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September 23 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Kavanaugh accuser, panel agree on timing of hearing; unclear who will question her – BILL HUTCHINSON
https://abc7chicago.com/kavanaugh-accuser-committee-reach-deal-on-timing;-unclear-who-will-question-her/4320174/
— Some students aren’t voting absentee because they don’t know where to buy stamps – Danny Clemens (DIERSEN: While I was a student at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU in 1969, I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/not-having-stamps-stops-college-students-from-absentee-voting-report/4319971/

 

CBS2
— Loved Ones Hold Rally Calling On Justice System To Punish Drug Dealers
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/09/23/loved-ones-hold-rally-calling-on-justice-system-to-punish-drug-dealers/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 2nd woman claims sexual misconduct by Kavanaugh, this time in college – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-hearing-20180923-story.html
— In governor’s races, Trump emerges as a defining issue – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-governor-races-trump-20180923-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Senate Democrats investigating new claim of misconduct against Kavanaugh
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/report-senate-democrats-investigating-new-claim-of-misconduct-against-kavanaugh/
— Sudden focus on Feb. mayoral race could hurt Dems on Nov. 6 – Laura Washington
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/chicago-mayoral-race-november-election-rahm-emanuel-toni-preckwinkle/
— Fact-check: Slow down, Bruce Rauner — Pritzker is not planning new ‘mileage tax’ – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/bruce-rauner-j-b-pritzker-illinois-mileage-tax-gps-plan-fact-check-politifact-false/
— Neighbor calls cops on black candidate campaigning in her Wisconsin district – USA Today
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/neighbor-calls-cops-black-candidate-campaigning-her-wisconsin-district/
— Ben & Jerry’s will roll out 7 new ice cream flavors for liberal candidates – USA Today
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/ben-jerrys-roll-out-7-new-ice-cream-flavors-liberal-candidates-us-house-seats/

 

WLS AM
— Stephanie speaks with David Smith of Illinois Family Institute and Stephanie Hitt, Political Commentator.
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/09/22/today-stephanie-speaks-with-david-smith-of-illinios-family-institute-and-stephanie-hitt-political-commentator/
— Nikki Haley says sexual harassment accusers shouldn’t be blamed or second-guessed – CNN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are presumed to be “guilty as charged:” Trump supporter, Christian, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that your charges against the aforesaid are presumed to be true: anti-Trump, anti-Christian, 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 avoider, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.wlsam.com/news/nikki-haley-says-sexual-harassment-accusers-shouldnt-be-blamed-or-second-guessed/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— TRAGIC: Patrons in McHenry County spend $294M on video gaming – BRITTANY KEEPERMAN
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/09/21/patrons-in-mchenry-county-spend-294m-on-video-gaming/adotedi/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Cut debate field to two – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-09-23/editorial-cut-debate-field-two.html
— Rauner could break GOP’s 82-year streak here – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-09-23/tom-kacich-rauner-could-break-gops-82-year-streak-here.html
— How rotten is too rotten for Illinois? – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-09-23/jim-dey-how-rotten-too-rotten-illinois.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— 91.9 percent of Wheaton North teachers stay put; average earns $72,830 per year
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511573176-91-9-percent-of-wheaton-north-teachers-stay-put-average-earns-72-830-per-year

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— 73.5 percent of Crete-Monee teachers stay put; average earns $59,468 per year
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511575830-73-5-percent-of-crete-monee-teachers-stay-put-average-earns-59-468-per-year

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— College classmate says Kavanaugh exposed himself to her at Yale party – Samuel Chamberlain
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/23/college-classmate-says-kavanaugh-exposed-himself-to-her-at-yale-party.html
— Schumer, Feinstein urge Trump to order FBI investigation of Kavanaugh allegations – Samuel Chamberlain (DIERSEN: Who has investigated you and why? To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates got IRS to investigate my partial day per diem claims in 1974 and my education deductions in 1978.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/23/schumer-feinstein-urge-trump-to-order-fbi-investigation-kavanaugh-allegations.html

 

BREITBART
— 5 More Dirty Tricks Democrats Could Still Try to Derail Brett Kavanaugh – Joel Pollak
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/23/5-more-dirty-tricks-democrats-could-still-try-to-derail-brett-kavanaugh/

 

DAILY CALLER
— JUDGE KAVANAUGH STILL HAS HIS SOCIAL CALENDAR FROM 1982 – Virginia Kruta (DIERSEN: What was on your social calendar when you were 17? My social calendar was virtually empty. 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://dailycaller.com/2018/09/23/kavanaugh-social-calendar-1982/
— ANOTHER PERSON WHO ALLEGEDLY HAS KNOWLEDGE OF KAVANAUGH ACCUSER’S ASSAULT HAS ‘NO RECOLLECTION’ OF BEING AT PARTY – Molly Prince
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/22/report-another-person-who-allegedly-has-knowledge-of-fords-assault-has-no-recollection-of-being-at-party/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Brett Kavanaugh Will Provide 36-Year-Old High School Calendars to Back Up Sexual Assault Denial – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/brett-kavanaugh-will-provide-36-year-old-high-school-calendars-to-back-up-sexual-assault-denial/

 

EPOCH TIMES
— All Witnesses Deny Allegations Against Kavanaugh Ahead of Hearing – IVAN PENTCHOUKOV
https://www.theepochtimes.com/all-witnesses-deny-allegations-against-kavanaugh-ahead-of-hearing_2668991.html

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) Won’t Say Kavanaugh Has Presumption of Innocence, Questions His Credibility Because of His Views – SYDNEY MONDUY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are presumed to be “guilty as charged:” Trump supporter, Christian, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://ijr.com/2018/09/1125904-dem-senator-kavanaugh-innocent/

 

THE HILL
— Ex-college classmate accuses Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct – EMILY BIRNBAUM
https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/408022-new-woman-accuses-kavanaugh-of-sexual-misconduct
— Groups plan mass walkout in support of Kavanaugh accuser – EMILY BIRNBAUM (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who accuse me and those who support them.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/408020-progressive-groups-plan-walkout-in-support-of-kavanaugh-accuser
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Republican Durbin says “Kavanaugh’s accuser is not being treated respectfully.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/407963-sen-durbin-kavanaughs-accuser-is-not-being-treated-respectfully

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Second Woman Accuses Brett Kavanaugh Of Sexual Misconduct In New Yorker Bombshell The Supreme Court nominee denied the latest allegation, calling it a “smear, plain and simple.” – Nick Visser
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-yorker-deborah-ramirez-brett-kavanaugh_us_5ba81e37e4b0375f8f9e41f5

 

POLITICO
— Second woman alleges assault by Kavanaugh – QUINT FORGEY
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/23/second-woman-assault-kavanaugh-837678

 

ABC NEWS
— 2nd woman accuses Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/2nd-woman-accuses-brett-kavanaugh-sexual-misconduct-report/story?id=58031736

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Republican says “Republicans wrestle with election impact of Kavanaugh controversy” and “Just six weeks from November’s elections, the allegation against Trump’s Supreme Court nominee is muddling the campaigns.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-wrestle-kavanaugh-impact-midterms-n912141

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Kavanaugh to Give Senate Calendars From 1982 to Back Up Denial – Peter Baker (DIERSEN: What were you doing 36 years ago? In 1982, I was working for GAO. I had a) become a licensed CPA in 1981, b) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980, e) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, f) got married an bought a home in Wheaton in 1978, g) earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/23/us/politics/kavanaugh-senate-calendar.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— ACCORDING TO ANTI-TRUMPS: Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford moved 3,000 miles to reinvent her life. It wasn’t far enough. (DIERSEN: If you make a list of the biggest negatives in your life, what would it include? My list would include my Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/christine-blasey-ford-wanted-to-flee-the-us-to-avoid-brett-kavanaugh-now-she-may-testify-against-him/2018/09/22/db942340-bdb1-11e8-8792-78719177250f_story.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Second woman accuses Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, claims he exposed himself to her at college party – KATE FELDMAN
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-news-brett-kavanaugh-sexual-misconduct-20180923-story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Poll: Kavanaugh support hits record low amid sex assault claims – Marisa Schultz (DIERSEN: Who has worked the hardest to drive support for you down? I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who have worked the hardest to drive support for me down. All of the aforesaid 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.)
https://nypost.com/2018/09/23/kavanaugh-support-hits-record-low-amid-sex-assault-claims-poll/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why the Left Is Consumed With Hate Lacking worthy menaces to fight, it is driven to find a replacement for racism. Failing this, what is left? – Shelby Steele
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-left-is-consumed-with-hate-1537723198
— Lawyer for Kavanaugh’s Accuser Faces Tough Scrutiny Debra Katz has worked on women’s rights for decades, but the political, social and legal stakes in the Kavanaugh case raise the bar – Brent Kendall and Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lawyer-for-kavanaughs-accuser-faces-tough-scrutiny-1537746608

 

WHEATON BUSINESS JOURNAL
— Juanita Broaddrick: Democrats were okay with putting ‘sexual predator/rapist‘ in White House
https://wheatonbusinessjournal.com/juanita-broaddrick-democrats-were-okay-with-putting-sexual-predator-rapist-in-white-house/25797/
— Vice President Mike Pence: Brett Kavanaugh is ‘man of integrity‘
https://wheatonbusinessjournal.com/vice-president-mike-pence-brett-kavanaugh-is-man-of-integrity/25799/

 

ATLANTIC
— Christine Blasey Ford and the Search for a Standard of Proof The Sunday shows were filled with commentary on the 51-year-old research psychologist’s expected testimony against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, but no one could quite define what a fair hearing should look like. – ANDREW KRAGIE
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/09/christine-blasey-ford-and-the-search-for-a-standard-of-proof/571063/

 

NEW YORKER
— Senate Democrats Investigate a New Allegation of Sexual Misconduct, from Brett Kavanaugh’s College Years – Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/senate-democrats-investigate-a-new-allegation-of-sexual-misconduct-from-the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaughs-college-years-deborah-ramirez

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 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Stop griping and moping — get ready to vote – Charles Selle
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-voter-registration-st-0911-story.html
— Employers: What it takes to have a winning culture – Leanne Hoagland-Smith (DIERSEN: What is/was the culture where you work/worked? I should write a book about what the culture was like in GAO’s Chicago Loop office 1980-1997, IRS’s Chicago Loop office 1973-1980 and 1971, IRS’s Joliet and 63rd & Halsted offices in 1973 and 1974, IRS’s Harvey office in 1972 and 1973, and the Post Office’s Park Forest office 1966-1969. Because of tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to get rid of Republicans to make way for them, GAO’s culture was especially unwelcoming for its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made 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.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-hoagland-smith-winning-st-0917-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Anita Hill’s claims echo in allegation against Kavanaugh. Will this time be different?”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-anita-hill-kavanaugh-allegation-20180917-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Only by working together can Latinos and African Americans take back City Hall – Laura Washington (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, members of Group A work together to get rid of members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Group A’s growing success is why Trump got elected.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/chicago-mayoral-election-toni-preckwinkle-chuy-garcia-african-americans-latinos/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Lauzen wants answers on agency’s director after think tank report – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180916/lauzen-wants-answers-on-agencys-director-after-think-tank-report

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ROSKAM looks to CLINTON voters – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/09/17/roskam-banking-on-clinton-voters-daley-in-it-to-win-it-big-names-join-foxs-43rd-run-big-money-in-atty-gen-race-307074
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In an interesting twist, GOP Congressman Peter Roskam’s team hopes 6th District voters reject Democrat Sean Casten for the same reason they turned on Donald Trump in 2016. Republicans see Casten as vitriolic — in a President Trump sort of way — which would be a turn-off for Hillary Clinton supporters. Roskam ran away with a victory two years ago and those 6th District voters also gave Clinton a 7-point victory over Trump. Roskam’s supporters point to Casten’s Twitter storm Friday as an example of the Democrat’s lack of decorum. Between 7:36 a.m. and 7:48 a.m., Casten spit out 11 tweets that addressed Roskam’s record on everything from aid to Harvey victims to the Violence Against Women Act. Casten called Roskam “amoral,” saying the congressman “gives money to those who don’t need it, so they will in turn give him money to help stay in power and give them more.” Casten spokesman Greg Bale says it’s wishful thinking on Roskam’s part that 6th District Dems would side with a Republican this November. “They’re trying to create a narrative that’s just not there. The issues that we’re seeing driving this are choice (and we know Roskam is unapologetically anti-choice) and health care. That’s what voters are paying attention to.”)

