republican.)
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/How-does-a-Bay-Area-Republican-survive-Act-like-13293456.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Catharine Baker calls herself pro-choice, pro-environment and pro-gun control. As the only Republican to hold partisan office in the decidedly liberal Bay Area, it may be the only way she can hang on. Since she was first elected in 2014, the East Bay assemblywoman has split with the GOP on issues that define it nationally and has sought to distance herself from the man who now controls the Republican Party, President Trump. Her tenure in Sacramento has been marked by frequent excursions across the aisle to work with Democrats. “That’s one of the strongest signatures of my record: independence from parties and interest groups,” Baker said. “I feel I’m one of the most effective members of the Legislature that way.”)

 

WRAL
— Emboldened by Kavanaugh Victory, Trump Assails ‘Unhinged’ Democrats – Peter Baker
https://www.wral.com/emboldened-by-kavanaugh-victory-trump-assails-unhinged-democrats/17905158/

 

DAILY WORLD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Are millennials as anti-American as Democrats say they are?
http://www.thedailyworld.com/opinion/america-first-will-likely-fizzle-fast-as-millennials-rise/

October 7 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Brett Kavanaugh confirmed in 50-48 Senate vote, quickly sworn in – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/kavanaugh-confirmed-quickly-sworn-in/4425968/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps tell women to punish Trump by voting for all the Democrats on November 6, 2018 ballots.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-kavanaugh-confirmation-protest-20181006-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrats.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-robinson-column-st-100-story.html
— Half of young Americans see better financial future – AP (DIERSEN: How much better off financially are you than your father? I am far better off financially than my father ever was, but he had to fight type 1 diabetes from age 14, none of his ancestors had earned a high school diploma, his wife never attended high school, he gave lots of money to Trinity Lutheran Church in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Church in Park Forest, and he had the expense of raising me and my brother.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–ap-poll-young-americans-finances-20181002-story.html
— Looking at Trump’s tax returns is only the first step – Catherine Rampell (DIERSEN: Have your federal tax returns been audited by IRS? In 1977, while I was working for IRS, Money Magazine looked at my federal tax returns and decided a) to paint my education deductions as being improper, b) to harm me financially, and c) to end my IRS career. In its February 1978 issue, Money Magazine published a 4-page article on me in which it painted my education deductions as being improper. In the article, Money Magazine hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the graduate business and accounting courses I deducted were not job-related, did not help me carry out my job duties, were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and were a distraction. My Democrat IRS superiors were more than happy to use Money Magazine’s article to disallow my education deductions and to end my IRS career. Money Magazine and IRS would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran. Further, the writer of the article disapproved of my demographics, including my religion and my national origin.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-rampell-trump-tax-returns-irs-fraud-1007-20181005-story.html
— LGBTQ donation drive gives fans an out to root for Cubs, not Daniel Murphy – Morgan Greene (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, you will be barred from getting an education, getting/keeping a job, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-lgbtq-cubs-fans-daniel-murphy-20181004-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Sean Casten’s bilious statements – Alexander Lee, West Chicago
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181007/sean-castens-bilious-statements
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in promoting hatred against Trump and against his supporters.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181007/a-nation-at-war-with-itself
— Kavanaugh sworn in as protesters chant outside Supreme Court – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181007/news/310079989/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner needed for the map, Sangamon GOP told – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20181006/bernard-schoenburg-rauner-needed-for-map-sangamon-gop-told
— Springfield ranked 9th-slowest growing city in country in study – Brenden Moore
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181006/local-business-notes-springfield-ranked-9th-slowest-growing-city-in-country-in-study

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Simon Poll: Trump record helps downstate GOP with election, but could hurt party elsewhere
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/simon-poll-trump-record-helps-downstate-gop-with-election-but/article_81d34b83-e926-5129-8672-25460409ae7a.html

 

DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrats.
http://www.commercial-news.com/opinion/robinson-democrats-get-out-the-vote/article_dc83344c-81b1-5e62-95ac-cf941e77f18c.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Roskam urges Casten to return Pritzker dollars – Robert Hadley
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511590871-roskam-urges-casten-to-return-pritzker-dollars

 

BREITBART
— Trump to America: Midterms a Chance to ‘Render Your Verdict on the Democrats’ Conduct’ – Michelle Moons
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/10/06/trump-to-america-midterms-a-chance-to-render-your-verdict-on-the-democrats-conduct/
— Trump: ‘Tidal Wave’ of Illegal Immigration, Crime Coming If Democrats Win Midterms – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/10/06/watch-trump-tidal-wave-of-illegal-immigration-crime-coming-if-democrats-win-midterms/
— Kris Kobach Rails Against Illegal Immigration at Trump Rally: ‘Our Nation’s Security Comes First’ – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/10/06/watch-kris-kobach-rails-against-illegal-immigration-at-trump-rally-our-nations-security-comes-first/
— Wells Fargo Bucks Corporate Gun Control, Issues $40 Million in Credit to Ruger Firearms – Awr Hawkins
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/10/07/wells-fargo-bucks-corporate-gun-control-issues-40-million-in-credit-to-ruger-firearms/
— Gutfeld: Dems’ Kavanaugh Failure ‘Is What Happens When You Decide to Burn the Village in Order to Save It’ – Jeff Poor
https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/10/06/gutfeld-dems-kavanaugh-failure-is-what-happens-when-you-decide-to-burn-the-village-in-order-to-save-it/

 

TOWNHALL
— With the Confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh the Battle Has Begun – Michael Brown
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2018/10/07/with-the-confirmation-of-brett-kavanaugh-the-battle-has-begun-n2526202
— The Trump Effect – Gil Gutknecht
https://townhall.com/columnists/gilgutknecht/2018/10/07/the-trump-effect-n2526104

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Discerning the left’s hatred of the Census citizenship question – Megan Barth
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/10/discerning_the_lefts_hatred_of_the_census_citizenship_question.html
— Kavanaugh confirmation battle boomerang: the GOP establishment and the Russia Hoax – Mark Wauck
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/10/kavanaugh_confirmation_battle_boomerang_the_gop_establishment_and_the_russia_hoax.html

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Why Leftists Feel Entitled to Block Highways, Shut Down Speakers, and Harass Public Officials – Dennis Prager
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/10/02/why-leftists-feels-entitled-to-block-highways-shut-down-speakers-and-harass-public-officials/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Left’s Bullying Anti-Kavanaugh Tactics Threaten Our Republic – JAY COST
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/anti-kavanaugh-protests-bullying-tactics-threaten-american-republic/

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump “Group Launches Nationwide ‘Revival’ Tour to Oppose Republicans in Midterms.”
https://www.christianpost.com/news/evangelical-group-launches-nationwide-revival-tour-vote-common-good-oppose-republicans-midterms-227773/

 

COLLEGE FIX
— Campus mob that attacked ‘Confirm Kavanaugh’ group may face punishment – JENNIFER KABBANY
https://www.thecollegefix.com/campus-mob-that-attacked-confirm-kavanaugh-group-may-face-punishment/

 

INDEPENDENT
— Illegal aliens regularly granted lawless benefits – Michael Shannon
http://suindependent.com/illegal-aliens-benefits-birthright-citizenship-anchor-babies/

 

EPOCH TIMES
— Black Americans Increasingly Support Trump, Pollster Says – PETR SVAB
https://www.theepochtimes.com/black-americans-increasingly-support-trump-pollster-says_2682540.html

 

THE HILL
— Trump, GOP aim to weaponize Kavanaugh vote ahead of November – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/410245-trump-gop-aim-to-weaponize-kavanaugh-vote-ahead-of-november

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats to use Kavanaugh to make women hate men.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-ultimate-affirmation-patriarchy-republican-women-let-it-ncna917386