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Audit: ‘Confusion’ in legislative watchdog’s office led to failures – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: What standards do your critics/opponents hold you to? My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates held me to much higher standards because 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 (CPA), 32 (Certified Internal Auditor), 41 (Certified Fraud Examiner), 45 (Certified Government Financial Manager), 47 (Certified Financial Services Auditor), and 48 (Forensic Accountant), and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32 (licensed CPA).)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/audit-confusion-in-legislative-watchdog-s-office-led-to-failures/article_45707a4a-b77f-11e8-9862-731fd5c920e2.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But she said it was office Executive Director Randy Erford who failed to tell the commission about 27 allegations of wrongdoing sitting in a drawer, some for up to two years, while there wasn’t a full-blown LIG. “The fact that we had allegations coming in and were going unanswered, yeah, I was disappointed in that,” McConnaughay said. Beyond that, McConnaughay said she didn’t want to judge Erford without knowing what standards he was being held to, “which don’t appear to be many,” she said.)

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— HAROLD CAMPAIGN RELEASES NEW AD ATTACKING DEMOCRAT OPPONENT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/harold-campaign-releases-new-ad-attacking-democrat-opponent-.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— How stupid does Rep. Jerry Long think we are?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/17/how-stupid-does-rep-jerry-long-think-we-are/
— New Erika Harold ad quotes Pat Quinn to attack Kwame Raoul
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/17/new-erika-harold-ad-quotes-pat-quinn-to-attack-kwame-raoul/

 

GOPUSA
— TRAGIC: Yale’s endangered species: Fewer freshmen identify as conservative than LGBTQ
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=54593
— ‘Deeply religious’ Chelsea Clinton: ‘Un-Christian’ to end legal abortion (DIERSEN: What do you say those who say that they are religious, but they focus on promoting booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=54716

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Brett Kavanaugh getting raked over high school coals – Cheryl K. Chumley (DIERSEN: What did you do while you were in high school? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964. I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. At Kresges, while Crete-Monee High School was in session, I worked 5PM-9PM Monday through Thursday and 9AM-5PM Saturdays. I worked full-time during the summer of 1965.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/17/brett-kavanaugh-getting-raked-over-high-school-coa/

 

FEDERALIST
— The Constitution Doesn’t Need An Amendment To Protect Women’s Equal Political Rights The feminist ideas animating a push for an ‘equal rights’ amendment to the Constitution pose a serious threat to our liberties. – Christina Villegas (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at women, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.)
https://thefederalist.com/2018/09/17/constitution-doesnt-need-amendment-protect-womens-equal-political-rights/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Bad Apples at the IRS, State’s Security Breach Under Hillary, and Other Runaway Agencies – Ken McIntyre (DIERSEN: Bad apples at IRS 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. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with bad apples at IRS.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/09/16/we-hear-you-bad-apples-at-the-irs-states-security-breach-under-hillary-and-other-runaway-agencies

 

DAILY CALLER
— WE WATCH CNN’S TERRIBLE MEDIA SHOW SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO – Betsy Rothstein
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/16/we-watch-cnns-terrible-media-show-so-you-dont-have-to-2/

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WORLD NET DAILY
— 7 CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGERS AT U.S. BORDERS AND PORTS – Chuck Norris
https://www.wnd.com/2018/09/7-clear-and-present-dangers-at-u-s-borders-and-ports/
— PATRIOT JIM BROWN VS. AMERICAN-HATER COLIN KAEPERNICK Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson applauds true black activist fighting the good fight
https://www.wnd.com/2018/09/patriot-jim-brown-vs-american-hater-colin-kaepernick/

 

THE HILL
— Kavanaugh says he’s willing to testify on woman’s allegation – JORDAN FABIAN

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/406982-kavanaugh-says-hes-willing-to-testify-on-womans-allegation

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Kavanaugh’s accuser.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/17/politics/debra-katz-christine-blasey-ford-brett-kavanaugh/index.html

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Are American muscle cars in peril? – TOM KRISHER (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents have always been anti-cars, anti-American nameplate cars, anti-muscle cars, and especially anti-Corvettes. What was your peak earning year? Mine was 1997 when I was 49 years old and earned $125,325/year in today’s dollars.)
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/business/are-american-muscle-cars-in-peril/article_3d7fb7d0-1ce0-50c1-8d93-3a820c3eea07.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Yet U.S. sales of the iconic Mustang, which leads the segment in 2018, fell 13 percent in 2016, almost 23 percent last year and 5 percent during the first half of this year. Sports car sales, including those from foreign brands, also have dropped during the past two years. Most muscle cars are owned by Baby Boomers, roughly 74 million people who were born from 1946 through 1964. But the youngest of the boomers are in their mid-50s now, and many are past their peak earning years and don’t have the money for a third car to go cruising. As the generation ages and enters retirement years, they’ll buy fewer new vehicles and fewer muscle cars will be sold.)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Kavanaugh allegations test the staying power of the #MeToo movement – James Hohmann
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2018/09/17/daily-202-kavanaugh-allegations-test-the-staying-power-of-the-metoo-movement/5b9f06ad1b326b47ec959643/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Kavanaugh’s accuser.
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: An anti-Trump says “Why white blue-collar voters love President Trump.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/09/17/why-white-blue-collar-voters-love-president-trump/
— Raw tensions over race and gender shape midterms, reflecting schism in Trump era – Sean Sullivan and Aaron Blake (DIERSEN: Because I have always supported the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always done everything that they could to paint me as being a racist, a sexist, a bigot, and even worse things. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/raw-tensions-over-race-and-gender-shape-midterms-reflecting-schism-in-trump-era/2018/09/12/a27e80cc-aca0-11e8-a8d7-0f63ab8b1370_story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Rahm Emanuel’s failure is an ill omen for all Democrats – Michael Barone
https://nypost.com/2018/09/14/rahm-emanuels-failure-is-an-ill-omen-for-all-democrats/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Happy Constitution Day, if You Can Keep It The long-term survival of the Founders’ design depends on people, not parchment. – Don Willett (DIERSEN: According to anti-Americans, people come to America illegally only for good reasons, for example, because they “want a better life” and/or because they have no choice by to flee major negatives in their motherland. No one claims that they come to America because they want to assimilate and live under America’s Constitution. Anti-Americans teach immigrants how they can use America’s Constitution to get the federal government to a) give them even more preference and b) turn America into their motherland.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/happy-constitution-day-if-you-can-keep-it-1537129604
— What Consumers Should Know About Commercial DNA Testing – Amy Dockser Marcus (DIERSEN: What is your national origin? During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, 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, but who demonize, denigrate, and condemn people of German national origin to curry favor with those who are anti-German American.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-consumers-should-know-about-commercial-dna-testing-1536952428

 

HERALD NET
— Liberal use of ‘racist’ tars some for fair comment Innocent comments and once-mainstream ideas are now labeled as racist by the SPLC and the media. – Debra J. Saunders (DIERSEN: Who in your precinct, who in your municipality, who in your township/ward, who in your county, and who in Illinois hints/implies/argues/shouts that members of the following groups are racists: Trump supporters, Protestant, 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?)
https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/saunders-liberal-use-of-racist-tars-some-for-fair-comment/

 

MARINE CORPS TIMES
— Most Marine commanders fired this year were over equal opportunity concerns – Shawn Snow (DIERSEN: Because I have always supported the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always done everything that they could to paint me as being a racist, a sexist, a bigot, and even worse things. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2018/09/14/most-marine-commanders-fired-this-year-were-over-equal-opportunity-concerns/

 

ATLANTIC
— American Democracy Is in Crisis Our democratic institutions and traditions are under siege. We need to do everything we can to fight back. – HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/09/american-democracy-is-in-crisis/570394/

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— The “Little Jerk” Once defined by his loathing for Trump, Lindsey Graham is now all-in for the president. Why? – Lisa Miller (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. I should write a book about those who are “all-in” for my critics/opponents.)
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/09/what-happened-to-lindsey-graham.html

 

WASHINGTON BLADE
— LGBT groups call for halt to Kavanaugh vote amid attempted rape charges – Chris Johnson
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2018/09/16/lgbt-groups-seek-halt-to-kavanaugh-vote-amid-sexual-assault-charges/

September 8 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois Votes Better Government Association just launched Illinois Votes, a site that gives voters access to candidate questionnaires, election information, and sample ballots.
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/weekend-watch-illinois-votes/4174483/

 

CBS2
— Chicago Hotel Workers Strike Continues For Second Day
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/09/08/chicago-hotel-workers-strike-continues-day-two/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump eyes ‘four or five’ people who may be behind anonymous NYT article
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/trump-eyes-four-or-five-people-who-may-be-behind-anonymous-nyt-article

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— John Kass for Mayor – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-chicago-mayor-election-kass-20180907-story.html
— Hundreds pay respects to Naperville’s longest-serving mayor, ‘Officer Friendly’ George Pradel – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-pradel-visitation-st-0909-story.html
— When I challenge the president, I do it directly – Nikki Haley (DIERSEN: In the private sector, when an employee challenges his/her boss, they are immediately fired. In the federal government, federal employees like I was who are below Schedule C (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schedule_C_appointment) are supposed to have Civil Service protections; but in reality, they do not. If I had really had Civil Service protection, the Democrats who ran GAO a) would NOT have been able to force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) would NOT have been able to give me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) would NOT have been able to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) would NOT have been able to fail/refuse to promote me beyond GS-13, e) would NOT have been able to get rid of my mentor in 1987, f) would NOT have been able to keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and g) would NOT have been able to force me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-haley-nikki-trump-anonymous-new-york-times-0910-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote an anti-Trump Miss America contestant.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madeline-collins-donald-trump-miss-america-division/

 

DAILY HERALD
— State senator Laura Murphy weighs in on Maine Township sexual harassment accusations
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180831/state-senator-weighs-in-on-maine-township-sexual-harassment-accusations
— A list of Sept. 11 remembrance events in the suburbs (DIERSEN: I organized Wheaton’s September 11 remembrance events in 2004 and 2005.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180908/a-list-of-sept-11-remembrance-events-in-the-suburbs
— EXPLAINED: What is shadow banning? – AP (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscribers can always unsubscribe. Since 2000, far too many times, GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscribers have asked me why I stopped them from getting the emails. I never stop anyone from getting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, even my most vicious critics/opponents, their most vicious operatives, and their most vicious dupes.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180908/explained-what-is-shadow-banning
— Google’s empty chair at Senate an unforced error – Mark Bergen and Ben Brody (DIERSEN: If Google had been asked under oath why it treats www.gopillinois.com differently than it treats www.capitolfax.com, what would Google have answered? Would Google have answered that www.capitolfax has more “original work.” www.gopillinois.com highlights the source, title, author, and link for articles, while www.capitolfax.com does not.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180908/analysis-googles-empty-chair-at-senate-an-unforced-error
— Justice Department must operate free from political influence – Editorial (DIERSEN: I have always been a Republican. A major reason why I agreed to suffer a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars in 1980 to transfer from IRS to GAO was that GAO claimed that it was “free of political influence.” I soon learned that was completely false. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. Were it not for federal Civil Service protections, GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980, would NOT have let me work there for almost 18 years, and would NOT have promoted me in 1986. If GAO was free of political influence, a) it would NOT have forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) it would NOT have given me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) it would NOT have always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) it would NOT have failed/refused to promote me beyond GS-13, e) it would NOT have gotten rid of my mentor in 1987, f) it would NOT have kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and g) it would NOT have forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180908/editorial-justice-department-must-operate-free-from-political-influence