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn White women who support Kavanaugh.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/06/opinion/lisa-murkowski-susan-collins-kavanaugh.html
— Can We Discuss Your Anonymous Feedback? – Rob Walker (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/05/business/can-we-discuss-your-anonymous-feedback.html
— To move forward, we have to excavate the past. – Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey (DIERSEN: What did you do 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70+ years ago that your critics/opponents could/would use against you today? What are your brothers, sisters, spouses, children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and the rest of your relatives and ancestors doing and/or have done that your critics/opponents could/would use against you today?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/06/sunday-review/me-too-weinstein-a-year-later.html
— I’m Just a Middle-Aged House Dad Addicted to Pot Cannabis should be legal, just as alcohol should be legal. But marijuana addiction exists, and it almost wrecked my life. – Neal Pollack
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/06/opinion/sunday/marijuana-addiction.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Supreme Court fight reveals a country on the brink.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rock-bottom-supreme-court-fight-reveals-a-country-on-the-brink/2018/10/06/426886e2-c96f-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Over 100 people arrested during Kavanaugh protests on Capitol Hill – Eileen AJ Connelly and Marisa Schultz
https://nypost.com/2018/10/06/over-100-people-arrested-during-kavanaugh-protests-on-capitol-hill/

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Don’t reward Republicans for Brett Kavanaugh and the politics of personal annihilation.” and “Donald Trump is using the Brett Kavanaugh fight to stoke a #MeToo backlash and rev his base.” and “Show them they’re outnumbered. Punish them at the polls.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/10/07/brett-kavanaugh-help-supreme-court-shrink-womens-rights-column/1551654002/
— Melania Trump wears white pith helmet in Africa, Twitter slams the ‘colonizer’ look – Sara M Moniuszko
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/10/06/melania-trump-criticized-wearing-colonial-pith-helmet-africa/1547589002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who hate men use Kavanaugh to promote hatred of men.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/10/06/brett-kavanaugh-metoo-and-we-people-editorials-debates/1519171002/
— Bored in retirement? 4 ways to fill your days and make money at the same time – Maurie Backman (DIERSEN: If you are retired, what do you do with your time and your money? I send 10+ hours each and every day and thousands of dollars every year putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. Should I write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who demonize, denigrate, and condemn me for what I do with my time and with my money.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2018/10/07/retirement-ways-beat-boredom-make-money/37969381/

 

BOSTON HERALD
— Feds, ICE sweeps keep our neighborhoods safe – Editorial
http://www.bostonherald.com/opinion/editorials/2018/10/editorial_feds_ice_sweeps_keep_our_neighborhoods_safe

 

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— California’s John Cox: the politician who distrusts politicians – Joe Garofoli (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can/will defend/advance their platform. I should write a book about politicians in Illinois who got elected as Republicans, but then failed/refused to defend/advance the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/California-s-John-Cox-the-politician-who-13287320.php

 

TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL
— Trump hails Supreme Court confirmation, denounces Democrats as ‘angry mob’ – Tim Carpenter
http://www.cjonline.com/news/20181006/trump-hails-supreme-court-confirmation-denounces-democrats-as-angry-mob

 

PBS
— What Kavanaugh’s confirmation means for the future of the Supreme Court
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-kavanaughs-confirmation-means-for-the-future-of-the-supreme-court

 

NEWSWEEK
— KAVANAUGH CONFIRMATION: DONALD TRUMP SAYS PEOPLE WHO MADE FALSE STATEMENTS ‘SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE’ – JASON MURDOCK
https://www.newsweek.com/kavanaugh-confirmation-donald-trump-says-people-who-made-false-statements-1156906

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hundreds March on Capitol Hill Against Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Police arrest more than 150 demonstrators in the capital as protests also take place in several states – Andrew Duehren and Alex Leary
https://www.wsj.com/articles/protesters-march-on-capitol-hill-to-oppose-kavanaughs-confirmation-1538847251

 

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Kavanaugh’s comportment. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always tried to get me to raise my voice, to get angry, and to lose my temper. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnbaldoni/2018/10/06/what-justice-kavanaugh-teaches-us-about-comportment/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Partisans on both sides of the issue have made much of the hearings. Those for Kavanaugh’s nomination believe he was railroaded by the left and therefore is entitled to defend himself, even losing his temper. Those against Kavanaugh position him as an arrogant and entitled person of privilege who shows himself without the temperament to be a justice. Anyone wrongly accused has a right to defend himself – loudly and vociferously. But when that person periodically loses his cool and resorts to partisan conspiracy theories, then people become suspicious. In fact, more than 2400 law professors signed a letter attesting to Kavanaugh’s intemperance and unsuitability for the high court. Comportment is essential to leadership. Until recently, our society has always valued politicians who kept their cool, in fact, those who did not were often voted from office, or mocked.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say Kavanaugh is a Pyrrhic victory for Trump.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2018/10/07/why-the-supreme-court-now-faces-a-generation-of-ethical-questions/

 

GUARDIAN
— Protesters interrupt Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation in the US Senate – Reuters
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2018/oct/07/protesters-interrupt-brett-kavanaughs-confirmation-in-the-us-senate-video

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Kavanaugh confirmation means Legal activists will likely change strategies – Lisa Keen
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Kavanaugh-confirmation-means-Legal-activists-will-likely-change-strategies/64317.html

September 24 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Republican Party reported taking in $874,000 last week, including $500,000 from the House Republican Organization. Rauner heavily subsidizes the state GOP as well as the HRO, the main campaign fund for House Republican lawmakers and candidates. In addition to the HRO money, Rauner’s campaign gave Illinois Republicans $100,000 while the Republican State Senate Campaign Committee chipped in $225,000.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-gery-chico-chicago-mayor-20180923-story,amp.html
— DISGUSTING: ‘Baby Trump’ balloon to float through Chicago for March to the Polls rally – Katie Galioto
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-baby-trump-balloon-womens-march-20180924-story.html
— The new ‘woke’ Speaker Madigan – Kristen McQueary
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mcqueary-madigan-sexual-harassment-20180925-story.html
— Reporters used to bury the dark secrets of powerful men. Why it’s different now. – Jon Healey
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-secrets-politicians-reporters-hide-ethics-0925-20180924-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— PAC targets politicians it says act against women’s interest – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/michele-dauber-enough-is-enough-pac-targets-politicians-sexual-violence-womens-interest/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Fox News interview: Kavanaugh denies sexually assaulting anyone – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180924/fox-news-interview-kavanaugh-denies-sexually-assaulting-anyone
— Gubernatorial candidate Jackson avoids jail by paying child support – Lee Filas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180924/gubernatorial-candidate-jackson-avoids-jail-by-paying-child-support
— Khouri v. Villa: 49th District candidates talk taxes, term limits – Madhu Krishnamurthy
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180921/49th-district-candidates-talk-taxes-term-limits
— Naperville House candidate Valerie Montgomery says race prompted residency questions – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180924/naperville-house-candidate-says-race-prompted-residency-questions–

 

ABC7
— Lawmakers vow to override governor’s salary history bill veto – Craig Wall (DIERSEN: What about those who work for government entities? Their salary history is public.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/lawmakers-vow-to-override-governors-salary-history-bill-veto/4329461/

 

CBS2
— Has J.B. Pritzker Trimmed His Taxes By Hiding Millions Offshore? – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/09/24/j-b-pritzker-trimmed-taxes-hiding-millions-offshore/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Recruiters help funnel more global students to Illinois universities Private contractors, once controversial, now scour from Pakistan to Mexico for students eager to have a professional ease their way into a U.S. school like UIC or DePaul. – LYNNE MAREK (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly it seems, universities prefer students who are citizens of foreign countries over students who are citizens of America.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/recruiters-help-funnel-more-global-students-illinois-universities

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The Women’s Wave: Backlash To Trump Persists, Reshaping Politics In 2018.”
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/womens-wave-backlash-trump-persists-reshaping-politics-2018#stream/0
— Lawmakers Vow To Override Governor’s Wage Equity Veto — For A Second Time – DAISY CONTRERAS (DIERSEN: What about those who work for government entities? Their salary history is public.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/lawmakers-vow-override-governors-wage-equity-veto-second-time#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed a plan last week that would bar employers from asking about salary history. Now, some lawmakers say these actions could impact the governor’s race in which Rauner is vying for a second term.)

 

OUR QUAD CITIES
— 50-50 in 2020 a lofty goal to elect women to office Almost 200 non-incumbent women on November ballot nationally – Jim Niedelman (DIERSEN: Proportionality: Why stop with gender? What about age group, marital status, race, national origin, religion, political affiliation, income group, net worth group, gun ownership, veteran status, length of time that your ancestors have been in America, etc.)
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/4-the-record/50-50-in-2020-a-lofty-goal-to-elect-women-to-office/1471550787

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Pre-existing conditions in health insurance take center stage in midterm election – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: What pre-existing conditions do you have? I have type 2 diabetes. I am obese (BMI 30.7). My vision cannot be corrected to 20/30, let alone 20/20. I need cataract surgery on both eyes. I have partial red/green color blindness. I do not get enough exercise. I sit in a chair 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/health/pre-existing-conditions-in-health-insurance-take-center-stage-in/article_8ebb78ca-c009-11e8-b561-6b23412187c3.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Why Christians Should Support Building a Wall – Jonathan Clay de Hale
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/09/why-christians-should-support-building-a-wall-part-i/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DI LEO: LESSONS TO LEARN FROM CAMPAIGN YARD SIGNS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/primary-choices-and-general-repercussions.html
— WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MEDIA PRESUMING INNOCENCE OF THE ACCUSED?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/what-happened-to-the-media-presuming-innocence-of-the-accused-.html
— LEFTIST #METOO STEPS UP PRESSURE ON US SENATORS OVER KAVANAUGH CONFIRMATION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/leftist-metoo-steps-up-pressure-on-us-senators-over-kavanaugh-confirmation.html
— SINGLETON: JUDGE KAVANAUGH’S CHARACTER ASSASSINS COULD BE CONTROLLING YOUR MEDICAL CARE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/singleton-judge-kavanaughs-character-assassins-could-be-controlling-your-medical-care.html
— KAVANAUGH TO JUDICIAL COMMITTEE: “I WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED INTO WITHDRAWING FROM THIS PROCESS”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/kavanaugh-to-judicial-committee-i-will-not-be-intimidated-into-withdrawing-from-this-process.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— JB Pritzker has financial ties to Jim Edgar
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/24/jb-pritzker-has-financial-ties-to-jim-edgar/
— Blue Wave money update
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/24/blue-wave-money-update/
— AG candidate Kwame Raoul tweets out engagement announcement
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/24/ag-candidate-tweets-out-engagement-announcement/
— Could Rauner declare the Willowbrook plant a “threat to public health” and sue?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/24/could-rauner-declare-the-willowbrook-plant-a-threat-to-public-health-and-sue/
— Democrats, activists say Jesse White “failed” to implement AVR
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/24/democrats-activists-say-jesse-white-failed-to-implement-avr/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner asks “Does the governor realize he’s been in office almost four years?”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/24/does-the-governor-realize-hes-been-in-office-almost-four-years/
— An all-around disaster in the 41st House District
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/24/an-all-around-disaster-in-the-41st-house-district/

 

TOWMHALL
— I Will Not Be Driven Out: Brett Kavanaugh Sends New Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee With a Grave Warning – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/09/24/brett-kavanaugh-sends-s-new-letter-to-the-senate-judiciary-committee-with-a-warning-n2522118

 

BREITBART
— Brett Kavanaugh Defies ‘Grotesque Character Assassination’ from the Left – Charlie Spiering
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/24/brett-kavanaugh-defies-grotesque-character-assassination-from-the-left/
— GOP Leaders: Social Media Giants Should Admit Bias Before Congress Intervenes – Tom Ciccotta
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/09/24/gop-leaders-social-media-giants-should-admit-bias-before-congress-intervenes/
— Limbaugh: If GOP Does Not Get Kavanaugh Confirmed, Kiss the Midterms Goodbye – Jeff Poor
https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/09/24/limbaugh-if-gop-does-not-get-kavanaugh-confirmed-kiss-the-midterms-goodbye/

 

DAILY CALLER
— KAVANAUGH SENDS DEFIANT LETTER TO GRASSLEY, FEINSTEIN: ‘I WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED’ – Benny Johnson
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/24/kavanaugh-feinstein-letter-will-not-be-intimidated/
— REPUBLICANS CONSIDER USING FEMALE STAFFERS TO QUESTION KAVANAUGH ACCUSER, HER ATTORNEYS PUSH BACK – Evie Fordham
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/24/female-staffers-questions-ford-kavanaugh/
— THE NEW YORK TIMES WAS UNABLE TO CORROBORATE SECOND KAVANAUGH ACCUSER’S STORY – Amber Athey
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/24/new-york-times-second-kavanaugh-accuser/
— MCCONNELL BREAKS SILENCE ON NEW ‘DISGUSTING’ KAVANAUGH ALLEGATION, DEFIANTLY PROMISES VOTE – Benny Johnson
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/24/mcconnell-breaks-silence-kavanaugh/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Immigrants Should Support Themselves – Editorial (DIERSEN: According to the Democrats, because of the Republicans, no one in America, and especially minorities, females, and veterans, can succeed without massive government assistance.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/immigration-visa-green-card-rules-benefits/
— NYT: Ramirez told Classmates She Wasn’t Sure Kavanaugh Exposed Himself – JACK CROWE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/nyt-ramirez-told-classmates-she-wasnt-sure-kavanaugh-exposed-himself/
— ‘Innocent Until Proven Guilty’ Doesn’t Apply to Conservatives – JIM GERAGHTY
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/innocent-until-proven-guilty-doesnt-apply-to-conservatives/

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Character Assassins in the Fake News Media – David Horowitz
https://amgreatness.com/2018/09/24/character-assassins-in-the-fake-news-media/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— Google-Funded Stanford Slams Conservatives in Study as ‘Fake News’ – Corinne Weaver
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/techwatch/corinne-weaver/2018/09/24/google-funded-stanford-slams-conservatives-study-fake-news

 

GOPUSA
— ‘#MeToo has been weaponized’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55262
— More unsubstantiated accusations made against Brett Kavanaugh
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55251
— Trump supporters drop from deplorables to dregs in Democrat rhetoric
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55040
— Do you believe your race is whatever you think it is? (DIERSEN: As members of the following groups are ever-increasingly demonized, denigrated, and condemned by anti-Trumps as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things, fewer and fewer and fewer want to be members of the following groups: Trump supporters, Christian, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=54820
— California district modernizes ‘sexist’ dress code
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55112
— Northwest Side priest who burned rainbow banner removed from church effective immediately, ‘must take time away from the parish’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55239
— Values voters see Donald Trump’s ‘red tide’ for GOP
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55255

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Activist federal staffer who said she ‘can’t really get fired’ no longer working at DOJ Paralegal Allison Hrabar caught in undercover sting by Project Veritas – Valerie Richardson (DIERSEN: Was I an “activist” federal employee? I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my federal superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/24/activist-federal-staffer-no-longer-at-doj/
— Michael Moore’s anti-Trump ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ tanks opening weekend – Douglas Ernst
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/24/michael-moores-anti-trump-fahrenheit-119-tanks-ope/

 

THE HILL
— GOP launches counteroffensive on Kavanaugh – JORDAN FABIAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/408161-gop-mounts-counter-offensive-on-kavanaugh
— Kavanaugh: ‘I will not be intimidated into withdrawing’ – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/408116-kavanaugh-i-will-not-be-intimidated-into-withdrawing

 

REUTERS
— China shuts down thousands of websites in clean-up campaign (DIERSEN: If my critics/opponents succeeded in shutting down www.gopillinois.com and GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, which individuals, which organizations, which companies, and which governments a) would come to my defense or b) side with my critics/opponents? My critics/opponents stress those individuals, those organizations, those companies, and those governments that could/should have come to defense in the past, but did not. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-internet/china-shuts-thousands-of-websites-in-clean-up-campaign-xinhua-idUSKCN1M302F
(FROM THE ARTICLE: China has shut down more than 4,000 websites and online accounts in a three-month campaign against “harmful” online information, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday, citing the country’s illegal publication watchdog. China keeps the internet under tight control and has been cracking down on a range of illegal online activities including pornography, gambling, religious proselytizing and even “spreading rumors”. In a campaign that started in May, the authorities tackled 120 violations and ordered 230 firms to rectify irregularities. More than 147,000 pieces of harmful information were removed by the end of August, according to China’s National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal Publications. Xinhua said the campaign targeted content in online fiction that spread improper values, vulgarity and obscenity, as well as content that infringed on copyright. Authorities announced last week that they had busted a live-streaming pornography platform hosted in Cambodia and said to have more than 3.5 million registered users.)