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Rauner Vetos: When the pen becomes a sword – RICH MILLER
https://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/miller-when-the-pen-becomes-a-sword/article_993c1bb8-b3f9-580b-9dfd-3a820785292f.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps and anti-Rauners say “Hours after Obama speech, Democrats take message to Penny Severns dinner in Decatur.”
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/hours-after-obama-speech-democrats-take-message-to-penny-severns/article_a745511f-fdb0-5d34-a2d2-0a55d011894e.html

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Survey shows 42 percent of Illinois teens texting while driving
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/survey-shows-percent-of-illinois-teens-texting-while-driving/article_753dcce4-b2c7-11e8-bc00-e39ce776cc0d.html

 

FOX NEWS
— Obama tries to demonize Trump voters, following Hillary’s losing strategy – Kayleigh McEnany
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/09/07/obama-tries-to-demonize-trump-voters-following-hillarys-losing-strategy.html
— Failed Obama attacks successful Trump in bitter swan song – Christian Whiton
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/09/08/failed-obama-attacks-successful-trump-in-bitter-swan-song.html

 

BREITBART
— Fact Check: Obama’s Speech Attacking Trump at University of Illinois – Joel Pollak (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://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/07/fact-check-obamas-speech-university-of-illinois/
— Twitter Aids Left-Wing Extremists While Banning Conservatives – Allum Bokhari
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/09/08/bokhari-twitter-aids-left-wing-extremists-while-banning-conservatives/

GOPUSA
— Have corporations gone mad?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=54016
— From antifa anarchists to angry liberals, bullies are the norm
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=54008

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Mother Teresa, Pray for Us – KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pray for? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pray for GOD to a) stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) stop me from serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. Previously, they prayed for GOD to stop me from serving as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes crow that sooner or later, GOD answers their prayers. They also pray for GOD a) to give them booze, gambling, pot, and other vices and b) to get rid of those like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the Republican Party platform and Illinois Republican Party platform and the MTRCC resolution against video gambling.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/mother-teresa-lessons-for-catholics-in-time-of-scandal/

 

CBS NEWS
— GOP Sen. Ben Sasse says he “regularly” considers leaving the Republican Party – GRACE SEGERS (DIERSEN: Who wants you to leave the Republican Party? Should I write a book about past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) leaders and members who have worked the hardest to get me to leave the Republican Party? Should I write a book about past and present TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), and American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) who worked the hardest to get me to leave TAPROOT, WCC, ICRC, and AAPC? 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.cbsnews.com/news/senator-ben-sasse-says-he-regularly-considers-leaving-the-republican-party/

 

CNN
— Cuomo: Trump about walls, Obama about bridges (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats build bridges for people to come into America illegally.)
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/09/08/obama-versus-trump-cuomo-closing-monologue-cpt-vpx.cnn

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Harvard Is Vaulting Workers Into the Middle Class With High Pay. Can Anyone Else Follow Its Lead? – Eduardo Porter (DIERSEN: What did you do to vault yourself “into the middle class with high pay?” 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.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/business/economy/harvard-living-wage.html
— A Celebration of Spanish Conquest Ends in New Mexico. Not Everyone Is Pleased. – Simon Romero
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/us/new-mexico-la-entrada.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For as long as nearly anyone here can remember, Hispanic residents have donned the garb of conquistadors and European nobility once a year to celebrate the 1692 reconquest of New Mexico from Native Americans who submitted to the Spanish Empire after a grisly revolt. But after escalating protests by Native Americans who saw the reenactment as a racist attempt to gloss over atrocities carried out by Spanish colonizers, the annual tradition known as the Entrada officially came to an end on Friday, replaced by a multidenominational prayer gathering to begin the annual Fiesta de Santa Fe. The move, aimed at forging reconciliation in the 411-year-old city, was an attempt to avoid the kind of turmoil that authorities elsewhere in the country are grappling with over Confederate monuments and other symbols of historic brutality, including statues honoring European conquerors. The end of the Entrada is rekindling debate over how to portray New Mexico’s complex history, marked by centuries of enslavement of Native Americans, military conquest by Spain and the United States and attempts to depict the state as a place where Hispanics, Native Americans and Anglos, or non-Hispanic whites, peacefully coexist.)

 

NEW YORK POST
— Obama, who once surveilled reporters, criticizes Trump over press freedom – Mary Kay Linge
https://nypost.com/2018/09/08/obama-who-once-surveilled-reporters-criticizes-trump-over-press-freedom/

 

USA TODAY
— Obama takes his anti-Trump message to Orange County, California – once a GOP stronghold – Chris Woodyard (DIERSEN: One could compare and contrast Orange County in California with DuPage County in Illinois.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/09/08/barack-obama-takes-anti-trump-message-orange-county-california/1239129002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democrats are counting on a strong showing in California in November’s elections in the battle to take control of Congress. They are targeting several congressional districts. While Democrats have gained, Republicans overall still have a registration edge in the county — 563,992 to 516,121 at the start of the year, according to the California Secretary of State’s office. Demographics have changed with an influx of Latinos, Asians and other immigrants. The county’s economy has evolved away from manufacturing and to more services and high-tech jobs that attract white-collar workers who are inclined to vote Democratic. Like much of the country, unemployment is low in Orange County and the economy is strong, meaning turnout could be more dependent on anger about Trump and his policies rather than dissatisfaction with the state of the nation.)

 

SACRAMENTO BEE
— Could California have another Republican governor? New poll says it’s close – ANDREW SHEELER
http://amp.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article218028260.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps are extremely divisive.
https://www.newsweek.com/america-downward-spiral-donald-trump-became-president-barack-obama-says-1112729

 

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
— Web Page Credibility Checklist (DIERSEN: To discredit www.gopillinois.com and GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I am not credible, b) that www.gopusa.com is not credible, c) that the articles linked to on www.gopillinois.com and in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are not credible, and d) that I am biased because I am “too conservative.” They stress that the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party websites do not include links to www.gopillinois.com and that the organizations do not promote www.gopillinois.com or GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, MTRCC webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They stress that access to www.gopillinois.com and GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscriptions are free and that there is no advertising on the website or in the emails. They stress that no one pays me to host www.gopillinois.com or to put together GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sent them out each and every morning and each and every evening. They stress those who claim to be religious leaders, conservative leaders, and Republican leaders in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who treat me like I am dirt. They stress the many religious, conservative, and Republican leaders in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who could/should have come to my defense, but have not. My critics/opponents have indicated that they might treat me, my website, and my emails as being credible if I would give them lots of money and serve as one of the their operatives or as one of their dupes.)
https://www.education.wisc.edu/docs/WebDispenser/soe-documents/aics-lesson3-webpagecredibilitychecklist.pdf?sfvrsn=2

 

LIFEHACK
— 7 Ways to Make Better Use of Your Time – Chris Bailey (DIERSEN: What do you spend a lot of your time on? For me, since 2000, ever-increasingly, it has been putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. In addition, I have spent time serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. I spent time serving as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, GAO employee 1980-1997, Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee member 1983-1996, IRS employee 1971-1980, Firestone Stores employee 1970-1972, and Post Office employee 1966-1969. I spent a lot of time earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981, earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passing the CPA examination in 1979, earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
https://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/7-ways-make-better-use-your-time.html

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 500 Arbor Avenue, Wheaton – $519,900
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447899_zpid/

September 7 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: Workers at Lincoln Park seniors home stole $600,000 from 97-year-old resident with dementia, public guardian’s suit alleges – Elyssa Cherney and Christy Gutowski (DIERSEN: Since 2009, I have had power of attorney for property and for health for my outstanding aunt who will soon be 88 years old and has a debilitating diagnosis of dementia. She never attended college, she never married, she worked as a low-paid keypunch operator, she lived frugally, and she saved about $600,000 for her retirement. Since 2010, she has lived in an assisted living facility that is currently charging her $239 a day or $87,235 a year. She still has about $470,000 of the about $600,000 that she saved. I can account for all of her income and for all of her expenses since 2009. Of course, I have not charged her anything for the many hours that I have spent managing her financial and health matters. She was one of those who taught me how to drive a car.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-symphony-nursing-home-lawsuit-20180906-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With no living relatives and a debilitating diagnosis of dementia, Grace Watanabe had nowhere else to turn. The 97-year-old needed help with her finances and looked for guidance at Symphony Residences of Lincoln Park, a senior facility where she had been staying since 2010. Watanabe, who was forced to live at a Japanese internment camp during World War II, had built up a life savings of $600,000 over a lengthy career as a federal government employee. But instead of helping Watanabe, a group of workers at the home are accused of draining her assets in a yearlong scheme that included cashing checks, making ATM withdrawals and transferring money online without her consent, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by acting Cook County Public Guardian Charles Golbert. Virtually all of her life savings are gone, the lawsuit said. “I’ve never seen this level of corruption from the very highest levels to the very lowest levels,” Golbert said. “These Symphony employees were paid to assist the residents with the care they needed. Instead, they took advantage of Ms. Watanabe’s vulnerabilities to access her money.”)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING: TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/highland-park/news/ct-hpn-medical-pot-sellers-laud-new-rules-tl-0913-story,amp.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: How U-46’s new commissary feeds thousands of hungry students – Madhu Krishnamurthy (DIERSEN: Who pays for all this food?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180907/how-u-46s-new-commissary-feeds-thousands-of-hungry-students
— ACLU challenges panhandling rules in Elgin, Aurora – Elena Ferrarin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180907/aclu-challenges-panhandling-rules-in-elgin-aurora
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with Google.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180907/google-remarks-a-threat-against-free-speech

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Lawsuit alleges worker not paid prevailing wage on city job – Crystal Thomas (DIERSEN: What is your prevailing wage, that is, how much money should you be paid per hour based on your education, your work experience, your professional certifications, your professional licenses, etc.? In today’s dollars, in 1997, when I was 49 years old, GAO paid me $125,325/year or $60.25/hour. I had almost 18 years of experience working for GAO and almost 9 years of experience working for IRS. I had 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 (CPA), 32 (Certified Internal Auditor), 41 (Certified Fraud Examiner), 45 (Certified Government Financial Manager), 47 (Certified Financial Services Auditor), and 48 (Forensic Accountant), and c) a job-related professional license (licensed CPA) when I was 32.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180906/lawsuit-alleges-worker-not-paid-prevailing-wage-on-city-job

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Chicago gets most of the state money, right? Think again, according to new study – JOSEPH BUSTOS (DIERSEN: Republicans run DuPage County. Were it not for DuPage County’s prosperity, Illinois would have filed for bankruptcy decades ago.)
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article217665185.html

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Trumpism is taking a toll on Republican races in Illinois, though GOP leaders are optimistic the president’s behavior won’t hurt candidates too much. “His behavior hurts Republicans. You can’t engage in that kind of conduct, those kinds of tweets, and come to a conclusion that it doesn’t hurt Republicans,” said Pat Brady, the former state GOP chair. “But people have been able to differentiate between Trump’s persona and his policies” of tax cuts and deregulation. “People make the distinction.” Recent polls may be showing otherwise. Last night, the New York Times conducted a so-called live poll in suburban Chicago’s 6th Congressional District. Incumbent Rep. Peter Roskam (R) took 45 percent to Sean Casten (D)’s 44 percent—with 11 percent undecided. Respondents also were asked whether they approve or disapprove of Trump’s job performance—57 percent disapproved, compared to 36 percent who approved. That’s quite a drag on Roskam. It’s one of the reasons that, earlier this week, POLITICO’s inaugural congressional race ratings categorized Roskam v. Casten as “lean Republican,” a designation suggesting the incumbent only has a narrow edge. Three other Republican-controlled Illinois House races showed up on the list as “lean Republican”: Rep. Mike Bost (R) v. Brendan Kelly (D) in the 12th District; Rep. Rodney Davis (R) v. Betsy Dirksen Londrigan (D) in the 13th District; and Rep. Randy Hultgren (R) v. Lauren Underwood (D) in the 14th District. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/09/07/3-questions-in-the-mayors-race-trumpism-in-illinois-laraviere-says-hed-fire-cps-chief-jackson-302601