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s trade wars start biting GOP ahead of midterms.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/24/trump-midterms-trade-wars-china-801315

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Brett Kavanaugh, Facing New Allegations, Vows He Will Not Withdraw – Sheryl Gay Stolberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/us/politics/brett-kavanaugh-confirmation.html
— Kavanaugh’s Yearbook Page Is ‘Horrible, Hurtful’ to a Woman It Named – Kate Kelly and David Enrich
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/business/brett-kavanaugh-yearbook-renate.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Brett Kavanaugh’s page in his high school yearbook offers a glimpse of the teenage years of the man who is now President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee: lots of football, plenty of drinking, parties at the beach. Among the reminiscences about sports and booze is a mysterious entry: “Renate Alumnius.” The word “Renate” appears at least 14 times in Georgetown Preparatory School’s 1983 yearbook, on individuals’ pages and in a group photo of nine football players, including Judge Kavanaugh, who were described as the “Renate Alumni.” It is a reference to Renate Schroeder, then a student at a nearby Catholic girls’ school. Two of Judge Kavanaugh’s classmates say the mentions of Renate were part of the football players’ unsubstantiated boasting about their conquests. “They were very disrespectful, at least verbally, with Renate,” said Sean Hagan, a Georgetown Prep student at the time, referring to Judge Kavanaugh and his teammates. “I can’t express how disgusted I am with them, then and now.”)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Kavanaugh vows to fight misconduct allegations as Trump and Republicans dig in – John Wagner and Seung Min Kim
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-fantastic-fantastic-man-trump-showers-praise-on-kavanaugh-in-new-radio-interview/2018/09/24/d6a7c39c-bfe0-11e8-9005-5104e9616c21_story.html

 

PROVIDENCE JOURNAL
— Candidates curry favor with unions – Patrick Anderson and Katherine Gregg
http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20180923/political-scene-candidates-curry-favor-with-unions

 

FORBES
— ONE MORE REASON TO STAY AWAY FROM CANADA: Canadian Military Green-Lights Cannabis Use For Most Personnel – Janet Burns
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janetwburns/2018/09/11/canadas-military-green-lights-adult-cannabis-use-for-most-personnel/#49f8a73575a3

 

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— Use Your Everyday Privilege to Help Others – Dolly Chugh (DIERSEN: No good deed goes unpunished. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_good_deed_goes_unpunished  I should write a book about those times when my efforts to help people were either negligently or intentionally taken/promoted as being efforts to harm them.)
https://hbr.org/2018/09/use-your-everyday-privilege-to-help-others

 

TIMES
— Trump vows to stand by court nominee despite sex claims (DIERSEN: Who stands by you? If my critics/opponents succeeded in shutting down www.gopillinois.com and GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, which individuals, which organizations, which companies, and which governments a) would come to my defense or b) side with my critics/opponents? My critics/opponents stress those individuals, those organizations, those companies, and those governments that could/should have come to defense in the past, but did not. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/trump-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh-faces-fresh-sex-claims-8lxqbrgch

September 22 Morning Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois AG candidate responds to abortion, gay marriage attacks – Mike Flannery
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-ag-candidate-responds-to-abortion-gay-marriage-attacks

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CPS recommends firing at least 13 adults based on background re-checks – Lauren FitzPatrick
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cps-recommends-firing-13-adults-background-checks/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/weed-museum-coca-cola-cannabis-marijuana-cdb-oil/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner vetoes bill that would prohibit employers from asking job candidates about salary history – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have provided a jury with many examples in which GAO paid its female employees who had less work experience, less education, and/or fewer professional certifications and licenses higher salaries than GAO paid its male employees.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-rauner-vetoes-no-salary-history-bill-again-0921-story.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Trump questions credibility of Kavanaugh accuser as Senate panel issues ultimatum on her testimony – John Wagner, Seung Min Kim, and Sean Sullivan
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180921/trump-questions-credibility-of-kavanaugh-accuser-as-senate-panel-issues-ultimatum-on-her-testimony

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Pritzker open to building south suburban airport, Rauner not – Chuck Sweeny
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20180922/chuck-sweeny-pritzker-open-to-building-south-suburban-airport-rauner-not

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gov. Rauner recommends changes to salary history bill – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: What assumptions do people make about people based on their salary? Federal employees have always been viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being tremendously overpaid. In today’s dollars, the federal government paid me a) $15.85/hour when I was 18, b) $45,703/year when I was 22, c) $55,905/year when I was 23, d) $67,638/year when I was 24, e) $81,071/year when I was 25, f) $91,880/year when I was 30, g) $96,403/year when I was 38, and $122,325/year when I was 49. In my defense, 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.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180921/gov-rauner-recommends-changes-to-salary-history-bill

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Voters hear from DuPage County candidates at Glen Ellyn forum – F. Amanda Tugade
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/09/18/voters-hear-from-dupage-county-candidates-at-glen-ellyn-forum/d5vy1ec/

 

LCBC RADIO
— Kinzinger Speaks About Maligned Supreme Court Nominee
http://www.lcbcradio.com/wlpo/kinzinger-speaks-about-maligned-supreme-court-nominee/article_8d4815a6-bd99-11e8-950b-8f198f4fbed1.html

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Illinois Is a Few Elections Away from a Graduated Income Tax The state’s regressive taxation is surfacing in both the gubernatorial and mayoral races — and by 2020, it could look a lot different. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who wants a graduated income tax? ANSWER: Mainly, it is those who have little or no income, but also, those who have lots of income and who can easily afford to pay more tax.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/September-2018/Illinois-Is-a-Few-Elections-Away-From-a-Graduated-Income-Tax/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— College football earned $117 million for Illinois schools in 2016
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511558391-college-football-earned-117-million-for-illinois-schools-in-2016

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rauner Bans Nepotism, Signs McSweeney Bill Banning of Payment of Legislative Hush Money in Sexual Harassment Cases
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/21/rauner-bans-nepotism-payment-of-legislative-hush-money-in-sexual-harassment-cases/
— Illinois Taxes per Person Top Surrounding States
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/21/illinois-taxes-per-person-top-surrounding-states/
— What Happened in County Board Cutback Consideration that Displeased Chairman Jack Franks
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/21/what-happened-in-county-board-cutback-consideration-that-displeaed-chairman-jack-franks/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Legislating Behavior – Yes, It Is Possible – Micah Clark (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between the Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/uncategorized/legislating-behavior-yes-it-is-possible/

 

GOPUSA
— Buying a stamp to mail a ballot too high a ‘hump’ for college students
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=54930
— Grassley grants Kavanaugh accuser another extension
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55202

 

FOX NEWS
— Ben Carson defends Kavanaugh, says opponents ‘desperate’ to control courts – Stephen Sorace
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/22/ben-carson-defends-kavanaugh-says-opponents-desperate-to-control-courts.html

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Brett Kavanaugh is Guilty Until Proven Innocent – Alex Griswold (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to get their votes, Democrats give women more and more and more power to destroy Republicans.)
https://freebeacon.com/blog/brett-kavanaugh-guilty-proven-innocent-part-ii/
— Seventy-Five Women Voice Support for Kavanaugh Kavanaugh’s friends, colleagues speak in support of nominee’s conscience, character – Haris Alic (DIERSEN: Which women support you? Women who support the right to life plank and the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform support me. Women who reject one or both of the aforesaid planks work against me.)
https://freebeacon.com/issues/seventy-five-women-come-forward-to-voice-support-for-kavanaugh/

 

DAILY CALLER
— MIT STUDY: THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS COULD BE DOUBLE PREVIOUS ESTIMATES – Will Racke
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/21/mit-study-illegal-immigrants-double/

 

HOT AIR
— Yale Study: There Are Probably Twice As Many Illegal Immigrants Living In America As Commonly Believed – JOHN SEXTON  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps side with illegals against America and against Americans.)
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/09/21/yale-study-may-twice-many-illegal-immigrants-living-america-commonly-believe

 

BREITBART
— Nikki Haley Excluded from Refugee Reduction Meeting for Pro-Immigration Views – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/21/report-nikki-haley-excluded-from-refugee-reduction-meeting-for-pro-immigration-views/

 

TOWNHALL
— The Character Assassination of Brett Kavanaugh – Charlie Kirk
https://townhall.com/columnists/charliekirk/2018/09/22/the-character-assassination-of-brett-kavanaugh-n2521456

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— No matter how low the Democrats go, I’m not ashamed to be a man – Dennis McCarthy (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps paint all men as being rapists who should be gotten rid of.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/09/no_matter_how_low_the_democrats_go_im_not_ashamed_to_be_a_man.html
— The Future of Gun Sanctuaries – Andrew Nickel
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/09/the_future_of_gun_sanctuaries.html
— Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel suddenly concerned Trump may…invade Venezuela – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/09/rahm_emanuel_suddenly_concerned_trump_may__invade_venezuela.html

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— THE LAZY MAN’S GUIDE TO WORLD DOMINATION Patrice Lewis updates Paul Harvey’s radio classic about satanic influence
https://www.wnd.com/2018/09/the-lazy-mans-guide-to-world-domination/

 

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Trump Angry At Republicans Over ‘Ridiculous’ Spending Bill; Blasts Them for Not Funding Wall – KARA PENDLETON
https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/trump-angry-republicans-spending/
— Twitter’s Initial Classification of ‘Illegal Alien’ As Hateful Shows Social Media’s Censorship Potential – Hans von Spakovsky and Ashley Vaughan
https://www.westernjournal.com/twitters-initial-classification-illegal-alien-hateful-shows-social-medias-censorship-potential/

 

LIFEZETTE NEWS
— America’s Immigration System Contributes to Income Inequality – Brendan Kirby
https://www.lifezette.com/2018/09/what-liberals-ignore-americas-immigration-system-contributes-to-income-inequality/

 

THE HILL
— Kavanaugh fight roils an already ugly political climate – MELANIE ZANONA (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Trump to shout at everyone that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, hater, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/407844-kavanaugh-fight-roils-an-already-ugly-political-climate
— Grassley extends deadline for Kavanaugh accuser to decide on testifying – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/407895-grassley-extends-deadline-for-kavanaugh-accuser-to-decide-on-testifying
— Yale, MIT study: 22 million, not 11 million, undocumented immigrants in US – RAFAEL BERNAL
https://thehill.com/latino/407848-yale-mit-study-22-million-not-11-million-undocumented-immigrants-in-us

 

POLITICO
— The first general election ballots are cast today – ZACH MONTELLARO
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-score/2018/09/21/the-first-general-election-ballots-are-cast-today-347505

 

MCCLATCHY DC
— McConnell reassures conservatives Kavanaugh will be confirmed – KELLEN BROWNING
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article218789760.html

 

CNBC
— Trump attacks Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford’s credibility and says judge is ‘under assault by radical left wing’ – Mike Calia
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/21/trump-on-kavanaugh-why-didnt-somebody-call-the-fbi-36-years-ago.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, according to the anti-Trumps, you are “guilty as charged” if you are a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (over age 40), non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/21/opinion/republicans-christine-blasey-ford-brett-kavanaugh.html
— As Economy Roars, Army Falls Thousands Short of Recruiting Goals – Dave Philipps (DIERSEN: In 1966, when I was 18, I was deemed 1-A even though my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/21/us/army-recruiting-shortage.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Kavanaugh Hearing Without Facts Would Be a Sham Liberal voters should save their fury for Senate Democrats rather than Republicans. – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-kavanaugh-hearing-without-facts-would-be-a-sham-1537566966
— The Presumption of Guilt The new liberal standard turns American due process upside down. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, according to the Democrats, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are “guilty as charged” and the more that should be gotten rid of: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-presumption-of-guilt-1537570627
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who came to America illegally, who stayed in America illegally, and/or who brought others to America illegally should NEVER BE GIVEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-way-out-of-the-immigration-crisis-1537540971
— What Punishment Is Cruel and Unusual for a Crime Committed at 17? The courts in Mississippi failed to address whether Joey Chandler exhibited ‘irretrievable depravity.’ – Michael B. Mukasey and Mary B. McCord (DIERSEN: What were you doing when you were 17 years old? I worked as a part-time dishwasher for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint with the money that I had earned and saved washing dishes. I graduated from Crete-Monee High School. I just barely made into the upper 20% of my class. My ACT score was only 24. Nevertheless, I got accepted by UIC. During the summer of 1966, I worked as a golf shoe cleaner for the Flossmoor Country Club, as a slag chipper for Thrall Car in Chicago Heights, and as a gasoline pumper for John’s Sinclair in South Chicago Heights. I lived with my parents and brother in Crete. I saved money for college expenses. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-punishment-is-cruel-and-unusual-for-a-crime-committed-at-17-1537567051
— ‘I Don’t Want to Die Without Telling This Story’: Reports of Alleged Abuse by Catholic Priests Rise Sharply More than 900 people have called a hotline set up by the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office following its report on sexual abuse – Ian Lovett
https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-dont-want-to-die-without-telling-this-story-more-catholic-church-abuse-victims-come-forward-1537522200

 

PEOPLE
— Trump Questions Why Kavanaugh Accuser Didn’t Call the FBI ’36 Years Ago’ – DAVE QUINN (DIERSEN: What were you doing 36 years ago? In 1982, I was working for GAO. I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, got married an bought a home in Wheaton in 1978, earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, etc.)
https://people.com/politics/trump-kavanaugh-accuser-36-years-ago-comment/

 

HERALD TRIBUNE
— How much evidence is needed to destroy a reputation? – MARC A. THIESSEN DIERSEN: What facts do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use to destroy your reputation? Mine stress that I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (almost 70), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, union member for almost 12 years, Federal employee for almost 30 years, never promoted beyond GS-13, forced to take early retirement, federal retiree for almost 18 years, American nameplate car owner, childless, pet-less, no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, etc.)
http://www.heraldtribune.com/opinion/20180922/thiessen-how-much-evidence-is-needed-to-destroy-reputation

 

VIRGINIA PILOT
— Poorest Americans risk the most in hopes of striking it rich – Riley Griffin and Katia Dmitri
https://pilotonline.com/business/article_b5f15ce3-acb6-5c0e-a368-374ffe841e9a.html

 

ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The Kavanaugh Confirmation Process Is Getting Even Uglier.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/09/trump-kavanaugh-accusations/570973/

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Love of Trump covers a multitude of sins for Christian conservatives.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/21/christian-conservatives-trump-values-voters

September 19 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Attorney General Jeff Sessions makes surprise visit to Chicago – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/abc7-exclusive-attorney-general-jeff-sessions-makes-surprise-visit-to-chicago/4285399/
— Chicago looking for election judges for November election
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/chicago-looking-for-election-judges-for-november-election/4285937/
— Cook County Board chief of staff resigns amid allegation of ‘inappropriate behavior’
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/cook-county-board-chief-of-staff-resigns-amid-allegation-of-inappropriate-behavior/4288003/