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS PUBLIC SCHOOL PRINCIPAL TURNS $358,000 INTO $7.1 MILLION (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes could argue that so far, I have turned the $70,932 that I paid into the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) (in 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 dollars) into $1,076,178 in today’s dollars ($4,322 X 249 months). However, they should acknowledge that if I was still working for GAO at the GS-13 Step 10 level, I would have paid $182,039 more into the CSRS in today’s dollars and the CSRS would have paid me nothing.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/illinois-public-school-principal-turns-358000-into-71-million.html
— BRINKMAN REVIEWS: JONAH GOLDBERG’S SUICIDE OF THE WEST
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/brinkman-reviews-jonah-goldbergs-suicide-of-the-west.html
— APPLE, GOOGLE, ET AL. STRIKE A BLOW AGAINST THE COLLEGE CARTEL (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that for all the jobs that I had, none of them really required work experience, a grade school diploma, a high school diploma, a bachelor’s degree, a graduate degree, a professional certification, or a professional license.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/apple-google-et-al-strike-a-blow-against-the-college-cartel.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— NYT polling: GOP incumbents Roskam, Bost both lead by just a point
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/07/nyt-polling-gop-incumbents-roskam-bost-both-lead-by-just-a-point/
— Workers on strike at 26 Chicago hotels, including two owned by the Pritzker family
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/07/workers-on-strike-at-26-chicago-hotels-including-two-owned-by-the-pritzker-family/
— Just 25 percent of local election commissions have fully signed on to state anti-hacking program
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/07/just-25-percent-of-local-election-commissions-have-fully-signed-on-to-state-anti-hacking-program/

 

GOPUSA
–Social Networks Shutting Out Conservatives (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in shutting out conservatives in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? Who takes the lead in shutting out conservatives in your Republican township/ward party organization, in your Republican county party organization, and in the Illinois Republican Party? I should write a book about “Republicans” who have taken the lead and who are taking the lead in shutting out conservatives in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, in the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and in the Illinois Republican Party.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=54100
— Unsourced oped leads Elizabeth Warren to call for Donald Trump’s removal from office under 25th Amendment
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=54107

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— New York Times v. Trump: A betrayal of honor – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/6/editorial-the-new-york-times-abets-nothing-less-th/
— Making ‘the wall’ work – Gary Anderson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/6/why-the-trump-wall-should-be-privatized/

 

BREITBART
— Lamar Smith: ‘It’s Going to Be Amnesty’ for Illegals If Democrats Win Midterms – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/06/llamar-smith-its-going-to-be-amnesty-for-illegals-if-democrats-win-midterms/

 

DAILY CALLER
— ANN COULTER TO THOSE WHO SAY TRUMP LACKS AUTHORITY TO BUILD WALL — ‘PULL OUT YOUR POCKET CONSTITUTION’ – Scott Morefield
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/06/ann-coulter-trump-border-wall-authority/
— FIVE KEY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEW YORK TIMES’ ANONYMOUS ‘SENIOR OFFICIAL’ – Peter Hasson
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/06/nyt-anonymous-senior-official-identity-questions/
— TRUMP CALLS FOR NEW YORK TIMES REPORTERS TO INVESTIGATE ANONYMOUS OP-ED WRITER – Scott Morefield
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/06/trump-nyt-advice-op-ed/
— WYOMING GOP OFFICE SET ON FIRE LESS THAN TWO DAYS AFTER OPENING — POLICE SAY IT WAS INTENTIONAL – Peter Hasson
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/06/wyoming-gop-office-fire/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Social Networks Shutting Out Conservatives – Adriana Cohen
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/09/07/social_networks_shutting_out_conservatives_138008.html

 

NEWSMAX
— Deportations Increasing But Not Up to Obama Peak – Cathy Burke
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/deportations-criminal-aliens-illegals-border-security/2018/09/06/id/880608/

 

DAILY WIRE
— India Supreme Court Overturns 157-Year-Old Law Banning Homosexual Acts – PAUL BOIS
https://www.dailywire.com/news/35542/india-supreme-court-overturns-157-year-law-banning-paul-bois

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Killing the Family: New Calif. Law Would Enforce Corporate “Gender” Quotas – Selwyn Duke
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/29998-killing-the-family-new-calif-law-would-enforce-corporate-gender-quotas

 

POLITICO
— ‘It will make him crazy’: Anonymous anti-Trump screed backfires Republicans say the New York Times op-ed will amp up the president’s paranoia, not rein him in. – BURGESS EVERETT and ELIANA JOHNSON (DIERSEN: Who wants you to fail? Obviously, the person who wrote the screed and the New York Times want Trump to fail. I should write a book about past and present people, organizations, companies, and governments that want me to fail.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/06/republicans-trump-oped-backfire-809427

 

THE HILL
— Democrats vow to grab Trump tax returns upon taking majority – MIKE LILLIS DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. If you are a Republican who works for the federal government, you should assume that your Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates know what is on your tax returns.)
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/405463-dems-vow-to-grab-trump-tax-returns-upon-taking-majority

 

CNN
— Trump: ‘Deep state’ is a threat to democracy (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, my Democrat superiors, my Democrat supervisors, my Democrat coworkers, and my Democrat subordinates treated me like I was a member of the Republican deep state. They blamed me for all the troubles that they had a) meeting their Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets, b) hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females, and c) getting rid of federal 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.)
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/09/07/donald-trump-deep-state-montana-rally-sot-vpx.cnn

 

CNBC
— Older job seekers should watch out for these age discrimination red flags – Christina Medici Scolaro (DIERSEN: All those who have worked against me, are working against me, and will work against me promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. I should write a book about those who have worked against me, are working against me, and will work against me.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/06/older-job-seekers-should-watch-out-for-age-discrimination-red-flags-.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/opinion/trump-illegal-protests-justice.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Twitter Bars Alex Jones and Infowars, Citing Harassing Messages – Kate Conger and Jack Nicas
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/technology/twitter-alex-jones-infowars.html
— Who Is a Senior Administration Official? It Depends – Matt Flegenheimer
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/us/politics/senior-administration-official-trump-new-york-times.html
— Women and people of color in the legal profession continue to face barriers in hiring, promotions, assignments and compensation, according to a study released Thursday by the American Bar Association. – Karen Zraick (DIERSEN: The federal government wants to be a model employer. It gives preference to Democrats who are female, minority, and/or younger, that is, it discriminates against Republicans who are male, White, and/or older.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/us/lawyers-bias-racial-gender.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: A Tech Dialogue, Minus Apologies and Grandstanding – Farhad Manjoo
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/technology/jack-dorsey-sheryl-sandberg-congress-hearings.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Anonymous Resistance The writer who dares not speak his own name is no hero. – Editorial (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who a) want to remain anonymous and b) have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work for them. 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.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-anonymous-resistance-1536276239
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Senior White House Officials Deny Writing Anonymous Op-Ed Piece Vice president and others disavow column describing an internal effort to contain President Trump; aides say they are unlikely to root out the writer – Michael C. Bender and Vivian Salama
https://www.wsj.com/articles/senior-trump-officials-deny-writing-anonymous-critical-piece-1536237773
— Publishing Anonymous Column Is Rare, Editors Say New York Times says it weighed official’s position, arguments in piece and its own past practices in decision to publish – Lukas I. Alpert
https://www.wsj.com/articles/publishing-anonymous-column-is-rare-editors-say-1536269520
— Generation Z Is Coming to Your Office. Get Ready to Adapt. The generation now entering the workforce is sober, industrious and driven by money. They are also socially awkward and timid about taking the reins. – Janet Adamy
https://www.wsj.com/graphics/genz-is-coming-to-your-office/

 

FORBES
— What To Do When You Experience Age Discrimination And Are Feeling Defeated – Jack Kelly Scolaro (DIERSEN: All those who have worked against me, are working against me, and will work against me promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. I should write a book about those who have worked against me, are working against me, and will work against me.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2018/09/06/what-to-do-when-you-experience-age-discrimination-and-are-feeling-defeated/#18d3cdc81597

 

BLOOMBERG
— Exit by Trump Foe Emanuel Raises Concerns for Corporate Chicago – Elizabeth Campbell and John McCormick (DIERSEN: Who are the biggest Trump foes in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? What do they do to drive Trump supporters out of your precinct, out of your municipality, out of your township/ward, out of your county, and out of Illinois?)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-05/exit-by-trump-foe-emanuel-raises-concerns-for-corporate-chicago

 

WHEATON BUSINESS JOURNAL
— Poll: Two-Thirds of Republicans See Liberal Bias in Internet Searches
https://wheatonbusinessjournal.com/poll-two-thirds-of-republicans-see-liberal-bias-in-internet-searches/20159/

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial unethically made to look like a news article, USA TODAY demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/09/06/analysis-trump-faces-gathering-storm-presidency-possible-consitutional-crises/1210194002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps discourage immigrants from speaking, reading, and writing English.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2018/08/30/google-assistant-goes-bilingual-answer-languages-you-use/1143214002/

 

FED SMITH
— Would You Recommend the Government as an Employer? – Jeff Neal (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn past, present, and future federal employees. Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible compared to big private sector employers, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible compared to big private sector employers, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid. Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, a) the longer that you are a federal employee, the less likely that private sector employers will hire you, b) your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do 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, c) you will be expected to help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and d) virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/09/06/recommend-government-employer/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Why the Government is Not a Good Employer Bureaucracy There are rules for the rules. Bureaucratic hurdles can be maddening to folks who are trying to get work done. While there may be good reasons for some of the red tape, much of it is the variety that no one in the private sector would impose. Inflexible Pay About three quarters of the workforce is covered by the General Schedule or a GS-derived pay plan. Once an employee is hired, pay raises follow rigid rules that do not take into account how well or poorly the employee performs. Entry level pay for high demand jobs may not be competitive, and bonuses for most workers are insignificant. There are no stock options or other pay incentives, and an employee who saves millions of dollars may get a bonus that is trivial. Slow Promotions Great employees whose performance is exceptional can typically be promoted no more than once per year. That unnecessary restriction can drive great employees away, or cause great candidates to decline a federal job. Politics The biggest problem may be our toxic political system. Federal workers have been the targets of opportunistic politicians for years. A great example is those on the right and left calling federal law enforcement officers “jackbooted thugs” at different times in the past 20 years and more recent complaints about Transportation Security Officers calling them “government gropers.” Internal Revenue Service employees are criticized for doing their jobs, and every ten years Census Bureau enumerators are physically attacked while they are carry out a constitutional duty. Then there are the complaints about government workers calling them lazy, incompetent or unable to find “real jobs.”)

September 2 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Republicans scheduled to participate in Naperville’s Labor Day Parade include Anderson, Connelly, Gustin, MacKay, Mendrick, Olsen, Roskam, Senger, Smith, Wehrli, and Wilson. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

ABC7
— Protesters plan to disrupt Labor Day traffic to, from O’Hare – Megan Hickey
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/protesters-plan-to-disrupt-labor-day-traffic-to-from-ohare/4126372/
— Background check requirement removes 266 CPS employees from service
https://abc7chicago.com/education/background-check-requirement-removes-266-cps-employees-from-service/4127616/

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-American, anti-White, and/or anti-women are overjoyed that Mollie Tibbetts’ father says “Stop Using Her As A Pawn In Immigration Debate”
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/09/02/tibbetts-dad-stop-using-mollie-as-pawn-in-immigration-debate/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/pot-topics-cannabis-jobs-medical-marijuana/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-American, anti-White, and/or anti-women are overjoyed that Mollie Tibbetts’ father says “Leave us out of immigration debate, racism.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/mollie-tibbetts-dad-rob-tibbetts-opinion-piece-immigration-debate-racism-des-moines-register-trump/
— Days commuting are not time lost, but time found – Neil Steinberg (DIERSEN: While I rode commuter trains to and from work in 1971, 1973, 1974, and 1978-1997, I read newspapers. In addition, I did homework for a) graduate classes at Loyola in 1973 and 1974, b) graduate classes at DePaul 1978-1980, c) CPA review courses in 1978 and 1979, d) Certified Internal Auditor review courses in 1980 and 1981, and e)  graduate courses at IIT 1992-1997.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/days-commuting-are-not-time-lost-but-time-found/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pope Benedict, in retired seclusion, looms in the opposition to Pope Francis – Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-pope-benedict-20180902-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mollie Tibbetts’ father hints that his daughter was anti-Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-mollie-tibbetts-20180902-story.html
— Meet the table busser who’s worked at the same Wilmette pancake house for 54 years, and still makes minimum wage – Christopher Borrelli (DIERSEN: Othea Loggan and I both started working for the minimum wage in 1964. My critics/opponents have always been furious that I qualified myself for better paying jobs by a) earning a high school diploma in 1966, b) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, c) earning job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, d) earning job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and e) earning a job-related professional license in 1981.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-othea-loggan-0831-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans who cast Republican primary for Kasich in 2016 want Kasich to run in the 2020 Republican primary and defeat Trump. Anti-Republicans are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, 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.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-minow-2020-bipartisan-presidential-ticket-0902-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Americans are making less money despite Trump’s promises.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180902/analysis-americans-are-making-less-money-despite-trumps-promises
— Poll: 2 in 3 Americans say public school teachers are underpaid – Laura Meckler (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 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.dailyherald.com/business/20180902/poll-2-in-3-americans-say-public-school-teachers-are-underpaid
— What Kennedy drivers need to know about Monday’s protest – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180901/what-kennedy-drivers-need-to-know-about-mondays-protest-

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Recent statewide polls not in GOP’s favor – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-09-02/tom-kacich-recent-statewide-polls-not-gops-favor.html
— Tax cat has caught Pritzker’s silver tongue – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-09-02/jim-dey-tax-cat-has-caught-pritzkers-silver-tongue.html
— ‘Gov. Veto’? You’re darn right – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-09-02/editorial-gov-veto-youre-darn-right.html

 

MACOMB NEWS NOW
— Rauner Makes Record Setting Donation To HImself – Sean Patrick
https://macombnewsnow.com/macomb-news/285152
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Governor is kick starting the 2018 campaign season with a little gift to himself. Bruce Rauner moved $50 million of his own money to his campaign fund. It’s a record setting amount that raises the stakes in what no doubt will be the most expensive state wide race in Illinois history. The Rauner campaign notes to media sources that there is plenty more where that came from – labeling the money as a first installment.)

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “President Trump’s Description of What’s ‘Fake’ Is Expanding.”
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/president-trumps-description-whats-fake-expanding#stream/0

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Pro-economic liberty group launches campaign against soaring Illinois property taxes – Karen Kidd
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511549705-pro-economic-liberty-group-launches-campaign-against-soaring-illinois-property-taxes

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Facing challenge, GOP State Senator Connelly takes up teachers union cause
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511552500-facing-challenge-gop-state-senator-connelly-takes-up-teachers-union-cause
— Breen helps 48th House District constituents learn how to appeal property tax assessments – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511549746-breen-helps-48th-house-district-constituents-learn-how-to-appeal-property-tax-assessments

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump taking ‘hard look’ at pay-freeze plan for federal workers following pushback – Bradford Betz
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/02/trump-taking-hard-look-at-pay-freeze-plan-for-federal-workers-following-pushback.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— SOCIALIST STATE SENATE CANDIDATE CAUGHT LYING ABOUT SUPPOSED ‘WORKING-CLASS BACKGROUND’ – Joe Simonson (DIERSEN: Do you have a working-class background? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. My critics/opponents would never stoop to take the aforesaid jobs.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/01/julia-salazar-childhood-home/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— The McCain funeral – a failed brand re-launch – Jay Valentine
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/09/the_mccain_funeral__a_failed_brand_relaunch.html

 

EAGLE FORUM
— Senate Fails to Stop $500 million to Planned Parenthood
https://mailchi.mp/eagleforum/senate-fails-to-stop-500-million-to-planned-parenthood?e=ea26132016

 

THE HILL
— McCarthy leads GOP charge against Silicon Valley – MELANIE ZANONA
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/404642-mccarthy-leads-gop-charge-against-silicon-valley
— Hackers increasingly target reputations through reviews sites, experts say – OLIVIA BEAVERS
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/404477-hackers-increasingly-target-reputations-through-reviews-sites-experts

 

CBS NEWS
— Why Bill and Melinda Gates put 20,000 students through college Now, universities around the country are forming a new, color-blind, Affirmative Action, aiming to close the gap between rich and poor – Scott Pelley (DIERSEN: What percent of those 20,000 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.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-college-tuition-why-bill-and-melinda-gates-put-20000-students-through-college/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Writing the Unions’ ‘Fight-or-Die Survival Chapter’ The growing labor militancy making headlines has its roots in slow, grinding efforts by workers all over the country. – Sarah Jaffe (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-union. They stress that I was a union member of almost 12 years, and that I say that if GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/02/opinion/unions-labor-day-strike.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “IS TRUMP A CHAMPION OF WORKERS?” and says “HIS ANTI-UNION POLICIES INDICATE OTHERWISE.”
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-not-champion-workers-1100483

 

HISTORY NEWS NETWORK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Donald Trump Was the Oldest Elected President in History in 2016” and ask “Are We Ready to Elect the Youngest President in 2020?
https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/169821

 

REASON
— How Trustworthy Does Facebook Think You Are? Should we be concerned about a new system to keep track of real vs. fake news? – Andrea O’Sullivan (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless. They focus on a) stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) stopping everyone from reading the emails. Should I publish a list of my critics/opponents? Should I sue them?)
https://reason.com/archives/2018/08/28/how-trustworthy-does-facebook-think-you
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One new tool in Facebook’s bag of anti-“misinformation” tricks definitely ticks the “creep box”: Last week, the Washington Post reported that Facebook has been planning to assign a “trustworthiness score” for users on their platform for around a year. Users who are believed to more accurately flag news stories as valid or not will be given a higher score, while users suspected of flagging stories out of revenge or distaste—and thereby throwing off the algorithm—will be given a goose egg. The scale ranges from 0 to 1, and the system is now reportedly coming online. The new system is framed as a necessary augmentation of Facebook’s previous forays into third party-guided media ranking. In addition to partnering with self-deputized “fact-checkers” like PolitiFact and Snopes.com, Facebook created a button for average users to report when a story was “fake news.” The idea was that human feedback, provided by both “experts” and the wisdom of the crowds, would supplement the brittle fallibility of algorithms, leading to a better overall curation of what is being shared on Facebook.)

 

CARS
— American-Made Index
https://www.cars.com/american-made-index/

August 30 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump cancels pay raises for most federal employees, citing budget – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-cancels-pay-raises-for-most-federal-employees/4100351/

 

NBC5
— Challenger Jason Helland Doubts Jesse White’s Ability to Finish 6th Term
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/challenger-doubts-jesse-whites-ability-to-finish-6th-term-492067251.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— STDs hit all-time highs in US for fourth straight year, CDC reports
http://www.fox32chicago.com/health/stds-hit-all-time-highs-in-us-for-fourth-straight-year-cdc-reports
— Former Vice President Al Gore has a message for President Trump: Resign! – Elex Michaelson
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/al-gores-message-to-pres-trump-resign-

 

CLTV
— State Rep. Jeanne Ives on race for Illinois Governor
https://cltv.com/2018/08/30/state-rep-jeanne-ives-on-race-for-illinois-governor/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Roskam camp calls Democrat’s comparing Trump to bin Laden ‘hateful,’ ‘vicious’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/roskam-democrats-casten-comparing-trump-osama-bin-laden-hateful-vicious/
— Former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock’s corruption case moving to another district – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/aaron-schock-corruption-trial-moving-federal-districts/
— City Haul: More than a third of Chicago city workers make $100K-plus – Mitchell Armentrout (DIERSEN: When did you start earning $100,000-a-year in today’s dollars (GS-13 Step 3)? I did in 1988 when I was 40 years old. By then, I had worked for GAO for almost 9 years, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/city-haul-more-than-a-third-of-chicago-city-workers-make-100k/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/steinberg-donald-trump-aretha-franklin-hate-luftschlossmoddermude-politics-president/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/richard-russell-white-nationalists-john-mccain-trump/
— London mayor gets own balloon after OK’ing Trump baby blimp – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/london-mayor-bikini-blimp-trump-baby-balloon/
— Trump administration backs Asian-Americans in Harvard discrimination case – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/harvard-university-admissions-asian-american-students-discrimination-justice-department/
— Fifteen ways Democrats can lose the November elections – Ralph Nader
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/democrats-november-elections-political-corruption-ralph-nader/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Recording: 6th District Democrat Sean Casten says President Trump, bin Laden ‘have a tremendous amount in common’ – Patrick M. O’Connell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-casten-trump-bin-laden-20180830-story.html
— GOP treasurer candidate admits mistake over how his proposal to combine treasurer, comptroller jobs would go on ballot – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-treasurer-meeting-20180829-story.html
— ‘A perfect tax storm in the south suburbs’: Property tax breaks backfire on some homeowners – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-south-suburbs-tax-storm-20180813-story.html
— Accountability for abuse can’t stop at the Vatican’s gates – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-catholic-pope-francis-scandal-20180829-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner asks “Who’s a ‘miserable failure on jobs’ now, governor?”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-rauner-quinn-jobs-record-failure-0831-20180830-story.html
— New prevailing wage rules take effect Saturday. One group deserves blame if business costs rise and blight worsens. – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-slowik-prevailing-wage-deadline-st-0831-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— ‘Absolutely not over’: Discord remains over sexual harassment complaints in Maine Township – Bob Susnjara
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180830/absolutely-not-over-discord-remains-over-sexual-harassment-complaints-in-maine-township
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump claims, without evidence, that NBC was ‘caught fudging’ TV interview with him.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180830/trump-claims-without-evidence-that-nbc-was-caught-fudging-tv-interview-with-him

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— THE MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN CHICAGO BUSINESS (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at these powerful women that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Democrats want these powerful women to not hire Republicans, to not retain Republicans, to not promote Republicans, and to get rid of Republicans.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/html-page/806961
Amazon owner’s paper whacks Chicago over shooting wave
— As Chicago awaits word on HQ2, the Washington Post reports on the city’s horrid record of catching those responsible for murders and other shootings. – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/amazon-owners-paper-whacks-chicago-over-shooting-wave
— Black students lag at even Oak Park and River Forest High School. Here’s why The solution could be personalized learning, which allows students to progress at their own pace, moving forward as they master content. – PHYLLIS LOCKETT
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/black-students-lag-even-america-me-high-school-heres-why

 

TIMES
— Candidates tally more than $150K combined from state parties Long, Yednock vying for 76th District seat – Derek Barichello
http://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/08/29/candidates-tally-more-than-150k-combined-from-state-parties/awq0hlx/

 

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— New law ensures lunch for all students – Kennedy Nolen
http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/new-law-ensures-lunch-for-all-students/article_de0ea518-16b2-5feb-8b97-aa93371b36bd.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new state law requires that schools provide a lunch to all students, regardless of their ability to pay. Area school officials say that just underscores what they’ve already been doing – but they appreciate the emphasis it puts on nutrition. The lunches are reimbursable with federal funds. Gov. Bruce Rauner signed the bill into law this week. It provides that a school may not publicly identify or stigmatize a student who cannot pay for a lunch or who owes money on their account balance.)