 

CBS2
— Fact Checking Peter Roskam And Sean Casten Political Ads – Derrick Blakley (DIERSEN: What are your fact checking qualifications? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I 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. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/09/19/peter-roskam-sean-casten-political-ads/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— How 65 women came to Kavanaugh’s defense in matter of hours – AP (DIERSEN: Do you support the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform? To turn minorities and women against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed to minorities and to women that I support that plank. My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my support for that plank frustrated their efforts to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat women. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc. have always hinted that my support for that plank frustrated their efforts to attract, retain, and promote young minorities and young women.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/how-65-women-came-to-kavanaughs-defense-in-matter-of-hours-2

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats in key House races push against tax deduction cap – AP (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/democrats-in-key-house-races-push-against-tax-deduction-cap/
— Preckwinkle chief of staff resigns after allegation of ‘disrespectful behavior’ – Michael Sneed (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the times that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have engaged in “disrespectful behavior.”)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/preckwinkle-chief-of-staff-john-keller-resigns-after-allegation-disrespectful-behavior/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage people a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to bring others to America illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/refugee-resettlement-mike-pompeo-united-nations-letters/
— Rauner, Pritzker face off in first televised debate on Thursday – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/bruce-rauner-jb-pritzker-first-debate-governors-race/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Alderman calls for ouster of priest who burned rainbow banner that once hung in church – Ese Olumhense
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-priest-burns-rainbow-banner-20180919-story.html
— Trump says it’s ‘hard to imagine’ Kavanaugh assault; Grassley makes new offer to accuser – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-hearing-20180919-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage people a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to bring others to America illegally.
http://graphics.chicagotribune.com/refugee-agency-struggles/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump promotes Christine Blasey Ford.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-brett-kavanaugh-ford-assault-fbi-huppke-20180918-story.html
— Republican challenger Darlene Senger accuses Democratic comptroller Susana Mendoza of ‘hedging’ on Chicago mayor question – Mike Riopell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-susana-mendoza-darlene-senger-illinois-comptroller-20180919-story.html
– Jeff Sessions blames end of stop-and-frisk for Chicago’s murder rate – Emily K. Coleman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-jeff-sessions-appearance-st-0920-story.html
— Preckwinkle fires chief of staff after ‘inappropriate behavior’ allegation – Hal Dardick and Gregory Pratt
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-toni-preckwinkle-chief-resignation-20180919-story.html
— Jeff Sessions ignores Trump slight; blasts ACLU agreement for Chicago murder rate in Waukegan speech – Emily K. Coleman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-jeff-sessions-appearance-st-0920-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump uses Christine Blasey Ford to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-kavanaugh-ford-grassley-rape-supreme-court-20180920-story.html
— Are we on the verge of civil war? – Victor Davis Hanson (DIERSEN: Constructively, members of Group A have declared war on 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, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, a) the Democrat Party promotes members of Group A and b) the Republican Party dumps members of Group B.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-hanson-civil-war-polarized-america-0920-20180919-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Preckwinkle ousts chief of staff, alleges ‘inappropriate behavior’
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180919/preckwinkle-ousts-chief-of-staff-alleges-inappropriate-behavior
— Gender war politics grip Senate over Kavanaugh accusation – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180919/news/309199960/
— Town hall Oct. 13 in Lombard to focus on eradicating gun violence (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. In Illinois, if you are not going to defend and advance the Second Amendment plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform, you should not seek or hold a government office or political office as a Republican.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180916/town-hall-oct-13-to-focus-on-eradicating-gun-violence

 

WBEZ
— Report: Existing Evidence ‘Insufficient’ To Prove Hat Belonged To Lincoln – Dave McKinney
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/report-existing-evidence-insufficient-to-prove-hat-belonged-to-lincoln/fba96bef-2012-4aed-884e-81d562d930c7

 

JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE
— Munger, Breen, Batinick, McDermed, Morrison, Benford, Khouri, Kessem, Smolenski, Ugaste: Exposing the Mechanics of the Chicago Machine “You’re being manipulated in a cynical, hateful way.”
https://mailchi.mp/332911903e5c/exposing-the-mechanics-of-the-chicago-machine

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Leaders said to be considering bankruptcy for Illinois – Robert Hadley

https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511571897-leaders-said-to-be-considering-bankruptcy-for-illinois

 

ILLINOIS VALLEY TIMES
— McGlasson says Long is latest target of GOP cleansing campaign – W.J. Kennedy
https://illinoisvalleytimes.com/stories/511571904-mcglasson-says-long-is-latest-target-of-gop-cleansing-campaign
(FROM THE ARTICLE: John McGlasson, central committeeman for Illinois’ 16th Congressional District believes the Republican Party is attempting to torpedo the re-election of Rep. Jerry Long (R-Streator) in a campaign to rid the party of anyone not in lockstep with Gov. Bruce Rauner. “[The Illinois GOP] targeted me and three others in our run for Central Committee (last spring),” McGlasson told the Illinois Valley Times. “I saw what dirty tricks they can play. Bob Winchester knows this too.” Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) ran against Winchester in the race for Republican State Central Committeeman in the15th Congressional District. The Republican Party declared Rose the winner after tallying votes by acclamation and not individually, a procedure that counters both Illinois Election Code and party rules, according to the Prairie State Wire. Winchester challenged the results, but the case is still languishing in U.S. district court. Despite being targeted by the party, McGlasson, Mark Shaw in the 10th district, and Fred Floreth in the 13th district all won their races for Central Committee. Shaw went on to cut a deal with the party and is now state co-chair. Long doesn’t talk the “same line” as Rauner, who trails Democrat J.B. Pritzker by double digits in the polls, McGlasson said. “It’s my opinion that Rauner believes the only way he can win this thing is to have everyone talking the same line and get only those targeted votes to come out,” he said. Rauner, McGlasson added, isn’t looking for a big turnout out but a select one. “He has to be hoping for a big snowstorm on election day,” he said. The Republican party recently dropped support for Long, including funding from the House Republican Organization (HRO), after it was “made aware of allegations into Rep. Long’s behavior,” according to a statement by House Republican Leader Jim Durkin. The accuser, an HRO employee, accused Long of harassment. Long quickly released a statement saying he was only guilty of having a different perspective on HRO’s level of support for his race and that he will continue campaigning at a grassroots level. “This is not sexual harassment of any kind but merely a difference of opinion on the lack of support by the Republican Party that goes back several months,” Long said. “At this time I have no intention on pulling out of the race because this just proves that I’m not a part of the ‘Good Ole Boys’ club.” Long is expected to release another statement after consulting with his lawyers, a source said. McGlasson and local Republican leaders in the 76th district recently met and reaffirmed their support for Long. “It’s unimaginable to me that they (GOP) would cede such a hard-won seat,” McGlasson said. In 2016, Long defeated Andy Skoog (D-Utica) by 607 votes. The Democrats had held the seat for decades. On Nov. 6, he faces off against Democrat Lance Yednock of Ottawa.)