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Pam Althoff and Chuck Wheeler Get Free Ride to McHenry County Board
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/30/pam-althoff-chuck-wheeler-get-free-ride-mchenry-county-board/
— Algonquin Township Attorney Leads Ethics Session
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/30/algonquin-township-attorney-leaks-ethics-session/
— Tips from Illinois Leaks Scheduled at Mid-Month Springfield Conservative Grassroots Conference
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/30/tips-illinois-leaks-scheduled-mid-month-springfield-conservative-grassroots-conference/
— Incumbents Given Odds at Re-Election
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/30/incumbents-given-odds-re-election/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Breen warns against Pritzker corruption, ‘bad faith’ actions – Karen Kidd
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511546912-breen-warns-against-pritzker-corruption-bad-faith-actions

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— ECWd asked to moderate panel at Illinois Conservative Union -3rd Annual Grass Roots Activist Conference – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/08/ecwd-asked-to-moderate-panel-at-illinois-conservative-union-3rd-annual-grass-roots-activist-conference/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY JOURNAL
— Lawmakers plan a ‘Changing Illinois from the Inside Out’ press conference to address state issues – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511549590-lawmakers-plan-a-changing-illinois-from-the-inside-out-press-conference-to-address-state-issues

 

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP: “Repugnant and disqualifying” *** Casten “regrets” saying President Trump has “tremendous amount in common” with Osama Bin Laden
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/30/casten-regrets-saying-president-trump-has-tremendous-amount-in-common-with-osama-bin-laden/
— Rauner campaign trolls Pritzker ahead of Indivisible Chicago event
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/30/rauner-campaign-trolls-pritzker-ahead-of-indivisible-chicago-event/

 

FOX NEWS
— Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh supported by most GOP governors in letter: A look at who didn’t sign it – Kaitlyn Schallhorn
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/30/supreme-court-pick-brett-kavanaugh-supported-by-most-gop-governors-in-letter-look-at-who-didnt-sign-it.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: However, three Republican governors did not sign the letter. The three are from blue states and all are facing re-election this year. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner initially indicated that he would not sign the letter, but eventually did so.)

 

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Washington Post: Trump Doesn’t Appreciate the Need to Lawyer Up – Brian McNicoll
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/washington-post-trump-lawyer/

 

DAILY CALLER
— DEM CANDIDATE SEAN CASTEN COMPARES TRUMP TO OSAMA BIN LADEN – Amber Athey
https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/30/democrat-sean-casten-trump-bin-laden/
— CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR CALLS FOR IN-N-OUT BOYCOTT AFTER BURGER JOINT DONATES TO REPUBLICANS – Evie Fordham (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, and companies are the Democrats boycotting in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/30/california-in-n-out-boycott-gop/

 

BREITBART
— University of Illinois to Honor Obama with ‘Ethics in Government’ Award – Joel Pollak
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/30/university-of-illinois-to-honor-obama-with-ethics-in-government-award/

 

PARENTS OPPOSED TO POT
— HORRIBLE CHILD ABUSE DEATH IN TEXAS HIGHLIGHTS LINKS TO MARIJUANA
http://www.poppot.org/2018/08/29/texas-child-abuse-death-highlights-links-marijuana/

 

AOL
— Video of young kids smoking pot on Facebook leads to arrests
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/08/29/video-of-young-kids-smoking-pot-on-facebook-leads-to-arrests/23512097/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Says He’ll Eliminate Pay Raises for Civilian Federal Employees Next Year The president says federal agency budgets cannot sustain 2019 pay increases – Kate Davidson (DIERSEN: During the last 8 years that I worked for GAO, I suffered under my Democrat GAO superiors’ pay-for-performance (PFP) system. They used that system a) to recruit, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young females and b) to get 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. Of course, they always ranked me in the lower half of my coworkers for PFP purposes.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-says-hell-eliminate-pay-raises-for-civilian-federal-employees-next-year-1535652233
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mr. Trump said employee pay “must be performance-based, and aligned strategically toward recruiting, retaining, and rewarding high-performing federal employees and those with critical skill sets.”)

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Schock Corruption Case Being Moved, Possibly to Chicago – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-08-30/schock-corruption-case-being-moved-possibly-to-chicago

August 29 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Speaker Paul Ryan campaigns for Democrat-targeted congressman Randy Hultgren – Jesse Kirsch
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/speaker-of-the-house-paul-ryan-hit-the-chicagoland-campaign-trail-tuesday-headlining-a-loop-fundraiser-for-us-rep-randy-hultgren-r-illinois-of-the-states-14th-congressional-district-/4081418/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rauner defends veto of visa help for immigrant crime victims – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/rauner-defends-veto-of-visa-help-for-immigrant-crime-victims

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Phil Kadner viciously demonizes, viciously denigrates, and viciously condemns Trump and his supporters.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/trump-speaks-american-greatest-strength/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The silence of Pope Francis and the pain of a church – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-pope-francis-catholic-church-kass-20180828-story.html
— Someone posted photos of a young councilwoman in California in her underwear. She calls it ‘slut-shaming.’ – Taylor Telford
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-slut-shaming-women-political-candidates-0829-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Republican glorifies and praises McCain.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-robinson-colun-st-0829-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR GRAPHIC AND TABLE: FROM THE ARTICLE: For every dollar DuPage County taxpayers send to Springfield, the state returns 31 cents. That’s the lowest rate of return among all 102 counties in Illinois, according to a recently released study conducted by researchers at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. – Jake Griffin (DIERSEN: One could argue that Illinois is financially dependent on DuPage County. One could argue that without DuPage County, Illinois would have to immediately file for bankruptcy. DuPage County is run by Republicans. One could argue that if more statewide candidates were elected from DuPage County, Illinois would not be having the financial problems that it is having. Aside from Evelyn Sanguinetti, the last statewide candidate from DuPage County elected was Jim Ryan. Further, when James “Pate” Philip from DuPage County was President of the Illinois Senate, Illinois was much more fiscally responsible.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180829/study-suburbs-pay-more-than-what-they-get-back-from-state
— High school marching bands hit the neighborhood streets – Eileen O. Daday (DIERSEN: For many years now, DuPage Republicans have sponsored the Wheaton North and Wheaton South high school bands in Wheaton’s Independence Day parades.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180828/high-school-marching-bands-hit-the-neighborhood-streets
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Republican says “GOP sold its sold, McCain didn’t.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180829/ignatius-gop-sold-its-sold-mccain-didnt
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURES: A family reunion more than 60 years in the making – Burt Constable (DIERSEN: For many decades, the Diersens held big family reunions every summer at the Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete. But that all ended in 1961 when the pastor of the church succeeded in splitting the church. About half the Diersens stayed with the church as it dumped the Missouri Synod and moved to the Wisconsin Synod. The other half, including my parents, me, and my brother transferred to Hope Lutheran Church in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180829/constable-a-family-reunion-more-than-60-years-in-the-making

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180829/marijuana-now-possible-pain-alternative-to-addictive-opioids
— Cullerton says lawmakers will try to override Tobacco 21 veto – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: Democrats do not want children to smoke tobacco but want them to smoke pot.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180828/cullerton-says-lawmakers-will-try-to-override-tobacco-21-veto

 

WILLIAM J. KELLY
— Rahm’s GOP foe: I intend to solve Chicago’s Rahm problem
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/rahms-gop-foe-i-intend-to-solve-chicagos-rahm-problem

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz discuss Chicago’s violence & it’s leadership deficit w/Gary MacDougal
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/08/watch-berkowitz-discuss-chicagos-violence-it-leadership-deficit-wgary-macdougal-cable-and-web/

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Monee pays property taxes nearly three times national average
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511544936-analysis-monee-pays-property-taxes-nearly-three-times-national-average

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Local Democratic leader: Outreach is key to ‘blue wave’ in November – Benjamin Yount (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at everyone that to punish Trump, everyone should vote for all the Democrat candidates on the ballot.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/local-democratic-leader-outreach-is-key-to-blue-wave-in/article_d40b7d28-aa22-11e8-9559-9b562b070f5f.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WISCONSIN HIGHLIGHTS STATE ECONOMY IN COMPARISON TO ILLINOIS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/wisconsin-highlights-state-economy-in-comparison-to-illinois.html

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— REPUBLICANS CAN, MUST KEEP CONTROL IN MIDTERMS – Star Parker
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/republicans-can-must-keep-control-in-midterms/
— IMMIGRANTS AND DISEASE – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/immigrants-and-disease/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— STUDY AFFIRMS GOOGLE SEARCH RESULTS LEAN LEFT Not the ‘fair and balanced arbiter of facts’ it claims to be – ART MOORE
https://www.wnd.com/2018/08/study-affirms-google-search-results-lean-left/
— THE LEFT’S LONG WAR ON CONSERVATIVE SPEECH Michelle Malkin: ‘If you can’t beat ’em, deplatform ’em. That’s the progressive way’
https://www.wnd.com/2018/08/the-lefts-long-war-on-conservative-speech/
— 16 STATES ASK SUPREMES TO REIN IN TRANSGENDERS Religious liberty fight developed when male worker demanded to dress like woman
https://www.wnd.com/2018/08/16-states-ask-supremes-to-rein-in-transgenders/
— TOXIC FEMINISM STABS WOMEN IN THE BACK Carl Jackson says movement ‘gave good men an excuse to be bad’
https://www.wnd.com/2018/08/toxic-feminism-stabs-women-in-the-back/
— DOES OPEN-BORDERS CROWD WANT MORE TB IN U.S.? Public health issue is ignored by those championing sanctuary cities – WALTER WILLIAMS
https://www.wnd.com/2018/08/does-open-borders-crowd-want-more-tb-in-u-s/

 

BREITBART
— 10 Times Google’s Far-Left, Anti-Trump Bias Was Exposed – Allum Bokhari
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/08/28/10-times-googles-far-left-anti-trump-bias-was-exposed/
— ‘Concerned Catholics’ Group Petitions Archbishop to Remove LGBT-Activist Priests from Ministry – Dr. Susan Berry
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/28/concerned-catholics-group-petitions-archbishop-to-remove-lgbt-activist-priests-from-ministry/

 

TOWNHALL
— Corrupt Democrats Are Not ‘News’- Brent Bozell and Tim Graham Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozellandtimgraham/2018/08/29/corrupt-democrats-are-not-news-n2513875
— The Left’s Long War on Conservative Free Speech – Michelle Malkin
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2018/08/29/the-lefts-long-war-on-conservative-free-speech-n2513901
— Gov. Cuomo Pardoned An Illegal The Same Week One Was Charged With Mollie Tibbetts’ Murder – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/08/28/icymi-gov-cuomo-pardoned-another-undocumented-person-the-same-week-an-illegal-w-n2513635

 

DAILY CALLER
— CONSERVATIVES AT FACEBOOK FORM ‘FB’ERS FOR POLITICAL DIVERSITY’ TO COMBAT COMPANY’S IDEOLOGICAL ECHOCHAMBER – Kyle Perisic (DIERSEN: Conservative Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains in Illinois should organize and form an association. It could be named the “Association of Conservative Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains of Illinois” or ACRPCI. In your township/ward and in your county, what percent of the Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains are conservative? What have they done that shows that they support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform?)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/28/facebook-political-diversity-james-damore/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than one hundred conservative Facebook employees have joined an internal employee message board to protest what they call the company’s “intolerant” liberal culture. The group, “FB’ers for Political Diversity,” was created last week, The New York Times reported Tuesday, and aims to promote ideological diversity within the company. Facebook’s workforce of more than 25,000 is viewed as largely liberal. “We are a political monoculture that’s intolerant of different views,” wrote senior Facebook engineer and group cofounder Brian Amerige in a post, The NYT added. “We claim to welcome all perspectives, but are quick to attack — often in mobs — anyone who presents a view that appears to be in opposition to left-leaning ideology.” Amerige’s post continues to criticize Facebook’s emphasis on racial and gender diversity and how it, along with the company’s overt liberal bias, threatens the “viability as a company.” Facebook banned a dissenting conservative group in December 2016, Business Insider reported in August 2017. The group, “Facebook Anon,” was an anonymous group chat for supporters of then-candidate Donald Trump. It was shut down for violating Facebook’s policies against anonymous accounts, but Business Insider reported that the talks “turned ugly and … alarmed management.” Amerige’s post echoes similar concerns of a memo former Google engineer James Damore wrote in August 2017 that criticized Google’s “ideological echo chamber,” The Daily Caller reported. “[W]e tear down posters welcoming Trump supporters. We regularly propose removing [tech investor Peter] Thiel from our board because he supported Trump,” Amerige wrote. “We’re quick to suggest firing people who turn out to be misunderstood, and even quicker to conclude our colleagues are bigots.” Amerige added that Facebook has made “all lives matter” a “fireable offense” and that human resources investigates anyone who dares “criticize Islam’s human rights record.” Amerige’s concerns are not without any evidence. Facebook cofounder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has donated to left-leaning campaigns in the 2018 and 2020 elections, The Daily Caller News Foundation reported on Aug. 23. Facebook also has a well-documented history of removing conservative content, some of which was restored with an apologized after public backlash. (RELATED: Facebook Flags New York Post Article About Trump Voters As ‘Spam’) Facebook has also removed videos and shadow banned content. Facebook apologize for mistakenly removing videos from the popular conservative page PragerU on Aug. 17, The Daily Caller reported. FB’ers for Political Diversity’s only rule is “if you attack a person’s character, rather than their ideas, you will be banned.”)
— DESPITE PUSH FROM FAR LEFT, JUST ONE QUARTER OF DEMOCRATS WANT TO ABOLISH ICE – Will Racke
https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/28/ap-poll-abolish-ice-democrats/
— CNN’S CHRIS CUOMO ACCUSES TRUMP OF USING GOOGLE’S CENSORSHIP TO ‘DIVIDE’ – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/28/cnn-chris-cuomo-trump-google-censorship/

 

DAILY WIRE
— Ivanka Blasted For Posing With A Christian Minister – Paul Bois
https://www.dailywire.com/news/35135/ivanka-blasted-posing-christian-minister-paul-bois

 

PJ MEDIA
— Ivanka: North American Women ‘Still Underrepresented’ in Boardrooms, Politics, Science – NICHOLAS BALLASY (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? In what areas are those who share your demographics underrepresented? While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, Republicans were grossly unrepresented. Ever-increasingly, conservatives are underrepresented in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, and the Republican Party.)
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/ivanka-north-american-women-still-underrepresented-in-boardrooms-politics-science/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— Corrupt Democrats Are Not ‘News’ – Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2018/08/28/bozell-graham-column-corrupt-democrats-are-not-news

 

THE WEEK
— The incredible transformation of the Democratic Party – David Faris (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats 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.
http://theweek.com/articles/791291/incredible-transformation-democratic-party

 

THE HILL
— Former aide: McCain probably would’ve wanted a Latina woman to succeed him – EMILY BIRNBAUM (DIERSEN: What are the demographics of the person who your critics/opponents want to replace you with? My critics/opponents want to replace me with someone who they can manipulate/dominate and who is 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://thehill.com/homenews/senate/403907-former-aide-mccain-probably-wouldve-wanted-a-latina-woman-to-succeed-him
— Workers are ready to choose a better America by joining unions – MARC PERRONE (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are vehemently anti-union.)
http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/403995-workers-are-ready-to-choose-unions-and-a-better-america
— California gov candidate backs universal healthcare for undocumented immigrants – MEGAN KELLER
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/404036-dem-calif-gov-candidate-government-should-give-undocumented-immigrants

 

ABC NEWS
— 160 undocumented workers detained in Texas immigration bust – KARMA ALLEN
https://abcnews.go.com/US/160-undocumented-workers-detained-texas-immigration-bust/story?id=57467248

 

NEW YORK TIMES
– FRONT PAGE: Trump Accuses Google of Burying Conservative News in Search Results – Adam Satariano, Daisuke Wakabayashi and Cecilia Kang
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/business/media/google-trump-news-results.html
— If G.O.P. Loses Hold on Congress, Trump Warns, Democrats Will Enact Change ‘Quickly and Violently’ – Michael D. Shear (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 are filled with hatred of Trump and filled with hatred of anyone who does not share their hatred of Trump.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/us/politics/trump-evangelical-pastors-election.html
— Dozens at Facebook Unite to Challenge Its ‘Intolerant’ Liberal Culture – Kate Conger and Sheera Frenkel (DIERSEN: Conservative Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains in Illinois should organize and form an association. It could be named the “Association of Conservative Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains of Illinois” or ACRPCI. In your township/ward and in your county, what percent of the Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains are conservative? What have they done that shows that they support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/technology/inside-facebook-employees-political-bias.html
— What Did Pope Francis Know? The Catholic Church needs leaders who can purge corruption even among their own theological allies. The pope is failing that test. – Ross Douthat
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/opinion/pope-francis-catholic-church-resign.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— You can wager Democrats will talk a lot about this issue – Jennifer Rubin (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/08/28/you-can-wager-democrats-will-talk-a-lot-about-this-issue/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Accuses Google of Suppressing Positive News About His Presidency President says Google, Twitter, Facebook are ‘treading on very, very troubling territory’ – Vivian Salama, Douglas MacMillan and Drew FitzGerald
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-accuses-google-of-suppressing-positive-news-about-his-presidency-1535459748
— Pope Francis in the Dock A former papal nuncio accuses the pontiff of a sex abuse coverup. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-francis-in-the-dock-1535497184

 

USA TODAY
— How doorbell cameras are creating dilemmas for police, neighborhoods – Christina Hall (DIERSEN: Recently, a doorbell camera was used to harass/threaten me. One of the homeowners in my precinct, a registered Republican voter, angrily phoned me, angrily claimed to be out of town, angrily claimed that she had just been alerted by her doorbell camera that I had just left Republican literature on her front door, angrily claimed that literature encouraged burglars to break into her home, and angrily demanded that I immediately come back and take that literature back, which I did. She angrily demanded that I take her off my list and angrily demanded that I never bring Republican literature to her door again. I expect that she is one of the 30 or so voters in my precinct who a) cast Republican primary ballots to do whatever damage they can to the Republican Party and b) always vote for Democrats in general elections.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/nation-now/2018/08/23/doorbell-camera-videos-police-dilemma/1074952002/
— Sexually transmitted diseases surge for the 4th straight year, CDC reports – Ken Alltucker (DIERSEN: Anti-conservative promote promiscuity.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/08/28/cdc-reports-surge-gonorrhea-other-sexually-transmitted-diseases/1115411002/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Mollie Tibbetts case exposes farms’ worst-kept secret: hiring undocumented immigrants – Alan Gomez (DIERSEN: The worse that jobs are, the more likely that employers will hire illegals to do that those jobs. What bad jobs have you had? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/08/24/iowa-murder-casts-spotlight-farms-hiring-undocumented-immigrants/1075320002/

 

FINANCIAL TIMES
— Facebook employees’ group criticizes its ‘political monoculture’ Formation of ‘FB’ers for Political Diversity’ comes amid accusations of leftwing bias – Hannah Kuchler (DIERSEN: Conservative Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains in Illinois should organize and form an association. It could be named the “Association of Conservative Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains of Illinois” or ACRPCI. In your township/ward and in your county, what percent of the Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains are conservative? What have they done that shows that they support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform?)
https://www.ft.com/content/656caf3e-ab23-11e8-89a1-e5de165fa619

 

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— Republicans Make a List of Trump Scandals They’re Covering Up – Nancy LeTourneau (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997. One could say that the Democrats who ran GAO in 1997 forced me to take their early retirement “offer” to punish Newt Gingrich.)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2018/08/28/republicans-make-a-list-of-trump-scandals-theyre-covering-up/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What Newt saw to is what Paul Glastris and Haley Sweetland Edwards called, “The Big Lobotomy.” A quick refresher: In 1995, after winning a majority in the House for the first time in forty years, one of the first things the new Republican House leadership did was gut Congress’s workforce. They cut the “professional staff” (the lawyers, economists, and investigators who work for committees rather than individual members) by a third. They reduced the “legislative support staff” (the auditors, analysts, and subject-matter experts at the Government Accountability Office [GAO], the Congressional Research Service [CRS], and so on) by a third, too, and killed off the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) entirely…Since 2011, with a Tea Party-radicalized GOP back in control of the House, Congress has cut its budget by a whopping 20 percent, a far higher ratio than any other federal agency, leading, predictably, to staff layoffs, hiring and salary freezes, and drooping morale.)
— JUNE/JULY/AUGUST 2014 FLASHBACK: The Big Lobotomy How Republicans Made Congress Stupid – Paul Glastris and Haley Sweetland Edwards (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997. One could say that the Democrats who ran GAO in 1997 forced me to take their early retirement “offer” to punish Newt Gingrich.)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/junejulyaug-2014/the-big-lobotomy/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The third target of Gingrich’s attacks was the legislative support agencies. The Government Accountability Office, Congressional Budget Office, Congressional Research Service, and now-defunct Office of Technology Assessment operated on a bipartisan basis, offering measured reports on topics suggested by members themselves. Sometimes, these agencies act as helpful librarians, and sometimes they’re more like referees, carefully adjudicating among the competing quantitative claims of various members and outside groups. Gingrich, perhaps not surprisingly, viewed them all as potential rivals to his singular narrative.)

 

ENTREPRENEUR
— 6 Ways Healthy Office Competition Builds Teams and Improves Productivity – John Rampton (DIERSEN: When you got promotions, what competition did you face? GAO is in the legislative branch. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates had a very low opinion of executive branch employees like I was for almost 12 years (Post Office 1966-1969 and IRS 1971-1980). They always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I got promoted in 1972, 1973, and 1974 only because the IRS employees who I competed against for those promotions were inferior people. They always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that GAO would never have hired me in 1971, and if it had, it would never have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. They stressed that I did not earn an MBA until 1976, that I did not pass the CPA examination until 1979, and that I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until 1980.)
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/317603

 

INDEPENDENT
— Economic inequality, not gender oppression, drives women to take sexy selfies, says study ‘When a young woman adjusts her bikini provocatively with her phone at the ready, don’t think of her as vacuous or as a victim. Think of her as a strategic player in a complex social and evolutionary game’ – Maya Oppenheim
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/women-sexy-selfies-why-social-media-economic-inequality-gender-oppression-a8511121.html

August 28 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: POT PUSHERS ARE OVERJOYED: Rauner set to sign medical marijuana expansion bill allowing drug as painkiller alternative – Robert McCoppin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-medical-marijuana-opioids-illinois-expansion-20180827-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In general, Rauner has opposed expanding the medical marijuana program, but a recent poll showing Pritzker with a large lead may have put pressure on him to support the politically popular measure. In addition, Rauner recently approved other measures requiring insurance coverage for opioid abuse and continuing education for doctors about opioid prescriptions. Kevin Sabet, president of Smart Approaches to Marijuana, opposes the expansion of medical marijuana, warning that it could lead to more addiction, more drivers who are under the influence and more users suffering from the drug’s harmful effects on attention, memory, decision-making and brain development. “From a scientific perspective, it makes no sense,” Sabet said. “The most comprehensive study on the issue was just published in The Lancet and found marijuana didn’t help with pain, nor did it reduce opioid use. “From a political perspective,” Sabet added, “it likely signals he feels pressure from J.B. Pritzker, who has welcomed pot with open arms.” But in states that have legalized medical marijuana, some studies have shown a decrease in opioid prescriptions and in opioid-related overdose deaths. Cannabis remains illegal under federal law.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Anti-Rauners say “High cancer risk in southeast DuPage County linked to company co-owned by Rauner’s former firm.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-dupage-cancer-pollution-rauner-20180827-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Republicans paint McCain as being the only Republican who is not racist.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-john-mccain-respect-20180827-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Tollway board sees nothing wrong with dubious hiring – Editorial (DIERSEN: Does the Daily Herald see reasons for skepticism a) after 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 an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) after 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) after my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968? Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986. 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.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180828/editorial-tollway-board-sees-nothing-wrong-with-dubious-hiring
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For something is surely amiss somewhere when the tollway cannot see the reasons for skepticism after it selects a person with no engineering experience who has not worked since her job as an office-furniture sales associate 18 years ago but does have a family relationship to a top state political figure ahead of other candidates for a job overseeing engineering contracts.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says there is a cancer on the presidency.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180828/gerson-there-is-again-a-cancer-on-the-presidency