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Appellate court punts on lawsuit over Illinois abortion law – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/appellate-court-punts-on-lawsuit-over-illinois-abortion-law/article_2e2e98f8-bb6c-11e8-b61e-4b074d51ae68.html
— Pritzker misfires after Rauner’s mea culpa – Brett Rowland
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/op-ed-pritzker-misfires-after-rauner-s-mea-culpa/article_505263dc-bc35-11e8-83e6-43b1d673da4a.html
— With a booming economy, Illinois may not be able to escape SNAP work requirement again – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/with-a-booming-economy-illinois-may-not-be-able-to/article_3b680f06-bc37-11e8-b0c5-8bd33a868ff8.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— HOUSE HUNTERS: HOW HIGH TAXES HURT HOME INVESTMENT IN ILLINOIS – Orphe Divounguy, Suman Chattopadhyay, Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/reports/house-hunters-how-high-taxes-hurt-home-investment-in-illinois/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TIME TO TALK: WHAT SHOULD THE ILLINOIS CONSERVATIVE PARTY STAND FOR? (DIERSEN: Past and present Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in the following organizations have always focused on driving conservatives like me out: Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/time-to-talk-what-should-the-illinois-conservative-party-stand-for-.html
— IF A CONSERVATIVE FACEBOOK IS SUCH A GOOD IDEA, WHY HASN’T IT HAPPENED?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/if-a-conservative-facebook-is-such-a-good-idea-why-hasnt-it-happened.html
— ROSKAM REJECTS TRUMP ADMIN’S 33% LOWER REFUGEE ADMISSION CAP (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at refugees that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten r5id of.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/roskam-rejects-trump-admins-33-lower-refugee-admission-cap.html
— HULTGREN CALLS ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO RECONSIDER NEW REFUGEE CAP (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at refugees that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/hultgren-calls-on-trump-administrations-to-reconsider-new-refugee-cap-.html
— EFFORT TO END TAXPAYER FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS TO BE APPEALED TO ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/taxpayer-funding-for-abortions-to-be-appealed-to-illinois-supreme-court.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Sanguinetti: “Bruce Rauner has been the only one to stand up to Mike Madigan”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/19/sanguinetti-bruce-rauner-has-been-the-only-one-to-stand-up-to-mike-madigan/
— Rauner says Kavanaugh allegations should “disqualify” nominee if true
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/19/rauner-says-kavanaugh-allegations-should-disqualify-nominee-if-true/
— House GOP Leadership, several conservative lawmakers call on Rep. Long to resign
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/19/house-gop-leadership-several-conservative-lawmakers-call-on-rep-long-to-resign/
— Pritzker distances himself from his pension proposal
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/19/pritzker-distances-himself-from-his-pension-proposal/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Media in frantic frenzy over Kavanaugh – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/19/inside-the-beltway-media-in-frantic-frenzy-over-ka/

 

FOX NEWS
— In Democrat’s feminist kangaroo court, Kavanaugh is a man — and that makes him guilty – Tucker Carlson
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/09/19/tucker-carlson-in-democrats-feminist-kangaroo-court-kavanaugh-is-man-and-that-makes-him-guilty.html
— Grassley, Collins urge Kavanaugh accuser Christine Ford to reconsider apparent refusal to testify – Gregg Re
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/19/grassley-collins-urge-kavanaugh-accuser-christine-ford-to-reconsider-apparent-refusal-to-testify.html

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— Boston Globe Hails Anita Hill With Front-Page Interview, Assumes Thomas, Kavanaugh Guilt – Clay Waters
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2018/09/19/boston-globe-hails-anita-hill-front-page-interview-assumes-thomas

 

DAILY CALLER
— DEMOCRATS GET WHAT THEY DEMANDED ON KAVANAUGH, IMMEDIATELY DEMAND SOMETHING ELSE – Derek Hunter
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/19/podcast-democrats-demands-kavanaugh/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Woman Who Was High School Friend of Kavanaugh’s Calls Claim of Sexual Assault ‘Absolutely Fishy’ – Rachel del Guidice
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/09/19/exclusive-woman-who-was-high-school-friend-of-kavanaughs-calls-claim-of-sexual-assault-absolutely-fishy/

 

TOWNHALL
— Yes, There Must Be Reasonable Standards of Evidence When Assessing ‘He Said/She Said’ Allegations – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/09/19/yes-there-must-be-standards-n2520166

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Another Alleged Witness Denies Seeing or Hearing What Kavanaugh’s Accuser Claimed – JIM GERAGHTY
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/another-alleged-witness-denies-seeing-or-hearing-what-kavanaughs-accuser-claimed/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats and the press just as sure about midterms as they were in 2016 – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/09/democrats_and_the_press_just_as_sure_about_midterms_as_they_were_in_2016.html

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— DEMOCRATS VOW MASSIVE TAX HIKES IF THEY WIN Already pushing $1 trillion per year increases – ART MOORE (DIERSEN: One would expect that those who pay little or no taxes want Democrats to win.)
https://www.wnd.com/2018/09/democrats-vow-massive-tax-hikes-if-they-win/

 

GOPUSA
— ‘Believe Women’ Is Perilous Baloney
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=54959
— State Department bureaucrat caught plotting ‘deep state’ resistance: Project Veritas (DIERSEN: Of course, my Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that a) I frustrated their efforts to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) I frustrated their efforts to make way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to 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.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=54945
— Nike store calls cops on man for waving pro-police flag
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=54871
— Christine Blasey Ford and the links to George Soros
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=54934
— Hillary Clinton: Republicans were undermining democracy ‘long before Trump’ (DIERSEN: Democrats use democracy to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=54880

 

PJ MEDIA
— O’Keefe Video: DOJ Resources Used by Socialist DOJ Employee to Target GOP – J. CHRISTIAN ADAMS (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, my Democrat superiors in the federal government a) did NOT take adverse actions against me because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and b) did NOT take adverse actions against me because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took adverse actions against me because I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Should I sue my critics/opponents?)
https://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/okeefe-video-doj-resources-used-by-socialist-doj-employee-to-target-gop/

 

THE HILL
— McCaskill to oppose Kavanaugh nomination – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/407506-mccaskill-to-oppose-kavanaugh-nomination

 

ROLL CALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Kavanaugh Accuser’s Schoolmate Says Assault Was Chatter at School Afterward. Cristina King Miranda went to all-girls prep school with Christine Blasey Ford.)
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/kavanaugh-accusers-schoolmate-says-assault-chatter-school-afterward

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The ugly double standard over Kavanaugh’s so-called youth.”
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/19/opinions/brett-kavanaugh-accusations-fbi-investigation-shira-scheindlin-kristen-clarke/

 

MERCURY NEWS
— Ivanka Trump wants father to dump Brett Kavanaugh following Bay Area professor’s accusation
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/09/19/ivanka-trump-wants-father-to-dump-brett-kavanaugh-following-bay-area-professors-accusation/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Kavanaugh’s Supporters and His Accuser Are at An Impasse Over Her Testimony – Peter Baker and Nicholas Fandos
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/us/politics/kavanaugh-accusations-trump-blasey-ford.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Why a federal investigation of the Kavanaugh allegation is far from impossible.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/19/why-federal-investigation-into-kavanaugh-allegation-is-far-impossible/

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD’S TESTIMONY AGAINST BRETT KAVANAUGH COULD BE DISASTROUS FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.”
https://www.newsweek.com/brett-kavanaugh-accuser-testimony-damaging-republicans-1127225

 

FORBES
— Why The Adult Cannabis Market Could Kill Its Medical Counterpart – Iris Dorbian
https://www.forbes.com/sites/irisdorbian/2018/09/11/why-the-adult-cannabis-market-could-kill-its-medical-counterpart/#5cfd803e2a39
— How Medical Marijuana Is Opening The Door To Recreational Cannabis – Jordan Waldrep
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jordanwaldrep/2018/09/12/how-medical-marijuana-is-opening-the-door-to-recreational-cannabis/#496f010e4cc7

September 17 Evening Edition

WGN RADIO
— Diana Rauner: “We wanted to finish what we started.” – MARY SANDBERG BOYLE
https://wgnradio.com/2018/09/17/diana-rauner-we-wanted-to-finish-what-we-started/

 

WLS AM
— Diana Rauner: “We are closer than people think to the state we want to live in.”
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/09/17/diana-rauner-we-are-closer-than-people-think-to-the-state-we-want-to-live-in/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— In Illinois’ 6th Congressional District race, GOP tries to tie Democratic challenger to House Speaker Michael Madigan – Patrick M. O’Connell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-roskam-casten-madigan-20180917-story.html
— With Illinois property taxes high, some wealthy residents look to charitable donations for a break – Joanne Cleaver
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-re-illinois-taxes-charitable-giving-20180906-story.html
— DISGUSTING: TRAGIC: Coca-Cola is eyeing the cannabis market – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-coca-cola-cannabis-20180917-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Fact-check: AG candidate Raoul makes false claim about foe’s gay adoption stand – Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fact-check-politifact-democrat-kwame-raoul-makes-false-claim-erika-republican-harold-gay-adoption-marriage-illinois-attorney-general/
— Trump Jr. post mocks Kavanaugh’s sexual assault allegation – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump-jr-brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-instagram-mocks-sexual-assault-allegation/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans say “Grim warnings for White House, Republicans ahead of election.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump-grim-warnings-white-house-republicans-democrats-election/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Schneider, Bennett support immigration reform, disagree over border wall – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180917/schneider-bennett-support-immigration-reform-disagree-over-border-wall
— Democrat calls for ethics reforms in Lake County – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180917/democrat-calls-for-ethics-reforms-in-lake-county
— DuPage to start process to dissolve sanitary district – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180917/dupage-to-start-process-to-dissolve-sanitary-district

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Next mayor must keep business at top of City Hall priority list Here’s hoping one of the mayoral wannabes takes a plank from Emanuel’s platform and fights for the interests of business. And if none of the current contenders is smart enough to do so, here’s hoping a better candidate emerges. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Members of the following special interest groups want them to be City Hall’s top priority: 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.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/next-mayor-must-keep-business-top-city-hall-priority-list

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— John Kerry: Trump has ‘maturity of an 8-year-old boy with the insecurity of a teenage girl’
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/john-kerry-blasts-trump

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Rep. Roskam touts tax reform, questions ‘politics of ridicule’ from Democratic opponent Representative questions ‘politics of ridicule’ from Democratic opponent – DREW ZIMMERMAN
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/09/17/rep-roskam-touts-tax-reform-questions-politics-of-ridicule-from-democratic-opponent/aj5ngrf/

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Jim Edgar talks state of Illinois politics in Decatur appearance – RYAN VOYLES
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/watch-jim-edgar-talks-state-of-illinois-politics-in-decatur/article_449a789b-e6a8-5b1a-958e-10a43be57def.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Watch the candidates: Dodge vs. Frerichs vs. Leheney, Illinois treasurer
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180917/watch-candidates-dodge-vs-frerichs-vs-leheney-illinois-treasurer
— Appeals court upholds ruling to dismiss lawsuit against Illinois abortion funding law – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180917/appeals-court-upholds-ruling-to-dismiss-lawsuit-against-illinois-abortion-funding-law

 

TIMES
— County Republicans undecided on Long Chairman said group wants to consider facts of the case – Derek Barichello
http://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/09/17/county-republicans-undecided-on-long/abyyipd/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— GOP County Clerk Candidate Joe Tirio Cleared in Campaign Finance Complaint from Active Jack Franks’ Supporter
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/17/joe-tirio-cleared-in-campaign-finance-complaint-fm-active-jack-franks-supporter/
— Tax Fighter Chuck Wheeler’s Fund Raiser Monday Nigth in Johnsburg
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/17/tax-tighter-chuck-wheelers-fund-raiser-monday-nith-in-johnsburg/
— Jack Franks’ Carpenters Union Cat’s Paw’s Election Board Complaint Against County GOP Fizzles
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/17/jack-franks-carpenters-union-cats-paws-election-board-complaint-against-county-gop-fizzles/
— State Senate Candidate Forum at MCC Tonight
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/17/state-senate-candidate-forum-at-mcc-tonight/

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Rauner vows to rid Illinois of corruption if re-elected – Kyla Asbury
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511567447-rauner-vows-to-rid-illinois-of-corruption-if-re-elected

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois farmers staying out of debate over work requirements for food stamps in federal farm bill – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/agriculture/illinois-farmers-staying-out-of-debate-over-work-requirements-for/article_510cb91c-b839-11e8-8a24-931945aea4b0.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS PROLIFERS “REBUKE” ONCE-DEPENDABLE CONSERVATIVE DUPAGE COUNTY SENATOR MIKE CONNELLY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/illinois-prolifers-rebuke-once-dependable-conservative-dupage-county-senator.html
— ILLINOIS FAMILY GROUP COMPARES GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES ON SOCIAL ISSUES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/illinois-family-group-compares-gubernatorial-candidates-on-social-issues.html
— SHOULD A CANDIDATE’S SEXUAL ORIENTATION MATTER?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/should-a-candidates-sexual-orientation-matter-.html
— WHERE’S WEYERMULLER? WITH CONGRESSMAN JIM JORDAN AT ILLINOIS CONSERVATIVE UNION 2018
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/wheres-weyermuller-with-congressman-jim-jordan-at-illinois-conservative-union-2018.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Report: Edgar won’t be endorsing Rauner
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/17/report-edgar-wont-be-endorsing-rauner/
— Rauner’s Trump policy ties
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/17/rauners-trump-policy-ties/
— Where does “middle-income” end and “upper-income” start in Illinois?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/17/where-does-middle-income-end-and-upper-income-start-in-illinois/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Kavanaugh, accuser set for high-stakes Senate showdown – David Sherfinski and Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/17/christine-blasey-ford-brett-kavanaugh-set-high-sta/

 

GOPUSA
— Univ. of Maryland under fire for counseling group advertised as ‘safe space for White students’ (DIERSEN: Where you live, who takes the lead in painting themselves as being 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-draft avoiders, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=54725
— Current federal gun laws are not enforced
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=54720

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— NATIONAL SECURITY E-verify would fill ‘gaping hole,’ says FAIR – Chad Groening
https://onenewsnow.com/national-security/2018/09/17/e-verify-would-fill-gaping-hole-says-fair

 

PARENTS OPPOSED TO POT
— HEAVY MARIJUANA USE SKYROCKETS ACCORDING TO GOVERNMENT SURVEY
http://www.poppot.org/2018/09/17/heavy-marijuana-use-skyrockets-according-to-government-survey/

 

THE HILL
— Kavanaugh, accuser to testify publicly on Monday – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/407113-kavanaugh-accuser-to-testify-publicly-on-monday
— Joe Walsh: Trump Jr. is an ‘uncaring, narrow-minded idiot’ – MORGAN GSTALTER
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/406989-joe-walsh-trump-jr-is-an-uncaring-narrow-minded-idiot

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump to Cap Refugees Allowed Into U.S. at 30,000, a Record Low – Julie Hirschfeld Davis (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at refugees that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/17/us/politics/trump-refugees-historic-cuts.html
— Bloomberg May Run for President as a Democrat. Some of His Views May Cause Him Trouble. – Alexander Burns and Sydney Ember
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/17/us/politics/bloomberg-president-2020-democrat.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump defends Kavanaugh after sexual assault allegation, says Senate will ‘go through a process and hear everybody out’ – John Wagner,
Seung Min Kim and Felicia Sonmez
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kavanaugh-accuser-willing-to-testify-her-lawyer-says/2018/09/17/21db2860-ba6c-11e8-9812-a389be6690af_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Democrats are twice as likely as Republicans to name Trump as a reason for their pick in congressional election.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/17/democrats-are-twice-likely-republicans-name-trump-reason-their-pick-congressional-elections/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— California Inc.: Less-educated workers increasingly grapple with lower wages – David Lazarus (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1070 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.)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus-newsletter-california-inc-20180917-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— A Cold Wind off Lake Michigan — for Chicago and America – MICHAEL BARONE
https://www.heraldextra.com/news/opinion/national-editorials/barone-a-cold-wind-off-lake-michigan—/article_a359d6ba-4d3a-5ffd-ab52-26c4e7cd29ab.html

 

FED WEEK
— Saving When Young is Hard, Spending When Old Harder if you Don’t
https://www.fedweek.com/tsp/saving-when-young-is-hard-spending-when-old-harder-if-you-dont/