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Can Emanuel’s bad pension borrowing be made good? As the mayor prepares to borrow $10 billion to pay pension debt and keep tax hikes down, paying off that debt somewhat sooner could save taxpayers far times more in the future. – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/can-emanuels-bad-pension-borrowing-be-made-good

 

WGN RADIO
— General John Borling reflects on the life and legacy of his friend Senator John McCain – PETER ZIMMERMAN (DIERSEN: In 2004, Borling was a candidate for U.S. Senate in Illinois.)
https://wgnradio.com/2018/08/27/general-john-borling-reflects-on-the-life-and-legacy-of-his-friend-senator-john-mccain/

 

WTTW
— The Battle for Union Members Begins – Amanda Vinicky (DIERSEN: If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee. If GAO had been unionized in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors a) would not have forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) would not have given me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) would not have always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) would have promoted me beyond GS-13, e) would not have gotten rid of my mentor in 1987, f) would not have kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and g) would not have forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/08/27/battle-union-members-begins#new_tab

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Man robbed his grandmother at knife point to steal her medical marijuana
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180827/police-sheffield-man-with-knife-robbed-grandmother-of-medical-marijuana

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Pensions account for 67 percent of city property tax revenue
http://www.galesburg.com/news/20180826/pensions-account-for-67-percent-of-city-property-tax-revenue#new_tab

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Trump’s self-interest vs. the public interest – Jonah Goldberg (DIERSEN: Tragically, most, if not virtually all individuals, organizations, companies, and governments are involved in politics to advance their self-interest instead of the public interest. Democrats shout at members of the following groups to vote for candidates who will advance their self-interest: 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.stltoday.com/opinion/columnists/national/jonah-goldberg-trump-s-self-interest-vs-the-public-interest/article_47a66e72-2d8c-5ffa-9994-8aac87ae86e5.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats say “Congressmen Davis, Hultgren Have Tough Races Ahead.”
http://www.peoriapublicradio.org/post/political-ratings-show-congressmen-davis-hultgren-have-tough-races-ahead#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
— Queer Ed Birds aims to prepare teachers for student LGBTQ issues – Rachel Hatch (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you have a degree from a university in Illinois, it is assumed that you promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2018/08/queer-ed-birds-aims-to-prepare-teachers-for-student-lgbtq-issues/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin anticipates property tax advisory question results – Karen Kidd
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511545017-dupage-county-board-chairman-dan-cronin-anticipates-property-tax-advisory-question-results
— DuPage County board member Elizabeth Chaplin wants to see more county-specific advisory questions on ballot – Karen Kidd
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511545034-dupage-county-board-member-wants-to-see-more-county-specific-advisory-questions-on-ballot

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Worst Rauner headline ever?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/28/worst-rauner-headline-ever/

 

WESTERN JOURNALISM
— Best Conservative Conferences To Attend in 2019 – Cillian Zeal (DIERSEN: When Libertarians host “conservative” conferences and summits, those conferences and summits have little or nothing about the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, gambling, or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving planks in the Republican Party platform. While the Libertarians who host such “conservative” conferences and summits might want me to promote them, they certainly do not want me to have anything to do with planning them. There are tremendous conflicts between the Libertarian Party platform and the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.westernjournal.com/best-conservative-conferences-to-attend-in-2019/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Census: There are no jobs Americans won’t do, poor citizens hurt by illegal immigration – Paul Bedard (DIERSEN: If legal immigration and/or illegal immigration had been greater in the past, I doubt that I would have gotten the jobs that I did. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/census-there-are-no-jobs-americans-wont-do-poor-citizens-hurt-by-illegal-immigration

 

FOX NEWS
— ‘Abolish ICE’ sees little support among Democrats despite left-wing push, poll finds – Frank Miles
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/27/abolish-ice-sees-little-support-among-democrats-despite-left-wing-push-poll-finds.html

 

BREITBART
— Pelosi: Trump, GOP ‘So Afraid’ of ‘Women, People of Color, LGBTQ’ Winning in 2018 – Pam Key
https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/08/27/pelosi-trump-gop-so-afraid-of-women-people-of-color-lgbtq-winning-in-2018/

 

DAILY CALLER
— CLAIMS THAT IMMIGRANTS ARE NEEDED TO DO THE JOBS AMERICANS WON’T DOESN’T HOLD UP – Neetu Chandak (DIERSEN: If legal immigration and/or illegal immigration had been greater in the past, I doubt that I would have gotten the jobs that I did. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/27/immigrants-jobs-americans
— ENTITLED PROFESSOR PUNISHES STUDENTS FOR BELIEVING IN 2ND AMENDMENT – Anders Hagstrom
https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/27/professor-students-second-amendment-utah/
— TWITTER REVERSES RULING AFTER BACKLASH, CONCEDES IT’S AGAINST THE RULES TO WISH DEATH UPON DANA LOESCH’S CHILDREN – Peter Hasson
https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/27/dana-loesch-twitter-death-threats-reversed/

 

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
— Who made you an expert? Is America’s distrust of ‘elites’ becoming more toxic? WHY WE WROTE THIS America’s willingness to overlook credentials – to think anyone can do anything – has been a unique element of its exceptional success. But political polarization is turning it into something toxic. – Harry Bruinius (DIERSEN: What credentials do you have? I became a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2018/0827/Who-made-you-an-expert-Is-America-s-distrust-of-elites-becoming-more-toxic

 

THE HILL
— States consider investigations into Catholic Church abuse – REID WILSON
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/403806-states-consider-investigations-into-catholic-church-abuse
— Stop illegal immigration to keep Americans safe – REP. MARSHA BLACKBURN (R-TENN.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/homeland-security/403887-stop-illegal-immigration-to-keep-americans-safe
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: 7th Circuit ruling promotes LGBTQ activity.
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/403862-appeals-court-allows-lesbian-resident-to-suit-against-senior-living

 

CBS NEWS
— Democrats are getting ready for impeachment, even if they say they’re not – MICHAEL GRAHAM
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/commentary-democrats-are-getting-ready-for-impeachment-even-if-they-say-theyre-not/

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump era is igniting a new wave of Muslim-American candidates In places like Dearborn, Michigan, a political awakening is growing.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/trump-era-igniting-new-wave-muslim-american-candidates-n903641
— “Search is not used to set a political agenda and we don’t bias our results toward any political ideology … we never rank search results to manipulate political sentiment,” Google says in response to Pres. Trump’s conspiracy theory about search results & news reports.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1034447904042352640

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Giuliani: Trump’s “Jury Is The Public” – Dan Barry, Benjamin Weiser and Alan Feuer (DIERSEN: Who is your jury? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, my jury consists of the members of the following: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter (MC), GAO, IRS, and Post Office. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT chairman, WCC Government Affairs Committee member, MTRCC webmaster, ICRC Steering Committee member, AAPC MC board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, or Post Office employee. They hint/imply/argue/shout that the overwhelming majority of the aforesaid view me extremely negatively and want to get rid of me. They stress those who could have come to my defense, but did not.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/nyregion/trump-giuliani-lawyer-mueller.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBTQ activity want the Catholic Church to promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/opinion/pope-francis-catholic-church-letter.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s economic adviser: ‘We’re taking a look’ at whether Google searches should be regulated – Isaac Stanley-Becker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/08/28/trump-wakes-up-googles-himself-and-doesnt-like-what-he-sees-illegal/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “President non grata: Trump often unwelcome and unwilling to perform basic rituals of the office.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/president-non-grata-trump-often-unwelcome-and-unwilling-to-perform-basic-rituals-of-the-office/2018/08/28/302b60ee-aa16-11e8-a8d7-0f63ab8b1370_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-conservatives, anti-Republicans, and anti-Trumps paint McCain as being anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and anti-Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/president-trump-will-not-attend-john-mccains-funeral-family-spokesman-says/2018/08/27/ac778dd8-aa1d-11e8-8a0c-70b618c98d3c_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: ‘It Is the Era of Trump’: How the President Is Remaking the Republican Party President Trump’s critics are leaving the scene, and his successful primary endorsements are bringing in a new crowd – Janet Hook
https://www.wsj.com/articles/it-is-the-era-of-trump-how-the-president-is-remaking-the-republican-party-1535380861
— Pope Faces Crisis of Credibility Over Coverup Accusations Pope Francis was accused of knowing about past sexual misconduct by a cardinal and rehabilitating him despite the previous pope’s sanctions – Francis X. Rocca
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-faces-crisis-of-credibility-over-coverup-accusations-1535378536

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES & NEW YORK POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups boycott Trump: 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.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-pariah-20180827-story.html
https://nypost.com/2018/08/27/trump-wont-attend-funerals-memorials-for-john-mccain/

 

USA TODAY
— New IRS rule limiting tax deductions condemned by charities, blue-state governors – Herb Jackson and James Nash (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2018/08/27/salt-deduction/1108484002/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Is a college degree really needed for advancement? – Johnny Taylor (DIERSEN: If I had not earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, a) Firestone Stores would not have offered me a job in 1970 and b) Oldsmobile and IRS would not have offered me jobs in 1971. If I had not earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976 and 1980, a) IRS might not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, b) GAO would not have offered me a job in 1980, and c) GAO might not have promoted me in 1986. If I had not earned a job-related master degree in 1997, GAO would have forced me to take its early retirement “offer” sooner than it did.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/careers/professional-development/2018/08/21/ask-hr-can-company-require-college-degree-advance-management/1040256002/
— Social Security recipients could see their biggest raise in years – Dan Caplinger
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2018/08/28/social-security-recipients-could-see-big-raise-cola/37544173/
— Shocking trend: Pet owners abuse their own animals to get drugs – Beth Warren
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/08/27/opioid-crisis-pet-owners-abuse-animals-drugs/1110178002/

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— Few Democrats favor abolishing ICE, poll finds – AP
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2018/08/27/few-democrats-favor-abolishing-ice-poll-finds/yz6spbXfJgnZJcSJaHcDUP/story.html

 

COURIER & PRESS
— Troublemakers ‘not welcome’ at anti-Trump rally Thursday in Evansville – Thomas B. Langhorne
https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2018/08/27/troublemakers-not-welcome-anti-trump-rally-thursday-evansville/1110256002/

 

WILX
— AARP survey shows Americans want to keep working later in life (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. I should write a book about those who promote age discrimination. They stress a) that I am almost 70 years old, b) that my GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old in 1997, and c) that while I was a federal employee, I 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, or Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.wilx.com/content/news/Survey-shows-Americans-want-to-keep-working-later-in-life-491853611.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps harass Trump about McCain.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-refusing-mccain-questions-all-day-1091830

 

DAILY BEAST
— Trump Threatens Google Over ‘Rigged’ News Search Results
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-threatens-google-over-rigged-news-search-results

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rauner signs bill that promotes LGBTQ activity.
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Illinois-Legislation-Aims-to-Improve-Enforcement-Against-Discrimination/63879.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: 7th Circuit ruling promotes LGBTQ activity.
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/7th-Circuit-Holds-Housing-Providers-May-Be-Liable-for-Anti-LGBT-Abuse-of-Residents/63880.html